snapshot field (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Viii pp + 279 pages in volume 1 & Viii + 268 pages in volume 2. Bound in dark brown cloth with ornate black embossed borders and gilt title on the spines, spine thinning at edge of Vol 1, small holes appearing and some wear to heads and tails of the spines, also these faded and dull, original canary yellow endpapers, woodcut in the text of volume 1, some occasional foxing, uncut edges, minor wear at corners, mostly clean untouched copy. Octavo 20 x 14 cm. *Great chapters on dog training, with pheasant, partridge and duck shooting, The Thames, Northern France and shore shooting, Training night dogs and French Bassets, Beagles, Coursing, Buying and selling dogs, preventative of Hydrophobia, Boar and Wolf Hunting, French Wolf Hounds, Algerian Greyhounds, Continental Pointers and Setters, and ends with 10 chapters on Sea-Fishing trips.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Volume One (vii) 279pp. Volume Two (vii) 268pp. Brown buckram boards with black impressed decorations to front covers and blind decorations to rear covers. Gilt titles to spines. Attractive contemporary illustrated bookplates pasted to fep of both volumes. Bookplates show young man seated and reading in mountains with walking stick, fishing rod and gun propped against trees. Boards to both volumes bumped at extremities and frayed at tops and bottoms of spines. Minor foxing to some pages. Otherwise these are two very nice authentically worn volumes. Rare.