Add this copy of Gamonia Or The Art Of Preserving Game: And An Improved to cart. $28.36, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
Add this copy of Gamonia Or The Art Of Preserving Game: And An Improved to cart. $37.29, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by Kessinger Publishing.
Add this copy of Gamonia Or the Art of Preserving Game: and an Improved to cart. $47.30, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
Add this copy of Gamonia Or the Art of Preserving Game: and an Improved to cart. $56.62, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Kessinger Publishing.
Add this copy of Gamonia Or, the Art of Preserving Game to cart. $1,438.28, good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1837 by Rudolph Ackermann.
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J T Rawlins. Good. A scarce first edition of this noted work on hunting and pheasant rearing. With 15 full colour plates by J T Rawlins depicting hunting scenes and countryside views from around Preston, Lancashire. First edition, complete, with errata slip to the rear. With 7 additional plates tipped in by a previous owner, some relevant and depicting hunting scenes and local topography, others simply attractive illustrations from other works. Gamonia was published privately and gifted to friends by the author and is recognised as the earliest book detailing the rearing of pheasants and the preparing of woodlands specifically for game hunting. Written from the perspective of a true country gentleman, the work is also particularly notable for the depictions of scenes local to Lancashire where Rawstorne lived. A scarce and interesting work much sought after by collectors. In the original green morocco binding with gilt detailing. Externally, sound with rubbing to extremities. Front hinge strained with cords showing. Adhesive damage to rear pastedown and endpaper from bookplates or additional illustrations removed. Internally, binding strained. Additional illustrations tipped in to front pastedown, endpaper and blanks as well as to the verso of the List of Illustrations and the half title to Part 1. Pages generally bright and clean aside from spotting to title page and plates. Good.
Add this copy of Gamonia Or the Art of Preserving Game and an Improved to cart. $1,507.00, good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Rudolph Ackerman.
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Good+ Leather. 8vo. Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery. 1837. 208 pgs. Errata slip present. Illustrated with 15 hand-colored engraved plates after J. T. Rawlins by A. W. Reeve and others. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in full green leather with decorated gilt rule present the boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first treatise devoted primarily pheasant rearing and the management and preservation of woodlands. Gamonia is a work celebrated for its picturesque shooting scenes. 'They are unsually attractive, and convey a good impression on the way in which our forebears killed their game, in the beginning of the 19th century' e-80; 1837; 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; 220 pages.
