Fitgerald Brian (8 results)

Condition: good. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. Unpaginated. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper covered boards. Colour plates by A. W. Seaby. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Previous owners name and date (1947) to inside cover. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Slight browning to top and bottom edge of spine of cloth. Slight shelf wear to top edge and corners of D/J. In a series of large-scale reproductions this book displays the full panorama of Britain's beauty and the traditional life and work of the countryside, as recorded by leading photographs. It has been planned to comprise all the different types of scenery - mountain, lakeland, heath and moor, downland and plain: the grandeur of Scottish, Welsh and Irish landscape, the varied character, changing from country to country, of England, north, south, east, and west. In addition a special effort has been directed to giving as complete a picture as possible of the different types of country dweller and of their activities. The placid life of the village, the yearly round of work on the farms, sports, pastimes, old customs and crafts all have their place. The book is divided into four main sections, each with an introduction by Brian Vesey-Fitsgerald, and a running commentary accompanies the individual illustrations. Contents: Country, Folk and Country Ways. Town and Village. The British Landscape. Rural Crafts and Occupations. Illustrated throughout. 318 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…

Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Very unusual and interesting book on many kinds of Hunting. Includes Hunting Pheasant, Partridges, Hares & Rabbits, Hunting with Dogs and association with Poachers, Loafers, Mouchers, Tramps & Gypsies. B&W Illustrations by Watkins-Pitchford. Frontispiece illustrated with Beagles chasing a Hare. Green cloth cover with Black Lettering to spine. 175 Pages, 290g, 9" Tall. Previous owner's inscription penciled on ffep. 4 very small closed edge tears (between 1/8" & 1/2" long, carefully repaired from inside with clear tape.) and a few nicks and tiny pieces missing at spine ends. Jacket illustrated with a Huntsman and his Dog. Not clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Watkins-Pitchford (illustrator).…

Hardback. Bound in blue cloth Sometime during the books history there has been a label to the spine this has been pulled off and it has left a slight mark 236pp Exlibris label presented to RHancock to the front paste down residue left by the glue from the presentation label to the half title page otherwise a nice clean copy. book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. NORMAL DIRT STAINS AND BLEMISHES.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. NORMAL DIRT STAINS AND BLEMISHES.