Osbaldeston squire (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. xlix + 331pp, well-illustrated, hardcover, 8vo, bound in red cloth, black lettered, good condition, John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1927. ILLUSTRATED (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Fairly good condition for year.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1926. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING. …

Zustand: Good. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. 3rd printing. 4to. lv,260pp. Illus. Book Good. No dust jacket. Bookplate and gifter's inscription on pastedown. (horsemen, hunters, fox hunting, horse racing, autobiographies) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.…

Half-Leather. Zustand: Good. This is a handsomely bound example of this 1927 edition of the autobiography of Squire Osbaldeston, who was a fine cricketer, rower and sportsman, especially fox hunting, rowing for Eton and Oxford, as well as being a politician and member of parliament, and high Sheriff of Yorkshire. The book is bound in half red leather with raised bands and hunting devices of a shooter and pointer, top edge gilded, fitted with decorative marbled endpapers, the binding is in nice condition, internally some occasional foxing, some wrinkling to the paper on the plates, there are a couple of neat paper repairs ( see pictures) else in good general condition.…

London: The Bodley Head. 1926. 4to. Original fawn cloth, lettering blocked in brown to front and spine, brown and blue blocked vignette of knight to spine; pp. lv + [v] + 260 + [4, ads.], 16 colour plates, 75 b&w plates by artists including Alken and Ferneley; occasional foxing throughout especially to edges, very good.First edition. 'Squire' George Osbaldeston (1786 - 1866) was a Yorkshire sportsman and politician, though his duties as Whig MP for East Retford came a distant second to his sporting interests. He was an excellent jockey and cricketer, but his abiding passion was fox hunting, and this is the main focus of the book. He was hot-headed, intemperate, trusting, womanising, impecunious, addicted to gambling and probably none too bright; this handsomely produced book, which had not been published before this edition, captures the spirit of a man who was only really happy on a horse.…