Visme Shaw (97 results)
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Seller: river break books, fort benton, MT, U.S.A.river break books
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Paperback is a Reprint Edition, very clean throughout, square along the edges, and tightly bound.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1996 1996
- Hardcover
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, , United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1996). (1904) 1996 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x196mm). Ppxxv,298. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, b/w illustrations, green end-papers. Green boards, spine and upper board titled in gilt. Minor faults, slight u…se, label ghost to front boards. Good-plus. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. Volume 10 of 12 in "The Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy from an edition limited to 500 copies. New introduction by Dr Andrew Hoodless. .
Published by The Signet Press 1992
- Hardcover
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.Redux Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. No DJ. LIMITED EDITION COPY #208 OF 500. Pages clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.
Language: English
Published by The Signet Press, Lockerbie 1992
- Hardcover
Seller: Summerfield Books BA, Penrith, United KingdomSummerfield Books BA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Limited Edition. Limited to 500 copies (number 346), bound in red cloth with gilt spine titles and gilt woodcock to top board; very lightly scuffed only. Gift inscription to first black; otherwise internally very crisp, clean and bright. Some spotting to the closed edges of the textblock.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1996 1996
- Hardcover
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, , United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1996). (1904) 1996 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x196mm). Ppxxv,298. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, b/w illustrations, green end-papers. Green boards, spine and upper board titled in gilt. A fine un-numbered, out-o…f-series, copy. This series of monographs by the most experienced sportsmen of the day are still of immense value as the most detailed and comprehensive works ever published on British game species. Volume 10 of 12 in "The Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy from an edition limited to 500 copies. New introduction by Dr Andrew Hoodless. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 33.00.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire. 1994 1994
- Hardcover
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, , United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1994). (1905) 1994 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x196mm). Ppxxxiii,278. New colour frontispiece by Rodger McPhail, illustrations, foreword by the Duke of Westminster, 21 page introductory essay by Dr. Mike Swan. Green boards,…spine & upper board titled in gilt. A fine un-numbered, out-of-series, copy. "With chapters on shooting the duck and the goose by W.H. Pope. Cookery by W. Alexander Innes Shand." This is a nice facsimile reprint of the 1905 first edition, with a series foreword by the Duke of Westminster and a twenty-one page introductory essay by Dr. Mike Swan of the Game Conservancy's Advisory Service. Sections by L.H. de Visme Shaw: Shooting the Duck - at sea, inland and on the shore, preserving and luring the duck; The duck in the decoy; Natural history of the goose. W.H. Pope: Shooting the goose; Shooting the duck and the goose afloat by night; Shooting the duck on Continental waters. Alexander Innes-Shand: Cookery of ducks and geese. This is Volume 5 of the 12 volume "Game Conservancy Edition" of the New Fur, Feather and Fin series. Edition limited to 500 numbered sets. Out-of-series, un-numbered copies of each title were issued singly, this is one of those single copies. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 33.00.
- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.GreatBookPrices
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- Softcover
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United KingdomRia Christie Collections
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Published by Badminton Magazine, London 1901
- Softcover
- Periodical
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United KingdomCosmo Books
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Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 11 Pages, 1 Colour plate. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 17 x 25 cms. Category: Badminton Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 y…ears taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.
Published by Badminton Magazine, London 1903
- Softcover
- Periodical
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United KingdomCosmo Books
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Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 14 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 17 x 25 cms. Category: Badminton Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 year…s taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.
Published by Badminton Magazine, London 1899
- Softcover
- Periodical
Seller: Cosmo Books, Shropshire., United KingdomCosmo Books
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Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 8 Pages, with 2 Plates. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 17 x 25 cms. Category: Badminton Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 yea…rs taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.
Published by The Signet Press. Lockerbie. 1992 1992
- Hardcover
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, , United KingdomCoch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). (1903) 1992 reprint. Small 8vo (125 x 195mm). Ppxi,176. B/w photographs, ill, new foreword by Colin McKelvie. Red cloth, cloth woodcock to upper board and titles to spine. Slightly cocked, slight marks to cloth but… very good. Reproduced from the volume "Snipe and woodcock" in the "Fur, feather and fin" series, in a new edition limited to 500 copies. This is an out-of-series, un-numbered copy. .
Language: English
Published by Longmans, Green and Co., London 1905
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: History Bookshop, Ascott under Wychwood, OXON, United KingdomHistory Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Vg clean copy with tight binding and very minor wear. Clean internally with owner's inscription to verso of ffep.
Language: English
Published by The Signet Press, London 1992
- Hardcover
Seller: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, United KingdomR.E & G.B Way
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original cloth with gilt, protective cellophane wrapper, edition limited to 500 copies, this copy not numbered, pp. xi + 176.
