venables col robert (9 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Facsimile. pp61 reproduction in facsimile of the 1662 edition with an introductory biographical sketch of the author.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. Brown paper boards are stained and worn. Paper label on spine is darkened and worn as is spine. This has a memoir of Robert Venables 23 pages , followed by the Experienced Angler, 62 pages.Pages show light foxing with soil/tanning to edges. All engravings are present. Stamp from Oxford Bookshop is on back endpaper. SEE PHOTOS.

Facsimile reprint , with an introductory biographical sketch of Col. Robert Venables by C.G.A. Parker. Portrait frontispiece. 62pp. Green cloth with VG dj. Near Fine.

1st thus Edn,. XIX 111 pages, spotting to FEP, original 1/4 vellum over paper covered boards, vg in dj. No 94 of a limited edition of 650 copies. A reprint of these 2 early books on angling with a preface by Horace Hutchinson.

1st thus Edn, XIX 111 pages, spotting to FEP, original 1/4 vellum over paper covered boards, vg in worn dj, dj has sections missing but presentable. No 265 of a limited edition of 650 copies. A reprint of these 2 early books on angling with a preface by Horace Hutchinson.

reprint of the 1662 Edn,. XIII + introduction IV + 61 pages, sml 8vo., the first section is a memoir of Robert Venables, followed by The Experienced Angler or Angling Improved, illus of fish on India paper throughout the text, bound in contemporary 1/2 leather 7 1/2" x 5", top edge gilt, pages uncut, large paper edition.

xxiii, iv, 61 pp., 18 small engravings (17 of fish) on India paper within the text. 1st Gosden ed.,plates are mounted India proofs. Contemporary full polished calf with green morocco spine label. Rubbed at edges. First Gosden edition. Westwood &Satchell p.214.

5th much enlarged Edn,. (14) 96 pages, 6pp table, 12mo, engraved frontis, and 10 copper engravings of fish in the text, showing small loss to bottom edge of the title page just touching the date in part. Recently recased retaining the original blind ruled leather boards old wear to upper outer corners, new matching spine and title label, a very good copy. The last edition in Venables lifetime, Venables was a professional soldier in the parliamentary army, and was made Governor of Chester in 1644. he spent his leisure time angling. W.S 214.

5th much enlarged Edn,. (14) 96 pages, 6pp table, 12mo, engraved frontis, and 10 copper engravings of fish within the text, minor cropping to top edge just touching running title in places. Bound in a recent full panelled old-style calf, a very good copy. The last edition in Venables lifetime, Venables was a professional soldier in the parliamentary army, who spent his leisure time angling. W.S 214 £780.