Earl Buxton (50 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xv, 347 pages : frontispiece, portraits, 2 maps (1 folded) ; 23 cm. Hardcover and dust jacket. Wear to dj. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. In Good Used Condition. Pencil Notes and Names Inside Front Cover. With A Rip On Front Cover and General Wear/Tear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ Vintage1956 Literature In Grade Eleven a Guidebook for teachers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Archibald Thorburn (illustrator). 4th Edition. Cheaper (4th) edition. Small 8vo. 268 pages. Green cloth boards; vignettes and titles in black on front board; vignette and titles in gilt on spine. 6 monochrome plates (including frontispiece). Publisher's catalogue at rear. Boards faded around margins and on spine; with a few small spots; corners lightly bumped; head of spine starting to fray. Small stain to fore edge of text block. Pages clean. All plates present; one plate partly detached. Binding firm.

HARDCOVER. Hardcover edition. 347pp, octavo in blue cloth. cover wear, tight binding, clean throughout, Good +.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. 220x140mm; 268pp, marginal foxing, rubbing to extremities.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1933). (1902) 1933 reprint. Small 8vo (132 x 207mm). Ppxiv,268, ads. B/w illustrations by Archibald Thorburn. Black vignette to light green cloth, spine titled in black. Inscription, some loose pages, lacks rear end-paper. Working copy only. The fishing content is largely concerned with dry fly fishing on southern chalkstreams, with one short chapter on salmon. The shooting content relates to covert shooting and partridge and grouse driving. In "1914 Mr. Murray proposed to issue a cheap edition of this book, but the issue was necessarily postponed by the War, and for some time after, when the cost of printing was prohibitive. It has been necessary in this cheaper edition to omit the Prints to which reference is made in the original Preface, and which depicted the old style Fishing and Shooting as compared to the newer style depicted by Mr Thorburn. No other alterations have been made in the book." The book is divided into three sections: Fishing: Old masters and dames;The fascination of fly fishing; Fly fishing and fly fishing; Chalk stream and dry fly; A day with the mayfly; Fish and fishermen; Elementary; Flies; Odds and ends; Salmon fishing. Shooting: Attractions; Our ancestors; Our game birds; Grouse driving, walking grouse; Partridge driving; Covert shooting, a typical day; Covert shooting, as it should be; The art of shooting flying; How does one shoot?; How to hit a haystack; How not to do it; Disagreeables; Odds and ends; Rough shooting. .

Condition: New.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1933). (1902) 1933 reprint. Small 8vo (132 x 207mm). Ppxiv,268, ads. B/w illustrations by Archibald Thorburn. Black vignette to light green cloth, spine titled in black. Spine ends bumped, front hinge cracking. End-papers browned, stain to front edge. Good-plus. The fishing content is largely concerned with dry fly fishing on southern chalkstreams, with one short chapter on salmon. The shooting content relates to covert shooting and partridge and grouse driving. In "1914 Mr. Murray proposed to issue a cheap edition of this book, but the issue was necessarily postponed by the War, and for some time after, when the cost of printing was prohibitive. It has been necessary in this cheaper edition to omit the Prints to which reference is made in the original Preface, and which depicted the old style Fishing and Shooting as compared to the newer style depicted by Mr Thorburn. No other alterations have been made in the book." The book is divided into three sections: Fishing: Old masters and dames;The fascination of fly fishing; Fly fishing and fly fishing; Chalk stream and dry fly; A day with the mayfly; Fish and fishermen; Elementary; Flies; Odds and ends; Salmon fishing. Shooting: Attractions; Our ancestors; Our game birds; Grouse driving, walking grouse; Partridge driving; Covert shooting, a typical day; Covert shooting, as it should be; The art of shooting flying; How does one shoot?; How to hit a haystack; How not to do it; Disagreeables; Odds and ends; Rough shooting. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1924). (1902) 1924 cheaper 4th edition. Small 8vo (135 x 207mm). Ppxiv,268,ads. B/w illustrations by Archibald Thorburn. Light green cloth, gilt title to spine and black vignette to upper board. Slightly faded and used, previous owners' names to end-papers. Good. The fishing content is largely concerned with dry fly fishing on southern chalkstreams, with one short chapter on salmon. The shooting content relates to covert shooting and partridge and grouse driving. In "1914 Mr. Murray proposed to issue a cheap edition of this book, but the issue was necessarily postponed by the War, and for some time after, when the cost of printing was prohibitive. It has been necessary in this cheaper edition to omit the Prints to which reference is made in the original Preface, and which depicted the old style Fishing and Shooting as compared to the newer style depicted by Mr Thorburn. No other alterations have been made in the book." The book is divided into three sections: Fishing - old masters and dames; the fascination of fly fishing; fly fishing and fly fishing; chalk stream and dry fly; a day with the mayfly; fish and fishermen; elementary; flies; odds and ends; salmon fishing. Shooting - attractions; our ancestors; our game birds; grouse driving, walking grouse; partridge driving; covert shooting, a typical day; covert shooting, as it should be; the art of shooting flying; how does one shoot?; how to hit a haystack; how not to do it; disagreeables; odds and ends. Rough shooting. .

Condition: Good+. Toronton: W. J. Gage and Company, 1967. 145 pages. Cover is quite clean with minimal edge scuffing. There is a textbook rental service stamp in front of book but no names are entered. The book appears to have been minimally read. There is a production flaw fold on the last page of index. One small spot of coffee stain to bottom of pages' edges. . Good+.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1933). (1902) 1933 reprint. Small 8vo (140 x 207mm). Ppxiv,268,ads. B/w illustrations by Archibald Thorburn. Light green cloth, gilt title to spine and black vignette to upper board. Owner's address, slightly browned. Good-plus. The fishing content is largely concerned with dry fly fishing on southern chalkstreams, with one short chapter on salmon. The shooting content relates to covert shooting and partridge and grouse driving. In "1914 Mr. Murray proposed to issue a cheap edition of this book, but the issue was necessarily postponed by the War, and for some time after, when the cost of printing was prohibitive. It has been necessary in this cheaper edition to omit the Prints to which reference is made in the original Preface, and which depicted the old style Fishing and Shooting as compared to the newer style depicted by Mr Thorburn. No other alterations have been made in the book." The book is divided into three sections: Fishing - old masters and dames; the fascination of fly fishing; fly fishing and fly fishing; chalk stream and dry fly; a day with the mayfly; fish and fishermen; elementary; flies; odds and ends; salmon fishing. Shooting - attractions; our ancestors; our game birds; grouse driving, walking grouse; partridge driving; covert shooting, a typical day; covert shooting, as it should be; the art of shooting flying; how does one shoot?; how to hit a haystack; how not to do it; disagreeables; odds and ends. Rough shooting. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1924). (1902) 1924 cheaper 4th edition. Small 8vo (135 x 207mm). Ppxiv,268,ads. B/w illustrations by Archibald Thorburn. Light green cloth, gilt title to spine and black vignette to upper board. Some foxing and use but good-plus. The fishing content is largely concerned with dry fly fishing on southern chalkstreams, with one short chapter on salmon. The shooting content relates to covert shooting and partridge and grouse driving. In "1914 Mr. Murray proposed to issue a cheap edition of this book, but the issue was necessarily postponed by the War, and for some time after, when the cost of printing was prohibitive. It has been necessary in this cheaper edition to omit the Prints to which reference is made in the original Preface, and which depicted the old style Fishing and Shooting as compared to the newer style depicted by Mr Thorburn. No other alterations have been made in the book." The book is divided into three sections: Fishing - old masters and dames; the fascination of fly fishing; fly fishing and fly fishing; chalk stream and dry fly; a day with the mayfly; fish and fishermen; elementary; flies; odds and ends; salmon fishing. Shooting - attractions; our ancestors; our game birds; grouse driving, walking grouse; partridge driving; covert shooting, a typical day; covert shooting, as it should be; the art of shooting flying; how does one shoot?; how to hit a haystack; how not to do it; disagreeables; odds and ends. Rough shooting. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the first US edition. The blue cloth binding is only lightly worn, but the lettering to the spine is well faded. Everything is square and tight, with sharp unbumped edges corners. Inside the contents are immaculate. Other than a circular owner's blind stamp to the title page there are no ownership inscriptions or other markings of any kind. Frontispiece photograph with facsimile signature, as well as two photographic plates in the text block. Two maps, including one at the rear of the volume which is undamaged and perfectly folded.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Archibald Thorburn (illustrator). new edition. 1924 edition illustrated by leading artist Archibald Thorburn. Pictorial cloth binding in good, tight condition, with some fading and light wear to extremities. 268-page text plus publisher's catalogue good and tight, with a little light foxing in places and age-browning to blank end papers, the front of which bears the original owner's signature. For details of contents etc see attached photographs of this copy. 123 pages on fishing and 136 on shooting. (BM34).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Beautiful Internally. Complete with all Maps and Plates. There is light gilt on the spine of the book. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Slip of grey paper, 11 x 4 cm, cut from letter. In good condition, lightly aged, with central vertical fold and spotting on reverse (a few dots of which show through) from glue. Bold signature 'Sydney Buxton'. Text on reverse: '[] paper you thought [?] [] / or if too late for []'.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. reprint. the boards are a bit edge worn. foxing. ownership inscriptions. considering age, book is in almost fine condition. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. 347pp. Frontis. Illus. 1st edition 1924. Fraying to head of spine. Foxing to edges. Previous owner's details to front free end-paper. Private ownership. (bstop).

