Forster Major (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 228 pages, clean copy.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Edition Stated. Very slightest of shelfwear; color photos; 232 pages.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

1st Ed. [iv] + 120pp. + 34pp. adverts + 28pp. catalogue. Port. frontis., many diagrams. E.p. adverts., light browning, rebacked and recornered with loss to lower corners, browned original pictorial cloth. Major General John Burton Forster CB was born in 1856 and was in the Blucher from 1867 to 1872. He was Colonel of The Royal Irish Regiment. In addition to being a distinguished soldier, he had a considerable reputation as a hunter of big game. He also painted, wrote well on many subjects, was a keen yachtsman, and was possessed of considerable mechanical ability.Czech pp.115. 'The first half of this excellent work details the equipment needed for sporting excursions including choice of firearms, cartridge boxes, tools, tents, clothing, and the like. There is even advice concerning the wearing of 'coloured spectacles' when entering the snow country. The second half dwells on the author's experiences hunting blackbuck, urial, markhor, ibex, and other game, although there is little mention of the actual hunting venues. He particularly enjoyed stalking markhor, which he considered the "Monarch of the Himalayas."' US$126. …

Eigenverlag, (Landshut), 1994. Ca. 250 Seiten mit vielen Abbildungen, silbergeprägter Leineneinband, quart, (Einband gering fleckig)---- sonst gutes Exemplar - 1100 Gramm.

(6) - 120 pages, 32 pages of sporting adverts and advert end papers on blue paper frontis illustration of a hunter in shikar dress and numerous text line drawings of guns ammunition equipment required for a sporting expedition. Small ownership label to the front paste down, Publishers cream cloth with title in red and black to upper cover with markor head in black, advert to rear cloth dust soiled, The first half of an excellent work details the equipment needed for sporting excursions including choice of firearms, the second half dwells on the authors experiences of hunting, Detailing the game the .450 and 500 express rifle etc. Czech 115. A very good + clean copy, rarely found in this condition.…

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edn.. 120 pages, 28 pages of sporting adverts and advert end papers, frontis illustration of hunter in shikar dress and numerous text line drawings of guns ammunition equipment required etc. Bookplate to blank verso of the front end paper ownership signature to upper blank margin of chapter 1. Publishers cream cloth with title in red and black to upper cover with markor head in black, advert to rear cloth dust soiled, The first half of an excellent work details the equipment needed for sporting excursions including choice of firearms, the second half dwells on the authors experiences of hunting, Detailing the game the .450 and 500 express rifle etc. Czech 115.…

Tomes 1 à 12 de la cinquième année, deuxième série (année complète) de ce recueil de voyages destiné à la jeunesse, traduit de la compilation donnée par l'allemand Joachim Heinrich Campe par Jean-Baptiste Joseph Breton de la Martinière.Ces tomes contiennent : - Tomes 1 et 2 : Troisième voyage du Capitaine Cook, autour du monde et dans l'hémisphère septentrionale. (1 carte dépliante aux contours et à la mer coloriés (Mappemonde d'après Mercator) et 1 vignette dépliante en frontispice).- Tome 3 : Voyage de M. Steward, Ambassadeur du roi d'Angleterre à Miquenez, capitale de l'empire du Maroc - Naufrage de M. de Brisson sur la Côte de Barbarie, et sa détention parmi les Maures - Voyage de Shaw en Barbarie. (1 vignette en frontispice).-Tome 4 : Relation de la Captivité de Joseph Pitts chez les Algériens, et son Voyage à la Mecque et à Médine - Voyage de Niebuhr en Arabie - Voyage du Capitaine Muller, et Naufrage du Vaisseau de la Compagnie des indes le Grosvenor, sur la Côte de Cafrerie, le 4 août 1782. (1 vignette en frontispice).- Tomes 5 et 6 : Voyage de Lecomte en Chine, avec des additions tirées de Du Halde. (2 vignettes en frontispices).- Tomes 7 et 8 : Voyage aux Etats-Unis d'Amérique et au Canada, par Issac Weld, en 1795, 1796 et 1797. (2 vignettes en frontispices).- Tome 9 : Voyage dans la partie méridionale de l'Inde, dans les royaumes de Cachemire, d'Afghanistan et en Perse, par Georges Forster, en 1782, 1783 et 1784. (1 vignette en frontispice).- Tome 10 : Voyage aux Iles Canaries, par Thomas Nicols - Voyage de Forrest à la Nouvelle-Guinée et aux Iles Moluques. (1 vignette en frontispice).- Tome 11 : Voyage à Surinam et dans l'intérieur de la Guyane, par Stedman. (1 vignette en frontispice).- Tome 12 : Ambassade du Major Symes, dans le Royaume d'Ava, ou Empire des Birmans, en 1795. (Pas de frontispice, normal ?).…