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WILCOCKS J.C. |
The Sea Fisherman, Comprising the Chief Methods Of Hook and Line Fishing In The British And Other Seas, And Remarks On Nets, Boats, And Boating
1875.
3rd new enlarged and almost entirely rewritten Edn,.
XVI 298 pages, 12 pages advs. illus throughout, bookplate and stamp on EP's for the Manchester Anglers Assoc, original blue cloth with gilt eel basket to upper board.
[11337] |
£36.00 |
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WILDFOWLER |
Shooting And Fishing Trips In England France Alsac Belgium Holland Bavaria
1878.
1st Edn,.
Chapman And Hall.
viii-400 pages, engraved frontis and 1/2 title, armorial bookplate of C.T. Anstruther to front paste down.Publishers maroon cloth with decorative designs in black, marking to the upper a good+ copy. An abridged edition of the 2 volume 1st edition of 1876, a collection of shooting and fishing stories.
[22428] |
£30.00 |
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"WILDFOWLER" (Lewis Clement) |
Modern Wildfowling
1880.
1st Edn,.
Horace Cox.
X ? 511 pages,m 12 full page illustration of which 6 are folding of punt gunning scenes and equipment, and numerous woodcut text illustrations. Publishers green blind stamped cloth with gilt title, and punt gunning scene to upper board in black and gilt. Spine title in gilt with wildfowl scene and decorations in black. The binding clean and tight, the corners rubbed the lower bottom outer corner more so with 2cm wear to cloth. Much of the book is devoted to punt gunning, the guns, loads etc., includes some interesting illustrations including "a double stalking horse" Chute 115
[21955] |
£185.00 |
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WILDFOWLER Clement Lewis |
Public Shooting Quarters, Being A Descriptive List Of Localities Where Wildfowl And Other Shooting Can Be Obtained
1881.
1st Edn,.
Horace Cox "The Field".
iv 193 pages, (10pp) advs + advert end papers, re-cased in the original printedgrey cloth covered boards, printed in black some darkening, the spine re-layed. Ownership slip for I. Pearce Way on front paste down. An extremely scarce title. A guide giving details of locality, availability of shooting, quarry that may be encountered, directions, hotels, shoot owners etc., Not listed in Chute. Riling or Gerrare, only 3 copies located in UK libraries
[23491] |
£600.00 |
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WILDFOWLER, Clements Lewis |
Shooting And Yachting And Sea Fishing Trips at Home And On The Continent Second Series
1877.
1st Edn,.
Chapman Hall.
2 Vols, VIII 307 & VII 313 pages, advert leaf, publishers blue/green cloth blind stamped, decorative boards and spine highlighted in black. Small chip to spine centre, Vol. 2 3x2mm, cloth clean and bright. A continuation of the author's trip in pursuit of sport including a great deal on wildfowling. Chute 113.
[18822] |
£155.00 |
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WILKERSON Don |
The Post War Colt Sigle Action Revolver
1978.
1st Edn,.
Taylor Publishing Company.
Dallas, USA.
151 pages, 4to illustrated with full page colour plates of the guns + b/w text illustrations from photographs. Signed by Dan Wilkerson on the title page. Publishers simulated brown leather binding with gilt title and gun vignette to the upper cover. A fine copy of the 1st printing limited to 3000 copies. The contents in 3 parts: I Colt post-war single-action army revolver; II Colt new frontier army revolver; III Colt post-war single-action army new mod. Information on individual characteristics, serial number ammunition, production tables.
[22585] |
£50.00 |
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WILKERSON Don & Carol, HOYT Kathleen |
The Official Record Colt Single Action Army Revolver 1873-1895
.
Carol K Wilkerson.
xvii 464 pages, 4to., illus in colour and b/w from photos + drawings etc., A fine copy in dj. An extremely detailed book on the guns with production figures etc, some fine photographs of the guns and some early period photographs have been used.
[21335] |
£220.00 |
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WILKINS John |
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER (John Wilkins of Stanstead, Essex). Edited by Arthur H. Byng and Stephen M. Stephens.
1892.
2nd revised Edn.
T Fisher Unwin.
vi- 441pp, (6)pp adverts pages uncut, frontis of John Wilkins + 5 full page plates some occasional spotting to plates and tissue guards. Sporting bookplate to front paste down. Grey cloth binding with gilt title an vignette in black of John Wilkins. A very good copy the cloth clean and bright. The life story of a gamekeeper born early in the 19th century. His biggest problem seems to have been poachers. Chute 066.
[22955] |
£50.00 |
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WILKINSON Frederick |
Those Entrusted With Arms A History Of The Police, Post, Customs And Private Use Of Weapons In Britain
2002.
1st Edn,.
Greenhill Books.
x 294 pages, numerous b/w illus in thentext from photographs, fine in dj. A unique study examining the use of arms within British society principally for the protection of life and property from medieval times to the present.
[22011] |
£20.00 |
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WILKINSON Frederick |
Those Entrusted With Arms A History Of The Police, Post, Customs And Private Use Of Weapons In Britain
2002.
1st Edn,.
Greenhill Books.
x 294 pages, numerous b/w illus in thentext from photographs, fine in dj. A unique study examining the use of arms within British society principally for the protection of life and property from medieval times to the present.
[22064] |
£20.00 |
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WILKINSON Henry |
Engines Of War Or Historical And Experimental Observations On Ancient And Modern Warlike Machines And Implements Including The Manufacture Of Guns, Gunpowder, And Swords With Remarks On Bronze, Iron Steel etc
1841.
1st Edn,.
Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman.
VIII 268 pages, 32 pages advs, light dust soiling to contents, small ink drawing of crest to blank opposite title initials CH. Armorial bookplate for Sir J J Hamilton to front paste down, presentation inscription on FEP from the publishers, recased in the original black cloth, vg-. Wilkinson an eminent London gun and swordsmith, Greener in his 1841 Science Of Gunnery exposes an error in Wilkinson's Observation On The Composition Of Gunpowder. Wilkinson accuses Greener that his "Science Of Gunnery" was plagiarism on his work, which Greener then denies stating that "he had nothing to lend and nothing worth borrowing" Riling 517, Scarce
[11673] |
£200.00 |
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WILKINSON LATHAM J. |
Pictorial History Of Swords And Bayonets Including Dirks And Daggers
1973.
1st Edn,.
viii 88 pages, 300 illus, vg
[21077] |
£20.00 |
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William o'' ye west (William Forsyth) |
Lay of Lochleven
1887.
1st Edn.
Robert Forrester.
Glasgow.
108 pp, Top edge gilt 25 plates from line drawings 19 are portraits 6 are of views of anglers etc. Publishers blue cloth gilt vignette of the Saint Mungo Angling Club to upper board repeated in blind stamp to rear cover slight crease mark to spine cloth. A very good copy, a long descriptive poem relating to the loch and the club and members.
[22127] |
£32.00 |
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WILLIAM POWELL & SONS GUNMAKERS LTD |
Hammerless Ejector Guns
1937.
Birmingham.
12 pages, including pictorial paper covers, some wear to spine edges, illus from photographs includes a cross eye gun, the new self opening guns, prices have been inked out and adjusted.
[20784] |
£30.00 |
|
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William Wilson |
Gamekeepers Declaration of Possession of William Wilson Whinbergh Norfolk
1883.
Folding large quarto 32 cm x 20.5 cm Folded to 4 sheets 2 with handwritten declaration with red seal. Wilson Gamekeeper declares he is 64 and spent nearly all his life on the estate of Park Farms belonging to the Clayton family and recently sold to. John Stovin Foster. Wilson is confirming parts of the estate and ownership. He signs the document with his mark a large X. Some light dust soiling the handwriting legible.
[23138] |
£28.00 |
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Williams David |
The Birmingham Gun Trade
2004.
1st Edn.
Tempus Publishinh.
Stroud.
191 pages, Large 8vo illustrated throughout in B/W from photographs drawings old adverts maps etc. Pictorial card covers. The book explores the relationship between technology and history of gun making.
[22317] |
£20.00 |
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WILLIAMS FREDK GUN WORKS |
Imported Guns
nd Circa 1910.
8 pages, illus with prices, 4pp shotguns, 3pp air rifles and equipment, page 1 as the title page, limp paper old fold mark, staples rusted.
[15694] |
£30.00 |
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WILLIAMS F.T. |
The Anglers Pocket Diary And Monthly Guide
1867.
1st Edn,.
unpaginated, publishers limp brown patterned covers, gilt title to upper board, vg. The last few pages show details of fishing stations with cost of return tickets and distances form London issued by a Long Acre tacklemaker. W/S 240
[15398] |
£180.00 |
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WILLIAMS Russ, CADIEUX Charles L. |
The Ways Of Game Fish
1972.
1st Edn,.
Chicago.
326 pages, large 4to., illus with colour plates and drawings and etchings by Bob Hines, Fred Sweny and R.H.Palenski, pictorial end papers, presentation inscription on FEP margins to Rex Wood and signed by both authors, original blue cloth with coloured insert of a fisherman to upper board in worn dj, this edition is published as a collector's edition.
[12170] |
£35.00 |
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WILLIAMSON Captain T. |
The Complete Angler's Vade-Mecum; Being A Perfect Code of Instruction on the Above Pleasing Science: Wherein are detailed, A Great Variety of Original Practices and Inventions; Together with all that can contribute to the Sportsman's Amusement and Success
1808.
1st Edn,.
Printed for Payne and Mackinlay, in the Strand; and Cuthell and Martin, Middle Row, Holborn.
xi, [i], 316 pp, Pages uncut. illustrated with 10 engraved plates 7 of which show various tackle the other 3 plates show various fish. Inserted between the front-end papers a 12pp catalogue of new works by Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green dated 1830. Bound in the original blue paper covered boards with brown paper spine with the printed title label (priced 8s in Boards, light rubbing to head of spine, a very good clean copy in the original state. A comprehensive work on angling with details on tackle baits, flies, the fish coarse and sea fish, Westwood & Satchell, pp. 241-242.
[23875] |
£260.00 |
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WILLIAMSON Captain Thomas, HOWITT, ATKINSON, CLARK, MANSKIRCH et al |
Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes &c. &c. With a Supplement of New South Wales, Containing One Hundred and Ten Plates. From drawings by Messrs. Howitt, Atkinson, Clark, Manskirch, &c.
1814-1813.
1st edn.
Edward Orme, printseller to his Majesty.
Unpaginated 4to. 110 hand-coloured plates. Each plate accompanied by explanatory text. 100 plates to the first part, second title page for the New South Wales section with 10 coloured plates, all edges gilt. Armorial bookplate to the front paste down of Mr Robt Maxwell, some light spotting to blank end papers. Bound in contemporary full straight-grained dark green Morocco binding, gilt tooled and blind stamped frames to the boards. The spine with raised bands gilt ornate tooling to 4 compartments and gilt title. Some light surface rubbing to the edges. The work depicts all manner of hunting sports and trapping, including big game hunting, whaling, fishing, birding, hunting in North America, Germany, Lapland, Spain, Russia, India, Asia and Africa, bull fighting in Spain. The New South Wales supplement with the illustrations of the 'Field sports depicting hunting and customs of the Indigenous Peoples. "The colour plates in this work, especially those drawn by Howitt, are both fine as regards draughtsmanship and production" Schwerdt 1, 177-179.Abbey Travel 2
[23809] |
£2000.00 |
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WILLIAMSON Harold |
Winchester The Gun That Won The West
1952.
1st Edn,.
Combat Forces, Washington, USA.
494 pages, 4to., illus, 2 tone cloth, head of spine pulled, vg in similar dj. 1st edition of a classic work.
[10286] |
£45.00 |
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WILLIS BUND J. |
Salmon Problems
1885.
1st Edn,.
VI 215 pages, bookplate of the Manchester Anglers Assoc, a vg copy, the author was chairman of the Severn Fishing Board.
[12581] |
£35.00 |
|
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WILLOCK Colin |
The Bedside Wildfowler
1966.
1st Edn,.
Andre Deutsch.
216 pages, illus with full page plates + text drawings, vg in dj.
[15270] |
£25.00 |
|
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WILSON Captain H.A. |
A British Borderland Service And Sport In Equatoria
1913.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
XXI 347 pages, 16 plates + folding map, TEG, dark red cloth with gilt title and vignette to upper board, this is the better of the 2 bindings. the green cloth did not have the gilt title and vignette to upper cloth nor the TEG, a vg clean copy. Wilson was an officer in the Kings African rifles, mixed military activities and sport, hunting elephant, buffalo, lion, antelope etc. Czech 304
[20292] |
£150.00 |
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WILSON Captain H.A. |
A British Borderland Service And Sport In Equatoria
1913.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
XXI 347 pages, 16 plates + folding map, green cloth with title and vignette in black to upper board, spine evenly faded. Wilson was an officer in the Kings African rifles, mixed military activities and sport, hunting elephant, buffalo, lion, antelope etc. Czech 304
[13602] |
£100.00 |
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WILSON James |
The Rod And The Gun Being Two Treatises On Angling And Shooting
1840.
1st Edn,.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh.
XII 10 439 pages, advert leaf, frontis foxed + 8 other engraved plates and text illus, publishers cloth darkened with gilt title and sporting vignette to spine, head and tail of spine rubbed. Between the two treatises is a 10 page list of angling books, "The treatise is much above the ordinary level as a manual" WS 242.
[14648] |
£45.00 |
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WILSON James |
The Rod And The Gun Being Two Treatises On Angling And Shooting
1841.
reprint Edn,.
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh.
VII 468 pages, TEG, engraved frontis, full page engraved plates and text illus, bound by J Larkins in 1/2 tan morroco, sporting motifs to spine, some darkening to the leather, original cloth covers bound in at rear, the fishing extends to 276 pages with a 10 page list of books on angling, the remaining pages cover shooting, and is based on the Oakleigh Shooting Code by the author but with large additions, both treatises appeared in a lesser form in the Encyclopedia Britannica Riling 508 "The treatise of angling is much above the ordinary level as a manual" W.S. 242
[14265] |
£80.00 |
|
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WILSON John |
Fifty Years A Fisherman, The Autobiography Of John Wilson
1999.
Boxtree.
256 pages, 4to, illus in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings, fine in dj, personal inscription to Len signed by John Wilson, Len is Len Head author of "Tench" and other angling books and articles.
[21249] |
£25.00 |
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WILSON John |
A Specimen Fishing Year, John Wilson's Fishing Year
1977.
1st Edn,.
A & C Black.
159 pages, illus, a vg clean copy in similar price clipped dj, no other defects. John Wilson's first book. A year fishing for specimen fish in Norfolk
[15996] |
£40.00 |
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Wilson, R. L. |
THE BOOK OF COLT ENGRAVING
1974.
1st Edn.
Wallace Beinfeld Publications.
Los Angeles,.
viii - 422pp. 4to illustrated with full page and text illustrations from photographs, ownership name to the front-end paper. Publishers dark blue faux leather with title to upper cover and spine in silver, one inch split to lower front edge of the spine, in worn DJ.
[23752] |
£35.00 |
|
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WILSON R.K. |
Textbook Of Automatic Pistols Beings A Treatise On The History Development And Functioning Of The Modern Military Self Loading Pistol - Its Special Ammunition - And Their Evolvement Into The Sub-Machine Gun - Together With A Supplementing Chapter On The Light Machine Gun 1884-1935
1944.
1st Edn,.
Small Arms Technical Publishing Company.
Plantsville, USA.
XI 349 pages, illus, vg in worn but presentable dj, dj now in clear removable sleeve.
[22006] |
£30.00 |
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WILSON R.K. |
Textbook Of Automatic Pistols Beings A Treatise On The History Development And Functioning Of The Modern Military Self Loading Pistol - Its Special Ammunition - And Their Evolvement Into The Sub-Machine Gun - Together With A Supplementing Chapter On The Light Machine Gun 1884-1935
1944.
1st Edn,.
Small Arms Technical Publishing Company.
Plantsville, USA.
XI 349 pages, illus, covers beginning to fade, vg-.
[2892] |
£20.00 |
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WILSON R.L. |
Colt An American Legend
1985.
1st Edn,.
IX 406 pages, oblong 4to, over 300 illus in colour, vg+ in dj, the official history of colt revolver 1836 to the present.
[9918] |
£38.00 |
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WILSON R.L. |
Colt An American Legend
1985.
1st Edn,.
Sequicentennial, New York.
406 pages, oblong 4to, coloured photography, fine in dj, the official history of colt firearms from 1836 to the present.
[10224] |
£38.00 |
|
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WILSON R.L. |
Colt Commemorative Firearms From The G.M.Bartelmay Collection
1973.
1st Edn,.
Robert E.P. Cherry.
Geneseo, Illinois, USA.
126 pages, large 8vo, illus in colour and b/w. Publishers cloth with gilt title and vignette to upper board, a vg copy. The various Colt commemorative models from 1961 through to 1973 are listed, described and photographed in colour.
[22566] |
£25.00 |
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WILSON R.L. |
The Colt Engraving Book Volume One 1832-1921 Volume Two 1919-2000
.
Bannermans Inc.
New York.
xvii 525 pages and xlix 883 pages, continuous pagination, 4to., illus with over 1350 photographs, drawings, old engravings etc, many in colour. Limited to 3000 signed copies bound in the publisher's blue cloth, gilt title to upper cover. A fine set in fine price clipped dj. A finely produced and definitive book on the subject.
[21330] |
£250.00 |
|
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WILSON R.L. |
Ruger & His Guns: A History of the Man, the Company and Their firearmsge The Official History Of Colt Firearms, From 1836 To The Present
1996.
1st Edn,.
Simon & Schuster,.
New York.
viii -358, Landscape 4to illustrated throughout in colour from photographs and in b/w with line drawings. A fine copy in DJ. Special edition of 250 copies this being number 170 inscribed to Rob Adams and signed by R Wilson.
[22158] |
£35.00 |
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WILSON R.L. |
Silk And Steel, Women and Arms
2003.
1st Edn,.
Random House.
New York.
318 pages, oblong 4to., finely illus in colour, personal presentation inscription to Henk Visser on verso of FEP, signed and dated by Wilson with Visser's bookplate, a fine copy in dj. A comprehensive presentation on the subject of women and firearms. The photographs are by Peter Beard, G Allen Brown and Douglas Sandbere.
[15923] |
£30.00 |
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WILSON Rt Hon Sir Guy Fleetwood |
Letters To Nobody 1908 1913
1921.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
viii 224, frontis and 3 full page plates from photographs, bookplate to the front paste down. Publishers' green cloth gilt leaping tiger vignette to the upper cover, some light rubbing to the head of the spine. Wilson a government official in India, recounts hunting bear, tiger, boar, bison, elephant, leopard, buffalo, rhinoceros, Indian lion, and buffalo. The difficulty using an elephant rifle and using the lighter .465 Holland & holland. Czech 230
[23410] |
£60.00 |
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WILSON T.K. |
The Trout Spinners Companion
1952.
1st Edn,.
The Skipton Printers Ltd.
Skipton.
88 pages, advs, illus, pictorial card covers, some soiling to covers, g+.
[15669] |
£15.00 |
|
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WINANS Walter |
Deer Breeding for Fine Heads with Descriptions of many Varieties and Cross Breeds
1913.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
XII 105 pages, advs, illus from photographs, armorial bookplate to front paste down and printed ownership name paste down to FEP for Robin Shield, 4to. original cloth, gilt title to upper cover, small mark 3" to front cover, possibly ink?
[1287] |
£85.00 |
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WINANS Walter |
Deer Breeding for Fine Heads with Descriptions of many Varieties and Cross Breeds
1913.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
xii - 105 pages, 4pp of adverts for Rowland Ward, 4to illustrations from photographs by the author H Penfold, W Rouch & Others throughout. Bound in the publishers red brown buckram with gilt title to upper board and spine, a very good copy . Chapters on various species of deer and there upkeep also preservation of horns, collecting heads, deer for hunting etc.
[22255] |
£110.00 |
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WINANS Walter |
Shooting For Ladies
1911.
1st Edn,.
G.P. Putnam''s Son.
London & New York.
xi 107 pp., 9 pp of sporting adverts (English Companies) with illustrations some aimed at the lady shooter. Frontis portrait of the author in "Austrian Chamois Hunting Costume" 7 full page plates of ladies in various shooting attire 3 plates of targets +3 text illustrations. Original pictorial green cloth, with title in black and vignette of a lady pistol shooting, light rubbing to the head of the spine. Advice offered to ladies on various forms of shooting with pistol, rifle, and shotgun target and game. A difficult title to find. Riling 1730
[23477] |
£250.00 |
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WINANT Lewis |
Early Percussion Firearms. A History of Early Percussion Firearms Ignition - From Forsyth to Winchester .44/40
1959.
1st Edn,.
William Morrow and Company.
New York.
292 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs vg in chipped dj. In the American edition the quality of the photographs and book are far superior to the English and later editions.
[23293] |
£25.00 |
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WINANT Lewis |
Firearms Curiosa
1961.
reprint Edn,.
Ray Riling.
New York.
281 pages, over 320 illus from photographs drawings pictorial end papers. limited to 1500 copies, a VG copy in dj. Unusual guns include walking sticks, combination knives, multi shot etc.
[23757] |
£28.00 |
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WINCHESTER |
Catalogue and Price Lists of Winchester Repeating Rifles, Carbines and Muskets, Repeating Shotguns, Single Shot Rifles. Metallic Cartridges, Paper and Brass Shot Shells, Gun Wads, Primers, Percussion caps, Loaded Shot Shells, etc.,
March 1908.
Catalogue No 74 Edn,.
180 pages, illustrated throughout showing the guns, components, bullets, cartridges etc., original card covers printed in red and black, a vg copy of an early catalogue by the famous markers.
[12801] |
£200.00 |
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WINCHESTER |
Guns and Ammunition
1925.
Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
New Haven, USA.
88 pages, illus of the cartridge bullets, guns etc., with accompanying text, contents lightly dust soiled recently restitched retaining the original card covers, covers dust soiled.
[14864] |
£45.00 |
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WINCHESTER |
Price List of Arms, Ammunition & Accesories
July 1938.
small 4to., including paper covers illus, the rim fire rifles, repeating rifles, repeating shotguns, bullets, cartridges, revolvers and automatic pistols.
[20707] |
£40.00 |
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WINCHESTER |
Winchester Repeating And Single Shot Rifles And Shotguns, Metallic Cartridges, Loads and Empty Shells, Brass Shot Shells, Percussion Caps, Primers Shot, Gun Wads
nd circa 1923.
208 pages, 4to., well illustrated showing cartridges, bullets, guns, components, original grey card covers title printed in red to upper board, later not recent brown paper spine pasted neatly over the original, 2 1/2 split to lower edge, a tight copy.
[12153] |
£135.00 |
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WINCHESTER |
Winchester Shells and Cartridges, Your Ammunition For Every Kind Of Shooting With Shotguns, Rifles, Revolvers and Pistols
nd circa 1938.
43 pages, illus, ballistic tables, range tables etc. card covers printed in red and black, covers dust soiled.
[12800] |
£30.00 |
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WINDHAM W H |
Notes In North Africa Being A Guide To The Sportsman And Tourists In Algeria And Tunisia
1862.
new edition with coloured plates.
vi 103 pages, AEG, colour frontis + 3 other coloured plates, publishers red blind stamp cloth with gilt title within floral frame to upper board, gilt decorated spine, a vg clean copy. The sport includes wild boar, shooting hyenas, wild duck etc, notes for the sportsman. the second edition is much revised and contains the colour plates not found in the first.
[21246] |
£450.00 |
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WINFER Wal |
British Single Shot Rifles Volume 1 Alexander Henry
2000.
1st Edn,.
R&R Books.
Maynardville, USA.
xiv 202 pages, 4to., coloured frontis, illustrated throughout in black and white from photographs line drawings etc. Publishers green faux leather binding with gilt title to upper cover, fine in dj. A detailed study of a prominent maker detailing actions, patents, cartridges etc.
[22798] |
£80.00 |
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WINFER Wal |
British Single Shot Rifles Volume 2 George Gibbs Farquharson
2000.
1st Edn,.
R&R Books.
Maynardville, USA.
ix ? 177 pages, + 2pp adverts 4 to coloured frontis, illustrated throughout in black and white from photographs line drawings old adverts etc. Publishers green faux leather binding with gilt title to upper cover, fine in dj. . A detailed work on the gun used by many big game hunters including Selous in his hunting trips in Africa.
[22797] |
£130.00 |
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WINFER Wal & ROWE Tom |
British Single Shot Rifles Rook, Rabbit & Miniature Rifles. Volume 7
2009.
1st Edn.
Rowe Publications.
Rochester, USA.
404 pages, 4to., illustrated throughout in colour and b/w from photographs and line drawings gun breakdowns etc. Bound in the publisher's green faux leather binding, with gilt title to upper cover. As new still in the publisher's box. Includes later Types & Hammerless Models
[22036] |
£100.00 |
|
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Wingate, George W. (Gen.) |
Manual for rifle practice Including suggestions for practice at long range and for the formation and management of rifle associations
1878.
Sixth Revised Edition.
W.C. & F.P. Church, Army and Navy Journal.
New York U.S.A.
xviii ? 303 pages, + (14) pages of sporting adverts, with numerous full page and illustrations, small section of blank top margin removed on 1 plate. Ownership pencil inscription dated 1878 with later stamp below to front end paper. Original brown cloth binding titled in black, rubbing to head and tail of the spine cloth a little discoloured. A tight Good +. copy. A comprehensive book on marksmanship and rifle training, the guns, army training etc. Riling 929
[22838] |
£50.00 |
|
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WITTER Dean |
Shikar
1961.
San Francisco, USA.
65 pages, 4to., illus with photographs in colour, original cloth, some light rubbing, small chip to cloth at edge of spine, vg-, tiger hunting in India.
[8283] |
£38.00 |
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WITTER Dean |
Solo Safari
nd circa 1948.
52 pages, 4to. Illus, front hinge cracked, original cloth backed green card boards, vg-. An account of the author's safari to Kenya.
[1286] |
£75.00 |
|
 |
Wolfe, David (Editor) |
Yours Truly Harvey Donaldson
1980.
1st Edn.
USA.
xiii -271 pages, ?illustrated in B & W from photograph. Publisher binding with the original clear mylar DJ a fine copy. A series of letters by Harvey Donaldson which started in 1966, by one of the fathers of modern handloading and benchrest shooting
[22882] |
£38.00 |
|
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WOLFF Eldon G. |
Air Gun Batteries
1963.
1st.
Public Museum.
Milwaukee,USA.
28 pages, Illustrated throughout from photographs, drawings diagrams etc. Publishers staple bound card covers vg. A guide to organize a workable and understandable taxonomic system of the battery or discharge mechanisms associated with reservoir air guns.
[22517] |
£25.00 |
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WOLFF Eldon G. |
Air Gun Batteries
1963.
1st.
Public Museum.
Milwaukee,USA.
28 pages, Illustrated throughout from photographs, drawings diagrams etc. Publishers staple bound card covers vg. A guide to organize a workable and understandable taxonomic system of the battery or discharge mechanisms associated with reservoir air guns.
[22518] |
£25.00 |
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WOLFF Eldon G. |
Air Guns
1968.
rep Edn,.
Milwaukee Museum.
Milwaukee, S?.
Vi -198 pages, lge 8vo, illustrated in b/w from photographs and line drawings, pictorial card covers, a fine copy. A comprehensive work on the history and development of the air gun, and the Milwaukee Museum collection of guns with the much-needed index which did not appear in the first edition. ?30
[23777] |
£30.00 |
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WOLFF Eldon G. |
Air Guns
1996.
rep Edn,.
Michael R Parks.
Benton Arkansas.
x-166 pp, lge 8vo, illustrated in b/w from photographs and line drawings, pictorial card covers, a fine copy. A comprehensive work on the history and development of the air gun, and the Milwaukee Museum collection of guns with the much-needed index which did not appear in the first edition.
[23779] |
£26.00 |
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WOLFF Eldon G. |
Air Guns
1996.
rep Edn,.
Milwaukee Museum.
Milwaukee, S?.
lge 8vo, 166 pages, illus in b/w from photographs and drawings, pictorial card covers, a fine copy. A comprehensive work on the collection at the museum, the 3rd printing has a much needed index.
[21635] |
£35.00 |
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WOLVERTON Lord |
Five Months' Sport In Somali Land
1894.
1st Edn,.
Chapman Hall Ltd.
108 pages, illus from photographs by Colonel Paget, some foxing to large folding map, spotting to blank end papers, with ownership name to front paste down "G.D.Chapman - 97", Rowland Ward sticker to corner, very occasional pencil underlining and margin notes to text. Original tan cloth, gilt title and lion vignette to upper board, professional neat repair to base of spine. Wolverton also hunted oryx, kudu, gazelle and crocodile, wolf and lion. Czech 307
[21366] |
£200.00 |
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Wood J B |
Beretta Automatic Pistols The Collector's and Shooter's Comprehensive Guide
1985.
1st Edn.
Stackpole Books.
Harrisburg USA.
192 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs and line drawings many by the author. A fine copy in price clipped DJ. A comprehensive and detailed work on the pistol, showing individual photos of the guns.
[22975] |
£50.00 |
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WOOD Samuel |
British Bird Preserver, or How to Skin, Stuff and Mount Birds And Animals
n/d circa 1877.
1st Edn,.
Frederick Warne And Co.
128 pages, adverts, frontis illus and numerous text illus, verso of title page 2 small coloured stickers unrelated, lacking the paper spine, but a tight copy, original pictorial paper covered boards showing bird scene to upper board. Wood describes himself as a naturalist and professional bird preserver, The contents give details of tools and equipment required skinning etc, also habits of birds and mammals with notes and setting them up.
[6575] |
£55.00 |
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Woodend Herbert |
British Rifles A Catalogue Of The Enfield Pattern Room
1981.
1st.
Enfield Pattern Room.
vii 79 pages, 4to., illustrations of the guns from photographs with accompanying text, pictorial card covers, vg. The author was custodian of the pattern room, over 400 guns listed from muzzle loading guns to magazine rifles.
[23763] |
£25.00 |
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WOODYATT Major General Nigel |
My Sporting Memories Forty Years With Note Book And Gun
1923.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
x 320 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs, some spotting to the contents. Publishers green cloth titled in black, very good. hunting in India and Nepal, nearly a third of the book is devoted to tiger hunting. Czech 232
[23407] |
£60.00 |
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WOOLLEY Roger |
The Fly Fisher's Flies
1948.
2nd Edn,.
The Fishing gazette Ltd.
59 pages, 12mo. illus, publishers green rexine binding gilt title to upper board vg. This new edition has been revised by the author and includes illustrations of nearly 200 flies.
[19755] |
£25.00 |
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WOOLLEY Roger |
Modern Trout Fly Dressing
1932.
1st Edn,.
Fishing Gazette.
VIII 224 pages, full page plates + 1 folding, brown rexine binding, vg.
[20067] |
£25.00 |
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WORMALD J. |
How To Increase A Stock Of Partridges
nd circa 1912.
2nd.
The Field & Queen (Horace Cox) Ltd.
36 pages, Frontis and 5 full page illustrations from photographs. Publishers maroon cloth with gilt title to the upper cover VG. Being a detailed account of how to work the "Euston" system, and others. Chute 685
[23022] |
£25.00 |
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WORTHINGTON S.and E.B. |
Inland Waters Of Africa, The Result Of Two Expeditions To The Great Lakes Of Kenya And Uganda, With Accounts Of Their Biology, Native Tribes And Development
1933.
1st Edn,.
Macmillan.
XIX 259 pages, frontis illus of a "monster nile perch" + 39 b/w plates from photographs, large folding map, publishers brown cloth, vg. Includes chapters on fish, flesh and fowl, primitive fishermen, farming the waters, angling for trout etc.,
[16072] |
£55.00 |
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Wright, R. G. and Dewar, Douglas |
The Ducks of India: Their Habits, Breeding Grounds and Migrations; together with other Useful Information for the Sportsman and Observer.
1925.
1st.
HF & G Witherby.
231 pages, Top edge gilt large 8vo 22 full page plates in colour. VG in the original good DJ, DJ with some loss and closed tears old repairs to verso now in a removable clear sleeve, unusual to find in DJ.
[23560] |
£85.00 |
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W.W.Greener Ltd |
Price List of Greener Miniature Rifles For Rook, Rabbit and Target Shooting
no date circa 1940.
W.W. Greener Ltd.
Birmingham.
Folding promotional leaflet 14 cm x 23cm folded, unfolded 23cm x42cm. Printed on both sides. Illustrating the guns and related shooting requisites VG. Also, a typed letter on Greener headed paper, addressed to Messer Charles Hellis & Sons Ltd August 1940. The letter discusses the availability of Rifles, signed in ink Greener.
[23080] |
£30.00 |
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YARRELL William |
A History Of British Fishes 2 volumes + Supplement
1836 / 1839.
1st.
John Van Vorst.
3 Vols, xxxvii- 408- 472 ? 72 All edges gilt, illustrated with nearly 400 woodcuts, supplement illustrations bookplate of Albert Harrison to each volume. Some spotting to the blank prelims. Bound in a later 19th century ? dark green morroco marbled sides, the spines evenly faded to brown a vg set. . Westwood and Satchell page 244 "Indispensable in every English anglers library as a work of reference, Yarrell's work contains many useful hints in connection with the sport".
[23506] |
£180.00 |
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YATES Chris |
The Deepening Pool
1990.
1st Edn,.
Unwin Hyman.
192 pages., Small 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, pictorial end-papers. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. A fine copy in dust-wrapper. "The chronicle of a compulsive angler in pursuit of barbel, carp, pike and more.
[23649] |
£30.00 |
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YATES Chris |
Four Seasons Fishing Diaries being the fishing diaries of Christopher Yates June 1977 March 1981
1996.
1st Edn.
Medlar Press.
Ellesmere.
252 (2) pages, illustrated with text drawings to text, a loose original photograph of Chris fishing in a punt and a loose facsimile of the author's hand-drawn map of Redmire Pool. A title-page label signed by Chris Yatesumber 295 of a limited edition of 1489, two tone green cloth with title and float to upper board with gilt border a fine copy so often found without the loose photo and map.
[23661] |
£100.00 |
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YATES Chris, JAMES Bob, MILES Hugh |
A Passion For Angling
1993.
1st Edn,.
Merlin Unwin/BBC Books,.
Ludlow & London,.
191 pages, 4to. Colour photographs throughout, and b/w illustrations by Rodger McPhail. Compliments slip from Merlin Unwin Books, SIGNED by Chris Yates and Bob James pasted onto the front-end paper, a fine copy in DJ.
[23634] |
£38.00 |
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YATES Christopher |
Casting At The Sun The Reflections Of A Carp Fisher
1986.
1st Edn,.
Pelham.
232 pages, b/w illustrations from photographs by the author, + illustrations by Clare Hatcher, pictorial end-papers.Foreword by "BB" vg in dj , dj has light rubbing to head of spine . A modern classic on carp fishing.
[15305] |
£65.00 |
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YATES Christopher |
Casting At The Sun The Reflections Of A Carp Fisher
1986.
1st Edn,.
Pelham.
232 pages, b/w illustrations from photographs by the author, + illustrations by Clare Hatcher, pictorial end-papers.Foreword by "BB"a fine copy in dj . A modern classic on carp fishing.
[14197] |
£80.00 |
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Yates Christopher |
FALLING IN AGAIN: TALES OF AN INCORRIGIBLE ANGLER.
1998.
1st Edn.
Merlin Unwin Books.
Ludlow.
211 pages, Illustrated with drawings to chapter-heading by the author. Signed by Chris Yates on the half title page. A fine copy in likewise DJ. . "In this rich collection of angling tales, Chris Yates has paired together his experiences of carp, barbel, pike, roach, gudgeon, chub, even bass".
[23672] |
£85.00 |
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Yates Christopher |
HOW TO FISH.
.
1st Edn.
Hamish Hamilton.
256 pages, Chapter heading vignettes pictorial end papers, signed by Chris Yates on the half title. Maroon cloth, spine titled in silver. title a fine copy in DJ. A collection of his angling reminiscences, mostly about perch fishing.
[23657] |
£40.00 |
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YORK Edward Duke of (editor BAILLIE GROHMAN Wm A.and F.) |
The Masters Of Game By Edward Second Duke Of York The Oldest Book On Hunting
1904.
1st thus.
Ballantyne Hanson and Co.
liii 286 pages, TEG, folio, illustrated with 52 facsimile photogravure plates and monotint reproduction with descriptive tissue guards with a forward by Theodore Roosevelt. 1 of a limited edition of 600 copies signed by Baillie Grohman and numbered this being 19, spotting to the contents. Recently bound in half dark brown morroco cloth sides with the gilt circular seal of Edward 2nd Duke of York from the original edition laid down to the upper cover.. One of the oldest and well-known books published in the English language on hunting deer, boar, fox, hare etc. Circa 1406-1413. Schwerdt Vol.2 page 305.
[23102] |
£600.00 |
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YORK Edward Duke of (editor BAILLIE GROHMAN Wm A.and F.) |
The Masters Of Game By Edward Second Duke Of York The Oldest Book On Hunting
1904.
1st thus.
Ballantyne Hanson and Co.
liii 286 pages, TEG, folio, illus with 52 facsimile photogravure plates and monotint reproduction with descriptive tissue guards with a forward by Theodore Roosevelt. 1 of a limited edition of 600 copies signed by Baillie Grohman and numbered this being 153, some spotting to the contents , but overall contents clean, Bound in the original brown reversed calf with the gilt circular seal of Edward 2nd Duke of York to the upper cover. Recased with the spine relayed showing some old loss and marking, rubbing to the lower outer corners. Unusual to find in the original binding in any state. One of the oldest and well-known books published in the English language on hunting deer, boat, fox, hare etc. Circa 1406-1413. Schwerdt Vol.2 page 305.
[22476] |
£720.00 |
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YOUNG Andrew |
The Angler And The Tourist's Guide To The Rivers, Lakes And Remarkable Places In The Northern Counties Of Scotland To Which Is Added Instructions To Young Anglers
1857.
1st Edn,.
Adam and Charles Black.
Edinburgh.
IV 117 pages, 12mo, large folding map before title, strengthened on fold some discolouration to free EP. Original green cloth within fishing devices, repeated in blind stamp to rear board, even fading to spine.
[16921] |
£140.00 |
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YOUNG Archibald |
The Angler's & Sketchers Guide to Sutherland
1880.
1st Edn,.
William Patterson.
Edinburgh.
11930 pages, folding map before title, spotting to EP's, publisher's green cloth, gilt title to upper board, a vg copy of the scarce 1st edition. Salmon and trout fishing in the area with a chapter on flies and tackle.
[14098] |
£85.00 |
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YOUNG Archibald |
The Angler's & Sketchers Guide to Sutherland
1881.
2nd Edn,.
editor William Patterson.
Edinburgh.
X 130 pages, advs, folding map, inner hinge paper cracked, original brown cloth with gilt title to upper board, this edition has extra material.
[2985] |
£65.00 |
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YOUNG FISHERMAN |
The Young Fisherman A Complete Guide To Angling Showing The Tackle And Bait Required, The Rivers, Ponds etc.,
nd circa 1856.
. Edn,.
H Elliot.
11 pages, adverts, printed blue paper covers showing fish vignette and title to upper flap, advert to rear. No 4 of Eliot's one penny pamphlets, small circular bookplate of Alan John Jarvis to verso of front flap, vg contained in 1/4 leather drop over box. W/S94
[17335] |
£200.00 |
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YOUNG Stamford Sheridan |
The Three Rifles
1878.
2nd Edn,.
84 pages, advs, text illus, original pictorial paper covered boards, some old marking, corners rubbed, new paper spine, g+. A treatise on the snider, British Military small bore and match rifle shooting with the muzzle and breech loader and an additional chapter on the history of small arms. Riling 1038
[10901] |
£125.00 |
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YOUNG Stamford Sheridan |
The Three Rifles
1997.
reprint of the 1878 2nd edition Edn,.
Rhyl.
79 pages, text illus, laminated boards, fine. a treatise on the snider, the military smallbore, the match rifle.
[13242] |
£25.00 |
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YOUNGER John |
On River Angling And Salmon And Trout: More Particularly As Practised In The Tweed And Its Tributaries
1840.
1st 2nd issue Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons.
Edinburgh.
94 pages, AEG, 16mo, 1 page table of salmon flies, publishers limp green cloth, gilt title and fish vignette to upper board, cloth slightly faded but still a vg+ copy of a fragile and scarce book. John Younger was a shoemaker at Kelso who enjoyed a great local reputation as an angler and fly dresser. WS 244
[14008] |
£900.00 |
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YOUNGER John |
River Angling For Salmon And Trout
1864.
rep Edn,.
Kelso.
XII 220 pages, frontis illus of the author, original blind stamped cloth with gilt fishing vignette to upper boards, slight mottling to rear boards, still a vg copy. This is the last edition with a 35 page memoir of the author and a list of tweed salmon flies also includes chapter on creeper fishing. John Younger was a shoemaker at Kelso who enjoyed a great local reputation as an angler Westwood Satchell 244
[6368] |
£150.00 |
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YOUNGER John |
River Angling For salmon And Trout With A Memoir And A List Of Tweed Salmon Casts
1995.
rep Edn,.
Fisherman''s Classic Library.
Bovey Tracey.
xviii 220 pages, advs, frontis illus of the author, 1/4 red leather binding, reprinted from the 1860 edition which has a memoir of the author, a fine copy in slipcase limited to 1000 copies.
[19252] |
£32.00 |
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YOUNGER John |
River Angling For Salmon And Trout With A Memoir Of The Author Together With Treatise On The Salmon, And A List Of The Tweed Salmon Casts
1860.
2nd Edn,.
J. & J. H. Rutherford.
Kelso.
xliv 206 pages, advs, portrait illus of the author, original blind stamped green cloth with gilt fishing vignette to upper boards, small chip to cloth at head of spine, a vg copy. This edition contains "a memoir of the author together with a treatise on the salmon and a list of the Tweed salmon casts" also added 2 chapters on the creeper and stone fly by the editor.
[2393] |
£85.00 |
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YOUNGER Steve |
Fenland Zander
1996.
1st Edn,.
Tahjo.
Kings Lynn.
159 pages, illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings, fine in dj. The fish, history, tackle, and fishing for Zander.
[22930] |
£35.00 |
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YOUNG''S |
Sporting Appliances And Sundries
1962/3.
Crewkerne Somerset.
64 pages, illus throughout, printed red card covers and single punch hole to upper inner corner. VG includes traps game keeping equipment, nets, calls shotguns and air guns, etc all well illustrated.,
[22466] |
£30.00 |
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YUMOTO John M. |
The Samurai Sword A Handbook
1992.
rep Edn,.
Vermont.
191 pages, illus, marks etc, vg in dj.
[10038] |
£20.00 |
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ZHUK A.B. |
The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Handguns, Pistols And Revolvers Of The World, 1870 To The Present
1995.
1st thus Edn,.
Greenhill Books.
303 pages, 4to., over 250 scale drawings of the guns, fine in dj. Details 1080 revolvers and 1320 pistols with more than 2600 individual drawings.
[21815] |
£25.00 |
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ZOUCH Thomas |
The Life of Izaak Walton Including Notes on his Contemporaries
1823.
1st Prowett Edn.
Septimes Prowett.
ii 93 pages, AEG, 20 plates engraved by Gosden + engraved title, some age browning to plates and text, contemporary full calf decorative central blind stamp to front and rear, spine in 5 compartments, red label corner of board showing wear and to head and tail of spine. Coigney 407
[19609] |
£80.00 |
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ZOUCH Thomas |
The Life of Izaak Walton Including Notes on his Contemporaries
1823.
1st Prowett Edn.
Septimes Prowett.
ii 93 pages, AEG, 20 plates engraved by Gosden + engraved title, and text woodcuts. Armorial bookplate to the front paste down. Contemporary full calf with central blind stamp of the Walton title cartouche from the 1st edition recent matching spine light rubbing to the edges of the boards. Possibly a Gosden binding originally but not signed. Coigney 407
[23452] |
£80.00 |
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ZUTZ Don |
The Double Shotgun
1978.
1st Edn,.
Winchester Press.
266 pages, black and white illus from photographs, vg in dj. dj rubbed at head of spine. The history and development of the world's classic sporting firearms.
[15653] |
£20.00 |
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ZUTZ Don |
Shotgunning Trends In Transition
1989.
1st Edn,.
Wolfe Publishing Co.
Arizona, USA.
314 pages, large 8vo, numerous illustrations vg+ in dj. The books aim was to update American Shotgunning from Post World War II days and the transitional years.
[10127] |
£20.00 |
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