Burton General E F (15 results)

Condition: New. pp. 440.

Condition: New. pp. 440.

Condition: New. pp. 440.

Condition: New. pp. 440.

Condition: New. pp. 440.

Condition: New. pp. 440.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Carlisle & London: Chas. Thurnam & Sons, Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., Limited, 1897, 168pp including Appendix. First Edition with illustrations from photographs by Lieut. F N Burton. The object of the writer of these few pages is to show how pleasantly and also how inexpensively a months trout fishing may be enjoyed. Blue cloth with gilt titles, cover decoration and black cover border. A Very Good copy with a little edgewear and soiling, spine slightly darkened, tips a little bumped, binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. pp.xi,419,48, advertising. Frontispiece, plates. Original decorated cloth. Classic account of sport and hunting in India during the heyday of the Raj. A fine complete copy, unopened.

Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pp: 168. First Edition First Impression. Publisher's blue boards lettered in gilt at spine and front board with black and gilt illustration to front board. Black and white illustrations. Very good plus. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Some toning to front free end paper. Small bump (approx. 0.8 cm across) to top edge of rear board. Some light rubbing wear at head and tail of spine. Some light rubbing wear to fore-corners.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. With illustrations from photographs by Lieut. F.N. Burton, Madras Army. 19cms. Original publishers cloth with gilt fly and titles. Tales of a month long fishing and travel journey in 19th century Norway. Thin bumping & light rubbing to head & foot of spine, faint few only foxing to head edge & fewer to fore edge, clean content, binding tight.168p.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Lieut-General E. F. Burton; Miss C. G. M. Burton (illustrator). An illustrated descriptive account of various observations and travels across India, written by an Indian Staff Corps Lieut-General. A smart early edition of this Indian travel work.In the publisher's original blue cloth, with an illustrative gilt stamp.Undated, dated from copy held at Hathi Trust.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven monochrome plates. Collated complete.Vividly described by Lieut-General E. F. Burton, who served within the Indian Staff Corps. His work on the sports of India gained popularity upon its release, encouraging him to write about the various other aspects of India, including the city of Madras (now known as Chennai). In the original cloth binding with illustrative gilt stamp. Externally, with fading to the spine and rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Hinges are weak. Rear hinge may detach with further handling. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to the endpapers. Good. book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. The Author; Burton, Miss C.G.M. (illustrator). Second Edition. xi, 388pp, 8 bw ills. Or green gilt cloth with title and elephant in gilt. Cloth lightly rubbed at edges, front hinge a little tender. A nice clean copy. Originally published in 1881, this undated (second) edition 1888. Lots of hunting (tiger and other), military comment, social comment and information on the various states. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With Illustrations from Sketches By the Author and By Miss C. G. M. Burton (illustrator). First Edition. Black boards an spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Internally black endpapers, the rear free one creased. Internally foxing to half title, frontis, title page and first Contents page.reappearing on last three pages; half title signed by author under excised name Pp xi, 1 (list of illustrations), 388. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Condition: Original blue cloth.Very Good. First edition. First edition. Illus. with 8 photographic plates [vi], 168pp. 8vo. Westwood and Satchell p.242 Illus. with 8 photographic plates [vi], 168pp. 8vo.

7.75 x 5.5 inches. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine and illustration to front. Yellow endpapers. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Mild foxing to edges. Occasional foxing spots inside. Else a clean and tight copy. 388 pp. With b/w illustrations. In this book of reminiscences, Burton recalls a range of experiences ranging from cyclones in Ceylon to military service and Burmese Buddhism. Of a sporting nature are his hunts for snipe and waterfowl in the Darojee district, tiger hunting near Hyderabad and Nagpore, nilgai shooting in Nagpore, bear hunting in the Circars, as well as the pursuit of antelopes and small game.