Sporting Pictures of England, collins (70 results)

Hardback board cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. 230mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). 48pp.

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Illustrated boards, VG. 48pp, 12pp colour plates, 21 b/w illustrations, spine yellowed, edges rubbed particularly along the spine. Britain in Pictures vol 87. Another volume in the popular Britain in Pictures series. 250 grams.

Sap green hardback board cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 220mm x 170mm (9" x 7"). 48pp.

Hardcover. Condition: V.g. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 48pp, 12 plates in colour and 21 in black and white. From 'Britain in Picture' series. Spine rubbed and a little foxing to end-papers otherwise a nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION with dust jacket - rare and collectable - will send out 1 st class post within 12 hours of receipt of order.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A few small tears and some previous water damage to the dust jacket. A slight tan to the pages. Otherwise a good, clear copy.

Hardback, 230mm x 165mm decorated card boards, 48+pp. Colour illustrations. Black and white illustrations. Good/Good. Book is a wartime production, darkened by age with foxing to endpapers, block edges grubby, loss of 1 sq cm at top of spine. Plates all present and clean. Dustwrapper (now protected) has wear and chipping to edges, loss ofd 1 sq cm at top of spine but still presentable, with protection. Volume in "Britain in Pictures" series considers the greatest sporting painters of England, with full-page examples of their work. Catalogue: Britain in Pictures. Keywords: Landseer, Stubbs, hunt, horse.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second impression from 1946. With Good dustjacket which has chipping, a small loss at base of spine and some soiling, but is complete. Ball point pen has filled in (line only) the author's name on the title. Tanned panels on fly leafs and title page and on last page of text. Otherwise very nice clean and tight copy illustrating all the great names - Stubbs, the Alkens, Gilpin among others. Colour plates and b/w illustrations (bar last tanned page) all fine. Britain in Pictures series. 48pp.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Excellent. First Edition. For extra pictures of the more valuable books, please press the 'Ask Bookseller A Question' button. Numerous books available in this series. Five general descriptions of condition. The first category has boards in generally good, bright condition. Contents bright and undamaged. Books in series normally have 8 colour plates, some with a combination of colour and sepia plus between 23 and 30 black and white illustrations. Dust wrappers good clean condition with bright spines. Very little or no scuffing to edges of spine. Top and bottom of spine generally good. 2nd category similar except spines of dust wrappers are scuffed at edges, clearly legible title with more damage to top and bottom of spine than the 1st category. 3rd category similar to 1st and 2nd but spines of dust wrappers less bright and more damage and or slightly less clean than categories one and two. 4th category damage as described. 5th category are books in generally good condition without dust wrapper. Size: 6.5" - 9" Tall.

First Edition. Good copy in the original printed boards with a good, somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject; Sporting prints. Painting England. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original printed boards with a good, somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject; Sporting prints. Painting England. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 12 Plates in Colour and 21 Illustrations (illustrator). First Separate. Some creasing to the spine edge.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Excellent. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair - 3rd Condition. First Edition. For extra pictures of the more valuable books, please press the 'Ask Bookseller A Question' button. Numerous books available in this series. Five general descriptions of condition. The first category has boards in generally good, bright condition. Contents bright and undamaged. Books in series normally have 8 colour plates, some with a combination of colour and sepia plus between 23 and 30 black and white illustrations. Dust wrappers good clean condition with bright spines. Very little or no scuffing to edges of spine. Top and bottom of spine generally good. 2nd category similar except spines of dust wrappers are scuffed at edges, clearly legible title with more damage to top and bottom of spine than the 1st category. 3rd category similar to 1st and 2nd but spines of dust wrappers less bright and more damage and or slightly less clean than categories one and two. 4th category damage as described. 5th category are books in generally good condition without dust wrapper. Size: 6.5" - 9" Tall.

Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: nrVG DW. 1st Edition. Owners inscription on front endpaper. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pale Olive green boards with white lettering repeating the design of the dust jacket, 225x160mm approx.48 pages,12 colour plates and 21 b/w illustrations. First printing 1945 of No 87 in the Britain in Pictures series.Major Guy Paget DL,FRHS was an enthusiast and expert on the subject and his name will be familiar to readers of Country Life,The Field,Apollo etc. full of fascinating detail and little known information.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.,VG/VG(Book- Minor shelf wear to boards, a few light spots to end papers, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket-moderate shelf rubbing to extremities with minor nicks and approx 1 cm loss to tail of spine. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Dust jacket worn and torn and is now in a protective sleeve, bookseller's marks, 1945 firts edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Shipped from UK, will dispatch next working day.

Hardcover. Condition: VG/ACC/ND. y First Edition, 1st. Imp. HARDBACK ?BRITAIN IN PICTURES SERIES, No 87.* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1945* Publisher: William Collins* Binding and cover condition: Pictorial cover, mid yellow green paper and white covered boards. White title to spine with illustration showing foxes mask and hunting horn. Considerable age to spine and splits to lower half. Lower edges slightly rubbed. Head and tail worn. ACC* Jacket condition: No dust jacket.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY clean, crisp, bright and sewn binding tight. No annotations or inscriptions. Very slight age to end papers. VG* Illustrations: 12 plates in colour, 21 illustrations in b/w* Pages: 46 pp. text. ii pp chronology of sporting artists at rear.* One of the ?Britain in Pictures? series. Guy Paget was an aristocrat and for a short while a member of parliament. He held a regular commission in the Scots Guards but served with the Northamptonshire Regiment in the Great War. As a member of the Landed Gentry he held a number of positions as Justice and later High Sheriff of Leicestershire. In the years between the wars he was adding to the notable collection of sporting pictures which he had inherited, became a considerable authority upon them, and wielded a busy and versatile pen. His published works included hunting reminiscences and biographies, county history, war books, and three historical novels about the Yorkist princes of the fifteenth century. Sadly he died in a hunting accident at the age of 65 in 1952. A nice text copy of the first edition in this collectable series but with spine wear and without dust jacket.* 1945-01-01. n.

First Edition. Near fine paper-covered board copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: Britain in Pictures/The British people in pictures. Physical description: 47 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23cm. Subjects: Sports in art. Painting ; England. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Series: Britain in Pictures. Physical description: 47 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23cm. Subjects: Sports in art. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original printed boards with a good, somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject; Sporting prints. Painting England. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original printed boards with a good, somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject; Sporting prints. Painting England. 1 Kg.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Poor dust jacket. 2nd impression. (sports, horses, hunting).

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, paper covered boards in the familiar style of the Britain in Picture series, no dust jacket. A good tightly bound copy, one or two binding creases to the boards and endpapers, free of marking, 8 colour plates, 21 b&w illustrations, 48pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. first edition, second impression, history of sporting pictures in England, many illustrations in colour and black and white, mostly horses, dogs and other animals, very good plus condition, pages tanned, some edgewear, in very good plus dustjacket, with some edgewear and rubbing, binding secure, in protective mylar cover, 48 pages, from the Britain in Pictures series.

1st edition, hardback, large 8vo, 48pp, illustrated including 8 colour plates, owner'[s name on endpaper, some light foxing, otherwise clean and sound, printed boards, Very Good condition in slightly rubbed dustwrapper.

Britain in Pictures no. 87. 1945 1st edition with numerous colour and B&W illustrations; binding tight with light wear to edges; dust jacket discoloured/foxed, especially on inner surface, with wear and tear to edges; foxing/yellowing to outer pages; owner's name on front free endpaper; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Wear to extremeties of bds, with crease to spine, same to dw, with cello repair to verso of head of spine, sl tears to tail.; Britain in Pictures; 230x165mm; 48 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo illus. with 12 Plates in Colour and 21 Illus. in Black & White. 1st Ed.-From "Britain In Pictures" series. [Cat. 56-103.] Fine in Very Good DJ.

1st Edition. Very good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards, in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 47, [1] p., 12 plates (col.): ill., plates, figrs; 24cm. Subjects: Horse sports. Hunting; Pictorial works. Sports in art. Sporting prints. Painting -- England. Painting. England. Genre: illustrated. 1 Kg.