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réf. 27771Editions France Empire, 1954. In/8 broché, sans la jaquette illustrée, 302 pages, illustré de 20 photographies h.-texte sur papier couché.
1954Editions France Empire, 1954. In-8 broché sous jaquette illustrée, 302 pages, illustré de 20 photographies h.-texte sur papier couché. Dans son remarquable ouvrage, l’auteur brosse un tableau extrêmement vivant des péripéties de ses chasses, il nous donne également de précieuses indications sur les moeurs et habitudes des tigres, ainsi que sur les légendes et superstitions qu’ont inspirées aux indigènes de Malaisie ce seigneur de la jungle. Edition originale. Kaps, p. 130.
1954Editions France Empire, 1954. In/8 broché, 302 pages, illustré de 20 photographies h.-texte sur papier couché. Edition originale. Exemplaire non coupé, manque la jaquette. Dans son remarquable ouvrage, l’auteur brosse un tableau extrêmement vivant des péripéties de ses chasses, il nous donne également de précieuses indications sur les moeurs et habitudes des tigres, ainsi que sur les légendes et superstitions qu’ont inspirées aux indigènes de Malaisie ce seigneur de la jungle. Kaps, p. 130.
1954Editions France Empire, 1954. In-8 broché, sans la jaquette illustrée, 302 pages, illustré de 20 photographies h.-texte sur papier couché. Dans son remarquable ouvrage, l’auteur brosse un tableau extrêmement vivant des péripéties de ses chasses, il nous donne également de précieuses indications sur les moeurs et habitudes des tigres, ainsi que sur les légendes et superstitions qu’ont inspirées aux indigènes de Malaisie ce seigneur de la jungle. Edition originale. Kaps, p. 130.
1954Un défaut en haut de jaquette sous protection transparente . Préface de Malcolm Macdonald , commissaire général en Extrême-Orient pour le Royaume-Uni . Traduit de l'anglais par Jane Fillion . Des photographies en noir et blanc sur papier couché hors-texte . - 302 p. , 450 gr.
1954réf. 017137Paris France Empire 1954 In 8 Un défaut en haut de jaquette sous protection transparente . Préface de Malcolm Macdonald , commissaire général en Extrême-Orient pour le Royaume-Uni . Traduit de l'anglais par Jane Fillion . Des photographies en noir et blanc sur papier couché hors-texte . - 302 p. , 450 gr.
1954réf. 43974France Empire France Empire 1954. In-8 broché sous jaquette de 302 pages illustrées. Très bon état
1954France Empire 1954. In-8 broché sous jaquette de 302 pages illustrées. Très bon état
réf. 13977673Paris: Payot, 1933 in-8, 262 pages, 4 photographies. Broché. (Collection d'études, de documents et de témoignages pour servir à l'histoire de notre temps). Les aventures d'un chasseur de jaguars au Brésil.
1926réf. 16157St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Co. Very Good. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The spine is darkened. Inscribed by Sutton on the fep signed with his initials. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 207 pages; Signed by Author . The C. V. Mosby Co. hardcover
1927réf. 24079London: Longman's Green and Co. Ltd. Near Fine with no Dust Jacket. 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Tissued frontispiece plus 14 illustrations. ; B&W Illustrations and pictures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 289 xvi pages; 24079 . Longman's, Green and Co. Ltd. hardcover
réf. JH04995'B.B.'' (Denys Watkins-Pitchford), 1980 (2nd ed.) xi, 244 p., num. figs, 4 pls, frontispiece, hardbound.
1768réf. AUB-677A la Haye et à Paris, chez P. Fr. Gueffier 1768. Bel exemplaire relié, reliure richement ornée d'époque, in-8, X + 448 pages avec présentations et illustrations.
1970réf. 1107341970 Editions du Beffroi - 1970 - In-8, broché - 264 p.
1995réf. 6855Camden SC: John Culler & Sons 1995. Reprint Limited to 500 Copies. Leather. Fine/VG with minor rust colored spots. 259 pp ill folding map all edges gilt. From Moscow to Mongolia to hunt Altai argali following in the footsteps of Demidoff. In addition to sheep hunting he had fine sport with ibex maral stag and roe deer. One of the better earlier works on this area. Fine in Vg slipcase with minor rust colored spot. See image on website. John Culler & Sons unknown
1904réf. 3721London: Rowland Ward 1904. First. Hardcover. VG. 259 pp ill fold out map zebra end papers. Wild sheep in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia and in Siberia. Excellent appendix on outfitting for wild sheep hunting in Mongolia. A book with much information that still rings true. A very scarce and desirable title in first ed. VG copy mild corner and spine tips wear almost imperceptible soiling at top front board. Rowland Ward hardcover
19878vo [21.5 x 14 cm]; xvi, 406, [i] pp, tinted frontis, extra title page with vignette of Chinese wedding, 15 other illustrations including map and plates. original pictorial wraps, cover slightly rubbed at edge, but clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Fortune was the first plant collector to travel in China after the conclusion of the Opium War, as a botanical collector for the Horticultural Society of London starting in 1843. Travel was not allowed for more than 30 miles past Shanghai, but undaunted "he set off by boat from Shanghai, in Chinese costume complete with shaved head and pigtail" (see Coats p. 101-110 for details), and was the first westerner to reach Soochow and many other parts of China, collecting large numbers of plants and seeds. The book contains two chapters on the cultivation and manufacture of tea with suggestions on the possibilities of developing a tea industry in India, and contained new knowledge about the production and processing of tea. In fact, this book and his later books and plant collecting (as an employee of the East India Company) lead to the Indian tea industry. As a result of the travels described here he found numerous new plants including anemones, chrysanthemums, jasmine, forsythia, honeysuckle, etc. Besides plants and horticulture, the author also describes the people and geography. This was his first book. Cordier p. 2115. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue p. 102. This is a nice production reprinting the first edition, which is very scarce.
