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NALL Sir G.Herbert |
The Life Of The Sea Trout Especially In Scottish Waters, With Chapters On The Reading And Measuring Of Scales
1930.
1st Edn,.
Seeley Service and Co Ltd.
335 pages, illus, vg in dj, head and tail of spine chipped.
[14766] |
£35.00 |
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National Federation of Anglers |
38th National Angling Championship River Nene Peterborough
1953.
1st.
40pp including adverts, Pictorial printed covers, staple bound some rusting to the staples causing 1 double page to become loose. List the angling clubs and names of the competitors 12 to each club.
[24038] |
£30.00 |
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National Federation of Anglers |
48th National Angling Championship Gloucester & Berkeley Canal
1963.
1st.
35pp including adverts, double page map of the Berkeley Canal. Pictorial printed card covers. List the angling clubs and names of the competitors 12 to each club.
[24037] |
£30.00 |
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National Federation of Anglers |
49th National Angling Championship River Severn Wocester
1964.
1st.
48pp including adverts, double page map of the River Witham. Pictorial printed. List the angling clubs and names of the competitors 12 to each club
[24036] |
£30.00 |
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National Federation of Anglers |
51st National Angling Championship River Witham Bardney to Langrick
1970.
1st.
48pp including adverts, double page map of the River Witham. Pictorial printed card covers. List the angling clubs and names of the competitors 12 to each club. Loose folding page Sweepstake Scheme.
[24039] |
£30.00 |
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National Federation of Anglers |
55th National Angling Championship The Middle Level Drain, Pophams Eau and Sixteen Foot Drain
1970.
1st edn.
Unpaginated circa 36pp including adverts, double page map of the Middle Level Drain. Pictorial printed card covers, slight crease mark to the centre where folded. List the angling clubs and names of the competitors 12 to each club. Two loose related folding pages.
[24040] |
£30.00 |
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NEAL Keith W. |
Spanish Guns And Pistols
1955.
1st Edn,.
G. Bell and Sons.
x 102 pages, 100 illustrations from photographs armourers marks, bookplate to front paste down, the end papers browned from DJ offset , vg in dj,. Includes a list of gunmakers and their marks, from their origin until the present day. And a historical account of the gunmakers of Madrid from their origin until the present day by Isidro Soler.
[22752] |
£30.00 |
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NEAL Keith W. |
Spanish Guns And Pistols
1955.
1st Edn,.
G. Bell and Sons.
x 102 pages, 100 illus, bookplate to front paste down, end papers browned, vg in dj, dj chipped at head opf spine, light rubbing to edges. Includes a list of gunmakers and their marks, from their origin until the present day.
[21873] |
£25.00 |
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NEAL Robert J., JINKS Roy G. |
Smith And Wesoon 1857-1945
1966.
1st Edn,.
A S Barnes and Co.
South Brunswick, USA.
360 pages, 4to., illustrated from photographs and drawings, a vg copy in dj.
[14486] |
£30.00 |
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NEAL Robert J., JINKS Roy G. |
Smith And Wesoon 1857-1945
1975.
Second Revised.
A S Barnes and Co Thomas Yoseloff Ltd.
New York - London.
434 pages, 4to, nearly 400 photographs & drawings etc, rep of the revised edition with new material. VG in dj dj chipped at head of the spine now in a clear removable sleeve.
[24045] |
£35.00 |
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NEAL Robert J., JINKS Roy G. |
Smith And Wesson 1857-1945
1975.
revised.
A.S.M Barnes and Co.
New York.
434 pages, 4to illustrations from photographs and diagrams, vg in worn but presentable DJ. A well-researched and an important work on the guns.
[24084] |
£35.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
British Gunmakers Messrs Griffin & Tow And W. Bailes 1740-1790
1989.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
183 pages, 4to., Illustrated with colour plates, and b/w photographs throughout. Publishers cloth gilt vignette to upper as new in DJ and the publisher postal box. Chapters include: Introduction; Family trees of Griffin and Tow; Sources of information etc with detailed photos of the guns.
[18966] |
£55.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases And Equipment 1760 - 1860
1980.
1st Edn,.
The Compton Press, Warminster.
166 pages, Large 8vo with Illustrations of the trade cards, gun cases, tools etc in b/w from photographs, ownership name to verso of the front-end paper. Very good copy in dust jacket. The authors having collected and photographed trade cards for over 40 years, moved inevitably towards a study of the development of the gun case and its equipment. An essential work of reference for the authentication and dating of firearms during the period.
[23592] |
£140.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740
1984.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
479 pages, limited edition of 750 numbered copies, this copy numbered 116.Sporting bookplate to front paste down of L. P Unsworth (author and gun collector), Large 4to., finely illustrated from photographs in colour and b/w, gilt gunlock vignette to upper board, a fine copy in DJ. A detailed book on the subject by 2 leading experts
[23558] |
£95.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740
1984.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
479 pages, limited edition of 750 numbered copies, this copy un numbered, large 4to., finely illus from photographs in colour and b/w, gilt gunlock vignette to upper board, a mint copy in dj. A detailed book on the subject by 2 leading experts
[19146] |
£70.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1740 - 1790, The History Of John Twigg And The Packington Guns
1975.
1st Edn,.
Sothebys.
196 pages, 4to. illustrated in colour and b/w, sporting bookplate to front paste down of L. P Unsworth (author and gun collector). Signed by KEITH NEAL on front end paper to Pat Unsworth, pencil note below by Unsworth noting when he purchased the book and visit to Keith Neal. Bound in the publisher's emerald, blue cloth with gilt gun lock vignette to the upper cover. DJ present and complete but old offset marking to top and lower edge from a DJ sleave (now removed) A vg copy with good provenance of a detailed work with excellent detailed photographs of the guns and some photographs of the original bills and accounts. With a comprehensive list of all known examples of the works of John Twigg.
[23553] |
£100.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1740 - 1790, The History Of John Twigg And The Packington Guns
1975.
1st Edn,.
Sothebys.
196 pages, 4to. illus with 12 colour and 545 mono chrome illus, a vg+ copy in similar dj, a detailed work on the family and the works of John Twigg and his guns.
[23666] |
£110.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, The History Of John Twigg and Packington Guns
1975.
1st Edn,.
Sothebys.
196 pages, 4to. illus with 12 colour and 545 mono chrome illus. vg in dj, the dj has small loss and chipping to head of spine and part of rear flap top edge. A vg copy of a detailed work on the family and the works of John Twigg and his guns.
[21944] |
£85.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
The Mantons Gunmakers And The Mantons Supplement
1967,1978.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins, Compton Press.
London And Tidsbury.
2 Vols, xv 300 + 279 pages, lge 8vo, well illus in colour and black and white, publishers blue cloth vg+ in price clipped dj. The supplement is a fine copy in likewise dj.
[21563] |
£150.00 |
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NELSON William |
Fishing In Eden, A Record Of Fifty Years With Rod And Line In The Valleys Of The Eden And Eamont; To Which Are Added Some Practical Notes On Flies And Tackle
1922.
1st Edn,.
Witherby.
208 pages, coloured frontis of flies + other full page plates, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to FEP, occasional light discolouration to green cloth, a title often found heavily foxed. Fishing in the upper Eden valley in Westmoreland
[16992] |
£80.00 |
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NEWLAND Rev Henry |
The Erne Its Legend And Its Fly Fishing
1999.
new Edn,.
Fly Fishing Classic Library.
Ashburton.
xxxii 395 pages, adverts, coloured frontis and title page showing flies + 1 other colour plate of the river taken from a watercolour + full page and text b/w illus. This is number 24 of a special edition of 45 copies bound in full dark green morroco, all edges gilt with "Jack the giant killer" fly tied by Frankie McPhillips in sunken mount inside the front cover. The book is housed in a silk lined green cloth drop over box. A fine copy, this edition has a new introduction by Kevin McKenna.
[19245] |
£420.00 |
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NEWTON, Chris |
The Trout's Tale, The Fish That Conquered An Empire
2013.
1st.
Medlar Press.
Ellesmere.
218 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs, old prints, drawings. etc. Fine in DJ. The story of the Brown Trout and its introduction to many countries over the last 150 years.
