 |
Stevens, R. Blake. |
Full Circle: A Treatise on Roller Locking
2006.
1st Edn.
Collector Grade Publications.
Cobourg, Canada.
xix ? 514 pages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs, line drawings, gun breakdowns etc. Coloured pictorial end papers. Publishers brown faux leather binding a fine copy in fine dj. The in-depth story of the "half locked" roller action, developed for use in German assault rifles and machine guns during WWII.
[23346] |
£300.00 |
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STEVENS R.Blake |
The Browning High Power Automatic Pistol
1984.
1st Edn.
Collections Grade Publications.
Cobourg, Canada.
273 pages, 4to., illustrated in b/w from photographs + drawings, diagrams etc, pictorial end papers, publishers' green cloth, vg in dj l rubbing to the head and tail of the dj. Inscription to title page "To Herb Woodend and all the Pattern Room people, with thanks for your kind assistance" signed R Blake Stevens. Herb Woodend was a highly respected authority on guns is also thanked on the acknowledgment page. A study of the high-power pistol, a chronology of the various types and models. ?75
[23420] |
£75.00 |
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STEVENS R.Blake |
North American Fals: Nato's Search for a Standard Rifle
1979.
1st Edn.
Collections Grade Publications.
Toronto, Canada.
166 pages, 4to over 200 b/w illustrations from photographs line drawings etc. Publishers pictorial card covers a few small marks. a very good copy. Personal presentation inscription on the title page signed by Stevens.
[23381] |
£45.00 |
|
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STEVENS R.Blake |
North American Fals: Nato's Search for a Standard Rifle
1979.
1st Edn.
Collections Grade Publications.
Toronto, Canada.
166 pages, 4to over 200 b/w illustrations from photographs line drawings etc. Publishers pictorial card covers a very good copy.
[22982] |
£45.00 |
|
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STEVENS R.Blake, EZELL Edward C |
The Spiw The Deadliest Weapon That Never Was
1985.
1st Edn.
Collections Grade Publications.
Toronto, Canada.
ix + 138 pages, 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs and drawings, showing the guns bullets etc, Publisher green faux leather with gilt design to front board, fine in dj, 2cm single closed tear to the dj, dj now in clear removable sleave. Spiw an acronym standing for Special Purpose Individual Weapon. "The most fantastic gun story ever told."
[22980] |
£200.00 |
|
 |
STEWART Colonel A.E. |
Tiger And Other Game The Practical Experiences Of A Soldier Shikari In India
1928.
2nd Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co Ltd.
xvi 307 pages, frontis and 18 other plates + occasional text drawings, some occasional browning. Publishers maroon cloth some surface scratching to the boards a good + copy. The second edition has a new chapter on Hawking. Includes much on the tiger and panther, ie placing shot, beasts, skinning etc. A guide to hunting tiger, panther, horned game etc. Czech 202. Stewart 540.01
[23547] |
£35.00 |
|
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STEWART Maj Gen R.N. |
Experiment in Angling and Some Essays
1947.
1st Edn,.
The Northern Chronicle Office.
Inverness.
97 pages, small 4to., b/w illus from photographs, angling bookplate of E.W.F.Sippall to front paste down, 1/4 green cloth over red cloth binding some discolouration to upper board, vg in dj. game fishing in Scotland and Iceland
[17084] |
£45.00 |
|
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STIGAND Capt C.H. |
The Game of British East Africa
1909.
Horace Cox.
XI + 310 pages, 54 Plates, 4to. 8 pages sporting adverts, very light spotting to prelims and page edges o/w a vg clean copy. Green simulated crocodile hide cloth with gilt title and native vignette in black to upper board, vg. interesting chapters comparing hunting big game to shooting also on stalking, Wild game, its habitats, spoor game trails, movement etc., Czech 268
[18517] |
£400.00 |
|
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STIGAND Capt C.H., LYELL D.D. |
Central African Game And It's Spoor
1906.
2nd.
Horace Cox.
xii 315 pages, 67 full page plates including 2 folding, some spotting to end papaers, ammorial bookplate to front paste down of J Johnstone. Original orange cloth tiles in black with paw prints to upper board light rubbing to edges and corners, base of spine worn, lettering on spine chipped in places. " A key book for both the novice and experienced hunter. It combines the knowledge of 2 experienced hunters where game can be found, habitat, vital shots etc. Also a chapter on rifles, the paw prints illustrated are life size hence the large folding plate elephant fore foot" Czech 269.
[19125] |
£240.00 |
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 |
STIRLING John |
Fifty Years with The Rod With Essays on What We Know on the Salmon and The Scottish Sea Trout
1929.
1st Edn,.
Philip Allan.
VII 316 pages, coloured frontis + 8 plates, covers unevenly faded as often found. VG-
[1867] |
£25.00 |
|
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ST.JOHN Charles |
Sketches Of The Wild Sports And Natural History Of the Highlands
1878.
rep Edn,.
XV 338 pages, the 1st illustrated edition, green pictorial gilt cloth, vg.
[2282] |
£35.00 |
|
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STOCKBRIDGE V.D. |
Digest Of U.S. Patents Relating To Breech Loading And magazine Small Arms (Except Revolvers) Granted In The United States From 1836 to 1873, Inclusive
1963.
facsimile rep of the 1874 Edn,.
176 pages, 4to., illus, vg in chipped dj.
[12355] |
£45.00 |
|
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STOCKLEY Lt Col C.H. |
Stalking In The Himalayas And Northern India
1936.
1st Edn,.
254 pages, illus, advs, head of spine bumped, vg.
[3793] |
£65.00 |
|
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STOCKLEY Lt Col C.H. |
Stalking in the Himalayas and Northern India
1936.
1st Edn,.
254 pages, illus, map end papers, vg-.
[8197] |
£50.00 |
|
 |
STOCKWELL Glen |
Fly Reels of the House of Hardy
1978.
1st Edn,.
A and C Black.
XI 58 pages, coloured frontis + black and white plates from photographs and drawings, vg in dj.
[1864] |
£38.00 |
|
 |
STOCKWELL Glen |
Fly Reels of the House of Hardy
1978.
1st Edn,.
A and C Black.
XI 58 pages, coloured frontis + black and white plates from photographs and drawings, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to FEP, fine in dj.
[16998] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
STODDART Thomas Tod |
An Anglers Rambles And Angling Songs
1866.
Edmonston and Douglas.
Edinburgh.
XIII 410 pages, 12pp adverts, even browning to contents, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down, blue cloth, gilt angling vignette to upper board, cloth darkened, rubbing to corners, vg-. WS203
[16915] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
STODDART Thomas Tod |
The Anglers Companion, A Popular And Practical Handbook To The Art Of Angling
1892.
3rd rev Edn,.
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co.
207 pages, text illus, publishers green cloth, vg.
[3510] |
£45.00 |
|
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STODDART Thomas Tod |
The Angler's Companion To The Rivers And Lochs Of Scotland
1853.
2nd Edn,.
XXIII 357 pages, 4 illus. one coloured of flies, lacks the folding map of Scotland, later 1/2 calf binding, rubbed on edges of spine and corners, vg-
[3395] |
£38.00 |
|
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STODDART Thomas Tod |
The Angler's Companion To The Rivers And Lochs Of Scotland
1853.
2nd Edn,.
XXIII 357 pages, 8pp advs, engraved frontis, hand coloured plates of flies + text illus, folding anglers map of Scotland in rear pocket, light off setting to title page from frontis, original green cloth, gilt fish vignette to upper board, cloth darkened on spine and edges.
[8666] |
£100.00 |
|
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STODDART Thomas Tod |
Angling Songs
1889.
1st Edn,.
Edinburgh.
IX 324 pages, 2pp adv, frontis illus of the author. contains 198 page memoirs of the author by his daughter Anna M Stoddart, blue publisher's binding, lightly rubbed, vg-.
[9442] |
£28.00 |
|
 |
STODDART Thomas Tod |
The Art Of Angling As Practised In Scotland
1835.
Edinburgh.
IV 156 pages, engraved title, contemporary name and date 1835 in ink to upper margin, press cutting pasted to front inner board, publishers cloth a little dull.
