Henry Alken
The National Sports of Great Britain
2nd Ed. Thomas M'Lean 1825
Henry Alken. The National
Sports of Great Britain. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Second edition.
Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated with fifty engraved plates after designs by
Alken. Publisher’s terracotta cloth, stamped in gilt to front cover, endleaves
in yellow. Housed in later leather backed clamshell cloth by Aquarius of London.
Rebacked with original spine laid down; extremities
gently rubbed and bumped; light scattered foxing to endleaves and prelims;
minor uniform toning throughout, discreet early ink ownership signature to
front pastedown. Very good.
LWC-00031A
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