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HADDON-RIDDOCH Stuart |
Rural Reflections A Brief History Of Traps, Trapkeepers And Gamekeeping In Britain
2001.
1st Edn,.
Glendarul.
287 pages, profusely illustrated from photos and drawings, fine in dj. Limited to 1000 copies. A well researched title with a section on man traps.
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£25.00 |
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HAGGARD Lilias Rider Editor |
The Rabbit Skin Cap, A Tale Of A Norfolk Countryman's Youth, Written In His Old Age By George Baldry
1950.
rep.
Collins.
258 pages, small 4to., coloured frontis and drawings by Edward Seago, publishers grey cloth, title in brown with vignette to upper board, vg in worn but presentable dj now in protective clean sleeve, vg.
[20906] |
£25.00 |
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HALL Herbert Byng |
Scottish Sports And Pastimes
1850.
1st Edn,.
John Daniel A Darling.
264 pages +8 pages of adverts small 8vo.Engraved frontis and 4 other engraved plate and 5 full page plates from line drawings. Publishers blind stamped cloth with gilt running fox to upper cover. Describes all forms of shooting, fishing, etc. Chute 068
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£60.00 |
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HAMILTON JOSEPH |
Some short and Useful Reflections Upon Duelling Which Should Be In The Hands Of Every Person Who Is Liable To Receive A Challenge Of An Officer By A Christian Patriot
1823.
1st Edn.
The author.
Dublin.
ix (i) 106 pages, (ii) advert, 12mo., half title present, engraved frontis "the Duelist" bound in recent 1/4 tan calf, marbled boards, anti dueling essays which includes advice to seconds, advice to principles, dueling anecdotes to verso of pp ix advertisement note part of the profits will be appropriated towards paying for a press and types for printing such cheap tracts as are best calculated to abate dueling, suicide. An anti dueling assoc. was formed in Dublin 1823, Thimm 125
[20782] |
£550.00 |
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HANGER George |
To All Sportsmen Farmers And Game Keepers
1816.
New Edn,.
226 pages, folding frontis, illus, heavy foxing to folding plate, title page and advert leaf, later 1/2 calf binding, vg.
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£150.00 |
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HARRISON Jeffery Surgeon Lieutenant |
The Wildfowl Of The Elbe Estuary
nd Circa 1948.
Hamburg Shooting Assoc.
14 pages, illus, map, 1/4 cloth back pictorial boards, the upper board shows a scene of 2 geese coming into land by J.C.Harrison, vg. "This guide was published to help those who are fortunate enough to be stationed sufficiently near the Elbe Estuary to enjoy some of the finest wildfowling that there is in North East Europe.
[6268] |
£48.00 |
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HARTING James Edward |
Hints On Shore Shooting With a Chapter On Skinning And Preserving Birds
1871.
1st Edn,.
John Van Voorst.
88 pages, engraved frontis, some occasional spotting to contents, original cloth with gilt title to upper boards, faded on spine and edges, Chute 277
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£35.00 |
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HARTING James Edward |
Hints On Shore Shooting With a Chapter On Skinning And Preserving Birds
1871.
1st Edn,.
John Van Voorst.
88 pages, name on verso of engraved frontis, old sellotape mark to front paste down, bookplate to front paste down, original cloth with gilt title to upper boards, a vg- copy of a title becoming difficult to find, Chute 277
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£30.00 |
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HARTING James Edward |
Hints On Shore Shooting With a Chapter On Skinning And Preserving Birds
1871.
1st Edn,.
John Van Voorst.
88 pages, errata slip, armorial bookplate to front paste down, a vg copy in the publisher's original cloth with gilt title to upper boards, a title becoming difficult to find, Chute 277
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£60.00 |
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HARVIE-BROWN J.A. |
Travels Of A Naturalist In Northern Europe, Norway 1871, Archangel 1872, Petchora 1875
1905.
1st Edn,.
T Fisher Unwin.
2 Vols, XIV 541 pages, frontis portrait of the author + full plates 2 being coloured, text illus and 4 maps, original brown cloth, light discolouration mark to front board, includes some shooting during the author's collecting of specimens.
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£260.00 |
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HARVIE-BROWN J.A. |
Travels Of A Naturalist In Northern Europe, Norway 1871, Archangel 1872, Petchora 1875
1905.
1st Edn,.
T Fisher Unwin.
2 Vols, XIV 541 pages, frontis portrait of the author + full plates 2 being coloured, text illus and 4 maps, original brown cloth, a vg bright clean set, includes some shooting during the author's collecting of specimens.
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£320.00 |
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HASLUCK Paul N. |
Taxidermy
1900.
1st Edn,.
160 pages, 12mo, illus, pictorial cover soiled, g+.
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£20.00 |
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HASLUCK Paul N. |
Taxidermy Comprising The Skinning Stuffing And Mounting Of Birds Mammals And Fish
1920.
reprint Edn,.
Cassell & Co.
160 pages, advert leaf, text illus, a vg clean copy in similar pictorial card covers, 1st published in 1901, a particular popular handbook on the subject.
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£20.00 |
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HAWKER Col Peter |
The Diary Of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802 - 1853
1893.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co..
Richmond.
2 Vols, ix 366, 393 pages, 32 pages adverts pages uncut,10 full page plates including 2 plans. Introduction by Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey, some light spotting to contents. Publishers olive green cloth. Volume 1 covers 1802 - 1829, Volume 2 1829 - 1853, include a summary of 51 seasons bags of game with an estimate of 12000 killed. Chute 287
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£120.00 |
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HAWKER Lt Col P. |
The Diary Of Colonel Peter Hawker 1802-1853
1893.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.,.
2 Vols, ix 366, 393 pages, 32 pages adverts, frontis to each volume and 8 full page plates, introduction by Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey. Some light spotting to contents, circular armorial bookplate to front paste downs. Publishers' olive cloth, rubbing to edges and head and tail of the spines a good + set. Volume 1 covers 1802 - 1829, Volume 2 1829 - 1853, include a summary of 51 seasons bags of game with an estimate of 12000 killed. Chute
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£65.00 |
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HAWKER Lt Col P. |
Instruction To Young Sportsmen In All That Relates To Guns And Shooting
1824.
3rd considerably enlarged and improved.
Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.
xxii 470 pages, Top edge gilt, coloured frontis "cripple chase after firing 2lbs of shot", 9 further engraved full page plates, 3 being hand coloured. Bound in a later full maroon calf with blind ruling to the boards, the spine in 6 compartments with ornate gilt tooling leather title label. A very good + tall copy of the 3rd and most complete edition and the only edition to have the 4 coloured plates. Containing valuable information on wildfowling with a gunning punt, French hut shooting, pheasant, partridge shooting and grouse shooting and deer stalking. Schwerdt Vol 1 235m Chute 286, Riling 37
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£380.00 |
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HAWKER Lt Col P. |
Instructions To Young Sportsmen In All That Relates To Guns And Shooting
1816.
2nd Edn.
R Hunter.
(cviii)+324+(22) pages, All edges gilt tall 8vo., with hand coloured frontis of a punt approaching wildfowl + 5 engraved plates. Bound by Riviere & Son in a full tan calf, the spine in six compartments with title labels and, central floral tooling within decorative borders. A very good clean copy in a fine binding. Hawker's classic work running to 10 editions in his lifetime. The 1st being written at the request of friends had no plates or embellishments. the 2nd was updated, and plates added. One of the most informative books on shooting particularly wildfowling of the 19th century. Chute 285, Riling 373
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£485.00 |
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HAWKER Lt Col P. |
Instructions To Young Sportsmen In All That Relates To Guns And Shooting
1816.
2nd Edn,.
R Hunter.
V+(10) 324+(22) pages, tall 8vo., hand coloured frontis of a punt approaching wildfowl + 5 engraved plates, bookplate of Bibliotheqa Tiliana to front paste down, neat 2cm Tiliana stamp to verso of title page and lower margin of last page, recent rebind in 1/2 tan morroco, marbled boards, gun motif to spine compartments. A vg copy of Hawker's classic work running to 10 editions in his lifetime. The 1st being written at the request of friends had no plates or embellishments. the 2nd was updated and plates added. Chute 285, Riling 373
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£340.00 |
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HEATHCOTE J.M. |
Reminiscences Of Fen And Mere
1876.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
XIII 134 pages, 2 errata slips, contemporary inscription to upper blank margin of title page, recased in the original maroon cloth, gilt title and sportsman with gun vignette within blind stamped borders mostly fenland drainage and history but includes some shooting, plover catching, a stalking sledge. Chute 290
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£185.00 |
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HEILNER Van Campen |
Duck Shooting
1951.
1st English Edn,.
366 pages, 4to, illus with photographs and 17 colour plates by Lynn Bogue Hunt, vg in chipped dj. The author's wildfowling experiences in America and Europe.
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£35.00 |
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HEILNER Van Campen |
Duck Shooting
1951.
1st English Edn,.
Hutchinson.
366 pages, 4to., illus throughout with B/W photographs and 17 colour plates by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Publishers' green cloth with gilt title to upper cover and spine, foxing to the rear end paper vg. The author's wildfowling experiences in America and Europe Includes fowling on the wash with Peter Scott, punt gunning flighting geese.
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£25.00 |
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HIGSON D. |
Seafowl Shooting Sketches Being Chiefly A Series Of Adventures On The River Ribble In Pursuit Of Wildfowl With Special Chapters A Few Notes On Birds, Guns and Accessories, and on Stringing The Cross-Bow
1909.
new and enlarged Edn,.
Alfred Halewood.
Preston.
