portal eric (13 risultati)

hardcover. Condizione: Good. Ex-library with the usual labeling. Spine faded. Minor shelf wear. No jacket. Pages clean.

Original Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Brown buckram, lettered in gilt. Spine panel slightly sunned, light shelf wear, typical toning to text block edges. Firm binding, clean and unmarked interior beyond former owner's signature on upper front pastedown (inside front cover). 380 pp., illus. w/ 75 plates, 41 illus. in text. Undated, ca. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 118 pages. French language. 7.01x4.49x0.32 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 367 pages plus indexes (complete). A passive copy. The boards are grubby. They retain a weary elegance. There handling and storage marks and wear all about. They are sure. The contents are very clean, clear, benign, confident, authoritative. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condizione: very good. Photo non contractuelle. Envoi rapide et soigné.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Owner's name to end paper which is very lightly foxed, no other markings, Very Good; no dust jacket. Tan cloth with gold spine titles, 380pp, index. 150 illustrations including 74 photo plates, a photo frontis and line dawings in text. This is a guide book written in 1929 for shooting of partriges, grouse, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, blackgame, capercaillie, ptarmigan, hare, wild geese, ducks, shore birds. The begining chapters deal with the GUn, and gernal shooting hints, clothing & equipment. The book begins with a dedication to the Prince of Wales and ends with an index to First Aid and Shooting accidents. There are tips on how to safely hold a gun and the etiquette of the shoot: "Try not to talk until at least after the first bird is shot and the birds can be scared off by human speech"; how to deal with being placed in shooting position next to who previosuly had a shooting accident; how and when to tip; how and when to bring your own dog. This is a fascinating look at this aspect of British country life. There is even a chapter on cooking your pheasant and grouse with recipes. (2.7 JM HOQ 102/1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Condizione: Neuf.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 380 pp. Light foxing of the fore-edges and also a smattering in the prelims. Mostly clean. A tight and handsome copy.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Multiple plate photographs including by Oliver G. Pike, Seton Gordon, and W. A. Rouch. (illustratore). This richly illustrated guide to modern shooting, the third volume in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes series published by Seeley, Service & Co. The third volume in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes series published by Seeley, Service & Co.Undated, however per the printers' information to the final page of the text, published 1947.With more than one hundred monochrome illustrations appearing throughout the text. These are 75 plate photographs, including a frontispiece of Lord Lonsdale shooting at Lowther Castle, and forty one vignettes, including several diagrams and a map of the Dunwich marshes.This copy with the bookplate of Christopher Perkins to the recto of the second page of publisher's advertisements to the front of the work.This is a thorough guide to the modern shooting methods suitable for the moor, field, and shore. Endowed with the collective knowledge of fifteen contributors including Eric Parker, Leslie Sprake, and J. C. M. Nichols, it contains specific chapters on the shooting and preservation of various birds, hare drives, punt gunning, and the legal aspect of shooting. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with slight discolouration of the cloth and some minor handling marks. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Front hinge strained. Bookplate to the recto of the second page of publisher's advertisements to the front of the work resulting in paste action, visible to its verso. Internally, binding is a touch strained at the centre. Pages are a trifle age toned however generally bright and clean with mild spotting to the outer leaves. Very Good Indeed. book.

Condizione: new. vendeur professionnel; envoi soigne en 24/48h.

Condizione: as new. vendeur professionnel; envoi soigne en 24/48h.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). First edition. A bright first edition of this Lonsdale Library publication concerning hunting by moor, field, and shore. The first trade edition of this work, issued in the same year as a first limited edition. From 'The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games, and Pastimes,' under general editorial guidance of the Earl of Lonsdale, K.G., G.C.V.O., D.L., and Mr. Eric Parker. Seventy-five full page plates and numerous illustrations in text.The present volume consists of a practical guide to modern methods for shooting by moor, field, and shore. By Eric Parker, Leslie Sprake, Major Portal, Major Pollard, and other authoritative contributors.Complete with its dust wrapper unclipped. Previous ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, undated. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. The dust wrapper is unclipped and very sound with some shelf wear, cockling to the front wrap due to minor damp damage, with a minor closed tear to the head of the front flyleaf, the pricing is neatly folded, leaving a minor crease. Undated previous ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to the edges and scattered to the leaves throughout. With numerous figures in text and seventy-five full page plates in black and white. Very Good Indeed. book.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Various (illustratore). First edition. A profusely illustrated five-volume collection from The Lonsdale Library, offering authoritative guides on horsemanship, hunting, shooting, and fishing, with contributions from leading sporting experts of the era. In the publisher's original brown cloth bindings.These volumes are the first trade editions.This collection comprises four volumes from The Lonsdale Library series, published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. between 1929 and 1930, bringing together practical guides on horsemanship, hunting, shooting, and fishing. Richly illustrated with colour and monochrome plates, frontispieces, and in-text images.This collection consists of:Two copies of The Way of a Man with a Horse: A Practical Book on Horsemanship by Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Broke, Veterinary notes by Colonel Todd, and a chapter on Pig-sticking by Lieutenant colonel Arthur Brooke (1929). These copies include over ninety illustrations across 27 double sided monochrome plates and two single monochrome plates, with a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Fox-Hunting (1930) by Sir Charles Frederick, Cecil Aldin, James Andrews, et al. This copy is illustrated with four colour plates, including a colour frontispiece, and 49 monochrome plates with eighteen reproductions of hunting pictures. Collated, complete. Shooting by Moor, Field and Shore: A practical guide to modern methods, by Eric Parker, Lesie Sprake, Major Portal, et al. (1929). This copy features one hundred and fifty illustrations across nineteen double sided monochrome plates and thirteen single sided plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Trout Fishing from All Angles: A Complete guide to modern methods by Eric Taverner, with a chapter on Trout scales by G. Herbert Nall, and The Legal Aspect of Fishing by Alban Bacon (1929). With two hundred and fifty illustrations, with thirty four monochrome plates including a frontispiece, sixteen of which are double sided, with two plates in colour. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. Slight damp staining across front board and front joint of spine to one of the copies of "The Way of a Man with a Horse". Previous owner"s inscription to front free endpapers, with the previous bookseller"s discreet label to front paste down, on all copies aside from one copy of "The Way of a Man With a Horse," in which the bookseller's label appears to the rear paste down. Spines slightly faded. The odd slight handling mark to boards and spines. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places, but holding firm. Pages bright and clean with one or two pots and handling marks, heavier to the fore edges and first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed. book.