Hance Captain (10 results)

Condition: Good. 1935. First Edition. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Ex libris plate at front. Black and white illustrations throughout by Robert Bartleet. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and t…

Condition: Good. 1938. First Edition. 128 pages. Orange pictorial dust jacket over orange cloth. Prize plate to front endpaper. Page are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly c…

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition earlier dated…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. First British Popular edition, 1938 (first edition was 1935). No jacket. With a foreword by Countess Fortescue. Illustrated with pen sketches by Robert Bartleet. Orange boards are very good with just a little fading to spine, few minor marks, little rubbing/pushing to head…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Statement "First published 1935" to the copyright page. Generously illustrated in pen-and-ink with captioned, well-depicted horse action scenes by Robert Bartleet. A charming guide with a novel approach that takes the r…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey cloth covers, blue title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 128 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Age darkened spine with rubs, minimal foxing to the closed page edges and throughout. In Ve…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Gift quality First Edition 1932 hardcover in burgundy cloth covered boards with title box embossed into frt board with bright cream text visible. Spine title has lost all color but still fairly legible due to embossed lettering. Very attractive pas…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey cloth covers, blue title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 128 pp with well depicted monochrome horse illustrations throughout. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small pieces of paper missing…

Condition: Very Good. On offer is a superb archive of fourteen [14] handwritten manuscript letters by the famed author of many books on equitation and equestrian pursuits, Captain J.E. Hance, who after he left the Army, continued to spend his time solely to the subject of horses and riding. He developed the theories on the train…