Charles Simpson. The Harboro Country. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1927.
Price: US$16.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has toning. Rough cut pages. DJ with edge wear, tears, loss and old tape repairs.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Charles Simpson. The Harboro Country. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927.
Price: US$18.16 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards have little wear. Pages are age toned with spotting/foxing.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Price: US$22.75 + shipping
Description: First Edition in white cloth boards, and rough-cut pages. No dust Jacket.Very well presented. With 24 Illustrations in colour and 52 in black and white by teh author Good condition, with no internal markings, some discolouration to cloth cover. Paper is age browned in places.
Seller: Reader's Books, Petworth, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: With 24 colour and 52 b&w illustrations. Includes Combe's folding map of Leicestershire and the Surrounding County very . good copy,
Seller: R.E & G.B Way, NEWMARKET, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Charles Simpson. The Harboro' Covntry. Bodley Head, London, 1927.
Price: US$25.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fox hunting. 1st edition 1927. Large hardback book bound in oatmeal buckram. With 24 colour and 52 b&w illustrations. Includes Combe's folding map of Leicestershire and the Surrounding County. Fine copy. *HEAVY! OVERSEAS SHIPPING EXTRA AT ABOVE-DEFAULT COST!*
Seller: St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, United Kingdom
SIMPSON, Charles. The Harboro' Country. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1927.
Price: US$27.84 + shipping
Description: XXIII, 240, [8] pp., ill. in nero n.t. e tavv. a colori f.t.; 29 cm. Leg. edit. in tela. Tracce d'uso, dedica al risguardo, fioriture nel testo
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Malombra, Vicenza, VI, Italy
Simpson, Charles Walter. The Harboro Country. ohn Lane the Bodley Head, 1927.
Price: US$30.86 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1927-01-01. ohn Lane the Bodley Head. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE No DJ. Edgewear. Rubbed. Foxing. Boards marked.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Simpson, Charles. The Harboro' Country. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original oatmeal colored linen with green titles very clean and bright but a bit loose (rippled) on rear board. No water damage seen inside. Upper tips bumped, lower tips still sharp.Text tight and bright w/tidy name on fep and light foxing on endpps. Advertisements at the end of the book. 24 beautiful colour plates and 52 black and white illustrations by the author. Includes Combe's large folding map of Leicestershire and the surrounding country. introduction by Lord Stalbridge, Joint Master of the Fernie Hunt. 240 pp. A stunning book of one of the most breathtaking hunting countries in the world. Oversized post required for priority and international destinations. Chapters include: PART I: MARKET HARBOROUGH: To Naseby Field / A Hundred Years After / Harborough Town / The Great Days of Quorn Country / Whyte Melville. PART II: THE BILLESDON HUNT: The Division of the Country / Skeffington Hall / Tailby's Hunting Journal 1864-1872 / The Last Six Seasons / The Old School and The New. PART III: THE FERNIE HUNT: Fernie of Keythorpe / Some Great Runs / Monday Country - Peatling Magna and Wistow / Wistow Hall / Monday Country (con't) Gumley and the Laughton Hills / Thursday Country - Rolleston and Noseley / The Langtons / Friday-Saturday Country / Great Bowden / Index of Place Names.
Seller: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.
SIMPSON Charles. THE HARBORO' COUNTRY. John Lane Bodley Head, 1927, 1927.
Price: US$36.39 + shipping
Description: 1st edn. 4to. Original green lettered beige buckram (lower board rather damp stained), no dustwrapper. Pp. xxiii + 240. illus with 24 coloured plates & numerous b&w plates by author (endpapers spotted; no inscriptions),
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lge 4to.xxiii, 240pp plus publisher's adverts. With 24 illustrations in colour and 52 in black & white by the author plus a large folding map. Introduction by Lord Stalbridge, Joint Master of the Fernie Hunt.In light brown buckram with green titles. Edges uncut. Slight soiling to binding but generally a very good copy. Leicestershire and hunting interest. Large heavy volume please allow for extra postage particularly if ordering from abroad.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition. Fawn coloured boards with green lettering to spine & front cover.11.5ins x 9.5ins, xxiii, (i), 240pp, 8pp adverts plus 24 colour plates, 1 b/w plate & a folding map. Within the text are a further 51 b&w illustrations as listed. Introduction by Lord Stalbridge. Contents divided into three sections; Market Harborough, The Billesdon Hunt, The Fernie Hunt. Scattered foxing, mostly light, to text pages else VG. Nb heavy book, extra postage will be required, please e-mail for at cost quote.
Seller: Missing Books (PBFA), Great Leighs, United Kingdom
Simpson, Charles. The HARBORO' COUNTRY, HC. John Lane the Bodley Head Lmtd, 1927.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Market Harborough, Billesdon Hunt, Fernie Hunt. Intro: Lord Stalbridge, Joint Master-The Fernie Hunt. 1927, John Lane the Bodley Head Lmtd, London. 24 color illus & 52 b/w illus by author. 9-1/4" x 11-3/8",240 pgs. Hardcover, inside Gd+, lite foxing few end pgs, cover quite soiled
Seller: Larimar Animal Books, Morristown, NJ, U.S.A.
Charles Simpson. The Harboro Country. The Bodley Head Ltd, 1927.
Price: US$51.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Harboro Country ~ by Charles Simpson; pub by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd 1927, 1st Edition; large 4to 9 x 11 ½, bound in light brown buckram some marks on cover; 272pps, + 25 colour plates, also a folding map on p232; side and bottom edges uncut, some browning on inside front & back pages and some slight foxing on some internal pages, also some slight weakness on front inside hinge, otherwise book is tight in the binding and in good condition. Book weighs 1.7kg
Seller: Vance Harvey, Leicester, LEICS, United Kingdom
Charles Simpson. The Harboro Country. The Bodley Head Ltd, 1927.
Price: US$64.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Harboro Country ~ by Charles Simpson; pub by John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd 1927, 1st Edition; large 4to 9 x 11 ½, bound in light brown buckram some marks on cover; 272pps, + 25 colour plates, also a folding map on p232; Book plate on inside front cover with name of James Reginald Ormrod; side and bottom edges uncut, some browning on inside front & back pages and some occasional foxing on internal pages, book is tight in the binding and in good condition. Book weighs 1.7kg
Seller: Vance Harvey, Leicester, LEICS, United Kingdom
Price: US$70.18 + shipping
Description: Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, 23 fine coloured plates, 52 plates in monochrome and large folding map on japon; oatmeal holland, upper board and backstrip lettered in green, green top, uncut, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 8pp publisher's catalogue at end.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Charles Simpson. The Harboro' Country. John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1927.
Price: US$71.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition of this beautifully illustrated geography of the Harboro Country in England. First edition of The Harboro' Country by Charles Simpson in the original publisher's cloth binding.This beautiful geography of Leicestershire is a lovely depiction of the English countryside.Illustrated with twenty four colour plates and illustrations throughout the text by the author. Collated, complete.Includes eight pages of advertisements to the rear. No dust wrapper present. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some occasional spotting particularly to the endpapers and title page. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Simpson, Charles. The Harboro' Country. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1927.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fox Hunting. Illustrated in Color. Some foxing, else a clean copy in a a somewhat tattered, but still presentable example of the very scarce jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.81 + shipping
Description: SIMPSON, Charles. The Harboro' Country. With 24 Illustrations in Colour and 52 in Black and White by the Author, and an Introduction by Lord Stalbridge, Joint Master of the Fernie Hunt. L.: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, (1927). First Printing. Pp (10),xi-xxiii,(3),3-240,(8,ads),col.frontis + 24 col.plates + lg.fldg.map of Leicestershire. 4to, tan cloth. Divided into 3 parts : I. Market Harborough; II. The Billesdon Hunt; III. The Fernie Hunt. Spine darkened and rubbed, corners bumped, hinges starting, small blue stain to last leaf and endpaper, else vg. 100.00
Seller: John W. Doull, Bookseller, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
Simpson, Charles. The Harboro' Country. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1927.
