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Boner, Charles. Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria. Chapman & Hall Ltd, London, 1853.

Price: US$181.94 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardback, full red calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, double gilt rule borders to boards. Gilt title and decoration to spine, raised bands. Marbled edges and end-papers. Bound by Bickers & Son, with their stamp to verso of ffep. Pp. viii, 410. Complete with 12 plates as called for, 6 are chromo-lithos, the other 6 being woodcuts within the text. 1st edition 1853. Binding is a little faded and rubbed. Gift message to front blank. Some foxing to frontis and chromo-lithos. A rather decent copy. (ac12)

Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom

BONER, Charles.. Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria. With Illustrations by Theodore Horschelt (the author's son-in-law).. Chapman and Hall, London, 1853.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Contemporary or later textured cream cloth, gilt lettered morocco labels, viii+410pp., 6 two-tone lithographs and 6 vignettes as called for. Moncrieffe "Sur Espérance" ornate bookplate to paste-down. Spine age-darkened, labels a little chipped and scored, one plate slightly protruding but a very good, clean, tight copy. Charles Boner, poet and travel-writer, one time tutor to John Constable's children, left England to take up a post in Regensburg with Maximilian Karl, 6th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. Boner settled and married in Germany. He published a number of books of poetry but his seminal work was the comprehensive ' Transylvania, its Products and People', (1865) - describing an area at the time under Austria.

Seller: Marijana Dworski Books, Presteigne, POWYS, United Kingdom

Boner, Charles. Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria. With illustrations by Theodore Horschelt, of Munich. Chapman and Hall, London, 1853.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Description: First edition in English. 8vo. viii, 410 pp. 12 plates. 28 chapters describing excursions into the Bavarian Alps after Chamois. Very good. Contemporary green half-calf and marbled boards (rubbed), leather spine label. (7414).

Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.

Boner, Charles. Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria. Chapman and Hall (London 1853), 1853.

Price: US$235.16 + shipping

Description: with illustrations by Theodore Horschelt 8.75" X 5.35", full navy leather hardback, double gilt border to both boards, raised bands and elaborate gilt decoration and title to spine, with light tan chamois name-label, all edges marbled, marbled eps, pp. [i - iii] iv - viii, 1 - 410, with 12 lithogrqaphic full page plates, some sunning to lower board, very fine condition 1853 first edition in very handsome binding

Seller: Books On Dean, Albury, NSW, Australia

Boner, Charles. Chamois Hunting In The Mountains Of Bavaria. Chapman and Hall, London, 1853.

Price: US$252.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrated by Theodore Horschelt. In publisher's original green cloth stamped in blind and gilt. With twelve duotone lithographic plates including frontispiece. Skillfully rebacked. Interior is bright with very little foxing.

Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

Boner, Charles. Chamois Hunting In The Mountains Of Bavaria. Chapman and Hall, London, 1853.

Price: US$252.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated by Theodore Horschelt. In publisher's original green cloth stamped in blind and gilt. With twelve duotone lithographic plates including front piece. Skillfully rebacked. Interior is clean, tight, and bright.

Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.