Hawker Col (107 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1985). (1814) 1985 new edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppxxvi,340. B/w plates, text illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Grey boards, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 2000 copies. Fine out-of-series copy in dust-wrapper. An un-numbered copy from an edition limited to 2000 copies. A modern reprint of the 1922 abridged edition, which was reprinted from the 9th edition, with a new introduction by Eric Parker. A comprehensive and very detailed book, principally about wildfowling. A classic of its kind with much on dogs, guns, punt guns, and shooting from boats and various other vehicles. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 30.00.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). (1893) 1988 facsimile edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Volume 1. Ppxviii,366. B/w illustrations, map. Brown cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt, gilt sportsman with gun motif to upper board. Slight use but good-plus. Volume One only. Reprinted from the first edition of 1893, edited by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey. A keen military officer and sportsman throughout his life, Colonel Peter Hawker not only enjoyed the challenge that technical innovation and adaptation of certain sporting guns brought him, he was also at leisure, with large, independent means and numerous people at his command. If he had a whim to go gun punting even in the severest of weathers, he was able to. For most of his adult life Hawker wrote a diary, extracts of which - on sporting subjects - were published posthumously. What his diary details is the 'gentleman's pursuits' in game shooting and fishing, with numbers bagged and techniques used, but also the social obligations of a man of his class and the fact that if he did go out punt gunning in the worst weather, he would suffer from a chill for the next few days, but then he could always afford the doctor! .…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Name, gift inscription on front paste down. xxvi, 340 pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm. Front blank page excised.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1985). (1814) 1985 new edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppxxvi,340. B/w plates, text illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Grey boards, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 2000 numbered copies. Slight use, minor faults, good-plus. Abrasion, sticker ghost and slight tanning to dust-wrapper. Un-numbered copy. A modern reprint of the 1922 abridged edition, which was reprinted from the 9th edition, with a new introduction by Eric Parker. "The original edition, which led to the publication of the following pages, was hastily written, at the particular request of some sporting friends of the Author, who had recourse to the press, in order to present each of them with a legible copy. A few supplementary impressions also were provided, for the amusement and instruction of the inexperienced sportsman, to whom, alone, he still presumes to offer so humble a production. To prevent enlarging this work to an expensive publication, all needless embellishments have been studiously avoided." That said, this book is comprehensive, very detailed, and quite long, and principally about wildfowling. A classic of its kind with much on dogs, guns, punt guns, and shooting from boats and various other vehicles. .…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Book is worn with shelf & handling wear, including corner & edge wear. Pages are worn and heavily foxing, but remain intact with unmarked text. An acceptable reading copy.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1985). (1814) 1985 new edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppxxvi,340. B/w plates, text illustrations, pictorial end-papers. Grey boards, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 2000 numbered copies. Un-numbered copy. Fine in slightly used dust-wrapper. A modern reprint of the 1922 abridged edition, which was reprinted from the 9th edition, with a new introduction by Eric Parker. "The original edition, which led to the publication of the following pages, was hastily written, at the particular request of some sporting friends of the Author, who had recourse to the press, in order to present each of them with a legible copy. A few supplementary impressions also were provided, for the amusement and instruction of the inexperienced sportsman, to whom, alone, he still presumes to offer so humble a production. To prevent enlarging this work to an expensive publication, all needless embellishments have been studiously avoided." That said, this book is comprehensive, very detailed, and quite long, and principally about wildfowling. A classic of its kind with much on dogs, guns, punt guns, and shooting from boats and various other vehicles. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 5th or later Edition. With xxviii + 556 pages , well illustrated , brown cloth , hard cover gilt lettered , a little marked and worn , hinges strong, fair condition, sold as a working copy.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1985). (1893) 1985 new edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Ppviii,300. B/w plates, crimson end-papers. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Unnumbered copy from an edition limited edition to 2000 copies. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A fascinating record of wildfowling and game-shooting (and poaching) in Hampshire between 1802 and 1853. This is a good quality hardbound reprint of the abridged Herbert Jenkins edition of the 1920s, edited by Eric Parker. . …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust wrapper with edge & corner wear, some small loss in places, light creasing, sun faded spine and marks to back cover. Front Board with a little bubbling, Ghost pencil mark to fep. Internally Very Good - Quick flick through pages could not see any issues, clean and tidy copy in tight binding. Unclipped dust wrapper fitted with removable archive acetate film. ** 765g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed. AANBE22764.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good +. 1975 republishing of 1833 seventh edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Book is in excellent clean condition. DJ has some wear, chipping and marking.

