Lyell Denis Capstick Peter (12 results)

Hard cover. First edition. Glued binding. 267 p. Peter Capstick's Library. Audience: General/trade. Fine in fine dust jacket. excellent in an excellent jacket, first printing, protected in nice brodart.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard cover bound in blue cloth with mylar wrapped dust jacket Very good condition book with stated 1st edition & printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard cover bound in green cloth with mylar wrapped dust jacket Very good condition book with stated 1st edition & printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a heavy lean to the binding, mild bumps to the spine ends, slight wear to the cover edges and corners, a small spot to the front cover, and smudging to the tail of the text block. Overall, a solid, Very Good copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has mild bumps to the spine ends, a touch of wear to the cover edges and corners, minor rubbing to the covers, and a hint of sunning to the spine with offsetting to the flaps. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No additional printings. One of several books from the nephew of writer Thomas Clayton Wolfe. 6 x 8 1/2 Book; binding tight with near fine gilt titles to spine, mild bumping to corners else boards straight and clean, lengthy notes from nephew relating to author and book contents to entire front free end page else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($15.95) has mild bumping to mostly spine ends. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Few photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. Near Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. 270 pages. From the Peter Capstick Library Series.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. dust jacket in mylar.

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. dj. First printing thus. Front gutter cracking, holding strong, else near fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 268 pps.

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. dj. First printing thus. Front gutter just starting, but holding strong, overall still near fine in near fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. St. Martin's published a new series of the greatest classics in the literature of hunting adventures chosen from the personal library of Peter Hathaway Capstick (1940-1996) an American hunter and author. These publications brought out-of-print Africana books back into print. Denis D. Lyell shares letters written to him by fellow African hunters, in which they discuss rifles, species of games, and the nuances of hunting, 1st published in 1935. xv + 10pp illustrations + 270 pp. Denis David Lyell (1871 - 1946) was born in Calcutta into a Scottish family from Dundee. In 1893, Lyell went to Ceylon and then India as a tea planter. By 1899, aged 28, he went to South Africa and by 1913, he settled in Nyasaland. After World War I, he came back to Scotland and married Marion Brown. He was among the last big game hunters who hunted elephants for profit. From 1900 he was immersed in the hunting world and became a renowned author. Hardcover has navy cloth boards with gold lettering on spine in a near fine (as new) DJ. Only flaw with DJ is impression on rear when used as a writting table. Interior is tight, clean and unmarked. No Ownership markings. Copyright 1988. Printed in U.S.A. Stated First Edition with full printline indicates true 1st. ISBN: 0-312-02149-6. LCCN: 88-11471. MSR = US $15.95. Historic B&W Photographs (illustrator).…

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Full number line. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 270 pps.