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SELECTIONS FROM THE FANCY; OR TRUE SPORTSMAN'S GUIDE BY AN OPERATOR
With a Foreword by George Plimpton & Etching and Drawings by Randy Jones.

- Barre, MA : Imprint Society 1972 - 8vo. - quarter leather, patterned paper-covered boards, all edges speckled, paper-covered slipcase - xvi, 136 pages - Order Nr. 93975 - Price: $ 30.00

Limited to an edition of 1950 copies, this being out of series. It is signed by illustrator Randy Jones, whose bawdy pen-and-ink drawings are scattered through the book. Original etching has been laid-in. Text is usually attributed to Jonathan Badcock, one of the foremost sporting journalist during the early 1800s. The authorship is thoroughly discussed in Plimpton's Foreword. Leather is lightly rubbed in places along the spine, slipcase also has light wear along edges.

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