 |
Thames Album (Lord Keith of Inverurie) |
Fishing Album including Thames related material
1897.
small folio, 35 thick card pages each side (7) filled with tipped in letters and fishing related printed ephemera photos etc. Bound in full black leather title to spine "Fishing 1897". The album assembled by Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall, (12 August 1852 - 3 March 1930). The letters are all to or from him in many cases double sided or more in a clear legible hand, and neatly tipped into the album. Many relating to the Thames Restocking Assoc of which he is the president and some of Thames's fishing interest. There are also printed rules of the association, reports, annual dinner menus etc. Also letters on headed paper from the Kingston Piscatorial Society, (Lord Inveruire was president of the society). Many of the letters are from Frederick Amphlett, (author of 2 Thames Angling books) and editor of The Thames News. Some pages of the news have been tipped in including the front page of volume 1 number 1, which has an article by Lord Inveruire on Thames Trouting also printed various ephemera of the society. There are also related newspaper cuttings from the fishing gazette throughout the album. Other area mentioned is Lord Inverurie estate in Scotland at Keth Hall relating to restocking the river Urie River Don, many of the fish for restocking the Thames and his estate come from Manor Fishery, Caistor, Lincs, various letters are present from the fishery. There is communication between his lordship with R.B.Marston editor of the fishing gazette and author. A printed broadside inviting his lordship for a donation to fund a panoramic model of the river Thames from and signed by Marston. Letters asking and excepting fishing excursions in various are his lordship appears to be well connected! Overall, a great deal of material present and further research needed
[22609] |
£850.00 |
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THE CARP SOCIETY |
Carp Hunters
1994.
1st Edn,.
Carp Society.
Ilford.
238 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs + line drawings, fine in dj. Contributions by Tim Paisley, Rob Maylin, Jim Gibbinson, Chris Yates and many leading carp anglers.
[22917] |
£40.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 55th year
1952.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
216 pages, 4to, 12 loose issues from January 1952 to December 1952. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21913] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 56th year
1953.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1953 to December 1953. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21914] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 57th year
1954.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1954 to December 1954. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21915] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 58th year
1955.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1955 to December 1955. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21916] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 59th year
1956.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1956 to December 1956. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21917] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 60th year
1957.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1957 to December 1957. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21918] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 61st year
1958.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1958 to December 1958. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21919] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume 62nd year
1959.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to 12 loose issues from January 1959 to December 1959. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21920] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countryside volume LIV-LV
1951.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
4to, 12 loose issues from January 1951 to December 1951. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21912] |
£30.00 |
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The Gamekeeper |
The Gamekeeper And Countrysidevolume 53-54
1950.
Gilbertson & Page Ltd.
Hertford.
216 pages 4to 12 loose issues from January 1950 to December 1950. With the red and black on white background printed front paper cover, and rear cover. Covers all aspects of keepering shooting and country maters with numerous adverts many of which are illustrated.
[21911] |
£30.00 |
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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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THE WAR OFFICE |
Infantry Training Volume 1 Infantry Platoon Weapons Pamphlet No 4 the Sub-Machine Gun (all arms)
1955.
37 illus i b/w from photographs and drawings, printed card covers, punch holes to spine edges, vg.
[21711] |
£25.00 |
|
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The War Office |
Training in Fieldcraft and Elementary Tactics. Military Training Pamphlet No. 33. 1940
1st.
The War Office.
58 pages, Text line drawings staple bound in printed tan card covers lightly dust soiled. Includes field craft, camouflage, cover from fire, scout training, field firing etc.
[23197] |
£20.00 |
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The War Office. |
Training in Fieldcraft and Elementary Tactics. Military Training Pamphlet No. 33. 1940.
1940.
1st.
The War Office.
58 pages, Text line drawings staple bound in printed tan card covers lightly dust soiled. Includes field craft, camouflage, cover from fire, scout training, field firing etc.
[23198] |
£20.00 |
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THEAKSTON Michael |
British Angling Flies
1862.
rep Edn,.
Simpkin Marshall.
Ripon.
IX 154 pages, 8 plates of flies, plate of minnow tackle, front end papers have pencil notes regarding the history of Theakston's book and publishers, also paper contemporary label for G.R.Watson chemist, The Market Place, Richmond, some spotting to contents and age browning. Publishers green cloth faded, recased with spine relayed, some old marking to cloth. WS135
[18100] |
£200.00 |
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THEAKSTON Michael |
British Angling Flies
1883.
William Harrison.
Ripon.
VIII 145 pages, adverts + 7 page guide to Ripon, illus + 8 plates of flies, a very good copy in the publishers green cloth, gilt title with two flies in gilt to upper board, vg. This edition was revised and annotated by Francis M Walbran.
[12220] |
£95.00 |
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THEAKSTON Michael |
British Angling Flies
1888.
2nd revised Edn,.
William Harrison, Sampson Low.
Ripon - London.
VIII 145 pages, advert, 8pp guide to Ripon, 8 plates of flies and various illus, original green cloth, gilt title and 2 flies to upper cover, the cloth is bright and clean. This edition was revised and annotated by Francis Walbran.
[16037] |
£75.00 |
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THEAKSTON Micheal |
A List Of Natural Flies That Are Taken By Trout Grayling And Smelt In The Streams Of Ripon
1853.
1st Edn,.
W Harrison.
Ripon.
ix (i) -129 pages, 8 full page plates of flies bound at end, 3 text engraving of fish. Circular bookplate of Chas. F. Humbert to front paste down and ink signature above of S.N Rudge esq August /56. Original green cloth even fading to the spine, with pink paper title label to upper cover light rubbing to the head of the spine, a very good clean copy. Published anonymously when Theakston was 68. The first edition is particularly scarce a second issue appeared the same year using the same publishers with 154 pages and is often mistaken as the first. Theakston was born in Ripon and spent most of his life in the area, the book was a result of a lifetime in angling, the drawings of the natural insects in the book were drawn from nature by his daughter. "Those who have themselves contributed so little to our knowledge of our trout and grayling rivers, forget the monumental task to which Theakston and his daughter set themselves almost 200 years ago". Magee, Fly Fishing The North Country Tradition, W.S 135
[24071] |
£520.00 |
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Thiomas Dean |
Round Ball to Rimfire: History of Civil War Small Arms Ammunition. Part Four. Contribution to the History of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau.
2010.
1st EDN.
Thomas Publications.
Gettysburg, USA.
xii -312 (2) 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs line drawings. Signed by Dean Thomas on the title page. Publishers' pictorial laminated binding a fine copy. Excellent illustrations of the bullets loading equipment, cap tins etc.
[22774] |
£135.00 |
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THOMAS B. ( Thomas is the pseud name of Thomas. B. Johnson and T.H Needham) |
The Shooters Guide Or Complete Sportsman's Companion Containing Every Possible Instruction For the Juvenile Shooter Together With Information Necessary For The Experienced Sportsman
1811.
3rd.
Gale and Curtis.
viii- 397-(4), 4 engraved plates, armorial bookplate to the front paste down. Of, Charles R. C. Hibbert, some occasional spotting to plates and contents. Bound in a later circa 1860s 1/2 tan calf. To the last page a contemporary handwritten manuscript recipe for sportsmen? To verso blank a recipe? in horses. Followed by an unnumbered printed page a "Scheme of a Sportsman's journal" listing where killed, when, types of game, remarks, filled in for the years 1822/23/24/25 noting game shot in the year. The next 4 blank pages are laid out as a game register, for the previous dates but giving months, September through to January, noting daily bags and where killed. A quick search brings up places in Yorkshire and Cumbria. Then follows another page of recipes, there are also 4 loose pages (6 sides) with similar game registers for 1827 1836/ 1837, and a June to August undated register of Trout, Eels, other Fish. The 3rd edition has considerable additions, includes a reference to Forsyth's percussion system, an engraving of grouse shooting from a horse. A much re printed tittle the first 3 editions particularly hard to find. Thomas is the pseud name of Thomas. B. Johnson and T.H Needham. Chute 341
[22934] |
£320.00 |
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THOMAS B. ( Thomas is the pseud name of Thomas. B. Johnson and T.H Needham) |
The Shooters Guide Or Complete Sportsman's Companion Containing Every Possible Instruction For the Juvenile Shooter Together With Information Necessary For The Experienced Sportsman
1820.
6th enlarged and improved.
John Booth.
x 304, frontis + 3 engraved plates after Howitt, the plate for wild duck shooting has been substituted with woodcock shooting by the publishers,th pages uncut. Ownership signature to the front paste down. Original blue paper covered boards, the spine chipped with loss, boards chipped and showing wear to edges, but a tight copy. This edition has the 2-page list at end of gunmakers. Includes "much miscellaneous information on the choice of Guns, Gunpowder. Shot etc "Thomas is the pseud name of Thomas. B. Johnson and T.H Needham. Chute 344.
[22935] |
£110.00 |
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Thomas Bland & Sons Gun and Rile Makers |
Blands 12, 16, & 20 ? bore Sporting Shot ? Guns
nd Ciurca 1915.
Large folding advert 50 cm x 37.5 cm when unfolded, 11cm x 14 .5 cm folded. A large advert printed on one side showing iollustrated showing 6 shotguns with descriptions to the top two thirds. Along the bottom details of the Shooting school, Gun Cases, Cartridges, Clay Bird Trap. Wildfowling Guns showing "Blends special d.b 1 ? inch half pound Gun mounted for use in a punt" blue crayon marks to the advert border. Some small splits to some folds
[23161] |
£25.00 |
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THOMAS Gough |
Shotguns And Cartridges
1963.
1st Edn,.
Percival Marshall & Co.
Vol. 1, 106 pages, Illus. vg in dj.
[19318] |
£15.00 |
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THOMAS Henry Sullivan |
The Rod In India Being Hints How To Obtain Sport With Remarks On The Natural History Of Fish And Their Culture And Illustrations Of Fish Tackle
1881.
2nd Edn,.
Hamilton Adams and Co.,.
xxiv 436 pages, TEG, 25 plates, 8 are coloured lithographs of fish, come occasional spotting to contents, bookplate to front paste down and oval gilt leather ownership label of Alfred Densiaton, Finely bound in 1/2 mottled tan calf, spine in 6 compartments, red label with gilt fish motifs within floral corner pieces, gilt ruled bands, light rubbing to corners. The second and best edition, nearly half of the second edition contains new material. A comprehensive guide much on mahseer, the colour plates are particularly fine. WS/208.
[19381] |
£300.00 |
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Thompson, Jess; Dillon, C Ron; Hallock, Allen; Loos, Bill; and Rowe, Tom (compiler) |
Alte Scheibenwaffen Old German Target Arms 1860-1940 Volume 1
1990.
1st Edn.
Tom Rowe.
Rochester NY, USA.
388 Landscape 4to, illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, old prints, line drawings etc. Publisher green faux leather binding with gilt title to the upper cover, fine unmarked copy in DJ. The history of German target shooting from the Middle Ages to World War II the guns and people.
[22841] |
£70.00 |
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Thompson, Jess; Dillon, C Ron; Hallock, Allen; Loos, Bill; and Rowe, Tom (compiler) |
Alte Scheibenwaffen Old German Target Arms 1860-1940 Volume 3
2004.
Tom Rowe.
Rochster, NY, USA.
386 pages, Landscape 4to, illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, old prints, line drawings etc. Publisher green faux leather binding with gilt title to the upper cover, fine unmarked copy in DJ. The history of German target shooting from the Middle Ages to World War II the guns and people.
[22860] |
£70.00 |
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THOMPSON Phil |
Waiting For Waddle, A Carp Fishing Odyssey
1995.
1st Edn,.
published by the author,.
203 pages, illustrated in colour from photographs, fine in likewise dj. A scarce self-published classic on carp angling ,Phil Thompson's ability to catch big carp from any venue particularly Wraysbury "Waddle was the mythical Wraysbury monster".
[23637] |
£400.00 |
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THOMSON Ron |
Mahohboh Elephants And Elephant Hunting In South Central Africa
1997.
1st Edn.
Africa Safari Press.
Hartheesport, South Africa.
xxii 312 pages, b/w illus from photographs + maps in the text, limited to 2500 copies, signed and numbered by the author, a fine copy in dj. A wildlife manager turned hunter, all aspects on the elephant management and hunting. Czech 283.
[23493] |
£120.00 |
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THORBURN A. |
Game Birds And Wild Fowl Of Great Britain And Ireland
1923.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
vii 79 pages, TEG, folio, 30 full page fine colour plates by Thorburn showing 58 species. Some light foxing to contents the plates are free 0f foxing. Armorial book -plate to the front paste down. Publishers dark red cloth binding, with gilt ruled borders to the covers., the cloth clean and without any of the fading often found with this title, difficult to find in this condition. Thorburn classic work and not reprinted only in large paper. The book consists of brief descriptions of each species accompanied by quite magnificent illustrations Chute 630.
[23494] |
£550.00 |
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THORBURN A. |
Game Birds And Wild Fowl Of Great Britain And Ireland
1923.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
vii 79 pages, TEG, folio, 30 full page fine colour plates by Thorburn showing 58 species. Armorial book plate to the front paste down, apart from foxing to the end papers the contents clean and virtually free of foxing. Publishers dark red cloth binding, with gilt ruled borders to the covers., the cloth clean and without any of the fading often found with this title, some light rubbing to the head of the spine. and difficult to find in this condition. Thorburn classic work and not reprinted only in large paper. The book consists of brief descriptions of each species accompanied by quite magnificent illustrations Chute 630.
[22971] |
£500.00 |
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THORBURN Archibald |
Game Birds And Wild Fowl Of Great Britain And Ireland
1923.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
vii 79 pages, TEG, folio, 30 full page fine colour plates by Thorburn showing 58 species. the contents clean and virtually free of foxing. Re bound in recent ? dark red morroco cloth sides Thorburn's classic work and not reprinted only in large paper. The book consists of brief descriptions of each species accompanied by quite magnificent illustrations Chute 630.
[22697] |
£365.00 |
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THORNHILL R.B. |
The Shooting Directory
1804.
1st (1st issue) Edn,.
Longman Hurst, Rees and Orme.
xviii 432 + 6 pages, 4to., tinted frontis portrait of Thornhill seated with dogs and gun, 6 tinted plates, engraved folding plates showing the Mantons patent breech and the Grierson breech, Laws respecting game and dogs; The breeding journal; the sportsman's weekly journal. Armorial bookplate to front paste down and to free FEP, some erratic browning and foxing to text, possibly due to the paper quality not affecting the plates. Bound in near contemporary 1/2 calf binding with some rubbing to edges and surface. The rare 1st edition 1st issue which contains the suppressed pages 214-220, which contain an account of how the Master General of the Ordnance tried to obtain Joseph Manton’s rifling invention. Neither Chute or Schwerdt had this, Schwerdt notes the plates are often missing due to this being sold as a set of prints, Chute notes the 1st edition 1st issue exceedingly rare. Chute 632, Schwerdt Vol 2 258
[20571] |
£550.00 |
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THORNHILL R.B. |
The Shooting Directory
1804.
1st (1st issue) Edn,.
Longman Hurst,.
xviii (2) 432 (2) + (6) pages uncut, 4to., hand coloured frontis portrait of Thornhill seated with dogs and gun, 6 other coloured plates, engraved folding plate showing the Mantons patent breech and the Grierson breech, Laws respecting game and dogs; The breeding journal; the sportsman's weekly journal. Recent 1/2 old style calf binding with gilt and blind stamped tooling to spine, marbled sides The rare 1st edition 1st issue which contains the suppressed pages 214-220, which contain an account of how the Master General of the Ordnance tried to obtain Joseph Manton's rifling invention. Neither Chute or Schwerdt had this, Schwerdt notes the pages are often missing due to this being sold as a set of prints, Chute notes the 1st edition 1st issue exceedingly rare. Chute 632, Schwerdt Vol 2 258.
[21570] |
£1100.00 |
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THORNYCROFT Nigel |
Fowler's Moon
1955.
1st Edn,.
John Sherratt And Son.
191 pages, Illustrated with text drawings by Corona, publishers blue cloth, gilt flying ducks vignette to the upper cover, in DJ single closed tar to upper spine edge in protective cover. Much on wildfowling on the Wash.
[23988] |
£25.00 |
|
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THRALE Christopher |
Webley Air Rifles 1925-2005
2010.
1st Edn,.
Robert Hale.
269 pages, 4to, illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, drawings and diagrams, a fine copy in dj. A comprehensive history of all the air rifles made by Webley between 1925 and 2005 including the advertising promotional material.
[23728] |
£200.00 |
|
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THREE TRUE UNIONISTS |
The Stud Book Of The Bothal Club
nd 1887.
164 pages, engraved title + 2 photos, original red cloth, some fade marks to upper boards and spine but overall a vg copy of a scarce coursing title. The club was based in Northumberland, the first 1/2 of the book details the history, records of the past, the meetings since the revival of the club, the 2nd half is the stud book, there is also a loose sheet of correction and additions, only 1 copy located in the UK at the National Library of Wales.
[13080] |
£200.00 |
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TOWNSHEND R.B. |
The Complete Air Gunner
1907.
1st English Edn,.