[10561] |
£90.00 |
|
 |
STODDART Thomas Tod |
The Art Of Angling As Practised In Scotland
1836.
2nd greatly enlarged Edn,.
Edinburgh.
IV 164 pages, 12mo, engraved title and text illus, original cloth binding with paper label to upper board, some loss to label, some bubbling to cloth, vg-.
[9319] |
£90.00 |
|
 |
STODDART Thomas Tod |
Songs And Poems In Three Parts
1839.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons.
Edinburgh.
XV 216 pages, publishers cloth with printed paper label to spine chipped with loss. The 3 sections are angling songs, national songs, miscellaneous poems. Westwood "The angling songs are fifty seven in number and some of them of great merit" WS 203.
[15019] |
£75.00 |
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STODDART Thomas Tod |
Songs And Poems In Three Parts
1839.
1st Edn,.
Edinburgh.
XV 216 pages, spotting to EPs, rebound in plain red cloth not recent, gilt ownership name on front board.
[12585] |
£35.00 |
|
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STOKER High |
The Modern Sea Angler
1958.
1st Edn,.
Robert Hale.
XI 222 pages, illus, vg in torn dj, presentation note tipped onto FEP to Jack Thorndike thanking him for his help, signed by Stoker.
[14490] |
£25.00 |
|
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STONE George Cameron |
A Glossary Of The Construction, Decoration And Use Of Arms And Armour In All Countries And In All Times
1961.
rep of the 1934 Edn,.
New York.
694 pages, large 4to, over 875 photo engravings, vg in chipped dj. An exhaustive study of arms and armour, a much superior reprint to those that appeared later.
[5718] |
£55.00 |
|
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STONE Peter |
Bream And Barbel
1963.
1st Edn,.
Anglinbg Times.
Peterborough.
123 pages, illus, some occasional spotting to contents, vg in dj, unclipped dj no loss, dj shows the lake scene on a grey background.
[14612] |
£50.00 |
|
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STONE Peter |
Bream And Barbel
1963.
1st Edn,.
Benn, An Angling Times Publication.
Peterborough.
123 pages, illus from photographs and drawings, vg in dj, head of spine of dj rubbed, dj has 2 fish on front, first cheap edition on inner flap.
[15227] |
£20.00 |
|
 |
STONE Peter |
Bream And Barbel
1963.
1st Edn,.
Angling Times.
Peterborough.
123 pages, illus, some occasional spotting to contents, vg in dj, unclipped dj no loss, dj shows the lake scene on a grey background.
[20772] |
£50.00 |
|
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STONE Peter |
Come Fishing With Me
1973.
1st Edn,.
Pelham Books.
125 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs, vg in dj.
[5884] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
STONE Peter |
Fishing For Big Chub
1983.
1st Edn,.
Beekay Publishers.
Enfield.
Full page and text illustrations from photographs and line drawings, A fine copy in dj. Chapters include: Behaviour; Tackle; Baits; Location; Rivers; Ice holes; Stillwater's; The River Annan; Chub rivers and the big chub list; My biggest chub.
[22189] |
£22.00 |
|
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STONE Peter |
Gravel Pit Angling
1978.
1st Edn,.
David and Charles.
Newton Abbot.
192 pages, illus, vg in dj. contains a forward by Richard Walker.
[338] |
£25.00 |
|
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STONE Peter |
Gravel Pit Angling
1978.
1st Edn,.
David and Charles.
Newton Abbot.
192 pages, illus, vg+ in dj. contains a forward by Richard Walker.
[13013] |
£20.00 |
|
 |
STONE Peter |
Ledgering The Modern Man's Technique
1963.
1st Edn,.
Arco Publications.
126 pages, illus from photographs and diagrams by Richard Walker, forward by Fred Taylor, presentation note on FEP signed and dated by Peter Stone 1972, a vg copy in likewise dj, dj not price clipped or any splits, but light rubbing to edges in places.
[16291] |
£80.00 |
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STONE Peter |
Rod Making
1961.
1st Edn,.
An Arco Handbook.
150 pages, text drawings pictorial laminated covers, vg in dj light rubbing to head tail of spine of DJ.
[2913] |
£55.00 |
|
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STONE Peter, WALKER Richard, TAYLOR Fred |
A Guide To Coarse Fishing
1964.
1st Edn,.
Leicester.
96 pages, illus, pictorial cover, vg in dj.
[9169] |
£30.00 |
|
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STONEHAM C.T. |
Big Stuff African Big Game And Its Hunters
1954.
1st Edn,.
John Long Limited.
191 pages, b/w illus from photographs, inscription to FEP, vg. Stoneham uses the experiences Selous, Neuman, Vaughan Kirby and others in constructing his view of big game hunting Czech 271.
[19034] |
£25.00 |
|
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STONEHAM C.T. |
Big Stuff African Big Game And Its Hunters
1954.
1st Edn,.
John Long Limited.
191 pages, b/w illus from photographs, vg in dj, dj chipped at head of spine. Stoneham uses the experiences Selous, Neuman, Vaughan Kirby and others in constructing his view of big game hunting Czech 271.
[16586] |
£60.00 |
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STONEHAM C.T. |
Hunting Wild Beasts With Rifle And Camera
1933.
1st Edn,.
Thomas Nelson and Son Ltd.,.
viii -219m, full page and text illustrations from photographs, green cloth boards with gilt title and leaping lion vignette in black to the upper board. VG in DJ the dj showing some loss to the head of the spine and front edge just touching the title. Stonham hunted lions in Northern Kenya and rhinoceros, buffalo, and leopard near mt Kilimanjaro and numerous episodes of photographing big game. Czech 271
[22769] |
£65.00 |
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STONEHENGE |
The Shotgun And Sporting Rifle And The Dogs,Ponies, Ferrets etc Used With Them In Their Various Kinds Of Shooting And Trapping
1859.
1st Edn,.
Routledge, Warne and Routledge.
XVI 448 pages, numerous full page and text illus, a vg copy in the publishers 1/4 red roan binding. The book is in 6 sections 1. Varieties of shooting; 2. The animals used by the shooter etc., 3. Elementary principles of gunnery etc; 4. The varieties of shotguns etc. 5. The sporting rifle; 6. The game preservers guide. A title often found in poor condition due to the cheap roan binding. Riling 727, Chute 612.
[11208] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
STORZ Dieter |
Rifle & Carbine 98. M 98 Firearms of the German Army 1898 to 1918.
2006.
1st English.
Verlag Militaria.
Vienna.
447 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings. Presentation inscription to front end paper signed by Diert Storz. A fine copy in DJ. The book deals in detail with the history of M 98 rifles and carbines in Germany between 1898 and 1918. With high quality photographs of the guns bullets equipment etc.
[22173] |
£145.00 |
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STRACEY P.D. |
Elephant Gold
1963.
1st Edn,.
227 pages, illus, map, vg in dj. Tracking and capturing elephant including rogue elephant. Shooting elephant in India, Czech 206
[6192] |
£30.00 |
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STRACHAN Arthur W. |
Mauled By A Tiger, Encounters In The Indian Jungle
1933.
1st Edn,.
the Moray Press.
1st Edn, xi 279 pages, 4 pages advs, illus including 8 in colour from miniatures by the author mounted on black card. Publisher's cloth, titles in white. A vg copy seldom found in vg condition. The author hunted numerous tigers in Assam both on foot and machansi, also leopard, wild boar, bear etc. On one occasion trailing a wounded tiger only to be charged and mauled by the tiger, though he succeeded in killing the tiger he had extensive injuries causing his and arm to be amputated. Czech 206.
[20520] |
£180.00 |
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STUART Hamish |
The Book Of The Sea Trout With Some Chapters On Salmon
nd Circa 1916.
1st Edn,.
VIII 253 pages, frontis illus, some light spotting to prelims and browning to contents, original blue cloth darkened.
[5399] |
£40.00 |
|
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Stud Dogs |
The Glenboig Stud Dogs The Property of Robert Chapman Glenboig By Coatbridge
Circa 1860.
Single folded promotional sheet offering Setters Pointers, Curly Coated Retrievers, Black Field Spaniels, Liver and tan Spaniels, Sussex Spaniel, Clumber Spaniel. Details Sire, prizes etc with the stud fee and conditions. Very good example
[22633] |
£20.00 |
|
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SUDAN |
Notes For Travellers And Sportsmen In The Sudan
1909.
3rd Edn,.
Cairo.
IV 55 pages, folding map, printed paper wraps + 15pp addendum and corrigenda to the 2nd edition. Single staple to upper cover, 1st page loose, some dust soiling to both items, some pencil underlining and correction, name in pencil Leslie Simons to upper margin of 1st page of addendum. The booklets give the information and restriction on arms, cartridges, trophies, exporting ivory and rhino horn, shooting districts, game animals, licences etc. A well detailed guide.
[16510] |
£280.00 |
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Summerfield, Stephen & Law, Susan |
THE BAKER RIFLE AND THE EARLY CAMPAIGNS OF THE 95TH RIFLES
2019.
Ken Trotman / Shorncliffe Trust,.
Godmanchester.
312 pages, Illustrated with 33 illustrations and 17 maps in b/w from photographs drawings old prints etc. Publishers' pictorial laminated covers a fine copy. a facsimile of the 1808 Military Lectures delivered to officers of the Regiment and other related material.
[22974] |
£25.00 |
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SUPICA Jim & NAHAS Richard |
Standard Catalogue Of Smith & Wesson
2001.
2nd edition.
Krause Publications.
Iola, USA.
4to., 318 pages, advert leaf, illus throughout in colour and b/w from photographs, publisher's pictorial laminated cover, a fine copy in dj. Covers over 770 models in six grades of condition.
[20733] |
£20.00 |
|
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SUPICA Jim & NAHAS Richard |
Standard Catalogue Of Smith & Wesson
2006.
3rd edition.
4to., 432 pages, illus throughout in colour from photographs, a fine copy in dj. Covers over 770 models in six grades of condition.
[20551] |
£30.00 |
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SURTEES Robert Smith |
Jorrocks Jaunts And Jolloties Being The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric And Extravagant Exploits Of The Renowned Sporting Citizen
1843.
2nd Edn.
Rudolph Ackerman, Eclipse Sporting Gallery.
vi (3) 358. 8 page advs, AEG, 15 fine hand coloured plates by Henry Alken, armorial bookplate of Sir Basil Mogg to FEP and to verso armorial plate of Wilfrid Willett. the bookplates have caused some rippling to the EP, contents and plates clean and free of spotting. Publishers green cloth with gilt title within sporting border and gilt title and decorative spine. A vg copy with the plates in a fine bright condition. The title first appeared in the Sporting magazine in Volumes I-VIII and then in book format 1838 and 1839 with plain plates by Phiz. This is the first with the fine plates by Henry Alken.
[19990] |
£550.00 |
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SURTEES R.S. |
Jorrocks's Jaunts And Jollities, The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, eating Eccentric And Extravagant Exploits Of That Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr John Jorrocks
1903.
reprint Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
XXII 356 pages, TEG, large 8vo., coloured title and 22 coloured plates after H Alken, 9 etched plates by Phiz + illus in text, bound in contemporary 1/2 dark red morroco, cloth sides, gilt ruled spine compartments with motifs of horseshoes and snaffle bit. An attractive copy using both the uncoloured plate from the 1st edition and the colour plates of later editions, includes a chapter on shooting in Surrey.
[13577] |
£180.00 |
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SUTHERLAND R.L., WILSON R.L. |
The Book Of Colt Firearms
1971.
1st Edn,.
The Author.
Kansas City, Missouri.
XV 604 pages, lge 4to., profusely illus, vg in chipped dj. A comprehensive study, difficult title to find, inscription on title page "for my old friend John Jarvis - one of Europe's foremost colt authorities - from the real author - Larry Wilson"
[9829] |
£140.00 |
|
 |
SUTTON Ken |
Angling In The News
1960.
1st Edn,.
Angling Times Publication.
Peterborough.
109 pages, card covers, vg. The early years of The Angling Times with reference to Dick Walker, Bernard Venables etc,.
[16135] |
£50.00 |
|
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SUTTON Richard L. |
An African Holiday
1924.
1st Edn,.
The C.V.Mosby Company.
St Louis, USA.
180 pages, 102 illus from photographs, blue cloth, gilt rhino head to upper board, head of spine rubber o/w vg. The author recounts his safari to Kenya, hunting rhino, lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo etc. includes some excellent photos. Czech 160
[21179] |
£25.00 |
|
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SUTTON Richard L. |
Tiger Trails In Southern Asia
1926.
1st Edn,.
USA.
207 pages, illus, note on bottom of title page in ink, original covers, light fade marks to front cover
[5882] |
£35.00 |
|
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Swan, GP; Botes, DJ; Smit, PL |
Hunting Africa: A Practical Guide,
2002.
2nd.
Sunbird Publishers.
Cape Town.
xx-350 pages, illustrated in colour from photographs + map b/w line drawings and photographs. Publishers' pictorial laminated covers a fine copy. This book deals with the preparation for the hunt, tracking, shot placement, the all-round rifle, emergencies, and field preparation of trophies. It includes information on measurement and records, hunting ethics and law issues.
[23249] |
£45.00 |
|
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SWAYNE Major H.G.C. |
Through The Highlands Of Siberia
1904.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
xiv 259 pages + 9pp catalogue for Rowland Ward books, 24 full page plates plus 1 folding text photos, folding plate showing the stalk, folding map at rear showing the authors route, the map is strengthened on fold to verso, Rowland Ward end papers, sporting bookplate of "Walter Rutherford Peterson to front paste down, publishers cloth, gilt title to upper board, light rubbing to lower corners. Swayne and his hunting companion H W Seton Karr travelled from Moscow across the Urals into the mountains region of Mongolia and the Altai Shan hunting ovis, ibex etc. the author used Elim Demidoff as a guide famed for his sheep hunting book in Altai and Mongolia. Czech 209.
[21472] |
£320.00 |
|
 |
SWAYZE Nathan |
'51 Colt Navies
1967.
1st edn.
Gun Hill Publications.
Yazoo City, USA.
243 pages, 4to illustrated in b/w from photos line drawings etc. Publishers' pictorial binding in dj, a few small, closed tears to the top edge of the dj, dj now in a clear removable cover The Model 1851 Colt Navy. its variation and markings, an important work on the gun.
[23780] |
£130.00 |
|
 |
SWIFT Jeremy |
Arthur Ransome On Fishing
1994.
1st Edn,.
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
280 pages, this edition limited to 250 copies in full leather binding, this being number 188, illus, vg in slipcase
[19339] |
£40.00 |
|
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SWIFT Jeremy |
Arthur Ransome On Fishing
1994.
1st Edn,.
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
280 pages, AEG, No 226 of limited this edition limited to 250 signed copies in full leather binding, illus, vg in slipcase
[19181] |
£40.00 |
|
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SYMONDS The Rev B. |
The Suffolk Sportsman Showing The Nature Of The Various Kinds Of Dogs In Use For Gun And Net With The Most Rational And Perfect Method Of Training And Breaking Them, Together With The Most Useful Instruction To Young Sportsmen For Speedily Acquiring The Art Of Shooting
1825.
3rd Edn,.
Thomas Gosden Sportsman Repository.
152 pages, engraved frontis, some spotting to frontis, armorial bookplate of Henry Wilson, near contemporary 1/2 dark blue calf, vg. The first 2 editions were tilted A Treatise On Field Diversions By A Gentleman Of Suffolk. Chute 619
[15977] |
£240.00 |
|
 |
SYNGE Patrick M. |
Mountains Of The Moon An Expedition To The Equatorial Mountains Of Africa
1937.
1st Edn,.
XXIV 221 pages, illus, maps, vg. British Museum Expedition to East Africa to study flora and fauna of the equatorial mountains.
[6021] |
£60.00 |
|
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SZECHENYI Count Zsigmond |
Land Of Elephants, Big Game Hunting In Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda
1935.
1st UK Edn,.
