swayne major (7 Ergebnisse)

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. He praises Macgregor's book for representing 'most faithfully the spirit of the original. This I take it is the chief merit of any translation.' Macgregor's 'employment in this manner so distinct from the ordinary pursuits of the leisure of an officer, proves the work to be "con amore"'. He mentions the collection of 'Professor Jacobs', feeling that such work will 'give the author a high standing amongst the scholars of our country, but it is for those who engage in such works to be generally aware that as a commercial speculation they are not likely to succeed.' Referring to Blackwood's Magazine, he states that he is himself 'in the habit of writing for a very popular periodical, and finding no place for classical articles. The public taste is not sufficiently chastened and refined. Otherwise I believe that the works of Walter Savage Landor would rank with the first of the day.' He does however feel that things are turning in the right direction, 'which is to divorce scholarship from pedantry'. In a postscript he states that he has 'several connexions in the Indian army, amongst others Dr. Marshall who I believe was chief of the original staff in Burmah, and is now in this country'. See Catherine Reilly, 'Mid-Victorian Poetry, 1860-1879' (2000).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 259, [9, ads.]; illusts. from photos., one folding map, one folding plan of stalks; very good in the original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed to extremities, marked to upper board, with Rowland Ward 'zebra-skin' endpapers, in the original dust-wrapper, which is neatly restored, slightly chipped. This is a classic account of a shooting trip from Moscow across the Urals to the Altai Shan. The author relates his hunting experiences, largely for sheep and ibex, using Demidoff's After Wild Sheep in the Altai and Mongolia as guide, but he also provides much information concerning the country through which he and his companion travelled.

With 60 Illustrations and Map. 259 S. Gr.-8°, Leather. Used, without slipcase, but good condition. / Leichte Gebrauchsspuren, ohne den Schuber, sonst gut erhalten. Five hundred copies for the Asian Series have been printed for John Culler & Sons. This book is number 284. Nachhaltige Buchlieferung - Stabile, plastikfreie Verpackung.

Hardcover. Zustand: ex library- fair. First Edition. xiv, 259, [9] p. 23 cm. 61 b&w plates, fold-out plan, and fold-out map. Brown cloth with gold print. Ex library with label on front cover, call number on lower spine, bookplate and stamp on front pastedown, labels and stamps on rear pastedown, ink notation title page verso. Spine ends torn and chipped, discolouration to spine, worn corners and bottom edges, dent in edge of front board. Occasional thumbing, large tear in rear map. The author describes Petersburg, Moscow, the Obi River, Altai Highlands, Mongolia, wild sheep, etc. Appendix on fitting out for Mongolia. Index.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Rowland Ward, London, UK. 1903. Xxii, 385 pgs. Illustrated. 3rd Edition. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is faded and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Major Swayne hunted and surveyed extensively in Somalia and Ethiopia. He hunted lesser kudu, black rhino, oryx, gerenuk, lion, greater kudu and most of the other local antelope. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Edition limited to 500 copies (this, no. 255); 8vo, pp. [10], ix-xiv, vi, xvi, 259, [3]; facsimile of the original edition of 1904, with reproductions of 60 illustrations and a folding map; original full maroon leather stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, a.e.g.; fine copy in glassine jacket and publisher's slipcase. Issued in the publisher's Asian Series. With a new introduction by Robert J. Churchill.

Zustand: Fine. London 1904 1st edition. Rowland Ward.Octavo hardcover. Tan cloth with gilt lettering. Includes section on sheep hunting in Mongolia. 259pp., 9 pages of ads. Large folding map in Fine condition. 60 photo illustrations. Original decorative end papers. Hinges not cracked. Binding secure; text clean. Good , cover lightly soiled ; two inch split in front gutter has been repaired. Cover tips and spine ends lightly worn. This book is becoming Rare.