F. L. Wilder — English Sporting Prints
London, Thames and Hudson, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this collection of English sporting prints by F. L. Wilder, complete with dust wrapper. A detailed history of English sporting prints compiled by F.L. Wilder, specialist on the subject. With notes on the popular artists and printers of the nineteenth century, as well as on sporting writers, the technical processes used in their production, a special section on reprints, &c. The first edition of this work. With ninety-six full page plates in colour. Collated, complete. Enclosed in the original, colourful dust wrapper, price clipped. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper price clipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.
