Encyclopaedia Rural Sports Complete Account by Blaine Delabere, Used (11 results)

hardback, large 8vo, xii,1246pp, numerous illustrations, page edges browned, 2 plates loose, contents otherwise clean and sound, quarter-leather binding, spine ends and corners bumped and frayed. spine edges partly cracked; Fair condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Half Calf. Condition: Very Good. Book measures 22.5x15.cm. xv, 1240pp, text illustrations throughout. Bound in half calf, calf corners, marble boards, raised bands, gilt lines, gilt center stamp and lettering.Binding rubbed, some minor abrasion wear, spine faded. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A good solid copy. Size: 8vo.

3. A new ed., rev. and corr. 3. Auflage 8° XIII, 1246 S., [ca. 20] Bl. zahlr. Holzstiche. Halbleder. Einband berieben und bestossen, Rücken stark beschabt, an den Kapitale fransig, mit Goldpräg., Seiten gebräunt, Besitzervermerke auf dem Vorsatz. Sprache: Englischglisch 2,000 gr.

Cloth. Condition: Good. R Branston (illustrator). New Edition. New Revised and Enlarged Edition 1870. 600 engravings on wood, by R. Branston. Original green cloth decorated in gilt. Probably owned by Charles Hibbert Henry Williamson's father in law. The Hibbert's were a wealthy middle class family in Devon. Williamson' met his daughter Ida Loetitia at various hunting meets and fell in love From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Book is good++ and quite bright. Re-cased retaining the spine and endpapers. Contents quite good. Endpapers rather worn to the edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17593.

Full leather. Condition: Good. First Edition. Full brown leather with gilt titles to spine marbled boards and edges; edges dust-stained and slightly grubby; internally clean. numerous illustrations. A fairly heavy book which is liable to need extra postage; please e-mail for quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

8vo, pp. xiii, [1 (blank)], 1246; with wood-engraved title vignette and 576 woodcut illustrations by R. Branston after Alken, Landseer, Dickes, and others in text; a very good copy in contemporary half green morocco with marbled sides, borders filleted in blind, spine gilt in compartments with gilt morocco lettering-pieces, speckled edges, blue endpapers; spine slightly sunned, rubbed at extremities with a few minor scuffs, splits to joints; ownership inscription of J. Johnstone dated 1856 to title, bookplate of Sir Frederick William Stopford (18541929) to upper pastedown.Second edition of Blaine's comprehensive work on rural sports. First published in 1840, the Encyclopædia of rural Sports marks a considerable departure from Blaine's earlier scientific texts on veterinary medicine, with sections on the history and philosophy of field sports, and on horse-racing, hunting, hawking, coursing, shooting, and fishing. It is nonetheless a useful guide to all aspects of rural sports. Cf. Mellon 162 (first edition). Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st edn. ~TITLE CONTINUES: Racing, and Other Field Sports and Athletic Amusements of the Present Day. ~Small tear (1cm) to top of spine. Many small wood engravings to text. Original blind decoration ribbed green cloth. Gilt decoration to slightly faded spine. Gilt bird to front board. Rear endpaper slightly cracked at gutter but hinge sound. Front endpaper uncracked at gutter. Unobtrusive repair to top spine. Owner's signature, George Whichcote, dated 1842. ~Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders. Size: xv, 1240, viiipp. illus. 23 x 15 x 6.5cm. Binding sound, text unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports or A Complete Account, Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, and other Field Sports and Athletic Amusements of the Present Day" by Delabere P. Blaine, ESQ. First edition. Published by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 1840. Illustrated by 600 engravings on wood, by R. Branston, from drawings by Alken, T. Landseer, Dickes, etc. Very thick octavo [6" x 9"], 1240 pp with additional pages of publisher's advertisements at the beginning and end of the book. Hardbound in publisher's original pictoral green cloth. A large thematic gilt ornament on the top board, and elaborate gilt stamping on the spine. Rear blind-stamped with decorative border and design. The book is in very good antiquarian condition. Minor sunning to the board edges with lightly worn corners. Two small tears to the top of the sunned spine. The gilt lettering and design is bright and fresh. Advertisement and bookplate on the front paste-down. The textblock is remarkably clean and bright. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (D12-32).

First edition. Octavo. pp xvi, 1240, 32 (catalogue). 600 engravings on wood, by R. Branston, from drawings by Alken, T. Landseer, Dickes, etc. Original green cloth decorated in gilt and in blind, with a peregrine falcon in gilt on upper cover. The author was a veterinary surgeon in London and Professor of Animal Medicine. On the front pastedown is the armorial bookplate of William Sandilands of Barny Hill. Spine and cover edges a little faded. Slight bruising to the edges. Very good indeed.

London, Longmans, Green & co, new edition, revised and corrected 1875. Cartoné editorial, rozada por el uso. XIII,1246 páginas, con ilustraciones en el texto. Intonso. Las últimas hojas con manchas de humedad. Cubiertas semi enganchadas. 23x16 cm. Ref: 4627 [LS/016359-4627].