herbert jenkins london 1970 (7 results)

Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1970). 1970 1st edition thus. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp350. Colour plates by Peter Scott, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults / tape-marks to end-papers else clean, good-plus in slightly frayed/ clipped dust-wrapper. This is a greatly revised and extended new edition of the original The New Wildfowler, first published in 1961. A comprehensive handbook with sections on wildfowl identification, legislation, guns and equipment, food and migrations, rearing and ringing, reserves and conservation, cookery and taxidermy, and famous wildfowlers of the past. Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl and wader identification and distribution, hybridization; The migrations of British geese and ducks; Food habits of of wildfowl in Britain; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Punt-gunning; Inland marsh shooting; Etiquette and safety on the marsh; The wildfowler in Eire; Wildfowl conservation in Ireland; Rearing wild duck; Ringing a duck; WAGBI duck to supplement wild populations; Goose conservation; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Management of reserves by WAGBI and its clubs; National wildfowl counts; The status of wild geese in Britain and Ireland; Conservation and bird protection; International co-operation in the conservation of wildfowl and wetlands; The North American wildfowl situation; Control of predators; Wildfowl in captivity; The diseases of wildfowl; Wildfowl taxidermy; Wildfowl cookery; Famous wildfowlers of the past; A bibliography of wildfowl and wildfowling. Many good names contributed to this book, including: Peter Turner, William Brotherston, James Harrison, Hugh Boyd, peter Olney, Peter Whitaker, Gough Thomas, Peter Moxon, Arthur Cadman, J.A. Field, Noel M. Sedgwick, Bill Powell, John Wardell, Jeffery Harrison, Bill and Harry Mouland, Major-General C.B. Wainwright, Jim Ellwood, John Ruxton, E. Max Nicholson, Barry Bailey, George Atkinson-Willes, Malcolm Ogilvie, Philip Brown, Peter Conder, Geoffery Matthews, Charles Swan, Edmund Gleadow, Arthur Jennings, Pamela Harrison, Henry James. .

Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1970). 1970 1st edition thus. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp350. Colour plates by Peter Scott, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. End-paper corner-snipped. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. ".Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., K.T. Introduction by the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Mansfield. Preface by Peter Scott, C.B.E." This is a heavily revised and extended new edition of the original The New Wildfowler, first published in 1961. A comprehensive handbook with sections on wildfowl identification, legislation, guns and equipment, food and migrations, rearing and ringing, reserves and conservation, cookery and taxidermy, and famous wildfowlers of the past. Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl and wader identification and distribution, hybridization; The migrations of British geese and ducks; Food habits of of wildfowl in Britain; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Punt-gunning; Inland marsh shooting; Etiquette and safety on the marsh; The wildfowler in Eire; Wildfowl conservation in Ireland; Rearing wild duck; Ringing a duck; WAGBI duck to supplement wild populations; Goose conservation; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Management of reserves by WAGBI and its clubs; National wildfowl counts; The status of wild geese in Britain and Ireland; Conservation and bird protection; International co-operation in the conservation of wildfowl and wetlands; The North American wildfowl situation; Control of predators; Wildfowl in captivity; The diseases of wildfowl; Wildfowl taxidermy; Wildfowl cookery; Famous wildfowlers of the past; A bibliography of wildfowl and wildfowling. Many good names contributed to this book, including: Peter Turner, William Brotherston, James Harrison, Hugh Boyd, peter Olney, Peter Whitaker, Gough Thomas, Peter Moxon, Arthur Cadman, J.A. Field, Noel M. Sedgwick, Bill Powell, John Wardell, Jeffery Harrison, Bill and Harry Mouland, Major-General C.B. Wainwright, Jim Ellwood, John Ruxton, E. Max Nicholson, Barry Bailey, George Atkinson-Willes, Malcolm Ogilvie, Philip Brown, Peter Conder, Geoffery Matthews, Charles Swan, Edmund Gleadow, Arthur Jennings, Pamela Harrison, Henry James. .

Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1970). 1970 1st edition thus. Large 8vo (157 x 239mm). Pp350. Colour plates by Peter Scott, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, end-paper maps, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. This is a greatly revised and extended new edition of the original The New Wildfowler, first published in 1961. A comprehensive handbook with sections on wildfowl identification, legislation, guns and equipment, food and migrations, rearing and ringing, reserves and conservation, cookery and taxidermy, and famous wildfowlers of the past. Chapters include: Wildfowling and the law (two chapters); Wildfowl and wader identification and distribution, hybridization; The migrations of British geese and ducks; Food habits of of wildfowl in Britain; Clothes and equipment; Guns and cartridges; The wildfowler's dog; Shore shooting; Punt-gunning; Inland marsh shooting; Etiquette and safety on the marsh; The wildfowler in Eire; Wildfowl conservation in Ireland; Rearing wild duck; Ringing a duck; WAGBI duck to supplement wild populations; Goose conservation; National wildfowl refuges; Local reserves; Management of reserves by WAGBI and its clubs; National wildfowl counts; The status of wild geese in Britain and Ireland; Conservation and bird protection; International co-operation in the conservation of wildfowl and wetlands; The North American wildfowl situation; Control of predators; Wildfowl in captivity; The diseases of wildfowl; Wildfowl taxidermy; Wildfowl cookery; Famous wildfowlers of the past; A bibliography of wildfowl and wildfowling. Many good names contributed to this book, including: Peter Turner, William Brotherston, James Harrison, Hugh Boyd, peter Olney, Peter Whitaker, Gough Thomas, Peter Moxon, Arthur Cadman, J.A. Field, Noel M. Sedgwick, Bill Powell, John Wardell, Jeffery Harrison, Bill and Harry Mouland, Major-General C.B. Wainwright, Jim Ellwood, John Ruxton, E. Max Nicholson, Barry Bailey, George Atkinson-Willes, Malcolm Ogilvie, Philip Brown, Peter Conder, Geoffery Matthews, Charles Swan, Edmund Gleadow, Arthur Jennings, Pamela Harrison, Henry James. .

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A lovely set of four volumes from the Victorian Collector Series, three of which are first edition copies. Four volumes in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers, except for the book on Victorian Pottery, which has a price-clipped dustwrapper. Four volumes from the Victorian Collector Series, an informative and illustrated series providing information on Victorian-era collector items. Victorian porcelain, pottery, silver and embroidery are explored in this set by authoritative figures such as Geoffrey Godden and Barbara Morris. All volumes include a foreword by the editor Hugh Wakefield, except one, which is written by him. Included in this set are: Victorian Porcelain by Geoffrey A. Godden (1962; 1st edition, 2nd impression) Victorian Pottery by Hugh Wakefield (1962; 1st edition, 1st impression) Victorian Silver and Silver-Plate by Patricia Wardle (1963; 1st edition, 1st impression) Victorian Embroidery by Barbara Morris (1970 reprint) In publisher's original cloth bindings, with original unclipped dust wrappers, except for Pottery, which has a price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, cloth is very smart. Minor fading to the lower extremities of Pottery. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Light shelf wear to the extremities of the dust wrappers, which are generally bright and smart. Tail of the spine to Embroidery dust wrapper is slightly more chipped, with fading to the spine. Dust wrapper to Porcelain has a tape repair to the verso of the wrap. Fine. book.

1st. 3 volumes, 360, 292, 324 pages, well illus in b/w with 151 plates showing numerous guns from photographs, also text drawings and break downs throughout the text. Tape offset mark to end papers of volume 1 from dj protection, also offset mark to the spine from dj title. All vg in djs , two of the djs evenly faded to spines. The djs are now in clear removable sleeves. A vg set in dj of a comprehensive and well researched book taking over 4 years to complete. A major and exhaustive work on the subject.

