Brocklehurst Capt (8 results)

Hard cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. The cover is worn with the top and bottom edges of the spine being bumped. Binding is secure and pages are clean and unmarked.

First edition. Coloured frontispiece & plates, other plates and illustrations. Folding map. 8vo ( 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches), 10-pages. Original orange cloth pictorially blocked in gilt. Binding rubbed especially to rear cover & scuffed, internally good. Contemporary signature on front free endpaper.

First edition. Coloured frontispiece & plates, other plates and illustrations. Folding map. 8vo ( 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches), 10-pages. Original orange cloth. Binding rubbed & scuffed, puncture to backstrip; internally good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. In brown cloth with gilt lion on front has some wear on corners and some loss of colour . Very good condition internally , browning to outside edges of the pages and 1st and last pages, bottom page edges uncut . 12 coloured plates , 14 B/W plates, folding map. 45 sketches by Millais, Bell & Wallace.

First edition. Illustrated with 12 colour plates, 14 black-and-white plates, 45 sketches, and one folding map of the Sudan. 8vo, original brick cloth, blind embossed lion on upper cover, gilt lettering on spine. xix, 170. A fine copy with only light or occasional foxing. IMPORTANT FIRST EDITION. A beautifully illustrated and informative guide to Sudanese game animals authored by the game warden to the Sudan government, this book advocates early wildlife conservation with its encouragements of alternatives to hunting: "A good photograph of a wild animal in its natural surroundings is of more interest than all the heads, and is often a sign of great patience, courage, and skill in bushcraft. Record heads mean nothing and are purely luck. Above all, don't kill just for the sake of killing!" [preface]. Features more humane hunting techniques and efficient skinning methods as well as descriptions of physical features and habits of a plethora of animals including the cheetah, the eland, the bushbuck, and larger game like the elephant and rhinoceros. A fine and scarce first edition of the game animals of the Sudan.

Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. 36 page ads dated 11/86. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 21/-. Book VG+; jacket with one old tape repair to reverse at head of spine, spine browned, otherwise VG. 12 colour plates, numerous sketches & photographs, folding map. A rare jacketed first edition of one of the most respected texts on the subject of Sudan's big game, well illustrated and presented in alphabetical order from addax to zebra. Book.

pp.xix, [i], 170 plus map, [vi] with colour plates, b/w. photographs and illus. by J.G. Millais, Bell and Wallace. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Some spotting to contents o/w. a fine hardback in thor. vg. dw., neatly, covertly restored. Inscribed by the author 'To Barbara from Brock, Cairo, 1940' and signed by the author on the title-page. Also loosely inserted two illustrations and a typed biography of Capt. Brocklehurst, along with a newspaper article written by Brocklehurst (dated 17.01.39) in which he discusses the implications of importing giant pandas A very pleasing copy of the first edition, first issue, identifiable given the tan cloth binding and gilt lion decoration to the front board. Brocklehurst was a contemporary and friend of Arthur de Carle Sowerby. Beneath the inscription to Barbara, the following is written, 'Barbara J. Barlow (fiancee), nee Freeman Taylor'.

1st Edn,. xix 170 pages, 6pp for notes, 12 colour plates by W.H.Riddell and 46 sketches by H.R.Millais, W.D.M.Bell and F.Wallace, full page b/w photographs and folding map, some occasional spotting to contents, brown cloth blind stamped lion vignette to upper cover in dj. dj strengthened to verso at head and tail of spine. the author lists the game in alphabetical order, detailing habitat, horn measurements etc. there is a section "on killing elephants" by W.D.M.Bell also preserving and skinning, trophies, rifles, camp equipment etc. Czech 35.