Colonel T Thornton (10 results)
Language: English
Published by Edward Arnold, Lonfon, 1896
- Hardcover
Seller: Neil Holliday, Dymock, United KingdomNeil Holliday
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Half vellum binding over marbled boards Some darkening to spine and corners, will probably clean well.Top edge is gilt, other edges are uncut. Free end paper missing. Colour frontis and other illustrations, some in colour.332 pages. Overall a sound copy, very clean contents. G E Lofge (illustrato…r).
Published by Edward Arnold, 1896
- Hardcover
Seller: Glacier Books, Pitlochry, United KingdomGlacier Books
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Add to baskethardcover. 1896 New Edition. xix, 332pp, 20 illusts some in colour, original half vellum, marbled boards, t.e.g., light foreedge foxing, some general soiling and darkening to vellum, VG. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer servic…e.
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Published by Vernor and Hood, London, 1804
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- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Good. First edition. The first edition of this famous sportsman's account of fishing, hunting and shooting in the highlands of Scotland, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this illustrated study of sports in the Scottish highlands and North of England, from English sportsman Colonel Thomas Thornton,… best known for hunting and other outdoor sports.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fifteen further engraved plates, the majority retaining their original tissue guards. With the majority of plates being the work of Mr. Garrard. Collated, complete.A delightful account of a famous sportsman's time shooting, fishing and hawking in the Scottish highlands, with discussions of seal and deer hunting and salmon fishing, and with amusing discussions of local customs.In 1805, Sir Walter Scott praised the work in the Edinburgh Review. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Bumping and rubbing to board perimeters, with rubbing to paper. A touch of rubbing to rear joint, with losses of leather to front joint. Front joint strained, with board detached to tail, and tenderly held to head. Rear hinge starting, with board holding firm. Significant marks to rear pastedown and rear free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Significant spotting to title page. Pages generally bright, with light spotting and discolouration to pages surrounding plates, and more significant spotting to plates. Good. Mr. Garrard (illustrator). book.
Published by Vernor and Hood, 1804
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, IrelandKennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd.
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. 1804. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Embellished with 16 engravings, By Messrs, Medland, Pouncy, Landseer, Peltro etc. !st EDITION. 311pp. 4to. 1/2 calf over marbled boards, light tanning with text remaining clear & crisp overall. Scarce. . . Former Library book. .
Published by Vernor and Hood
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Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.Kennys Bookstore
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. 1804. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Embellished with 16 engravings, By Messrs, Medland, Pouncy, Landseer, Peltro etc. !st EDITION. 311pp. 4to. 1/2 calf over marbled boards, light tanning with text remaining clear & crisp overall. Scarce. . . Former Library book. . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Published by Printed for Vernor and Hood., London., 1804
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- First Edition
Seller: Elaine Beardsell, HOLMFIRTH, United KingdomElaine Beardsell
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. '. and Great Part of the Highlands of Scotland. '.[24] + 312 pp + [4] + plates as called for. Bookplate of previous owner on paste down fep. Scattered foxing, particularly to prelims. Later calf spine on contemporary marbled boards and calf corners. Very good hardback. Landseer et al…. (illustrator).
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Published by Printed for Vernor & Hood, 31, Poultry; Constable & Hunter, Edinburgh; & Brash & Reid, Glasgow; by James Swan, Angel-Street, London, 1804
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- First Edition
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaBookwood
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, with 1804 to title page & no later printing dates. Embellished with 16 engravings, by Messrs. Medland, Pouncy, Landseer, Peltro, etc., from paintings made on purpose, by Mr. Garrard. Contains all 16 full-page plates (copper engravings), as issued, including frontispiec…e. Two of the plates have been misplaced at the wrong page (p.29 plate at p.256, p.105 plate at p.161). "Colonel Thomas Thornton (1757-1823), of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire was a zealous sportsman, and revived falconry. In 1786 he undertook a sporting tour in the Scottish highlands. He chartered the sloop Falcon, and partly by sea and partly by land proceeded through a great part of the northern and western highlands, dividing his time between hunting, shooting, angling, and hawking. In 1804 he published 'A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England and Great Part of the Highlands of Scotland'. Thornton was perhaps the most flamboyant sportsman and falconer of Britain's 18th century. The stories of his sporting exploits are legend and chronicled in his books of his sojourns to Scotland, England and France." With old dealer's typed description slip laid in. Full contents as follows: endpaper, blank, frontispiece, title page, advertisement (2pp), table of contents (unpaginated 18pp), errata, main text (p.1-312), index (4pp), list of plates, blank, endpaper. Bound in contemporary full calf leather, gilt-ruled boards & gilt design to board edges, gilt lettering to spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. NOTE: Front board detached (but present), slight handling wear, mild offsetting from plates, otherwise a VG nice clean tight solid leatherbound copy of a scarce title. 21pp (advertisement & table of contents) + 312pp + 5pp (index & list of plates). Heavy volume (over 1.5kg), extra shipping may be required. RARE.