1st Edn, the 1865 -1888 is 1st American. 3 Vols, 360, 292, 324 pages, well illus in b/w with 151 plates showing numerous guns from photographs, also text drawings and break downs throughout the text. Some spotting to the closed page edge of vol 2 and spotting to blank margin of the frontis of volume 3. All vg in DJs the DJ of volume 1 has a chip to bottom edge of rear flap and a couple of closed tears. The DJs are now in a clear removable sleave. A very good set in dj, of a comprehensive and well researched book taking over 4 years to complete. A major and exhaustive work on the subject.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Editions (first printings). Each volume bar the final one signed by the author by way of a title-specific bookplate pasted to either the front free endpaper, the half-title verso or the title page verso. Individual volumes as follows: 'Flashman' (1969). First edition. 8vo. 256pp. Edges light spotted, and just a sliver or two of very light toning to the free endpapers. A very good copy in non-price-clipped A.E.Barbosa-designed dust wrapper, quite lightly chafed at the extremities and with several tiny closed edge-tears. 'Royal Flash' (1970). First edition. 8vo. 261pp. Edge spotted and with a small area of staining to the bottom edge, and a touch of soiling and spotting to the title page. Former owner details inked to the head of the front free endpaper. Very good in non-price-clipped A.E.Barbosa-designed dust wrapper, chafed and chipped at the spine ends and corner tips, with several small areas of loss. 'Flash for Freedom' (1971). First edition. 8vo. 295pp. Edges spotted, with a touch of further light spotting to the endpapers and two or three preliminary leaves. Neatly inked former owner name to the head of the front free endpaper. Very good in non-price-clipped A.E.Barbosa-designed dust wrapper with several inches of quite light (beverage?) staining. 'Flashman at the Charge' (1973). First edition.8vo. 286pp. Edges spotted, and with a small nick to the head of three text leaves. Very good copy non-price-clipped A.E.Barbosa-designed dust wrapper, lightly faded at the spine panel. 'Flashman in the Great Game' (1975). First edition. 8vo. 336pp. Edges spotted and with a touch of further spotting to the endpapers. Very good in non-price-clipped A.E.Barbosa-designed dust wrapper, somewhat faded at the spine panel and with a lengthy vertical crease to the rear flap. 'Flashman's Lady' (1977). First edition.8vo. 328pp. Backstrip ends a little bruised, and the edges lightly spotted. Several light production fault creases to the read board. Very good copy in non-price-clipped A.E.Barbosa-designed dust wrapper, with a trace of creasing to the head of the spine panel and perhaps a shade of two of fading. 'Flashman and the Redskins' (1982). First edition. 8vo. 479pp. Edges and endpapers lightly spotted, and the binding fractionally pulled. Very good A.E.Barbosa-designed dust wrapper, clipped and re-priced by the publisher and with just a tiny trace of edge-wear and edge-spotting. 'Flashman and the Dragon' (1985). First edition. 8vo. 320pp. edges and several preliminary leaves lightly spotted, and with a little soiling to two or three leaf margins. Brief contemporary gift inscription inked to the head of a blank flyleaf. Very good in virtually fine A.E.Barbosa-designed non-price-clipped dust wrapper. 'Flashman and the Mountain of Light' (1990). First edition. 8vo. 367pp. Edges spotted, and with a touch more spotting to several preliminary and concluding leaves, and, lightly, to a not inconsiderably number of leaf margins. Very good in fine non-price-clipped A.E.Barbosa-designed dust wrapper. 'Flashman and the Angel of the Lord' (1994). First edition. 8vo. 394pp. Edges spotted, with a little further spotting to several preliminary leaves and to occasional margins. Very good in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with some fading to the spine panel. 'Flashman and the Tiger' (1999). First edition. 8vo. 319pp. Edges spotted, and with some quite light spotting throughout, and a small area of indeterminate stating to the base of one text leaf. Very good in virtually fine non-price-clipped A.E.Barbosa-designed dust wrapper, lightly faded at the spine panel. 'Flashman on the March' (2005). First edition. 8vo. 317pp. Edges lightly spotted. A virtually fine copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with a little fading to the spine panel. A very respectable set, marred mainly by edge-spotting, but handsomely enhanced by the author's signed bookplates (in each instance signed using his full name) to all but the final volume. Signed by Author(s).