ISBN: 9780715398661 - the story of the sporting gun (7 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. illustrated. dj has indentations, rubbing to spine ends & one spine corner tip. LARGE BOOK.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Near Fine book in Very Good dustjacket. Brown cloth boards with gild lettering to spine, gift inscription to title page, no other inscriptions or markings. Appears unread. DJ is price clipped. Landscape folio (370 x 288mm). Pp96. Full page colour plates by Andrew Ellis, photographs, illustrations, pictorial end-papers. A beautifully illustrated book on gamebird and wildfowl shooting in Britain and Europe. Andrew Ellis (illustratore). …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1991). 1991 1st edition. Oblong folio (282 x 362mm). Pp96. Full page colour plates by Andrew Ellis, photographs, illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Fine in dust-wrapper. A handsome and beautifully illustrated book on gamebird and wildfowl shooting, principally in Britain and Europe. Despite the title this is a book about sport and natural history, not really about guns. .…

Hardcover. Condizione: Used; Very Good. ***Simply Brit*** Welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.…

Cloth, oblong 4to, 29 cm, 96 pp, ils (many colour). From the blurb: "Over the past two centuries, few field sports have changed as much as that of game shooting, particularly in recent years. But although the development of the sporting gun had the greatest influence on game shooting during the nineteenth century, during the twentieth century it has not been so much the weapons that have changed but more the attitude of those that use them -known also, in our sometimes ill-defined English language, as sporting 'Guns'. Most early paintings of shooting, often portraits of proud sportsmen armed with flintlocks and with spaniels at heel, were completed during the first half of the nineteenth century, with artists such as Stubbs and Ben Marshall elaborating on the theme. But paintings of driven game were slow to materialise, possibly due to that sport's initial unpopularity. Now, however, shooting scenes by painters of that period - Archibald Thorburn, J. C. Harrison, George Lodge or his pupil Philip Rickman - are in considerable demand. Today's young stars also have a bright future: none more than Andrew Ellis, who, complemented by those great sporting artists of yesterday, has provided Ranulf Rayner with more than thirty splendid paintings of contemporary scenes, each of which was commissioned especially for this book. The author, who has shot game in many countries, traces the sport from the early development of the shotgun to the way game shooting is practised around the world today. Quoting many anecdotes and intriguing facts about the world's principal varieties of game birds - grouse, pheasant, partridge, woodcock, duck and snipe, among others - he follows the changing pattern of game shooting and game management, the effect on the environment, and the future of the sport as a whole. Illustrated throughout with Andrew Ellis's glorious paintings, charming pencil sketches, evocative photographs and maps, this fascinating and compelling book certainly deserves a place of honour in the library of every sporting 'Gun'. Front board slightly marked, otherwise Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.…

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.