Morrow alexander e (2 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good -. Light blue wraps have sun fading on spine but minimal cover wear. Binding is tight, as though never read. No marks or tears, very nice copy. Plenty of diagrams, fold outs, photos. Everything you need to know. 287 pg.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this lovely illustrated insight into contemporary English and Scottish life and sports. First edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated with sixteen plates, including the frontispiece. Collated, complete. A lovely glimpse into contemporary English and Scottish country life and sports, including chapters entitled "Country Life in Literature", "Fishing in River, Stream, and Loch", "August on the Moors", "After Deer" and "Winter Fowling". Written by Alexander Innes Shand, a Scottish barrister, author and journalist, who made important contributions to The Times, including as a biographer and in his position as war correspondent during the Franco-Prussian War. Shand also published prolifically on a range of subjects, from travel to fiction to cookery. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to minor loss of cloth to the extremities, and further marking and discolouration, most notably to the fore edge. Internally, generally firmly bound, a little weaker between pages 96 and 97, 112 and 113, 160 and 161, and 176 and 177. Generally bright and clean with occasional spotting, heavier to the last few pages. Very Good. Archibald Thorburn; Sir E. Lanseer; F. C. Turner; George Morrow; Lancelot Speed; A. Cooper; Sydney Steel (illustrator). book.…