
Lot 80•
RAWSTORNE (LAWRENCE) Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game and an Improved Method of Making Plantations and Covers, FIRST EDITION, 1837; and 2 others
14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
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RAWSTORNE (LAWRENCE)
Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game and an Improved Method of Making Plantations and Covers, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates after T.J. Rawlins, errata slip tipped in at end, recased in publisher's green morocco, ornate gilt borders on sides, gilt lettered spine, g.e. [Abbey Life 392; Schwerdt II, p. 127; Tooley 393], R. Ackermann, 1837--Gradus ad Cantabrigiam; or New University Guide to...the University of Cambridge... By a Brace of Cantabs, half-title, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates of university costumes and scenes, woodcut portrait of Jemmy Gordon, some offsetting onto text, uncut in publisher's boards (stained), preserved in folding chemise and black morocco-backed slipcase, spine lettered in gilt [Abbey Scenery 81], John Hearne, 1824, 8vo--[CLAYTON (RICHARD)] A Treatise on Greyhounds with Observations on the Treatment & Disorders of them. By a Sportsman, first edition in book form, half-title, engraved frontispiece and vignette title, advertisement leaf at end, publisher's brown boards [Schwerdt II p.268], 12mo, Lackington, Hughes, 1819 (3)
Footnotes
Provenance: First work from Easton Neston Library of Lord Hesketh, shelf label on front paste-down.