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BACK D.H.L. |
Forsyth & Co Patent Gunmakers
1995.
second revised.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
4to., 252 pages. Finely illustrated in b/w and colour from photographs. As New. 1st edition published in 1969, this is an extended and revised edition in 4to.,. the quality of the photograph and presentation are to a very high standard in the edition.
[3218] |
£40.00 |
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BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers The Mantons 1782-1878
1993.
1st thus.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
4to., 144 pages. Finely illustrated in b/w and colour from photographs. As New. The Mantons gunmakers was first published in 1967 with a supplement in 1978. Since then a substantial number of Manton arms unrecorded in either book has been brought to the attention of the author and also a scrapbook put together by Joseph Manton's staff. In this volume the author records some amendments from the first 2 volumes and those guns traced since 1978 together with the contents of the scrapbook. Sadly the co author Keith Neal died before publication.
[20034] |
£70.00 |
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BACK D.H.L. |
Great Irish Gunmakers Messrs Rigby 1760 - 1869
1992.
1st Edn,.
Norwich Historical.
Norwich.
196 pages, 4to., coloured frontis portrait of Captain John Rigby + 90 b/w plates from photographs illustrating a wide selection of Rigby arms, publishers' green cloth with gilt pistol vignette to upper cover, a fine copy in similar dj. An in-depth history of the firms from their inception in 1760 to 1869. Includes serial numbers with gun specifications and the original customers name. A scarce title and much in demand.
[23593] |
£400.00 |
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BADHAM Rev C.David |
Prose Halieutics Or Ancient and Modern Fish Tattle
1854.
1st Edn,.
John W Parker and Son.
XII 552 pages, bookplate to front paste down, apart from bumping to lower corners, a vg+ copy, the cloth clean and fresh. Chapters on coarse, game and sea fishing, fishing tackle etc.
[17157] |
£50.00 |
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BADHAM Rev C.David |
Prose Halieutics Or Ancient and Modern Fish Tattle
1854.
1st Edn,.
John W Parker and Son.
XII 552 pages, original blind stamped cloth, head and tail of spine showing wear, corners rubbed, chapter on ancient and modern fishing tackle, ancient and modern fish and medicine, cookery, etc.
[15578] |
£35.00 |
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BADHAM Rev C.David |
Prose Halieutics Or Ancient and Modern Fish Tattle
1854.
1st Edn,.
XII 552 pages, inner hinge papers cracked but holding, original blind stamped cloth slight dark mark to rear boards, chapter on ancient and modern fishing tackle, ancient and modern fish and medicine, cookery, etc.
[1320] |
£50.00 |
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BADMINTON |
Archery
1894.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
XVI 534 pages, advs, text and full page illustrations, some foxing to contents, pictorial covers clean and bright, vg. A comprehensive and detailed guide, history, use, design, etc.
[14481] |
£75.00 |
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BADMINTON |
Badminton Library Complete Set
1880+.
Longman and Co.
30 Vols, a vg+ clean set. Details of editions dates etc given on request
[15773] |
£1200.00 |
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BADMINTON |
Coursing And Falconry
1892.
1st Edn,.
XIII, 413 pages, advs, full page and text illus for drawings and photographs, light spotting to prelims, pictorial brown cloth, vg. Harding Cox wrote the coursing section Hon Charles Lascelles The Falconry.
[17050] |
£70.00 |
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BADMINTON |
Coursing And Falconry
1892.
1st Edn,.
Longmans & Co.
xiii, 413 pages, Advert leaf, pages for the coursing section partly unopened, full page and text illus from drawings and photographs, some light spotting. SIGNEND and dated October 1924 on front end paper by Henry Williamson in blue ink with his Owl device. Publishers' pictorial brown cloth, the spine with a 3-inch 6 cm split to upper edge and to inner hinge, the spine faded, a good + copy. Hon Charles Lascelles wrote the falconry section. Henry Williamson a prolific nature writer wrote The Peregrine Saga in1923 a title much reprinted. Other than Williamsons signature there are a couple of pages with margin line in the blue ink, no other reference to or by him, one page has the lower outer corner removed just touching the text. Unusual that the pages of the falconry section have been opened but not the coursing.
[22926] |
£50.00 |
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BADMINTON |
Dancing
1895.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
XVII 454 pages, text and full page illus partially unopened copy, some foxing to contents, vg.
[14475] |
£45.00 |
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BADMINTON |
Driving
1901.
4th Edn,.
XVI 426 pages, illus, pictorial brown cloth, head and tail of spine rubbed.
[6167] |
£20.00 |
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BADMINTON |
Fishing: Salmon And Trout
1889.
rep Edn,.
XIII 481 pages, adv, illus, foxing to contents, covers bright and clean.
[8387] |
£28.00 |
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BADMINTON |
Shooting Field And Covert, Shooting Moor And Marsh
1887.
2 Vols, XV 357, XIII 348 pages, illus, spotting to end papers, o/w vg.
[10498] |
£56.00 |
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BADMINTON |
Shooting Field And Covert, Shooting Moor And Marsh
1887.
2nd Edn,.
2 Vols, XV 357, XIII 348 pages, illus, vg
[4358] |
£60.00 |
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BADMINTON |
Shooting Moor and Marsh
1909.
rep Edn,.
XIII 358 pages, adv, illus, vg+ copy
[9861] |
£28.00 |
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BADMINTON Library Cholmondeley Pennell H. |
Fishing: Salmon And Sea Trout, Pike And Coarse Fishing
1886.
2nd.
Longmans Green & Co.
xiii-472 + xiii-412 pages, + advert leaf, frontis and numerous text illustrations. Foxing to frontis tissue guard and lesser so to title page, also to closed page edge. Armorial bookplate to the front paste down of each volume. Publishers' pictorial brown cloth with gilt title and fish vignette to the spine. A comprehensive guide for the Victorian angler on game and coarse fishing with some excellent period illustrations of tackle etc.
[22939] |
£55.00 |
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BADMINTON Library Cholmondeley Pennell H. |
Salmon And Sea Trout, Pike And Coarse Fishing 1912 ? 1909
.
reprints.
Longmans Green & Co.
2 volumes Fishing: xvi-483 + xvi (4)-448 pages, + advert leaf, frontis and numerous full page and text illustrations. Publishers' pictorial brown cloth with gilt title and fish vignette to the spines. Avery good + copy the contents clean the bindings bright with no defects A comprehensive guide for the Victorian and Edwardian angler running to many editions on game and coarse fishing with some excellent period illustrations of tackle etc.
[23820] |
£65.00 |
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BADMINTON LIBRARY PHILLIPS-WOLLEY and OTHERS 2 volumes |
Big Game Shooting
1894.
1st Edn,.
Longmans and Co.
xvi -453, x- 443 pages, advert leaf illustrated with full page and numerous text illustrations by Charles Whymper, J. Wolf and H. Willink, and from photographs. Some occasional spotting to contents, armorial bookplate to front paste down of each volume, publisher's brown pictorial cloth, with gilt lions head and moose's head to spines vg. Includes contributions by Sir Samuel Baker, F.C.Selous, W.C.Oswell, Abel Chapman etc., Vol I covers hunting in Africa, hunting elephant, lion, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, giraffe and other game. Vol II Asia, Arctic, Europe includes Arctic, European and India Hunting for Stag, Elk, Chamois. Ibex Bear Tiger etc.
[22940] |
£120.00 |
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BADY Donald B. |
Colt Automatic Pistols 1896-1955
1956.
1st Edn,.
Fadco Publishing.
Hollywood USA.
281 pages, illus, vg in worn chipped dj.
[2582] |
£25.00 |
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BAILEY De Wit, NIE Douglas A. |
English Gunmakers, The Birmingham And Provincial Gun Trade In The 18th And 19th Century
1978.
1st Edn,.
127 pages, lge 8vo, illustrated with photos of trade cards maps. Personal presentation inscription to title page from Doug Nie. Front end paper removed ownership sticker to the i/2 title. VG in DJ, DJ faded on the spine. A highly respected book on the subject.
[22484] |
£25.00 |
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Bailey, De Witt |
British Military Flintlock Rifles, 1740-1840
2002.
1st.
Andrew Mowbray Publishing.
Lincoln, Rhode Island.
264 pages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs showing the guns, locks, marks, targets etc. A fine copy in the publisher's pictorial covers. "A remarkable wealth of data about the riflemen and regiments that carried these weapons".
