A Portrait of Shooting by Marchington, John - 1979

Anthony Atha Publishers and The Game Conservancy, 1979. 1st. Hardback. Very Good. First limited edition hardback (979/1100), 1979. Ex Shropshire County library book, rebound into green cloth library boards with no jacket or slipcase, only one of the usual stamps to imprint page and trace of label to front endpaper, no pages removed. In overall very good used condition with only slight signs of age, handling and storage. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout.

Rugby, England: Antony Atha Publishers, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. Limited edition #704/1100. Faux green leather spine. Gilt on front and spine. Top edge gilt. No markings. A few scuffs to the sturdy, cloth covered slip case. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Rugby: Anthony Atha & The Game Conservancy,1979. Number 216 of a limited edition of 1100. Plates, some coloured, and illustrations. 4to (11 3/4 x 12 inches), 252-pages. Publisher's quarter green morocco, green cloth sides blocked in gilt, top edge gilt. Fine in fine matching slipcase and enclosed in the original cardboard shipping box.

Antony Atha, 1979. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Antony Atha Publishers and The Game Conservancy; Warwickshire, 1979. Hardcover. Book is heavy, additional shipping cost may apply. Limited Edition. Book is limited to 1,100 numbered copies. This book is number 227. A Very Good, green cloth boards with gilt illustration and gilt lettering on front board, green faux leather spine with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, TEG with mild blemishes, trace crimping to spine edges, previous owner gift inscription in blue ink top half title page else unmarked, slightly bumped bottom front board corner, without Dust wrapper. In a Very Good, green cloth with some handling/scuff marks and few small soiled spots, sturdy, bumped bottom spine corners, Slipcase. A nice and clean copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 9.5 x 12 inches], 251pp., color and b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale.… Read More

ANTONY ATHA PUBLISHERS, WARWICKSHIRE, 1979 NUMBER 394 OF 1100 COPIES ONLY, HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BOARDS & LEATHER BOARDS WITH THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS THAT ARE FULL PAGE & AMONG TEXT WITH SEVERAL FULL PAGE PLATES IN COLOUR. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 12 x 12 INCHES WITH 252 PAGES. SOME LIGHT GENERAL WEAR & FADING TO SLIPCASE OTHERWISE THIS IS AN EXCELLENT NEAR FINE COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Rugby: Antony Atha Publishers and The Game Conservancy. This is a Fine Hardcover Copy in Publisher's green cloth with green leather spine lettered in gilt.This is a Limited Edition of only 1100 copies this one being number 205 housed in a purpose made slip-case which is graded Near Fine.Superbly illustrated throughout with 12 wonderful coloured plates by Alken,Ansdell,Thorburn and others and well over 100 black and white sketches and illustrations in black and white set within the text.Great copy for the collector.Comprehensive and well researched work.Thick 4to 251pp Limited Edition Size: 4to - over 8¾" - 12" Tall . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1979.

Warwickshire: Anthony Atha Publishers Ltd, 1979. Hardback in a slipcase, no dust-wrapper. 251pp. Leather spine. Complete with 12 colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Un-numbered limited edition. Gilt title to spine and front board, with small gilt illustration to front board. Top edge gilt. Slipcase a little worn. A very decent copy. (bs124). Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Warwickshire: Anthony Atha Publishers and The Game Conservancy, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/[Slipcase: Very Good with marking. A Very Good + to Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, being copy 784 of 1100 copies issued in this Limited Edition (light corner rubbing) in the Publisher's original slipcase (which shows some marking, primarily to the slipcase verso) with the book being bound in in green quarter leather with the spine and front board lettered and decorated in gilt and the closed page block's top edge in gilt as well, housed in a coordinating green cloth slipcase. The book (which shows a gift presentation to the half-title] is copiously illustrated with both black and white illustrations and twelve color plates. This Anthology presents numerous writings articles about numerous aspects of shooting game birds and rabbits. The gilt bird decoration and title on the front board and spine remain remarkably vibrant and unrubbed. A Fine copy in a Very Good slipcase.… Read More

ANTONY ATHAH, 1979, RUGBY. LIMITED TO 1100 COPIES. NICELY BOUND, SQUARE QUARTO, QUARTER LEATHER OVER CLOTH WITH MATCHING SLIPCASE. FINE COPY. FULLY ILLUSTRATED. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.

