bertram ellangowan (2 Ergebnisse)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1889). 1889 1st edition. Small 8vo (135 x 196mm). Ppxii,388. B/w frontipiece, fold-out plan of curling rink, tail piece engraving. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles and gilt scene with stag on upper board. Slight foxing and use but a very good bright copy. OUT OF DOOR SPORTS IN SCOTLAND: Their economy and surroundings. Deer stalking, grouse shooting, salmon angling, golfing, curling, &c. With notes on the natural and sporting history of the animals of the chase, and estimates of their economic value. by "Ellangowan." .

Cloth. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce copy of this collection of sporting anecdotes by Scottish author James Glass Bertram, the first edition. The first edition of this work, a very scarce copy found in only two institutional libraries. A collection of sporting anecdotes collected and edited by 'Ellangowan', pseudonym of James Glass Bertram, concerning a great variety of sports.James Glass Bertram was a Scottish author, known as apprentice to Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, the boards soiled and marked, damp staining to the front board. Minor chipping to the head and tail of the spine, which is lightly darkened. Alan Thornton's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally very clean throughout, only odd marking to the occasional leaf. Good. book.