1908-39 British Sports and Sportsmen

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Limited Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

Fourteen works in fifteen volumes of sixteen, only missing Yachting and Rowing and featuring the scarce Polo and Coaching.

The set also contains the particularly scarce Cape Town edition of 'South Africa and Rhodesia', which had a smaller limitation of five hundred copies.

The impressive 'British Sports and Sportsmen', rarely seen complete on the market, was a commanding series on numerous sporting subjects in Britain. Each volume is an extensive and detailed study into sport, and were popular library acquisitions of the day. 

The present collection is formed of limited editions of one-thousand copies and one of five hundred de luxe edition, all in the original publisher's uniform full morocco bindings. Most copies were dated from Copac between 1908 and 1939, dates are given for those specified.

This series is comprised of the following titles:

British Sports and Sportsmen: Past & Present, complete in two volumes, number three-hundred and twenty eight. With biographical sketches of the great sportsman up to the early twentieth century. Biographies are accompanied by portraits. With one-hundred and fourteen full page plates to Part I, and one-hundred and fourteen to Part II.

Shooting and Deerstalking, number three hundred and twenty eight. On methods of shooting various kinds of game and pheasants. With numerous illustrations in text as well as frontispiece and eight full page plates of photogravures. Collated, complete.

Athletic Sports: Tennis, Rackets and other Ball Games, number three-hundred and twenty-eight. Edited in conjunction with The Sporting Life. With accounts of the foundation of British Athletic Sports, and record of boxing, swimming, fencing, tennis, badminton, bowls, &c. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine full page plates of photogravure portraits each protected with tissue guard, as well as numerous black and white illustrations in text. Collated, complete.

Golf, Athletics, Tennis, Hockey and other Ball Games, Winter Sports, number three-hundred and twenty eight. Concerning golf, tennis, rackets, lacrosse, Eton and Rugby Fives, winter sports and British swordsmanship among others, with an account of some notable personalities. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine plates of photogravures. Collated, complete.

Modern Commerce, Transport, Motoring and Aviation, edited in conjunction with The Sporting Life. Number three-hundred and twenty eight. Looking at modern British pioneers, transport and finance, with a review of motoring and a historical survey of British aviation. Illustrated with a frontispiece and fourteen plates in photogravure as well as numerous illustrations in text. Collated, complete.

Hunting, number three-hundred and twenty eight. On shooting, hunting of common game and pheasants, beagles and foot-harriers of Great Britain. With a frontispiece and eleven plates of photogravures as well as numerous illustrations in text. Collated, complete.

Polo and Coaching, number three-hundred and twenty eight. On the history of the game of Polo and the ancient glories and traditions of Coaching. With a frontispiece, numerous in-text illustrations, and nine further plates in photogravure. Collated, complete.

Big Game Hunting and Angling, 1914 number three-hundred and twenty eight. Concerning big game hunting and angling, reporting of hunting experiences in Africa, Sardinia and more by a number of authorities on the topic, including James Sutherland, F. S. Selous, and Artur R. Price. Illustrated with a frontispiece, illustrations in text, and fifty photogravures. Collated, complete.

Breeding, Agriculture Country-Life Pursuits, number three-hundred and twenty eight. With a history of agriculture through the ages, and chapters concerning the horse and country-life. Illustrated in text in black and white, with a frontispiece and eleven full page plates in photogravure. Collated, complete.

Cricket and Football, 1917, number three-hundred and twenty-eight. Published in war-time, with a history of cricket, and the evolution of football. With illustrations in text, frontispiece and thirteen photogravure plates. Collated, complete.

Racing, 1920, number five-hundred and forty four. Illustrative of leading events in connection with racing, from classical times to the twentieth century. Illustrated in text and with a frontispiece and twenty-four full page plates in photogravure. Collated, complete.

Modern Flat-Racing, Steeplechasing, Point-to-Point Racing, Coursing, and Greyhound Racing, number three-hundred and twenty eight. The later one volume edition. A history of the British Turf. With a frontispiece, illustrations in text, and eleven plates of photogravures. Collated, complete.

Commerce and Industry, number three-hundred and forty one. Industrial revolution and progress of the industries. Illustrated in text and with a frontispiece, ten photogravures. Collated, complete. 

The Story of Shipping, number three-hundred and twenty eight. With a historical survey on the rise of shipping and its development. Illustrated with a frontispiece, illustrations in text, and nine photogravures, eight plates in colour. Collated, complete.

South Africa and Rhodesia, 1929, number one-hundred and ninety-three of five hundred de luxe editions. With sporting accounts in South Africa and Rhodesia, including tennis, yachting, hunting, turfing, racing, &c. With illustrations in text, frontispiece, and seven photogravure plates. Collated, complete.