222 pages; three parts with appendices (Old English; A Calendar of English Military Archery; Statues of the Realm Relating to Archery; Thrre Songs); Bibliography and Index in rear. Pages tight; yellowed with slightly darkened page edges. Usual library markings in front and back; over 30 b/w illustrations; moderate page wear; Page ends foxed and have faded areas; Green faded hard covers with white illustations of arrows; white lettering on spine. Moderate wear and rubbing on cover edges, corners and spine ends. No date but cir 1950's. Section titles include: Historical; (Old English; Roger Ascham; Decline of Archery); Practical--Tools and Materials; Bowstrings; Bow; Arrows; Arrowheads; Sundry Gear; Maintenance and Repairs; The art of Hunting with the Bow and Arrows; (General Observations; The Book of Roi Modus; The Livre De Chasse; a Minor Note; etc. RARE VINTAGE COPY. N° de ref. del artículo S44-B2418-5962
Título: The Archer's Craft; a Sheaf of Notes on ...
Editorial: A s Barnes and Co, New York
Encuadernación: Hardcover
Ilustrador: Adrian Eliot Hodgkin
Condición: Fair
Condición de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket
Descripción Soft cover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. paperback, illustrated, 222 pages, a fine clean copy. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 39. Nº de ref. del artículo: 137185
Descripción Condición: Good. 1951. First Edition. 222 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with silver lettering. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Silver lettering is dulled. Nº de ref. del artículo: 1712299273ABS
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. G/G, used, black colored linen binding with white and orange text on spine, 222pp. Interior clean no marks except former owners stamp at the top fore-corner of the title page and a small squiggle of red crayon on the rear paste-down, pages are toned. Shelf rubbing to dj, small chip at the head of the spine, edges wrinkled and small tears, corners rubbed and torn. DJ now enclosed in protective sleeve. Slight must odor to interior 0. Nº de ref. del artículo: 025088
Descripción 2nd Ed. Royal 8vo. 224pp. 32 ills. from photos., 6 diagrams. E.ps. and prelims. lightly spotted, sm. ownership label to front pastedown, good in lightly rubbed d/w. sl. chipped at head of spine. US$56. Nº de ref. del artículo: 285183
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First Edition Thus. SIGNED by Glenn St. Charles, Commissioner of the Legends of the Longbow Library and Founder of the Pope and Young Club. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Green textured leather covers with gilt lettering and illustration to front and spine, all edges gilt quite finely. Decorated endpapers. Replete with black-and-white illustrations, facsimile and photographs. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Apparently unread, spine still crackles. Frontis matter, 2-222 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. Signed by Author. Nº de ref. del artículo: 357290
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Illustrated by Adrian Eliot Hodgkin Ilustrador. Limited Edition. As New. Limited edition of 1250 copies and signed by Glenn St. Charles. (This copy is not numbered). Foreword by Glenn St. Charles. Illustrated by the Author with black-and-white photograhs and drawings. All edges gilt. Leather binding. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Unread. Fine condition. ; Black-and-white illustrations; 8vo; 222 pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 326
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Hardcover, like new, with illustrations by the author; one of a limited edition of 1,250 copies, not numbered, signed by Glenn St. Charles, commissioner of the Legends of the Longbow Library and founder of the Pope and Young Club. St. Charles also wrote the foreword. This attractive volume features a dark green leather cover with gilt titles and illustration of an archer; gilt page edges; and decorative endpapers. ASIN: B004BJVXS4. Nº de ref. del artículo: 89246
Descripción [Archery] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.222 [2]. With numerous illustrated plates and diagrams. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to fly-leaf: 'To Humphrey Payer, | from his old friend | the author | A.E. Hodgkin | June 1953.' Also with a manuscript letter on a single sheet of blue note paper passing the book on to a third party. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge red. With the typographic dust-jacket titled in red and green, and priced at 35s. A loose type-written leaf to preliminaries listing some ancient statutes from Oxford University about the use of bows. Toning to edges, otherwise a clean copy. A touch of sunning to cloth extremities. Jacket toned, with moderate wear to edges, and some substantial chips to head and tail of spine. Very good. Nº de ref. del artículo: 62223