devizes ptarmigan publishing (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ptarmigan Pub, Devizes, 1981. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good to near fine. Superb illustrations. Dedication signed by the author. Heavy book may incur extra postage. Previous owners bookplate inside cover. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #JT021370. Dedication Signed By Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 160pp, num bw & col ills, pictorial endpapers. Or red cloth in jacket. Slight marking to jacket but near new. Size: 4to.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2001). 2001 1st edition. Large 4to (225 x 292mm). Pp161. Colour paintings by the author, pictorial end-papers. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper. Paintings and sketches of grouse in their natural habitat accompanied by text by the author. Observations of grouse inside and out from many years' experience. Chapters include: The red grouse - a year on the moor, the flight of the grouse, grouse disease, 'ageing' grouse; Habitat - the creation of moorland, the decline of moorland, the heather beetle, the restoration of heather moorland, moorland grazing, highland cattle versus sheep, moorland flora; Gamekeeping - predator control, heather burning, rearing and releasing grouse, grouse counts; The sporting season - falconry, 'over dogs' or dogging, and walked-up grouse, driven grouse; Moorland wildlife; Recipes. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2001). 2001 1st edition. Large 4to (225 x 292mm). Pp161. Colour paintings by the author, pictorial end-papers. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly bumped else fine in slightly used dust-wrapper. Paintings and sketches of grouse in their natural habitat accompanied by text by the author. Observations of grouse inside and out from many years' experience. Chapters include: The red grouse - a year on the moor, the flight of the grouse, grouse disease, 'ageing' grouse; Habitat - the creation of moorland, the decline of moorland, the heather beetle, the restoration of heather moorland, moorland grazing, highland cattle versus sheep, moorland flora; Gamekeeping - predator control, heather burning, rearing and releasing grouse, grouse counts; The sporting season - falconry, 'over dogs' or dogging, and walked-up grouse, driven grouse; Moorland wildlife; Recipes. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (new, Hardcover, 2001). 2001 1st edition. Large 4to (225 x 292mm). Pp161. Colour paintings by the author, pictorial end-papers. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. A fine new unread copy in dust-wrapper. Paintings and sketches of grouse in their natural habitat accompanied by text by the author. Observations of grouse inside and out from many years' experience. Chapters include: The red grouse - a year on the moor, the flight of the grouse, grouse disease, 'ageing' grouse; Habitat - the creation of moorland, the decline of moorland, the heather beetle, the restoration of heather moorland, moorland grazing, highland cattle versus sheep, moorland flora; Gamekeeping - predator control, heather burning, rearing and releasing grouse, grouse counts; The sporting season - falconry, 'over dogs' or dogging, and walked-up grouse, driven grouse; Moorland wildlife; Recipes. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bound in clean red cloth with bright gilt titles to spine, this dated 2001 hardcover First Edition is VG in VG Jacket(unclipped).Signed by author on title page, without inscription. 160pp with Foreword by Prince Philip, Introduction, The Red Grouse, Habitat, Gamekeeping, The Sporting Season, Moorland Wildlife and Recipes.SUPERB COLOR PLATES BY THIS TALENTED WILDLIFE ARTIST. Condition VG in VG Jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st ed. 4to. 160pp. Illus colour plates & drawings throughout. The work of wildlife artist Simon Gudgeon and his affinity with the moors & countryside which he grew up on. Includes chapters on gamekeeping. A lovely book in excellent condition. The wrapper is very sl. grubby but is complete. 0 9526380 4 5.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over white boards with silver titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 11½" x 9" (1.8 kg); pp 276; Index; Contains: Recipes; Colour photographs; 3-column text; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #184186 ||.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with a small ding to the upper panel. Light spotting to the endpapers and blanks. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over white boards with grey titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 11½" x 9" (1.8 kg); pp 276; Index; Contains: Colour photographs; Title page vignette; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #167757 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 121 pages. Covers numerous hotels throughout Ireland, but this would appear to a version produced for Moy House, Lahinch, Co. Clare, Ireland. This is Irish cooking at its very best. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author on Title Page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Publisher's full green calf leather binding. Folio. 161pp. Green cloth slipcase. Copy #23 of a signed limited edition of 50 copies. Illustrated by the author. In this book the noted British sculptor writes about his lifelong passion for the grouse and the need for conservation of its moorland habitat. The book is illustrated throughout with his color drawings and watercolors. A fine copy in the slipcase. Scarce. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.4 x 10.2 inches). Illustrated with 115 beautiful colour photos and a couple of maps of the region. English text. Delux edition in Publishers full dark green morocco leather with gilt lettering to the spine and the front board decorated with the Oman coat of arms, below a royal crown, all in gilt. Green marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Green silk bookmark sewn in. Housed in a green morocco covered slip-case with the same gilt tooling to the front panel. A fine copy of this beautiful book, the first detailed study of the remote regions of Oman from Musandam in the north, to the Hajar Mountains, Dhofar and the Empty Quarter, via the coastline that extends some 1,000 miles. --- Only 3 copies listed on Worldcat, in Oman, UAE, and Lebanon.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Published: 2002. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Green [faux?] leather with Oman coat of arms in gilt to front. Housed in similar designed and gilt slip case. Green marbled endpapers. Gilt text block edges. Green silk page marker. Language: English. Book Condition: Fine DJ Condition: Near Fine: Lightly rubbed edges and corners Pages 164. Size: 29cm by 25cm. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and may require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you if additional charges are required. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information.