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Published by Ashford Press Publishing 1986
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Published by Longmans, Green and Co., London 1912
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1912 Printing. Charlton, Moore, Speed and Lodge (illustrator). Hardback Illustrations by John Charlton, R.H. Moore, Lancelot Speed and G.E. Lodge. Cover has significant wear including a tear at the top of the spine. There appears to be a drop of white paint on the front cover. Notes on insi…de front page, otherwise pages are in good condition. John Charlton, G E Lodge (illustrator).
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1892) 1986 new edition. 8vo (139 x 195mm). Ppxiv,413. Plates by G.E. Lodge and others, illustrations. New introduction by Colin McKelvie. Decorative green cloth gilt. Spine slightly cocked, cup-rings, dents and st…ains to bowed boards. Good. This is a combined volume consisting of two separate books: Coursing, by Harding Cox, and, Falconry, by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles. "A few hints only are necessary to explain the object which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. .The Badminton Library is offered to supply the want." The two books published here as a pair must still be amongst the least-thoroughly covered of the British Sports, and both retain their interest and utility. Chapters include - Coursing: The Waterloo Cup; A treatise on breeding; Practical greyhound breeding; Treatment of saplings; The greyhound in training; Enclosed coursing; Some celebrated greyhounds of the past; Opinions of noted coursers; Description and points of the greyhound; Some English coursing clubs, by Charles Richardson. Falconry: Introductory - the modern falconer, implements used, glossary of terms; The peregrine - eyasses, hacking - hawks, training - game hawking - records of sport - magpie hawking; The peregrine - passage hawks - advantages of - how caught - mode of training - heron hawking - rook hawking - gull hawking - passage hawks for game - lost hawks; Gerfalcon - kite hawking - hare hawking - merlins - how managed - lark hawking - the hobby - the sacre - the lanner - shahins - sport in India - other varieties of hawks used in falconry; The short-winged hawks - goshawks - how obtained - training - entering - rabbit hawking - various flights - the sparrow hawk - managment - blackbird hawking; Celebrated falconers - Scotch, Dutch, and English clubs - The Falconers' Club - Colonel Thornton - The Loo Club - The Old Hawking Club - Amateur falconers - famous hawks - records of sport; General management - mews - blocks - perches - bow-perch - bathing - condition - feeding - castings - imping - moulting - various diseases - general hints. .
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1892) 1986 new edition. 8vo (139 x 195mm). Ppxiv,413. Plates by G.E. Lodge and others, illustrations. New introduction by Colin McKelvie. Decorative green cloth gilt. Boards slightly bowed, slight stains to cloth…and edges else clean internally. Good copy. This is a combined volume consisting of two separate books: Coursing, by Harding Cox, and, Falconry, by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles. "A few hints only are necessary to explain the object which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. .The Badminton Library is offered to supply the want." The two books published here as a pair must still be amongst the least-thoroughly covered of the British Sports, and both retain their interest and utility. Chapters include - Coursing: The Waterloo Cup; A treatise on breeding; Practical greyhound breeding; Treatment of saplings; The greyhound in training; Enclosed coursing; Some celebrated greyhounds of the past; Opinions of noted coursers; Description and points of the greyhound; Some English coursing clubs, by Charles Richardson. Falconry: Introductory - the modern falconer, implements used, glossary of terms; The peregrine - eyasses, hacking - hawks, training - game hawking - records of sport - magpie hawking; The peregrine - passage hawks - advantages of - how caught - mode of training - heron hawking - rook hawking - gull hawking - passage hawks for game - lost hawks; Gerfalcon - kite hawking - hare hawking - merlins - how managed - lark hawking - the hobby - the sacre - the lanner - shahins - sport in India - other varieties of hawks used in falconry; The short-winged hawks - goshawks - how obtained - training - entering - rabbit hawking - various flights - the sparrow hawk - managment - blackbird hawking; Celebrated falconers - Scotch, Dutch, and English clubs - The Falconers' Club - Colonel Thornton - The Loo Club - The Old Hawking Club - Amateur falconers - famous hawks - records of sport; General management - mews - blocks - perches - bow-perch - bathing - condition - feeding - castings - imping - moulting - various diseases - general hints. .
