BAILY'S MAGAZINE OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES. Vols. 1-70. London: Baily Brothers, Cornhill and Vinton and Co., 1860-1898. First edition. Half green morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, with raised bands and gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. All 8vo. Each volume with frontispiece, engraved title page, and plates.

Each 9 x 6 in.

From a longtime North Carolina collector

This British sports magazine was published monthly beginning in 1860. While the publisher changed in 1889, the publication continued to run through 1926.

Boards with expected edgewear and scuffs, with occasional chip, rubbing to joints, and light wear at head and tail of spines, several spines heavily sunned; all with bookplates, blind stamps on free endpaper, previous owner's signature; pages toned with foxing concentrated at preliminaries and endpapers; occasional wear to page edges, damp stain, cracking at hinges, offsetting, or loose leaves; (4) volumes with additional wear including significant damp staining, paper loss to boards, cracking at joints, and heavy edge wear; pages generally clean and unmarked, most volumes retain tissue guards; an overall good set.