Coursing, First Edition (194 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: New. First Edition. First Printing in laminated boards BRAND NEW, no remainder mark, bright tight unread copy; 8vo; 214pp illus.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1968). 1968 1st edition. Large 8vo (143 x 227mm). Pp224. B/w illustrations. Brown paper-covered boards, spine titled in white. Minor faults, slight use and foxing. Good-plus in slightly foxed and frayed dust-wrapper. Here "in one volume may be found handy reference for the novice and experienced shot alike. Not only has the author covered that mechanics of shooting and the shotgun, but the entire range of shooting management on moor, low ground and covert have also been briefly and clearly outlined." Some sections on game, trapping, ferreting and dog training, plus shooting laws, history and common terms. .

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Engraving (illustrator). 1st. 3/4 page story & photo of a prairie 'coursing-meet' in Kansas for hunting Jack Rabbits Size: 10.5 x 15.5".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Leather spine , marbled boards.some damp stain corner plates light. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. Likely First Edition, 1910. Clean and tightly bound in ochre colored cloth with gilded titles, trophy imagery and text block edges. Slight crease on the rear cover, otherwise fine. The contents are fine. No dust jacket as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Feller, Hook, Aldin, Elwes, Neale, Beer, Vienzeny, Berkeley and Lodge. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Red cloth on beveled boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt decoration to front board. Bumping to extremities. Hinges cracking and pages loosening, with some creasing to outer page edges. Illustrated with black and white plates by various artists, and black and white illustrations within the text. All plates. A reading copy. A heavy book which will incur additional carriage charges for non UK customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a lovely hardcover first edition copy in heavy brown linen, gold spine lettering, over a 100 illustrations. Printed in Great Britain by Butler and Tanner Ltd. 320 pages. With previous owner's name and a 1933 date. Photos on request.

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. B/W Illus (illustrator). 1st. 1 pages w/ stories and 2 engravings: 1. Hunting--The meet at heyer Castle, showing the hounds and horses assembling in front of Heyer Castle; & 2. Coursing, Very nice and the engravings are suitable for framing. [Coursing is the pursuit of game or other animals by dogschiefly greyhounds and other sighthoundscatching their prey by speed, running by sight and not by scent. Coursing was a common hunting technique, practised by the nobility, the landed and wealthy, and commoners with sighthounds and lurchers. I] Size: 11'' x 15.5".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A single original issue disbound from a compilation. As was common this had been bound without the exterior cover or end-page adverts but contains all the copy and has never been folded. About 32 pages, all on glossy paper. Well illustrated. In the title line is firstly details of the main multi-page article, followed by the name of the Girls in Pearls front page portrait, and then some other articles of interest. If you would like more information about any item please ask seller. Interior in nice clean condition. All pages are good, clean and complete. 14 x 9 inch, will be despatched with board protection.

1st edn. 12mo. Original gilt lettered blind-stamped diced green cloth (corners a little bumped - otherwise VG). Pp. ix + 188 + index (pages rather spotted; no inscriptions).

1st edn. 12mo. Original gilt lettered blind-stamped diced green cloth (corners a little bumped - otherwise VG). Pp. vi + 263 + index (pages rather spotted and most sections uncut; no inscriptions).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A single original issue disbound from a compilation. As was common this had been bound without the exterior cover or end-page adverts but contains all the copy. About 28 pages, all on glossy paper. Well illustrated. In the title line is firstly details of the front page portrait followed by other articles of interest. If you would like more information about any item please ask. Interior in nice clean condition. All pages are good, clean and complete.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A single original issue disbound from a compilation. As was common this had been bound without the exterior cover or end-page adverts but contains all the copy. About 28 pages, all on glossy paper. Well illustrated. In the title line is firstly details of the front page portrait followed by other articles of interest. If you would like more information about any item please ask. Interior in nice clean condition. All pages are good, clean and complete. Picture of this magazine available.

Half Leather & Marbled Boards. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Paginated 153 to 426, Index to vol 9, Racing Cal 25 - 96, vol 10 pages 1 - 136, Racing Cal 1 - 32, Coursing 1 - 8. Offered as a reading/reference copy - all plates except 2, which are very foxed, have been removed. Still well bound. Interior in nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions. All edges marbled. Wear to extremeties of cover. See my other listing for more vols of this publication.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original Lithograph. One Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. Henry Barraud (1811 -1874) Was An English Portrait, Subject And Animal Painter. Like His Brother William Barraud, Henry Excelled In Painting Animals, But His Works Were Chiefly Portraits, With Horses And Dogs, And Subject Pictures, Such As 'The Pope Blessing The Animals' (Painted In 1842), Many Of Which Were Executed In Conjunction With His Brother. He Exhibited At The Royal Academy From 1833 To 1859, And At The British Institution And Society Of British Artists Between The Years 1831 And 1868. The Two Brothers Shared A Studio From 1835 Until William's Death In 1850, And In Their Joint Pictures William Painted The Animals And Henry The Figures. They Also Produced A Book Entitled "Sketches Of Figures And Animals", (H. Graves And Co., C.1850).

