Burton Brigadier General (12 results)
- More images
Language: English
Published by George Allen & Unwin, United Kingdom, 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United KingdomPendleburys - the bookshop in the hills
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 25.00
£ 11.50 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to baskethardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, 3rd impression, brown cloth lettered red and a little soiled, an ex-library copy with stamps obscured by means of blank labels, two folding maps in the pocket at rear as called for, x + 142pp.
- More images
Language: English
Published by George Allen & Unwin, United Kingdom, 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United KingdomPendleburys - the bookshop in the hills
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 30.00
£ 11.50 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to baskethardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, 3rd impression, brown cloth lettered red, front hinge inserted by means of the insertion of a sheet of thick card, taped to either side, stamp of HM Forces to title page, two folding maps in the pocket at rear as called for, x + 142pp.
- More images
Language: English
Published by Hutchinson & Co., London, 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.David Foley Sporting Books
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: SNEAB
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with gilt spine titles; 8vo; 255 +32-page publisher's catalog at rear; illustrated with b/w photo frontispiece plus 15 others. "Semi-autobiographical in nature, this work provides glimpses of Burton's early life and military service in addition to his hunting exploits in India.… He describes hunts for tiger near the Chichcora River and shooting from machans in the hill country of the Gonds. There is additional sport after panther and several der species." (Czech p38) This copy in good condition only with general cover wear and handling with reside from (label?) at tail of spine. Internally quite clean with all plates bright.
Language: English
Published by Hutchinson & Co, London, 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United KingdomRichard Thornton Books PBFA
Contact seller4-star sellerAssociation member: PBFA
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 60.00
£ 15.95 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's green cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.Illustrated with 17 black and white plates.Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.There are just a couple of small marks to the upper cover and with… a couple of corners slightly bruised.8vo 293pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1931].
- More images
Published by London, Hutchinson & Co, 1933, 1933
- Hardcover
Seller: Books-on-Sea, Trimingham, NORFO, United KingdomBooks-on-Sea
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fair
£ 30.00
£ 25.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Large 8vo HB. pp; 287, viii. Frontis & additional B&W plates. Discolouration to edges of text-block and endpapers, with some light marginal spotting scattered throughout. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Internal hinges weak. Overall Fair in green cloth, lettered gilt, with bumping and rubbing…to extremities, some marking to both boards, and traces of an old label to the foot of the upper board.
- More images
Published by Natraj Publishers Dehra Dun, 1989
- Hardcover
Seller: Lion Books PBFA, Kidderminster, WORCS, United KingdomLion Books PBFA
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: PBFA
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 45.00
£ 12.50 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Reprint. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages.
Published by Allen & Unwin London 1912, 1912
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used
£ 45.74
£ 15.05 shippingShips from Australia to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket1st edition orig. cloth Nice Copy octavo x + 142pp., maps & plans, Special Campaign Series no 15. Inc. 4 large folding maps in rear pocket.
- More images
Published by Hutchinson, London, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.David Foley Sporting Books
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: SNEAB
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth with gilt spine titles; 8vo; 287+8pp publisher's catalog at rear; illustrated with b/w photo plates. "Combining his own hunting adventures with a study of the tiger in general, Burton focuses on man-eaters, hunting from an elephant. hunting on foot and other equally descriptiv…e chapters." (Czech). This copy in good condition with some light foxing to preliminary pages; bookplate to front pastedown and inked name to front free endpaper. The rear endpaper has inked notes from previous owner. Still, a decent copy of an uncommon title.
- More images
Published by Hutchinson, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: T S Hill Books, Dorking, United KingdomT S Hill Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fair
£ 45.00
£ 30.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A reasonable hardback first edition without a dust jacket, but with some discolouration to the green cloth at the bottom of the upper cover. There is also a small area of fraying at the head of the spine, and some rubbing at the tail. There is a bit of foxing to all three edges. There is…an old-looking private book plate on the front paste-down, along with a small, oblong seller's label (Rowland Ward Ltd, 166 Piccadilly, London). The opening leaves are a little creased along their right-hand edges. Overall, a reasonable first edition copy with a bit of shelf wear and some discolouration to the cloth at the bottom of the upper cover. Collated and complete.
- More images
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, London, 1928
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: PBFA
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 149.00
£ 18.99 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of big-game hunting and wild animals in India. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, eighteen plates, one plan, and a fold-out map. Collated complete. A detailed guide to big-game hunting in India, with reference to the behaviour…of wild animals, frays and forays, how animals hunt, the jungles, man-eaters, wild men, wolf-children, and much more. Written by Brigadier-General Reginald George Burton, a British Indian army officer, hunter-naturalist and writer of books on sports hunting and military history. In the original orange cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Marks to the spine and rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Pencil inscription to the front endpaper. Bookseller's ink stamp to the front pastedown. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
- More images
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1933
- Hardcover
Seller: ARABESQUE BOOKS, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.ARABESQUE BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 174.43
£ 6.02 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good Condition. No Jacket. 287 pages. Illustrated. Protected in mylar. Book plate on the front paste down noting that the book was given as a first prize in biology in 1934. Not ex-library. Spine of the book has a very small dent and 1/2" fray at upper corner otherwise solid. Slight browning on a few p…ages and a couple of pages roughly opened. "This volume is concerned more with natural history than with sport; the few chapters devoted to the chase are intended to describe and illustrate various methods of hunting rather than to give lengthy descriptions of bags and blood." A scarce book.
- More images
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 251.95
£ 4.52 shippingShips within U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very good. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 287pp. Orange cloth, title in black on spine and front cover. No additional printings on copyright page. Solid text block, faint toning to endpapers, sunning to spine, light wear to corners, a very good example. Bookseller's label on rear pastedown endp…aper. Complete with 16 full-page plates, including a frontispiece. A scarce copy of the first American edition. First American edition of The Book of the Tiger by Brigadier-General R.G. Burton. (illustrator).
