Classic Game Shooting: The English Art (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
by Jackson, Tony
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0907675824
- ISBN 13
- 9780907675822
- Seller
-
Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Southampton: Martins, 1990. VG+/VG+. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'To ----- & -----/for all your kindness/Tony/25.1.91'. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. A study, and a celebration, of what is a way of life. The author traces the history and development of shooting, of the great shots of the sport's heyday, of guns and cartridges, of keepering, and of rearing and driving birds. He describes dress, equipment, manners, conventions, social nuances and behaviour at the covertside or on the the moor or manor. With Index. A very good plus copy, in a very good plus d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. . Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15732
- Title
- Classic Game Shooting: The English Art (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR)
- Author
- Jackson, Tony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0907675824
- ISBN 13
- 9780907675822
- Publisher
- Martins
- Place of Publication
- Southampton
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Field Sports. Sport. Gun Sports. Gun Dogs. Shooting. Hunting. Guns. Hunting Guns. History Of Shooting. History. Social History.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports and Pastimes;
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Greystone Books
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About Greystone Books
Greystone Books is situated in Kent, England. We have been selling on the internet since 1999. We sell collectable books and try to stock obscure and scare non-fiction titles.
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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