Shooting - Field and Covert
Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey
Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1886
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Hardcover
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Nice condition antique copy of "SHOOTING - Field and Covert" by Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey. 1886 1st edition; Little, Brown and Co.; Boston. The book features illustrations and portraits throughout (many of which are full-page). Decorative end papers. The contents are as follows: Shooting, Past and Present; Hints for Beginners; A Short History of Gun-Making; Prices of Guns; The Choice of a Gun; Shooters; Partridge Shooting; Pheasant Shooting; Rearing; Rabbit Shooting; Vermin; Keepers; Poachers and Poaching; Dogs and Dog-Breaking; Pigeon Shooting from Traps; Index. Condition: Clean front cover and spine; some very light soiling on the back cover. Tiny cloth tear at the lower-out front cover corner tip. There are a couple tiny cloth tears at the top and bottom edges of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the text pages are clean with no notable issues found. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. The pastedowns and title page each have a previous owner's name/address stamped in ink. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1715392271921
Bibliographic Details
Title: Shooting - Field and Covert
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date: 1886
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
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Shooting Field and Covert: The Babmington Library
Published by
Ashford Press Publishing, Southampton, 1986
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Hardcover
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Separate. Very Good/ Near Fine. The Field Library Edition. Republished facsimile of the 1900 edition. Seller Inventory # 011059
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THE BADMINTON LIBRARY: SHOOTING. Field and Covert.
Published by
Longmans, Green, 1887., 1887
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Hardcover
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
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2nd edition. 8vo. xv + 357pp. B/w. frontispiece and illustrations by A.J. Stuart-Wortley, Harper Pennington, C. Whymper, J.H. Oswald Brown and G.E. Lodge. Ownership inscription to front f.e.p., hinges unprofessionally repaired with tape. Original pictorial light brown cloth, slightly rubbed. US$21. Seller Inventory # 176641
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Shooting. Field and Covert. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes.
Published by
Mr. George F. Roper, London, 1887
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Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. xv + 357pp. Still well bound in publishers decorative cloth cover. Interior in nice clean condition with just very occasional light foxing mainly in margins. Slightly cocked. Owner's name address on verso of fep, small bit of silver tape on fep possibly covering a name. Seller Inventory # b091v
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The Badminton Library Of Sports And Pastimes; Shooting, Field And Covert . 1892
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Seller: White Mountains, Rare Books and Maps, Lincoln, NH, U.S.A.
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No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Longman. Green and Co., London, 1892. Cloth. Condition: Near Fine, corners worn. No Jacket. Fourth Edition, Revised. In brown pictorial boards with black and whtie titles with illustrations (some tissue-guarded) by various artists. 357 pages. Book is very good, with a little scattered foxing and some shelf-wear to extremities. Seller Inventory # 022594
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Shooting : Field and Covert together with Moor and Marsh , 2 volumes, Badminton Library
Published by
Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1893
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Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With 2 volumes , over 700 pages , very well illustrated , Pictorial cloth , hard cover , fine bookplate of previous owner , very good set , 2nd and 4th edn., highly recommended. Seller Inventory # PL/625
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Shooting. Two volumes: Field and Covert & Moor and Marsh.
Published by
Longmans, Green. London. 1895. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes Series., 1895
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Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Black and White illustrations. Very Good (-) (shaken; period articles pasted to front blanks; owner's name). Seller Inventory # 24552
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Shooting - Field And Covert - Badminton Library
Published by
Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1886
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: West Portal Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Half-Leather - Decorative. Condition: VG-NF. Presumed First. Book appears to be part of a set titled "The Badminton Library Of Sports And Pastimes". Volume appears lightly read with scant wear at edges and extremities. TEG. Book appears to have been in a library, as there are 3 bookplates mounted on top of each other at inside cover, yet there are no other stamps or pockets throughout. All illustrations are present and tightly bound in. Contents include: Shooters, Vermin, Rearing, Poachers and Poaching, and much more! 357 pages includes index and many illustrations. A lovely copy, indeed! Seller Inventory # 001833
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The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Shooting (Field and Covert)
Published by
Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1906
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Hardcover
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
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Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A. J. Stuart-Wortley, Harper Pennington, C. Whymper, J. H. Oswald, And G. E. Lodge (illustrator). A wonderfully illustrated half Morocco leather bound edition of Badminton Library's 'Shooting'. An extremely smart edition, in half Morocco leather binding. Part of the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. The series was a sporting and publishing project conceived by Longmans Green & Co., intended as "a modern encyclopedia for the inexperienced man". Between 1885 and 1902 it developed into a series of sporting books which aimed to cover comprehensively all major sports and pastimes. Volume 5: Shooting: Field and Covert was written by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham and Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey. Lord Walsingham was an English politician and amateur entomologist, while Sir Frankland-Payne-Gallwey was an English Engineer, historian, ballistics expert, and artist. Containing over 100 beautiful illustrations, including a frontispiece with tissue guard. In Badminton Library half Morocco binding, with cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Externally, very smart. Some light rubbing to extremities. Marbled paper to pastedowns and recto of endpapers. Previous owners name to verso of front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book. Seller Inventory # 814C11
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SHOOTING: Field and Covert. AND: Moor and Marsh. THE BADMINTON LIBRARY. With contributions from other authors. In Two Volumes. Presentation Set. BOTH SIGNED COPIES
Published by
London, Longmans, Green and Co. 1886 1st editions, 1886
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Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
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Size 5.5 x 7.75 inches. Rebound in attractive half calf morocco leather binding, gilt titles & decorations on spines & raised bands. Marbled boards. New endpapers. Two Volumes Bindings in Fine condition. Both signed by author head of each title page dated 1886. Occasional marks, mainly on early pages & a few small foxing spots. Else clean and tight copies. 357pp & 358pp. Illustrated with 19 b&w full-page plates (11 & 8), many figures and illustrations within text. Scarce. Two volume set on Shooting with chapters on Grouse, Deer, guns, pheasant. Seller Inventory # 96369
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