Potocki John (11 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. None. First. First printing, near fine hardcover (no dust jacket if issued) with glossy pictorial boards shows some very light shelf and trace wear, else tight and clean. 192 pages illustrated in black & white. Comes complete "with supplemental coverage of the Colt M1907 Automatic Pistol and a complete facsimile copy of the Thompson-Lagarde Report" that was so pivotal in "inspiring the Colt Model 1905.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. Jacket showing slight edge-wear (now in archival mylar sleeve). Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat and bright -- a sound and handsome copy. xxiv,368p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. With supplemental coverage of the Colt M1907 Automatic Pistol and a complete facsimile copy of the Thompson-LaGarde Report. 192 pages. Pictorial hardcover published without a dust jacket. This exciting book covers all aspects of the Colt Model 1905 Automatic Pistol, from its invention by the legendary John Browning to its numerous production variations. Also included is a facsimile copy of the government report that led to the development of this pistol, as well as important new information regarding the military Colt M1907 Automatic Pistol. Readers will especially value the M1905 serial number table, which the author has carefully compiled from an extensive survey of surviving examples. An excellent study. Former owner's neat signature and date on the inside front board. Otherwise the Book is Fine copy that looks new.…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good++; Hardcover; Covers are still glossy with "sharp" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and text pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 1.1 lbs; Tan covers with title in white and black lettering; 1998, Andrew Mowbray Publishing; 192 pages; "The Colt Model 1905 Automatic Pistol," by John Potocki.…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good++; Hardcover; Very light wear to the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are bright and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); Tan covers with title in white and black lettering; 1998, Andrew Mowbray Publishing; 192 pages; "The Colt Model 1905 Automatic Pistol," by John Potocki.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. With supplemental coverage of the Colt M1907 Automatic Pistol and a complete facsimile copy of the Thompson-LaGarde Report. 192 pages. Pictorial hardcover published without a dust jacket. This exciting book covers all aspects of the Colt Model 1905 Automatic Pistol, from its invention by the legendary John Browning to its numerous production variations. Also included is a facsimile copy of the government report that led to the development of this pistol, as well as important new information regarding the military Colt M1907 Automatic Pistol. Readers will especially value the M1905 serial number table, which the author has carefully compiled from an extensive survey of surviving examples. An excellent study. The Book is in Very Fine As New condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. THIS SET IS LISTED FOR SALE ON BIBLIO AND FACEBOOK FOR A CHEAPER PRICE. Complete 24-Volume set of the African Collection published by Briar Patch Press. Each volume is like-new, unread, only admired a time or two. Each volume is #96 and still retains its original wax-paper protection. Only 500 sets of the Limited Deluxe Edition, each volume in a slip-case, were produced / sold worldwide. Many of the original first editions of these big-game African hunting books are very expensive. This is a beautiful set of books, far nicer than the leather used for the trade editions. I have an original advertisement from the publisher: "Bound in top-grain cowhide and individually numbered, the deluxe version sells for $. The regular version of the book, also bound in genuine leather, sells for $. All books are printed on high-quality, acid-free paper, featuring hand-marbled end papers, gold stamping and raised hubs and spines." Also, with silken page marker. 1. Charles J. Andersson, Lake Ngami. xl, 545 pages. Illustrated, index, folding map. Lengthy Foreword by Dorothy Middleton. 2. Sir Samuel White Baker, The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. xxxvi, 606 pages. Illustrated. New Introduction by Jim Casada. 3. Sir Samuel White Baker, Wild Beasts and Their Ways. xxxii, 455 pages. Illustrated. New Introduction by Jim Casada. 4. Abel Chapman, On Safari. xxxiv, 336 pages. Illustrated. Foreword by Mary Zeiss Stange. 5. F. R. N. Findlay, Big Game Shooting and Travel in Southeast Africa. xxviii, 313 Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 6. Edouard Foa, After Big Game in Central Africa. xxxiv, 326 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 7. Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming, A Hunter's Life in S. Africa. xxvi, 352 pages. New Introduction by Gary Clendennen 8. William Cornwallis Harris, The Wild Sports of Southern Africa. xxxii , 359 pages. New Foreword by Tom Ofcansky. 9. Denis D. Lyell, The Hun ting & Spoor of Central African Game. Xxxvi, 225. Lengthy Foreword by John MacKenzie. 10. John Guille Millais, A Breath from the Veldt. xxviii, 345 pages. New Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow. Book in its original folio size. A gem, with the artwork by Millais being truly striking 11. Arthur Neumann, Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa. xxxvi, 320 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada 12. J. H. Patterson, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo. xlii, 351 pages. Introduction by Tom Ofcansky, Foreword by Frederick C. Selous 13. A. Blayney Percival, A Game Ranger's Notebook. [xxvi], 409 pages. New Introduction by John Mackenzie 14. Count Josef Potocki, Sport in Somaliland. xx, 136 pages. Folding map. New Foreword by F. Phillips Williamson. Full folio size of original. 15. W. H. Powell-Cotton, A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia. xxxvi, 521 pages. New Foreword by Jim Casada 16. Theodore Roosevelt, African Game Trails. xl, 559 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by John Fair. 17. Frederick Courtney Selous, African Nature Notes and Reminiscences. xxxviii, 348 pages. Illustrated. Introduction by Jim Casada, Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. 18. Frederick Courtney Selous, A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa. xxxii, 455 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 19. James Sutherland, The Adventures of an Elephant Hunter. xxxvi, 320 pages. Illustrated. Introduction by Jim Casada. 20. John Willoughby, East Africa and Its Big Game. xxviii, 303 pages. Illustrated, index. Foreword by Jim Casada. 21. W. D. M. Bell, The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter. xxviii, 188 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Thomas Altherr. 22. F. Vaughn Kirby, In Haunts of Wild Game. xviii, 567 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 23. Denis D. Lyell, Memories of an African Hunter. xxx, 268 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 24. The Recollections of William Finaughty, Elephant Hunter, 1864-1875. xxviii, 272 pages. Illustrated by noted artist W. R. Leigh. New Foreword by Paul Rundell. The original book was done in an edition of only 250 copies.…

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A rare copy of this short lived journal. Medium size 4to in printed paper wrappers, pages numbered 101 to 149, plus advert leaves and 4pp b/w plates on glossy paper. Includes a typed letter to Count Potocki (poet and pretender to the Polish throne) signed by John Fleming (the subsequent and noted art and architecture historian), in which he discusses future contributions from Potocki. However Fleming, already in the British Army Intelligence Corps, was shortly after sent to Cairo and no further issues of Babel were published . [CONDITION: A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (hint of foxing to wrapper, slightest of curling to page-block fore-edge bottom corner tip). The letter is in fine condition ] . . . NOTE: Depending on destination this item may require an extra payment for insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

1st. 192 pages, Illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs and line drawings. In the publishers pictorial laminated covers, a fine copy. Covers all aspects on the gun from its invention by John Browning with its numerous production variations.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 976.