Pierce Egan's anecdotes, original and selected, of the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage :. the whole forming a complete panorama of the sporting world, uniting with it a book of reference and entertaining companion to the lovers of British sport. 3217269

Pierce Egan's anecdotes, original and selected, of the turf, the chase, the ring, and the stage :. the whole forming a complete panorama of the sporting world, uniting with it a book of reference and entertaining companion to the lovers of British sport.

Pierce Egan (1772 - 1849)

Date

1827

Materials

Place of origin

London

Collection

Polesden Lacey, Surrey

NT 3217269

Summary

Bibliographic description

viii, 304p, [13] leaves of plates :. ill. (some col.) ;. 26 cm. Pencil notes on lower pastedown. Provenance: inscribed on endpaper "W.G. Lambarde 1906 from" and under this is stamped: C.J. Lambarde [i.e. Charles Graham Campbell (1880-), last laird of Jura]. Ex libris book label of Debora Sylvester Jane Campbell of Jura [i.e. née Lambarde, m. Charles Graham Campbell (1880-), last laird of Jura, in1930]. Binding: nineteenth-century half calf, sewn onto recessed bands; brown marbled paper over boards; gold-tooled on spine, title lettered direct onto spine: Sporting anecdotes. Final leaf torn.

Makers and roles

Pierce Egan (1772 - 1849) Theodore Lane (Isleworth 1800 - London 1828)

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