Speedy Thomas B 1846 (3 results)

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1920). (1884) 1920 1st edition thus. 4to (200 x 260mm). Ppxxviii,440. Illustrated with a photograph portrait frontispiece, b&w plates and text figures by J.G. Millais. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt vignette (eagle with hare) on upper board. Boards rather marked and used. Preliminaries (half-title / title page) missing, new end-papers. Good only. A wide-ranging and comprehensive work on natural history and sport in Scotland, based on the author's own experiences as a gamekeeper. Largely on grouse shooting, deer stalking and dog breaking, but includes lengthy chapters on trout and salmon fishing. This is based on Sport In The Highlands And Lowlands Of Scotland With Rod And Gun (1884), but has been extensively revised and newly illustrated by J.G. Millais. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1920). (1884) 1920 1st edition thus. 4to (200 x 260mm). Ppxxviii,440. Illustrated with a photograph portrait frontispiece, b&w plates and text figures by J.G. Millais. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt vignette (eagle with hare) on upper board. Spine quite rubbed, slightly shaken. A good copy only. A wide-ranging and comprehensive work on natural history and sport in Scotland, based on the author's own experiences as a gamekeeper. Largely on grouse shooting, deer stalking and dog breaking, but includes lengthy chapters on trout and salmon fishing. This is based on Sport In The Highlands And Lowlands Of Scotland With Rod And Gun (1884), but has been extensively revised and newly illustrated by J.G. Millais. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1884). 1884 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 228mm). Ppxvii,412. Engraved plates and text engravings. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt vignette of dogs on upper board. Slight use. Very good. Largely on grouse shooting, deer stalking and dog breaking. Among the chapters on game and game shooting are one on trout fishing and one on salmon fishing. .…