Putman.
xi 208 pages, frontis and 47 b/w plates from photographs, + map, some light spotting to contents, bound in the publisher's black cloth, a vg copy. Originally published in Hungary in 1934, hunting elephants in the Kituti Forest and along the Tiva River in Kenya also episodes of leopard, lion hunting etc., Czech 277. ?180
[22365] |
£180.00 |
|
 |
TANGANYIKA |
Safari Map Folder Of Tanganyika
nd Circa 1956.
Dept Of Surveys & Town Planning.
Dar-Es-Salaam.
large 8vo., 6 large coloured folding maps, maps numbered by tags to 12, each number representing 1/2. The map scale 1 inch to 15.78 miles, the maps being revised from the 1941 edition. maps showing railways, roads, tracks, boundaries, districts, villages, townships, rivers, swamps, wells, springs, water holes, etc., Green 1/4 stud bound cloth paper covered boards with title to upper board and vignette of a running giraffe. An usual atlas showing the country in great detail.
[21065] |
£250.00 |
|
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TATE Douglas |
Birmingham Gunmakers
1997.
2nd Edn,.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, USA.
xi 190 pages, 4to, finely illus in colour and b/w from photographs, fine in dj. A complete overview of the Birmingham gun trade and its history as well as a listing of the Birmingham Gunmakers
[21573] |
£60.00 |
|
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TATE Douglas |
British Gun Engraving
2000.
2nd Edn,.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, Ca, USA.
vii,274 pages Landscape 4to finely illustrated with colour photographs by David Grant. Publishers blue cloth, fine in dust-wrapper" "Douglas Tate and master photographer David Grant bring us the most opulent examples of British gun engraving in existence." The development of various house and regional styles is discussed and illustrated. The first edition was a limited edition.
[23709] |
£40.00 |
|
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TAUNT Henry W. |
A New Map Of The River Thames From Thames Head to London (On A Scale Of Two Inches To A Mile) From Entirely New Surveys Finished During The Summer Of 1878, Combined With Guides Giving Every Information Required By The Tourist, The Oarsman And The Angler
nd Circa 1879.
3rd Edn,.
Henry W Taunt & Co.
Oxford.
215 pages including adverts, frontis illus + folding distance map + 33 double page maps of parts of the river with photo insert to margin + 1 other single sheet plate with photo. Presentation inscription to top blank margin of title page to "Mr Porter with the authors best wishes Xmas 79". Publisher's brown cloth with river scene in black with gilt title and mayfly vignette to upper cover, decorative spine. A vg copy, details of where to fish, what fish are likely to be encountered etc. A book which is often broken for the attractive maps.
[20039] |
£220.00 |
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 |
TAVERNER Eric |
Anglers Fishes And Their Natural History
1957.
1st Edn,.
Seeley Service.
284 pages, illus, vg in dj. an exhaustive study of fish and their natural history with the aim for the angler to take more fish with greater understanding, published in the Lonsdale Library series.
[18269] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
TAVERNER Eric |
The Making of a Trout Stream
nd 1953.
1st Edn,.
Seeley Service.
140 pages, TEG, illus in b/w from woodcuts, map end papers, limited to 250 copies of which 225 are for sale, this is an unnumbered copy, signed by the author. a fine copy in the original slipcase.
[19934] |
£60.00 |
|
 |
TAVERNER Eric |
Salmon Fishing
nd 1937.
1st Edn,.
Seeley Services.
472 pages, 111 full page + text illus, spotting to closed page edges, vg in rubbed dj, published in the Lonsdale Library Series, a comprehensive study.
[10096] |
£25.00 |
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TAVERNER Eric, SERVICE Douglas |
The Fly Fishers' Club Libary Catalogue 1935
nd 1935.
1st Edn,.
37 pages, illus, vg
[4482] |
£38.00 |
|
 |
TAYLERSON A.W.F. |
The Revolver 1865-1888
1966.
1st American.
Crown Publishers.
New York.
292 pages, illustrated in b/w with plates showing numerous guns from photographs, also text drawings and gun breakdowns throughout the text. VG in Dj the Dj small, closed tear and rubbing to the base of the spine. The second volume on Taylersons exhaustive study of the revolver. The American edition was published the same year as the 1st UK edition.
[23396] |
£45.00 |
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 |
TAYLERSON A.W.F. |
The Revolver 1889-1914
1970.
1st Edn,.
Barrie and Jenkins.
324 pages, illus, inscription on FEP, vg in dj, dj faded on spine.
[18506] |
£40.00 |
|
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TAYLERSON A.W.F., ANDREWS R.A.N., FRITH J. |
The Revolver 1818-1865, 1865-1888, 1889-1914
1968, 1966, 1970.
1st.
Herbert Jenkins.
London.
3 volumes, 360, 292, 324 pages, well illus in b/w with 151 plates showing numerous guns from photographs, also text drawings and break downs throughout the text. Tape offset mark to end papers of volume 1 from dj protection, also offset mark to the spine from dj title. All vg in djs , two of the djs evenly faded to spines. The djs are now in clear removable sleeves. A vg set in dj of a comprehensive and well researched book taking over 4 years to complete. A major and exhaustive work on the subject.
[21998] |
£150.00 |
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TAYLERSON A.W.F., ANDREWS R.A.N., FRITH J. |
The Revolver 1818-1865, 1865-1888, 1889-1914
1968, 1966, 1970.
1st Edn, the 1865 -1888 is 1st American.
Herbert Jenkins +Crown Publishing.
London & New York.
3 Vols, 360, 292, 324 pages, well illus in b/w with 151 plates showing numerous guns from photographs, also text drawings and break downs throughout the text. Some spotting to the closed page edge of vol 2 and spotting to blank margin of the frontis of volume 3. All vg in DJs the DJ of volume 1 has a chip to bottom edge of rear flap and a couple of closed tears. The DJs are now in a clear removable sleave. A very good set in dj, of a comprehensive and well researched book taking over 4 years to complete. A major and exhaustive work on the subject.
[21975] |
£165.00 |
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TAYLOR Fred |
Angling In Earnest
1958.
1st Edn,.
MacGibbon & Kee.
148 pages, illus, vg in price clipped dj, light rubbing to dj edges. A classics of coarse fishing. Chapters on all the main coarse angler's fishes
[12946] |
£30.00 |
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TAYLOR Fred |
Tench
1971.
1st Edn,.
Macdonald.
xiii 150 pages, illus, vg in price clipped dj. Published in the Richard Walker Angling Library series.Chapters include: Thoughts on tench and tench waters; Early days - The Waterfall, The Pits, The Lake; The reservoir; The middle lake; The Warrells; The Sawmills; Woldale Lake; The Narrows; The Island; Arlesey Lake; The Clay Pits; The Canal; Castle Lake; The Mere; River tench; Winter tench; Future developments; Baits and groundbaits; Float developments.
[15049] |
£50.00 |
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TAYLOR Fred |
Tench
1971.
1st Edn,.
Macdonald.
xiii 150 pages, illus, vg in dj. Published in the Richard Walker Angling Library series.Chapters include: Thoughts on tench and tench waters; Early days - The Waterfall, The Pits, The Lake; The reservoir; The middle lake; The Warrells; The Sawmills; Woldale Lake; The Narrows; The Island; Arlesey Lake; The Clay Pits; The Canal; Castle Lake; The Mere; River tench; Winter tench; Future developments; Baits and groundbaits; Float developments. .
[15061] |
£60.00 |
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TAYLOR Fred |
Tench
1971.
1st Edn,.
Macdonald.
xiii 150 pages, illus, vg in dj, bottom inner flap of dj is marked, Published in the Richard Walker Angling Library series.Chapters include: Thoughts on tench and tench waters; Early days - The Waterfall, The Pits, The Lake; The reservoir; The middle lake; The Warrells; The Sawmills; Woldale Lake; The Narrows; The Island; Arlesey Lake; The Clay Pits; The Canal; Castle Lake; The Mere; River tench; Winter tench; Future developments; Baits and groundbaits; Float developments. .
[7643] |
£40.00 |
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TAYLOR Fred |
Tunny Fishing For Beginners
n/d 1934.
1st Edn,.
Seeley Services And Co Ltd.
