Shooting rare books

Folio (48.5 x 31.5 cm), engraved additional title dated 1821, coloured by hand, 50 hand-coloured engraved plates, text in English and French; nineteenth century green polished half calf gilt, red morocco label, presented in original cloth backed slipcase, a fine clean copy.

First edition. small 4to, xii, 215 pp., numerous illustrations by Lt. General H. Hope Crealocke, handsomely bound for Hatchards in brown half morocco gilt, light soiling to title else an excellent example.

First edition; 8vo (195 x 130 mm); hand-coloured frontispiece illustration by John Leech, titled 'The Meet', offsetting from this to title-page, peripheral spotting to blank prelims and terminals, tone, otherwise fine; early twentieth century full tan calf, gilt panelled, green lettering-pieces, gilt hand-tooling to spine panels, gilt dentelles, original cloth covers bound in at rear, top edge gilt, a very handsome copy.