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Henry Alken. With eight plates in colour and sixty-four subjects in half-tone. Being the first volume of the series The Sport of Our Fathers. With an introduction by Sir Theodore Cook, Editor of The Field. by Sparrow, Walter Shaw - 1927

by Sparrow, Walter Shaw

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Henry Alken. With eight plates in colour and sixty-four subjects in half-tone. Being the first volume of the series The Sport of Our Fathers. With an introduction by Sir Theodore Cook, Editor of The Field. by Sparrow, Walter Shaw - 1927

Henry Alken. With eight plates in colour and sixty-four subjects in half-tone. Being the first volume of the series The Sport of Our Fathers. With an introduction by Sir Theodore Cook, Editor of The Field.

by Sparrow, Walter Shaw

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  • Hardcover
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First edition. Williams and Norgate. London. 1927. Large Quarto. xxiv, 55pp. 8 colour plates, 64 half-tone plates. Original red cloth, gilt to spine and board. A little faded and rubbed. Pages untrimmed. Toned to endpapers. Pencil inscription to ffep: "With my best wishes Elizabeth".

  • Bookseller Independent bookstores GB (GB)
  • Illustrator Alken, Henry
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Williams and Norgate
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1927
  • Size 4to

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Henry Alken : by Walter Shaw Sparrow / with eight plates in colour and sixty-four subjects in...

Henry Alken : by Walter Shaw Sparrow / with eight plates in colour and sixty-four subjects in half-tone with an introduction by Sir Theodore Cook

by Sparrow, Walter Shaw (1862-1940)

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London: Williams and Norgate, Ltd. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxiv, 55 p. : front., plates (part col.) ; 29 cm. Notes: LIMITED edition of 250 copies of which this is number 142. SIGNED copy. Includes list of illustrations. Subjects: Alken, Henry Thomas 1784-1851. Biography. Genre: Illustrated text.
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