Coursing and Falconry
Richardson, Charles; Cox, Harding Edward De Fonblanque; Lascelles, Gerald William Falconry
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1892) 1986 new edition. 8vo (139 x 195mm). Ppxiv,413. Plates by G.E. Lodge and others, illustrations. New introduction by Colin McKelvie. Decorative green cloth gilt. Small library stamp, slight staining and use.…Good-plus. This is a combined volume consisting of two separate books: Coursing, by Harding Cox, and, Falconry, by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles. "A few hints only are necessary to explain the object which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. .The Badminton Library is offered to supply the want." The two books published here as a pair must still be amongst the least-thoroughly covered of the British Sports, and both retain their interest and utility. Chapters include - Coursing: The Waterloo Cup; A treatise on breeding; Practical greyhound breeding; Treatment of saplings; The greyhound in training; Enclosed coursing; Some celebrated greyhounds of the past; Opinions of noted coursers; Description and points of the greyhound; Some English coursing clubs, by Charles Richardson. Falconry: Introductory - the modern falconer, implements used, glossary of terms; The peregrine - eyasses, hacking - hawks, training - game hawking - records of sport - magpie hawking; The peregrine - passage hawks - advantages of - how caught - mode of training - heron hawking - rook hawking - gull hawking - passage hawks for game - lost hawks; Gerfalcon - kite hawking - hare hawking - merlins - how managed - lark hawking - the hobby - the sacre - the lanner - shahins - sport in India - other varieties of hawks used in falconry; The short-winged hawks - goshawks - how obtained - training - entering - rabbit hawking - various flights - the sparrow hawk - managment - blackbird hawking; Celebrated falconers - Scotch, Dutch, and English clubs - The Falconers' Club - Colonel Thornton - The Loo Club - The Old Hawking Club - Amateur falconers - famous hawks - records of sport; General management - mews - blocks - perches - bow-perch - bathing - condition - feeding - castings - imping - moulting - various diseases - general hints. .
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Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). (1892) 1986 new edition. Small 8vo (139 x 195mm). Ppxiv,413. Plates by G.E. Lodge and others, illustrations. New introduction by Colin McKelvie. Decorative green cloth gilt. Slight use but very good. This is a comb…ined volume consisting of two separate books: Coursing, by Harding Cox, and, Falconry, by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles. "A few hints only are necessary to explain the object which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. .The Badminton Library is offered to supply the want." The two books published here as a pair must still be amongst the least-thoroughly covered of the British Sports, and both retain their interest and utility. Chapters include - Coursing: The Waterloo Cup; A treatise on breeding; Practical greyhound breeding; Treatment of saplings; The greyhound in training; Enclosed coursing; Some celebrated greyhounds of the past; Opinions of noted coursers; Description and points of the greyhound; Some English coursing clubs, by Charles Richardson. Falconry: Introductory - the modern falconer, implements used, glossary of terms; The peregrine - eyasses, hacking - hawks, training - game hawking - records of sport - magpie hawking; The peregrine - passage hawks - advantages of - how caught - mode of training - heron hawking - rook hawking - gull hawking - passage hawks for game - lost hawks; Gerfalcon - kite hawking - hare hawking - merlins - how managed - lark hawking - the hobby - the sacre - the lanner - shahins - sport in India - other varieties of hawks used in falconry; The short-winged hawks - goshawks - how obtained - training - entering - rabbit hawking - various flights - the sparrow hawk - managment - blackbird hawking; Celebrated falconers - Scotch, Dutch, and English clubs - The Falconers' Club - Colonel Thornton - The Loo Club - The Old Hawking Club - Amateur falconers - famous hawks - records of sport; General management - mews - blocks - perches - bow-perch - bathing - condition - feeding - castings - imping - moulting - various diseases - general hints. .
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Coursing and Falconry
Richardson, Charles; Cox, Harding Edward De Fonblanque; Lascelles, Gerald William Falconry
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Published by Longmans, Green and Co 1899
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. New edition , the first edition was published in 1892. 8vo, i-xiii, 433 pp, black and white illustrations including drawings by George Lodge. Original decorated cloth a little dull on the spine. A cheap working copy . The section on Coursing has several damaged and crudely repa…ired pages, however the Falconry section written by Gerald Lascelles is in good order with only some minor spotting.
