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 in the middle. Spine worn on top and bottom and is faded in color. Has shelf wear. Inner spine is split inside of front and back covers and binding is visible, but in tact. Previous owners names written on first page.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (Parks, Baltimore, Maryland) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

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) otherwise clean, unmarked pages throughout. In mylar cover. Not dated by publisher but inscription is from May 15, 1881. 0.…

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 Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

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 worn with 1/2" closed tear. Signature from title page to page 2 of text is loose and laid in whole (holding together but loosening) -- inner hinge badly cracked there. Page block edges darkened/soiled. Small tear in paper at rear inner hinge. Large dampstain to plates between pages 262 and 263. Some other discolorations scattered inside, like at title page and frontispiece, also foxing in back matter. -- Overall in Fair Minus condition. 398 pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. …

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, Mississippi cookbook. Publication date at front cover's lower right corresponding to the church's 1958-1959 construction. No copies located by OCLC as of 5/15/23.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 92 pages. Roy Kerridge "The Druid Madonna" / Roger Nash "Pretzels" / Christopher Purvis "The Divided Sensibility" / Daniel Barratt "Letter from Oxford to Anthony Fraser esq." / David Best "Objectivity and the Arts" / Ron Gray "Freud and the Conquest of Peru".

Condition: New.

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 matter. Hinges tight. Entire spine panel missing.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Decorated red cloth, t.e.g., no DJ. Boards rehinged, piece of spine missing, Better than a reading copy but not much.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Revised & Re-Edited Edition. Decorated red cloth, t.e.g., no DJ. Boards rehinged, piece of spine missing, Lacking the promised engraving on page 344 of the Late Will Goodall and any pages after 368. Better than a reading copy but not much.

Single Sheet Engraving. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE ENGRAVING. MOUNTED AND READY TO FRAME. VERY GOOD CONDITION . SHOWS A PORTRAIT OF THE LATE CAPTAIN W.H. BLAKE OF H.M.S. DRUID, AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, PRINTED IN 1874 AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE.

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 unmarked although with some mild scattered foxing, iv + 486 pp + advertisements.…

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". Reminiscences of horse racing in England. Chapters include: Dick Christian Again/ Olden Times/ Silk/ Jockeys/ Trials/ The Foreign Market/ Scarlet. Illustrated with four engravings.…

1/2 leather. edition unstated. 369 p. Includes illustrations. Very good. no date but has neat previous owner name and date of 1888 so it is at least that old, red leather spine with some small rubs, titles bright, boards forest green, steel engravings, foldouts.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New Edition, viii, 476pp. 3 engraved illustrations Red cloth boards with gilt and black titles. Bookplate on fep.

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. Covers slightly worn and slightly foxed. Overall, the magazine is in a good condition.

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. Contents page lightly foxed. Overall, the magazine is in a good condition.

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 condition. …

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 good condition. …

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 tanned/dusty. All pages slightly wavy. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. 296pp. Written by sporting journalist The Druid about farm flocks and herds and horse racing, the hunt and greyhounds as he traversed the country of Scotland. The 'Red Leather Edition.' We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 7.5 x 5 inches.…

hardback, 8vo, xii, 418pp, frontispiece and title vignette, owner's name on endpaper and title page, slight browning, text clean and sound, inner hinges slightly cracked, red cloth pictorial, some soiling on board corners, Good condition.

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 edition has been revised and re-edited with steel engravings; in practice there are only two engravings, one of Henry Handley to the frontispiece protected by a tissue-guard and a second of John Grey of Dilston to the page facing the frontispiece which in effect is a reproduction of the title-page to the original edition. A previous owner's name in pencil to the front endpaper which begins "Henri de.", the surname being possibly "Monbrison".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fair condition hard cover, some wear to cover and spine, tanning to pages, foxing to pages, staining to cover and pages, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Red hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Missing part of fold-out plate at page 262. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). vii, 398pp, 8pp. 7 b/w plates.

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; Index; In the Druid Sporting Library series; Number 1 in the series. Includes: Tissue-guarded Frontispiece; Title page vignette; Top edge gilt; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #205838 ||. …

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. Armorial colour bookplate to the front paste down, dog bookplate to the front free end paper, spine sun faded, spine slant. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPORT [Horse Racing].…