Chalmers Patrick Reginald 1872 1942 Editor (7 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (136 x 207mm). Pp245,ad. B/w photograph plates, decorative end-papers. Red-cloth backed decorative linen, spine titled in gilt. State B unillustrated, lacks the 8 full-page b/w photograph plates found in State A. Cloth of spine splitting at edge, stains to cloth, foxing to end-papers and edges. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. Patrick Chalmers offers the reader an extended series of essays and articles on England and English history, as seen from the sporting point of view. Chalmers includes pieces on all aspects of game shooting, poaching and game cookery, as well as shooting in art and in fiction. Chapters include: The dim red dawn; The birth of Gunhilda; The coming of the Partner; Our hero as he was and is; Hospitality; The boy; The naturalists; The villainy or otherwise of saltpetre; A nucleus and some satellites; Moor and manor; Fur and feather; shiny nights; Mrs Beeton; The gun in art and on Helicon; The shooting-man in fiction. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (136 x 207mm). Pp245,ad. B/w photograph plates, decorative end-papers. Red-cloth backed decorative linen, spine titled in gilt. State B unillustrated, without the 8 full-page b/w photograph plates found in State A. Stains to spine and top edge, slight browning and use. Good, lacks dust-wrapper. Patrick Chalmers offers the reader an extended series of essays and articles on England and English history, as seen from the sporting point of view. Chalmers includes pieces on all aspects of game shooting, poaching and game cookery, as well as shooting in art and in fiction. Chapters include: The dim red dawn; The birth of Gunhilda; The coming of the Partner; Our hero as he was and is; Hospitality; The boy; The naturalists; The villainy or otherwise of saltpetre; A nucleus and some satellites; Moor and manor; Fur and feather; shiny nights; Mrs Beeton; The gun in art and on Helicon; The shooting-man in fiction. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (136 x 207mm). Pp245,ad. B/w photograph plates, decorative end-papers. Red-cloth backed decorative linen, spine titled in gilt. State A, with 8 full-page b/w photograph plates. Minor faults, slight browning and use else good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Patrick Chalmers offers the reader an extended series of essays and articles on England and English history, as seen from the sporting point of view. Chalmers includes pieces on all aspects of game shooting, poaching and game cookery, as well as shooting in art and in fiction. Chapters include: The dim red dawn; The birth of Gunhilda; The coming of the Partner; Our hero as he was and is; Hospitality; The boy; The naturalists; The villainy or otherwise of saltpetre; A nucleus and some satellites; Moor and manor; Fur and feather; shiny nights; Mrs Beeton; The gun in art and on Helicon; The shooting-man in fiction. . …

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. The Shooting-Manâs England: The English Scene, Vol. 1 by Patrick Chalmers is a celebration of the English countryside as seen through the eyes of the country sportsman. Chalmers describes the landscapes, wildlife, villages and people encountered while shooting and travelling through rural England, combining sporting experiences with observations of the changing countryside. The book also captures traditional country pursuits and the customs and character of rural life. An evocative portrait of the English landscape and sporting world of its time.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (136 x 207mm). Pp245,ad. B/w photograph plates, decorative end-papers. Red-cloth backed decorative linen, spine titled in gilt. State A, with 8 full-page b/w photograph plates. Slight brownng and use else very good in slightly frayed and tanned dust-wrapper. Patrick Chalmers offers the reader an extended series of essays and articles on England and English history, as seen from the sporting point of view. Chalmers includes pieces on all aspects of game shooting, poaching and game cookery, as well as shooting in art and in fiction. Chapters include: The dim red dawn; The birth of Gunhilda; The coming of the Partner; Our hero as he was and is; Hospitality; The boy; The naturalists; The villainy or otherwise of saltpetre; A nucleus and some satellites; Moor and manor; Fur and feather; Shiny nights; Mrs Beeton; The gun in art and on Helicon; The shooting-man in fiction. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 221mm). Pp384. Colour and b/w illustrations, bibliography. Gilt monogram to brown buckram, spine titled in gilt. Some foxing and use but a good-plus copy. This is an account of the history of hunting in Britain, seen through the eyes of contemporary writers, arranged chronologically. Chapters include: A prelude to history; In a classical beginning; Semi-historical; Early English; The Norman influence; The Forest Laws; When Twici carried the horn; Medaeval; Dame Juliana; Sir Henry Dryden's Notes on Twici's 'Art of Hunting'; Sir Henry Dryden's Notes, continued, Hound and Horn; The Tudors; The Stuarts; Georgian days and Victorian times; Georgain days and Victorian times (continued). .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). 1931 1st edition. Large 8vo (157 x 231mm). Ppxvi,368. Colour plates and b/w illustrations by V.R. Balfour-Browne, bibliography. Binding B. Tan buckram, spine titled in gilt, blind-stamped stag's head motif on upper board. Book-seller's label, slight browning and erased owner's name to front end-papers. Slight spotting to edges else very good in slightly frayed and tanned dust-wrapper. Dust-wrapper not clipped (21s.). "The aim of the maker of anthologies should be to provide a nosegay of the lesser known, but equally beautiful." A large and orderly anthology of stories of Scottish deer-stalking, punctuated occasionally by poems. Chapters include: Prelude; The start; The Forest - I The music of the brae; The Forest II - The deer; The Forest III - Villainous saltpetre; The Forest IV - Some of its maxims and valuable thoughts; Some foresters; Some big stags; Some hinds; Red-letter days; Dangers, difficulties and disappointments; Rifle and equipment; Deer-hounds and trackers - terriers too; The ponies; Eagles; The roe; A rogue's gallery; Bogles and brownies; The obsolete; Some off-day doings; Where doctors disagree; The kitchen; The 15th of October; Bibliography. .…