Lot 321
Sport and Leisure MORRIS IS COMPLETE, WITH 232 PLATES
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Morris, Rev. F. O. A natural history of the nests and eggs of British birds. London: George Bell and Sons, 1879. Second edition, 4to., 3 volumes, 232 colour plates, green half morocco, spines faded, slight rubbing, occasional spotting; Nimrod Memoirs of the late John Mytton Esq. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner..., 1835? 4to., engraved title and 18 coloured plates, green cloth gilt, slightly soiled, occasional spotting. Scrope, William The art of deer-stalking. London: John Murray, 1839. 8vo., inscription from the author to loose endpaper, engraved frontispiece and title, 11 colour plates, green morocco gilt, rebacked with original covers depicting gilt stag and hound, original lower cover loose inside book, some foxing and fading and rubbing to covers; Malloch, P.D. Life-history and habits of the salmon, sea-trout, trout, and other freshwater fish. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1910. 4to., photograph illustrations, original blue gilt covers with photograps of fish to upper cover, covers and spine slightly rubbed and soiled, very occasional spotting; Walton, Izaak and Cotton, Charles. The complete angler... London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. 8vo., engraved portrait and title, later blue calf gilt, slight fading to spine and offsetting onto title; and another edition of 1895; [Pierce, Egan] Sporting anecdotes. [London:] Albion Press, 1804. First edition, 8vo., engraved frontispiece and title, 15 engraved plates, later calf, gilt tooled hunting motifs on spine, some rubbing and bumping, edges gilt, previous owner's signature to free-endpaper; and 7 others (16)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire