Green cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. In good condition. Boards are lightly worn, Slight soiling to cloth. Spine is slightly darkened. Text block in very nice shape with minimal toning. Free of foxing or marginalia. Binding tight and intact. A nice, presentable copy. Please see the photos. A rare copy of this profusely illustrated work on sporting painters by Walter Shaw Sparrow. Walter Shaw Sparrow was a notable Welsh writer on art and architecture with a special interest in British sporting artists. Copiously illustrated throughout with coloured plates. ‘A Book of Sporting Painters’ acts as a companion work to Sparrow’s earlier works ‘British Sporting Artists From Barlow to Herring’ and ‘Angling in British Art Through Five Centuries’. This work also includes references to a variety of artists, including the noted artist George Stubbs, best known for his work on horses.