Original Water Colour Drawings

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18 Stunning water colours by Henry Alken In a superb green long grain morocco (by Riviere and Son), elaborate gilt & blind tooling, gilt titles, corners rubbed. Spine, gilt titles & tooling, raised bands, edges brushed. Internally, gilt tooling to board edges & turn-ins, green marbled endpapers, eighteen water colours, mostly signed and captioned, mounted on thick cards, not dated, a.e.g., binders stamp to verso fep. (266*377 mm). Images are: 1. No Caption, Gentleman seated with arms folding, picture of chicken on wall, 126*143 mm. 2. Hunting With Pleasure, signed, 285*197 mm. 3. Leaving it With Pain, signed, 285*198 mm. 4. A Smasher, signed, 286*196 mm. 5. Rather to Forword, signed, 286*198 mm. 6. Going to Cover, signed, 284*195 mm. 7. A Horse Caught, signed, 274*174 mm. 8. Comming in at the Death, signed, 285*198 mm. 9. No 1. L1 of Hunting Nuisances [sic] A Large Field, 251*176 mm. 10. No 3 Well laid on, signed, 251*175 mm. 11. Stag Hunting Misieries [sic] No 4, The First Stop, signed, 247*176 mm. 12. Not Invited, signed, 276*194 mm. 13. The Thief Detected, signed, 280*187 mm. 14. The Thief Caught, signed, 275*187 mm. 15. Sportsman Pets, signed, 271*173 mm. 16. Sportsmans Pets, signed, 279*171 mm. 17. No Caption, Two dogs standing over a dead rabbit, 279*186 mm. 18. No Caption, A Cock Fight, signed, 261*167 mm. 0