Woodcut frontispiece, five plates and illustrations in the text.
Second Edition. 8vo. [204 x 140 x 17 mm]. xi, [i], 142 pp. Original binding by Bone & Son (with their ticket) of green cloth, the front cover blocked in gilt and the reat in blind, gilt spine, yellow endleaves, plain edges. (The spine a little faded).
London: [by H. Davies in Cheltenham for ] J. Buchanan; and H. Davies, 1859
Occasional light dust-soiling or spotting at the head, but a very good copy of this classic work on archery, first published in 1856.
Bookplate of Eric Quayle (1922-2001) - the noted book collector, author and all-round bibliophile. Inscription on Contents page of 'The Archer's sport will never be extinct Until the memory of Robin Hood, Of Crefsy's well-fought field, and Chevy Chase Be blotted from the tablet of our minds.'
Stock no. ebc2534
Woodcut frontispiece, five plates and illustrations in the text.
Second Edition. 8vo. [204 x 140 x 17 mm]. xi, [i], 142 pp. Original binding by Bone & Son (with their ticket) of green cloth, the front cover blocked in gilt and the reat in blind, gilt spine, yellow endleaves, plain edges. (The spine a little faded).
London: [by H. Davies in Cheltenham for ] J. Buchanan; and H. Davies, 1859
Occasional light dust-soiling or spotting at the head, but a very good copy of this classic work on archery, first published in 1856.
Bookplate of Eric Quayle (1922-2001) - the noted book collector, author and all-round bibliophile. Inscription on Contents page of 'The Archer's sport will never be extinct Until the memory of Robin Hood, Of Crefsy's well-fought field, and Chevy Chase Be blotted from the tablet of our minds.'
Stock no. ebc2534
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