Lot 1286 , Hackwood, Frederick W. - Inns, Ales, and Drinking Customs of Old England. coloured frontis. and numerous other plates; (Same Author) Old English Sports. 6 coloured and 32 other plates; (same author) Good Cheer: the roman

° Hackwood, Frederick W. - Inns, Ales, and Drinking Customs of Old England. coloured frontis. and numerous other plates; (Same Author) Old English Sports. 6 coloured and 32 other plates; (same author) Good Cheer: the romance of food and feasting. coloured frontis. and 20 other plates; (same author) The Good Old Times: the romance of humble life in England. coloured frontis. and numerous other plates; uniformly bound in later 20th cent. gilt ruled chocolate half morocco and buckram, gilt pictorial spines, gilt tops and marbled e/ps., med. 8vo. together 4 vols. 1907-11; sold with The Sporting Repository ... (new edition, limited to 500 copies). 22 hand coloured plates; mid 20th cent. gilt ruled half morocco and cloth, gilt pictorial panelled spine, gilt top, roy. 8vo. 1904. *originally published 1822; for this edition 6 plates (by Alken & Barenger) from that earlier edition were replaced by 9 other Alken plates first published elsewhere. (5)
£140-180

Condition:
Hackwood - a handsome, vg. set - save Sports, with title and other marked foxing, all with half titles; Repository - vg. and handsome bndg. xi, 478pp; mid 20th cent. armorial bkplt. (Charles Stewart of Ballechin) and initialled above - 'J.C.V.S. 1941'