Portal major (14 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Good. Ex-library with the usual labeling. Spine faded. Minor shelf wear. No jacket. Pages clean.

Condición: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages. Major, Lénia (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 96pp. Well illustrated throughout (including colour frontis). Interesting country partridge reference literature. The book is in very good condition - very clean and bright in like d/w. It presents very nicely on the shelf. PARROTT BOOKS - established for over 20 years offering a prompt friendly and efficient service.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). 1932 1st edition. 4to (190 x 251mm). Ppx,96. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs and illustrations. Tan cloth, upper board and spine titled in brown. Inner hinge cracked, cloth quite faded, browning and owner's name to end-papers. Good only. Lacks dust-wrapper. "Including the Report and Suggestions of the Country Life Committee of Enquiry into the Diseases of Partridges during the season 1931-1932." "Major Portal, Dr. Colling and the Committe, with the generous co-operation of owners of shootings all over England, have produced a most illuminating report, which, while exploding many cherished beliefs, establishes facts the knowledge of which is of vital value and practical importance, and points the way to the control of the scourge. .But the book is not limited to the Report alone; there are valuable chapters on Hand-rearing and the Euston system by M.F. Whelan, on Penned Partridges; on the French System; on Stock and Inbreeding; on Penned Hungarians and Hungarians in America; on Winter Feeding; and the effect on the Partridge of modern methods of Agriculture." .…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 367 pages plus indexes (complete). A passive copy. The boards are grubby. They retain a weary elegance. There handling and storage marks and wear all about. They are sure. The contents are very clean, clear, benign, confident, authoritative. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). 1932 1st edition. 4to (190 x 251mm). Ppx,96. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs and illustrations. Tan cloth, upper board and spine titled in brown. Slight browning but good-plus. Lacks dust-wrapper. "Including the Report and Suggestions of the Country Life Committee of Enquiry into the Diseases of Partridges during the season 1931-1932." "Major Portal, Dr. Colling and the Committe, with the generous co-operation of owners of shootings all over England, have produced a most illuminating report, which, while exploding many cherished beliefs, establishes facts the knowledge of which is of vital value and practical importance, and points the way to the control of the scourge. .But the book is not limited to the Report alone; there are valuable chapters on Hand-rearing and the Euston system by M.F. Whelan, on Penned Partridges; on the French System; on Stock and Inbreeding; on Penned Hungarians and Hungarians in America; on Winter Feeding; and the effect on the Partridge of modern methods of Agriculture." .…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Lacking the Dustjacket. 1st. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Owner's name to end paper which is very lightly foxed, no other markings, Very Good; no dust jacket. Tan cloth with gold spine titles, 380pp, index. 150 illustrations including 74 photo plates, a photo frontis and line dawings in text. This is a guide book written in 1929 for shooting of partriges, grouse, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, blackgame, capercaillie, ptarmigan, hare, wild geese, ducks, shore birds. The begining chapters deal with the GUn, and gernal shooting hints, clothing & equipment. The book begins with a dedication to the Prince of Wales and ends with an index to First Aid and Shooting accidents. There are tips on how to safely hold a gun and the etiquette of the shoot: "Try not to talk until at least after the first bird is shot and the birds can be scared off by human speech"; how to deal with being placed in shooting position next to who previosuly had a shooting accident; how and when to tip; how and when to bring your own dog. This is a fascinating look at this aspect of British country life. There is even a chapter on cooking your pheasant and grouse with recipes. (2.7 JM HOQ 102/1 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 380 pp. Light foxing of the fore-edges and also a smattering in the prelims. Mostly clean. A tight and handsome copy.

Hardback. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. PARTRIDGE DISEASE and Its Causes. Edited by Major M. Portal & Dr Walter E. Collinge. Country Life Ltd., London 1932 96pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy is in fine unmarked condition, bright tight, white and square. bound in original tan cloth covered boards with brown titling to the spine and the upper board. This copy is from the library of the late Oliver Collett and bears his heraldic book plate to the front paste down. The unclipped dust wrapper is sun darkened to the spine but entire and has now been covered in clear, removable, protective film. THE prevalence of a new or hitherto unrecognised disease amongst partridges, which caused heavy mortality during the earlier winter months of 1931, brought about the formation of a Country Life committee of inquiry, under the chairmanship of Major M. Portal and with the assistance of Dr. W. E. Collinge as pathologist. While partridges are subject to several fatal diseases, the special features of this epidemic were loss of weight, reluctance of the bird to feed, congestion of the caeca, stomach invariably empty; and the cause was found to be a nematode parasite, Trichostrongylus tenuis, harbouring in thousands in the caeca. The life-history of the strongyle has been worked out: it has been found to be spread with the faeces, from which the larv| swarm up blades of vegetation, with which they are engulfed by other partridges. Although no wild bird seems to be concerned in the distribution of the parasite, earthworms are very frequent carriers of both eggs and larvæ. Any factor which weakens the resistance of partridges predisposes to fatal attack, and amongst such factors the Committee suspects interbreeding, overcrowding in winter, insufficient food, and unfavourable weather conditions. Some of these may be associated, as several replies to a questionnaire issued by the Committee suggest, with modern conditions of farming and roads. Special chapters have been written by experts upon methods of feeding and breeding, so that there has been gathered together in this volume a body of observations and information which no owner of partridge land can afford to ignore. Ref OO3.…

