david charles newton abbot first edition 1991 (4 résultats)

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Saxe blue paper covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 192 pp with monochrome illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715398342 NAUTICAL (Shipbuilding).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original caramel cloth covers, navy lettering to the spine. Folio 12½'' x 10¼'' 192 pages. ISBN 0715398482. Colour and detailed monochrome illustrations throughout. Small mark to the title page. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with tiny rubs to the spine tips and corners, not price clipped. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips. Member of the P.B.F.A. DOLLS' HOUSES & DOLLS.

Cloth, oblong 4to, 29 cm, 96 pp, ils (many colour). From the blurb: "Over the past two centuries, few field sports have changed as much as that of game shooting, particularly in recent years. But although the development of the sporting gun had the greatest influence on game shooting during the nineteenth century, during the twentieth century it has not been so much the weapons that have changed but more the attitude of those that use them -known also, in our sometimes ill-defined English language, as sporting 'Guns'. Most early paintings of shooting, often portraits of proud sportsmen armed with flintlocks and with spaniels at heel, were completed during the first half of the nineteenth century, with artists such as Stubbs and Ben Marshall elaborating on the theme. But paintings of driven game were slow to materialise, possibly due to that sport's initial unpopularity. Now, however, shooting scenes by painters of that period - Archibald Thorburn, J. C. Harrison, George Lodge or his pupil Philip Rickman - are in considerable demand. Today's young stars also have a bright future: none more than Andrew Ellis, who, complemented by those great sporting artists of yesterday, has provided Ranulf Rayner with more than thirty splendid paintings of contemporary scenes, each of which was commissioned especially for this book. The author, who has shot game in many countries, traces the sport from the early development of the shotgun to the way game shooting is practised around the world today. Quoting many anecdotes and intriguing facts about the world's principal varieties of game birds - grouse, pheasant, partridge, woodcock, duck and snipe, among others - he follows the changing pattern of game shooting and game management, the effect on the environment, and the future of the sport as a whole. Illustrated throughout with Andrew Ellis's glorious paintings, charming pencil sketches, evocative photographs and maps, this fascinating and compelling book certainly deserves a place of honour in the library of every sporting 'Gun'. Front board slightly marked, otherwise Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original British racing green cloth covers, gilt stamped title and author lettering to the spine, green end papers. Landscape. 11½'' x 13¼''. Contains 96 pp with monochrome and colour illustrations throughout. Small mark to the front cover. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight sun fading down the spine, not price clipped, £35.00 in 1991. Edward Lear 'Jumble Sale' auction press clipping loosely inserted. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0715397788 ART [British].