[23775] |
£42.00 |
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BAILEY De Witt, NIE Douglas A. |
English Gunmakers, the Birmingham And Provincial Gun Trade In The 18th And 19th Century
1978.
1st Edn,.
Arms and Armour Press.
127 pages, small 4to, illus, including illustrations of adverts, trade labels of some of the gunmakers, vg in dj. Presentation inscription on the title page to Bill (Curtis) thanking him for his assistance and support signed by De Witt and Doug. Remains the best book on the subject.
[22826] |
£45.00 |
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BAILEY De Witt, NIE Douglas A. |
English Gunmakers, the Birmingham And Provincial Gun Trade In The 18th And 19th Century
1978.
1st Edn.
Arms and Armour Press.
127 pages, small 4to, illus in b/w from photographs, vg in dj. A catalogue of hundreds of individual and firms of the early English gun trade.
[22221] |
£30.00 |
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BAILEY D.W. |
British Military Longarms 1715-1865
1986.
revised Edn,.
Arms and Armour Press.
160 pages, illus from photographs, in 2 parts, Part 1 1715-1815, Part 2 1815-1865, bw illus of the guns, gun locks etc, fine in dj.
[21847] |
£35.00 |
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BAILEY D.W. |
British Military Longarms 1715-1865
1986.
revised Edn,.
Arms and Armour Press.
160 pages, in 2 parts, Part 1 1715-1815, Part 2 1815-1865, illustrated from photographs, with over 160 b/w illus of the guns, gun locks from specimens in the tower collection etc, fine in dj. The combination of Baileys 2 books published 10 years earlier. A meticulous and first-hand study.
[22731] |
£35.00 |
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BAILEY D.W. |
Pattern Dates for British Ordnance Small Arms 1718-1783
1997.
1st Edn,.
Thomas Publications,.
Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
116 pages, 4to 97 illustrations from photographs and line drawings showing the guns, marks., furniture, etc. Publishers pictorial card covers a fine copy. A detailed study of the weapons carried by troops sent to North America between 1737 and 1783 or shipped to them as replacement arms.
[23766] |
£30.00 |
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BAILEY D.W. |
Percussion Guns & Rifles An Illustrated Reference Guide
1972.
1st Edn,.
Arms And Armour Press.
94 pages with illus of the guns from photographs, full page and text drawings, vg in dj. Presentation inscription on front end paper thanking Bill (Curtis) for his help signed by De Witt, armorial bookplate to froint paste down.
[22759] |
£25.00 |
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BAILEY D.Witt |
British Board Of Ordnance Small Arms Contractors 1689 - 1840
1999.
1st Edn,.
W.S.Curtis.
Rhyl.
96 pages, 4to., frontis illus, pictorial card covers, a fine copy.
[19872] |
£15.00 |
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Bailey John |
Fly Fishing in Ireland
2003.
1st Edn.
Gill & Macmillan.
Dublin.
157 (4), 4to illustrated throughout with colour photographs, a fine copy in DJ. "Anecdote, history, experience, and in-depth information on all aspects of fly fishing in Ireland."
[23648] |
£25.00 |
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BAILEY William |
The Angler's Instructor A Treatise On The Best Modes Of Angling In English Rivers, Lakes And Ponds And On The Habits Of The Fish
1857.
1st Edn,.
V 111 pages, publishers blind stamped cloth, gilt title and fishing vignette to upper boards, gilt fly to rear board, a vg+ copy of the 1st edition etc. Westwood 20 "an excellent practical treatise by the best Nottingham angler of his day"
[13937] |
£280.00 |
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BAINBRIDGE G.C. |
The Fly Fishers Guide
1816.
1st Edn,.
Liverpool.
VIII 150 pages, hand coloured frontis of trout, small hole .5cm, to outer margin, 7 other coloured plates representing upward of 40 of the most useful flies, plates of stages of fly tying, some spotting to contents, last 15 pages slight worm damage to outer margin, bound in recent old style 1/2 calf. VG
[7293] |
£450.00 |
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BAINBRIDGE G.C. |
The Fly Fishers Guide
1834.
3rd Edn,.
VIII 162 pages, hand coloured frontis of trout, light offsetting to title page, 8 other hand coloured plates representing upward of 40 of the most useful flies, the plates show the stages of fly tying, inner hinge papers neatly strengthened, original silk covers, light surface rubbing, original printed paper label to spine, chipped on corners.
[12025] |
£380.00 |
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BAINBRIDGE Geo C. |
The Fly Fishers Guide Illustrated By Coloured Plates, Representing Upwards Of Forty Of The Most Useful Flies Accurately Copied From Nature
1828.
second edition with additions.
Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown Green.
Liverpool.
V 162 pages uncut, hand coloured frontis of a trout, plate of hooks dressing, 6 plates of flies and plate of baiting the minnow. all coloured. Some spotting to blank end papers, contents and plates clean. Ownership plates of Thos Wolryche Stansfield, Westwood Grove and William H Stansfeld. bound in mid 19th century 1/2 velum paper covered boards by Charles Goodall, Leeds with printed title label to spine, vellum foxed with recent cloth lined dj with gilt title and fly motifs to the spine. An important work and an early title to use hand coloured plates of flies. "One of the best textbook of the fly fisher" Westwood Satchell 21
[13503] |
£680.00 |
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BAINBRIDGE Geo C. |
The Fly Fishers Guide Illustrated By Coloured Plates, Representing Upwards Of Forty Of The Most Useful Flies Accurately Copied From Nature
1992.
1st thus.
The Flyfisher''s Classic Library.
xiv -150 pages, with 8 colour plates., bound in ? dark blue leather over light blue cloth sides, in the publisher's slipcase, a fine copy. Includes an introduction by Tony Deacon.
[23607] |
£25.00 |
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BAIRD Donald Downs |
By Bramble, Burn and Brae
2001.
1st Edn,.
Creel Press.
Elstead, Surrey.
VI 131 pages, large 8vo., illus by the author, tan cloth, leather title label, fine in slipcase, limited to 150 numbered copies. A collection of angling stories and verse.
[17956] |
£100.00 |
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BAKER David |
The Royal Gunroom At Sandringham
1989.
1st Edn,.
Phaidon Christies Ltd.
Oxford.
160 pages, lge 4to, finely illus with photographs in colour, publishers green blind stampend cloth with gilt title to upper board, a fine in dj. Seventy-five guns have been chosen for their technical qualities, fine decoration and historical associations.
[22401] |
£110.00 |
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BAKER D.J. |
British Hand loading Cartridge Tools
2003.
1st Edn,.
The Author.
Landysul.
182 pages, to., illustrated throughout with line drawings. pictorial card covers signed presentation on title page by David Baker. A fine copy.
[23002] |
£25.00 |
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BAKER D.J. |
British Hand loading Cartridge Tools
2014.
2nd Edn,.
The Author.
ii 245 pages, 4to illustrated with b/w engravings, and line illustrations. Pictorial gilt green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Signed personal presentation inscription on the title page, also loose letter from David. A fine copy.
[22996] |
£25.00 |
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BAKER Ezekiel |
Remarks On Rifle Guns. Being The Result Of Upwards Of Fifty Years Practice And Observations, With Specific Remarks On Fowling Pieces, the Percussion Lock, And Fire Arms In General. To Which Are Subjoined Descriptions Of A new Bullet Mould And Clipper, Various Improvements In Gun And Door Locks And Spring Bolts, A Description Of Fire-Armes Deposited In The Royal Arsenal At Woolwich, Including All The Improvements And Inventions For Which Three Silver Medals have Been Awarded By The Society Of Arts, Together With Tables Of Weights Of Balls, Descriptive Plates Etc.,
1829.
10th Edn,.
Joseph Mallett.
VIII 251 pages, hand coloured frontis of a rifleman presenting, 5 other hand coloured plates, 3 of riflemen in firing positions, 2 of target plates and 1 engraved plate of bullet moulds and tables for the weight and diameter of lead balls. Bound in later 1/2 black calf marbled boards in the style of the original binding, original title label relayed to upper board. Some offsetting from the plates and occasional foxing, o/w vg. First published in 1800, the first edition was only 18 pages with plates, subsequent editions were extended and enlarged. The 11th being the last in 1835. Riling 329
[8681] |
£400.00 |
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BAKER Ezekiel |
Twenty Six Years Practice And Observations With Rifle Guns
1806.
3rd.
sold by E. Baker, and T. Egerton, 1806 (Wright, printer).
24 pages, Coloured frontis of a standing rifleman and 3 other coloured plates of "rifleman presenting" 2 coloured target plates and 1 uncoloured. The dedication page, to The Prince Of Wales with coloured Fleur De Lis and 3 uncoloured targets fired at by the Prince, dated Brighton Dec 11th 1805. A page detailing weight of lead balls from 1 to 50 to the pound giving weights diameters, ounces drams, grains. Some offsetting from the plates to the text and general age browning, end papers foxed. Contemporary ownership signature to upper blank margin of the title page for Charles Pland repeated on the margin of the first page and rear paste down. Recased retaining the original end papers and boards with new matching spine. The first edition circa 1803 titled Twenty-Two Years Practice and Observations with Rifle Guns. Each edition was updated through to the 11th in 1835. The first 3 editions are particularly scarce, only 1copy of the 1806 edition located in UK libraries. Ezekiel Baker was a renowned English gunsmith who popularized his own design of the Whitechapel-based gunsmith, was notable for the British Army's use of his rifle, known subsequently as 'The Baker Rifle', the first gun to feature a rifled Barrell. Riling 329
[23802] |
£300.00 |
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BALDEMEC |
A Week On The Jupiter River Anticosti Island
1934.
privately printed.
45 pages, mounted photo of "one days catch on the Jupiter River", black paper covered boards, printed label to upper board. Some chipping and loss to top 8cm (3 inches) of spine, limited to 100 copies this being number 35. Baldemec is a composite pseudonym made up of the initials of members of the party B,A,L,D, Eric M, and Eddy C. The B was Sir V Besborough former Governor General of Canada. This copy presented by B to Major Max Bollam also includes a letter on headed paper "Goverment House, Ottawa" to Bollam from B presenting the copy and noting the party consists of Lomany Lascelles (?), Eric Mackenzie esce (?), Eddie Coloville and myself, some of the names are difficult to read. It is a salmon fishing book of charm and rarity. the book varys wildly in style and content from straight facts and figures to lyrical and poetic expectations, reference Charles Wood bibliotheca Salmo Salar No 61
[20952] |
£1100.00 |
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BALL Chris, CLIFFORD Kevin, PAISLEY Tim |
A Century Of Carp Fishing
2000.
1st Edn,.
Carptalk Enterprises.
Newport.
336 pages, 4to., illus, fine in dj.
[19354] |
£48.00 |
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BALL Robert W.D. |
Mauser Military Rifles Of The World
1996.
1st Edn,.
Krause Publications.
Iola, WI, USA.
265 pages, + adverts 4to, illustrated in colour and B/W from photographs, showing the guns , marks etc. A fine copy in DJ. Excellent photographs and includes detailed descriptions of the guns.
[23329] |
£40.00 |
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BARBASETTI Luigi |
The Art Of The Foil With A Short History Of Fencing
nd 1933.
Hutchinson & Co.
xii 276 pages, frontis illus of the author + numerous full page and text illus, publishers blue cloth, slight fade mark to rear boards, author's observations on the theory of fencing and its development through half a century with a short history of fencing through the ages.
[21228] |
£65.00 |
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Barber (Captain) |
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FORMATION AND EXERCISE OF THE VOLUNTEER SHARP-SHOOTERS.
1968.
facsimile edn.
Museum Restoration Service.
Ottawa, Ontario, 1.
viii -126 pages, 4 plates illustrating of bugle horn calls, signals for the whistle , formation and disposition to form an advanced guard and diagram for advancing and defending under cover, facsimile reprint of the 1804 edition. Limited to 700 numbered copies of which this is number 121. Publishers faux leather binding in DJ
[22785] |
£35.00 |
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Barber, Edward C. |
The Crack Shot; or, Young Rifleman's Complete Guide: Being a Treatise on the Use of the Rifle
1868.
1st English.
Sampson Low Son and Marston.
xiv 342 pages, 24 pages of adverts, full page and text illustrations, some browning to contents. Publishers red cloth chipped at head and tail of the spine some darkening and marking to the cloth, a good + tight copy. Details: Sharps, Enfield, Henry, breech-loaders, Peabody, Remington, Spencer, rifles etc. "Especially valuable in that it shows the state of arms manufacture in post-civil war period, both American and European" Riling 858
[22811] |
£60.00 |
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BARBER John L |
Rimfire Cartridge In The United States And Canada, An Illustrated History Of Its Manufacturers And Their Products 1857 to 1984
1987.
1st Edn.
Armory Publications.
Tacom U.S.A.
221 pages, 4to., illustrated in b/w from photographs& line drawings, publisher faux blue leather binding, a fine copy in dj. No 359 of a limited edition of 500 copies signed by the author. The history of 40 companies that provided Rimfire cartridges with over a thousand illustrations of cartridges.
[23350] |
£160.00 |
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BARKER A J |
Principles Of Small Arms
1952.
Gale and Polden.
Aldershot.
xi 82 pages, full page and text drawings, diagrams etc., publishers printed card covers, vg. The construction, operation, characteristics, ammunition, design and development of the modern weapons.
[21654] |
£20.00 |
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BARKER Thomas, WHITNEY Jonn |
the Art Of Angling, Barkers Delight Or the Art Of Angling, The Gentle Recreation Or The Pleasure Of Angling, A Poem With A Dialogue
1820.
1st thus Edn,.
J H Burn.
(4) 22 + iv + 40 + (14) 78 pages, 3 volumes bound in 1, 12mo facsimile reprint of the 1651, 1657 + 1700 editions each volume limited to 100 copies, original boards, recent spine in the style of the original, old bookseller printed catalogue description pasted to front paste down, loose letter present relating to the slip and the book from the bookseller, also 4 page catalogue of fishing books for sale, the bookseller was Fred W Cooke Newton, North Wales, ownership inscription for Vivian Henry 1916, , WS 22. 240. Ref: 16183
[16183] |
£230.00 |
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BARNARD Rev M.R. |
Sport In Norway And Where To Find It Together With A Short Account Of The Vegetable Productions Of The Country To Which Is Added A List Of The Alpine Flora Of Dovre Fjeld And Of The Norwegian Ferns
1864.
1st Edn,.
Chapman Hall.
XVI 334 pages, engraved frontis + 1 other full page plate, text illus, some foxing to first few pages, recased in the original cloth unevenly faded, spine marked. The author notes the resources which Norway offers the angler and sportsman. He describes each province in turn and where possible the routes to various rivers, he gives an alphabetical index of rivers. Chapters on wild reindeer, feathered game, bear and lynk, hunting etc.
[16453] |
£60.00 |
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BARNES Tag |
The Exploring Angler
1964.
1st Edn,.
E.M.Art and Publising Ltd.
Peterborough.
117 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, vg+ in dj. the author experiences of angling , the smaller streams and ponds and what he has caught in the most unlikely places.
[20694] |
£45.00 |
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Bartocci, Cristopher R. |
Black Rifle II - the M16 into the 21st Century
2004.
1st.
Collector Grade Publications.
Cobourg Canada,.
xxv ? 375 pages, 4to illustrated throughout with 626 b/w illustrations from photographs drawings and gun breakdowns. Coloured pictorial end papers, publishers faux leather binding in DJ a fine copy. Covers all aspects the ammunition sights production etc.
[23239] |
£200.00 |
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BARTON E.A. |
An Album Of The Chalk Streams
1946.
1st Edn,.
A and C Black.
103 pages, 4to, illus from 47 photogravure plates by the author. Contents clean and tight with no inscriptions. Publishers' green cloth tight with no splits, chips or marks. DJ not price clipped, front flap clean, rear flap some marking and some chipping along bottom edge.
[6856] |
£25.00 |
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BARTON E.A. |
Pictures Of the Chalk Stream
1978.
1st Edn,.
Rugby.
95 pages, lge 8vo, illus with photographs by the author, limited to 750 copies, vg in cloth slipcase, vg.
[8745] |
£55.00 |
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BATES Joseph D. |
Atlantic Salmon Flies And Fishing
1970.
Stackpole Books.
Harrisburg, USA.
XIX 362 pages, TEG, 8 colour plates of flies + numerous black and white full page and text illus. Limited to 600 signed and numbered copies in publishers 1/4 grey cloth, blue paper cover boards, gilt angler vignette to spine in slipcase, tipped onto FEP hand written letter on headed paper presenting the book to Arthur Oglesby thanking him for his help in preparation of the book signed by Bates and dated January 12 1971, also 3 lines underlined in the introduction with reference to the help Bates received, single circular blind stamp to margin of title page "Library of Arthur Oglesby". An excellent association copy of the great salmon angler.
[15708] |
£350.00 |
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BATHURST Rev Charles |
Notes On Nets or The Quincunx Practically Considered To Which Are Added Miscellaneous Memoranda
1837.
1st Edn,.
XIV 183 pages, 7 pages of plates, folding table showing distances on the principle towns and bridges of the river Thames and river Isis, contemporary full calf binding, gilt decorated spine, front boards inner margin showing worm damage? with partial loss, o/w a tight clean copy. Gives details of tools, types of nets, how to make and repair.
[9761] |
£120.00 |
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BAXTER D.R. |
Blunderbusses
1970.
1st Edn,.
Arms And Armour Press.
73 pages, Illustrated with 73 b/w illustrations from photographs mostly off the guns, vg without the DJ. One of the few books dealing with this type of gun.
[23869] |
£25.00 |
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BAXTER D.R. |
Superimposed Load Firearms 1360 - 1860
1966.
1st Edn,.
the author.
Hong Kong.
xv 536 pages, illustrated with numerous b/w photographs and line drawings. Signed presentation from Baxter and dated 1968 to verso of the ? title. Publishers' black cloth binding, gilt title to the upper cover, vg in worn but presentable dj. limited to 500 numbered copies.
[23460] |
£80.00 |
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Baxter Dr Terry W. and others. |
A KETTLE OF FISH: A TRIBUTE TO JAMES
2017.
1st.
The Little Egret Press.
222 pages, Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Number 31 of a limited edition of 40 copies with loose printed card signed by four of the contributors. A fine copy in DJ in the publisher's slipcase. There are contributions from Ben Escritt, Paul Ricko, Trefor West, Chas White and Steve Hitch to compliment the main body of work from Dr Terry Baxter.
[23621] |
£50.00 |
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BB |
BB'S Fairy Book Meeting Hill
1948.
1st Edn,.
Hollis and Carter.
vii 140 pages, small 4to, illus with 15 colour plates + chapter head drawings, inscription to FEP, some browning to the front and rear end paper from dj flap. Publishers ice blue cloth with title to the upper coverand spine in silver tyhe cloth clean and un-faded. DJ has white background with insert of a gnome under a tree in blue with text in blue and black describing the story, adverts to rear flap for 2 of BBs books, the dj has 1 single closed tear no other defects, a vg clean copy. This is the scarcer of the 2 styles of dj used for this book.
[14937] |
£120.00 |
|
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BB |
Be Quiet And Go Angling
1949.
1st Edn,.
Lutterworth Press.
200 pages, illus, spotting to front and rear end papers, publishers turquoise cloth with silver heron vignette to upper board, and title in silver, cloth clean and bright, dj price clipped, head and tail of spine chipped, small 1cm closed tear to upper rear upper flap, similar to lower margin but overall vg. Scarce especially in dj, the dj was printed on very thin paper and seldom survived. The title was written under the pseudo name Michael Traherne.
[8547] |
£360.00 |
|
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BB |
Confessions Of A Carp Fisher
1950.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
178 pages, illus, neatly tipped in on margin of 3 pages 4 press cuttings relating to record carp, o/w vg in dj, light rubbing to head of spine of dj. One of the classic early carp titles.
[14883] |
£95.00 |
|
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BB |
Dark Estuary
1953.
1st Edn,.
Hollis and Carter.
XII 164 pages, 4to., 15 full page colour plates + scraperboards to text, chapter head drawings, inscription to FEP, light rubbing to head of spine, dj price clipped and some chipping to edges and head and tail of spine, inner repairs not showing, tape repair to top of spine visible, a presentable dj near complete.
[4152] |
£25.00 |
|
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BB |
Dark Estuary
1953.
1st Edn,.
Hollis and Carter.
XII 164 pages, 4to., 15 full page colour plates + scraperboards to text, chapter head drawings, inscription to FEP, vg in worn dj, dj has loss but presentable.
[18424] |
£25.00 |
|
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BB |
The Fisherman's Bedside Book
1945.
1st Edn,.
Eyre And Spottiswoode.
XXII 567 pages, illus, inscription to FEP, vg in dj.
[18863] |
£65.00 |
|
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BB |
The Fisherman's Bedside Book
1945.
1st Edn,.
Eyre And Spottiswoode.
XXII 567 pages, illus, inscription to FEP, vg in dj. dj chipped at head of spine.
[7463] |
£20.00 |
|
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BB |
The Idle Countryman
1943.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
192 pages, illus, a vg+ copy in dj, dj complete with a few small closed tears to edges. Due to the war economy paper the dust jacket is often found in poor condition or missing.
[15686] |
£65.00 |
|
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BB |
Indian Summer
1984.
1st Edn,.
Michael Joseph.
183 pages, scraperboard illus, fine in similar dj.
[18862] |
£55.00 |
|
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BB |
Lord Of The Forest
1975.
1st Edn,.
127 pages, illus, vg in dj, dj price clipped.
[5971] |
£50.00 |
|
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BB |
Lord Of The Forest
1975.
1st Edn,.
127 pages, scraperboard illus, a vg+ copy in dj.
[8136] |
£65.00 |
|
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BB |
Lord Of The Forest
1975.
1st Edn,.
127 pages, illus, vg in dj, dj repair to head of spine.
[3249] |
£50.00 |
|
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BB |
The Naturalist's Bedside Book
1980.
1st Edn,.
192 pages, illus, vg in dj
[4900] |
£25.00 |
|
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BB |
The Quiet Fields
1981.
1st Edn,.
205 pages, illus, vg+ in dj.
[10406] |
£30.00 |
|
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BB |
Ramblings Of A Sportsman Naturalist
1979.
1st Edn,.
Michael Joseph.
176 pages, illus, vg+ in dj.
[611] |
£25.00 |
|
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BB |
Ramblings Of A Sportsman Naturalist
1979.
1st Edn,.
Michael Joseph.
176 pages, illus, vg+ in dj.
[18328] |
£45.00 |
|
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BB |
Tide's Ending
1950.
1st Edn,.
Hollis and Carter.
XI 244 pages, small 4to, 16 plates in colour + scraperboard chapter headings, browning to end papers, ownership label to front fly leaf, original grey cloth with gilt title and ripple line to upper board, vg in dj. dj dusr soiled to rear flap, chipping and closed tear to rear flap bottom edge, small chipping to head of spine, dj price clipped.
[18882] |
£25.00 |
|
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BB |
Tide's Ending
1950.
1st Edn,.
XI 244 pages, lge 8vo, illus 16 in colour + black and white, vg in dj, dj has some loss along top front edge and corners.
[4522] |
£25.00 |
|
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BB |
The Wayfaring Tree
1945.
1st Edn,.
Hollis and Carter Ltd.
VIII 198 pages, large 8vo., scraperboard illus, blue cloth title in silver, vg in worn but presentable dj.
[8931] |
£20.00 |
|
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BB |
The White Road Westwards
1961.
1st Edn,.
Nicholas Kaye.
176 pages, illus, vg+ in dj.
[18321] |
£25.00 |
|
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BB |
Wild Lone The Life Of A Pytchley Fox
1938.
1st Edn,.
Eyre Spottiswoode.
XVIII 268 pages, full page and text scraperboard illus, 1/4 white cloth, vg in dj. dj has loss to head of spine, dust soiling to rear flap, some inner repairs. A presentable good dj.
[8665] |
£35.00 |
|
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BB ( Dennys Watkins Pitchford) |
Confessions Of A Carp Fisher
1950.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
x 178 pages, illustrated with scraper board chapter headings and line drawings by the author, in DJ. No chips or splits to the DJ, a very good + copy of one of the classic early carp titles.
[23465] |
£110.00 |
|
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Bedu Laurent |
Platines. Les plus beaux fusils de chasse du monde. 2009
.
1st.
Laurent Bedu.
Pris.
397 pages, 4to numerous full page and text illustrations from colour photographs, French text. A fine copy in DJ, the colour photographs of the guns and parts are to a very high quality
[23693] |
£45.00 |
|
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BEEVER John Arundo |
Practical Fly Fishing Founded On Nature
1893.
new Edn,.
Methuen and Co.
XXII 54 pages, 20pp adverts, title printed in red and black, publishers cloth with circular angler vignette and title to upper board, vg. This edition contains a memoir of the author by W.E.Collingwood, also additional notes and a chapter of Char by A.R.Severn.
