Item #374951 Sporting anecdotes; original and select: including characteristic sketches of eminent persons who have appeared on the turf. With an interesting selection of the most extraordinary events which have transpired in the sporting world; a correct description of the animals of chase, and of every other subject connected with the carious diversions of the field. / by an amateur sportsman. Pierce Egan.

Sporting anecdotes; original and select: including characteristic sketches of eminent persons who have appeared on the turf. With an interesting selection of the most extraordinary events which have transpired in the sporting world; a correct description of the animals of chase, and of every other subject connected with the carious diversions of the field. / by an amateur sportsman

1804, First Edition. London: For Thomas Hurst, Paternoster-Row; J. Harris, St. Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Wheble, Warwick-Square: Albion Press: Printed by James Cundee, Ivy-lane. Finely bound copy in gilt-blocked tree calf. Raised spine bands. Inner gilt dentelles. Top edge gilt. Slightest suggestion of rubbing and dulling to spine bands and panel edges. Minor scattered foxing. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #374951

Physical description: vi, [10], 542 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations. Subjects: Sports Great Britain. Sports; Anecdotes.
Sports stories. Horse racing. Sports history.

Price: €335.00

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