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Abel Chapman, Chas Whymper. First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling. Horace Cox, 1896.
Price: US$102.62 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Complete with all illustrations inc fold-outs. First fold-out has some creasing to edge (doesn't impact in image area) and this also appears on full title page. Yellowed to page edges. Advertisement section to front. Binding a little slanted but remains tight. NO scribbles/inscriptions of any kind.
Seller: Hameston Books, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Abel Chapman. First lessons in the Art of Wildfowling. Horace Cox, 1896.
Price: US$128.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 270ppi.in dark green cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine.Front board is loose to block but well attached. Ink inscription to half-title. 26 pp. full page b/w advertisements for supplies of guns,cartridges, clothing, feed etc. Thirty-six illustrations by the author & three by Chas. Whymper. A crisp, clean, tight no marks copy.
Seller: Eller Books - Bookseller, Preston, United Kingdom
Abel Chapman. First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling. Horace Cox, 1896.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling" by Abel Chapman. 1896 1st edition; Horace Cox; London. Nicely illustrated with 36 illustrations by the author, and three by Chas. Whymper - many of the illustrations are full-page and fold-out. There are numerous illustrated advertisements at the front and back for sporting companies and gear. The contents are as follows: What are Wildfowl, and Where are they Found?; Flight-shooting by Day and Night; Coast-shooting under Canvas; On Punts Punt-guns, and the Practice of Wildfowl Shooting Afloat; Concerning Wildfowl at Home and Abroad; Duck-shooting with the Stanchion-gun, by Day and Night; On Wild Geese and Swans with Directions in the Aiming and Firing of Punt-guns, and in "Timing the Shot"; On Wild Geese and Swans with Remarks on Hard Weather and its Effects on Fowl; On Grey Geese; On the Diving-ducks, Sea-ducks, and Divers with Directions in Distinguishing the Different kinds of Wildfowl when Seen at a distance; Concluding Remark; Wildfowling in Autumn; Two Seasons on Home Waters - 1891-2, 1892-3; Morning Flight; Two Seasons in Southern Spain - A Fowler's Winter 1893-4, A Contrast 1894-5; British Wildfowl. Condition: Light staining to the front cover and spine; clean back cover. There is a crack at the front hinge resulting in the front cover being a bit shaky. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only an occasional small foxing spot; a bit heavier foxing on the front end paper and pastedown. Initials written in pencil on front pastedown. Overall the book is in Good condition.
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Chapman, Abel. First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling. Horace Cox, London, 1896.
Price: US$186.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publishers Green Cloth Gilt. Illustrated by the Author & Chas. Whymper. A Very Good or Better Book. Slightest Rubbing and a Few Minor Marks to Boards. Binding Firm and Intact. Slight Spotting to Page Edges. Previous Owner Ink Stamp to Half Title. No Inscriptions. PBFA Member. We Welcome Direct Contact With Our Customers. Contact Neil Ewart Rare Books If You Require Any Further Information or Images.
Seller: Neil Ewart, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Price: US$282.21 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1896). 1896 1st edition. Ppxii,270 + 13pp adverts at front & 21 at rear. Folding frontispiece & b/w plates by the author & Charles Whymper. Dark green cloth, gilt titles to upper board and spine. Small abrasion to fore-edge. Minor foxing and browning to prelims but overall a very good copy of a scarce book. Chapters on gun-punts and punt-gunning, coast-shooting under canvas, wildfowling for duck, geese and swans. Extensive section of wildfowling reminiscences at home (on the North-east coast), and in Southern Spain. .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
CHAPMAN (Abel). First Lessons in the Art of Wildfowling. Horace Cox, London, 1896.
Price: US$320.69 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: With Thirty-six Illustrations by the Author and three by Chas. Whymer. Folding frontispiece and plates. 8vo. [1]f, xii, 270 pp. Bound in the original green cloth, lettered in gilt, decorated paper endleaves, plain edges. Slightly worn around the edges. With 7 leaves of advertisements at the front and 11 at the end. A very good copy. With a neat ink inscription on the half-title dated 1899 and the bookplate of Oliver Collett.
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom