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Campbell Calum |
Langwell
2012.
1st.
Calum Campbell.
Scotland.
143 pages, Landscape 4 illustrated throughout in b/w from early photographs. Limited to 500 copies this being no 218, bound in full faux leather, a fine copy. Campbell acquired a collection of old photo albums that had been sold in a clearance sale in Dorset following the death of a Miss Debenham whose father had rented Langwell in the 1920s and 1930s. With help from others, he has assembled a sporting record of the estate with the highly evocative photos with places and people identified.
[23677] |
£250.00 |
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CARACTACUS |
The Autobiography Of A Poacher
1901.
1st Edn,.
John MacQueen.
x 255 pages, frontis portrait of the author, original green cloth clean and bright with gilt title, pictorial scene of gamekeeper and dog in various colours. An attractive book of a scarce title, the story of a poacher turned keeper in the
[16632] |
£80.00 |
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CARACTACUS |
The Autobiography Of A Poacher
1901.
1st Edn,.
John MacQueen.
x 255 pages, frontis portrait of the author, original green cloth clean and bright with gilt title, pictorial scene of gamekeeper and dog in various colours. An attractive book of a scarce title, the story of a poacher turned keeper in the West country. Chute 72.
[21133] |
£80.00 |
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CARNEGIE William |
How To Trap And Snare A Complete Manuel For The Sportsman, Game Preservation, Gamekeeper, And Amateur Or The Art Of Taking Animals And Birds In Traps, Snares And Nets
nd circa 1910.
1st Edn,.
Shooting Times.
XI 224 pages, advs mostly for traps, numerous text illus showing various types of traps etc., light dust soiling to publishers green cloth, title to upper cover, a vg copy of a scarce title. A comprehensive work on the subject.
[16943] |
£80.00 |
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CARNEGIE William |
How To Trap And Snare A Complete Manuel For The Sportsman, Game Preservation, Gamekeeper, And Amateur Or The Art Of Taking Animals And Birds In Traps, Snares And Nets
nd circa 1910.
1st Edn,.
XI 224 pages, advs mostly for traps, text illus traps etc., light foxing to title pages, a vg copy of a scarce title. A comprehensive work on the subject.
[7156] |
£80.00 |
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CARNEGIE William |
Practical Game Preserving, A Complete Guide To The Rearing And Preserving Of Both Winged And Ground Game And The Destruction Of Vermin
nd circa 1906.
revised and completely enlarged 3rd Edn,.
424 pages + adverts, frontis + 12 full page plates + numerous text drawings, many of raps etc, some age browning as usual, publishers black pebbled cloth, gilt title to upper cover. Chapters on game, the gamekeeper, ground and winged vermin, traps and trapping.
[12540] |
£34.00 |
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CARNEGIE William |
Practical Game Preserving, A Complete Guide To The Rearing And Preserving Of Both Winged And Ground Game And The Destruction Of Vermin
nd circa 1906.
revised and completely enlarged 3rd Edn,.
424 pages + adverts, frontis + 12 full page plates + numerous text drawings, many of raps etc, some age browning as usual, publishers black pebbled cloth, gilt title to upper cover. Chapters on game, the gamekeeper, ground and winged vermin, traps and trapping.
[19724] |
£34.00 |
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CARNEGIE William |
Practical Game Preserving: Containing The Fullest Directions For Rearing And Preserving Both Winged And Ground Game, And Destroying Vermin
nd circa 1884.
1st Edn,.
L Upcott Gill.
570 pages, 10pp advs, text and full page illus from drawings, some foxing to first few pages, publishers green cloth, gilt title to upper board with pheasant vignette. the book is divided into 4 sections, Winged Game, Ground Game, Vermin, Miscellanea, much of the work covers trapping and vermin control. "It is the first book to give detailed instructions for the shoot owner and keeper on game" Chute 78.
[19012] |
£95.00 |
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CHAPMAN A. |
The Art Of Wildfowling
1896.
1st Edn,.
Horace Cox.
xi 270 pages, adv, 36 illus by the author and Charles Whymper, 5 of the plates are folding, apart from light foxing to closed page edges a vg clean copy in the original green cloth with gilt title to upper board. Chapman writes with "some deal of confidence" after " five and twenty years keen pursuit of wildfowling" Chute 091
[22398] |
£120.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
The Borders and Beyond, Arctic, Cheviot, Tropic
1924.
1st Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
xxi 489 pages, TEG, advs, 170 sketches by the author, 19 plates in colour by W H Riddell, maps diagrams, etc. A vg and clean copy. Also includes 2 photos of Abel Chapman 12cm x 16cm showing Chapman with gun and dog and keeper, to verso note in ink "blackcock right and left" Houxty Wood Sep 5 1925, crease mark to 1 corner + 6cm crease with 2cm split, 2nd photo 10.5cm x 6.5cm showing standing Chapman with dog holding a gun and mallard to verso manuscript note "first shot in my 75th year Oct 1925" initialed A.C. also note in red ink, possible a publisher relating "proof depth etc" small chip to one corner strengthening to one corner at rear.
