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Sat, Apr 18, 2020 12:00PM EDT
Lot 508

Three Finely Bound Titles on Sporting.

Estimate: $250 - $350

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[Fine Bindings?Sporting] Three Finely Bound Titles on Sporting. Titles include Saddle and Sirloin or English Farm and Sporting Worthies by The Druid [Henry Hall Dixon] (1870; later half crushed red Levant over marbled boards, compartments with gilt tooled ornaments of horseshoes and horse harnesses, marbled endpapers, t.e.g.); Coaching Days and Coaching Ways by W. Outram Tristram (1924; full contemporary red calf, compartments elaborately tooled in scrollwork and equestrian centerpieces in gilt, gilt dentelle turn-ins, a.e.g.); and The Sword and the Centuries by Alfred Hutton (1901; full contemporary red calf with a large central ornament tooled in gilt bearing an image of a sword, raised bands and gilt titling to spine, t.e.g.). 8vos. Light edge wear; else near fine copies.