Old English sporting books / Ralph Nevill ; edited by Geoffrey Holme.
- Publication:
- London : The Studio limited, 1924.
- Format/Description:
- Book
xi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 34 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, cvii, that is, civ leaves of plates (some color) : illustrations, facsimiles ; 33 cm - Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3sf2mr91 - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Sports -- Bibliography.
Sports. - Form/Genre:
- Bibliographies.
- Place of Publication:
- England London.
- Notes:
- With half-title.
Each colored plate mounted and accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.
Illustrated lining-papers.
"This edition is limited to one thousand five hundred copies."--Verso of half-title.
Title-page in red and black.
"A bibliography of first and rare editions of some of the principal sporting books"--pages 23-34. - Local notes:
- Fairman Rogers copy is no. 1289.
Fairman Robers copy has original red cloth binding over boards; gilt lettering on spine and front cover; vignette of man riding horse stamped in gilt on front cover; top edges gilt. - Penn Provenance:
- Armstrong, F. Wallis, Jr., Mrs. (donor) (Fairman Rogers copy)
Armstrong, F. Wallis (bookplate) (Fairman Rogers copy)
Sommers, Anne (autograph, December, 1924) (Fairman Rogers copy) - Penn Chronology:
- 1924
- Contributor:
- Holme, C. Geoffrey (Charles Geoffrey), 1887-1954.
Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) - OCLC:
- 1496973