Stuart Macpherson (119 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Green 1986 hardcover facsimile of the 1895 Longmans, Green and Co. edition, in VG condition: slight handling, owner's bookplate and slight removed sticker residue inside the front cover, slight pencil erasures on the second front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. 265 pages. [1.2 lbs]. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Shelf 1038 Text clean; book tight; 139pp; Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not ex library, not a remainder smoke free. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Small Trade Paperback Original. Condition: Near Fine Plus. First Edition. Of the Vanwell Voices of War series. 192 pages plus 16 pages of illustrations from photos.

Condition: New. In.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, pictorial oatmeal cloth lettered red, gilt and black. cloth discoloured and faded, a tightly bound copy but lacking the front free endpaper, bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedown, signature of another to the reverse of the frontis, browning to the closed page edges and scattered soiling, illustrated, viii + 293pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. A.J. Stuart-Wortley, A. Thorburn & C. Whymper (illustrator). 2nd Edition. Published in the Fur and Feather series, edited by Alfred E.T. Watson. Contains sections on natural history (by the Rev. H.A. MacPherson), shooting (by A.J. Stuart-Wortley) and cookery (by George Saintsbury). 12mo. 276 pages. Decorative cloth boards. Black endpapers. 11 full-page black and white plates, including frontispiece. Uncut pages. Boards lightly rubbed; heavily bumped corners; spine darkened and crushed at ends. Some foxing throughout, heavy on preliminary pages and a few others. Gutters cracking in places; one plate detached but present.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 210pp. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine. 8vo. Sun-faded, rubbed spine ends with cloth wearing. Text block edges tanning. Endpapers tanning. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0745000843.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1893, Longmans Green, HB (no dj, tan illustrated boards) 276pp, edited by Alfred E. T Watson. Natural History, Shooting and Cooking. Illustrations by Stuart-Wortley, Thorburn and Whymper. G (corners rubbed, spine slightly cocked but binding tight, previous owner's name stamp, interior clean and unmarked, cover titles bright).

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: 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: Fine. 1986 Edition without Jacket on green cloth - collectable - will send out 1 st class post.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Spots of foxing throughout. Covers have some spots of soiling. Tan boards with red title, brown illustration of birds and a rabbit.

Condition: Very Good. . Hardcover. Undated. Fine, very good, clean copy. Minor shelf wear on covers and page edges. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. Republication. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering and motif to front cover. Book is in excellent condition BUT text edges a bit dust marked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Pictoral card boards with red, black and gilt lettering to spine and red lettering to front. Boards are generally in good order, just a little grubby. Corners are bumped, edges are worn. Spine is age darkened with bumping to ends. Mild foxing to the page edges. Age discolouration to endpages. Small closed tear to the contents page. B/w frontispiece with tissue protection intact. Textblock has one or two grubby marks but is generally clean. 265 pp. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 530g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 030450:6a) Size: 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall Language: ENG 530 G. Book.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Boards have some light wear, toning, light soiling marks. Content is clean and has light toning.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cream cloth with titling and decoration in red and brown, cloth foxed, toned, rubbed, and edgeworn. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, if issued. Pages foxed to textblock edges, and intermittently throughout interior; most pages only very lightly toned, but with the tissue guard at frontispiece and advertisements at back heavily tanned. Interior else clean, text free of any notes, underlining, or other prior owners' markings.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. The Field Library. Facsimile reprint. First published in 1895 by Longmans, Green, & Co. 190 x 120 mm. xiv, 265 pp + b&w frontispiece & 9 b&w plates by A.Thorburn. Green cloth. Gilt titles. Gilt pheasant device on front board. In clear plastic wrapper. A clean, bright copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Ashford Press, Southampton, 1986, reprint of the 1895 edition, with a new 5 pp introduction by John Southern. Illustrated with b&w plates. 5.25" x 7.5". Green paper covered boards. A volume in the Fur, Feather and Fin series. 265 pp. Natural history of the pheasant, poaching, one chapter on "Old World Fowling", pheasant hunting, management, and a 38 pp chapter on cookery. Very fine.

Condition: Very Good. . Hardcover. Undated. Fine, very good, clean copy. Minor shelf wear on covers and page edges. . . . .

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Thus. Wrapper is rubbed and lightly marked, boards lightly marked, fore edge foxed, ink inscription on front free endpaper. Clean throughout. Good. Book.

First edition, second printing. Very good in half leather boards with silver illustration on front board. Some spotting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Second Edition. viii, [2], 265, [3], 32 p., frontispiece and 9 leaves of illustrations; title vignette and in-text diagrams; 20 cm. Off-white cloth with gilt spine title and red cover title; red spine and cover series titles; cover illustration in brown. Black endpapers. List of title in The Badminton Library edtied by the Duke of Beaufort on 2 pages following text. Publisher's catalog on 32 pages following The Badminton Library series list. This title is part of a series identified on the cover as the Fur, Feather and Fin Series, but on the half title page as the Fur and Feather Series, six titles of which are listed on the half title page verso. Former owner's inscription on Contents page: "Alan T. Cairnes, Drogheda 1898." Alan Thomas Cairnes (1859-1902) was a director and general manager of the Castlebellingham and Drogheda Breweries in Drogheda, Ireland. In Very Good+ Condition: corners bumped and rubbed; very light foxing on a few pages; otherwise, clean and tight.

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).