Colonel Anstruther Thomson (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Volume 2 only. H/B 361 pages plus adverts, condition is very good, an owners name, crossed out, to the flyleaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 283 pages plus plates though 2 plates missing as well as pages 131 to134 otherwise all complete though binding is loose names on half title page illustrated boards good cond but spine darkened Most of the narrative present just the 4 page loss.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Rubbing and wear to top and bottom of spine. Fading and soiling to original red cloth and gilt bindings. 56 pages + plates and maps.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. SPORTSMEN: A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted and ready to frame. A fine opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent sportsman. He was entered to hounds at a very early age , his first essay in Mastership was in 1844 when quartered at Hampton Court. Engraved By Joseph Brown (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Rubbed and bumped, spine sunned and chipped, shaken, WHSmith library sticker to front pastedown, pp clean. Size: 8vo.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1882 Vanity FAir original Chromolithograh by "Spy", cariacture of Colonel John Anstruther-Thomson of Charleton (15 April 1776 - 10 April 1833) was a Scottish nobleman and Colonel of the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Includes an additional page with descriptive materials. Color Lithograph;drawn by Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: VG-. No DW. 1st Edition. Red cloth lettered and decorated in gold. Armorial bookplate of Richard Greville Verney XIX Baron Willoughby de Broke. Very clean and tight text but covers a bit worn and spine noticeably faded. Lettering still clear.

Original Red Cloth Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1904. First edition in two volumes. x, 419pp. 16 plates, 2 illustrations within the text and a title page vignette in volume 1. ix, 360pp., 9 plates and a title page vignette plus a 40 page publisher's catalogue in volume 2. Colonel John Anstruther Thomson (1818-1904) was the son of John Anstruther Thomson (1776-1833), a Scottish nobleman and Colonel of the Royal Fifeshire Yeomanry Cavalry. In these two volumes of reminiscences he tell something of his early life, and much more about his hunting experiences, but the principal interest proibably comes from his militray recollections. These include accounts of the 9th Lancers, the Crimea, the Fife Mounted Rifles, and the Fife Yeomanry in South Africa. The books are uniformly bound in red cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and gold titling with an emblem and facsimile signature on the front boards. The cases of the books are in very good condition with shelf wear and some light soiling on the boards. The spine ends are bumped and the spine of volume 1 is slightly faded. There is a little damage to the cloth on the top edge of both rear boards. The contents are tight and clean with some soiling on page v of volume 2. The half-title page of volume 1 has been flatsigned by the author with the wording 'To be returned' written below it (probably by another hand). The second front free endpaper of volume 1 has an inscription written in a very similar hand to the author's. It appears to rerad: "To F. Lumsden in memory of Col Anstruther Thomson of Charleton October 1904 from .A.." PLEASE NOTE: Heavy books so extra will be needed for shipping to non-UK customers. Signed by the author.…

GOLD GILT DECORATED CLOTH. Condition: VOL 1 GOOD VOL2 VERY GOOD. First Editions. VERY RARE SET OF 2 VOLUMES. RED CLOTH BOARDS WITH STAMPED GOLD GILT EMBLEM, CONSISTING OF TRUMPET AND SPY GLASS IN CIRCLE BORDERED BY CHAIN AND RIBBONS. VIVID GOLD GILT LETTERING ALSO FOUND ON SPINES. VOL 1 IS IN GOOD COND WITH A SMALL TEAR AT TOP OF SPINE AND 2 PEICES OF SCOTCH TAPE ON SPINE COVER SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPING. HAS SLIGHT TEARING ALONG SPINE. FRONT & BACK HINGES ARE A BIT WEAK. BLACK ENDPAPERS . FRONT ENDPAPER HAS A TINY EXLIBRIS BOOK PLATE WITH NAME. O/W NO MARKINGS. UNIQUELY ILLUS INCL FRONTIS. 419 pp. Vol 2. is in VERY GOOD COND. SAME AS 1 BUT IN MUCH BETTER COND WITH SAME SAMALL BOOKPLATE. ILLUS. FRONTIS WITH TISSUE GUARD. 360 pp, + 40 PAGE CATALOGUE. SLIGHTLY SUN FADED SPINE. PROFUSELY ILLUS. PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND 2 VOLUME SET. OVERSIZE FOR SHIPPING. PLEASE CONTACT SELLER FOR CORRECT SHIPPING QUOTE BEFORE ORDERING. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.…

First Edition. Reminiscences covering genealogy (the St. Clairs and the Thomsons), the 9th lancers, the Crimean War etc. Two volumes red cloth with gilt titles. Spines dull. Signed with a gift inscription by the author to the half title page to a Miss Lena Meiklejohn who appears to have assisted by typing the manuscript etc. A letter from the author to Miss Meiklejohn, thanking her, is pasted to the front inside cover.…

First edition, 4to, viii, 283pp., 9 plates, orig. publishers red cloth, decorated in silver and gilt, spine faded, head and foot a little frayed.

First Edition. Pp. x+284(last blank), frontispiece, 8 plates, with tissue guards; narrow super roy. 8vo; red cloth over bevelled boards, lettered in gilt, silver insignia to upper board, the spine faded, cloth slightly marked; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, ownership name at head of title page, a little light foxing, small chip bottom edge of lower free endpaper; William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1892. First edition. White p. 176; Sutcliffe 2/p. 164.…