Wild sports of the world
Subtitle: a boy's book of natural history and adventure
By: by James Greenwood ; with woodcuts from designs by Harden Melville and William Harvey ; coloured illustrations from water-colour drawings by J.B. Zwecker, Harrison Weir and Harden Melville ; portraits of celebrated hunters from original photographs, and maps showing the habitats of animals and plants all over the world.
Contributors: Melville, Harden Sidney, fl. 1837-1882.; Harvey, William, 1796-1866.; Zwecker, Johann Baptist, 1814-1876.; Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906.; Dickes, William, 1815-1892.; Brooks, Vincent.; Richard Clay (Firm); Bone & Son.
Publisher: S.O. Beeton
Published: 1862
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
Subjects: Hunting -- Juvenile literature; Animal behavior -- Juvenile literature; Game and game-birds -- Juvenile literature
Notes: " ... portraits ... engraved from drawings by W.G. Miller ... coloured illustrations ... engraved and printed by W. Dickes"--P. [viii].

" ... woodcuts ... engraved by H. Newsom Woods"--P. [ix].

Plates printed by William Dickes using George Baxter's patented process of colour printing which employed a combination of relief and intaglio processes; maps engraved and lithographed by Vincent Brooks.

MASS copy 1 & 2: Bound in violet bead-grain cloth, blocked in gold and blind. Copy 1 with binder's ticket: "Bone & Son, London". Copy 2 has a.e.g.; missing front flyleaf.