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. the boards are marked and worn. book is complete with all plates and map, clear and presentable. a good copy, also considering its age (1924)[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. 1924. Hardcover. "Publishers cloth ~ Good copy with clean cloth but slightly sun dulled spine and some dis-colouration to rear board, well defined edges and tight binding, name plate on the front pasted sheet, suggestion of rubbing to spine extremities. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Good. 1924. Hardcover. "Publishers cloth ~ Good copy with clean cloth but slightly sun dulled spine and some dis-colouration to rear board, well defined edges and tight binding, name plate on the front pasted sheet, suggestion of rubbing to spine extremities. . . . .

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'General Botha' is a compelling biographical study of Louis Botha, one of the most significant figures in the history of South Africa. Written by Earl Buxton, who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and worked closely with Botha, this work provides an intimate and authoritative look at the life of a man who transitioned from a brilliant Boer general to the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Ausreichend.

Condition: fair. Second Printing. 347, illus., map, fold-out map, appendices, index, discolor ins bds, some foxing, ink notation, bds stained, bds & spine edges worn. The author was British High Commissioner and Governor General of South Africa from 1914 to 1920, and developed a close working working relationship with General Botha during the last five years of Botha's life (1914 to 1919). This book emphasizes those years, although there is a short account of Botha's earlier life.

Condition: good, fair. First Edition. 347, frontis illus., fold-out map, appendices, index, DJ worn: small tears, small pieces missing. The author was British High Commissioner and Governor General of South Africa from 1914 to 1920, and developed a close working relationship with General Botha during the last five years of Botha's life (1914 to 1919). This book emphasizes those years, although there is a short account of Botha's earlier life.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'General Botha' is a compelling biographical study of Louis Botha, one of the most significant figures in the history of South Africa. Written by Earl Buxton, who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and worked closely with Botha, this work provides an intimate and authoritative look at the life of a man who transitioned from a brilliant Boer general to the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 104. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1903 edition. 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. 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. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. 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. Language: English Pages: 104.