XVI 102 pages, 18 full page plates taken from photographs, spotting to closed page edges, light green publishers cloth, dj price clipped and some spotting to rear flap, a scarce title particularly in dj. Big game tunny fishing of Scarborough the world record was broken here in 1932 and again in 1933 over 100 fish were landed with an average weight just under 600lb.
[16946] |
£180.00 |
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TAYLOR Fred J. |
Angling In Earnest
1958.
1st Edn,.
MacGibbon & Kee.
148 pages, illus, vg in dj, light rubbing to dj edges. A classics of coarse fishing. Chapters on all the main coarse angler's fishes.
[5831] |
£35.00 |
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TAYLOR Fred J. |
Angling In Earnest
1980.
reprint Edn,.
Stanley Paul.
215 pages, illus, vg in dj. A completely updated version of the 1958 1st edition.
[15637] |
£20.00 |
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 |
TAYLOR Fred J. |
Favourite Swims
1961.
1st Edn,.
MacGibbon and Kee.
125 pages, illus, vg in dj, signed presentation to Jack from Fred J Taylor 69. (Jack is Jack Thorndike author and editor of Trout and Salmon).
[10797] |
£80.00 |
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TAYLOR Fred J. |
Favourite Swims
1961.
1st Edn,.
Macgibbon & Kee.
125 pages, illus, vg in dj, introduction by Richard Walker.
[5790] |
£50.00 |
|
 |
TAYLOR Fred J. |
Favourite Swims
1961.
1st Edn,.
Macgibbon & Kee.
125 pages, illus, vg in dj, introduction by Richard Walker.
[20690] |
£50.00 |
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TAYLOR Fred J. |
Fishing Here And There And Fishing Favourite Swims
1970.
1st Edn,.
Macgibbon and Kee.
143 pages, illustrations from photographs, vg in dj. A difficult title to find.
[12628] |
£50.00 |
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Taylor Fred J and Buller Fred |
Recollections I
2009.
1st Edn,.
Angling Heritage.
Torrington.
119 (1) pages, Large 8vo illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs drawings, and 4 watercolours by Ted Andrews. With a CD laid into the front and rear covers. A LIMITED EDTION of 50 copies, this being number 6 of the special editions of 14 copies signed by Fred Buller with the CDs numbered. Bound in a full red morroco with title in gilt to the upper cover and spine on black leather. The book inn a matching quarter bound solander box. As new, "This publication of this special edition commemorates the foundation of Angling Heritage (UK) on the 9th February 2009". "Fred J Taylor and Fred Buller were recorded for the production of Recollections, the first of a series of books for Angling Heritage. After the recording, Fred J remembered some more tales that he would like included. Because the sound quality was that of his home tape recorder, this wasn't added onto the CD's included in the book, although the tales were included in the text".
[23630] |
£550.00 |
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 |
TAYLOR John |
African Rifles and Cartridges. The Experiences and Opinions of a Professional Ivory Hunter
1952.
Small Arms Technical Publishing Company.
Harrisburg.
431 pages, adverts, drawings by E.Stanley Smith, grey cloth, title to upper cover and spine.
[18135] |
£35.00 |
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TAYLOR John |
Big Game And Big Game Rifles
1958.
rep Edn,.
215 pages, frontis illus, vg in dj. Choosing a rifle for the hunter for dangerous game. Czech 163
[2351] |
£50.00 |
|
 |
TAYLOR Joseph |
The General Character Of The Dog Illustrated By A Variety Of Original And Interesting Anecdotes Of That Beautiful And Useful Animal In Prose And Verse
1804.
1st Edn,.
Darton and Harvey.
IV 187 pages, 8pp adverts, uncut engraved frontis, small split to plate margin 1cm, tide mark to lower 1/3 noticeable to verso, original boards, blue paper spine worn, front boards holding on ties. Unusual to find in the original state.
[15226] |
£160.00 |
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TAYLOR Leslie B. |
A Brief History Of Westley Richards Firm 1812 - 1913
1913.
1st Edn,.
Shakespeare Head Press.
Stratford Upon Avon.
94 pages, uncut pages, 12 full page illus + text illus, original 1/4 cloth with paper covered boards, title in black with cloth spine recased with the spine relayed, paper title label to spine, label chipped at edge. A scarce title, Riling 1769
[6514] |
£120.00 |
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TAYLOR Leslie B. |
A Brief History Of Westley Richards Firm 1812 - 1913
1913.
1st Edn.
Shakespeare Head Press.
Stratford Upon Avon.
94 pages, uncut pages, 12 full page illus + text illus, original 1/4 cloth with paper covered boards, titled in black to the upper board. Printed paper label to the spine. Ownership signature of Malcolm Lyell to front end paper Lyell was a director of W.R. An account of gun and rifle developments instituted by Westley Richards firm. Riling 1769
[22695] |
£140.00 |
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 |
TAYLOR Major Neville |
Ibex Shooting On The Himalayas
1903.
1st Edn,.
Sampson Low and Co Ltd.
xi 146 pages, 8 full page illus, some light spotting to prelims, presentation inscription on 1/2 title from L.G.Taylor 1907 (possibly the author's wife?), publishers maroon cloth, gilt title to upper board, light rubbing to head of spine. Stalking ibex in Kashmir in the Wardwan District. A scarce work with excellent descriptions of ibex stalks by the author. Czech 211.
[20872] |
£280.00 |
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TAYLOR Samuel |
Angling In All Its Branches Reduced To A Complete Science Being the Result Of More Than Forty Years Real Practice And Strict Observation Throughout The Kingdoms Of Great Britain And Ireland
1800.
1st Edn,.
T N Longman and O Rees.
XV 298 pages, TEG, 6pp adverts, some browning and spotting, bookplate to FEP and paste down, bound without 1/2 on blank as often in. A later plain cloth, red leather title label to spine. Page 97-98 lists names of fish, ink page number neatly written beside each name in contemporary hand. The book is in 3 parts, first The Rivers, and Others, Nature Of England And Wales, Scotland, Ireland And The Fish They Provide. Secondly The Fish Taken By Angling, Baits, Biting Time, And How To Angle etc. Thirdly A List Of Artificial Flies (The Completest Collection Ever Yet Known) And How To Make Each, Night Fly Fishing etc. " The whole forming a work of real utility", vg+.
[17012] |
£80.00 |
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TAYLOR Samuel |
Angling In All Its Branches Reduced To A Complete Science Being the Result Of More Than Forty Years Real Practice And Strict Observation Throughout The Kingdoms Of Great Britain And Ireland
1800.
1st Edn,.
T N Longman and O Rees.
XV 298 pages, TEG, 6pp adverts, vg recased in the original full tan calf board with new matching spine retaining the original label. The book is in 3 parts, first The Rivers, and Others, Nature Of England And Wales, Scotland, Ireland And The Fish They Provide. Secondly The Fish Taken By Angling, Baits, Biting Time, And How To Angle etc. Thirdly A List Of Artificial Flies (The Completest Collection Ever Yet Known) And How To Make Each, Night Fly Fishing etc. " The whole forming a work of real utility". WS105
[18111] |
£200.00 |
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TAYLOR Samuel |
Angling In All Its Branches Reduced To A Complete Science Being the Result Of More Than Forty Years Real Practice And Strict Observation Throughout The Kingdoms Of Great Britain And Ireland
1800.
1st Edn,.
T.N.Longman and Rees.
XV 298 pages, 6pp of adverts, bound in recent 1/4 calf, before title on prelim blanks in contemporary ink recipes "glue to make", "to make salmon roe, to cure, and how to use it as bait" numerous margin notes in the same hand, many relating to the places to fish also notes beside the types of flies, best times to use etc, single handwritten index page at end, to top margin of title page inscription "from John Barrow to John Ulfree? 26 June 18** (date smudged) at Ulswater Lake", below title John Barrow 1801, note on lower margin relating to Lathy and Salter's title to be found. Some spotting to contents and browning, tide mark to last blank and handwritten index. The book is in 3 parts, first The Rivers, and Others, Nature Of England And Wales, Scotland, Ireland And The Fish They Provide. Secondly The Fish Taken By Angling, Baits, Biting Time, And How To Angle etc. Thirdly A List Of Artificial Flies (The Completest Collection Ever Yet Known) And How To Make Each, Night Fly Fishing etc. " The whole forming a work of real utility", vg.
[15624] |
£240.00 |
|
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TAYLOR Samuel |
Angling In All Its Branches Reduced To A Complete Science Being the Result Of More Than Forty Years Real Practice And Strict Observation Throughout The Kingdoms Of Great Britain And Ireland
1800.
1st Edn,.
XV 298 pages, recently bound in old style 1/2 calf binding, the book is in 3 parts, first The Rivers, and Others, Nature Of England And Wales, Scotland, Ireland And The Fish They Provide. Secondly The Fish Taken By Angling, Baits, Biting Time, And How To Angle etc. Thirdly A List Of Artificial Flies (The Completest Collection Ever Yet Known) And How To Make Each, Night Fly Fishing etc. " The whole forming a work of real utility", vg+.
[5315] |
£220.00 |
|
 |
TAYLOR William M.A., DIACK Peter M.A. |
Student And Sniper-Sergeant, A Memoir Of J.K.Forbes MA, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders Who Died For His Country, 25 September 1915
1916.
1st Edn,.
Hodder Stoughton.
viii- 182 pages, frontis illustration of J.K. Forbes in uniform, original publishers red cloth showing rubbing to head and tail of the spine and lesser so to edges, vg- copy of a scarce title. The book details Forbes life from University to France and the trenches and becoming a sniper sergeant and the formation and training of a section of crack shots. Forbes found that his experiences trekking through the highlands of Scotland when he was ordered to train the snipers in his battalion of the Gordon Highlands.
[23478] |
£200.00 |
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TAYLOR William M.A., DIACK Peter M.A. |
Student And Sniper-Sergeant, A Memoir Of J.K.Forbes MA, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders Who Died For His Country, 25 September 1915
1916.
1st Edn,.
Hodder Stoughton.
viii- 182 pages, frontis illustration of J.K. Forbes in uniform, original red cloth showing rubbing to head and tail of the spine, vg- copy of a scarce title. The book details Forbes life from University to France and the trenches and becoming a sniper sergeant and the formation and training of a section of crack shots. Forbes found that his experiences trekking through the highlands of Scotland when he was ordered to train the snipers in his battalion of the Gordon Highlands.
[23130] |
£220.00 |
|
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TEASDALE BUCKELL G.T. |
The Complete Shot
1920.
4th Edn,.
Methuen and Co Ltd.
XXXV 382 pages, 8pp adverts, 57 b/w illus, some foxing to contents, publishers green cloth, blind stamped title to upper board. Chute 623 (1st)
[10558] |
£20.00 |
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TEASDALE BUCKELL G.T. |
The Complete Shot
1924.
5th revised Edn,.
Methuen and Co Ltd.
XXXVII 384 pages, 8pp of adverts, full page illus, vg. This edition has been revised by A.F.Randall, A comprehensive guide with much on guns and rifles.
[8562] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
TEASDALE BUCKELL G.T. |
Experts On Guns & Shooting
1900.
1st.
Samson, Low, Marston and Company.
xxvii 590 pages, + unpaginated page showing updates to the Record Game Register + xxxi related adverts. Large 8vo illustrated throughout with drawings, diagrams, photographs etc. Publishers' brown cloth with gilt title to upper board and tipped 2 portrait photographs, apart from foxing to the end papers a vg+ clean copy rarely found in this condition. The first issue later copies lack the game register page and in a dark red binding without the photo inserts. An important work on the evolution of shooting over the 19th century; covering shooting schools, guns, game shooting, shotgun patterns, great shots, famous guns, gunmakers, loading cartridges etc. Riling 1510 "A meticulously detailed work on all aspects of guns and their use" Chute 622, Riling 1510
[22391] |
£160.00 |
|
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TEASDALE BUCKELL G.T. |
Experts On Guns And Shooting
1900.
1st Edn,.
Samson, Low, Marston and Company.
xxvii 590 pages, illustrated throughout with drawings, diagrams, photos etc., brick red cloth with title in black to upper board, a vg+ clean copy rarely found in this condition. This is the second state binding, without the Record Game Register followed by several pages of adverts. An important work on the evolution of shooting over the 19th century; shooting schools, guns, game shooting, shotgun patterns, great shots, famous guns, gunmakers, loading cartridges etc. Riling 1510 "A meticulously detailed work on all aspects of guns and their use" Chute 622, Riling 1510
[22392] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
TEASDALE BUCKELL G.T. |
Experts On Guns And Shooting
1900.
1st Edn,.
Samson, Low, Marston and Company.
XXVII 590 pages, illustrated throughout with drawings, diagrams, photos etc., brick red cloth with title in black to upper board, a vg+ clean copy rarely found in this condition. An important work on the evolution of shooting over the 19th century; shooting schools, guns, game shooting, shotgun patterns, great shots, famous guns, gunmakers, loading cartridges etc. Riling 1510 "A meticulously detailed work on all aspects of guns and their use" Chute 622, Riling 1510
[18137] |
£150.00 |
|
 |
TEMPLE B.A. |
The Boxer Cartridge In The British Service
1977.
1st Edn,.
the author.
Wynnum Central, Australia.
200 pages, b/w line drawings and diagrams, pictorial green boards printed in white, vg in dj, light dust soiling and rubbing to edge of dj and chipping to head and tail of spine. The history of the cartridge as used by Britain and her colonies from 1860 to the 1930's with reference to colonial production.
[21832] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
TEMPLE B.A. |
Identification Manual On The .303 British Service Cartridge. No: 4 Dummy Cartridges (1)
1987.
1st Edn,.
B.A.Temple.
Burbank, Australia.
84 pages, illus in b/w of the cartridges, headstamps etc., printed card covers, vg.
[19980] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
TEMPLE B.A., SKENNERTON I.D. |
A Treatise On The British Military Martini The .40 & .303 Martinis 1880-C1920
1989.
1st Edn,.
B.A.Temple.
Burbank, Australia.
xvii 247 to 460 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs and drawings etc, pictorial laminated binding as issued in dj, a fine copy. The progressive development of the .40 bore experimental and service Martinis from the Martini-Henry rifle.
[21375] |
£60.00 |
|
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TEMPLE B.A., SKENNERTON I.D. |
A Treatise On The British Military Martini The .40 & .303 Martinis 1880-C1920
1989.
1st Edn,.
B.A.Temple.
Burbank, Australia.
xvii 247 to 460 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs and drawings etc, pictorial laminated binding as issued in dj, a fine copy. The progressive development of the .40 bore experimental and service Martinis from the Martini-Henry rifle.
[22040] |
£60.00 |
|
 |
TEMPLE B.A., SKENNERTON I.D. |
A Treatise On The British Military Martini, The Martini-Henry 1869-C1900
1983.
1st Edn,.
B.A.Temple.
Burbank, Australia.
x 246 pages, 4to., illus with photographs and numerous line-drawings in the text, publishers original cloth, pictorial covers title in black, vg+ in the pictorial dj, same illus on dj as on the covers, spine evenly faded.
[21784] |
£45.00 |
|
 |
TEMPLE B.A., SKENNERTON I.D. |
A Treatise On The British Military Martini, The Martini-Henry 1869-C1900
1983.
1st Edn,.
B A Temple.
Burbank, Australia.
x 246 pages, 4to., illus with photographs and numerous line-drawings in the text, publishers' original cloth, pictorial covers title in black, vg+ in the pictorial dj, same illus on dj as on the covers, spine evenly faded.
[22840] |
£45.00 |
|
 |
TEMPLE B.A., SKENNERTON I.D. |
A Treatise On The British Military Martini, The Martini-Henry 1869-C1900
1996.
reprint.
B.A.Temple.
Burbank, Australia.
x 246 pages, 4to., illus with photographs and numerous line-drawings in the text, publishers' original , pictorial covers titled in black, vg+ in the pictorial dj, same illus on dj as on the covers, a fine copy. The 1st volume in the trilogy on the gun.
