Sir alexander maxwell (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Good condition paperback with minimal wear light creasing and tanning to covers. Contents are clean with light toning to pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A thick hardback book, re-bound in deep, rich, dark green leather, with gorgeous gilt titles on the spine. This wonderful period book is in excellent condition and as its a used book, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. Published in 1919 (MCMXIX) by T.N. Foulis, First Edition, printed in Scotland by R & R Clark Ltd. Edinburgh. Editor's Preface by Herbert Maxwell dated 1914. 470 original hand cut pages plus index pages, original title cloth boards, and a list of new books issued by publisher. Nice gilt edge to top of papers. Please note when package properly this book is a heavy item, therefore postage/shipping overseas may increase from listed price depending on final destination. All pages intact and nice tight binding and marbled endpapers. A well presented book that would adorn any stylish library. G. DENHOLM ARMOUR & EDWIN ALEXANDER (illustrator).…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Charles St. John's lovely topographical exploration of the Scottish Highlands, looking into the striking nature and popular sporting activites. A beautiful topographical exploration of the Scottish Highlands.In this volume, first published in 1846, Charles St. John looks into the popular sports of hunting, poaching, and trapping, as well as the local Highlands wildlife.Illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, twenty-seven tipped in colour plates, and eleven monochrome plates.With an introduction and notes by Sir Herbert Maxwell, illustrated by G. Denholm Armour and Edwin Alexander.Collated, complete.Four pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine and extremities are lightly discoloured. Some very light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some scattered spots. Very Good. G. Denholm Armour; Edwin Alexander (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the sports of the Highlands in Scotland. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and forty-nine illustrations over thirty-nine plates, twenty-eight of which are in colour. Collated complete. A detailed record of the wild sports of the Scottish Highlands, including fishing, deer stalking, grouse shooting, angling, rat-catching, hunting weasels and stoats, pigeon shooting, and more, as well as details of poaching over time. With an account of the natural history of the area. Written by Charles William George St. John, and English naturalist and sportsman. With an introduction and notes from Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, a Scottish novelist, essayist, artist, antiquarian, horticulturalist, prominent salmon angler and author. Illustrated by George Denholm Armour, a British painter and illustrator, and Edwin John Alexander, a Scottish artist known for his pictures of animals and birds. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and board edges with the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. Age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good. G. Denholm Armour; Edwin Alexander (illustrator). book. …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Wonderfully illustrated natural history volume on the Scottish Highlands by Charles St John. In publisher's original cloth binding.Profusely illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-eight plates in colour and black and white and a number of additional vignettes. Collated, complete.Delightful exploration of the wildlife and natural history of the Scottish highlands by prominent English naturalist and sportsman Charles St. John. The volume first appeared as Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands in 1846. This later edition, published posthumously, includes an introduction and notes by Sir Herbert Maxwell. In publisher's original cloth binding. Signature of previous owner to front free endpaper. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing and the occasional mark. Internally, firmly bound. Small tear to page 367. Reasonably bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. G. Denholm Armour; Edwin Alexander (illustrator). book. …