Antony Atha (45 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). (1935) 1984 facsimile edition. Small 8vo (125 x 192mm). Pp253. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly used and tanned, soiling to end-papers and edges. Good in spine-faded and used dust-wrapper. This book was originally published in 'The Sportsmans Library' in 1935, "and captures perfectly the flavour of stalking as it was practised between the wars. .and although it is dated, and although many of Chalmers' basic assumptions have changed, it still remains one of the finest books on stalking for beginners. It should be given to all who are starting out for the hill for they will learn much and get much enjoyment from it." Chapters include: The coming of the deer; Natural history of the red deer; Habits and peculiarities of deer; Mostly age and accident; The forest; The professional forester; The tenant; The 'gentleman'; Hosts, guests, and the modes; The road of the rifle; The obsolete and the auxiliaries; The trophy; The complimentary haunch; The deerstalker's library. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Used: Acceptable. Hardback with dustjacket - 1984 - condition fair, jacket some scuffs and fading, pages clean inside but fading with age, owners stamp on first page, showing its age. 0-904475-30-1. Isbn 0904475301.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). (1935) 1984 facsimile edition. Small 8vo (125 x 192mm). Pp253. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt. Usual page browning. Very good in faded dust-wrapper. This book was originally published in 'The Sportsmans Library' in 1935, "and captures perfectly the flavour of stalking as it was practised between the wars. .and although it is dated, and although many of Chalmers' basic assumptions have changed, it still remains one of the finest books on stalking for beginners. It should be given to all who are starting out for the hill for they will learn much and get much enjoyment from it." Chapters include: The coming of the deer; Natural history of the red deer; Habits and peculiarities of deer; Mostly age and accident; The forest; The professional forester; The tenant; The 'gentleman'; Hosts, guests, and the modes; The road of the rifle; The obsolete and the auxiliaries; The trophy; The complimentary haunch; The deerstalker's library. . …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. pp248, nice copy in dustjacket.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. Oblong folio (310 x 260mm). Pp112. 37 full-page colour plates by Tim Havers. White Morocco-backed gilt-decorated green cloth. Fine in well-used slipcase. Unnumbered, out of series copy.* As a result of prices being driven down by the internet, this is now ridiculously cheap! A very attractive collection of the very best writings on salmon fishing. There are a number of pieces by the publisher and the editor, but the majority are drawn from older angling literature; Grey of Fallodon, Scrope, Chalmers, Chaytor, Buchan, Sheringham and others. "Tim Havers's contribution consists of paintings that are in the main of well-known pools on some English, Scottish and Welsh rivers, and although they mostly contain a distant figure either fishing for or battling with a salmon, they are essentially of the river and the surrounding landscape. They will bring back pleasant memories of the pools themselves and of others like them." (David Hopley in Flyfishers' Journal, Winter 1976). * This edition is limited to 1500 numbered copies. This particular copy is an unnumbered, out of series copy. . Tim Havers (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book, page edges foxed, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine. 254 pages, photos on plates, index.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. Oblong folio (310 x 260mm). Pp112. 37 full-page colour plates by Tim Havers. White Morocco-backed gilt-decorated green cloth. Slight marks to end-papers but very good in rather rubbed and chipped slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies. As a result of prices being driven down by the internet, this is now ridiculously cheap! A very attractive collection of the very best writings on salmon fishing. There are a number of pieces by the publisher and the editor, but the majority are drawn from older angling literature; Grey of Fallodon, Scrope, Chalmers, Chaytor, Buchan, Sheringham and others. "Tim Havers's contribution consists of paintings that are in the main of well-known pools on some English, Scottish and Welsh rivers, and although they mostly contain a distant figure either fishing for or battling with a salmon, they are essentially of the river and the surrounding landscape. They will bring back pleasant memories of the pools themselves and of others like them." (David Hopley in Flyfishers' Journal, Winter 1976). . Tim Havers (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1976 limited edition of 1500 copies, this no. 932, Antony Atha, oblong 4to., 112pp., 37 coloured plates, very good, quarter white morocco, green cloth gilt boards, pictorial card slipcase rubbed on edges and unevenly faded. Tim Havers (illustrator).

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. Oblong folio (310 x 260mm). Pp112. 37 full-page colour plates by Tim Havers. White Morocco-backed gilt-decorated green cloth. Fine in faded and used slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies. As a result of prices being driven down by the internet, this is now ridiculously cheap! A very attractive collection of the very best writings on salmon fishing. There are a number of pieces by the publisher and the editor, but the majority are drawn from older angling literature; Grey of Fallodon, Scrope, Chalmers, Chaytor, Buchan, Sheringham and others. "Tim Havers's contribution consists of paintings that are in the main of well-known pools on some English, Scottish and Welsh rivers, and although they mostly contain a distant figure either fishing for or battling with a salmon, they are essentially of the river and the surrounding landscape. They will bring back pleasant memories of the pools themselves and of others like them." (David Hopley in Flyfishers' Journal, Winter 1976). . Tim Havers (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This edition is limited to 1500 copies of which this is number 772. In a slip case. Slight discoloration to pages. Selected pages may contain wrinkles. Binding is not tight. Some wear along the edges, tips, and along the spine. Some rubbing wear to cloth covers. Slip case in VG condition with wear along the edges, tips, and on surfaces.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. AS NEW limited edition of 1100 books of which this is number 611. Profusely illustrated book is tight, bright, ans=d clean. Slipcase is also as new. Extra shipping will be needed because of the weight and size.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Numbered. 37 colour plates by Tim Havers; N0. 672 of a limited edition of 1500 copies; Foreword by Lord Tweedsmuir; Hardback: quarter cream leather on green ribbed cloth, decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, green end-papers, landscape format; Boards bowed out at end, else near fine in used slipcase. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Tim Havers (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Limited / Numbered. Number 232 of 1100 copies Crisp with very slight rubbing to the boards. No slipcase Pics available Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited edition #704/1100. Faux green leather spine. Gilt on front and spine. Top edge gilt. No markings. A few scuffs to the sturdy, cloth covered slip case. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This edition is limited to 1500 copies of which this is number 961. In a slip case. Slight discoloration to pages. Selected pages may contain wrinkles. Binding is not tight. Minor wear along the edges, tips, and along the spine, Minor rubbing wear to covers. Slip case in VG condition along with wear to edges, tips, and surfaces. Tim Havers (illustrator).…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1801) 1980 new edition. 8vo (143 x 216mm). Pp127. B/w engravings. Quarter-bound brown leather with tipped-on spine & front cover labels. Unobtrusive paper-faults to pp45 and 65 but very good copy. No. 15 of an edition limited to 500 copies. This is a new, re-set edition taken from the only known copy to survive. It is published jointly by Antony Atha and the Game Conservancy and limited to 500 numbered copies, with a new biographical and critical introduction by John Marchington. The Sportsman's Pocket Companion is a species-by-species guide to the natural history of the chief British quarry of the day. The first edition was published when the author was only sixteen. This new edition is limited to 500 numbered copies, and appears in a most satisfactory quarter leather, brown cloth binding, with a decorative gilt leather label to the middle of the front board. This copy is No. 15. .…

Condition: Very Good. 229/500. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Inscription on verso of fep. Teg. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 127pp. Brown hardback quarter-leather cover with laid on illustration.

Quarter Leather. Condition: Fine. Issued Without d/j. Reprint. 127 pp., b/w illus. A reprint of the six numbers of THE SPORTSMAN'S POCKET COMPANION that Hawker originally did in 1801. Limited to 500 cc., this is copy #20. Brown leather spine w/gold-foil stamping, leather labels on the spine & the front cover. In glassine d/w. Fine cond.…

Limited edition reprint (no.62 of 500) of original 1801 guide to shooting. Introduction by John Marchington. Pp.127, illustrations of game birds and animals accompany descriptions, Brown leather spine with brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and gilt embossed leather motif to front. VG.

Gewicht in Gramm: 550 geringe äußere Gebrauchsspuren, innen sauber, im Schuber, limitierte Auflage.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. 127 pages, bright and clean. Limited edition 42/500. H.21.5cm W.15cm D.1.5cm 387g. Very handsomely bound.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. NUMBER 394 OF 1100 COPIES ONLY, HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BOARDS & LEATHER BOARDS WITH THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS THAT ARE FULL PAGE & AMONG TEXT WITH SEVERAL FULL PAGE PLATES IN COLOUR. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 12 x 12 INCHES WITH 252 PAGES. SOME LIGHT GENERAL WEAR & FADING TO SLIPCASE OTHERWISE THIS IS AN EXCELLENT NEAR FINE COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.…

Quarter Green Leather/Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Published. First and Limited Edition. A MOST ATTRACTIVE AND WELL-PRODUCED BOOK. First limited edition of 1100 copies, this copy numbered 162, 252pp, an anthology of most shooting books ever published, illustrated with numerous black and white drawings, some full-page and some in text, and 12 colour plates, top edge gilt, green endpapers, quarter green leather and green cloth, gilt spine lettering, gilt illustration of pheasant in flight and gilt lettering to upper board, matching green cloth slipcase, slipcase a little rubbed. Size: 11.75 x 12 Inches. Shooting. …

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). 1978 1st edition. Square 4to (240 x 252mm). Pp95. B/w photograph plates by the author. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt vignette on front. Blue cloth slipcase. Front board and spine stained. Internally clean, if a little musty. Good-plus in badly stained slipcase. Number 52 from an edition of 750 numbered copies. A new compilation of Barton's photographs, poetry and prose, generally avoiding that which appeared in his well-known "Album of the chalk-streams", but using material from his other books and from "The Flyfisher's Journal" and various magazines. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. very good copy in slip case, limited edition 750 copies printed this one is not numbered, 95pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 252pp. Well illus throughout -full page plates. Interesting sporting shooting literature reference. A good copy - generally very clean and bright with just a tad of light handling wear. Limited edition - number 580 of only 1100 copies. The book is complete with slipcase - which is in overall good condition albeit with some wear/rubbing. A heavy book - overseas buyers please request a postal quote.PARROTT BOOKS - established for over 20 years offering a prompt friendly and efficient service.…

Book Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Antony Atha Publishers, 1980. Limited Edition . Near Fine/No Jacket. pp127. Octavo. Quarter-bound brown cloth with tipped on title label to spine, and illus plate to front, ill-fitting cloth to rear-board (where spine cloth overlaps rear board). Brown endpapers. A limited edition reprint of the 1801 edition, this is number 226.…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). (1801) 1980 new edition. 8vo (143 x 216mm). Pp127. B/w engravings. Quarter-bound brown leather with tipped- on spine & front cover labels. A very good copy. This is a new, re-set edition taken from the only known copy to survive. It is published jointly by Antony Atha and the Game Conservancy and limited to 500 numbered copies, with a new biographical and critical introduction by John Marchington. The Sportsman's Pocket Companion is a species by species guide to the natural history of the chief British quarry of the day. The first edition was published when the author was only sixteen. This new edition is limited to 500 numbered copies, and appears in a most satisfactory quarter leather, brown cloth binding, with a decorative gilt leather label to the middle of the front board. .…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). 1978 1st edition. Square 4to. (240 x 252mm). Pp95. B/w photograph plates by the author. Blue cloth, gilt titled, gilt vignette on front. Fine unnumbered copy in slightly marked slipcase*. A new compilation of Barton's photographs, poetry and prose, generally avoiding that which appeared in his well-known "Album of the chalk-streams", but using material from his other books and from "The Flyfisher's Journal" and various magazines. * This is an unnumbered copy from an edition limited to 750 numbered copies. There is a crease, caused during manufacture, running across page 64, this is presumably the reason why it was never numbered. .…