[17090] |
£40.00 |
|
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BEEVER John Arundo |
Practical Fly Fishing Founded On Nature
1893.
new Edn,.
Methuen.
xxii 54 pages, 24pp adverts, large paper, limited to 56 copies on Dutch handmade paper this being copy No.4. Original decorated cloth, slight puling to head of spine. This edition contains a memoir of the author by W.E.Collingwood, also additional notes and a chapter of Char by A.R.Severn.
[14003] |
£170.00 |
|
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BELTON |
The Angler In Ireland Or An Englishman's Rambles Through Connaught and Munster During The Summer of 1833
1834.
1st Edn,.
2 Vols, xii 315 v 312 pages, adverts bound before title Vol I, 2 frontis illus and folding map, some soiling and browning to frontis, 2pp browned from offsetting of newspaper cutting; later Circa 1930's 1/2 calf binding an Irish Fishing Classic much sought after.
[10636] |
£485.00 |
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BERETTA |
Beretta Catalogue
nd Circa 1981.
78 pages, 4to., illus throughout in colour showing shotguns, rifles, pistols with text in English, French, Italian, pictorial card covers, fine.
[20448] |
£20.00 |
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BERETTA |
Beretta Catalogue
nd Circa 1981.
78 pages, 4to., illus throughout in colour showing shotguns, rifles, pistols with text in English, French, Italian, pictorial card covers, fine.
[20449] |
£20.00 |
|
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BERGER M & CIE |
Manufacture D'Armes De Luxe De Tir Et De Guerre Mecanique De Precision
Chasse 1891/92.
Saint Etienne, France.
40 pages, oblong 4to., illus, printed paper covers chipped on edges with small loss, dust soiling to cover and contents, shotguns, salon pistols, revolvers etc. An early and comprehensive catalogue.
[14438] |
£120.00 |
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BERNARDS |
Manual Of Modern Automatic Guns, Sten, Bren, Lewis, Thompson, Vickers, Browning etc., Loading Firing Details Of Mechanism Stoppages And Immediate Action Etc.,
nd Circa 1943.
Bernards Publishers Ltd.
(16) pages, Text also to the inner card covers 15 cm x 8.5 cm illustrated with line drawings in the text of the guns. Red card covers printed in white, and black staple bound. A booklet especially prepared for home guard and service use. Detailing the guns ammunition, mechanism etc.
[23463] |
£30.00 |
|
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Bernards |
Unarmed Combat For H.G, & Service Use
no date circa 1942.
new edition.
Bernards (Publishers Ltd).
Unpaginated (16) tall 12mo 18cm x 8cm, illustrated throughout with pencil sketches. Staple bound in pictorial yellow card covers. A very good copy of an unusual and fragile booklet, no copies located in UK libraries.
[22547] |
£35.00 |
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BERNERS Dame Julian |
The Treatyse Of Fysshynge With An Angle
1827.
1st thus.
William Pickering.
xiii 41 pages, + blank pages, frontis + 4 full page woodcut plates, ownership label to the front paste down, Some foxing to the frontis and title page. Bound in later fine 1/2 red morroco cloth sides in a purpose made slipcase. Reprinted from the The Book Of St Albans, the woodcuts copied from the original A finely produced edition of the first English book on angling. edition. WS 28/29, Keynes 53
[23847] |
£170.00 |
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BERNERS Dame Juliana |
A Treatise Of Fishing With a Hook Attributed to Dame Juliana Berners, printed in teh Book Of St Albans by Wynken De Worde mcccclxxxxvi and rendered into modern English by William Van Wyck
1933.
1st thus Edn.
Van Rees Press.
New York.
54 pages, frontis, illus, publishers green cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, vg in the plain glassine dj, some chipping to corners, also loss to bottom of spine.
[21530] |
£30.00 |
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BERNERS Dame Juliana |
The Treatyse Of Fysshynge With An Angle From the Boke Of St Albans, An American Edition
1875.
3rd Edn,.
Geo.W Van Siclen.
New York.
118 pages, full page and text illustrations, front hinge paper cracked. Publishers brown pebbled cloth, gilt title to upper board, wear to head and tail of spine, front board horizontal fold mark. This is the 3rd edition of the treatise, the 2nd being the 1827 Pickering edition contains the Pickering preface and new preface by Van Siclen. the book is dedicated to the Willewemoc Club.
[15724] |
£40.00 |
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BERNERS Dame Juliana |
The Treatyse Of Fysshynge Wyth An Angle
1885.
rep Edn,.
Edinburgh.
36 pages, privatley printed, edited by "Piscator", and limited to 275 copies of the small paper edition, original card covers with printed glassine wrapper, some chipping to spine edges of the glassine wrapper. A vg copy seldom found in the original state.
[19128] |
£40.00 |
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BERNERS Dame Juliana |
The Treatyse Of Fysshynge Wyth An Angle, being Facsimile Reproduction of The First Book on Subject of Fishing Printed in England
nd 1880.
rep from the 1496 book of St Albans Edn,.
Elliot Stock.
xiv [1] [24] pages, 4to, pages uncut, introduction by Rev. M.G. Watkins followed by the unpaginated black letter facsimile. Browning to end papers bookplate to the front paste down, bound in the publisher's full old style patterned vellum, some light dust soiling, single 12cm scratch mark to rear board. A facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing, printed in England by Wynkyn De Worde, at Westminster in 1496, Westwood and Satchell p29 "One of the best facsimiles ever put together".
[17096] |
£110.00 |
|
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BERNERS Dame Juliana |
The Treatyse Of Fysshynge Wyth An Angle, being Facsimile Reproduction of The First Book on Subject of Fishing Printed in England
nd 1880.
rep from the 1496 book of St Albans Edn,.
Elliot Stock.
xiv [1] [24] pages, 4to, pages uncut, introduction by Rev. M.G. Watkins followed by the unpaginated black letter facsimile. Browning to end papers, bound in the publisher's full old style patterned vellum, some light dust soiling. A facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing, printed in England by Wynkyn De Worde, at Westminster in 1496, Westwood and Satchell p29 "One of the best facsimiles ever put together".
[7571] |
£130.00 |
|
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BERRY Jon |
A Can Of Worms The Story Of Barbel And The Men Who Fished For Them
2000.
1st Edn,.
The Medlar Press.
Ellsmere.
285 pages, colour and b/w illus from photographs, paintings and drawings. Limited to 750 copies, as new in dj. The barbel... now populates almost every English river. This is the story of that fish, but it is also the story of the men who have fished for it.
[22184] |
£45.00 |
|
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BEST Thomas |
The Art Of Angling Confirmed By Actual Experience With Several Recent Discoveries To Which Is Added Nobb's Complete Troller Also Prognostics Of The Weather
1822.
revised and corrected Edn,.
255 pages, engraved title and frontis of flies, original publishers cloth, a popular title 1st published in 1787, the 10th and 11th edition contain Nobbs treatise on trolling, vg.
[12646] |
£110.00 |
|
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BEST Thomas |
Best's Art Of Angling To Which Is Added Nobbs Complete Troller Also Prognostics Of The Weather With And Without The Barometer
1838.
12th revised Edn,.
Thomas Tegg.
VII 246 pages, 32mo., engraved frontis of flies vignette to title page and tail piece before glossary, browning to frontis and title page, recently rebound in red cloth, gilt title to upper board and spine with fishing vignette to front board and spine, this edition carefully revised, corrected and rearranged by John Jackson, WS31.
[16931] |
£95.00 |
|
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BEST Thomas |
A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling Confirmed by Actual Experience And Minute Observations, Exempt From Redundancies, And Superfluities, Which Tend More To Perplex, Than Instruct, With The Proper Methods For Breeding And Feeding Fish, And Of Making Fish Ponds, Stews etc., With Several Arcana Never Before Made Public To Which Is Added The Compleat Fly-Fisher
1787.
1st Edn,.
C Stalker.
112 pages, 4pp adverts, engraved frontis showing a river scene with a gentleman fishing and a lady with flies to lower margin, some age browning to contents, original full calf binding rubbing to edges some soiling, hinges cracked but holding on ties, contained in a drop over box, leather title label to upper cover. The first edition of a popular book running to twelve editions. Best was keeper of his Majesty's drawing room in the town of London.
[15805] |
£550.00 |
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BEST Thomas |
A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling Confirmed by Actual Experience And Minute Observations, Exempt From Redundancies, And Superfluities, Which Tend More To Perplex, Than Instruct, With The Proper Methods For Breeding And Feeding Fish, And Of Making Fish Ponds, Stews etc., With Several Arcana Never Before Made Public To Which Is Added The Compleat Fly-Fisher
1787.
1st Edn,.
C Stalker.
112 pages, 4pp adverts, engraved frontis showing a river scene with a gentleman fishing and a lady with flys to lower margin. A vg copy recently bound in full old style tan calf, the first edition of a popular book running to twelve editions. Best was keeper of his Majesty's drawing room in the town of London.
[12502] |
£650.00 |
|
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BEST Thomas |
A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling Confirmed By Actual Experience And Minute Observations To Which Is Added The Compleat Fly-Fisher
n/d 1789.
2nd corrected and enlarged Edn,.
170 pages, advs leaf, engraved frontis and contemporary signature to top of title page. Quarter calf backed boards. VG
[6874] |
£300.00 |
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BEST Thomas |
A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling Confirmed By Actual Experiences And Minute Observations To Which Is Added The Compleat Fly Fisher
n/d 1789.
2nd corrected and enlarged Edn,.
169 pages, advert leaf some light staining and spotting, frontis and title browned, outer margin repair to frontis, recently bound in old style 1/2 calf marble boards, a popular title which ran to 11 editions.VG
[9308] |
£385.00 |
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BEST Thomas |
A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling Confirmed By Actual Experiences And Minute Observations To Which Is Added The Compleat Fly Fisher
n/d 1798.
4th corrected and enlarged Edn,.
B Crosby.
XII 156 pages, engraved frontis, bound in the original full calf, red label, slight cracking along front hinge, chipped at bottom of spine, surface damage 2cm to rear board, o/w a tight clean copy in the original state. WS 31.
[15170] |
£180.00 |
|
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BEST Thomas |
A Concise Treatise On The Art Of Angling, To Which Is Added The Complete Fly Fisher
1802.
5th revised Edn,.
186 pages, 6pp advs, engraved frontis of a gentleman and lady fishing by a river with 6 engraved flies to lower margin, small closed tear to outer margin, vg in later circa 1870 plain cloth green cloth, a popular work which went to many editions over 45 years.
[11728] |
£120.00 |
|
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Bethell, Brevet-Colonel H.A. |
Modern Guns and Gunnery, 1910. a Practical Manual for Officers of the Horse, Field and Mountain Artillery
1910.
3rd.
F.J.Cattermole.
Woolwich.
xiv -443, Large 8vo Profusely illustrated with photographs, sketches, and folding charts. Contemporary ownership inscription to front end paper. Publishers blue cloth titled to upper board and spine in black. First published in 1905 this edition entirely rewritten with numerous additional plates and illustrations. An in-depth guide to the artillery of the time, in five sections Theoretical Gunnery, - Principles of Construction of Guns, - Carriages, and Ammunition. - Practical Gunnery, - Modern Q.F. Equipment's, - Gunnery Calculations. Riling 1687
[22038] |
£100.00 |
|
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BETRAM James G. |
The Harvest Of The Sea, A Contribution To The Natural And Economic History Of The British Food Fishes
1865.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
XV 519 pages, woodcut frontis + text woodcut illus, bookplate of Jeffrey Norton, a small circular plate for D.C.M. to front paste down, bound in full dark green morroco, C1880's, all edges gilt, spine in 6 compartments with title and ornate gilt frames tooling, inner gilt ruled decorative borders, bound by "Holloway", although a guide to sea fishing and fish, there are sections on fresh water fishing, trout and salmon culture, a 46 page chapter on anglers fishes covering value, tackle etc, also a chapter on the national and economic history of the salmon. An excellent insight into the Victorian fishing industry and its history.
[18505] |
£85.00 |
|
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Betts, Paul |
The Toolmakers Airgun
2010.
1st.
Cromford.
72 pages, 4to illustrated with line drawings, Publishers ring card binding vg.
[22863] |
£30.00 |
|
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Bevin F.G. |
I TOOK A DAY OFF! A "SORTA"-BIOGRAPHY OF AN ANGLER.
1851.
1st Edn.
Poultry Field Publications..
Preston.
xiv,154. pages, Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece (a water-colour of the Lake of Mentieth) and with b&w illustrations by the author. Signed by the author and dated17.3.54non the front end paper. Green cloth, titled in black. Very good copy in dj.." Reminiscences of a Lancashire youth, coarse fishing in Shropshire, and trout, pike and sea angling in Ireland. The author was managing director of Crosfields & Calthrop Ltd, a firm producing poultry feed, and he published this book himself under his company's imprint.
[23658] |
£40.00 |
|
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BEVIS J.R., DONOVAN Jno A. |
The Modern Rifle Volume One Practical Exterior Ballistics For Hunters And Marksmen
1917.
1st Edn,.
The Authors.
Butte, Montanno, USA.
193 pages, 3pp advs, illus, diagrams, dark red cloth titled in black, no other volumes were issued. Riling 1828.
[17116] |
£30.00 |
|
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BICKERDYKE John |
Angling For Pike A Practical And Comprehensive Work On The Most Approved Methods Of Fishing For Pike Or Jack; Including An Account Of Some New Tackles For Spinning, Live-Baiting, And Trolling
1888.
1st Edn,.
Upcott Gill.
VIII 96 pages, 20pp adverts, frontis illus "an old pike" + text illus, foxing to frontis and title page, original cloth titles in silver, vg.
[14025] |
£100.00 |
|
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BICKERDYKE John |
The Book Of The All Round Angler
1900.
new edition revised and enlarged.
Upcott Gill.
Angling for coarse fish, xiii-129pages + Angling for pike 97 pages Angling for game fish 131 pages Angling in salt water 118 pages, + index xxviii followed by 24 pages of adverts. With over 283 illustrations, cracking to inner hinge paper but contents tight. In the publisher's green cloth, a very good clean copy. A classic Victorian, Edwardian guide to angling
[22195] |
£35.00 |
|
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BICKERDYKE John |
The Book Of The All Round Angler, A Comprehensive Treatise On Angling In Both Fresh And Salt Water
1922.
5th revised Edn,.
XV 141, 99, 152, 125, XXIX pages, full page illus from photos, drawings to text, brown cloth, vg, the book is divided into 4 parts, part 1 course fishing, part 2 pike, part 3 game fishing, part 4 sea fishing.
[12647] |
£40.00 |
|
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BICKERDYKE John |
The Book Of The All Round Angler, A Comprehensive Treatise On Angling In Both Fresh And Salt Water
1922.
5th revised Edn,.
XV 141, 99, 152, 125, XXIX pages, full page illus from photos, drawings to text, brown cloth, bottom of 1 corner bumped with small crack to cloth o/w vg, the book is divided into 4 parts, part 1 course fishing, part 2 pike, part 3 game fishing, part 4 sea fishing.
[9482] |
£35.00 |
|
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BICKERDYKE John |
The Book Of The All Round Angler, A Comprehensive Treatise On Angling In Both Fresh And Salt Water LARGE PAPER
1888.
1st.
Upcott Gill.
xxvii 128, 92, 127, 108, xxiv pages, TEG, pages uncut 16pp adverts, the title page printed in red and black. Over 150 illustrations of tackle and fish, large paper edition limited to 201 copies signed by Bickerdyke and Upcott Gill the publishers on plate on the front paste down, this being copy 141. Publishers 1/4 brown leather, a vg + copy, the leather often found in poor condition. The book is in 4 divisions angling for course, pike, game fishing and salt water fishing. "John Bickerdyke" was the pen-name of Charles Henry Cook Each sheet was numbered as it left the press, and all sheets bearing the same number are bound together, thus insuring that each copy is throughout of the same order of issue. The firstedition of a much reprinted and comprehensive work on fishing. Hampton Morgan 74/75.
[23878] |
£190.00 |
|
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BICKERDYKE John |
Letters to Sea Fishers
1902.
2nd revised Edn,.
Horace Cox.
XII 342 pages, adv, text and full page illus, original blue cloth cover with gilt title to upper board and photograph insert of T.S.Manning and a 370lb jew fish. The book covers tackle, bait methods, the fish etc.
[7636] |
£28.00 |
|
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BIRMINGHAM PROOF HOUSE |
Bye Laws Relating To The Shooting Ground And Ranges At Small Heath In The City Of Birmingham Belonging To The Guardians Of The Birmingham Proof House
1921.
