1832 Pierce Egan's Book of Sports, and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage Interspersed with Original Memoirs of Sporting Men, Etc.

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon

Comprised of issues 1 to 25 of Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life, with twenty five illustrations. Egan provides an entertaining compendium of sports lore, with articles on horse racing, boxing, cricket, and fencing. Pierce Egan was a British journalist and sports writer, who also wrote about popular culture. His 1821 book, Life in London, was adapted into a stage play and became the first play to have a continuous run of 100 performances at the Adelphi Theatre. This volume is uncommon, but particularly in its original illustrated hardback boards. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. This volume was previously owned by Purnell Bransby Purnell, who was MP for Gloucester in the early nineteenth century.