Craven Carleton John William (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Green cloth on boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Bumping and rubbing to extremities with slight fraying at head of spine. Previous owner's small book plate inside front cover. LOtherwise clean and tidy, and firm, throughout. Illustrated with engravings and drawings by Frederick W Branston and William Harvey. 307 pages, some uncut towards the end, plus Chapman and Hall advertisements. Frederick W Branston and William Harvey (illustrator). …

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, bound in red half-calf with marbled paper sides and endpapers, top edge gilt, lettered gilt to spine and with compartments between raised bands containing a simple floral relief in gilt, rubbed lightly at head of spine, some scattered spotting and one plate with a marginal water stain, dated signature of a later owner, frontis, plates and b&w illustrations, xxviii + 307pp.…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Half brown leather spine & corners over brown silk boards. 4 bands with lightly faded gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Marbled endpapers. [4 , 474, iii, 32]. Illustrated with engraved title and 12 engraved plates (including portrait frontis). Text tight, & intact, hinges just starting: covers firm. Light shelf wear. Two prior owner's ink stamps on front endpaper: one belonging to industrialist "William K. Dick" of Islip, Long Island, NY. Sports, Hunting, Horses. ; B/W Engravings; 8vo; 474 pages. …

New Edition.. Mit Frontispiz und zahlreichen Abbildungen auf Tafeln und im Text, XXVIII, 307 Seiten, Gutes Exemplar, der Einband etwas berieben. Fine copy, the binding a little bit rubbed. Sprache: Englisch 8°, rotes Ldr auf 5 Bünden mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Half brown leather spine & corners over brown silk boards. 4 bands with lightly faded gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Marbled endpapers. Engraved title and 12 engraved plates plus numerous partial page engravings and drawings. Text tight, clean & intact, Front hinge just starting: cover firm. Light shelf wear. Two prior owner's ink stamps on front endpaper: one belonging to industrialist "William K. Dick" of Islip, Long Island, NY. Sports, Hunting, Horses. ; B/W Engravings; 8vo; 488 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Half brown leather spine & corners over brown silk boards. 4 bands with lightly faded gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Marbled endpapers. [1 (title) , 479, 1]. Illustrated with engraved title, 11 engraved plates (one hand-colored) , 4 maps and several partial page engravings and drawings. Text tight, & intact, hinges just starting: covers firm. Light shelf wear. Two prior owner's ink stamps on front endpaper: one belonging to industrialist "William K. Dick" of Islip, Long Island, NY. Sports, Hunting, Horses. ; B/W Engravings; 8vo; 479 pages.…

19x12 cm. Original green cloth with gilt-stamped spine, faded. Rear joint split. xxviii, 307 pp. First edition. Illustrated by William Harvey from Branston. Riling 560.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 6th edition. Small octavo, green embossed cloth, wear to spine and corners, binding firm, all edges gilt, 64 engraved plates including frontispiece and title page plus 17 wood cuts in text, foxing to frontis and title page, viii plus 264 pages. Includes sections on Locomotive Exercises; Aquatic Exercises - swimming, rowing, sailing; Riding - including driving and carriages; Racing, Hunting and Shooting. [GENERAL INFORMATION: Photographs available - please specify. Postage and packaging at cost based on average size book and surface post outside UK. Sets and heavy items may require additional postage charges: please contact us before ordering.].…

Condition: Good. 1839 Rebound in modern library buckram. gilt title to spine. 1839 6th. ed, May have been trimmed slightly when rebound. Stamps to top edge and fore edge of pages. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Pp. Xxviii, 307. Frontispiece portrait of hunters with their hounds, 10 full page illustrations, 51 illustrations in the text, 16 pages of ads. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gold cover decorations and spine titles. Spine slanted, covers generally faded and rubbed. All 4 corners and both ends of spine bumped and rubbed. Gold of cover decorations and spine titles faded. Bindng cracked at front gutter. Billed as a guide to teach the young how to shoot, this book is both a history of hunting in the British Isles and a practical instructional manual for hunting in the Britain of its day (1846) when much of the best deer hunting forest was privately held by the aristocracy. In style and vocabulary, it is written for adults. The book discusses deer stalking, and the shooting of several species of grouse, partridge, pheasant, ptarmigan, quail, bustard, hare, rabbit, pigeon, woodcock, snipe, heron, dotterel, and wild water fowl. Animal hunting companions are also discussed including ferrets, hounds, terriers, retrievers, and setters. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1865 eleventh printing. Overall very good considering age. Detailed green boards in good condition, moderate edge wear and slight fading to spine. Gilt spine lettering in good condition. Binding intact, beginning to separate at hinge. Former owner's name on front endpage. Pages otherwise clean. …

Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition. A first edition copy of this detailed guide to shooting, illustrated with coloured plates, by John William Carleton. The first edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured plates, and in text engravings throughout from original drawings by William Harvey. Collated, complete. A work by John William Carleton, an English writer, editor and army officer, published under the pseudonym "Craven". Providing a comprehensive guide to shooting. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Split to rear joint, causing cloth to lift from spine. Marks to boards, most significant to the rear. Ink inscription to front paste down. Rear hinge starting, but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot to the front and rear. Good. William Harvey (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. 12mo. 18cm, "new edition", xxviii,307,32 pp., ads., with 62 engraved illustrations and 9 engraved plates, rebound in quarter brown morocco grain leather and brown linen boards, crimson leather label gilt, marbled endpapers, inner linen hinges, fine condition thus (gar). ~ Riling 560. With chapters on deer stalking, grouse hunting, capercailzie shooting, hunting dogs, hare and rabbit shooting, game birds and wild fowl. Illustrations by William Harvey and Abraham Cooper.…

First Edition. Provenance; bookplate of J.S. Judd. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age; boards stained. Remains reasonably well-preserved overall; tight, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages; Physical description; xxviii, 286 p. ; 12º. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Provenance; bookplate of J.S. Judd. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age; boards stained. Remains reasonably well-preserved overall; tight, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages; Physical description; xxviii, 286 p. ; 12º. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Half brown leather spine & corners over brown silk boards. 4 bands with lightly faded gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Marbled endpapers. VOLUME #5: [1 (title) , 483, 1]; engraved title, 6 engraved plates, 6 maps and several partial page engravings and drawings. VOLUME #6: [1 (title) , 484]; engraved title, 11 engraved plates (one hand-colored) ; 4 maps; 2 drawings of trophy cups and several partial page engravings and drawings. Text tight, clean & intact with tissue guarded plates, hinges just starting: covers firm. Light shelf wear. Both volumes have two prior owner's ink stamps on front endpaper: one belonging to industrialist "William K. Dick" of Islip, Long Island, NY. Sports, Hunting, Horses. ; B/W Engravings; 8vo; 967 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1839-1842, 7 volumes, 103 steel engraved plates, 2 hand coloured ,nice copies in original cloth, , with the bookplates of Arthur Hugh Smith Barry Marbon Hall, the first 7 volumes of a periodical that ran to 18 volumes, from 1839-1847, Schwerdt II 213-214.