 |
PEASE Sir Alfred E. |
Travel And Sport In Africa
1902.
1st Edn,.
Arthur L Humphreys.
3 Vols, xvii 359; xii 314; x 232 pages, TEG. large 4to., 57 colour plates, 37 photogravure plates + frontis and 2 other plates, 3 large folding-coloured maps and various text illus mostly from photographs, sporting bookplate to front paste down on each volume. Unobtrusive stain to the very inner lower joint of the front-end paper of volume 2 similar mark to page 310/11 and the plate only effecting the inner blank margins and causing slight darkening to the cloth, also similar mark to volume 3 with small inner mark to page 267/68 and plate again only effecting the very inner blank margin, otherwise the contents clean and tight and free of foxing or inscriptions. Publishers' green cloth with Pease's gilt cypher to upper boards with cream cloth spine, cream cloth lightly dust soiled, 2cm bruise mark to front edge of the upper board of volume 3. A very good set of Pease's major and extensive work and quite scarce. "Pease recounts ten years of travel and hunting through various parts of Africa in this monumental late Victorian work. Volume One details Algeria and the Sahara regions with attendant sport after lions and antelope species. In Volume Two, Pease describes his time spent in Somaliland with bunts after lions and elephants, as well as antelopes, moths and butterflies. Volume Three continues a later expedition into Somaliland and southern Abyssinia hunting lions, elephants, rhinoceros and antelopes" Czech 215. The colour plates although somewhat naive are particularly evocative, mostly done by Pease at the time, as are the photographs.
[22444] |
£3350.00 |
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PEEKS |
Coarse and Sea Catalogue
nd Circa 1934.
104 pages, well illustrated, pictorial card covers, name inked out at top of margin.
[14600] |
£50.00 |
|
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PEEL C.V.A. |
Wild Sports In The Outer Hebrides
1901.
1st Edn,.
F.E. Robinson.
xvi133 pages, TEG, advs, frontis illus by G.E.Lodge, numerous full page and text illus, spotting to prelims. Original red cloth bevelled edges with gilt title to upper board and gilt vignette of a standing sportsman shooting from rocks. A vg copy of an attractive book, includes chapters on snipe and woodcock, rock doves, seals and seal shooting, and sea-trout fishing. PEEL C.V.A. Chute 517.
[22395] |
£80.00 |
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PEEL C.V.A. |
Wild Sports In The Outer Hebridies
1901.
1st Edn,.
F.E. Robinson.
xvi-133 pages, TEG, advs, frontis illus by G.E.Lodge, numerous full page and text illus, spotting to prelims armorial book plate of C.T.Anstruther to front paste down. Original red cloth bevelled edges with gilt title to upper board and gilt vignette of a standing sportsman shooting from rocks. A vg copy of an attractive book, includes chapters on snipe and woodcock, rock doves, seals and seal shooting, and sea-trout fishing.. Chute 517.
[22409] |
£80.00 |
|
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PEISSEL Michael |
Tiger For Breakfast, The Story Of Boris Of Kathmandu - Adventurer, Big Game Hunter, And Host Of Nepals Famous Royal Hotel
1966.
1st Edn.
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
282 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, vg in dj. the author hunted tiger leopard and bantewg in Cambodia, He traveled to India where he hunted tiger in Cooch Behar in Bamra and in the Nepalese Terai, collecting more than sixty of the big cats. Czech 159.m
[20840] |
£40.00 |
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PENN Richard |
Maxims And Hints For An Angler And Miseries Of Fishing To Which Is Added Maxims And Hints For A Chess Player
1833.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
106 pages, engraved frontis + 11 other plates, some occasional spotting to first few pages with some age browning to plates, bound in later 1/4 vellum, green title label, marbled sides, the original cloth front covers bound at rear. The maxims are extracted from the common place book of the Houghton Fishing Club on the Test, the humorous illus are by Seymour. W/S 168.
[19380] |
£100.00 |
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PENROSE Edgar Howard |
Descriptive Catalogue Of The Collection Of Firearms In The Museum Of Applied Science Of Victoria
1949.
1st Edn,.
Trustees Antinausea of Victoria.
Victoria, Australia.
161 pages, Illustrated with 14 plates showing 462 guns, with descriptions vg.
[22757] |
£20.00 |
|
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PERCIVAL A.Blayney |
A Game Ranger On Safari
1928.
1st Edn,.
Nisbet and Co Ltd.
xv 305 pages, frontis, 23 plates, folding map, couple of pages of prelims badly open to blank margins, some occasional spotting. Recently bound in the style of the original binding. Blind stamped title to the upper board gilt title and publishers to the spine. The scarcer of Percival's works, plenty of hunting episodes after rhinoceros, buffalo, lion etc, Czech 217
[23416] |
£80.00 |
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PERCIVAL A.Blayney |
A Game Ranger's Note Book
1924.
1st Edn.
Nisbet and Co Ltd.
xviii 374 pages, pages uncut, folding maps and 32 plates from photographs by the Author and Mr. Martin Johnson. Publishers' green cloth blind stamped title to the upper cover. A very good + copy the contents free of foxing the binding free of fading. Percival spent 30 years in Africa much of it as a member of the Kenya Colony Game Department and went on numerous hunting expeditions. Czech 217
[23845] |
£220.00 |
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PERIODICAL |
Land And Water, A Journal Of Field Sports, Sea and River Fisheries And Practical Natural History
1868.
. Edn,.
Vol. 3, VII + 666 pages, folio, Vol 3 from January 1867 to July 20 1867, printed general title and index, bound in contemporary green calf, vg. A weekly paper with articles on all aspects of field sports including rowing and natural history.
[17121] |
£180.00 |
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PERIODICAL |
The South African Angler
1946.
. Edn,.
. pages, 4to., a bound volume from Volume 1 No 1 June 1946 to Volume 1 No 12 May 1947, separate pagination to each volume throughout, retaining the original paper covers, bound in brown cloth, title to upper boards and spine, some surface rubbing, 1 corner cracked, contents clean and tight, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down. Reece held the world record for a 6 gill shark in the late 1980s.
[16685] |
£100.00 |
|
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PERRETT Raymond |
Eels How To Catch Them
1958.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
96 pages, 12mo, text drawings, inscription to front paste down, vg in similar dj.
[16738] |
£20.00 |
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PESCADOR Martin |
Piscatorial Patches
1897.
1st Edn,.
F V White.
120 pages, original card covers printed in red lightly dust soiled. The author was E.J.Dury.
[15469] |
£40.00 |
|
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PESKETT John E. |
Bicentenary Of A Gunmaker
1970.
1st Edn,.
Cogswell Harrison.
43 pages, lge 8vo, illus, presentation inscription on title page from Dorothy Holden, daughter of the author and a director of Cogswell and Harrison, green cloth with gilt title and crest to upper board, vg. A history of Cogswell & Harrison
[14193] |
£40.00 |
|
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PESKETT John E. |
Bicentenary Of A Gunmaker
1970.
1st Edn,.
Cogswell Harrison.
43 pages, lge 8vo, illus, green cloth with gilt title and crest to upper board, small chip to spine edge, o/w vg. A history of Cogswell & Harrison
[13369] |
£25.00 |
|
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PETERSON Harold L |
The American Sword 1775-1945
.
Robert Walter.
New Hope, PA.
xiv 274 + (i) pages, illus in b/w from photographs, drawings etc. pictorial end papers, publishers blue cloth, title in silver with vignette of cavalry officer to upper board, vg in dj. DJ rubbed and chipped on edges, now in clear removable sleeve. A survey of the swords worn by the uniform forces.
[21846] |
£25.00 |
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PETERSON Harold L. |
Daggers And Fighting Knives Of The Western World From the Stone Age Till 1900
1968.
1st Edn,.
Herber Jenkins.
90 pages, illus from photographs, vg in dj.
[18562] |
£15.00 |
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PETHERICK John |
Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa; with Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Region of the Equator being Sketches from Sixteen Years' Travels
1861.
1st.
William Blackwood.
Edinburgh.
xii - 482 pages + 16-page publishers' catalogue large folding map at end with old repair to verso off the map and a closed tear approx. 10 cm. Inscription to top margin of ? title dated 1863 -1868. Recased with new end papers in the publisher's brown blind stamped cloth. Petherick, a contemporary of Baker, Burton, and Speke, travelled along the Nile Valley through Kordofan and into the unknown region beyond. Contains some hunting incidents hunting Gazelle, Buffalo and rhinoceros, with a description of a nati0ve hunt for elephants. Czech p129 ?225
[21897] |
£225.00 |
|
 |
P.G. Allday & Co Ltd |
High Class Stand For Sporting Guns And Rifles Etc
1926.
P.G. Allday & Co Ltd.
Single 4to page with illustration of the stands, for single or double barrel guns for single guns, or 2 guns telescopic or fixed in brown bronze. Small puncture hole to one corner. Also typed and signed letter from the company to Charles Hellis & Son, offering terms to sell the stands.
[23168] |
£20.00 |
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PHAIR Charles |
Atlantic Salmon Fishing
1937.
The Derrydale Press.
New York.
XX 193 pages, TEG, 4to., illustrated by Ogden M Pleissner, Robert Nesbet and from photographs, bound in the original green cloth, gilt title within decorative borders to upper cover. Limited to 950 copies, stamped below the limitation "This is an unnumbered copy for review purposes only" also ownership stamp of A V Oglesby York, Oglesby's stamp also on FEP and his signature dated 1961.
[15654] |
£250.00 |
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PHAYRE Lt Colonel P.B. |
Hints On Fly Fishing And Fly Tying
1942.
1st Edn,.
Bombay.
126 pages, text illus, vg in worn dj.
[8881] |
£25.00 |
|
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PHILIP John |
Researches In South Africa Illustrating The Civil, Moral And Religous Condition Of Native Tribes Including Journals Of The Authors Travels In The Interior
1828.
1st Edn.
James Duncan.
2 volumes, xxxv-403 pages viii-450 pages + 1, frontis plate to Vol I "View of Bethelsdorp", folding map, frontis to Vol II + plate "Plan of Theopolis", foxing to frontis, tissue guard and title page of Vol I, less so to last 4 pages and blank end paper, also foxing to map and title page of Vol II and again to last 4 pages, armorial bookplate of "Henry Birkbeck" to front free EP and printed label of Henry Birkbeck Jun. to front paste down to both volumes. Bound in a contemporary 1/2 green calf, gilt title and blind stamp decorations to spine compartments, some light rubbing to edges. Few books on South Africa matters have been subject of such fierce denunciation and bitter criticism as these volumes. the author proceeded to South Africa in the service of the London Missionary Society in 1819 and soon became the most drastic censor on the methods pursued towards the natives by the colonists. Mendelssohn Vol 2 pp160\61
[20564] |
£580.00 |
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PHILLIPS C.A., CANE Claudia R. |
The Sporting Spaniel
nd Ca 1925.
2nd Edn,.
Manchester.
146 pages, full page illus, large folding pedigree, original limp cloth cover, gilt title to upper boards, vg, this edition has been revised and brought up to date.
[12893] |
£36.00 |
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PHILLIPS C.A., CANE R.Claude |
The Sporting Spaniel
1906.
1st Edn,.
Our Dogs.
Manchester.
146 pages, illus, light spotting to title page and frontis tissue guards, publishers green cloth, title in gilt with dog insert to upper board, 3 water blister marks to lower inner edge on front cover. One of the first devotees to the breed includes history, breeds etc. a classic on the breed.
[16187] |
£60.00 |
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PHILLIPS R |
Remington Large Bore Conversion Revolvers
2005.
1st Edn.
privately printed.
127 pages, large 8vo., coloured frontis + b/w illus from photographs and line drawings, number 132 of a limited edition of 250 copies bound in the publisher's dark red simulated leather binding. A fine copy.
[21281] |
£170.00 |
|
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PHILLIPS R., DUPUIS F. & CHADWICK J. |
The Ross Rifle Story
1984.
1st.
John A Chadwick.
Sydney, Canada.
475 pages, 4to., illustrated in b/w from photographs, drawings, gun breakdowns etc., publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt title to upper cover, a vg+ copy in dj. Includes a full typed letter on Shooting Times headed paper signed by Geoffrey Boothroyd, discussing Ross and the rifles . An important and technically orientated book dealing with the development of the rifle with a photographic record of experimental and production of the Ross rifle and the development of the .280 Ross cartridge and other cartridges. Quite scarce more so with this provenance.
[23786] |
£320.00 |
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PHILLIPS-WOLLEY C. |
Badminton Library; Big Game Hunting
1894.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xvi- 543, x 443 pages, 2 volumes numerous full page and text illustrations by Charles Whymper, J. Wolf, and others and photographs. some occasional spotting to contents. Bound in the original pictorial brown cloth lettered in white and black, rubbing to the head and tail of the spines, the spines evenly darkened. vg. A guide comprehensive guide to hunting in Europe, Africa, Asia etc. Contributions by Samuel Baker Cotton Oswell Selous Heber Percy and others. Published in the Badminton Library Series
[23546] |
£45.00 |
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PHOTOGRAPH |
original photograph of the Rev. Hartwell James or Parson James. The parson is standing proudly in his plus fours and clerical collar between two chairs with large dishes on the seats displaying several dozen trout
nd.
actual size of image 16 1/2 cm x 18 1/2 cm, mounted on card and signed on bottom margin. A note on verso "see Bateman's book An Evening Rise page 49", a chapter in the book is devoted to the Rev. stating him to be one of the greatest anglers of the West Country.
[5374] |
£95.00 |
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PICKARD F.W. |
Trout And Salmon Fishing In Ireland
1938.
1st Edn,.
G.P.Putnams and Sons.
New York.
xii 142 pages, illus in b/w from photographs by Mrs Pickard, publishers blue cloth, title in brown in dj, dj has small chips to head of spine, occasional small 1cm closed tears to edge. Based on an angling tour by the author and his wife in Ireland in early 1938. "It aims to call the attention of American anglers for trout and salmon to Ireland as a fishing mecca"
[20517] |
£70.00 |
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PICKARD F.W. |
Trout Fishing In New Zealand In Wartime
1940.
1st Edn,.
G.P.Putnams Sons.
New York.
XIV 180 pages, illus from photographs by Mrs Pickard and the New Zealand Trout Association, publishers blue cloth, title in orange, spine faded, rubbing to head of spine.
[18510] |
£40.00 |
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PICKARD F.W. |
Trout Fishing In New Zealand In Wartime
1940.
1st Edn,.
G.P.Putnam''s Sons.
New York.
XIV 180 pages, illus from photographs by Mrs Pickard and the New Zealand Trout Association, 1/4 grey paper covered boards, light fading to edges, this being No 185 of a run of 225 signed and numbered copies. 3 line inscription on FEP "to the reader" signed by Pickard.
[18333] |
£180.00 |
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PICKERING H.G. |
Angling On The Test Or True Love Under Stress
1936.
1st Edn,.
Derrydale Press.
New York.
25 pages, decorative 1/2 title, 7 full page plates limited to 297 signed and numbered copies, apart from a long inscription on FEP, a fine copy in the publishers blind stamped cloth.
[10046] |
£220.00 |
|
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PICTORIAL HANDKERCHIEF |
Deutsches Militaer Instruction No.15
nd Circa 1890.
large approx 55cm x 63cm pictorial handkerchief printed in red and black on a cream background. Large central figure of a mounted soldier within a decorative circular border with numerous drawings of various pistols, artillery pieces, shells with decorative text. Overall in vg condition, small 2cm moth? trail to lower right margin affecting corner only affecting the decorative border, some age browning.
[20172] |
£220.00 |
|
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Pigeon Shooting |
Woodpigeon Shooting/ Come and Shoot Woodpigeons/ Shooting Woodpigeons
Circa 1933/circa 1950/circa 19.
1st Edn.
British Field Sports/ ICI / Eley Kynoch Press.
12-7-16 pages, 3 pamphlets on woodpigeon shooting illustrated with photographs and drawings. The, Woodpigeon Shooting with printed card covers the other 2 with pictorial card covers, very good copies. Brief guides and tactics which seem to always be changing.
[23140] |
£25.00 |
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PIGOT Brigadier General R. |
Twenty Five Years Big Game Hunting
1928.
1st Edn,.
Chatto Windus.
xi-307 pages, 64 illustrations from photographs, publishers red cloth. The contents clean and free of any spotting, the binding clean with no marks or defects a very good + copy. Pigots account of hunting in the Far East, hunting tiger in the central provinces, bear, ibex, antelope etc., in Kashmir and Tibet, Czech Asia 162.
[23813] |
£120.00 |
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PIGOT Brigadier General R. |
Twenty Five Years Big Game Hunting
1928.
1st Edn,.
Chatto Windus.
XI 307 pages, 64 illus from photographs, some occasional spotting to contents and closed page edges, publishers red cloth binding, spine faded and some rubbing to edges. Pigots account of hunting and the Far East, hunting tiger in the central provinces, bear, ibex, antelope etc., in Kashmir and Tibet, Czech Asia 162.
[20015] |
£70.00 |
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PISCATOR |
Observations On The Public Right Of Fishing By Angle Or Nets In Publicable Navigable Rivers In General And The River Thames In Particular With Notes Historical And Explanatory
1868.
reprint form the 1826 Edn,.
G Cannon.
Marlow.
72 pages, title page a little soiled and chipped at edge, printed wrapper, upper wrapper torn with loss to edges bound in a later paper wrapper. The 1st edition of 1826 is particularly hard to find. An essay on the right of angling on the Thames and other navigable rivers.
[14125] |
£200.00 |
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PISCATORIAL SOCIETY |
The Piscatorial Society Papers Read Before The Society During The Years 1889-1890
1890.
1st Edn,.
The Hansard Publishing Union.
XXIV 126 pages, AEG, portrait frontis + 1 other plate, bound in the original 1/2 green calf. A collection of seven papers read to the society: The History Of The Society, The Science And Art Of Spinning, The Works Of Francis Francis etc.
[15401] |
£320.00 |
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PITMAN C.R.S. |
A Report On A Faunal Survey Of Northern Rhodesia With Especial Reference To game, Elephant Control And National Parks
1934.
1st Edn,.
Government Printers.
Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia.
xii 500 pages, 2 volumes the first volume text, volume 2 contains 11 loose folding-coloured maps + a xxxii page printed card covered index in the original drop over box. Both volumes with publishers dark red rexine spine over printed paper covered boards, split to part top edge of the drop over box. Small ownership stamp of G.K Ricardo Bertram to top edge of each volume, A very good clean set in the original bindings. Pitman oversaw game investigation and control in Northern Rhodesia (game warden Uganda Protectorate). A major and important study of game and its hunting. At a time when elephants and buffalo and their increase threatened economic wellbeing.
[22422] |
£480.00 |
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PITMAN JOHN Bri. Gen. |
The Pitman Notes on U.S. Martial Small Arms and Ammunition, 1776-1933, Vol 1
1987.
1st.
Armory Publications.
Tacoma USA.
94 pages, Landscape 4to facsimile of original Materials Drawn and Collected by Brig. Gen. John Pitman. With a new introduction, illustrated with full page line drawings of gun breakdowns etc = a few photographs. Publishers blue faux leather with gilt title and gun vignette to the upper cover in, Dj, the dj has a few closed tears to edges no loss. Notes and studies compiled by General Pitman are presented exactly as his original notebooks on Breech-loading Carbines of the United States Civil War Period.
[22897] |
£40.00 |
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Plaster, Major John |
Sharpshooting in the Civil War
2009.
1st.
Paladin Press.
USA.
157 pages, 4to illustrated from photographs line drawings etc ownership name stamp to the ? title page. Pictorial card covers faint crease mark to the rear flap otherwise fine. Includes the weapons sights and equipment.
[22892] |
£25.00 |
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PLATTS Carter |
Grayling Fishing
1939.
1st Edn,.
A and C Black.
X1 210 pages, adverts, illus with 16 plates and 9 line illus, some occasional light spotting, light blue cloth, vg. A detailed description of the grayling and grayling fishing including history, fishing, flies, tackle baits etc.
[18064] |
£60.00 |
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PLATTS Carter |
Grayling Fishing
1939.
1st Edn,.
A and C Black.
X1 210 pages, illus with 16 plates and 9 line illus, some foxing to contents, bookplate of the Midland Fly Fisher's Library to FEP and front paste down, blue cloth. A detailed description of the grayling and grayling fishing including history, fishing, flies, tackle baits etc.
[2178] |
£45.00 |
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PLATTS CARTER W. |
Light Lines and Tight Lines
Circa 1910.
1st Edn,.
Jarrold and Sons.
VII + 243 pages, 5pp adverts, frontis + 15 full page plates from paintings, angling bookplate of E.W.F.Sippall to front paste down, some occasional spotting to contents. Original humorous pictorial cover in 3 colours, some darkening to cloth. Hampton revised 228
[18110] |
£50.00 |
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PLATTS Carter W. |
Modern Trout Fishing
1938.
241, pages, illus, vg+ copy.
[9277] |
£20.00 |
|
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PLAYFAIR CHARLES AND CO |
The Grant Vibration Rod
nd circa 1932.
20 page booklet illus from photographs, card covers, printed in silver includes loose price list. the rod which is capable of casting long distances is based on the rod Alexander Grant used to get a world record in 1896.
[20792] |
£60.00 |
|
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PLAYNE Somerset, |
Cape Colony: Its History, Commerce, Industries, and Resources
1910-1911.
1st Edn,.
The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co.
Woking.
792 pages, 4to all edges gilt, illustrated throughout from photographs. Bound in full, crushed black morroco, gilt vignette to the upper board, a very good clean copy. Although not a hunting title the book gives an in-depth survey of the country and the British attitude. There are some excellent photos, the farms and people, the fauna, trout fishing etc. A title often found in poor condition.
[23287] |
£245.00 |
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PLAYNE Somerset, HOLDERNESS F.Gale |
East Africa (British) It's History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources
1908-09.
1st Edn,.
The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co.
Woking.
443 pages, AEG, large 4to., illustrated throughout from photographs, some browning to the blank end paper, the contents clean and tight. Original full dark red leather binding with gilt vignette of giraffe and ostriches to the upper board within gilt borders, 3inch crack to upper front edge of the spine, some light rubbing to bottom of the spine and corners. The binding is tight and firm. Also includes 2 trading licenses for 1902 for the Uganda Protectorate issued to H Story also his business card. There is also a document from the British Government noting the death of Trooper B.C. Story in the great war, and a printed note from Buckingham Palace acknowledging his loss. H Story is listed in the book as owner of Naivasha Stores and Rift Valley Hotel and a 1000-acre farm 20 miles from Naivasha there is a full page showing photographs of the Hotel, The Stores and The Farm pencil note below "Father" Although not a hunting title the book gives an in-depth survey of the country and the British attitude. there are some excellent photos including ivory being weighed, the farms and people, the fauna etc., includes a section on game in East Africa by A Blayney Percival.
[22782] |
£500.00 |
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PLUMMER D.Brian |
Hunters All
1986.
1st Edn,.
Huddlesford Publication.
Gravesend.
147 pages, illus, vg+ in dj.
[4286] |
£32.00 |
|
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PLUMMER D.Brian |
Omega
1984.
1st Edn,.
Woodbridge.
113 pages, illus, vg in dj
[5708] |
£30.00 |
|
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PLUMMER D.Brian |
Trog, A Novel
1988.
1st Edn,.
Brookland.
159 pages, illus, vg in dj.
[13181] |
£20.00 |
|
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POATE Charles W |
US Handguns of World War II
1999.
Andrew Mowbray Publishing, Inc.
Lincoln RI U.S.A.
x - 368, 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs, gun breakdowns copies of old documents etc. Bound in the original pictorial laminated covers a fine copy. An in-depth study on the subject, studying national records, manufacture production, shipping records etc.
[22042] |
£50.00 |
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POLLARD Captain Hugh B.C. |
Shot Guns Their History And Development
1923.
1st Edn,.
Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd.
XV 121 pages, adverts, full page and text illus, advert end paper, original green cloth, title in gilt to upper board, a vg copy. Chapter on the history of guns i.e., game, automatics, ball guns etc, the cartridge, ballistics, gunroom accessories. Riling 1951
[16186] |
£120.00 |
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POLLARD H B C |
The Sportsman's Cookery Book
1926.
Country Life Ltd.
vii 156 pages, 1/4 blue cloth backed boards, title label to upper cover and spine. A comprehensive guide to cooking game.
[21151] |
£20.00 |
|
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POLLARD H.B.C. |
Game Birds Rearing, Preservation, And Shooting
1929.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
XI 185 pages, 4to, 12 colour plates by Philip Rickman, publisher's green bevelled cloth, fade mark to rear boards, the colour plates are particularly fine, apart from the frontis the plates show the bird in flight with pencil drawing vignette. "A practical guide with much common sense" Chute 523.
[14962] |
£28.00 |
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POLLARD Hugh |
The Gun Room Guide
1930.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
1X 183 pages, 4to,14 full page colour plates by Phillip Rickman and H. Frank Wallace, apart from browning to front and rear end papers and some light spotting, a vg+ copy in dj. light dust soiling no loss of dj
[18798] |
£85.00 |
|
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POLLARD Hugh B C |
A History Of Firearms
1930.
rep.
Geoffrey Bless.
x 320 pages, 4to., 41 plates, from photographs line drawings etc. Publishers dark maroon buckram binding with gilt title to upper cover .Light even fading to the spine. Lists foreign and British gunmakers. A standard and detailed reference work. Riling 2009
[22012] |
£55.00 |
|
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POLLARD Hugh B.C. |
Automatic Pistols
nd circa 1920.
1st Edn,.
Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd.
IX 110 pages, 15 full page illus, a vg copy in publisher's green cloth. The development of military and pocket automatics, how to shoot, clean and use, ammunition and ballistics and the future of automatics.
[15994] |
£60.00 |
|
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POLLARD Hugh B.C. |
Automatic Pistols
nd circa 1920.
1st Edn,.
IX 110 pages, 15 full page illus, a vg copy in publisher's green cloth. The development of military and pocket automatics, how to shoot, clean and use, ammunition and ballistics and the future of automatics.
[11199] |
£60.00 |
|
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POLLARD Hugh B.C. |
Automatic Pistols
nd circa 1920.
1st Edn,.
IX 110 pages, 15 full page illus, publisher's green cloth splash mark to rear board, rubbing to edges, g+. the development of military and pocket automatics, how to shoot, clean and use ammunition and ballistics and the future of automatics.
[4923] |
£35.00 |
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POLLARD Hugh B.C. |
The Book Of The Pistol And Revolver
1917.
1st Edn,.
VIII, 230 pages, Illus, cloth backed boards beginning to show wear, some marginalia in pencil on a few pages, vg-.
[3502] |
£75.00 |
|
 |
POLLARD Hugh B.C., BARCLAY-SMITH Phyllis |
British and American Game Birds
1945.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
X 48 pages, illus, 20 fine coloured plates by Philip Rickman. 4to. vg in dj, dj dust soiled.
[3617] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
POLLARD Hugh B.C., BARCLAY-SMITH Phyllis |
British and American Game Birds
1945.
1st Edn,.
Eyre & Spottiswoode.
X 48 pages, 4to, 20 coloured plates by Phillip Rickman, limited to 125 copies on handmade paper, this being numbered 46 with a pencil remarque sketch of a whooper swan signed by Rickman, bookplate to front paste down, bound in 1/4 tan, gilt title to upper cover, contents and cover in fine condition.
[18588] |
£300.00 |
|
 |
POLLARD Hugh B.C., BARCLAY-SMITH Phyllis |
British and American Game Birds
1945.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
X 48 pages, illus, 20 fine coloured plates by Philip Rickman. 4to. vg in dj, dj chipped at head of spine, includes chapters on shooting on English and America.
[18743] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
Pollard Major Hugh. Bertie. C |
Game Birds and Game Bird Shooting
1936.
1st Edn,.
Eyre & Spottiswoode.
xv 284 pages, illustrated with 6 colour plates by Phillip Rickman and 8 half tone plates from photographs. Personal inscription to verso of the front blank. Publishers red cloth binding in DJ a very good copy with no loss to the DJ. Covers the choice of a shoot, the guns and ammunition all game vermin, game bird rearing and disease. Chute 525
[22383] |
£36.00 |
|
 |
POLLOCK Colonel |
Incidents Of Foreign Sport And Travel
1894.
1st Edn,.
Chapman and Hall Ltd.
VI 427 pages, frontis illus and 9 other plates, inner front hinge paper cracked, contents clean and tight. Publishers cream cloth some marking, occasional small insect damage to cloth, binding tight. Mostly Indian big game but also Mahseer fishing, West Africa and Syria. Czech 164
[20001] |
£120.00 |
|
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POLLY CHOKE COMPANY |
The Wingshooter's Handbook
nd circa 1964.
35th Edn,.
Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
24 pages, illus, card covers, operating using and fitting the Polly-Choke
[14210] |
£10.00 |
|
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POLY CHOKE COMPANY |
How To Become A Better Wing Shot With The New Aero-Dyne Super Poly-Choke
nd circa 1938.
Hertford, Connecticut, USA.
14+ pages, illus, pictorial paper covers, vg. Details the benefit and fitting of the multi choke.
[14211] |
£12.00 |
|
 |
PORTER Alexander |
The Gamekeepers Manual Being An Epitome Of The Game Laws Of England, Scotland And Of The Gun Licences And Wild Birds Acts
1889.
2 nd Edn,.
David Douglas.
Edinburgh.
xiv 140 pages, pp advs,12mo., green paper covered boards in the style of a leather binding, gilt dog vignette to upper cover, rubbing to head and tail of spine and edges.
[19719] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
PORTER R.F.and others |
Flight Identification Of European Raptors
1976.
2nd Edn,.
Berkhamstead.
184 pages, illus, vg in dj
[1573] |
£15.00 |
|
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PORTER R.F.and others |
Flight Identification Of European Raptors
1981.
reprint Edn,.
180 pages, illus with photographs and drawings, vg in dj
[2024] |
£15.00 |
|
 |
PORTLAND DUKE OF |
Fifty Years And More Of Sport In Scotland: Deerstalking, Salmon Fishing, Grouse Shooting And Other Pleasant Memories. 1880 - 1932
1933.
1st Edn,.
Faber and Faber Ltd.
174, ix 190 pages, top edge gilt small 4to, bound with The Red Deer of Langwell and Braemore 1880-1934, with a brief account of the flora of Caithness 1935. Both volumes have numerous photographs, 2 folding maps, to the first part 5 tipped in colour plates by W. Eggington, to the second part with numerous photographs of deer heads with accompanying details on size where and when etc the publishers edition of this title (Blackie and Son) the colour plates are on thick paper, the flora of Caithness is part of the book rather than loose as in the Blackie edition. Bold pencil inscription to front end paper, "From Portland 1937 two books bound in one volume". Blue cloth binding gilt title to upper board. Some surface rubbing to the cloth on the rear board Both volumes were originally published separately. I believe this is one of a limited number of copies which were for the family and presentation, no copy of this edition in any of the holding UK libraries.
[22368] |
£220.00 |
|
 |
PORTLOCK Major General |
Papers On Geometrical Drawings On The Arms In Use And Permanent Fortification, On The Attack And Defence Fortresses, On Military Mining, And On The Defence Of Coasts. Compiled For The Use Of The Gentlemen Cadets At The Royal Military Academy At Woolwich
1858.
1st Edn,.
George Edward Wyre And William Spottiswoode.
liv 168 pages, 4to., 35 manuscript pages to the rear with pen and ink + water colour text illus of fortification + tables etc., executed in a neat and legible hand. there are also numerous blank pages after the manuscript paper, 3 loose 8vo printed question sheets relating to gun powder, application of artillery description and construction of ordnance. Some spotting to first and last printed pages. Insect damage to end papers and title page and the first 80 pages blank margins at worst 2x2cm decreasing to 2 pin hole size. Original 1/2 leather with gilt title to upper cover, "Fortification Notes R.M.A. R Millett". Leather damaged in places with loss again by insect, binding tight presumably the student was R.M.Millett with his pencil signature to top of title page. COPAC locates 1 copy in the UK at the British Library. The author details "On the arms in use, on military explosives, detonating powder etc" The manuscript relates mostly to fortification.
[19144] |
£350.00 |
|
 |
Potocki, John |
The Colt Model 1905 Automatic Pistol: With Supplemental Coverage of the Colt M1907 Automatic Pistol & A Complete Facsimile of the Thompson-Lagarde Report
1998.
1st.
Andrew Mowbray Publishing.
Lincoln USA.
192 pages, Illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs and line drawings. In the publishers pictorial laminated covers, a fine copy. Covers all aspects on the gun from its invention by John Browning with its numerous production variations.
[23733] |
£75.00 |
|
 |
POTTINGER Sir Henry |
Flood Fell And Forest
1905.
1st Edn,.
Edward Arnold.
