uncle maurice (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. 9.5" x 7.5"; hbk; brightly coloured illustrated boards in lovely condition; blue cloth spine; rear board cover has advertisement for Bournville Cocoa; 1st couple of pages are b/w adverts - mainly quarter page or half page; colour frontis; b/w title page with illustration; adverts at rear; stapled spine & main contents of book have come away - but in one lot, not separately; scarce; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Maurice Tullock (illustrator). A richly illustrated edition of this work on shooting and hunting, intended for young and amateur hunters. A collection of essays and letters intended as guides for young and inexperienced hunters, concerning topics like safety, pheasant hunting, rough shooting, types of guns, and more.Written by Sir Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, writing under the pseudonym 'Uncle Ralph'.Containing numerous in-text illustrations by Maurice Tullock.The personal copy of notorious hunting dog expert, Alan Thornton, with his bookplate to the front pastedown.Including a previous owner's ink signature to the front free-endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with some rubbing to the gilt detailing on the front board, and some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and previous owner's ink signature to the front free-endpaper. Internally, front hinge is starting at the half title page. Remaining binding is firm. Pages are generally bright and clean throughout. Very Good. book.