Thornton Colonel E (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. London: Vernor and Hood, 1804. 1st Edition . Very Good/No Jacket. Bound in contemporary half-calf, with wear and rubbing, especially to corners where the leather has worn through to the boards. Head and tail of spine worn down to headbands, leather splitting along joints, but no splitting to inner hinges and boards firmly attached. Marbled paper to boards has some pieces missing. [xxviii], 312 pages. With 16 engraved plates, as called for. Internally there is the usual age-toning to paper, contents are clean with the occasional light foxing, textblock is firm with no loose pages. There is an old inkstain (2cm in width) on pages 157-160 affecting the text and a small hole through one leaf (pp.159-160). See photos for condition, etc. …

Vellum. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A smart new edition of this illustrated account of fishing, hunting and shooting in the highlands of Scotland, by famous sportsman Colonel T. Thornton. A new edition.In half vellum, with marbled boards, and a gilt to top edge.With a coloured frontispiece, and 19 plates, three of which are coloured. ollated, complete.A work by Colonel T. Thornton, an English sportsman, known for his assiduity in hunting and other outdoor pursuits, and in betting.Illustrated by G.E. Lodge, a British illustrator ofbirdsand an authority onfalconry. Collated, complete.A delightful account of a famous sportsman's time shooting, fishing and hawking in the Scottish highlands, with discussions of seal and deer hunting and salmon fishing. In the original half vellum. Externally, very smart. Light shelf wear to extremities. Slight fading and rubbing to spine. Previous owner's bookplate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. G.E. Lodge (illustrator). book.…