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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Oxford University Press, London, 1961. Hardcover, 114 pp. 1st edition. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb. Memoir in his old age of of a 19th Century Leicestershire hunter who outwitted many wealthy landowners. Small format. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxiii,114p : ill ; 20cm. Subjects; Hawker, James 1836-1921. Hawker, James 1836-1921. Poaching England Leicestershire Biography. Leicestershire. Autobiographies 1 Kg.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1962). (1961) 1962 reprint. small 8vo (127 x 191mm). Ppxxii,114. B/w illustrations by Lynton Lamb. Two-tone mottled cream-yellow boards, black cloth spine titled in gilt. D/w price, 12s 6d net in U.K. only. Quite foxed but very good in unclipped dust-wrapper. James Hawker was born in 1836 and died in 1921. He lived in Oadby near Leicester most of his life and was a famous poacher throughout Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Ppxxii,114. B/w illustrations by Lynton Lamb. Two-tone black & white boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning to edges and end-papers, small inscription to end-paper. Very good in slightly tanned and frayed dust-wrapper. James Hawker was born in 1836 and died in 1921. He lived in Oadby near Leicester most of his life and was a famous poacher throughout Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. .…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxiii,114p : ill ; 20cm. Subjects; Hawker, James 1836-1921. Hawker, James 1836-1921. Poaching England Leicestershire Biography. Leicestershire. Autobiographies 1 Kg.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Ppxxii,114. B/w illustrations by Lynton Lamb. Two-tone black & white boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning to edges else very good in slightly tanned and frayed dust-wrapper. James Hawker was born in 1836 and died in 1921. He lived in Oadby near Leicester most of his life and was a famous poacher throughout Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. .…

Hardback. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition. This copy is in as new, unmarked condition quarter bound in black cloth to grey cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. An acknowledgement to the illustrator Lynton Lamb is tipped in to the limitation page. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. James Hawker (baptised 29 August 1836 - 7 August 1921) was an English poacher. He was born Daventry, Northamptonshire and began poaching as a teenager to gain extra income whilst working as an apprentice bootmaker. He joined the militia to acquire a gun and reached the rank of corporal, although he left Daventry after falling out with the head gamekeeper at Badby. In 1893 he was elected to the Oadby school-board (sitting next to the "Leading Gentlemen" on whose lands he poached) and in 1894 was a member of the Oadby parish council. Hawker kept photographs of William Ewart Gladstone, Charles Bradlaugh, Augustine Birrell, Thomas Sayers, and Gladys Cooper in his diary. In 1921 he died of a heart attack at Stoughton Road, Oadby and was buried in Oadby cemetery. In 1961 the Oxford University Press published his journal, written in 1904 - 1905, a "mixture of autobiography, poacher's handbook, and radical philosophy. Ref NN 2. Lynton Lamb (illustratore).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1961). 1961 1st edition. Small 8vo (125 x 190mm). Ppxxii,114. B/w illustrations by Lynton Lamb. Two-tone black & white boards, spine titled in gilt. Internally very clean. Very good in slightly creased dust-wrapper. James Hawker was born in 1836 and died in 1921. He lived in Oadby near Leicester most of his life and was a famous poacher throughout Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. .…

Condizione: Gut. 113 Seiten / pages. Kartoniert. Gut. Good condition. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 380.