[22828] |
£55.00 |
|
 |
TEMPLE Derek |
Ivory Poacher
nd Circa 1936.
Sampson Low Marston & Co Ltd.
viii 240 pages, publishers red cloth, title in black some slight stain discolouration to rear board lower edge o/w vg in dj. dj has loss to head of spine and part front rear flap top edge, some colour bleed from cloth to rear lower edge of dj. Unusual to find in dj. An autobiographical novel of his activities as a big game hunter and his various adventure in East Africa.
[21230] |
£90.00 |
|
 |
TENNENT Sir J.Emerson |
The Story of the Guns
1864.
1st Edn,.
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green.
xxii 364 pages, 3 full page and text illus. inscription "from the author" to half title, bookplate to front paste down, front hinge cracked, (binding tight), publishers green cloth, vg-. The book is split into 3 sections, The Rifles Musket, Rifles Ordnance. The Iron Navy. Riling 818 particularly notable for data on the development and approval of the Whitworth Rifle system.
[19737] |
£85.00 |
|
 |
Thames Album (Lord Keith of Inverurie) |
Fishing Album including Thames related material
1897.
small folio, 35 thick card pages each side (7) filled with tipped in letters and fishing related printed ephemera photos etc. Bound in full black leather title to spine "Fishing 1897". The album assembled by Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall, (12 August 1852 - 3 March 1930). The letters are all to or from him in many cases double sided or more in a clear legible hand, and neatly tipped into the album. Many relating to the Thames Restocking Assoc of which he is the president and some of Thames's fishing interest. There are also printed rules of the association, reports, annual dinner menus etc. Also letters on headed paper from the Kingston Piscatorial Society, (Lord Inveruire was president of the society). Many of the letters are from Frederick Amphlett, (author of 2 Thames Angling books) and editor of The Thames News. Some pages of the news have been tipped in including the front page of volume 1 number 1, which has an article by Lord Inveruire on Thames Trouting also printed various ephemera of the society. There are also related newspaper cuttings from the fishing gazette throughout the album. Other area mentioned is Lord Inverurie estate in Scotland at Keth Hall relating to restocking the river Urie River Don, many of the fish for restocking the Thames and his estate come from Manor Fishery, Caistor, Lincs, various letters are present from the fishery. There is communication between his lordship with R.B.Marston editor of the fishing gazette and author. A printed broadside inviting his lordship for a donation to fund a panoramic model of the river Thames from and signed by Marston. Letters asking and excepting fishing excursions in various are his lordship appears to be well connected! Overall, a great deal of material present and further research needed
[22609] |
£850.00 |
|
 |
THE BREN LIGHT MACHINE GUN: |
Description, Use and Mechanism
nd cuirca 1940.
Gale & Polden Limited.
Aldershot.
Fold-out pamphlet, in concertina form, "showing a miniature reproduction of the Bren light machine gun instructional wall sheet" printed in colour. Other sections when unfolded numbered 1 to 9 showing b/w illustrations and text on operating the gun and mechanism. Grey printed card covers small, neat paper label to upper front corner. VG
[22461] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
THE CARP SOCIETY |
Carp Hunters
1994.
1st Edn,.
Carp Society.
Ilford.
238 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs + line drawings, fine in dj. Contributions by Tim Paisley, Rob Maylin, Jim Gibbinson, Chris Yates and many leading carp anglers.
[22917] |
£40.00 |
|
|
The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 55th year
1952.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
216 pages, 4to, 12 loose issues from January 1952 to December 1952. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21913] |
£30.00 |
|
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 56th year
1953.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1953 to December 1953. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21914] |
£30.00 |
|
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 57th year
1954.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1954 to December 1954. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21915] |
£30.00 |
|
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 58th year
1955.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1955 to December 1955. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21916] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 59th year
1956.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1956 to December 1956. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21917] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 60th year
1957.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1957 to December 1957. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21918] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 61st year
1958.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1958 to December 1958. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21919] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 62nd year
1959.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1959 to December 1959. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21920] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume LIV-LV
1951.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to, 12 loose issues from January 1951 to December 1951. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21912] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countrysidevolume 53-54
1950.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
216 pages 4to 12 loose issues from January 1950 to December 1950. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21911] |
£30.00 |
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The Kynoch Journal Concerning Guns And Ammunition |
Volume 5 1904 - Volume 6 1905 ? Volume 7 1906
1904, 1905, 1906.
The Kynoch Press.
Birmingham.
3 volumes, 227 + (iv) ? 212 ? 219 (iv) pp., All edges gilt Illustrated throughout from photographs and drawings. Each volume with a stamp of "Imperial Chemical Industries Limited Metal Divisions Division Library Kynoch works Witton Birmingham", to inner front blank. Bound in ? matching leather bindings. Each volume complete with the 4 quarterly issues with title pages. A technical short run periodical produced by Kynoch covering manufacture, development, modern Armour, the history of the cartridge. Also, shooting competitions, sporting episodes, game season, including shooting overseas. A difficult periodical to find, I believed only issued to the relevant trade, the publication ended in September 1907.
[23044] |
£600.00 |
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THE RUFFLE |
The Sporting Rifle in Britain
1951.
1st Edn,.
XII 108 pages, Illus, vg in dj. Chapter on stalking
[2608] |
£12.00 |
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THE STEELHOUSE GUN AND CYCLE CO |
Manufacturers Of Sporting Guns, Pigeon, Wildfowling and Long Range Guns
no date circa 1920.
Birmingham.
Large landscape 8vo, Illustrated in b/w the shotguns mostly one to the page with descriptions below. Red card covers printed in black, very good. The front cover states manufacturers of sporting guns. Pigeon, Wildfowling and Long rage guns. The first 11 shotguns are hammer followed by 10 boxlocks guns, a note below some guns "the gun may be fitted with the celebrated B.S.A. steel barrels." Also included are revolvers, B.S.A air rifles and miniature rifles a page of air rifle targets, bags etc, the last 2 pages are for 2 B.S.A. cycles.
[22519] |
£95.00 |
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THE WAR OFFICE |
Infantry Training Volume 1 Infantry Platoon Weapons Pamphlet No 4 the Sub-Machine Gun (all arms)
1955.
37 illus i b/w from photographs and drawings, printed card covers, punch holes to spine edges, vg.
[21711] |
£25.00 |
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The War Office |
Text Book Of Gun Carriages And Gun Mounting
1924.
His Majesty''s Stationary Office.
366 pages, Errata slip. With 140 full page illustrations from photographs and line drawings, 40 are folding plate 1 with repair to verso of a closed tear, + numerous text line drawings. Occasional ink stamp to blank margin or verso of a plates of "Captain D.A.D.O.S Deccan District". The last 10 pages have a small tide mark to blank margins in places and occasional faint color bleed from the red cloth binding, otherwise the contents clean. Rebound in red leather with gilt title on black leather to the spine. A very good copy The contents cover early types of ordnance, the evolution of the modern carriage and mounting. Modern artillery equipment up to 1914. Carriages and mountings introduced 1914 ? 1918, mounting for anti-aircraft guns, mobility, theory of recoil, sighting, railway guns etc, all with excellent detailed illustrations and drawings.
[22952] |
£320.00 |
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The War Office |
Training in Fieldcraft and Elementary Tactics. Military Training Pamphlet No. 33. 1940
1st.
The War Office.
58 pages, Text line drawings staple bound in printed tan card covers lightly dust soiled. Includes field craft, camouflage, cover from fire, scout training, field firing etc.
[23197] |
£20.00 |
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The War Office. |
Training in Fieldcraft and Elementary Tactics. Military Training Pamphlet No. 33. 1940.
1940.
1st.
The War Office.
58 pages, Text line drawings staple bound in printed tan card covers lightly dust soiled. Includes field craft, camouflage, cover from fire, scout training, field firing etc.
[23198] |
£20.00 |
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THEAKSTON Michael |
British Angling Flies
1862.
rep Edn,.
Simpkin Marshall.
Ripon.
IX 154 pages, 8 plates of flies, plate of minnow tackle, front end papers have pencil notes regarding the history of Theakston's book and publishers, also paper contemporary label for G.R.Watson chemist, The Market Place, Richmond, some spotting to contents and age browning. Publishers green cloth faded, recased with spine relayed, some old marking to cloth. WS135
[18100] |
£200.00 |
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THEAKSTON Michael |
British Angling Flies
1883.
