British Sporting Periodicals: An Annotated Bibliography

by M. L. Biscotti

Overview

Since the 1700s, British periodicals devoted to field sports have been reporting developments in techniques, trends, legislation, conservation, and more. They therefore provide a detailed examination of the country’s rich and broad history of hunting, fishing, foxhunting, and related shooting sports.

British Sporting Periodicals: An Annotated Bibliography is the first comprehensive listing of all the periodicals on field sports produced in Great Britain up to 1950. Each title is described in detail, including publisher, place of publication, general content, format, frequency of issue, and publishing history. The book also includes many wonderful images of magazine covers and front pages, diagrams that trace various name changes and mergers, and a detailed timeline.

Exhaustively researched and carefully compiled, British Sporting Periodicals is a valuable reference tool for collectors, historians, and researchers of field sports.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538102725
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/04/2019
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.38(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

M. L. Biscotti is a retired antiquarian bookseller with a passion for sporting literature. He is the author of The Borzoi Books for Sportsmen (1992), The American Sporting Book Series (1994), The Bibliography of American Sporting Books (1997), Paul Brown: Master of Equine Art (2001), Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), and American Sporting Periodicals: An Annotated Bibliography (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).

Table of Contents

Foreword Paul Morgan

Acknowledgments

Introduction Chris Harte

A Guide to Using This Book

ENTRIES A TO Z

Appendix A: Name Changes and Mergers

Appendix B: Lesser Known, Short-Lived Periodicals

Appendix C: A Timeline of the Sporting Periodicals

Bibliography

Index of Periodicals

Index of Publishers and Editors

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

This will be a very useful work on an area not covered by other bibliographies. Many of these periodicals are underrated, with important contributions by the leading writers of their day. If some of the articles were published separately they would be highly sought after.

Greg Way

Biscotti’s work is arguably one of the most important new listings of British Sporting Periodicals to date. His research into their publishing history and precise listing of where they may be found (both online and elsewhere) offers a truly valuable resource for locating this often obscure material. Biscotti has created an invaluable benchmark from which future findings may now be mapped and added.

Agricultural History Review

British Sporting Periodicals is a vital reference for the researcher of sporting periodicals. Duke Biscotti's work traces the evolution of British sporting history as recorded in its magazines, journals, almanacs, and more. Biscotti's work is full of cited sources, descriptions of each periodical, and the evolution of specific titles over years and decades. This work will become an instant go-to resource for collectors and researchers alike.

John P. Connolly