Oates Captain Coape (8 results)

80 pp. With 4 photogravure plates from drawings by G. R. Lodge, and 12 illustrations from photographs. 12mo, publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth. Text block slightly over opened at p. 49; endsheets slightly tanned; slight use to cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 80 pages. With 4 photogravure plates from drawings by G. E. Lodge, and 12 illustrations from photographs. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated with four photogravure plates from drawings by G. R. Lodge and twelve black and white plates from photographs, with tissue guards. First edition. Light edge wear at the spine ends and corners, else very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering. No dust jacket. Binding is sound. ; 80 pages B002A6UJJO.…

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 80pp. 1905. First edition. 12mo. A very good, clean, tight copy. No inscriptions. Original publisher's blue cloth gilt embossed to the spine and to the front board. Tissue-guarded photogravure frontispiece and three other photogravure plates all as called for and 12 photographic plates - all as called for. Some age toning to the endpapers. The slightest of marking to the rear board.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1905). 1905 1st edition. Small 8vo (129 x 191mm). Pp80. 4 engraved plates by G.E.Lodge, b/w photographs. Blue cloth gilt. Cloth stained, browning to end-papers o/w a clean tight copy. "The main object of this book is to assist those who are anxious to rear wild ducks on economical lines. The autorhor is not without hope that the pages which it contains may even be of some use to old hands at the game." Chapters include: Selection of stock and their home; Laying and sitting; Hatching and rearing; Shooting. .…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A first edition of Captain W. Coape Oates helpful guide to rearing and shooting wild ducks, with four illustrative plates by British artist G.E. Lodge. A first edition copy of this work, published in 1905.With four tissue-guarded monochrome photogravure plates from drawings by the British illustrator G.E. Lodge and twelve black and white photographic illustrations. Collated complete.Written by Captain W. Coape Oates, this work is a helpful and thorough guide to those anxious to rear wild ducks on economical lines. With extensive instructions on how to select a home for your ducks, to hatching and laying, to shooting. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt titles. Externally, very smart. Light bumping and wear to boards extremities. Minor rubbing to joints. Scattered spotting on end papers. Ink inscription on front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot. One tissue guard missing for the photogravure titled 'A Tidy Mother', page 33. Very Good Indeed. G.E. Lodge (illustrator). book.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1905). 1905 1st edition. Small 8vo (129 x 191mm). Pp80. 4 engraved plates by G.E.Lodge, b/w photographs. Blue cloth, bevelled boards spine and upper board titled in gilt. Cloth slightly rubbed, browning to end-papers. Formerly Colin Woolf's copy with his signed ex-libris to end-paper. Good copy. "The main object of this book is to assist those who are anxious to rear wild ducks on economical lines. The autorhor is not without hope that the pages which it contains may even be of some use to old hands at the game." Chapters include: Selection of stock and their home; Laying and sitting; Hatching and rearing; Shooting. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in dark blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket. 80pp. 4 Photogravure plates with tissueguard (including frontispiece) from drawings by G. E. Lodge, 12 b/w photographs throughout. Untrimmed page edges. Not library copy, neat name/date in black ink to top corner of half title page, light foxing to endpapers. (41/2).…