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 292mm). 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 A. Dark blue coarse-weave buckram titled in gilt on spine and upper board. Blind-ruled borders. This cloth fades almost to brown. It has a slightly gloss finish. This version is most frequently seen.
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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18905
| Author | Sparrow (Walter Shaw). (1862-1940). |
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| Book Code | 18905 |
| ISBN | B00085NGK8. |
| Book Description | Spine faded as usual with this binding. A liitle foxing but a very good copy with the author's signature in pencil on front end-paper - "To William Valls, R.S.A., with cordial thanks and best wishes, Walter Shaw Sparrow". |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1923 |
| Publisher | John Lane: The Bodley Head. |
| Place | London. |