WOOD ENGRAVINGS
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THE SHOOTING MAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB; Duff Hart-Davis.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1826890
Published by White Lion Books.
1996.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A companion volume to BB's "Fisherman's Bedside Book", illustrated throughout with numerous woodcuts. Brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. A handsome new edition with an introduction by Duff Hart-Davis. ISBN: 1874762112. Reprint.Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine and spine edges of panels, tiny nick to front vertical edge.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- SHOOTING
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- ILLUSTRATED
THOMAS BEWICK: A RESUME OF HIS LIFE AND WORK
Written by Graham Reynolds.
Illustrated by Thomas Bewick.
Stock no. 1826352
Published by Art & Technics Limited.
1st
1949.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine (reads 'The Engravings of Thomas Bewick'). B/w illustrations. A few minor knocks to board edges. Text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, worn at corners and browned to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- NATURAL HISTORY
- WOODCUTS
- BIOGRAPHY
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
IT'S MY DELIGHT
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1826110
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode.
1st
1947.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A thorough and entertaining discourse on the art of hunting by orthodox methods. Numerous b/w engravings. Blue/green cloth. Boards a little grubby. Spine is a little cocked. Some minor foxing mainly to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, worn at corners with slight loss, surface paper rubbing to spine.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- HUNTING
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- ILLUSTRATED
THREE CLASSIC NOVELS
Written by Jane Austen.
Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1325651
Published by Folio Society.
1997.
Nearly fine condition.
Three volumes. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma. Red cloth. Wood engravings. Eighteenth printing, reset. Books are fine. Slipcase is slightly dusty and rubbed at corners.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
LIVES OF THE LATER CAESARS
Written by Anthony R. Birley; David Magie.
Illustrated by Sue Scullard.
Stock no. 1825805
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2005.
Nearly fine condition.
Translated by Magie and introduced by Birley. Grey patterned leather. B/w wood engravings. xxxvii and 583 pages including index. Top edge silver. A lovely copy in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
THE SPORTSMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB.
Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1325099
Published by The Country Library.
1940.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The essence of the English countryside captured in text and superb wood-engravings and sepia plates. 7 etchings by BB, 5 drawings by G.D.Armour and chapter tail-pieces by BB. 237 pages. Green cloth, yellow title to spine. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is worn and marked with damp stains to spine and loss to spine and corners.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- ILLUSTRATED
EVERYMAN'S BOOK OF ENGLISH FOLK TALES
Written by Sybil Marshall.
Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1825411
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd..
1st
1981.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Tales of the little people and of giants, of the Devila nd the saints, supernatural and domestic and moral tales, retold in the tradition of a storyteller. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0460044729. Boards clean, spine slightly cocked. Text block slightly dusty. Contents clean. Grey dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly creased at edges.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- FOLK TALES
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
DOWN THE RIVER
Written by H.E. Bates.
Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker.
Stock no. 1324307
Published by Victor Gollancz.
1st
1937.
Good condition.
83 b/w wood engravings. Bates paints a rare picture of rural England, along the Ouse and Nene rivers. Large format. Navy blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Spine and corners bumped, wear to top of spine. Ink scribbles and remains of a Boots Library sticker to front cover. Rear cover is slightly faded at edges. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Remains of a couple of labels to rear endpapers.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- FRESHWATER LIFE
- ILLUSTRATED
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- RIVERS
THE MONK
Written by Matthew Lewis; Devendra P. Varma.
Illustrated by George Tute.
Stock no. 1824477
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1984.
Very good condition.
Introduction by Devendra P. Varma. Black cloth spine, red, black and white patterned boards. B/w plates. Endpapers laid slightly crooked (does not detract from overall appearance). Else a fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase in almost fine condition.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
ALONE
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Illustrated by Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Stock no. 1323825
Published by Faber and Gwyer, Ltd..
1st
1927.
Almost very good condition.
No. 4 of The Ariel Poems. Pink cardwraps. 1 full-page colour illustration. A very slim volume. Covers slightly grubby, mark to front cover. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young.
Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 1323737
Published by William Heinemann.
1st
1937.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Spine bumped. Name and address in ink to half title-page. Large foxspots to preliminary pages, some smaller foxspots to page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby, spine browned with slight loss at top and bottom and also a small hole to centre.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WEST MIDLANDS
- WORCESTERSHIRE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
- ILLUSTRATED
A BOOK OF BIRDS
Written by Mary Priestley.
Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1323728
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd..
1st
1937.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
82 wood-engravings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine 384 pages. A scarce Tunnicliffe item. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to cover edges. Endpapers foxed. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss, grubby, foxed and browned to spine. Crease to front flap.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- ILLUSTRATED
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS