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POYER Joe |
US Winchester Trench and Riot Guns and other US Combat Shotguns
2002.
Second Edition, revised.
North Cape Publications.
Tustin USA.
vi ? 128 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. Lists the weapons on a part by part basis by serial number.
[23296] |
£70.00 |
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PRACITCUS (Moore Denis Times) |
Pyrotechny Or Th Art Of Making Fireworks At Little Cost And With Complete Safety And Cleanliness
nd (1873).
1st Edn,.
Ward Lock And Tyler.
xviii 196+(1) pages, 38 page adverts, illus with 5 folding plates, 6 single pages + text illus + 124 illus of forms and diagrams for manufacture and exhibition. Some spotting to contents with adverts on yellow paper relayed with some restoration, bound in full blue calf, spine in 5 compartments with gilt decorative boards. A scarce title on the making of fireworks, only 1 copy located at the British Library.
[19132] |
£520.00 |
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PRACTICAL ANGLER |
The Angler's Almanac And Pocket Book or 1854 Being A Handbook And Guide To The Principle Rivers, Lakes, And Fisheries in Great Britain, Ireland and Scotland
1854.
102+ woodcuts pages, advs, frontis + text and full page illus, bound in later plain blue cloth, there were two other issued 1853 and 1855.
[12716] |
£75.00 |
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PREBBLE John |
Mongaso Man Who Is Always Moving - The Story Of An African Hunter John Alfred Jordan
1956.
1st Edn,.
248 pages, Illus. vg in chipped dj.
[3138] |
£35.00 |
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Prescott Charles Edwin |
Practical Hints on Rifle Practice with Military Arms
1883.
1st Edn.
Orang Judd Co.
New York.
36 pages, 12 mo one plate of a prone rifleman. Bookplate of Ray Riling to front paste down, ownership inscription dated 1884 to front end paper, a note below in a later hand that the book belonged to Harry M Pope and any notes in the book are in his hand. There is only one note saying, "the book is the worst treatise on rifle shooting I have ever read". Publishers limp brown cloth with gilt title to the upper cover. Although no author stated Riling 1128 gives it as Charles Prescott,
[22833] |
£60.00 |
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PRESCOTT, George |
The English Revolver; A Collectors' Guide To Guns, Their History and Values
2014.
1st Edn.
Schiffer Books.
Arglen, PA, USA.
159pp., 4to illustrated in colour throughout pictorial end papers. Publishers pictorial laminated covers in DJ a fine copy. The book, describing Adams' and Tranter's revolvers, as valued in their day as any of Webley's products, and including guns from the more obscure makers neglected by previous writers. In particular, the chapter on military revolvers.
[22984] |
£40.00 |
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PRESCOTT-WESTCAR Lt Col V.L. |
Big Game Boers And Boches
1937.
Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
319 pages, 8 pages of adverts, 23 illustrations from photographs, ownership stamp to the front end paper. Publishers' green cloth, some slight bubbling to the spine in one place, Good +. The author arrived in the Sudan in 1912 and embarked on a shooting trip along the White Nile hunting elephant, hippo, lion etc. Later excursions along the Blue Nile. the reminder of the hunting covers India and Burma hunting bear, leopard, some pig sticking bison etc., Also his military exploits. Czech Africa226/27, India 167.
[22770] |
£45.00 |
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PRIDHAM Maj C.H.B. |
Superiority of Fire. A Short History of Rifles and Machine Guns
1945.
1st Edn,.
Hutchinson, Scientific And Technical Publication.
xv 146 pages, Illus in b/w from photographs, blue cloth, gilt title to upper board, in worn but presentable dj, now in clear removable sleeve. Most of the book covers the development and use of machine guns including a chapter on the machine gun in the Great War also in Manchuria, the Maxim and the Hotchkiss 1904-1905. Riling 2532.
[21860] |
£26.00 |
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PRIME W.C. |
I Go A Fishing
1873.
1st UK Edn,.
Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle.
308 pages, pictorial green cloth, spotting to prelims, gilt title and vignette to upper boards. Trout fishing in Connecticut and New Hampshire.
[15471] |
£25.00 |
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PRIME W.C. |
I Go A Fishing
1873.
1st UK Edn,.
308 pages, green cloth, gilt title and vignette to upper boards. Manchester Anglers Assoc. bookplate to front paste down, small circular label to spine, cloth clean and bright, trout fishing in Connecticut and New Hampshire.
[12530] |
£25.00 |
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PRIOR Richard |
The Roe Deer Of Cranborne Chase An Ecological Survey
1968.
1st Edn,.
XVI 222 pages, illus, vg in dj, dj darkened on spine, presentation inscription on FEP from Richard Prior
[10161] |
£25.00 |
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PRIOR Richard |
Trees And Deer, How To Cope With Deer In Forest, Field, And Garden
1983.
1st Edn,.
B.T.Batsford Ltd.
208 pages, illus with drawings by Jeppe Edrup, 1 of 12 copies signed by the author and bound in 1/2 calf with marbled sides, vg+.
[3] |
£160.00 |
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PRIOR Richard |
Trees And Deer, How To Cope With Deer In Forest, Field, And Garden
1983.
1st Edn,.
Batsford.
208 pages, illus with drawings by Jeeppe Edrup, vg in dj
[3336] |
£24.00 |
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PRIOR Richard |
Trees And Deer, How To Cope With Deer In Forest, Field, And Garden
1983.
1st Edn,.
Batsford.
208 pages, illus with drawings by Jeeppe Edrup, vg in dj
[16272] |
£24.00 |
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PRITT T.E. |
An Anglers Basket Filled In Sunshine And Shade Through The Space Of Forty Years
1896.
1st Edn,.
Abel Heywood and Sons.
Manchester & London.
xiv 148 pages, frontis portrait of the author, browning to title page and to frontis tissue guard, publishers dark red cloth gilt title with vignette of rod and creel basket to upper board in black, vg.
[19360] |
£40.00 |
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PRITT T.E. |
An Anglers Basket Filled In Sunshine And Shade Through The Space Of Forty Years
1896.
1st Edn,.
Abel Heywood and Sons.
Manchester & London.
XX 148 pages, frontis portrait of the author, spotting to title page, original cloth with vignette of rod and basket to upper board, clean and bright.
[13128] |
£45.00 |
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PRITT T.E. |
The Book Of The Grayling Being A Description Of The Fish, And The Art Of Angling For Him, As Practised Chiefly In The Midlands And The North Of England
1888.
1st Edn,.
Goodall And Suddick.
Leeds.
64 pages, 1 page advs, 3 coloured plates, 1 being of flies, 1 winter worming tackle, frontis of "an October grayling", contents clean, large paper edition, bound in recent 1/4 tan calf, raised bands, red title label, vg. In the large paper edition the frontis of the grayling is a single sheet not folded as in the standard edition.
[16475] |
£420.00 |
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PRITT T.E. |
The Book Of The Grayling Being A Description Of The Fish, And The Art Of Angling For Him, As Practised Chiefly In The Midlands And The North Of England
1888.
1st Edn,.
Goodall And Suddick.
Leeds.
64 pages, 1 page advs, 3 hand coloured plates, 1 being of flies, 1 winter worming tackle, folding frontis of "an October grayling", ownership name to verso front blank end paper "F.C.Lister, Swinton, March 1888", publishers maroon cloth, gilt quotation from Walton to upper cover, slight faded mark to top 2.5cm of board, vg.
[19930] |
£320.00 |
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PRITT Thomas Even |
Yorkshire Trout Flies
1998.
Flyfisher''s Classic Library.
Ashburton.
73 pages, frontis portrait, 12 plates 11 being coloured of lies. No 80 of a limited edition of 250 copies, bound in full dark red morroco. AEG, in slipcase. A mint copy.
[19250] |
£100.00 |
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PROFUMO David |
In Praise Of Trout
1989.
1st Edn,.
Viking.
XXI 90 pages, oblong 4to, illus in colour by Alan James Robinson, forward by Ted Hughes, limited to 100 copies signed by David Profumo and Alan James Robinson, big game angling bookplate to verso blank FEP, 1/4 leather green cloth, gilt title to upper board, a fine copy.
[16735] |
£80.00 |
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PRYCE-TANNATT T.E. |
How To dress Salmon Flies
1948.
rep Edn,.
A and C Black.
XIII 248 pages, 12 full page illus, 8 in colour, vg+ in marked dj.
