Lt col peter hawker (9 risultati)

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1801) 1980 new edition. 8vo (143 x 216mm). Pp127. B/w engravings. Quarter-bound brown leather with tipped-on spine & front cover labels. Unobtrusive paper-faults to pp45 and 65 but very good copy. No. 15 of an edition limited to 500 copies. This is a new, re-set edition taken from the only known copy to survive. It is published jointly by Antony Atha and the Game Conservancy and limited to 500 numbered copies, with a new biographical and critical introduction by John Marchington. The Sportsman's Pocket Companion is a species-by-species guide to the natural history of the chief British quarry of the day. The first edition was published when the author was only sixteen. This new edition is limited to 500 numbered copies, and appears in a most satisfactory quarter leather, brown cloth binding, with a decorative gilt leather label to the middle of the front board. This copy is No. 15. .…

Quarter Leather. Condizione: Fine. Issued Without d/j. Reprint. 127 pp., b/w illus. A reprint of the six numbers of THE SPORTSMAN'S POCKET COMPANION that Hawker originally did in 1801. Limited to 500 cc., this is copy #20. Brown leather spine w/gold-foil stamping, leather labels on the spine & the front cover. In glassine d/w. Fine cond.…

Limited edition reprint (no.62 of 500) of original 1801 guide to shooting. Introduction by John Marchington. Pp.127, illustrations of game birds and animals accompany descriptions, Brown leather spine with brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gilt embossed leather motif to front. VG.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Limited Edition. 127 pages, bright and clean. Limited edition 42/500. H.21.5cm W.15cm D.1.5cm 387g. Very handsomely bound.

Book Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Antony Atha Publishers, 1980. Limited Edition . Near Fine/No Jacket. pp127. Octavo. Quarter-bound brown cloth with tipped on title label to spine, and illus plate to front, ill-fitting cloth to rear-board (where spine cloth overlaps rear board). Brown endpapers. A limited edition reprint of the 1801 edition, this is number 226.…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1801) 1980 new edition. 8vo (143 x 216mm). Pp127. B/w engravings. Quarter-bound brown leather with tipped- on spine & front cover labels. A very good copy. This is a new, re-set edition taken from the only known copy to survive. It is published jointly by Antony Atha and the Game Conservancy and limited to 500 numbered copies, with a new biographical and critical introduction by John Marchington. The Sportsman's Pocket Companion is a species by species guide to the natural history of the chief British quarry of the day. The first edition was published when the author was only sixteen. This new edition is limited to 500 numbered copies, and appears in a most satisfactory quarter leather, brown cloth binding, with a decorative gilt leather label to the middle of the front board. .…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 8vo. 127pp. Introduced by John Marchington. Illustrated. Number 111 of 500 copies. A facsimile reprint of the 1801 edition. In quarter brown morocco with brown boards and onlaid vignette in leather. A fine copy.

Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Condizione: Very Good. This is one of 500 numbered copies of this limited edition bound in quarter brown leather with brown cloth boards. In very good condition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fishing & Hunting; Inventory No: 55170.…

Leather. Condizione: Very Good. A smart example of the seventh edition of Peter Hawker's illustrated and engaging guide to guns and shooting. The seventh edition of Hawker's popular work.This informative work offers thorough advice and information regarding a wide range of outdoor pursuits and field sports, including gun management and the preservation of game.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven further plates, with vignette illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.Retaining the original half title.With a former owner's inscription, dated 1890, to a front blank.A celebrated diarist author and sportsman, Hawker was considered one of the 'greatest shots' of the nineteenth century. His sporting accomplishments were widely followed, often being reported in The Times newspaper. In a full morocco binding. Rubbing to joints, and raised bands of back strip. Head of rear joint and head and tail of front joint starting, with boards firmly held. Inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with plates age toned and featuring instances of spotting. Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). book.…