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Price: US$70.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Previous owner's name on ffep. Otherwise no markings or inscriptions. Paper darkened with age, particularly inside edges. Cover with some fading from sun. Edges and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine with some damage at top and bottom, also one tear at title height, coming loose at the top. Please see photos for condition and ask for more photos if required.
Seller: Books & Cabinets, Market Rasen, United Kingdom
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. The original black cloth has a little wear to the extremities. xiii, 503pp. + 16pp. (Wildfowl Record) + 4pp. (ads.) Illustrated throughout by Whymper. The inscription on verso of leading endpaper reads" G. Ashley DoddWith the author's kind regards. Strathmore Halkirk May 23rd. 1884. "
Seller: McManmon, B.D. ABA, ILAB, Preston, LANCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$87.10 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: An informative and illustrated first edition instructional guide to the art of wildfowl hunting in Ireland. The first edition of this study of the art of hunting wildfowl in Ireland, complete with an instructional account of how to shoot and capture these birds. This is the work of English engineer, historian and ballistics expert Sir Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, author of a number of books on military and sporting history, theory and practice.With numerous full plate and vignette illustrationsTo the rear of the work is a fourteen page 'Wildfowl Record', which instructs the reader of this guide to fill in their 'List of Birds Killed', including information such as location, date, and weapon and ammunition used. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie, an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty of the Edwardian period. Impeccably connected, Pleydell-Bouverie was also the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII, and rumoured to be a lover of King Edward VIII. A sparkling figure of fashionable society, her friends included Nancy Mitford, Coco Chanel, Winston Churchill, and Fred Astaire. This work is from the sale of Pleydell-Bouverie"s library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire. She purchased the home in 1940, redesigning the interior and amassing an impressive library, featuring many examples of her own bookbinding.With the contemporary owner's inscription 'Sydney Hulke, 1889' to the half title. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail and extremities. Small split to cloth at tail of front joint. Front and rear hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Newspaper clippings to front pastedown. Tears to front and rear free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd neat pencil notation. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$95.74 + shipping
Description: XIII 503 pages, 12 pages adverts, wildfowl records, lists of birds killed, 17 full page plates + text illus, ownership name to top margin of title page, W.P.H.L. Vaughan 1997, notes on verso of half title not relating to book, also notes to verso of last page of index ducks shot with punt gun, some browning to half title and title page, recent blue cloth binding.
Seller: Hereward Books, Ely, CAMBR, United Kingdom
Price: US$96.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardback in navy blue cloth covers in Very Good condition, with navy blue end papers and tipped in label of heraldic weapon shield of the Farquharsons of Invercauld. S13.With ppxiii, 503. Some uncut pages, pages 61 to 64 have pieces missing from the fore edge, probably due to the uncut pages being poorly opened. Wildfowl Record Sheets at the rear intact. Frontispiece illustration; list of b&w illustrations, index. The Fowler in Ireland or Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl including Instructions in the Art of Shooting and Capturing them. POSTAGE RATES ARE BASED ON A BOOK WEIGHT UP TO 1KG. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 1KG, PLEASE CONTACT US BY EMAIL BEFORE ORDERING FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE.
Seller: Deeside Books, Ballater, United Kingdom
Price: US$99.52 + shipping
Description: 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xiii, 503pp, + ads. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed - corners and extremities bumped. Inner hinges cracked. Slight darkening to page edges. Endpapers lightly foxed
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.86 + shipping
Description: First Edition. 22 x 14 cm. xiii, 503 pages, (2), Publishers list. With 17 full page Plates as listed, and many Illustrations in Text. Rebacked in 2023 using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Names of previous owners. Internally bright and clean. Sprache: english.
Seller: West Coast Rare Books, Westport, MAYO, Ireland
Price: US$108.87 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1882 1st edition. 503pp + 15pp widlfowl record pages to rear. Fair/None. Black cloth boards with a little rubbing to edges/spine, some splitting to edges of spine, small tear to top of spine, minor soiling/mottling. Contents generally clean but for minor soiling, occasional minor splitting, some chipping to page edges, one loose page has been stuck back in. B&W illustrations by Charles Whymper. Detailed guidance on the hunting and shooting of wild fowl. Scarce.
