Published by Curpotten Limited, United Kingdom, 1979
Language: English
Seller: Apple Grove Books, Herts, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Limited Edition. Book measures 42x32cm, limited to 500 copies and signed by Author with 31 coloured plates. Bound in publishers cloth, raised bands and gilt image on both boards. Binding in near fine condition. Internally pages and illustrations in very good clean condition. Housed in original publishers slipcase. A very good clean copy. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Philip Rickman, 1979
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Not as pictured. Brown cloth. Strangely there is a mention near the front of the book being limited to 500 copies but the space where the number of the copy should be is blank and we don't see a signature anywhere of the artist.Book has very small and light surface scratch on front cover, very light fraying to corners, a very tiny and faint surface scratch on back cover, spine has a couple of small white marks, otherwise book is in very good condition, bright pages with vibrant images, great binding, overall a beautiful copy.
Published by Published By Curpotten Limited for Fine Sporting Interests Limited, Great Britain, 1979
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Leather. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by Rickman. Book measures 16 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches. 31 coloured plates, pencil and ink sketches. Bound in original publishers half morocco, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt stamp tooling within compartments, gilt image on both boards, full gilt edges, marble endpapers. Binding in fine condition Internally, pages and illustrations in very good clean condition throughout. House in orginal publishers slipcase. A very nice clean fine copy. F Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Signed by Author.
Published by Curpotten Ltd for Fine Sporting Interests, 1979, 1979
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limited edition of 500 copies signed by Philip Rickman. This no 290. Half green morocco leather binding with green cloth boards. Five raised bands to spine, gilt lettering and images of birds to spine. Gilt image of two ducks to front board and of a snipe to rear board. Aeg. Contained in a plain green slipcase with a facsimile of Philip Rickmans signature to one side. Small folio, 16.25ins x 12.25ins, marbled endpapers, unpaginated. Comprises limitation page, half title page, colour frontis, title page with vignette illustration, Foreword (by the Duke of Edinburgh), photograph of Philip Rickman, Editors note (by Richard Colebrook-Robjent), list of plates, list of black and white illustrations, preface (by Philip Rickman), followed by 31 plates. The format of the plates being a title page, a black and white sketch and short text to the verso facing a tissue guarded colour plate. Printed on high quality paper and hand bound by Morrell of London. Fine in VG slipcase. Nb weighs over 4kg pre-packing, very expensive to post overseas.
Published by Published by Curpotten Limited for Fine Sporting Interests Limited ., 1979
Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
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LIMITED EDITION (431/500), ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Large folio (41 x 30 cm). Contemporary half green morocco over green cloth boards by W.T. Morrell, spine with raised bands and gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in original green cloth slipcase. Photographic portrait of the author, colour frontispiece and 31 colour plates by Rickman, 40 black and white reproductions of pencil sketches (3 full page plates, others as vignettes). A superb copy, as new.
Published by Curpotten Limited for Fine Sporing Interests Limited, London, 1979
Seller: stoney cove books, Cambridge, MD, U.S.A.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Philip Rickman (illustrator). 1st Edition. This limited edition (#346/ 500) , signed copy of Rickman's art is in near fine condition. There are 144 pages of text and 32 color plates tipped in with tissue guards and 64 black and white sketches. The book is bound in green with leather spine and corners, cloth front and back covers. Gamebirds embossed in gold front and back and between the five raised bands on the spine. Encased in original publisher's green cloth slipcase with Philip Rickman in gold script on the front.The slip case is in very good condition with slight wear corners and edges. The end papers are marbled. Sorry no sales outside US due to postage. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Curpotten Ltd. for Fine Sporting Interests Ltd., London, 1979
Seller: Peter Blest Booksellers, Maidstone, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
3/4 morocco. Condition: Fine. 1st. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, this being no. 334, signed by author on the limitation page. Tipped-in col. frontis and 31 numbered tipped-in col. plates, all with tissue guards, tipped-in col. photo. portrait of Rickman. Each col. plate has a facing page with b.w. pencil sketches of the same bird, and there are additional reproductions of b.w sketches, three full page, and others as vignettes. This copy is unique having, in addition, an original pencil sketch of teal signed by Rickman, which is tipped-in on the reverse of the limitation page. Pages unnumbered. Bound in original publisher's 3/4 green polished morocco with green cloth boards ruled in gilt with gilt image of smew on the front and woodcock on back, spine with gilt decorated raised bands,gilt lettering and gilt emblems of partridges and pheasants, all edges gilt. In orig. publisher's slipcase, green cloth with Rickman's signature in gilt on front cover. An extremely handsome book. Size: Folio. Signed by author/artist.
