Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches; Being the Miscellaneous Writings of J. Cypress, Jr. Edited

by Frank Forester by Henry William Herbert, William P. Hawes

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First edition

First edition. Illustrated with four plates. vi, 241; vi, 231 pp. 2 vols. 12mo 5 x 8-1/4 . Original green cloth, with F. Forester in gilt on spine. Bookplate. Very good, some foxing and staining. Van Winkle, pp. 82-3; BAL 8068; Wright I, 1138 Hawes . Item #261234 The first book appearance of the pseudonym Frank Forester a transparent one, as Herbert's name appears as author of the opening

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