Description
Offered here is an attractive Victorian bound volume of Baily’s Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume L / Volume the Fiftieth, published in London by Vinton and Company, Limited, 1889.
This respected British sporting periodical is filled with late-19th-century content on country sports, hunting, horse racing, hounds, yachting, rowing, livestock, and rural sporting society. The decorative half-leather binding, marbled boards, gilt spine tooling, and sporting-themed spine devices give the book strong shelf appeal.
Notable features include:
* 1889 Victorian sporting volume from Baily’s Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
* Volume L / Volume the Fiftieth, not Volume 1
* Published by Vinton and Company, Limited, London
* Decorative half-leather binding with marbled boards
* Gilt spine decoration with sporting motifs
* Contents include hunting, racing, hounds, turf, yachting, rowing, shire horses, and British country-sport topics
* Portrait content includes figures such as F. A. Bradburne and Lord Penrhyn, with the contents also listing the Earl of Fingall
* Excellent subject matter for collectors of Victorian sport, foxhunting, horse racing, equestrian history, and British country-life books
Condition: Antique volume with expected age and handling wear. The leather spine and corners show rubbing, edge wear, and scuffing. The marbled boards have visible surface wear/residue. Interior pages show foxing, age toning, and some damp staining/tide marks, especially near the upper margins and endpapers. The portrait plates and text remain very displayable and the binding retains a handsome period look.
A desirable Victorian sporting volume with excellent decorative presence and strong historical content for the collector of British sporting books. Please view all the photos for the best sense of condition, contents, and binding detail.
