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John Mills. The Flyers Of The Hunt. Ward And Lock, 1859.
Price: US$16.93 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1859. No edition remarks. 115 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with notable thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Tape to gutter p.75. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Small dent to rear board.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
John Mills. The Flyers Of The Hunt. Ward And Lock, 1859.
Price: US$16.93 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1859. No edition remarks. 115 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt decoration to spine and front board. Includes coloured plates but the last one is missing. Pages have visible foxing and thumb-marking throughout. Heavy cracking to gutters and hinges. Missing front endpaper and final plate. Notable marking to pages. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has notable crushing and tearing to ends. Book has forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Mills, John. The Flyers Of The Hunt. Ward, Lock, And Tyler, 1859.
Price: US$19.19 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Undated but C. 1859. 115 pages. 6 black and white illustration. Half leather with marbled boards. small loss to head and foot of spine. Cracks to outer hinge. rubbing to spine and edges. Small tear to page edge.
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
John Mills. The Flyers of the Hunt. Ward, Lock and Tyler Undated but circa 1859, 1859.
Price: US$28.23 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice clean solid copy of this tale of hunting,horses and connected characters, undated but circa 1859,in half green cloth and marbled boards with minor fraying/wear on spine and edges/corners.Text is clean and bright as are the four very nice b/w illustrations by John Leech (in their uncoloured state). Bottom corner of pages has been damaged/nibbled, but this does not encroach on text. Fly leaves are a bit soiled but otherwise a Very Good copy. 11.5cm x 17cm
Seller: Millersford Books, Broad Chalke, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 115. Original publishers red cloth lettered gilt on spine. Illustrations. No date, c.1859. Very good indeed.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Mills, John; Leech, John (illus.). The Flyers of the Hunt. Ward and Lock, London, 1859.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red mottled cloth, gilt- and blindstamped on boards and spine; with 6 hand-colored plates (including frontispiece). Boards lightly rubbed; spine scuffed, frayed at tips; corners bumped. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
MILLS, John. The Flyers of the Hunt. Ward and Lock, London, 1859.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 6 hand colored plates including frontispiece, (detached). [10], 114, [1]pp. Small 8vo, rebound in older brown mottled leather with the original pictorial cloth cover bound in rear; decorative gilt-stamped spine with raised bands and gilt inner dentelles; a.e.g. Outer hinge cracked, covers lightly bowed, internally clean. London: "The Field" Office, Strand; and Ward and Lock, 1859. Good copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Mills, John. The Flyers of the Hunt. Ward and Lock, London, 1859.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition bound in red ribbed cloth with embossed gilt figure of a horseman and gilt spine lettering. Black and white plates by John Lee ch. 115 pages. The title page states "The Field Office, Strand: then W ard & Locke. 5" x 7 1/2" hardcover is in Good condition. Rubs and fray s to the spine ends and along the spine edges. Bumps to the corners. T he frontis page is detached, but is included. The front hinge is crack ed at the front endpapers and the sewing is exposed, but the binding i s still tight. Writing on the front endpaper and a name is inked on th e front fly.Small blindstamp at the upper right corner of the front fl y.
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, (x), 114, (2) pp. 6 plates, 5 hand coloured, upper hinge slightly tender, bookplate. Original gilt titled red cloth, spine ends bumped, some rubbing and marks.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
MILLS, JOHN. Flyers of the Hunt. , 1859.
Price: US$143.75 + shipping
Description: Leech, John. MILLS, JOHN. The Flyers of the Hunt. London: Ward, Lock, & Co., [after 1859]. [10], 114, [2] p. 6 handcolored plates after John Leach. Modern half goatskin. Corners of two leaves chipped off, not affecting type, else a near fine copy. Bookplates. Later printing of this popular foxhunting novel first published in 1859.
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc., ABAA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 115 pp. With six color plates by John Leech. 12mo, laterfrull crimson crushed morocco gilt; gilt spine; a.e.g., by Root, with the original cloth bound in at rear. First edition. A handsome binding in fine condition.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Mills, John. The Flyers of the Hunt. "the Field" Office, Strand; Ward and Lock, London, 1859.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Rebound in green leather covers with gilt borders and hunting scene of horse and rider following three hounds following the fox diagonally across the front cover. Five raised bands and gilt decorations and lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers with gilt dentelles. Bound by Root & Son. Binder has included former covers and spine in rear. A. E. G. Red ribbon bookmark. Six vivid hand-colored plates. ; Hand-painted; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 114 pages
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. Original green decorated cloth, fox hunting rider embossed in gilt on cover, spine with a missing piece to mid-bottom edge, spine end worn, hinges starting. Boldly SIGNED in ink by the author, John Mills, on the front free endpaper, dated 1962. Also signed in pencil by another of the Mills family. Probably the Mills family copy. Rare thus.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Mills, John. Illustrated by John Leech. The Flyers of the Hunt. Ward and Lock, London, 1859.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. 18.5 by 12.5 cm. [8], 115 pp. Six hand-colored plates. Original cloth front cover bound in. Marbled endpapers. Light rubbing along joints. Occasional light soiling. Comfortably very good plus or near fine.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.