1908-12 British Sports and Sportsmen Past and Present Hunting

Description

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

The first editions of these works. In three volumes. 'Past and Present' complete in two volumes, 'Hunting' complete in one volume. 'Hunting' is a limited edition, limited to one-thousand numbered copies, of which this is numbered three-hundred and seventy-three. The 'British Sports and Sportsmen' series was a commanding series, containing many volumes on a wide variety of sporting subjects. Other topics include tennis, hockey and other ball games, racing, cricket, shooting, and more. Two extensive sporting works, detailed studies into prominent sportsmen, and hunting. 'Past and Present' Volume I, published in 1908. Illustrated with one-hundred and fifty-one plates. 'Past and Present' Volume II, published in 1912. Illustrated with one-hundred and forty-nine plates. 'Hunting', published in 1912. Illustrated with one-hundred and thirty-three plates. Collated, complete. Bookplate to the front pastedown of 'Hunting', 'Matilda Constance Ismay'.