Parker Eric 1870 (116 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A few small tears to the dust jacket. A previous owner's name on the flyleaf. Otherwise a clear, bright copy within.…

Condition: New.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1977). (1925) 1977 1st thus. Small 8vo (126 x 185mm). Pp315. B/w illustrations from Thomas Bewick. Burgundy boards, gilt titles and game bag motif to spine. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. "Favourite passages from such well-known authors as Surtees, Scott, Gilbert White, Sir John Fortescue and Jim Corbett, mingled with extracts from the writings of less familiar men". A new edition, edited and with additional material by Lord Tweedsmuir. . …

Hardcover. Sudden death - Children - Spouse - Near+dear - Friends - Doubt - Prayer - Rain & sun - Two worlds - Weekly calendar of thoughts 319, [1] p.; 14.5 cm. VG orig.gray cloth gilt, backstrip sl.dull.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1930). (1930) 1947 reprint. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Pp352. B/w photograph plates, illustrations. Quarter buckram over brown cloth, gilt monogram to upper board. Inscription, some use. Good copy in tape-repaired dust-wrapper. Chapters by Eric Parker, J.H.R. Bazley, Antony Bridges, Edward Ensom ("Faddist"), F.H. Heald, Stephen Hill, A.E. Hobbs, J.A. Milne, J.C. Moore, A.J. Rudd, Eric Taverner, Dr W.J. Turrell, F.W.K. Wallis and Alban Bacon. Turrell's "Pike fishing" and Ensom's "Roach and dace fishing" were reprinted from this book. F.W.K. Wallis' chapter, "The modern light float cast from the reel: Nottingham style," is of particular interest. ".covers all the coarse fish and almost every aspect of coarse fish angling, not excluding dry-fly fishing, scale-reading and fishery management. It has been termed the 'coarse-fish angler's Bible' and is lavishly illustrated. This book contains a masterly chapter on 'The Literature of Coarse Fishing'." ("Faddist" in 'Angling' magazine, Winter 1941). Chapters include: The literature of coarse fishing, Eric Parker; The roach (7 chapters), Edward Ensom ("Faddist"); The dace, Edward Ensom; The perch, Edward Ensom; The rudd, Antony Bridges; The tench, Stephen E. Hill; The bream, Edward Ensom; Gudgeon, bleak and pope, Edward Ensom; The carp, Steven E. Hill; The barbel, A. Edward Hobbs; The chub, Edward Ensom; The pike; Pike fishing (2 chapters), Dr. W.J. Turrell; The eel, Eric Parker; Dry fly fishing for coarse fish, Edward Ensom; Knots and splices, wax and varnish, Eric Taverner; The modern light float cast from the reel Nottingham style, F.W.K. Wallis; Broadland fishing, A.J. Rudd (Clerk to the Norfolk Fishery Board); How to make the best of a bad river, John C. Moore; Match fishing, J.H.R. Bazley; Coarse fish scales, J.A. Milne; Fishery management, F.H. Heald (Clerk to the Trent Fishery Board); The legal aspect of fishing, Capt. Alban F. Bacon. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1930). 1930 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 220mm). Pp352. B/w photograph plates, illustrations. Full buckram, gilt monogram to upper board. Some darkening and wear. Good in poor dust-wrapper. Chapters by Eric Parker, J.H.R. Bazley, Antony Bridges, Edward Ensom ("Faddist"), F.H. Heald, Stephen Hill, A.E. Hobbs, J.A. Milne, J.C. Moore, A.J. Rudd, Eric Taverner, Dr W.J. Turrell, F.W.K. Wallis and Alban Bacon. Turrell's "Pike fishing" and Ensom's "Roach and dace fishing" were reprinted from this book. F.W.K. Wallis' chapter, "The modern light float cast from the reel: Nottingham style," is of particular interest. ".covers all the coarse fish and almost every aspect of coarse fish angling, not excluding dry-fly fishing, scale-reading and fishery management. It has been termed the 'coarse-fish angler's Bible' and is lavishly illustrated. This book contains a masterly chapter on 'The Literature of Coarse Fishing'." ("Faddist" in 'Angling' magazine, Winter 1941). .…

First Edition. Very good copy in a good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 326 pages; Physical description.: 326, [2] p. : ill. ; 20cm. Subject: Cricket. 1 Kg. …