ANTONY ATHAH, 1979, RUGBY. LIMITED TO 1100 COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 26. NICELY BOUND, SQUARE QUARTO, FULL LEATHER WITH MATCHING SLIPCASE. SIGNED BY JOHN MARCHINGTON. FINE COPY. FULLY ILLUSTRATED. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.

Shephard Publishing Company, Montreal, 1941, Very Good Softcover, 31 pages, 5" x 7", sticker damage on front cover, short tear on title page, otherwise clean and tight.

C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.

By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.

USA: Winchester Press, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Second Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover with blue boards and pictorial dust jacket, second revised edition, 2000gms, 517 pages, blank endpapers. This single volume brings together three of the most significant and useful books covering the whole realm of American firearms. Book 1 is titled Rifles, Book 2 is titled Shotguns, and Book 3 is titled Pistols and Revolvers. Book and boards are in very good condition with only very minor general wear and tear. Dust jacket is in good condition with light shelf wear, scuffing and chipping. Front dust jacket shows old sticker partially removed, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Book weighs 2kg and may incur additional postage..

South End Publishing, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New. Illustrator: Bedeschi, Francisco (Photographs). 160pp; Loaded with fantastic hunting and landscape photographs from Uruguay; Text written in both English and Spanish; Gift inscription on fep; Otherwise, as new condition; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Bedeschi, Francisco (Photographs). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Non-English Language::Spanish; ISBN: 9872192723. ISBN/EAN: 9789872192723. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 100703. . 9789872192723

703 ChristieBrownSuit The Man In The Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1958, Stated Fourth Impression Thus,1970. ISBN 0370006720. Please see our stock photos. EXLIB. Good Condition/Good Original Shakel & Ryder Dust Jacket with Yellow spine, black titling, woman and ship cover art. Protected in mylar wrap. "States new and redesigned Edition, Fourth Impression, 80p. Blue boards with black titling. Our book spine has skinned spot at the word "brown" from removal of scotch tape. Plot Summary: Who is he, the man in the brown suit? He says he is a doctor; but Anne Beddingfield, who witnesses the fatal accident at a London tube station, is quick to notice some curious features about him when he comes to the scene. Her investigation of the accident leads her into the thick of mystery. This novel is more than an ingenious puzzle: It is a gripping suspense story."

Vonnegut, Kurt. Dead-Eye Dick. 1982, DELACORTE PRESS/SEYMOUR LAWRENCE . FIRST EDITION. Used. VG/G+ Condition. Back DJ photo of author taken by Jill Krementz. Plot Summary: "Deadeye Dick is a tragic tale of "gun nuts and nukes," Vonnegut tells Miller Rudy Waltz, the protagonist, while playing around as a child in his father's upstairs gun room, fires off a round from a high-powered rifle and accidentally kills a pregnant woman as she vacuums her apartment several blocks away."

EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000
Seattle, Washington USA 98155
Printed in the United States of America by
Publishers Press / Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
First EditionOUT OF PRINT and SCARCE. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in AS NEW condition still sealed in the Original Publishers Shrink Wrap. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of a RARE TITLE.226 pages. 9.25" x 12.25". Hardcover with a Dust Jacket. Volume Two covers all of the European Sporting Cartridges ( other than German and Austrian which are covered in Volume One ), including those from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium. There are also a number of patent drawings and descriptions of ammunition and magazine designs as well as photographs of a number of German-made double rifles and combination guns.

NY: Modern Publishing, 1990. Hard cover in dust jacket. Folio. 10 3/4" x 14 5/8." 320 pp., illus hundreds of color photographs. A beautifully produced book, printed on bright, heavy coated stock. Fine in fine dj.. Hard. As New/Fine. Illus. by Buckner, Bill - Photography. Folio. Coffee Table.

New York, New York, U.S.A: Harper & Brothers, 1881. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Green cloth with red stamped decorations and gilt titles. Boards are heavily rubbed and edge worn with scuffing and fraying at extremities. Red decoration has darkened and faded, along with some of the gilt. Previous owner's name and address written in pencil in front and rear end papers. Pages are toned from age with scattered foxing and spotting throughout. Binding is sound. 300 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white by the author. Comprehensive hints on camp shelter, log huts, bark shanties, woodland beds and bedding, boat and canoe building, and valuable suggestions on trappers' food, etc. With extended chapters on the trapper's art, containing all the "tricks" and valuable bait recipes of the profession; Full directions for the use of the steel trap, and for the construction of the traps of all kinds; detailed instructions for the capture of all fur-bearing animals;… Read More