Published by The Field Library, Southampton 1986
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. A volume of the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes edited by His Grace the 8th Duke of Beaufort. The 1986 re-issue in facsimile of the 1892 edition, with a with new introduction. Dark green cloth, unworn, clean and bright, firmly bound . Text block neat, clean and bright.… In a removable clear plastic wrapper. Very nice copy.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and bright gilt Beaufort arms to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. A dustwrapper is not called for. International postal rates are calculated on a…book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The two books published here as a pair must still be amongst the least-thoroughly covered of the British Sports, and both retain their interest and utility. Chapters include - Coursing: The Waterloo Cup; A treatise on breeding; Practical greyhound breeding; Treatment of saplings; The greyhound in training; Enclosed coursing; Some celebrated greyhounds of the past; Opinions of noted coursers; Description and points of the greyhound; Some English coursing clubs, by Charles Richardson. Falconry: Introductory - the modern falconer, implements used, glossary of terms; The peregrine - eyasses, hacking - hawks, training - game hawking - records of sport - magpie hawking; The peregrine - passage hawks - advantages of - how caught - mode of training - heron hawking - rook hawking - gull hawking - passage hawks for game - lost hawks; Gerfalcon - kite hawking - hare hawking - merlins - how managed - lark hawking - the hobby - the sacre - the lanner - shahins - sport in India - other varieties of hawks used in falconry; The short-winged hawks - goshawks - how obtained - training - entering - rabbit hawking - various flights - the sparrow hawk - managment - blackbird hawking; Celebrated falconers - Scotch, Dutch, and English clubs - The Falconers' Club - Colonel Thornton - The Loo Club - The Old Hawking Club - Amateur falconers - famous hawks - records of sport; General management - mews - blocks - perches - bow-perch - bathing - condition - feeding - castings - imping - moulting - various diseases - general hints. Ref YY 5. John Charlton, R.H. Moore, Lancelot Speed, G. E. Lodge (illustrator).
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Published by Longmans Green and Co., London 1899
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. New Edition. Usual brown decorative cloth. Mild bumping to extremities. A little light foxing. Generally clean and tidy throughout, and firm. An uncommon volume in the Badminton series. John Charlton, R H Moore, Lancelot Speed and G E Lodge (illustrator).
Published by Longmans, Green, 1892. 1892
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1st edition. 8vo. xiii + 413pp. B/w. illustrations. Ex-library, with occasional inkstamps, library bookplates to front pastedown. Front e.ps. detached. Rebound in half calf with marbled boards. Gilt library stamp to boards, rubbed to edges, rebacked with part of gilt decorated spine with leather title labels in red and green lai…d down. The Badminton Library. US$29.
More imagesCoursing and Falconry: The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
Cox, Harding; Lascelles, Hon. Gerald; Duke of Beaufort ed.; Watson, Alfred E.T. ed
Published by Longmans Green and Co 1892
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Contact seller5-star seller8Vo Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 413pp. Brown leather boards, tricolor lettering and graphics. Text is clean on unmarked pages. Hinges are intact with slight separation, textblock is square with pointed corners; cockling and large water stains on final fourth of textblock. Moderate++ overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, board edge…and cornerwear, abrading, spotting; foxing and spotting on inner boards, endapers and textblock edges, page patina throughout, bookplate on inner front board, written name on 2nd frontleaf, upper foredve corner of first five pages chipped off, tissue page has been removed.
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Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.
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Published by Longmans,Green and Co 1892
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Blue half leather with orange boards.Gilt series crest of the Duke of Beaufort. Heavily scuffed spine with a little wear to head and tail. Blue end papers and tissue guarded frontis illustration. Part of the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufor…t assisted by Alfred Watson. Rough cut edges. The leather edition followed the Large Paper limited edition and was available in tandem with the regular brown hardback. A rare book and perhaps sold in similar numbers to the limited edition. Charming engravings, pages clean for it's age. Small octavo,413 pages, 900g. John Charlton, E.H.Moore,Lancelot Speed,G.E.Lodge and from photographs (illustrator).
