game cock (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. iii-vii, 253pp; 10 plates in colour & 12 in b/w from paintings & drawings by the author; frontispiece; black pictorial d/j; 4th impression. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition 1938. Cock-Fighting and Game Fowl from the Note-Books of Herbert Atkinson of Ewelme together with the Life and Letters of John Harris, the Cornish Cocker edited and introduced by Game Cock. Ten Plates in colour, twelve in Black and White from paintings and drawings by the author. Condition is very good, age toning internally, age toning and discolouration, especially on initial papers. Some slight scratches and crumpling on spine.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). A scarce first edition copy of this abundantly illustrated account of cock-fighting from the notebooks of Herbert Atkinson with the letters of John Harris. A very scarce work.The first edition.In the publisher's original red cloth binding. With the original price clipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, nine coloured plates, and twelve monochrome plates from paintings and drawings by the author. Collated, complete.From the note-books of Herbert Atkinson, one of the original founders of the Oxford Old English Game Club in 1885.Together with the life and letters of John Harris, the Cornish Cocker.Edited with an introductory memoir by Game Cock. In publisher's original cloth binding. In the original price clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is smart, with sunning and spotting, and a closed tear to the head of the front joint, and chipping to the head of the spine. Near Fine. book.