Aflalo Editor (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt blocked titles and decoration to spine and front, 205 x 145 mm approx. Top edge gilt others uncut, xvi + 256 pp. Frontis with captioned tissue guard with 7 other colour plates from paintings by Charles Wymper all as called for. First Edition 1906. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good (Book - surface sheen of cloth to both boards slightly mottled from exposure to damp, negligible wear, offset browning to half title and last text page else paper of book block bright and clean with no previous owner name or insc. No other notable defects). CHARLES WHYMPER (illustrator).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1905). 1905 1st edition. 8vo (146 x 234mm). Ppxxxvii,192,12[ads]. B/w photograph plates and illustrations. Red buckram, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Ex library, numerous faults, paste repair to frayed spine. Working copy only. Includes a chapter on fishing for salmon, trout and pike. A volume of the Country Life Library of Sport. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Small octavo in green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt. Eight color plates. Condition: very slight shelf-wear to binding; toning to page 256; else near fine. Pages: xv, 256.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1906). 1906 1st edition. Small 8vo (140 x 200mm). Ppxvi,256. 8 coloured plates by Charles Whymper. Binding A. Blue-green cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt, gilt image of sun & clouds on upper board & kingfisher on spine, top edge gilt. Cloth rather stained, name to paste-down, end-papers and edges foxed but a good copy. "An assessment of 100+ anglers of the effect weather has on their fishing. The information collected from about 1896 to 1906. Very notable figures sent in their comments. 8 colour plates of magnificent watercolour paintings by Charles Whimper FZS. All the contributors opinions produce much conflict and an impression is given that weather makes little difference to the fish, but massively changes the methods used in fishing and the reactions and behaviour of the life-forms the fish are feeding on. The paintings alone make this book worthwhile and important." (Alfred A.L.Thomas). An A & C Black colour plate book. . …

Red Cloth. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Published. The Hunting Library Volume I, edited by F G Aflalo xiv, 360pp, black white illustrations from photos by R B Lodge and others (as plates), spotting to edges, endpapers and some pages, free endpapers tanned, half title has ink owner signature dated 1908, textured red cloth, gilt spine lettering and illustration, black lettering and illustration to upper board. Size: 8.75 X 5.75 Inches. Hunting.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A RARE TITLE NICELY PHOTOGRAPHED WITH 4 FULL COLOR PLATES TISSUE GUARDS IN PLACE TALES OF FISHING FROM THE ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY RT . HON SIR EDMUND GREY M.P SIR THOMAS ESMONDE M.P LADY EVELYN COTTERELL RT HON . SYDNEY BUXTON M.P LORD DESBOROUGH SIR HENRY SEATON -KARR AND MORE SOLID AND CLEAN BRIGHT TEXTBLOCK BOUND IN BROWN WITH COMPLETE GOLD LETTERING AND DESIGN THE ONLY AREAS OF SPOTTING AND BROWNING ARE CONFINED TO THE REAR ENDPAPERS THE FRONT COVER SHOWS SOME AREAS OF DISCOLORATION TOP OF TEXTBLOCK IS GILT A LOVELY TITLE WITH UNCUT FOREDGE. PHOTOS (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light brown cloth beveled boards with titles & decorations in gilt; folio; 242pp; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; illustrated with color photo plate at frontispiece plus 3 others, 12 b/w photos and 1 drawing-all mounted with captioned tissue guards. A collection of 12 stories on fishing for trout, salmon, bass, tarpon, mahseer and California big game. Spine titles lightly faded , some wear at spine ends, o/w this copy in VG condition. An oversize volume, printed on good quality deckle-edged paper, internally quite clean-an attractive example. Sporting themed bookplate of Van Santvoord Merle-Smith affixed to front pastedown.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. Hardback, red cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. xxxvii, 192pp. Frontis. Illus. Binding a little worn. Some occasional foxing. A pleasing copy. (bs22).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1906). 1906 1st edition. Small 8vo (140 x 200mm). Ppxvi,256. 8 coloured plates by Charles Whymper. Binding B. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, upper board title & images on cloth & spine printed in black, top edge gilt. Inscription to half-title. Light browning and very slight use to boards but a good-plus copy. "An assessment of 100+ anglers of the effect weather has on their fishing. The information collected from about 1896 to 1906. Very notable figures sent in their comments. 8 colour plates of magnificent watercolour paintings by Charles Whtmper FZS. All the contributors opinions produce much conflict and an impression is given that weather makes little difference to the fish, but massively changes the methods used in fishing and the reactions and behaviour of the life-forms the fish are feeding on. The paintings alone make this book worthwhile and important." (Alfred A.L.Thomas). An A & C Black colour plate book. . …

FIRST EDITION. 8vo., red clothbound hardback gilt; [xxxvii] + 192pp + 12pp publisher's catalogue. Illus throughout with b/w plates. Clean cpoy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Foxing to edges, endpapers and occaionally throughout, heaviest to first and last two pages. Covers worn at edges, spine faded, a few handling marks. A Good, Sound copy overall. (SHELF 200) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.…

