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Sporting anecdotes, original and selected : including numerous characteristic portraits of persons in every walk of life, who have acquired notoriety from their achievements on the turf, at the table, and in the diversions of the field, with sketches of the various animals of the chase: to which is added, an account of noted pedestrians, trotting matches, cricketers, etc. the whole forming a complete delineation of the sporting world
de Egan, Pierce
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- VG-
- Librería
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. VG-. Presumed first American edition after the first edition (London, 1820). iv, 359. Frontispiece with 8 compartments of engravings showing: jumping, fishing, racing, shooting, archery, cockfighting, (unidentifiable sport) and boxing. Old, tree calf, half of black spine label chipped away, internals darkened throughout with obvious foxing. Solid binding. An unsophisticated version of the first American edition, which, though not uncommon in university collections, is not as commonly seen in trade as its British copies.
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- Librería
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 012915
- Título
- Sporting anecdotes, original and selected : including numerous characteristic portraits of persons in every walk of life, who have acquired notoriety from their achievements on the turf, at the table, and in the diversions of the field, with sketches of the various animals of the chase: to which is added, an account of noted pedestrians, trotting matches, cricketers, etc. the whole forming a complete delineation of the sporting world
- Autor
- Egan, Pierce
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - VG-
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st US Edition
- Editorial
- H. C. Carey and I. Lea
- Lugar de publicación
- Philadelphia
- Fecha de publicación
- 1822
- Palabras clave
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Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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Sobre el vendedor
Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Salisbury, Connecticut
Sobre Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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