Sleeman j l (11 résultats)

Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm, 200 pp, many plates. Includes accounts of elephant, tiger, lion, rhino and buffalo hunting. Good.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Special Supplement. Sm 4to soft covers. 138pp. Illus inc. colour. Minimal creasing o/w F. Errata slip laid in. A well researched & extensive analysis.

Special Supplement to The Irish Naturalists' Journal 2008. A collection of papers presented at a Postglacial Colonization Conference held at University College Cork in 2006. 138 pp. Papers include: The Island of Ireland - Drowning the Myth of an Irish land bridge, Landscape and Environments of the last glacial-interglacial transition, Tree Migration into Ireland, Quantifying the Prey Gap for Ireland, Origin of Avifauna of Ireland, Colonization of Ireland by Mammals, Irish Genetic Affinities etc. Overall condition Fine.…

Tall 8vo. Prelims. + 148pp. B/w. illustrations, diagrams. Paperback, covers slightly faded with some minor wear to tail corners of covers. US$15.

Etat : Fine. 138, b/w + col figs. . PB. Wrappers. Fine. The Irish Naturalists' Journal Special Supplement 2008.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1918. Long presentation inscription on front free endpaper to Lt-Colonel S. F. Martin C.M.G. C.B.E. Commandant, Millbank Hospital, with the authors compliments in grateful memory of kindness received at Q.A. M. A. Millank, and signed by Sleeman. Foxed, mostly to first few and last few pages and page edges. Publishers printed pictorial paper covered boards, spine missing which as once sellotaped on, this has stained the spine edges of the front and back cover. Some marking and rubbed to boards. An interesting presentation copy of a scarce book. Illustrations throughout by W. A Bowring. (illustrateur). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No publication date stated but the preface is dated '1918'. Has significant wear and tear, soiling and foxing, but the binding is still strong and it seems to be complete. Probabaly issued without a dust-jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Hardback. Original front cover is present and in Good to Very Good condition, and has been grafted unto a professionally done rebinding in black cloth and gold gilt lettering for the spine and back. cover. Again, front cover is original, and spine and back cover are a later black cloth rebinding. Otherwise book is a very nice tight sound copy with minor corner wear to the front covers outer corners and light foxing to the books outer text block. Photos on request. This book is TALES OF A SHIKARI, or BIG GAME SHOOTING IN INDIA. Original 1918 edition with spine and back cover professionally rebound. No Signature. …

Etat : Good. First Principles of Tactics & Organization by Lieut.-Col. J, L, Sleeman.Rare, 1919, 1st edition.Publisher: Gale & Polden, London.Binding: hardback cloth.Illustrated: yes.Description / Condition: Some shelf wear, marks and browning to boards. Light foxing to pages. A nice, rare book.Please see pictures for further information.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First and possibly the only edition published in 1918, dealing with the author s experience in various part of the Indian jungles with several chapters on hunting tigers and panthers as well as man eaters. Illustrated with three black and white plates by W.A. Bowring Esqr. 7x5 inches , 154 pages, hardcover spine creased, overall a nice tight copy, a small neat inscription dated 4th March 1920 on the top of front blank page, and a print out of Col. Sleeman s biography is laid in, as well as a photocopy of his brief inscription and signature is enclosed. A scarce volume from a personal collection dating back to at least 40 years, stored in a smoke free climate controlled building. Light shelfware as expected from a 100+ year old book. Decorated boards with a leaping tiger, no dustjacket was issued.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Illustrations by W. A. Bowring. Sole edition. Crown 8vo, c. 7 x 5 inches, pp.Frontis + 154 + 3 b&w plates, hardback. Book condition - Good ; contents clean, moderate foxing and toning of preliminaries but less so in the text, ink inscription inside front board - "To my dear Cousins, John and Flo Wagg- [?]. With the authors love. James L. Sleeman. Welllington N.Z. 14th February 1919 " - no other inscriptions or marks, binding firm with inner hinges intact, plates in good condition ; original paper covered boards with illustration and title on the front board and with a replacement spine in the style of book (please see photos) ; corners and edges rubbed, back is somewhat toned and soiled with patchiness of colour, replacement spine is complete with clear title and, again, some patchiness/staining , the front is toned and soiled but the title and image remain complete and distinct. No dustwrapper. ". The endeavour [ie, the writing of this book ] has been to represent the game of the Indian jungles in its true and not fictitious aspect. Too often the readers of big-game shooting books are led to believe that almost every specie of wild animal if ferocious, carnivorous and the aggressive enemy of mankind, some of the most harmless being represented as truly bloodthirsty monsters. Although such distortion of fact considerably increases the sportman's reputation. every effort has been made to eliminate everything of this sort from the accompanying sketches of actual shooting experiences. " (taken from the Preface ). Chapters - 1. My First Tiger ; 2. My First Panther ; 3. My First Wolf ; 4. A Narrow Escape ; 5. Three Bears in Fifteen Seconds ; 6. Some Experiences in Tiger Shooting ; 7. An Adventure with a Panther ; 8. Chiefly About a Bear ; 9. At Close Quarters with Panthers ; 10. Some Varied Experiences ; 11. Some Shikar Memories ; 12 Man-eaters, Elephants and Snakes. Lt.Col., later Sir, James Sleeman was Director of Military Training of the New Zealand Forces, during WW1. A scarce book - no print-on-demand copies and COPAC records just the British Library as holding a copy. More images can be supplied on request. Signed by Author(s). …