London: Thomas McLean, 1824. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. deep rose boards, front cover text within rectangular border, backstrip rebacked in modern red morocco with red morocco corners housed in red cloth chemise in matching half red morocco slipcase, the latter with raised bands, spines lettered and decorated in gilt. Fine. Alken, Henry. No text. 27 x 19 cm. 50 hand-colored plates, many with multiple images, of the fifty plates, twenty are full paged sporting scenes, well drawn and nicely coloured, and printed on heavy paper. All plates printed recto only. Bright, clean copy, most plates titled at head, the frontispiece , "Wild Fowl Shooting." DIXON 67; MELLON/PODESCHI 120.

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Bookseller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 20602
Title: Sporting Scrap Book
Author: Alken, Henry
Illustrator: Alken, Henry
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Orig. deep rose boards, front cover text within rectangular border, backstrip rebacked in modern red morocco with red morocco co
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Thomas McLean
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1824
Keywords: Literature
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Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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