Letters to Young Shooters

Ralph Payne-Gallwey

Verlag: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1890-1896, London, 1890

Beschreibung

The first edition of the first, second, and third series completing Payne-Gallwey's advice and guidance to young shooters. First edition of Letters to Young Shooters, complete in three volumes, by Ralph Payne-Gallwey, in the original publisher's uniform cloth bindings.A great late nineteenth century guidebook to shooting.The First Series is illustrated throughout the text with no plates. The Second Series is also illustrated throughout the text, and has a monochrome plate frontispiece. The Third Series is densely illustrated, with many in-text illustrations, a frontispiece, and thirty six monochrome plates. Collated, complete. Pages 607 and 608 of the third series are detached, as is the plate facing page 608.With two pages of advertisements to the rear of Volume III.Prior owner's ink inscription from 1891 to the front free endpaper of the First Series, and from 1897 to the third series. In the original publisher's cloth bindings. Externally, sound. There is bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and to the extremities. There are some marks to the boards. The hinges are strained but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription from 1891 to the front free endpaper of the First Series, and from 1897 to the third series.Internally, generally firmly bound. The pages are bright and generally clean with some light spots throughout. Pages 607 and 608 of the third series are detached, as is the plate facing page 608. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 856W72

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Letters to Young Shooters

Verlag: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1890-1896, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1890

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book