Captain Drought (26 results)
Language: English
Published by British Field Sports Society., London. 1946
- Softcover
Seller: Robert F Butterworth, Lytham St.Annes, LANCS, United KingdomRobert F Butterworth
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. Booklet. 31pp. B.F.S.S. Pubn. no 57.
Published by Country Life. London. 1948 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, , United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1948). 1948 1st edition. 8vo (148 x 227mm). Pp246. B/w photograph plates, brief bibliography. Tan cloth, upper board and spine titled in dark red. Stains to cloth, inscription. Slightly foxed and used, good copy, lacks dust-wrapper. This… is an interesting manual which aims to provide all-round information for the practical do it yourself shooter. Chapters include; A word to beginners; Safety, and some other things; Shots and shooters; Hits and misses; Rough shooting; Choosing a shoot; Shooting management; Farming and foods of game; Game habits and habitations; Vermin; The ways of the partridge; Partridge rearing; Woods and wild pheasants; Snapshots from the rearing fields; Gun-dogs and their work; Shoots in preparation; Grouse shooting; Partridge shooting; Pheasant shooting; Birds of the marshes; Woodcock; Wildfowl; Pigeon shooting; odds and ends; The costs of shooting. .
Language: English
Published by Herbert Jenkins 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, , United KingdomHigh Street Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Worn dust jacket has a short tear to the edge. Foxing to the page edges. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.
Published by Herbert Jenkins 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Good. 1937. First Edition. 159 pages. Dust jacket over green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. More pronounced to endpapers and text block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Unclipped dust jacket. Panels to dust jacket have notic…eable edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Heavier foxing to front panel.
Published by Philip Allan 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Good. 1936. First Edition. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. More pronounced to endpapers, pastedowns and text block edges. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing t…o surfaces. Marked sunning to spine.
Language: English
Published by Hutchinson
- Hardcover
Seller: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, United KingdomR.E & G.B Way
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Original cloth,covers little worn, pp144.
Published by Philip Allan., London. 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, , United KingdomSapience Bookstore
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Hard. Condition: Good. First printing. Good. Lacking dust jacket. Covers marked and sunned. Leaves foxed.
Language: English
Published by Country Life Ltd., London 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, , United KingdomAmazing Book Company
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Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. This copy is in near fine condition bound in tan cloth covered boards with red titling to the spine and the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square, there is a small neat signature to the front paste down. A dustwrappert is not present. International postal rates a…re calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Covers everything from safety concerns to the cost of licences in 1948. Chapters include rough shooting, vermin, keepering, partridge rearing, pheasants, gun-dogs grouse, pheasants, woodcock, pigeon and wildfowl. Ref LLL 4.
Published by Herbert Jenkins. London. 1937 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, , United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). 1937 1st edition. 8vo (126 x 160mm). Ppvii,159. Unillustrated. Black titles and ruled border to green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning else very good in frayed but un-price clipped dust-wrapper. This is a detailed guid…e to all aspects of game shooting aimed at the beginner, originally published as a series of articles in Game & Gun under the pen-name "Errigal." Chapters include: The ethics of shooting; The novice and his gun; Safety first; Game birds and their enemies; In the spring; Choosing a shoot; Rough shooting; The moors in August; September days; Driving game; Autumn leaves; The shooter in the marshes; Snipe and woodcock; On salting and shore; Hits and misses; The compleat shot. .
Published by London, Herbert Jenkins Limited [1937] first printing 1937
- Hardcover
Seller: Juniper Point Books, Round Lake, NY, U.S.A.Juniper Point Books
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Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited, London 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United KingdomBesleys Books PBFA
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 155pp. 1st edition 1937. Very small spot to front board. A very pleasing copy. (bs26).
Published by Hutchinson's Library of Sports and Pastimes., London et al.
- Hardcover
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, , United KingdomSapience Bookstore
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Hard. Condition: Good. First printing thus [1949]. Good. Lacking dust jacket. Endpapers toned and minor foxing to outermost leaves. Neatly penned ownership inscription to free front endpaper. 143pp. 0. Illustrated with woodcuts by Denys Watkins-Pitchford. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by London, Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1937 1st edition 1937
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United KingdomPROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP
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Hardback, 7.5 x 5 inches. In green cloth covers with black lettering to spine and front cover. With dustwrapper. In very good condition with dustwrapper. (DW. Tanning and shelving marks to covers. Rubbed along edges, large chips from corners, ends of spine, and edges of covers. Not price clipped. In protective cellophane wrapper….). Ends of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Light tanning to endpapers. Inscription to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 159pp.
Published by Hutchinson's Library of Sports and Pastimes. London. 1949 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, , United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). ND (1949) 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 218mm). Pp144. B/w scraperboard illustrations by Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Binding A. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt vignette on upper board. Slight stains to cloth, slightly browned. Good…-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. Delightful remiscences of trout and salmon fishing, snipe and woodcock shooting, bog shooting and wildfowling in the West of Ireland, with evocative woodcut illustrations by "BB." .
