Search Results: thoughts on hunting in a series by beckford peter

London: The Monthly Review Book. Good. Soft cover. 1781, pp211-220. Removed from THE MONTHLY REVIEW, OR LITERARY JOURNAL, for September, 1781. G. In report covers. This is a review of the book, published the same year, and obviously not the book itself..

London: Methuen & Co, 1951. Eighth edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Eighth edition, 1951, hardcover with red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 220pp., illustrated in b&w, including one that folds out. Book VG+ with mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, endpapers off-set, otherwise text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ VG with gentle toning to spine, rubbing and mild soil, spine ends and corners show mild wear, front flap price-clipped.

8vo in cloth. 220 pp. 16 plates. VG. Light wear. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Previous ownership in ink on ffep and blind stamped on the half-title page. Text and plates are clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1951. Eighth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. G.H. Jalland. Introduction and notes by J. Otho Paget. Illustrated with drawings, one fold-out of kennel plans, index, 220 pages. Offsetting to endpapers, spine panel tanned, light soil, chipping at the edges, dj in a new protective mylar sleeve.

London: J. A. Allen & Co. Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly rubbed and foxed on . verso.. 1993. Reprint. Hardcover. 0851313671 . Introduction and notes by J. Otho Paget. Foreword by Michael Clayton. A reprint of this sporting classic, first published in 1781. xxxiii, 220pp, illustrations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London [ca. 1919]: Hodder and Stoughton. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Later Edition Used. H Hard Cover. Good. Illustrations in colour by G. Denholm Armour. I nred cloth with black titling, 4to, 155pp. (shelfwear, rubbing and fading to spine and boards, light browning to page edges, vintage gift inscription to endpaper).

Derrydale Press, 2000-09-20. Hardcover. Like New.

London: J.A.Allen, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. xxxiii, 218pp+ index. Light foxing to edges of textblock, else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

Derrydale Press, 2000-09-20. Hardcover. New.

Derrydale Press, 2000-09-20. Hardcover. Used:Good.

London: Henry G. Bohn. Good with no dust jacket. 1847. Hardcover. Hard cover published by Henry G. Bohn in London in 1847. Green covers with gilt design on front and gilt lettering and designs on spine. Covers have stains, spine is faded, and corners are bumped, worn and frayed. Edges of pages have some small stains. Pages have some tanning. Book is in good condition. 346 pages, .9 lbs.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 346 pages .

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1847. A New Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. xii, 346 pages, [2] pages advertisements. Illustrated with frontispiece and two plates in text. Brown cloth hardcover with faded gilt illustration on the front cover and gilt title on the spine. Repairs made to this copy. Cloth repaired head and base of the spine. The front hinge has been repaired and is now partially split. Occasional light brown spots scattered through the text. Illustrations have some light damp staining and edge wear. Covers are worn. A fair copy only.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions. paperback. New. 7x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

(Printed by Thomas Davison for) Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, London: (1820)., 1820 pp. xii, 321, (2) [Publisher's catalogue] + Engraved Frontis of Diana preparing for the Chase, attended by Health and Contentment + Folding Plate of a Plan for a dog kennel. Small text drawings in the style of Bewick. Title page elaborately decorated with a border of a fox hiding in leaves and hunters and hounds. Text foxed. Uncut. Lacks fly leaves. Bookplate of William Hoskins on front paste down. 240mm. Original paper boards, spine perished. Boards detached. This perhaps should best be considered a candidate for rebinding. Sir Peter Beckford (1740-1811), was an English peer famous as huntsman (as well as a miscellaneous writer), and the patron of the well-known Classical composer, pianist Muzio Clementi. This work on Foxhunting first appeared in 1781, and it still stands as the corner-stone of a huntsman's library. SPORTS/GAMES BX 1 **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Hardcover. Fair.

New York and London:: Hodder and Stoughton,, n.d.. later 3/4 morocco over cloth, t.e.g.; gilt spine decorated with hunting motifs; gilt red cloth front panel and spine bound in at rear.. Some rubbing at joints and edges of boards; tight and sound; contents fine.. 4to,. With tipped-in color illustrations by G. Denholm Armour, with printed tissue overleaves.. Introduction by E. D. Cuming.

London:: Hodder and Stoughton,, [1911].. Edition De Luxe; No. 38 of 350 copies signed by G. Denholm Armour.. full gilt leather, t.e.g.. Attractive bookplate on pastedown; a little rubbing at corners and top of spine; otherwise fine. . Folio,. 24 tipped-in color plates after paintings by G. Denholm Armour, each with printed tissue overleaf.

London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones; Printed by Thomas Davidson, 1820. 4to. Original gray boards, uncut and disbound (spine worn off with some loose signature gatherings). Frontispiece, pictorial title, folding plate of dog kennels, woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. Early printing with expanded illustrations from the original 1796 edition. Scarce in original boards, but in need of binding.

Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1820. Leather. Very Good. 1820 gilt decorated leather binding all edges gilt. Illustrated including folding layout of a dog kennel which has suffered from mis-folding. Additional material and bookplate tipped into front free endpapers. Paper of front hinge cracked, leather intact. Tiny loss to boards lower right corner. E42 Please email for photos.

Sarum: Printed by E. Easton : Sold by P. Elmsley in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James's Street; London and W. Sollers, Blandford, 1781. First edition, with half-title. Two engraved plates at end, depicting the plan and elevation of a kennel. [10], 334 pp. LACKING the engraved frontispiece depicting the Goddess Diana. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches). Bound in original paper spine and marbled boards, TOTALLY UNCUT. Full brown morocco solander box. First edition, with half-title. Two engraved plates at end, depicting the plan and elevation of a kennel. [10], 334 pp. LACKING the engraved frontispiece depicting the Goddess Diana. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/4 x 6-3/4 inches). The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management, written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. The work has gone into numerous editions, few of them so physically attractive as the original. Podeschi 64; Schwerdt I, p. 56; Gee,… Read More

Sarum [Salisbury]: printed by E. Easton: sold by P. Elmsley, in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James Street; London; and W. Sollers, Blandford, 1781. Full Calf. Fine. First Edition, complete with half-title, of this "corner-stone of a huntsman's library." (Gee) Small 4to: [10],334pp (pp. 303-310 misnumbered 301-308), with engraved frontispiece of Diana preparing for the hunt by Bartolozzi after Cipriani and two engraved plates (plan and elevation of stables). Contemporary tree calf, spine in six compartments between raised bands, elaborately tooled in gilt, red morocco lettering piece gilt, marbled edges and end papers, three green silk ribbon markers. Fine, wide-margined copy on heavy paper, virtually pristine. Lowndes I, 136. Rothschild 350 (second edition, 1782). Schwerdt I, 56 ("A famous book on this subject"). Gee, p. 8. Sterling Library 35. Beckford was the first English writer to describe minutely and accurately the whole sport of hunting. "Beckford's works were remarkable because they detailed… Read More