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Lot 50
FORESTER, FRANK [HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM] The Warwick Woodlands, or Things as They Were, Ten Years Ago. By Frank Forester.
Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber, 1845. [Bound with:] My Shooting Box. By Frank Forester. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1846. Two titles bound together. First editions. Contemporary three-quarters green calf over purple cloth, the spine with morocco gilt lettering labels, housed in a cloth case with shooting motif to cover. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (19 x 11 cm); bound without wrappers, the second title with pictorial title and three engraved illustrations (including the "Tom Draw" plate which is often lacking). Upper joint starting, the binding rubbed, spotting throughout, title-page signature of J.M. Bullus to the first title.
Two well-regarded Frank Forester sporting titles which are unusual to encounter bound together in a contemporary binding as such. Van Winkle 13-17.
C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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