savory alan (58 resultados)

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condición: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st edition. Light wear to boards with light fading. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some light fading.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Ppxii,183. B/w photograph plates. Green boards, spine titled in silver-gilt, dust-wrapper price L3.75. Ex library, usual faults. Working copy in complete dust-rapper. "I sometimes wonder how on earth I ever survived the rough and tumble way I started my shooting career. It was obvious I did everything wrong from the start. The start began at the age of eight. .I used to spend all my time away from school working, or thinking I was, harrowing with the horse or trying to plough. .[A double-barrelled muzzle loader was produced] from a pile of junk in the shed next to the cow shed. .We took it to pieces and washed the barrels out with boiling water. Then we got it together and loaded it with a clay pipe of black powder, a wad of the Eastern Daily Press, a pipeful of shot and rammed the whole lot down with more paper .We then put on two caps, tied the gun to a tree and fired it by pulling the triggers with a long piece of string. .The stock, which was full of worm holes stood the test without shedding a sprinkle of sawdust and the gun was deemed safe." "Alan Savory's latest collection or reminiscences about shooting, fishing and natural history in general ranges from Norfolk to the West Country." Chapters include: Guns, rods and dogs; The magic of wildfowling; Broadland; Fishing; A mixed bag. .

Soft Cover. Condición: Very Good. Alan Brilliant (Design); Barbara Bianco (Cover) Ilustrador. Copyright 1967. 39 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Text in French.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo illus. 1st Ed. -60-393. Travel through SE Africa parks & game preserves; fishing for tuna, trout, & tiger fish. Very Good in Pictorial Boards.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. [Cat. 57-356.] 8vo illus. 1st Ed. -5 months in S.E. Africa; game preserves; fishing Zambesi for tiger fish; trout in Basutoland; coast for tuna. 57-356. Very Good no DJ.

Condición: Good. 1960. First Edition. 126 pages. No dust jacket. Grey pictorial paper covered boards with lettering. Contains black and white plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Condición: Fair. 1953. First Edition. 148 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and notable foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Moderate water staining to pages throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Heavy tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to surfaces. Book has forward lean. Boards are notably warped.

20p. includes covers, 5.75x8.5 inches, impressions of a paperclip throughout at top, check mark on cover, toned, lightly-soiled and used chapbook in stapled white pictorial wraps illustrated with drawing of a rose on the cover. The reading occurred on July 23, 1967 at the First Methodist Church in Santa Barbara sponsored by Santa Barbara Women for Peace, New Politics, SANE, University Committee on War and Peac, Unicorn Book Shop & the Council. Printed by Noel Young.

Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with even toning and a prize sticker on the ffep. No DJ.

hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good Jacket. First Edition. First Edition. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in good condition- with jacket. Pages in good clean condition. Jacket is in clean and bright condition. Inscription on front endpaper. A collection of reminiscences about shooting, fishing and natural history in general ranging from Norfolk to the West Country.

Condición: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1983). (1956) 1983 new edition. Small 8vo paperback (120 x 196mm). Ppvi,149. Unillustrated. Usual slight browning, slight fading to spine. Slight use but good, solidly intact second-hand paperback. Norfolk wildfowling and pike fishing. "Alan Savory has spent his life shooting and fishing on the Broads and on the coast of Norfolk, and this book is his account of days and nights spent in his favourite pursuits. Few other writers can match his descriptions of the natural beauty of this bleak and lonely world; and few can turn so easily from such a scene to lively and entertaining stories of their adventures (and misadventures). .A magical book by one of the best sporting writers of our time." First published as Lazy Rivers, Geoffrey Bles, 1956, this Country Library paperback edition lacks the photographs of the original. Chapters include: The shore shooter; Ragamuffin dog; The red dog; Fresh marshes and cold weather; Lazy fishing; Coypu Marsh; Teal and teal shooting; Pheasants in the reed-beds; Opening day; The Brandy Hole flight pond; Flight ponds and flood-water; The Bure and the Yare; The Tas and the Wensum; On a Sligo snipe bog; A fall of 'cock; Eels on the pick; Some pike fishing experiences; Morning flight; Sea-side partridge shoot. .

Paperback. Condición: Good. No jacket. The Boydell Press, 1983. Paperback, 8vo, 149pp. Pages yellowed, covers slightly faded and worn. A fair copy. 0851152147/0.2uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0851150292.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Corner bumped.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth now mylar-sleeved. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 180 p. : ill. Subjects: Hunting Great Britain. Fishing. 3 Kg.

Condición: Good. 1953. First Edition. 148 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographs. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Dedication to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has heavy wear with large tears, chipping and creasing. Spine noticeably sunned.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1960). 1960 1st edition. Square 8vo (175 x 217mm). Pp126. B/w photographs, folding map. Printed paper-covered boards. Some browning, staining and wear to boards as usual. Good-plus in original clear-plastic dust-wrapper. The author and his wife made a five-month tour of south-east Africa, looking at wildlife and fishing for tigerfish, trout and South African sea fish. Chapters include:- Thunder in the air; Tunny fishing off the Cape Peninsula; We leave Cape Town; David and animals; The little ballerina; After tiger fish in the Zambezi; Miles and miles of trees; Round about Salisbury; The ruins of Zimbabwe; Bird sanctuary; Trout fishing in Basutoland; Zululand Reserve; Crocodile trouble at St. Lucia; The green hills of the Transkei; Round about Port Elizabeth; Fishing for black bass in a flooded hayfield; Elephants and fish; The elf of Plettenberg Bay; Knysna and Hermanus; The swallows go north. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Ppxii,183. B/w photograph plates. Green boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Minor faults but good-plus in price-clipped dust-wrapper. "I sometimes wonder how on earth I ever survived the rough and tumble way I started my shooting career. It was obvious I did everything wrong from the start. The start began at the age of eight. .I used to spend all my time away from school working, or thinking I was, harrowing with the horse or trying to plough. .[A double-barrelled muzzle loader was produced] from a pile of junk in the shed next to the cow shed. .We took it to pieces and washed the barrels out with boiling water. Then we got it together and loaded it with a clay pipe of black powder, a wad of the Eastern Daily Press, a pipeful of shot and rammed the whole lot down with more paper .We then put on two caps, tied the gun to a tree and fired it by pulling the triggers with a long piece of string. .The stock, which was full of worm holes stood the test without shedding a sprinkle of sawdust and the gun was deemed safe." "Alan Savory's latest collection or reminiscences about shooting, fishing and natural history in general ranges from Norfolk to the West Country." Chapters include: Guns, rods and dogs; The magic of wildfowling; Broadland; Fishing; A mixed bag. .

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1960 first edition hardback in very good condition. A little foxing to page edges and a few interior pages. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The illustrated boards have a few small marks, otherwise just light shelf wear. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Shooting, fishing and natural history from Norfolk to the West Country, in the company of gifted writer Savory. All in VG clean, crisp and bright internal order. Smart green boards with bright silver titling to spine. Light fading to extremities. VG unclipped d/j, lightly worn, price to fly crossed through with pen. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 183pp.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth now mylar-sleeved. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 180 p. : ill. Subjects: Hunting Great Britain. Fishing. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Red hard cover - Good+. In DJ - small tears to edges/fading/Fair. 180 pages plus additional illustrations. Content Good+. (374g) Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity correct postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. shelf wear on boards. one sticker and inscriptions.light foxing. all pages intact. good copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. The boards are slightly shelf rubbed and age related marks are visible. Internally clean and tightly bound. There is a fold out map after page 120. Complete with 126 pages. [B.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair/Good. 1st Edition. Green hard cover - Good. In DJ - spine fading/closed tear to front/light wear edges/Fair-Good. 183 pages with additional illustrations. Content Good. (413g) Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity correct postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted.