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MACKIE Peter Jeffery |
The Keepers Book, A Guide to the Duties of a Gamekeeper
1929.
16th and last Edn,.
G.T.Foulis & Company Limited..
x 595 pages, 8pp advs, coloured frontis and 11 other colour plates, browning to EP's, name inked out on FEP, publishers green cloth, gilt title to upper cover, the last edition of a popular book, 1st published in 1904. This edition also includes a new introduction and a chapter on sporting guns by Major Hugh Pollard
[19720] |
£25.00 |
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MACKIE Peter Jeffrey |
The Keeper's Book A Guide To The Duties Of A Gamekeeper
1911.
10th Edn,.
T N Foulis.
XXI 499 pages, xxpp adverts, b/w illus from photographs, spotting to end papers, angling bookplate to FEP, blue cloth gilt title with photo inserts to upper cover. Covers all aspects including poacher, trapping, guns, stalking, game birds, etc.,
[16902] |
£30.00 |
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MACKIE Sir Peter Jefferey |
The Keepers Book, A guide to The Duties Of A Gamekeeper
1924.
16th Edn,.
G T Foulis and Co.
IX 589 pages, illus 12 in colour by Thorburn, Rickmond, Rowland Green etc, owners neat blind stamp to title page blank margin, publishers plum cloth, gilt title to upper board with coloured paper insert of shooter and his dog, a vg clean copy. This was the last edition of the keepers book it was published over 17 years and regularly revised.
[19972] |
£30.00 |
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MACKINTOSH Alexander |
The Driffield Angler In Two Parts Containing Descriptions Of The Different Kinds Of Fresh Water Fish and the Best Methods of Taking Them in Rivers, Lakes and Fish Ponds With Full Directions Of Many Artificial Flies For Every Month In The Season To Which Is Added Instructions For Shooting, With Rules For The Breeding, Breaking, and Management of Pointers and Spaniels and the Choice of Guns for Game and Wildfowl With a Description of the Forest of Blair in Perthshire belonging to his Grace the Duke of Athol and the Manner of Killing the Deer, also a Short Treatise On Coursing and The Training Of Greyhounds
1806.
1st Edn,.
Printed for the Author and sold by H. Mozley.
Gainsborough,.
xi 346 pages, engraved frontis, , ownership name to upper blank on the title page even browning to the title page and frontis, stain to lower blank margin of page ?, bookplate to the front paste down. Bound in circa 1860 ? tan calf red title label, The first part covers species of fish, making fishponds, angling flies, fly fishing and Laws as to angling. The second part covers all aspects of shooting including the choice of fowling pieces, instructions for shooting well, dog training etc. Chute 415, Westwood Satchell 138.
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£140.00 |
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MACKINTOSH Alexander |
The Driffield Angler In Two Parts Containing Descriptions Of The Different Kinds Of Fresh Water Fish and the Best Methods of Taking Them in Rivers, Lakes and Fish Ponds With Full Directions Of Many Artificial Flies For Every Month In The Season To Which Is Added Instructions For Shooting, With Rules For The Breeding, Breaking, and Management of Pointers and Spaniels and the Choice of Guns for Game and Wildfowl With a Description of the Forest of Blair in Perthshire belonging to his Grace the Duke of Athol and the Manner of Killing the Deer, also a Short Treatise On Coursing and The Training Of Greyhounds
1806.
1st Edn,.
Printed for the Author and sold by H. Mozley.
Gainsborough,.
xi 346 pages, engraved frontis, pages uncut 1 page carelessly opened loss to corner margin and one word, ownership name to upper blank on the title page. To rear inner blank a contemporary pencil sketch of a sailing ship o/w a vg copy bound in recent 1/2 calf with marbled sides, The first part covers species of fish, making fishponds, angling flies, fly fishing and Laws as to angling. The second part covers all aspects of shooting including the choice of fowling pieces, instructions for shooting well, dog training etc. Chute 415, Westwood Satchell 138.
[11229] |
£165.00 |
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MACKINTOSH Alexander |
The Modern Fisher or The Driffield Angler In Two Parts Containing Descriptions Of The Different Kinds Of Fresh Water Fish and the Best Methods of Taking Them in Rivers, Lakes and Fish Ponds With Full Directions Of Many Artificial Flies For Every Month In The Season To Which Is Added Instructions For Shooting, With Rules For The Breeding, Breaking, and Management of Pointers and Spaniels and the Choice of Guns for Game and Wildfowl With a Description of the Forest of Blair in Perthshire belonging to his Grace the Duke of Athol and the Manner of Killing the Deer, also a Short Treatise On Coursing and The Training Of Greyhounds
1806.
2st edn.
Printed by the author and sold by Henry Moziley.
Gainsborough.
xi 346 pages, , pages uncut engraved frontis of an angler. Bound in recent old style half dark brown calf red title label, blind stamp tooling to spine compartments. The first part covers species of fish, making fishponds, angling flies, fly fishing and Laws as to angling. The second part covers all aspects of shooting including the choice of fowling pieces, instructions for shooting well, dog training etc. Chute 415, Westwood Satchell 138.
[23886] |
£220.00 |
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MACPHERSON H.A. |
History Of Fowling Being An Account Of The Many Curious Devices By Which wild Birds Are Or Have Been Captured In Different Parts Of The World
1897.
1st Edn,.
David Douglas.
Edinburgh.
LIV 511 pages, TEG, large 8vo., 5 full page illus + illus to text, vg+ a clean copy. An authoritative work on the trapping of birds i.e. netting, trapping, decoying etc. Chute 416
[6438] |
£125.00 |
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MACPHERSON H.A. |
History Of Fowling Being An Account Of The Many Curious Devices By Which wild Birds Are Or Have Been Captured In Different Parts Of The World
1897.
1st Edn,.
David Douglas.
Edinburgh.
LIV 511 pages, TEG, large 8vo., 5 full page illus + illus to text, vg+ a clean copy. An authoritative work on the trapping of birds i.e. netting, trapping, decoying etc. Chute 416
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£125.00 |
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MANLEY J.J. |
Notes on Game and Game Shooting - Miscellaneous Observations on Birds and Animals and on the Sport they Afford for the Gun in Great Britain
n.d. circa 1880.
1st.
Bazaar Office.
viii 389 pages, 16 pp of adverts, frontis and 8 full page illustrations of shooting scenes, ownership name to the front-end paper repeated on verso of the frontis. original pictorial brown cloth with gilt crest to upper board within black decorative borders, and sportsman vignette to spine, head of the spine chipped a vg bright copy. A chapter is devoted to each species of game and the shooting, includes a good section on snipe and woodcock. Chute 420
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£70.00 |
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MARCHINGTON John |
A Portrait Of Shooting
1979.
1st Edn,.
Anthony Atha Publishers.
Rugby.
249 pages, large oblong 4to., limited to 1100 copies, illus in colour and black and white, many are from the works of BB (D.J.Watkins Pitchford), this is No 71 of the special edition with all edges gilt. Bound in full leather, gilt pheasant vignette to upper board, signed on limitation page by John Marchington.
[12031] |
£50.00 |
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MAROLLES Magne De |
La Chasse Au Fusil
1836.
new Edn,.
Paris.
XVI 494 pages, 7 plates and 2 folding plates, original 1/4 leather binding, attractive gilt decorative spine, clean copy, Riling 310, "this work is frequently quoted and is the source of many later works, acknowledged and otherwise." " English editions anonymously translated and accredited to John Acton entitled An Essay on Shooting (Dublin, Grucber and McAllister 1789 and London, T Cadell 1791) are little more than literal translations of Marolles works.
[8989] |
£200.00 |
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MATTHEWS Ike |
Full Revelations Of A Rat-Catcher After 25 Years Experience
nd 1898.
1st Edn,.
Friendly Society.
Manchester.
62 pages, original pebble cloth covered boards, gilt title to upper cover, edges rubbed and head and tail of chipped, g+. chapters on trapping, ferreting, how to keep and work ferrets, etc., scarce. The last page is an advert for Ike's Service to take parties of gentlemen ratting also "any number of live rats and rabbits supplied at a few days notice"
[18083] |
£45.00 |
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MAYER John |
The Sportman's Directory or Park And Gamekeeper's Companion
1838.
6th rewritten and enlarged Edn,.
VIII 181 pages, Text illus, pencil note to Verso of title page, recased in original pictorial covers, vg-.
[6113] |
£40.00 |
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MAYER John |
The Sportsmans Directory or Park And Gamekeeper's Companion
1828.
