Oyster Where When Find Breed by Hall Herbert Byng (14 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 526.

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Paperback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 299.

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LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 110. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1861 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 110.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Cruikshank, George (illustrator). Second Edition. 106 pages. Clean tight book, unfortunately the spine has been repaired with green tape. Wood engraved frontispiece and wood engravings on title-page and first page of text, all by George Cruikshank. Two of the wood engravings are repeated in colour on the front and back boards. Various related newspaper cuttings tipped to front endpapers. Cagle 911, Axford p312 (misdated 1959), Bitting p588 all have details of the first edition. .

Hardback. Condition: Good. George Cruikshank (illustrator). An uncommon monograph on the oyster, the second edition of this work illustrated by Cruikshank. An uncommon work.The second edition.A comprehensive guide to the oyster, detailing where, when, and how they could be find, cooked, and eaten, as well as the different breeds.Chapters include "the oyster in season", "ancient history of the oyster", "the oyster in its new settlement", "the oyster and the doctor", "the oyster-seeker in London", and more.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title, and the occasional in-text engravings, by the noted caricaturist George Cruikshank.By Herbert Byng Hall, a soldier of the British Army who serves as Queen's Messenger.Eight pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, worn, lacking the backstrip. Rubbing and a small amount of los to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the front board. Light marks to the boards. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Good. book.

Condition: Very Good. 2nd edn. with a new chapter The Oyster-Seeker in London, frontis. and title page illus. by George Cruikshank, pp.106, orig. pict. board upper cover, new cloth spine and lower cover, corners worn. Rare. Size: 12mo.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1861 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 114 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 114 Language: English.

First Edition. 16mo. viii, 96pp. frontispiece, vignette title and illustration by George Cruikshank. First Edition. Charming Copy with contemporary 'Oyster' elegant hand written ink notes to the initial five leaves including verso title and frontispiece. Contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt compartments, marbled endpapers, marbled foredges. Lovely item. Rare to find. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.