Language: English
Published by Huntington Press, New York, 1930
Seller: John Liberati Books, Barkhamsted, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cecil Aldin & Lionel Edwards (illustrator). Limited Edition. New York: Huntington Press, 1930, #193 of 990 copies, 240p. with Forewords by John Masefield and Edgar Astley Milne. First Edition, illustrated with Contemporary Prints and with New Drawings by Cecil Aldin & Lionel Edwards. Four Centuries of Foxhunting. Brown cloth with gilt spine title and decorations, covers are outlined and decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, page edges untrimmed. A Very Good copy with very light wear, Spine is sunned, top edge gilt a little faded. In a Very Good Slipcase with some edgewear and soiling. A Clean Tight Copy See Photos.
Language: English
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1928
Seller: Bailey Bonzo Books, Shelbyville, IN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Quarter Cloth and Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Black quarter cloth spine wrap with gray/beige marbled boards. Paper paste on label to the spine. This copy is VG. Label has modest chipping; Tips are worn; other edges lightly so. Modest sunning at top edges. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and firm. Illustrated. Lacking the matching, SCARCE DJ. Uncommon.
Language: English
Published by Huntington Press, New York, 1930
Seller: stoney cove books, Cambridge, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cecil Aldin and Lionel Edwards (illustrator). 1st Edition. Numbered 868 of a 990 limited edition, this book is bound in reddish brown cloth, spine has faded, titles and decorations in gilt, teg. Lower front corner is slightly bumped and there is some shelf wear, but copy is tight and unmarked with edges uncut, though pages and end papers show age discoloration. Frontispiece is color illustration by Lionel Edwards. 29 other full page illustrations in black and white throughout volume are by Edwards and Cecil Aldin. Edwards and Aldin are two of the finest and most renowned hunting/ horse illustrators of this period. Higginson, an American foxhunting man, has compiled an anthology of well known and little known pieces on his sport.
Language: English
Published by Blackie & Son (Circa 1901), Glasgow, 1901
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Early Reprint. Red Cloth Spine, Illustrated Front Board, Rear Board With Ad For Blackie's Half-Crown, 3/6, And One Shilling Editions Of The Arabian Nights (Circa 1909?). Undated But Previous Owner's Information Dated January 1910; First Published In A Deluxe Version In 1902, But This Edition Reproduces The Glossy Color Plates In Attractive Full Matte Color, Much Much Better Quality Than The Cover Illustration. 1901 Date On Calendar In Illustration Inside, And 1901 Date On Rackham Plate At End. Light Wear, Some Fraying To Cloth At Ends Of Spine And To Paper On Edges Of Boards, Slight Foxing To Endpapers, Very Slight Finger Soiling To Edges Of Pages, Previous Owner's Information On Front Free Endpaper.
Language: English
Published by Huntington Press, New York, 1930
Seller: Shadetree Rare Books, Chatham, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Lionel Edwards & Cecil Aldin (illustrator). First Edition. Handsome red cloth with gilt decorations and top edge gilt. This First Edition is in VERY GOOD condition. Very heavy stock. Book is 8 x 10 inches. 240 pages - some uncut. No. 62 of 990 copies. 29 b/w illustrations and 1 color opposite title page. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Language: English
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1928
Seller: Clovis Book Barn, Clovis, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1928 - Hardcover in Good condition with some wear to edges including bumping to top edge and corners. Some rubbing and sunning to covers. Pages are flat and discolored due to aging. Wear to edges. Binding is good. Ex Libris plate pasted to inside front cover. AL SKU-222472 Antique.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York And London, 1928
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. Slight browning to boards and spine label. Light, occasional foxing. ; Frontispiece and 7 illustrations from Persian miniatures. "These entertaining sketches are full of wit and humour, with an undercurrent of tragedy that rises now and again to the surface (.) " The Geographical Journal, Vol. 72, No. 3 (Sep. , 1928) , p. 284 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 166 pages.
Published by Harper & Brothers, 1930
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
US$ 31.19
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketUndated but c. 1930 reprint with B&W illustrations; tightly bound in slightly mottled 1/4 black cloth with title onlaid to spine and patterned boards; light wear to edges and corners; corners slightly bumped. Page fore-edges untrimmed with yellowing and light foxing. Internally, light yellowing and foxing to outer pages; a few discolouration spots elsewhere; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).
Published by Duckworth, London, 1928
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Travel. Covers good but dusty, small nick in spine edge. Interior clean and tight, endpapers foxed. Uncommon title.
Language: English
Published by DUCKWORTH, London, 1928
Seller: Bulman Books, Dereham, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 166.33
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 166 pps. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine in a complete very good dust jacket lightly marked and slightly bumped at head and foot with a 1 cm tear at the corner of the rear panel. Illustrated throughout with b+w pictures taken from the author's collection of Persian miniatures. A tight bright copy.
Language: English
Published by Seeley, Service, London, 1930
Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 242.57
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. EDWARDS, Lionel et alia. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed limited first edition, in all 375 this being number 7 of the first ten not offered for sale, signed by the editor on the Publisher's Note and the coloured tipped in frontis piece signed by Lionel Edwards, octavo, full blue leather, light wear to corners, two small bruises on front sunning to spine, gilt decoration on front and titles across spine, top edges gilt, toning to untrimmed edges otherwise internally clean and bright, illustrated with 61 tipped in plates of which four in full colour, 368 pages. a very handsome beautifully produced volume. Heavy item (1.5kg net weight) may require additional for shipping. [QH] [QP]. Signed by Author(s).