[13900] |
£35.00 |
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PRYCE-TANNATT T.E. |
Meditations Of A Middle-Aged Angler
1932.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Son.
IX 293 pages, covers darkened, g+.
[17093] |
£20.00 |
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PULMAN George |
The Book Of The Axe Containing A Piscatorial Description Of That Stream And A History Of All The Parishes And Remarkable Spots Upon Its Bank
1854.
3rd Edn,.
VI 149 pages, advert leaf, 11 full page tinted plates + text illus, large folding loose map of the course of the Rive Axe, recased in the original publishers blind stamped green cloth, gilt title to upper board, gilt decorated spine relayed. The author notes the previous 2 editions were published 10 years earlier, the title alone is almost the only original feature. It has been his object to trace the Axe from rise to mouth and to describe both, the piscatorial attractions and the striking scenery. Westwood Satchell 173
[13151] |
£170.00 |
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PULMAN George |
The Book Of The Axe Containing A Piscatorial Description Of That Stream And A History Of All The Parishes And Remarkable Spots Upon Its Bank
1875.
4th rewritten and greatly enlarged. Edn,.
Longman and Co.
VI 906 pages, 15 full page illus, large folding map on linen, woodcut illus throughout the volume, foxing to title page and occasionally to text, some age browning to contents, 2cm closed tear to margin of 1 plate, recased in the original pictorial blind stamped cloth with gilt title and vignette of the river to upper board, fishing vignette to spine, the cloth is darkened, light rubbing to corners, original end papers retained, repair to rear end paper, g+. Westwood Satchell 173.
[18343] |
£100.00 |
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PULMAN George |
The Book Of The Axe Containing A Piscatorial Description Of That Stream And A History Of All The Parishes And Remarkable Spots Upon Its Bank
1875.
4th rewritten and greatly enlarged. Edn,.
Longman and Co.
VI 906 pages, 15 full page illus, large folding map, woodcut illus throughout the volume, 4cm closed tear to the map, some spotting to title page and blank verso of map, front hinge paper cracked but a tight copy, bound in contemporary 1/2 dark green morroco, gilt decoration to spine, binding clean and tight. Tipped onto FEP a newspaper review of the book dated 1875, pasted to front past down folding memoriam card from the funeral of Pulman in February 1880 at the age of 60. Unusual to find. the map is not laid down on linen as usually found, possibly a presentation binding but there is nothing to prove this. The previous edition was 20 years earlier, the author has accumulated fresh matter to an extent which constitutes a claim for the present edition being almost a new work. Pulman takes the Axe from rise to mouth and to describe the piscatorial attractions and the scenery it flows through. WS173.
[19898] |
£220.00 |
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PULMAN G.P.R. |
Rustic Sketches Being Poems On Angling, Humorous and Descriptive In The Dialect Of East Devon
1842.
1st Edn,.
W Bragg.
Taunton.
92 pages, errata + advert leaf, original cloth covered boards, gilt title to upper cover.
[19358] |
£60.00 |
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PULMAN G.P.R. |
Rustic Sketches Being Rhymes And "Skits" On Angling And Other Subjects, With A Copious Glossary, And General Remarks On Country Talk
1871.
3rd Edn,.
XXXVI 162 pages, adv leaf, contents clean, recently recased in the original paper covered boards, new cloth spine, boards rubbed, g+.
[5592] |
£60.00 |
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PUNNETT Chris |
.30-06
1997.
1st Edn.
C.T.G.Publishing.
Chadds. Ford, USA.
382 pages,m 4to, illustrated in b/w from photographs, line drawings of the bullets , head stamps, boxes etc. Publishers' green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover, a vg copy in dj dj has tape repair to verso of head of spine. The book covers the development of the .30-60 in each country with manufacture within the country, identification lists, index to headstamps etc.
[23442] |
£180.00 |
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PURPLE HEATHER Adams W.A. |
Something About Guns & Shooting
1891.
6th thousand.
Alexander Shephard.
vii 180 pages, includes adverts mostly for guns and shooting, first few pages "opinions of the press", written to top margin of title page "with the authors compliments" light green cloth, title in black, dust soiling to covers and corners rubbed, vg-. Chapters on fashion in game guns and their loads, the advantages of good guns etc. Riling 1271, Chute 007
[20593] |
£30.00 |
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PURPLE HEATHER Adams W.A. |
Something About Guns & Shooting
1893.
3rd revised and enlarged.
Alexander Shephard.
vii 154 pages, 22 pages of sporting adverts for guns and shooting, part removed bookplate of Charles Lancaster to front paste down, armorial bookplate of Henry A.A Thorn to front end paper. Presentation inscription on ? title to Thorn "with the authors compliments 1893" Publishers red cloth titled in black. Uneven fading and marking to the cloth, the binding and contents tight with no chips or splits. Chapters on fashion in game guns and their loads, the advantages of good guns etc. In 1878 the firm of Lancaster was take over by Henry. A. A. Thorn. Thorn, interestingly, styled himself 'Charles Lancaster' for business purposes and even used Lancaster's name when writing on the subject of guns and shooting. He helped develop and instruct on the guns. Riling 1271, Chute 007
[22956] |
£40.00 |
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Puype, J P & Wiekart, A A |
VAN MAURITS NAAR MUNSTER / FROM PRINCE MAURICE TO THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
1998.
1st Edn,.
Legermuseum,.
Delft, Netherlands.
228 pages, 4to. Illustrated with over 150 b/w photographs: with detailed notes. Text in Dutch and English. Publishers pictorial card covers as new. Tactics and Triumphs of the Dutch Army'. Arms & Armour from the seventeenth century. A catalogue of objects in the exhibition of the same name at the Army Museum in Delft, Helmets, armour, swords, muskets, and pole arms.
[22988] |
£20.00 |
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PYE Henry James |
The Sportsman's Dictionary Containing Instructions For Various Methods To Be Observed In Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farrier, Hawking, Breeding And Feeding Horses For The Road And Turf; The Management Of Dogs, Game And Dunghill-Cocks, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Doves, Singing Birds, Etc; And The Manner Of Curing Their Various Diseases And Accidents
1807.
5th Edn,.
John Stockdale.
547 pages, 4to., 17 copper engraved plates many of traps nets etc, old damp mark to plates not affecting text, bound in recent 1/2 tan calf, vg. The title states this edition was improved and enlarged by Pye, Chute 532 noted that the 5th edition is the only one signed by Pye, he was thought responsible for the editions of 1778, 1782, 1792, 1809.
[4390] |
£180.00 |
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PYE Henry James |
The Sportsman's Dictionary Or The Gentleman's Companion For Town And Country Containing Full And Particular Instructions For Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Cocking Hawking etc., With The Various Methods To Be Observed In Breeding And Dieting Of Horses Both For The Road And Turf; Also The Management Of Dogs, Game Cocks, Dunghill Fowls, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Singing Birds, Etc; And The Manner Of Curing Their Various Diseases And Accidents Collected From the Best Authors With Very Considerable Additions And Improvements By Experienced Gentlemen
1778.
3rd Edn,.
Fielding and Walker.
VIII 300+ pages, 4to., engraved frontis of the anatomy of a horse and 15 copper plates representing all the different kinds of nets, snares and traps that are now made use of, some age browning to contents, small armorial plate of R.A Caldwell, recased in the original binding with part of the old spine relayed, original boards rubbed on corners. The original end papers retained Chute 599 and Chute 532.
[16181] |
£300.00 |
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PYE Henry James |
The Sportsman's Dictionary Or The Gentleman's Companion For Town And Country Containing Full And Particular Instructions For Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Cocking Hawking etc., With The Various Methods To Be Observed In Breeding And Dieting Of Horses Both For The Road And Turf; Also The Management Of Dogs, Game Cocks, Dunghill Fowls, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Singing Birds, Etc; And The Manner Of Curing Their Various Diseases And Accidents Collected From the Best Authors With Very Considerable Additions And Improvements By Experienced Gentlemen
1778.
1st edn.
Fielding and Walker.
viii, [472] pp, 4to., engraved frontis of the anatomy of a horse by T. Cook and 15 copper plates representing all the different kinds of nets, snares and traps that are now made use of original full tree calf with the original gilt decorated spine neatly relayed. A very good + copy of the first quarto edition ffirst published in 2 volumes octavo in 1735, and again in 1744, Chute 599, Schwerdt Vol. II, Schwerdt notes 2 early editions with similar titles, Chute notes this as the first Pye edition Swift 529 01
[22471] |
£300.00 |
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