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Author: GREENWOOD James

Title: Wild Sports Of The World A Boys Book Of Natural History And Aventure

Price: £90.00

Year: 1862

Edition: 1st Edn

Publisher: S O Beeton

Summary: xxii - 426 pages, all edges gilt,10 colour plates of hunting scenes, + wood engravings to text, 6 folding maps showing the habitat of animals and plants of the world. Small armorial bookplate and library case no for Easton Neston Library to front paste down. Presentation inscription from George Hesketh (owner of Easton Neston) to verso of front end paper Bound in the publishers blind stamp plum cloth, gilt title vignette to upper cover ornate gilt decorated spine. Even fading to the spine and edges. A very good copy in the original state of the 1st edition of a popular title which ran to many editions. Hunting big game around the world with detailed references to various big game animals. Includes portraits of famous sportsman and traveller's, and over 100 woodcut illustrations in the text.

Ref: 22089

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