ANGLING IN BRITISH ART THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES: PRINTS, PICTURES, BOOKS. By Walter Shaw Sparrow. With a Foreword by H.T. Sheringham, and two hundred illustrations, including thirty-nine in colour.
1923 1st edition. Large 4to (235 x 294mm). Ppxxii,288 + 4pp adverts. Illustrated with full-page plates, including 39 in colour, text figures. Printed on rag paper, top edge blue, deckle edges. Binding C. Dark blue fine weave cloth with a matt (unsized) finish. Spine titled in gilt, upper board title blind-stamped. Top edge blue. The fore-edge of the frontispiece is trimmed a little (18mm) short.
An important and useful work. The author also wrote on fox hunting and sporting art.
An important and useful work. The author also wrote on fox hunting and sporting art.
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18909
| Author | Sparrow (Walter Shaw). (1862-1940). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 18909 |
| ISBN | B00085NGK8. |
| Book Description | Slight foxing and use but a tidy copy. Ink name (deer authority, H.A. Fooks) on front end-paper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1923 |
| Publisher | John Lane: The Bodley Head. |
| Place | London. |