The Druid (84 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Saddle and Sirloin OR English Farm and Sporting Worthies. New Edition. First Edition was published in 1870. New edition in February 1895. Worn but complete with all pages and illustrations. Top text block is darker than the rest, pages have tanning due to age. Top of spine has a tear i…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cracked front inner hinge, but boards and all pages well-attached, solid red beveled boards decorated in gilt, bright gilt lettering to spine strip, gift inscription to previous owner to early blank page, small bookseller sticker affixed to rear paste down (Sydney Smith Sporting Books) othe…

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. "Red Leather" edition [1912]. Boards rubbed, top half of spine is missing. Otherwise clean condition. B/W illustrations as called for. Please note the…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair Minus. No Dust Jacket. Sold As Is -- Fair Minus condition. -- Red cloth boards with gilt decoration and lettering on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated in b&w. -- Covers badly discolored in patches, with an overall somewhat mottled appearance -- rubbed, dulled and darkened; spine head wo…

80 pages plus covers. Paperback: H 22.75cm x L 15.25cm. Gray paper covers well toned and soiled with tears and wear at edges; abrasion, tearing, and some chipping to spine paper. Old recipe clipping taped to page 1; staining, soiling, and toning to leaves; scattered ink writing; various clippings laid-in. Scarce Meridian, Missis…

Reprint. Hardcover book bound in the publisher's original red leather. 19 cm. 476 pages. Contains an illustrated frontispiece and one full-page engraved interior illustration of horses. In fair condition. Bookplate (Franklin Jones Willock) affixed to the front fixed end page. Light offsetting/spotting/staining to the front/back…

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, brown cloth faded, lettered gilt, loss at head and foot of spine, front hinge cracking but the stitching remains sound, bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedown, the frontis portrait and vignette portrait title are water stained to the leading edge, text remains…

Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Third Edition. 3rd edition 1912. Red leather boards with back strip missing, 374 pg text tight with fragile original ribbon marker sewn in. Occasional foxing on outer leaves including title page. Offered as a bookbinding candidate. One of seven volumes in the "Druid Sporting Library". Reminis…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. New Sporting Magazine Office, London, 1856. Paperback. Illustrated with two embellishments (black and white plates with tissue guard). Pages uncut. Fore edge of front cover chipped and lightly creased. Tissue guard and contents page lightly foxed. Overall, the magazine is in a good condi…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. New Sporting Magazine Office, London, 1856. Paperback. Illustrated with two embellishments (black and white plates with tissue guard). Pages uncut. Top edge of back cover chipped. 1 cm closed tear to bottom edge of back cover. Contents page lightly foxed. Overall, the magazine is in a go…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with slightly rubbed unmarked red leather boards, small indent to front, clear gilt lettering to rubbed spine with sound top and bottom edges and no bumping to corners. Top edge gilt, other edges slightly tanne…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book bound in half black leather boards over dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering and rules to spine.Illustrated with 8 steel portraits and woodcuts.The book has no previous owner inscriptions or names present.There is some spotting to the pre-li…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Frederick Warne. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Fair. Clean and bright text. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A PO…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A record of summer rambles in the UK with particular reference to horse, sheep and pig breeders. 471pp. Scuffing to spine which has gilt titles, small dent to inside edge of rear cover and minor foxing to outer edge of pages and to front and rear endpapers. The title-page states that this e…

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Fair. Condition Notes: Frayed at the spine ends, more heavily to the head. The contents complete, clean and tight but with the hinges weak throughout making it somewhat fragile; Hardback. Quarter Red Leather on Red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 7¾" x 5¼" (1 kg); pp (x) 372…

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. No Jacket. No date. J. B. Hunt (illustrator). vii, 398pp plus one page of advertising and page showing subscribers to fund for Dick Christian. illustrated with 8 steel engravings, one missing. Publisher's red cloth with title on spine in gilt; and design and title on front board in gilt. Moderate w…

Revised edition hard back binding in publisher's original rebacked scarlet cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, top edge gilt. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains frontispiece portrait engraving of Richard Tattersall and title page engraved portrait vignette of jockey "Nat", (xi), 418 pp with monochrome engravings. Armor…