game edward (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 1. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hand-coloured engraving, in 16 compartments, backed on linen; expert repair to one fold not affecting image. With the 12pp rules booklet, sewn as issued in orig. printed pink paper wrappers. Both are in orig. green embossed moiré cloth, blocked & lettered in gilt; small nick with loss to front cover, sl. faded. A very nice example. Whitehouse p.16; BL, Oxford and Cambridge only in U.K.; Yale, Princeton, UCLA and Indiana only in the U.S. A companion game to The Star-Spangled Banner; or, Emigrants to U.S.A. The game is a single large map of South America illustrating its geography, wildlife and people, on land and off shore. The board is numbered 1 to 84, each number being explained in the accompanying booklet. Number 1 begins: 'Demarara. Welcome, gallant friends, to the shores of South America. I shall soon be ready to attend you on your journey to explore this land of wonders, for such you will indeed find it to be. 5. Here we stop a little, and gather a quantity of the leaves of this vine. See, our Indians are already at work. It is the Wourali, the juice of which furnishes the principal ingredient in the poison with which they anoint the tips of their darts. 22. Hark at the horrid sounds which proceed from the forest close by! It is the death roar of a Jaguar, which an immense Boa Constrictor is in the act of crushing to a jelly. 52. Juan Fernandez. This is the Island where Robinson Crusoe lived so many years. 82. Observe that Macoushi Indian; he is blowing a dart through his blow-pipe ten feet fong [sic], at a Toucan two hundred feet above him.' A rare and beautifully produced game.

Politician and director of Trueman, Hanbury, Buxton and Co. (1840-1924), whose entry in 'Who's who' describes his 'Recreations' as 'a keen follower of big game in four continents'. All three items 12mo and very good. The first two items on cream paper and bearing the Society's stamp; the last item on grey paper and docketed. First and last item signed 'E N Buxton'. ITEM ONE (two pages) addressed to 'Sir Trueman' [sic]: 'I have not forgotten that you asked me how my films stood the Climate & if I got any decent results in the Soudan'. Offers to show Wood 'a few' at the Athenaeum. ITEM TWO (one page only) addressed to 'Sir Henry': He is sending Wood 'the 3 negs I hope they are those you selected'. Asks Wood to get A1 slides made from them. 'I am at your service for the Photo &c any time after the ninth.' ITEM THREE (two pages) addressed to 'Sir Henry': If wood has been 'successful in getting satisfactory slides from the negs' Buxton would be 'so glad to try them against those I have'. Asks Wood to look at prints and see if any prints could be made 'in the way of slides'. 'Like many others they were taken in a failing light - the evening being the best time to make an approach - in fact the only time when it was possible with antelopes'.