14 pages, printed card covers, vg.
[14541] |
£20.00 |
|
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BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS COMPANY |
Rifle Sights Under Bisley Rules ? 1909
Circa 1909.
1st Edn,.
The Birmingham Small Arms Company.
Birmingham.
28 pages including paper covers. 12mo numerous illustrations and diagrams, pictorial printed paper covers. Staple bound spine reinforced with a clear document tap with clear repair to top blank corner of the rear flap some dust soiling to the covers. The first 17 pages cover sighting and shooting, the remaining pages are a catalogue of sights. A good + example of a scarce little booklet.
[22803] |
£35.00 |
|
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Black Joel, Davis Joseph L., Michaud Roger G |
Webley Solid Frame Cartridge Revolvers : RIC, MP and No. 5
2010.
1st Edn.
Schiffer Publishing.
Atglen USA.
288 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, line drawings gun breakdowns etc. Pictorial end papers publisher pictorial laminated covers in DJ, as new. Over 1400 illustrations of the guns etc, covers Webley production from 1864 to 1938.
[22663] |
£56.00 |
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BLACKER William |
Blacker's Art Of Fly Making and Comprising Angling and Dyeing of Colours With Engravings of Salmon and Trout Flies. Showing the Progress of the Gentle Craft as Taught in These Pages With Descriptions of Flies For the Season of the Year as They Come Out of the Water
1855.
rewritten and revised by the author Blacker "himself fishing tackle maker" Edn,.
the author.
22 engraved plates including the title page, b/w frontis 17 are hand coloured; the plates on card. Publisher's blind stamped green cloth, A very good copy. Blacker worked from 54 Dean Street, Soho, London from 1842 - 1857. In 1842 he published The Art Of Angling And Complete System Of Fly Making. The book was reissued in 1843 as Blacker's Catechism Of Fly Making, this edition contained actual flies, the numbering of flies differ in some copies. The book was reissued in 1855 as Blacker's Art Of Fly Making. The plate list is part of a four-page review of the book dated April 29, 1855, referring to the recently published Art Of Fly Making. The plate list calls for 22 plates including the engraved title page; the review of the book by Bells Life In London it is noted that "the book contains no fewer than 17 engraved plates" and how "Blacker supervised the colouring of the plates to the highest standard". It has been noted that Blacker issued many of his books to order, this would account for the variations to books containing flies.
[22544] |
£780.00 |
|
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BLACKER William |
Blacker's Art Of Fly Making and Comprising Angling and Dyeing of Colours With Engravings of Salmon and Trout Flies. Showing the Progress of the Gentle Craft as Taught in These Pages With Descriptions of Flies For the Season of the Year as They Come Out of the Water
1855.
rewritten and revised by the author Blacker "himself fishing tackle maker" Edn,.
the author.
54 Dean St, Soho.
xi 259 pages, rewritten and revised by the author Blacker "himself fishing tackle maker 54 Dean St Soho", 22 engraved plates including the title page, coloured frontis and 17 hand coloured plates of fly-tying material and flies: 3 uncoloured plates of minnow, pike, and paternoster and barbel tackle, the plates all on card. Recased in the original full black leather binding with the original end papers retained the spine relayed, gilt borders to covers. Blacker worked at 54 Dean Street, Soho, London from 1842 - 1857. In 1842 he published The Art Of Angling And Complete System Of Fly Making. The book was reissued in 1843 as Blacker's Catechism Of Fly Making, this edition contained actual flies, the numbering of flies differ in some copies. The book was reissued in 1855 as Blacker's Art Of Fly Making. This copy is an early issue containing the scarce coloured frontis. There is no plate list, other than a list of plates which is part of a four-page review of the book dated April 29, 1855, referring to the recently published Art Of Fly Making. The list calls for 22 plates including the engraved title page; the review of the book by Bells Life In London it is noted that "the book contains no fewer than 17 engraved plates" and how "Blacker supervised the colouring of the plates to the highest standard" the advert is paginated v - viii. It has been noted that Blacker issued many of his books to order, this would account for the variations to books containing flies. I have handled other copies of the 1855 edition where all the plates are uncoloured or differ in number. This copy has one plate placed in the wrong place pp 100 rather than at pp110.
[23800] |
£750.00 |
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BLACKMORE H.L. |
Royal Sporting Guns At Windsor
1968.
1st Edn,.
HMSO.
V 60 pages, 4to, 52 pages of plates, fine in dj, with original card case. The Royal Armoury at Windsor contains the finest private collection of arms and armour in the country.
[8976] |
£25.00 |
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BLACKMORE Howard L. |
British Military Firearms 1650 - 1850
1961.
1st Edn.
Herbert Jenkins.
296 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs, line drawings, armorer's marks, armorial bookplate to the front paste down. Publishers' blue cloth, with gilt gun lock to upper board. A vg copy in dj of a highly respected book on the subject.
[22767] |
£50.00 |
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BLACKMORE Howard L. |
British Military Firearms 1650-1850
1961.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
296 pages, numerous full page and text illus, vg+ in dj, dj chipped at head and tail of spine. A well researched and highly respected book.
[18348] |
£40.00 |
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BLACKMORE Howard L. |
A Dictionary Of London Gunmakers 1350-1850
1986.
1st American Edn,.
Shumway.
USA.
222 pages, 4to, illus throughout using photographs, drawings etc from contemporary sources, showing gunmakers, their premises, inventions, patents, documents, gunmakers marks etc, vg in dj,
[22376] |
£85.00 |
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BLACKMORE Howard L. |
A Dictionary Of London Gunmakers 1350-1850
1986.
1st American Edn.
Phaidon Christies.
Shumway, USA.
222 pages, 4to, illus throughout using photographs, drawings etc from contemporary sources, showing gunmakers, their premises, inventions, patents, documents, gunmakers marks etc, vg in dj,
[23790] |
£85.00 |
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BLACKMORE Howard L. |
A Dictionary Of London Gunmakers 1350-1850 + Gunmakers Of London Supplement 1350-1850
1986 1999.
1st Edn,.
Phaidon Christies Ltd., Museum Restoration Service.
Oxford, Alexander Bay, USA.
222 + 156 pages, 4to, illustrated throughout using photographs, drawings from contemporary sources, map end papers to Vol I. A VG +set in likewise dj. Presentation inscription to the front-end paper of the supplement volume, to Bill Curtis from Howard Blackmore, Curtis an author and fellow authority on firearms and the Crimean War. A comprehensive survey of gunmakers in London, showing their premises, inventions, patents, documents, gun makers marks, etc.
[23038] |
£250.00 |
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BLACKMORE Howard L. |
English Pistols
1985.
1st Edn,.
The Armouries H.M. Tower Of London.
72 pages, small 4to., well illus from photographs, signed on title page by Blackmore, a fine copy. Includes a section of more than 150 illustrations from the Tower Armouries collection.
[21595] |
£20.00 |
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BLACKMORE Howard L. |
Hunting Weapons
1971.
1st Edn,.
Barrie Jenkins.
XVII 401 pages, numerous full page illus and text illus, vg in dj, A detailed account of weapons, bows, guns etc.
[21809] |
£25.00 |
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BLACKMORE Howard L. |
Hunting Weapons
1971.
1st Edn,.
Barrie Jenkins.
XVII 401 pages, numerous full page illus and text illus, label neatly pasted over names? on front past down, vg in repaired dj, A detailed account of weapons, bows, guns etc.
[7511] |
£20.00 |
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Blair, Claude |
Arms, Armour and Base-Metalwork.: The James A. de Rothchild Collection at Waddesdon Manor.
1974.
1st.
National Trust.
531 pages, 4tofinely illustrated with full page plates in colour and b/w from photographs including text illustration. Bookplate to the front paste down , a fine copy in DJ, with the blue card slipcase rubbing to corners and split to one edge of the slipcase. The collection of arms and armour at Waddesdon Manor was largely formed by Miss Alice de Rothschild under the guidance of Sir Guy Laking, comprises over 200 pieces of all types. Covering the period from late 15 to the early 19th century. Finely decorated swords, daggers, firearms and powder-flasks of the 16th and 17 centuries. Included is a catalogue of 16th and 17th century cutlery and miscellaneous base-metalwork in the collection.
[23987] |
£110.00 |
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BLAKEY J.W.editor |
The Angler, A Weekly Newspaper Devoted To All Round Angling
January 6 to June 30.