- Hardcover
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United KingdomRia Christie Collections
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Published by Longmans Green 1903
- Hardcover
Seller: Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, , United KingdomRed-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. )
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Some rubbing and wear to decorative boards, slight damage to from and rear edges. No inscriptions, not price clipped, illustrated. Clean copy internally with little wear.
Published by Longmans Green 1903
- Hardcover
Seller: Red-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. ), Hanley Swan, , United KingdomRed-books ( Member of P.B.F.A. )
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Slight rubbing and soiling to illustrated boards, slight darkening to spine. End papers slightly marked, no inscriptions, illustrated. Bright and clean internally with little wear.
Published by Thacker 1899
- Softcover
Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, tywyn, United KingdomKarl Eynon Books Ltd
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Reprint. 94 page illustrated large format PB. Fair copy well worn but holding together Scarce.
Language: English
- Hardcover
Seller: Peter Blest Booksellers, Maidstone, KENT, United KingdomPeter Blest Booksellers
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reissue. Publisher's pictorial cloth.
- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United KingdomGreatBookPricesUK
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by Longmans,Green & Co 1905
- Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Good. 1905. 278 pages. No dust jacket. Beige pictorial cloth.Rough cut pages. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Prominent forward lean to text block.
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Published by Longmans, Green & Co, United Kingdom 1904
- Hardcover
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United KingdomPendleburys - the bookshop in the hills
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hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, pictorial oatmeal cloth lettered red, gilt and black. a tightly bound copy, bookplates of two previous owners to the front endpapers, browning to the closed page edges, illustrated, ix + 298pp.
Published by Forgotten Books 2019
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.PBShop.store US
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- Hardcover
Seller: Librairie Montréal, Saint-Césaire, QC, CanadaLibrairie Montréal
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Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903, hard cover in publisher's beige cloth with colored decor on front board, about 7 ¾ X 5 ¼ inches, 298 (5) (40 pages of publisher's ads), Iluustrated in B&W. Cover is near very good showing only a light tanning to spine and two small tears to top spine…. Both boards are fine. Interior is excellent but it's an ex-library copy with a few stamps and marking to half-title page and last page + a small black line on top page.
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Published by Longmans, Green, And Co., London 1905
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United KingdomK Books Ltd ABA ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. x + 278 + (iv) pp of book adverts, well illustrated by Archibald Thorburn and Charles Whymper, hardcover, 8vo, expertly re-bound and re-spined in half green roan with green cloth gilt decorated front board, spine with gilt lines and gilt lettering, new green endpapers, very good co…ndition, Longmans, Green, And Co., London, 1905. * an excellent study of the art of wild fowling which includes a section on cookery. Part of the Fur, Feather and Fin series. THORBURN, Archibald and WHYMPER, Charles (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London 1912
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United KingdomKerr & Sons Booksellers ABA
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1912, re-issue. Octavo. 5" x 8" approx. viii, 298pp. Illustrated. Original cloth, printed titles. Some soiling and rubbing. Slight lean on spine, otherwise binding secure. Some page edges roughly opened. Otherwise a 'Good+' copy.
Published by Forgotten Books 2019
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United KingdomPBShop.store UK
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- Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United KingdomGreatBookPricesUK
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Published by Longmans, Green, London 1912
- Hardcover
Seller: Alexander Books (ABAC/ILAB), Ancaster, ON, CanadaAlexander Books (ABAC/ILAB)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition second printing. 278 Pages Illus., In Original Decorative Cloth Binding. Book.
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Seller: Forgotten Books, London, United KingdomForgotten Books
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. Discover the remarkable world of wildfowl with this profound study of two species: ducks and geese. This book delves extensively into the natural history of these birds, encompassing their breeding habits, migration patterns, and unique physical characteristics that enable their surviv…al in diverse aquatic environments. The author's insights are drawn from a rich tapestry of sources, including historical texts, personal observations, and the latest scientific research. The book explores the intrinsic characteristics of ducks and geese, examining their anatomy, behaviour, and the elaborate plumage that distinguishes different species. It sheds light on the intricate social dynamics within flocks, highlighting the complexities of their communication and cooperative behaviours. Moreover, the author investigates the ecological roles played by these birds, emphasizing their significance as both predators and prey. Beyond their biological traits, the book delves into the deep cultural and historical significance of ducks and geese. It traces their presence in art, literature, and folklore throughout the ages, uncovering the diverse symbolism and mythology associated with these captivating creatures. The author also examines the impact of human activities on wildfowl populations, exploring conservation efforts and the challenges faced in preserving their habitats. This book is a rich resource for naturalists, hunters, and conservationists alike. Through its comprehensive exploration of ducks and geese, the author offers a deeper understanding of these remarkable birds and their place in the natural world. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
