chafin william (11 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this thoughtful and carefully researched work, William Chafin offers a critical evaluation of the claims made in W. Chafin's treatise 'Anecdotes Respecting Cranbourn Chase'. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of the region and its history, Chafin exposes a variety of errors and discrepancies in Chafin's work, and provides readers with a more accurate and nuanced understanding of the historical events in question. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Southern England, or in the art of historical research more generally.

103 [i.e. 107] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. "This facsimile reproduction of the second edition of Cranbourn Chase is privately printed by Lieut.-General Pitt Rivers. Rushmore, 1886"--Page opposite title page.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Facsimile Reprint 1886 Of 1818 Edition Full title: A second edition of the anecdotes and history of Cranbourn Chase by William Chafin, Clerk. With additions, and a continuation of the said history to some extent. To which are added, some scenes in, and anecdotes of, Windsor forest; by the same author.' 'This facsimile reproduction of the second edition of Cranbourn Chase is privately printed bye Lieut.- General Pitt Rivers. Rushmore, 1886.' 8vo.pp. 103. Rebound in Brown cloth with a title label: 'Anecdotes Respecting Cranbourn Chase, With a Very Concise Account of It: together With The Rural Amusements it Afforded our Ancestor in The Days of Yore.' Very good.

Size 5.5 x 8.75 inches. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper (Not price clipped). Desmond Hawkins? signature to title page. Private bookplate on front endpaper. Letter from publisher stuck on rear endpaper. Else a very clean and tight copy. xxviii, 106pp. With b/w portrait frontis. Facsimile limited edition, with an introduction, of William Chafin?s 1818 book on Cranborne Chase. The Chase was a lawless place in the 18thC and Chafin, of Chettle House, a parson and Magistrate, interpreted the law to his own convenience. The book tells many stories of the clashes between poachers and keepers.

8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, small neat signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. SIGNED BY HAWKINS ON TITLE. Facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1818. Hawkins' own monograph on the Chase was published in 1980.

Hardback. Zustand: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). A facsimile edition of this historical study of Cranborne Chase, privately printed from the 1818 second edition by Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers, who in 1880 inherited a large portion of the estate. A facsimile reproduction of the second edition of William Chefin's 1818 work discussing Cranbourne - or Cranborne - Chase, a large area of countryside overlapping the boundaries of Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Somerset. This facsimile of the second edition was privately printed by Lieutenant General Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1886.With an illustrated frontispiece.A collection of early nineteenth century anecdotes relaying tales of fox and deer hunting, falconry and cock-fighting in the country, along with an discussion of excursions in Windsor forest. Providing a history of this ancient woodland, referencing battles between gamekeepers and poachers, and the keeping of ostriches in Windsor Forest in the 1750's.In 1880, Pitt Rivers inherited an estate of more than 32,000 acres in Cranborne Chase. With the bookplate of Alan Thornton to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Back strip head and tail detaching, with losses to paper. Closed tear to paper to back strip centre. Joints starting, with front board slightly tender and rear board firmly held. Marks to front board, most concentrated to board perimeters. Small loss of paper to centre of front board and head of rear board. Chipping to head of paper label to front board. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with light handling marks. Good Only. book.

Second Edition. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Provenance; from the library of Gregory Drew with the owner's bookplate and signature. Physical description; [2], 4 leaves, 5-103, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill ; 23 cm. Notes; First edition published the same year. The final page is blank. Subjects; Game and game-birds England Cranborne Chase. Cranborne Chase (England) History. Game and game-birds. Cranbourne Chase, England. 3 Kg.

Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. White paper to spine and blue paper to boards. With paper title labels to front. In good condition. Some rubbing to boards, chips to edges and corners. Darkening to title labels on front. Some tanning and light foxing to endpapers. Some occasional light foxing spots to pages. Frontis plate clean and bright. No inscriptions. Else a clean and tight copy. Illustrated with a frontis plate of ?A group of Deerhunters.? 103 pp. (the first 4 pages are numbered 1, 1*, 2. 2*, etc.). Loosely laid is a note (4 pages) copying a letter from Mrs. Anne Chafin to her husband). Hawking ( pp. 45 - 50), cock fighting (pp. 51 -52).

Zustand: Fair. Acceptable condition. Facsimile reprint of the 1818 edition. Hardcover edition. Reading copy only. Moldy. Dampstained. In polypropylene bag. (england, history).