L Upcott Gill.
X - 88-page ,12+ pages of related adverts many illustrated, 16 full pages of full page plates from photographs + a folding plate at the rear of a gun breakdown of a "B.S.A" air rifle + text illustrations. Publisher's card covers printed in red and black priced at 1/- on front cover with some light marking to the red title block. A very good copy of what is an any early book on the subject and quite scarce not listed in Riling. Includes chapter on air guns of the past, the gun of the future, snap shooting and the running man, shooting from horseback telescopic sights etc.
[23193] |
£250.00 |
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TOWNSHEND R.B. |
The Complete Air-Gunner
1992.
3rd rep of the 1907 1st Edn,.
103 pages, advs, illus, card covers, vg+.
[17114] |
£20.00 |
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TRACY Captain C.D. |
The Service Revolver And How To Use It
nd circa 1918.
1st Edn,.
Harrison and Sons.
128 pages, 12mo., full page and text illustrations, original slate blue cloth with title and revolver in black to upper board, a vg+ copy of this scarce title. "An excellent treatise in the use of the revolver with special reference to Mark I, Mark 1* II III IV V & VI of the Webley Service Pistol" Riling 1870
[23742] |
£200.00 |
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TRAHERNE John P. |
Salmon Fishing With The Fly Also A Few Notes On Fly Fishing For Sea Trout, Salmon Fishing With the Fly Also A Few Notes On Fly Fishing For Sea Trout
1995.
1st thus Edn,.
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
Bovey Tracey.
2 Vols, iv 95, iv 95 pages, frontis illus of the author + text illus of flies etc., new introduction by David Burnett. This being No 37 of the de-luxe edition bound in full blue morocco, all edges gilt with an original Fra Diavolo Salmon Fly dressed by Frank Myhre Hansen of Norway in sunken mount on front inner cover, also includes a copy of the ordinary edition, contained in a silk lined cloth drop over box. A fine set, this essay first appeared in the Salmon and Trout Fishing in the Badminton Library Series.
[19118] |
£280.00 |
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Traherne Michael (BB D.J. Watkind Pitchford) |
Be Quiet And Go Angling
1949.
1st Edn,.
Lutterworth Press.
200 pages, illus, spotting to front and rear end papers, publishers turquoise cloth with silver heron vignette to upper board, and title in silver, cloth clean and bright, dj price clipped, head and tail of spine chipped, small 1cm closed tear to upper rear upper flap, similar to lower margin but overall vg. Scarce especially in dj, the dj was printed on very thin paper and seldom survived. The title was written under the pseudo name Michael Traherne.
[8547] |
£180.00 |
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TRI-CAST |
Tri-Cast Specimen Rods Light Years Ahead
nd Circa1884.
Tri-Cast.
Rochdale.
Two loose folded pages making a catalogue of Tri-Cast Specimen Rods with prices for Blank, Kit, Rod. Also, promotional letter from Leatherbarrows specialist tackle and Rod builders to CAA members + an unrelated printed letter ref a meeting from the CAA.
[22608] |
£20.00 |
|
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Trout Match |
"Amoco Troutmatch 82"
1982.
4to printed card covered collection of ephemera In September 1982 sponsored "Flyfishers first Televised Pro/Celebrity Match" Ten of Britain's top-class flyfishing celebrities and professionals are taking part in Amoco Trout match 82 at Bayhem Lake Trout fishery. Organized by Field Sports Promotions, filmed on location by TVS, features Jack Charlton, Roger Daltrey. Leonard Parkin, Chris Tarrent, and Frankie Vaughan paired off with famous professional Flyfishers Bob Church, Naughton Dunn, Brian Harris , Ron Holloway and Taff Price. The folder contains 2 photos of the fishery, 2 invitations, 3 different press information letters. One is 3 pages giving brief details of the contestants signed by Bob Church, Brian Harris, Frankie Vaughan, Taff Price, Jack Charlton, Roger Daltry, Leonard Parkin, Chris Tarrent. A 2-page list of sponsors, 3 related press cutting, some background notes on Field Sports Promotions. 27 trot was the winning catch.
[22645] |
£65.00 |
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TRUESDELL S.R. |
The Rifle Its Development For Big Game Hunting
1992.
reprint of the 1947 1st Edn.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA, USA.
274 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs, line drawings etc. A fine in dj, the development of the rifle from1834 to 1946, the author lists and analyzes 558 rifles used by 170 prominent big game hunters.
[22844] |
£25.00 |
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TRYON Aylmer, MONAHAN Hugh |
The Wildfowler's Year
1952.
1st Edn,.
Macdonald.
93 pages, large 4to, finely illus with 12 colour plates and numerous text illus by Hugh Monahan, vg in dj, small surface chip top edge rear flap of dj. A study of wildfowl through the year. Hugh Monohan reflects his love of wildfowling through illus, many of which are wildfowl flighting at dawn and dusk.
[15889] |
£140.00 |
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TULLOCH Maurice |
The All In One Shikar Book, An Everyday Guide To Field Sports In India
circa 1950.
Bombay.
153 pages, large 8vo., 89 illus by the author, original1/4 cloth backed boards, boards faded and rubbed on edges, g+.
[8240] |
£50.00 |
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TURBIVILE George |
Turberviles Book Of Hunting
1908.
rep of the 1576 Edn,.
Oxford.
250 pages, illus taken from the original, an unopened copy in the publishers white parchment covers, a near fine copy, chapters on the animals of the chase, cure and medicine for hounds. A treatise on coursing with greyhounds
[12380] |
£65.00 |
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TURING Penelope & Christopher |
A History Of The Salmon And Trout Association 1903-2003
.
1st Edn.
The Salmon And Trout Assoc..
128 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, publishers bland stamped blue cloth with gilt title to upper cover. A fine copy limited to 175 copies in cloth, 25 in leather.
[19991] |
£25.00 |
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TURNER CARRINGTON J.E. |
Man Eaters And Memories
1959.
1st.
Robert Hale.
190 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs, publishers' brick red cloth in DJ. The Dj chipped at head tail of spine a closed tear to lower front spine edge crease mark to rear upper outer corner. Carrington Turner was a Forest Officer in India; he describes his numerous hunting adventures with big game. Most of his narrative centres on despatching tigers in the Kumaon district. An uncommon title. Czech 216
[23406] |
£95.00 |
|
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Turner T W |
Memoirs of a Gamekeeper, Elveden 1868-1953
1954.
1st Edn.
Geoffrey Bles.
159 pages, frontis illustrations of the author + 7 plates, text illus and folding map vg. Turner became head keeper during the first world war and the development as one of the great shoots.
[23052] |
£25.00 |
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TURNER-TURNER J. |
The Giant Fish Of Florida
1902.
1st Edn,.
C. Arthur Pearson Limited.
206 pages, + index, 4to., 48 illustrations from photographs, original red cloth with gilt title to upper board with vignette hook and lines in silver and gold, spine lightly but evenly faded, fade mark to rear board, vg. A guide to angling and reminiscences on fishing and the fish from personal experience, much on tarpon fishing.
[5836] |
£120.00 |
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TURNER-TURNER J. |
The Giant Fish Of Florida
1902.
1st Edn,.
C. Arthur Pearson Limited.
206 pages, + index, 4to., 48 illustrations from photographs, original red cloth with gilt title to upper board with vignette hook and lines in silver and gold, vg. A guide to angling and reminiscences on fishing and the fish from personal experience, much on tarpon fishing. Presentation inscription to front blank gioving the book to The Manchesters Anglers by J.H.Lea 1906.
[12529] |
£180.00 |
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TURRELL W.J. |
Ancient Angling Authors
1910.
1st Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
xi 239 pages, frontis + 4 other plates, vg.
[15516] |
£25.00 |
|
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TWEEDALE Geoffrey |
The Sheffield Knife Book, A History And Collectors' Guide
1996.
1st.
The Hallamshire Press.
Sheffield.
320 pages, large 8vo., illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings old adverts etc., pictorial laminated cover. A fine copy covers profiles of Sheffield's leading knife manufacturers the history, the knives, identification and dating, leading manufacturers etc.
[22377] |
£120.00 |
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TWEEDALE Geoffrey |
Stan Shaw, Master Cutler: The Story of a Sheffield Craftsman
1993.
1st.
The Hallamshire Press.
Sheffield.
96 pages, Illustrate throughout wit photographs, old adverts, line drawings etc. Pictorial card covers a fine clean copy. Stan Shaw one of the most skilled and dedicated cutlers of any era.
[23100] |
£50.00 |
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TWEEDIE William [publisher] |
Fishing, Where And How To Fish Without Live Bait
1862.
. Edn,.
32 pages, text woodcuts of fish, printed card covers, title to upper covers, advert to rear for Tweedies publications, Young Englands Library, small ownership label of Alan Jarvis to inner blank front cover, light dust soiling to the paper cover in 1/4 calf solander box. Copac list only 1 copy at the British Library, BL's copy queries the first edition as possibly 1861 with title page pasted into their copy with imprint Joseph Thickbottom. WS94 only lists the Tweedie copy, Simpson Sale Part 2 2005 had a rebound copy.
[18139] |
£220.00 |
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TYSON T. |
Angling An Illustrated Book on Bottom Fishing With Full and Complete Instructions For Following That Harmless and Agreeable Recreation of Special Interest to Anglers in Sheffield and Neighbourhood
nd circa 1888.
Sheffield.
VIII 228 pages, 7pp adverts, 12mo, frontis illus of the river Derwent, text illus, original blue cloth with title in black to upper board with perch vignette, cloth shows some rubbing to head and spine and corners, 1cm x 1cm piece missing from spine edge. Chapters including breaming at Trent loch, the River Dove, ground baiting, a trip to Keadby, one of the adverts for fishing tackle is for Thomas Tyson Post Office Renishaw.
[18104] |
£200.00 |
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TYSON T. |
Angling An Illustrated Book on Bottom Fishing With Full and Complete Instructions For Following That Harmless and Agreeable Recreation of Special Interest to Anglers in Sheffield and Neighbourhood
nd circa 1888.
Sheffield.
VIII 228 pages, 7pp adverts, 12mo, frontis illus of the river Derwent, text illus, original brown cloth with title in black to upper board with perch vignette, a vg copy of a scarce title, chapters including breaming at Trent loch, the River Dove, ground baiting, a trip to Keadby, one of the adverts for fishing tackle is for Thomas Tyson Post Office Renishaw.
[2953] |
£250.00 |
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U.M.C. |
U.M.C. Price-List, May 1902: Metallic Cartridges, Empty and Loaded Paper Shells, Primers, Gun Wads, Percussion Caps, Brass Shot Shells, Etc. , Ammunition for Rapid Fire Guns
1902.
Union Metallic Cartridge Company.
Bridgeport U.S.A.
79 pages, interleaved with blank pages all edges gilt, illustrated with line drawings of the cartridge's wads etc. Stamp of I.C.I Metals Division Ammunition Sales Dept Library ref no 163.1 to front and back of blank front end paper. Rebound in recent brown cloth gilt title to the upper cover, with the original front and back covers bound in. Details the cartridge, size, load, cost etc.
[22904] |
£135.00 |
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UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY |
Illustrated Catalogue Of United States Cartridge Companies Collection Of Firearms
nd circa 1960.
1st Edn,.
Lowell, USA.
140 pages, large 8vo., illus, card covers, vg. A comprehensive collection covering all aspects of firearms.
[9838] |
£20.00 |
|
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UPTON Robert |
A Bird In The Hand Celebrated Faloners of The Past
1980.
1st Edn,.
160 pages, 4to. illus including some in colour, vg in worn dj.
[3168] |
£25.00 |
|
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UPTON Roger |
Falconry Principles And Practice
1991.
1st Edn,.
A&C Black.
240 pages, illus, laminated pictorial boards, fine.
[18742] |
£15.00 |
|
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UPTON Roger |
O For A Falconer's Voice, Memories Of The Old Hawking Club
1987.
1st Edn,.
Marlborough.
208 pages, 4to, illus, in colour and b/w in many cases from old photographs a fine in dj Swift 574.01
[14400] |
£15.00 |
|
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UPTON Roger |
O For A Falconer's Voice, Memories Of The Old Hawking Club
1987.
1st Edn,.
Marlborough.
208 pages, 4to, illus, in colour and b/w in many cases from old photographs a fine in dj Swift 574.01
[21314] |
£15.00 |
|
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VALDEZ Raul |
Lords Of the Pinnacles, Wild Goats Of the World
1985.
1st Edn,.
Wild Sheep And Goat International.
Mesilla, New Mexico, USA.
v-212 pages, 4to., colour frontis by John P Boone, illustrations from b/w photographs and drawings + map. Publishers brown faux leather binding with title and horn vignette in black to the upper board. A fine copy in dj, limited to 1000 copies signed and numbered (418) by Valdez. A comprehensive survey of the life histories, external anatomy, and hunting of wild goats of the world.
[23492] |
£145.00 |
|
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VALDEZ Raul |
The Wild Sheep of the World
1982.
1st Edn,.
Wild Sheep And Goat International.
Mesilla, new Mexico, USA.
ix,186 pages, 4to frontispiece in colour by John P. Boone b/w illustrations from photographs and line drawings + maps. Bound in ? brown bonded leather with cream buckram boards with gilt plate with sheep vignette. Limited to 250 copies this copy unnumbered signed on the title page by Raul Valdez, also presentation inscription to the front-end paper to Malcolm Lyell signed by Valdez. Malcolm Lyell (1922-2011), a hunter, an adventurer and manager of Westley Richards London showrooms he had many connections and friendships with big game hunters of the day. A comprehensive survey of wild sheep for the purposes of hunting and conservation which includes a chapter on hunting by John H. Batten.
[22686] |
£160.00 |
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VAN INGEN and Van Ingen |
The Preservation Of Shikar Trophies
1928.
Weslyan Mission Press.
Mysore.
59 pages, illus, name on upper cover "Bouchardiere Indian Police", first name difficult to read, card covers photo illus of shot leopard with hunters to front cover, the pamphlet details the skinning and preserving of various big game with an emphasis on the tiger. Czech 218. Also includes loose 7 page pamphlet + advert leaf. A few suggestions regarding the treatment of Indian skins in the field contributed by Col H.B.Peacock published by Rowland Ward.
[21248] |
£280.00 |
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various authors |
A BOUND COLLECTION OF 21 PAMPHLETS, RELATING TO ARTILLERY, NAVEL GUNS AND GUNNERY BALLISTICS NAVAL MATTERS MOSTLEY WITH REFERRENCES TO GUNS ETC.
circa 1845-1868.
various publishers.
various publishers, bound in a contemporary half calf, the binding rubbed but remains tight. A single collection mostly relating to naval issues with gunnery and artillery, there is no indication who assembled the collection but would assume a naval gunnery officer. Below is s list of the titles and authors dates and publishers if you require more information, please contact us. 1/ Treadwell Daniel, A Short Account Of An Improved Cannon And The Machinery And Process Employed In Its Manufacture. 1845 Metcalf And Company Cambridge, 23pp One copy located at the British Library 2/ Blakely R.A Capt. T.A. A Few Remarks On The Science Of Gunnery 1855 (Private Circulation) 1855 James Ridgeway 16pp. including one plate Riling 654 3/ / Treadwell Daniel, On The Practicability Of Constructing Cannon Of Great Calibre, Capable Of Enduring Long-Continued use Under Full Charges Metcalf And Company Cambridge 1856 35pp Riling 678 4/ Lane Fox, Lieut ? Colonel, On The Improvement Of The Rifle As A Weapon For General Use. W Clowes & Sons, 1858 46pp folding plate presentation inscriptions from the author to title page. 5/ Of print from Proceedings' Of The Royal Irish Academy Science 1858 -1860 pp73 - pp198 includes articles and letters relating to Capt. R.A Blakey. 6/Blakey Capt. R.A The Rights Of Priority In The Principles And Method Of Constructed Ordnance In Superimposed Rings With Initial Tensions Being Communications Made To The Roya LiRISH Academy 1860, H. Gill Dublin 33pp. 7/Boxer R.A. Lieut- Colonel Remarks On The System Proposed By The Royal Commissioners For The Defence Of The Country.1862 R Rixon Woolwich (Printed For Private Circulation) 29pp 8/ Mallet Robert, On Muzzle Swivelling And Hydraulic Gun Mounting, no date circa 1862 Patents Office 31pp text illustrations. 9/Sartorius Admiral Sir G. R., Costal Defences And Naval Warfare, 1862 James Ridgeway 117pp 10/Russell J. Scott, The Fleet Of The Future In 1862 Or England Without A Fleet, 1862 second edition, Longmans Green Longmans & Roberts 83 pp 11/Harris, Sir W. Snow, National Defences The Great Question Of The Day, 1862 John Weale 64pp with three coloured maps. 12/Catalogue Of Books For 1861 On Architecture And Engineering &c Published And Sold By John Weale 32pp + Improved Catalogue 1862 8pp 13/Britten Bashley, Rifled Ordnance, Remarks On The Report Of The Select Committee On Competitive Rifled Guns Published By The War Office May 1863, W. Mitchell Military Publisher, 15pp with folding coloured diagram. 14/ Catapult A Few Remarks On The Ordnance Committees And The Great Gun Controversy. "By Catapult". 1863 W. Mitchell Military Publisher, 15pp. 15/Inglefield E.A., Proposed Plan For Working The Heaviest Ordnance on Board Armour-Plated Ships. With Complete Protection For The Crew, circa1864 Webb and Hunt Liverpool Printed For Private Circulation Only, 10pp with 4 plates. 16/Coles Cowper. Letters From Captain Cowper Coles To The Secretary Of The Admiralty On Sea Going Turret- Ships. 1865 James Griffin And Co, Portsea 78pp with 4 folding plates presentation inscription from the author to the title page. 17/ Halstead Rear -Admiral, The Navy Unarmed Still. An Appeal To Both Houses Of Parliament In A Series Of Letters To The Daily News. 1865 86pp. 18/ Palliser William, Trial Of A 32-Pounder Cast-Iron Gun Converted into A 64-Pounder Rifled Gun Of 60 CWT, And Tested To Destruction, At Shoeburyness, On The 15th August 1866. W. O. Mitchell, Military Publishers (For Private Circulation) 16pp + 3 photographic plates. One copy located at the B.L 19/Moncrieffs Protected Barbette System, From Proceedings Of The Royal Artillery Institution vol VI p19, 14pp text illustrations. 20/Moncrieff Captain, Royal Institution Of Great Britan Weekley Evening Meeting May 7, 1869. On The Moncrieff System Of Working Artillery As Applied To Coast Defence 16pp text illustrations. 21/ First Report Of The Committee Of The British Association On The Stability Propulsion And Sea-Going Qualities Of Ships. Printed separately for the use of The Institution Of Naval Architects , Exeter 1869, 71pp one plate. ?1450
[24209] |
£1450.00 |
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VAUGHN Harold R |
Rifle Accuracy Facts
2011.
4th Edn.
Precision Shooting Inc.
Manchester, USA.
292 pages, b/w illus from photographs + drawings, diagrams etc. Pictorial card covers, fine copy. The definitive study made over a number of years, by a leading researcher on the subject of why some rifles shoot very well, some shoot fairly well, and others shoot poorly
[20546] |
£140.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testament
1949.
1st Edn,.
A C Black.
120 pages, 4to, 35 drawings by the author, original brown cloth with blind stamped fish vignette to the upper board. A very good in price clipped dj. Venables reminiscences of fish and fishing in British waters.
[22578] |
£45.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testament
1949.
1st Edn,.
A C Black.
120 pages, 4to, 35 drawings by the author, original brown cloth with blind stamped fish vignette to the upper board. A very good in price clipped dj, a few small chips to top rear edge.. Venables reminiscences of fish and fishing in British waters.
[22579] |
£45.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testament
1997.
1st thus Edn,.
Medlar Press.
Ellesmere.
120 pages, illus by the author with 35 black and white drawings, 1/4 leather binding with title and vignette illus to upper board as new in slipcase. This is number 42 of a limited edition of 990 copies of which the first 90 are all signed and bound in 1/4 leather. The book was published to celebrate Venables 90th birthday.
[16141] |
£85.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
A Fisherman's Testement
1949.
1st Edn,.
A and C Black.
120 pages, 4to, 35 drawings by the author, end papers browned, original cloth with blind stamped fish vignette to upper board, 2 1/2" closed tears to top edge of dj. Venables reminiscences of fish and fishing in British waters
[7674] |
£35.00 |
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VENABLES Bernard |
The Gentle Art Of Angling
1955.
1st Edn,.
Max Reinhart.
186 pages, illus by the author, vg in dj.
[3316] |
£60.00 |
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Venables Bernard Percival |
GUIDE TO ANGLING WATERS
1954.
1st Edn,.
The Daily Mirror Newspapers Ltd..
104 pages, Colour and b/w illustrations by the author and full-page coloured maps taken from the Ordnance Survey. Publishers green laminated boards with decorative title in black on a white background to the upper board. A very good copy in likewise DJ the dj has no splits, 1 small chip to bottom of spine and 1 corner. A difficult title to find in a DJ and more so in this condition. The first half of the book consists of essays by Venables on the various districts of the region. The twenty-five pages of maps are followed by a detailed key to the venues indicated, with information on trains and buses, ownership and permits.
[22580] |
£85.00 |
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VENABLES Col Robert |
The Experienc'd Angler: Or Angling Improv'd Being A General Discourse Of Angling Imparting The Aptest Ways And Choicest Experiments For The Taking Of Most Sorts Of Fish In Pond Or River
1683.
5th much enlarged Edn,.
Printed by B.W. for B.Tooke at the Ship in St Pauls Churchyard and Tho, Sawbridge.
(14) 96 pages, 6pp table, 12mo, engraved frontis, and 10 copper engravings of fish within the text, minor cropping to top edge just touching running title in places. Bound in a recent full panelled old-style calf, a very good copy. The last edition in Venables lifetime, Venables was a professional soldier in the parliamentary army, who spent his leisure time angling. W.S 214 ?780
[15405] |
£780.00 |
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VENABLES Col Robert |
The Experienc'd Angler: Or Angling Improv'd Being A General Discourse Of Angling Imparting The Aptest Ways And Choicest Experiments For The Taking Of Most Sorts Of Fish In Pond Or River
1683.
5th much enlarged Edn,.
Printed by B.W. for B.Tooke at the Ship in St Pauls Churchyard and Tho, Sawbridge.
(14) 96 pages, 6pp table, 12mo, engraved frontis, and 10 copper engravings of fish in the text, showing small loss to bottom edge of the title page just touching the date in part. Recently recased retaining the original blind ruled leather boards old wear to upper outer corners, new matching spine and title label, a very good copy. The last edition in Venables lifetime, Venables was a professional soldier in the parliamentary army, and was made Governor of Chester in 1644. he spent his leisure time angling. W.S 214
[23944] |
£850.00 |
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VENABLES Col Robert |
The Experienced Angler
1827.
reprint of the 1662 Edn,.
T.Gosden.
XIII + introduction IV + 61 pages, sml 8vo., the first section is a memoir of Robert Venables, followed by The Experienced Angler or Angling Improved, illus of fish on India paper throughout the text, bound in contemporary 1/2 leather 7 1/2" x 5", top edge gilt, pages uncut, large paper edition.
[3133] |
£100.00 |
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VENTERS Vic |
Gun Craft: Fine Guns and Gunmakers in the 21st Century
2010.
1st Edn.
A Shooting Sportsman Book.
Rockport, USA.
x-270 pages, finely illustrated throughout in colour and b/w from photographs diagrams etc. A fine copy in DJ. The design and making of fine guns in Europe and the USA
[22287] |
£20.00 |
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VENTURINO Mike |
Shooting Buffalo Rifles Of The Old West
2002.
1st Edn.
Livingstone, USA.
MLV Enterprises.
278 pages, + bibliography and list of suppliers, 4to., illus throughout from photographs showing the guns bullets etc, pictorial card covers, fine.
[22846] |
£40.00 |
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VERNEY-CARRON |
Catalogue
nd circa 1930.
20+ pages, illus, text in French and English includes the stopvis gun, card covers.
[12323] |
£38.00 |
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VERNON Steven K. |
Antique Fishing Reels, Your Illustrated Guide To Identifying U.S. Patented Models Through 1920
1995.
1st Edn,.
Stackpole.
Harrisburg.
192 pages, large 8vo., b/w illus from photographs and drawings, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to FEP, fine in dj.
[16909] |
£20.00 |
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Very, Lieut Edward W (United States Navy) |
The Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon : descriptions and illustrations of the systems as designed for Naval service, Field Artillery and flank defence, together with Firing Tables, Proving Ground Tests And Official Reports.
1888.
1st thus.
Printed for Private Circulation.
76 pp,. 4to 30 full page plates 16 are from photographs, also line drawings of gun breakdowns, targets, diagrams etc. Some foxing to the prelims and the last page. Bookplate of Henk Visser to front paste down with his signature to the front-end paper. Publishers blind stamped red cloth with gilt title to the upper cover, a Vg copy. 2 copies of the Paris publication of 1885 of this title located in the UK libraries at the National Maritime Library and the National Army Museum no copy located of this 1888 London printing. During 1873 until 1883 this gun was constantly under test at the French Navel Testing ground at Gavre, which may explain the early Paris publication. Details of the guns, mounts, ammunition, effects of shot, care, and cleaning etc, both for Military and Naval use. "a mass of information is presented from which the artillerist is enabled to form a true and exact judgement not only of the absolute value of the Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon but also of the comparative value of all other machine guns". Very much a promotional catalogue of the gun for presentation?
[23586] |
£850.00 |
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VESEY FITZGERALD Brian, LAMONTIE Francesca |
Game Fish Of The World
1949.
1st Edn,.
Nicholson and Watson.
XVII 446 pages, 4to., 60 colour plates by A. Fraser Brunner, inscription on verso front end paper, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to 1/2 title, blue cloth, vg in dj. Contributions from the great anglers of the time including Kip Farrington, Ernest Hemingway, Major K Dawson, N.K.Robertson
[16719] |
£28.00 |
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VILLAMIL Richard de |
Resistance Of Air
1917.
1st English,.
E.F.N. Spon Ltd.
x 192 pages, adverts, 22 illus and 35 tables, publishers blue cloth, chapters on the resistance of shot, ballistics, resistance of bullets etc.
[19140] |
£28.00 |
|
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VINE Mac |
Sixty-Three Years Angling From The Mountain Streamlet To The Mighty Tay
1891.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green.
x 263 pages, advert leaf, contents clean, angling bookplate of John McKinley to front paste down, publisher's red cloth, gilt title to upper board, graze mark to front board. Includes Tweed, Tay, Dee, Don, Loch Lomond etc.,
[21252] |
£35.00 |
|
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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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WAITE M.D.Bud, ERNST B.D. |
Trapdoor Springfield, The United States Springfield Single Shot Rifle 1865-1893
1980.
rep.
Gunroom Press.
Highland Park NJ, USA.
213 pages, 4to, illustrated with numerous b/w photos of the guns and equipment + line drawings, fine in dj. Includes production information, design etc. a detailed and authoritative book.
[24192] |
£50.00 |
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WALBRAN F.M. |
Grayling And How To Catch Them And Recollections Of A Sportsman
1895.
1st Edn,.
The Angler''s Co.,.
Scarborough.
XII 142 pages, text illus, publishers green cloth, printed in black title within decorative borders to upper board. A vg+ copy of a scarce title. Walbran is looked upon as the greatest grayling angler.
[15811] |
£135.00 |
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WALBRAN F.M. |
Grayling And How To Catch Them And Recollections Of A Sportsman
1895.
1st Edn,.
The Angler''s Co.,.
Scarborough.
XII 142 pages, text illus, contemporary inscription to upper margin of title page, neatly tipped in onto front paste down early newspaper cutting relating to grayling fishing, similar loose page from Country Life to rear end paper, the original publishers green cloth, printed in black title within decorative borders to upper board, spine professionally restored. A vg+ copy of a scarce title.
[13990] |
£120.00 |
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WALBRAN F.M. |
Grayling And How To Catch Them And Recollections Of A Sportsman
1895.
1st Edn,.
The Angler''s Co.,.
Scarborough.
xii 142 pages, text illus, recent end paper, publishers green cloth, printed in black title within decorative borders to upper board. A vg+ copy of a scarce title. Walbran is looked upon as the greatest grayling angler.
[20042] |
£120.00 |
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WALBRAN F.M. |
Grayling And How To Catch Them And Recollections Of A Sportsman
1895.
1st Edn,.
The Angler''s Co.,.
Scarborough.
XII 142 pages, text illus, front hinge paper cracked but a tight copy, publishers green cloth, gilt title to upper cover, head and tail of spine rubbed, cloth a little dull. Walbran is looked upon as the greatest grayling angler.
[19958] |
£55.00 |
|
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Waldham John |
Hafted Weapons in Medieval and Renaissance Europe The Evolution of European Staff Weapons between 1200 and 1650
2005.
1st Edn.
Published by Brill Academic.
223 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w showing the weapons, early paintings old documents etc. Bound in the publishers pictorial binding, as new.
[24170] |
£65.00 |
|
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WALKER Adrian |
The Encyclopedia Of Falconry
1999.
1st Edn,.
Swan Hill.
Shrewsbury.
151 pages, 4to., illus many in colour, fine in dj.
[18722] |
£15.00 |
|
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WALKER Adrian |
The Encyclopedia Of Falconry
1999.
1st Edn,.
Swan Hill.
Shrewsbury.
151 pages, 4to., illus many in colour, fine in dj.
[14332] |
£15.00 |
|
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WALKER Charles Edward |
Old Flies In New Dresses, How To Dress Dry Flies With The Wings In The Natural Position And Some New Wet Flies
1898.
1st Edn,.
Lawrence and Bullen Ltd.
x 116 pages, 3 full page plates of flies, some foxing to plates, text illus, bookplate of the Manchester Anglers Assoc, to front paste down. Publishers green cloth gilt vignette to upper board.
[5461] |
£60.00 |
|
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WALKER Richard |
Fly Dressing Innovations
1974.
1st Edn,.
Tonbridge.
111 pages, illus 5 in colour, pictorial laminated board, vg.
[7393] |
£22.00 |
|
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WALKER Richard |
How Fish Feed
nd 1959.
1st Edn,.
Angling Times Publication.
Peterborough.
48 pages, illus, some spotting to end papers, pictorial card cover, a vg copy.
[20239] |
£22.00 |
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WALKER Richard |
Walkers Pitch
1959.
1st Edn,.
George Allen and Unwin.
146 pages, advs leaf, illus, original cover, title in silver, vg+ in original dj, dj has light rubbing to head and tail of spine, no splits or loss.
[20693] |
£120.00 |
|
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WALKER Richard |
Walkers Pitch
2003.
The Little Egret Press,.
St. Germans, Cornwall..
184 pages, advert leaf, illustrated in b/w from photographs, and drawings by Tom O'Reilly. Publishers' black cloth with title and vignette in silver to the upper cover, a fine copy in dust-wrapper. A new edition with a new foreword by Fred Buller and further notes by Pat Marston Walker with drawings by. A new edition, with a new foreword Fred Buller and further notes by Pat Marston Walker, and drawings by Tom O'Reilly limited to 980 copies, numbered, and signed by the illustrator and publisher, Tom O'Reilly. A selection of Walker's best articles from "Angling Times" in the 1950s.
[22674] |
£50.00 |
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WALKER Richard |
Walkers Pitch
2003.
new.
The Little Egret Press.
St Germans.
xiv-186 pages, Illustrated and designed by Tom O'Reilly, a LIMITED edition, of 35 copies bound in full black leather with gilt title and reed vignette to the upper cover, all edges gilt signed by the illustrator Tom O'Reilly and Fred Buller who wrote the forward, this being number 20. In publishers' green cloth slipcase, a fine copy. ?120
[23628] |
£120.00 |
|
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WALKER Richard, INGHAM Maurice |
Drop Me A Line Being Letters Exchanged On Trout And Coarse Fishing
1953.
1st Edn,.
Douglas Saunders.
xii 295 pages, illus with photographs and drawings by the authors, ownership blind stamp to front end paper, publishers ice blue cloth binding, title in yellow, dj chipping to head and tail of spine, chip to centre front edge of spine, o/w vg. A classic carp fishing title, letters exchanged by Richard Walker and Maurice Ingham mostly on carp fishing also references to the Carp catchers Club.
[21742] |
£135.00 |
|
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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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WALLACE Harold Frank |
Stalks Abroad Being Some Account Of The Sport Obtained During A Two Years' Tour Of The World
1908.
1st Edn,.
Longmans and Co.
xi 269 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, nine-full page and eighteen half -page illustrations from drawings by the author and fifty-six photographs. Publishers' green cloth with gilt title and buffalo horn vignette to upper cover, the cloth clean and the gilt bright a very good + copy. An account of sport obtained on a two-year tour of the world including stalking in New Zealand, small game in India and 5 chapters on hunting in East Africa for rhino, buffalo, hippo, onyx etc., Czech Africa 292, Asia 221
[23910] |
£90.00 |
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Wallace, John |
Scottish Swords and Dirks: an Illustrated Reference Guide to Scottish Edged Weapons
1990.
1st.
Arms and Armour Press.
80 pages, Illustrations from photographs showing individual weapons. Publisher red cloth, DJ chipped at head and tail of the spine and a few small, closed tears to the edges, DJ now in clear removable sleeve. The development of various Scottish edged weapons.
[24073] |
£55.00 |
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WALLACE Robert |
Heather And Moor Burning For Grouse And Sheep
1917.
1st Edn,.
Oliver and Boyd.
Edinburgh.
88 pages, frontis illus of red grouse + 15 other plates, publishers green cloth, titles in black, vg.
[21141] |
£30.00 |
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WALSH J.H. |
The Dogs Of The British Islands With A Series Of Articles On The Points Of Their Various Breeds And The Treatment Of The Diseases To Which they Are Subject
1878.
3rd Edn,.
The Field.
XVI 252 pages, large 8vo, frontis + 47 full page woodcut illustration, spotting to end papers o/w a clean copy. Bound in full contemporary black morroco with gilt ruled boards and spine with gilt dog vignette to spine compartments.
[16594] |
£140.00 |
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WALSH J.H. ("Stonehenge") |
The Modern Sportsman's Gun And Rifle, Including Game And Wildfowl Guns, Sporting And Match Rifles, And Revolvers 2 volumes
1882,1884.
1st Edn,.
Horace Cox.
xvi 504, xvi-584 pages, each volume with numerous related adverts some with illustrations. Frontis to each volume, illustrated throughout with full page plates including folding plates, and numerous text illustrations including line drawings, targets, guns, gun parts, bullets etc. Bound in the publishers matching dark green cloth, gilt title within ruled borders to upper covers some light rubbing to head and tail of the spines. A vg clean set so often found in a poor condition. Volume 2 appeared 2 years after Volume 1. A major work on the subject, Walsh was editor of The Field for 25 years, he details all aspects of construction, powder, ammunition etc in detail. "The most detailed and up to date description of the guns used for sporting since Greeners Gunnery in 1858". Chute 654, Riling 1114
[23483] |
£250.00 |
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WALTER John |
The German Bayonet, A Comprehensive Illustrated History Of Regulation Patterns 1871-1945
1976.
1st Edn,.
Arms and Armour Press.
128 pages, small 4to., illuys in b/w from photograph and line drawig, makers marks etc, vg in dj. A detailed and well illustrated book on the subject.
[22576] |
£40.00 |
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WALTER John |
The German Rifle A Comprehensive Illustrated History Of The Standard Bolt-Action Designs, 1871 - 1945
1979.
1st English Edn,.
Arms and Armour.
160 pages, illus., from photographs and line-drawings, lge 8vo, vg in dj.
[22109] |
£30.00 |
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Walter John |
Guns Of The Gurkhas The Lost Arsenal: Pistols, Rifles and Machine-Guns of the Royal Nepalese Army, 1816-1945
2005.
1st Edn.
Tharston Press.
Godstone.
128 pages, 4to illustrated throughout in colour from photographs, publishers pictorial laminated cover, fine. A comprehensive coverage of the military equipment of Nepal from the early 19th Century to after the second world war.
[22748] |
£80.00 |
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WALTER John |
Hints To Young Sportsmen On The Gun, Saddle, And Rod
1871.
1st Edn.
A.H.Bailey & Co.
46 pages, some spotting to blank end papers, presentation inscription to H Lubbock from the author to front blank, armorial bookplate to front paste down, publishers green cloth, gilt title to upper cover, rubbing to edges, head of spine chipped. "Gives some advise on buying a gun and using it" Chute 657
[19860] |
£60.00 |
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WALTER John |
Luger, An Illustrated History Of The Handguns Of Hugo Borchardt and Georg Luger 1875 to the present day
1977.
1st English Edn,.
Arms and Armour Press.
256 pages, numerous b/w illus showing the guns etc from photographs + drawings, 4to, vg in dj.
[18518] |
£35.00 |
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WALTER John |
The Luger book The Encyclopedia Of The Borchardt And Borchardt-Luger Handguns 1885 - 1985
1986.
1st Edn,.
Arms and Armour Press.
287 pages, 4to illustrated throughout from photographs, drawings, gun breakdown's armourers' marks maps etc. VG in DJ. A classic work on the pistol.
[23564] |
£35.00 |
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WALTER John |
THE SWORD AND BAYONET MAKERS OF IMPERIAL GERMANY 1871-1918
1973.
1st Edn.
Arms & Armour Press.
Illus with line drawings of the bayonets etc and armorers marks. vg in dj. list some 220 names together with details on when and where the companies worked.
[22584] |
£32.00 |
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Walter, John editor |
Guns of the First World War: Rifles, Handguns and Ammunitions from the text Book of Small Arms, 1909
1988.
1st thus.
Greenhill Books.
xii 295, 65 full page plates and drawings in the text. A fine copy in DJ. A facsimile reprint of the Text Book Of Small Arms 1909, with an introduction and bibliography by John Walter.
[23230] |
£22.00 |
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WALTHER |
Malther Semi-Automatic Pistol Mod.PPK Kal. 7.65 mm Ready To Fire
nd Circa 1960.
landscape 12mo, 47 pages, b/w illustrations of the guns and gun parts, drawings etc. pictorial card covers, text in English, German, French
[20048] |
£20.00 |
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WALTHER |
Selbstlade-Pistole P38 Kaliber 9mm Parabellum
nd 1960.
21 pages, landscape 8vo., illus in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings showing the guns, gun breakdown etc., printed paper covers, some creasing to cover, text in German.
[20045] |
£30.00 |
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Walton, Izaac |
The Complete Angler, Waltons Lives
1825/1827.
1st OPickering.
William Pickering.
xvi 314 (i) + xix 442 pages, 2 volumes all edges gilt engraved frontis and title page, with woodcuts of fishes in the text and page of music, to the angler. Engraved frontis to the lives, both titles bound in matching contemporary dark brown leather. A very good matching set of the first Pickering edition of Walton's two classic; published as part of Pickering's Diamond Classic series printed in diamond type. Coigney 30, 388pp(lives) Keynes 94
[22670] |
£265.00 |
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WALTON Izaac |
Songs from the Compleat Angler
1929.
1st thus Edn,.
The De La Mare Press.
20 pages, illus with b/w drawings by Miss A G Holman, pict card cover, vg.
[21419] |
£20.00 |
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WALTON IZAAC & COTTON CHARLES |
The Complete Angler - the Lives of Donne, Wotton Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson.
1925.
Third Macmillan Edn.
Macmillan & Co,.
xi ? 497 pages, top edge gilt, half title and title page printed in red and black, foxing to the first and last few pages and occasionally to the contents. Contemporary half brown morroco. Coigney notes his copy has been re bound in half brown morroco without the adverts as this copy, It looks very much like a publisher binding and I would think they were issued by the publishers in this binding. ?40
[24142] |
£40.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1760.
1st Hawkins Edn,.
Thomas.
lvi + xxii + 303 + xlviii + iv + 128 pages, + index, All edges gilt frontis illustration to each part and full page and text engravings including 2 pages of music and 3 of fishing tackle. Occasional offsetting and browning, bound in near contemporary half leather gilt tooling to the raised bands marbled paper covered boards some surface rubbing and chipping. A very good copy Hawkins reproduced the two parts of the 1676 edition ignoring most of Moses Brownes changes, and he disagreed with Brownes editing. Coigney 9
[23974] |
£240.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1760.
1st Hawkins Edn,.
Thomas Hope.
lvi + xxii + 303 + xlviii + iv + 128 pages, + index, full page and text engravings, lacking FEP. Recased using the original full calf binding with later matching spine. A clean tight copy. Hawkins reproduced the two parts of the 1676 edition ignoring most of Moses Brownes changes, he disagreed with Brownes editing. Coigney 9
[19854] |
£300.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1760.
1st Hawkins Edn,.
Thomas Hope.
lvi + xxii + 303 + xlviii + iv + ii + 128 pages, + index, full page and text engravings, contemporary ownership name to top margin of title page "John Harris", armorial bookplate of Edward Harris to front paste down. Original full calf binding 4cm split to lower front edge of spine also loss to base of spine, small chip to leather top edge of front board, lacking part of the label. Generally a clean tight copy in the original state. Hawkins reproduced the two parts of the 1676 edition ignoring most of Moses Brownes changes, he disagreed with Brownes editing. Coigney 9
[18314] |
£250.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1775.
3rd Hawkins Edn,.
John and Francis Rivington.
ixxviii 303 + iviii 128 - (8) pages, Engraved frontis and title page to each part 14 full page plates including 2 of music, + text engravings. Original full tan calf, red title label, light rubbing to head of spine. Coigney 12.
[20913] |
£200.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1808.
1st Bagster Edn,.
Mercier and Chervet.
vi 512 pages, TEG, advert leaf, pages uncut and partly unopened, engraved frontis of Walton, Cotton and Hawkins, full page engraved plates 2 of music, 3 of tackle 17 text illus of fish, opposite each illus is a full page proof of Audients, engravings of the fish all hand coloured. Finely bound in a later half burgundy morroco, ornate decorated spine compartments within gilt ruled borders. Coigney 18 Copy C but different size to Coigney 8 1/4 x 5 1/16, this being 8 3/4 x 5 1/2.
[21021] |
£460.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1808.
1st Bagster Marcier co quarto Edn,.
Samuel Bagster.
x 516 pages, TEG, frontis illus + plate of portraits of the five Walton biographies + 12 plates + 2 plates of music and 3 plates of tackle and flies, text engravings of fish to contents. This copy has been interleaved with an extra 70 plates added includes portraits, also plates by Howlett, Barlow, plates and music from an earlier edition of the complete angler occasionally 2 to 3 per page, some browning to frontis, and the first few pages, small chips to lower corner margin of 1/2 title, bound in Circa 1870, 1/2 green morroco with raised bands and gilt ruled frames to the spine compartments, spine evenly faded. Collation as Coigney 19 copy A but pages trimmed, the 3 Coigney copies are untrimmed hence size 8 1/4" x 10 5/8". Westwood notes this edition as very rare because a great part of Bagster's stock had been lost in a warehouse fire. In this quarto edition the typeset is different with more words per line and fewer lines per page than the octavo edition proving that this is a different edition and not merely a larger paper edition. Coigney 19 Horne 18
[19959] |
£950.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1810.
Bagster so called facsimile Edn,.
S Bagster.
(iv) (xvi) 246 pages + advert leaf on books published by Samuel Bagster, top edge gilt, edges uncut, title page engraved portrait of Walton, facsimile of the title page of the 1653 edition, 6 silver engravings of fish in the text on heavier paper, 2 plates of music, the 2nd bound upside down, extra illustrations with 17 finely hand coloured plates of fish. Horne notes that the engravings are identical with the 17 by Philip Audinet that are in the Bagster 1808 1st edition. He also mentions the portrait of Walton inserted in some copies was not made for this edition. Coigney 20 does not list a copy with 17 plates or a portrait. Bound in 1/2 tan calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. A vg complete copy of the first attempt at an exact reprint of the 1653 1st Horne 20, Coigney 20.
[20243] |
£600.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1823.
1st Major Edn,.
John Major.
LX 411 pages, TEG, frontis portrait of Walton to part 1, portrait of Cotton to part 2, 12 full page copper engraved plates includes 2 plates of music, text woodcuts, amorial bookplate of Robert Chambers Priestley to front paste down, retirement presentation palte to FEP, pencil note relating to the presentation dated 1954, later not recent fine brown straight grained morroco by Sotheran. A tight clean copy of the first Major edition. Coigney 23.
[18833] |
£220.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1824.
1st Tegg Edn,.
Thomas Tegg.
2 Vols bound in 1, VI 267 + 284 pages, portrait frontis to each volume, foxing to frontis and title page and prelims, woodcut vignette to title page, bound in near contemporary green watered silk binding, some heavy spotting to 1st few pages o/w vg.
[9854] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1825.
1st Pickering Edn,.
1 Vols, XVI 314 pages, 12mo, 3.5" x 2.75" AEG, engraved frontis and 1/2 title, woodcut text illus of fish, some dust soiling to contents, spotting to prelims, contemporary green full calf binding, bottom of spine small chip light surface rubbing to edges of spine, few scuff marks to boards, label missing. Coigney 30.
[17076] |
£80.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1826.
Tegg 6th Edn,.
Chiswick.
IXXIV 291, 264 pages, 2 volumes in 1, small 8vo., frontis illus of Walton and Cotton, text illus, some browning to contents, recased in the original brown cloth, spine relayed, black and gilt label, as Coigney 33 but brown cloth.
[12102] |
£70.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1826.
2nd Tegg Edn,.
Thomas Tegg.
Chiswick.
IXXIV 291, 264 pages, 2 volumes in 1, John McKinley bookplate to front paste down , inscription to inner blank, frontis illus of Walton and Cotton, brownig to the portrait of Cotton, woodcut illus to text, browning to portraits, bound in contemporary 1/2 red leather, gilt tooling to corners of spine compartments, light rubbing to edges.
[12837] |
£95.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1826.
2nd Tegg Edn,.
Chiswick.
2 Vols, IXXIV 291, 264 pages, frontis illus of Walton and Cotton, text illus, later full brown morroco, raised bands, vg Coigney 33
[11999] |
£75.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1826.
2nd Tegg Edn.
Chiswick.
lxxiv- 291+264 pages, two volumes, 12mo frontis portraits of Walton and Cotton, with woodcut illustrations to text, some spotting to the frontis and title pages. Recased retaining the original printed paper covered boards with cloth spines with the original printed paper spines showing some loss relayed. Issued as part of The Whittingtam Cabinet Library Coigney 33 Copy A.
[24140] |
£95.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1833.
1st Rennie.
W & R Chambers.
Edinburgh.
(vi) - 328 pages, Pages uncut, decorative frontis portrait of Walton woodcut, illus to text, foxing to prelims somme browning to edges. Original dark green cloth, with gilt title vignette to the head of spine small chip to head of spine, vg. This copy is bound with the tipped in British Library slip advertising Popular Romances and Gilpins Forest Scenery, Coigney DOES NOT RECORD this the plate list appears at (vi) as Coigney but without the list of illustrations published by the British Library before the frontis Coigney 36
[23946] |
£80.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1833.
1st Rennie.
W & R Chambers.
Edinburgh.
VI 328 pages, decorative frontis portrait of Walton woodcut, illus to text, foxing to contents, original dark green cloth binding with title at head of spine with British Library above the title, small chip to head of spine, vg. This copy is bound without the list of illustrations published by the British Library before the frontis as Coigney 36 third copy without the list of illustrations before title but list at VI.
[15392] |
£40.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1835.
Third Major.
J Major.
lviii 416 pages, 15 full page engraved plates, 77 text woodcuts, old tyed mark to frontis of part 1, some occasional age browning to contents on page edges. A partially uncut copy, recased in the original plain green ribbed cloth, original spine relayed, new end papers. Coigney does not note any binding. Oliver notes a copy at Yale in a different style of binding. Coigney 43, Oliver 42
[21352] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1837.
Tilt Edn,.
Charles Tilt, 86 Fleet Street, J.Menzies of Edinburgh and T.Wardle of Philadelphia.
2 Vols, xi 152 149 pages, 6pp adverts, 12mo, AEG, 1/2 title, wood engraved frontis to each volume. Yellow end papers, armorial bookplate of Edwin F Snow to front paste down of each volume, publishers brown blind stamped cloth with gilt spine with lavish display of fish and fishing tackle with title and author's name in a cartouche at head, small chip at head of volume 1, bound as Coigney 1st 2 volumes in green cloth this brown cloth edition not recorded by Coigney, Horne does record a copy, a vg+ copy published in Tilt's Miniature Classics. Coigney 48, Horne 47.
[21418] |
£450.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1844.
The 6th (titled 4th Major) Edn,.
D Bogue.
IX 418 pages, 12 full page steel engravings and text woodcut illus, some occasional spotting to contents, publishers brown cloth, gilt Walton cartouche to upper board within blind stamped border, blind stamp Walton cartouche to rear board within blind stamped border, spine with gilt illustrated title, showing gilt fly, a cluster of fish hanging from the lower frame, gilt rod and neck and basket to base of spine. this binding is not noted by Coigney it also differs from Coigney in that there are no adverts, some light rubbing to head and tail of spine with some fading to cloth, a vg copy of an unrecorded binding Coigney 56
[19048] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1844.
The 6th (titled 4th Major) Edn,.
D Bogue.
IX 418 pages, 12 full page steel engravings and text woodcut illus, spotting to FEP, large paper copy bound in pale pink paper covered boards, printed paper label noting large paper, dust soiling to boards, boards showing wear to spine edges and corners, head and tail of spine chipped with loss as Coigney 62.
[10060] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1851.
4th Mosses Brown.
Henry Kent Causton.
lxviii 418 pages, 12 engraved full page plates and 72 text woodcuts, some spotting and age browning to contents, publishers blue cloth with 2cm split to spine edge, light rubbing to corners and spine edges. As Coigney 67 light blue cloth but this copy is dark blue.
[21878] |
£95.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1864.
Bell and Dalby.
XVI 304 pages, AEG, frontis + text illus, full red morroco with gilt school crest to upper board, light rubbing to spine edges, Coigney 83
[11419] |
£55.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1869.
1st Murray Edn,.
106 pages, advs, spotting to contents, limp blue cloth, Coigney 91.
[13981] |
£20.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1869.
1st Murray Edn,.
106 pages, advs, limp blue cloth, Coigney 91.
[10389] |
£30.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1876.
1st stock facsimile Edn,.
Elliott Stock.
X 246 pages, bookplate to front paste down, inscription to inner blank, recased in the original brown paper cover binding, spine relayed, some loss to original spine, Coigney 99 does not note having this binding.
[9661] |
£40.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1876.
1st Stock facsimile Edn,.
Elliot Stock.
X 246 pages, armorial bookplate to front paste down,m original brown paper covered boards, lightly rubbed to edges. This binding is not recorded by Coigney. Coigney 99.
[15515] |
£60.00 |
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