Ralph Percy (134 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 4to (201 x 256mm). Pp96. B/w photographs and illustrations. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight soiling and use, smells slightly musty. Good in like dust-wrapper. "After a day's shooting, the owner gives his guests a game card on which is written the details of the bag and the names of the guns, so that the guests can accurately transcribe the day's sport into their gamebooks at home. This ritual has changed little since the Edwardian age of huge bags, extravagant weekend parties, and bitter rivalry between the best shots. .This book takes a light-hearted look at many of the game cards from the great shoots of the Edwardian age right up to the modern day. There are game cards as far apart as Cornwall, Wales, the Hebrides, France and even India." Chapters include: The royal cards; Big bags and big shots; Mixed bags; Old game cards; Modern game cards; Coats of arms and monograms; Game books and miscellaneous discoveries in searching through old game records. .…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Small Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Crease on rear board causing beginning of split to paper, 1/2 inch closed tear to bottom margin of one page, rear endpapers lightly foxed. 1937 Small Hard Cover. 53 pp. 4 5/8 x 3 1/4. Pink decorative paper over boards. A collection of verse and excerpts of works by various authors, including Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, J.M. Barrie, Mark Twain, and Lewis Carroll.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 4to (201 x 256mm). Pp96. B/w photographs and illustrations. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults but good-plus in dust-wrapper. "After a day's shooting, the owner gives his guests a game card on which is written the details of the bag and the names of the guns, so that the guests can accurately transcribe the day's sport into their gamebooks at home. This ritual has changed little since the Edwardian age of huge bags, extravagant weekend parties, and bitter rivalry between the best shots. .This book takes a light-hearted look at many of the game cards from the great shoots of the Edwardian age right up to the modern day. There are game cards as far apart as Cornwall, Wales, the Hebrides, France and even India." Chapters include: The royal cards; Big bags and big shots; Mixed bags; Old game cards; Modern game cards; Coats of arms and monograms; Game books and miscellaneous discoveries in searching through old game records. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Crisp clean unclipped dust-jacket, fresh covers with gilt lettering on spine, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Light shelf-wear on upper edge of dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0905649842. ISBN/EAN: 9780905649849. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57222081126. All our books are sent by tracked mail. …

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 96 pp.: ill, facsims ; 26 cm. Subjects; Fowling Great Britain History. Sports Collectibles. Hunting Miscellanea. 1 Kg.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket and book are in very good condition. Clean, has a good binding, no marks or notations.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. First edition. Near Fine paperback journal with light signs of handling/shelving and a crack across the spine. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The 19th issue of DoubleTake magazine (Vol. 6, No. 1), Winter 2000, the award-winning quarterly journal "devoted to the written word and to the visual image." Each issue mixed prose, fiction, and poetry with photography-based art. This issue includes: photo-essays by Mary Beth Meehan, Hazel Hankin, Teru Kuwayama, Melissa Ann Pinney, and Deirdre Brennan; a previously unpublished interview with Walker Percy; work by Michael Lesy, John Sayles, Ralph Fasanella, and others; reviews of new books as well as essays on older volumes; and more. Edited by Robert Coles. 120 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 11 inches.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 96 pp.: ill, facsims ; 26 cm. Subjects; Fowling Great Britain History. Sports Collectibles. Hunting Miscellanea. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Price-clipped. Physical description; 96p : ill, facsims ; 26cm. Subjects; Hunting Miscellanea. Fowling Great Britain History. Sports Collectibles. Percy, Ralph, Lord. 1 Kg.…

Condition: Good. Orignal red boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrationjs in b/w, small 4to.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Price-clipped. Physical description; 96p : ill, facsims ; 26cm. Subjects; Hunting Miscellanea. Fowling Great Britain History. Sports Collectibles. Percy, Ralph, Lord. 1 Kg.…

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp. Biggles goes to War! Part 2.

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp. Biggles goes to War! Part 3.

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp. Biggles goes to War! Part 4.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good, Brown Edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn. First.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Volume 1. Crisp, clean copy.; 1; 350 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Volume 2. Bright, crisp copy.; 2; 384 pages.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. VG+ DW. 1st Edition. Red cloth, gilt. Slight speckling to top and fore text edges in places, otherwise Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. 11 x 16 in. Green cloth boards. Numerous B&W and color plates. Condition is GOOD+ ; corners and spie ends worb wit some small tears to spine ends. Covers clean but with some wrinkles, a bit bowed. Binding tight and text bright and unmarked. Ant. Stax.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. DEBRETT'S BOOK OF GAME CARDS. Lord Ralph Percy. Debrett's Peerage Limited, London 1986 First Edition ISBN 0905649842 98pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy is in fine unmarked condition in a fine unclipped dust wrapper. After a day's shooting the host gives his guests a game card on which is written the details of the bag and the names of the guns, so that the guests can accurately transcribe the day's sport into their gamebooks at home. This ritual has changed little since the Edwardian age of huge bags, extravagant weekend parties, and bitter rivalry between the best shots. This book takes a light hearted look at many of the game cards from the great shoots of the Edwardian age right up to the modern day. There are cards from as far apart as Cornwall, Wales, the Hebrides, France and even India. Ref EE1.…