101 pages, published for the author, frontis portrait, includes subscribers list, and a list of shooting engines presumably belong to Higson, advert to rear end papers includes J Burrow's Gunmakers Preston & Carlisle, publisher's blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to upper cover, a vg+ copy. Also a list of shooting. A collection of wildfowling and shooting stories between 1869 and 1904. Chute 294.
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£150.00 |
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HIGSON D. |
Seafowl Shooting Sketches Being Chiefly A Series Of Adventures On The River Ribble In Pursuit Of Wildfowl With Special Chapters A Few Notes On Birds, Guns and Accessories, and on Stringing The Cross-Bow
1909.
new and enlarged Edn,.
Alfred Halewood.
Preston.
101 pages, published for the author, frontis portrait, includes subscribers list, and a list of shooting engines presumably belong to Higson, advert to rear end papers includes J Burrow's Gunmakers Preston & Carlisle, rubbing to head of spine and corners, 2cm rubbing through cloth to edge of front cover, publisher's blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to upper cover. Also a list of shooting. A collection of wildfowling and shooting stories between 1869 and 1904. Chute 294.
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£120.00 |
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HOOD Maj Arthur |
Shooting Notes on Shooting in the British Isles
1909.
1st Edn,.
94 pages, original green cloth, title to upper board in black. A guide to small game shooting includes chapters on woodcock and snipe, wood pigeon, wildfowl and game taken from articles in The Times.
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£20.00 |
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HOOD Maj Arthur |
Shooting Notes on Shooting in the British Isles
1909.
1st Edn,.
94 pages, original green cloth, title to upper board in black. A guide to small game shooting includes chapters on woodcock and snipe, wood pigeon, wildfowl and game taken from articles in The Times.
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£20.00 |
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HORNELL James |
Two Types Of Old Rat-Traps From Carmarthenshire
nd Circa 1943.
1st thus.
W Spurrell & Son.
Carmathen.
8 pages, 4to., 5 illus from photographs and a drawing, publishers printed card covers, presentation inscription to upper blank margin, signed by J Hornell. A vg copy, originally published in the Carmarthen Antiquary, this is the 1st separately
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£30.00 |
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HOWITT Samuel |
The British Sportsman
1812.
new Edn,.
Edward Orme.
4to., engraved frontis + 71 full page engraved plates, plates numbered 1 to 70, there are 2 plates numbered 17 in the hunting section, they have different images, and completes the set of six fox hunting plates as Schwerdt 252; label to armorial bookplate of J Cornish-Bonden, Black Hall to front paste down, with his presentation inscription to Herbert Cornish Bowden to front end paper, some light spotting to prelims and occasionally to plates, a vg large copy in the original grey paper covered boards with paper title to upper boards, original printed label to spine. There is the Edward Orme imprint to the plates, the engravings are of a good quality and cover all aspects of field sports and sporting dogs. A title often broken for the plates.
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£650.00 |
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HUDSON Peter J. |
Grouse In Space And Time, The Population Biology Of A Managed Gamebird
1992.
1st Edn,.
Game Conservancy Ltd.
Fordingbridge.
XVI 224 pages, 4to., colour illus photographs, numerous drawings and diagrams, pictorial laminated covers, a fine copy. the first major in depth report on Scottish grouse since the Lovat Report 1911.
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£25.00 |
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HUMPHREYS John |
The Country Sportsmans Record Book And Journal
2016.
Angela Humphreys.
224 pages, 4to., all edges gilt. A game and angling record book conceived by the late John Humphreys in 1988 now reprinted by his widow Angela. The journal includes the original introduction by John, each double page has columns for Date & Place, My Companions, The Bag and Remarks with sporting corner piece vignettes by John Paley and a quote by various sportsmen of the past. Bound in full green simulated leather, gilt title within ruled borders to upper cover with sporting vignettes. A beautifully produced book available again in a limited print run.
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£37.00 |
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HUMPHREYS John |
Stanley Duncan Wildfowler
1983.
1st Edn,.
BASC.
Rossett.
95 pages, illustrated from old photographs, map EP's, vg in DJ light rubbing to the top of spine of the DJ. Stanley Duncan was a railway engineer and enthusiastic wildfowler who designed and built punt converted guns, was founder of WAGBI later became BASC, writer and contributor to Shooting Times. the book uses material from his diaries, articles and reminiscences from friends and family using original photographs.
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£25.00 |
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HUNTINGTON Dwight W. |
Our Feathered Game A Handbook Of The North American Game Birds
1903.
1st Edn,.
Charles Scribners Sons.
XII 396 pages, frontis + 7 other colour plates of shooting scenes + 29 b/w plates showing 135 game birds, presentation inscription on FEP to E.T.Baring on leaving Heatherdown, bound in full red calf, gilt "Heatherdown Ascot" to the upper board, spine in 6 compartments with gilt ruled borders and decorative framed centerpiece, vg.
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£50.00 |
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