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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1877.
2nd Stock Edn,.
Elliot Stock.
X 246 pages, foxing to EP's, pages uncut, original 1/4 white parchment over blue paper covered boards, foxing to parchment front and end papers, head of spine pulled, Coigney No 2, Horne does not note this binding to the 2nd Stock Coigney 1877
[12500] |
£70.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1880.
3rd stock facsimile Edn,.
X 246 pages, text illus, full parchment binding, ruled and decorated in red, some marking to the parchment as often found. Coigney 110 5th copy.
[12185] |
£40.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1883.
The Nimmo and Bain Edn,.
J.C.B.Nimmo and Bain.
xv 445 pages, TEG, illustrations consist of 8 etchings with two impressions of each oone on India paper + 74 text woodcuts on India paper, publishers blue green cloth, gilt Walton cartouche to upper board, gilt title and 3 fish vignette to spine with date to bottom of spine, head and tail of spine chipped and pulled, lower front outer corner rubbed through cloth. Coigney 118 does not note this binding, nor Oliver 114, it corresponds to the 1/4 parchment which Coigney mentions Martsons supplement to Bibliotheca Piscatorial notes 8vo 31s 6d and crown 8vo 8s 6d, the parchment and this cloth edition are identical and size. Coigney notes a full calf bound copy by Tilt which he assumes is the expensive issue, whether this is so is open to question possibly this or the parchment copy is.
[18264] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1883.
The Nimmo and Bain Edn,.
J.C.B.Nimmo and Bain.
xv 445 pages + (4)pp advs, TEG, illustrations consist of 8 etchings with two impressions of each on different paper + 74 text woodcuts on India paper, publishers blue green cloth, gilt Walton cartouche to upper board, gilt title and 3 fish vignette to the white parchment spine with date to bottom of spine, some mottling to the spine, lower front outer corner rubbed through cloth. Martsons supplement to Bibliotheca Piscatorial 8vo 31s 6d and crown 8vo 8s 6d. This book would therefore be the expensive issue, if the smaller edition existed it is probable that the plates did not have duplicates and that the woodcuts were on India paper.
[21272] |
£180.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1888.
Lea and Dove 1st Marston Edn, being the 100th edition of the Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man Recreation.
Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.
2 Vols, xcvii A to T 118, Vol II 119 to 357 pages, Errata, top edge gilt the pages uncut, illustrated with 54 photogravures and about 100 woodcuts, 27 of the photographs are by P H Emerson. Limited to 250 copies in Royal Quarto edition deluxe, this being No 167 signed by R.B Marston, with illustrations on India. Bound in full green morroco with the Walton – Cotton cipher in gilt on the front covers. The "so-called 100th edition is a reissue of the first two parts of the fifth-edition of 1676, with the addition of a reprint of the 1883 edition of The Chronicle of the Complete Angler by Westwood and Satchell, and a list of Works referred to in The Compleat Angler after G.W. Bethune." this edition is particularly sought after for the fine Emerson photogravures. Ownership signature to inner blank of both volumes a few faint scratch marks to the upper cover of volume 1 . A very good clean set. Westwood & Satchell Supplement, p. 255; Coigney 139; Horne 136; Oliver 125;
[23099] |
£1200.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1889.
2nd Nimmo Edn,.
XV 445 + 16 pages, TEG, illus, 6 original etchings, 2 portraits and 54 wood engravings, bound at rear is John Jackson - The Practical Fly Fisher And More Particularly For Grayling Or Umber, a list of dressings for 62 flies, ten plates coloured by hand representing 120 flies natural and artificial, 1/2 green morroco, light rubbing to edges, vg. Coigney 141, Coigney also notes a copy in 1/2 green morroco, marbled boards, five bands to spine, as is this copy.
[15521] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1896.
5th Nimmo Edn,.
John C Nimmo.
XV 445 pages, 4pp adverts, TEG, frontis portrait of Walton + 7 other full page plates, numerous woodcuts within text, publishers brick red cloth, gilt title to upper board beneath gilt vignette of Walton's house, publishers cypher to lower corner as Coigney 178 copy 1. A vg copy, cloth and gilt clean and bright, no defects.
[15715] |
£120.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1896.
8th Jesse Edn,.
XIX 496 pages, advs, illus with woodcuts and 26 full page steel engravings, green cloth As Coigney 176 apart from Coigney last 12 pages of adverts.
[11352] |
£35.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1896.
8th Jesse Edn,.
George Bell and Sons.
XIX 496 pages, advs, illus with woodcuts and 26 full page steel engravings, green cloth As Coigney 176 apart from Coigney last 12 pages of adverts.
[14646] |
£35.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1896.
9th Jesse Edn,.
George Bell and Sons.
XIX 496 pages, 32 pages advs, illus with woodcuts and 26 full page steel engravings, browning to 1/2 title, pebbled green cloth. Coigney 176.
[18158] |
£30.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1897.
2nd Le Gallienne Facsimile.
Elliot Stock.
Facsimile X 246 pages, text engravings, bound in publishers green cloth, title in brown with "the breakfast" reproduced on the front cover, some light dust soiling to the cloth. Coigney 180, notes no other bibliography has recorded this edition
[19793] |
£60.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1897.
1st Le Galliene Edn,.
The Bodley Head.
IXXXIV 427 pages, 2 portraits illus by Edmund H New + advert leaf, spotting to EP, green cloth with title in black within borders to upper board as Coigney 182, 4th copy but a variant where the vignette of Cotton's fishing house is present on rear cover, a vg copy.
[8419] |
£85.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1900.
The Oxford Thumb Miniature Edn,.
Henry Frowde.
Oxford University Press.
xix 587 pages, TEG, miniature approx 2 1/16 x 1 3/4 ", illus frontis of Walton, 2 plates of music, woodcuts of fish in text bound in dark maroon morroco , front board faded to brown with gilt title to centre of front cover and top of spine. Coigney does not record this binding, vg+. Coigney 203.
[21409] |
£200.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1902.
1st Dewar Edn,.
Winchester.
2 Vols, 1 XIV 169 + IX 232 pages, 4to, TEG, the de luxe edition on hand made paper, edited by George A.B.Dewar, illustrated by William Strang, D.Y.Cameron. The full page etchings are in 2 states, the second one on Japan paper, the smaller illus are on India paper bound in the original publishers stained dark brown vellum with gilt crest to upper boards, limited to 150 signed copies, this one is for presentation, no indication who to but neatly written in volume I on FEP Ian Strang, possibly one of William Strang's children, Strang had 4 sons and 1 daughter, Coigney 215, this is a vg+ copy of a sought after edition.
[12178] |
£820.00 |
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Walton Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1902.
The Winchester freemantle (first Dewar) Edition.
Freemantle & Company.
Winchester.
2 Vols, 1 xiv 169 + ix 232 pages, 4to, TEG, the deluxe edition on printed on hand made paper. Edited by George A.B. Dewar, full page etchings by William Strang, and D.Y. Cameron. The full-page etchings are in two states, the second one being on Japan paper, the smaller illustrations are on India paper. Bound in the original publishers-stained dark brown vellum with gilt Walton crest to upper covers. limited to 150 signed copies by Dewar and Strang this copy number 30, armorial bookplate to front paste downs. A very good copy free of any foxing, light even fading to the spines. Edited by George A B Dewar "The Text of this edition is an exact reprint in spelling and punctuation of the Fifth (1676) Edition; the last published in Waltons lifetime.". Coigney 215 ?820
[23966] |
£820.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1904.
2nd Le Gallienne Edn.
John Lane.
ixxix - 454 pages, 14vpage angler calendar compiled by Hi Regan, top edge gilt pages uncut, edited by Richard Le Gallienne, illustrated by Edmund H New, some offset from the frontis portrait to title page. Ownership presentation inscription from Eton school to inner blank. Bound by Riviere and Sons, in a 1/2 dark green morroco, the spine evenly faded to brown. The spine with gilt standing bull rushes and flying insects with swimming fish below, the title within decorative borders and a single raised band. A fine binding, bound without half title and adverts. Coigney 222 .
[23119] |
£145.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
nd 1905.
Routledge Dutton Edn,.
XV 445 pages, 8 etched plates + wood engravings to text, illus, vg in original cloth with gilt title and three fish in gilt to upper boards, Coigney 228
[10329] |
£45.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
nd Circa 1909.
1st Asprey Publication.
Asprey & Co Ltd.
(1 to 6) 9 ? 344, All edges gilt illustrations a facsimile of the title page of the 1st edition 17 woodcuts of 18 species of fish and a salmon fly in the text. In the appendix 3 pages ie natural flies' artificial flies and fly making. At the foot of page 335 imprint Printed By Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd at foot page 344 Printed By Cassell & Company Limited. Bound in a dark brown pebbled calf the boards with ornate gilt corner pieces within double ruled borders, the spine in 5 compartments with gilt title, 4 leaf centerpieces within decorative borders to remaining compartments. With inner gilt rolled tooling to the boards within double ruled borders. The head of the spine chipped light surface rubbing to spine edges. A A reprint of the 19th Cassell edition as Coigny 245. The Asprey edition NOT SEEN BY COIGNEY. Horne notes a copy examined at Virginia State Library in a different re backed binding lacking the original spine. Coigny visited Asprey's and no information 0n the book was available. Coigny 246 Horne 238
[23455] |
£520.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1911.
1st Thorpe Edn,.
Hodder Stoughton.
XV 166 pages, large 4to., illus by James Thorpe with 25 full page colour plates each with tissue guard with letter press and fish vignette is printed in green, browning to end papers. A vg copy in the publishers cloth with gilt title and large vignette of an angler to upper board within gilt border, an attractively produced book.
[16874] |
£140.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1911.
1st Thorpe Edn,.
Hodder Stoughton.
XV 166 pages, large 4to., illus by James Thorpe with 25 full page colour plates each with tissue guard with letter press and fish vignette is printed in green. A vg copy in the publishers cloth with gilt title and large vignette of an angler to upper board within gilt border, an attractively produced book. Coigney 250
[16094] |
£220.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1913.
1st Hankey Edn,.
T N Foulis.
Edinburgh.
232 pages, 6pp adverts, frontis by Jacob Hoysman, 12 tipped in colour plates by W.Lee Hankey and text drawings, evenly faded to green cloth, gilt title to upper board, vg. differs from Coigney' s 2 copies in that the top edge is gilt and EP's are grey.
[15549] |
£30.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1913.
1st Hankey Edn,.
T N Foulis.
Edinburgh.
232 pages, 6pp adverts, frontis by Jacob Hoysman, 12 tipped in colour plates by W.Lee Hankey and text drawings, green cloth, gilt title to upper board, vg. differs from Coigney' s 2 copies in that the top edge is gilt and EP's are grey.
[15165] |
£36.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1925.
1st Navarre Society Edn,.
XV 445 pages, illus with 8 original etchings by Damman + woodcuts, original cloth with gilt Walton motif to upper boards, a vg bright copy in the original dj, Coigney 285 2nd copy, dj differs in colour, this one being pale blue and no adverts to rear flap.
[7771] |
£45.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1925.
6th Thorpe Edn,.
T N Foulis Ltd.
XVI 221 pages, portrait and 20 plates in colour by James Thorpe, original green cloth backed paper covered boards, a vg copy. Coigney 282, this edition is the first published by Foulis of the Thorpe illustrations
[4852] |
£40.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1927.
1st Daglish Edn,.
Thornton Butterworth Limited.
367 pages, 4to., 16 full page wood engravings by E.Fitch Daglish, vg in the publishers 1/4 tone cloth, paper covered boards, rear board darkened on edge, vg in dj, unusual to find in dj. Coigney 295
[11484] |
£95.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1927.
1st Daglish Edn,.
367 pages, 4to., 16 full page wood engravings by E.Fitch Daglish, 1/4 2 tone cream cloth, vg. Coigney 295
[11018] |
£60.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
the Compleat Angler
1928.
1st Black Facsimile Edn,.
A & C Black Ltd.
246 pages, text illus, bound in brown sheepskin without slipcase, th1s is the so called 1st impression with the spelling mistake "churcheyard" on title page, when the error was noted the edition was withdrawn and the error corrected. Coigney 298, Horne 287, Oliver 266 all note this is the best of the facsimiles.
[12186] |
£120.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1928.
1st edition 2nd issue Edn,.
246 pages, text illus, bound in brown sheepskin, a vg copy in the original dj and publisher's slipcase, chipping to slipcase. Coigney 298, Horne 287, Oliver 266 all note this is the best of the facsimiles.
[16976] |
£65.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1928.
1st Black Facsimile Edn,.
246 pages, text illus, bound in brown sheepskin, a vg copy in the original dj and publisher's slipcase, chipping to slipcase. Coigney 298, Horne 287, Oliver 266 all note this is the best of the facsimiles.
[15537] |
£55.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1931.
2nd Rackham Edn,.
George C Harrap and Co Ltd.
223 pages, TEG, small 4to., 12 colour plates + drawings within the text, pictorial end papers by Arthur Rackham, grey cloth, gilt title and fish designs to upper cover, vg in dj. Press cutting pasted to verso of dj, not visble to front, 2 small chips to dj, head of spine and lower back edges a couple of small closed tears. The 1st Rackham edition was limited to 775 copies Coigney 313.
[17133] |
£220.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1931.
1st Rackham Edition,.
George Harrap and Co Ltd.,.
224 pages, small 4to., top edge gilt pages uncut handmade paper some pages remain unopened. 12 colour plates with captioned tissues, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, pictorial end papers by Arthur Rackham. The deluxe limited edition, number 110 of 775 copies signed by the artist. Publishers' full vellum binding, with gilt title to the upper board within ruled borders, gilt title, and fish vignette to spine. In the original card slipcase. A very good + copy with no foxing to the contents the vellum binding clean with no marks. Also includes the loose bookplate of Walter,De,La Mare. Coigney 312
[22267] |
£800.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler
1993.
quartercentenary Edn,.
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
367 pages, illus by E. Fitch Daglish, 1/4 bonded leather, fine in slipcase. Published to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary using the 1823 John Major text with Daglish 1927 wood engravings.
[13280] |
£30.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers
1905.
1st Cardoc.
155 pages Top edge gilt printed in red and black, illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece facing a cartouche facsimile of the first edition title, a river scene, six small engravings of fish and two pages of music, the second printed upside down as called for. Number 113 of an edition of 350 copies. Finely bound in full green morroco by Bayntun of Bath gilt fish motifs to spine compartments. The spine light even fading and edges of the boards. Coigney 230 ?250
[22510] |
£250.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers
1905.
1st Cardoc.
155 pages Top edge gilt printed in red and black, illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece facing a cartouche facsimile of the first edition title, a river scene, six small engravings of fish and two pages of music, the second printed upside down as called for. Presentation inscription to the front paste down. Elkin Mathews folded page bound at rear printed in red and black with their motif in red. Limited to an edition of 350 copies this copy un-numbered. Bound in ? dark red morroco Coigney 230
[22499] |
£135.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish Ponds Fish & Fishing
1902.
The Winchester Edition.
Freemantle & Company,.
