Nov 20, 2012 - Sale 2295

Sale 2295 - Lot 218

Price Realized: $ 1,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(SPORTING.) Alken, Henry. A Steeple Chase, or A Cross-Country Match, a Series of Six Prints, from the Original Drawings. 6 colored etchings by Alken; engraved surface 7 1/2x10 1/2 inches. Oblong 4to, later 1/4 red crushed morocco, spine gilt, some rubbing to edges and joints; top edges gilt; original printed front wrapper (restored) bound in, first blank with closed tears and offsetting from (since removed) bookplate on front pastedown, 1-inch closed tear within image and short closed tear at bottom margin of plate 1, else generally clean with some occasional mostly marginal spotting; matching slipcase. first edition. scarce. Tooley 55. London: S. & J. Fuller, (1827)