The Ibex of Sha Ping and Other Himalayan Studies by Rundall Lieut L B (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Large format, clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor bumping at corners, endpapers tanned, name on front endpaper otherwise no inscriptions. 152 pages, colour illustrations tipped in on plates with tissue guards, plus illustrations in the text by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. ix, 152p, tipped in plates. Presentation copy with writing on front blank e/p.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. 4to. original green cloth gilt (slightly rubbed & flecked, some staining to tail edge (not affecting text or illustrations), a few spots, otherwise clean & bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xiv, 152, with 15 colour tipped in illustrations & text figures. Heavy item (1.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. A postumously published selection of Himalayan hunting stories, beautifully illustrated by the author, who was killed in action in France on 19th December 1914.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lieut. L. B. Rundall (illustrator). Forest green cloth boards with gilt ibex and title on front board, gilt printing and bear on spine with some loss to the gilt on the top decorative bar. Mild rubbing to corners and back edge of spine; faint lightening to bottom edge of front board, a little to spine and a few small spots at top back board near spine. Back board slightly warped. Very light foxing to end papers. Tipped-in prints many in color. Interior of book is clean and looks unused.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. L. B. Rundall (illustrator). First Edition. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915, 151 numbered pages. First Edition, with numerous pen and ink sketches and coloured plates by the author, In the RARE Dust Jacket. The author spent several shooting seasons hunting in the Himalayas. Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations, DUST JACKET. A Very Good copy with light wear, front top tip lightly bumped, small bump at edge of head and foot of spine, inscription of Author's sister to front free endpaper. Full brown paper DUST JACKET with black titles and decorations, couple of verital creases on front flap, some light wear and soiling, with a couple of small chips and very short tears at edges. See Photos. By Author's Sister.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1/2" tear to cloth at head of front joint. 1/8" tear to cloth at tail of spine. Moderate rubbing to cloth at corners of boards. Hinges intact. Some foxing to page edges.; xiv, (152) pages + 15 tipped-in plates (8 colour, the remaining 7 in various monochrome tints). Green cloth boards with gilt ibex illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 243 x 176mm. This copy has an undated contemporary inscription from the author's sister on the front endpaper "With every good wish for your happiness from the sister of the author who was a friend of your father's 35 years ago - Dorothy L. McBurney. Southbourne Amersham Hill High Wycombe". The author died at the age of 24. This volume contains 8 stories: The Scape-Goat; The Emerald of the Forest; The Ibex of Sha-Ping; Mountain Sprites; The Raiders; The Destroyers; Mountain Life at Close Quarters; The Spell of Laluni. "Bear with me, if you can. The stories are true in the main, and 'fact is stranger than fiction'." - from the prologue.; 4to.

Ril. Cm. 19x25,5 pp. 151, numerosi schizzi a penna e tavole a colori da opere dell'autore. Racconti di caccia e di natura dell'autore, un innamorato delle alture himalayane e della sua flora e fauna. Ahimé basate sulle caccie che gli inglesi si ostinano a considerare grande "sport", deliziose immagini di animali e di natura. Raro.