[24019] |
£25.00 |
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NICHOLAS Ken |
Pollack And Coalfish How To Catch Them
1960.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
95 pages, 12mo., text drawings, spotting to end papers and closed page edges, vg in price clipped dj, small crease to dj spine, strengthened to verso.
[16748] |
£40.00 |
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NICKSON Geoffrey |
A Portait Of Salmon Fishing
1976.
1st Edn,.
Rugby.
112 pages, illus, painting by Tim Havers, oblong 4to, limited to 1500, this being no. 4, the first 200 were signed by both the author and artist, and bound in full burgundy morroco, gilt leaping salmon vignette to upper board, contained in slip case, some light rubbing to edge. An anthology of salmon fishing recording their views and experiences accompanied with paintings of well known rivers in England, Scotland and Wales.
[19045] |
£85.00 |
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NIVEN R. |
The British Angler's Lexicon
nd Circa 1892.
W.J.Cummins.
Bishop Auckland.
270 pages, advs, frontis illus of the grayling + 10th plate of the trout, text illus throughout many of tackle. A vg clean copy. Many of the adverts are for W.J.Cummins, scarce.
[9794] |
£95.00 |
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NOBBES Robert |
The Complete Troller, Or The Art Of Trolling With A Description Of All The Utensils, Instruments, Tackling and Materials Requisite There To, With Rules And Directions How To Use Them. As Also A Brief Account Of Most Of The Principle Rivers In England
1682.
1st Edn,.
T James for Theo Helder.
10 prelims + 1-78 + 2 pages, 12mo., 9x15cm., text engraving to page 37 & 38, pages closely trimmed occasionally touching running title, small single 4mm worm hole at very bottom margin of 8pp., some spotting and age browning, contemporary calf, double gilt ruled borders rubbing to edges. the true first is very scarce. there is a 1790's facsimile Nobbes commonly called "The Father Of Trollers" was not the first to write on the practice but was the earliest that discoursed at large, and in substantial shape, on it. W.S 156, Wing N1193, Heckscher 1445
[17037] |
£1200.00 |
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NOBBES Robert |
The Complete Troller, Or The Art Of Trolling With A Description Of All The Utensils, Instruments, Tackling and Materials Requisite There To, With Rules And Directions How To Use Them. As Also A Brief Account Of Most Of The Principle Rivers In England
1682.
Circa 1792 facsimile Edn,.
78+2 pages, 12mo., 2 woodcut illus to text, the illus face a different way to the 1st edition, neatly placed before title, a note dated 6/1/12 (1900) giving details of the book, recent tan calf spine matching the original boards, a vg copy. "Nobbs is commonly called the father of trollers" Westwood 156. The 1682 1st and the 1790 rep are particularly difficult to find.
[12614] |
£380.00 |
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NOBEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED |
Clay Target Shooting (Front cover title A Handbook On Clay Target Shooting)
nd Circa 1930.
1st Edn.
Nobel Industries Ltd.
71pages, illustrate with photographs showing the traps including hand held. Shooting competitions, also diagrams in the text Printed card covers, vg. A scarce book, published to help regularise the conduct of clay target shooting, hints to running clubs and how to promote the sport. VG. Quite scarce no copies held in UK holding libraries. ?80
[22458] |
£80.00 |
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NOBEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED |
Sporting Ammunition Manufactured By Eley Brothers Limited And Kynoch Limited & Sporting Gunpowders Manufactured By Curtis's & Harvey Limited And Nobels Explosives Co Limited
1925.
Nobel Industries Ltd.
119 pages, large 8vo., illus, blue printed paper covered boards, top of spine chipped, some light marking to the front board, the first section covers shotgun cartridges, 2 to the page with illustration of the cartridge, 4 pages are in colour includes bullet cartridges, paradox also lead bullets, shot wads, percussion caps, shot tables etc. approx 39 pages followed by centre fire ammunition from .22 to .600, nitro express also pin fire and rim fire ballistic tables, air gun pellets, gun oils, powders, clay traps etc., mostly with accompanying illus. The illustrations are to a high standard.
