Sporting.- The Sporting Magazine; or Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, The Chace and every other Diversion, c.100 vol., 1793-1870, engraved frontispieces, titles, plates, occasional foxing, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, green morocco labels on spines, rubbed and worn, some rebound, some boards detached, some marbled end papers, bookplates of Charles B. Godman and Anthony Michael del Baso, 8vo, J. Wheble, 1793-1870 [sold not subject to return] *** The Sporting Magazine (1793 - 1870) was a series of periodicals that gave detailed guides to ‘Gentlemanly pursuits’ popular at the time. Most information was provided from the readers themselves, giving a comprehensive overview of the rise and fall in sports such as fox hunting, cock-fighting and duelling with pistols and swords.
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