Author: Col. Thomas ThorntonTitle: A Sporting TourPublisher: Edward Arnold - London/New YorkEdition: 1896 New EditionPages: 332Description: A near fine or better 1896 copy of A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England and Great Part of the Highlands of Scottland, A New Edition with colored plates by G.E. Lodge from the 1804 first edition by Colonel Thomas Thornton (1757-1823), of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. 8vo. 332 pp. Georgeous Full calf leather tooled in gilt from the Zaehnsdorf Bindery in London. This volume features elaborately gilt-decorated spines, Five raised bands, Unusual four-leaf clover designed marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Published as a part of Edward Arnolds' The Sportsman's Library (1896-1898). Featuring the G.E. Lodge full color tissue guarded frontis along with 18 color and black and white engravings and plates. Thomas Thornton was perhaps the most famous sportsman and falconer of 18th century England, and his exploits in Northern England and Scottland are examined in full detail here. Condition: The book is exceptional in appearance, and seems to be unread with just a pencil notation noting an error on the Illustrations page. A wonderful addition to your hunting and sporting collection, and it will look great on your bookshelf.
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A Sporting Tour - Col. Thomas Thornton 1896, London, Illustrated
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