The Northern Angler Limited.
Scarborough.
Vol. IV, numbers 71 to 96, 370 pages, 4to., text illus also 5 full page colour plates, tench, brook trout, carp, eels, ruff and millers thumb, bound in the publisher's green cloth, vg. A scarce angling periodical, vols. I and II were published as The Northern Angler, although the binding is still titled The Northern Angler, articles on fishing varies from the Thames to articles on game and coarse fishing, angling matches, etc. Contributors include J.W.Martin (The Trent Otter), J.J.Armistead, J.W.Blakey.
[18676] |
£340.00 |
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BLAKEY J.W.editor |
The Angler, A Weekly Newspaper Devoted To All Round Angling
January 6 to June 30.
The Northern Angler.
Scarborough.
Vol. IV numbers 71 to 96, 370 pages, 4to., text illus, 5 fine colour plates of fish as called for, adverts throughout, green cloth, gilt title to upper cover. 4 x 1cm damage to cloth rear board front edge. Includes article by the "Trent Otter" and J.J.Armistead.
[11042] |
£300.00 |
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BLAKEY Robert |
The Angler's Complete Guide To the Rivers And Lakes Of England
1859.
second revised and enlarged Edn,.
W Kent & Co.
XVIII 183 pages, woodcut frontis "the angler", recased in the original pictorial paper covered boards, rubbing to corners and edges, new spine, vg-. W/S 34
[15474] |
£30.00 |
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BLAKEY Robert |
Angling, How To Angle And Where To Go
1898.
new Edn,.
George Routledge and Sons Ltd.
XVI 285 pages, 7 plates by Avery Lewis, revised with notes and memoir by "Red Spinner" (William Senior). A guide to how to fish, where to go to fish i.e. the Thames, West and South West counties, lakes of Wales, Scotland, Ireland etc. bound in later not recent 1/2 dark green morocco, gilt decoration to spine, vg+.
[14150] |
£65.00 |
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BLAND THOMAS & SON GUNMAKERS LTD |
Catalogue
1966.
161 pages, 4to., illus, price list stapled to inner covers, card covers ring binder, a comprehensive catalogue.
[10421] |
£30.00 |
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BLAND THOMAS & SON GUNMAKERS LTD |
Pistol And Revolver Catalogue
nd Circa 1965.
Thomas Bland.
27 pages, illus in b/w with accompanying description, pictorial paper covers light dust soiling, includes Smith Wesson, Browning, Riger, Walther, Star, Webley.
[20047] |
£20.00 |
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BLAND THOMAS & SONs |
Pistols And Revolver Catalogue
nd Circa 1960.
Thomas Bland.
20 pages, 4to illustrations of the guns with description + a loose price list, printed paper covers vg. Includes smith Wesson, Ruger, Browning, Webley also replicas.
[22906] |
£25.00 |
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BLAND THOMAS & SONS GUNMAKERS LTD |
Catalogue
nd Circa 1950.
74 pages, 4to., illus throughout, pictorial green card covers card covers ring binder, rear cover top 5cm pulling from binding. A comprehensive catalogue covering shotguns, rifles, pistols and revolvers, air rifles pistols etc + shooting equipment calls, decoy all very well illus.
[20624] |
£38.00 |
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BLAND THOMAS AND SONS GUNMAKERS LTD |
Catalogue
nd circa 1964.
. Edn,.
161 pages, 4to., illus throughout, a comprehensive catalogue covering all aspects of shooting and equipment includes pistols and revolvers, air weapons etc.
[20607] |
£30.00 |
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BLISS Gilbert Ames |
Mathematics For Exterior Ballistics
1944.
1st Edn..
John Wiley And Son Inc.
New York.
vii 128 pages, tables and graphs throughout, grey cloth cover, title in gree, vg in dj. Riling 2482
[19305] |
£30.00 |
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BLUETT Jeffery |
Sea Trout And Occasional Salmon
1948.
1st Edn,.
Cassell.
V111, 152 pages, coloured frontis of flies and full page + text illus, vg in dj, dj darkened on spine.
[17155] |
£30.00 |
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BLUETT Jeffery |
Sea Trout And Occasional Salmon
1948.
1st Edn,.
Cassell.
V111, 152 pages, coloured frontis of flies and full page + text illus, vg in dj.
[14758] |
£35.00 |
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BOARD OF OFFICERS |
Report Of The Board Of Officers Constituted by General Order No. 136, Headquarters Of The Army, Adjutant-General's Office, November 24, 1890, To Select Magazine Arms For The U.S Military Service
1892.
1st Edn,.
Washington.
212 pages, XXII folding plates numbered to XXIII, No XI missing as Riling, Ordnance Department library stamp on title and FEP and closed page edges. Recased in the original publishers red cloth, neat repair to front edge margin of title page, even browning to text. The book details tests of various magazine arms in an effort to find one or more suitable for US service, shoulder arms tested include Lee-Speed Mannlicher, Mauser, Beather etc. Riling 1301
[12551] |
£80.00 |
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BOCCIUS Gottlieb |
Fish In Rivers And Streams: A Treatise On The Production And Management Of Fish In Fresh Waters, By Artificial Spawning, Breeding and Rearing, Showing Also The Cause Of The Depletion Of All Rivers And Streams
1848.
1st Edn,.
John Van Vorst.
38 pages, bookplate to front paste down, original cloth with paper title label to upper board, a very good copy bound in contemporary 1/2 morocco.
[14158] |
£40.00 |
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Bogdanovic, Branko |
Serbian and Yugoslav Mauser Rifles
2005.
1st English.
North Cape Publications, Inc..
Tustin California.
278 pages, illustrations from photographs drawings diagrams etc. Contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Pictorial card covers clean and tight no splits or damage. A fine copy
[23295] |
£60.00 |
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BOMBING |
Bombing Notes Irish Command Bombing School Elm Park Dublin
24/31 July 1917.
Manuscript book belonging to 2nd Lieut C.R. Jennings 2nd Reserve Reg of Cavalry Newbridge. The book recording lecture and Jennings observations relating to explosives and types of hand grenades etc The album measures 24 cm x 19 cm with a hand written title page and approximately 67 single side pages all filled and written neatly in ink in a legible hand, with 7 small diagrams. The pages Interleaved with 25 folding printed drawings showing the grenades and their components and make up all titled with descriptive captions. The pages and plates have a single faint oval stamp of "Irish Command Bombing School Dublin". The lectures 11 in all cover explosives, the types of grenades including rifle grenades, throwing, organisation of bombers, attack, Bombers in defence, Blocking Trenches, German and French Grenades. The contents clean and tight and bound in the original plain dark brown ? leather with cloth covered boards some light rubbing to head of spine. Also included are a loose Bomb -Throwing Instructor Certificate for Jennings noting he is a first class instructor dated August 1917.A similar certificate dated April 1918 certifying Jennings as an instructor of signalling. A printed card Titled "Pigeon Services" detailing the care and use of messenger pigeons. A folding pamphlet detailing the service of The Second Cavalry Division from 1914-1918. Finally Jennings Dispersal Certificate for 16 Nov 1919 it notes Jennings full name as Charles Richard Jennings born 1888 married original occupation "continental Services"? etc. The agreement of his dispersal signed by Jennings to rear.
[21593] |
£620.00 |
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BOMPAS George C. |
A Life Of Frank Buckland
1887.
new Edn,.
IX 433 pages, portrait frontis of Buckland, publishers decorated cloth, contains much on fish culture and especially salmon. The author was Buckland's brother in law, vg.
[12464] |
£25.00 |
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Bond Lieut -Colonel H. |
Treatise On Military Small Arms And Ammunition With Theory Of The Motion Of A Rifle Bullet A Text Book For The Army
no date 1884.
HMSO.
228 pp , Interleaved with blank pages, advert end papers. Full page illustrations some coloured showing the guns, bullets, bayonets, service swords etc + folding tables and numerous text illustrations mostly from drawings. Many of the blank pages and some text pages have handwritten related notes. The top part blank margin of the title page partly cut away with ink name underneath, R.W Thsiuces ?. Old repair to the front advert page. Recased in the original binding with spine relayed, fading to the cloth. "Based in part on Lt Col Sladens "Principals of Gunnery" and an article on breech loaders by W.P. Marshall" etc. These H.M.S.O hand books seldom appear in good condition and quite scarce more so with manuscript notes. Riling 1141
[22972] |
£260.00 |
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