London: Collected and Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1824. The Golden Age of English Sporting Color-Plate Books A Monumental Regency Collection of Henry Alken’s Finest Sporting & Humorous Designs Over 320 Hand-Colored Plates in Three Elephant Folio Volumes ALKEN, Henry. A Collection of Sporting and Humorous Designs, Comprising A Variety of..... More
Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume Desprez, 1776. Drummond de Melfort's Traité sur la Cavalerie (1776) The Definitive Eighteenth-Century Work on Cavalry Tactics, Dedicated to Louis XVI DRUMMOND DE MELFORT, Louis Hector (Compte de). Traité sur la Cavalerie. Maréchal de Camp ès Armées du Roi, & Inspecteur-Général des Troupes-Légeres. Paris: De..... More
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1817. Henry Alken's Easter Monday [ALKEN, Henry]. Easter Monday. By Ben Tally Ho. London: S. & J. Fuller, April 7, 1817. First edition. Oblong folio (16 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches; 425 x 571 mm). Comprising a printed title and two hand-colored engraved plates depicting..... More
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London: Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1823. Newcomers to the Meltonian Hunt who Dress like Dandies and have no Thought for their Horses "A Very Rare Series, Amongst the Largest and Finest of Alken's Plates." (Tooley) ALKEN, Henry. Comparative Meltonians, As they are, and as they were… By..... More
London: Tho.s McLean, 1823. "Scenes in the Life of Master George" ALKEN, Henry. [Scenes in the Life of Master George]. London: Thos. McLean: Repository of Wit and Humour, 1823]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches; 260 x 352 mm.). Twelve superb hand colored soft-ground etched plates..... More
London, Berlin & St. Petersburg: A. Asher, 1835. English Races and Hunts in Twelve Original Parts Seventy-Two Images on Twenty-Four Hand Colored Lithograph Plates DEELEY, J. C. Sports and Races. Englische Wettrennen und Jagdstücke. London, Berlin & St. Petersburg: A. Asher, [ca,. 1835]. English Races and Hunts in twelve original..... More
London: S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, 1819. One of Alken's Finest Sets (Schwerdt) Six Remarkable Hand Colored Etched Plates ALKEN, Henry. How to Qualify for a Meltonian: Addressed to all Would-be Meltonians. By Ben Tally-Ho… London: S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, 1819..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans,, 1853-54. A Very Good Set In the Original Monthly Parts With Thirteen Hand-Colored Steel-Engraved Plates by John Leech SURTEES, Robert Smith. LEECH, John, illustrator. Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and Evans, March 1853 - October 1854. First edition in the..... More
London: H[annah] Humphrey, 1800. "Rare In This Fine State" (Schwerdt) GILLRAY, James. NORTH, Brownlow. [Hunting: A set of four humorous prints - A Preceding Companion to Cockney Sportsmen]. London: Published by H[annah] Humphrey, April 8th, 1800. Oblong folio (11 5/8 x 16 5/8 inches; 296 x 422 mm. Plate mark..... More
London: R. Ackermann, Junr. Sporting Gallery, 1830. The Grand Leicestershire Steeple Chase Eight Magnificent Hand-Colored Plates by C. Bentley after Henry Alken ALKEN, Henry. Grand Leicestershire Steeple Chase. On the 12th. of March, 1829. London: R. Ackermann, Junr.Sporting Gallery, Jan[uar]y. 1st, 1830. First edition. Oblong folio (16 1/2 x 20..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853-54. In the Original Monthly Parts With Seventeen Humorous Hand Colored Plates by John Leech SURTEES, Robert Smith. [LEECH, John, illustrator]. Handley Cross. or Jorrock's Hunt. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. First illustrated edition, first issue with 'Illustrious Leech" in Preface..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-65. In the Original Monthly Parts With Twenty-Four Humorous Hand Colored Plates by John Leech and Phiz SURTEES, Robert Smith. LEECH, John, illustrator. BROWN, Hablot K., ilustrator. Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds. By the Author of "Handley Cross," " Mr. Sponge's Sporting Town," &c. &c. With Illustrations..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857-58. A Surtees Title in the Original Monthly Parts [SURTEES, Robert Smith]. "Ask Mamma;" or, The Richest Commoner in England. By the author of “Handley Cross,” “Sponge’s Sporting Tour,” etc. etc. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858. First edition, first issue. In..... More
Leipzig: Theodor Seeger, 1800. Seven Superb Hand-Colored Engravings Depicting A Late Eighteenth Century Riding School By Carl Adolph Hess The text with instructions on the most natural and easiest way to train horses HESS, Carl Adolf Heinrich. Reitschule oder Darstellung des natürlichen und künstlichen Ganges des Campagnepferdes. Mit Kupfern und..... More
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London: S. Fores, 1794-99. "An Early and Rare Series of Hand-Colored Aquatint Fox Hunting Prints From the Celebrated Collections of Clarence S. Bement and Joseph Widener HOWITT, Samuel. Fox Hunting. London: S. Fores, 1794-99. First issue of these six hand colored aquatint plates, designed and engraved by Howitt. Each imprinted..... More
London: Published by R.B. Davis, 1836. First Edition of Hunter's Annual [No. 1] in the Publisher's Printed Wrappers Four Superb Hand Colored Lithographs Depicting Four of the Most Celebrated Hunts [DAVIS, Richard Barrett]. Hunter's Annual [No. 1]. Dedicated by Permission of His Most Gracious Majesty King William the 4th. by..... More
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1821. Alken's Rare Satire Successfully Transplants Horse's Ass to Rider's Seat ALKEN, Henry. Specimens of Riding Near London. Drawn from Life. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1821. First edition. Oblong folio (10 x 13 3/4 inches; 254 x 350 mm.). Printed title and eighteen hand-colored engraved plates..... More
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1815. Alken's First Published Work The Comic Foibles of Amateur Horsemen [ALKEN, Henry]. Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, or the reverse of Sporting Phrases taken from the Work entitled Indispensable Accomplishments… [by] Ben Tally Ho, an occasional Visitor in Leicestershire. London: S. & J. Fuller..... More
London: Rudolph Ackermann , 1835. "More Rare, Valued Higher" With Three Plates Only Found Here (Tooley) [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. APPERLEY, C.J. Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, Shropshire; Formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop & Merioneth, and Major in..... More
London: Messrs. Fores, 1863. Staggeringly Rare [BROWNE, H.K.]. PHIZ. A Run with the Stag-Hounds. London: Messrs. Fores,1863. First edition. Oblong folio (14 5/8 x 21 1/4 in; 372 x 484 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates, each dated May 13, 1863 and inscribed in print, "Proof." Printed by M. & N...... More
London: Messrs. Fores, 1863. Twelve Amusing Hand Colored Lithograph Plates [BROWNE, H.K.]. PHIZ. How Pippins Enjoyed the Day with Fox-Hounds. London: Messrs. Fores, 1863. First edition. Oblong folio (14 5/8 x 21 1/4 in; 372 x 484 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates, each dated January 19, 1863. Printed by M...... More
London: Messrs. Fores, 1850. "Hunting Accomplishments" Six Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates ALKEN, Henry. Fores's Hunting Accomplishments. Set of Six Plates Drawn by Henry Alken [Engraved by J. Harris]. London: Messrs. Fores, 1850. First edition. Oblong folio (12 3/4 x 19 3/16 inches; 325 x 488 mm). Specially printed title-page..... More
London: Messrs. Fores, [1859]. "A Fine Set of these Beautiful Plates Illustrating Correct and Incorrect Horsemanship in Riding to Hounds" (Dixon) ALKEN, Henry, artist. [Fores's Hunting Sketches: the Right and Wrong Sort, or a Good and Bad Way of Going Across Country]. Messrs. Fores, 1859. First edition. Oblong folio (15..... More
London: S & J Fuller, 1818. Henry Alkens' Fox Hunting Seven Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates ALKEN, Henry. A Set of Seven Plates on Fox Hunting by Henry Alken. London: S & J Fuller, 34 Rathbone Place, 1818. First edition. Oblong folio (17 1/16 x 22 1/16 inches: 433 x...... More
London: T. Gosden, 1833. The Famous Sporting Poem of Billesdon Coplow Depicted in Eleven Fine Hand Colored Etchings TURNER, F.C. A Set of Fox-Huntings, descriptive of the Poem of Billesdon Coplow, drawn and engraved by Mr. F. C. Turner. London: T. Gosden, 1833. First edition. Large octavo ( 11 x...... More
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