William Harrison.
Ripon.
VIII 145 pages, adverts + 7 page guide to Ripon, illus + 8 plates of flies, a very good copy in the publishers green cloth, gilt title with two flies in gilt to upper board, vg. This edition was revised and annotated by Francis M Walbran.
[12220] |
£95.00 |
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THEAKSTON Michael |
British Angling Flies
1888.
2nd revised Edn,.
William Harrison, Sampson Low.
Ripon - London.
VIII 145 pages, advert, 8pp guide to Ripon, 8 plates of flies and various illus, original green cloth, gilt title and 2 flies to upper cover, the cloth is bright and clean. This edition was revised and annotated by Francis Walbran.
[16037] |
£75.00 |
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Thiomas Dean |
Round Ball to Rimfire: History of Civil War Small Arms Ammunition. Part Four. Contribution to the History of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau.
2010.
1st EDN.
Thomas Publications.
Gettysburg, USA.
xii -312 (2) 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs line drawings. Signed by Dean Thomas on the title page. Publishers' pictorial laminated binding a fine copy. Excellent illustrations of the bullets loading equipment, cap tins etc.
[22774] |
£135.00 |
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THOMAS B. ( Thomas is the pseud name of Thomas. B. Johnson and T.H Needham) |
The Shooters Guide Or Complete Sportsman's Companion Containing Every Possible Instruction For the Juvenile Shooter Together With Information Necessary For The Experienced Sportsman
1811.
3rd.
Gale and Curtis.
viii- 397-(4), 4 engraved plates, armorial bookplate to the front paste down. Of, Charles R. C. Hibbert, some occasional spotting to plates and contents. Bound in a later circa 1860s 1/2 tan calf. To the last page a contemporary handwritten manuscript recipe for sportsmen? To verso blank a recipe? in horses. Followed by an unnumbered printed page a "Scheme of a Sportsman's journal" listing where killed, when, types of game, remarks, filled in for the years 1822/23/24/25 noting game shot in the year. The next 4 blank pages are laid out as a game register, for the previous dates but giving months, September through to January, noting daily bags and where killed. A quick search brings up places in Yorkshire and Cumbria. Then follows another page of recipes, there are also 4 loose pages (6 sides) with similar game registers for 1827 1836/ 1837, and a June to August undated register of Trout, Eels, other Fish. The 3rd edition has considerable additions, includes a reference to Forsyth's percussion system, an engraving of grouse shooting from a horse. A much re printed tittle the first 3 editions particularly hard to find. Thomas is the pseud name of Thomas. B. Johnson and T.H Needham. Chute 341
[22934] |
£320.00 |
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THOMAS B. ( Thomas is the pseud name of Thomas. B. Johnson and T.H Needham) |
The Shooters Guide Or Complete Sportsman's Companion Containing Every Possible Instruction For the Juvenile Shooter Together With Information Necessary For The Experienced Sportsman
1820.
6th enlarged and improved.
John Booth.
x 304, frontis + 3 engraved plates after Howitt, the plate for wild duck shooting has been substituted with woodcock shooting by the publishers,th pages uncut. Ownership signature to the front paste down. Original blue paper covered boards, the spine chipped with loss, boards chipped and showing wear to edges, but a tight copy. This edition has the 2-page list at end of gunmakers. Includes "much miscellaneous information on the choice of Guns, Gunpowder. Shot etc "Thomas is the pseud name of Thomas. B. Johnson and T.H Needham. Chute 344.
[22935] |
£110.00 |
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Thomas Bland & Sons Gun and Rile Makers |
Blands 12, 16, & 20 ? bore Sporting Shot ? Guns
nd Ciurca 1915.
Large folding advert 50 cm x 37.5 cm when unfolded, 11cm x 14 .5 cm folded. A large advert printed on one side showing iollustrated showing 6 shotguns with descriptions to the top two thirds. Along the bottom details of the Shooting school, Gun Cases, Cartridges, Clay Bird Trap. Wildfowling Guns showing "Blends special d.b 1 ? inch half pound Gun mounted for use in a punt" blue crayon marks to the advert border. Some small splits to some folds
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£25.00 |
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THOMAS Gough |
Shotguns And Cartridges
1963.
1st Edn,.
Percival Marshall & Co.
Vol. 1, 106 pages, Illus. vg in dj.
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£15.00 |
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THOMAS Henry Sullivan |
The Rod In India Being Hints How To Obtain Sport With Remarks On The Natural History Of Fish And Their Culture And Illustrations Of Fish Tackle
1881.
2nd Edn,.
Hamilton Adams and Co.,.
xxiv 436 pages, TEG, 25 plates, 8 are coloured lithographs of fish, come occasional spotting to contents, bookplate to front paste down and oval gilt leather ownership label of Alfred Densiaton, Finely bound in 1/2 mottled tan calf, spine in 6 compartments, red label with gilt fish motifs within floral corner pieces, gilt ruled bands, light rubbing to corners. The second and best edition, nearly half of the second edition contains new material. A comprehensive guide much on mahseer, the colour plates are particularly fine. WS/208.
[19381] |
£300.00 |
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THOMAS H.H. |
The Story Of Allen And Wheelock Firearms
1965.
1st Edn,.
Cincinnati USA.
XIV 125 pages, Illus. Pictorial covers.
[3491] |
£36.00 |
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Thompson, Jess; Dillon, C Ron; Hallock, Allen; Loos, Bill; and Rowe, Tom (compiler) |
Alte Scheibenwaffen Old German Target Arms 1860-1940 Volume 1
1990.
1st Edn.
Tom Rowe.
Rochester NY, USA.
388 Landscape 4to, illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, old prints, line drawings etc. Publisher green faux leather binding with gilt title to the upper cover, fine unmarked copy in DJ. The history of German target shooting from the Middle Ages to World War II the guns and people.
[22841] |
£70.00 |
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Thompson, Jess; Dillon, C Ron; Hallock, Allen; Loos, Bill; and Rowe, Tom (compiler) |
Alte Scheibenwaffen Old German Target Arms 1860-1940 Volume 3
2004.
Tom Rowe.
Rochster, NY, USA.
386 pages, Landscape 4to, illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, old prints, line drawings etc. Publisher green faux leather binding with gilt title to the upper cover, fine unmarked copy in DJ. The history of German target shooting from the Middle Ages to World War II the guns and people.
[22860] |
£70.00 |
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THOMPSON Lieut Colonel S.J. |
The Real Indian People Being More Tales And Sketches Of The Masses
1914.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Son.
XII 345 pages, advs, frontis + 8 illus from photographs. A vg clean copy, although a book on Indian life the author was an Indian medical officer, chapters cover " A Jungly Station In the Past" and occasional mention of hunting game etc.
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£25.00 |
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THOMPSON Phil |
Waiting For Waddle, A Carp Fishing Odyssey
1995.
1st Edn,.
published by the author,.
203 pages, illustrated in colour from photographs, fine in likewise dj. A scarce self-published classic on carp angling ,Phil Thompson's ability to catch big carp from any venue particularly Wraysbury "Waddle was the mythical Wraysbury monster".
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£400.00 |
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THOMSON Lieut-Colonel S.J. |
The Silent India Tales And Sketches Of The Masses
1913.
William Blackwood and Sons.
IX 365 pages, frontis + 11 plates, publishers green cloth, vg. The author a member of the Indian medical service predominately written on life in India. there is one chapter camp life and sport also an illus "Our Shooting Elephants and "Starting For A Shoot".
[15678] |
£20.00 |
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THOMSON Ron |
Mahohboh Elephants And Elephant Hunting In South Central Africa
1997.
1st Edn.
Africa Safari Press.
Hartheesport, South Africa.
xxii 312 pages, b/w illus from photographs + maps in the text, limited to 2500 copies, signed and numbered by the author, a fine copy in dj. A wildlife manager turned hunter, all aspects on the elephant management and hunting. Czech 283.
[23493] |
£120.00 |
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