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GREENER W.W. |
The Gun and Its Development
1896.
6th rewritten with many additional illustrations.
Cassell & Co ltd.
xvi 768 pages, 1 + 14 pages of realetd adverts, small 4to., full page and text illus, diagrams etc. spotting to EP's, original brown cloth with gilt title, small target vignette in border to upper board, 2 small chips to cloth at bottom of spine, a vg+ copy. A book seldom found in good condition, the text is heavy and often pulls away from the binding. Greener's classic work 1st published in 1881 and ran to 9 editions. Riling 1088
[3242] |
£200.00 |
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GREENER W.W. |
The Gun and Its Development
1896.
6th rewritten with many additional illustrations Edn,.
Cassell & Company Ltd.
xvi 768 pages, 12 pages of related adverts small 4to., full page and text illus, diagrams etc. Signed on free front-end paper in ink "With Compliments W.W. Greener". The front-end paper cracked along gutter; the contents remain tight. Original green cloth with gilt title and small target vignette to upper board. Some light rubbing to the head of spine, the cloth clean and the binding tight. A vg copy of a a book seldom found in good condition, the text is heavy and often pulls away from the binding. Greener's classic work 1st published in 1881 and ran to 9 editions. Riling 1088
[21929] |
£240.00 |
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GREENER W.W. |
The Gun And Its Development
1910.
9th Edn,.
Cassells and Co Ltd.
xx 804 pages, xxviii advs many illus of Greener guns etc., large 8vo., frontis illus of W.W.Greener, with full page and text illustrations throughout. Sporting book plate of "George Coats Parker" to front paste down. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt title and gun motif to upper board, rear top 2cm corner of spine cloth chipped, some light rubbing to edge. The binding and contents tight, a title seldom found in vg condition, the text block is heavy which often pulls from the binding 1st published in 1881 it was subsequently brought up to date, the 9th was the last edition. Riling notes Greener in 1896 describes the 3rd edition as the best, this distinction now belongs properly to the ninth and last edition. A book of great importance to arms enthusiasts and gun book collectors alike. Riling 1088
[21052] |
£180.00 |
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GREENER W.W. |
The Gun And Its Development With Notes On Shooting
nd 1881.
1st Edn.
Cassell, Peter, Galpin and Co.
674 pages, xxxi + 8pp adverts., AEG, large 8vo.Frontis and full page and text illustrations throughout. Foxing to prelims, frontis and title page and Leeser so to the first few pages and last few advert pages, otherwise the contents free of foxing. Contemporary ownership name to inner front blank and repeated on upper blank margin of preface Publishers emerald, blue binding with title in gilt and black with crossed guns vignette in gilt with a wildfowl scene to the upper cover, the spine with title soldier vignette, and gun breech, in gilt. Some light rubbing to corners small 1.5cm split to top rear edge of the spine. An attractive binding, a book seldom found in good condition, the text is heavy and often pulls away from the binding. The first edition of Greener's classic work on guns covering all aspects on the subject, the title ran to 9 editions over nearly 30 years. Riling 1088 Chute 253
[23482] |
£260.00 |
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GREENER W.W. |
The Gun And Its Development With Notes On Shooting
1888.
4th.
Cassell & Company Ltd.
768 pages, + 26 pages of adverts. The fourth updated edition, full page, and text illustrations throughout from woodcuts, line drawings gun breakdowns, shot tables. Neatly recased in the original decorated blue covers, with gilt title to the upper board, gilt ruled with decorative borders in dark red, gilt title and gunner to spine with dark red lines and decorated borders. A book seldom found in good condition, the text block is heavy and often pulls away from the binding. A very good copy of an attractively produced binding. First published in 1881 and the last in 1910, each edition being updated with new material. A book of great importance to arms enthusiasts and gun book collectors. Riling 1088.
[23104] |
£200.00 |
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GREENER WW |
Gun Catalogue No 24
Circa 1908/09.
40 pages, large 8vo., the first part notes on the Guns, i.e. pattern, the charge and fit of guns etc., Followed by full page illus of the guns with descriptions, honours and testimonials, shooting accessories including equipment for big game hunting etc. Green printed card covers. the first page of text old tape offset repair 3.5 x 3.5cm to lower bottom margin o/w vg. As usual no publication dates. the latest testimonial dated 1906, faint pencil date to front cover Nov 1909. A vg copy of an early catalogue on an important gunmaker.
[20260] |
£265.00 |
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GREENER W.W. |
Gunnery In 1858, Being A Treatise Of Rifles, Cannon And Sporting Arms, Explaining The Principles Of The Science Of Gunnery And Describing The Newest Improvements in Firearms
1858.
1st Edn,.
XVI 439 pages, 16 pages of related advs and 16 page publishers catalogue, foxing to frontis illus, even browning to contents, recased in the original cloth, spine relayed, bookplate of Howard L Blackmore to front paste down. This is the third and last of Greener's books includes material from his earlier works with criticism on new inventions and much controversial matter. Riling 698.
[15808] |
£280.00 |
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GREENER W.W. |
The Science Of Gunnery, As Applied to the Use and Construction of Firearms
1841.
1st Edn,.
Longman & Co.,.
xv 324 pages, AEG, 8 engraved plates + text illustrations, the plates and title page have offset marks presumably from early tissue guard? although no tissues present or signs of removal. Armorial bookplate to front paste down with the name in ink Arthur W Conway with a later name below S O Mopayn? this name again repeated on inner blank and again on ? title. Occasional pen underlining or note relating to the text in the preface. Bound in later but not recent full brown Morrocco in a french style binding by F Loraine, signed to inner rear cover front edge. With gilt tooled patterned boards and decorated spine, light rubbing to edges. A vg ? copy of the william Greeners second book. A work on ancient guns and arms, gunpowder, artillery, iron for gun barrels, proof of barrels , gun making and the science of gunnery barrels, its application to rifle and musket, shot, caps and wadding, with a final chapter on whale shooting with Greeners harpoon guns.
[13955] |
£150.00 |
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GREENER W.W. |
The Science Of Gunnery, As Applied to the Use and Construction of Firearms
1841.
1st Edn,.
Longman & Co.,.
xv 324 pages, frontis and 7 engraved plates + text illustrations pages uncut. Bound in the publishers brown blind stamped cloth some discoloration vg copy of the william Greeners second book, which has the advertisement before the ? title which is often removed offering the authors services and dated 1831. A work on ancient guns and arms, gunpowder, artillery, iron for gun barrels, proof of barrels, gun making and the science of gunnery barrels, its application to rifle and musket, shot, caps and wadding, with a final chapter on whale shooting with Greeners harpoon guns. Riling 511
[23479] |
£230.00 |
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GREENER W.W. |
Sharpshooting For War And Defence
1914.
fully illustrated emergency Edn,.
Simpkin Marshall.
227 pages, full page and text illus, pictorial card covers, front cover showing the Union Jack and lower border of soldiers, paper spine worn with loss, dust soiling to rear flap. Riling 1783 notes this title often confused with Sharpshooting for Sport and War 1919. This work must be considered separately since parts of the material is based on the earliest work, it has been hugely revised with the addition of much new data the whole slanted for the benefit of the military rifleman. Scarce title.
[14965] |
£75.00 |
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Greenfield, Joseph C. |
BWANA BABU
2006.
1st.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA.
x- 188 pp., Illustrated in colour from photographs and b/w chapter heading drawings. Bound in publishers' green cloth gilt title to upper cover and buffalo head in black, with matching green cloth slipcase. Limited to 500 signed and numbered copies. A fine copy hunting for buffalo lion etc.
[23247] |
£80.00 |
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GREENHALGH Malcolm & FALKUS Hugh |
The Salmon And The Sea Trout Fishers Handbook
1997.
Excellent Press.
Ludlow.
vii (3) 239 pages, coloured frontis, b/w full page and text illus from photographs and line drawings. Limited to 75 copies signed by Malcolm Greenhalgh this being No 18. Falkus was working on the book when he died. Angling bookplate of David Pilleau to front paste down. Bound in full dark green morroco, all edges gilt in cloth slipcase. A fine copy includes original prospectus for the book, a mail order sheet for Falkus books, video etc and copies letter, also hand written Christmas card with note relating to a journal signed by Hugh Falkus
[21097] |
£400.00 |
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GREENWOOD Colin |
The Classic British Rook & Rabbit Rifle
2006.
1st Edn,.
Charwood Press.
Marlborough.
176 pages, large 8vo., illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings, a fine copy in dj. The book traces the history from the beginnings in the late 1860's to they're heyday between 1880's - 1910 and considers their decline between 1910-1930.
[23678] |
£75.00 |
|
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GREENWOOD James |
Wild Sports Of The World A Boys Book Of Natural History And Aventure
1862.
1st Edn.
S O Beeton.
xxii - 426 pages, all edges gilt,10 colour plates of hunting scenes, + wood engravings to text, 6 folding maps showing the habitat of animals and plants of the world. Small armorial bookplate and library case no for Easton Neston Library to front paste down. Presentation inscription from George Hesketh (owner of Easton Neston) to verso of front end paper Bound in the publishers blind stamp plum cloth, gilt title vignette to upper cover ornate gilt decorated spine. Even fading to the spine and edges. A very good copy in the original state of the 1st edition of a popular title which ran to many editions. Hunting big game around the world with detailed references to various big game animals. Includes portraits of famous sportsman and traveller's, and over 100 woodcut illustrations in the text.
[22089] |
£90.00 |
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GREGORY J.W. |
The Great Rift Valley Being the Narrative Of A Journey To Mount Kenya And Lake Baringo
1896.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xxi 422 pages, AEG, colour frontis, full page and text illus, 2 lge folding maps, some offset mark to 2 pages inner margin from bookmark, college presentation bookplate to front paste down, foxing to first 2 blank end papers and 1/2 title page o/w contents clean and free of foxing, contemporary full prize red binding, circular gilt armorial crest of the College of Preceptors to upper board, gilt tooled spine in six compartments with contrasting title label, bottom rear corner bumped, light rubbing to spine edge. Primarily a work of exploration giving some account of the geology, natural history, and anthropology of the region. mainly in the unknown highland of the Mt Kenya Region. the author does describe a rhinoceros hunt and lion hunt. Czech 112.
[20233] |
£280.00 |
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GREY Edward |
The Fly Fisherman, On Sea Trout
1994.
1st thus Edn..
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
Newton Abbot.
2 Vols, 28, 26 pages, b/w frontis portrait, illus, limited to 250 copies bound in black goatskin, all edges gilt in cloth slipcase. This edition was an introduction by Jeremy Paxman, a fine copy.
[19437] |
£35.00 |
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GREY R.C. |
Adventures Of A Deep-Sea Angler
1930.
1st Edn,.
Harper Brothers, New York.
XXVII 224 pages, 4to., profusely illustrated from photographs taken by the author, pictorial EPs, apart from light spotting to first few pages and closed page edges, a vg clean copy in the publishers green cloth. R.C. Grey was Zane Grey's brother, the book is dedicated to Zane "who made this adventure possible "R.C. took the record for a broadbill with a 588lb fish from his brother.
[11741] |
£120.00 |
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GREY Sir Edward |
Fly Fishing
1901.
3rd Edn,.
J M Dent and Co.
XV 276 pages, illus, 2 in colour of flies, end papers by Arthur Rackham, bookplate to FEP with a dodo as a centerpiece, blue decorative gilt cover. Published in the Haddon Hall Library. vg.
[16018] |
£40.00 |
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GREY Sir Edward |
Fly Fishing
1907.
rep Edn,.
XII 276 pages, frontis + 5 plates, 2 being in colour of flies, chapter heading drawings and pictorial end papers by Arthur Rackham, bookplate to front paste down of Lionel Creswell of Burley Wharfdale with his signature to FEP, publishers red cloth, light darkeneing to spine.
[19656] |
£25.00 |
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GREY Viscount Of Fallodon |
Fly Fishing
1930.
revised and enlarged Edition.
J M Dent and Sons.
x1 244 pages, top edge gilt pages uncut small 4to, Number 37 of THE LARGE PAPER EDITION OF 150 COPIES EDITION SIGNEND BY GREY OF FALLODON illustrated frontis and 9 full page wood engravings by Eric Fitch Daglish and, additional tipped in engraving of a leaping Trout signed by Daglish. Tipped onto the rear paste down 2 booksellers cut sale description, to the front paste down a printed poem by Rhys noting the death in 1933 of Grey of Fallodon, previous ownership signature below. Bound in full vellum with gilt fly vignette to upper board of a salmon fly the vellum clean a vg copy. The limitation page notes 85 copes for sale in Great Britain and 50 for sale in the United States implying that 15 copies were out of series. A classic tile on Fly Fishing first published in 1899.
[23891] |
£620.00 |
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GREY Zane |
An American Angler In Australia
n/d circa 1937.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder And Stoughton.
VI 115 pages, frontis illus + 34 full page plates from photographs, light spotting to title page, original dark blue cloth, a bright copy, one of Zane Grey's scarcer titles.
[9591] |
£145.00 |
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GREY Zane |
The Best Of Zane Grey An Anthology Compiled by Tom Fort
1997.
1st Edn,.
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
Bovey Tracey.
xii 302 pages, TEG, 3 sepia illus with photos with chapter head and tail piece vignette, full bonded black leather, a fine copy in slipcase, limited to 750 copies signed by Tom Fort.
[19337] |
£40.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of An Anglers Eldorado: New Zealand
1926.
1st English.
Hodder & Stoughton.
viii 228 pages, small 4to illustrated with over 100 photographs taken by the author and drawings by Frank E Phares, small 4to., pictorial end papers. Mark on free front end paper possible from removal of a bookplate Publishers' blue cloth, gilt title and leaping marlin vignette to upper cover a vg clean copy, in dust jacket, dust jacket shows chipping to the head tail of spine, couple of marks to the rear flap. A difficult title to find in dust jacket.
[22530] |
£300.00 |
|
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Fishing Virgin Seas
1925.
1st UK.
Hodder & Stoughton.
vii 216 pages, 4to., with 112 illus from photographs taken by the author and othersm, drawings by Lillian Wilhelm Smith .Pictorial endpapers, publishers olive-green cloth with gilt title to the upper board. A vg clean copy, Grey's big game fishing in the Pacific - from the Galapagos Islands to Cabo San Lucas.
[22529] |
£100.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Fishing Virgin Seas
1925.
Hodder Stoughton.
vii 216 pages, 4to., first edition code K-Z on coyright page, illus with 112 plates from photographs taken by the author and others, text draings by Lillian Wilhelm Smith. Pictorial end papers, publishers olive green cloth with gilt title to the upper board. In dj the dj showing some loss to edges and chipping to folds. A vg clean copy and scarce in dj. Grey's big game fishing in the Pacific from the Galapagos Islands to Cabo San Lucas.
[22659] |
£285.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Fresh-Water Fishing
1928.
1st Edn,.
Hodder Stoughton.
IX 277 pages, 4to, 100 illus from photographs by the author, pictorial end papers, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to verso blank of FEP, Reece held a world record for a 6 gilled shark in the late 1980's. A vg clean copy, blue cloth with gilt title and fishing rod to upper board. The first UK edition with first edition and with F-C printed on verso of title. An excellent copy, the Hodder edition is thought of as superior to the Harper Bros American edition. The binding to the Harper does not have the gilt fly rod.
[16831] |
£80.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Fresh-Water Fishing
1928.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder and Stoughton.
IX 277 pages, lge 4to, 100 illus from photographs taken by the author, pictorial EP's, some light spotting to contents, inscription on front blank, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to verso of FEP, small piece of paper pasted top edge presumably to cover up name? Dark blue cloth, gilt title and fishing rod to upper board, vg. Code F-C on verso of title page.
[16678] |
£65.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Southern Rivers
1924.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder Stoughton.
IX 249 pages, many illus from photographs, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down, green cloth, gilt title to upper cover with photo insert of leaping fish to upper cover, light rubbing to head and tail of spine and lower corner. Code H.Y. and stated 1st edition to verso of title page. There is also another edition published in blue cloth under the same date but this is not the 1st UK edition.
[16982] |
£50.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Swordfish And Tuna
1927.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder and Stoughton.
203 pages, 4to, 86 plates + drawings, big game angling bookplate Jack Reece to verso of FEP, code H-B to verso of title page, pictorial EP's, blue cloth with circular gilt vignette of fish to upper boards, light rubbing to edges and 2 surface marks to rear cover, vg-.
[16705] |
£75.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales Of Tahitian Waters
1931.
1st Edn,.
Hodder & Stoughton.
vi 303 pages, 4to, illus, first edition with the code I-F, frontis + 31 full page illus from photographs taken by Grey, pictorial end papaers, small bookplate of Luton Hoo to front paste down, some occasional spotting to prelims, publishers cloth with gilt title and yacht vignette to upper board, cloth clean with no defects. A vg copy of one of Grey's scarcest titles.
[21556] |
£160.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales of the Angler's Eldorado: New Zealand
1926.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder and Stoughton.
VIII + 228 pages, illus with over 100 photographs taken by the author and drawings by Frank E Phares, pictorial end papers, inscription to front blank, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to verso of FEP, Code letters G-A, blue cloth with gilt title and insert of leaping swordfish to upper covers, bright clean copy.
[16679] |
£90.00 |
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GREY Zane |
Tales of the Angler's Eldorado: New Zealand
1926.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder and Stoughton.
VIII + 228 pages, over 100 illus from photographs taken by the author and drawings by Frank E Pharse, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to verso of FEP, code to verso of title G-A. sml 4to, pictorial end papers, original blue cloth with gilt insert to upper board of leaping marlin, vg.
[16680] |
£65.00 |
|
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GREY Zane |
Tales of the Angler's Eldorado: New Zealand
1926.
1st English Edn,.
Hodder and Stoughton.
VIII 228 pages, illus with over 100 photographs taken by the author and drawings by Frank E Phares, small 4to.,, pictorial EPs, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to free blank FEP, Reece held the world record for a 6 gilled shark in the late 1980's, publishers blue cloth, gilt title and leaping marlin vignette to upper cover, a vg+ clean copy.
[16830] |
£240.00 |
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GRIFFIN Eric |
Griffin Of Bond Street
1993.
1st Edn,.
Wilson Hunt.
Gillingham.
xii 260 pages, small 4to illustrated with 50 plates and text illustrations from photographs line drawings old documents etc. Bookplate to front paste down, a fine copy in DJ. Account of the gun making family Griffin who manufactured top quality guns, military & sporting, during the reigns of George 11 & George 111 from their premises in the West end of London. A scarce title and believed to have been printed in limited edition. ?165
[23462] |
£165.00 |
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GRIFFITHS Major F.A. |
The Artillerists Manual And British Soldiers Compendium
1873.
11th wholly revised and re-written Edn,.
W.Clowes & Sons.
XVII 310 pages, 8 full page plates + folding table, occasional blue pencil margin marks, re-cased in the original full leather binding retaining original boards, blind stamped cannon to upper board, horse to rear, later spine, rubbing to board edges, ownership stamp to FEP. Dr A.J.Stanford "this 11th edition is the first to be edited and brought up to date by the authors son Major L Griffiths and Captain F Duncan," contents covers small arms and ammunition in the British service, ordinance, carriages (over 120 pages) etc., tactics, soldiers service records, the horse etc., not listed by Riling.
[18471] |
£240.00 |
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GRIFFITHS Roger |
An Essay To Prove That The Jurisdiction And Conservancy Of The River Thames etc Is Committed To The Lord mayor And City Of London Both In Point Of Right And Usage etc
1746.
1st Edn,.
Robert Brown.
XVI (iv) 296 pages, contemporary ink marginalia, recased in the original full calf binding, corner of boards rubbed, old spine relayed, new label, Griffiths a water bailiff includes "A brief description of those fish, with their seasons spawning times etc that are caught in the Thames or sold in London"
[18565] |
£620.00 |
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GRIMBLE A. |
Shooting And Salmon Fishing And Highland Sport
1902.
Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co.
xii 275 pages, 4to, 28 photogravure plates from paintings by Archibald Thorburn, browning to end paper, publishers 1/4 vellum binding over paper covered boards, some darkening to the boards, the vellum spine clean, it is often found soiled. A combinationation of 1892 title Shooting and Salmon Fishing and the 1894 Highland Sports.
[21470] |
£220.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
Deer Stalking
1886.
1st Edn,.
Chapman And Hall.
x 115 pages, sporting advs. 6 full page plates, 5 from photographs, ownership name of 1/2 title with date 1890, red cloth with gilt title and stalker sitting taking shot to upper board.
[18691] |
£70.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
Leaves From A Game Book
1898.
1st Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
249 pages, TEG, large 8vo., frontis + 19 full page illus, original 1/2 velum with marbled boards red title label rubbing to the label and dust soiling to the velum corners, limited to 250 copies, Grimble notes that since 1877 1898 he has been present at the death of 76,577 head of game which is listed includes deer to his own rifle, game birds, wildfowl, rabbits etc., he dedicated the book to his friends and kind hosts Chute 262
[19493] |
£100.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon and Sea Trout Rivers of England and Wales
1904.
1st Edn,.
Kegan Paul,Trench, Trubner & Co ltd.
2 Vols, xiv 280 225 pages, full page and text illustrations, folding map, 4to. Limited to 350 copies browning to end papers.contents, Original 1/4 vellum grey paper coverd boards. Printed paper title labels, label to volume 1 chipped with loss, Some chipping to paper on board edges and corners. some light soiling to upper cover of volume one.
[2026] |
£180.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon and Sea Trout Rivers of England and Wales
1904.
1st Edn,.
2 Vols, xiv 280 225 pages, illus, folding map, 4to. Limited to 350 copies, armorial bookplate to front paste down, original 1/4 vellum back boards, paper labels, light rubbing to paper on board edges and corners, the vellum remains clean, a vg set.
[21115] |
£300.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of England And Wales
1913.
2nd edition, revised and reset 1st 8vo. Edn,.
revised and reset 1st 8vo. Edn, xvi 310 pages, 89 illus and folding map, pages uncut, armorial bookplate of Haughton Ealdred Okeover of Okeover Hall to front paste down, presentation inscription to FEP to Okeover from the author Xmas 1915, to verso of FEP angling bookplate of David Pilleau. Bound in publishers 1/4 vellum, paper title labels, labels soiled with loss, blue paper covered boards, some odd marks.
[21124] |
£40.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of England And Wales
1913.
2nd 1st One Volume Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co Ltd.
XVI 310 pages, 89 illus, folding map, dark green cloth, blind stamp angling scene to upper board, a vg copy.
[16312] |
£30.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of Ireland
1913.
revised and reset 2nd Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
xvi 296 pages, 78 illus from photographs, 2 folding maps, original green cloth with gilt fishing vignette, also found in blue cloth with blind stamped vignette. The photos are very representative of the period.
[20515] |
£120.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of Scotland
1899,1900,1900,1900.
1st Edn,.
Kegan Paul,Trench,Trubner & Co.
xxv 278, xiv 286, xvi 226, xiv 290 pages, 4to, full page and text illus from photographs, maps, also includes the loose prospectus for the book. A fine set recently bound in 1/2 dark blue morroco, gilt ruled and spine decorations. A detailed and comprehensive work giving details of the rivers, fords, bridges, extent of fisheries, number and names of pools, number of nets at the mouth, average takes to rod and net etc, size, pattern and dressing of flies, lures, bait fishing, poaching and prevention etc.,
[8948] |
£650.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of Scotland
1899,1900,1900,1900.
1st Edn,.
Kegan Paul,Trench,Trubner & Co.
xxv 278, xiv 286, xvi 226, xiv 290 pages, 4to, full page and text illus from photographs, maps. A fine set recently bound in 1/2 dark red morroco, gilt ruled and spine decorations. A detailed and comprehensive work giving details of the rivers, fords, bridges, extent of fisheries, number and names of pools, number of nets at the mouth, average takes to rod and net etc, size, pattern and dressing of flies, lures, bait fishing, poaching and prevention etc.,
[14649] |
£650.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of Scotland
1913.
3rd 1st 8vo Edn,.
Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co ltd.
xv 309 pages, (2) pp adverts, full page illustrations from photographs 3 maps 1 folding, Publishers green cloth, gilt fishing scene to upper cover. A very good clean copy.
[7424] |
£50.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
The Salmon Rivers Of Scotland
1913.
3rd edition, 1st 8vo Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
xv 309 pages, (2) pp adverts, full page illustrations from photographs 3 maps 1 folding, ownership name to front end paper. Publishers green cloth, gilt fishing scene to upper cover. A very good clean copy.
[4102] |
£50.00 |
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GRISWOLD Frank Gray |
Salmo Salar
1929.
1st Edn,.
Privately printed, Plumpton Press.
Massachusetts.
28 pages, full red morroco, gilt title and vignette to upper board, signed on title page by Griswold. An essay on Canadian salmon and the season of 1928. A vg copy of a scarce title.
[13496] |
£150.00 |
|
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G?rtz, Joachim und Don L. Bryans |
German Small Arms Markings from authentic sources
1997.
1st EDN.
Walsworth Publishing Co.
Marceline U.S.A.
148 pages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs and line drawings. Bound in the publishers pictorial laminated boards, a fine copy. Imperial Era Army & Navy Markings; Imperial colonial markings; Weimar Army unit markings; police unit markings; inspection and acceptance of pistols 08; and miscellaneous military and police markings; Includes five appendices and a glossary of German terms.
[23575] |
£55.00 |
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GUDGEON Simon |
A Passion For Grouse, An Artist's and Sportsman's View
2001.
1st Edn,.
Ptarmigan Publishing Ltd.
Devices.
160 pages, 4to., illus in colour and sepia from the author's paintings and sketches, signed on titles page by Simon Gudgeon, a fine copy in dj. the author's observations and experiences of grouse over many years.
[15913] |
£40.00 |
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Gudgeon (Simon), Ben Hoskyns, Terence Lambert, Owen Williams, Rodger McPhail, Alastair Proud, Jonathan Sainsbury, Keith Sykes. |
THE WOODCOCK: ARTISTS' IMPRESSIONS.
2006.
1st.
Swan Hill Press.
Shrewsbury.
147 pages, 4to finely illustrated in colour showing paintings drawings and sculptures, pictorial end papers Green cloth binding, spine titled in gilt, woodcock vignette on upper board A fine copy in fine DJ. A study in art of the woodcock by 8 accomplished artists.
[23215] |
£60.00 |
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Gunmakers Business Card |
B Norman Breech Loading Gun Maker Framlingham
Nd date circa 1900.
Engraved business card 9cm x 6cm the card notes "Agents For Eley Bros Ammunition Curtis & Harvey & J Halls Gunpowders Chilled And Patent Shot Etc. B.N was many years with J. Purdey 314 ? Oxford St London". Benjamin Norman was the son of William Norman Jnr (a butcher) and Ann. He was born in 1833 in Eye in Suffolk. In about 1847 he was apprenticed to a gun maker, but whether it was a local gunmaker or not is not known. but it may well be that he was apprenticed to James Purdey, he reportedly worked for Purdey (amongst others?), possibly as an outworker His business in Framlingham was recorded as a gunmaker in Castle Street only from 1878. In the 1881 census he described himself as a master gun maker,
[23057] |
£35.00 |
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Gunnery School R A C Centre |
Restricted Provisional Instruction Notes .50-in Browning Machine Gun L1A1 with STAND VEHICLE L!A! or STAND GROUND L2A1
Sept 1954.
Unpaginated (34pp)m, 4to illustrated with 10 plates of drawings (1 folding) showing the guns , mountings, sights etc. Staple bound in the publishers printed card covers. VG details mounting , handling, stripping and assembly, mechanism, care cleaning , immediate action, technique of shooting.
[23581] |
£36.00 |
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GURNEY J.H. |
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Raptorial Birds in the Norfolk and Norwich Museum. Part One: containing Serpentariidae, Polyboridae, Vulturidae.
1864.
1st Edition.
John Van Voorst.
90 pages, Small 4to. Contents clean and tight, publisher blind stamped green cloth. Head and tail of the spine chipped rubbing and wear along the spine edge and corners, the binding remains tight. John Henry Gurney (1819-90) knew both Henry Doubleday and William Yarrell. On leaving school he entered the family banking business in Norwich. A collector from boyhood, he made great progress in forming the vast and celebrated collection of 'Raptores' in the Norwich Museum. His knowledge of birds of prey was outstanding (Mullens and Swann). Only part 1 was produced.
[23023] |
£120.00 |
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GUSLER Wallace B., LAVIN James D. |
Decorated Firearms 1540-1870 From The Collection Of Clay P Bedford
1977.
1st Edn,.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, USA.
xi 242 pages, oblong 4to, colour and black and white illus, black 2 tone cloth, silver gunlock to upper board , vg
[21371] |
£40.00 |
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GUTTFIELD Frank |
The Big Fish Scene, Experts Reports On Locating And Catching Specimens
1978.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn Ltd.
Tonbridge.
198 pages, illus, vg in dj evenly faded on spine
[15055] |
£45.00 |
|
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GUTTFIELD Frank |
The Big Fish Scene, Experts Reports On Locating And Catching Specimens
1978.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn Ltd.
Tonbridge.
198 pages, illus, a fine copy of the first edition in dj.
[19291] |
£60.00 |
|
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GWYNN S., BEDDINTON Roy |
River to River A Fisherman's Pilgrimage
1937.
1st Edn,.
Country Life.
210 pages, 4to, Illustrated by Roy Beddington with 12 tipped-in colour plates and 16 in black and white. Limited to 250 copies signed and numbered by Gwynn and Beddington Publishers green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover. A fine copy in price clipped dj, some foxing to the dj. . Chapters include: The Thames; Rivers of the Welsh Marches; Rivers of Hampshire; Rivers of Devon; Rivers of the Dales; Rivers of the Border; The Cork Blackwater; Galway and Connemara; Rivers of Scotland; The Dee and the Don; The Spey.
[1562] |
£100.00 |
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H Clarke & Sons Leicester |
Best Plaited Undressed Silk Fishing Line
nd Circa1900.
12.5 cm x 8.5 cm Promotional carb printed in black on blue card, one side lists the lines colours breaking strains and prices. With 13 actual examples of the lines. To verso list of guit casts, and quality, with a testimonial by "Mr R B Marston in the Fishing Gazette says: These Lines Are Excellent". Very good
[22602] |
£35.00 |
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HAAS Frank de |
More Single Shot Rifles And Actions
1989.
1st.
the authotr.
Orange City USA.
146 pages, 4to., illustrated in b/w from photographs, line drawings etc name written on rear blank end paper, pictorial card covers VG copy. A detailed account showing the guns, actions, parts etc of over 40 obsolete single shot rifles and actions. ?45
[23332] |
£45.00 |
|
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HADDON-RIDDOCH Stuart |
Rural Reflections A Brief History Of Traps, Trapkeepers And Gamekeeping In Britain
2001.
1st Edn,.
Glendarul.
287 pages, profusely illustrated from photos and drawings, fine in dj. Limited to 1000 copies. A well researched title with a section on man traps.
[20942] |
£25.00 |
|
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HADOKE Diggory |
The British Boxlock Gun & Rifle
2012.
1st Edn.
Merlin Unwin Books.
Ludlow.
224 pages, 4to, colour and b/w illustrations throughout from photographs, old adverts, pictorial end papers. A fine copy in fine dj. A detailed account on the development of the boxlock, owners guide etc.
[23696] |
£40.00 |
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HADOKE Diggory |
Hammer Guns In Theory and Practice
2016.
1st Edn.
Merlin Unwin Books.
Ludlow.
viii 316 pages, small 4to illustrated throughout in colour and b/w from photographs line drawings. Fine in DJ, "This is the fullest and most practical account of the development of the breech-loading center-fire hammer gun and its many variations".
[23691] |
£26.00 |
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HAGGARD Lilias Rider Editor |
The Rabbit Skin Cap, A Tale Of A Norfolk Countryman's Youth, Written In His Old Age By George Baldry
1950.
rep.
Collins.
258 pages, small 4to., coloured frontis and drawings by Edward Seago, publishers grey cloth, title in brown with vignette to upper board, vg in worn but presentable dj now in protective clean sleeve, vg.
[20906] |
£25.00 |
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HALE Captain |
How To Tie Salmon Flies a Treatise On The Methods Of Tying Various Kinds Of Salmon Flies With Illustrated Directions And Containing the Dressings Of Forty Flies
1992.
centenary.
The Fly Fishers Classic Library,.
Bovey Tracey..
xii 207 pages, illustrated with text drawings on the Methods Of Tying The Various Kinds Of Salmon Flies, 1/4 brown bonded leather, fine in slipcase. 1st published in 1892, this edition includes John Hardy's appendix giving the dressings on 361 salmon flies.
[23653] |
£70.00 |
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HALE William |
Treatise The Comparative Merits Of A Rifle Gun And Rotary Rocket, Considered As A Mechanical Means Of Ensuring A Correct Line Of Flight To A Body Impelled Through Space
1861.
W Mitchell Military Booksellers.
39 pages, folding plate, contemporary inscription to title page F.H.Fletcher cap(?) Military House(?), new FEP in the style of the original, publishers red blind stamped cloth, gilt title to upper board. Hale outlined his views to improve a rocket to become an effective weapon, he details the laws of gunning rifles and smooth bore guns, mechanical construction on the rocket, the nature of its inefficiency as a weapon of war etc.,
[20550] |
£360.00 |
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HALFORD Col Sir H.StJohn |
The Art Of Shooting With The Rifle
1888.
1st Edn,.
83 pages, 12mo, advs, frontis, gilt title to upper board, vg. Riling 1222.
[5853] |
£120.00 |
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HALFORD F M |
Floating Flies And How To Dress Them A Treatise On The Most Modern Methods Of Dressing Artificial Flies For Trout And Grayling With Full Illustrated Directions And Containing Ninety Hand Coloured Engravings Of The Most Killing Patterns Together With A Few Hints To Dry Fly Fishermen
1993.
new Edn,.
Fly Fisher''s Classic Library.
Bovey Tracey.
136 pages, 9 colour plates, text illus, 1/4 brown bonded leather in slipcase, fine.
[19163] |
£30.00 |
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HALFORD F.M. |
Dry Fly Entomology, Leading Types Of Natural Insects Serving As Food For Trout And Grayling With The 100 Best patterns Of Floating Flies And The Various Methods Of Dressing Them
1902.
2nd revised Edn,.
Vinton and Co.
xiii 323 pages, 28 plates, 10 are coloured of flies 2 folding charts, and b/w text illustrations, the contents and plates clean. Publishers' dark blue cloth, with gilt title to the upper cover VG. Published in the Halford Dry Fly Series being no 2 in the series.
[23499] |
£100.00 |
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HALFORD F.M. |
Dry Fly Fishing In Theory And Practice
1889.
2nd Edn,.
Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.
XII 289 pages, advert leaf, TEG, tall 8vo., 25 full page plates, vg.
[19572] |
£180.00 |
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HALFORD F.M. |
The Dry Fly Man's Handbook A Complete Manual Including The Fisherman's Entomology And The Making and Management of a Fishery
1913.
1st Edn,.
George Routledge & Sons Ltd.
XIV 416 pages, frontis + 53 full page and text illus, a vg copy of a classic title.
[1373] |
£160.00 |
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HALFORD F.M. |
The Dry Fly Man's Handbook, A Complete Manual Including The Fishermans Entomology And The Making And Management of a Fishery
1913.
1st Edn,.
George Routledge and Sons Ltd.
XIV 416 pages, frontis and 53 full pageplates and text illus, original cloth recased with spine relayed.
[3812] |
£85.00 |
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HALFORD F.M. |
Modern Development of the Dry Fly. The New Dry Fly Patterns,The Manipulation of Dressing Them and Practical Experiences of Their Use
1910.
1st Edn,.
Routledge.
VIII 219 pages, TEG, 43 plates including 27 in colour+ text illus, ownership name and address to front paste down "E W Margesson, Kingsclose, Liverpool gardens, Worthing 14th June 1913 Bought from Army and Navy Stores London SW., a vg copy.
[18174] |
£140.00 |
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HALFORD F.M. |
Modern Development of the Dry Fly. The New Dry Fly Patterns,The Manipulation of Dressing Them and Practical Experiences of Their Use
1910.
1st Edn,.
Routledge.
VIII 219 pages, TEG, 43 plates including 27 in colour, a vg+ clean copy.
[16582] |
£180.00 |
|
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HALFORD F.M. |
Modern Development of the Dry Fly. The New Dry Fly Patterns,The Manipulation of Dressing Them and Practical Experiences of Their Use
1910.
1st Edn,.
George Routledge.
VIII 219 pages, TEG, 43 plates including 27 in colour, some browning to EP, small stamp for Grassington Angling Club to rear end paper, vg.
[18502] |
£140.00 |
|
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HALFORD F.M. |
Modern Development of the Dry Fly. The New Dry Fly Patterns,The Manipulation of Dressing Them and Practical Experiences of Their Use
1910.
1st Edn,.
George Routledge and Sons Ltd.
VIII 219 pages, TEG, 43 plates including 27 in colour, foxing to EP's, some occasional spotting mostly to outer margin of contents, publisher's cloth.
[14109] |
£160.00 |
|
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HALFORD Frederic M. |
An Anglers Autobiography
1903.
1st Edn,.
Vinton and Co.
xxiv 286 pages, frontis illustration of the author and 43 full page plates from photographs including several photogravure plates, with chapter heading and tailpieces illustrations Includes an introduction by William Senior, Editor of "The Field. publishers' blue cloth with gilt title to the upper cover. A very good copy, published in The Halford Dry Fly Series No 4 in the series, this title only appeared in the series and in a limited large paper edition of 100 copies. A celebration of a lifelong obsession with trout, trout streams and trout-stream insects.
[23500] |
£320.00 |
|
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HALL Bradnock |
Norwegian And Other Fish Tales
1910.
1st Edn,.
Smith, Elder & Co.
VIII 243 pages, 16 full page illus, some heavy foxing to contents, light marks to cloth covers gilt salmon fly to upper board. Anecdotes of salmon and trout fishing
[12994] |
£25.00 |
|
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HALL Bradnock |
Norwegian And Other Fish Tales
1910.
1st Edn,.
Smith Elder & Co.
viii 243 pages, 16 full page illus, some foxing to contents, original cloth gilt salmon fly to upper board, vg. Anecdotes of salmon and trout fishing
[15505] |
£30.00 |
|
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HALL Cyril |
Modern Weapons Of War By Land Sea And Air
1918.
1st Edn,.
Blackie and Son Ltd.
192 pages, coloured frontis + b/w full page illus from photographs, inscription on front paste down, pictorial cover showing a WWI battle scene to upper cover and spine, a vg+ copy in dj, dj has chipping to head and tail of spine aimed at the younger reader, chapters cover guns in the making, modern explosives and munitions, machine guns, the menace of aircraft etc.,
[16945] |
£32.00 |
|
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HALL Herbert Byng |
Scottish Sports And Pastimes
1850.
1st Edn,.
John Daniel A Darling.
264 pages +8 pages of adverts small 8vo.Engraved frontis and 4 other engraved plate and 5 full page plates from line drawings. Publishers blind stamped cloth with gilt running fox to upper cover. Describes all forms of shooting, fishing, etc. Chute 068
[22119] |
£60.00 |
|
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HALL Middleton |
Practical Rifle Shooting For Soldiers And Civilians
1906.
Dublin.
101 pages, illus and diagrams in text, folding diagram of Lee Enfield tipped onto rear EP, single worm hole to very lower margin of first 58 pages, original limp cloth, small chip in cloth to spine, a g+ copy of a scarce work, not in Riling.
[13063] |
£60.00 |
|
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HAMILTON Edward |
Recollections Of Fly Fishing For Salmon, Trout And Grayling, With Notes On Their Haunts, Habits And History
1884.
1st Edn,.
Sampson, Low, marstom & Rivington.
VIII, 190. pages, illus with a mezzotint engraving by Francis Seymour Haden and other illus by the author, large paper edition, limited to 100 copies, original 1/4 vellum backed paper covered boards, some soiling. VG-
[9153] |
£50.00 |
|
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HAMILTON G.D. |
Trout Fishing And Sport In Maoriland
1904.
1st Edn,.
Government Printing.
Wellington, New Zealand.
XIX 428 pages, illus, map, neat contemporary pencil ownership inscription to front paste down, and to verso of front in ink, publishers green cloth, gilt title to upper boards, slight rubbing marks to upper board, few small bruise marks to spine centre overall a vg tight copy. The book covers some 1000 rivers, streams, burns and lakes and is still one of the most comprehensive and detailed guide book of New Zealand angling, includes 2 chapters on shooting Corliss 99.
[18511] |
£150.00 |
|
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HAMILTON JOSEPH |
Some short and Useful Reflections Upon Duelling Which Should Be In The Hands Of Every Person Who Is Liable To Receive A Challenge Of An Officer By A Christian Patriot
1823.
1st Edn.
The author.
Dublin.
ix (i) 106 pages, (ii) advert, 12mo., half title present, engraved frontis "the Duelist" bound in recent 1/4 tan calf, marbled boards, anti dueling essays which includes advice to seconds, advice to principles, dueling anecdotes to verso of pp ix advertisement note part of the profits will be appropriated towards paying for a press and types for printing such cheap tracts as are best calculated to abate dueling, suicide. An anti dueling assoc. was formed in Dublin 1823, Thimm 125
[20782] |
£550.00 |
|
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HAMILTON R. |
A History of British Fishes
nd 1876.
1st thus Edn,.
W.H.Allen.
2 Vols, 313, 424 pages, 2 portrait frontis and engraved title, 68 fine hand coloured plates by Lizard, brown cloth with lined borders and decorations to cloth, apart from a very light spotting to 1 plate, a clean bright set.
[10995] |
£120.00 |
|
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Hanbury David |
Sport and Travel in the Northland of Canada
1904.
1st English.
Edward Arnold.
xxxii ? 319 pages uncut, with 61 plates and illustrations from photographs, including 5 coloured plates and 2 folding maps at rear. Some occasional spotting to contents. Recased in the publisher's blue cloth with blind stamped Bisons head to upper cover. The spine relayed and re -backed where cloth worn at head of the spine, a good + copy. A narrative of 20 months traveling and living in the Barren Grounds and Canadian Arctic.
[23911] |
£60.00 |
|
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HANGER George |
To All Sportsmen Farmers And Game Keepers
1816.
New Edn,.
226 pages, folding frontis, illus, heavy foxing to folding plate, title page and advert leaf, later 1/2 calf binding, vg.
[6026] |
£150.00 |
|
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HANNA T.J. |
Fly Fishing In Ireland Some Practical Hints Of Procedure, Locality and New Methods Of Fly Fishing
1933.
1st Edn,.
Witherby.
175 pages, full page and text illus, occasional foxing, publishers green cloth, titles in black unevenly faded.
[19130] |
£30.00 |
|
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HARDIN Albert N Jr |
The American Bayonet 1776 - 1964 Albert N Hardin Jr
1964.
1st Edn.
Riling and Lentz..
Philadelphia U.S.A.
xii ? 234 pages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs and line drawings, pictorial end papers. Publishers blue cloth titled in silver with title and crossed bayonets to the upper cover. DJ present but has a clear film laminated over not removable, vg. Includes important variations of many standard models an in depth reference with detailed photographs..
[23182] |
£95.00 |
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HARDING C W |
The Birmingham Cartridge Manufacturers
2009.
1st Edn.
Quiller Press.
Shrewsbury.
282 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, line drawings throughout, fine copy in DJ. A guide to the munitions companies of Birmingham covering shotgun cartridges and metallic cartridge production.
[23213] |
£35.00 |
|
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HARDING Col E.W. |
The Flyfisher And The Trouts Point Of View New Lights On Fly Fishing Theory And Practice
1931.
1st Edn,.
Seeley Services.
208 pages, sml 4to, bookplate, 11 full page illus.VG
[8620] |
£50.00 |
|
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HARDING C.W. |
British Cartridge Manufacturers, Loaders and Retailers Including Ironmongers and Gunsmiths
2012.
1st Edn.
Quiller Press.
Shrewsbury.
328 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, line drawings of head stamp, old adverts and documents etc. A fine copy in DJ, DJ chipped at the head of the spine. The book covers manufacturers who made the cases and primers and loaded the cartridges with powders as well as the powder companies who bought in cases and it includes the many gunsmiths, ironmongers, shops, and store owners who bought cases with their names printed on them.
[23005] |
£50.00 |
|
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HARDING C.W. |
Eley Cartridges, A History Of The Silversmiths And Ammunition Manufacturers
2006.
1st Edn,.
Quiller Press.
Shrewsbury.
192 pages, 4to., illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings etc. A fine copy in dj. A detailed history of Eley with previously unpublished illustrations and a detailed appendix includes the headstamps used on Eley cartridges, a list of metallic cartridges made between 1855 and 1999 etc.
[20905] |
£180.00 |
|
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HARDING D.F. |
Smallarms Of The East India Company 1600-1856. Vol I: Procurement And Design, Vol II: Catalogue of Patterns, Vol III: Ammunition And Performance, Vol IV: The Users And Their Small Arms
1997, 1997, 1999, 1999.
1st Edn,.
Foresight Books.
xxx 416 + xvi 616 + xviii 596 + xxii 650 pages,m 4 Vols, 4to. Illustrated in b/w from photographs drawings, diagrams etc throughout. Bound in the publishers red cloth with gilt title to upper boards and gilt motif, contained in red cloth slipcases. A monumental and a definitive work on the subject on British colonial arms manufacture, deployment and designs etc. A fine clean set with no defects.
[22268] |
£600.00 |
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HARDING D.F. |
Smallarms Of The East India Company 1600-1856. Vol I: Procurement And Design, Vol II: Catalogue of Patterns, Vol III: Ammunition And Performance, Vol IV: The Users And Their Small Arms
1997, 1997, 1999, 1999.
1st Edn,.
Foresight Books.
xxx 416 + xvi 616 + xviii 596 + xxii 650 pages, 4 Vols, 4to. Illustrated in b/w from photographs drawings, diagrams etc throughout. Bound in the publishers red cloth with gilt title to upper boards and gilt motif, contained in red cloth slipcases. A monumental and a definitive work on the subject on British colonial arms manufacture, deployment and designs etc. A fine clean set with no defects. SIGNEND presentation on the front-end paper "To Alan Brett With my thanks for all your help, interest and encouragement. Best Wishes David Harding 27th September 1997" Brett is also thanks in the acknowledgments in the book.
[23762] |
£640.00 |
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HARDING John |
The Greatest Makers Of Sword Furniture, Compiled From Japanese Bulletins And Publications
nd Circa 1960.
unpaginated 10 pages, published by the author, 4 page illus + 1 list loose, card covers, vg. Presumably put together for the compilers on reference.
[14811] |
£20.00 |
|
 |
Hardswick Victor, and Christopher Kent L. |
HIGH FLYING GYRFALCONS: THE GUIDED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
2011.
1st.
Western Sporting.
Sheridan, Wyoming.
xxviii, 259 pages, Small 4to illustrated with. colour photographs, and colour & b/w illustrations by Nathan Birr, colour paintings by Victor Bakhti., Publishers grey cloth with title and falcon vignette in silver to the upper cover, a fine copy in DJ. A comprehensive work on the Gyrfalcon ,with an extensive bibliography.
[23782] |
£40.00 |
|
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HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1925.
47th Edn,.
372 pages, illus, 24 in colour, 22 being of flies and baits, illus throughout the text,loose printed letter and register form. Original green printed card covers with photo insert of J.J.Hardy single handed fly casting, the covers showing chipping and creasing to edges, contents and covers tight.
[14121] |
£85.00 |
|
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HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1926.
48th Edn,.
372 pages, illus 22 in colour, top corner of front edge torn away, vg-.
[2119] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1927.
49th Edn,.
371 pages, illus 22 in colour, front hinge paper cracked, card covers with photo insert some marking to cover and head and tail of spine, cloth pulled and chipped, contents and biding tight, g+.
[18956] |
£70.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1929.
51st Edn,.
Hardy Bros.
Alnwick.
373 pages, numerous illus 21 in colour, + loose order form + communications sheet, some dust soiling to contents, recased in the original blue card covers, photo insert to upper flap of Mr JJ Hardy at the international fishing contest Loch Leven, 1928, some dust soiling to cover o/w vg.
[21071] |
£45.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1930.
52nd Edn,.
383+ pages, illus, 20 colour plates of flies and lures + other b/w illus throughout, tan card covers with photo insert, vg.
[16699] |
£100.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1931.
53rd Edn,.
393 pages, illus, 20 in colour, vg.
[8768] |
£60.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1937.
55th Edn,.
419 pages, illus including 24 in colour, 23 are of flies and baits, text illus, owners signature on front cover, publishers printed blue card covers with photo insert Mr Hardy on the Tweed, vg. There was also a more common edition for 1937 in white covers celebrating the Coronation.
[21020] |
£55.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1951.
58th Edn,.
Hardy Bros Ltd.
258+ pages, 12 colour plates of flies, blue printed card covers photo insert of L.R.Hardy playing a fish, vg.
[20978] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1951.
58th Edn,.
258+ pages, 12 colour plates of flies, text illus, blue card covers with photo insert of L.R.Hardy playing a fish, loose price list, vg.
[16628] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1951.
58th Edn,.
258+ pages, 12 colour plates of flies, blue printed card covers photo insert of L.R.Hardy playing a fish, vg.
[14231] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1952.
59th Edn,.
257 pages, 12 colour plates of flies, text illus, blue card covers showing photo insert to upper cover of L.R.Hardy playing a fish, vg.
[5464] |
£36.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1952.
59th Edn,.
Hardy Bros Ltd.
257 pages, 12 colour plates of flies, text illus throughout, blue card covers showing photo insert to upper cover of L.R.Hardy playing a fish with an Altex reel vg.
[20979] |
£36.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1954.
205 pages, illus, 10 in colour of flies, vg.
[7686] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1955.
205+ (6), illus throughout including 10 colour plates of flies, also included loose price list for 1954/5, stamp of W Richards Ltd Gunmakers to title page of both items. Pictorial card covers, vg, dated from the last page
[20433] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1956/1957.
63rd Edn,.
248 pages, illus 10 colour plates of flies and baits, illus throughout text, light rubbing to base of spine, o/w vg.
[21010] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1957.
64th Edn.
Hardy Bros (Alnwick) Ltd.
248 pages, 10 colour plates of flies, text illus, original pictorial limp covers, vg. Contains a loose price list 1958-59, hand written ink number to fvery top front cover. This edition has a big game fish and sea fishing section. [ref: 19296 ] ?20
[20974] |
£18.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide
1960.
160 pages, 6 colour plates of flies and bait, text illus, pictorial card covers, loose price list, vg.
[14907] |
£28.00 |
|
 |
HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide Supplement Of Additions And Alterations
1938.
58 pages, illus, pictorial card covers, vg.
[16622] |
£28.00 |
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HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide Supplement Of Additions And Alterations
1938.
58 pages, illus, pictorial card covers, vg.
[16458] |
£20.00 |
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HARDY |
Hardy's Anglers Guide Supplement Of Additions And Alterations
1939.
20 pages, illus, paper covers, vg. the last before the war years, scarce.
[16673] |
£30.00 |
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HARDY BROTHERS |
Hardy Zane Grey Big Game Tackle
1983.
. Edn,.
35 pages, 4to., illus in colour from photographs, pictorial card covers, a fine copy. Excellent illustrations of the reel mechanism etc.
[18524] |
£28.00 |
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HARDY James Leighton |
The House That Hardy Built
2006.
1st thus.
The Medlar Press.
xvi 343, illus throughout withohotographs, drawings, diagrams etc. A fine copy in dj, first published in 1998. This edition has an index added and some small corrections to the text.
[21926] |
£60.00 |
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HARDY John James |
Salmon Fishing
1907.
1st Edn,.
Country Life.
xii 169 pages, illus including 33 full plates, some foxing as usual with this title, original cloth with gilt title and angling scene to upper board.
[4658] |
£75.00 |
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HARGREAVES Jack |
Fishing For A Year
1951.
1st Edn,.
Macgibbon and Kee.
vii 112 pages, illus with drawings by Bernard Venables, part of the dj is present, lacking large section from front flap, (leading to light fading to front board where dj missing), and chipping to edges, now in clean sleeve.
[21845] |
£40.00 |
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HARGREAVES Jack |
Fishing For A Year
1951.
1st Edn,.
Macgibbon and Kee.
VII 112 pages, illus with drawings by Bernard Venables, a vg copy, the original lime green cloth clean and fresh in dj, dj chipped at head of spine, 1 small chip along top edge, two closed tears.
[16077] |
£160.00 |
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HARGREAVES Jack |
Fishing For A Year
1995.
1st thus.
The Medlar Press.
112 pages, Printed in black & red, b/w illustrations by Bernard Venables. Edition limited to 975 numbered copies of which 125 are quarter bound in leather, 850 cloth-bound copies this being number 134. Bound in dark green cloth printed red & black. A fine copy of Hargreaves classic title the author takes us through his year fishing for dace, tench, roach, grayling, salmon, perch, pike, ferox and stream trout.
[23662] |
£95.00 |
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HARLAND Richard |
African Hunter Guide to Ndlovu - The Art Of Hunting The African Elephant
2005.
1st Edn.
Ivory Imprints.
Harare Zimbabwe.
xvi 480, Illustrated throughout in colour and b/w from photographs drawings etc. Publishers' brown cloth titled in gilt to upper cover and spine. A fine copy in likewise DJ. A definitive work on the subject detailing the history of hunting the elephant, present day hunting the weapons and caliber needed. Where to place the shoot, the care of trophies etc. accompanied by some excellent illustrations. In Harland's introduction he states "The book aims to provide the reader with not only plentiful information, but hopefully instill respect and a raised level of esteem and affection for the grandest of the "Big Five" of African animals. To hunt elephants is a privilege an honor, a gift from the gods of wild animals. Be humble when the great prize lies before you."
[23469] |
£550.00 |
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HARPER Stephen |
Broadland Pike, A History Of The largest Recorded Captures
1998.
1st Edn,.
Foulsham.
191 pages, 4to., published by the author, illustrated from photographs some in colour, a very fine copy in likewise dj. A sought after title which has become a modern pike fishing classic chronicling the capture of over 60 large pike from the Norfolk Broads.
[19624] |
£160.00 |
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HARPER Stephen |
Broadland Pike, A History Of The largest Recorded Captures
1998.
1st Edn,.
Foulsham.
191 pages, 4to., published by the author, illustrated from photographs some in colour, a very fine copy in likewise dj. A sought after title which has become a modern pike fishing classic chronicling the capture of over 60 large pike from the Norfolk Broads.
[18412] |
£160.00 |
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HARPER Stephen |
A Line On The Water
1991.
1st Edn,.
Creel Publishing.
Cawston, Norfolk.
207 pages, illus from photographs and drawings by Stephen Harper, fine in dj. Much on carp, pike etc.
[21541] |
£28.00 |
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HARRIS Captain William Cornwallis |
The Wild Sports Of South Africa Being The Narrative Of An Expedition From The Cape Of Good Hope Through The Territories To The Tropic Of Capricorn
1839.
2nd Edn,.
John Murray.
xxiv, 387 pages, frontis + 7 other full page plates, 3 of the plates are tinted, folding map to rear, foxing to the tinted plates + map, some age browning to the contents, rebound in a 1/2 dark green morroco with gilt big game head, tooling to spine compartment, the original cloth front cover has been bound in at the rear. The 1838 1st edition was published in Bombay, this is the 1st London Edn, a classic title on African hunting, a detailed picture of South African game fields prior to the growing pressure of civilization. Czech 119
[21474] |
£130.00 |
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HARRIS Captain William Cornwallis |
The Wild Sports Of Southern Africa Being The Narrative Of An Expedition From The Cape Of Good Hope Through The Territories Tropic Of Capricorn
1839.
3rd Edn,.
John Murray.
xxiv, 387 pages, frontis + 7 other full-page plates, 3 of the plates are tinted, folding map to rear, light foxing to the tinted plates, some age browning to the contents, page 101 due to adhesion to opposite page damage to inner blank margin not affecting the text, slight damage to opposite page touching two words. possibly happened when the book was bound. Publishers' green cloth gilt title and game animal vignettes within decorative borders, blind stamp decorations to the spine. Couple of small chips to head and tail of the spine and to front spine edge. The 1st edition of 1838 was published in Bombay under a different title, this is the 1st London Edition. VG- a difficult to get in the original cloth in good condition. A classic title on African hunting, a detailed picture of South African game fields prior to the growing pressure of civilization. Czech 119
[22919] |
£220.00 |
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HARRIS Captain William Cornwallis |
The Wild Sports Of Southern Africa Being The Narrative Of An Expedition From The Cape Of Good Hope Through The Territories Tropic Of Capricorn
1991.
reprint.
Books of Zimbabwe.
Bulawayo.
(18) - 359 pages, 6pp of adverts illustrated with full page colour plate, publishers' brown cloth gilt elephant vignette to the upper board, vg in dj some rubbing to the edges of the DJ. Facsimile reprint of the fourth edition, with a new frontispiece and introduction and bibliographical note by James A. Casada
[23579] |
£32.00 |
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HARRIS Clive |
The History Of The Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House With Notes On The Birmingham Gun Trade
nd 1946.
1st Edn,.
Birmingham.
xiii 159 pages, advs, b/w illus from photographs, drawings etc., original red cloth binding, small bump to cloth on front board.
[21610] |
£20.00 |
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HARRIS Clive |
The History Of The Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House With Notes On The Birmingham Gun Trade
nd 1946.
1st Edn,.
Birmingham.
XIII 159 pages, advs, illus, original red cloth in chipped and dust soiled dj, loose in the book is a prospectus for the publication.
[5887] |
£28.00 |
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HARRIS Clive |
The History Of The Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House With Notes On The Birmingham Gun Trade
1949.
2nd Edn,.
Birmingham.
xiii 159 pages, advs, b/w illus from photographs, drawings etc., publishers dark blue cloth binding.
[21611] |
£20.00 |
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HARRIS James T. |
The Peregrine Falcon In Greenland, Observing An Endangered Species
1979.
1st Edn,.
Columbia, USA.
VI 255 pages, illus, vg in dj.
[13936] |
£15.00 |
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HARRISON Jeffery Surgeon Lieutenant |
The Wildfowl Of The Elbe Estuary
nd Circa 1948.
Hamburg Shooting Assoc.
14 pages, illus, map, 1/4 cloth back pictorial boards, the upper board shows a scene of 2 geese coming into land by J.C.Harrison, vg. "This guide was published to help those who are fortunate enough to be stationed sufficiently near the Elbe Estuary to enjoy some of the finest wildfowling that there is in North East Europe.
[6268] |
£48.00 |
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HARRISON Mrs J W |
A.M.Mackay, Pioneer Missionary Of The Church Missionary Society To Uganda
1890.
1st.
Hodder and Stoughton.
488 pages, frontis portrait, folding coloured map of Uganda, some spotting to contents and closed page edges, amorial bookplate to front paste down, publishers blue cloth, gilt flower vignette to upper boards, vg. An insight into native life etc.
[19036] |
£20.00 |
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HARRISON W.M.B., STELLE J.P. |
The Gunsmith's Mannual A Complete Handbook For The American Gunsmith
1945.
rep of the 1883 Edn,.
Thomas G Samworth.
Plantersville, USA.
XV 376 pages, 7 pages advs, coloured frontis + full page and text b/w illus from drawings etc. Publishers green cloth, gilt title to upper cover. A reprint of the 1883, a practical guide to all branches of the trade.
[19734] |
£20.00 |
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HART DAVIS Captain H. |
Stalking Sketches
1904.
1st Edn,.
Horace Cox.
vi 67 pages, 4to, frontis illus + 16 other full page plates by the author, presentation inscription in ink to top blank margin of title page, original tan patterned cloth with stag's head and title printed in brown to upper cover, vg-. A guide to stalking in Scotland at the turn of the century, the illustrations are particularly evocative.
[21647] |
£75.00 |
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HART DAVIS Captain H. |
Stalking Sketches
1904.
1st Edn,.
Horace Cox.
vi - 67 pages, 4to, frontis + 16 other full-page plates by the author, armorial bookplate to front paste down. Original tan patterned cloth with title and stag's head printed in brown to upper board, vg. A guide to stalking in Scotland at the turn of the century, the illustrations are particularly evocative.
[23931] |
£75.00 |
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HART DAVIS Duff |
Monarchs Of The Glen, A History Of Deer Stalking In The Scottish Highlands
1978.
1st Edn,.
Jonathan Cape.
x 249 pages, illustrated in b/w from. photographs vg in dj, dj has repair to verso of a closed tear to top rear edge. A detailed history of deer-stalking in the Highlands of Scotland.
[23692] |
£30.00 |
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HARTING James Edmund |
Biblioteca Accipitraria A Catalogue Of Books Ancient And Modern Relating to Falconry, With Notes Glossary and Vocabulary
1964.
facsimile of the 1891 Edn,.
Holland Press.
XXVIII 289 pages, illus, original cloth bumped on top edge, original dj has some foxing.
[13010] |
£45.00 |
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HARTING James Edmund |
Hints On The Management Of Hawks And Practical Falconry
1971.
facsimile reprint of the 1898 2nd Edn,.
Thames Valley Press.
Maidenhead.
VIII 268 pages, text and full page illus, inscription on FEP, vg.
[13443] |
£20.00 |
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HARTING James Edmund |
Hints On The Management Of Hawks And Practical Falconry
1971.
rep of the 1898 2nd Edn,.
Thames Valley Press.
VIII 268 pages, text and full page illus, vg in dj.
[5013] |
£30.00 |
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HARTING James Edward |
Hints On Shore Shooting With a Chapter On Skinning And Preserving Birds
1871.
1st Edn,.
John Van Voorst.
88 pages, engraved frontis, some occasional spotting to contents, original cloth with gilt title to upper boards, faded on spine and edges, Chute 277
[3153] |
£35.00 |
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HARTING James Edward |
Hints On Shore Shooting With a Chapter On Skinning And Preserving Birds
1871.
1st Edn,.
John Van Voorst.
88 pages, name on verso of engraved frontis, old sellotape mark to front paste down, bookplate to front paste down, original cloth with gilt title to upper boards, a vg- copy of a title becoming difficult to find, Chute 277
[13930] |
£30.00 |
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HARTING James Edward |
Hints On Shore Shooting With a Chapter On Skinning And Preserving Birds
1871.
1st Edn,.
John Van Voorst.
88 pages, errata slip, armorial bookplate to front paste down, a vg copy in the publisher's original cloth with gilt title to upper boards, a title becoming difficult to find, Chute 277
[19618] |
£60.00 |
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HARTING J.Edmond |
Bibliotheca Acciitraria A Catalogue of Books Ancient and Modern Relating to Falconry With Notes Glossary And Vocabulary
1977.
rep Edn,.
XXVIII 289 pages, illus, pictorial gilt covers, loosely inserted the supplementary bibliography of hawking by Major R.H. Barber 1943 20 pages, card covers.
[9635] |
£65.00 |
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HARTLEY A.N. |
The Deerhound
1972.
rep with additional material Edn,.
Peterborough.
71 pages, illus, small mark to top edge on rear board, vg in repaired dj.
[9407] |
£55.00 |
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