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Illustrated. 414 pages. Full title: "Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage; Interspersed with Original Memoirs of Sporting Men, etc." Indexed. Contains 25 issues, each with illustration, on a wide variety of English Sports including, Archery, Wrestling, Cricket, Hunting, Rackets, Theatre, Fishing, Boxing, Horse racing, etc. Bound in half leather and marbled boards, replaced endpapers. Book begins with the illustrated title page. Some spotting and staining but light. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. iv, 414. Vignette to title page and numerous engravings throughout, mainly large head-piece engravings to chapters. Emerald green half-calf with 5 raised bands, gilt titles to red label to spine, gilt floral decoration to compartments and marbled paper-covered boards. Spine slightly sunned and rubbed; edges and corners scuffed. Scattered light foxing, heavier to title page, with minor stains. Small grouse shotting newspaper clipping pasted to margin p. 376; no annotation or inscriptions. Comprehensive compendium of sporting lore, originally published in parts. Subject matter includes racing, boxing, theatre and a wide variety of other pastimes including cricket and fencing.

Twenty Five issues of Pierce Egan's Book of Sports bound into one volume. Scarce in its original illustrated hardback boards Comprised of issues 1 to 25 of Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life, with twenty five illustrations. Egan provides an entertaining compendium of sports lore, with articles on horse racing, boxing, cricket, and fencing. Pierce Egan was a British journalist and sports writer, who also wrote about popular culture. His 1821 book, Life in London, was adapted into a stage play and became the first play to have a continuous run of 100 performances at the Adelphi Theatre. This volume is uncommon, but particularly in its original illustrated hardback boards. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. This volume was previously owned by Purnell Bransby Purnell, who was MP for Gloucester in the early nineteenth century. In the publisher's original binding. Externally, worn. Lightly rubbed to the boards with some wear to the extremities. The spine is missing, and the boards are held together by cords only and may detach with further handling. Internally, the binding is rather loose. Pages are lightly age toned but generally clean. Good Only

A first edition of Pierce Egan's book of sports. Rebacked with the original red cloth laid down to the spine and boards. 25 illustrations and an ornate title page engraving. Bound from the parts, with an engraved vignette headpiece for each section. Lacking the title page. Engraved title page still present. Pierce Egan (17721849) was a British journalist, sportswriter, and writer on popular culture. Here he provides coverage of various sporting events, originally published in 25 parts. Subject matter includes racing, boxing, theatre and a wide variety of other pastimes including cricket and fencing. Rebacked with original cloth laid down to the spine and boards. Externally smart, with some rubbing to the spine and extremities, and minor stains to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the occasional spot, with more spotting and a couple of tidemarks to the first couple of pages. Small closed tear to page 191, not affecting the text. Very Good

"Pierce Egan's BOOK OF SPORTS and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage; Interspersed with Original Memoirs of Sporting Men, etc." 1832 1st edition; Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg; London. Volume I containing 25 issues in all, Numbers I through XXV. Each issue has an illustration on the first page. There is an Index to the volume at the back. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled covers, marbled end papers, and three raised band and gilt lettering/accents on the spine. Egan was a 19th century journalist, sportswriter, and writer on popular culture. Here are a few examples of the contents: Antiquity of Wrestling; Archery; Whist; Animal Kindness; Account of a Mermaid; Adventures of a Pet Pig; Boxing; How to Catch, Cook and Eat a Lion; Steeple Chase; Cricket; Hawking; Battle of Brains; Description of Bees; Baboons Hunted with Dogs; Cribbage; Cock Fighting; Dr. Franklin's Advice to a Young Sportsman; Donkey Races; Death of a Pugilist; Elephant Fights; Fencing; Fox Hunting; Regattas; Bear Hunting; Pigeon Shooting; Fishing; Horse Racing; Shark Fight; Shooting Deer; Wolf Hunting.and much more. Condition: Tanning at the cover corners and along the inner edges by the spine. The top and bottom edges of the spine are worn, as are the cover corners. Shelf wear along the edges of the boards. Tight binding with no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Page 159 has a small hole through the text at the top-right corner. The text pages are in nice condition - mostly clean with only an occasional small, light foxing spot, and some very light staining/foxing(?) to the outer edge of pages 60-76. Heavier foxing to the title page (both sides), and the blank end papers. Old name written in pen on front end paper. Overall the book is in Good+ condition.

Octavo. viii, 304 pp. with 13 hand-colored aquatint plates by Theodore Lane. Hardcover, bound in full polished calf, top edge gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, recased. Light foxing to a few of the plates.