Weston w val (3 risultati)

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Owned by a member of the Royal Bombay Yacht Club. Boards lightly soiled, front hinges weakening. 1914 Hard Cover. iv, 232 pp. Written for beginners. Includes: Part I. Hints on the Use of the Saddle Horse: Introductory - The Choice of a Horse - To Find the Age of a Horse - The Care of the Horse - Lameness and Sickness - Grooming - Riding - "Making" a Young Horse - "Making a Young Horse (Continued) - A Riding School Course - Jumping - Long Marches - Bitting - Saddling and Saddlery - Shoeing - The Halter Twitch - Vices - Picketing Horses - Tent-pegging - A Man and Some Horses - My First Pig; Part II. Hints on the Use of the Shot Gun: Guns for India - Aiming - Snipe - Where to Find Snipe - Equipment and Final Hints about Snipe - Kalij Pheasants and Jungle Fowl - Partridge and Quails - Wild Fowl - The Florican and Likh Florican - Hares - Various - Snipe Shooting on Dry Land - My First Jungle Fowl - Our Local Pharmacopaei - One Way of Doing It - A Day in the Pujah Holidays.…

petit in-8, [2] ff. n. ch., iv pp., un f. n. ch., 232 pp., un f. n. ch. de réclame, percaline azur (reliure de l'éditeur). Très rare manuel pratique guidant le débutant dans l'acquisition, l'entretien et l'emploi d'un cheval de selle en Inde. W. Val Weston est le nom de plume du peintre William Percival Weston (1879-1967), qui vécut longtemps en Inde et en Chine. Il se fixa ensuite à Vancouver, où il composa de nombreuses représentations de paysages à la mode impressioniste.Aucun exemplaire au CCF. - - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.…

1st Edn. IV 232 pages, advert leaf, ice blue cloth, title in black, light dust soiling. The first half details horsemanship with a chapter on the author's first experiences at pig sticking, the second half recounts hunting experiences for upland game including a gruesome hunt after a crocodile. Czech 225. …