Beckford peter esq (9 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Rebound in full leather with gilt decoration on raised boards & marbled end papers. Front hinge split, with front board detached. Previous owner's name in ink on title page, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Fifth Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 4th Edition. The fourth edition. Bound in heavily rubbed contemporary leather. The extremities have loss and bumping as a result of rubbing, the boards are heavily rubbed and scratches, the spine panel is lacking and the spine is dried and rubbed with losses; the joints are cracked. Lacking front endpaper. Ownership and armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Half title page present. The hinges are cracked with the cords exposed, but the binding is otherwise firm throughout. Pages have occasional light marks, but are generally bright and with just the odd spot. One or two neat contemporary inscriptions through the text. Two engraved plates bound to rear, and engraved frontispiece. An interesting early 19th century edition of Beckford's treatise on hunting.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. BECKFORD, Peter Esq. [340] pp. Vernor and Hood 1796 8 3/4" x 5 3/4" Bound by MacDonald-N.Y. Armorial bookplate of W.S. Jones Vaucluse *foxing condition noted*.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd printing. Hardbound, no dust jacket. 3/4 leather, raised bands & gilt titles. Minor foxing to pages throughout, otherwise very good. G.H. Jalland (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Sir Peter Beckford (1740-1811) writer and avid huntsman penned: Familiar letters from Italy, to a friend in England (2 vols., 1805), Thoughts upon hunting, in a series of familiar letters to a friend, 1781, Thoughts upon Hare and Fox Hunting, in a series of letters to a friend, 1781, and Thoughts on Fox Hunting, published 1791. Red cloth boards with black ruled borders and hunt cap/crossed whips on frt bd. Gilt fox mask and crossed whips/spurs and title on backstrip faded but remain legible. Corners bumped and rubbed but not unsightly. A very special presentation copy not signed by Beckford but signed on verso preface page by Lord Charles Bereford to Mr. Frank Gillard M.F.H. of the Belvoir Hunt, UK dated March 1880. Also, tidy inscription from former owner, past M.F.H. Dr. William J. Lay on fep. Beresford combined the two careers of the navy and being a member of parliament, making a reputation as a hero in battle and champion of the navy in the House of Commons. His family traced their ancestry to Englishmen who had invaded Ireland in the reign of James I and stayed to rule. The family estate covered 100,000 acres at Curraghmore near Waterford in South East Ireland, included stables for 100 horses and employed 600 people. The family enjoyed hunting, to the extent that his uncle was killed in a riding accident, his brother was crippled in another, and he himself managed ten broken bones at various times. 269 pp uncut edges. Hinges shaken but not split. Includes a fold-out kennel diagram along with a comprehensive list of hound names. Bound in the rear by the publisher is a separate 20pp booklet, A List of Works on English Sports and Pastimes, Including Angling, Cocking, Fencing, Hawking, Racing and Shooting Together With a Large Collection of Prints and Pictures Relating to the Same Subjects offered by James Toovey, Publisher. In a series of letters to a friend; in which are given ample directions for erecting a kennel, the management of hounds, and the duties and qualifications necessary for a huntsman and whipper-in. Laid in are several pages of contemporary biographies of Beresford & Gillard.…

Leather-bound. Condizione: Very Good. Fourth edition. Square Quarto, in contemporary spotted calf, with some evidence of past reinforcement. Lighter spine with simple paper label, and compartments ruled in (now faded) gilt. Bookplate of Bayard Tuckerman Jr., to front pastedown, and inscription to front free endpaper reading: "Richard Morrtimer Jr., Esq. from Bayard Tuckerman, Jr. Esq. June 20th, 1916. A series of letters from a more experienced hunter, to a friend, covering all aspects of fox hunting, with attention paid particularly to care of the all important hounds. Some uneven trimming to bottom edges of several pages, and one 2" x 1/2" chip missing from very bottom margin of p. 264. Frontis portrait, and one of a kennel, at rear. MISSING second plate at rear, depicting elevation of a kennel. Clean pages. Nice, thick, high-quality paper, wide margins, quite bright. Letters include information on Hunting in general, The Kennel and all its parts, Hounds in General (Feeding, Breeding, Coupling, Entering, Diseases, Placing, Casting, etc.), Hare-Hunting, Hare catching, Bad Sportsmen described, Killing a Fox, Treeing a Fox, The Whipper-in, Hounds that Kill Sheep, Wanton Destruction of Foxes Censured; Bag-Foxes, How Cubs should be Treated; Badgers Objected to; Management of a Hunter, Quotations from other authors. Peter] ".Beckford's reputation rests largely on the two works he issued in 1781, Thoughts upon Hare and Fox Hunting in a Series of Letters and Essays on Hunting: Containing a Philosophical Enquiry into the Nature of Scent.Beckford's works were remarkable because they detailed the grubby nitty-gritty of animal husbandry in a light, eloquent prose. Clearly an expert in every aspect of managing hunting animals, Beckford offered detailed advice on all aspects of animal welfare, specializing at various periods in the breeding of harriers, foxhounds, and buck-hounds." (ODNB).…

Leather. Condizione: Very Good. A smart leather-bound edition of Beckford's popular work on hunting. First published in 1781, 'Thoughts Upon Hunting' draws upon the author's own experiences with owning a pack of hounds and foxhunting. This work contains directions for kennel construction, information on hound management and the responsibilities and qualifications required of a huntsman and a whipper-in.Sir Peter Beckford (1740-1811) was a British huntsman, collector, landowner and writer.Undated; dated from copies held institutionally from Jisc.Illustrated with a frontispiece, as well as vignette engravings through the text.An authoritative guide on foxhunting. In a full calf binding. Externally generally smart, with just some slight rubbing to the spine and extremities. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, with a touch of straining to the front hinge. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot and occasional mark. Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BECKFORD, Peter, Esq [360] pp. Sarum Bayntun Binder Bath, ENG 1784 The Third Edition 8" x 6 1/2" Beckford manages to thoroughly capture the adventure of the hunt and provide insightful reflections upon it. One of the most significant contributions to sporting literature, it belongs on every sportsman's bookshelf.…