FIRST EDITION SMALL OCTAVO ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH ND BUT INSCRIPTION DATED 1908. A COMPLETE MANUAL FOR THE SPORTSMAN GAME PRESERVER GAMEKEEPER AND AMATEUR. VERY GOOD.
FIRST EDITION DE LUXE EDITION OF ONLY 25 NUMBERED COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 17. SIGNED BY THE EDITOR PUBLISHER AND ALL THE CONTRIBUTORS. ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALLAN JAMES ROBINSON. BOUND IN NIGERIAN GOATSKIN WITH FABRIANO ENDPAPERS ORIGINAL HAND-COLOURED LINE DRAWING BY ALAN JAMES ROBINSON. CONTAINED IN DE LUXE MATCHING SLIP CASE. A FINE COPY OF A VERY SCARCE BOOK.
SIXTH EDITION NICELY BOUND IN HALF LEATHER RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES. A VERY GOOD COPY. SOME FOXING TO THE PRELIMS AFTER WHICH VERY CLEAN. ENGRAVED FRONTIS. 6 ENGRAVED PLATES (SOME FOXING) TEXT WOODCUTS. 480 pp 32pp.
THE DE LUXE EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY 65 COPIES. OF THESE THE ‘HORS COMMERCE’ COPIES WERE LIMITED TO 15 COPIES – THIS COPY IS ONE SUCH AND IS NUMBER 1V. TWO VOLUMES IN FULL RED MOROCCO WITH MATCHING SLIPCASE MARBLED ENDPAPERS RAISED BANDS ALL EDGES GILT. THE TEXT VOLUME IS SIGNED BY PATSY DEERY AND CONTAINS A LIST OF THE ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBERS. THE SECOND VOLUME CONTAINS 30 SPECIMEN FLIES TIED BY PATSY DEERY PAUL CANTILLON AND FRANKIE McPHILLIPS MOUNTED ON SIX SUNKEN MOUNTS. THIS VOLUME IS SIGNED BY EACH FLY TYER. A MINT COPY OF A RARE ITEM.
LIMITED TO ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 17. FINELY BOUND IN RED HALF NIGERIAN GOATSKIN OVER SILK BOARDS RAISED BANDS WITH AN ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR OF A COLORADO TROUT ON A FOLD-OUT PLATE BY PROSEK COMPLETE WITH HAND-MADE MATCHING SLIPCASE. SIGNED BY PROSEK (THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR) AND CAROLYN CHADWICK THE BINDER. VERY SCARCE. A FINE COPY.
SECOND EDITION QUARTO ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH 30 PLATES BY ALKEN PHIZ AND W HEATH 21 BEING HAND-COLOURED. INTRODUCTION BY JOSEPH GREGO. MATERIAL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE. A VERY GOOD COPY WITH A SMALL CLOSED TEAR TO TOP OF SPINE. NO DATE BUT PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION IS DATED 1843. THIS BOOK LOOKS EARLY 19TH CENTURY.
SERIES 1 2 AND 3. VOL. 3 IS A FIRST EDITION THE OTHERS LATER EDITIONS. IN ORIGINAL DARK GREEN CLOTH GILT TITLES. SERIES 1: ON THE CHOICE OF A GUN. SERIES 2: THE PRODUCTION PRESERVATION AND KILLING OF GAME. SERIES 3: A SHORT NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH WILDFOWL FOXING TO PRELIMS ONLY. SLIGHT WEAR TO BOARDS BUT VERY GOOD SET.
LIMITED TO 55 NUMBERED COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 20. IN FINE CONDITION – FULL BROWN LEATHER CONTAINED IN A FINE SILK-LINED SOLANDER BOX. AN ELVER FLY TIED BY ANNIE DOUGLAS IS INSERTED INTO THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. BEVELLED BOARDS AEG MARBLED ENDPAPERS. EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS WITH SIX IN COLOUR. THIS EDITION IS FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF 1959. VERY SCARCE.
EARLY EDITION FINE BINDING. HALF RED LEATHER RAISED BANDS T.E.G. 14 COLOURED PLATES BY JOHN LEECH. CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. SLIGHT WEAR TO THE EDGE OF THE SPINE. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. A HANDSOME BOOK.
1ST EDITION LARGE OCTAVO. ORIGINAL RED CLOTH. GILT. SOME FOXING TO PRELIMS FRONT BOARD IS SLIGHTLY CURVED OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. COLOUR PLATES BY G.D. ARMOUR.
NO DATE (CIRCA 1880). FINE BINDING. HALF RED LEATHER RAISED BANDS T.E.G. 24 COLOURED PLATES BY JOHN LEECH. FOXING TO THE ENDPAGES OTHERWISE CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. SOME WEAR TO THE EDGE OF THE SPINE. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. A HANDSOME BOOK.
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