Sprake Leslie (43 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library with the usual labeling. Spine faded. Minor shelf wear. No jacket. Pages clean.

Original Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Brown buckram, lettered in gilt. Spine panel slightly sunned, light shelf wear, typical toning to text block edges. Firm binding, clean and unmarked interior beyond former owner's signature on upper front pastedown (inside front cover). 380 pp., illus. w/ 75 plates, 41 illus. in text. Undated, ca. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. 1927. First Edition. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Blind stamp to front endpaper. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable mottling to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped. Moderate water stains to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. With 256 pages , illustrated , brown cloth , hard cover , gilt letter , boards rather faded o/w very good.

Condition: Poor. The book has been rebound by the library.This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, brown cloth lettered black. A tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, illustrated, 203pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 203 pages. Pale tan cloth boards; vignette of shooter and titles on front board and spine. 11 monochrome plates from photographs, including frontispiece. 1-page publisher's catalogue at rear. Boards soiled; edgeworn. Spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Pages with sporadic spotting, mainly on margins. Gutter cracking at half title page; otherwise binding firm.

hardcover. 1927 First Edition. 256pp, two owner's signatures, VG . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear. Foxing to front pages. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Some marking to the boards and foxing to the page edges, owner's inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good condition light green cloth bound book - first edition published in 1934. The boards have rubbing to the edges and the spine. The binding is good. The pages are complete, spotting to the page edges, and the fly leaf and title page. The text is clean and clear. Black and white plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Generally Good. First Edition. Concerning the preservation and pursuit of pheasants, partridges and ground game by Leslie Sprake ("Middle Wallop") Mustard cloth, a little dusting, no jacket. Single name insc. to fep. Contents very clean throughout. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 367 pages plus indexes (complete). A passive copy. The boards are grubby. They retain a weary elegance. There handling and storage marks and wear all about. They are sure. The contents are very clean, clear, benign, confident, authoritative. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Owner's name to end paper which is very lightly foxed, no other markings, Very Good; no dust jacket. Tan cloth with gold spine titles, 380pp, index. 150 illustrations including 74 photo plates, a photo frontis and line dawings in text. This is a guide book written in 1929 for shooting of partriges, grouse, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, blackgame, capercaillie, ptarmigan, hare, wild geese, ducks, shore birds. The begining chapters deal with the GUn, and gernal shooting hints, clothing & equipment. The book begins with a dedication to the Prince of Wales and ends with an index to First Aid and Shooting accidents. There are tips on how to safely hold a gun and the etiquette of the shoot: "Try not to talk until at least after the first bird is shot and the birds can be scared off by human speech"; how to deal with being placed in shooting position next to who previosuly had a shooting accident; how and when to tip; how and when to bring your own dog. This is a fascinating look at this aspect of British country life. There is even a chapter on cooking your pheasant and grouse with recipes. (2.7 JM HOQ 102/1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

2nd impression. 8vo. 203pp. + adverts. B/w. frontispiece and illustrations from photographs. Original beige cloth lettered in brown, some minor wear to edges. The Sports and Pastimes Library. US$15.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1930). 1930 1st edition. 8vo (148 x 225mm). Pp203 + 1pp ads. B/w photograph plates. Light brown cloth, upper board and spine titled in black with blue shooting vignettes. Cloth slightly soiled, edges foxed but good-plus. In two parts. Part I. The Art of Shooting and Part II. The Rough Shoot. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is in fine condition bound in brown cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and blind titling and borders to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is a pencilled signature to the front paste down. A dust wrapper is not present. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. A calendar of field sports from the big shoot to rough shooting. All aspects and quarry are discussed and described including dog breeding care and training. Loaders, beaters, poachers, partridges, pheasants, rabbit and hare. Illustrated with photographs from the author's collection. Ref A5 4.

Green Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. With 164 pages and illustrations - good condition except rather faded - a valuable and unusual item on the partridge - somewhat uncommon.

Good+ no dj . no inscriptions. internally clean but with some browning to pages. foxing to ffeps and page edges. all pages present.

Good+ no dj . 1 inscriptions. internally clean but with some browning to pages. foxing to ffeps and page edges. ffeps have brown spots, and remains of a sticker.square - and old bookmark long gone? all pages present.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 380 pp. Light foxing of the fore-edges and also a smattering in the prelims. Mostly clean. A tight and handsome copy.

Hardback. Condition: nrVG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. ex-library hardcover with usual stamps and markings This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Standard-sized.

1st edition. 1st edition, 1930, in light tan cloth; B&W illustrations. Gift inscription on front pastedown; a little foxing, & slight yellowing to some plates. Edge of front board discoloured; head of spine a little worn Used - Very Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

hardbound. b&w illustrations (illustrator). Natural history of the Grey Patridge (Perdix Perdix), tracing the bird through the seasons, and with a chapter on the Red-Leg Patridge; 4 b&w plate illustrations; endpapers, prelims and text block foxed, scattered foxing in text, o.w. G-VG; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, one or two short closed tears, 2 x 2cm loss top front. Dustwrapper. 164pp. 8vo. Good-Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper Good-Very Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. A hardback book in very good condition, dated 1932, Second Impression. With illustrations from photographs. The Sports and Pastimes Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. red cloth with silver lettering to spine and front board, blind stamped with decorative corners on the front board. 253 pages, Illustrated with photo plates, G++ copy, no dj.

First Edition. red cloth with silver lettering on th espine and front board, blind stamped with decorative corners on the front board. 253 pages, Illustrated with photo plates, %.25 X 7.5 inches A good copy, with spotting to page edges, and slight marking to the boards, no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Arranged as two parts - Part I. The Art of Shooting and Part II. The Rough Shoot. A good, clean and sound example. Original cloth boards, a little rubbed and worn. Neat ownership inscription on front endpaper. 203 pages, plates, . Approx. size 9" by 5.5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fishing & Hunting; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28825.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. H.F. & G. Witherby, High Holborn, London. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Boards have minimal discolouration, otherwise clean with very little discernible wear, some spine lean. Ex-libris plate to front inside board, otherwise, clean, bright, unmarked throughout with text and photographic plates in Near Fine condition with sound binding.