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SCROPE William |
The Art Of Deer Stalking, Illustrated by a Narrative of a Few Days Sport in the Forest of Atholl, With Some Account of the Nature and Habits of Red Deer, and a Short Description of the Scotch Forests
1838.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xix 436 pages, TEG, illus with frontis and 10 full page engravings and lithographs by Edwin and Charles Landseer, contents clean and tight with some occasional spotting to outer blank margin of some plates, bound in half dark green morroco with title and gilt stags head within decorative ruled borders to spine compartments, bound by Root & Son, the original cloth front and rear, cloth sides and spine bound in at rear, some even light fading to spine, a vg attractive copy of his deer stalking classic using Scotch deerhounds, the Irish wolfhound, muzzle loading rifles etc. Schwerdt Vol II 154/55 f
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£580.00 |
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SCROPE William |
The Art of Deer-Stalking Illustrated by a Narrative of a Few Days' Sport in the Forest of Atholl, with some Account of the Nature and Habits of Red Deer, and a Short Description of the Scottish Forests; Legends; Superstitions; Stories of Poachers and Freebooters, etc. etc.
1897.
new.
Edward Arnold.
xviii (i) 304 pages, Top edge gilt large 8vo engraved frontis and 9 further full-page engraved plates on India paper, heavy foxing to end papers and lesser so to contents in places. Bound in a near contemporary half green morroco with gilt sporting motifs to spine compartments. Published in the sportsman's library this is one of the large paper copies edited by Sir Peter Maxwell with a new introduction.
[22260] |
£95.00 |
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SCROPE William |
The Art of Deer-Stalking Illustrated by a Narrative of a Few Days' Sport in the Forest of Atholl, with some Account of the Nature and Habits of Red Deer, and a Short Description of the Scottish Forests; Legends; Superstitions; Stories of Poachers and Freebooters, etc. etc.
1897.
new.
Edward Arnold.
xviii (i) 304 pages, top edge gilt large 8vo engraved frontis and 9 further full-page engraved plates. Bound in the publisher ? parchment over marbled paper covered boards leather title label small chip to one corner. Published in the sportsman's library and edited by Sir Peter Maxwell with a new introduction.
[23269] |
£45.00 |
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SHIRLEY Evelyn Philip |
Some Account of English Deer Parks With Notes on The Management Of Deer
1867.
1st Edn,.
Joihn Murray.
xiii,267 pages, frontis illus + 3 other full-page plates and engraved chapter headings. Publishers' green cloth, gilt seated deer vignette to the upper board. Chipping the the head and tail of the spine vg. The first 2 chapters cover the History of Deer Parks from The Norman Conquest to The Time of Publication. the book includes the History of All the Deer Parks in England
[23251] |
£110.00 |
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SHIRLEY Evelyn Philip |
Some Account of English Deer Parks With Notes on The Management Of Deer
1867.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xiii,267 pages, frontis illus + 3 other full page plates and engraved chapter headings, ammorial bookplate to front paste down of Charles Penruddocke, FEP removed, pasted to front blank 3 booksellers cut catalogue listings for the book, contents clean and tight, publishers green cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, some marking to cloth and rubbing to corners and head and tail of spine, a g+ copy. the first 2 chapters cover the History Of Deer Parks From The Norman Conquest To The Time Of Publication. the book includes the History of All The Deer Parks In England
[21022] |
£70.00 |
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SMILLIE Ian Scott |
A Guide To The Stalking Of Red Deer In Scotland
1983.
1st Edn,.
Regency Press.
137 pages, Illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs a fine copy in dj. ?45 Chapters include: Ecology; Antlers; Weather; Equipment; Transport on the hill; The professional stalker; Hazards of the chase; Something about stalking; More about stalking; The final approach; The wounded stag.
[22367] |
£35.00 |
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SNAFFLE (ROBERT DUNKIN) |
The Roedeer A Monograph
1904.
Subscribers edition, 1st.
192 pages, large 8vo., TEG, coloured frontis + 3 other coloured plates, pages uncut, foxing to end papers, some occasional foxing to contents. original limp red cloth binding with gilt roebuck being attacked by hound to upper board. The book is in 1/4 morroco clampshell box, cloth sides, spine in 6 compartments with title and rolled gilt tooling. Limited to 100 copies. This was the first book in English solely devoted to the Roe. Part 1 The Natural History; Part II Roe Hunting; Part III Roe Shooting; Part IV The Roe In Heraldry; Part V Management Of Roe. An extremely scarce title, there were 72 initial subscribers to this book, which included many leading sportsmen of the day, libraries and institutions. A book which seldom appears for sale. A vg copy in the original binding of a scarce title in particularly good condition and well presented in the clapshell box.
[21718] |
£600.00 |
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SOBIESKI John, STUART Charles Edward |
Lays Of The Deer Forest
1985.
1st thus.
Anthony Altha.
Diss.