US$ 478.21
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.
Published by Gerald Duckworth, 1967
Seller: Doodletown Farm Books, Ancram, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 3rd Edition. From the collection of Rosalind Benedict. DJ Fair with losses. Cover VG. Binding has a little give. Text clean and clear with no signatures or markings. 384 pp.
Published by Gerald Duckworth, 1967
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 83.17
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Type: Book pp XVI, 384. 3rd printing. Believed an unread book.
Published by Gerald Duckworth, 1960
Seller: Gareth Roberts, Rhydcymerau, Llandeilo, CARMS, United Kingdom
US$ 69.26
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex-library hardback without dust jacket, usual sramps/markings. Published 1960 by Duckworth & Co., London. Some shelf wear to blue boards with light corner bumping, page edges little grubby otherwise a clean, sound copy. 384pp, 4 colour plates & 419 b&w illustrations all intact & free from library stamps. Weighing 2kg+ will ship overseas for extra postage, ready for immediate despatch from Uk. 11E*.
Published by Duckworth, 1928
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
US$ 55.44
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket1st edition, 1928. Owner's name on front free endpaper. Half-title and final page browned. Light foxing, mainly on rear endpapers. All illustrative plates checked and present; one is a little browned and worn around edges, but not affecting illustration. Tidy black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).
Published by London : Gerald Duckworth, 1967
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Third Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 384 p. : illus. (part col.) maps. ; 29 cm. Subjects; Rugs, Persian. Rugs, Oriental. Carpets. Weaving. Persia; customs and culture. Persia; artworks. Craftworks. Textiles. 3 Kg.
Published by Gerald Duckworth, 1953
Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
US$ 103.96
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketBinding sound, text unmarked. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. All edges blue. Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly chipped. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. No ownership marks. Binding sound, text unmarked. Size: xvi,384pp, 419 illus, 28.5 x 23.5 cm. No ownership marks.
Published by London : Gerald Duckworth, 1967
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Third Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 384 p. : illus. (part col.) maps. ; 29 cm. Subjects; Rugs, Persian. Rugs, Oriental. Carpets. Weaving. Persia; customs and culture. Persia; artworks. Craftworks. Textiles. 1 Kg.
Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co.Ltd, London, 1967
Seller: Harry E Bagley Books, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Third Impression. red gilt decorated cloth, pp., xvi, 384,nearly 400 illustrations (some color) portraits, maps, first published in 1953, ink notation on front free endpaper, minor soil to d.j. a sound, tight copy. Edwards was an authority on the subject having been in the carpet trade from 1900 to 1947.The standard text on the subject. Size: Folio. Book.
(EA.), 166 S., Abb., OLn., Ebd. leicht stockfleckig u. bestoßen, Gelenk unten mit kl. Einriß, Buchblock gebrochen (2 S. lose), Vorsatz lichtrandig, S. teilw. mit kl. Fleckchen, sonst guter Zustand. Text englisch. Sprache: Englisch.
Published by Gerald Duckworth, 1967
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 124.75
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. pp XVI, 384. 3rd printing. Armorial bookplate to FPD. DJ complete, a little grubby, shows use.
Published by Huntington Press, New York, 1930
Seller: PEND BOOKS, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 62.37
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cecil Aldin and Lionel Edwards (illustrator). First Edition. Pinkish cloth, faded patch to lower front board. Untrimmed pages, some slightly clumsily split open.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1928
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. 166p octavo, illustrated. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Gift inscription in a neat hand on half title page.
Published by London, Duckworth., 1960
Seller: Antiquariat Held, Stuttgart, Germany
Mit 9 Karten, 4 farb. Tafeln u. 419 Abb. (richtig 377 Abb. u. 56, tls. mehrtlg. Illustr.). XVI, 384 S. 4°. Illustr., goldgepr. OLn. Farbschnitt. Gutes Exemplar. (2020 Gr.) Sprache: englisch.
Published by Duckworth, London, 1975
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Fourth printing. 4to, pp. xvi, 384. Appendices, indices. Copioously illustrated with 419 black-and-white photographs of places, as well as rugs; four color illustrations of rugs. Maps. Red cloth, stamped in gilt. A VG tight copy in price-clipped and scuffed dj. Descriptions of the author's travels through the various weaving communities, plenty of local color, along with details about the work and the rugs themselves.
Published by Huntington Press, New York, 1930
Seller: Ken Saunders, Stirling, ON, Canada
Cecil Aldin & Lionel Edwards (illustrator). printed by D.H. Updike, the Merrymount Press,Boston,text hand set in Janson type, on Leipsig paper, 990 copies this is #352 spine sunned, name on flyleaf, very good condition.
Publication Date: 2025
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1912 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 160 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 160 Volume 13 Language: English.
Publication Date: 2025
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1912 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 158 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 158 Volume 5 Language: English.
Publication Date: 2025
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1912 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 160 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 160 Volume 12 Language: English.