2 Vols, xi - 288 + vii - 286 pages, 16pp of adverts, frontis to volume one and 32 full page plates, some browning to the blank end papers . Armorial bookplate of the author Sir Henry Pottinger to front paste downs. Publishers' dark blue cloth bindings gilt titles to the spine. The author recounts sport in Norway including trout fishing, hunting elk bear stag etc. THE AUTHORS COPY
[23722] |
£160.00 |
|
 |
POWELL Bill |
My Wild Goose Chase George Allen and Unwin
1954.
1st Edn,.
208 pages, frontis + b/w illus from photographs. Signed on the front-end paper by "Bill Powell". Publishers' blue cloth titled in silver vg in worn but presentable DJ. A classic wildfowling title, the author's experiences with much on wildfowling particularly for geese on the Solway. With an Introduction by Peter Scott.
[22418] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
POWELL COTTON Major P.H.E. |
In Unknown Africa, A Narrative Of Twenty Months' Travel And Sport In Unknown Land Among New Tribes
1904.
1st Edn,.
Hurst And Blackett Ltd.
xxxiii 619 pages, top edge gilt, illustrated with 240 drawings by A. Forestier, 2 colour plates of giraffe photographs by the author and two folding. Bound in the original dark blue cloth with giraffe head and title in gilt to upper board. Gilt title and native vignette to spine. A very good + copy of a title often found in poor condition the text block is heavy and often pulls away from the binding. Cotton's hunting trip to East Africa for sport hunting all the major species also to prove the existence of the five horned giraffe, which he eventually bagged. There was also an edition where the upper title and illustrations was in black to the upper board and the top edge not gilt. Czech 226
[23508] |
£520.00 |
|
 |
POWELL COTTON Major P.H.E. |
In Unknown Africa, A Narrative Of Twenty Months' Travel And Sport In Unknown Land Among New Tribes
1904.
1st Edn,.
Hurst And Blackett Ltd.
xxiii 619 pages, 2 full page plates in colour and numerous full page and text illus, 2 folding maps, foxing to prelims and closed page edges, small 3cm x 1cm loss to lower inner edge of front-end paper, cracking to inner hinge of end paper but a tight copy. Signed on the dedication page by Powell Cotton Bound in the original dark blue cloth with giraffe head and title in black to upper board. Gilt title and native vignette to spine, small 1cm x 1cm chip to spine below native vignette, light rubbing to corners, covers etc. Cotton's hunting trip to East Africa for sport hunting all the major species also to prove the existence of the five horned giraffe, which he eventually bagged. Czech 134.
[19316] |
£360.00 |
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 |
POWELL COTTON P.H.G. |
A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, A Narrative Of Nine Months Journey From The Plains Of The Hawash To The Snows Of Simien, With A Description Of The Game, From Elephant to Ibex, And Notes On The Manners And Customs Of The Natives
1902.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
XXIII 531 pages, 12 pages adverts, full page and text illus, loose coloured folding map, bound in plain maroon cloth, vg+. The Powell Cotton Museum had a small amount of copies which they bound with the Rowland Ward end papers, the map being loose in the style of the original in the late 1950's, early 60's. Includes a handwritten slip on Powell Cotton Museum headed paper noting the binding in 1976 on the original edition for the benefit of the museum signed by Christopher Powell Cotton, the author's son, also signed on 1/2 title. An excellent narrative of sport and exploration in the Abyssinian Hinterland. Czech 133.
[19571] |
£380.00 |
|
 |
POWELL COTTON P.H.G. |
A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, A Narrative Of Nine Months Journey From The Plains Of The Hawash To The Snows Of Simien, With A Description Of The Game, From Elephant to Ibex, And Notes On The Manners And Customs Of The Natives
1902.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
XXIII 531 pages, 12 pages adverts, full page and text illus, loose coloured folding map, bound in plain maroon cloth, vg+. The Powell Cotton Museum had a small amount of copies which they bound with the Rowland Ward end papers, the map being loose in the style of the original in the late 1950's, early 60's. An excellent narrative of sport and exploration in the Abyssinian Hinterland. Czech 133.
[4093] |
£340.00 |
|
 |
POWELL COTTON P.H.G. |
A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, A Narrative Of Nine Months Journey From The Plains Of The Hawash To The Snows Of Simien, With A Description Of The Game, From Elephant to Ibex, And Notes On The Manners And Customs Of The Natives
1902.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
xxiii 531 pages, 12 pages adverts, full page and text illus, loose coloured folding map, signed on the half title "with best wishes Christopher Powell Cotton". Christopher is the author's son, bound in plain maroon cloth, vg+. The Powell Cotton Museum had a small amount of copies which they bound with the Rowland Ward end papers, the map in this copy is a later facsimile. An excellent narrative of sport and exploration in the Abyssinian Hinterland. Czech 133.
[21456] |
£340.00 |
|
 |
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 |
|
 |
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 |
|
 |
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 |
|
 |
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 |
|
 |
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.
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 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 |
|
 |
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
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,.
John Russell Smith,.
xxxvi 162 pages, advert leaf, contents clean, recently recased in the original printed paper covered boards, new cloth spine, boards a little rubbed, g+.
[5592] |
£30.00 |
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PULMAN G.P.R. |
The Vade Mecum Of Fly-Fishing For Trout Being A concise Practical Treatise On That Branch Of The Art Of Angling
1841.
1st.
E. Wills sold also by Renshaw & Kirkman, London; Wheaton, Exeter; Pulman, Dorchester & Totnes; & Bragg, Taunton Axminster.
61 pages, 12mo presentation inscription to front blank to C. Stocker from The Author, Stockers name appears as one of the subscribers, the2pp list bound after the title page. Bound in the original watered patterned silk covered boards, light blue printed title label to the upper cover, light rubbing to rear spine edge. A very good copy in the original state of the scarce first edition, with purpose made green cloth covered drop over box. W.S 174 notes the Publishers as Longmans as does Heckscher I would assume this edition predates the London edition the 1846 2nd edition is published by Longmans. Only one copy of the 1st edition located on Library Hub at The British Library with Wills as the publisher the subscribers list 97 copies
[23872] |
£550.00 |
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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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QUINN Tom |
BB A Celebration
1993.
1st Edn,.
Wharncliffe Publishing Ltd.
Barnsley.
303 pages, illus with scraperboards and photos by BB, includes "Gone Away" a story by BB which was never published until its appearance in this book, a fine copy in dj, includes a bibliography.
[11779] |
£60.00 |
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R. Watson Gun Maker |
Rook Shooting
1896.
Birmingham.
Single page 16cm x 24cm promotional leaflet for The Rand Rook Rifle illustration of the gun and 2 targets. Details of the action rifling bores etc. Old fold marks VG.
[23141] |
£20.00 |
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RADCLIFFE William |
Fishing From the Earliest Times
1926.
2nd and best Edn,.
John Murray.
xxi 494 pages, illus, blue publishers cloth, vg.
[2956] |
£20.00 |
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RADCLIFFE William |
Fishing From the Earliest Times
1926.
2nd and best Edn,.
John Murray.
xxi 494 pages, illus, gilt vignette to upper cover, light rubbing to edges, vg.
[2038] |
£20.00 |
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RANDALL J. |
Handbook To The Severn Valley Railway Illustrative And Descriptive Of the Places Along the Line From Worcester To Shrewsbury
1863.
1st Edn,.
Virtue Brothers and Co.
50 pages, 18pp adverts, numerous woodcuts in the text many of river fish, green printed card covers, spine chipped but a tight copy. Randall mentions various fishing spots, fish farming. W/S notes Randall's 1862 volume on the Severn Valley.
[15399] |
£85.00 |
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RANSOME Arthur |
Mainly About Fishing
1959.
1st Edn,.
A & C Black.
xiv 159 pages, Illus, vg in dj. Includes chapters on Victorian and earlier fly-dressers.
[1391] |
£20.00 |
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RANSOME Arthur |
Mainly About Fishing
1959.
1st Edn,.
A & C Black.
xiv 159 pages, 8 plates 6 being in colour, light foxing and ownership signature to FEP, vg in dj. dj head and tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed.Includes chapters on Victorian and earlier fly-dressers.
[5284] |
£20.00 |
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RANSOME Arthur |
Mainly About Fishing
1994.
rep of 1959 Edn,.
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
Bovey Tracey.
xx 159 pages, limited to 950 copies, 8 illus 6 in colour, bound in 1/4 dark blue leather, vg+ in slipcase.
[19191] |
£25.00 |
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RANSOME Arthur |
Rod And Line,
1993.
published in The Life And Letter Series Edn,.
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
Bovey Tracey.
240 pages, frontis illustration of Ransome, bound in quarter bonded leather, a fine copy in slipcase. This edition includes a new introduction by Jeremy Swift and limited to 600 copies.
[23609] |
£40.00 |
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RANSOME Arthur |
Rod And Line, Essays Together Aksakav On Fishing
1929.
1st Edn,.
Jonathan Cape.
286 pages, frontis "North Country As It Used To Be", publishers brown cloth, vg. Ransome's angling essays reprinted from the Manchester Guardian.
[18081] |
£50.00 |
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RASHDI Pir Ali Muhammad |
Sindh Ways and Days Shikar and Other Memories
2003.
1st Edn.
Oxford University Press.
Banealore.
xvii 158 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, a fine copy in dj. Hunting experiences in Sindh and India, tiger, leopard, buffalo, boars etc., A scarce and sought after title records, the hayday of hunting.
[21720] |
£250.00 |
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RATCLIFFE Derek |
The Peregrine Falcon
1993.
2nd revised and enlarged Edn,.
Poysner.
XXXIII 454 pages, illus by Donald Watson, fine in dj
[18719] |
£45.00 |
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RATCLIFFE Doroithy Una |
Equatorial Dawn, Travel Letters From North, East and Central Africa
1936.
Eyre & Spottiswoode.
xi 305 pages, frontis illus + 40 b/w plates from photographs + folding map, light spotting to title page, publishers black cloth, gilt title to upper cover, vg. Ratcliffe travelled with her husband to Kenya where he indulged in a little big game hunting etc. Czech 230
[19276] |
£40.00 |
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Rausing, Lisbet and Dick, David Brian |
Corrour: A History of a Sporting Estate
2010.
2nd.
privately published.
132 pages, Small 4to Illustrated with b/w photographs and a double page b/w and a similar coloured map. Publishers' green cloth with gilt title and circular crest of a stag to upper cover, a fine copy. The records of a highland sporting estate Appendices cover the estate's game bags from 1891 to 1938 and the names of shooting tenants from 1873. Including stags shoot weight etc also, nature prehistory folklore etc.
[23242] |
£45.00 |
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RAW Steve Raw |
Last Enfield - SA80: The Reluctant Rifle
2003.
1st Edn.
Collectors Grade Publications.
Coburg, Canada.
xxxiv 323, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs line drawings gun breakdowns. Pictorial coloured end papers. A fine copy in DJ. The SA80 has been the issue small arms system of the British Armed Forces for almost twenty years. A comprehensive and in-depth survey of the gun.
[23259] |
£160.00 |
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RAWSTONE Lawrence |
Gamonia: or, The Art Of Preserving Game And An Improved Method Of Making Plantations And Covers
1837.
1st Edn,.
R.Ackermann.
xiv 208 pages, AEG, errata slip, 15 fine hand coloured aquatint plates by J.T.Rawlins of shooting scenes etc., the plates are clean and bright, light browning to the title page. Published full green morroco binding, with ornate gilt decorated border to the front and rear covers all edges gilt. A very good copy in a purpose made drop over box. The first edition of an important book, as it is the first to describe how to improve the quality of shooting by sound forestry. The plates are particularly fine and exquisite, "showing good impressions of the way in which our forebears killed their game" Schwerdt Vol II 127, Chute 536.
[22262] |
£950.00 |
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RAWSTONE Lawrence |
Gamonia or The Art Of Preserving Game and An Improved Method Of Making Plantations and Covers Explained And illustrated
1929.
rep of 1837 1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
256 pages, TEG, 15 colour plates, publishers green cloth, gilt borders to boards, vg in dj, chipped at head and tail of spine. A new edition with an introduction and a note on the authors game register by Eric Parker.
[21138] |
£30.00 |
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RAWSTONE Lawrence |
Gamonia or The Art Of Preserving Game and An Improved Method Of Making Plantations and Covers Explained And illustrated
1929.
rep of 1837 1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
256 pages, TEG, 15 colour plates, publishers green cloth, gilt borders to boards, vg in dj, chipped at head and tail of spine. A new edition with an introduction and a note on the authors game register by Eric Parker.
[5059] |
£45.00 |
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RAYMOND Steve |
Kamloops, An Angler's Study Of The Kamloops Trout
1971.
1st Edn,.
New York.
209 pages, illus, including plates of flies, vg in dj. An Important work on a type of rainbow trout which is noted for its size and strength.
[9271] |
£40.00 |
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R.B. Rodda & Co |
Roddas Patent Rotax Bullet for Use in Choke or Cylinder bored Guns
No date circa 1910.
R.B. Rodda& Co.
Birmingham.
24cm x 20cm promotional sheet with description and illustrations of the bullet. Address tear of slip still present along the bottom edge. Some light dust soiling small closed tear and chip to the top edge. "powerful enough for any kind of big game".
[23078] |
£30.00 |
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Read William & Sons |
Fine Guns And Sportsmen's Outfits Agents For W & C Scott & Son
nd Circa 1900.
Boston, Mass, USA.
24 pages, 4to., illus throughout showing the guns and sporting accessories, printed paper covers, 4 pages Webley guns + various shotguns, rifles, loading equipment etc. In most case illustrated. An early catalogue Reads were at the Washington St address from 1883 (which the catalogue is); an agent for Webley Scott from 1870 to 1908.
[21221] |
£160.00 |
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REAMINGTON ARMS CO |
A New Chapter In An Old Story
1912.
1st Edn,.
Reamington Arms Co.,.
New York.
62 pages, 4to., illus with photographs, bookplate of Henk Visser to front paste down, pictorial boards showing hunters in woodland, some wear to spine and edges but a tight copy of an account of the development of arms and ammunition and the growth of Reamington Arms. Riling 1733
[15113] |
£40.00 |
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REDGWELL Stephen |
The Accurate Lee Enfield No 1 (SMLES) & No 4 Rifles
2001.
1st Edn.
New Lowell.
Canada.
4to., 103 pages, illus with drawings, diagrams etc. The rifles, cartridges, loads etc., fine copy in pictorial card covers.
[21625] |
£22.00 |
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REES Alfred W. |
Inato The Fisherman And Other Sketches Of Country Life
1904.
1st Edn,.
XIV 349 pages, illus, decorative gilt cover, some occasional foxing, includes chapters on the poacher, the keeper, dogs etc.VG
[9294] |
£25.00 |
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REES Stanley |
The Royal Tour In India, A Record Of The Tour Of T.R.H. The Prince And Princess Of Wales In India and Burma From November 1905 to March 1906
1906.
1st Edn,.
Bennett Coleman and Co.
Bombay.
XXIV 510 + (3) pages, 4to., full page and text illus from photographs, publishers blue cloth, title in black to upper board, light rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. Rees a correspondent from the time of India describe in great detail the visit, the royal party visited numerous areas and took time off for sport, shooting tiger in Jaipur and Gwalior also tiger, panther, sambur and other game from a machan near Hyderabad and Pakhal Lake, Czech 171.
[18484] |
£220.00 |
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REICHENBACH William |
Automatic Pistol Marksmanship
1937.
1st Edn,.
Onslow County, N. Carolina.
140 pages, illus, red pebble grain cloth, vg.
[4594] |
£40.00 |
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REICHENBACH William |
Sixguns And Bullseyes
1936.
1st Edn,.
Onslow County, USA.
145 pages, illus, sml 8vo, maroon pebble grain cloth rubbed, vg- in worn dj.
[4683] |
£36.00 |
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REICHENBACH William |
Sixguns And Bullseyes
1936.
2nd Edn,.
Onslow County, USA.
145 pages, advs (August 1936), drawings to text, circular sticker to title page, illus, sml 8vo, maroon pebble grain cloth, a vg+ copy in similar dj. A greatly expanded version of the scarce 1st edition. Smith 32
[13190] |
£40.00 |
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REID George |
The River Tweed From Its Source To The Sea
1884.
1st Edn,.
Edinburgh.
27 pages, sml folio,Text by Proffesor Veich, 16 drawings by George Reid, original paper cover bound, corners and edges chipped, g+.
[6147] |
£38.00 |
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REID John |
Clyde Style Flies And Their Dressing
1971.
1st Edn,.
David & Charles.
Newton Abbot.
96 pages, illus,vg in dj, light fading to spine.
[21070] |
£22.00 |
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REIGER George |
Profiles in Saltwater Angling. A History of the Sports its People and Places, Tackle and Techniques
1973.
1st Edn,.
New Jersey, USA.
VIII + 470 pages, Lge 8vo. Illus. vg in dj.
[1800] |
£25.00 |
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Remington |
Announcing A New Remington 22 Model 241 Autoloader
No date circa 1920.
Remington Arms Co Inc.
Bridgeport U.S.A.
Promotional folding advert sheet when folder 16 cm x 9 cm when unfolded 27 cm x 16 cm. Printed in colour on both sides inner sheet shows the gun with details of the gun, performance etc. The upper side in 3 sections specifications, Kleanbore .22 cartridges. Upper flap when folded a shooting scene with 2 hunters 1 a boy with surrounding text. A very good example.
[23072] |
£30.00 |
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REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY INC |
Catalogue No 51
nd Circa 1926.
New York.
landscape 8vo., 64 pages, illus in b/w and colour from photographs and drawings etc., pictorial card covers printed in colour with gun vignette, knife, bullet and wild cat scene to upper cover, date stamp to title page 29 Dec 1926, repeated on rear page blank margin and to front cover. Also oval stamp of patent office library to upper cover. A vg copy showing the guns with ammunition and description + the bullets, cartridges, some in colour also the ammunition card boxes in colur + 6 page at end relating to knives.
[19992] |
£120.00 |
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RENNEBERG Robert C. |
the Winchester Model 94, The First 100 Years
1991.
2nd Edn,.
Krause Publications,.
Iola, WI, USA.
208 pages, 4to illustrated throughout from photographs drawings etc showing the guns in detail ownership name to the front paste down. Pictorial laminated boards a fine copy. Follow the evolution of the Model 94 and the major changes that led to its perfection.
[23379] |
£60.00 |
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RENNIE James |
Alphabet Of Scientific Angling For the Use Of Beginners
1849.
1st Edn,.
Henry G Brown.
XVI 136 pages, 12mo, text illus, occasional spotting to contents, publishers cloth with gilt title and fishing vignette to upper board. Chapters on the food of fishes, flies of the month, angling for various fish including chub, barbel, pike, carp etc. A reprint of the author's Alphabet Of Scientific Angling with a new title page W/S 176
[11795] |
£45.00 |
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REYNOLDS Maj E.G.B. |
The Lee Enfield Rifle, It's History And Development From First Designs To The Present Day
1962.
rep.
Herbert Jenkins.
224 pages, Illustrated with full page b/w photographs and text drawings, the contents clean and tight Very good in DJ light rubbing to the head of the DJ. The history and development from the first designs, noting design changes major and minor modifications, an authoritative work on the gun.
[23852] |
£60.00 |
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REYNOLDS Maj E.G.B. |
The Lee Enfield Rifle, It's History And Development From First Designs To The Present Day
1967.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
224 pages, Illustrated with full page b/w photographs and text drawings. Armorial book plate to the front paste down, the contents clean and tight Very good + in DJ. The history and development from the first designs, noting design changes major and minor modifications, an authoritative work on the gun.
[23137] |
£85.00 |
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REYNOLDS Major E.G.B. |
The Lee Enfield Rifle, It's History And Development From First Designs To The Present Day
1967.
1st.
Herbert Jenkins.
224 pages, Illustrated with full page b/w photographs and text drawings. the contents clean and tight Very good in DJ rubbing to the head of the DJ. The history and development from the first designs, noting design changes major and minor modifications, an authoritative work on the gun.
[23756] |
£85.00 |
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