Lot 181
Baillie-Grohman, William A. and F. (editors)
The Master of Game by Edward, Second Duke of York
£945
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
The Oldest English Book on Hunting. With a Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. London: published for the editors by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., 1904. First edition, one of 10 deluxe copies printed on Japanese vellum, large folio, original vellum gilt by Zaehnsdorf, colour frontispiece heightened in gold, 61 plates (mainly heliogravures from pages of the original manuscript), tissue-guards, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, binding slightly soiled, spine rubbed, worn at head and foot, with a few small worm-tracks and attempted covering of blemishes on spine, onlaid gilt border to covers possibly a later embellishment, contents toned, marginal spotting, intermittent pinhole-sized worm-tracks in gutter and top margin, rear free endpaper creased [Schwerdt II p. 305: 'A magnificently got-up book, of which the introductory chapters and bibliographical notes are of the greatest interest']
Footnote
Note: There were also 600 standard copies, printed on paper and bound in reversed calf.
