Colonel Robert Venables (19 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1969). (1662) 1969 new edition. 12mo (122 x 202mm). Pplx,x,iv,62. B/w illustrations, bibliography, preface by Isaac Walton. Paper-covered boards. Issued without a dust-wrapper. Minor faults but slight use but very good. Lacks dust-wrapper. "Being a general discourse of angling; imparting many of the aptest wayes and choicest experiments for the taking of most sorts of fish in pond or river". A good manual on all kinds of freshwater fishing. Lots on baits and bait additives! This 1969 edition is reproduced from the edition of 1827. Pp ix-lvi (+9pp of notes) give a biographical sketch by C.G.A.Parker, followed by references and bibliographical notes on former editions. This copy is as originally issued, without a dust-wrapper. One was printed later, by another firm, as an aid to selling through bookshops, but was only added to some of the stock. Colonel Robert Venables was an officer under Cromwell in the Civil War. He achieved notoriety in the Anglo-SpanishWar (1654-1660), when the English army was disastrously defeated in Hispaniola - the two generals in charge were arrested and Venables himself was sent to the Tower of London. They did, however, capture Jamaica which "was a poor island then, and Cromwell must be praised for encouraging its development without any delay. Soon it became the most flourishing colony in the New World". Venables' life and career are considered in detail in the first half of this book, which gives a valuable insight into aspects of the Civil War, and particularly the West Indian expedition. How many angling books have a preface by Izaac Walton?! "I have read and practised by many books of this kind. yet I could never find in them that height for judgment and reason which you [Venables] have manifested in this." .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1969). (1662) 1969 new edition. 12mo (122 x 202mm). Pplx,x,iv,62. B/w illustrations, bibliography, preface by Isaac Walton. Green paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt, gilt titles to brown panel on upper board. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Being a general discourse of angling; imparting many of the aptest wayes and choicest experiments for the taking of most sorts of fish in pond or river." A good manual on all kinds of freshwater fishing. Lots on baits and bait additives! This 1969 edition is reproduced from the edition of 1827. Pp ix-lvi (+9pp of notes) give a biographical sketch by C.G.A.Parker, followed by references and bibliographical notes on former editions. The dust-wrapper was added when the stock was bought by W.J. Williams & Son, remainder dealers, as an aid to selling through bookshops. Colonel Robert Venables was an officer under Cromwell in the Civil War. He achieved notoriety in the Anglo-Spanish War (1654-1660), when the English army was disastrously defeated in Hispaniola - the two generals in charge were arrested and Venables himself was sent to the Tower of London. They did, however, capture Jamaica which "was a poor island then, and Cromwell must be praised for encouraging its development without any delay. Soon it became the most flourishing colony in the New World". Venables' life and career are considered in detail in the first half of this book, which gives a valuable insight into aspects of the Civil War, and particularly the West Indian expedition. How many angling books have a preface by Isaac Walton?! "I have read and practised by many books of this kind. yet I could never find in them that height for judgment and reason which you [Venables] have manifested in this." .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1969). (1662) 1969 new edition. 12mo (122 x 202mm). Pplx,x,iv,62. B/w illustrations, bibliography, preface by Isaac Walton. Paper-covered boards. Fine copy. "Being a general discourse of angling; imparting many of the aptest wayes and choicest experiments for the taking of most sorts of fish in pond or river". A good manual on all kinds of freshwater fishing. Lots on baits and bait additives! This 1969 edition is reproduced from the edition of 1827. Pp ix-lvi (+9pp of notes) give a biographical sketch by C.G.A.Parker, followed by references and bibliographical notes on former editions. This copy is as originally issued, without a dust-wrapper. One was printed later, by another firm, as an aid to selling through bookshops, but was only added to some of the stock. Colonel Robert Venables was an officer under Cromwell in the Civil War. He achieved notoriety in the Anglo-SpanishWar (1654-1660), when the English army was disastrously defeated in Hispaniola - the two generals in charge were arrested and Venables himself was sent to the Tower of London. They did, however, capture Jamaica which "was a poor island then, and Cromwell must be praised for encouraging its development without any delay. Soon it became the most flourishing colony in the New World." Venables' life and career are considered in detail in the first half of this book, which gives a valuable insight into aspects of the Civil War, and particularly the West Indian expedition. How many angling books have a preface by Izaac Walton?! "I have read and practised by many books of this kind. yet I could never find in them that height for judgment and reason which you [Venables] have manifested in this." .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1969). (1662) 1969 new edition. 12mo (122 x 202mm). Pplx,x,iv,62. B/w illustrations, bibliography, preface by Isaac Walton. Paper-covered boards. Fine in dust-wrapper. Publisher's prospectus laid in. "Being a general discourse of angling; imparting many of the aptest wayes and choicest experiments for the taking of most sorts of fish in pond or river". A good manual on all kinds of freshwater fishing. Lots on baits and bait additives! This 1969 edition is reproduced from the edition of 1827. Pp ix-lvi (+9pp of notes) give a biographical sketch by C.G.A.Parker, followed by references and bibliographical notes on former editions. The dust-wrapper was added when the stock was bought by W.J. Williams & Son, remainder dealers, as an aid to selling through bookshops. Colonel Robert Venables was an officer under Cromwell in the Civil War. He achieved notoriety in the Anglo-Spanish War (1654-1660), when the English army was disastrously defeated in Hispaniola - the two generals in charge were arrested and Venables himself was sent to the Tower of London. They did, however, capture Jamaica which "was a poor island then, and Cromwell must be praised for encouraging its development without any delay. Soon it became the most flourishing colony in the New World". Venables' life and career are considered in detail in the first half of this book, which gives a valuable insight into aspects of the Civil War, and particularly the West Indian expedition. How many angling books have a preface by Izaac Walton?! "I have read and practised by many books of this kind. yet I could never find in them that height for judgment and reason which you [Venables] have manifested in this". .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Facsimile Edition. Reproduced in facsimile with an introductory biographical sketch of Colonel Robert Venables by C.G.A. Parker.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile edition of a 1662 work, the facsimile iv, 62 pages and the introduction by Charles Parker lx pages. In original binding with old library labels removed and ink stamp to reverse of title page, otherwise a clean and sound copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. lx + 61pp; Reproduced in Facsimile; A bright copy in unclipped d/w; Size: 12mo. Book.

