Haslen (9 results)

Condition: Very Good. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st edition. Near-fine hardback copy in Near-fine jacket. Quarto-sized.

pp.176 profusely illustrated in colour and b/w. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. with some sunning to spine. Title number 24 in the series. Although not inscribed, from the library of ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE (purchased by us May 2023). This volume reproduces the work of British nature artist and illustrator Raymond Sheppard (1913-1958). It includes images drawn from nature and from his extensive researches at London Zoo, alongside the pictures he created to accompany literary works such as 'The Old Man and the Sea'.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Raymond Sheppard (illustrator). First Edition. 176 pages. Black cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket, illustrated endpapers. The work of Raymond Sheppard (1913-1958). A book of paintings with extracts from his drawing books written in the 1950s. Weighty; additional postrage/shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s Andrew Haslen spent the autumn and winter months working his faithful spaniel Cally and hunting game with a peregrine falcon named Tassa. It was this bird that Ray Turner wrote about in his classic monograph Gamehawk. Andrew produced the line drawings for this book, and always had an idea that one day he would create a series of paintings to accompany it. Three decades later, during which time he has honed his skills as a wildlife artist, he has combined vivid recollections of his gamehawking days with his ability as a painter to create a new body of work and a new book - one that celebrates a remarkable relationship with hawk and dog: ".it feels as if I am back in the field with Tassa, flushing pheasant and watching breathtaking stoops." Memories of experiences he had 40 years ago fill the pages; recollections, still vivid, of flying Tassa. The paintings he has produced, in many cases, are not highly finished but are deliberately sketch-like in their execution, giving fleeting glimpses of pheasants, partridges, ducks and grouse as the falcon strikes them. They are studies from the perspective of the hunter and the hunted. New. 300x240mm. 160pp.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2022). 2022 1st edition. Square folio (246 x 307mm). Pp160. Colour paintings by the author throughout, colour paintings to end-papers. Grey boards, spine & upper board titled in black. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author. "Back in 1977, I was given the opportunity to train and fly a Peregrine Falcon. It was this falcon, Tassa, that Ray Turner wrote about in his classic monograph Gamehawk. I produced the line drawings for this book and have always had an idea that one day I would create a series of paintings to accompany it. Thirty years on, and having been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, I decided that if I was going to do this, then the time was now. As often happens with this kind of project, once started it took on a life of its own and this book was born." Chapters include: In the field and aloft; The pencil isn't working yet; Tassa's story; A goshawk please; Teamwork; Day to day; Rules of the game; Tales from the field; The Green Lane partridges; Puddle ducks; Under the pollard oak; Haylock's pond; Counted out; Mirror mirror; Angels of the field; Moor or less; Check mate; Bend and stretch; High five; A new direction. A vivid portrayal of East Anglian gamehawking. .

pp.160 with illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., gently sunned on spine. Title Number 33 in the series. From the library of ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor Robert Gillmor MBE. With an original pencil drawing of a hare by Robert Haslen, across both front endapapers, with the inscription 'To Robert and Sue with best wishes Andrew.' A page from a 2011 Pinkfoot Gallery calendar, for the month of May, illustrated by Andrew Haslen loosely inserted. A collection of stunning artwork by Andrew Haslen covering a two-year period when he raised three orphan hares. A collage of sketches, studies and paintings inspired by them and the wild hares around him.

Condition: Very Good. Signed by Turner, with small personalised inscription. Front board has been knocked; small split in cloth and dent to board. Content appears unread.