Coventry Cameron (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover in mustard cloth covered boards with gilt Lonsdale crown insignia are grubby. Matching mustard buckram cloth spine with gilt titles bumped, board tips rubbed with a bit of cardboard showing. 255 pp heavy stock text clean and tight with 45 b/w photographs. Tidy name on fep of Joseph B. Wiley Jr. dated Dec. 1966. Mr. Wiley: Former Joint Master of Tewksbury Foot Bassets, Oldwick, NU, and involved with the Basset Club as well as The National Beagle Club for 50+ years. Section 1 on Beagling written by C.B. Shepherd, Master of the South Herts Beagles and includes: The Hound/ Kennel Management/ Hunting/ Hares. Section 2: Basset Hounds written by Miss Ena Adams. Section 3 on Harriers written by The Earl of Stradbroke. Section 4 on Drag Hunting written by Major-General Geoffrey Brooke, D.S.O., M.C. Section 5 on Otter Hunting begins with a chapter on The Otter, written by The Earl of Coventry. The remainder of this section is entirely by Captain L. C. R. Cameron and includes: Otter Hunting, Its History and Antiquity, 1175 To The Present Day/ The Science of Hunting The Otter/ An Otter Hunting Establishment/ A Survey of Otter Hunting Countries/ A Glossary of Otter Hunting Terms/ An Otter Hunting Bibliography. Section 6: Deer Hunting In The New Forest by Sir George Thursby. Section 7: Stag Hunting on Exmoor by Colonel W. W. Wiggin. Section 8: Hunting the Carted Stag by Major E. W. Shackle. Section 9 on Stoat Hunting With Beagles is another contribution by Captain L. C. R. Cameron.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 88 pages. No date of publication given; date taken from Jisc Library Hub Discover. Photographic dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with titles in black on front and spine. 10 black and white photographic plates, including frontispiece. Dust jacket foxed; edgeworn, with a few small tears and chips along top edge; spine darkened; loss at tail of spine. Boards with light edgewear; a few faint marks; discoloured at tail of spine. Edges of text block with some spots and discolouration. Small bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. Foxing to pages near front and rear of book; sparse foxing spots on a few other pages. Gutter starting to crack in one place; otherwise binding firm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 88pp hardback, yellow cloth black-lettered in price-clipped wrapper, wrapper torn with losses over spine, bw plates including frontispiece, first thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Mustard cloth boards with gilt Lonsdale crown insignia show a light dust mard on cover ends. Matching mustard buckram cloth spine with gilt titles straight as are board tips. 255 pp heavy stock text clean and tight with 45 b/w photographs. Prize dedication handwritten on fep states: Baker Memorial Prize presented by the Buckram Beagles to Barbara Bush April 1953. Unclipped dj in new mylar has two chips at head of backstrip but title still clearly legible. Former owner has made some small ink notes on dj flaps and one on rear cover. Section 1 on Beagling written by C.B. Shepherd, Master of the South Herts Beagles and includes: The Hound/ Kennel Management/ Hunting/ Hares. Section 2: Basset Hounds written by Miss Ena Adams. Section 3 on Harriers written by The Earl of Stradbroke. Section 4 on Drag Hunting written by Major-General Geoffrey Brooke, D.S.O., M.C. Section 5 on Otter Hunting begins with a chapter on The Otter, written by The Earl of Coventry. The remainder of this section is entirely by Captain L. C. R. Cameron and includes: Otter Hunting, Its History and Antiquity, 1175 To The Present Day/ The Science of Hunting The Otter/ An Otter Hunting Establishment/ A Survey of Otter Hunting Countries/ A Glossary of Otter Hunting Terms/ An Otter Hunting Bibliography. Section 6: Deer Hunting In The New Forest by Sir George Thursby. Section 7: Stag Hunting on Exmoor by Colonel W. W. Wiggin. Section 8: Hunting the Carted Stag by Major E. W. Shackle. Lastly, Section 9 on Stoat Hunting With Beagles is another contribution by Captain L. C. R. Cameron.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Possible First. Yellow cloth boards crayoned at foot of frt panel, soiled and marked, tips and spine ends bumped but not rubbed. No date, circa 1930s. Pp. 88+[8](advertisements), frontispiece plus 7 plates, full page map, glossary of otter hunting terms, index. The Modern Sports series. *The text is drawn from Deer, Hare & Otter Hunting, by Maj.-Gen. Geoffrey Brooke, The Earl of Coventry, and Capt. L. C. R. Cameron.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1938). 1938 1st thus. 8vo (140 x 221mm). Pp88 + viii pp advertisements. B/w photographs. Yellow cloth, upper board and spine titled in black. Slight browning. Good-plus in chipped dust-wrapper. This is the otter hunting section of Deer, Hare and Otter Hunting, volume XXII of the Lonsdale Library series. "Written by two famous Masters of Otter Hounds, this book says the last word on modern practice. From the natural history of the otter and the early history of the sport to the handling of hounds in the field, every point is dealt with to the ultimate detail. The list of contents will speak for itself." Chapters include: The otter (Lutra vulgaris), by the Earl of Coventry, Master of the Hawkstone Otter Hounds; History and antiquity, 1175 to the present day, by Capt. L.C.R. Cameron, sometime Master of Otter Hounds; The science of hunting the otter, by Capt. L.C.R. Cameron; An otter hunting establishment, by Capt. L.C.R. Cameron - hounds and terriers, kennel management, the master, huntsman and staff, the field; A survery of otter hunting countries, by Capt. L.C.R. Cameron - Scottish and Northern English waters, Dumfriesshire Otterhounds, Carlisle Otter Hunt, West Cumberland Otter Hunt, Kendal and District Otterhounds, Northern Counties Otterhounds, Northern Counties Otterhounds, otter hunting in the Midlands, East Lincolnshire Otter Hunt, the Eastern and South-Eastern Counties, the sport in Hants, Wilts and Dorset, in the West of England, The Culmstock Hunt, The Cheriton, The Dartmoor, The Tetcott, Wales and the Marches, The Hawkstone, The Border Counties Otterhounds, The Wye Valley Otterhounds, Pembroke and Carmarthern Pack, otter hunting in Ireland and France; A glossary of otter hunting terms; An otter hunting bibliography. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. CURRENTLY WE ONLY SELL TO UK LOCATIONS. PLEASE DO NOT PLACE ORDER IF INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS REQUIRED. This is an ex-library book so has the usual markings, labels and stamps inside. Black & white illustrations. Date unknown. Cover stained and worn. Edge of pages slightly discoloured due to age.

Hardcover. Condition: Good minus. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First. Hardback with Dust Jacket. Illustrated believe to be first edition. Book good condition stains to covers, inscription to first blank page. Content clean. Dust Jacket acceptable tapped to all edges, rubbing to edges price clipped. U5A54.