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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56004
| Author | Sparrow (Walter Shaw). (1862-1940). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 56004 |
| ISBN | B00085NGK8. |
| Book Description | Spine stained and slightly frayed, text quite foxed. Good only. Bookplate of Peter Wheat loosely inserted. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1923 |
| Publisher | John Lane: The Bodley Head. |
| Place | London. |