Major ross king (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. London, 1866; poor condition; green cloth covered boards; edge and corner wear with board exposed at edges; back strip half missing including crown and foot; boards and end papers detached along with pages 323 to rear end paper; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; binding held together by its string; Ex-Library with typical stamps and markings; end papers foxed; interior clean and unmarked; 334 pages.…

Original Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo (royal). First edition. Original green cloth, pictorially stamped with a moose head and lettered in gilt. B&W in-text engravings and six full page tipped-in water colour plates. One integral errata slip. Sporadic pencil and ink notations. Wear on edges, small tear to head of joint, hinges starting. Roughly trimmed edges. Removed label in top left corner of pastedown. Bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron on front pastedown. Previous catalogue entry pasted to front free endpaper. Light foxing near front. Precise and exact in-text engravings are of moose, caribou, deer, and regional scenery. Plates include wild turkey, prairie hen, Canada and ruffed grouse, white fish, musqualonge, black bass. Interesting topics include: the decrease of carnivores such as black bears; the variety of hares in North America and how to tell them from rabbits; moose compared to elk; caribou compared to reindeer; eagles and hawks, passenger pigeons; the extraordinary quantity of wild fowl; fisheries of Canada, etc. Misspelling of "Mississauga" in endpiece on page 164. Very good condition, a bright, clean copy.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. Quarto. 33pp., illustrated with 6 full page chromolithographs and several woodcuts, original green pictorial cloth depicting a gilt moose head on upper boards; spine gilt, early bookplate; a very handsome copy showing minor wear; internally clean and bright; front end papers lightly foxed. The chromolithographs are of excellent quality.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. Full green leather with raised bands and gilt decorated panels. Spine uniformly color faded. Inner dentelle. Top edge gilt.1st edition, six full page color Illustrations along with 13 wood engravings. Pictorial frontispiece. ( xx) , (1 errata slip) + 334pp. Marble endpaper. Heavy stock pages. Sport, Hunting, Fishing; Color Plates and woodcuts; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 334 pages.…

Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (wanting original paper guard), title in red and black, 5 coloured plates (all original paper guards present) and 13 engravings in the text, frontispiece and title mildly spotted; original green cloth, upper board framed in blind and blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, corners lightly bruised, joints a little rubbed at head else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Ashworth James on front paste-down and separately printed errata slip mounted facing Preface. Henry Ashworth James, of Herstmonceux Place Sussex, was father of aviation pioneer Wing Commander Sir Archibald James MC; this copy was formerly in the latter's library.…