William j armour (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1982. Reprinted. 234 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 300 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. The illustrated edition of a lovely children's book that follows the life of a beloved creature native to the British Isles. The illustrated edition of The Story of a Red-Deer, a lovely children's book, written by writer and military historian John William Fortescue. Published by Macmillan and Co. in 1925. First published in 1897.In the publisher's decorative original green cloth. Contains twelve colour plates, and twelve monochrome plates, illustrated by British artist George Denholm Armour. Collated complete.Originating from a request by his brother to write him a book, Fortescue wanted to create a story that celebrated one of our native animals, rather than a human, and so he wrote a tale following the life of the red-deer. Accompanied with beautiful illustrations, the reader also encounters other friends and foes of the red-deer, including pheasants and foxes. In the publisher's original green cloth. Externally, very smart, with bright clean boards. Minor edgewear and knocking to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Slight offsetting to free end papers, with previous owner's inscription to the front free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the rare faint spot to leaf extremities, mostly to first couple of leaves. Very Good Indeed. G.D. Armour [George Denholm Armour] (illustrator). book.…