First edition. HB. Brown cloth, no dustjacket. pp96. With colour plate frontispiece from painting of Grey partridges by H. Wormald, 6 b&w illustrations in plates, and 22 b&w text figures. Including the report and suggestions of the Country Life Committee of Enquiry into the diseases of partridges during the season 1931-31. Bookplate of Roger Coke (of Holkham Estate in Norfolk?) on front pastedown. Some tanning to covers, especially spine, with light marks. Pages clean, tanned endpapers.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1932). 1932 1st edition. 4to (190 x 251mm). Ppx,96. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs and illustrations. Tan cloth, upper board and spine titled in brown. Spotting to edges, slight browning to end-papers but good-plus in chipped but presentable dust-wrapper. Signed, in pencil, on the front end-paper "from Maurice Portal, September 19, 1937." "Including the Report and Suggestions of the Country Life Committee of Enquiry into the Diseases of Partridges during the season 1931-1932." "Major Portal, Dr. Colling and the Committe, with the generous co-operation of owners of shootings all over England, have produced a most illuminating report, which, while exploding many cherished beliefs, establishes facts the knowledge of which is of vital value and practical importance, and points the way to the control of the scourge. .But the book is not limited to the Report alone; there are valuable chapters on Hand-rearing and the Euston system by M.F. Whelan, on Penned Partridges; on the French System; on Stock and Inbreeding; on Penned Hungarians and Hungarians in America; on Winter Feeding; and the effect on the Partridge of modern methods of Agriculture." .…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good Indeed. This richly illustrated guide to modern shooting, the third volume in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes series published by Seeley, Service & Co. The third volume in the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes series published by Seeley, Service & Co.Undated, however per the printers' information to the final page of the text, published 1947.With more than one hundred monochrome illustrations appearing throughout the text. These are 75 plate photographs, including a frontispiece of Lord Lonsdale shooting at Lowther Castle, and forty one vignettes, including several diagrams and a map of the Dunwich marshes.This copy with the bookplate of Christopher Perkins to the recto of the second page of publisher's advertisements to the front of the work.This is a thorough guide to the modern shooting methods suitable for the moor, field, and shore. Endowed with the collective knowledge of fifteen contributors including Eric Parker, Leslie Sprake, and J. C. M. Nichols, it contains specific chapters on the shooting and preservation of various birds, hare drives, punt gunning, and the legal aspect of shooting. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with slight discolouration of the cloth and some minor handling marks. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and the extremities. Front hinge strained. Bookplate to the recto of the second page of publisher's advertisements to the front of the work resulting in paste action, visible to its verso. Internally, binding is a touch strained at the centre. Pages are a trifle age toned however generally bright and clean with mild spotting to the outer leaves. Very Good Indeed. Multiple plate photographs including by Oliver G. Pike, Seton Gordon, and W. A. Rouch. (ilustrador). book. …

Cloth. Condición: Very Good Indeed. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First edition. A bright first edition of this Lonsdale Library publication concerning hunting by moor, field, and shore. The first trade edition of this work, issued in the same year as a first limited edition. From 'The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games, and Pastimes,' under general editorial guidance of the Earl of Lonsdale, K.G., G.C.V.O., D.L., and Mr. Eric Parker. Seventy-five full page plates and numerous illustrations in text.The present volume consists of a practical guide to modern methods for shooting by moor, field, and shore. By Eric Parker, Leslie Sprake, Major Portal, Major Pollard, and other authoritative contributors.Complete with its dust wrapper unclipped. Previous ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, undated. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. The dust wrapper is unclipped and very sound with some shelf wear, cockling to the front wrap due to minor damp damage, with a minor closed tear to the head of the front flyleaf, the pricing is neatly folded, leaving a minor crease. Undated previous ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to the edges and scattered to the leaves throughout. With numerous figures in text and seventy-five full page plates in black and white. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (ilustrador). book.…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A profusely illustrated five-volume collection from The Lonsdale Library, offering authoritative guides on horsemanship, hunting, shooting, and fishing, with contributions from leading sporting experts of the era. In the publisher's original brown cloth bindings.These volumes are the first trade editions.This collection comprises four volumes from The Lonsdale Library series, published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. between 1929 and 1930, bringing together practical guides on horsemanship, hunting, shooting, and fishing. Richly illustrated with colour and monochrome plates, frontispieces, and in-text images.This collection consists of:Two copies of The Way of a Man with a Horse: A Practical Book on Horsemanship by Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Broke, Veterinary notes by Colonel Todd, and a chapter on Pig-sticking by Lieutenant colonel Arthur Brooke (1929). These copies include over ninety illustrations across 27 double sided monochrome plates and two single monochrome plates, with a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Fox-Hunting (1930) by Sir Charles Frederick, Cecil Aldin, James Andrews, et al. This copy is illustrated with four colour plates, including a colour frontispiece, and 49 monochrome plates with eighteen reproductions of hunting pictures. Collated, complete. Shooting by Moor, Field and Shore: A practical guide to modern methods, by Eric Parker, Lesie Sprake, Major Portal, et al. (1929). This copy features one hundred and fifty illustrations across nineteen double sided monochrome plates and thirteen single sided plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Trout Fishing from All Angles: A Complete guide to modern methods by Eric Taverner, with a chapter on Trout scales by G. Herbert Nall, and The Legal Aspect of Fishing by Alban Bacon (1929). With two hundred and fifty illustrations, with thirty four monochrome plates including a frontispiece, sixteen of which are double sided, with two plates in colour. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. Slight damp staining across front board and front joint of spine to one of the copies of "The Way of a Man with a Horse". Previous owner"s inscription to front free endpapers, with the previous bookseller"s discreet label to front paste down, on all copies aside from one copy of "The Way of a Man With a Horse," in which the bookseller's label appears to the rear paste down. Spines slightly faded. The odd slight handling mark to boards and spines. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places, but holding firm. Pages bright and clean with one or two pots and handling marks, heavier to the fore edges and first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed. Various (ilustrador). book.…