5th Edn,.
VII 214 pages, frontis illus + text illus, frontis and title page foxed, manuscript poem 'Directions For Sportsman' neatly written on rear of advertising leaf and verso of rear end paper, signed JHJ 1839, owners inscription name is J.H.Thompson, original pictorial blue card cover boards, new matching spine.
[6320] |
£70.00 |
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MAYER John |
The Sportsmans Directory or Park And Gamekeeper's Companion
1828.
5th Edn,.
VII 214 pages, engraved frontis and text illus, some browning to title page, original pictorial blue paper cover boards, sporting vignette to upper board, some loss to spine paper o/w a vg copy in the original state, Chute 443, 444, 445 does not note the 5th edition.
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£80.00 |
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MAYER John |
The Sportsman's Directory or Park And Gamekeeper's Companion
1838.
6th rewritten and enlarged Edn,.
Simpkin Marshall and Co.
VIII 181 pages, Text illus, pasted to blank on verso of last page and opposite blank newspaper cuttings relating to the Waterloo Cup, also 3 loose Victorian scraps, inscription to first blank, original cloth, gilt title and sporting scene to upper cover.
[14219] |
£55.00 |
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MAYER John |
The Sportsman's Directory Or Park And Gamekeepers Companion
1845.
7th Edn,.
Simpkin Marshall and Co.,.
IV 181 pages, 2 pages advs, illus + text, some occasional foxing to contents, publishers blind stamped cloth with gilt sporting vignette to upper board, vg. A comprehensive guide 1st published in 1815, which has been revised and brought up to date in the 7th edition. Instructions for breeding, feeding and breaking dogs, hunting, coursing and shooting, fishing, preserving game and decoys, breeding pheasants, partridges, pigeons, rabbits etc. Also a description of all kinds of poaching, how to detect poachers, and to destroy their works.
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£68.00 |
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MCLEAN Colin |
At Dawn And Dusk Being My Record Of Nearly Sixty Years Of Wildfowling
1954.
1st Edn,.
Batchworth Press.
XIV 194 pages, lge 8vo., illus, vg in dj, dj chipped at head of spine, light rubbing to edges of spine. Much on wildfowling in Norfolk and on the Solway.
[21852] |
£36.00 |
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MCLEAN Colin |
At Dawn And Dusk Being My Record Of Nearly Sixty Years Of Wildfowling
1954.
1st Edn,.
Batchworth Press.
XIV 194 pages, lge 8vo., illus, vg in a poor dj. Much on wildfowling in Norfolk and on the Solway.
[20060] |
£25.00 |
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Mead, Lawrence |
Oke's Game laws. Containing the law relating to Trespass and Poaching; Game, Gun and Dog Licences; Rabbits, Deer, Ground Game; Poison, Spring Traps, Firearms etc
12912.
5th Edn.
Butterworth & Co..
xxxii 374 + 34 - 408pp. Publishers' grey cloth vg. The last 4th edition was published 15 years previously this edition updated with added material.
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£30.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
British Diving Ducks
1913.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xv 141 + xii 164 pages, top edge gilt 2 volumes, folio, 74 plates of which 29 are coloured by Archibald Thorburn, D Murray Dixon, H Gronvold and the author. Some occasional browning to the contents. Publishers dark red cloth, with gilt title to upper boards cloth faded in places as often found, light rubbing to the head of the spines vg. Limited to 450 numbered copies, this being No. 148. A detailed work on the subject with particularly fine illustrations. "The life histories of all diving ducks mostly shot or collected by the author Chute 454.
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£685.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
The Natural History Of The British Game Birds
1909.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xi 142 pages, advert leaf, TEG, large folio, illus with 18 coloured plates, 17 photogravures, and 2 other illus by Archibald Thorburn and J.G.Millais, plus 1 other plate with 2 b/w photograph illustrations all plates are clean and the contents free of foxing. This copy numbered 147 of a limitation of 550 copies, bound in the publishers two tone cloth with gilt title to the upper cover. Rubbing to the head of spine and chipping to the bottom of the spine, few faint marks to the spine edge. The book covers the natural history, habits, habitat, and shooting of game birds. Schwerdt notes "A fine publication, one of the few modern shooting books which has considerably risen in value probably on account of the plates after Thorburn, printed by Albert Frisch of Berlin which are exceptionally beautiful. Schwerdt Vol 2 27/28. Chute 453
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£580.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
The Natural History Of The British Game Birds
1909.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xi 142 pages, advert leaf, TEG, large folio, illustrated with 18 coloured plates, 17 photogravures, and 2 other illustrations by Archibald Thorburn and J.G. Millais, plus 1 other plate with 2 b/w photograph illustrations all plates are clean and the contents free of foxing. This copy numbered 185 of a limitation of 550 copies, bound in the publishers two tone cloth with gilt title to the upper cover, a very good copy +. The book covers the natural history, habits, habitat, and shooting of game birds. Schwerdt notes "A fine publication, one of the few modern shooting books which has considerably risen in value probably on account of the plates after Thorburn, printed by Albert Frisch of Berlin which are exceptionally beautiful. Schwerdt Vol 2 27/28. Chute 453
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£650.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
The Natural History Of The British Surface Feeding Ducks
1902.
1st Edn.
Longmans Green and Co.
xiv 107 pages, top edge gilt ,folio with 6 photogravures, 41 coloured plates and 25 other illustrations, the colour plates are by Thorburn and Millais, light spotting to FEP and prelims o/w contents clean and free of spotting. Two armorial bookplates to the front paste down. A vg+ copy seldom found in this condition limited to 600 numbered copies, this is No 202, the book covers 10 species of duck commonly found and details, their natural history, habits, plumage and shooting Chute 452. ?620
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£620.00 |
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MILLAIS John Guille |
Game Birds And Shooting-Sketches Illustrating The Habits, Modes Of Capture, Stages Of Plumage And The Hybrids & varieties Which Occur Amongst Them
1894.
2nd, 1st ordinary.
Henry Sotheran And Co.
xiii 185 pages, 16pp adverts, large 8vo pages uncut, full page and text illustrations, armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Original tan cloth with game birds' vignette and title printed in black to the upper board and spine, spine darkened as usual lesser so to the boards. A title where the cloth is often affected by discoloration. The author covers capercaillie, blackgame, grouse and ptarmigan, with notes on the life history and sporting of each bird, (the 1st edition contained colour plates and limited to 550 copies and was a folio edition). This edition only lacks the colour plates, the text remains unchanged. Chute 450 ?80
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£80.00 |
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MILLAIS John Guille |
The Wildfowler In Scotland
1901.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xv 167 pages, TEG, 4to, illustrated with a frontis by Sir J.E.Millais, 8 photogravure plates, 2 coloured plates and 50 illustrations from the author's drawings and photographs in the text. The contents and plates free of spotting or browning. Armorial bookplate of Gilmour, of Lundin and Montrave to front paste down. Bound in the original 1/2 vellum over grey paper covered boards. The vellum clean and free of any darkening the grey paper boards are fresh and clean, an exceptional copy. A title seldom found in this condition. A classic work on wildfowling in Scotland dealing with the pursuit of ducks. Chapters include a morning with an 8 bore, a day with a punt gun on the Moray Firth etc. With some excellent illustration of wildfowling and punt gunning. Chute 451
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£200.00 |
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MILLAIS John Guille |
The Wildfowler In Scotland
1901.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
XV 167 pages, TEG, 4to., frontis by Sir J.E.Millais, 8 photogravure plates, 2 coloured plates and 50 illustrations from the author's drawings and photographs, bound in the original 1/2 vellum over grey paper covered boards, slight marking to the vellum, a vg clean copy with excellent illus of wildfowling and puntgunning. Chute 451
[14772] |
£160.00 |
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MILLAIS John Guille |
The Wildfowler In Scotland
1901.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
XV 167 pages, TEG, 4to., frontis by Sir J.E.Millais, 8 photogravure plates, 2 coloured plates and 50 illustrations from the author's drawings and photographs, bound in the original 1/2 vellum over grey paper covered boards, some marking to top edge of paper on front board, couple of marks to the vellum but overall a vg copy with some excellent illus of wildfowling and puntgunning. Chute 451
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£120.00 |
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Mockler-Ferryman Major A F |
In The Northmans's Land. Travel, Sport, and Folk-Lore in The Hardanger Fjord and Fjeld.
1896.
1st.
