| Alken (Henry) |
A Panorama of the Progress of Human Life, Fashionably Displayed, Ilustrating ' Shakespeare's Ages' and Exhibiting the Manners,Costume, Character, and Field Sports of the English People.
1930.
Edition limited to 400 copies, signed by C.F.G.R. Schwerdt, privately printed by Schwerdt. obl.folio, rebound in half blue morocco, original wrappers bound in, A reprint of the rare 15 foot panorama printed in about 1823.
[9011]
|
£225.00 |
| AMATEUR SPORTSMAN . (An). |
Sporting Anecdotes; Original and Select; Including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons Who have Appeared on the Turf.... Albion Press.
1804.
First Edition. With frontis., and 15 plates, c19th century half calf, little rubbed, pp. 544.
[6827]
|
£295.00 |
| ANON. |
The Complete Vermin-Killer. A Valuable and Useful Companion for Families in Town and COuntry....
1787.
Third Edition. Full modern calf, pp. 86 of 87 lacks postscript NOT in Schwerdt.
[3468]
|
£295.00 |
| Armiger ( Charles) |
The Sportsman's Vocal Cabinet, Comprising an Extensive Collection of scarce , Curious, and Original Ballads, Relative to Field Sports: viz Racing,Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Hawking,Angling, Archery, Cricketing etc
1830.
First Edition,unillustrated, later editions have plates, pp426, earlier than the edition listed in Schwerdt. Nicely bound in modern half green morocco.
[9165]
|
£225.00 |
| Armiger (Charles) |
The Sportsman's Vocal Cabinet. Containing Scarce Curious and Original Songs and Ballads Relating to Field Sports.
1830.
The scarce first edition, earlier than the edition listed in Schwerdt, modern boards,
[9537]
|
£125.00 |
| Bacon ( Capt. A.F.L.) |
Enchanted Days with Rod and Gun. a record of sport on loch and river, moor and mountain at home and abroad.
1926.
with illustrations, original cloth.pp217
[9082]
|
£30.00 |
| BAILEY''S |
Baily's magazine of Sports and Pastimes. Vol 1 (1860) to Volume 5 (1863).
1860 to 18.
Nice copies in original cloth.
[6765]
|
£75.00 |
| Batten. (H. Mortimer). |
Woodlore For Young Sportsmen.
1922.
Original cloth, covers rubbed, with frontis., and 54 other plates + line drawings in the text, pp. xiv + 286
[6433]
|
£15.00 |
| Bee (John) |
Slang. A dictionaryof the turf, the ring, the chase, the pit, of bon-ton, and the varieties of life forming the completest and most authentic Lexicon Balatronicum.......T.Hughes
1823.
Scarce first edition, modern quarter calf, marbled boards. ppxvi + 216 +2.
[9508]
|
£350.00 |
| Bent. (Jan). |
J.Bents EErste brief Aan Den Heere XXXX, Over Een tegenberigt Op Zyn Nabericht, Geplaatst Achter Den Bladwyzer Der Verhandelinge Van het Jagtrecht Der Westvriezen.... Te Hoorn.
1761.
Wrappers, pp. 26. Schwerdt I 60
[6831]
|
£35.00 |
| Berners ( Dame Juliana) |
The Boke of St Albans.. Containing Treatise on Hawking, Hunting and Cote Armour: printed at Saint Albans in 1486, reproduced in facsimile.
1899.
Original paper covered boards, wrapper chipped at spine and corners, tear to back endpaper. , some foxing.
[9104]
|
£75.00 |
| Best (J.W.) |
Indian Shikar Notes. Second Edition
1922.
with large folding map, pp237, original cloth, little worn.
[9657]
|
£38.00 |
| BISCOTTI (M.L.). |
A Bibliography of American Sporting Books. 1926-1985. Far Hills. New Jersey.
1997.
Edition Limited to 1000 Copies, with frontis., new copy in slipcase, pp. 574.
[2417]
|
£50.00 |
| BISCOTTI (M.L.). |
American Sporting Book Services. Madison.
1994.
Edition Limited to 300 signed copies. With 6 mounted plates, mint copy in slipcase, pp. 326.
[7082]
|
£95.00 |
| Blaine. (D.P.). |
An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports, o, A COmplete Account, historical, Practical and Descriptive of Hunting, SHooting, Fishing, Racing and Other Field SPorts and Athletic Amusements of the Present Day.
1858.
With numerous text illustrations, rebound in plain half calf, pp. 1240.
[2434]
|
£125.00 |
| Blaine (D.P.) |
An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports, o, A Complete Account, historical, Practical and Descriptive of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing and Other Field SPorts and
1880.
New Edition, revised and corrected, contemporary half black morocco, slightly rubbed, pp1246, nice copy,
[11075]
|
£85.00 |
| BRITISH SPORTS AND PASTIMES. |
Illustrations of British Sports and Pastimes. Collected From Sporting Magazines etc, etc.
ca. 1870.
A collection of title and 85 plates including 6 in colour, nicely bound in half morocco, with sporting emblems in gilt.
[6475]
|
£450.00 |
| CARLETON. (J.W.). Editor. |
The Sporting Sketch Book: A Series of Characteristics Papers, by Distinguished Sporting Writers of the Day.
1842.
With 11 steel engraved plates,original cloth, recased, pp. 200.
[2976]
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£95.00 |
| CARNEGIE. (W.). |
Practical Trapping Being Papers on Traps and Trapping for Vermin. With a Chapter on General Trapping and Snaring of Birds, Rat Catching etc. n.d., [ca 1904].
1904.
Original wrappers, worn, top of front wrapper damaged, affecting advertising leaf, octavo, pp. 120.
[1087]
|
£20.00 |
| Chalmers (Patrick) |
Rhymes of Flood and Field
1931.
First Edition.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
96.
With decorations by Frank Adams Edition limited to 1500 copies, good copy in chipped dustjacket,
[12045]
|
£15.00 |
| Charles I. |
Declaration to His Subjects Concerning Lawful Sports to be Used on Sundays. 1633. B.Quaritch.
1860.
Calf backed cloth, spine defective, pp. 17.
[5509]
|
£38.00 |
| Cornish ( C.J.) |
Wild England To-Day and the Wildlife in it.
1900.
With illustrations by Lancelot Speed, (includes Shooting partridges in Suffolk, fishing in Somerset, Duck shooting in Yorkshire ) spine little worn pp310, original cloth.
[10409]
|
£20.00 |
| CRAWFORD. (Oswald).Editor. |
A Year of Sport and Natural History, Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Falconry and Fishing. 1895
1895.
With illustrations by Cecil Aldin, John Beer, G.E.Lodge and others, quarto, original decorated cloth, pp. 331.
[1192]
|
£65.00 |
| CUMING. (E.D.). |
British Sport, Past and Present. 1909.
1909.
With 31 mounted coloured plates by G.D.Armour, quarto, original cloth, front cover little mottled, pp. 271.
[1248]
|
£75.00 |
| Czech (Kenneth P.) |
An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books. 1785-1950
1999.
Edition limited to 750 numbered and signed copies, with 16 plates, as new in dustjacket. pp181
[7819]
|
£45.00 |
| DANIEL (Rev. W.B.). |
Rural Sports.
1801.
2 volumes in 3, 8vo, with 65 engraved plates, contemporary diced calf, spine faded but a nice copy.
[6948]
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£250.00 |
| Daniel. (Rev. W.B.). |
Rural Sports.
1801.
2 volumes in 3, 8vo, with 63 0f 65 plates, lacking all before page 1 in part 2, 3 volumes, contemporary diced calf, corners worn, some browning and foxing.
[6950]
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£175.00 |
| D''Arsy. (J.L.). |
Le Grand Dictionnaire Francois-Flaman. le Termes et manieres de Parler Touchant la Marine et la Navigation, Espliquez en Francais et en Flaman. Les Termes Sevvants et la Venerie et Fauconnerie. Amsterdam.
1699.
2 volumes in 1, nice copy in contemporary vellum. Thiebaud 44.
[7045]
|
£185.00 |
| DAVIE . (Oliver). |
Methods in the Art of Taxidermy. Columbus.
1894.
With 90 plates, large 8vo, original cloth, inner joints cracked, pp. 150 + xiii.
[7048]
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£125.00 |
| DAVIES. (E.W.L.). |
Paul Pedril: or, Sport and Adventure in Corsica. London.
1866.
First Edition. small 8vo, pp. 304, original cloth worn, half-title & title foxed.
[2669]
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£35.00 |
| DAVIES. (G.Christopher.). |
Mountain, Meadow and Mere. A Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventure and natural history.
1874.
With 4 plates, original cloth, little marked, pp. 226.
[7560]
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£45.00 |
| DERRYDALE PRESS |
A Decade of American Sporting Books and Prints by the Derrydale Press. 1927-1937. New York.
1937.
With plates, presentation copy to J.A.Allen from Don Frazier, original buckram, spine little faded, pp. 91. EDITION LIMITED TO 950 NUMBERED COPIES.
[2967]
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£45.00 |
| Dewar ( George A.B.) |
Wild Life in The Hampshire Highlands.
1899.
limited Edition, one of 150 copies on handmade paper, With 7 plates, Good copy in original full white vellum, pp304
[10293]
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£58.00 |
| Deyeux. (Theophile). |
Le Vieux Chasseur ou la Chasse en Action. Paris.
1837.
With engraved frontis., and 52 plates, 12mo, rebound in cloth, original wrappers bound in, some foxing throughout, pp. 178. Schwerdt I 140.
