miles lupton (9 Ergebnisse)

Brown hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Fair. First edition thus. Worn condition. Cover loose, well worn, and faded. Some marking within, but content and plates in overall good condition. 310mm x 250mm (12" x 10"). 538pp, 96pp + plates. 48 plates (20 in colour) + in-text illustrations. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. Vi, 536, 96. Massive Standard Reference Book, 12 1/2" X 10" X 2". Quarter Leather Over Cloth. Marbled Endpapers. 46 Engraved Plates, 14 Finely Engraved And Finely Colored Color Plates, Etc. Undated But Results Of Races All Dated To 1873. Binding Intact But Very Worn And Frayed, Foxing And Damp Staining To Edges Of Plates, Pages Clean But Aged. Hinges Crudely Reinforced With Brown Tape.

Zustand: Fair. Reprint. Worn condition. Cover heavily rubbed and stained, with split to front outer hinge. Inner hinge cracking. Sporadic light foxing. Occasional pencil underlining. 310mm x 250mm (12" x 10"). 538pp, vi, 96pp, vii, + plates. 48 plates (19 in colour). Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. Including Practical Treatises on Cattle, Their Management in Dairy, Field and Stall; Pasture Grasses and Forage Plants; The Practice of Sheep Farming and The Diseases of Cattle, Sheep and Pigs. Brown hardback half-leather cover.

HardBack. Zustand: Good. Undated. [1880] Inscription dated 1882 on reverse of frontispiece chromolithographic plate. A good, very clean and sound copy in contemporary quarter leather binding, has title decorative gilt on black banded spine, leather corners to dull worn geyish cloth boards with decorative gilt horseshoe encircling horse head on front cover. Has bright marbled endpapers, is split between colour fronticspiece and blank page facing decorative colour title page but still firmly attached. The pages of text and illustrations are clean, bright and unmarked. Complete with all 14 chromolithographic plates and 36 monochrome engraved plates, with numerous engraving throughout the text. A nice copy if somewhat worn on the outside. *****LARGE HEAVY VOLUME - EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK*****.

Zustand: Good. Reprint. G: in good condition. Cover marked, scuffed, and heavily faded. Shelf-wear. Wear to spine, with some loss. Splitting to outer hinges. Inner hinge cracking. Sporadic foxing and marking. Browning to page edges. 320mm x 260mm (13" x 10"). 538pp, vi, 96pp, vii, + plates. 48 plates (20 in colour) + in-text illustrations. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. Practical Treatises include 'Cattle, Their Management in Dairy, Field and Stall'; 'Pasture Grasses and Forage Plants'; 'The Practice of Sheep Farming', and 'The Diseases of Cattle, Sheep and Pigs'. Brown leather spine with purple board cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Undated c1890s. Large hardback copy in decorative burgundy cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, no dustjacket. Colour frontispiece with tissue guard of Persimmon, who raced from 1895 to 1897, colour and b/w plates throughout, b/w illustrations within text. Not library copy, no inscriptions, light foxing to some plates, page vi of index only attached by quarter page. This is an heavy item and will incur extra postal charges for overseas shipping. (1/5).

Leather. Zustand: Good. Benjamin Herring (illustrator). A fascinating work of animal care from W. J. Miles, with numerous colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, illustrated title page, thirteen colour plates, and twenty-six anatomical black-and-white plates. Collated complete. A complete guide to all that relates to the horse, forming a system of the veterinary art. Providing commentary on the history of the horse, varieties, uses, breaking, training, feeding, stabling, grooming, buying, and more. With additional references to treating a horse in health and disease. Including practical treatises on horse racing and riding with a detailed appendix, index. Written by W. J. Miles. Illustrated by Benjamin Herring, an English artist and illustrator best known for his equine works. With an essay on the diseases and management of cattle, sheep, and pigs by J. I. Lupton. Dated from the National Museums of Scotland Library. Bound in half morocco with cloth covered boards. Externally, sound with rubbing to the extremities and marks to the boards. Light fading to the board edges with small cracks to the head of the spine resulting in minor loss. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the extremities. Good. book.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Benjamin Herring (illustrator). An unusually attractive copy of this copiously illustrated copy of this fascinating study of modern veterinary practices, primarily focusing on the management of horses. The first section of this work examines the history of the horse (with an extensive exploration and comparison of horse breeds), the structure and anatomy of the horse, the practice of veterinary medicine, and a history of horse racing. This copy also contains information regarding the management of other farm animals, such as cattle, sheep, pigs, by J. I. Lupton. In a half polished calf binding with attractive marbled paper boards, endpapers and textblock. Containing copious illustrations throughout depicting attractive sporting scenes, the anatomy of the horse, and pictorial representations of the process of shoeing the animal, engraved from original drawings by Benjamin Herring. Collated, incomplete with: Twelve plates to the main text (three of which are coloured), lacking plates of 'The Roadster (Surefoot)', 'The Trotting Cob (Silvertail) and 'Portrait of Thormanby (Racer)'. With three additional plates: 'The Stable and Stable Fittings' facing page 124, a coloured plate of 'Sir Bevys' facing page 511, and a coloured plate of 'Isonomy' facing page 516. Twenty coloured plates to the 'Atlas of Anatomical Plates', four of which are coloured. Collated complete but bound out of order. Five coloured plates to the 'Essay on Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs', collated complete. This copy is undated, dated using Copac. In a half crushed morocco binding with cloth covered boards. Externally very smart, with minor shelfwear to extremities and the odd light mark to boards. Slight rubbing to head and tail of spines and joints. Hinges reinforced. Two very small closed tears to fore edge of rear free-endpaper. Prior owner's faint pencil inscription to verso of front free-endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages very slightly age toned to extremities, but very bright and clean throughout. Faint tidemark to lower fore edge of anatomical plate XII, not affecting image. Very Good Indeed. book.

4to, pp. 536, vii, [1], iv, 96, with chromolithographic title, coloured frontispiece with tissue guard, and 38 plates (of which 13 coloured); slight spotting to title, frontispiece and guard worn at fore-edge; a very good copy in publisher's red cloth over bevelled boards, blocked in black and gilt and lettered in gilt, speckled edges, yellow endpapers; a little rubbed with abrasion to lower board, corners slightly bumped with minimal losses, end-caps chipped.Miles's comprehensive and generously illustrated treatise on veterinary science. The text first appeared in sixteen monthly parts, issued between 1868 and 1869, before being published in several undated editions in quick succession, accompanied by plates by the sporting artist Benjamin Herring (18301871). Cf. Dingley 457; not in Mellon. Language: English.