2 volumes lxvii ? 169 + ix ? 232pp, Top edge gilt large 8vo illustrated with full page etchings by William Strang and D.Y. Cameron and numerous text illustrations. And a facsimile of the Last Will and Testament of Walton. Foxing throughout to the contents and the closed page edges. Bound in the publishers green cloth with gilt Waltons device to volume 1 and to volume 2 are the arms of Cotton in gilt the cloth clean and VG. Edited by George A.B. Dewar with an essay by Sir Edward Grey "The Text of this Edition is an exact reprint in spelling and punctuation of the Fifth (1676) Edition; the last published in Walton's lifetime. Coigney 215
[23808] |
£135.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, The Lives Of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson
1929.
1st Nonesuch Edn,.
X 631 pages, text and full page illus by Thomas Boulter and Charles Sierist, and edited by Geoffrey Keynes, limited to 1600 copies, full tan morroco binding in slipcase. Coigney 303.
[9111] |
£170.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, Waltons Lives
1825, 1827.
1st Pickering Edn,.
2 Vols, XVII 314, XIX 442 pages, 12mo, engraved frontis and 1/2 title to The Complete Angler and woodcut text illus, engraved frontis to The Lives. The Complete Angler is mostly an unopened copy, both volumes bound in publishers cloth with paper labels, The Lives showing slight chipping to top of spine, o/w a vg set. Coigney 30.
[8478] |
£120.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Angler, Waltons Lives
1825 1827.
1st Pickering Edn,.
2 Vols, XVII 314, XIX 442 pages, 12mo, engraved frontis and 1/2 title to The Complete Angler and woodcut text illus, engraved frontis to The Lives. The Complete Angler is mostly an unopened copy, both volumes bound in publisher's cloth with later paper labels. The Angler some chipping to top of spine of rear The Lives showing chipping to top of spine, edges o/w a vg set. Coigney 30. [ref: 8478 ]
[22210] |
£85.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Compleat Walton, The Lives Of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert & Sanderson
1929.
1st Nonsuch Edn,.
X 631 pages, illus by Thomas Boulter and Charles Sierist, limited to 1600 copies full published leather binding in slipcase, vg. Coigney 303
[14645] |
£170.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler
1823.
1st major Edn.
John Major.
2 Vols in 1, xi 152, 149 pages, 12mo, engraved frontis to each volume, browning and spotting to title pages and frontis, also some browning to contents. Bound without 1/2 title or adverts in a contemporary full tan calf, gilt decorated spine, red title label, some darkening and light rubbing. The first edition with an American imprint. Coigney 48 Horne 47.
[21363] |
£220.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler
1893.
1st Edn, Tercentenary edition, Harting Edn.
Samuel Bagster.
2 Vols, xix 245 243 pages, TEG, small 4to., illus including etchings by Percy Thomas + drawings etc, limited to 350 numbered copies, bound in the original 1/4 velum binding over green cloth boards, gilt fish vignette to spines and flying heron in gilt to upper board. This edition is edited with notes from a naturalist's point of view J.E.Harting who was librarian of the Linnear Society. There are 45 illus these consist of 43 full page engravings on Japon paper, the plates engraved by Audinet Linnel, there are 12 engravings in the text after drawings by G.E.Lodge. A vg clean copy.
[21360] |
£220.00 |
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Walton Izaak |
The Complete Angler
1893.
1st Edn, Tercentenary edition, Harting Edition.
Samuel Bagster.
xix 245 243 pages, Two volumes TEG, small 4to., illustrations including 45 illus these consist of 43 full page engravings on Japon paper, the plates engraved by Audinet Linnel, there are 12 engravings in the text after drawings by G.E.Lodge, limited to 350 numbered copies, this being number 71 bound in the original 1/4 velum binding over green cloth boards, gilt fish vignette to spines and flying heron in gilt to upper board. A partly unopened copy, a very clean bright set in the original green cloth DJs in a cloth covered slipcase. The slipcase UNRECORDED by Coigney, Oliver and Horne. The thick card slipcase is covered in the same green cloth as the DJs and the boards of the binding, the title in gilt and imprint is on the short edge rather than on spine backed edge, a few old marks to the cloth. This edition is edited with notes from a naturalist's point of view J.E.Harting who was librarian of the Linnean Society.. A very clean bright fine set in the original DJs and rare slipcase. ?420
[22274] |
£420.00 |
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler + The Lives
1844, 1847.
D Bogue - Henry Washbourne printed at the Shakespeare Press.
2 volumes, 1x 418, xiv 453 pages, TEG, 12 full page plates + text illus to The Angler, 6 full page + text illus to The Lives. Bookplate of Herbert S Snarbey and tipped in signature dated 1847 to each volume. Bound in full tan calf, blind stamped clover leaf to spine edges, typical of an art and crafts binding, base of spine stamped 1874, stamped to rear board lower margin possibley binders initials 19L.K.02. A vg matching set, the Walton is the 6th (titled 4th) Major edition. Coigney 56
[20519] |
£240.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy The Perusal Of Most Anglers
1930.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
124 pages, TEG, small folio illus by Frank Adams with coloured frontis and nine coloured chapter headings, framed with piscatorial pen and ink drawings + 4 pen ink chapter headings and ten tail pieces, limited to 450 copies signed and numbered by the artist, this copy is unumbered, bound in the original marbled paper covered boards, vellum spine, vg. Coigney 308
[21153] |
£90.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Complete Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy The Perusal Of Most Anglers
1930.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
124 pages, TEG, small folio illus by Frank Adams with coloured frontis and nine coloured chapter headings, framed with piscatorial pen and ink drawings + 4 pen ink chapter headings and ten tail pieces, limited to 450 copies signed and numbered by the artist, this copy is No 342, bound in the original marbled paper covered boards, vellum spine, vg+, in the original card box worn on corners. Coigney 308
[10950] |
£180.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Lives Of Wotton, Hooker, Herbert And Sanderson
1827.
rep Edn,.
William Pickering.
XIX 442 pages, 16mo., AEG, browning to engraved frontis illus,, full brown morroco, cg. Coigney 388.
[15992] |
£65.00 |
|
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WALTON Izaak |
The Lives Of Wotton, Hooker, Herbert And Sanderson
1827.
1st Pickering Edn,.
Willaim Pickering.
XIX 442 pages, 12mo., frontis illus, bookplate on piscatoria Ohlsoni yipped onto front paste down, original red pebbled cloth, paper label chipped with loss.
[565] |
£45.00 |
|
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Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton |
The Complete Angler. Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of River Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing... and Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton. With original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas.
1860.
second Nicholas Edition.
Nattali and Boyd.
ccxii (8) 129 - 436, 32pp index 2 volumes large 8vo with 61 plates and vignettes. Using the illustrations of the first Nicolas edition (1836) for which the publisher William Pickering used 27 of the most prominent artists of the time. Bound in the publishers grained red cloth as Coigney (78 first copy). Some light darkening to the cloth in places a very good copy, and unusual to find in the publisher's cloth.
[23233] |
£380.00 |
|
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Walton, Izaak, and Charles Cotton |
The Complete Angler. Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of River Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing... and Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton. With original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas.
1860.
second Nicholas Edition.
Nattali And Boyd.
City.
ccxii (8) 129 - 436, 32pp index 2 volumes large 8vo with 61 plates and vignettes. Using the illustrations of the first Nicolas edition (1836) for which the publisher William Pickering used 27 of the most prominent artists of the time. Bound in the publishers grained red cloth as Coigney (78 first copy). Spotting to the frontis and title page to volume one, rubbing to head tails of the spines and lesser so to edges.
[23514] |
£330.00 |
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WALTON Izaak, COTTON Charles |
The Complete Angler
1931.
7th Le Gallienne.
John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd.
lxxxix ? 454, (12) pp The Anglers Calendar compiled by Hi Regan, illustrated by Edmund. H. New with full page and text drawings. Personal inscription to the inner blank, a fine clean copy. Finely bound in half green morroco by Riviere & son. The spine in six compartments with five raised bands title and author to two compartments, the remaining with fish, Lillie pads, and reeds within ornate gilt rolled borders, the top edge gilt, aquatic flowers, lilies, and swimming fish, end papers.
[24226] |
£185.00 |
|
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War Office |
Garrison Artillery Drill Volume I
1892.
1st.
HMSO.
xvi -(2)-570, 12mo, 18 plate of which 6 are folding + text illustrations and folding range table. Advert end papers. Publishers dark red cloth binding with metal fastening clasp, gilt crest and title to the upper cover, chipping to the head and tail of the spine a very good copy. Covers Gunnery, Ammunition, Material, Care of Armaments And Stores, Drill, Coast Defence, Practice. Volume 2 covered Regulations & Orders.
[24123] |
£85.00 |
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WAR DEPARTMENT |
Description And Rules For The Management Of The United States Rifle Caliber .30, Model of 1917.
May 1918.
revised Edn,.
Washington USA.
80 pages, 2 large folding plates and full page and text illus of the gun compartments, original printed paper covers. Riling 1846 notes the earlier 1918 edition of January with 62 pages
[13509] |
£35.00 |
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WAR DEPARTMENT |
Description And Rules For The Management Of The United States Rifle Caliber .30, Model Of 1917
1918.
revised Edn,.
Washington War Publications.
USA.
80 pages, full page and text illus + 3 folding plates, browning to title pages, small brown stain? to top margin on first 36 pages 1" x 1/4", bound in recent green buckram, gilt title to upper board.
[5406] |
£25.00 |
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WAR DEPTARTMENT |
Shotguns All Types
.
Washington USA.
illus throughout in b/w from photographs, publishers printed card covers, vg. The repeating shotgun, Winchester, Remington, Ithala, savage assembly, operation, cleaning, use etc.
[21382] |
£25.00 |
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WAR OFFICE |
Infantry Training Volume 1, Infantry Platoon Weapons pamphlet No. 6, The Light Machine Gun (all Arms 1948)
1948.
70 pages, illus, card covers, 3 punch holes to spine edge.
[12085] |
£15.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Horn Measurements and Weights of the Great Game of the World
1892.
1st Edn,.
viii 264 pages, 2pp adverts, small 4to, text illus throughout from drawings showing the heads and horns, 6 full page illus from photographs light spotting to inner blank and 1/2 title. Original publisher zebra skin pattern loth with gilt buffalo to upper board. A very good copy of the first in the horn measurement series. A hard to find edition and more so in very good condition
[23047] |
£535.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
A Naturalist Life Study In The Art Of Taxidermy
2002.
reprint Edn,.
Johanesberg.
224 pages, 4to., b/w illus from photographs, drawings etc. publishers brown cloth. gilt insert with title and elephant head to upper board. A facsimile reprint of the 1913 edition, originally printed for private circulation.
[18458] |
£45.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game
1922.
8th Edn,.
Rowland Ward (Publication) Ltd.
527 pages, small 4to., b/w illus throughout, some foxing to verso of end paper name H.E.James and P 187 to 1/2 title, page 187 notes James records for Uganda Defassa, a vg copy in the original maroon cloth, with some rubbing to edges.
[16650] |
£160.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game African and Asiatic Sections, Giving African and Asiatic Sections, Giving the Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights, and Horn And Tusk Measurements
1935.
10th Edn,.
Rowland Ward Ltd.
xii 408 pages, (6) pages of Rowland Ward advert, illus, lge 8vo, contents clean and tight, publishers brown cloth, gilt title to the upper board, the cloth clean and unfaded, a vg+ copy. The last in the original series.
[21471] |
£180.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game With Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights And Horn And Tusk Measurements
1922.
8th Edn,.
Rowland Ward (Publication) Ltd.
527 pages, small 4to., 4 pages of adverts, illus from photographs and drawings throughout, publishers maroon cloth, gilt title to upper board, light rubbing to corners, vg
[22098] |
£160.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game With Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights And Horn And Tusk Measurements
1928.
9th Edn,.
Rowland Ward Ltd.
xiii 523 pages, advs, illus, 4to., pencil ownership name "Paul Munster 1929" to front end paper and top blank margin of half title, a vg clean bright copy.
[21468] |
£220.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game With Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights And Horn And Tusk Measurements
1928.
9th Edn,.
Rowland Ward Ltd.
xiii 523 pages, advs, illus, 4to., later plain end papers, contents clean, publishers light blue cloth, cloth clean and bright.
[20875] |
£180.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game With Distribution, Characteristics, Dimensions, Weights And Measurements of Horns Antlers, Tusks & Skins
1899.
3rd Edn,.
Rowland Ward and Co., Limited.
xvii 504 pages, 12 pp of Rowland Ward adverts. Small 4to "with about 217 illustrations" from drawings photographs. Light spotting to the title page and frontis tissue card, armorial bookplate of C.T. Anstruther to front paste down. Publishers green cloth with gilt title to upper board and spine the cloth clean and fresh. Includes "A new feature in this edition is the introduction of a short description of the leading characteristics and the exact geographical distribution of each species and race."
[22412] |
£300.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Records of Big Game With Their Distribution Characteristics Dimensions Weights and Horn And Tusk Measurements
1910.
6th Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
xiii 531 pages, advs, small 4to., illus throughout, some occasional spotting to contents, rear end paper hinge cracked but still a tight copy in the original simulated zebra skin end papers and covers
[20904] |
£120.00 |
|
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WARD Rowland |
Sportsman's Handbook To Collecting And Preserving And Setting Up Trophies And Specimens
1923.
11th Edn,.
X 74 pages, 13pp advs for Rowland's Ward Products, illus including a folding plate of a tiger skin, + supplement, original mustard yellow cloth, vg, the supplement in some copies was published loose, in this copy it is bound in as issued and shows various heads and horns. The book was published posthumously and edited by J.Burlace, the general manager of Rowland Ward.
[15929] |
£30.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Sportsman's Handbook To Collecting And Preserving And Setting Up Trophies And Specimens
1923.
11th Edn,.
X 74 pages, 13pp advs for Rowland's Ward Products, illus including a folding plate of a tiger skin, + supplement, original mustard yellow cloth, vg, the supplement in some copies was published loose, in this copy it is bound in as issued and shows various heads and horns. The book was published posthumously and edited by J.Burlace, the general manager of Rowland Ward.
[15930] |
£30.00 |
|
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WARD Rowland |
Sportsman's Handbook To Collecting And Preserving Trophies & Specimens And Containing Methods Of Measurement And Other Valuable Information Pertaining To Trophy Hunting & Rowland Ward's "Records Of Big Game"
1998.
14th Edn,.
Rowland Ward Publications.
Johannesburg.
245 pages, b/w illus, green simulated leather, gilt title and head vignette to upper board, a fine copy.
[16759] |
£45.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Sportsman's Handbook to Collecting and Preserving Trophies and Specimens
1923.
11th Edn,.
X 74 pages, 13pp adverts for Rowland Ward's products, illus including a folding plate of a tiger skin, original straw coloured cloth also includes loose 16pp supplement to the handbook with 6pp of illus. A vg copy of the last of the handbooks and scarce with the supplement, it was published posthumously and edited by J.Burlace, the general manager of Rowland Ward.
[2777] |
£55.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
The Sportsman's Handbook To Practical Collecting Preserving And Artistic Setting Up Of Trophies And Specimens To Which Is Added A Synoptical Guide To The Hunting Ground Of The World
1880.
1st Edn,.
the author.
VIII, 103 pages, xiipp sporting advs including Rowland Ward, 18pp blank memoranda pages 11 pages filled in with pencil, first page notes "shot with a catapult at Repton School by Oxley Graham" The notes cover 1881 to 1886 and include a fishing trip to Germany, but mostly just a list of birds and animals including 1 roebuck. Graham's ownership signature to front paste down 1881, inner hinge paper cracked, original black paper covered boards, gilt title and vignette of a bird being skinned?, rhino skeleton vignette to rear. Small scuff marks to front board, rubbing to spine edge, 4cm repair to spine edge, vg-. The book went into many editions the 11th being published in 1923.
