28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Gilbey (Sir Walter). Life of George Stubbs R.A, 1st edition, number 42 of 150 copies only, London: Vinton & Co., 1898. 4to (248 x 186 mm), original dark red morocco rebacked with original spine laid down, sporting vignettes gilt to front cover, all plates as called for, bookplate of Thomas Guy Paget (1886-1952), soldier, Conservative politician and author of Sporting Pictures of England (1945) - ibid. Farm Stock 100 Years Ago, 1st edition, London: Vinton & Co., 1910. 8vo, original pictorial orange cloth gilt, inscribed by the author 'T B Wood, with compliments, 5th May 1910, Walter Gilbey' on the title-page, a little wear to extremities - Nevill (Ralph). Old English Sporting Books, 1st edition, number 508 of 1500 copies only, London: The Studio Limited, 1924. 4to, original red pictorial cloth over bevelled boards, dust jacket, all plates as called for, spine sunned, dust jacket with a few chips and nicks - [Apperley, Charles James]. Nimrod's Hunting Tours ... A New Edition with an Introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow, London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926. 4to (251 x 182 mm), modern red half morocco, top edge dyed red, others untrimmed, all plates as called for (including folding map of Leicestershire) - and 11 others on field sports and sporting art, including another copy of Gilbey, Life of George Stubbs, 1898, number 76 of 150 copies only (lacking plate facing p. 142) (qty: 15)
Sold for £480
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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