Wild Sports Of the World

London: S.O. Beeton, 1864. Leather. Good Only. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. The second edition of this fascinating 19th century work on wild sports and natural history, replete with folding plates and illustrations. This fascinating work of hunting and natural history by journalist and novelist James Greenwood discusses the history, habits and physiology of a number of species… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: S. O. Beeton 1862. 8vo. xxii, 426 pp. Contemporary half black straight-grained morocco over marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Wear to boards along edges & spine joints. Slight rubbing to boards. Internally clean. With ten colour chromolithographic plates, six engraved folding maps and numerous full-page & in-text wood engravings. . Very Good. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1862.

London: S.O. Beeton , 1864. First Edition Fifteenth Thousand. Hardcover. Very good copy in crude binding of contemporary cloth over marble boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Text remains clear without blemish. Physical description: xxii, 426 pages: ill. (some col.), fold.map; 22 cm. Subjects: Hunting. Game and game-birds. 19th century sports.

London: S.O. Beeton, 1862. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A profusely illustrated work regarding hunting, complete with many coloured plates, engravings and fold out maps. Collated complete with six folding maps, eight portraits depicting various explorers such as David Livingstone and Jules Gerard, ten coloured plates and many other charming wood engravings, designed by… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: S.O. Beeton, 1862. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 3/4 leather tooled binding with raised decorated bands on spine. 426 pages. Illustrated with woodcuts by Harden Melville and William Harvey. 10 color illustrations from water-color drawings by J.R. Zweker, Harrison Webb, and Harden Melville. Six fold-out maps. Marbled edges. Endpapers with light foxing. Rubbing wear to spine edges,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London : S O Beeton , 1862 . . Good . 8VO . Full calf prize binding with the coat of arms of Mt Marleybone & All Souls Grammar School on front cover, Gilt ruling, gilt spine decorations, marbled endpapers and edges. Illustrated with altogether wonderful and exceedingly dramatic chromolithographs (from watercolours by J B Zwecker,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: S.O. Beeton, 1862. Illustrated with altogether wonderful and exceedingly dramatic chromolithographs (from watercolours by J B Zwecker, Harrison Weir and Harden Melville, engraved and printed by W Dickes) of fiercesome wild animals involved in inflicting dreadful injuries on intrepid Englishmen (9 of 10 called for present missing The Lion). Dozens of woodcuts in the text (from designs by Harden… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Beeton, 1862. First. hardcover. very good. 10 color plates, 6 folding maps and more than 100 wood-cut illustrations. xii + 426pp., 8vo, 3/4 leather over marbled boards; covers lightly worn, front hinge mended with internal cloth strip. London: S. O. Beeton, 1862. First edition. Internally near fine, a very good copy.<br/><br/>

London: S O Beeton, 1864. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. In blue leather boards, blocked spine with gilt title on burgundy and gilt motifs. Boards are sound but show much shelf wear. Spine scuffed and torn at the top, scuffed at bottom, boards scuffed along edges, corners bumped and scuffed. Marbled endpapers in good condition. Front hinge cracked. Prize inscription… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1887. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Decorative red cloth cover is in poor condition and shows heavy wear, rubbing, bumped corners, boards detached, spine heavily torn and partially detached. Pages are shaken with light tanning and minor spotting.

GB: S. O. Beeton, , 1862. Most of text is tight but there is DAMAGE AND LOSS to some plates, maps etc and book has been rebound in strong burgundy cloth, gilt. Just a poor reading copy. SOLD WITH ALL FAULTS.. Hardback. Poor/No DW.

Harper & Brothers. Trade Paperback. Good+/None. Brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, gilt rhinocerous on front. With 147 illustrations. Cloth has some spotting, edgewear, especially at tips of spine. Foxing and soiling inside.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1870. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gilt lettering on beveled edge purple cloth covered boards with a gold Rhinoceros embossed on front cover. Binding loose but intact, spine faded, ex-Bedminster, NJ library copy. Many engraved game illustrations. Some foxing spots.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.