[3899] |
£420.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
The Sportsman's Handbook To Practical Collecting Preserving, And Artistic Setting Up Of Trophies And Specimens Together With A Guide To The Hunting Grounds Of The world
1894.
7th Edn.
Rowland Ward Ltd.
xii - 202 pages, including Rowland Ward adverts, text illustrations + full page plates, 1 folding of a tiger skin. Small chip repair to the front-end paper some spotting to the title page and first few pages. Original full leather binding, gilt title and rhino head vignette to upper board, antler vignette to rear board, vg.
[23541] |
£75.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
The Sportsmans Handbook To Practical Collecting Preserving, And Artistic Setting Up Of Trophies And Specimens Together With A Guide To The Hunting Grounds Of The world
1906.
9th Edn,.
Rowland Ward Ltd.
XIV 272 pages, text illus + full page plate, 1 folding. Original full leather binding, gilt title and rhino head vignette to upper board, antler vignette to rear board, vg. This edition the general text has been thoroughly revised and brought up to date as have the chapters on hunting fields.
[16760] |
£80.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
The Sportsman's Handbook To Practical Collecting, Preserving, and Artistic Setting-Up of Trophies and Specimens. To which is added A Synoptical Guide Together with a guide to the Hunting Grounds of The World.
1888.
4th edn.
Rowland Ward.
x 160, + 10 blank memorandum pages, illustrated throughout with drawings and diagrams including 4 full page plates and 1 folding plate. Faint damp mark to very outer corner blank margin tip of the last 10 pages. Armorial bookplate of C.T. Anstruther to front paste down. Bound in full leather with two gilt rhino heads on front cover and gilt stag head & horns on rear cover. A very good copy of an early edition in this type of binding which are often found in poor condition.
[22407] |
£100.00 |
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WARD Rowland |
Taxidermists To The Sportsmen Of The World
nd Circa 1969.
London and Nairobi.
36 pages, 4to., promotional card covers, booklet showing various b/w photographs of big game trophies in natural settings, heads, horns, skins etc. with accompanying text, pictorial card covers, vg.
[19537] |
£45.00 |
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WARDROP Maj Gen R.E. |
Days And Nights With Indian Big Game
1923.
Macmillan and Co.
viii 212 pages, illustrations from photographs and drawings, blue cloth with gilt vignette to upper board of natives and trophy head, rubbing to head and tail of spine o/w vg. An excellent work with the emphasis on tiger shooting, he also hunts buffalo, bear, elephant, panther etc. Czech 223
[20018] |
£55.00 |
|
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WARLOW T.A. |
Firearms, The Law And Forensic Ballistics
1996.
1st Edn.
Taylor and Francis.
XIV 298 pages, b/w illus from photographs + proof marks, pictorial laminated covers, fine copy. Includes a history of firearms, mechanism and design, ballistics, cartridge loadings, proof marks and proof of firearms etc., An important and well researched book.
[18947] |
£40.00 |
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Washington Patent Office |
Cartridges For Small Arms, Specifications and Drawings, Patented in the United States Prior to January 1878.
No date circa1986.
Armoury Publications.
Tacoma WA U.S.A.
Unpaginated, 4to facsimile of circa 300 patents with accompanying line drawings of the patent showing bullets, cartridges guns etc. Includes loose 10-page alphabetical table of contents printed on blue paper, ownership address stamp of Associated Ordnance Ltd to the front end paper. Bound in the publisher's faux leather in slipcase, a fine copy.
[24056] |
£60.00 |
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WATSON Alfred E.T. |
King Edward VII As A Sportsman
1911.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
, xxx 380 pages, 4to., TEG, illus, 10 in colour and numerous other illus, foxing to photogravure frontis plate of Edward VII (as usual), full page plates including 7 in colour by Thorburn bound in the publishers white parchment, red leather crest to upper board, spine has gold crest and sporting vignettes, some discoloration to the parchment as often found, a book rarely found in vg condition, a large paper copy limited to 255 numbered copies. Covers shooting at Sandringham, Windsor, Stalking at Balmoral etc., sport abroad including tiger shooting etc., also chapters on hunting, horse racing etc. Chute 667.
[21053] |
£150.00 |
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WATSON John |
The English Lake District Fisheries
1925.
new and revised.
TN Foulis Ltd.
XV 271 pages, frontis + 11 plates, light spotting to first few pages, publishers green cloth, vg. First published in 1899 now completely revised with an introduction by Sir Herbert Maxwell. A guide to the river, lakes and fishes, best flies etc.
[19658] |
£35.00 |
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WATSON John editor |
The Confessions Of A Poacher
1890.
1st Edn,.
The Leadenhall Press.
172 pages, 14 pages of advs, full page and text illus by James West, foxing to end papers, armorial bookplate to front paste down, green/grey cloth board, gilt title to upper board and black letters to spine. Chute 669
[19619] |
£30.00 |
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WATSON John editor |
The Confessions Of A Poacher
1890.
1st Edn,.
172 pages, advs, full page and text illus by James West, foxing to prelims, green cloth board, gilt title to upper board and black letters to spine. Chute 669
[12261] |
£30.00 |
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WATT W. |
Remarks On Shooting In Verse
1839.
2nd revised and enlarged Edn,.
A.H.Bailey and Co.
XIX 288 pages, engraved frontis, includes a list of London, Dublin, Edinburgh and Glasgow gunmakers. A vg- copy in publishers blind stamped cloth. Includes the recent and admirable induction of the patent wire cartridge and "some verses on trolling". the trolling section did not appear in the 1st edition W/S 258, Chute 671, Schwerdt Vol 2 291, Riling 466. "a lecture on shooting supposed to be delivered by Johnny in verse at a village Alehouse" in verse.
[6128] |
£70.00 |
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WATT W. |
Remarks On Shooting In Verse
1839.
2nd revised and enlarged Edn,.
A.H.Bailey and Co.
XIX 288 pages, engraved frontis, includes a list of London, Dublin, Edinburgh and Glasgow gunmakers. A vg- copy in publishers blind stamped cloth. Includes the recent and admirable induction of the patent wire cartridge and "some verses on trolling". the trolling section did not appear in the 1st edition W/S 258, Chute 671, Schwerdt Vol 2 291, Riling 466. "a lecture on shooting supposed to be delivered by Johnny in verse at a village Alehouse" in verse.
[15989] |
£70.00 |
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WATTS John, WHITE, Peter |
The Bayonet Book
1975.
1st Edn,.
The authors.
504 pages, 4to., 1052 b/w illustrations of the bayonets from photographs, with details of sizes etc. Publishers red cloth, gilt title, bayonet vignette to spine in dj. dj shows some loss to the head of the spine rubbing to edges and corners now in removable clear sleeve. A vg copy of a detailed guide to the bayonets past and present used by the major countries of the world. A major reference book on the subject.
[22582] |
£200.00 |
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WATTS John, WHITE, Peter |
The Bayonet Book
1975.
1st Edn,.
The authors.
504 pages, 4to., 1052 b/w illustrations of the bayonets from photographs, with details of sizes etc. Publishers red cloth, gilt title, bayonet vignette to spine in dj. dj shows some repairs to rear and some creasing, now in clear removable sleeve. vg copy of a detailed guide to the bayonets past and present used by the major countries of the world. A major reference book on the subject.
[23930] |
£200.00 |
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WAYTE Neil |
River Carping
2000.
1st Edn,.
The Crowood Press Ltd.
Ramsbury.
175 pages, 4to, illus from b/w and colour plates, fine in dj.
[21539] |
£25.00 |
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WAYTH C. |
Trout Fishing On The River Darent, A Rural Poem
1845.
1st Edn,.
John Mortimer.
71 pages, closed tear to top blank margin of title page, some foxing and age browning to contents, contemporary inscription on FEP, publishers blind stamped red cloth, head and tail of spine rubbed, also rubbing to rear spine edge 3cm going through cloth. WS238
[17091] |
£95.00 |
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WEATHERALL Norman L. |
Pike Fishing
1961.
1st Edn,.
H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd.
142 pages, illus, in b/w from photographs vg+ in dj.
[1977] |
£20.00 |
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WEBLEY |
Sporting Guns
nd 1957.
16 pages, oblong 8vo., illus of the guns with specification and testimonials, card covers, vg, includes loose letter.
[20701] |
£30.00 |
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WEBLEY |
Webley Revolvers, Signal Pistols
nd circa 1965.
large folding promotional 5 page leaflet for the Mark IV Revolver and Signal and Anti Riot Pistols, 2 punch holes to upper edge, vg.
[20619] |
£20.00 |
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WEBLEY & SCOTT |
Air Pistols - Air Rifles, Sports Starting Pistols .....
nd Circa 1965.
15 pages, illus throughout also includes shotguns at end, also loose 7 page catalogue for Webley target pistols, revolvers, signal pistols, humane cattle killers. vg.
[20444] |
£25.00 |
|
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WEBLEY & SCOTT |
Sporting Guns
1949.
16 pages, oblong 8vo., pictorial card covers, vg.
[12293] |
£52.00 |
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WEBLEY & SCOTT LIMITED |
Automatic Pistol 8 Shot MP Model
..
. Edn,.
1 pages, 38cm x 51cm, large single folio printed advertising sheet. 1st side shows title with large illus of the gun and notes of police force who use it beneath a column description of the pistol and its advantages in English and 5 other languages. to rear to edge illustration of stripping and assembling, with text column for directions for use and assembly repeated in 5 different languages. To the lower 1/2 illustrations of components with text description of component parts also in 5 different languages. A rare ephemeral item of which few could survive due to size and the paper.
[18535] |
£65.00 |
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WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD |
Sporting Guns
1939.
Birmingham.
16 pages, illus 1 gun to each page, 10 pages of shotguns with description + notes on purchasing the guns etc., pictorial card covers, also loose price list, vg+
[20649] |
£40.00 |
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WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD |
Sporting Guns
1940.
Birmingham.
16 pages, Landscape 8vo illustrated with1 gun to each page, 10 pages of shotguns with description + notes on purchasing the guns etc., pictorial card covers.
[14433] |
£30.00 |
|
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WEBLEY AND SCOTT LIMITED |
Gun And Rifle Wholesale Catalogue
1 July 1914.
VI 33 pages, 4to., well illus with each gun shown with text and prices, light blue pictorial paper covers printed in black showing the factories and shop, a vg copy.
[14034] |
£200.00 |
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WEBLEY AND SCOTT LIMITED |
Gun And Rifle Wholesale Catalogue
1914.
. Edn,.
Birmingham.
VI 31 pages, 4to., shotguns and rifles, illus of the guns with description and prices etc., also gun cases and rifle bullets. the first VI pages are an introduction to the company and the gun components, printed paper covers with vignette illus of 2 factories and the Birmingham shop. A fine copy given to the previous owner when visiting Webley Scott.
[18534] |
£200.00 |
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WEBLEY AND SCOTT LIMITED |
Sporting Guns
1953.
16 pages, oblong 8vo., illus of the guns etc., with general information, card covers, vg.
[15870] |
£20.00 |
|
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Webster |
Catalogue of Sporting Guns, Fishing Tackle And Accessories
.
Newington Causeway, London.
landscape 8vo., illus throughout, printed orange card covers, title in black and shotgun to upper flap, light dust soiling. the first 50 pages list the guns and cartridges, field sports requisites etc., blank sheets for notes, includes shotguns, rifles, pistols, a good section on air weapons. the remaining pages cover fishing and other sports.
[21223] |
£50.00 |
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WEBSTER David |
The Angler And The Loop Rod
1885.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons.
XII 340 pages, 24pp advs, frontis portrait of the author + 4 plates in colour 3 of flies, angling bookplate of E.W.F. Sippall and W.J. Turell, tide mark on front and rear end paper top edge, light rubbing to head and tail of spine, green cloth showing angler and rod in black to upper board, vg.
[18071] |
£60.00 |
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WEBSTER David |
The Angler And The Loop Rod
1885.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons.
XII 340 pages, 24pp advs, frontis portrait of the author + 4 plates in colour 3 of flies, spotting to prelims, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down, pictorial green cloth showing angler and rod in black to upper board, vg.
[16692] |
£85.00 |
|
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Weinthal Leo (Compiler) |
The Story Of The Cape To Cairo Railway And River Router, from 1887 to 1992
1923-1926.
The Pioneer Publishing Company Ltd.
4to 4 volumes + map volume, xxxvi 727 + xx 510 + xvi 454 + xii 455 -12 Illus throughout with numerous mounted photographic portraits, halftone plates (many folding) and text illustrations, and folding maps, mostly in colour. The separate map portfolio contains 12 coloured loose folding maps in pocket and the 49 page index. Contents to all volumes clean and tight. Original black half or quarter morroco, green cloth sides, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, Some chipping to bottom of spine volume 1, light rubbing to some tips of corners, includes a letter with edge loss and slip of paper torn from a large document signed by Rhodes with different style of initials brief research Rhodes looks correct but initials look odd (they came loose in the book). A monumental work, the project conceived by Cecil Rhodes but the route to cross unchartered parts of the northern Congo and southern Sudan was not even surveyed by the time of publication, and the scheme was never completed. Weinthal has compiled the work from various sources and contributors; including such as Earl Buxton, Winston Churchill, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Johnston, Flinders Petrire Frederick Selous, J.C. Smuts, Francis Younghusband and many more. There is no shortage of information on the native peoples the tribes, big game nd wildlife, fauna geology, exploration geography, gold and diamond mining etc., Volume 3 contains chapters on big game hunting by such as Selous "big game in Equatorial", "Africa Sport in Southern Sudan", Afred Sharpe "Big Game Shooting On The Great lakes", Col Statham "Big Game In Angola" etc. Czech 296-297 lists only 3 volumes. A major work and rarely found complete and the map volume present
[23921] |
£850.00 |
|
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WENTWORTH DAY J. |
The Dog In Sport
1938.
1st Edn,.
319 pages, illus, vg.
[3651] |
£30.00 |
|
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WENTWORTH DAY J. |
The Dog In Sport
1938.
1st Edn,.
319 pages, illus, vg.
[4433] |
£30.00 |
|
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WENTWORTH DAY J. |
King George V as a Sportsman, An Informal Study Of The First Country Gentleman In Europe
nd 1935.
1st Edn,.
Cassell.
299 pages, 52 photogravure illus, green cloth, vg. Chapters on shooting including shooting at Sandringham, big game hunting including the Kings Durban visit to India hunting in Nepal for the rhino, bear etc and a tiger hunt. Czech 60.
[21137] |
£25.00 |
|
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WENTWORTH DAY J. |
The Modern Fowler With a Guide To Some Of The Principle Wildfowling Resorts Of Today
1949.
new revised and enlarged Edn,.
The Batchworth Press.
272 pages, frontis, 22 full page b/w illus from photographs, a vg+ copy in dj, chipped at head of spine.
[21958] |
£25.00 |
|
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WENTWORTH DAY J. |
Rum Old Boys On Poachers, Wildfowlers, Longshore Pirates, Cut-Throat Islanders, Smugglers And 'Fen Tigers'
1974.
1st Edn,.
East Anglian Magazine Ltd.
Ipswich.