[6590]
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£110.00 |
| Deyeux. (Theophile). |
Le Vieux ou la Chasse en Action. Paris.
1837.
With 55 plates, bottom corner of pages damp stained, second edition of Deyeux' first book, continental calf, pp. 178.
[6637]
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£75.00 |
| DITCHFIELD. (P.H.). |
Old English Sports. Pastimes and Customs. 1891.
1891.
Original cloth, pp. 132.
[1090]
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£15.00 |
| Dixon. (Charles). |
Game Birds of the british Islands, being a Handbook for the Naturalist and Sportsman.
1893.
Original cloth with gilt, covers little worn and marked, with frontis., + 12 other plates, pp. xv + 464 + 24
[6384]
|
£25.00 |
| Doughty (J and P.) |
Some Early American Hunters. Being Stories from the Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports, first published in 1830 at Philadelphia.
1928.
Derrydale Press, 1928, 42 pages, fine copy in original boards. Hand coloured frontispiece. Limited to 375 numbered copies. Siegal 18.
[9995]
|
£75.00 |
| Egan ( Pierce ) |
Sporting Anecdotes.Original and Select, including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons Who have Appeared on the Turf....
1804.
First Edition, a scarce coloured copy , with frontis and 16 plates,pp542, modern red morocco by Root and Son, joints rubbed, sporting emblems in gilt. Loder 1468 second edition, only mentioning tne first edition.
[9552]
|
£575.00 |
| ELLIOTT. (Ernest C.). |
Fifty Leaders of British Sport. A Series of Portraits by Ernest C. Elliott (of Elliott and Fry).
1904.
With biographical notes, with 50 plates, in decorative cloth, little foxing, pp. 146.4to,
[7949]
|
£35.00 |
| FAIRFAX. (T.). |
The Complete Sportsman; Or, Country Gentleman's Recreation. Containing the Whole Arts of Horse Racing, of Bowling, of Hare Hunting, of Fox-Hunting [1760].
1760.
Scarce first edition, with frontis, contemporary half calf, early reback, front cover nearly detached, corners worn, pp. 240.
[1557]
|
£250.00 |
| FERRETS. MOUSSU. (R.). |
Le Furet. Elevage, Utilisation, Maladies. Paris. 1940.
1940.
With ilustrations, original wrappers. pp. 52
[1195]
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£25.00 |
| Forester. (Frank). |
[Pseudonym of Henry WIlliam Herbert]A Bibliography of His Writings 1832-1858. Compiled by Wm. M. van Winkle & D.A.Randall. Posrtland. Maine.
1936.
With frontispiece portrait & 14 plates, large 8vo, pp. 189.
[6894]
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£65.00 |
| FORETS |
Chasse et Peche. Section Belge.Exposition Internationale Bruxelles-Tervueren. Bruxelles.
1897.
With illustrations, original wrappers, pp. 719.
[7831]
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£45.00 |
| [FORTIN. (Frere Francois) ]. |
Les Delices de La Campagne ou les Ruses de la Chasse et de la Peche.... Amsterdam.
1700.
Troiseme Edition. With frontis., and 65 of 66 plates, some folding, 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary vellum, pp. 432. THIEBAUD pp 410-411.
[3467]
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£595.00 |
| [FORTIN. (Frere Francois)} |
Les Ruses Innocentes dans Lesquelles se voit comment on prend les Oyseaux passagers etc les non passagers, et les non passagers.... Paris.
1688.
Deuxieme Edition. With 66 plates, quarto, modern vellum, pp. xvi + 445 + ii.
[3444]
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£1500.00 |
| Fowler ( J.K.) |
Echoes of Old Country Life.Being recollections on Sport, Politics, and Farming in the good old times.
1892.
pp264, original cloth.
[9389]
|
£20.00 |
| Fox Russell |
Sporting Society or Sporting Chat and Sporting Memories, 2 Vols., from the Pen of Various Sporting Celebrities and Well Known Writers on the Turf and the Chase. Fox Russell
1897.
2 vols in 1, finely bound in half red morocco, with sporting emblems in gilt by Bayntuns, a.e.g. With illustrations by Randolph Caldecott. pp336 + 344.
[9349]
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£110.00 |
| FRAZIER. (Don). |
Recognizing Derrydale Press Books. A Book of Pictures. Privately Printed by the Authors.
1983.
Limited Edition of 3476 numbered copies. many illustrations from photographs by J.Wayman WIlliams, oblong folio, full leatherette with Derrydale Press Logo on upper cover, a fine copy.
[2582]
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£225.00 |
| FRAZIER. (Don). |
Recognizing Derrydale Press Books. A Book of Pictures. The Author. Privately Printed.
1983..
Limited Edition of 347 copies, this copy not numbered. With 1 colour plate and numerous monochrome illustrations from photographs by J.Wayman WIlliams, oblong folio, printed paper wrappers, as new.
[2581]
|
£55.00 |
| Frodelius (Ron) and R.E Burt |
The Trap Collectors Guide.
1981.
Revised edition. pp150, wrappers. Dalton N.Y.
[9130]
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£20.00 |
| Frodelius (Ron) and R.E Burt |
The Trap Collectors Guide
1981.
signed presentation copy from Ron Frodelius. pp150. Dalton. N.Y
[9131]
|
£25.00 |
| Fur, Feather and Fin |
A Complete set of the 12 titles.
1893-1906.
A good set all first editions in the original decorated cloth,
[10299]
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£350.00 |
| Fur, Feather and Fin Series |
A complete Set of 12 volumes.
1893-1906.
Original decorated cloth,
[8709]
|
£300.00 |
| G.C. |
Recits et Anecdotes de Chasse. Tours
1853.
With 8 colour plates, original decorated boards, joints rubbed, lacks front endpapers, pp. 188. Schwerdt I 193 Not in Thiebaud or Souhart.
[6641]
|
£85.00 |
| Gee (Ernest R.) |
The Sportsman's Library. a descriptive list if the most important books on sport. Compiled by... Alfred Maclay, Harry T. Peters, David Wagstaff. Boston Sportsman September 1933.
1933.
pp28, quarter red morocco, preserving wrappers. An early version of Gee's selective list of notable sporting titles, published in expanded form in 1940.
[9418]
|
£85.00 |
| Giles (Sir Charles Tyrrell) |
Skill with Rod and Gun
1936.
with 12 plates, original cloth, spine faded. pp124
[9073]
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£10.00 |
| Gillmore ( Parker ) ''Ubique'' |
Gun Rod and Rifle. A Record of Personal Experiences. (Wolf Coursing, Salmon Fishing in Japan, Wildfowl Shooting etc)
1896.
pp341, good copy in original cloth.
[10374]
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£15.00 |
| GILLMORE. (Parker). |
Leaves from a Sportsman's Diary. London.
1896.
2nd Edition. With frontis.port, cr, 8vo, pp. viii + 341, head and foot of spine rubbed, frontispiece and title foxed.
[2672]
|
£35.00 |
| Gillmore. (Parker). |
Prairie An Forest; A Description of The Game Of North America with Personal Adventures in Their Pursuit.
1874.
Original cloth, covers rubbed, edges of spine little rubbed, William Mitchell von Winkle's copy, with frontis., + 34 other plates, pp. 383
[6533]
|
£40.00 |
| Gordon. (Lord Granville). |
Sporting Reminiscences.
1902.
Original cloth with portrait, covers worn, with frontis., + 23 illustrations in half-tone, and 4 in photogravure from drawings by Harington Bird, J.G.Millais and Archibald Thorburn, pp xii + 208
[6531]
|
£35.00 |
| Greenwood. (James). |
Wild Sports of The World; A Book of Natural History and Adventure.
n.d..
Nice copy, original decorated cloth with gilt, a.e.g., with woodcuts from designs by Harden melville and William Harvey, pp. xxii +426
[6535]
|
£15.00 |
| Griswold (Frank Gray) |
Sport on Land and Water.
1913-16.
Volumes 1-3, 4 more volumes were published over a number of years, but each volume is complete in itself, sports covered are racing, hunting, fishing and polo, finely rebound in half red morocco with sporting emblems in gilt by Sangorski and Sutc...
[9534]
|
£185.00 |
| Haight (Austin D.) |
The Biography of a Sportsman.
.
Crowell, New York, 1939. Illustrated with very good drawings by Arthur Fuller. 6.75' x 9.25'. 209 pp. Green cloth, tan cloth spine, in slipcase, Stories of fly fishing for trout, grouse shooting, deer hunting, bird dogs, etc. Very good
[10005]
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£15.00 |
| Hare. (C.E.). |
The Language of Field Sports. Revised Edition.
1949.
Good copy in dustjacket, pp. 276.
[6073]
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£15.00 |
| HAYNES. (Bessie Doak & Edgar). Editors. |
The Grizzly Bear. Portraits from Life. Norman, Oaklahoma.
1867.
With drawings by Mary baker, pp. xxii + 386, nice copy in little torn dustjacket. pp. xxii + 386,
[2673]
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£15.00 |
| HELLER (Morris). |
American Hunting and Fishing Books. Mersilla. Vol. 1. (All Published).
1997.
Edition Limited to 1000 copies, with 108 illustrations, pp. 216.
[5760]
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£45.00 |
| HENDERSON. (Howard). |
Practical Hints on Camping. Chicago. 1882.
1882.
First Edition. Octavo, original cloth, pp. 142. Includes chapters on Fishing and Photography.
[1091]
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£52.00 |
| Heywood ( William) |
Palio and Ponte. An account of the sports of cental Italy from the age of Dante to the XXth century.
1904.
With 27 illustrations, original cloth, inner joints cracked. edges of covers little worn,pp268.
[9696]
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£25.00 |
| Hohle. (P.). |
Shooting and Fishing in Norway. Oslo.
ca 1958.
With illustrations, good copy in dustjacket, pp. 99.
[5815]
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£20.00 |
| Holder. (Charles Frederick). |
Recreations of A Sportman On The pacific Coast.
1910.
Original cloth with gilt, covers little worn, front corner bumped, with frontis., + 74 other illustrations, pp. ix + 399
[6571]
|
£45.00 |
| Hook. (Hilary). |
Home From The Hill
1987.
Good copy in dustjacket, with 29 illustrations from photographs, pp. x + 206
[6548]
|
£10.00 |
| Humber (R.D.) |
Game Cock and Countryman.
1966.
First Edition, good copy in dustjacket,
[11487]
|
£15.00 |
| Hunter ( Alexander ) |
The Huntsman in the South. Volume 1 Virginia and North Carolina.Meadow Run Press, Far Hills,
2005.
A facsimile reprint of the edition of 1908, edition limited to 1000 copies, pp318, as new copy in slipcase.
[9695]
|
£35.00 |
| Isaacs. (J.). Edited by |
Games and Gamesters of the Restoration.
1930.
Original cloth, covers worn and faded, with frontis., + 3 other plates, pp. xxx + 281
[6625]
|
£12.50 |
| James 1 |
The King's Majesties Declaration to His Subjects Concerning Lawful Sports to be Used. G.Smeeton.
1817.
A re-print of the Edition of 1618, wrappers, edges frayed, pp. 11.
[6817]
|
£65.00 |
| JOHNSON. (T.B.). |
The Sportsman's Cabinet and Town and Country Magazine: A peridical devoted to Genuine Sports of the Field .... November 1832 to October 1833. (all published). 1833.
1833.
2 vols., octavo, with 25 engraved plates, marbled boards, little rubbed, with the bookplate of Bibliotheca Tiliana.
[1671]
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£450.00 |
| Kemp. (John). |
Shooting and Fishing in Lower Brittany. A Complete and Practical guide To Sportsmen.
1859.
Original decorated cloth with gilt, covers with fold out map pp. xii + 239, a very nice copy
[6578]
|
£125.00 |
| Latymer, Stewart and Wallace |
3 sporting books
.
[10567]
|
£150.00 |
| Leidesdorf ( Arthur D. ) |
The Sporting Library of Arthur D. Leidesdorf. Parke_ Bernet. New York.
1958.
wrappers. a priced catalogue of a sale of 622 items.
[9416]
|
£15.00 |
| Lennox (Lord William Pitt) |
Celebrities I Have Known with Episodes, Political, Social, Sporting and Theatrical.
1876.
2 volumes, finely bound in half red morocco for Hatchards, spine decorated with sporting emblems in gilt, top of spine of one volume little worn. ppviii + 318, viii + 292
[9463]
|
£75.00 |
| Lennox (Lord William Pitt) |
Merrie England: its Sports and Pastimes.
1857.
Finely bound in full brown morocco, by Bayntun Riviere. ppvi +360 English sports covered include fishing, hunting, archery, the ring, racing, coursing and the history and development of them in England.
[9468]
|
£125.00 |
| Lennox (Lord William) |
Pictures of Sporting Life and Character
1860.
2 volumes in 1 , finely bound in half red morocco, decorated in gilt,with sporting emblems by Bayntun a.e.g.,
[10942]
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£125.00 |
| LENNOX. (Lord William). |
Recreations of a Sportsman.
1862.
With frontis., original cloth, 2 volumes, lacks back end-paper, pp. 333 & 266.
[7518]
|
£85.00 |
| LIGER. (L.). |
Deconomie Generale de la Campagne, ou Nouvelle Maison Rustique. Amsterdam.
1701.
2 volumes in 1. With text illustrations, c19th, half calf, little rubbed, pp. 352 & 332. THIEBAUDT 596. SOUHART 303, With bookplate of Denison and Tiliana
[3043]
|
£450.00 |
| Lydekker ( R ) |
Catalogue of the Heads and Horns of Indian Big Game bequeathed by A.O.Hume to the British Museum ( Natural History)
1913.
with illustrations, fine copy,.pp45.
[8480]
|
£35.00 |
| MADDEN. (D.H.). |
A Chapter in Medieval history. The Fathers of the Literature of Field Sports and Horses. Port Washington.
1924.
A reprint of the Edition of 1924, pp. 284.
[7283]
|
£20.00 |
| (Markham , Gervase ) |
The Country Gentleman's Companion.
1753.
First edition. 2vols, original calf, worn, one joint cracked but sound, Poynter 35.1, Dingley 426, Estc N4781
[9123]
|
£1200.00 |
| MARTINGALE. (Charles White) |
Sporting Scenes and Country Characters.
1840.
With text illustrations, original decorated boards, edges rubbed, pp. 332.
[7517]
|
£48.00 |
| Meisels. (Penina). Photographs by |
Polo
1992.
Good copy in original laminated boards, oblong folio, with plates and illustrations from photographs, pp. 112
[8674]
|
£20.00 |
| Mills (John) |
The Sportsman's Library ( Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Fishing. )
n.d ( ca 1.
With 10 lithographic plates, good copy in original cloth. pp431
[9070]
|
£95.00 |
| MILLS. (John). |
The Sportsman's Library, or, Hints on Hunter, Hunting, Hounds, Shooting, Game, Sporting, Dogs, Fishing etc. Philadelphia.
1846.
First American Edition. An unusually fine copy in original cloth, pp. 341. Unseen by Bruns
[7759]
|
£65.00 |
| Msatthews ( Ike ) |
Full revelations of a professional rat-catcher after 25 years' experience
1898.
Original green boards, spine little chipped but a good copy, pp64
[11498]
|
£45.00 |
| Muller F.Max |
India. What Can It Teach Us? A Course of Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge.
1883.
First Edition, very nice copy in original cloth, ppx +402 +24 pages adverts,
[11679]
|
£140.00 |
| Nimrod (C.J.Apperley) |
Sporting. Embellished by Large Engravings and Vignettes Illustrative of British Field Sports, From Pictures Painted by T. Gainsborough, E. Landseer, A. Cooper, Charles Hancock, J.F.Lewis, W. Barraud.
1838.
folio, With 38 steel engraved plates, contemporary half blue morocco,spine decorated in gilt,
[10960]
|
£225.00 |
| NOTT. (J.Fortune). |
WIld Animals Photographed and Described. London.
1886.
With numerous plates including frontis., large octavo, pp. xii + 568, spine rubbed, lower corners of covers bumped, occasional foxing.
[2682]
|
£45.00 |
| ''Old Calabar'' |
Over Turf and Stubble
1873.
original cloth, sporting trip to France, fishing etc. pp290. Loder 1500
[9544]
|
£65.00 |
| O''MEARA. (Lt.Col. E.J.). |
I'd Live It Again. Philadelphia.
1935.
With 8 plates including frontis., octavo, pp. 324, very good copy without dustjacket. Indian Big Game Hunting.
[2683]
|
£25.00 |
| Osbaldiston. (Wm. A.). |
The British Sportsman; or, Nobleman, gentleman and Farmer's Dictionary of Recreation and Amusement....
1792.
First Edition. With frontis, and 41 copper plates, contemporary calf rebacked pp. 664 + 2. Chute 491 'Very Scarce'.
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£550.00 |
| Peek (Hedley) |
The Poetry of Sport. (Badminton Library)
1896.
with illustrations by Thorburn, Brock and others. 4to, Edition limited to 255 large paper copies. original half blue morocco, pp484, nice copy
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£95.00 |
| Peel (C.V.A.) |
Through the Length of Africa. . Being an account of a journey from Cape Town to Alexandria and sport in Kenya colony.
1927.
With map and 16 illustrations, original cloth, lettering rubbed, covers rubbed. pp131
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£95.00 |
| Plaisirs. |
Le Plaisirs Innocens et Amoreux de la Campagne, Contenant le Traite de Mouches a Miel, ou les Regles pour les bien Gouverner et le Moyen d'en Tirer un profit, Considerable par la Recolte de la Cire et du Miel.... Grenoble.
1692.
12mo, lacks 4 'Explication des Figures', modern half calf, (Thibaud says there were no plates issued with this edition). Schwerdt II 71
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£325.00 |
| POLLARD. (H.B.C.). |
The Sportsman's Cookery Book. 1926.
1926.
Original cloth backed boards, little foxing, pp. 156.
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£48.00 |
| Polo . Milburn. (Frank). |
Polo. The Emperor of Games.
1994.
Good copy in dustjacket, with many photographic illustrations, 4to, pp. 184
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£10.50 |
| POMEY. (Francois Antoine). |
Le Grand Dictionaire Royal I. Francois-Latin-Alleman. II. Latin-Alleman-Francois. III. Alleman-Francois-Latin...et d'un petit Traitte fort-curieux de la Venerie et de la Fauconnerie. Traduit en Allemand pour la premiere fois avec un petit Supple...
1715.
Cinquieme edition. With engraved frontispiece in Volume 1, 3 vols in 2, small quarto, pp. [xiv] + 984 + [ii] + 344 + [ii] + 355, full old vellum, lower edges & corners of covers worn, rear hinge of Vol. II cracked, some worm damage to lower edges...