hardback, 8vo, xxvi,342pp, illustrated, foxing on page edges, text clean and binding sound, no inscriptions, green cloth, black titles, slightly soiled, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. erbert Jenkins Limited, London, 1922. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1922 reprint. Thick Octavo. xxvi, 340pp plus ads. Publisher's green cloth with black titles and ruling, spine faded. Light rubbing to extremities. Some foxing to page ends, occasionally encroaching onto the pages. Illustrated. Overall a Very Good copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. In green cloth. Two bookplates to front endpaper. Edited with an introduction by Eric Parker. Light foxing to first few pages.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1922). (1814) 1922 new edition. 8vo (140 x 215mm). Ppxxvi,340,ads. Coloured & b/w plates, text illustrations. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled and ruled in black. Edited with new introduction by Eric Parker. Top edge dusty, some use & staining but a good copy. An abridged version, reprinted from the 9th edition, with a new introduction by Eric Parker. "The original edition, which led to the publication of the following pages, was hastily written, at the particular request of some sporting friends of the Author, who had recourse to the press, in order to present each of them with a legible copy. A few supplementary impressions also were provided, for the amusement and instruction of the inexperienced sportsman, to whom, alone, he still presumes to offer so humble a production. To prevent enlarging this work to an expensive publication, all needless embellishments have been studiously avoided." That said, this book is comprehensive, very detailed, and quite long, and principally about wildfowling. A classic of its kind with much on dogs, guns, punt guns, and shooting from boats and various other vehicles. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1922). (1814) 1922 new edition. 8vo (140 x 215mm). Ppxxvi,340,ads. Coloured & b/w plates, text illustrations. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled and ruled in black. Edited with new introduction by Eric Parker. Pictorial ex libris, slight use and browning to preliminaries and edges, good-plus. An abridged version, reprinted from the 9th edition, with a new introduction by Eric Parker. "The original edition, which led to the publication of the following pages, was hastily written, at the particular request of some sporting friends of the Author, who had recourse to the press, in order to present each of them with a legible copy. A few supplementary impressions also were provided, for the amusement and instruction of the inexperienced sportsman, to whom, alone, he still presumes to offer so humble a production. To prevent enlarging this work to an expensive publication, all needless embellishments have been studiously avoided." That said, this book is comprehensive, very detailed, and quite long, and principally about wildfowling. A classic of its kind with much on dogs, guns, punt guns, and shooting from boats and various other vehicles. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Seventh Edition. 8vo, xxiii + pp507 complete with frontispiece, portrait of author and 6 other b/w engravings with illustrations throughout text. Hardcover no Dust jacket. Red half leather binding with gilt lettering to spine in fair condition as front board has detached with a little rubbing to spine. Inside all pages in very good clean condition although there is a little foxing to plates.…

hardback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. hardback, facsimile of the 1833 edition and published in an edition limited to 175 copies of which this example is numbered 39. Octavo, brown cloth lettered gilt to the spine, dust jacket not called for. Top edge gilt, and a gilt vignette to the upper board. A very well preserved and tightly bound copy with clean and unmarked contents, housed in a purpose made brown cloth slipcase. xxiii + 507pp.…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1922). (1814) 1922 new edition. 8vo (140 x 215mm). Ppxxvi,340,ads. Coloured & b/w plates, text illustrations. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled and ruled in black. Edited with new introduction by Eric Parker. Slight use, spotting to end-papers and preliminaries else good-plus. An abridged version, reprinted from the 9th edition, with a new introduction by Eric Parker. "The original edition, which led to the publication of the following pages, was hastily written, at the particular request of some sporting friends of the Author, who had recourse to the press, in order to present each of them with a legible copy. A few supplementary impressions also were provided, for the amusement and instruction of the inexperienced sportsman, to whom, alone, he still presumes to offer so humble a production. To prevent enlarging this work to an expensive publication, all needless embellishments have been studiously avoided." That said, this book is comprehensive, very detailed, and quite long, and principally about wildfowling. A classic of its kind with much on dogs, guns, punt guns, and shooting from boats and various other vehicles. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited to 2000numbered copies, thgis copy234, fine copy in dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: good. . 1893 Volume 1 only, light wear to boards, bookplate, contents clean & bright, with colour plates, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