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Copy. Facsimile of the 1662 edition.

Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Facsimile Edition. This mint unmarked copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and the upper board, the text block is tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in fine condition and is wrapped in a clear, removable, protective film. Venables was a lieutenant-colonel in the parliamentary army and was wounded at the siege of Chester in 1645. He was appointed governor of Liverpool in 1648 and then served with success in Ireland from 1649 until 1654. Venables was sent as joint commander with Admiral William Penn on the Caribbean expedition against the Spanish in the West Indies in 1654. The English forces were routed at the Siege of Santo Domingo in 1655, but managed to successfully take the Spanish colony of Jamaica for England later in the same year. On his return to England he was sent to the Tower of London for failing to wrest the larger prize of Hispaniola from Spanish control, and cashiered in October the same year. Venables was briefly appointed governor of Chester in 1660. After the Restoration he bought the estate of Wincham, retired from public life, and remained a nonconformist. He published a treatise on fishing, The Experienced Angler, in 1662. Ref Q3.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Limited Edition. Reprint of two17th century books on angling. Limited edition of 650 copies, of which this is number 302. Wide 8vo. 111 pages. With dust jacket. Tan paper-covered boards quarter bound in vellum. Dust jacket soiled; torn in several places, mainly on upper edge. Boards with light edgewear; faintly marked in places; a few light bumps on fore edge of front board. Endpapers foxed; otherwise pages clean. Binding firm.

hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited Edition. hardback, parchment backstrip lettered gilt, pale brown paper covered boards, top edge gilt, an ex-library copy with stamps but no labels, a good tightly bound copy in a pictorial age-toned dust wrapper that has loss at head of spine and is now protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve, Limited edition of just 650 copies of which this is numbered 490, b&w illustrations, xxiii + 111 pp.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Facsimile Reprint. Green leather look paper covered bvoards, with tan title block lettered in gold on front cover. Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. hardback, parchment backstrip lettered gilt, pale brown paper covered boards, top edge gilt, a very good tightly bound copy in a pictorial age-toned dust wrapper that has two small holes to lower joint but o/w is very well preserved and is now protected in a non-adhesive clear film sleeve, text clean and unmarked, Limited edition of just 650 copies of which this is numbered 220, b&w illustrations, xxiii + 111 pp.

61 pp, tinted end-papers, b&w illustrations, mint copy in like, illustrated d/j. Facsimile of 1662 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Quarter vellum gilt with tan paper-covered boards, square 8vo., xxiii, 111, (1) pages. One of 650 numbered copies printed from Monotype Cochin types. Trimmed front panel of the DW loosely inserted. A near fine copy with negligible soil and wear, in archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Limited Edition; First Printing. Very Good Limited Edition (stated; 566 of 650) hardcover in Fair dustjacket. Quarter parchment in limp vellum boards, bumped to spine ends and upper corners. Some light soiling and foxing to backstrip. Top edge gilt. Internally, some shadow and light foxing to prelims. No writing or stamps. Clean, bright pages. Unclipped dustjacket soiled with chipping to extremities with small losses - supplied in a new removable archival sleeve. Carefully packaged and despatched within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 111 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Limited. Hardback, deluxe edition in full limp vellum, gilt titles to spine, ties still present. 22.5cm x 18.5cm. xix, 111pp. No. XIII of a limited edition of only 50 deluxe copies, from a total of 650. Minor soiling to vellum. Some foxing to end-papers, contents clean. Previous owners' bookplates to inside front cover.

Vellum. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A limited edition copy of these historic works on the art of angling, bound in quarter vellum. Limited edition, number 198 of 650 copies printed on handmade paper.Bound in quarter vellum with paper-covered boards. This work is comprised of two facsimiles bound into one, including 'The Pleasures of Princes or Good Mens Recreations' by Gervase Markham, and 'The Experienced Angler' By Colonel Robert Venables. These works were originally published in 1614 and 1662. With a preface by Horace Hutchinson. Illustrated with vignettes of fish species to 'The Experienced Angler'. In quarter vellum binding with paper-covered boards. Externally, very smart, with light marking to the boards and vellum, with the occasional spot. Spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the odd spot to the first and last pages. Very Good Indeed. book.

Full limp vellum with gilt spine titles. Fine with a trace of handling discoloration to spine and pale foxing confined to endpapers. Vellum splays somewhat when ties opened. Deluxe edition, copy number 7 of 50 deluxe copies on handmade paper bound in full limp vellum with ribbon ties.