256 pp including index, coloured plates with tissue guards, half-title and final index page browned, else very good copy in gold blocked, illustrated, green, cloth boards. First edition.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1905). 1905 1st edition. 8vo (148 x 235mm). Ppxxxvii,192,12[ads]. B/w photograph plates and illustrations. Red buckram, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Spine slightly faded & rubbed, slight foxing. Good-plus. Includes a chapter on fishing for salmon, trout and pike. A volume of the Country Life Library of Sport. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1906). 1906 1st edition. Small 8vo (140 x 200mm). Ppxvi,256. 8 coloured plates by Charles Whymper. Binding A. Blue-green pictorial cloth, spine & upper board titled & decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. Slight use & browning but good-plus. "An assessment of 100+ anglers of the effect weather has on their fishing. The information collected from about 1896 to 1906. Very notable figures sent in their comments. 8 colour plates of magnificent watercolour paintings by Charles Whtmper FZS. All the contributors opinions produce much conflict and an impression is given that weather makes little difference to the fish, but massively changes the methods used in fishing and the reactions and behaviour of the life-forms the fish are feeding on. The paintings alone make this book worthwhile and important." (Alfred A.L.Thomas). An A & C Black colour plate book. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1906). 1906 1st edition. Small 8vo (140 x 200mm). Ppxvi,256. 8 coloured plates by Charles Whymper. Binding A. Blue-green pictorial cloth, spine & upper board titled & decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. Slight use & browning but good-plus. Inscribed by the author "To F. Marshall, from F.G. Aflalo, July, 1906.". "An assessment of 100+ anglers of the effect weather has on their fishing. The information collected from about 1896 to 1906. Very notable figures sent in their comments. 8 colour plates of magnificent watercolour paintings by Charles Whtmper FZS. All the contributors opinions produce much conflict and an impression is given that weather makes little difference to the fish, but massively changes the methods used in fishing and the reactions and behaviour of the life-forms the fish are feeding on. The paintings alone make this book worthwhile and important." (Alfred A.L.Thomas). An A & C Black colour plate book. .…

Cloth Bound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition of 1905, in the Country Life Library of Sport. 192-page text (plus publisher's catalogue) in very good, tight, clean condition, with no inscriptions. Light age-browning of the blank end papers only. Illustrated from photographs. Binding with gilt titles, in very good condition, with slight fade to spine. See photos of this copy attached.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. With 4 colour and 14 black and white plates, 4to, original cloth, little worn, some foxing, front inner joint cracked.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1913). 1913 1st edition. Large 4to (235 x 305mm). Ppxiv,243. 4 colour & 13 photogravure tipped-in photographs. Binding A. Olive/brown buckram with gilt title and decorations on spine & upper board, bevelled edges, top edge gilt. Cloth slightly stained, some foxing & light wear, end-papers browned, ownership label. A good copy. "Odds and ends" by The Right Hon. Sydney Buxton, M.P. "Salmon fishing in the Spey" by Lady Evelyn Cotterell. "On sea trout" by the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P. "Dapping on Lough Derg" by Sir Thomas Gratton Esmonde, Bart., M.P. "Salmon failures and Successes" by the Hon. A.E. Gathorne-Hardy. "Salmon and sea trout memories in many lands" by Sir Henry Seton-Karr, C.M.G. "How to make trout-fishing" by The Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart. "Tarpon fishing in the Pass" by Lord Desborough. "The Big Game Fishes of California" by Charles Frederick Holder LL.D. "Memories of mahseer" by Lieut.-Col. P.R. Bairnsfather. "Coarse-fishing memories" by H.T. Sheringham. "Days with bass in East and West" by The Editor. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Back cover and spine has some scuffing. Hinges and binding sound. Edges uncut.Text clean. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original cloth, good copy in original cloth, Contributions by many including the Earl of Coventry,Edward Whymper, the Honorable Gerald Lascelles.( on falconry) 355 pages. The chapter on golf is written by Garden Smith.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Ediiton. Edited by F.G. Aflalo. Contributions by many including the Earl of Coventry, the Honorable Gerald Lascelles. 355 pages. The chapter on golf is written by Garden Smith. Very unusual and uncommon. Covers protected in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1904 1st edition of this comprehensive historical guidebook, hardback bound in ribbed red cloth with gilt motifs and lettering on the front board and spine, top edge gilt. In very good condition, spine has been re-backed at some stage and is faded, as is the top of the front board, ends lightly bumped and scuffed, corners worn, top edge dusted and spotted, other edges spotted. Hinges reinforced, some slight scattered foxing throughout, inscribed with Owner's name and regiment, slight tear to frontispiece, a large colour foldout map of India. This impressive tome is xvipp, with Editor's Foreword, then 567pp, copiously illustrated with black and white photographs, images, one of which, facing p140, is detached, and maps, providing an exhaustive overview of the popular outdoor activities, geography and sports culture in colonial India during the early 20th century.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 1st. Illustrated from drawings by Archibald Thorburn, E. Caldwell, and E.F.T. Bennett and from photographs. Bound in publisher's original green cloth stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Some foxing mostly to title page. Front inner hing weak, some wear at extremities otherwise, in very good condition. Better than it sounds.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1901). 1901 1st edition. 4to (190 x 260mm). Ppxii,483 + decorative tail-piece. IIllustrated with b&w photographs, full-page plates and text illustrations by Thorburn, E. Caldwell, E.F.T. Bennett, and from photographs. Green cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt, gilt elk (moose) on upper board, bevelled edges, top edge gilt. Slight browning, slight use to cloth. A very good copy. Includes chapters on the following countries: Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Portugal, Roumania, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland, The British Isles, The Russian Empire, Turkey, and The Balkan States. The author provided an appendix on sea fishing. .…