Ipswich boydell press 1976 (15 resultados)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1974). (1939) 1970s reprint. 8vo (152 x 228mm). Pp258. B/w illustrations by Edward Seago. Matt pictorial boards. Slight use and lean to spine. Soiling to end-papers and edges, good copy in tanned and edge-rubbed dust-wrapper. The Rabbit Skin Cap tells the story of George Baldry, a resourceful and practical countryman, a shoemaker and a poacher. It is a fascinating account of old Norfolk, its extraordinary characters and how they survived the deprivations of the nineteenth century East Anglian countryside. A classic of the English countryside. .…

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. .…

Reprint of the Norfolk Library edition. Hardback. Book is in Very Good condition, clean, bright, no inscriptions. Unclipped dust jacket is Good, shelf wear to extremities and spine is lightly colour faded (lettering clear). Illustrated by Edward Seago. Jacket fitted with a new removable clear cover. Securely packaged. …

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. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 223mm). Ppviii,86. B/w illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex library, usual faults. Working copy in plastic-protected dust-wrapper. "'BB' describes wildfowling adventures after geese, chiefly on the Scottish coast. He brings to life the excitement of the sport, the tensions of a carefully planned stalk, the patience needed to wait for a flight in a freezing dawn or even by moonlight or a clear night, the careful planning of tactics needed for a successful drive. He has a keen sense for what goes 'in the cold dark hours of pre-dawn whilst other (perhaps more sensible but infinitely duller) mortals sleep', and his concentration on his sport does not prevent him from watching the landscape around him, whose beauties are caught both in his descriptions and in his seven full-page black and white illustrations." . BB, (ilustrador).…

1st edition. Green cloth boards, silver lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, [xii], 114pp. Collection of 28 memoirs of East Anglian life drawn from eighteenth and nineteenth century books. Lettering to spine of dw somewhat faded. VG / G+.

vi+338pp. 8vo. Original cloth, corners slightly bumped, in dustwrapper. A very good copy.

Condición: Fine. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated laminated card covers. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 45 pages ISBN 0851150772. Monochrome illustrations throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published, as new. Member of the P.B.F.A. RURAL VILLAGE LIFE.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 223mm). Ppviii,86. B/w illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Some foxing and soiling. A good first edition in untidily price-clipped dust-wrapper. "'BB' describes wildfowling adventures after geese, chiefly on the Scottish coast. He brings to life the excitement of the sport, the tensions of a carefully planned stalk, the patience needed to wait for a flight in a freezing dawn or even by moonlight or a clear night, the careful planning of tactics needed for a successful drive. He has a keen sense for what goes 'in the cold dark hours of pre-dawn whilst other (perhaps more sensible but infinitely duller) mortals sleep', and his concentration on his sport does not prevent him from watching the landscape around him, whose beauties are caught both in his descriptions and in his seven full-page black and white illustrations." . BB, (ilustrador).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). (1976) 1979 reprint. 8vo (138 x 222mm). Ppviii,86. B/w illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Owner's label to end-paper, slight use, slight browning to edges else very good in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper. "'BB' describes wildfowling adventures after geese, chiefly on the Scottish coast. He brings to life the excitement of the sport, the tensions of a carefully planned stalk, the patience needed to wait for a flight in a freezing dawn or even by moonlight or a clear night, the careful planning of tactics needed for a successful drive. He has a keen sense for what goes 'in the cold dark hours of pre-dawn whilst other (perhaps more sensible but infinitely duller) mortals sleep', and his concentration on his sport does not prevent him from watching the landscape around him, whose beauties are caught both in his descriptions and in his seven full-page black and white illustrations." . BB, (ilustrador).…

8vo., First Edition; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). (1976) 1979 reprint. 8vo (138 x 222mm). Ppviii,86. B/w illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in price-clipped, slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. "'BB' describes wildfowling adventures after geese, chiefly on the Scottish coast. He brings to life the excitement of the sport, the tensions of a carefully planned stalk, the patience needed to wait for a flight in a freezing dawn or even by moonlight or a clear night, the careful planning of tactics needed for a successful drive. He has a keen sense for what goes 'in the cold dark hours of pre-dawn whilst other (perhaps more sensible but infinitely duller) mortals sleep', and his concentration on his sport does not prevent him from watching the landscape around him, whose beauties are caught both in his descriptions and in his seven full-page black and white illustrations." . BB, (ilustrador). …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 223mm). Ppviii,86. B/w illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly soiled edges. Good-plus in slightly spine-faded and possibly clipped dust-wrapper. "'BB' describes wildfowling adventures after geese, chiefly on the Scottish coast. He brings to life the excitement of the sport, the tensions of a carefully planned stalk, the patience needed to wait for a flight in a freezing dawn or even by moonlight or a clear night, the careful planning of tactics needed for a successful drive. He has a keen sense for what goes 'in the cold dark hours of pre-dawn whilst other (perhaps more sensible but infinitely duller) mortals sleep', and his concentration on his sport does not prevent him from watching the landscape around him, whose beauties are caught both in his descriptions and in his seven full-page black and white illustrations." . BB, (ilustrador).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 223mm). Ppviii,86. B/w illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. A very good copy in rather used dust-wrapper. "'BB' describes wildfowling adventures after geese, chiefly on the Scottish coast. He brings to life the excitement of the sport, the tensions of a carefully planned stalk, the patience needed to wait for a flight in a freezing dawn or even by moonlight or a clear night, the careful planning of tactics needed for a successful drive. He has a keen sense for what goes 'in the cold dark hours of pre-dawn whilst other (perhaps more sensible but infinitely duller) mortals sleep', and his concentration on his sport does not prevent him from watching the landscape around him, whose beauties are caught both in his descriptions and in his seven full-page black and white illustrations." . BB, (ilustrador).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1976). 1976 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 223mm). Ppviii,86. B/w illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in dust-wrapper. "'BB' describes wildfowling adventures after geese, chiefly on the Scottish coast. He brings to life the excitement of the sport, the tensions of a carefully planned stalk, the patience needed to wait for a flight in a freezing dawn or even by moonlight or a clear night, the careful planning of tactics needed for a successful drive. He has a keen sense for what goes 'in the cold dark hours of pre-dawn whilst other (perhaps more sensible but infinitely duller) mortals sleep', and his concentration on his sport does not prevent him from watching the landscape around him, whose beauties are caught both in his descriptions and in his seven full-page black and white illustrations." . BB, (ilustrador).…