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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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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] |
£740.00 |
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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 |
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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 |
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BALFOUR BROWNE V.R. |
The Stalking Letters And Sketches
1978.
1st Edn,.
Antony Atha Publishing.
Rugby.
131+ pages, landscape 4to, illustrated with 11 full page colour plates and many full page and text illustration by Balfour Browne. Book plate to front paste down neat single line mark to front end paper obscuring name ? One of a limited edition of 950 copies, this being No 61 of the special editions of 200 copies bound in full tan morroco with gilt title and stags head to upper cover, all edges gilt in the original slipcase. Includes the original prospectus for the book and an invoice from David Grayling for ?550 fr the book in 2009. . Balfour Browne is considered one of the foremost painters of red deer and stalking scenes. He was also a keen student of stalking and the letters that he left provide much good advice'.
[23551] |
£280.00 |
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BALFOUR BROWNE V.R. |
The Stalking Letters And Sketches
1979.
1st Edn,.
Antony Atha Publishing.
Rugby.
131+ pages, TEG, landscape 4to, Illustrated with 11 full page colour plates from paintings and many full page and text drawings by Balfour Browne. One of a limited edition of 950 copies, this being No 653, bound in 1/4 brown leather with gilt stags head and title to upper board in the publishers original slipcase, a fine copy. Balfour Browne is considered one of the foremost painters of red deer and stalking scenes. He was also a keen student of stalking and the letters that he left provide much good advice to any stalker.
[22920] |
£180.00 |
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BREADALBANE Marchioness |
The High Tops Of The Black Mount
1987.
1st thus.
Anthony Atha Publications.
Diss.
155 pages, landscape 4to., AEG, a new edition of this classic stalking title with an introduction by Robin Fleming, (the present owner of Blackmount), newly illustrated by Ian Oates with 15 full page colour plates + full page drawings + text illustrations. A limited edition of 275 copies this No 31 of the de-luxe editions signed by Robin Fleming and I R Oates with an original pencil sketch of a standing pony carrying a stag to front blank, initialed by Oates. Sporting bookplate to front paste down of L. P Unsworth (author and gun collector). Bound in a full dark blue morroco, gilt stags head to upper cover. A fine copy presented in the original blue cloth drop over box in the style of the binding with stag's head vignette. No indication of the limitation of this de-luxe edition, normally found in plain blue cloth without signatures or drawing. A finely produced book.
[23559] |
£300.00 |
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BREADALBANE Marchioness of |
The High Tops Of Black Mount
1935.
rep Edn,.
William Blackwood And Son.
xvii - 251 pages, frontis illus, and 39 full page illus from photographs, publishers' blue cloth, gilt title to the upper cover vg + bright copy. DJ present with some tears along top edge and old staining. First published in 1907, this edition republished by the executors has a memoir of the author and two extra photographs, . A memoir, recounting many years of adventures deer stalking in the Scottish Highlands.
[23246] |
£80.00 |
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CHALMERS Patrick |
Mine Eyes To The Hills, An Anthology on the Highland Forest
1931.
1st Edn,.
A & C Black.
XV 368 pages, illus with 8 colour plates by V.R.Balfour Browne + text illus, some foxing to contents and closed page edges, vg-.
[21549] |
£25.00 |
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CHALMERS Patrick R. |
Deerstalking
1935.
1st Edn,.
Phillip Allan.
vii 253 pages, 8 full page illustrations from photographs. Published in the sportsman's library series. Publishers blind stamped red cloth, titled in silver, spine evenly faded as often, o/w vg. Covers all aspects of stalking red deer including natural history, guns, the trophy etc.
[22421] |
£20.00 |
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CHALMERS Patrick R |
Mine Eyes To the Hills, An Anthology Of The Highland Forest
1931.
1st.
A & C Black.
xv, 368 pages, Illustrated with 8 colour plates and chapter headings by V.R. Balfour-Browne some occasional foxing to the contents. Light publishers' tan cloth with gilt stag head to upper board, in DJ some soiling and chipping to the DJ. Chapters include: Prelude; The start; The Forest - I The music of the brae; The Forest II - The deer; The Forest III - Villainous saltpetre; The Forest IV - Some of its maxims and valuable thoughts; Some foresters; Some big stags; Some hinds; Red-letter days; Dangers, difficulties and disappointments; Rifle and equipment; Deer-hounds and trackers - terriers too; The ponies; Eagles; The roe; A rogue's gallery; Bogles and brownies; The obsolete; Some off-day doings; Where doctors disagree; The kitchen; The 15th of October; Bibliography
[23272] |
£45.00 |
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CHALMERS Patrick R |
Mine Eyes To the Hills, An Anthology Of The Highland Forest
1931.
1st Edn,.
A & C Black.
xv, 368 pages, Illustrated with 8 colour plates and chapter headings by V.R. Balfour-Browne. Light publishers' tan cloth blind stamped stags head to upper board. Some light fading to the upper board. Chapters include: Prelude; The start; The Forest - I The music of the brae; The Forest II - The deer; The Forest III - Villainous saltpetre; The Forest IV - Some of its maxims and valuable thoughts; Some foresters; Some big stags; Some hinds; Red-letter days; Dangers, difficulties and disappointments; Rifle and equipment; Deer-hounds and trackers - terriers too; The ponies; Eagles; The roe; A rogue's gallery; Bogles and brownies; The obsolete; Some off-day doings; Where doctors disagree; The kitchen; The 15th of October; Bibliography
[22373] |
£26.00 |
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CHAPMAN Donald and Norma |
Fallow Deer Their History And Distribution And Biology
1975.
1st Edn,.
Lavenham.
271 pages, illus throughout, library number to verso of title page, dj chipped, bottom of spine removed, library number?
[6957] |
£36.00 |
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COLQUHOUN John |
Sporting Days
1866.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Son.
Edinburgh.
vii 255 pages, 20pp adverts, armorial bookplate to front paste down some glue residue to front end paper from the bookplate. Publishers green cloth with gilt title to upper board. chapters on seafowl, shooting on the Firth of Forth, deer stalking in Mull, natural history and sport of Bute, loch salmon fishing etc., Chute 119, WS 63.
[22135] |
£60.00 |
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CONWAY James |
Forays Among Salmon and Deer
1861.
2nd Edn,.
Chapman Hall.
xii 248 pages, armorial bookplate to front paste down with a later ownership inscription, small blind stamp to FEP, publishers green watered silk binding, vg. The first edition appears in 1859 entitled "Letters from the highlands" This edition is an improved form and with a new title page.
[21935] |
£55.00 |
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CONWAY James |
Forays Among Salmon And Deer
n/d circa 1893.
New Edn.
Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co..
252 pages, frontis and 1 other plate, armorial bookplate to front paste down of Arthur Wood. Bound in later 19th century 1/2 dark green morocco top edge gilt, some light rubbing to edges. Westwood and Satchell page 65 a reprint of Letters from the highlands" in an improved form with large additions and the inclusion of the 2 plates Letters from the highlands" and a larger format than the earlier edition 15 cm x 20.5 cm.
[22080] |
£40.00 |
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CREALOCK Gen Henry Hope |
Among The Red Deer The Stalking Portfolios of Henry Hope Crealock
1983.
1st.
Anthony Atha Publications.
Diss.
144 pages, Top edge gilt landscape 4to, illus throughout from drawings by Crealock, forward by Colonel Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel, the stalking portfolios were published from 1870 to 1874 and most of the engravings have been reproduced in this volume. Limited to 525 numbered copies this being No 331, bound in 1/4 dark blue calf over grey cloth gilt title and vignette to the upper board light rubbing to the bottom of the spine. vg.
[23117] |
£180.00 |
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CREALOCK Henry Hope |
Deer Stalking In The Highlands Of Scotland
1892.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xviii 194 pages, TEGlarge folio, limited to 255 copies this being numbered 63. Illustrated with 40 full page plates and, numerous illustrations in the text reproduced from the drawings by the author, the title page printed in red and black. Recently finely bound in a half dark green morroco spine gilt double ruled to compartments cloth side with the large gilt vignette of a stag and dog in a mountain scene used in the original binding relayed on the front board. A very good copy of the most important and beautifully produced book on Scottish stalking. Crealock describes the natural history, the abuse of deerhounds, red deer, the horns, stalking, the stalking grounds etc. And relates stories of twenty-two years of deer stalking on the deer forests of Scotland. A book often found in poor condition due to its size and weight with the plates often foxed.
[23172] |
£1200.00 |
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CREALOCK Henry Hope |
Deer Stalking In The Highlands Of Scotland
1892.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xviii 194 pages, TEG, large folio, limited to 255 copies this being numbered 21. Illustrated with 40 full page plates and, numerous illustrations in the text reproduced from the drawings by the author, the title page printed in red and black, some light spotting to prelims. Armorial bookplate of Francis Alvey Rhodes Darwin to the front paste down. Recased in the publisher's dark green cloth, with gilt title and large vignette of a stag and dog in mountain scene to the upper board the original spine relayed which had loss to the head tail, and lightly faded, a vg copy of the most important and beautifully produced book on Scottish stalking. Crealock describes the natural history. the abuse of deerhounds, red deer, the horns, stalking, the stalking grounds etc. And relates stories of twenty-two years of deer stalking on the deer forests of Scotland. A book often found in poor condition due to its size and weight with the plates often foxed.
[22912] |
£1300.00 |
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Crealock, Henry Hope |
STALKING SKETCHES; Amhuinnsuidhe in the 1880s (and a few more).
2009.
1st thus.
David A H Grayling.
Shap.
84 pp, Landscape 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from sketches and paintings by Crealock. Limited to 300 copies this being number 7 of which only 24 are bound in full plum Morocco with an original vignette drawing by Ian Oates. A fine copy Crealock's previously unpublished sketches and watercolours, forming a diary account of time spent deer stalking in 1882 and 1884 at Anhuinnsuidhe. Anhuinnsuidhe is a sporting estate on the Isle of Lewis. There are also other sketches and paintings of red deer and their antlers from other sources. This is followed by a three-page history of the Crealock family. There is also a 3-page introduction by Hon Robert Eden. A fine copy of a well-produced and finely bound record. Also included is the original prospectus and a letter from the publisher, and a memoir of the artist Ian Oates who died in 2010.
[23243] |
£180.00 |
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DE NAHLIK A.J. |
Wild Deer
1959.
1st Edn,.
240 pages, Tall 8vo. illus, vg in dj, dj creased on top edge.
[11330] |
£20.00 |
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Dodd BAE |
The Roe Is Back
2005.
1st.
Axel Hirschmann Verlag.
160pp, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings. Publishers pictorial laminated covers, ownership name to the front end paper a fine copy. The Deer natural history , history, shooting, the guns etc.
[23275] |
£30.00 |
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DUGMORE Radclyffe A |
The Romance Of The Newfoundland Caribou, An Intimate Account Of The Life Of The Reindeer Of North America
1913.
1st Edn.
William Heinemann.
viii 191 pages, 4to., illus throughout with full page plates from photographs, text drawings + colour frontis by the author + large folding map, some occasional spotting to contents, publishers blue cloth, gilt title and 2 caribou stags fighting vignette to upper board, small faint watermark to upper edge. Includes a chapter on the caribou froma sportsmans point of view
[21377] |
£40.00 |
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DUKE OF PORTLAND |
The Red Deer Of Langwell And Braemore 1880 1934
1935.
1st Edn,.
Blackie.
4to., coloured frontis and 4 other colour plates and numerous black and white plates, many are of stag heads with descriptions on the opposite page of weights, points where shot etc., pages 175-181 on the Flora of Caithness loose as issued. contents clean and tight, ownership inscription to front end paper. Publishers blue cloth with gilt title to upper board, cloth dull with light dust soiling, There are additional notes on local natural history includes a photograph of a 62lb cased salmon taken in the nets at Berriedale in 1894.
[22389] |
£80.00 |
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EDWARDS Lionel |
My Scottish Sketch Book
1929.
1st Edn,.
Country Life Ltd.
vii 32 pages, lge 4to, coloured frontis and 15 fine tipped in colour plates by Lionel Edwards, each plate with vignette drawing to lower margin. Bound in the publisher's hessian cloth with paper title label to upper cover in dj, couple of small, closed tears to dj but no loss a very good copy. Covers aspects of Scottish sports including fishing, hunting, stalking grouse shooting, each painting is accompanied by a page of text. Chute194
[22257] |
£100.00 |
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EDWARDS Lionel |
My Scottish Sketch Book
1929.
1st Edn,.
Country Life.
vii 32 pages, lge 4to, coloured frontis and 15 fine colour plates by Lionel Edwards, each plate with vignette drawing to margin, covers aspects of Scottish sports including fishing, hunting, stalking. This is No 38 of a limited edition of 250 copies signed by the author and bound in the original 1/4 vellum backed boards, gilt title to upper board. Spine showing some darkening to the vellum Chute 194
[22555] |
£140.00 |
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EDWARDS Lionel |
My Scottish Sketch Book
1929.
1st Edn,.
Country Life.
vii 32 pages, large 4to, coloured frontis and 15 fine tipped in colour plates on thick paper by Lionel Edwards, each plate with vignette drawing to lower margin. Some spotting to the half title page otherwise the contents clean and free of foxing. Later fine half green morroco binding cloth covered boards with gilt stag head motifs to spine compartments. Covers aspects of Scottish sports including fishing, hunting, stalking grouse shooting, each painting is accompanied by a page of text. Chute194
[23556] |
£110.00 |
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EDWARDS Lionel, WALLACE Harold Frank |
Hunting & Stalking The Deer The Pursuit Of Red,Fallow And Roe Deer In England And Scotland
1927.
1st ordinary Edn,.
Longmans.
xi 274 pages, top edge gilt, 4to, illustrated with 8 colour plates and numerous black and white full page and text drawings by the authors. Publishers' blue cloth, with gilt title to upper board, light fading to tips of lower outer corners of the covers vg. Wallace gives a detailed examination of the heads of Scottish deer and how they may be improved etc. To the Roe deer he has paid particular attention. Edwards covers stag hunting in various areas.
[22424] |
£85.00 |
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EDWARDS Lionel, WALLACE Harold Frank |
Hunting And Stalking The Deer The Pursuit Of Red, Fallow And Roe Deer In England And Scotland
1927.
1st Edn,.
XI 274 pages, 4to, illus with eight colour plates and numerous black and white from drawings by the Authors, publishers red boards, gilt titles, light fading to spine
[18787] |
£350.00 |
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EDWARDS Lionel, WALLACE H.F. |
Hunting And Stalking The Deer The Pursuit Of red, Fallow And Roe Deer In England And Scotland
1930.
re-issue.
Longmans.
xi 274 pages, 4to, illus 8 in colour and numerous black and white plates from drawings by the authors, vg. Although it notes on verso of title, cheaper re-issue the book appears identical to the 1st Edn.
[20967] |
£70.00 |
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FITZHERBERT Cuthbert |
The Prince And The Pedlar, Stalking Memoirs
1977.
1st Edn,.
Anthony Atha Publishing.
Rugby.
71 pages, lge 8vo, illus by V.Balfour Browne, limited to 500 copies signed by the author, a vg+ copy in slipcase
[11658] |
£50.00 |
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FITZHERBERT Cuthbert |
The Prince And The Pedlar, Stalking Memoirs
1977.
1st Edn,.
Anthony Atha Publishing.
Rugby.
71 pages, lge 8vo, illustrated in colour from 5 paintings by V.R Balfour Browne (which have not been published before), limited to 500 copies signed by the author, sporting bookplate to front paste down of L. P Unsworth (author and gun collector), a vg+ copy in slipcase.
[23554] |
£50.00 |
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FITZHERBERT Cuthbert |
The Prince And The Pedlar, Stalking sketches and reminiscences.
2000.
1st thus.
David Grayling.
Shap.
64 pp., Large landscape 8vo illustrated with drawings and water colours by V.R Balfour Browne, limited to 400 copies. A fine copy in the clear glassine wrapper. This edition has a new preface by the authors son, and new illustrations by Balfour Browne.
[23703] |
£35.00 |
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FORTESCUE Hon John |
Stag Hunting On Exmoor
1887.
1st Edn,.
Chapman and Hall.
286 (1) pages, TEG, folding map, frontis + 13 plates, armorial bookplate of S,C.Lister, Swinton Park to front paste down with his signature to first blank. Finely bound in contemporary 1/2 dark blue morroco by Hatchards.
[10588] |
£95.00 |
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FORTESCUE Hon J.W. |
The Story Of A Red Deer
1938.
rep Edn,.
X 144 pages, 12 plates in colour and 12 gravure plates by G.D.Armour, gilt deer vignette to upper board, vg.
[13390] |
£25.00 |
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GATHORNE-HARDY A.E. |
Autumns In Argyleshire With Rod And Gun
1900.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xi 228 pages, 8 full page illus by Archibald Thorburn, publishers cloth, gilt title and sporting vignette to upper board, an gilt standing stag to spine, a vg copy often found in faded cloth, still retaining the front section of the dj and spine. Much on deer stalking also grouse and black game, shooting and salmon fishing. Chute 234
[22096] |
£70.00 |
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GIBSON Colin |
Highland Deerstalker
1958.
1st Edn,.
Seeley Service.
243 pages, + adverts frontis, and text drawings by the author, map end papers, ownership name on fep map, VG. The story of Alan Cameron a highland stalker prior to WWII in the deer forests of the Grampian Mountains.
[23270] |
£30.00 |
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GIBSON Colin |
Highland Deerstalker
1977.
rep of the 1958 1st Edn,.
William Culross and Co Ltd, Couper Angus.
243 pages, illus, map end papers, vg in dj.
[16293] |
£25.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
Deer Stalking
1886.
1st Edn,.
Chapman And Hall.
x 115 pages, sporting advs. 6 full page plates, 5 from photographs, ownership name of 1/2 title with date 1890, red cloth with gilt title and stalker sitting taking shot to upper board.
[18691] |
£70.00 |
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GRIMBLE Augustus |
Leaves From A Game Book
1898.
1st Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
249 pages, TEG, large 8vo., frontis + 19 full page illus, original 1/2 velum with marbled boards red title label rubbing to the label and dust soiling to the velum corners, limited to 250 copies, Grimble notes that since 1877 1898 he has been present at the death of 76,577 head of game which is listed includes deer to his own rifle, game birds, wildfowl, rabbits etc., he dedicated the book to his friends and kind hosts Chute 262
[19493] |
£100.00 |
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HART DAVIS Captain H. |
Stalking Sketches
1904.
1st Edn,.
Horace Cox.
vi 67 pages, 4to, frontis illus + 16 other full page plates by the author, presentation inscription in ink to top blank margin of title page, original tan patterned cloth with stag's head printed in brown to upper board, vg-. A guide to stalking in Scotland at the turn of the century, the illustrations are particularly evocative.
[21647] |
£75.00 |
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HART DAVIS Duff |
Monarchs Of The Glen, A History Of Deer Stalking In The Scottish Highlands
1978.
1st Edn,.
Jonathan Cape.
x 249 pages, illustrated in b/w from. photographs vg in dj, dj has repair to verso of a closed tear to top rear edge. A detailed history of deer-stalking in the Highlands of Scotland.
[23692] |
£30.00 |
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HARVEY Lieut Col J R |
Deer Hunting In Norfolk From The Earliest Times
1910.
1st.
The Norwich Mercury.
Norwich.
26 full page plates + map, some spotting to end papers, publishers burgundy cloth, title in gilt, vg. Includes an up to date appraisal and map of meeting places etc.
[19786] |
£65.00 |
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HARVIE Lieut Col J.R. |
Deer Hunting In Norfolk From The Earliest Times
1910.
1st Edn,.
Norwich Mercury Co Ltd.
Norwich.
96 pages, 28 plates + map showing South Norfolk meets of the Norfolk staghounds. original maroon cloth, gilt authors name to lower front edge, gilt title to spine. A vg clean title of a difficult title to find.
[16978] |
£85.00 |
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LATYMER Lord |
Stalking In Scotland And New Zealand
1935.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood.
vii 255 pages, Illustrated with 8 b/w photographic plates, + 3 maps, some spotting to contents. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt title to upper cover, light even fading to the spine vg. Chapter on buying a forest, renting, management, reminiscences of stalking and 2 chapters on New Zealand Stalking in 1930 and 1933.
[23244] |
£120.00 |
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LEES J.A. |
Peaks And Pines Another Norway Book
1899.
1st Edn,.
Longman Green And Co.
378 pages, 63 illus and photographs by the author, bookplate to FEP, original grey cloth with mountain scene with reindeer to upper board, titles in silver. A vg copy. An account of a reindeer stalking trip, also a chapter on trout fishing.
[4545] |
£120.00 |
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LEGGATT Ashley |
Stalking Reminiscences 1914-1920
1921.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
ix 114 pages, illus from photographs, some foxing to contents, original cloth with gilt stag's head to upper board, a vg bright copy. Leggatt relates his stalking experiences at Farley, Inverness-shire with gilt stags head to upper board, vg.
[20926] |
£65.00 |
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LYDEKKER R. |
The Deer Of All Lands, A History Of The Family Cervidae Living And Extinct
1898.
1st Edn..
Rowland Ward.
xx 329 pages, 4to., 24 colour plates after J Smit, + text drawings and photographs, number 152 of a limited edition of 500 copies signed by Rowland Ward. The contents clean and tight, publisher's green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover within ruled border, even fading to spine, some small chips to tail of spine. An important record of deer with fine hand coloured lithograph plates by J Smit. Seldom found in very good condition in the original cloth which is often badly faded. There are 5 Rowland Ward titles published in the series by Lydekker from 1898 to 1907, all were limited editions. ?1850
[22777] |
£1850.00 |
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MCCONNICHIE Alexander Inkson |
Deer Forest Life
1932.
1st Edn,.
Alexander Maclehose & Co.
237 pages, illus, vg, stalking in sheep ground,winter sport - begin stalking with hinds, deer forests, etc.,
[12181] |
£55.00 |
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MCCONNICHIE Alexander Inkson |
Deer Forest Life
1932.
1st Edn,.
Alexander Maclehose & Co.
237 pages, illus, some foxing to contents and closed page edges, vg-, stalking in sheep ground,winter sport - begin stalking with hinds, deer forests, etc.,
[21499] |
£40.00 |
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MCCONNOCHIE Alexander Inkson |
Deer Forest Life
1932.
1st Edn,.
Alexander Macklehose.
ix 236 pages, illus, vg, stalking in sheep ground,winter sport - begin stalking with hinds, deer forests, etc.,
[4960] |
£55.00 |
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MCCONNOCHIE Alexander Inkson |
Deer Stalking In Scotland
1924.
1st Edn,.
Witherby.
208 pages, illus, red cloth covers, slight fading to cloth, o/w a vg copy free of the foxing often found with this title
[20425] |
£75.00 |
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MCCONNOCHIE Alexander Inkson |
Deer Stalking In Scotland
1924.
1st Edn,.
Witherby.
208 pages, Frontis and 7 plates from photographs, bookplate to the front paste down. publishers red cloth covers with gilt title and stags head to the spine. Slight fading to the spine head tail of spine rubbed o/w a vg copy free of the foxing often found with this title. A comprehensive guide to stalking and also includes descriptions of stalks.
[22390] |
£70.00 |
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MCCONNOCHIE Alexander Inkson |
Deerstalking In Scotland
1924.
1st Edn,.
Witherby.
208 pages, frontis + 7 full page plates, some foxing to contents, red cloth with gilt stag heads to spine.
[2045] |
£60.00 |
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MCCONNOCHIE Alexander Inkson |
Deerstalking In Scotland
1924.
1st Edn,.
Witherby.
208 pages, frontis + 7 full page plates, some foxing to contents, red cloth with gilt stag heads to spine.
[2045] |
£60.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
British Deer and Their Horns
1897.
1st Edn,.
Henry Sotheran and Co.
xviii 224 pages, large folio, TEG, 185 text and full page illus mostly by the author, 8 by Sidney Steel, 2 by E.Roe, 10 electro engraved and coloured frontis by the author and Sidney Steel, and a series of unpublished sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, bookplate to front paste down with 2 old bookseller catalogue slips to lower edges, also early engraving of a dead red deer pasted to lower blank margin dedication page, some spotting to the margins of the elctro plates o/w contents clean and free of foxing. Original publishers pictorial cloth binding with deer head design to upper board and spine in black. The cloth evenly darkened on spine and less so along top edge of the front cover, the cloth usually found unevenly darkened, one of the classic Victorian stalking titles.
[21558] |
£260.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
British Deer and Their Horns
1897.
1st Edn,.
Henry Sotheran and Co.
xviii 224 pages, large folio, TEG, 185 text and full page illus mostly by the author, 8 by Sidney Steel, 2 by E.Roe, 10 electro engraved and coloured frontis by the author and Sidney Steel, and a series of unpublished sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, bookplate to front paste down. Some spotting to the blank margins of the elctro plates o/w contents clean and free of foxing. Recased in the publishers' pictorial cloth binding with deer head design to upper board and spine in black. The cloth evenly darkened on spine and boards; the cloth usually found unevenly darkened which this copy is not one of the classic Victorian stalking titles.
[23263] |
£280.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G.and others |
The Gun At Home And Abroad, British Deer And Ground Game, Dogs, Guns, Rifles
1913.
1st Edn,.
the London And Counties Press Association Ltd.
xvi 348 pages, TEG, lge 4to, 15 full pages colour plates by Balfour Browne, Maud Earl and George Lodge and numerous half tone plates, amorial bookplate to front paste down, limited to 950 numbered copies, this being No 630 part of the limitation was sold in a 4 volume set, this is one of the individually published numbered copies, a vg+ copy in full dark brown leather, gilt title to upper board.
[21559] |
£300.00 |
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Milner (Jos M.), Alexander (Jim S.) & Griffin (A.M.). |
A HIGHLAND DEER HERD AND ITS HABITAT
2002.
1st.
Red Lion House.
268 pages, Illustrated with colour photographs paintings, graphs, tables & maps. Publishers' blue cloth, upper board and spine titled in black. A fine copy in DJ. An important and remarkable study of the deer herd on the Letterewe estate, owned by Paul van Vlissingen who sponsored and privately published this book. Chapters include: The size of the red deer herd; Deer impact on the habitat; Condition of the red deer herd; Management options and their consequences; Deer in the Highlands
[23273] |
£70.00 |
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Mockler-Ferryman Major A F |
In The Northmans's Land. Travel, Sport, and Folk-Lore in The Hardanger Fjord and Fjeld.
1896.
1st.
Sampson Low, Marston and Co.
xvi- 316pp, folding map, 17 full page illustrations and 2 vignettes, pages are uncut and unopened some occasional foxing. Original dark red cloth binding, with gilt vignette of an Elk head to the upper cover. The authors observations of Hardenger in Norway. The people countryside weather and fishing and shooting opportunities available. Including reindeer and er on reindeer hunting.
[23725] |
£38.00 |
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MONKHOUSE, W Cosmo |
The Works of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. Illustrated By Forty-four Steel Engravings and About Two Hundred Woodcuts from Sketches in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen and Other Sources, with a History of His art-Life By W. Cosmo Monkhouse
no date circa 1880.
1st Edn.
Virtue & Co.
x(ii) ? 168 pages, large 4to 43 full-page steel engravings, titlepage vignette, 10 plates of Landseer's early work and many other illustrations in the text. Bound in a full contemporary dark green morroco all edges gilt. Spine in six compartments' ornately decorated with central device within corner pieces and doble ruled frames. The boards with triple ruled border and corner pieces, gilt monogram to centre of the upper board "MC". The contents clean with light spotting to the blank end papers, the binding shows some light rubbing to corners a very good + copy of a title rarely found in this condition. Although not a stalking book Landseer was particularly associated with Scotland, and the Highlands particular, which provided the subjects (both human and animal) for many of his important paintings including many of a stalking or deer theme including The Monarch of the Glen.
[22261] |
£300.00 |
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Ogilvie-Grant, W.R., Arthur Acland HOOD, J.G. MILLAIS, et al |
The Gun At Home And Abroad; Volume I, British Game Birds And Wilfowl. Volume II, British Deer And Ground Game. Volume III, The Big Game Of Africa And Europe. Volume IV, the Big Game Of Asia And North America
1912-1915.
The London And Counties Press Association Ltd..
xii 443, xvi 345, xix 408, xix 433 pages, title pages printed in red and black TEG, large 4to., illustrated throughout with colour plates by leading artists after G. Lodge, A. Thorburn, V. R. Balfour-Browne, and E. Caldwell; + photogravure, monochrome and half tone plates, and numerous illustrations and tables in the text. Bound in the publisher's full brown leather bindings. 3 of the volumes having some scratch marks to the rear boards. A very good complete set of the monumental work, 500 copies were produced as sets, this being a consecutive numbered set 142. Individual volumes were also issued in various limitation numbers and not numbered on the spine as this set is. Leading hunters and sportsmen of the day contributed to the volumes including F.C.Selous, J.G.Millias, Frank Wallace, D Carruthers etc. encompassing all aspects of shooting, stalking and big game hunting. A lavishly produced and richly informative work documenting a bygone sporting age. Czech Asia 45, Africa 252, Chute 482.
[22477] |
£1200.00 |
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PEEL C.V.A. |
Wild Sports In The Outer Hebrides
1901.
1st Edn,.
F.E. Robinson.
xvi133 pages, TEG, advs, frontis illus by G.E.Lodge, numerous full page and text illus, spotting to prelims. Original red cloth bevelled edges with gilt title to upper board and gilt vignette of a standing sportsman shooting from rocks. A vg copy of an attractive book, includes chapters on snipe and woodcock, rock doves, seals and seal shooting, and sea-trout fishing. PEEL C.V.A. Chute 517.
[22395] |
£80.00 |
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PORTLAND DUKE OF |
Fifty Years And More Of Sport In Scotland: Deerstalking, Salmon Fishing, Grouse Shooting And Other Pleasant Memories. 1880 - 1932
1933.
1st Edn,.
Faber and Faber Ltd.
174, ix 190 pages, top edge gilt small 4to, bound with The Red Deer of Langwell and Braemore 1880-1934, with a brief account of the flora of Caithness 1935. Both volumes have numerous photographs, 2 folding maps, to the first part 5 tipped in colour plates by W. Eggington, to the second part with numerous photographs of deer heads with accompanying details on size where and when etc the publishers edition of this title (Blackie and Son) the colour plates are on thick paper, the flora of Caithness is part of the book rather than loose as in the Blackie edition. Bold pencil inscription to front end paper, "From Portland 1937 two books bound in one volume". Blue cloth binding gilt title to upper board. Some surface rubbing to the cloth on the rear board Both volumes were originally published separately. I believe this is one of a limited number of copies which were for the family and presentation, no copy of this edition in any of the holding UK libraries.
[22368] |
£220.00 |
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POTTINGER Sir Henry |
Flood Fell And Forest
1905.
1st Edn,.
Edward Arnold.
2 Vols, xi - 288 + vii - 286 pages, 16pp of adverts, frontis to volume one and 32 full page plates, some browning to the blank end papers . Armorial bookplate of the author Sir Henry Pottinger to front paste downs. Publishers' dark blue cloth bindings gilt titles to the spine. The author recounts sport in Norway including trout fishing, hunting elk bear stag etc. THE AUTHORS COPY
[23722] |
£160.00 |
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PRIOR Richard |
The Roe Deer Of Cranborne Chase An Ecological Survey
1968.
1st Edn,.
XVI 222 pages, illus, vg in dj, dj darkened on spine, presentation inscription on FEP from Richard Prior
[10161] |
£25.00 |
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PRIOR Richard |
Trees And Deer, How To Cope With Deer In Forest, Field, And Garden
1983.
1st Edn,.
Batsford.
208 pages, illus with drawings by Jeeppe Edrup, vg in dj
[16272] |
£24.00 |
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PRIOR Richard |
Trees And Deer, How To Cope With Deer In Forest, Field, And Garden
1983.
1st Edn,.
Batsford.
208 pages, illus with drawings by Jeeppe Edrup, vg in dj
[3336] |
£24.00 |
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PRIOR Richard |
Trees And Deer, How To Cope With Deer In Forest, Field, And Garden
1983.
1st Edn,.
B.T.Batsford Ltd.
208 pages, illus with drawings by Jeppe Edrup, 1 of 12 copies signed by the author and bound in 1/2 calf with marbled sides, vg+.
[3] |
£160.00 |
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ROSS John edt, GUNN Hugh edt |
The Book Of The Red Deer And Empire Big Game
1925.
1st Edn,.
Simpkin Marshall.
339 pages, + appendix 1: 26 pages The Deer Forests Of England, Appendix 2: 6 pages The Blighty Industries Association Ltd, Appendix 3: 8 pages The Light Side Of Sport. 21pp + 8pp. TEG, 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs, drawings etc., limited to 500 numbered copies, contents clean and tight. Bound in the publisher's white cloth with gilt title and coloured insert of a red deer stag to upper board, gilt title to spine with gilt stag's head vignette. The cloth lightly dust soiled 2 small stain marks to front edge of the upper cover. Includes red deer in New Zealand, big game of British Columbia, Canada, game in Australia, big game hunting in Africa and India, deer, and other game in Malaysia etc.
[22413] |
£90.00 |
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Ryan, Sean |
The Wild Red Deer of Killarney: A Personal Experience and Photographic Record of the Yearly and Life Cycles of the Native Irish Red Deer of County Kerry
1998.
1st.
Mount Eagle Publications Ltd.
Kerry Ireland.
133 (3) pages, Large 8vo illustrated in colour from photographs and a location map. A fine copy in DJ. Includes a bibliography on the works on Red Deer biology and relevant literature.
[23684] |
£25.00 |
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SCROPE William |
The Art Of Deer Stalking, Illustrated by a Narrative of a Few Days Sport in the Forest of Atholl, With Some Account of the Nature and Habits of Red Deer, and a Short Description of the Scotch Forests with Days And Nights Of Salmon Fishing In The River Tweed, With A Short Account Of The Natural History And Habits Of The Salmon
1838/1843.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xix (i)- 436 + xvii (iii) - 298, two volumes, top edges gilt, a matching pair bound by Bickers & Sons in a full crushed dark green morroco with the original cloth front and rear cloth binding bound in at the rear. The covers with gilt lined borders with ornate corner pieces. The spines in 6 compartments with gilt titles and central gilt motif within ruled borders. The Deer Stalking, illustrated with frontis and 10 full page engravings and lithographs by Edwin and Charles Landseer and the author. The Salmon Fishing illustrated with13 lithograph and wood engravings by L. Haghe, T Landseer and S. Williams from paintings, includes flies coloured by hand. A fine set of Scropes classic titles of fishing and stalking in Scotland. Schwerdt Vol II 154/55, WS 191 ?950
[23721] |
£950.00 |
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SCROPE William |
The Art Of Deer Stalking, Illustrated by a Narrative of a Few Days Sport in the Forest of Atholl, With Some Account of the Nature and Habits of Red Deer, and a Short Description of the Scotch Forests
1838.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xix 436 pages, TEG, illus with frontis and 10 full page engravings and lithographs by Edwin and Charles Landseer, contents clean and tight with some occasional spotting to outer blank margin of some plates, bound in half dark green morroco with title and gilt stags head within decorative ruled borders to spine compartments, bound by Root & Son, the original cloth front and rear, cloth sides and spine bound in at rear, some even light fading to spine, a vg attractive copy of his deer stalking classic using Scotch deerhounds, the Irish wolfhound, muzzle loading rifles etc. Schwerdt Vol II 154/55 f
[21641] |
£580.00 |
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SCROPE William |
The Art of Deer-Stalking Illustrated by a Narrative of a Few Days' Sport in the Forest of Atholl, with some Account of the Nature and Habits of Red Deer, and a Short Description of the Scottish Forests; Legends; Superstitions; Stories of Poachers and Freebooters, etc. etc.
1897.
new.
Edward Arnold.
xviii (i) 304 pages, Top edge gilt large 8vo engraved frontis and 9 further full-page engraved plates on India paper, heavy foxing to end papers and lesser so to contents in places. Bound in a near contemporary half green morroco with gilt sporting motifs to spine compartments. Published in the sportsman's library this is one of the large paper copies edited by Sir Peter Maxwell with a new introduction.
[22260] |
£95.00 |
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SCROPE William |
The Art of Deer-Stalking Illustrated by a Narrative of a Few Days' Sport in the Forest of Atholl, with some Account of the Nature and Habits of Red Deer, and a Short Description of the Scottish Forests; Legends; Superstitions; Stories of Poachers and Freebooters, etc. etc.
1897.
new.
Edward Arnold.
xviii (i) 304 pages, top edge gilt large 8vo engraved frontis and 9 further full-page engraved plates. Bound in the publisher ? parchment over marbled paper covered boards leather title label small chip to one corner. Published in the sportsman's library and edited by Sir Peter Maxwell with a new introduction.
[23269] |
£45.00 |
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SHIRLEY Evelyn Philip |
Some Account of English Deer Parks With Notes on The Management Of Deer
1867.
1st Edn,.
Joihn Murray.
xiii,267 pages, frontis illus + 3 other full-page plates and engraved chapter headings. Publishers' green cloth, gilt seated deer vignette to the upper board. Chipping the the head and tail of the spine vg. The first 2 chapters cover the History of Deer Parks from The Norman Conquest to The Time of Publication. the book includes the History of All the Deer Parks in England
[23251] |
£110.00 |
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SHIRLEY Evelyn Philip |
Some Account of English Deer Parks With Notes on The Management Of Deer
1867.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xiii,267 pages, frontis illus + 3 other full page plates and engraved chapter headings, ammorial bookplate to front paste down of Charles Penruddocke, FEP removed, pasted to front blank 3 booksellers cut catalogue listings for the book, contents clean and tight, publishers green cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, some marking to cloth and rubbing to corners and head and tail of spine, a g+ copy. the first 2 chapters cover the History Of Deer Parks From The Norman Conquest To The Time Of Publication. the book includes the History of All The Deer Parks In England
[21022] |
£70.00 |
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''SIXTY ONE''. HENRY GEORGE HELY HUTCHINSON |
Twenty Years Reminiscences Of The Lews
1871.
1st Edn,.
Horace Cox.
vii 272 pages, engraved frontis + 1 other plate, spotting to frontis more so to the verso. Armorial bookplate to front paste down, cracking to the gutter hinge at rear contents remain tight. Publishers' brown cloth with gilt deer vignette to upper board some faint mottling in places. A g+ copy of a scarce title. The author's reminiscences of 20 years taken from his journal on the sporting quaters he had rented for shooting, stalking, and fishing. WS 133 not in Chute.
[22431] |
£120.00 |
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SMILLIE Ian Scott |
A Guide To The Stalking Of Red Deer In Scotland
1983.
1st Edn,.
Regency Press.
137 pages, Illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs a fine copy in dj. ?45 Chapters include: Ecology; Antlers; Weather; Equipment; Transport on the hill; The professional stalker; Hazards of the chase; Something about stalking; More about stalking; The final approach; The wounded stag.
[22367] |
£35.00 |
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SNAFFLE (ROBERT DUNKIN) |
The Roedeer A Monograph
1904.
Subscribers edition, 1st.
192 pages, large 8vo., TEG, coloured frontis + 3 other coloured plates, pages uncut, foxing to end papers, some occasional foxing to contents. original limp red cloth binding with gilt roebuck being attacked by hound to upper board. The book is in 1/4 morroco clampshell box, cloth sides, spine in 6 compartments with title and rolled gilt tooling. Limited to 100 copies. This was the first book in English solely devoted to the Roe. Part 1 The Natural History; Part II Roe Hunting; Part III Roe Shooting; Part IV The Roe In Heraldry; Part V Management Of Roe. An extremely scarce title, there were 72 initial subscribers to this book, which included many leading sportsmen of the day, libraries and institutions. A book which seldom appears for sale. A vg copy in the original binding of a scarce title in particularly good condition and well presented in the clapshell box.
[21718] |
£600.00 |
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SOBIESKI John, STUART Charles Edward |
Lays Of The Deer Forest
1985.
1st thus.
Anthony Altha.
Diss.
175 pages, TEG, landscape 4to. 12 full page colour plates, and full page and text illustrations by Ian Oates, with an introduction by Lord Lovat. Limited to 350 numbered copies this being number 139, Publishers green cloth with gilt stag head vignette to upper board and stag head motifs to spine. In the publisher's card slipcase there is some fading and light rubbing to the edges of the slipcase, a vg + copy. Originally published in 2 volumes in 1848. The second volume from which the text of this book is drawn. It contains fascinating descriptions of deer stalking as it was practiced at that time both in the Highlands and on the Continent
[23278] |
£130.00 |
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SOBIESKI John, STUART Charles Edward |
Lays Of The Deer Forest With Sketches Of Olden And Modern Deer Hunting; Traits Of Natural History In The Forest; Traditions Of The Clans; Miscellaneous Notes
1848.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons and Charles Dolman,.
Edinburgh.
ix 381 + 560 pages, 2 volumes TEG, errata slip, pages uncut, tinted frontis to each volume. Publishers 1/4 straight green roan, gilt harp motif in floral borders to each spine a vg+ copy. Volume a collection of related verse . Volume 2 recounts "the old days in the Highlands before the deer were driven from the hill ". Schwerdt vol 2 231pp
[23274] |
£130.00 |
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SPEED Lancelot |
A Sojourn In The Highlands, Achanalt 1885
.
privately printed.
104 (16) pages, 4to., tipped in original albumen photograph frontis of Mary Bignold, over 100 illus from drawings throughout. the last (16) pages printed on 1 side are sepia illus and drawings by Speed "of various spots scattered about the forests of Loch Rosque, Strathbran and Achanalt in the more recent seasons". Some spotting to frontis and tissue guard, original maroon cloth, gilt antlers to upper board with the letters MB beneath, some light discolouration to cloth in places. A rare title COPAC located only 2 copies at Durham University and the National Library of Scotland. A journal of a sporting season in Achanalt Ross-shire from leaving Euston Station in August 1885 to the last entry on December 21st followed by "deaths 1885", days recorded all have illustrations for the days of sport etc., The book is dedicated to "Mistress Bignold" by Lancelot Speed, the estate was owned by Mary's father Sir Arthur Bignold, it is thought Mary inherited the estate on his death in 1915. The book was reprinted in a limited edition in 1996 by David Grayling using Kenneth Whiteheads copy
[20949] |
£850.00 |
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SPEED Lancelot |
A Sojourn In The Highlands, Achanalt 1885
1996.
facsimile reprint Edn,.
David Grayling.
Ravensworth.
103+ pages, 4to., illus throughout the text, a fine copy in the transparent wrapper, limited to 400 copies. A journal of a sporting season in Achanalt Ross-shire from leaving Euston Station in August 1885 to the last entry on December 21st followed by "deaths 1885", days recorded all have illustrations for the days of sport etc., The book is dedicated to "Mistress Bignold" by Lancelot Speed, the estate was owned by Mary's father Sir Arthur Bignold, it is thought Mary inherited the estate on his death in 1915. First published privately in 1886.
[23252] |
£38.00 |
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ST. JOHN Charles |
Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
1846.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
vi- 281 pages, top edge gilt, armorial bookplate to front paste down and free end paper, bound in a contemporary full tan calf inner gilt rolled tooling, the spine in 6 compartments with contrasting labels and ornate gilt tooling bound by Sotheran. The first edition of a classic work and much reprinted on Scottish sport and natural history with observations on wildlife mingled with shooting, fishing, and stalking anecdotes Chute 547, WS 185.
[22937] |
£100.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Short Sketches Of The Wild Sports And Natural History of the Highlands
1846.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
vi- 281 pages, armorial bookplate to front end paper, , bound in a contemporary 1/2 dark green morroco, light rubbing to corners and edges good +. The first edition of a much reprinted work, contains observations on wildlife mingled with shooting, fishing, and stalking anecdotes Chute 547, WS 185 . ?35
[22433] |
£80.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Short Sketches Of The Wild Sports And Natural History of the Highlands
1846.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
vi- 281 pages, 16 pages of adverts armorial bookplate to the front paste down with signature to the front-end paper. Publishers blind stamped red cloth darkening mark to lower ? of rear. The first edition of a much-reprinted work contains observations on wildlife mingled with shooting, fishing, and stalking anecdotes Chute 547, WS 185.
[22438] |
£50.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
A Tour Of Sutherland With Extracts From The Field Book Of A Sportsman Naturalist
1849.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xiii 296, viii- 288 pages, 16pp adverts, 2 volumes 10 full page woodcut illus, armorial bookplate to front end papers in both volumes. A vg copy in the original blind stamped green cloth with gilt hooded falcon to upper board. A month-by-month account of a tour from St Johns Journals with 2 additional chapters on deer stalking also chapters on natural history and shooting. Scotch streams and lochs, dogs, fisheries, game dealers etc. Chute 548, WS185
[22432] |
£95.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
A Tour Of Sutherland With Extracts From The Field Book Of A Sportsman Naturalist
1849.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xiii 296, viii- 288 pages, 16pp adverts, 2 volumes 10 full page woodcut illus, bookplate to front end papers in both volumes also old booksellers slip to volume 1. Some occasional spotting to some the plates A vg copy in the original blind stamped green cloth with gilt hooded falcon to upper board. A month-by-month account of a tour from St Johns Journals with 2 additional chapters on deer stalking also chapters on natural history and shooting. Scotch streams and lochs, dogs, fisheries, game dealers etc. Chute 548, WS185 ?80
[22436] |
£80.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
A Tour Of Sutherland With Extracts From The Field Book Of A Sportsman Naturalist
1849.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xiii 296, viii- 288 pages, 16pp adverts, 2 volumes 10 full page woodcut illus, a vg copy in the original blind stamped green cloth with gilt hooded falcon to upper board. To front board of both volumes a couple of small splash marks to boards o/w the cloth is clean and free of defects. A month-by-month account of a tour from St Johns Journals with 2 additional chapters on deer stalking also chapters on natural history and shooting. Scotch streams and lochs, dogs, fisheries, game dealers etc. Chute 548, WS185
[22469] |
£80.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Wild sports & natural history of the highlands. Introduction and notes by the Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell . & fifty illustrations, thirty being reproduced in colour, from pictures by G. Denholm Armour & Edwin Alexander.
1919.
1st thus Edn.
T.N.Foulis.
Edinburgh & London.
xxix, [1], 471, [1], [4] ads; top edge gilt pages uncut small 4to, illustrated with 39 plates, 28 of them in colour and mounted, plus other vignette illustrations in the text. Armorial bookplate to the front paste down some occasional light browning. The deluxe issue printed on handmade paper and bound in the publisher's full vellum binding with gilt title to the upper board and standing stag vignette limited to 250 copies. A finely illustrated and produced book of Charles St Johns classic work on highland sport and natural history first published in 1846 and much reprinted.
[22783] |
£160.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
1919.
reprint Edn,.
Edinburgh.
xxix 472 pages, advs, small 4to., 50 illus. 30 being reproduced in colour from pictures by G D Armour and Edward Alexander, bookplate to front paste down, Tan cloth mountain scene with deer to upper board, vg this edition has an introduction and notes by Sir Herbert Maxwell.
[14841] |
£30.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Wild Sports And Natural History Of The Highlands
1927.
reprint Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
XXIX 471 pages, 50 illus 28 being in colour by Denholm Armour and Edwin Alexander, a vg clean copy in dj.
[20418] |
£50.00 |
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ST JOHN, The Honourable Ferdinand |
Rambles In Germany, France, Italy And Russia In Search Of Sport
1853.
1st Edn.
Longmans, Brown, Green and Longman.
viii 244 pages, 32 pp adverts, coloured frontis + 3 other colour plates. A vg copy in the original publishers green cloth includes capercailie and black game, wild boar, roe and red deer in Bavaria, chamois, partridge and hawking in Hungary, wild fowl, bear, trout fishing in Germany etc., Abby Traval 43, Schwerdt Vol II 144
[21245] |
£200.00 |
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THE RUFFLE |
The Sporting Rifle in Britain
1951.
1st Edn,.
XII 108 pages, Illus, vg in dj. Chapter on stalking
[2608] |
£12.00 |
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VOWLES Alfred |
Wild Deer Of Exmoor, History, Haunts, Habits
nd circa 1936.
1st Edn,.
Cox Son and Co Ltd.
Minehead.
47 pages, advs, illus, folding map, pictorial paper covered boards, vg.
[11026] |
£25.00 |
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WALLACE H. Frank |
A Highland Gathering Being Leaves From A Stalkers Diary 1936
.
1st Edn.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
xiii 192 pages, illustrated with 8 colour + drawings by the author and Millais. Personal inscription to the front-end paper, small bump to front upper corner of the binding, VG. Reminiscences of stalking over 30 years.
[23704] |
£25.00 |
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WALLACE Harold Frank |
Stalks Abroad Being Some Account Of The Sport Obtained During A Two Year Tour Of The World
1908.
1st Edn,.
Longmans and Co.
XI 269 pages, illus, bookplate removed from front paste down, publishers green cloth, gilt title and buffalo horn vignette to upper board, gilt armorial crest for Bridlington Grammer School to rear board, bump on top edge of rear board o/w vg. An account of sport obtained on a 2 year tour of the world includes 5 chapters on hunting in East Africa for rhino, buffalo, hippo, onyx etc., Czech Africa 169, Asia 221
[23705] |
£65.00 |
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WHITAKER Joseph |
A Descriptive List Of The Deer Parks And Paddocks Of England
1892.
1st Edn,.
Ballantyne Hanson & Co.
xviii + 204 pages, 4pp of adverts top edge gilt, frontis + 2 other plates inclu des list of subscribers. Ownership inscription of "W H Battie Wrightson Cusworth 1893" listed in the subscribers list of Cusworth Park Doncaster, the parks listed in the book, some neat notes in ink relating to the park beside the relevant text. Publishers' green cloth, with gilt stag's head to upper board, a vg association copy. A detailed list of all the English estates holding deer at the end of the nineteenth century,
[23250] |
£135.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G Kenneth |
Catalogue of The G Kenneth Whitehead Deer Collection 21 & 22 July 2005
.
4to., 114 illus in colour and b/w from photographs, pictorial coloured card covers. The sale consisted of 858 items owned by Whitehead but predominately deer related from porcelain, pictures, taxidermy, books, guns etc. Fine
[21636] |
£20.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
Deer And Their Management In The Deer Parks Of Great Britain And Ireland
1950.
1st Edn,.
Country Life Limited.
370 pages, large 8vo., illus from photographs, loose errata page, a vg copy in dj, dj showing crease to head and tail of spine, strengthened on verso.Chapters include; The rise and fall of the deer parks; The management of deer; The food and feeding of deer; The diseases and afflictions of deer; Catching-up park deer; Warnham Court Park; Woburn Abbey Park; The natural history of deer; Red deer; Fallow deer; Roe deer; Non-British park deer - Pere David's deer, Chinese water deer, muntjac, [ref: 4701 ] ?100
[4701] |
£100.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
The Deer Of Great Britain And Ireland An Account Of Their History Status And Distribution, Some Account of Jura Red Deer
1964.
1st Edn,.
xv 597 pages, illus, vg in dj
[4296] |
£25.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
Deer Of The World
1972.
1st Edn,.
194 pages, Illus. small 4to, vg in dj.
[11841] |
£20.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
Deer Of The World
1972.
1st Edn,.
Constable.
1st Edn, 194 pages, Illustrations from photographs + maps .An authorative book on the subject. Small 4to , vg dj.
[7289] |
£15.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
Half A Century Of Scottish Deer Stalking
1996.
1st Edn,.
Swan Hill Press.
Shrewsbury.
Xi - 320 pages, 4to., illustrated from photographs and drawings + maps. Ownership name to the front-end paper, a fine copy in dj. Whitehead's observations on stalking and the study of deer over 50 years in Scotland
[23258] |
£75.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
Half A Century Of Scottish Deer Stalking
1996.
1st Edn,.
Swan Hill Press.
Shrewsbury.
xi 320 pages, 4to., illustrated from photographs and drawings + maps. Publishers dark green covers, spine titled in gilt, gilt antlers motif to the upper cover, a fine copy in dj. Whitehead's observations on stalking and the study of deer over 50 years in Scotland
[23700] |
£85.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
Hunting And Stalking Deer In Britain Throughout The Ages
1980.
1st Edn,.
Batsford.
304 pages, illus inb/w from photographs, drwings etc, + maps, ownership name to FEP, a vg copy in dj
[19459] |
£20.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
Hunting And Stalking Deer In Britain Throughout The Ages
1980.
1st Edn,.
Batsford.
304 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, drwings etc, + maps, a vg copy in dj
[20960] |
£20.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
The Whitehead Encyclopedia Of Deer
1993.
1st Edn,.
Swan Hill Press.
Shrewsbury.
597 pages, 4to., numerous illustrations throughout in colour and b/w from photographs drawings etc. Ownership name to the half title. publishers' green cloth, gilt title, and antlers vignette to upper board, fine in dj. Includes the world's deer species, their distribution, .every aspect of their biology, mythology, iconography and their place in the history and current practice of deer hunting and deer stalking". Includes an extensive bibliography.
[23257] |
£90.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
The Wild Goats Of Britain And Ireland
1972.
1st Edn,.
David & Charles.
Newton Abbot.
184 pages, illus, vg in dj. Chapters include: Wild goats of the world; The origin of wild goats; Natural history of the wild goat; Goat lore and legend; The uses of the goar; The chase of the wild goat; Enclosed goats of England. Gazeteer of Wild goats.
[11655] |
£15.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
The Wild Goats Of Britain And Ireland
1972.
1st Edn,.
David and Charles.
Newton Abbot.
184 pages, illus, vg+ in dj. An authorative work on the subject.
[14895] |
£38.00 |
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WHITEHEAD G.Kenneth |
The Wild Goats Of Britain And Ireland
1972.
1st Edn,.
David and Charles.
Newton Abbot.
184 pages, illus, vg+ in dj. An authorative work on the subject.Chapters include: Wild goats of the world; The origin of wild goats; Natural history of the wild goat; Goat lore and legend; The uses of the goar; The chase of the wild goat; Enclosed goats of England. Gazeteer of Wild goats.
[5053] |
£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 |
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, faint fade mark to front edge of upper cover a very good copy . Presentation inscription to the front-end paper from Rowland Ward to H.G. Bryden 1913. Includes chapters on various species of deer and their upkeep also preservation of horns, collecting heads, deer for hunting etc.
[23253] |
£145.00 |
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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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