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    • Uniform Title:Sportsman (London, England : 1833)
    • Title:The Sportsman.
    • Published/Created:[London?] : Joseph Pardon, 1833-1834.
    • Physical Description:2 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    • Yale Holdings

      • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
      • Call Number: Sporting 2095
      • Status:No information available 
      • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
       
    • Frequency:Monthly, July-Dec. 1834
    • Former frequency:Weekly, Aug. 1833-May 1934
    • Extent:Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 31, [1833])-vol. 2, no. 6 (Dec. 1834).
    • Numbering peculiarities:Vol. 1 issued in 41 weekly numbers and also combined in 9 parts, each with plate, of which this set contains covers to parts 6 and 7 and plates of parts 6-9. Vol. 2 issued in 6 monthly numbers, eachwith plate, of which this set contains covers to numbers 1 and 6 and 6 plates.
    • Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy: 23 volumes: Volume I: Whole No. 1 (8/31/1833) - No. 41 (5/31/1834) through Volume VI of "New Series" (#11 on spine), No. 1 (1/1839) - No. 6 (6/1839). "Second Series": No. 1 (1/1839) (#12 on spine) - No. 6 (12/1839) through Volume XII (#23 on spine) (1/1845 - 6/1845). Monthly numbering ceased in the "Second Series" with Volume III, No. 6 (6/1843). Tan half calf, and tan cloth; green leather labels and red leather labels with gold lettering on spine, gold tooling and stamping on spines, gold lines on front and back covers, top edges gilt. Illustrations, plates of engravings, folding plates. Spine heights: 9 inches. to 9 5/8 inches.
    • Continued by:Sportsman
    • Superseded by: Sportsman and veterinar recorder, later, The Sportsman 1835-1870
    • Format:Periodical
    • References:Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, A22
    • Subjects:Hunting--Periodicals.
      Sports--Periodicals.
      Horse racing--Periodicals.