191 pages, Illustrated with drawings by Peter Kemplay, very good in DJ "On poachers, wildfowlers, longshore pirates, cut-throat islanders, smugglers and fen-tigers"
[23990] |
£30.00 |
|
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WESLEY L. |
Air Guns and Air Pistols
1955.
1st Edn,.
Cassell.
XIII 178 pages, 16 pages of half tone illus, vg in dj, cover the gun, care and repair, history and development, the 1st edition of a much reprinted title.
[19725] |
£24.00 |
|
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WESLEY L. |
Air Guns and Air Pistols
1965.
revised and enlarged Edn,.
Cassell.
210 pages, full page plates showing numerous guns and requisites etc. Publishers black cloth titled in silver vg+ in dj pencil notes ton inner blank flap on ballistics ?. Wesley's classic title often revised and updated.
[23209] |
£25.00 |
|
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WESLEY L. |
Air Guns and Air Pistols
1979.
revised and enlarged Seventh Edn,.
Cassell.
xvi - 208 pages, full page plates showing numerous guns and requisites etc. Publishers' cloth r vg+ in dj. SIGNEND by Cardew on the front-end paper. Wesley's classic brought up to date with the information on the latest weapons and equipment with a list of manufacturers and suppliers. ?30
[24202] |
£30.00 |
|
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Wesson, Douglas B. |
Bullet Holes A Record of Records
No date circa 1980.
Facsimile reprint.
USA.
79 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs and line drawings. Green cloth gilt title an revolver vignette in black to upper cover a fine copy. No indication to publishers or date, an excellent facsimile of the 1915 edition published by Smith & Wesson., A history of the development of the Smith & Wesson firearm.
[23429] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
West, Bill |
Browning Arms & History (West arms library)
1972.
1st.
the author.
Azusa, USA.
350 + pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs line drawings gun breakdowns etc. Personal presentation inscription from West to inner blank. Publishers black faux leather binding gilt title to upper cover, a fine copy.
[23390] |
£35.00 |
|
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West, Bill |
Remington arms & history
1970.
1st.
the author.
Azusa, USA.
Unpaginatedm, Illustrated in b/w from photographs line drawings gun breakdowns etc. Publishers green faux leather binding, gilt title to upper cover, a fine copy.
[23393] |
£40.00 |
|
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West, Bill |
Remington arms & history
1970.
1st.
the author.
Azusa, USA.
Unpaginated, Illustrated in b/w from photographs line drawings gun breakdowns etc. Publishers green faux leather binding, gilt title to upper cover. Stamp to rear inner blank "From Bill West 536 E. Ada Ave. Glendora . C.A. 9174", a fine copy.
[23389] |
£40.00 |
|
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WEST, Bill |
Winchester For Over A Century Volume The Winchesters I Have Owned Or Have Come To My Attention Complete Reference 1848 ? 1945 All Models Volume 1 Know Your Winchesters
1964.
1st Edn.
the author.
100 + pages, Full page b/w illustrations from photographs of the guns. The last page an advert for volumes 1 to 4, ink cross out to 1 word with" encyclopedia" written in the margin. Publisher red simulated leather binding with title in gilt to upper cover with gun vignettes. A vg copy of the first in the series.
[22229] |
£70.00 |
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
nd Circa 1912.
1st Edn,.
the author.
St Helens.
144 pages, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, some foxing to EP's and occasionally to contents ammorial bookplate of Norman James McCaskis to front paste down, original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards, vg. .A classic work on fly-tyeing and trout fishing and of fly-fishing entomology. Hampton states that this edition was limited to 1500 copies.
[12948] |
£80.00 |
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
1912.
1st Edn,.
the Author.
St Helens.
144 pages, TEG, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, apart from some light foxing to FEP, a very clean copy in the original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards.
[14924] |
£90.00 |
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
nd Circa 1912.
1st Edn,.
The Author.
St Helens.
144 pages, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, some foxing to EP's and occasionally to contents, original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards, vg. .A classic work on fly-tyeing and trout fishing and of fly-fishing entomology. Hampton states that this edition was limited to 1500 copies.
[2133] |
£220.00 |
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WEST Leonard |
The Natural Trout Fly and its Imitation Being an Angler's Record of Insects Seen At The Waterside and the Methods of Tying the Flies
1912.
1st Edn,.
The author.
St Helens.
144 pages, TEG, 19 plates, 13 in colour of flies, apart from some light foxing to FEP, a very clean copy in the original green cloth, gilt title to upper boards. .A classic work on fly-tyeing and trout fishing and of fly-fishing entomology. Hampton states that this edition was limited to 1500 copies.
[16033] |
£90.00 |
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West Trefor |
Barbel: A Lifetime's Addiction
2005.
Whacke It Publications.
Swindon.
206 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs. SIGNEND on the title page by Trefor West. A fine copy in the publishers pictorial binding in dj. The author his passion for Barbel and the rivers they swim in edited by Nigel Botherway
[23655] |
£75.00 |
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Western |
Western Has Made The .22 A More Powerful Cartridge SUPER -X Long Range .22s
No date circa 1920.
Western.
USA.
Promotional folding advert sheet when folder 16 cm x 9 cm when unfolded 33 cm x 16 cm. Printed in colour on both sides inner sheet shows the bullet with details of the cartridge, specification, performance etc. The upper side in 3 sections Double action powder the bullet. Shock Tests, upper flap when folded the bullet on a yellow background with surrounding text. A very good example.
[23083] |
£25.00 |
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WESTERN AMMUNITION |
Handbook
1950.
Illinois, USA.
88 pages, illus of bullets, section on Winchester firearms, tables etc., vg in original card covers, an ammunition guide.
[12798] |
£15.00 |
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WESTERN CARTRIDGE COMPANY |
Rifle And Pistol Ammunition, A Hand Book on the Development and use of Metallic Cartridges
1928.
1st Edn,.
64 pages, illus, card covers, describes the bullets, their use, ballistics etc.
[12282] |
£36.00 |
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WESTLEY RICHARD |
Westley Rishards Guns And Rifles A Century Of Gun And Rifle Manufacture 1812-1912
1988.
facsimile rep of the 1912 catalogue Edn,.
Armoury Publications.
Oceanside, California.
210 pages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w. Publishers green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover fine copy A facsimile of the 1912 centenary catalogue.
[23286] |
£45.00 |
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WESTLEY RICHARDS |
Catalogue
nd Circa 1988.
landscape 4to., 12 illus in colour and b/w, the guns and history etc., + folders guns promotional for double barreled rifles + 12 page catalogue illus in colour, all are in a fine condition.
[20442] |
£25.00 |
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Westley Richards |
Sporting Guns And Rifles
1952.
17 pages, + 4 pages + price list, oblong 4to., well-illustrated, includes the best quality sidelock, double rifle, magazine rifle. Stud bound in the original cream card covers, crease mark to the centre, the price list dated 1952.
[23050] |
£50.00 |
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WESTLEY RICHARDS |
Sporting Guns And Rifles
ND Circa 1953.
Westley Richards.
Biurmingham.
+ (4) with a 24-page typed appendix of New and Second hand Double Rifles, Landscape 4to the first part illustrations of the guns bullets etc from photographs. Cream card covers printed in red, the covers dust soiled. Includes a hand written note by Malcolm Lyell ( a director of W/S) relating to the catalogue.
[22694] |
£65.00 |
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WESTLEY RICHARDS |
Sporting Guns And Rifles
1953.
17 pages, + 4 pages + price list, oblong 4to., well illus, includes the best quality sidelock, double rifle, magazine rifle, vg in the original cream card covers.
[17039] |
£65.00 |
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WESTLEY RICHARDS |
Supplementary List of Guns, Rifles etc List G6 Export Only
ND Circa 1910.
Westley Richards.
Birmingham.
ii-48 pages, 4to illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Publishers grey printed card covers with grouse shooting scene to the upper cover. A very good copy of an early catalogue, showing the company's shotguns including hammer guns trap and pigeon guns. Ball and shot guns, hammerless double rifles, express sporting magazine rifles etc. also the bullets, Webley patent automatic pistols, air guns air pistols cases etc.
[22696] |
£200.00 |
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WESTLEY RICHARDS |
Westeley Richards Modern Sporting Rifles And Cartridges
nd 1934.
600pages + errata slip, landscape 4to., printed on cheap paper, illus throughout, central two pages pulled from staples, printed light brown covers, paper label to bottom edge rear flap for personal firearms record book, Co Illinois, vg. Includes double rifles, sporting rifles, bullets etc, assembly etc.
[20786] |
£135.00 |
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WESTLEY RICHARDS |
Westley Richards Guns And Rifle Makers + Britain And Best Westley Richards
ND Circa 2000.
Birmingham.
71 + 12 pages, 8vo and 4to, illus throughout in colour from photographs, 2 promotional catalogues detailing the company the guns and sevices vg., includes a letter on headed from Simon Clode (Managing Director) to Malcolm Lyess (Director) both volumes finely illustrate the guns in colour or sepia.
[22692] |
£25.00 |
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WESTON W.Val |
Hints On the Use Of The Saddle Horse And Shot Gun In India
1914.
1st Edn,.
Thacker Spink.
Calcutta.
IV 232 pages, advert leaf, ice blue cloth, title in black, light dust soiling. The first half details horsemanship with a chapter on the author's first experiences at pig sticking, the second half recounts hunting experiences for upland game including a gruesome hunt after a crocodile. Czech 225
[16947] |
£140.00 |
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WESTWOOD Thomas |
The Chronicle Of The Complete Angler Izaak Walton And Charles Cotton Being A Bibliographical Record Of Its Various Phases And Mutations
1883.
W Satchell.
xxii 9 pages, 4 page adverts, large 8vo., occasional pencil lining to blank margins, publishers 1/4 roan over cloth covered boards, some surface rubbing to the spine, this edition with notes and additions by Thomas Satchell. The first was published in 1864, the adverts at the end printed in red and black are for Satchell publications of old fishing books. The book describes 94 editions of the Compleat Angler 1653-1881 Coigney page 383 Appendix B
[21408] |
£120.00 |
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Wheat Peter |
ANGLING DOWN THE YEARS: SCENES OF FISHING, FUN AND FRIENDSHIP.
2004.
1st.
The Little Egret Press..
St. Germans, Cornwall.
xii,190 pages., Illustrated with b/w photographs, and drawings by Tom O'Reilly, LIMITED EDTION of 25 copies this being number 7, signed by Peter Wheat and Tom O'Reilly, bound in full dark blue leather with gilt title to the upper cover all edges gilt. In slipcase, a fine copy. . Selected pieces by the author "gathered .to form a book of favourite scenes of fishing, fun and friendship down the years".
[23643] |
£220.00 |
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WHEAT Peter |
The Fighting Barbel
1967.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn.
115 pages, advs, illus with photos and drawings, vg in dj, light rubbing to head and tail of spine of dj, surface rubbing to rear flap. Includes distributions by Peter Stone, Richard Walker, Tag Barnes, Carl Forbes etc., a very difficult title to find.
[20799] |
£90.00 |
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WHEAT Peter |
The Fighting Barbel
1967.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn.
115 pages, advs, illus with photos and drawings, vg in dj, light surface rubbing to rear flap of dj. Includes distributions by Peter Stone, Richard Walker, Tag Barnes, Carl Forbes etc., a very difficult title to find.
[5674] |
£90.00 |
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WHEAT Peter (compiler) |
The Fighting Barbel
2000.
2nd Edn.
The Medlar Press.
Ellesmere, Shrops.
131 pages, text illustrations from photographs and drawings. Publishers' cloth with gilt title and barbel vignette to upper board A fine copy number 165 of a limited edition of 800 copies. First published in 1967 with chapters contributed by Peter Stone, Dick Walker, Fred Russell, John Ginifer, S.Donald Stone, John Mitchell, Ian R. Howcroft, Alan Barker and Tag Barnes.
[22194] |
£85.00 |
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WHEATLEY Hewitt |
The Rod And Line, Or Practical Hints And Dainty Devices For The Sure Taking Of Trout Grayling etc In Five Parts.
2002.
reprint.
Fly Fisher''s Classic Library.
Moreton Hampstead, Devon.
AEG, 9 plates in colour of baits, flies etc. This is one of the de-luxe edition of 25 numbered copies, this being No 6 bound in full dark green morroco with a salmon fly The Captain tied by Bo Nielsen of Denmark and mounted within in the upper board. The book contained in a silk lined dark green drop over box. A fine copy, this edition has a new introduction by David Beazley, first published in 1849. Thomas Westwood noted tyhe book as "Characterised by a mixture of caustic humour and sound practical knowledge"
[19117] |
£300.00 |
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WHEELDON J.P. |
Sporting Facts And Fancies
1894.
1st Edn,.
Edgar S Shrubsole.
261 pages, advs with advert for Kynoch cartridges to rear board, publishers light blue cloth titled in black, vg, articles on fishing and shooting including roach, carp, pike fishing. Wheeldon was the author of Angling Resorts Near London
[12869] |
£40.00 |
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WHEELDON J.P. |
Sporting Facts And Fancies
1894.
1st Edn,.
261 pages + adverts, publishers light blue cloth, vg, articles on fishing and shooting including roach, carp, pike fishing.
[9204] |
£40.00 |
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WHELEN Colonel Townsend |
Small Arms And Design Ballistics. Vol 1, Design. Vol 2, Ballistics
1945/46.
1st Edn,.
Small Arms Technical Publishing Company.
Plantsville, USA.
2 Vols, 352 + 314 pages, b/w illus from photographs, 5 folding plates 10 tables in rear pocket of Vol. 2, stamp for Parker Hale to front end papers, and bookplates to paste down, publishers blue cloth,vg in dj. dj has some occasional chipping to edge of dj and 1 closed tear.
[19573] |
£80.00 |
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WHISKER James |
Arms Makers Of Pennsyvania
.
1st Edn.
Assoc. University Press.
218 pages, 4to., illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings etc, fine copy in dj. From the early years of gunmaking to the 1900's.
[20212] |
£36.00 |
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WHISKER James B |
Guinsmith Of West Virginia
1987.
2nd Edn.
Bedford, PA, USA.
128 pages, 4to., b/w illus from photographs, publishers pictorial binding, personal presentation inscription to FEP signed by James Whisker, vg.
[20199] |
£35.00 |
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WHITAKER J. |
British Duck Decoys of Today 1918
1918.
1st Edn,.
Burlington Publishing.
138 pages, full page illustrated with line drawings and photographs and text drawings. Bookplate to the front paste down, publishers' green cloth some faint discoloration the spine evenly darkened. A scarce title which gives details of decoys being worked in 1918 county by county. Whitaker owned a decoy and took great pleasure from its use. Includes a loose folding paper plan in pencil for a decoy. Chute 677
[23476] |
£130.00 |
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WHITAKER J. |
British Duck Decoys of Today 1918
1918.
1st Edn,.
Burlington Publishing.
138 pages, full page illustrated with line drawings and photographs and text drawings. Publishers' green cloth the spine evenly darkened. A scarce title which gives details of decoys being worked in 1918 county by county. Whitaker owned a decoy and took great pleasure from its use. Chute 677
[23536] |
£110.00 |
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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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WHITE BROS |
Fishing Tackle And Fly Tying Materials
1937.
Omagh, N.Ireland.
24 pages, text illus, some pencil underling to text, printed paper covers some dust soiling, creasing to corners.
[16463] |
£40.00 |
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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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