Shooting By Moor, Field and Shore. The Lonsdale Library Vol. III by Parker, Eric et al. (ed Earl of Lonsdale & Eric Parker.) - 1929

London: Seeley, Service & Co.. 1929. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. First Thus Used. H Hard Cover. Good. Volume III of the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes, in tan cloth with gilt titling, 8vo, 380-pp. (light fading and wear to extremities, endpaper and first page (ads.) torn with bottom half missing, rear inner hinge cracking).

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First US Edition. Hardcover. Owner name on endpaper. ; Lonsdale Library; The Lonsdale Library Volume III. .

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover with gilt stamped gold cloth boards, 1929, octavo, 380pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with rubbing to boards, binding tight, endpapers off-set, otherwise text clean and unmarked. No DJ.

Seeley, Service, 1929. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Previous owner's personal bookplate. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1951. Book. Very Good. Two-tone Buckram. 8vo. 380 pp. Volume III of the Lonsdale Library. Lots of b/w plates and illus. Inscr to ffep, o/w contents clean and tight. A very good copy..

Seeley Service & Co, nd [1951]. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, VG+. 380pp, b/w frontis, 47pp b/w plates, 41 b/w text figs, a nice near fine copy. Practical guide to shooting.

Seeley Service & Co., 1947. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth, top edge brown (boards rather tanned at edges), no dustwrapper . Pp. 380, illus with b&w plates and figures (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, 1929. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Owner's name to end paper which is very lightly foxed, no other markigns, Very Good; no dust jacket. Tan cloth with gold spine titles, 380pp, index. 150 illustrations including 74 photo plates, a photo frontis and line dawings in text. This is a guide book written in 1929 for shooting of partriges, grouse, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, blackgame, capercaillie, ptarmigan, hare, wild geese, ducks, shore birds. The begining chapters deal with the GUn, and gernal shooting hints, clothing & equipment. The book begins with a dedication to the Prince of Wales and ends with an index to First Aid and Shooting accidents. There are tips on how to safely hold a gun and the etiquette of the shoot: "Try not to talk until at least after the first bird is shot and the birds can be scared off by human speech"; how to deal with being placed in shooting position next to who previosuly had a shooting accident; how and when to tip;… Read More

Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very mild sprinkling of foxing to text block edge, tanning strip to front and rear second leaf in at margin, nice tight copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 380 pages .

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. , 1929. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Various. A well illustrated and informative work on the modern methods of shooting, particularly within the moor, field, and shore, with contributions by a range of authors and various illustrated plates. First Edition.Vol III in 'The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes'. Illustrations include a frontispiece of Lord Lonsdale doing some field shooting at Lowther Castle, along with seventy-four plates and various in-text illustrations.This is an informative work on the practical aspects of field shooting, as well as shooting on the moors and the shore. Contents include 'The Gun & General Ballistics', 'Clothing & Equipment', 'The Grouse, Natural History & Preservation', and 'The Snipe'. With a range of contributors, including Major Hugh Pollard, Leslie Sprake, P. D. Williams, and Iain Ramsay.Edited by The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, as well as Mr. Eric… Read More