Mctaggart lt col dso (5 risultati)

Hard Back. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 1st Edition. VG H/b. An Invaluable Book for beginners by a Popular Expert. 190x130mm. 88pp. illustrated 74 photo-plates + 2 Diags; Frontis;- A Drop Fence on the Continent. Lt.Col.M F McTaggart DSO [Late 5th RI Lancers] & author of The Horse & His Schooling / Handbook for Horse Owners etc. Eighth printing of 1951. VG/ Fair [Book- book block clean throughout, med-tan to page edges & blank end papers, No inscs.] Dust Jacket not price clipped 10/6 Shelf wear soil, minor edge tears, col/rub/loss main to spine top. Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition of this charming and humorous guide to horse ownership by Lt.-Col. M. F. McTaggart, D.S.O., illustrated throughout by "The Wag of the Regiment" (Charles Walter Simpson). Published by Country Life Ltd. in 1928, the work combines practical equestrian advice with wit and caricature, making it an enduring favourite amongst horse enthusiasts and collectors of sporting literature. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth boards with cream cloth spine, lettered and decorated in black to the upper board and spine. Complete with the illustrated endpapers, half-title, title page and numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout the text. An attractive example of this increasingly collectable Country Life sporting title. Condition: Good. Original publisher's red cloth and cream spine remain bright and structurally sound with light general handling wear, minor rubbing and some light marking to the spine. Internally clean and complete with illustrated endpapers and all illustrations present. Light foxing and age toning to a few pages, together with a small contemporary inscription to the title page. Binding firm with no loose pages. Overall, a well-preserved copy of this attractive first edition. Shipping Notice: Please note that international shipping costs are estimated. Additional charges may apply for this item due to size or weight. We will confirm any extra postage costs with the buyer before processing the order. Charles Walter Simpson ("The Wag of the Regiment") (illustratore).…

Hard Back Blue Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A very useful book on schooling the horse & the rider, bound in blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine & gilt horse & rider jumping a fence on the front board , the same board has been bitten by a dog two small holes going through ten pages on the very edge not effecting text. Book is fairly scarce . 207pp. Ludwig Koch (illustratore).…

Cloth. Condizione: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. 98 pages. 8 pages of publisher's adverts. Brown cloth, gilt titles and ruling on spine. With a frontispiece in colour and 63 other illustrations by Winifred Roberts. A bit of spotting to fore-edges not affecting text. Winifred Roberts (illustratore).…

Vellum. Condizione: Fine. First Limited Deluxe Edition. A Rare limited deluxe edition very finely produced in full vellum with title on spine and the front board with quill and horse shoe ink pot, gilt ruling and gilt key`s in each corner, orange & gold silk endpapers, with a very fine book plate of a family crest, pages through out are of hand made paper by A King of Alton Mill, all rough cut or yapped edges, includes a bound in letter from the publishers stating this De Luxe edition is limited to 150 copies. This copy number 44 is signed by the author & the artist (the Wag) the author states that he asked the publisher for an artist to illustrate the book they supplied one from his Regiment who was, and remained unknown to him always. The book is written in an ammusing way but full of very usefull and knowledgeable information about difficult horses and training horses, both the water colour and sketch illustration are very funny indeed & every page is illustrated. 248 pages. Illustrated By , the Wag of the Regiment (illustratore). Signed Limited Edition.…