ward burlace (11 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Eighth Edition. 24.5 x 18 cm. 527pp. Maroon cloth. Front hinge cracked. Many photographs, mostly deer, antelope, and related animals.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1923). (1880) 1923 11th edition. Small 8vo. Ppx,75,[13],+ 16pp supplement at rear. B/w photographs, engraved plates - one folding, illustrations. Brown buckram, spine & upper board titled in black. Original brown cloth quite soiled. Good only. Advice on the care of specimens, particularly in order to preserve them in good condition for later delivery to a professional taxidermist. Includes large and small game, birds, reptiles and fish - skinning, preparing skeletons, etc. The Supplement consists of seven engraved plates showing examples of trophies. .

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Eleventh Edition, very nice copy in original cloth,

Hardbound. Condizione: Good. 8th Edition. Description: Many small photo illustrations, printed in sepia tones. Includes an alphabetical list of illustrations. BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy cloth with gilt; the contents are all very good, but for a bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper; some darkening to the cloth due to handling; otherwise the binding is very good -- overall Good. Zebra striped endpapers. about 9.75 inches tall by 7.25 inches wide. 527 pagres + ads.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1923). (1880) 1923 11th edition. Small 8vo. Ppx,75,[13],+ 16pp supplement at rear. B/w photographs, engraved plates - one folding, illustrations. Brown buckram, spine & upper board titled in black. Original brown cloth. Text-block slightly wavy but a very good clean copy. Advice on the care of specimens, particularly in order to preserve them in good condition for later delivery to a professional taxidermist. Includes large and small game, birds, reptiles and fish - skinning, preparing skeletons, etc. The Supplement consists of seven engraved plates showing examples of trophies. .

x + 75pp + 13p ads (of books and services provided by Rowland Ward) + 1 folding b/w illus. With b/w illus throughout. Cloth boards, little scuffed and marked. Outer pages little foxed. 19x13cms.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1923). (1880) 1923 11th edition. Small 8vo. Ppx,75,[13],+ 16pp supplement at rear. B/w photographs, engraved plates - one folding, illustrations. Brown buckram, spine & upper board titled in black. Original brown cloth quite soiled but good-plus. Laid in is a worn 4-page leaflet "A few suggestions regarding the treatment of Indian skins in the field, contributed by Col. H.B. Peacock." The leaflet is very frayed but the text is complete. Brief (very brief) notes by a previous owner in ink on the end-papers, relating to animals shot in India in the 1920/30s, including "Leopard. 15.3.30. Shot in dining room in Gabroo with .22." Advice on the care of specimens, particularly in order to preserve them in good condition for later delivery to a professional taxidermist. Includes large and small game, birds, reptiles and fish - skinning, preparing skeletons, etc. The Supplement consists of seven engraved plates showing examples of trophies. .

x, 74, [1], 13 p., numerous figures (1 folded), 7 plates (in Supplement), cloth. Includes 16-page supplement loosely inserted at rear. Good copy.

hardback, large 8vo, xiv,532,(4)pp, numerous illustrations, patterned endpapers, owner's name on flyleaf, slight browning, text clean and sound, old glued repairs to inner hinges, brown cloth pictorial, Good condition.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). Rowland Ward's influential and detailed record of big game, an illustrated eighth edition. The eighth edition of this work, edited by J. G. Dollman and J. B. Burlace.With in-text illustrations throughout.Ward's 'Records' was a valuable resource for hunters as field guides, providing a detailed handbook for knowing what mammals could be found worldwide across the Empire.This work contains measurements of game animals worldwide and was the pioneering book of its kind. In addition to measurements there are anecdotes from hunters and naturalists regarding species, geographical variations, subspecies, weights and measurements.Rowland Ward was an influential taxidermist, and a well known publisher of natural history and big hunting volumes.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few light marks and minor rubbing to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few light handling marks only. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Eighth edition. Thick quarto. Gift inscription from one hunter to another, corners a little worn, a very good or better copy of a bulky book. Scarce.