Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, reprint of 1928-1937 first edition. 4 vols, green rexine, gilt cover-titles, 4to,. xxiv, 324 pp, 86 plates + xvi, 358, [2] pp, 167 plates + [6], 256, [1] pp, plates 168-266 + xx, 260, [1] pp, 116 plates. With a preface by Kurt Lindner. Schwerdt's collection of sporting books was probably the finest in the world and this catalogue is a fitting monument to it. .A full collation is given of every book: even such sets as The Sporting Magazine and The Annals of Sporting are here described in detail. Waterstaining to last two leaves of Volume I, otherwise Near Fine.

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Bookseller: Wykeham Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BIBLIO-33186
Title: Hunting, Hawking, Shooting illustrated in a catalogue of books, manuscripts, prints and drawings collected by C.F.G.R. Schwerdt
Author: Schwerdt, C.F.G.R. ; Lindner, K
Format/Binding: 4 vols, green rexine, gilt cover-titles, 4to,
Book Condition: Used - Waterstaining to last two leaves of Volume I, otherwise Near Fine
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3487076470
ISBN 13: 9783487076478
Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, reprint of 1928-1937 first edition
Place of Publication: Hildesheim
Date Published: reprint of 1928-1937 first edit
Pages: xxiv, 324 pp, 86 plates + xvi, 358, [2] pp, 167 plates + [6], 256, [1] pp, plates 168-266 + xx, 260, [1] pp, 116 plates
Keywords: sport Schwerdt, Carl Franz Georg Richard Schwerdt, C.F.G.R. (Charles Francis George Richard) 3487076470
Bookseller catalogs: Sports & Games (Bibliographies);

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