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.
Published by Boston & London, Boston & London 1892
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Contact seller5-star seller19x14 cm. Original brown illustrated cloth, hinges gone, otherwise very good. Scattered light foxing. Many signatures unopened. Badminton Library edition. xiii, 413 pp. The imprint here is for Little, Brown in Boston above the usual Longmans, Green & Co. imprint from London.
Published by Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1892 1892
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1892). 1892 1st edition. 8vo (135 x 194mm). Ppxiv,413,ads. Plates by G.E. Lodge & others, illustrations. Decorative brown cloth, printed in black, blue, white and gilt, with design of a sportsman's study on upper board & a hare on spine,… uniform with other titles in the series. Some wear, spine darkened, inner hinges tender. A good copy only. Bookplate of falconry book collector Count Umberto Caproni di Taliedo. This is a combined volume consisting of two separate books: Coursing, by Harding Cox, and, Falconry, by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles. "A few hints only are necessary to explain the object which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. .The Badminton Library is offered to supply the want." The two books published here as a pair must still be amongst the least-thoroughly covered of the British Sports, and both retain their interest and utility. Chapters include - Coursing: The Waterloo Cup; A treatise on breeding; Practical greyhound breeding; Treatment of saplings; The greyhound in training; Enclosed coursing; Some celebrated greyhounds of the past; Opinions of noted coursers; Description and points of the greyhound; Some English coursing clubs, by Charles Richardson. Falconry: Introductory - the modern falconer, implements used, glossary of terms; The peregrine - eyasses, hacking - hawks, training - game hawking - records of sport - magpie hawking; The peregrine - passage hawks - advantages of - how caught - mode of training - heron hawking - rook hawking - gull hawking - passage hawks for game - lost hawks; Gerfalcon - kite hawking - hare hawking - merlins - how managed - lark hawking - the hobby - the sacre - the lanner - shahins - sport in India - other varieties of hawks used in falconry; The short-winged hawks - goshawks - how obtained - training - entering - rabbit hawking - various flights - the sparrow hawk - managment - blackbird hawking; Celebrated falconers - Scotch, Dutch, and English clubs - The Falconers' Club - Colonel Thornton - The Loo Club - The Old Hawking Club - Amateur falconers - famous hawks - records of sport; General management - mews - blocks - perches - bow-perch - bathing - condition - feeding - castings - imping - moulting - various diseases - general hints. .
Published by London Longmans, Green and Co 1892 1892
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Condition: Fair. Bound in brown cloth with the Badminton Library illustration to front board and a gilt hare on the spine. Edges are bumped. Spine is faded and worn with small damage. Pages are age-tanned but clean. Binding is beginning to crack. Foxing to many pages. Charming engravings. A rare copy of this title in the Badmint…on Library.
Published by Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1912 1912
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1892). (1892) 1912 reprint. 8vo (135 x 194mm). Ppxiv,413,ads. B/w plates by G.E. Lodge & others, illustrations. Decorative brown cloth, printed in black, blue, white and gilt, with design of a sportsman's study on upper board & a hare on… spine, uniform with other titles in the series. End-paper name, slight use but a very good copy. This is a combined volume consisting of two separate books: Coursing, by Harding Cox, and, Falconry, by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles. "A few hints only are necessary to explain the object which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. .The Badminton Library is offered to supply the want." The two books published here as a pair must still be amongst the least-thoroughly covered of the British Sports, and both retain their interest and utility. Chapters include - Coursing: The Waterloo Cup; A treatise on breeding; Practical greyhound breeding; Treatment of saplings; The greyhound in training; Enclosed coursing; Some celebrated greyhounds of the past; Opinions of noted coursers; Description and points of the greyhound; Some English coursing clubs, by Charles Richardson. Falconry: Introductory - the modern falconer, implements used, glossary of terms; The peregrine - eyasses, hacking - hawks, training - game hawking - records of sport - magpie hawking; The peregrine - passage hawks - advantages of - how caught - mode of training - heron hawking - rook hawking - gull hawking - passage hawks for game - lost hawks; Gerfalcon - kite hawking - hare hawking - merlins - how managed - lark hawking - the hobby - the sacre - the lanner - shahins - sport in India - other varieties of hawks used in falconry; The short-winged hawks - goshawks - how obtained - training - entering - rabbit hawking - various flights - the sparrow hawk - managment - blackbird hawking; Celebrated falconers - Scotch, Dutch, and English clubs - The Falconers' Club - Colonel Thornton - The Loo Club - The Old Hawking Club - Amateur falconers - famous hawks - records of sport; General management - mews - blocks - perches - bow-perch - bathing - condition - feeding - castings - imping - moulting - various diseases - general hints. .
