Oliver stephen younger (7 risultati)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1834). 1834 1st edition. 12mo (110 x 173mm). Ppiv,212. Title-page and chapter heading engraved vignettes. Original brown cloth, spine titled & decorated in gilt. Spine rather worn & cracked. Some foxing but a good copy. A good regional guide to the far north of England, from Yorkshire to the Scottish Borders, with plenty of angling anecdotes and a couple of angling songs thrown in for good measure. "Here is a wee bit bookie, written by a true angler; and we are only sorry that it is but a wee bit bookie, for it is inspired with the right spirit, and have find a place in every library shelf." (Contemporary review). "In the appendix the author gives a well-written review of the older angling literature." (Westwood & Satchell). Stephen Oliver the Younger was the pen-name of William Andrew Chatto. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1834). 1834 1st edition. 12mo (110 x 173mm). Ppiv,212. Title-page and chapter heading engraved vignettes. Original brown cloth, recently rebacked & with original spine label. Newly rebound in cloth with original spine label. A good regional guide to the far north of England, from Yorkshire to the Scottish Borders, with plenty of angling anecdotes and a couple of angling songs thrown in for good measure. "Here is a wee bit bookie, written by a true angler; and we are only sorry that it is but a wee bit bookie, for it is inspired with the right spirit, and have find a place in every library shelf." (Contemporary review). "In the appendix the author gives a well-written review of the older angling literature." (Westwood & Satchell). Stephen Oliver the Younger was the pen-name of William Andrew Chatto. .…

Sm. 8vo., First and Sole Edition, with engraved title-vignette and woodcut head- and tail-pieces throughout, front free endpaper and title lightly spotted; original patterned cloth; gilt back, uncut, backstrip chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail, joints lightly rubbed with two or three small losses of cloth, else a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy in wholly unrestored contemporary binding. With the nineteenth century trade ticket of Combe of Leicester on front paste-down. 'Stephen Oliver the Younger' (so titled) is the pseudonym of William Andrew Chatto. A minor angling classic, this work contains two sings, 'The Angler's Call' and 'The Angler's Invitation', which were afterwards included in the 'Newcastle Fishers' Garlands'. In the appendix the author gives a well-written review of the older angling literature frequently quoted by Westwood & Stachell. Westwood & Satchell, p.162.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 12mo. [2], iv, 165, [1] pp, frontis, 5 pl., ill. Contemporary quarter leather. Maroon pebbled boards. Marbled end pages. Prelims and frontis foxed. Lacking original wraps. The humorous plates depict contented smokers from around the world, and one scene of Scottish snuff-taking. Book plates of Miss Mabel Tompkins and Miss Ruth W. Tompkins to rear pastedown with respective notes to each in pen. Sabin 1414-1416.…

1st Edn.. 212 pages, Engraved title, text illustrations pages uncut, some spotting to last few pages. Anglingbookplate of Bibliotheca Piscatoria Ohlsoni and amorial plate of Henry Holden to the front paste down. Recased in the original pebbled cloth, some fading to edges. A good regional guide to the far north of England, from Yorkshire to the Scottish Borders "In the appendix the author gives a well-written review of the older angling literature." WS 162.…

1st Edn.. 212 pages, Engraved title, text illustrations pages uncut, bookplate to the front paste down. Original pebbled cloth. A good regional guide to the far north of England, from Yorkshire to the Scottish Borders "In the appendix the author gives a well-written review of the older angling literature." WS 162.…

1st Edn.. 212 pages, Engraved title, text illustrations pages uncut, pencil note on verso of front blank noting Oliver was the pseudo name of William Chatto with notes on his life and writing also occasional pencil margin notes to the text relating to the book, original blind stamped cloth even fading to spine. A good regional guide to the far north of England, from Yorkshire to the Scottish Borders "In the appendix the author gives a well-written review of the older angling literature." WS 162.…