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VALDEZ Raul |
Lords Of the Pinnacles, Wild Goats Of the World
1985.
1st Edn,.
Wild Sheep And Goat International.
Mesilla, New Mexico, USA.
v-212 pages, 4to., colour frontis by John P Boone, illustrations from b/w photographs and drawings + map. Publishers brown faux leather binding with title and horn vignette in black to the upper board. A fine copy in dj, limited to 1000 copies signed and numbered (418) by Valdez. A comprehensive survey of the life histories, external anatomy, and hunting of wild goats of the world.
[23492] |
£145.00 |
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VALDEZ Raul |
The Wild Sheep of the World
1982.
1st Edn,.
Wild Sheep And Goat International.
Mesilla, new Mexico, USA.
ix,186 pages, 4to frontispiece in colour by John P. Boone b/w illustrations from photographs and line drawings + maps. Bound in ? brown bonded leather with cream buckram boards with gilt plate with sheep vignette. Limited to 250 copies this copy unnumbered signed on the title page by Raul Valdez, also presentation inscription to the front-end paper to Malcolm Lyell signed by Valdez. Malcolm Lyell (1922-2011), a hunter, an adventurer and manager of Westley Richards London showrooms he had many connections and friendships with big game hunters of the day. A comprehensive survey of wild sheep for the purposes of hunting and conservation which includes a chapter on hunting by John H. Batten.
[22686] |
£160.00 |
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VAN INGEN and Van Ingen |
The Preservation Of Shikar Trophies
1928.
Weslyan Mission Press.
Mysore.
59 pages, illus, name on upper cover "Bouchardiere Indian Police", first name difficult to read, card covers photo illus of shot leopard with hunters to front cover, the pamphlet details the skinning and preserving of various big game with an emphasis on the tiger. Czech 218. Also includes loose 7 page pamphlet + advert leaf. A few suggestions regarding the treatment of Indian skins in the field contributed by Col H.B.Peacock published by Rowland Ward.
[21248] |
£280.00 |
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various authors |
A BOUND COLLECTION OF 21 PAMPHLETS, RELATING TO ARTILLERY, NAVEL GUNS AND GUNNERY BALLISTICS NAVAL MATTERS MOSTLEY WITH REFERRENCES TO GUNS ETC.
circa 1845-1868.
various publishers.
various publishers, bound in a contemporary half calf, the binding rubbed but remains tight. A single collection mostly relating to naval issues with gunnery and artillery, there is no indication who assembled the collection but would assume a naval gunnery officer. Below is s list of the titles and authors dates and publishers if you require more information, please contact us. 1/ Treadwell Daniel, A Short Account Of An Improved Cannon And The Machinery And Process Employed In Its Manufacture. 1845 Metcalf And Company Cambridge, 23pp One copy located at the British Library 2/ Blakely R.A Capt. T.A. A Few Remarks On The Science Of Gunnery 1855 (Private Circulation) 1855 James Ridgeway 16pp. including one plate Riling 654 3/ / Treadwell Daniel, On The Practicability Of Constructing Cannon Of Great Calibre, Capable Of Enduring Long-Continued use Under Full Charges Metcalf And Company Cambridge 1856 35pp Riling 678 4/ Lane Fox, Lieut ? Colonel, On The Improvement Of The Rifle As A Weapon For General Use. W Clowes & Sons, 1858 46pp folding plate presentation inscriptions from the author to title page. 5/ Of print from Proceedings' Of The Royal Irish Academy Science 1858 -1860 pp73 - pp198 includes articles and letters relating to Capt. R.A Blakey. 6/Blakey Capt. R.A The Rights Of Priority In The Principles And Method Of Constructed Ordnance In Superimposed Rings With Initial Tensions Being Communications Made To The Roya LiRISH Academy 1860, H. Gill Dublin 33pp. 7/Boxer R.A. Lieut- Colonel Remarks On The System Proposed By The Royal Commissioners For The Defence Of The Country.1862 R Rixon Woolwich (Printed For Private Circulation) 29pp 8/ Mallet Robert, On Muzzle Swivelling And Hydraulic Gun Mounting, no date circa 1862 Patents Office 31pp text illustrations. 9/Sartorius Admiral Sir G. R., Costal Defences And Naval Warfare, 1862 James Ridgeway 117pp 10/Russell J. Scott, The Fleet Of The Future In 1862 Or England Without A Fleet, 1862 second edition, Longmans Green Longmans & Roberts 83 pp 11/Harris, Sir W. Snow, National Defences The Great Question Of The Day, 1862 John Weale 64pp with three coloured maps. 12/Catalogue Of Books For 1861 On Architecture And Engineering &c Published And Sold By John Weale 32pp + Improved Catalogue 1862 8pp 13/Britten Bashley, Rifled Ordnance, Remarks On The Report Of The Select Committee On Competitive Rifled Guns Published By The War Office May 1863, W. Mitchell Military Publisher, 15pp with folding coloured diagram. 14/ Catapult A Few Remarks On The Ordnance Committees And The Great Gun Controversy. "By Catapult". 1863 W. Mitchell Military Publisher, 15pp. 15/Inglefield E.A., Proposed Plan For Working The Heaviest Ordnance on Board Armour-Plated Ships. With Complete Protection For The Crew, circa1864 Webb and Hunt Liverpool Printed For Private Circulation Only, 10pp with 4 plates. 