Maxwell Herbert Eustace 1845 1937 (35 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1897) 1931 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x 198mm). Ppxvi,304. B/w photograph frontispiece. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Quite foxed / owner's name but a good-plus copy. A collection of 92 short essays, full of interesting observations on fishing and field-sports, field-sport ethics, and natural history. "New edition, revised by the author, with fresh material added." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). (1900) 1936 "cheap edition." Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Ppxiii,379. B/w photograph frontispiece. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slightly browned but a very good copy. A collection of 71 essays, full of interesting observations on fishing and field-sports, field-sport ethics, and natural history. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1897) 1931 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x 198mm). Ppxvi,304. B/w photograph frontispiece. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Repaired split in cloth at spine, inscription but good copy. A collection of essays, full of interesting observations on fishing and field-sports, field-sport ethics, and natural history. "New edition, revised by the author, with fresh material added." .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1931). (1897) 1931 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x 198mm). Ppxvi,304. B/w photograph frontispiece. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Slight browning but a good-plus copy. A collection of 92 short essays, full of interesting observations on fishing and field-sports, field-sport ethics, and natural history. "New edition, revised by the author, with fresh material added." .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). (1897) 1932 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x 198mm). Ppxvi,426. B/w photograph frontispiece. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Inner hinge slightly tender. A very good copy. A collection of essays, full of interesting observations on fishing and field-sports, field-sport ethics, and natural history. "New edition, revised by the author, with fresh material added." .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). (1900) 1932 new edition. Small 8vo (130 x 198mm). Ppxiii,379. B/w photograph frontispiece. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Quite foxed but good-plus. A collection of 71 essays, full of interesting observations on fishing and field-sports, field-sport ethics, and natural history. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1907). (1900) 1907 reprint. 8vo (136 x 211mm). Ppxiv,295. B/w photographs plates, rough-cut edges. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Slight wear, stains and cup-ring to cloth, spotting to end-papers, preliminaries and edges. Good copy. A collection of 68 essays, full of interesting observations on fishing and field-sports, field-sport ethics, and natural history. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). 1895 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 206mm). Ppxii,356. Not illustrated. Title-page printed in black & red. Issue B: Dark red cloth, titled in gilt on spine and in black on upper board, black coat of arms on upper board. A very good copy. Twelve philosophical essays: on clothes, games, speech, ornament, bores, friendship, fiction, the first English freethinker (Roger Bacon), woodlands, gardens, and the last two on angling; Trouting Tattle and Salmon-Flies. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1895). 1895 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 206mm). Ppxii,356. Not illustrated. Title-page printed in black & red. Issue A: Dark blue buckram (fading to dark brown), titled in gilt on spine & upper board, gilt coat of arms on upper board, bevelled edges. A very good copy. Twelve philosophical essays: on clothes, games, speech, ornament, bores, friendship, fiction, the first English freethinker (Roger Bacon), woodlands, gardens, and the last two on angling; Trouting Tattle and Salmon-Flies. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). 1932 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 231mm). Ppxiv,366,ii. Illustrated with a b&w frontispiece portrait photograph and with b&w plates by the author. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Bookplate to front paste-down, abrasion to front end-paper. Slight foxing else very good. Lacks dust-wrapper. An autobiography, written in the author's later years: Eton, Oxford and Parliament, much on politics, followed by a miscellany of chapters, including field sports and fishing ("Angling Yarns"). "To return to salmon fishing, I have fished more than forty rivers in England, Scotland, Ireland and Norway." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1905). (1898) ND (1905) 2nd edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Ppxii,272+ 4pp ads. 4 colour plates of salmon flies, b/w plates, ills, top edge gilt. Green decorative cloth. Second issue of the 1905 edition (Routledge's Country Books series): Cloth not embossed but printed in brown and yellow, top edge not gilt. Ex-library usual faults and stamps, end-paper removed. Reading copy only. Principally of interest today are the recipes for salmon flies of that time. Sir Herbert was an ardent fly-tyer: his chapters on flies and fly-dressing are important reference points for modern enthusiasts. He lists the original dressings for such standard classics as the Wilkinson, the Mar Lodge, Dusty Miller and Silver Doctor - but also, in a fairly long list, many less familiar patterns such as the Rory, the Owenmore, the Hell Fire, the Butcher, and more. Sir Herbert's comments are amusing and instructive - the Butcher he calls "A venerable pattern with nothing to recommend it except its antiquity and killing properties, for it is a tiresome fly to dress and an ugly beast to look at." Of the Childers he notes: "Not a favourite of mine, but guilty of thousands of murders." His own flaming scarlet and gold creation, the "Sir Herbert", invented almost in jest to annoy conservative ghillies, he cannot recommend "for this reason, that the hackle lying over the tinsel is very apt to be cut" by a salmon's teeth. Typically practical advice from an experienced fisherman. In addition to the many fascinating details included in the text, are some of Sir Herbert's superb fishing anecdotes. He was one of the wittiest of fishing writers, and well understood the value of interspersing the lessons and information with some entertainment. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1904). (1904) ND (1912) new pocket edition. 12mo (115 x 160mm). Ppxv,320. 24 colour plates, 3 b/w illustrations. Binding B. Green cloth, black titles to upper board & spine. Owner's names and dates. Slight spotting to edges, browning to end-papers, rubbing to spine ends. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. A smaller format edition attractively illustrated with twenty-four colour plates. .…

hardcover. Condition: Good. first hutchinson edition on green cloth one loose plate and dedication to end paper.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; Pp. xii, 319, [16, adverts.], [6] leaves of plates : illus., frontis. 21 cm. Subjects; Natural history. Natural history Great Britain. Natural history ; Outdoor books. Wildlife. England; outdoors. 1 Kg. …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1905). (1898) ND (1905) 2nd edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Ppxii,272+ 4pp ads. 4 colour plates of salmon flies, b/w plates, ills, top edge gilt. Green decorative cloth. Second issue of the 1905 edition (Routledge's Country Books series): Cloth not embossed but printed in brown and yellow, top edge not gilt. Curling to spine edges, owner's name to front end-paper, else good-plus. Principally of interest today are the recipes for salmon flies of that time. Sir Herbert was an ardent fly-tyer: his chapters on flies and fly-dressing are important reference points for modern enthusiasts. He lists the original dressings for such standard classics as the Wilkinson, the Mar Lodge, Dusty Miller and Silver Doctor - but also, in a fairly long list, many less familiar patterns such as the Rory, the Owenmore, the Hell Fire, the Butcher, and more. Sir Herbert's comments are amusing and instructive - the Butcher he calls "A venerable pattern with nothing to recommend it except its antiquity and killing properties, for it is a tiresome fly to dress and an ugly beast to look at." Of the Childers he notes: "Not a favourite of mine, but guilty of thousands of murders." His own flaming scarlet and gold creation, the "Sir Herbert", invented almost in jest to annoy conservative ghillies, he cannot recommend "for this reason, that the hackle lying over the tinsel is very apt to be cut" by a salmon's teeth. Typically practical advice from an experienced fisherman. In addition to the many fascinating details included in the text, are some of Sir Herbert's superb fishing anecdotes. He was one of the wittiest of fishing writers, and well understood the value of interspersing the lessons and information with some entertainment. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1904). (1904) ND (1912) new pocket edition. 12mo (115 x 160mm). Ppxv,320. 24 colour plates, 3 b/w illustrations. Binding A. Green cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt, gilt design of three fishes to upper board, rounded corners. Spine gilt faded, end-papers browned. A good copy in the superior binding. A smaller format edition attractively illustrated with twenty-four colour plates. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1897). 1897 1st edition. 8vo (135 x 199mm). xii pp + 300 pp. Illustrated with 7 photogravure plates, title-page with small photograph illustration and printed in black & red. Maroon/brown cloth (watered silk), spine titled in gilt. Slight wear but good-plus. Ninety-one short essays on natural history and the countryside, most of which might be of interest to anglers, but only about fifteen of which are specifically on fish and angling. This is the first edition of the first of Maxwell's seven series of essays with this title. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1905). (1898) ND (1905) 2nd edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Ppxii,272+ 4pp ads. 4 colour plates of salmon flies, b/w plates, ills, top edge gilt. Green decorative cloth. Second issue of the 1905 edition (Routledge's Country Books series): Cloth not embossed but printed in brown and yellow, top edge not gilt. Slight use but very good. Principally of interest today are the recipes for salmon flies of that time. Sir Herbert was an ardent fly-tyer: his chapters on flies and fly-dressing are important reference points for modern enthusiasts. He lists the original dressings for such standard classics as the Wilkinson, the Mar Lodge, Dusty Miller and Silver Doctor - but also, in a fairly long list, many less familiar patterns such as the Rory, the Owenmore, the Hell Fire, the Butcher, and more. Sir Herbert's comments are amusing and instructive - the Butcher he calls "A venerable pattern with nothing to recommend it except its antiquity and killing properties, for it is a tiresome fly to dress and an ugly beast to look at." Of the Childers he notes: "Not a favourite of mine, but guilty of thousands of murders." His own flaming scarlet and gold creation, the "Sir Herbert", invented almost in jest to annoy conservative ghillies, he cannot recommend "for this reason, that the hackle lying over the tinsel is very apt to be cut" by a salmon's teeth. Typically practical advice from an experienced fisherman. In addition to the many fascinating details included in the text, are some of Sir Herbert's superb fishing anecdotes. He was one of the wittiest of fishing writers, and well understood the value of interspersing the lessons and information with some entertainment. * Second issue of the 1905 edition (Routledge's Country Books series): Cloth not embossed but printed in brown and yellow, top edge not gilt. .…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; Pp. xii, 319, [16, adverts.], [6] leaves of plates : illus., frontis. 21 cm. Subjects; Natural history. Natural history Great Britain. Natural history ; Outdoor books. Wildlife. England; outdoors. 1 Kg. …

Full-Leather Style Binding. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bound in full leather with the bookseller ticket of William Macgill, Edinburgh stationer, anchoring the purchase to the Maxwell family's Edinburgh residency in the late 1850s. The book contains 6 used leaves of fine hand-illuminated miniatures and borders (3 finished, 3 unfinished). Remaining leaves blank. The Artwork & Leaves: Leaf 1: Monreith Armorial (Finished, 1858) Armorial illumination belonging to a 13-year-old Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell. Cartouche bears his full title, family heraldic shield (saltire, double-headed eagle, hedgehog), date MDCCLVIII (1858), and motto "REVIRESCO". Vine border with thistles in ink, watercolour, and gold shell. Leaf 2: St. John the Evangelist (Finished) Miniature depicting St. John writing his Gospel with his symbolic eagle, set against a Patmos coastal landscape with castles and ships. Gothic script excerpt from 1 John 4:9. Gilded medieval-style border with blue/gold acanthus leaves, wild strawberries, and marginalia of a dragon emerging from a snail shell. Leaf 3: Medieval Border & Dragon (Unfinished) Decorative medieval-style bar border with gold leaf gilding, ivy, and two exotic birds, terminating in a painted fire-breathing dragon. Preserves delicate graphite underdrawings showing Maxwell's layout mapping process. Leaf 4: Psalm 119 & Natural History Studies (Finished) Devotional miniature on Psalm 119:9-16 in Gothic script with red/blue line-fillers and a gold filigree "W" initial. Border features solid gold ground with pomegranate vines captioned "(mala granata)", populated with a blue butterfly, caterpillar, dragonfly, beetle, and snail. Leaf 5: The Lorsch Gospels Facsimile (Finished) Full-page illumination copying the 9th-century Carolingian "Incipit" page to the Gospel of John from the Codex Aureus of Lorsch, via H.N. Humphreys' 1849 manual. Monumental John 1:1 text in gold/uncial characters on purple background, framed by Romanesque columns and thick shell gold. Leaf 6: The Adoration of the Magi (Unfinished) Nativity miniature showing the Adoration of the Magi under the Star of Bethlehem. Text block beneath features an illuminated initial "B" in blue and gold, with the remainder pencilled in graphite reading "Behold the Lamb of God". Lower third preserves raw graphite layouts of acanthus leaves, pansies, and strawberries. the artwork represents the pinnacle of mid-Victorian aristocratic art education during the Gothic Revival craze, using fine shell gold, inks, and gouache. The precise insects and pomegranates foreshadow Maxwell's later renown as a celebrated Scottish naturalist, gardener, and botanical painter. The inclusion of finished pages alongside unfinished pieces makes this a rare pedagogical artifact demonstrating Victorian illumination techniques. CONDITION: Some cracking to the upper external joint of the binding, but the cover remains structurally well attached. Text block clean and tight. MAXWELL OF MONREITH, Sir Herbert Eustace (1845-1937) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. (Ref. BB5) 1898 1st edition. Small 8vo (133 x 189mm). Ppxii,272+ 4pp ads. 4 colour plates of salmon flies, b/w plates, ills. Burgundy cloth binding titled in gilt. Slight use but very good. Greyed and slightly flecked top edge. Yellowed foredge. Paper hinge cracked at ffep but still firmly bound. Signs of faint foxing to prelims otherwise clean and unmarked contents. Volume IV in The Angler's Library, edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1904). 1904 1st edition. Large 4to (195 x 260mm). Ppviii,316,iv pp ads. 12 coloured chromolithographic plates, b/w illustrations. Dark green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt with gilt fish motifs, top edge gilt. Bookplates, some foxing and use but good-plus. "A volume in "The Woburn Library of Natural History" series. A fine book, beautifully produced". Hampton. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1904). 1904 1st edition. Large 4to (195 x 260mm). Ppviii,316,iv pp ads. 12 coloured chromolithographic plates, b/w illustrations. Dark green cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt with gilt fish motifs, top edge gilt. Usual browning to end-paper, foxing to edges, cloth slightly rubbed but a nice copy with clean and bright text block and plates. "A volume in "The Woburn Library of Natural History" series. A fine book, beautifully produced". Hampton. . …

