Peter h whitaker (14 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, water marks and creasing.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppviii,176. B/w photograph plates, b/w line illustrations. Yellow cloth, spine titled in brown. Boards slightly bumped and bowed, sticker ghost to fep, spotting to end-papers and edges, bump to bottom edge of pages. Good only in slightly frayed and heavily spotted dust-wrapper. "This is a book for young shots, but it is one with a difference, for it is written by a young shot who has experienced and appreciates all the difficulties which beset his contemporaries in this age of restricted opportunities." Contents include: - Somewhere to shoot; Concerning guns; Manners in the field; Shooting dress; Accidental causes; Vermin; Nets and snares; Spring and summer; In due season; Back-end days; Unconsidered trifles; Turning the pages. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppviii,176. B/w photograph plates, b/w line illustrations. Yellow cloth, spine titled in brown. Slight browning to end-papers and edges. Good-plus in soiled but complete dust-wrapper. "A book for young shots .written by a young shot who has experienced and appreciates all the difficulties which beset his contemporaries in this age of restricted opportunities". Sound advice on how to look after your own rough shoot. Includes trapping, snaring and vermin control. Based on articles published in The Shooting Times. .…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppviii,176. B/w photograph plates, b/w line illustrations. Yellow cloth, spine titled in brown. Dust-wrapper price 12/6 net. Slight use, browning to edges else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "A book for young shots .written by a young shot who has experienced and appreciates all the difficulties which beset his contemporaries in this age of restricted opportunities." Sound advice on how to look after your own rough shoot. Includes trapping, snaring and vermin control. Based on the author's articles published in The Shooting Times. .…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical Description; 73 pages illustrations. Subjects; English literature; 20th century. English literature. Shooting. Hunting; guidebooks. Shooting; guidebooks. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. 1954 1st edition in tight binding with B&W illustrations. Dust jacket not price-clipped; discoloured; light wear to edges, especially top. Light, pale foxing to page fore-edges; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1954). 1954 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppviii,176. B/w photograph plates, b/w line illustrations. Yellow cloth, spine titled in brown. Slight browning to end-papers and edges, gift inscription to end-paper verso. Good-plus in soiled but complete dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. "A book for young shots .written by a young shot who has experienced and appreciates all the difficulties which beset his contemporaries in this age of restricted opportunities". Sound advice on how to look after your own rough shoot. Includes trapping, snaring and vermin control. Based on articles published in The Shooting Times. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1963). 1963 1st edition. Small 8vo (122 x 190mm). Ppix,76. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. D/w price 10/6 net. Spotting to end-papers and edges. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. "The rough shooter is a jack-of-all trades. He takes his chances as and when they come and works hard for the priviledge. One day he will be pigeon shooting; on another flighting duck. Picking-up, covert shooting occasionally, trapping, rearing a pen of birds on his few modest acres, hare shooting by invitation, training the odd dog and working the occasional ferret, wildfowling at week-ends." Peter Whitaker offers the reader practical advice. Chapters include: The modern rough shooter; Finding shooting, inland clubs; The gun cupboard; The kennel; Game on the rough shoot; Inland duck and flight ponds; Snipe and woodcock; Pigeon pie; Vermin; Last rites; Law and licenes. Another good title in this fine series which retains its interest and utility. .…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. Hardback. With dust jacket.

Hardback. Yellow cloth boards Dj shows slight edge wear and is browned and a little soiled Not price clipped Illustrated with 8 bw photographs pp 173. book.

6.0 x 8.75 inches. In yellow cloth covers with brown lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w Not price clipped. Small tear to front top edge. Slightly rubbed along edges. Mild foxing to back. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. Occasional foxing spots inside. Else a clean and tight copy. 173pp. With b/w photographs. A guide to good practice in shooting for beginners.…

Tela , cm15x22.5, pp (8) 173 (1); alcune figure in nero fuori testo. In inglese. Esemplare da studio. Esemplare da studio. Fioriture e difetti sulla sovraccoperta, fioriture sulle sguardie, ampia dedica a penna sulla prima sguardia, altri ordinari segni d'uso.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Features: Freedom From Want - featuring the classic Norman Rockwell illustration; The Nazi Offensive in Lisbon - a progaganda pincer movement on the neutralPortuguese; Victory on the Steppe - A close-up picture of Russia's success on the battleground between Stalingrad and Rostov, with photos; The Fan Who Bought the Ball Park - Walter Briggs gave Detroit Tigers fams their dream of many years; Will Dixie Bolt the New Deal? - why the Deep South is nursing political grievances; Angel of the White Wings - William F. Carey is chief of New York's glamorous sanitation crew - article with photos; God's Roundup - a cowboys' camp meeting with a message for today; Maj. Gen. Walter R. Weaver - Trainer of the Army's aircraft technicians. Short Stories: The Cajun Cradle; Operator! Operator!; the Little Distance; A Feeling About G-Two; Lady Bountiful (part 1 of 4); Jungle Harvest (part 4 of 6). 100 pages. Fantastic one-page color-illustrated Mack Truck ad features yellow "Baby Mack" at dock-side. One-page color Vultee ad features Artzybasheff illustration of Hitler reaching for the globe. Lovely back cover color Coke ad features young women working in defense jobs. Complete, intact and unmarked with average wear. A sound example of this wonderful piece of vintage Americana ; Color Illustrations; Folio. Illustrated by Rockwell, Norman; Boyd, Rutherford; Skemp, R.; Helck,Peter; Artzybasheff, Boris (illustrator).…