Sampson Low, Marston and Co.
xvi- 316pp, folding map, 17 full page illustrations and 2 vignettes, pages are uncut and unopened some occasional foxing. Original dark red cloth binding, with gilt vignette of an Elk head to the upper cover. The authors observations of Hardenger in Norway. The people countryside weather and fishing and shooting opportunities available. Including reindeer and er on reindeer hunting.
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£38.00 |
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MORAY BROWN J. |
Stray Sport
1893.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons.
xii 304, viii 293 pages, 2 Vols, 15 full page plates + text drawings throughout, Vol I the first part 240+ pages are on Indian Shikar, the rest of Vol I and Vol II covers sport at home including fishing, snipe and woodcock shooting etc in England Scotland and Ireland. Publishers' olive-green cloth with gilt pig sticking scene to upper board of both volumes. Personal presentation inscription to ? title page of volume 2 "To my journalistic mentor E Sacks with the Authors best wishes Sept 1893". Below are some handwritten lines (I believe which are taken from a song by Campbell of Saddell). Brown enjoyed considerable sport in India he recounts pig sticking, elephant and tiger shooting stalking samba and bear etc he details tiger measurements and weights. Unusual to find a signed copy. Czech 33 not listed by Chute
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£200.00 |
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MUIRHEAD James Patrick editor |
Winged Words On Chantrey's Woodcocks
1857.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
VI 120 pages, 6 etched plates, light spotting to contents, armorial bookplate to front paste down, publishers green cloth, gilt vignette of 2 shot woodcock to upper board, cloth clean and bright. Sir Francis Chantrey a sculptor shot two woodcock with 1 shot at Holkham, Norfolk on November 20 1829. It was sufficiently well regarded to merit this delightful anthology of verse on the subject. A monument to the 2 woodcock was presented to W.Coke of Holkham in 1834. An etching of the monument is used as the frontis and part for the gilt vignette to the upper cover. A scarce title and more so in this condition. Chute 461
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£120.00 |
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MUIRHEAD James Patrick editor |
Winged Words On Chantrey's Woodcocks
1857.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
VI 120 pages, 6 etched plates, light spotting to contents, armorial bookplate to front paste down, publishers green cloth, gilt vignette of 2 shot woodcock to upper board, cloth clean and bright. Sir Francis Chantrey a sculptor shut two woodcocks with 1 shot at Holkham, Norfolk on November 20 1829. It was sufficiently well regarded to merit this delightful anthology of verse on the subject. A monument to the 2 woodcock was presented to W.Coke of Holkham in 1834. An etching of the monument is used as the frontis and part for the gilt vignette to the upper cover. A scarce title and more so in this condition. Chute 461
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£100.00 |
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MULES P.H. |
George Doggett Keeper, A Story Of A Devonshire Manor Thirty Years Ago
1887.
1st Edn,.
Manchester & London.
115 pages, advs, square 8vo., full page and text illus by PJ Antoine and J Thomas, original cream cloth with vignette in black of the keeper's door to upper board, some darkening to cloth as often found with this binding. Chute 462.
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£45.00 |
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MULES P.H. |
George Doggett Keeper, A Story Of A Devonshire Manor Thirty Years Ago
1887.
1st Edn,.
Abel Heywood and Son , Simpkin Marshall.
Manchester & London.
115 pages, advs, frontis, Keepers Barn Door and 14 full page plates + text illustrations by P J Antoine and J Thomas, armorial bookplate to the front paste down. The contents clean a nd tight. Publishers cream cloth with vignette in black of the keeper's door to upper board. The cloth soiled and some marks but tight with no splits or chips. The story of a keeper hears of a boy he taught to shoot and fish has earned the Victoria Cross (shooting three of the enemy). Chute 462.
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£25.00 |
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MURRAY Hilda |
Echoes Of Sport
1911.
second impression Edn,.
T.N.Foulis.
XII 167 pages, TEG adverts, illus from photographs, brown cloth with gilt title and ornate sporting vignette to upper board, a vg+ copy. Stalking, salmon, fishing, grouse shooting etc.
[7496] |
£35.00 |
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MURTON R.K. |
The Wood Pigeon
1965.
1st Edn,.
Collins.
256 pages, illus, vg in dj, a major work on the natural history etc of the pigeon. Published in the Collins New Naturalist Monograph Series.
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£30.00 |
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