Captain Morley Knight (40 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. G H A White (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. G H A White (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Hints on Driving Horses (Harness, Carriage, Etc). Book.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. 1905. Reprinted. 212 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations and photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. red mark to front board.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 1902 reprint of the 1884 first edition. A good hardcover in rust cloth covered boards with a darkened spine that has chipped ends, tips still sharp, hinge papers fine, one former owner's name/date on fep. 212pp text tight and bright with some stains from several four leaf clovers that were pressed in a couple places. 40 illustrations clearly convey the concepts herein. Two press reviews of the day from = THE (UK) TIMES: "Hints On Driving, by Capt. Morley Knight has nothing to do with history or anecdote; His work is entirely practical. Doubtless there are other books on the subject, but none within our knowledge is more clear or complete in the instructions given for driving in single or double harness, and, above all, for the most difficult mysteries of four-in-hand or tandem driving". From = THE SPORTSMAN: "There are perhaps few greater masters of the detail of the art than the author". Contents include INCLUDE: HARNESS/ DRIVING -SINGLE HARNESS/ DRIVING - DOUBLE HARNESS/ CURRICLE AND CAPE-CART/ DRIVING FOUR HORSES - POSITION OF COACHMAN/ FOUR HORSES - THE REINS/ FOUR-IN-HAND - THE WHIP/ FOUR-IN-HAND. STARTING - PULLING UP - TURNING/ FOUR-IN-HAND. VARIOUS USEFUL HINTS - WHAT SPARE ARTICLES TO CARRY, ETC./ TANDEM DRIVING/ TANDEM HARNESS/ BREAKING TO HARNESS.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition, Revised. 1895 hardcover second edition, revised printed one year after the first. Author signed on frt pastedown, 'Yours very sincerely C. Morley Knight' with former owner name on opposite fep. Good solid working copy with bumped/rubbed tips and spine ends, several small splits in the rust colored cloth along spine edges and an ink drip on rear cover. Book now fitted with a removable clear acetate wrapper to keep it in good shape going forward. Foxing within, esp endpapers, few spine cracks but all pages holding fine. 212pp illustrated with 40 b/w photographs and line drawings clearly convey the concepts herein. Some Press Opinions on the First Edition: THE TIMES: "HINTS ON DRIVING, by CAPT. MORLEY KNIGHT, R.A. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HISTORY OF ANECDOTE; HIS WORK IS ENTIRELY PRACTICAL. DOUBTLESS THERE ARE OTHER BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT, BUT NONE WITHIN OUR KNOWLEDGE IS MORE CLEAR OR COMPLETE IN THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN FOR DRIVING IN SINGLE OR DOUBLE HARNESS, AND, ABOVE ALL, FOR THE MOST DIFFICULT MYSTERIES OF FOUR-IN-HAND OR TANDEM DRIVING". / THE SPORTSMAN: "THERE ARE PERHAPS FEW GREATER MASTERS OF THE DETAIL OF THE ART THAN THE AUTHOR". / GLASGOW HERALD: "ONE CONSPICUOUS AND EXCELLENT FEATURE IS THAT IT TAKES NOTHING FOR GRANTED, ETC. ALTOGETHER THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS A CAPITAL MANUAL OF ITS KIND". / SCOTSMAN: "IT IS SIMPLE, PRACTICAL AND INSTRUCTIVE. SO FAR AS THE DELICATE ART OF HANDLING THE RIBBONS CAN BE TAUGHT BY A BOOK, THIS BOOK SUCCEEDS TO THE BEST EFFECT IN TEACHING IT". SPORTING LIFE: "ANY WHO ARE DEFICIENT OR NOVICES IN THE ART OF DRIVING - AND IT IS AN ART - WILL DO WELL TO INWARDLY DIGEST THE CONTENTS OF THIS CAPITAL VOLUME BY CAPTAIN KNIGHT, R.A., WHOSE PRACTICAL ADVICE, DOWN TO THE VERIEST MINUTIAE, WILL WORK WONDERS IN SHORT SPACE". THE FIELD: "CAPTAIN KNIGHT HAS DONE AS MUCH AS ANYONE COULD DO TO PLACE BEFORE HIS READERS THE MORE OR LESS ACCEPTED CANNONS OF DRIVING". Signed by Author.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Knight, Captain C. Morley. Hints on driving / foreword by Mrs Nubar Gulbenkian; illustrated by G. H. A. White. London: J. A. Allen & Co., 1973. Hardback, VG in unclipped dustjacket, sunned to spine and reverse top edge, with minor shelfwear. Green cloth, slightly bumped, with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong and tight. Minor foxing to endpapers. Front pastedown has the label of Sandon Saddlery Company.Frontispiece b/w photograph. 212pp., b/w illustrations. Dust staining to top edge of page block; mild foxing to front edge. Contents clean and bright. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…

Hardback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Revised edition, frontis and illustrations, original cloth, little soiled, pp212.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

2pp., 8vo. In fair condition, on aged paper, with wear to extremities. He begins by discussing his own holiday, Fagan's and that of Porteous, before describing the weather on his trip to Argentina from England, with news of his plans ('I will try & get home for B.M. meeting 10th Janry.' Changing the subject, he writes: 'Hope you are getting to work in the Spirit room. It is a pity we cant have Oliver Lodge on the Sub Cttee. His address bored me & I think it most disappointing. I hoped for something much more exciting. It was only anti-cock-sure-Schafer. If he had got in to Spooks earlier & told us a bit more about them & their unscientific ways it wd. have been more entertaining at any rate. He regrets that 'we dont have Harcourt in that Sub-Cttee & as he cannot be elected till May, I suppose he can't be got in anyhow'. He thinks it will be 'interesting to see if Lord R. will turn up at any of the meetings after all the fuss or if he will continue to bury himself as of yore.' He reports that 'Floods have been tremendous in parts of this Province & Southern Railway had no end of a bother.' He still thinks 'Centrals are the best but Pacifics about 70 must be a good buy. Commercially things are bad in B[uenos]. A[ires]. a depression after the book of a good many years.' He concludes with a comment on mortgages and interest.…

Paperback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 220 1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 220 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 220.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 220.