Published by Curpotten Limited for Fine Sporting Interests Limited, London, 1979
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Add to basketOne of 500 numbered copies, signed by the artist. With an inserted original leaf of 16 pencil sketches of ducks and duck head, signed and dated "Philip Rickman 1928". Photographic portrait of the author; color frontispiece and 31 color plates by Rickman; 40 black and white reproductions of pencil sketches (3 full page plates, others as vignettes). 1 vols. Folio. Superb reproductions of works by one of Britain's most celebrated sporting artists. A lavishly produced volume with a mounted leaf of original pencil sketches by the artist. Original half green morocco gilt by Morrell, original cloth slipcase. Fine With an inserted original leaf of 16 pencil sketches of ducks and duck head, signed and dated "Philip Rickman 1928". Photographic portrait of the author; color frontispiece and 31 color plates by Rickman; 40 black and white reproductions of pencil sketches (3 full page plates, others as vignettes). 1 vols. Folio One of 500 numbered copies, signed by the artist.
Published by London: Curpotten Limited for Fine Sporting Interests, 1979
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. London: Curpotten Limited for Fine Sporting Interests, First edition, 1979. This is no. 348 of a limited edition of 500 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation page. 144 unnumbered pages; frontispiece tipped-in colour plate from a painting by Rickman, colour photograph of Rickman, 31 numbered tipped-on colour plates from paintings by Rickman, 37 pencil and ink sketches (some full page) by Rickman. This copy also includes a hand painted original signed water colour of a blue tit, on thick card glued to the page opposite limitation page. Book measure APPROX 16.5 X 12.5 INCHES. Splendidly bound in three-quarter polished green morocco leather over pale green cloth boards that are ruled in gilt and with two gilt smews (ducks) stamped on the front board and a gilt woodcock on the back board, spine with five gilt-decorated raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments, and with gilt partridges and pheasants stamped in the other four compartments, English marbled endpapers, all page edges in gilt, in thick green cloth slipcase, illustrated with Philip Rickman signature in gilt on the front cover, lg folio (16 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches). Slipcase worn at the edges and with marks and lightened patches to the cloth. This work celebrates the work of one of England's greatest ever bird painters. There is a foreword by the Duke of Edinburgh celebrating "the Grand Old Man of bird painting." Rickman died in 1982 at the age of 92. A fine copy in a good slipcase. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles. Joints good condition solid. Corners good condition. Boards good condition. Page edges good condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition solid. Paste downs good condition. End papers good condition. Title good condition. Pages good condition. Binding good condition solid and attractive. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1979 Binding: Hardback. Signed by Author(s).
Published by London: Curpotten Limited, 1979, 1979
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First edition, first impression, number 420 of 500 copies signed by the artist. This is a fine collection of game and wildfowl paintings by Philip Rickman (1891-1982), a watercolourist whom Prince Philip in his foreword describes as "the Grand Old Man of bird painting". Folio. Frontispiece and 31 tipped-in colour plates, with tissue guards, black and white illustrations to the text. Original green half morocco by Morrell, spine lettered and decorated with four birds in gilt, five raised bands dotted in gilt, covers decorated in gilt, edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Housed in the original green cloth slipcase. A fine copy.