thomas pearce idstone (7 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. 1872. No Edition Remarks. 285 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Light staining, foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached; cracking to hinges much lighter. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Cocked, light tone, light edgewear, otherwise light wear. 1873 gift inscription, later owner's custom bookplate. Solid hardcover. ; Well-received collection of articles from The Field newspaper. "it is full of practical suggestions about everything of a sporting nature, from the treatment of assistants and the breaking of horses and dogs to the greasing of shooting-boots. We have descriptions of qualities and points in the best masters of hounds, huntsmen, gamekeepers, beaters; hunters, shooting-ponies, hounds, setters, retrievers; we are told the hours, wind, weather, and meals most conducive to successful sport, and how to make or where to procure the most unequalled carriages, harness, whips, guns, ammunition and dress. . Idstone has not only an appreciation of sport and country, but also of humour, of which there are many instances in these pleasant papers." - review in The Spectator, December 21, 1872, pages 1629-1630. Wonderful custom bookplate of C Gordon Booth, with bookworm reading book and ignoring the game while hunting. First Edition of this delightful collection of Victorian sporting culture, with period hunting equipment advertising in rear. ; vi, 285, 12 ad pages.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1874). (1872) 1874 2nd edition. 8vo (133 x 205mm). Ppviii,285,ads. Original green cloth gilt. Cloth used and stained. Good only. "'The Idstone Papers' were originally written for the Field Newspaper. I have consented to republish them for the following reasons: - First, the favourable and kind opinion expressed by the late Mr. Charles Dickens of the first paper ('The Agricultural Labourer'), which was submitted to him by a mutual and eminent friend; and, secondly, the repeated requests made by friends and strangers that I would give them to the pubic in a collected form." A good collection essays on a wide range of sporting and rural subjects which has stood the test of time. Contents include: Agricultural labourers; The rough rider; The First of May; 'Strictly confidential'; Shooting dress; Some old portraits; Dens and sanctums; The rat-catcher; Early morning in London; The earthstopper; The shooting pony; Whistle and whip; Old traps and spring-guns; Tom Frere the hard-riding farmer; Expecting Brown; Brown in the country; The earthstoppers' feast; The white snipe; Swans and eagles; The philosophy of missing; shooting in Alderney; Shirkers; Our Black Heath; Traps and calls; Northward; A bright October; Varied shooting; The end of the season. On beating for game: Flapper shooting; Partridge shooting; Hares; Pheasant shooting; Wild fowl; A bye day with the gun; Driving deer; The end of the season. Land values and stewards; Snipe shooting. .

2nd ed. Some foxing; title page browned; binding tight; board corners a little worn, with some wear at head & foot of spine Used - Good. Good hardback in green cloth Used - Good. Good hardback in green cloth.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1874). (1872) 1874 2nd edition. 8vo. Ppviii,285,ads. Original green cloth gilt. A very good copy. "'The Idstone Papers' were originally written for the Field Newspaper. I have consented to republish them for the following reasons: - First, the favourable and kind opinion expressed by the late Mr. Charles Dickens of the first paper ('The Agricultural Labourer'), which was submitted to him by a mutual and eminent friend; and, secondly, the repeated requests made by friends and strangers that I would give them to the pubic in a collected form." A good collection essays on a wide range of sporting and rural subjects which has stood the test of time. Contents include: Agricultural labourers; The rough rider; The First of May; 'Strictly confidential'; Shooting dress; Some old portraits; Dens and sanctums; The rat-catcher; Early morning in London; The earthstopper; The shooting pony; Whistle and whip; Old traps and spring-guns; Tom Frere the hard-riding farmer; Expecting Brown; Brown in the country; The earthstoppers' feast; The white snipe; Swans and eagles; The philosophy of missing; shooting in Alderney; Shirkers; Our Black Heath; Traps and calls; Northward; A bright October; Varied shooting; The end of the season. On beating for game: Flapper shooting; Partridge shooting; Hares; Pheasant shooting; Wild fowl; A bye day with the gun; Driving deer; The end of the season. Land values and stewards; Snipe shooting. .

Zustand: Good. Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains (viii), 285 pp + 18 pp illustrated advertisements. Marks to the boards, ink message inside 'To William Knight Treves, with all good wishes from his sincere friend Algy Dewaynes, for his birthday 1876.' Member of the P.B.F.A. HUNTS & GAME SHOOTING.

1st ed. Owner's name on title page; a little light foxing; binding tight; green cloth a little worn on spine & at board corners; gilt title on spine worn. Articles first published in "The Field" Used - Good. Good hardback in green cloth Used - Good. Good hardback in green cloth.