Boating Life at Oxford. With Notes on Oxford Training and ..., Christchurch in Christchurch, Canterbury for sale
Page margins trimmed by binder. In one title,"St. Clair of the Isles", they have been trimmed too closely with loss of the end letters on several leaves. Shallow 1/2"by 1/8"chip to leather at head of spine. 3/8"split to leather at head of front joint. Some chips to marbled paper at fore edges of boards. ; An uncommon early rowing title, bound together with one other rowing title and with four other miscellaneous titles. [vi], 118 pages. Anonymous authors."The papers here gathered together are by three different Writers, in the following proportion: 1. Boating Life at Oxford. 2. Water-Derbies. 3. Rowing at the Universities. // The first and second were originally contributed to'London Society', whilst the closing Notes appeared in the'Pall-Mall Gazette'. // These Notes are here added to'Water-Derbies'in order to show what is necessary, in the opinion of competent observers from both Universities, to enable Cambridge to regain her ancient position on the water, and so reverse the results of recent years."- from the advertisement leaf. Bound with one other rowing title"The Log of the Water Lily (Thames Gig), during two cruises, in the summers of 1851-2, on the Rhine, Neckar, Main, Moselle, Danube, and other streams of Germany"by Robert Blachford Mansfield. London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. iv, 124 pages + illustrated title + frontis. Several full page engraved illustrations by Alfred Thompson within the pagination. Bound with cheap reprints of four other titles: 1."Confessions of an English Opium-Eater"by Thomas de Quincey. London: George Routledge and Sons, no date. 2."The Essays of Elia. First Series"by Charles Lamb. London: George Routledge and Sons, no date. 3."St. Clair of the Isles; or, The Outlaws of Barra. A Scottish Tradition"by Elizabeth Helme. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1867. 4."The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman"by Laurence Sterne. London: George Routledge and Sons, no date. Six works bound in one volume. 19th Century half-leather and marbled boards. Page dimensions: 176 x 118mm. Page edges speckled. The title page to"Tristram Shandy"has the owner's signature"R B Willis 1868".; 12mo 7"- 7½"tall
Boating Life at Oxford. With Notes on Oxford Training and Rowing at the Universities [bound with 5 others] (Books)
Title
Boating Life at Oxford. With Notes on Oxford Training and Rowing at the Universities [bound with 5 others]
Publisher name
James Hogg and Son, London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1868
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
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Key words
Sport Rowing History
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