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£245.00 |
| Puxley (F.L.) |
In African Game Tracks. Wanderings with a rifle through Eastern africa
1929.
With frontis ans 12 illus. Original cloth, snag to spine, lacks back endpaper.pp320
[8503]
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£185.00 |
| PYE. (Henry James). |
The Sportsman's Dictionary; containing Instructions for Various Methods to be Used in Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Breeding and Feeding Horses for the Road and Turf.... John Stockdale. 1807.
1807.
Fifth Edition. With frontis., and 16 plates, quarto, original calf, rebacked, new label, pp. x + 547.
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£150.00 |
| Reid (J.C.) |
Bucks and Bruisers. Pierce Egan and Regency England.
1971.
pp253, some foxing, with dustjacket
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£10.00 |
| REYNARDSON. (C.T.S.Birch). |
Sports and Anecdotes of Bygone Days in England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy and the Sunny South. 1887.
1887.
First Edition.
Chapman and Hall.
With 6 coloured plates, original cloth, pp. 294. Punt-Shooting, Hunting, Fishing etc.
[1094]
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£30.00 |
| Ross ( John) and Hugh Gunn |
The Book of Red Deer and Empire Big Game.
1925.
edition limited to 500 numbered copies, with plates, pp339 + 21 +6 +8, top corner of last few pages, little damp stained, original cloth, covers little spotted,
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£95.00 |
| SAINT QUINTIN. (Col. T.A.). |
Chances of Sport of Sorts. Ediburgh.
1912.
With 53 plates including frontis., octavo, pp. 445, pages 224-275 on Polo
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£45.00 |
| Scott. (G.R.). |
The History of Cock-Fighting.
1957.
1st Edition. 1 of 1095 copies. With colour frontis & 32 plain plates, large 8vo, spine slightly faded,pp. 204.
[8708]
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£75.00 |
| Scott (John) |
The Sportsman's Repository; Comprising a series of highly finished engravings representing the horse and the dog.
1826.
With 40 fine engraved plates, 4to, contemporary calf rebacked, Desmond Morris's copy with his bookplate, pp204 +4
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£495.00 |
| SIEGAL (Col. Henry). H.C.Marschalk and I.Oelgart. |
The Derrydale press. A Bibliography.
1981.
First Edition Limited to 1250 copies, this copy not numbered, with plates, fine copy in slipcase, pp. 267
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£48.00 |
| SIMPSON-BAIKIE . (Edwin). |
Dictionnaire International, Du Sport et des Sciences Naturelles, En Anglais, Francaise, Allemand, Avec les termes techniques pour la chasse, la peche, les courses, les jeux et excercises athletiques, et les sciences naturelles.
n.d..
Original decorated cloth, text in English , French and German, pp. 281
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£75.00 |
| SLAUGHTER. (Frances E.). Editor |
The Sportswoman's Library.
1898.
With 2 frontispieces plus many plates and text illustrations, 2 volumes,original cloth, pp. 415 & 393.With the bookplate of Clevedeb Estate, covers liitle marked,
[3281]
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£150.00 |
| Sporting Poems. |
Sporting Poems in Manuscript. Early Political Correctness, being a Collection of Verse Written in Opposition to a Variety of Sports and Pastimes-: Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, Boxing, Gambling and Smoking Amongst Others.
ca 1820.
Contemporary half calf, new spine, n.d., ca 1820, pp. 112. The only clues to authority are a pencil note that the book was discovered at the home of W.W.Wynne and that the Author was a retired Post Captain, ROyal Navy.
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£650.00 |
| SPORTING REPOSITORY. (The). |
Containing Horse Racing, Hunting, COursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Pugilism. Anecdotes on Sporting Subjects.
1904.
Edition Limited to 500 Copies. With 22 handcoloured plates by Henry Alken, Marshall Dighton & Barenger, royal 8vo, spine & corners little spotted, pp. 478 C-88-734
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£225.00 |
| ST JOHN . (Ferdinand). |
Rambles in Germany, France, Italy and Russia in Search of SPort. London. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans.
1833.
With 4 coloured plates, original cloth, pp. vii + 244. Chapter V includes 'Hawking in Hungary'.
[2233]
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£150.00 |
| St. John Newberry. (Arthur). |
Caught On The Fly. Fugitive Notes Of Sport and Other Things.
1908.
Edition Limited to 500 copies, decorated cloth, with frontis., + 56 other plates, pp. 304
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£20.00 |
| St. Maur. (Mrs Algernon). |
Impressions of a tenderfoot During a Journey in Search of Sport in The Far West.
1890.
Original decorated cloth, back of spine little frayed along length, with frontis., portrait, + other illustrations and 1 fold out map, pp. xv + 278
[6629]
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£125.00 |
| TAPLIN . (Wm). |
The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository of General Information Upon Every Subject Appertaining to the SPorts of the Field.
1803.
2 volume, with frontis., in each volume & 4 other plates, 8vo, nicely recently rebound in half calf, marbled boards, new endpapers & blanks, pp. xii + 526 & 506.
[6897]
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£175.00 |
| Taxidermy Rowley. (John). |
The Art of Taxidermy.
1912.
Nice copy in original decorated cloth, head of spine little worn, with colour frontis., + 20 other full page plates and 59 drawings in the text, pp. xi + 244
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£38.00 |
| Taxidermy Brown. (Capt.T.). |
The Taxidermist's Manual, or, The Art of Collecting, Preparing and Preserving Objects of Natural History. New York.
1889.
Twenty-Eighth edition, with 6 plates, good copy in original cloth, pp. 199.
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£30.00 |
| Taxidermy. [Elwood. (Prof. J.W.).] |
Lessons in Taxidermy. A Comprehensive Treatise on Collecting and Preserving all Subjects of Natural History. Book 1 - Lessons 1-5.
c. 1930.
Original boards with cloth spine, covers little soiled, with illustrated title, + many illustrations and text drawings, pp. 160
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£12.50 |
| Taxidermy. Hasluck. (Paul N.). |
Taxidery. Comprising The Skinning, Stuffing, and Mounting of Birds, mammals and Fish.
1901.
Original decorated cloth, with numerous engravings and diagrams, pp. 160
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£18.00 |
| Taxidermy [Rockwell. (Robert H.). ] with Jeanne Rockwell |
My Way of Hunting. The Adventurous Life of a Taxidermist.
1956.
Nice copy in dustjacket, with frontis., + 19 other plates and illustrations, pp. 223
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£10.00 |
| The Book of Sports. |
British and Foreign. Devoted to the Pictorial Illustrations of the Pusuits of the Sportsmen in Every Quarter of the Globe.
1843.
2 volumes in 1, with 100 steel engraved plates and illustrations, nice copy in half morocco. Schwerdt I 78
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£250.00 |
| ''Thormanby'' |
Kings of the Rod, Rifle and Gun.
1901.
2 vols, with plates, original cloth, covers little marked. pp 688,little foxing
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£48.00 |
| Thornton ( Robert ) |
A Sporting Tour Through Various Parts of France, in the year 1802,
1806.
[London] Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806., 1806. Hardcover. First edition. Small folio. Editor's preface. Coloured Frontispiece portrait and 2 engraved title pages with hand colored vignettes. 51 aquatint plates (11 folding), including views...
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£750.00 |
| Thornton. (Col. T.). |
A Sporting Tour Through various Parts of France in the Year 1802, Including a Concise Description of the Sporting Establishments, Modes of Hunting and Other Field Amusements as Practised in that Country. With General Observations on the Arts, Sci...
1806.
2 vols 4to, finely bound in half red morocco by Riviere, engraved title to each volume, 52 full page plates of which 11 are folding, woodcut illustrations in text, pp. lxvi + 168, xii + 260. a choice copy.
[8490]
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£650.00 |
| Van Winkle (William Mitchell ) |
The Renowned Library of American Sport. Sold by Parke-Bernet. New York
1940.
wrappers, spine chipped, a sale catalogue of 803 items.
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£18.00 |
| Vance (Robert ) |
Steel Traps. Obsolete and Antique.
n.d.
Original wrappers. pp103, Sutton NE.
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£20.00 |
| Wacher (John) |
Pleasures Without Charge.( Hunting in South Africa, Shooting, Red Deer)
ca 1946.
With illustrations by James Lucas,
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£10.50 |
| WALLACE. (H.Frank). |
Please RIng The Bell. London.
1952.
First Edition. 8vo, pp. 320, very good copy in dustjacket. The Autobiography of Frank Wallace, Big Game Hunter and Sporting Artist.
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£10.00 |
| Watson. (A.E.T.). Editor. |
The Young Sportsman. Angling, Archery, Athletics, Dogs, etc....
1900.
With illustrations, royal 8vo, covers little soiled, pp. 661.
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£35.00 |
| Widener ( Peter A.B.) and Joseph E. |
The Renowned Collection of Sporting and Clored Plate Books. Parke-Bernet. New York.
1944.
A partly priced catalogue of the sale of 429 items. wrappers.
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£25.00 |
| WILDWOOD . (Will). and Fred Pond. |
The Sportsman's Directory and Year Book. Including Biographicas and Descriptive Record; Including Sketches of SPortsmen, Summary of Game Laws, Best Sporting Records, Gme and Fishing Resorts.... Milwaukee
1892.
Illustrated trade edition, nice presentation copy from the Author to Dr. Frank P. O'brien, with long inscription, good copy in original cloth, pp. 268 + 51.
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£85.00 |