Author: Maxwell, William Hamilton (1792-1850)
Title: The field book: or, Sports and pastimes of the United Kingdom : compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern
Description: London : Published by Effingham Wilson 1833. 1st edition. Provenance: L. Williams. Very good copy in the original aniline calf over cloth. Raised bands. spine compartments all uniformly tooled in gilt. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description: viii. 616 pages. 1 unnumbered leaf of plates: illustrations (wood-engravings); 22 cm. Notes: Author of Wild sports of the West is William H. Maxwell. Engravings signed. variously: S. Williams. Sears. TWI. Plates. 'Printed by Bradbury and Evans' - t.p. verso. Subjects: Sports Great Britain. Sports; Dictionaries. Amusements Great Britain. Sports. Sports; Encyclopedias. Sports 19th century. Sports Dictionaries and encyclopedias. Country life Great Britain.Dictionaries and encyclopedias. Nature Dictionaries and encyclopedias. Genre: Dictionaries. Dictionary. Illustrated.

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