Price: US$79.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. Frontis., 240 pp., illus. 24 illustrations in colour and 52 in black and white. Introduction by Lord Stalbridge. Owner's signature and notes in pencil on verso of rear fep. Prelims are yellowing and foxing throughout text but colour plates are crisp and intact. Small stain to font cover.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Simpson, Charles.. THE HARBORO' COUNTRY.. John Lane the Bodley Head Limited,, London:, 1927.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: Green-stamped beige cloth covers show moderate soil, one very deep ding on front edge, rear soil/scuffing. Front free endpaper and some internal pages dampstained along edge; other endpapers lightly soiled. Hinges sound, uncracked. 24 illustrations in color, 52 b&w illustrations by the author, introduction by Lord Stalbridge, joint master of the Fernie Hunt. ;
Seller: Nelson & Nelson, Booksellers, Trenton, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$105.80 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 240 pages. Subjects; The Harboro' Country. Fox Hunting. Hunting. The Fernie Hunt. Lord Stalbridge. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Simpson, Charles. The Harboro' Country (1927). The Bodley Head, UK, 1927.
Price: US$107.80 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A generally presentable copy, with some external knocks and bumps around edges, and a few spots of discolouration, but binding secure and titles clear. Some fraying a top edge and corners from general handling and shelf wear. Some browning and light wear along rough-cut page edges, but contents mostly very presentable throughout, some mild marginal spotting but plates clean and no major creases or tears. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 250 x 300 mm. 240 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Travel & Places; Britain/UK; 1920s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 22015. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Seller: Maynard & Bradley, Leicester, United Kingdom
Price: US$124.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 240 pages. Subjects; The Harboro' Country. Fox Hunting. Hunting. The Fernie Hunt. Lord Stalbridge. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$129.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto hardback, marbled boards. 240 pp. Black & white and colour illustrations by the author, tissue-guarded colour frontispiece. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE END PAPER; NUMBER 40 OF LIMITED RUN OF SEVENTY-FIVE COPIES. Edges and corners worn, otherwise Good condition.
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Price: US$149.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This sale is for two books by Simpson, Chas. W. Both 1927 First Editions. Illustrated. From The Wakely Collection - The property of the late Dr Peter Wakely, his plate to the inside front cover.Both in good condition Foxing to pages, shelf wear, discoloration to covers. 1. The Harboro' country / by Charles Simpson; with 24 illustrations in colour and 52 in black and white by the author, and an introduction by Lord Stalbridge, joint Master of the Fernie Hunt. Map no chips or tears, near perfect. 2.1926, Leicestershire & Its Hunts: The Quorn, The Cottesmore, & The Belvoir. Book is in good condition wtih Dust Jacket poor lost to the spine chips and tears around, Inv U519.
Seller: Eurobooks Ltd, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Price: US$155.92 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; Physical desc.: xxiii, 240 p., 26 leaves of col. plates : ill., folding map ; 30 cm. Subject: Fox hunting --Great Britain --Leicestershire 3 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$178.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages; Physical desc.: xxiii, 240 p., 26 leaves of col. plates : ill., folding map ; 30 cm. Subject: Fox hunting --Great Britain --Leicestershire 3 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Large hardcover. Paste paper over boards with a green cloth spine. Paper title label on spine is worn, with lettering all but worn off. Boards are rubbed and worn, with some chipping along the edges, and some scraping to back cover. Cloth is worn at the head and foot of spine. Of 75 signed and numbered copies, this is number 41. 1927. 240 pages. Illustrations by the author, in color and black and white. A good copy. Please e-mail us with questions or to request photos. This is an oversized book. Extra shipping charges may be required for international or priority delivery.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Simpson, Charles. The Harboro' Country. John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1927.
Price: US$207.93 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. Pp xxi, 240. 8 page publisher's list. Colour plates and other illustrations. Original quarter cloth. Teg. edges of boards and corners showing wear. Spine title label defective. Spare label inserted at end of volume. No.1/75 copies with 2 extra colour plates, signed by the author.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Price: US$324.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A LIMITED SIGNED EDITION OF ONLY 75 COPIES WITH TWO EXTRA PLATES First limited edition,number 60, of 75 copies, signed by Charles Simpson, printed on hand made paper, xxiii, 240 pp, folding map and 4pp adverts at rear, edges untrimmed, 26 colour and 52 black and white illustrations, folding map at rear, special binding of half buckram and marbled boards,printed label, two small pices missing, spare label opposite ads at rear, some spotting, The Bodley Head, London, 1927 Size: 4to
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom