Author: G. Trigger, W. C. Spooner, Actaeon, Sylvanus Swanquill, Obadiah Oilstone, Thomas Hood, etc.
Title: The New Sporting Magazine, Volume 19 - 1840 July to December
Description: Walter Spiers, London, 1840. First Edition, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Half leather with marbled covers and banded spine with gilt lettering and decoration. Marbled end-papers. Slightly bumped corners and very light wear at spine-ends. Covers rubbed and faintly scratched. Binding is sound, pages are clean. Contains 13 plates including vignette title and frontis. Plates are clean and crisp with occasional light foxing. Contents Includes: July; Little Wonder winner of the Derby, Sonnet by Abeland, Fish Ponds and Bad Laws, Fishing in Germany II, Black Partridge of Hindostan, The Fly Fisher's Text Book or The Science and Practice of Fly-Fishing for Salmon, Trout, etc. Sportsman in Ireland, Epsom and Ascot Races, The Drogheda Case, Tattersall's. August; The Rectors Pool Llanwrst, The Moors, The Rod and the Gun, Summer Sea Fishing, Foot and Leg of the Horse, Laws Protecting Salmon and Salmon Fly, Liverpool July Meeting. September; Elk Pursued by Wolves, Goodwood Races, Sporting in Mecklenburg-Schwerin - Grand Steeple Chase at Gustrow, Partridges. October; Fly-Fishing for Trout, Supply and Preservation of Foxes, Doncaster Races, George Osbaldeston, Torquay Regatta, Plymouth Royal Regatta. November; Death of Shamrock, The Parr is Not a Hybrid - answer to Sir Anthony Carlisle's Letter, History of the British Turf, Charboro' Races, Hunt and Dinner, Newmarket October Meeting. December; Mrs Bartholomew Wink's "Pleasure Party". The Philosophy of the Turf, The Paces of Horses, Sporting Scenes and Country Characters, Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands, The First Steeple Chase in North America. Racing Calendar 1840. Index to the Horses in the Racing Calendar. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57019103012. ISBN: 0091199905

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