Eric parker leslie sprake (7 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Ex-library with the usual labeling. Spine faded. Minor shelf wear. No jacket. Pages clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 367 pages plus indexes (complete). A passive copy. The boards are grubby. They retain a weary elegance. There handling and storage marks and wear all about. They are sure. The contents are very clean, clear, benign, confident, authoritative. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 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 Parker.Illustrated bookplate to front pastedown, belonging to prior owner Alan Thornton.One page of publisher's adverts to front of text. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. A bit of discolouration to boards with light fading to the margins and spine. Bumping to head and tail of spine with a few marks to rear board. Light spotting to text block. Illustrated bookplate to front paste down, as well as bookseller's sticker. Light age-toning to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout, with light age-toning to margins. Very Good. Various (illustrator). book. …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. This richly illustrated guide to modern shooting, the third volume in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes series published by Seeley, Service & Co. The third volume in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes series published by Seeley, Service & Co.Undated, however per the printers' information to the final page of the text, published 1947.With more than one hundred monochrome illustrations appearing throughout the text. These are 75 plate photographs, including a frontispiece of Lord Lonsdale shooting at Lowther Castle, and forty one vignettes, including several diagrams and a map of the Dunwich marshes.This copy with the bookplate of Christopher Perkins to the recto of the second page of publisher's advertisements to the front of the work.This is a thorough guide to the modern shooting methods suitable for the moor, field, and shore. Endowed with the collective knowledge of fifteen contributors including Eric Parker, Leslie Sprake, and J. C. M. Nichols, it contains specific chapters on the shooting and preservation of various birds, hare drives, punt gunning, and the legal aspect of shooting. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with slight discolouration of the cloth and some minor handling marks. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Front hinge strained. Bookplate to the recto of the second page of publisher's advertisements to the front of the work resulting in paste action, visible to its verso. Internally, binding is a touch strained at the centre. Pages are a trifle age toned however generally bright and clean with mild spotting to the outer leaves. Very Good Indeed. Multiple plate photographs including by Oliver G. Pike, Seton Gordon, and W. A. Rouch. (illustrator). book. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp 380. Original publisher's light brown buckram, lettered gilt at the spine. Ownership signature on the front endpaper of English aristocrat, the Earl of Radnor, Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. One hundred and fifty illustrations. The Lonsdale library, vol. III. Very good.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Two illustrated first editions from the Lonsdale Library, concerning fishing and shooting. The first trade editions of these two works in the publisher's original cloth bindings.Illustrated with seventy-five black-and-white plates to Shooting. Illustrated with fifty-four black-and-white plates to Angling. Collated, complete.Two informative and illustrated volumes from 'The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes', edited by The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale and Eric Parker.The first work, on shooting, includes advice on equipment, the training of dogs, and how to shoot different kinds of game. The second work, on angling, includes guidance on fishing for roach, perch, tench, bream, carp, pike and much more.This set comprises: Shooting by Moor, Field and Shore: A Practical Guide to Modern Methods by Eric Parker, Leslie Sprake, Major Portal, Major Pollard, et al. (1929, Volume III of 'The Lonsdale Library') Fine Angling for Coarse Fish by Eric Parker, J. H. R. Bazley, Antony Bridges, Edward Ensom, et al. (1930, Volume IV of 'The Lonsdale Library') In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, generally smart, with a little bumping to the extremities. Section of damp staining to the extremities of the boards to 'Angling'. Marks to the rear board and spine of 'Angling'. 'Shooting' is much smarter, with just some light fading to the spine of 'Shooting'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for age toning to the end papers. Light marks to the last couple of pages to 'Angling'. Very Good. Leslie Sprake; W. S. Berridge; Neville Kingston; et al. (illustrator). book.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A signed limited edition of Volume III of The Lonsdale Library on shooting in different terrain. No. 188 of 360 numbered copies printed on handmade paper, signed by Eric Parker to the limitations page, with the etched frontispiece signed by Winifred Austen, in a full morocco binding with gilt detailing to the boards and spine including the gilt crest of Lonsdale Library to the front board. Illustrated with 75 plates. Collated, complete. The third volume of The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, edited by The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale and Eric Parker. This illustrated work includes advice on equipment, the training of dogs, and how to shoot different kinds of game, from a variety of authors. In a full morocco binding. Externally smart, with fading to the spine and rubbing to the joints and extremities. Hinges have been reinforced. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with spotting to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). signed by author. book.…