peter capstick series editor (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. No additional printings. One of several books from the nephew of writer Thomas Clayton Wolfe. 6 x 8 1/2 Book; binding tight with near fine gilt titles to spine, mild bumping to corners else boards straight and clean, lengthy notes from nephew relating to author and book contents to entire front free end page else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($15.95) has mild bumping to mostly spine ends. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Few photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Cecil Aldin (illustratore). First Edition, Stated. Clean and tight, very light wear to the unclipped jacket. Nearly as-new. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardcover with dustjacket. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Names or markings. Reprint edition, first published in 1930.; 5 1/2"-8 1/4"; 268 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. dust jacket in mylar.

hardcover with dustjacket. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Reprint Edition. No names or markings. The book was first published in 1899. Records of a sportsman from August 1894 to November 1897, when crossing the dark continent from the mouth of the Zambesi to the French Congo. ; 5 3/4"-8 1/2"; 330 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 8vo. xiii, 270pp. Illustrated. An attractive reprint of this big game classic originally published in 1935. Blue boards in green pictorial dust wrapper in protective plastic sleeve. A near fine copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Historic B&W Photographs (illustratore). 1st Edition. St. Martin's published a new series of the greatest classics in the literature of hunting adventures chosen from the personal library of Peter Hathaway Capstick (1940-1996) an American hunter and author. These publications brought out-of-print Africana books back into print. Denis D. Lyell shares letters written to him by fellow African hunters, in which they discuss rifles, species of games, and the nuances of hunting, 1st published in 1935. xv + 10pp illustrations + 270 pp. Denis David Lyell (1871 - 1946) was born in Calcutta into a Scottish family from Dundee. In 1893, Lyell went to Ceylon and then India as a tea planter. By 1899, aged 28, he went to South Africa and by 1913, he settled in Nyasaland. After World War I, he came back to Scotland and married Marion Brown. He was among the last big game hunters who hunted elephants for profit. From 1900 he was immersed in the hunting world and became a renowned author. Hardcover has navy cloth boards with gold lettering on spine in a near fine (as new) DJ. Only flaw with DJ is impression on rear when used as a writting table. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked. No Ownership markings. Copyright 1988. Printed in U.S.A. Stated First Edition with full printline indicates true 1st. ISBN: 0-312-02149-6. LCCN: 88-11471. MSR = US $15.95.

Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8 1/2" x 6". Reprint of original work in which nothing has been added or expunged. it gives an authentic view of another age and another world. Brown cloth with 186 pages, Hunting in africa in the 19th century by English Officers from India. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin and by photographs from the author.