Rev H a Macpherson (83 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. no dw.; The Field Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 265 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 4th Edition. Hardback in good condition- with jacket. Pages in good clean condition.

Condition: Fair. 1891. No Edition Stated. 120 pages. No dust jacket. Brown pictorial cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. AJ Stuart-Wortley & A Thornburn (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Authors MacPherson, Rev H.A.; Stuart-Wortley, A.J. & Saintsbury, George (Edited By Alfred E.T. Watson) Hardcover, good for year. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Half-leather with fine gilt inlay illus (grouse) to cover. Much of cover to spine missing, remainder has titles in gold. Internally bright and clean, and tissue guard to frontispiece present, also marker ribbon, numerous illustrations within text. 13 illustrations, numerous diagrams. History of the Grouse by Rev HA Macpherson, pages 3-79 . Shooting the Grouse by AJ Stewart-Wortley, pages 82-265. Cookery of the Grouse by George Saintsbury pages 267-293 followed by adverts. No signatures etc. 293 pages in all.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. Some freckling to pages, tear to top rear external hinge, fraying to top and bottom of spine, slightly. Some rubbing to spine and some wear to corners. Blank bookplate to front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Believed First Edition . Some rubbing to illustrated boards with bumping to corners, some light soiling. End papers somewhat rubbed and worn previous owners name to half title page, no other inscriptions noted. Illustrated, no loose pages, page edges rough cut.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A Thorburn (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Beneath the title The Pheasant, are three sub-titles: "Natural History, "Shooting" and "Cookery". First published in 1895, re-issued in 1986 by Ashford Press Publishing, Southampton. Very nice neat and spotless book in clear neat cover. Excellent condition, and still an excellent guide to all aspects of the bird.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good - See Description. Reprint. 1972. Facsimile reprint of the 1892 edition. civ, 552pp., 8 full-page illustrations, 9 woodcuts in the text, and a folding map of the Lake District at the end of the book. Hugh Alexander Macpherson (1858-1901) was a clergyman, a noted zoologist and a Member of the British Ornithologists' Union. His 'The Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland,' suggested by, and following the main lines of, Harvie-Brown and Buckley's series of faunas of the Scottish areas, is probably his best known work. The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition although a previous owner has covered the board and spine in clear sticky-backed plastic. The contents are tight and clean with a name written on the front free endpaper.PLEASE NOTE: This is a fairly heavy book and extra postage may apply for delivery outside the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. with 293pp, illustrated, no dust jacket, hardcover, SOME PAGES WATERSTAINED, PRICED ACCORDING TO THE WATER STAINING O/W good, bound in half green roan, gilt lettered and gilt decorated. WITH 24 PAGES ON THE COOKERY OF THE GROUSE.

Condition: Fair. 1893. No Edition Remarks. 276 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription and sticker to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Light wear marks overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile edition. Book - near fine. Hardback. Facsimile. Weight exceeds standard 1.0 kg rate - extra postage may be required for some overseas destinations.

Condition: Good. First edition (hardback). 12mo (20cm by 13cm), viii, 293pp, 24pp catalogue. 12 plates, text illustrations. Original decorated grey/brown cloth, gilt titling to the spine. The binding is lightly rubbed and bumed, and there is some light foxing to the edges of the text block; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.

The Young Collector Series. 3 pp ads, 120 pp + 3 pp ads. With 20 b/w illustrations. Text clean except for very occasional spot of light browning. Binding sound. Brown cloth boards with red lettering. Illustration of owl and pied flycatcher on front board. Front board somewhat grubby. Corners bumped and lightly rubbed. Overall condition VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd. Orig. publisher's pictorial cloth.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Hardback, decorative cloth. 265pp. Frontis. Illus. New impression 1909. Some pages unopened to top edges. Binding a little grubby and worn. Some spotting to edges. A pleasing copy. (r8).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. rebound with green cloth and gilt title to spine. civ+552pp. b/w illus; tissue-guarded colour plates. Top text block is gilt. Some tanning to side and bottom. Contents are fresh and bright. A really lovely copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING.

Condition: Fair. 1904. No Edition Remarks. 379 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Black and white photographic and illustrated plates. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached; lighter cracking to hinges. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. A. Thorburn and Stuart-Wortley (illustrator). First Edition. Old pencil price on verso of flyleaf, vintage prior owner pencil name, address and/or date on half-title page and margin of contents page. Overall very good, tight copy, original endsheets, no restoration. Some soiling to pictorial cloth, some fading along spine, corners softened. Nicely illustrated with b&w drawings. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1893. Very Good+. Clean tan cloth boards with brown illustration, red lettering on the cover, red, gold and brown lettering on spine. 1893 on title page. No fraying or fading; extremely light soiling. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean black endpapers. Beautifully penned previous owner inscription on back of front free endpaper. Wonderful book on the partridge with the following three sections: Natural History of the Partridge, by the Rev. H. A. MacPherson; Shooting, by A. J. Suart-Wortley, and Cookery, by George Saintsbury. With illustrations by A. J. Stuart-Wortley, A. Thorburn, and C. Whymper, including frontispiece with tissue guard. 276 pages + ads for Badminton Library and other sporting books and 32pp undated publisher's catalog at rear. From the "Fur and Feather Series" edited by Alfred E. T. Watson.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo. Original tan cloth over boards, ink decorated at front cover and spine, gilt lettering at spine, black end papers, illustrated. Pretaining to Natural History, Shooting, and Cookery. Very good, spine and outter edges of covers slightly darkened, light edge wear, spine ends and corners bumped, pages slightly agetoned, previous owner's signature at title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. Illus. by Thorburn and others, chapters on coursing and cookery, publisher's pictorial cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. (Ref.KK1+ ) Oatmeal cloth illustrated with black and white design. A couple of small marks and two dents to lower edge front and rear board. A couple of light pale foxes to first title page. Previous owner's small initials to lower part of first title page. Darkened top edge. Slight flecking to rough cut foredge. Occasional light yellow foxes to some page edges within. Contents otherwise well-bound and generally unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, civ + pp379 plus 16 pages of publishers adverts to rear, complete with 18 b/w plates with descriptive tissue guards (including Frontis), linen backed fold out colour map to rear in near fine condition and many illustration throughout text. Hardcover no DJ. Publishers dark green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine in good condition with some shelf wear to top & tail of spine with small tear to very top, a little bumping to tips and a few marks to boards. Inside previous owners bookplate to front paste down, front hinge starting but binding solid and tight and a few spots of foxing, otherwise all pages and plates with top edge gilt in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. (Ref.KK1+ ) Oatmeal cloth illustrated with black and white design. Boards a little grubby looking at edges with a few small stains. Foxing to endpapers, first title page and mildly throughout. Darkened top edge. Greying and flecking to rough cut foredge. Contents otherwise well-bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, civ + pp379 plus 16 pages of publishers adverts to rear, complete with 18 b/w plates with descriptive tissue guards (including Frontis), linen backed fold out colour map to rear in near fine condition and many illustration throughout text. Hardcover no DJ. Publishers dark green cloth binding in very good condition with a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine and some small old white marks to boards and spine. Inside all pages and plates with top edge gilt in excellent clean and bright condition. A Lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, civ + pp379 plus 16 pages of publishers adverts to rear, complete with 18 b/w plates with descriptive tissue guards (including Frontis), linen backed fold out colour map to rear in near fine condition and many illustration throughout text. Hardcover no DJ. Publishers dark green cloth binding with gilt titles to spine in very good condition with a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine and some bumping to tips. Inside previous owners bookplate to front paste down with all pages and plates with top edge gilt in excellent clean and bright condition tightly bound. A very good copy.

1986 Macpherson, Rev HA THE PHEASANT The Field Library Southampton: Ashford Press Publishing, 1986 265pp illus A Thorburn sm 8vo As New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With coloured frontis by Keulemans. original blue cloth, covers little rubbed at edges. pp206.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. From the 'Fur, Feather, & Fin' series. 1895, 2nd edition. Octavo. 293pp plus 24pp publisher's catalogue. Illustrated. Original decorative cloth, some minor rubbing and spotting. Internal spotting and foxing throughout. Overall a 'Good' copy only.