Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 x engraved frontispiece illustrations, vi, 334pp, engraved title page and 9 plates (one folding), some light offsetting from the plates, marbled endpapers with bookplate and early ink signature, full calf with diced pattern and gilt dentelle to inner margins, neatly rebacked with original gilt-decorated spine, some wear. Althoughthe title page gives the author as William this was a mistake of the publishers who presumably muddled Peter with his famous, or notorious, cousin, William (1760-1844) Size: 8vo
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 x engraved frontispiece illustrations, vi, 334pp, engraved title page and 9 plates (one folding), some light offsetting from the plates, marbled endpapers with bookplate and early ink signature, Half red morocco and cloth, all edges gilt. Some light foxing to blank prelims, some offsetting and light foxing associated with the plates, otherwise a very clean copy. Size: 8vo
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Price: US$215.45 + shipping
Description: Finely bound in the original full leather. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt with raised bands. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Bumped corners. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vi, 314, [2] p., [11] plates (one folding) ; 21 cm. Notes: With an additional title page, engraved. Subjects: Fox hunting; Hunting; Early works to 1800. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Beckford, Peter. THOUGHTS ON FOX AND HARE HUNTING. The Albion Press, 1810.
Price: US$229.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1810. Very good condition with no wrapper. In a series of familiar letters to a friend. Modern binding. Leather spine with raised bands and gilt titles. 8 engravings from original paintings, includes title page. Some fold-out plates. 314 pages. Mark to top of spine. Old book rebound with new endpapers. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$244.00 + shipping
Description: Finely bound in the original full leather. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt with raised bands. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Bumped corners. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: vi, 314, [2] p., [11] plates (one folding) ; 21 cm. Notes: With an additional title page, engraved. Subjects: Fox hunting; Hunting; Early works to 1800. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$257.65 + shipping
Description: Albion Press. London. 1810. vi, [errata], 314 pages. Ornately engraved frontis. and extra title, vignette to title, large folding plate displaying plans for dog kennels plus 8 plates. Bound in half brown calf gilt, lower joint very tender, upper joint repaired. Marbled boards. Ownership signature to top of title page. Prelims and some plates foxed, generally a very clean copy.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Price: US$412.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Book measures 9 1/2 x 6 inches.Collation,vi,314pp, engraved frontis, engraved title, plus printed title, 1 double page plate, 8 single page plates.Bound in full calf, [ probably in the 1860s/70s ], gilt rulled lines on boards, raised bands, ornate gilt tooling within compartments, full gilt edges, marble endpapers. Binding in very nice clean firm condition. Internally, previous owners bookplate, extensive neat annotations on first blank. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A very nice copy, in a very attractive binding. Size: 8vo
Seller: George Jeffery Books, HERTFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom