 |
A CORPORAL OF RIFLEMEN - CAPTAIN HENRY BEAUFOY |
Scloppetaria: or considerations on the nature and use of rifled barrel guns, with reference to their forming the basis of a permanent system of national defence, agreeable to the genius of the country
1808.
1st Edn,.
Printed by C. Roworth.for T. Egerton.
T E Gerton.
xxiv 251 + 6-page index, errata, engraved frontis of standing rifleman shooting, 9 other plates and 3 target plates, some foxing to plates, and contents. Contemporary presentation inscription on FEP from Lord Berwick to Thomas Turner also later ownership name, signature of Thomas Turner to verso of the frontis and upper blank margin of the contents page, bound in a contemporary 1/2 black calf, rubbing to head of spine and corners. The author gives details of the advantages of the rifled barrel, theory of spiral motion powder, construction of the rifle, the lock sights, the bullet etc., A scarce and important title in the development of rifles. Riling 350.
[14603] |
£285.00 |
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A LOVER OF THE ART (GEORGE SMITH) |
The Angler's Guide: containing easy instructions for the youthful beginner, with several observations on fishing, pointing out the proper times and seasons for the different kinds of fish, as also the best mode of angling for them, and directions for the proper baits and tackle to be used: to which is added an appendix containing several useful recipes for dressing fish
1828.
1st thus.
Joseph Smith.
Vii - 136 pages, pages uncut 12mo, engraved frontis of 4 fish, contemporary note to rear end paper, recased in the original printed paper covered boards showing title to upper board, advert for Catalogue of Books published by J Smith to rear, with recent matching spine. Originally published as The Gentleman's Angler in 1726 now with a new title. Loose bookplate of Keith Rollo, only 2 copies located in UK libraries at British Library and University of Leeds Library
[7625] |
£120.00 |
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A LOVER OF THE ART (GEORGE SMITH) |
The Angler's Guide: containing easy instructions for the youthful beginner, with several observations on fishing, pointing out the proper times and seasons for the different kinds of fish, as also the best mode of angling for them, and directions for the proper baits and tackle to be used: to which is added an appendix containing several useful recipes for dressing fish
1828.
1st thus.
Joseph Smith.
A LOVER OF THE ART (GEORGE SMITH) The Angler's Guide: containing easy instructions for the youthful beginner, with several observations on fishing, pointing out the proper times and seasons for the different kinds of fish, as also the best mode of angling for them, and directions for the proper baits and tackle to be used: to which is added an appendix containing several useful recipes for dressing fish 1828 1st thus Joseph Smith Vii - 136 pages, pages uncut 12mo, engraved frontis of 4 fish, some spotting and of-setting to contents, old repair to fore edge margin of one page, repair age yellowing just obscuring some letters, later 1/2 blue calf, a scarce title, first published as The Gentleman's Angler 1726 only 2 copies located in U.K libraries at British Library and University of Leeds Library. W.S 8
[23908] |
£70.00 |
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A PRACTICAL ANGLER |
The Angler's Almanac And Pocket Book For 1855. Being A Handbook And Guide To The Principal Rivers, Lakes And Fisheries In Great Britain, Ireland And Scotland And Containing All The Information Required For Sportsmen For The Year
1855.
G Cox.
106 pages, frontis and 13 full page plates from woodcuts, original printed paper wraps repair to spine with document tape. 3" 7.5cm split to paper along spine near lower edge. the rear flap is an advert for Thomas Weightman Atkinson, Tackle Dealer, a flimsy title and quite scarce especially in original paper covers, there were 2 other issues for 1853, 1854 W/S 1854.
[16292] |
£200.00 |
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ABBIATICO Mario |
Modern Firearm Engravings
1979.
1st Edn,.
Edizioni Aristiche.
Italy.
284 pages, 4to, finely illustrated in colour and black and white from photographs and drawings showing the art of the engraving. Publishers' brown cloth gilt title to the upper cover vg+ in dj. The workmanship aspect and the techniques and styles of engraving, preparatory works and tools of gun engraving.
[23855] |
£40.00 |
|
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Abbots, John & Dallow, Ken (eds) |
The sixth British carp study group book
2007.
1st Edn.
British Carp Study Group.
Castle Cary.
432 pages, Illustrated with colour photographs + line drawings. Publishers green cloth in DJ, VG.
[23824] |
£38.00 |
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ACTON C.R. |
Sport And Sportsmen Of The New Forest
1936.
1st Edn,.
Heath Cranton Ltd.
190 pages, illus by Eric Meade-King, damage to FEP where name removal has caused loss 3cm x 1cm. Blue cloth, title in black, mostly hunting with hounds.
[18884] |
£20.00 |
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ACTON J. |
An Essay On Shooting
1789.
1st Edn,.
T ADDELL.
xiii 303 pages, old tape mark to inner blank margin of 1/2 title and the original end paper. End papers browning to edges, sporting book plate to front paste down, contemporary ownership name to FEP Mr Mathaby, Banbrough, Northumberland, to verso front blank "G Weatherly Bundle 12 Aug 1835". Original full calf boards with later matching spine with original title label. The scarce 1st edition taken from the French of Magne de Marolles 1781, containing the various methods of forging, boring, and dressing gun barrels practiced in France, Spain and England and the different proofs of barrels employed in those countries, with remarks. An investigation of the causes of recoil, and of bursting with proposals for preventing or remedying an enquiry into the effects of the length of bore, and charge upon the range etc of the pieces and remains upon the articles of powder, shot wading etc. Chute 002 (very scarce) Schwerdt Vol 1 2pp, Riling 311
[19859] |
£420.00 |
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ACTON J. |
An Essay On Shooting
1791.
2nd Edn,.
T Caddell.
xxix 313 pages, some dust soiling to contents, recent dark red calf, spine in the style of the original retaining the original marbled covered boards. The 2nd edition has extra material to the 1st, covering method of forging, boring and dressing gun barrels, causes for recoil, length of bore, remarks on gunpowder shot, wading, instructions for the art of shooting, training pointers etc. Riling 311 "The whole work is little more than a translation of Marolles work." Chute 004, Schwerdt does not mention the 2nd edition
[20041] |
£250.00 |
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ACTON J. |
An Essay On Shooting
1791.
2nd Edn,.
T Caddell.
xxix 313 pages, + 18 pages of adverts for books published by T Caddell, contents very clean, recent 1/2 tan morroco with gilt gun vignette to spine compartments, bound by Bayntun of Bath. The 2nd edition has extra material to the 1st, covering method of forging, boring and dressing gun barrels, causes for recoil, length of bore, remarks on gunpowder shot, wading, instructions for the art of shooting, training pointers etc. Riling 311 "The whole work is little more than a translation of Marolles work." Chute 004, Schwerdt does not mention the 2nd edition
[21465] |
£280.00 |
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ADAM W. |
Dales, Scenery, Fishing Streams, And Mines Of Derbyshire And Surrounding Counties
1861.
1st Edn,.
W. Kent and Co printed at Wirksworth.
173(1) pages, (4) pp at front and (23)pp at the end of adverts mostly Derbyshire related including J Peach Tackle Makers, 2 engraved plates. Publishers brown l blind stamped cloth with gilt title to the upper cover light spotting to first few pages, the binding clean and tight with no chips or splits. A very good copy, partly a guide to the area and its fishing. W.S 1
[23898] |
£90.00 |
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Adams, Cyril, |
LIVE PIGEON TRAP SHOOTING - ITS HISTORY APPURTENANCES, DES CENDANTS, AND HOW TO DO IT
2017.
1st.
The Sporting Library.
Grantham.
276 pages, 4to illustrated throughout using colour and b/w photographs. Line drawings, old prints adverts and related ephemera. This is without question the definitive work on the subject ? the history, equipment, descendants of an esoteric sport and how to do it a fine copy in DJ.
[23698] |
£80.00 |
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ADAMS Joseph |
Salmon and Trout Angling Its Theory and Practice On Southern Stream, Torrent River and Mountain Loch
n.d. circa 1920.
XIV 287 pages, Illus. vg.
[3367] |
£20.00 |
|
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ADAMS W.A. |
Bores And Loads For Sporting Guns For British Game Shooting With Notes On The Choice Of A Gun And Powder And Shot
1894.
1st Edn,.
Horace Cox.
24 pages, 12 pages sporting adverts and adverts to end papers. Small 8vo., frontis illus, publisher dark green cloth, gilt title to upper board. A guide to what gun, what bore, and what powder size of shot to use. Adams was the author of Twenty Six Years Reminiscences of Scotch Grouse Moors Riling 1319. Rare
[13173] |
£120.00 |
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ADMIRALTY |
The Gunnery Pocket Book B.R. 224
1938.
The Admiralty.
160 pages, 25 plates some folding and coloured plate "(1)" left blank. Ownership name to front paste down dated September 1938 "H.M.S President". Publishers blue paper covered boards titled in black cloth spine light rubbing to the spine edges. Reprinted from the 1938 edition, "The primary object of this book is to give all the information and gunnery knowledge that is required of a Seaman Gunner".
[23280] |
£70.00 |
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ADYE Ralph Willett |
The Bombardier And Pocket Gunner
1804.
4th revised and considerably improved.
T.Egerton Military Library Whitehall.
(xvi) - vi-277 pages, (10) pages of adverts, small 8vo.numerouse tables in the text, ownership signature of Capt. Duffy 43rd First. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, military gilt motif to spine black title label neat repair to the head and tail of the spine. A popular title originally published in 1801, set out as a military dictionary with various tables, this edition considerably extended and brought up to date. Adye died in Gibraltar in 1804, a primers for artillery officers that appeared during the Napoleonic Wars. Riling 341(later edition)
[23112] |
£400.00 |
|
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AFLALO F.C. |
Half a Century Of Sport In Hampshire, Being Extracts From The Shooting Journals Of James Edward Second Earl Of Malmesbury With A Prefatory Memoir By His Grandson The Fifth Earl
1905.
1st Edn,.
XXXVII 192 pages, advs, 13 full page illus, a partially unopened copy, some foxing to close page edges, publishers red cloth, gilt title to upper board, vg. Chute 011
[13123] |
£55.00 |
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AFLALO F.C. |
Half a Century Of Sport In Hampshire, Being Extracts From The Shooting Journals Of James Edward Second Earl Of Malmesbury With A Prefatory Memoir By His Grandson The Fifth Earl
1905.
1st Edn,.
XXXVII 192 pages, advs, 13 full page illus, a partially unopened copy, some foxing to close page edges, publishers red cloth, gilt title to upper board, vg. Chute 011
[13124] |
£55.00 |
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AFLALO F.G. |
The Sportsman's Book For India
1904.
1st Edn,.
Horace Marshall and Son.
XVI 567 pages, frontis folding map of the Indian empire, numerous illus from photographs + 4 maps, publishers green cloth clean and bright, titles in black, tiger vignette to upper board and sporting vignette to spine. a vg copy. Shooting, fishing sports and games with horses, and some minor sports and games.
[20024] |
£140.00 |
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AFLALO F.G. |
Sunset Playgrounds Fishing Days and Others in California and Canada
1909.
1st Edn,.
XII 251 pages, 35 illus, vg.
[525] |
£45.00 |
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AFLALO F.G. |
Sunshine And Sport In Florida And The West Indies
nd Circa 1907.
2nd Edn,.
T Werner Laurie.
XV 272 pages, TEG, 47 illus from photographs, partially unopened copy, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front end paper. Publishers dark green cloth, title to upper board and spine in white with gilt design to upper board. US flag in gilt to head of spine. A very good clean copy of a book seldom found in good condition. A guide to the Englishman for a sporting holiday in Florida, Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies, much of the book is devoted to tarpon fishing, the first English edition?
[17006] |
£140.00 |
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Aikman, James |
An Account of the Tournament at Eglinton, : revised and corrected by several of the Knights. Illustrated by representations of the various scences, from Sketches taken on the spot, by Mr. W. Gordon; with a Biographical Notice of the Eglinton Family; to which is prefixed a Sketch of Chivalry
1839.
1st.
Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder to Her Majesty the Queen.
Edinburgh.
xii 20 pages, 4to frontis with 6 b/w drawings of armour jousting etc.4 double-page hand-coloured plates The March to the Tilting Ground, The 3 of which show knights Tilting, The Tilting Ground, Knights Tilting, the Lord of the Tournament Tilting. The text has some page browning, the plates clean and colouring bright. Bookplate of Michael Moad to front paste down. Recently bound in green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover very good. Contemporary engraved armorial bookplate of William Hugh Logan. A fine contemporary record of the great re-enactment of a medieval joust and revel held that was held at Eglinton Castle in Scotland on Friday 30 August 1839.
[23673] |
£265.00 |
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Albaugh 111, William A |
Brass-framed Colt & Whitney
1993.
reprint.
Broadfoot Publishing Company.
Wilmington North Carolina.
105 pages, 4to. Illustrated in b/w from photographs and line drawings. Publishers black faux leather gilt title to upper cover. A fine copy reprint of the 1955 1stb edition.
[23363] |
£25.00 |
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ALCOCK Ian |
Stalking Deer In Great Britain
1993.
1st Edn,.
Swan Hill Press.
Shrewsbury.
197 pages, illus by Diana E Brown, fine in dj.
[14755] |
£20.00 |
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ALDAM W.H. |
A QUAINT TREATISE ON "FLEES, AND THE ART A' ARTYFICHALL FLEE MAKING." By An Old Man well known on the Derbyshire streams as a first-class fly-fisher a century ago.
1876.
2nd issue Edn,.
John B. Day, London.
xiii 91 pages + errata, AEG, 4to, coloured lithograph frontis of Lugwy, North Wales and before page 1 a coloured lithograph of Offerton Stepping Stones, near Hathersage, Derbyshire, both on thick card. There are 25 actual specimens of flies and fly making material in 22 oval mounts, some foxing to the text and occasionally to the mounts, the flies and fly making material are all present with the original seals and in good condition. To the front-end paper, a large presentation inscription on card laid down on the end paper to "W.Rhys Williams M.D" noting his friendship of 15 years to "Georg H. Haydon" 17th June 1878, written in black and red ink. Within a well-drawn ink border of rushes above a trout and fishing basket. Angling bookplate to paste down of J. Hammick . Original green cloth binding with title and fish vignette in gilt to the upper cover within a background of black blind stamped rushes and mayflies, within surrounded by a black lines border with lily pads and fish decorations, gilt title to spine with 2 gilt mayflies. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and outer corners no splits or damage often found with this title. A bright copy in the original state of a beautifully produced book. "Printed from an old ms. never before published, the original spelling and language being retained, with editorial notes and patterns of flies, and samples of the materials for making each fly. By W.H. Aldam", this is the first book to use actual fly-tying materials and flies; it is said approx. 220 copies were produced. The first issue was dated 1875 on the title page only a few copies were produced, this copy being the 2nd issue. W/S p3
[23717] |
£1250.00 |
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ALEXANDER D.T., MARTIN LEAKE A. |
Some Signposts To Shikar
1932.
1st Edn.
Published by Fred R Grenyer For The Bengal Nagpur Railway Magazine.
Calcutta India.
ix 127 pages, lge 8vo, illus throughout with drawings, photographs, plans etc. The contents clean and tight. The original red cloth binding titled in black. The spine unevenly faded with sporadic fade marks to the board and some rubbing to edges. A book, intended. for newly arrived sportsmen in India. It describes hunting areas the types of game to be encountered much information on guns and cartridges equipment, camps and on tracking. Czech 5
[22081] |
£75.00 |
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ALKEN H., BARENGER J., MARSHALL J., DIGHTON B. |
The Sporting Repository containing Horse Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Pugilism, Anecdotes on Sporting Subjects
1904.
1st thus Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co Ltd.
x 478 pages, illustrated with 22 hand-coloured plates all edges gilt, a limited edition of 500 copies. Bound by Bayntun (Riviere) Bath in a full red calf with gilt double frames to the boards with sporting motif corner pieces, the spine in 5 compartments with central sporting vignettes within gilt decorative boarders and leather title label. Light rubbing to spine edges with cracking to top 4cm of the upper spine edge. Sporting Repository was originally published as a magazine in 1822 and quite rare and was important for its fine colour plates. The plates are reproduced and coloured by hand, includes plates on Partridge Shooting Grouse Shooting, Gamekeepers, poachers, Greyhounds.
[22536] |
£185.00 |
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ALKEN H., BARENGER J., MARSHALL J., DIGHTON B.illus |
The Sporting Repository containing Horse Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Pugilism, Anecdotes on Sporting Subjects
1904.
1st thus Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co Ltd.
IX 233 + VII 244 pages, 2 volumes bound as 1, 4to., TEG, 22 colour plates after Henry Alken, Barenger, Dighton, Benjamin Marshall. limited edition of 50 numbered copies on hand made paper. Armorial bookplate of R.N.H.Moore Stevens to front paste down, faint tide mark to top 1/3 of verso blank on FEP and first blank and lesser so to 1/2 title and top half of rear free end paper, bound in later not recent 1/2 dark blue morroco, cloth sided spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, sporting motifs to four compartments within gilt ruled borders, a fine binding. Sporting Repository was originally published as a magazine in 1822, and was important for its fine colour plates.
[18555] |
£280.00 |
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ALKEN H., BARENGER J., MARSHALL J., DIGHTON B.illus |
The Sporting Repository containing Horse Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Pugilism, Anecdotes on Sporting Subjects
1904.
1st thus Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co Ltd.
x 478 pages, illustrated with 22 hand-coloured plates, a limited edition of 500 copies, publishers 2 tone green cloth, gilt vignette of horse and rider to upper board, light dust soiling to cloth. Sporting Repository was originally published as a magazine in 1822 and quite rare and was important for its fine colour plates. The plates are reproduced and coloured by hand, includes plates on Partridge Shooting Grouse Shooting, Gamekeepers, poachers, Greyhounds.
[3400] |
£150.00 |
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ALKEN, Henry Thomas |
The National Sports of Great Britain. With Descriptions in English and French.
1904.
New edition.
D Appleton and Company, New York.
folio, chromolithographed frontispiece, facsimile of the 1823 title-page, 50 full-page engraved coloured plates after Alken. With accompanying description in English and French on most of the Sporting subjects practiced at the time. Including hawking, hunting, horse-racing, shooting, fishing, baiting, and combating animals. Some even browning to blank end papers, the contents clean and free of foxing. Bound in the publishers half red morocco, red cloth sides, gilt, top edges gilt, the binding clean and tight in vg condition First published in 1821, this facsimile published in London in 1903, and in New York in 1904 The London edition was bound in a red cloth the American edition in a much superior half leather.
[21750] |
£465.00 |
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ALLCOCK S.and Co |
Illustrations Of Fishing Rods, Hooks Tackle etc.,
1907.
. Edn,.
Redditch.
. pages, unpaginated 1st 27 pages show photos and drawings of the factory and tackle making with captions + 4 pages index. 59 pages of b/w illus of tackle and 2 colour plates of flies. Pasted to rear end paper advert from the fishing gazette + 4 similar loose cuttings. The top blank margin of the last page showing needles has 11x2.5cm piece missing caused by being adhered to end blank, no loss to image only Allcocks running title. Front and rear hinge joints pulled but tight, the text block is stapled as issued, bound in the original red pebbled cloth, title in black to upper cover. A vg example of an early catalogue, the tackle well illustrated with several items to the page.
[18566] |
£760.00 |
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ALLCOCKS |
Anglers Guide
nd circa 1957.
Redditch.
128 pages, illus includes 8 colour plates of flies to inner cover, dark green card cover with a lighter green insert, light rubbing. this issue contains the new range of big game tackle.
[16334] |
£28.00 |
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ALLCOCKS |
Anglers Guide And Abridged List Of Fishing Tackle
nd Circa 1935.
Redditch.
XXII 145 pages, illus throughout, staple rust mark to a few pages. Original card covers printed in colour with leaping fish, white background, title in red, some fox spotting, chipping to head and tail of spine.
[16442] |
£45.00 |
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ALLCOCKS |
Anglers Guide And Abridged List Of Fishing Tackle
1937-38.
219 pages, illus 3 in colour, original blue card covers, some chipping to edges, apart from the catalogue of tackle there are articles on fishing technique etc.
[14338] |
£32.00 |
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ALLCOCKS |
The Duplex Light Casting Reel Model No 3 and 3B
nd circa 1939.
16 pages, illus, the first 8 pages deal with the reel and its use, the last 8 pages are a list of equipment for the use with the Duplex, card covers, vg.
[7535] |
£28.00 |
|
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ALMEIDA A.de |
Jaguar Hunting In The Mato Grosso
1976.
1st Edn,.
Stanwell Press.
194 pages, numerous illus from photographs, pictorial card covers, a vg+ copy. Title published by Dimitri Papqlios after a bet with the author to swim across a river full of piranhas. Almedida was one of the great big game hunters of South America hunting record jaguars.
[20395] |
£150.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
An Amateurs Anglers Days In Dovedale July 24th - August 14th 1884 to which is now added Dovedale revisited 1902
1910.
Phoenix Edn,.
Sampson, Low, Marston and Company Ltd.
XVI 154 pages, 4pp adverts, portrait frontis of Marsden + 12 other full page plates, publishers 1/4 white cloth over green cloth boards, gilt phoenix vignette to upper cover, vg. Marston in his preface to this edition that he has slightly revised Days In Dovedale and added the first 52 pages of Dovedale Revisited and calls it "The Phoenix Edition". The binding differs to that mentioned in Hampton's revised bibliography.
[15556] |
£55.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
An Old Man's Holiday
1900.
1st Edn,.
Sampson Low Marston and Co.
XII 140 pages, 4pp adverts, 16 plates, foxing to contents quite heavy to first few pages, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down, hinge paper cracking but still a tight copy in the green pictorial cloth with angling scene in white and black to upper board, head and tail of spine chipped.
[16922] |
£25.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
An Old Man's Holiday
1900.
1st Edn,.
Sampson Low Marston and Co.
XII 140 pages, 4pp adverts, 16 plates, inscription to FEP, foxing to contents quite heavy to first few pages, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down, bound in the green pictorial cloth with angling scene in white and black to upper board, some rubbing and loss to the white.
[16923] |
£20.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
Days In Clover
1892.
1st Edn,.
Samson, Low, Marston and Company.
120 pages, 30pp advs, 12mo., publishers printed paper covers showing angling scene and title to upper cover, 1 corner creased, vg-.
[15466] |
£35.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
Days In Clover
1892.
1st Edn,.
Samson, Low, Marston and Company.
120 pages, AEG, 30pp advs, 12mo., publishers green pebbled cloth, gilt title to upper board, a fine copy.
[15018] |
£65.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
Days In Clover
1892.
1st Edn,.
120 pages, illus, large paper edition limited to 250 copies, numbered and initialed, vg+ copy; white card covers with glassine cover, chipped on corners and loss on spine.
[6213] |
£95.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
Days In Clover
1892.
1st Edn,.
Samson, Low, Marston and Company.
VIII 120 pages, 34pp advs, 12mo., frontis + 5 plates from photographs, publishers white parchment spine over floral paper covered boards, dust soiling to spine light rubbing to edge, presentation inscription to "Mr W Watts with E Marstons kind regards" to FEP, this binding not noted in Hampton revised 194.
[18101] |
£30.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
Days In Clover
1892.
1st Edn,.
120 pages, TEG, advs, 12mo., full page illus, spotting to EP's, vg.
[10537] |
£35.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
Days In Clover
1892.
1st Edn,.
Sampson, Low, Marston and Co.
VIII 120 pages, full page illus, large paper edition limited to 250 copies, numbered and initialed, vg copy; white card covers with printed glassine wrapper, chipped on corners and loss on spine.
[14032] |
£110.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
Dovedale Revisited And Other Holiday Sketches
1902.
Sampson, Low, Marston and Co Ltd.
XIV 130 pages, 16 full page plates no text illus, spotting to contents, green cloth with gilt title and vignette to upper boards, vg.
[12447] |
£40.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
On A Sunshine Holyday
1897.
1st Edn,.
Sampson, Low, Marston and Co.
VIII 140 pages, 16 full page plates on India paper, lacks FEP, this edition limited to 250 numbered copies on hand made paper, numbered and initialed, original 1/4 parchment covers, parchment mottled, g+.
[15655] |
£40.00 |
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AMATEUR ANGLER E.M.Marston |
On A Sunshine Holyday
1897.
1st Edn,.
Sampson, Low, Marston and Co.
VIII 140 pages, adverts, AEG, 12mo., 16 full page plates on India paper, green cloth, gilt title to upper board, vg.
[16932] |
£30.00 |
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AMATEUR SPORTSMAN |
Sporting Anecdotes Original And Select Including Characteristic Sketches Of Eminent Persons Who have Appeared On The Turf With An Interesting Selection Of The Most Extraordinary Events Which have Transpired In The Sporting World. A Correct Description Of The Animals Of Chase
1804.
1st Edn,.
Albion Press.
vi (x) 542 pages,advert leaf, frontis + 15 full page engraved plates + vignette to title page TEG, pages uncut, armorial bookplate of Francis Alexander to front paste down, some browning to plates, bound in later full crushed morroco by Robertson. A mixture of fact and fantasy with a very wide cross section of stories and events in all sports" Schwerdt Vol.II 173 Chute 17 (coloured copy), Rare.
[21444] |
£220.00 |
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AMPHLETT F.H. |
Everybody's Book On Angling
nd 1905.
1st Edn,.
W.R.Russell and Co.
169 pages, 12mo, + game diary advert, text illus throughout. Original printed green cloth boards, front board as title page, a small book with 8 chapters on coarse fishing, 1 on game fishing, and details of tackle, Thames angling described, hints on fishing the Broads and rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk, scarce.
[13502] |
£55.00 |
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AMPHLETT F.H. |
The Thames: Where To Fish, And How With Illustrations And Particulars Of Over 250 Principal Swims
nd circa 1906.
126 pages, advs, loose errata slip, chapter head illus from photos, pictorial green card covers, spine repair with matching card to upper 1 1/2 inch split on lower edge of spine o/w a vg copy of what is a fragile book often lacking the card covers, scarce.
[11852] |
£120.00 |
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AN ANGLER |
The Fly Makers Hand Book Illustrated With Colour Plates Representing Upwards of Fifty Of The Most Useful Artificial Flies For Trout And Grayling Fishing
nd 1886.
1st Edn,.
Liverpool.
45 pages, 12mo., 9 hand coloured plates, 7 being of flies 2 of steps in tying the fly, original green cloth with gilt title and fishing vignette in borders to upper board. A rare and fragile title seldom found in vg condition.
[7333] |
£400.00 |
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 |
AN Expert |
Notes On Shooting With Instructions Concerning The Use Of Black And Patent Brown Sporting Gunpowder
1892.
5th.
67 pages 4 pages of adverts 1 being coloured for Curtis and Harvey Medium Ground Gunpowder Canister/ also a b/w illustrated advert for The Improved Cartridge Warmer, sone foxing to the contents. Publishers printed orange card covers title in black to the upper cover showing wear to the head and tail of the spine the covers remain tight. Early editions are quite scarce although there is no publisher listed it was Curtis & Harvey. Riling 1196 gives the first as 1887 and believes this title is an earlier edition of Notes On Shooting by an Expert published by Curtis's and Harvey Ltd. which is much more common than the earlier title. The book details the use of powder and shot, best shot sizes, black powder pressures, influence of wads etc.
[23033] |
£75.00 |
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 |
AN EXPERT |
Notes On Shooting With Instructions Concerning The Use Of Nitro Powders
.
8th Edn.
Curtis''s & Harvey Ltd.
xi 83 pages, 7 pages of related adverts including 2 full coloured pages showing powder tins. Printed limp card cover titles in black sml 1cm chip to rear cover top front edge, vg. Riling 1196 noted the 8th edition is the first using this title , the preface notes the book has been completely revised since the last edition (1892) bringing in all the new developments, very much a promotional booklet for Curtis's & Harvey.
[20136] |
£35.00 |
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 |
AN EXPERT |
Notes On Shooting With Instructions Concerning The Use Of Nitro Powders
1904.
8th edition.
Curtis''s & Harvey Ltd.
xi 83 pages, 7 pages of related adverts including 2 full page-coloured pages showing powder tins. All edges gilt patterned end papers, bound in a limp full black leather binding with gilt title within gilt decorative borders to upper cover. Signed on the ? title "From Herbert Curtis July 1907" possible one of a few deluxe editions for presentation. Riling 1196 noted the 8th edition is the first using this title, the preface notes the book has been completely revised since the last edition (1892) bringing in all the new developments, very much a promotional booklet for Curtis's & Harvey. Chapters on testing of smokeless powders, patterns, cartridge loading, aiming at moving objects, the appendix list various tables for loading, shot size etc a very good + copy.
[23024] |
£85.00 |
|
 |
AN EX-PRESIDENT OF THE KINROSS-SHIRE FISHING CLUB |
The Lochleven Angler
1874.
1st Edn,.
George Barnet.
Kinross.
VI 144 pages, coloured frontis of Loch Leven from Kinross house pier, text illus, large folding map, spotting to first and last few pages, front hinge paper cracked but a tight copy, blue cloth with angling scene in black to upper board duplicated on rear with blind stamp, rubbing to head and tail of spine and wear to spine edges.
[15396] |
£70.00 |
|
 |
AN OLD GAMEKEEPER |
Plain Directions For Acquiring The Art Of Shooting On The Wing, With Useful Hints Concerning All That Relates To Guns And Shooting, And Particularly In Regard To the Art Of Loading So As To Kill. To which has been added several valuable and hitherto secret recipes, of great practical importance to the sportsman
1873.
1st.
The Handicraft Publication Company.
vi (i) 88 pages, 11pp adverts, frontis illustration of a Woodcock, publishers brown blind stamped cloth with gilt title to the upper cover a VG+ copy. Riling 936
[23600] |
£65.00 |
|
 |
AN OLD STALKER |
Days On The Hill
1926.
1st Edn,.
Nisbet.
xiv 262 pages, frontis + 7 plates from photographs, 4 sketch maps. Publishers' green a very good copy. The book in 4 sections, The stalker, The rifle, The forest, Stalking days, also includes a 7 page introduction by Eric Parker.
[22393] |
£70.00 |
|
 |
AN OLD STALKER |
Days On The Hill
1926.
1st Edn,.
Nisbet.
xiv 262 pages, frontis + 7 plates from photographs, 4 sketch maps. Publishers' green cloth a very good copy. The book in 4 sections, The stalker, The rifle, The forest, Stalking days, also includes a 7 page introduction by Eric Parker.
[22423] |
£70.00 |
|
 |
ANDERSON Kenneth |
Tales From the Indian Jungle
1970.
1st Edn,.
204 pages, Illus, vg+ in dj.
[2536] |
£55.00 |
|
 |
ANDERSSON Charles John |
Lake Ngami or Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years Wanderings In The Wilds Of South Western Africa
1856.
1st Edn,.
Hurst and Blackett.
xviii 546 pages, 24 page catalogue, 16 full page tinted plates by J Woolfe, 8 pages of index, blank margin, badly opened in parts and very occasionally to some text pages, foxing to frontis and title pages and last few pages of index, Some occasional foxing to text and plates, armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbank to front paste down, publishers cloth with gilt hippo to upper board and rhino to rear board within blind stamped borders with gilt title and blind stamp decorations to spine. Cloth clean, slight even fading to spine, no splits. The scarce English edition, difficult to find in the original cloth. A narrative of 2 expeditions accompanied by Francis Galton to the Ovampo Country and the other he travelled by himself to Lake Ngami, the courage and endurance of the explorers was remarkable, few if any books give so full and complete account of Namapualand Damerland and the Ovampo Country Mendelssohn Vol. I p 44, Czech 5 an important work on African hunting in the 19th century.
[20558] |
£550.00 |
|
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ANGELO |
The Reminiscences of Henry Angelo. With an Introduction by Lord Howard De Walden, and Notes and Memoir by H. Lavers Smith. Two Volumes
1904.
1st thus Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
xxvi - 438, xxvi - 447 pages, Top edge gilt pages uncut 2 volumes, small 4to., 68 plates reproduced from the original's drawings and prints many in colour from collection of Joseph Grego. limited to 1000 copies, bound in matching red cloth with gilt fencing scene to base of front board of each volume, a vg set. First published in 1830. The work gives an insight to the characters and the society of the time Angelo was the most distinguished member of a family of swordsmen and one of the fathers of modern fencing.
[23036] |
£235.00 |
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ANGIER R.H. |
Firearm Blueing And Browning
1936.
1st edn.
Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company.
Onslow County U.S.A.
viii 151 poages, advert page dated 1936 photo frontis text drawings throughout. Publishers' orange pebbled cloth titled in blue. VG in DJ worn with loss but presentable in a clear removable cover. The first edition as Smith 70.
[23297] |
£65.00 |
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 |
ANGLER |
The Universal Angler Or The Art Improved In All Parts Especially In Fly Fishing Describing The Several Sports Of Fresh-Water Fish With Their Baits Also The Names, Colours And Seasons Of All The Most Useful Flies Together With Directions For Making Each Fly Artificially In The Most Exact Manner etc.
1766.
1st.
VIII 160 pages, engraved frontis The Anglers Arms with 6 artificial flies below 4 other plates of fish, frontis and plates some offsetting to text, 1 page badly opened with some partial loss to blank margin not effecting text. Angling bookplate of John McKinley to front paste down contemporary full calf binding. W/S note a reprint of "The Art Of Angling" by R Bowlker with additions W/S 14.
[19055] |
£400.00 |
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ANGLERS'' EVENING |
Anglers' Evening Papers By Members of the Manchester Anglers Assoc. Second Series
1882.
1st Edn,.
Manchester, London.
VIII 283 pages, full page and text illus, Large Paper Edition, original cloth decorated in gilt and black, small neat circular paper label to spine re Manchester Anglers Assoc. some dust soiling to cloth. There is no indication how many copies were produced as large paper and whether the other 2 in the series were also produced in large paper; I have been unable to find any reference to a large paper edition.
[12554] |
£200.00 |
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Angling Bookplate |
Anglers Benevolent Society
nd Circa1880.
9.5 cm x 10cm bookplate laid down on paper. An attractive plate printed in blue with central image of the good Samaritan comforting a fallen man with heat shaped shield with clasped hands and fishes below. In oval border with running title resting on two fish with sprigs of rushes as borders, to the top the caption "Founded in 1879". I can find little about the society other than Robert Marston served as president of the society for more than 20 years,
[22603] |
£35.00 |
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Angling Match |
At Staines (R. Thames) On February 17, 1935, In Aid Of The London Anglers Benevolent Fund
1935.
Folding card, title page lists the event and committee, inner 2 pages listing the prizes and there doners. The rear flap the rules i.e., Boundaries- Laleham Ferry to Road Junction Runnymede, Towing Path Only. Special notes the distribution of prizes. A very good example with centre fold crease.
[22646] |
£20.00 |
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Angling Photograph |
Angling Photograph
.
A Mid-19th century photograph 25cm x 20cm laid down on card, showing a young angler fishing from a ford to his right is a crossing or weir? There is a gentleman wearing a black jacket and top hat seated on a fence watching the boy. With a background of bushes and trees and a meadow, In the far distance can be seen the spire of Salisbury Cathedral. Old pencil notes to lower blank margin of the card "Salisbury Wilts" no other identifying marks circa 1870. Some light dust soiling a few chips to the card edge.
[22613] |
£35.00 |
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ANGLING TIMES |
The Second Angling Times Book
1962.
1st Edn,.
E.M. Art and Publishing Ltd.
143 pages, illus including drawings by Bernard Venables, sml 4to. some browning to end papers and spotting to closed page edges, vg in dj. dj showing some creasing and loss to edges, strengthening
[20776] |
£25.00 |
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ANON. |
An Essay Of Shooting
1975.
reprint Edn,.
The Richmond Publishing Co Ltd.
Richmond Surrey.
v ix 306 4 pages, blue cloth, facsimile reprint of the 1789 Dublin edition, new introduction by W S Curtis, fine in dj
[20591] |
£20.00 |
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ANON. |
An Essay Of Shooting
1975.
reprint Edn,.
The Richmond Publishing Co Ltd.
Richmond Surrey.
V+IX+306+4 pages, blue cloth, facsimile reprint of the 1789 Dublin edition, new introduction by W S Curtis.
[15925] |
£20.00 |
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ANON. |
The Angler's Companion Being a Description Of Where To Fish And How To Fish, The Various Swims In The Horse And Groom, Lea Bridge And White House
circa 1838.
2nd Edn,.
W and T Piper.
36 pages, woodcut frontis showing the fishery, folding map of the waters, woodcut vignette to title page and in text, bound in recent pink covered boards, leather title label to spine. The original pink printed paper wraps bound in, a very good copy. The 1st edition appeared under The Anglers Companion And Guide To The White Horse Fishery Describing The principle Swims, the Best Tackle Methods And Baits And The Haunts For Jack And Pike Circa 1835, all editions are hard to find particularly with the paper wraps. W/S p7.
[14161] |
£350.00 |
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ANON. |
The Angler's Pocket Book or Compleat English Angler Containing All That is Necessary to be Known as the Art Also Nobbs's Celebrated Treatise on the Art of Trolling with an Appendix in which are Improvements and Discoveries Never Before Published
1805.
3rd Edn,.
148 pages, 12mo. lacks engraved frontis, original 1/2 leather calf binding rubbed, front hinge tender, g, scarce.
[2075] |
£140.00 |
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ANON. |
The Book Of Fishes
1835.
2nd Edn,.
VIII 160 pages, 8pp advs, 12mo, frontis illus with text illus, later 19th century cloth vg, book aimed at the young but contains 14 page section on the art of angling.
[2808] |
£46.00 |
|
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ANON. |
the Boys Own Jolly Angling Book Showing Tackle And Baits Required
nd Circa 1870.
no publisher given.
unpaginated, 16 pages, woodcut illustrations in text, light blue paper wraps, title and fishing vignettes to upper flap, advert for A Carter and Co, fishing, rods and tackle manufacturers to rear. A vg+ copy, the first two pages are a guide to the rivers, ponds and canals in the vicinity of London.
[15389] |
£350.00 |
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ANON. |
The Complete Angler With Full Instructions How When And Where To take The Best Kinds Of Fish; the Proper Tackle And Baits Required To Which Is Added A Guide To Bottom Fishing etc....
C1855.
1st Edn,.
G Purkess.
36 pages, 12mo., woodcut frontis torn and relayed at one corner, old repair lower corner margin small loss + woodcuts with text. Printed brick red paper covers, dust soiled some surface rubbing. WS 12 notes the same title published by H Elliot but does not have the last leaf, laws relating to angling, a copy with Thomas Satchell and J C Lynn bookplate with Purkess published in blue wraps sold at auction 2005.
[15714] |
£120.00 |
|
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ANON. |
Drill And Rifle Instruction For The Corps Of Rifle Volunteers By 0The Authority Of The Secretary Of State For War
1869.
6th Edn,.
111, 68 pages, 9 plates folding musketry drill and practice, original blind stamped cloth. In the preface the author is credited with following Sir Charles Napier's advice in his "letters on the defence of England" and he strongly recommends all volunteers to follow that advice, "Do not let any one persuade you to learn more," not in Riling.
[10565] |
£80.00 |
|
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ANON. |
East African Wildlife Journal
1963, 64, 65.
3 Vols, 131, 175, 137 pages, small 4to., illus, map diagrams, green cloth, gilt on Vol. II a little dull, The first 3 volumes in the series.
[11886] |
£28.00 |
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ANON. |
Ferrets And Ferreting Containing Instructions For The Breeding, Management, And Working Of Ferrets
nd circa 1888.
1st Edn,.
39 (i) + 25pp catalogue for L.Upcott Gill + 7pp adverts, frontis + text illus throughout some spotting to front few pages27 pages, 32pp of adverts, text illus, original paper covers, light dust soiling, chips to spine edges, scarce item, few could have survived in good condition.
[21068] |
£65.00 |
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ANON. |
The German Shorthaired Pointer
1950.
1st thus Edn,.
Delingers.
Maryland, USA.
46 pages, illus, printed card covers, vg. Translated from the German and published by demand "has caused us to publish this small pamphlet on the breed immediately, while a more extensive work is in progress"
[15739] |
£25.00 |
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ANON. |
The Hoghunters' Annual
1929.
The Times Of India Press.
Bombay.
Vol. II, xxxiv adverts, 136 pages, 4to., advs, illus including colour plate, text and full page drawings and photographs, small mark to blank margin of 2 of the advert pages, pictorial card covers, cloth spine, some dust soiling to covers, head and tail of spine rubbed, g+. The front cover states Vol II 1929, title page misprinted Vol I 1929.
[20389] |
£40.00 |
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ANON |
The Hoghunters Annual
1931.
The Times Of India Press.
184 pages, Volume IV, xxvi advs, lge 8vo, illus, including coloured frontis by Snaffle, numerous other text illus from photographs and drawings, pictorial wraps, printed in black, a vg clean copy. Contains Jim Corbett's first appearance in print regarding tiger hunting 7 page article on "The Pipal Pans Tiger".
[20484] |
£180.00 |
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ANON. |
The Hoghunters' Annual
1932.
Bombay.
Vol. V, 170 pages, 4to., Xpp of adverts, illus coloured frontis, b/w illus from photographs and drawings, pictorial card covers rubbing to head and tail of spine.
[17345] |
£60.00 |
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ANON. |
Hoghunters Annual
1933.
The Times Of India Press.
Bombay.
Vol. VI, 160 pages, advs, 4to., full page colour and b/w illus + text illus, small 1cm x 1cm mark to very outer upper corner of first 30 pages, blue pictorial card covers, small chip to head and tail of spine.
[20482] |
£85.00 |
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ANON. |
The Hoghunters' Annual
1934.
The Times Of India Press.
Bombay.
Vol. VII, 146 pages + 2pp adverts, 4to., coloured frontis + full page and text b/w illus from drawings and photographs. printed pictorial red card covers, pasted to upper cover notice thatr this publication belongs to the authors club and not to be taken away.
[20481] |
£80.00 |
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ANON. |
The Hoghunters' Annual
1935.
The Times Of India Press.
Bombay.
Vol. VIII, 126 pages + adverts, 4to., full page illus, 4 in colour + text illus from drawings and photographs. Includes a chapter by Lt Col J A Shorten on Hunting the Ovis Ammon in Far Ladakh.
[20420] |
£85.00 |
|
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ANON. |
The Hoghunters' Annual Volume 111
1930.
The Times Of India Press.
Bombay.
xxxviii pages adverts, 162 pages, 4to., advs, full page illustrations from photographs and drawings many are by Snaffles, coloured plate of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh Bound in the publisher's printed card covers. Presentation inscription on upper blank of title page from HBJ. H B J is General H B Jeffreys who wrote an article "Memories" in this annual. a very good + copy seldom found in this condition. Chapters on all aspects on hunting boar and numerous related adverts.
[23176] |
£75.00 |
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Anon |
Musketry Notes
1913.
School Of Musketry.
Hayling Island.
approx. 28cm x 23cm. 76 page manuscript, bound in contemporary green cloth, metal hinged folder, cloth dust soiled, old paper label torn with loss some writing visible. The title and date taken front the front cover. The manuscript on ruled paper written in ink in a legible hand, the first page index dust soiled and pulled from the text block, also some dust soiling to last page. The remaining pages clean with some age browning from the index. There are 30+ subjects covered from care of arms, aiming, wind direction, firing instructions, firing positions etc., judging distance etc., followed by a list of lectures, many pages have diagrams etc., also names of lecturers. A soldiers working notebook just prior to the outbreak of WWI at the Southern Command School of Musketry. there is no immediate way of identifying the owner only what is left of the paper label on the front cover "Sec Lt A Ba..." removal of the label or further research may identify the owner.
[21443] |
£240.00 |
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ANON. |
The North Country Angler or The Art of Angling as Practiced in the Northern Counties of England
1817.
4th with additions Edn,.
Longman Hurst Reese Orme & Brown.
89 pages, Adv leaf, uncut, 2 ownership plates to front paste down, Thos Stanford, H.W.Stanford, cracking to inner hinge paper but a tight copy, original printed paper covered boards rubbed on edges and dust soiling not recent velum spine.
[15631] |
£160.00 |
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ANON. |
The North Country Angler or The Art of Angling as Practised in the Northern Counties of England
1817.
4th with additions Edn,.
89 pages, Adv leaf, some spotting to last few pages, original printed paper covers, boards dust soiled, later matching spine.
[8671] |
£235.00 |
|
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ANON. |
The North Country Angler or The Art of Angling as Practised in the Northern Counties of England
1817.
4th with additions Edn,.
89 pages, engraved vignette to title page in contemporary 1/2 calf marbled boards, vg.
[9666] |
£200.00 |
|
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ANON. |
Routledges's Handbook Of Fishing
1867.
1st Edn,.
IV 59 pages, text illus, pictorial paper covered card covers rubbed, new matching spine, mark on rear board, some soiling to contents, g+.
[7677] |
£30.00 |
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ANON. |
The Young Angler Naturalist And Pigeon And Rabbit Fancier With Hints As To The Management Of Silk worms, The Aquarium Etc
n/d circa 1860.
1st Edn,.
124 pages, frontis and text illus, some browning to contents, lacks rear EP, inscription on FEP, original blind stamped cloth with gilt title and decoration to upper board, head and tail of spine rubbed, cloth darkened to outer edges, g+. A cheaply produced title, and often found in poor condition.
[11480] |
£40.00 |
|
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ANON. (Bertram James Glass ?) |
The Border Angler, A Guide Book To The Tweed And Its Tributories And The Other Small Streams Commanded By The North British Railway
1858.
1st Edn,.
William P Nimmo.
Edinburgh.
viii 195 pages, adv leaf, large folding map of the Border Streams before title page split along one fold. Publishers blind stamped red cloth, with gilt fishing basket and rods vignette to upper cover, repeated in blind stamp to rear board. Rubbing to head of spine small chip to rear spine edge. WS 38
[22136] |
£100.00 |
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ANON. COMPILED BY POUND DUDLEY |
Shooting In The Mediterranean
C1930.
85 pages, privately printed, 4to., Printed by the Chief of Staff of HM Mediterranean Fleet for officers of the fleet, notes on the various game available, how and where to find it, the areas covered are Western Mediterranean, Adriatic and West Coast of Greece, the Aegean Eastern Mediterranean Sea of Marmora and Black Sea. The notes cover small game and big game including Ibex, wild pig, wild goats etc. partridge, quail, dove, the areas giving notes on town, station, game likely to be encountered, comments and what bags made or have been obtained i.e. Kavala "In September the local people organised a pig drive at which one pig was killed, no information as to whether it is any good to cook. Imbros "Best day 195 partridges and 15 various for 8 guns in the Valley of the Ridge. First published Circa 1926, this copy with circular stamp for the Commanding Officer HMS London 6 February 1930, note written beneath "compedia dated 7 Feb 1930 inserted". This appears to be pre publication for a revised edition with typed sheets or slips placed between relevant pages i.e. "page 15 cancel present notes and substitute" then follows a typed page in this case detailing licences, big game, pigsticking, similar inserts throughout, occasional ink notes to text, cloth index tabs to some pages. Retained in the original cloth backed paper covered boards, title to upper board, some surface rubbing. A rare item 1 copy listed on COPAC 1926 edition giving Malta as the place of publication.
[11492] |
£600.00 |
|
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Anson Edwin George |
Specification Of Improvements In Injection Mechanism For Breech Loading Small Arms
1887.
1st.
Patent Office.
6 pages, Small 4to, Application for patent original printed blue paper covers. Some closed tears to the outer blank margins of the paper wraps. Old fold mark some light dust soiling.
[23170] |
£25.00 |
|
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APPERLEY J.C Nimrod |
The Life Of A Sportsman
1842.
1st Edn.
Rudolph Ackermann.
VI (2) 402 pages, A.E.G. 36 hand coloured plates by Henry Alken of which 4 plates are on India paper mounted on thick paper, plate 33 2nd issue, contents clean and free of foxing, bound in full burgundy morroco by Riviere, triple gilt ruled border to boards, spine in 6 compartments, ornate gilt tooling within ruled borders inner gilt turn ins, light surface rubbing to spine edge. A vg copy of what is considered by many the premier coloured plate sporting book of the 19th century. (Tooley 65) Schwerdt I 36. .
[18916] |
£720.00 |
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APPERLEY J.C[Nimrod] |
The Life Of A Sportsman
1914.
reprint Edn,.
Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co Ltd.
XI 400 pages, 36 colour plates, inscription on front paste down, green cloth with gilt fox vignette to upper board, vg. First published in 1842 "A half true half ficticous story descriptive of a country gentleman of large fortune and highly connected and his children's and sporting ambitions. The plates are excellent showing various sporting pursuits.
[18342] |
£80.00 |
|
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APPERLEY Nimrod C.J. |
Memories Of The Late John Mutton ESQ of Halston Shropshire With Notices Of His Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing
1837.
2nd with considerable additions Edn,.
Rudolph Ackerman.
IX+ 2064 pages, 8pp adverts, AEG, 18 fine hand coloured plates by H. Alken and T.J.Rawlins. 1 plate has slight chipping and dust soiling to very outer margin not effecting title or image. Recased in the publishers cloth with spine relayed, gilt title to upper board within an ornate sporting frame, vg. Schwerdt Vol 1 38-39 "The second which is more interesting than the first on the account of the increased number of plates". John Mytton a hard living hard drinking sportsman died at the age of 38 penniless. Chute 1st edition 022
[2037] |
£285.00 |
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APPERLEY Nimrod C.J. |
Memories Of The Late John Mutton ESQ of Halston Shropshire With Notices Of His Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing
nd Circa 1900.
reprint Edn,.
Keegan Paul.
XXVI 234 pages, large 8vo., coloured frontis and 19 further coloured plates, publishers green cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, vg.
[17106] |
£65.00 |
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APPERLEY Nimrod C.J. |
Memories Of The Late John Mytton ESQ of Halston Shropshire With Notices Of His Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing
1837.
2nd with considerable additions Edn,.
Rudolph Ackerman.
IX+ 206 pages, 8pp adverts, AEG, 18 fine hand coloured plates by H. Alken and T.J.Rawlins. Some occasional spotting to blank margin of plates and text, bound in full dark green morroco by Zaehnsdorf, gilt ruled borders to boards, spine in 6 compartments, ornate gilt tooling with double ruled borders, inner tooled borders, original cloth cover boards bound in at rear. Schwerdt Vol 1 38-39 "The second which is more interesting than the first on the account of the increased number of plates". John Mytton a hard living hard drinking sportsman died at the age of 38 penniless. Chute 1st edition 022
[18915] |
£380.00 |
|
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ARBERY Len |
The Complete Book Of River Fishing
1993.
1st Edn,.
David Charles.
Newton Abbot.
167 pages, large 8vo., illus in colour and b/w, personal inscription to Len Head signed Len Arbery, Len Head author of "tench" and other angling titles and contributions to Angling Magazines, fine in dj. A well presented book.
[21239] |
£25.00 |
|
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ARINO Tony Sanchez |
Hunting In Zimbabwe
1992.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press Inc.
Long Beach, California, USA.
387 pages, 4to., illustrated with drawings and paintings by Larry Norton with pictorial end papers. Publishers' pictorial green cloth with lion head to upper cover in black with gilt title in gilt ruled borders, fine in slipcase. Vol II in the African Series, a collection of stories by various authors includes a short biography of each author. Limited to 1000 copies, signed and numbered by Arino Tony Sanchez and Larry Norton. Czech 244
[23856] |
£430.00 |
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ARIZMENDI F. AND GOENAGA |
Manufacture Mecanique De Revolvers et Pistolets Automatiques "Walman"
1913-14.
Catalogue 27 Edn,.
Spain.
42 pages, oblong large 8vo., each page shows illus of pistol and specifications in 4 languages including English, original card covers, vg.
[11830] |
£95.00 |
|
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ARKELL-HARDWICK A. |
An Ivory Trader In North Kenya, The Record Of An Expedition Through Kikuyo To Galla-Land In east Africa With An Account Of The Rendili And Burkeneji Tribes
1903.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xvi - 368 pages, frontis of the author + 15 plates, folding map at rear, some foxing to the contents. P)publisher's slate blue cloth with gilt native vignette to upper cover. A very good copy of a scarce title often found in poor condition "The author hunted along the Guaso Nyiro in Kenya, bagging buffalo and rhinoceros. His party attempted to reach the Lorian Swamp, but, having failed, they returned to the Guaso Nyiro where hippopotamus and giraffe were collected. There are numerous additional sporting incidents after rhino, gazelle, and other game, including a successful elephant hunt by a member of the party. After encounters with hostile Kikuyus, the expedition headed into western Kenya where more rhino were taken, as well as kongoni." Czech 9/10
[23936] |
£1180.00 |
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ARKWRIGHT William |
The Pointer And His Predecessors An Illustrated History Of The Pointing Dog From The Earliest Times
1902.
1st Edn,.
Arthur L Humphreys.
xii - 237 pages, 4to, frontis and 38 other plates mostly taken from paintings. Top edge gilt pages uncut. ? white cloth over emerald, green cloth gilt title to the upper cover and spine A very good + clean copy of the limited edition of 750 copies of which this is number 179 The classic work on the pointer Chapters includes Early history; Later history; Shows and working trials; Characteristics of the pointer; Breeding and selection; Alien crosses; Shooting over dogs; Breaking; Kennel management; List of books mentioning the Pointer.
[23862] |
£560.00 |
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ARKWRIGHT William |
The Pointer And His Predecessors An Illustrated History Of The Pointing Dog From The Earliest Times
1906.
2nd Edn.
Arthur L Humphreys.
xiii 275 pages, frontis and 21 other plates mostly taken from paintings. Pages evenly browned throughout. Publishers re cloth title in black to upper cover, spine evenly faded with rubbing to the head of the spine. VG-. The classic work on the pointer Chapters include: Early history; Later history; Shows and working trials; Characteristics of the pointer; Chapters include Breeding and selection; Alien crosses; Shooting over dogs; Breaking; Kennel management; List of books.
[22532] |
£100.00 |
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ARMAF |
Catalogue
nd circa 1935.
Liege Belgium.
88 pages, large oblong 8vo., over 70 guns illus 1 to a page, text in 3 languages, French, German, English, card covers lacking front card cover, vg. Includes all gages of shotguns to 8 bore hammer boxlock and sidelock, high quality guns to basic.
[12330] |
£48.00 |
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ARMES MANUFACTURE D DEMARTUAU-FASTRE |
The Hammerless Gun Radium No 2
nd circa 1926.
Liege Belgium.
10 pages, illus, pictorial colour covers, loose price list, English text. "The first Belgium hammerless shotgun manufactures in mass production"
[14427] |
£35.00 |
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ARMSTRONG James |
Wany Blossoms, A Book Of Song With A Brief Treatise On Fishing With The Fly, Worm, Minnow and Roe, Sketches of Border Life and Fox and Otter Hunting
1879.
2nd enlarged Edn,.
Hexham.
172 pages, contemporary name in ink on title, original green cloth with gilt fly to upper board, much on sport in the borders.
[12096] |
£50.00 |
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ARMSTRONG Nevill A.D. |
Fieldcraft, Sniping and Intelligence
1940.
1st Edn.
Gale & Polden Ltd..
Aldershot.
XV 205 pages, full page and text illus including some in colour, original red cloth, title in black uneven fade marking to spine o/w a vg copy of a scarce title detailing all aspects of sniping and field craft, not in Riling
[8057] |
£65.00 |
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ARMY RIFLED GUNS |
Return, Continuing and Completing The Information Contained In The Return, Army, Rifled Guns, (Parliamentary Paper, No.380, of Session 1874) to the 1st day of January 1875
1875.
War Office.
39 pages, large 4to., original stitched printed titled paper covers crease to one corner, VG Gives table with description of guns, number, serviceable costs, wear to, complete gun tests and endurance projectiles also details nature of ordnance size, muzzle or breech loading, projectiles, charge, range etc. ?40
[12158] |
£40.00 |
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ARNOLD E.C. |
A Bird Collectors Medley
1907.
1st Edn,.
West Newman and Co.
144 pages, small 4to., 20 plates, 12 being in colour from the author's paintings and drawings + text illus from photographs. Publishers blue cloth with gilt title to upper board, light rubbing to head and tail of spine. The author dedicated the book to "my brothers and those who have been shore shooting with me in Norfolk and elsewhere". Much on shooting in Norfolk also chapters on punting in Chichester harbour, the Old Decoy Eastbourne, unusual shots etc., also chapters on natural history. Not in Chute.
[18692] |
£120.00 |
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ARNOLD E.C. |
British Waders Illustrated in Colour with Descriptive Notes
1924.
1st Edn,.
University Press.
Cambridge.
vii+102 pages, 4to, TEG pages uncut, 51 colour plates from water colours by the author with descriptive notes, limited to 50 copies signed by Arnold of which 45 are for sale, this being No 20. bound in 1/4 vellum, ice blue cloth boards, gilt wader vignette to the upper board. 2cm bruise to upper spine edge on the upper cover causing crack in vellum neatly repaired, o/w binding and vellum clean, although a book of natural history of waders, Arnold a keen shot notes many wildfowlers observations on waders being shot or seen. Much being on the Cley marshes of Norfolk.
[23495] |
£165.00 |
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ARNOLD Edwin Lester |
On the Indian hills : or, Coffee-planting in southern India
1893.
new edition.
Sampson Low Marston & Company.
350 pages, 32 pp of adverts last 2 page of adverts with tear to margin where badly opened. Frontis illustration and 3 full page plates and 2 text illus. Ownership name to front paste down. Publishers slate blue cloth gilt plant vignette to upper board and spine. First published in 1881 in 2 volumes this new edition has illustrations. A detailed description of coffee plantation life in the Kerala region of southwestern India.
[22473] |
£50.00 |
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ARNOLD Richard |
The Book of The .22
1972.
revised Edn,.
Kaye Ward.
255 pages, frontis and 64 full page and text illustrations Avery good + copy+ in dj of the best edition. Updated and detailing most .22 rifles and pistols in use throughout the world today.
[23222] |
£25.00 |
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Arthur Turner (Sheffield) Limited |
Sporting Guns and Rifle Makers 150th Anniversary
1980.
Sheffield.
48pp., Including the covers, includes shotguns, rifles, air weapons, gun cases, clothing. Printed card covers, the guns well illustrated with descriptions.
[22450] |
£20.00 |
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ARTIFLEX AND OPIEFEX |
The Cause And Decay In A British Industry
1907.
1st Edn,.
Longmans, Green and Co.
XVI 296 pages, folding table of the production of firearms at Birmingham and Liege, publishers blue cloth, a vg clean copy written by Charles Edward Greener and William Oliver Greener sons of W.W.Greener. translated pseudonym is "Master and Craftsman". A survey of the decline of the Birmingham gun trade giving a history of the trade, cause of decay, how legislation effects production export, with table of production, imports etc., A scarce title Riling 1633
[15985] |
£240.00 |
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ARUNDO, (John Beever) |
Practical Fly Fishing Founded On Nature And Tested By The Experience Of Nearly Forty Years In Various Parts Of The United Kingdom, With Illustrations For Imitation All The Most Useful Flies With Remakes On Fly Rods etc.
1849.
1st.
Simpkin & Marshall.
iv 66 pages, AEG, small brown stain to part outer blank edge of the title page and first 9pp decreasing, small leather ownership plate of Alfred Howard Thompson to the front paste down . Finely bound in full blue calf, with ornate gilt tooled frame and corner pieces with central device to the boards. . A scarce title. W/S 18
[23873] |
£485.00 |
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ASHLEY COOPER John |
A Line On Salmon
1983.
1st Edn,.
H.F. & G.Witherby Ltd.,.
240 pages, TEG, full page and text illus, including colour illus from photographs, pictorial end papers, one of a limited edition of 35 copies signed by John Ashley Cooper, this copy un-numbered. A fine copy bound in 1/4 tan calf in slipcase. Although there is no indication the book was from the publishers archive copies.
[20714] |
£250.00 |
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ASHLEY COOPER John |
A Salmon Fishers Odyssey
1982.
1st Edn,.
H.F.& G. Witherby Ltd.
352 pages, lge 8vo, AEG, illus with 7 colour plates and 65 text photographs, limited to 20 copies, this being No. 6 signed by Ashley Cooper bound in 1/2 dark blue morroco in slipcase, the 1/2 title frontis, title page and first 6 pages have slight centre crease mark. I would assume down in production (the book came from the publishers archive) o/w a fine copy of a classic title with chapters on the rivers of England, Scotland and Wales. Ireland the Blackwater, Norway and Iceland.
[20634] |
£450.00 |
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ASHLEY COOPER John |
A Salmon Fishers Odyssey
1996.
new.
Flyfisher''s Classic Library.
Bovey Tracy.
352 pages, illustrated with 7 colour plates and 64 text photographs, limited to 500 copies, bound in full green bonded leather in slipcase, fine. Includes a new forward.
[23645] |
£25.00 |
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ASKINS Captain Charles |
Super-X 12 Gauge and 20 Gauge Loads
nd Circa 1928.
Western Cartridge Company.
East Alton, IL, USA.
20 pages, pattern shot illus in text, printed paper covers dust soiled, centre fold crease. A promotional brochure for the company's shot. Not in Riling
[14519] |
£25.00 |
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ASKINS Charles |
Modern Shotgun and Loads Together with A Treatise on the Art of Wing Shooting
1929.
1st Edn,.
Small Arms Technical Publishing,.
Marshallton, Delaware, USA.
ix, 416 pages, illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs line drawings diagrams. Publishers' ivory cloth gilt title and blind stamped cartridges to upper cover. DJ has some loss in places along the top edge and some chipping to lower edge A very good copy of the 1st edition as Smith pp 75.
[23325] |
£40.00 |
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Askins, Colonel Charles |
Unrepentant Sinner: The Autobiography of Colonel Charles Askins
1985.
1st Edn,.
Tejano Publications San Antonio.
xii - 322pp., illustrated in b/w from photographs, a very good copy in dj 3cm closed tear to top edge of dej, dj now in clear removable sleeve. An autobiographical work spanning decades of military service and sporting adventures. Askins recalls his hunts in South Africa for oryx, Kenya after eland buffalo in Rhodesia, Botswana for lion and sable in Zambia. Czech 11
[23234] |
£140.00 |
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Aspreys |
Aspreys The Gun Room
No date circa 2004.
Aspreys.
20 pages, Landscape 4to Illustrated in colour bound in grey card covers, in the rear pocket 2 price lists on headed paper. Sidelock ejectors in case ?27.500, magazine rifles ?8.750 + tax. A finely produced catalogue. Hand written note initialed by Malcolm Lyell (director of Westley Richards) brief history of the company and noting the Guns are exact replicas of those made by Holland & Holland.
[22693] |
£28.00 |
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ATCHESON Jack |
Hunting Adventures Worldwide
1995.
1st Edn.
Stonesdale Press.
USA.
256 pages, illus throughout in b/w from photographs and drawings, personal presentation inscription on title page signed by Atchenson, fine in dj. A very readable book, hunting bear, leopard, goat etc.. Czech 11
[21582] |
£20.00 |
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ATKINSON Herbert |
Cock -Fighting And Game Fowl From The Note - Books Of Herbert Atkinson Of Ewelme Together With The Life And Letters Of John Harris The Cornish Cocker 1938
1938.
1st.
George Bayntun.
Bath.
viii 253 pages, TEG, 4to. Frontis and 10 colour plates +full page and text black and white illustrations, including 3 plates of spurs. Contemporary ownership inscription to front paste down. Publishers red cloth, in DJ, DJ chipped at head of the spine some even browning.
[23935] |
£110.00 |
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ATKINSON Herbert |
Cock-fighting And Game Fowl From The Note-Books Of Herbert Atkinson Of Ewelme Together With The Life And Letters Of John Harris The Cornish Cocker
1938.
1st Edn,.
George Bayntun.
Bath.
viii 253 pages, TEG, 4to. Frontis and 10 colour plates +full page and text black and white illustrations. Some browning to front and rear end paper from DJ flaps. Publishers red cloth, in DJ, DJ chipped at head of the spine some even browning.
[23435] |
£125.00 |
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ATKINSON John A. |
THE BRITISH DUELING PISTOL
1978.
1st Edn,.
Arms and Armour Press.
Bloomfield, Ontario.
108 pages, illus, 4to, fine in dj, dj has 2 closed tears to head of spine, no loss.
[20505] |
£30.00 |
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ATKINSON John A. |
The British Duelling Pistol
1978.
1st Edn,.
Arms and Armour Press.
Bloomfield, Ontario.
108 pages, illus, 4to, vg+ in dj, head and tail of dj chipped. The origin and development of the English dueling pistol with carefully chosen illustrations.
[21259] |
£25.00 |
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ATKINSON John A. |
The British Duelling Pistol
1978.
1st Edn,.
Arms and Armour Press.
Bloomfield, Ontario.
108 pages, illus, 4to, vg+ in dj, head and tail of dj chipped. The origin and development of the English dueling pistol with carefully chosen illustrations.
[21984] |
£25.00 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE |
Bonhams Fine Antique Arms And Armour Including The D.H.L. Back Collection
Wednesday 24 November 2010.
small 4to., 448 lots, illus in colour, pictorial card covers, a fine copy.
[20879] |
£25.00 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE |
Catalogue Of A Selected Portion Of The Renowned Collection Of Arms And Weapons Formed By Robert Curzon
10 November 1920.
Sothebys.
42 pages, 16 pages illus, 211 lots, paper covers, vg.
[373] |
£60.00 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE |
Catalogue Of The Arms And Armour Collection Of The Late Lionel Frank McCardle
April & May 1971.
120 pages, small 4to., 105 plates. 999 lots to be sold by Wallis and Wallis, Pictorial card covers, vg.
[12234] |
£15.00 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE |
Fine Antique Firearms From The W Keith Neal Collection
Thursday 9 November 2000.
Christies.
356, 4to. 274 Lots, fine colour illustration, publishers pictorial card covers, some small creases to cover. There were 3 sales held of the collection, this is the second sale. Keith Neal assembled one of the finest collections of firearms. An early sale in 1995 disposed of 328 Lots. An excellent reference on the subject.
[20984] |
£65.00 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE |
Historic American Swords, Butterfield & Butterfield
Nov 20 1989.
Los Angeles.
4to., unpaginated, 200+ Lots illustrated in colour and black and white, pictorial card covers, light rubbing.
[15368] |
£20.00 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE |
The Russell Goldstein Collection Of Antique Firearms
June 8 1970.
96 pages, small 4to., illus card cover, sold by Richard Bourne and Co. Ma. USA, the sale included many rare Colts.
[15191] |
£25.00 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE |
The Russell Goldstein Collection Of Antique Firearms
June 8 1970.
96 pages, small 4to., illus card cover, sold by Richard Bourne and Co. Ma. USA, the sale included many rare Colts.
[15192] |
£25.00 |
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AUCTION CATALOGUE |
The Wardlow, Cline, Degenhardt & Adolph Collections
September 1994.
Moline, USA.
244 pages, landscape 4to., well illustrated in colour, ring bound card covers as issued. Sale conducted by Richard Ellis auctioneers Ltd of important firearms, Lots well illustrated and described.
[15187] |
£25.00 |
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AUSTYN Christopher |
Classic Sporting Guns
1981.
1st Edn,.
Sportsmans Press.
127 pages, 4to., colour and black and white illus from photographs. A vg copy in dj.
[19682] |
£25.00 |
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AUSTYN Christopher |
Classic Sporting Rifles
1997.
1st Edn,.
The Sportsmans Press.
127 pages, 4to, finely illus in colour and black and white from photographs. A fine copy in dj. A well illus work covering the best rifles, double rifles, developments, British markers etc.
[21588] |
£25.00 |
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AUSTYN Christopher |
Classic Sporting Rifles
1997.
1st Edn,.
The Sportsmans Press.
127 pages, 4to, finely illustrated in colour and black and white from photographs. A fine copy in dj. A well illus work covering the best rifles, double rifles, developments, British markers etc.
[23681] |
£25.00 |
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AUSTYN Christopher |
Gun Engraving
1998.
1st Edn,.
Sportsmans Press.
127 pages, 4to., colour and black and white illustrations throughout, fine in dj. A survey of modern gun engravers and their work, with excellent illustrations.
[23682] |
£35.00 |
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AUTHORITY OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONED OF THE ADMIRALTY |
Handbook of Ammunition 1915 (corrected to March 1915)
1915.
184 pages, 44 colour plates + text illus, original black pebbled cloth, chipping to head and tail of spine. A detailed account of ammunition powders rockets etc., including cartridges for B.L. and Q.F. Guns, Aiming Rifles, Machine Guns and Small Arms Ammunition, Tables Of Ammunition for each gun.
[20775] |
£300.00 |
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AYALON David |
Gunpowder And Firearms In The Mamluk Kingdom, A Challenge To A Mediaeval Society
1956.
1st Edn,.
XVII 154 pages, vg in dj.
[571] |
£38.00 |
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AYRTON William |
The Adventures of a Salmon in the River Dee by a Friend of the Family Together with Notes for Fly Fishers in North Wales
n.d.1853.
William Pickering.
104 pages, lithographs title page, 8 plates 4 of which are tinted, original printed card covers, 1 corner chipped, later paper spine not recent bookplate to inner blank of front cover, small stamp for the Aquatic Research Institute on opposite blank contained in a 1/4 leather slipcase, quite scarce, especially with the printed covers. Westwood Satchell 2
[2076] |
£320.00 |
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AYRTON William |
Mr Barnacles And His Boat
1856.
Whitaker and Co, Chester.
oblong 8vo., title and 24 plates with text, some foxing, original printed paper covered boards lightly dust soiled with later cloth jacket, vg. Mr Barnacles experiences fishing in Wales. He was dismayed to find that the preserve can only be fishes.
[14316] |
£150.00 |
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BACK D.H.L. |
Forsyth & Co Patent Gunmakers
1995.
second revised.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
4to., 252 pages. Finely illustrated in b/w and colour from photographs. As New. 1st edition published in 1969, this is an extended and revised edition in 4to.,. the quality of the photograph and presentation are to a very high standard in the edition.
[3218] |
£40.00 |
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BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers The Mantons 1782-1878
1993.
1st thus.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
4to., 144 pages. Finely illustrated in b/w and colour from photographs. As New. The Mantons gunmakers was first published in 1967 with a supplement in 1978. Since then a substantial number of Manton arms unrecorded in either book has been brought to the attention of the author and also a scrapbook put together by Joseph Manton's staff. In this volume the author records some amendments from the first 2 volumes and those guns traced since 1978 together with the contents of the scrapbook. Sadly the co author Keith Neal died before publication.
[20034] |
£70.00 |
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