Lt col mctaggart (19 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1932. 109 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.…

Zustand: Good. 1944. Fourth edition. 176 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning, particularly to spine. Book has slight backwards lean.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1928 1st edition. 248pp. Very Good/None. Red cloth boards with beige cloth spine, very minor rubbing to edges, minor soiling, spine a little darkened. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor soiling, minor spotting/browning. Decorative endpapers. B&W drawings throughout. A humorous and slightly eccentric guide to caring for horses. Simpson, Charles Walter (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st. pp vii, 205. Spine a little browned and soiled, some wear to rear joint and extremities, contents clean and tight, no inscriptions or sigs, a good copy. Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Seventh Edition. Light brown cloth hard cover - corners bumped otherwise Good+. 88 pages, including and with additional illustrations. Content Good+. (162g) Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity correct postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted. (E/J).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Methuen, London, 1932. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. gilt titles to Brown cloth.no jacket 98 pp. plus publ. ads with a Frontispiece in Colour and 63 Other Illustrations by Winifred Roberts, tan spots to extremeties but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request. …

Red Cloth Boards/cloth Spine. Zustand: Good/Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. (viii), 248pp, illustrated with a black and orange frontispiece, other drawings black & white, illustrated endpapers, pencil names of previous owners to half title, occasional light foxing, red cloth with black illustration and title to upper board, cream cloth spine, also with black lettering, some small stains to boards and chips to the red cloth of the upper board, corners bumped, spine a little browned. The book is about riding and horse management, all written in a series of letters beginning Dear John.The striking illustrations are taken to be by the author although in the preface he states that he suggested to the publishers that "a capable artist might supply a few suitable drawings" and that "The artist has handled his task with so light a pen and so breezy a wit that it breathes into my drab advice a spice and a vigour I never contemplated.". By Author/Illustrator. Equestrian.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2nd Edition. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards . Name on fep and Boards sunned esp the spine ow vg cond. Lionel Edwards (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Nice copy of this 1st edition,1st printing. Book has spine well darkened with some marks to boards, slight tanning to page edges with a dusty top, gift inscriptions to ffep otherwise is fine internally with no other no marks or inscriptions.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition of this charming and humorous guide to horse ownership by Lt.-Col. M. F. McTaggart, D.S.O., illustrated throughout by "The Wag of the Regiment" (Charles Walter Simpson). Published by Country Life Ltd. in 1928, the work combines practical equestrian advice with wit and caricature, making it an enduring favourite amongst horse enthusiasts and collectors of sporting literature. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth boards with cream cloth spine, lettered and decorated in black to the upper board and spine. Complete with the illustrated endpapers, half-title, title page and numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout the text. An attractive example of this increasingly collectable Country Life sporting title. Condition: Good. Original publisher's red cloth and cream spine remain bright and structurally sound with light general handling wear, minor rubbing and some light marking to the spine. Internally clean and complete with illustrated endpapers and all illustrations present. Light foxing and age toning to a few pages, together with a small contemporary inscription to the title page. Binding firm with no loose pages. Overall, a well-preserved copy of this attractive first edition. Shipping Notice: Please note that international shipping costs are estimated. Additional charges may apply for this item due to size or weight. We will confirm any extra postage costs with the buyer before processing the order. Charles Walter Simpson ("The Wag of the Regiment") (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo, x, 207pp. Blue cloth binding with gilt text to spine and gilt design to cover, shelf wear to edges and corners, gift inscription to first free end paper, several light foxing spots to early pages. Very Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Third edition. Illustrated by Winifred Roberts. Pages lightly foxed, else very good in a good only price-clipped dustwrapper with tears and chipping to the edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red cloth hard cover with beige cloth spine, illustration of ink quill and pot and title on front cover - small light spot blemish to back cover/Good. 238 pages full of illustrations by 'the wag of the Regiment' + extra pages with drawings and writings at end. Neat inscription to FEP, dated 1929. Faint foxing to text block. Content Good+. (886g) Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity correct postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted. (JJR).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Poor. 2nd Edition. Authoritative guide to 'how to give a horse a good mouth and good manners'. Illustrated with b & w line drawings by Winifred Roberts. 2nd edition of book first published 1932. Binding firm. Text in good condition with some foxing on blank endpapers. Brown cloth cover with gold-blocked lettering on spine. Yellow paper dust jacket scuffed and very grubby with some tears.…

4to, viii, 248pp, b/w illus. throughout by the Wag of the Regiment, decorated endpapers, orig. two-tone cloth lettered in black. A VG++ clean copy. (Grimshaw: Bibliography of British Horse Books, 1113).

Cloth. Zustand: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. 98 pages. 8 pages of publisher's adverts. Brown cloth, gilt titles and ruling on spine. With a frontispiece in colour and 63 other illustrations by Winifred Roberts. A bit of spotting to fore-edges not affecting text. Winifred Roberts (illustrator).…

First. Illustrated by the Wag of the Regiment. 238pp . Red cloth with buff spine, no dj. Very small tide mark to bottom edge. VG.

Vellum. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited First. ONE OF 12 COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION BY THE AUTHOR Limited edition of 150 copies, the first 12 copies contain an original illustration, this copy numbered 5, half title, original water colour illustration of horse and monkey jockey and signed "M.F McTaggart The Wag," full colour illustrations throughout, top edge gilt, others uncut, coloured frontispiece edged in gold, original pictorial vellum, blocked in gilt and brown, slightly bowed. The book is about riding and horse management, all written in a series of letters beginning Dear John. The striking illustrations with their vivid clear primary colours are taken to be by the author although in the preface he states that he suggested to the publishers that "a capable artist might supply a few suitable drawings" and that "The artist has handled his task with so light a pen and so breezy a wit that it breathes into my drab advice a spice and a vigour I never contemplated." Size: 4to. By Author & Illsutrator. Equestrian Art.…

Country Life, London. 1928. First edition. Large 8vo. Hardback, no DW. Red illustrated cloth with beige backstrip. Illustrated throughout. Loosely inserted is an "Order for an Edition De Luxe" with an original drawing to reverse which has been watercoloured. Boards and spine soiled and a little worn. Pages very slightly browned o/w a good sound copy.…