Shooting Mans England Edited Patrick by Chalmers Editor (4 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (136 x 207mm). Pp245,ad. B/w photograph plates, decorative end-papers. Red-cloth backed decorative linen, spine titled in gilt. State B unillustrated, lacks the 8 full-page b/w photograph plates found in State A. Cloth of spine splitting at edge, stains to cloth, foxing to end-papers and edges. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. Patrick Chalmers offers the reader an extended series of essays and articles on England and English history, as seen from the sporting point of view. Chalmers includes pieces on all aspects of game shooting, poaching and game cookery, as well as shooting in art and in fiction. Chapters include: The dim red dawn; The birth of Gunhilda; The coming of the Partner; Our hero as he was and is; Hospitality; The boy; The naturalists; The villainy or otherwise of saltpetre; A nucleus and some satellites; Moor and manor; Fur and feather; shiny nights; Mrs Beeton; The gun in art and on Helicon; The shooting-man in fiction. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (136 x 207mm). Pp245,ad. B/w photograph plates, decorative end-papers. Red-cloth backed decorative linen, spine titled in gilt. State B unillustrated, without the 8 full-page b/w photograph plates found in State A. Stains to spine and top edge, slight browning and use. Good, lacks dust-wrapper. Patrick Chalmers offers the reader an extended series of essays and articles on England and English history, as seen from the sporting point of view. Chalmers includes pieces on all aspects of game shooting, poaching and game cookery, as well as shooting in art and in fiction. Chapters include: The dim red dawn; The birth of Gunhilda; The coming of the Partner; Our hero as he was and is; Hospitality; The boy; The naturalists; The villainy or otherwise of saltpetre; A nucleus and some satellites; Moor and manor; Fur and feather; shiny nights; Mrs Beeton; The gun in art and on Helicon; The shooting-man in fiction. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (136 x 207mm). Pp245,ad. B/w photograph plates, decorative end-papers. Red-cloth backed decorative linen, spine titled in gilt. State A, with 8 full-page b/w photograph plates. Minor faults, slight browning and use else good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Patrick Chalmers offers the reader an extended series of essays and articles on England and English history, as seen from the sporting point of view. Chalmers includes pieces on all aspects of game shooting, poaching and game cookery, as well as shooting in art and in fiction. Chapters include: The dim red dawn; The birth of Gunhilda; The coming of the Partner; Our hero as he was and is; Hospitality; The boy; The naturalists; The villainy or otherwise of saltpetre; A nucleus and some satellites; Moor and manor; Fur and feather; shiny nights; Mrs Beeton; The gun in art and on Helicon; The shooting-man in fiction. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1936). 1936 1st edition. 8vo (136 x 207mm). Pp245,ad. B/w photograph plates, decorative end-papers. Red-cloth backed decorative linen, spine titled in gilt. State A, with 8 full-page b/w photograph plates. Slight brownng and use else very good in slightly frayed and tanned dust-wrapper. Patrick Chalmers offers the reader an extended series of essays and articles on England and English history, as seen from the sporting point of view. Chalmers includes pieces on all aspects of game shooting, poaching and game cookery, as well as shooting in art and in fiction. Chapters include: The dim red dawn; The birth of Gunhilda; The coming of the Partner; Our hero as he was and is; Hospitality; The boy; The naturalists; The villainy or otherwise of saltpetre; A nucleus and some satellites; Moor and manor; Fur and feather; shiny nights; Mrs Beeton; The gun in art and on Helicon; The shooting-man in fiction. .