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Charles St. John. A Tour in Southerlandshire. John Murray, London, 1849.
Price: US$12.83 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: With extracts from the field-books of Sportman and Naturalist. Volume I only. Slight bumping to top of spine, previous owner's name on fep otherwise in good condition.
Seller: siop lyfrau'r hen bost, Blaenau Ffestiniog, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.80 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1849. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Some occasional damp stains. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout however binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has heavy damp and dust stains. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor fraying to cloth with loss at spine ends.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$21.18 + shipping
Description: 1st edition. 8vo. x + 356pp. B/w. illustrations, maps. Some soiling to title page. Ownership inscription to front f.e.p. with tape marks to front pastedowns. Hinges tender. Soiled and frayed original green cloth with gilt decorated spine. US$20
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
charles st. john. a tour in sutherlandshire. john murray, london, 1849.
Price: US$28.88 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 2 volumes , cr 8vo, illustrated, orig green blind stamped cloth with hooded falcons in gilt on front covers, spine outers missing, boards aged and rubbed and marked, for rebinding or at least new spines , boards could possibly be used again, thet are sound but edge worn and aged and marked. contents complete, there is a small bit of word underlining, for restoration/rebinding, images can be sent of course.
Seller: Peter Sexton, arlington, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Description: 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispieces (original tissue guards present) and 8 engraved plates (all original tissue guards present), first twenty leaves of both volumes (including endpapers, frontispiece, title and first plate) heavily damp-marked; original green ribbed cloth, upper boards elaborately framed in blind enclosing hooded falcon on block perch all in gilt, gilt backs, uncut, covers damp-marked (first volume moderately, second volume heavily) but still a good, tight, working set of a scarce work in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. With the fine nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Ashworth James on front paste-downs (bookplate in second volume damp-marked). 16pp publisher's catalogue (date January 1849) bound in at end of second volume. A perfectly sound working set of a scarce sporting classic. Anderson, p.412; Westwood & Satchell p.185.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$41.06 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Two volumes in original green cloth with a hooded falcon on the upper board of each in gilt. This copy has some chips and losses to the cloth of both spines top and bottom and also has some fairly heavy foxing, particularly around the woodcut plates. Size: Octavo . 2-volume set (complete). Category: Animals & Birds; Natural History & Resources. For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1849 John Murray first edition hardbacks, Murray's Home and Colonial Library series, set of two volumes; Good reading copies, fading to green embossed and decorated boards, Vol 1 has wear to spine, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch
Seller: Simply Read Books, Boat Of Garten, United Kingdom
Charles St John. A Tour in Sutherlandshire. John Murray, London, 1849.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Tour in Sutherlandshire with Extracts from the Field-Books of a Sportsman and Naturalist by Charles St John in Two Volumes. Condition is very good, age toning internally, signatures of previous owner in pen on endpapers. Boards are discoloured and spine top and bottoms of both boards are especially worn.
Seller: UK Countryside Booksellers, Cromford, DERBY, United Kingdom
Charles St John. A Tour in Sutherlandshire. John Murray, London, 1849.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume II only. Gilt decorated spine withcontrastingtitling piecesand marbled boards. 5 illustrations. Light foxing to preliminaries and light wear to edges. Overall a very good copy.
Seller: Juniper Books, Petersfield, United Kingdom
Price: US$70.58 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Two small octavo volumes in the original green cloth decorated in blind and with a hooded peregrine falcon in gilt on upper covers; original yellow surface endpapers. The cloth is a little marked but firmly bound; the preliminary leaves are foxed. xiv, 296; viii,288pp. + publisher's catalogue of 18pp with engraved vignettes. Complete with 10 wood-engraved illustration.The front paste-downs bear the bookplate of Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 1811-1886,Liberal M.P. for Cambridge 1847-1857 and leading freemason. Bound by Remnant & Edmonds with their tiny engraved label on rear paste-down of Volume 1. An attractive book.
