Riding. Polo. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
- Half Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards
- London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1891
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1891. First Edition. Half Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards. Good Plus. J. D. Giles, J. Stuart Allan and F. Dadd. Bound attractively in half morocco by Root & Son. 4to. 19 by 14 cm. xii, [1], 423 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w plates and drawings in the text. Binding rubbed along joints. A few scratches on the spine leather, and unevenness of color. Although most leaves are clean, there are leaves afflicted with heavy-ish foxing, by which we mean pronounced in some way -- the size and/or darkness of the markings or the clustering of markings. A few leaves with a dampstain, and other soiling. The plates, on a different, glossy paper stock, are generally clean. Notwithstanding a fairly attractive shelf presence, this copy gives us the impression of a certain grittiness.
Details
Title
Riding. Polo. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
Author
Weir, Captain Robert (author of "Riding" portion); Moray Brown (author of "Polo" portion)
Binding
Half Morocco. Marbled paper pastedown on boards
Condition
Good
Publisher
Longmans, Green, and Co: London
Date
1891
Edition
First Edition