(HAWES, William P.)

SPORTING SCENES AND SUNDRY SKETCHES; Being the Miscellaneous Writings of J. Cypress, Jr. Edited by Frank Forester [i.e., Henry William Herbert].

New York: Gould, Banks & Co., 1842. First edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound in one: vi, 241; vi, 231 pp. Engraved plates; half-title to each volume. The first appearance of Herbert's pseudonym "Frank Forester." BAL 8068 (“Unsold sheets, folded, untrimmed, measuring 7 7/8 x 4 ¾ inches, remained unbound for years and copies were offered during the later years of the 19th century as ‘large paper copies’”). Phillips, p. 163. Henderson, p. 60. Somewhat later plain binder’s quarter cloth and boards. Very good untrimmed and largely unopened copy, at 8 3/8 x 5 inches, larger than the unbound copies mentioned in BAL. Item #67817

Price: $250.00