18478vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xv, 406, [i], [16 page John Murray's catalogue] pp, tinted frontis, extra title page with vignette of Chinese wedding, 15 other illustrations including map and plates. orig simulated brown leather, decorated in gilt and red, gilt lettering, a. e. g., marbled endpapers, original ribbon bookmark, very fine and clean, with the original publisher's prospectus containing a good historical introduction and a loose bookplate. Fortune was the first plant collector to travel in China after the conclusion of the Opium War, as a botanical collector for the Horticultural Society of London starting in 1843. Travel was not allowed for more than 30 miles past Shanghai, but undaunted "he set off by boat from Shanghai, in Chinese costume complete with shaved head and pigtail" (see Coats p. 101-110 for details), and was the first westerner to reach Soochow and many other parts of China, collecting large numbers of plants and seeds. The book contains two chapters on the cultivation and manufacture of tea with suggestions on the possibilities of developing a tea industry in India, and contains new knowledge about the production and processing of tea. In fact, this book and his later books and plant collecting (as an employee of the East India Company) lead to the Indian tea industry. As a result of the travels described here he found numerous new plants including anemones, chrysanthemums, jasmine, forsythia, honeysuckle, etc. Besides plants and horticulture, the author also describes the people and geography. This was his first book. Cordier p. 2115. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue p. 102. This is a fine production reprinting the scarce first edition, with all the plates and text. A lavishly illustrated and historically accurate photographic reproduction of the original.
1931réf. 16323London: Jonathan Cape 1931. Book. Good. Hardback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In a series of letters to a friend in which are given ample directions for erecting a kennel the management of hounds and the duties and qualifications necessary for a huntsman and whipper-in. Illustrated with sixteen coloured engravings. First published 1781 this edition is reprinted from the illustrated edition of 1796. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
1820pp. 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!
18208vo., with engraved frontispiece, engraved title, numerous fine engraved illustrations (a number by Bewick) in the text and and double-page engraved plan, preliminaries lightly spotted, some sidelining and occasional annotation in a neat contemporary hand; handsomely bound in red straight-grain half morocco BY BUMPUS, marbled boards, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and third compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in gilt, gilt top, marbled endpapers, uncut, a very good, bright, remarkably crisp copy. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. Beckford's famous collection of twenty-four extended letters was first published in 1781. 'The corner-stone of a huntsman's library' (Gee).
1879réf. hnt879London: James Toovey. VG : in very good condition. Teg. Armorial book-plate on paste-down with owners signature on ffep. 1879. Reprint. Red half morocco. 200mm x 160mm 8" x 6". xi 269pp ads. Engraved frontispiece of Diana and engraving of kennel plan/elevation. Book-plate of Claud Douglas Pennant and signature dated Jan 93. . James Toovey unknown
1911réf. hnt911aaLondon: Hodder & Stoughton. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and faded. 1911. First edition thus. Red hardback cloth cover. Gilt lettering . 270mm x 210mm 11" x 8". xxiii 155pp plates. 25 colour plates. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
1810réf. hnt810aLondon: Printed for James Cundee and Vernor Hood and Sharpe. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Some light staining and offsetting. 1810. A New Edition. Maroon hardback half-leather cover. 230mm x 140mm 9" x 6". vi 314pp plates. 11 b/w plates and title page vignette. . Printed for James Cundee, and Vernor, Hood and Sharpe hardcover
1958réf. HF-9New York: David McKay Co. 1958. Classic text by the renown authority on fox hounds includes detailed topics covering hunting andfoxes; organizations; clothes for cubbing; tack; etiquette; horse fundamentals riding purchasing schooling stabling and care; types of hounds; breeding requirements and conformation; kenneling fundamentals; training and cub hunting; etc. Includes a forward by A. Henry Higginson. 191 pgs. Frontispiece tipped-in photo of a fox hunt. Limited printing to 1500 First Edition copies. Numbered 1260 out of 1500. Glassine dustjacket has a few tiny chips on the lower edge. Original slipcase has a tiny scuff on the upper front edge. Very minimal rubbing to edges. Scarce. Limited/Numbered First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. David McKay Co. Hardcover