[24077] |
£135.00 |
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NOBEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED |
Sporting Ammunition Manufactured By Eley Brothers Limited And Kynoch Limited & Sporting Gunpowders Manufactured By Curtis's & Harvey Limited And Nobels Explosives Co Limited
1925.
Nobel Industries Limited.
119 pages, large 8vo., illustrated throughout, grey printed paper covered boards, The first part covers shotgun cartridges, 2 to the page with illustration of the cartridge, 4 pages are in colour, includes bullet cartridges, paradox also lead bullets, shot wads, percussion caps, shot tables etc. approx. 39 pages followed by centre fire ammunition from .22 to .600, nitro express also pin fire and rim fire ballistic tables, air gun pellets, gun oils, powders, clay traps etc., mostly with accompanying illustrations . The last 5 pages show tins and a page on black powder The illustrations are to a high standard. Some browning to the end papers, the grey printed paper covered binding VG. There is also a lose 4 page supplement on cartridges and a lose 4 page flyer relating to clay pigeon traps including The "Mitchell-Henry" Portable Clay Pigeon Thrower.
[23441] |
£180.00 |
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NOBEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED |
Sporting Ammunition Manufactured By Eley Brothers Limited And Kynoch Limited & Sporting Gunpowders Manufactured By Curtis's & Harvey Limited And Nobels Explosives Co Limited
nd circa 1980.
Nobel Industries Limited.
+ loose 4-page supplement Facsimile reprint of the 1925 catalogue. Illustrated with 4 pages in colour and numerous b/w illustrations from photographs. Grey paper covered boards printed in black to the upper cover. A fine copy. Shows the cartridges, bullets cases, etc. A fine copy of a well-produced facsimile reprint.
[23220] |
£30.00 |
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NOBILI Marco |
Fine European Gunmakers. Best Continental European Gunmakers And Engravers
2002.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA, USA.
297 (4), Landscape 4to full page and text illustration from colour photographs throughout, Limited to 500 copies numbered an signed by Marco Nobili, this is number 399.Publishers red cloth with gilt title within gilt borders, in slipcase a fine copy. Covers the great European gunmakers with some high-quality photographs of the guns and the engravings.
[23697] |
£90.00 |
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NOEL Capton John |
How To Shoot With A Revolver
1940.
1st thus.
thw author.
24 pages, Small 8vo Staple bound maroon card covers, printed title to upper cover with a revolver vignette, vg. First published in 1918 Noel reprinted this abridged and revised edition in 1940 "to give further impetus to the present military task of making thousands of young soldiers trigger conscious". The Captain Noel was formerly an instructor in revolver shooting, Riling 1865 lists the 1918 edition but not this edition, only 3 copies located in U.K libraries of this edition.
[22903] |
£75.00 |
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NORROY |
The Strange Adventures Of A Carp
nd 1884.
1st Edn,.
Dean & Son.
19 pages, a comic tale written in verse with humorous illus of carp to page margins and full page pictorial card covers, a vg+ copy of a fragile book. The tale ends tragically "I gave him to the cook and she boiled him without delay!"
[21390] |
£240.00 |
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NORTON Charles B. |
American Inventions And Improvements In Breech-Loading Small Arms, Heavy Ordnance, Machine Guns, Magazine Arms, Fixed Ammunition, Pistols, Projectiles, Explosives And Other Munitions Of War Including A Chapter On Sporting Arms
1880.
Chaplin and Gould.
Springfield, Mass, USA.
407 pages, 4pp adverts, full page + text illus and diagrams, 3 chromo lithograph plates and 3 steel engraving of factories, slight damp mark to lower margin edge of the plates also to previous page not affecting any other page or plate, recased in the publishers red cloth, spine showing loss relayed, cover evenly faded, gilt vignette of cannon to upper board. 2 bookplates for William Courtney Overstreet and Malcolm F Macfarlane to FEP. Much on American breech loading small arms also a sketch on the rise and progress in the manufacture of heavy ordnance and projectiles.
[15409] |
£380.00 |
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NUTTING AND COMPANY |
Rods And Tackle
nd circa 1930.
89 pages, illus, paper covers, covers and contents dust soiled, g+.
[6900] |
£30.00 |
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