[21476] |
£120.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
The Borders and Beyond, Arctic, Cheviot, Tropic
1924.
1st Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
XXI 489 pages, advs, 56 sketches by the author, maps and diagrams, 19 plates in colour by W H Riddell, light dust soiling to original cloth, vg.
[18271] |
£30.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
The Borders And Beyond Arctic Cheviot Tropic
1924.
1st. Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
XXI 489 pages, advs, illus 19 in colour by W.H.Riddell and 120 sketches by the author+ maps and diagrams, vg.
[716] |
£40.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
Retrospect Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter Naturalist in Three Countries 1851-1928
1928.
1st Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
xix 353 pages, illus by Joseph Crawhall and W.H. Riddell, 20 in colour and rough sketches by the author, armorial bookplate of C.T. Anstruther to front paste down.VG in DJ some closed tears to head of spine and lower edge of the DJ. Second issue of the first edition in a plainer cloth and top edge not gilt also the DJ differs to the 1st issue. Chapmans varied sporting adventures includes hunting buffalo, rhinoceros, elephant, and plains game in British East Africa. The colour plates are particularly fine. Czech 60 Chute 97 ?100
[6361] |
£50.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
Wild Norway, With Chapters On Spitsbergen, Denmark etc
1897.
1st Edn,.
Edwards Arnold.
XIII 358 pages, 16pp advs, full page illus by the author assisted by Charles Whymper and P.CH.Trench +text illus, publisher's dark blue cloth, light bumping to corners, vg. Includes salmon fishing, reindeer and elk hunting, etc.,
[16066] |
£185.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
Wild Norway, With Chapters On Spitsbergen, Denmark etc
1897.
1st Edn,.
Edwards Arnold.
XIII 358 pages, 16pp advs, full page illus by the author assisted by Charles Whymper and P.CH.Trench + text illus, some occasional foxing, armorial bookplate of James Donald Dobson to front paste down, publisher's dark blue cloth, vg-. Includes salmon fishing, reindeer and elk hunting, etc.,
[18152] |
£185.00 |
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CHARNLEY J.R. |
Hints On Preserving And Mounting Birds
1920.
1st Edn,.
J.H.Wheldon and Co.
41 pages, b/w frontis of a golden eagle skeleton, card covers printed in black, some dust soiling, light rubbing to spine, staple bound, contents include In The Field, The Outfit, Skinning, and Mounting, Casing.
[16971] |
£55.00 |
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CHURCHILL R. |
Shooting "Flicker" No XXV
nd circa 1930.
a small booklet 7.5 x 5.5cms of photo illus where the top is flicked through fingers, Mr Churchill is seen loading, mounting and position for away birds, by reversing, Part 2 is showing stance footwork, gun mount and swing, printed green card covers, staples rusting with some marking, Inside the card cover to front cover an advert for Robert Churchill's How To Shoot 1930 edition, to rear adverts for The Gun Club Shooting Grounds, an unusual and difficult item to find in good condition
[21589] |
£80.00 |
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CHURCHILL R. |
Shooting "Flicker" No XXV
nd circa 1930.
1st.
a small booklet 7.5 x 5.5cms of photo illus where the top is flicked through fingers, Mr Churchill is seen loading, mounting and position for away birds, by reversing, Part 2 is showing stance footwork, gun mounting and body swing, for incoming and overhead shots. Printed brown card covers, to front cover an advert for Robert Churchill's How To Shoot 1930 edition, to rear adverts for The Gun Club Shooting Grounds, an unusual and difficult item to find in good condition
[22669] |
£95.00 |
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COLES Charles |
Game Birds
1981.
1st Edn,.
117 pages, folio, 24 full colour plates + pencil sketches by Maurice Pledger, a fine copy in dj, dj evenly faded on spine with original slipcase.
[4514] |
£65.00 |
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COLQUHOUN John |
Sporting Days
1866.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Son.
Edinburgh.
VII 255 pages, 20pp adverts, partly unopened couple of pages with upper margin tears where badly opened, apart from this a near fine copy, free of foxing. The green cloth with gilt title to upper band clean and fresh, chapters on seafowl, shooting on the Firth of Forth, deer stalking in Mull, natural history and sport of Bute, loch salmon fishing etc., Chute 119, WS 63.
[15168] |
£50.00 |
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CRAVEN |
The Young Sportsman's Manual Or Recreations in Shooting
1867.
new Edn,.
X + 385 pages, Full page + text, illus. vg-.
[2585] |
£60.00 |
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