Hardcover. Condition: Coll - U6 - Very Good. Very Good first edition hardcover in a Good+ dust jacket (in a Mylar cover). Includes two postcards dated 9 May 1979, signed by E.G. Walsh, author of the 'Whippet Coursing' chapter. Small tear to front cloth at head of spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A single original issue disbound from a compilation. 14 x 9 inch. As was common this had been bound without the exterior cover or end-page adverts but contains all the copy and has never been folded. About 32 pages, all on glossy paper. Well illustrated. In the title line is firstly details of the main multi-page article, followed by the name of the 'Girls in Pearls' front page portrait, and then some other articles of interest. If you would like more information about any item please ask seller. Interior in nice clean condition, external hinge edge may be rough. 14 x 9 inch, will be despatched with board protection.

Black hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). xliv, 423pp, + index.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). xxii, 432pp, + ads. Black hardback embossed cloth cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 271pp plus blank 2pp Memo. bound in soft green cloth with title to upper cover in gilt. Cloth marked with use but internally clean and without mark or inscription. A good plus copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near fine/very good, used, iv-ix, 124pp. Interior clean, no marks except authors name at the top fore-corner of the ffep, pages near bright, binding tight. Slight rubbing to dj, no chips or tears, dj is price-clipped and is enclosed in a protective sleeve. Signed by Author(s).

Sofrcover (Disbound). Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is an original 11pp article with 9 illustrations separated from the original 1896 printed volume. Itâs not an offprint nor a reprint, It is complete within itself, but does not come with a title page of the volume nor covers. There are minimal brown foxing spots present otherwise in very good condition. An historically interesting contemporary article extracted from an originally bound volume of this uncommon Sporting Journal viz. THE BADMINTON MAGAZINE of SPORTS AND PASTIMES. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 11 pages. Item Type: Book. .klm Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Hunting; Britain/UK; 19th century; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51503.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Gift quality 1st edition hardcover in light tan cloth with tan buckram cloth backstrip with gilt titles. Spine ends barely bumped, four board tips still sharp. Bookplate and gift ded on frt pastedown that is 90% hidden by the frt flap. No other markings, no tears or soil seen in the crisp, tight 318pp text. Original, un-clipped dj has a darkened backstrip and a tiny chip to the paste-on photo mounted there, frt panel paste on image is complete. Some color loss and very shallow chipping at foot of spine. Jacket now in new mylar and displays very well. Includes 110 b/w illustrations. Founder's intro by The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, K.G., G.C.V.O., D.L. Primarily sporting breeds with sections on pointers, setters, retrievers, spaniels, terriers & hounds plus police dogs and sheep dogs.

Half Leather & Marbled Boards. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 384 + 88pp. Binding strong with handsome green leather spine with gilt titling & decoration & maroon label. Interior in nice clean condition. Marbled end-papers. No names or inscriptions. Not ex-lib. All edges gilt. Only 6 of 12 plates present, Text good & clean with only very occasional foxing or age staining. About 6 pages are loseish but still attached. See my other listings for more identically bound volumes between 1839 and 1844. Picture of this book available.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A single original issue disbound from a compilation. As was common this had been bound without the exterior cover or end-page adverts. About 48 pages, all on glossy paper. Well illustrated. In the title line is firstly details of the front page portrait followed by some of the other more major articles of interest. Contains a hunting colour plate. If you would like more information about any item please ask. Interior in nice clean condition. All pages are good, clean and complete. 14 x 9 inch.

Half Leather & Marbled Boards. Condition: Fair. First Edition. 456 + 38pp. Binding strong with handsome green leather spine with gilt titling & decoration & maroon label. Interior in nice clean condition. Marbled end-papers. No names or inscriptions. Not ex-lib. All edges gilt. Only 5 of 12 plates present, Text good & clean with only very occasional foxing or age staining. Missing prelims, after fep & a blank starts with page 1 of Jan 1844. See my other listings for more identically bound volumes between 1839 and 1844. Picture of this book available.

Hardcover. Condition: Generally Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair to Poor. 1st Edition. Dark green textured cloth with gilt titles. A small bump to upper edge, a little weAR to lower edges. No inscriptions. Jacket is complete but has corner and edge wear and tear, spotting to the rear. Folio. Excellent illustrations, line, colour and photo throughout. Overall, a very nice copy of the book in a complete, but worn jacket.

1st edition. 8vo. xiii + 413pp. B/w. illustrations. Ex-library, with occasional inkstamps, library bookplates to front pastedown. Front e.ps. detached. Rebound in half calf with marbled boards. Gilt library stamp to boards, rubbed to edges, rebacked with part of gilt decorated spine with leather title labels in red and green laid down. The Badminton Library. US$30.

Half Leather & Marbled Board. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 615pp + 20 of the 34 expected plates present. Basically still well bound together but with wear, whilst all pages are still attached a few are looseish probably from where some plates have been removed. Both title pages present. Interior generally in nice clean condition. Owner's name plate inside cover. Please see pics for better idea of condition.

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. 1st Edition. Green cloth, gilt. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age.