The Oriental Sporting Magazine: Vol. 1, Nos. 1-4
Bombay: Printed for the Proprietors, at the Courier Press, July 1828-April 1829. Second and first editions. Hardcover (contemporary marbled boards, half leather). 316p + 39p interspersed throughout the numbers, listing entries for forthcoming race meetings. No ills. Bound without covers and without any frontispieces. Covers quite rubbed from old insect damage; back cover a little loose but will hold. Some age browning and staining. Second edition of number 1; first edition of numbers 2-4. Fair. Item #30440
The first four numbers of this quarterly sporting journal. Covers chiefly racing--entries, results, articles on care and training, a letter from a Yorkshire jockey, etc. Also Indian field sports such as hog hunting and fowling, humorous prose and verse, etc. Not pretty, but scarce, and priced with condition in mind.
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