Sir George Jackson (128 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. New reprint of original 1908 edition. Originally printed by Wilkinson Printing Co (Dallas, Texas). Reprinted by Higginson Book Company (Salem, Mass). Beautiful greyish blue leather cover with gilt titling on the spine. Pristine. (BR) Box 308E.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Condition: New.

Condition: New. This final volume of the collected papers of Sir George Darwin, published after his death, includes a biographical memoir. Editor(s): Stratton, F.J.M.; Jackson, J. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 148 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250. . 2009. Paperback. . . . . …

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. This final volume of the collected papers of Sir George Darwin, published after his death, includes a biographical memoir. Editor(s): Stratton, F.J.M.; Jackson, J. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 148 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250. . 2009. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. publication no 147, 59pp, illustrated, bound in cream cloth with ldustwrapper; Large Quarto.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1894 FIRST EDITION. Two-Volume DELUXE LARGE PAPER LIMITED FIRST EDITION numbered by publisher on printed limitation page. Two volumes complete. Original orange cloth boards with gilt coat of arms on front covers, navy spines and corners with gilt lettering spines, TEG, original dark greenish navy coated EPs, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom edge both volumes. Both volumes have loss of much of the spine covering (see photos), but bindings are very solid and not broken or cracked. This set is an obvious candidate for rebacking. The covers have significant rubbing along edges and corners but the boards are relatively clean and bright with a few faint dark smudges (nothing serious). Each volume has previous owner's bookplate and small bookseller ticket on front pastedown otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, Some fore-edge foxing is present but nearly all pages are completely free of foxing and are clean. Each volume measures 251mm tall x 200mm (compared to 195mm tall for the regular first edition). Volume one has 494 pages, 20 b/w full-page illustrations and photos, 57 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume two has 483 pages, 13 full-page illustrations and photos, 56 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume one covers hunting in the arctic (whacking a giant walrus with an ax from a small whaling boat), three chapters on hunting in the Caucasus, a chapter on Mongolia, two chapter on hunting chamois and stags in the Alps, a chapter on elk in Scandinavia, a chapter on big game throughout Europe, hunting in Spain and Portugal, hunting in India tigers, a chapter on travel/camping considerations, a chapter on rifles and ammo, a chapter on taxidermy, a small bibliography. Volume two mostly about hunting in Africa with specific chapters on various types of big game hunting: lions, antelopes, hippos, giraffes, ostriches, rhinos, buffalo, elephants, with several chapters on South Africa including some history, a chapter on travel with Livingstone, some chapters on East Africa including special hunting considerations regarding gear, routes, etc. Volume two concludes with one chapter on big game hunting in North America (bears, wapiti, moose, cougars, bison, deer, elk, caribou, bighorn, mountain goat, antelope mainly in British Columbia, Alaska, Colorado and Pacific NW), and a brief chapter on hunting musk ox. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Charles Whymper, J. Wolf, H. Willink (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Sixth Edition with Additions and Correct. Good book in iits original blind stamped patterned green buckram covers with gilt titles to a sunned spine; bumps to extremities. Internally good and free of inscriptions; twelve b/w illustrated plates to rear; binding sound; virtually free of foxing; edges dusty; 604pp + illustrations and commentary + 32pp adverts.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Attractive two-volume set in three-quarter red calf with marbled covers and endpapers. Pages clean and bright, Vg+ firmly boound copies. Sequence of Inscriptions to front endpaper of vol. 1., as if the book had changed hands within a family, over a number of years. Bindings are contemporary. LISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 530 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.32 inches. This item is printed on demand.

8vo: 2 pp. 32 lines of text. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He is willing to help Tomkinson with his book 'Modern Presses', but would not 'have time to be responsible for the writing of any chapters'. Offers to answer 'a questionnaire' regarding 'Flying Fame', and directs Jackson to his 'articles on the work of Lovat Fraser in the "Bookman", the "Fleuron", and "To-day".' Paragraph discusses the 'New Age Press', which 'was not a Press at all, but a publishing business'. In the last paragraph changes his mind, and offers to write a brief chapter. 'I would undertake the job, but I shall wait until you carry out your threat of sending me one or two specimens of the sort of chapters you are including.' The projected work discussed in the letter is unclear, but Tomkinson himself published 'A select bibliography of the principal modern presses, public and private, in Great Britain and Ireland' in 1928.…

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 178. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1889 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 178.…