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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Limited edition of 200 copies, light spotting to side page edges, light damp staining to all inner pages, solid and tight binding.

Hardcover. dj. 158 pp. Dustjacket. LCC: 6713924 good condition; moderately faded; color loss on edges of cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1894 FIRST EDITION. Two-Volume DELUXE LARGE PAPER LIMITED FIRST EDITION numbered by publisher on printed limitation page. Two volumes complete. Original orange cloth boards with gilt coat of arms on front covers, navy spines and corners with gilt lettering spines, TEG, original dark greenish navy coated EPs, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom edge both volumes. Both volumes have loss of much of the spine covering (see photos), but bindings are very solid and not broken or cracked. This set is an obvious candidate for rebacking. The covers have significant rubbing along edges and corners but the boards are relatively clean and bright with a few faint dark smudges (nothing serious). Each volume has previous owner's bookplate and small bookseller ticket on front pastedown otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, Some fore-edge foxing is present but nearly all pages are completely free of foxing and are clean. Each volume measures 251mm tall x 200mm (compared to 195mm tall for the regular first edition). Volume one has 494 pages, 20 b/w full-page illustrations and photos, 57 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume two has 483 pages, 13 full-page illustrations and photos, 56 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume one covers hunting in the arctic (whacking a giant walrus with an ax from a small whaling boat), three chapters on hunting in the Caucasus, a chapter on Mongolia, two chapter on hunting chamois and stags in the Alps, a chapter on elk in Scandinavia, a chapter on big game throughout Europe, hunting in Spain and Portugal, hunting in India tigers, a chapter on travel/camping considerations, a chapter on rifles and ammo, a chapter on taxidermy, a small bibliography. Volume two mostly about hunting in Africa with specific chapters on various types of big game hunting: lions, antelopes, hippos, giraffes, ostriches, rhinos, buffalo, elephants, with several chapters on South Africa including some history, a chapter on travel with Livingstone, some chapters on East Africa including special hunting considerations regarding gear, routes, etc. Volume two concludes with one chapter on big game hunting in North America (bears, wapiti, moose, cougars, bison, deer, elk, caribou, bighorn, mountain goat, antelope mainly in British Columbia, Alaska, Colorado and Pacific NW), and a brief chapter on hunting musk ox. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Charles Whymper, J. Wolf, H. Willink (illustratore).…

Gilt-decorated Grained Leather. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket as Published. Pike's New Century Series No 14 272pp, illustrated with black & white photos of various country houses and head shots accompanying most of the short biographies, some pen marks in the margins of some of the biographies, some smudge marks, marbled endpapers, small illustrated bookplate to pastedown, all edges gilt, grained leather with gilt lettering and decoration to upper board, the same blind-stamped to lower board, rebacked in maroon leather, board edges rubbed and worn. An attractive volume. PLEASE NOTE - EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS SHIPPING, AS THIS IS A LARGE HEAVY BOOK. Size: Quarto. Biographical.…

Hard. Condizione: Very Good. Very good. Publishers full red hard-grain morocco. Gilt rule panel design with decorative gilt blocking and lettering. Gilt lettering to spine. Spine edges split and glued back down. Spine, edges and corners a little worn. Inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Pallid foxing. All edges gilt. 292pp. Lavishly illustrated with half-tones throughout, largely of notable buildings, individuals and views. (illustratore).…

Full-Leather. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Published in Brighton in 1907, this is the First Edition of this scarce look at the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Bedfordshire at the turn of the last century, with sections on stately homes, other buildings, and biographies of people of note in the three counties, bound in the publishers full leather binding, titled and decorated in gilt, page edges gilded all-round, 12 inches tall, over 350 pages, printed on gloss paper, profusely illustrated throughout. The binding has some general edge rubbing wear, some sunning and marking to the leather, else in good solid condition, internally old ownership name to front endpaper, contents nice and clean. This is a large heavy book, nearly four kilos packed, shipping costs will be higher than the basic standard quote for a one kilo book.…