Seller: McManmon, B.D. ABA, ILAB, Preston, LANCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$77.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first edition of Charles St. John's comprehensive account of field sports and natural history in Sutherland. The two volume first edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispieces to each volume, and with four further plates to each volume. Collated, complete.Author Charles St John was an English naturalist and sportsman. His account of the stalking of the Muckle Hart of Benmore and was influential in the development of Scottish red deer stalking, and has been described as a classic among deer-stalkers. In this work, he gives an account of his exploration of Sutherland, as well as hunting, fishing, and the natural history of the area.With a sixteen page publisher's catalogue to the rear of volume II. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Boards bright, with discolouration to back strips. Bumping to spine heads and tails, with small losses of cloth in these regions. Head of front hinge of volume I starting, with board firmly held, and cloth fraying. Remaining hinges strained and firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with spotting and instances of foxing throughout. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$93.68 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 v. : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Natural history Scotland Sutherland. Hunting Scotland Sutherland. Fishing Scotland Sutherland. Genre: Natural history. Language: English. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 vols, 296 pp., 288 pp., + [16 pp., publisher's catalogue] Pleasant green blindstamped, gilt decorated publisher's cloth. Several woodcuts depicting highland scenes and game. Boards rather weathered, binding weakened, with some splitting to the cloth spines faded and worn, corners bumped, boards marked, sporadic foxing, particularly to early pages, but very limited in extent elsewhere. Prev owner's bookplate on pastedowns. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$109.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition two-volume set of the author's comprehensive account of field sports and natural history in Sutherland. A first edition two-volume set of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front paste down of both volumes, dated 1850. Frontispieces to both volumes. 2 plates to Volume I. 4 plates to Volume II. Collated complete. Charles St John (1809-1856) was an English naturalist and sportsman. His account of the stalking of the Muckle Hart of Benmore and was influential in the development of Scottish red deer stalking and has been described as a classic among deer-stalkers. In this work, he gives an account of his exploration of Sutherland, as well as hunting, fishing, and the natural history of the area. 16 delightful advertisements to the rear of Volume II. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, though spines are slightly sunned, and both volumes show some wear to the head and tail of the spine. Cloth is lifting slightly from the head of the spine to Volume II. Staining to the boards of Volume I; the hinges are also a little tender to this volume, but still reasonably firm. Internally, the bindings are slightly strained in both volumes. Pages are bright and clean, except for some spotting to the first and last pages of each volume. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 v. : ill. ; 21cm. Subjects: Natural history Scotland Sutherland. Hunting Scotland Sutherland. Fishing Scotland Sutherland. Genre: Natural history. Language: English. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$118.06 + shipping
Description: xiii 296, viii- 288 pages, 16pp adverts, 2 volumes 10 full page woodcut illus, bookplate to front end papers in both volumes also old booksellers slip to volume 1. Some occasional spotting to some the plates A vg copy in the original blind stamped green cloth with gilt hooded falcon to upper board. A month-by-month account of a tour from St Johns Journals with 2 additional chapters on deer stalking also chapters on natural history and shooting. Scotch streams and lochs, dogs, fisheries, game dealers etc. Chute 548, WS185 £80
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$118.06 + shipping
Description: xiii 296, viii- 288 pages, 16pp adverts, 2 volumes 10 full page woodcut illus, a vg copy in the original blind stamped green cloth with gilt hooded falcon to upper board. To front board of both volumes a couple of small splash marks to boards o/w the cloth is clean and free of defects. A month-by-month account of a tour from St Johns Journals with 2 additional chapters on deer stalking also chapters on natural history and shooting. Scotch streams and lochs, dogs, fisheries, game dealers etc. Chute 548, WS185
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$140.20 + shipping
Description: xiii 296, viii- 288 pages, 16pp adverts, 2 volumes 10 full page woodcut illus, armorial bookplate to front end papers in both volumes. A vg copy in the original blind stamped green cloth with gilt hooded falcon to upper board. A month-by-month account of a tour from St Johns Journals with 2 additional chapters on deer stalking also chapters on natural history and shooting. Scotch streams and lochs, dogs, fisheries, game dealers etc. Chute 548, WS185
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$141.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xiv, [2], 296; viii, 288, [16]-ads, 10 full-page woodcut illus. . HB. 2 vols, small 8vo (205x130mm), orig. green cloth, , blind-stamped decoration to spines and boards, gilt vignette of hooded falcon to front boards, gilt titles to spines. A little rubbed to extremities, spines slightly faded. Vg set. First edition. Publisher's catalogue to rear of Vol. II dated January 1849.Freeman 3279.
Seller: PEMBERLEY NATURAL HISTORY BOOKS BA, ABA, Iver, United Kingdom
Price: US$153.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 vols. 12mo. Pp xiv, 296; viii, 288. Frontispieces and plates, as called for. Endpaper publisher's adverts. Original cloth, gilt. Spines faded and boards stained. Wear to head and foot of spines. Frontispieces and title pages foxed.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Price: US$153.99 + shipping
Description: Two volume set with wood engravings. 8vo. Hardback. Bookplate to front paste downs. A little spotting to prelims. and only very occ. elsewhere, o/w. contents fine. Original decorated cloth bindings with gilt lettering and decoration, spines more recently professionally relaid, in thor. vg. condition. St. Johns charming journal of his tour of Sutherland in the form of a calendar of hunting, shooting and fishing .
Seller: C. Arden (Bookseller) ABA, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Tour in Sutherlandshire, with Extracts from the Field-Books of A Sportsman and Naturalist. By Charles St. John, Esq. With Woodcuts. In Two Volumes, complete. Published by John Murray, London, 1849. First edition. Printed by William Clowes and Sons. Includes a handwritten letter to Lord Tweedmouth, from John Alexander Harvie-Brown written at Dunipace House, Larbert, September 15th, 1884. Lord Tweedmouth was Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, who is particularly noted for establishing the Golden Retriever dog breed in 1868. John Harvie-Brown is known for editing the journal 'Annals of Scottish History', and published around 250 books and papers on natural history subjects. A very good set of 2 full green leather volumes with gilt borders to covers and raised bands and gilt decoration to spine. With red and black morocco labels with gilt titles. Some scuffs and scrapes to leather and a little light wear to covers. Feathered marble endpapers with matching edges of text block. 'Advance with Courage' armorial bookplate to first pastedown of both volumes. This is the motto of the Marjoribanks family. Small bookbinder's stamp to first blank endpaper in each volume. Text is very good throughout - bright and clean with almost no spotting. Just a few marks to endpapers and very occasional page flaw such as a light fold crease. Vol II title page has a very small marginal nibble from the lower edge of the title page by the gutter. Some neatly scripted marginal annotations to one spread in Volume I. All Plates as called for. Text in English. Volume I: xiv + 296pp + Plates (includes frontispiece + 4 x Plates).Volume II: viii + 288pp + Plates (includes frontispiece + 4 x Plates). Dimensions: Each volume 196mm high x 125mm wide x 25mm deep. Weight: approximately 944g (unpacked weight - the set). More photos on request.
Seller: Lanna Antique, Perth, United Kingdom