Published by Longmans Green and Co 1892
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, Original half roan, , spine rubbed, nice clean copy, , pp413.
Published by Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1892 1892
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1892). 1892 1st edition. 8vo (135 x 194mm). Ppxiv,413,ads. Plates by G.E. Lodge & others, illustrations. Decorative brown cloth, printed in black, blue, white and gilt, with design of a sportsman's study on upper board & a hare on spine,… uniform with other titles in the series. Spine slightly faded, some foxing but a very good copy. This is a combined volume consisting of two separate books: Coursing, by Harding Cox, and, Falconry, by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles. "A few hints only are necessary to explain the object which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. .The Badminton Library is offered to supply the want." The two books published here as a pair must still be amongst the least-thoroughly covered of the British Sports, and both retain their interest and utility. Chapters include - Coursing: The Waterloo Cup; A treatise on breeding; Practical greyhound breeding; Treatment of saplings; The greyhound in training; Enclosed coursing; Some celebrated greyhounds of the past; Opinions of noted coursers; Description and points of the greyhound; Some English coursing clubs, by Charles Richardson. Falconry: Introductory - the modern falconer, implements used, glossary of terms; The peregrine - eyasses, hacking - hawks, training - game hawking - records of sport - magpie hawking; The peregrine - passage hawks - advantages of - how caught - mode of training - heron hawking - rook hawking - gull hawking - passage hawks for game - lost hawks; Gerfalcon - kite hawking - hare hawking - merlins - how managed - lark hawking - the hobby - the sacre - the lanner - shahins - sport in India - other varieties of hawks used in falconry; The short-winged hawks - goshawks - how obtained - training - entering - rabbit hawking - various flights - the sparrow hawk - managment - blackbird hawking; Celebrated falconers - Scotch, Dutch, and English clubs - The Falconers' Club - Colonel Thornton - The Loo Club - The Old Hawking Club - Amateur falconers - famous hawks - records of sport; General management - mews - blocks - perches - bow-perch - bathing - condition - feeding - castings - imping - moulting - various diseases - general hints. .
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes: Coursing, Falconry,
Cox, Harding and Lascelles, Gerald, (Beaufort, K.G. Duke of and Watson, A. E. T. Eds.),:
Published by London Longmans Green & Co 1892
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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First Edition: Hardback, brown illustrated bds., gold titles and decs to spine, black and white titles to front bd., 140 x 195 mm., 950g., 413 pp., with Index and Appendix, illustrated frontis with tissue guard and illustrated throughout with illustrations by John Charlton, R. H. Moore, Lancelot Speed, G. E. Lodge, and from Phot…ographs, previous owner's name label on pdfep., Decorative eps., foxing to reps. and Index, VG copy.
Coursing and Falconry; The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes
Cox, Harding Edward de Fonblanque; Gerald William Lascelles, Hon
Published by Longmans Green & Co, London 1892
- Hardcover
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.Mullen Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Orange/brown boards with black leather corners and spine. Gilt decorative elements on cover. Spine has gilt lettering and gilt highlights. Top edge gilt. Rough cut bookblock. xv. 439 pages. Volumes are from the large paper edition limited to 250 copies. Numbers 52 of 250 copies. F- Cover has general wear, discoloratio…n, corner/edge damage. Spine has top/bottom damage. Leather peeling. Bookblock has age toning and page edge damage, Interior pages have minor age toning, some edge damage, minor tearing.
