FOLIO FACSIMILE REPRINT OF THE 1897 EDITION LIMITED TO 250 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 39. ORIGINAL RED CLOTH GILT. 224 PAGES WITH MANY PLATES BY MILLAIS. A FINE COPY. TOP EDGES GILT. EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. SCARCE.
FIRST EDITION FOUR VOLUMES LARGE QUARTO FULL WHITE BUCKRAM 300 FULL- PAGE COLOUR PLATES BY PERRIN TEXT BY BOULGER. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 689. SOME BROWNING TO THE SPINE OF VOL. 1 BUT A VERY GOOD SET. VERY HEAVY SO POSTAGE AT COST.
FIRST EDITION FOLIO TWO VOLUMES 41 COLOURED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES. EACH SPECIES DRAWN FROM NATURE BY A F LYDON PLUS NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. TISSUES GUARDS OCCASIONAL MARKS PUBLISHER’S RED BRICK CLOTH OVER BEVELLED EDGED BOARDS RUBBED AND STAINED. THE BINDING IS WEAK AND SO SOME PLATES ARE LOOSE. CONTENTS VERY GOOD AS ARE THE PLATES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE ON LAMPREYS WHICH HAS A SMALL WATER STAIN.
CONTAINING A SHORT HISTORY OF EACH FOX AND STAG HUNT IN THE BRITISH ISLES TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL RECORDS OF MASTERS PAST AND PRESENT AND SOME MEMBERS OF EACH HUNT. ALSO AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ON MEDIAEVAL HUNTING AND ARTICLES CONCERNING THE STAG THE FOX THE HOUND AND THE HORSE AND ALL SUBJECTS ALLIED THERETO. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS AND HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS. PUBLISHED IN FOUR VOLUMES. FIRST EDITIONS. VOLUME 1 (THE SOUTH-WEST OF ENGLAND. VOLUME 2 (THE SOUTH-EAST EAST AND EASTERN MIDLANDS OF ENGLAND). VOLUME 3 ( THE NORTH-EAST AND WESTERN MIDLANDS OF ENGLAND; AND WALES). VOLUME 4 ( ENGLAND (NORTH) SCOTLAND AND IRELAND). LARGE FOLIO SIZE AND VERY HEAVY BEING PRINTED ON GLOSSY PAPER. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS ABOUT 600 PAGES. ALL FOUR VOLUMES ARE FINELY BOUND IN RED HALF-MOROCCO LEATHER OVER RED BOARDS MARBLED END PAGES RAISED BANDS AND GILT LETTERING TO THE SPINES. ALL EDGES GILT. THE SET IS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT FOXING TO THE FIRST FEW PAGES AND MINOR SCUFFING TO THE EDGES OF THE LEATHER OTHERWISE A VERY FINE SET . INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES ARE PRICED AT £250 OR £920 FOR THE SET.
FIRST EDITION FIVE VOLUMES IN SIX (VOLUME 3 WAS PRODUCED IN TWO PARTS). A VERY GOOD SET WITH DUSTWRAPPERS (DUSTWRAPPER TO VOL. 3 PART 2 IS WORN AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE). BOOKPLATE OF MAJOR S B WHITMORE.
FIRST EDITION SOFTBACK. VERY GOOD. NEW NATURALIST SERIES. WITH FOUR COLOUR PLATES AND OVER 200 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS. FRONT COVER IS SLIGHTLY FADED AND SPINE SLIGHTLY CREASED
FIRST EDITION FINE IN LIKE DUSTWRAPPER (minute crease to top of wrapper spine). NOT PRICE CLIPPED. NO. 78 IN THE SERIES. PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION.WITH FOUR COLOUR PLATES AND OVER 200 BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS.
3 PARTS. SOFTBACKS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. PART ONE: GAULT CLAY PAGES 1-48: PLATES 1-16. PART TWO: PAGES 49-112: PLATES 17-33. PART THREE: PAGES 113-142: PLATE 34 (WITH TITLE PAGE CONTENTS AND INDEX.
FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE LARGE QUARTO VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND IN HALF RED MOROCCO OVER RED CLOTH RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES AND DECORATIONS TO SPINE T.E.G. WITH 50 COLOUR PLATES AND PEN AND INK SKETCHES IN THE TEXT. SMART BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. A VERY GOOD AND HANDSOME SET. POSTAGE AT COST.
FIRST EDITION TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE ORIGINAL RED CLOTH LARGE QUARTO WITH 50 COLOUR PLATES AND PEN AND INK SKETCHES IN THE TEXT. T.E.G. EX. LIB COPY BUT THE ONLY EVIDENCE OF THIS ARE TWO STAMPS IN VOL. 1. AND AN ACCESSION NUMBER TO THE FOOT OF THE SPINES. SLIGHT WEAR TO THE SPINES BUT VERY GOOD. POSTAGE AT COST.
2ND EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK WITH PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. FULL DESCRIPTIONS ECOLOGICAL DETAILS AND FIGURES OF OVER 200 SPECIES ILLUSTRATED BY BY THE AUTHOR AND A FOREWORD BY PAUL RICHARDS.
FIRST EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES. NO DATE BUT 1831-38 WITH THE SECOND VOLUME BEING PUBLISHED BY CURRIE AND BOWMAN OF NEWCASTLE. A.E.G. HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS GILT PAGE EDGES. WITH 155 HAND-COLOURED PLATES OF EGGS BY HEWITSON. ANTIQUARIAN BOOKPLATE TO EACH VOLUME. SOME FOXING TO THE ENDPAPERS OF BOTH VOLUMES THEREAFTER VERY CLEAN WITH ONLY SPORADIC FOXING TO VOLUME 2. ALMOST ALL PLATES VERY CLEAN. FIRMLY BOUND. SLIGHT SCUFFING TO THE LEATHER BUT A VERY GOOD SET. VERY SCARCE INDEED.