Seller: C. Parritt, Derby, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Navy blue cloth with gilt spine titles; 8vo; 503pp plus 16pp "Wildfowl Records" and 2pp publisher's ads; illustrated with frontispiece plus 16 other full-page plates plus numerous text cuts. One of the premier works on European wildfowl gunning. With information on all duck species found in Ireland plus plover, snipe, woodcock plus birds of prey. Two additional chapters on punts and punt gunning. THis copy in G to VG condition with front cloth a bit rippled, front hinge repaired, ink name to half title page, o/w internally quite clean.
Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$128.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 503 pages, including index + Wildfowl Record pages. All illustrations are present. 17 full page plates. Some minor rubbing to edges of boards. Some foxing to early and last pages. Pages 321 to 336 are loose, else all others are tight. Inner spine is just showing distress. Book plate inside front board is from WILLIAM SHIPTON. M.D. Bookshop sticker is 2, THE SQUARE, BUXTON, DERBYSHIRE. Writing on reverse of front end paper dated 1883. Is a signature but is illegible.
Seller: SEVERNBOOKS, Telford, SHROP, United Kingdom
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Full page plates all present, however, plate to p.336 detached but extant. Slightly shaken, badly bumped with cloth frayed to extremities and a few minor cloth tears to head and foot of spine, boards lightly rubbed with a few small cloth wrinkles. Binding slightly loose with several cracked gutters. A light stain to top closed edges and top corners of pages, not affecting text, ink inscrip. to half title, else pages clean, plates bright. Size: 8vo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Price: US$166.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Pp xiii, 503, 16-page table, 2-page publisher's list. Frontis and 16 further plates as well as many illustrations in the text. Original cloth. Corners bruised and spine faded, with some scratches/wear to the boards. Internally clean and sound. Bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. A nice copy.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey. The Fowler in Ireland. John Van Voorst, London, 1882.
Price: US$166.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A smart, first edition of this study of the haunts and habits of fowl, written by Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey. Bound in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition of this study of the art of hunting wildfowl in Ireland, complete with an instructional account of how to shoot and capture these birds. This is the work of English engineer, historian and ballistics expert Sir Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey, author of a number of books on military and sporting history, theory and practice. With numerous full plate and vignette illustrations.To the rear of the work is a fourteen page 'Wildfowl Record', which instructs the reader of this guide to fill in their 'List of Birds Killed', including information such as location, date, and weapon and ammunition used.With the previous owner's ink inscription of Francis Head, dated 1905. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very good, with light bumping to the extremities. Light rubbing to the joints and the odd mark to cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Previous owner's inscription to the half title. Frontispiece tissue guard has worming marks to the extremities. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$169.07 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 16 plates and very numerous illustrations in the text, half-title lightly spotted, contemporary signature on title; navy cloth, gilt back, black endpapers, uncut, small pull at headband else a near fine copy in publisher's binding. With small personal book-label on front paste-down. The Wildfowl Records leaves at end are blank. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$210.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo. xiii, 503pp, +[16]pp blank chart "List of Birds Killed", +[2]pp publisher's advertisements. Black & white wood block illustrations by Charles Whymper. Blue cloth covered boards; gilt titles to spine. Light wear & bumping to extremities; minor rubbing to boards else near fine. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1882. Frontispiece and text illustrations throughout. Some foxing in places throughout. Fine marbled endpapers. Finely bound by Riviere in half green leather with green cloth sides, raised bands with heavily gilt decorated compartments Each compartment has a different type of wildfowl in it. Top edges gilt. Gilt lines decorating compartments and covers. Slight crack along the edge at the top of the spine, else lovely clean crisp copy. Very attractive copy bound by a fine binder. Binding is probably circa 1900. 503 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom