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ALMANACS -- The Oracle of Rural Life and Sportsman's Almanack . London: A.H. Baily, 1839-1840 -- The Sporting Almanack . London: E. Churton, 1840-1841 -- The Sporting Oracle and Almanack of Rural Life . London: A.H. Baily, 1841 -- The Sporting Almanack and Oracle of Rural Life . London: A.H. Baily, 1842-1844. Together 8 volumes, 12° (174 x 111mm). Plates, advertisements at beginning and end. (A few leaves detached in vols 6 and 7, some spotting and staining.) Original printed wrappers, leather case (front wrapper detached in 2 vols). Provenance : C.F.G.R Schwerdt (bookplate; his sale, 11 March 1946, lot 2005). Schwerdt II, pp.51-52. The Sportsman's Magazine or Chronicle of Games and Pastimes ... for August 1823 [-January 1825] . London: Hodgson, 1823-1825. 3 volumes in 10 including 2 supplements (vol. III in six parts), 12° and 8° (148 x 89mm). Engraved titles, and 20 plates, including one hand-coloured and one folding, illustrations. (Some spotting and light staining.) Vol. I and II in original plain wrappers, vol.III in original printed wrappers, 2 vols. in modern paper boards (printed wrappers slightly soiled and worn). Provenance : C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (his sale, 11 March 1946, lot 2016). The Complete Angler and Barker's Delight were published in this complete run of The Sportman's Magazine . They were issued with separate pagination and often bound up separately. A complete run of the magazine is therefore rare. Schwerdt II, pp.221-222. CRUIKSHANK, George (1792-1878). The Comic Almanack . London: Charles Tilt, 1835-1853. 19 volumes, 8° and 12° (162 x 100mm, 142 x 92mm). 4 coloured folding frontispieces, plates, advertisements for first volume and last 6 volumes. (Some spotting, neat tear to one leaf, one plate slightly trimmed not affecting image.) Contemporary polished calf gilt spine by Rivière, original printed wrappers of last 6 volumes bound in. Provenance : Herbert S. Lyon (bookplate). This set includes the 'very scarce' first issue of 1845 and the first issue of 1848: Cohn 184. (31)