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Hutchinson's Library of sports and Pastimes
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, , United KingdomHugh Hardinge Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Maroon boards and spine, the latter lettered in gilt. The price clipped jacket, in removable sleeve, has loss up to 1 cm a round head and base of spine and loss on the four front corners; the spine, rubbed down edges, has a 4 cm x 1 cm stain, just affecti…ng the front. Internally offsetting to endpapers and a name on ffep; contents clean and unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Denys Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Philip Allan & Co, London 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bailgate Books Ltd, Doncaster, , United KingdomBailgate Books Ltd
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Darkened dust-jacket has shelf-wear on upper and lower edges and closed tear from lower edge at rear. Red covers with silver lettering on spine and on the front and blind decoration on the front, lightly bumped corners, darkened upper block edge, very o…ccasional light foxing, clean pages, end-papers and plates. Contains black and white plates (full page illustrations). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57222071182. All our books are sent by tracked mail.
Published by Hutchinson & Co. London First Edition
Seller: Books On Dean, Albury, NSW, AustraliaBooks On Dean
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Dust Jacket Very Good (Now Protected) 8.5" x 5.5" Cloth Very Good + Green cloth, gilt decoration to front cover, gilt titles to spine, nd, [1949], pp.1- 144, illustrated by the b&w woodcuts of "B.B.", small circular bookplates on front pastedown and fly, eps & edges lightly foxed, dw corners chipped.
Published by Hutchinson & Co 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: River Reads, Torrington, , United KingdomRiver Reads
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good/very Good. 1st Edition. BB (Denys James Watkins-Pitchford) (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by LONDON: HUTCHINSON'S LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES
- Hardcover
Seller: Haddington Rare Books, North Berwick, United KingdomHaddington Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. N.D. [1949] 8vo, pp,143,attractive woodcuts by Denys Watkins-Pitchford, gilt titled and decorated green cloth a bit rubbed, titling a little faded, early name and address on the leading free endpaper, a little mild foxing.
Published by London: Hutchinson's Library of Sports and Pastimes:[1949], First edition, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United KingdomGeoffrey Jackson
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8vo., 144pp., 12 full-page and chapter head & tail-piece woodcut illustrations by Denys Watkins-Pitchford, 'BB', orig. green cloth gilt with gilt embossed fishing motif to centre of upper cover. A fine clean bright copy. An interesting account of trout and salmon fishing, wildfowling, shooting together with a chapter on bog shoo…ting in Ireland.
Published by Hutchinson's Library of Sports and Pastimes. London. 1949 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, , United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1949). ND (1949) 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 218mm). Pp144. B/w scraperboard illustrations by Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Binding B. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt. Browned and used but good-plus in chipped and browned dust-wrapper. Deligh…tful remiscences of trout and salmon fishing, snipe and woodcock shooting, bog shooting and wildfowling in the West of Ireland, with evocative woodcut illustrations by "BB." .
Published by Hutchinson's Library of Sports and Pastimes. London. 1949 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, , United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). ND (1949) 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 218mm). Pp144. B/w scraperboard illustrations by Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Binding B. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt. Some browning but very good in chipped dust-wrapper. Delightful remiscence…s of trout and salmon fishing, snipe and woodcock shooting, bog shooting and wildfowling in the West of Ireland, with evocative woodcut illustrations by "BB." .
More imagesPublished by Hutchinson's Library of Sports and Pastimes. London. 1949 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, , United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1949). ND (1949) 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 218mm). Pp144. B/w scraperboard illustrations by Denys Watkins-Pitchford. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt vignette on upper board. Very good in frayed dust-wrapper. Delightful remiscences…of trout and salmon fishing, snipe and woodcock shooting, bog shooting and wildfowling in the West of Ireland, with evocative woodcut illustrations by "BB." .
More imagesPublished by Hutchinson's Library of Sports and Pastimes 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Morning Mist Books and Maps, Cirencester, United KingdomMorning Mist Books and Maps
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, NOT ex-library. No date but Jisc records suggest 1949. Jacket generally spotted and toned, along with small tears to edges. Price-clipped. Boards bright. Binding tight. Spotting to faces of page block. Owner's name in biro to ffep. Spotting to pasted…owns, endpapers and then mainly confined to early and final leaves. 12 full page illustrations as well as headpieces and the odd tailpiece, by Watkins-Pitchford. 143pp. Further details available on request. (Uc2).
More imagesPublished by Hutchinson's Library f Sports And Pastimes, London
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Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, , United KingdomSt Marys Books And Prints
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Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. Hardback The dust jackeet with an illustrated front cover presents well although lightly foxed Chipping to the corners and to the top and base of the spine Not price clipped Underneath lie the publishers original rich green cloth with small gilt pictorial to the front In good conditi…on despite a little bumping to the corners Large inscription as well as foxing to the front free endpaper The rest of the pages are clean throughout and beautifully illustrated by BB pp 143 Overall a good copynbsp. D. J. Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator). book.
A SPORTSMAN LOOKS AT EIRE (Super 1st edition hardback in very good dust jacket) illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford ('B B')
Captain J.B.Drought? Denys Watkins-Pitchford ('B B') illustrator
Published by Hutchinson (Hutchinson's Library of Sports and Pastimes) 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Spoken Word, Oxfordshire, , United KingdomThe Spoken Word
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Hutchinson (Hutchinson;s Library of Sports and Pastimes) in 1949, here is the first hardback printing of Captain J.B.Drought's A SPORTSMAN LOOKS AT EIRE illustrated by 'B B' (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) Plum coloured cloth binding, gilt spi…ne lettering, 144 sensationally illustrated pages, the book is in very good condition with some moderate browning to the end papers and some minoir dusty spotting to the top and side of the page edges. The dust jacket is also very good with minor chipping/ browning to the edges plus a few spots and some light finger marking to the rear of the jacket. A humdinger.