16/Coles Cowper. Letters From Captain Cowper Coles To The Secretary Of The Admiralty On Sea Going Turret- Ships. 1865 James Griffin And Co, Portsea 78pp with 4 folding plates presentation inscription from the author to the title page. 17/ Halstead Rear -Admiral, The Navy Unarmed Still. An Appeal To Both Houses Of Parliament In A Series Of Letters To The Daily News. 1865 86pp. 18/ Palliser William, Trial Of A 32-Pounder Cast-Iron Gun Converted into A 64-Pounder Rifled Gun Of 60 CWT, And Tested To Destruction, At Shoeburyness, On The 15th August 1866. W. O. Mitchell, Military Publishers (For Private Circulation) 16pp + 3 photographic plates. One copy located at the B.L 19/Moncrieffs Protected Barbette System, From Proceedings Of The Royal Artillery Institution vol VI p19, 14pp text illustrations. 20/Moncrieff Captain, Royal Institution Of Great Britan Weekley Evening Meeting May 7, 1869. On The Moncrieff System Of Working Artillery As Applied To Coast Defence 16pp text illustrations. 21/ First Report Of The Committee Of The British Association On The Stability Propulsion And Sea-Going Qualities Of Ships. Printed separately for the use of The Institution Of Naval Architects , Exeter 1869, 71pp one plate. ?1450
[24209] |
£1450.00 |
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VAUGHN Harold R |
Rifle Accuracy Facts
2011.
4th Edn.
Precision Shooting Inc.
Manchester, USA.
292 pages, b/w illus from photographs + drawings, diagrams etc. Pictorial card covers, fine copy. The definitive study made over a number of years, by a leading researcher on the subject of why some rifles shoot very well, some shoot fairly well, and others shoot poorly
[20546] |
£140.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testament
1949.
1st Edn,.
A C Black.
120 pages, 4to, 35 drawings by the author, original brown cloth with blind stamped fish vignette to the upper board. A very good in price clipped dj. Venables reminiscences of fish and fishing in British waters.
[22578] |
£45.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testament
1949.
1st Edn,.
A C Black.
120 pages, 4to, 35 drawings by the author, original brown cloth with blind stamped fish vignette to the upper board. A very good in price clipped dj, a few small chips to top rear edge.. Venables reminiscences of fish and fishing in British waters.
[22579] |
£45.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testament
1997.
1st thus Edn,.
Medlar Press.
Ellesmere.
120 pages, illus by the author with 35 black and white drawings, 1/4 leather binding with title and vignette illus to upper board as new in slipcase. This is number 42 of a limited edition of 990 copies of which the first 90 are all signed and bound in 1/4 leather. The book was published to celebrate Venables 90th birthday.
[16141] |
£85.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testement
1949.
1st Edn,.
A and C Black.
120 pages, 4to, 35 drawings by the author, end papers browned, original cloth with blind stamped fish vignette to upper board, 2 1/2" closed tears to top edge of dj. Venables reminiscences of fish and fishing in British waters
[7674] |
£35.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
The Gentle Art Of Angling
1955.
1st Edn,.
Max Reinhart.
186 pages, illus by the author, vg in dj.
[3316] |
£60.00 |
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Venables Bernard Percival |
GUIDE TO ANGLING WATERS
1954.
1st Edn,.
The Daily Mirror Newspapers Ltd..
104 pages, Colour and b/w illustrations by the author and full-page coloured maps taken from the Ordnance Survey. Publishers green laminated boards with decorative title in black on a white background to the upper board. A very good copy in likewise DJ the dj has no splits, 1 small chip to bottom of spine and 1 corner. A difficult title to find in a DJ and more so in this condition. The first half of the book consists of essays by Venables on the various districts of the region. The twenty-five pages of maps are followed by a detailed key to the venues indicated, with information on trains and buses, ownership and permits.
[22580] |
£85.00 |
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VENABLES Col Robert |
The Experienc'd Angler: Or Angling Improv'd Being A General Discourse Of Angling Imparting The Aptest Ways And Choicest Experiments For The Taking Of Most Sorts Of Fish In Pond Or River
1683.
5th much enlarged Edn,.
Printed by B.W. for B.Tooke at the Ship in St Pauls Churchyard and Tho, Sawbridge.
(14) 96 pages, 6pp table, 12mo, engraved frontis, and 10 copper engravings of fish within the text, minor cropping to top edge just touching running title in places. Bound in a recent full panelled old-style calf, a very good copy. The last edition in Venables lifetime, Venables was a professional soldier in the parliamentary army, who spent his leisure time angling. W.S 214 ?780
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£780.00 |
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VENABLES Col Robert |
The Experienc'd Angler: Or Angling Improv'd Being A General Discourse Of Angling Imparting The Aptest Ways And Choicest Experiments For The Taking Of Most Sorts Of Fish In Pond Or River
1683.
5th much enlarged Edn,.
Printed by B.W. for B.Tooke at the Ship in St Pauls Churchyard and Tho, Sawbridge.
(14) 96 pages, 6pp table, 12mo, engraved frontis, and 10 copper engravings of fish in the text, showing small loss to bottom edge of the title page just touching the date in part. Recently recased retaining the original blind ruled leather boards old wear to upper outer corners, new matching spine and title label, a very good copy. The last edition in Venables lifetime, Venables was a professional soldier in the parliamentary army, and was made Governor of Chester in 1644. he spent his leisure time angling. W.S 214
[23944] |
£850.00 |
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VENABLES Col Robert |
The Experienced Angler
1827.
reprint of the 1662 Edn,.
T.Gosden.
XIII + introduction IV + 61 pages, sml 8vo., the first section is a memoir of Robert Venables, followed by The Experienced Angler or Angling Improved, illus of fish on India paper throughout the text, bound in contemporary 1/2 leather 7 1/2" x 5", top edge gilt, pages uncut, large paper edition.
[3133] |
£100.00 |
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VENTERS Vic |
Gun Craft: Fine Guns and Gunmakers in the 21st Century
2010.
1st Edn.
A Shooting Sportsman Book.
Rockport, USA.
x-270 pages, finely illustrated throughout in colour and b/w from photographs diagrams etc. A fine copy in DJ. The design and making of fine guns in Europe and the USA
[22287] |
£20.00 |
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VENTURINO Mike |
Shooting Buffalo Rifles Of The Old West
2002.
1st Edn.
Livingstone, USA.
MLV Enterprises.
278 pages, + bibliography and list of suppliers, 4to., illus throughout from photographs showing the guns bullets etc, pictorial card covers, fine.
[22846] |
£40.00 |
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VERNEY-CARRON |
Catalogue
nd circa 1930.
20+ pages, illus, text in French and English includes the stopvis gun, card covers.
[12323] |
£38.00 |
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VERNON Steven K. |
Antique Fishing Reels, Your Illustrated Guide To Identifying U.S. Patented Models Through 1920
1995.
1st Edn,.
Stackpole.
Harrisburg.
192 pages, large 8vo., b/w illus from photographs and drawings, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to FEP, fine in dj.
[16909] |
£20.00 |
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Very, Lieut Edward W (United States Navy) |
The Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon : descriptions and illustrations of the systems as designed for Naval service, Field Artillery and flank defence, together with Firing Tables, Proving Ground Tests And Official Reports.
1888.
1st thus.
Printed for Private Circulation.
76 pp,. 4to 30 full page plates 16 are from photographs, also line drawings of gun breakdowns, targets, diagrams etc. Some foxing to the prelims and the last page. Bookplate of Henk Visser to front paste down with his signature to the front-end paper. Publishers blind stamped red cloth with gilt title to the upper cover, a Vg copy. 2 copies of the Paris publication of 1885 of this title located in the UK libraries at the National Maritime Library and the National Army Museum no copy located of this 1888 London printing. During 1873 until 1883 this gun was constantly under test at the French Navel Testing ground at Gavre, which may explain the early Paris publication. Details of the guns, mounts, ammunition, effects of shot, care, and cleaning etc, both for Military and Naval use. "a mass of information is presented from which the artillerist is enabled to form a true and exact judgement not only of the absolute value of the Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon but also of the comparative value of all other machine guns". Very much a promotional catalogue of the gun for presentation?
[23586] |
£850.00 |
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VESEY FITZGERALD Brian, LAMONTIE Francesca |
Game Fish Of The World
1949.
1st Edn,.
Nicholson and Watson.
XVII 446 pages, 4to., 60 colour plates by A. Fraser Brunner, inscription on verso front end paper, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to 1/2 title, blue cloth, vg in dj. Contributions from the great anglers of the time including Kip Farrington, Ernest Hemingway, Major K Dawson, N.K.Robertson
[16719] |
£28.00 |
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VILLAMIL Richard de |
Resistance Of Air
1917.
1st English,.
E.F.N. Spon Ltd.
x 192 pages, adverts, 22 illus and 35 tables, publishers blue cloth, chapters on the resistance of shot, ballistics, resistance of bullets etc.
[19140] |
£28.00 |
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VINE Mac |
Sixty-Three Years Angling From The Mountain Streamlet To The Mighty Tay
1891.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green.
x 263 pages, advert leaf, contents clean, angling bookplate of John McKinley to front paste down, publisher's red cloth, gilt title to upper board, graze mark to front board. Includes Tweed, Tay, Dee, Don, Loch Lomond etc.,
[21252] |
£35.00 |
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VOWLES Alfred |
Wild Deer Of Exmoor, History, Haunts, Habits
nd circa 1936.
1st Edn,.
Cox Son and Co Ltd.
Minehead.
47 pages, advs, illus, folding map, pictorial paper covered boards, vg.
[11026] |
£25.00 |
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