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Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme - Paternoster-Row, & C. Chapple, Pall-Mall. Albion-Press Printed: by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, London, 1806
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- First Edition
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaBookwood
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Add to basketLeather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. TWO VOLUMES in a FINE BINDING. Please NOTE: With 6 text pages & 2 plates LACKING in volume 2, see below for details. Full title as follows: "A Sporting Tour Through Various Parts of France, in the Year 1802: Including a Concise Description of the Sporting Establishments, Mode of Hunt…ing, & Other Field-Amusements, as Practised in That Country. With General Observations on the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, Husbandry, & Commerce: Strictures on the Customs & Manners of the French People; With a View of the Comparative Advantages of Sporting in France & England. In a Series of Letters to the Right Hon. The Earl of Darlington. To Which is Prefixed, an Account of French Wolf-Hunting, in Two Volumes". FIRST EDITION. "Illustrated with upwards of eighty correct & picturesque delineations from original drawings from nature, by Mr. Bryant, & other eminent artists." Contains engraved portrait frontispiece in Vol. 1, & two engraved title pages with vignettes. With a total of 52 (of 54) aquatint/engraved plates (10 folding, with 5 folding in each volume; vol. 1 frontispiece; & with 2pp of musical manuscript), & several small vignette engravings in the text. Rear of volume 2 contains binding list, & front section of volume 1 contains full description of plates. NOTE: Volume 2 LACKS two preliminary leaves - BOTH the folding frontispiece plate, & half-title page preceding this plate; plus also LACKS 6 internal TEXT PAGES (pages 39-44 inclusive), PLUS the plate which should've been opposite p.43 (roughly torn, stubs & inner portions of all pages remain). Former owner's tiny/neat detailed pencil notes on first blank of volume 1, which read (in part): "Thomas Thornton of Thornville-Royal Yorkshire - revived falconry - well known sportsman made a sporting tour in the highlands of Scotland in 1786 & published an account of it in 1804. Born 1757, died 1823 in Paris. Seems to have been very rich. William Henry Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington, of Raby Castle Co., Durham, 5th Baron & 2nd Viscount Barnard K.G. Lord Lieut of Durham was born 1766 & died 1842. His first wife was the daughter of the 6th & last Duke of (Betton). Lord Darlington's great grandmother was a daughter of the 1st Duke of Cleveland (son of Charles II by Barbara Villiers) & Lord Darlington was in 1827 created Mayor of Cleveland & in 1823 Duke of Cleveland & Baron Raby. He was a whig & a great patron of the Turf & was Master of the Raby hunt from 1800 to 1838. The Raby hunt composed the area now hunted by the Zettard, the Bedele, & the Bodsworth. Lord Darlington got his Dukedom in return for his support of the Reform Bill. His great wealth came from coal. This Dukedom of Cleveland of the 2nd creation became extinct in 1891 on the death of the 4th Duke. Raby Castle went to his kinsman Lord Barnard & is now owned by the 10th Baron Barnard" (pencil notation continues with details regarding Colonel Thornton, also marginal pencil notations to a few pages). With matching bookplates of former owner (Archie Loyd) affixed to front pastedowns. Archie Kirkman Loyd (1847-1922) was a British barrister & twice Member of Parliament for Abingdon. In 1892 Loyd was appointed a Queen's Counsel. FINE BINDING. Beautifully bound in matching red morocco half-leather over marbled boards, bright gilt lettering & elaborate gilt design in compartments to spines, raised bands, gilt-ruled boards, top edges gilt, fore-edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers. Binding is NEAR FINE. Overall condition of the two volumes is VERY GOOD. Volume 2 lacking 2 plates & 6 text pages (as noted), varied foxing (including to plates, mostly margins), offsetting from plates, some faint marginal staining, bookplates to front pastedowns (as noted), otherwise a nice clean tight solid leatherbound set. lxvi + 168pp + index (6pp); xii + 260pp + index/errata/directions to binder (8pp). Wide margins. No ads. Heavy set of volumes (over 3kg), extra shipping may be required. RARE.
Published by London for Vernor and Hood, 1804
- Hardcover
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Full leather, likely the original binding. Chipped title label on the spine, "Sporting Tour." Binding is in good shape; it was never a fancy binding, so the bumps to the corners do not offend as they would in a fancier edition. 311 pages + index. Some facing and foxing to the pages, but in…keeping with age. All 16 plates present, from paintings by Mr. Garrard. The plates offer a bit more to look at than the landscape, since some of them show hunting and fishing scenes (duck shooting in Inchmerin and fishing on Loch Eunick). Ownership name crossed out on the title page. No other marks. Measures 8.5 x 10 inches. Please email with questions or to request photos.
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Published by Edward Arnold, London, 1896
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketVellum. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A smart new edition of this illustrated account of fishing, hunting and shooting in the highlands of Scotland, by famous sportsman Colonel T. Thornton. A new edition.In half vellum, with marbled boards, and a gilt to top edge.With a coloured frontispiece, and 19 plates, three of which are col…oured. ollated, complete.A work by Colonel T. Thornton, an English sportsman, known for his assiduity in hunting and other outdoor pursuits, and in betting.Illustrated by G.E. Lodge, a British illustrator ofbirdsand an authority onfalconry. Collated, complete.A delightful account of a famous sportsman's time shooting, fishing and hawking in the Scottish highlands, with discussions of seal and deer hunting and salmon fishing. In the original half vellum. Externally, very smart. Light shelf wear to extremities. Slight fading and rubbing to spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. G.E. Lodge (illustrator). book.
