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Live Auction

Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Feb 12, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 499

15 Fox Hunting Books

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
including Hibernia Venatica, by Morris, M. O'Connor, London: Chapman & Hall, 1878, first edition, original green cloth boards with gilt spine decoration, illustrated with seven albumen photographs, of note page 280 depicting Lady Randolph Churchill; The Noble Science, by Radcliffe, FP Delme, London: Rudolph Ackerman, 1839, first edition, 3/4 morocco leather over marbled boards, five raised gilt bands on spine; Hunting Pie, by Watson, Frederick, New York: Derrydale Press, 1931, in original pictorial boards, one of 750 copies; Observations on Fox-Hunting and the Management of Hounds in the Kennel and Field, by Cook, Colonel John, London: Printed for the Author by William Nichol, 1826, 1/2 pebbled blue morocco over marbled boards, three engraved plates; with 11 other titles - Provenance: James Cummins Bookseller, New York, NY; Estate of Robert K. Johnson, Aiken, South Carolina

Condition

most in good to very good condition, some bumps to edges, rubbing to boards and extremities, foxing, toning to pages, Life of a Fox with detached front board
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