510p. facsimile of 1816 (7th) edition near new green cloth hardback with gold tooling.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Book condition is good. Minor wear to head and tail spine edges. Front and back head and tail corners rubbed and very slightly bumped. A few very minor scuffs to front and back covers. 507 pages.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). (1893) 1988 facsimile edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Two volume set. Ppxviii,366,vi,393. Maps, b/w plates. Gilt sportsman with gun motif to brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Two volumes. Slight use & browning but a very good two volume set. Reprinted from the first edition of 1893, edited by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey. A keen military officer and sportsman throughout his life, Colonel Peter Hawker not only enjoyed the challenge that technical innovation and adaptation of certain sporting guns brought him, he was also at leisure, with large, independent means and numerous people at his command. If he had a whim to go gun punting even in the severest of weathers, he was able to. For most of his adult life Hawker wrote a diary, extracts of which - on sporting subjects - were published posthumously. What his diary details is the 'gentleman's pursuits' in game shooting and fishing, with numbers bagged and techniques used, but also the social obligations of a man of his class and the fact that if he did go out punt gunning in the worst weather, he would suffer from a chill for the next few days, but then, he could always afford the doctor! . …

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1922). (1814) 1922 new edition. 8vo (140 x 215mm). Ppxxvi,340. Coloured & b/w plates, text illustrations. Green cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt. Slightly rubbed but very good. An abridged version, reprinted from the 9th edition, with a new introduction by Eric Parker. "The original edition, which led to the publication of the following pages, was hastily written, at the particular request of some sporting friends of the Author, who had recourse to the press, in order to present each of them with a legible copy. A few supplementary impressions also were provided, for the amusement and instruction of the inexperienced sportsman, to whom, alone, he still presumes to offer so humble a production. To prevent enlarging this work to an expensive publication, all needless embellishments have been studiously avoided." That said, this book is comprehensive, very detailed, and quite long, and principally about wildfowling. A classic of its kind with much on dogs, guns, punt guns, and shooting from boats and various other vehicles. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 9th edition. working copy only -lacks title page and front cover -will need rebinding.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This is the original second American edition from 1853, NOT a modern reprint. Original red cloth binding with gold-stamped decorations shows wear to the edges, fairly large chip at the baseo the spine. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. Some foxing here and there. Name in ink on the front flyleaf. No odor.…

Hardback. Condition: G++. No DW. Not dated but about 1922. Green cloth lettered in black. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Condition: Very Good. Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original Venetian cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains (xvi), 253 pp with archive monochrome photographs throughout. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine, rubbing across the spine ends and corners, not price clipped, 35s. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1970). (1893) 1970 facsimile edition. 8vo (142 x 230mm). Two volume set. Ppxii,366,vi,393. Maps, b/w plates. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use, cup-rings to boards, browning to edges. Cup-rings to slightly used and frayed dust-wrappers. "With An Introduction By Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bart. In Two Volumes." Reprinted from the first edition of 1893, edited by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey. A keen military officer and sportsman throughout his life, Colonel Peter Hawker not only enjoyed the challenge that technical innovation and adaptation of certain sporting guns brought him, he was also at leisure, with large, independent means and numerous people at his command. If he had a whim to go gun punting even in the severest of weathers, he was able to. For most of his adult life Hawker wrote a diary, extracts of which - on sporting subjects - were published posthumously. What his diary details is the 'gentleman's pursuits' in game shooting and fishing, with numbers bagged and techniques used, but also the social obligations of a man of his class and the fact that if he did go out punt gunning in the worst weather, he would suffer from a chill for the next few days, but then, he could always afford the doctor! .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1801) 1980 new edition. 8vo (143 x 216mm). Pp127. B/w engravings. Quarter-bound brown leather with tipped-on spine & front cover labels. Unobtrusive paper-faults to pp45 and 65 but very good copy. No. 15 of an edition limited to 500 copies. This is a new, re-set edition taken from the only known copy to survive. It is published jointly by Antony Atha and the Game Conservancy and limited to 500 numbered copies, with a new biographical and critical introduction by John Marchington. The Sportsman's Pocket Companion is a species-by-species guide to the natural history of the chief British quarry of the day. The first edition was published when the author was only sixteen. This new edition is limited to 500 numbered copies, and appears in a most satisfactory quarter leather, brown cloth binding, with a decorative gilt leather label to the middle of the front board. This copy is No. 15. .…