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient would appear to have been an impudent autograph collector. Addressed to 'Grant Reid / Esq' and signed 'Herbert Maxwell'. Begins: 'Dear Sir / I have directed a copy of Post Meridiana to be sent to you according to your desire.' He cannot however comply with Reid's other request. 'I have no time to give to drawing now, and my family have possessed themselves of all my old drawings.'.…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2000). (1898) 2000 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxvi,303,ad. Colour frontispiece portrait, colour photograph plates, b/w engravings. Blue bonded leather gilt, silk marker. Slight use else very good in slip-case. From an edition limited to 950 numbered copies. Principally of interest today are the recipes for salmon flies of that time. Sir Herbert was an ardent fly-tyer: his chapters on flies and fly-dressing are important reference points for modern enthusiasts. He lists the original dressings for such standard classics as the Wilkinson, the Mar Lodge, Dusty Miller and Silver Doctor - but also, in a fairly long list, many less familiar patterns such as the Rory, the Owenmore, the Hell Fire, the Butcher, and more. Sir Herbert's comments are amusing and instructive - the Butcher he calls "A venerable pattern with nothing to recommend it except its antiquity and killing properties, for it is a tiresome fly to dress and an ugly beast to look at." Of the Childers he notes: "Not a favourite of mine, but guilty of thousands of murders." His own flaming scarlet and gold creation, the "Sir Herbert", invented almost in jest to annoy conservative ghillies, he cannot recommend "for this reason, that the hackle lying over the tinsel is very apt to be cut" by a salmon's teeth. Typically practical advice from an experienced fisherman. In addition to the many fascinating details included in the text, are some of Sir Herbert's superb fishing anecdotes. He was one of the wittiest of fishing writers, and well understood the value of interspersing the lessons and information with some entertainment. With a new biographical chapter by Richard Hunter and a colour-illustrated comic poem written (and illustrated) by Sir Herbert to Cameron of Lochiel. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2000). (1898) 2000 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxvi,303,ad. Colour frontispiece portrait, colour photograph plates, b/w engravings. Blue bonded leather gilt, silk marker. Fine copy in slip-case. Edition limited to 950 numbered copies. Principally of interest today are the recipes for salmon flies of that time. Sir Herbert was an ardent fly-tyer: his chapters on flies and fly-dressing are important reference points for modern enthusiasts. He lists the original dressings for such standard classics as the Wilkinson, the Mar Lodge, Dusty Miller and Silver Doctor - but also, in a fairly long list, many less familiar patterns such as the Rory, the Owenmore, the Hell Fire, the Butcher, and more. Sir Herbert's comments are amusing and instructive - the Butcher he calls "A venerable pattern with nothing to recommend it except its antiquity and killing properties, for it is a tiresome fly to dress and an ugly beast to look at." Of the Childers he notes: "Not a favourite of mine, but guilty of thousands of murders." His own flaming scarlet and gold creation, the "Sir Herbert", invented almost in jest to annoy conservative ghillies, he cannot recommend "for this reason, that the hackle lying over the tinsel is very apt to be cut" by a salmon's teeth. Typically practical advice from an experienced fisherman. In addition to the many fascinating details included in the text, are some of Sir Herbert's superb fishing anecdotes. He was one of the wittiest of fishing writers, and well understood the value of interspersing the lessons and information with some entertainment. With a new biographical chapter by Richard Hunter and a colour-illustrated comic poem written (and illustrated) by Sir Herbert to Cameron of Lochiel. .…

First Edition. Number 48 of only 250 copies. Very good copy bound in gilt-blocked quarter aniline calf over boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xv, 249 p. col. pl. (incl. front.); Subjects: Flowers. Floriculture. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Worn copy bound in the original gilt decorated cloth. Some wear and tear as with age (with some loss to the spine). Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 239 p.,1 p.of plates : ill., ports.(1 col.) ; 33 cm. Subjects; Victoria Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901). 2 Kg.…

First Edition. Number 48 of only 250 copies. Very good copy bound in gilt-blocked quarter aniline calf over boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: xv, 249 p. col. pl. (incl. front.); Subjects: Flowers. Floriculture. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Worn copy bound in the original gilt decorated cloth. Some wear and tear as with age (with some loss to the spine). Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 239 p.,1 p.of plates : ill., ports.(1 col.) ; 33 cm. Subjects; Victoria Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901). 2 Kg.…