Condition: New.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). (1937) ND (1938) 2nd edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp256. B&w photograph plates. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Bookplate & ownership details to end-papers. A good copy. A collection of short natural history essays, several for each month of the year, including a few passages on fish and fishing. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1952). (1920) 1952 2nd edition. 12mo (110 x 170mm). Ppxiv,320. Binding B. Green cloth-effect boards, spine titled in red. Title-page printed black & blue. Good-plus in price-clipped laminated dust-wrapper. An anthology of excerpts from the writings of Izaak Walton, Thomas Barker, Thomas Best, Samuel Pepys, Dame Juliana Berners, H.T. Sheringham, etc. "This choice anthology has been described by The Field as 'one of the most treasurable little volumes ever issued for the delectation of the brotherhood.' In June it will intensify the glory of a country holiday, and in November it will make 'a river flow on through the Vale of Cheapside.'" (Contemporary advertisement). . …

Revised Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 32 p : illus. (incl. map) ; 21 cm. Subjects: National Trust (Great Britain). Monuments Conservation and restoration. Natural monuments. Historic buildings EnglandHistoric buildings Wales. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in a good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 326 pages; Physical description.: 326, [2] p. : ill. ; 20cm. Subject: Cricket. 1 Kg. …

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition/1st impression. Without inscription in price clipped dust jacket, which is now protected by a removable transparent wrapper.

Revised Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 32 p : illus. (incl. map) ; 21 cm. Subjects: National Trust (Great Britain). Monuments Conservation and restoration. Natural monuments. Historic buildings EnglandHistoric buildings Wales. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original printed boards. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject; Sports Great Britain. Art and Sport - United Kingdom. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original printed boards with a good, somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject; Sports Great Britain. Art and Sport - United Kingdom. 1 Kg.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1937). ND (1937) 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 229mm). Pp368,ads. B/w photographs & illustrations. Binding A. Light olive cloth boards, backed with brown cloth spine, spine titled in gilt. Some browning to cloth, end-papers and text. Good. Eric Parker, for many years the Editor-in-Chief of The Field, and well-known as the editor of the Lonsdale Library series of sporting books, describes in great detail his career as a journalist and author, including his association with sporting authors such as James Harting, William Senior and Gerald Burrard. He chronicles his efforts, through The Field, in such areas as grey squirrel control, research into partridge disease, and particularly his campaigns against egg-collecting and the sale of wild birds, culminating in the Wild Birds Protection Act. The latter part of the book, following the death of his wife, contains transcripts of many "sittings" or seances. Only brief mentions of angling. . …

First Edition. Good copy in the original printed boards with a good, somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject; Sports Great Britain. Art and Sport - United Kingdom. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original printed boards. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject; Sports Great Britain. Art and Sport - United Kingdom. 1 Kg.

2nd Edition, The Country Books Series. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 256 pages; Abundantly and impressively photo illustrated volume, with folding map to the back. Surrey, Eng - Description and travel. 1 Kg.…

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New. In English.

2nd Edition, The Country Books Series. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 256 pages; Abundantly and impressively photo illustrated volume, with folding map to the back. Surrey, Eng - Description and travel. 1 Kg.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1942). ND [1942] 1st edition. Small 8vo (123 x 190mm). Pp319. B/w illustrations by Beryl Irving, pictorial end-papers. Green cloth, green titles on white printed label to yellow cloth spine. Slight browning and use but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. A wonderful anthology of every aspect of field sports and the countryside. The chapters are arranged according to subject: Natural history of game birds; characteristics of birds of prey; Owl family; Gulls; Rabbits and hares; Four-footed enemies of game; Rooks and rookeries; Woodpigeons; Training dogs for the gun; Diseases of game birds; Guns and cartridges; Shooting schools; Which is the most difficult shot?; Clothes and kit; Don't and always; Discomforts; Tips and tipping; Shooting and forestry; Gamekeepers ancient and modern, the first time through; Gamekeepers and foxes; Gamekeepers, grouse and sheep; Game farms; Facts and records; Deer stalking; The shooter's landscape; Lunch, larder and kitchen; The law; Wildfowling. An anthology: Colonel Peter Hawker; Red letter days; Keepers, poachers and foxes; Dogs and their masters; Time was; To-day; Experience teaches; A shooter's notebook. Shooting books and writers. .…

First Edition. Good cloth copy in a slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 256 p. ; 8º. Subject; Surrey (England) Description and travel. 1 Kg.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1941). (1924) ND (1941) 2nd edition. 8vo (140 x 219mm). Ppxii,307. Colour plates, b/w illustrations by the author. Green cloth, blind-rules to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Cloth stained and used, spotting to end-papers and edges. Good copy. A good introduction to game and rough shooting. "This edition has been revised and brought up to date with additions and alterations in accordance with recent legislation." (Note to the second edition). . …