Weir Captain Robert (32 results)

Hardcovers. Condition: Fair. - - - - - -THE BADMINTON LIBRARY-- This Volume Includes RIDING and POLO- - - -Badminton editor is His Grace the Duke of Beaufort. Authors of RIDING are Captain Robert Weir, His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, The Earl of Onslow, E. L. Anderson, Alfred E. T. Watson. Auth…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, illustd,423pp, orig brown pictorial cloth, just a very small bit edge rubbed ,a vg clean tight volume, has "volxv" in small letters to top right of half title page, owners name to verso of front end paper, small bit of foxing, contents vg and sound,heavy book overseas orders wil…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, 423pp, original pictorial brown cloth, tiny bit of edge rubbing and bit of minor discolouration to bit of rear board, but nothing to worry about , binding is vg clean and tight, old name to front end paper, contents have a modest bit of foxing, and are vg clean and tight , a nic…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (viii) 423pp including index. Tan buckram boards half bound dark blue black leather with gilt armorial to front and gilt titles to spine. No inscriptions. Boards lightly bumped at extremities. Textblock and illustrations clean bright and tight. A very nice copy. GILES G D,…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. 1895 3rd edition, revised. Decorated brown cloth, gilt, black, white titles. Illustrated eps with repeat design of swan and ship. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Condition: Very good. Minor shelf wear. Owner s name to ffep. Eps browned. Scattered foxing, some pages significantly so. Size: 7…

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original decorated russet cloth covers, gilt and two-tone lettering and rider to the spine, black background illustration and navy and white lettering to the upper panel, publishers light green and white swan and sail illustrated lining papers. 8vo 7¾'' x 6'' (xiii)…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. 448 pages inc index, original lime green Longman's decorated endpapers, illustrated with line drawings throughout. Contents a little shaken in a couple of gatherings, endpaper and index leaves a little foxed as are a few pages, several light smudges to half titles and a few pen…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, first edition, pp,xiii, 423, illustrated by G.D. Giles, Frank Dadd and F. Stuart Allan, tissue guarded frontispiece, pictorial gilt and black titled brown cloth a bit faded with wear to the head and tail of spine, early name on the reverse of the leading free endpaper, some foxing. The Badmi…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition. Hardcover. Third Edition. A title in The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Light brown pictorial cloth. Contains two separate titles: Weir's "Riding" and Brown's "Polo." Illustrated with 23 full page plates and 45 vignette drawings. Text moderately foxed, images clean. One…

HC. Condition: Vg. Very nice copy of the volume, with many full page illustrations as well as those within the text by G.D. Giles, Frank Dadd, J. Stuart Allan along with photographs. Minor edge wear to head and foot of spine along with some minimal spotting and rubbing to covers. Save for some slight browning to page edges, no m…

Second edition. xiii, [1], 423pp, [1]. With a half title and frontispiece. Original publisher's decorative cloth. Some rubbing and marking to extremities and spine, some foxing to text. Both hinges cracking, with some splitting to endpapers. Some quires with unopened leaves. Later armorial bookplate of the Barons Raglan, bearing…

First edition.Plates. 8vo (7 1/4 x 5 inches). 423-pages. Finely bound contemporary full tan marbled calf, gilt border to sides. Spine gilt in compartments with black lettering piece, all edges marbled. Foxing to prelims. & at end. plate detached and torn. The binding by Gordon & Gotch, Melbourne, with their ticket. With the book…

Half-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. Finely bound in half leather by Hatchards of Picadilly. Dark blue morocco spine and corners, with gilt ruled borders.Five raised bands on the spine, gilt title lettering, and date, with sporting emblems decorating four compartments.Top edge gilt.Ochre cloth boards, a…

hardcover. Condition: very good. With other authors' contributions as well as a chapter on Polo by J. Moray Brown. Illustrated by G.D. Giles, Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan, thick 8vo, brown pictorial cloth; (some foxing). London: Longmans, Green, 1891. Very Good. Previous owners' inscription from 1893 on half title. The Badmint…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Stated Second Edition. 3/4 leather, orange covers, gilt crest with lion and dragon. Top spine chip 1" x 1/2", piece inside book. Several scuffs toward bottom half, easily dyed. Light to moderate soil. Internally, book plate of C.D. Champlin. Foxing to endpapers front and b…

Full-Leather (tree-calf). Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 190 x 140mm. pp. 423. English text. Badminton Library volume on riding and polo. Riding section written by Captain Robert Weir with contributions by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, K.G, The Earl of Suffolk and berkshire, The Earl of Onslow, G.C.M.G, E.L.Anderson and…

London, Longmas, Green, and Co, 1891, 2 texte en 1 vol. in-12 de (2)-XIII-423 pp., rel. demi-chagrin bleu-nuit à coins, dos lisse orné du titre et de triple-filets dorés en tête et en pied, très bel ex. 2e édition, illustré par G. D. GILES, Frank DADD et J. SUART ALLAN de nombreuses compositions gravées sur bois dans et hors-tex…