175 pages, TEG, landscape 4to. 12 full page colour plates, and full page and text illustrations by Ian Oates, with an introduction by Lord Lovat. Limited to 350 numbered copies this being number 139, Publishers green cloth with gilt stag head vignette to upper board and stag head motifs to spine. In the publisher's card slipcase there is some fading and light rubbing to the edges of the slipcase, a vg + copy. Originally published in 2 volumes in 1848. The second volume from which the text of this book is drawn. It contains fascinating descriptions of deer stalking as it was practiced at that time both in the Highlands and on the Continent
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£130.00 |
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SOBIESKI John, STUART Charles Edward |
Lays Of The Deer Forest With Sketches Of Olden And Modern Deer Hunting; Traits Of Natural History In The Forest; Traditions Of The Clans; Miscellaneous Notes
1848.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons and Charles Dolman,.
Edinburgh.
ix 381 + 560 pages, 2 volumes TEG, errata slip, pages uncut, tinted frontis to each volume. Publishers 1/4 straight green roan, gilt harp motif in floral borders to each spine a vg+ copy. Volume a collection of related verse . Volume 2 recounts "the old days in the Highlands before the deer were driven from the hill ". Schwerdt vol 2 231pp
[23274] |
£130.00 |
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SPEED Lancelot |
A Sojourn In The Highlands, Achanalt 1885
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privately printed.
104 (16) pages, 4to., tipped in original albumen photograph frontis of Mary Bignold, over 100 illus from drawings throughout. the last (16) pages printed on 1 side are sepia illus and drawings by Speed "of various spots scattered about the forests of Loch Rosque, Strathbran and Achanalt in the more recent seasons". Some spotting to frontis and tissue guard, original maroon cloth, gilt antlers to upper board with the letters MB beneath, some light discolouration to cloth in places. A rare title COPAC located only 2 copies at Durham University and the National Library of Scotland. A journal of a sporting season in Achanalt Ross-shire from leaving Euston Station in August 1885 to the last entry on December 21st followed by "deaths 1885", days recorded all have illustrations for the days of sport etc., The book is dedicated to "Mistress Bignold" by Lancelot Speed, the estate was owned by Mary's father Sir Arthur Bignold, it is thought Mary inherited the estate on his death in 1915. The book was reprinted in a limited edition in 1996 by David Grayling using Kenneth Whiteheads copy
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£850.00 |
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SPEED Lancelot |
A Sojourn In The Highlands, Achanalt 1885
1996.
facsimile reprint Edn,.
David Grayling.
Ravensworth.
103+ pages, 4to., illus throughout the text, a fine copy in the transparent wrapper, limited to 400 copies. A journal of a sporting season in Achanalt Ross-shire from leaving Euston Station in August 1885 to the last entry on December 21st followed by "deaths 1885", days recorded all have illustrations for the days of sport etc., The book is dedicated to "Mistress Bignold" by Lancelot Speed, the estate was owned by Mary's father Sir Arthur Bignold, it is thought Mary inherited the estate on his death in 1915. First published privately in 1886.
[23252] |
£38.00 |
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ST. JOHN Charles |
Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
1846.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
vi- 281 pages, top edge gilt, armorial bookplate to front paste down and free end paper, bound in a contemporary full tan calf inner gilt rolled tooling, the spine in 6 compartments with contrasting labels and ornate gilt tooling bound by Sotheran. The first edition of a classic work and much reprinted on Scottish sport and natural history with observations on wildlife mingled with shooting, fishing, and stalking anecdotes Chute 547, WS 185.
[22937] |
£100.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Short Sketches Of The Wild Sports And Natural History of the Highlands
1846.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
vi- 281 pages, armorial bookplate to front end paper, , bound in a contemporary 1/2 dark green morroco, light rubbing to corners and edges good +. The first edition of a much reprinted work, contains observations on wildlife mingled with shooting, fishing, and stalking anecdotes Chute 547, WS 185 . ?35
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£80.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Short Sketches Of The Wild Sports And Natural History of the Highlands
1846.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
vi- 281 pages, 16 pages of adverts armorial bookplate to the front paste down with signature to the front-end paper. Publishers blind stamped red cloth darkening mark to lower ? of rear. The first edition of a much-reprinted work contains observations on wildlife mingled with shooting, fishing, and stalking anecdotes Chute 547, WS 185.
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£50.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
A Tour Of Sutherland With Extracts From The Field Book Of A Sportsman Naturalist
1849.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xiii 296, viii- 288 pages, 16pp adverts, 2 volumes 10 full page woodcut illus, armorial bookplate to front end papers in both volumes. A vg copy in the original blind stamped green cloth with gilt hooded falcon to upper board. A month-by-month account of a tour from St Johns Journals with 2 additional chapters on deer stalking also chapters on natural history and shooting. Scotch streams and lochs, dogs, fisheries, game dealers etc. Chute 548, WS185
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£95.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
A Tour Of Sutherland With Extracts From The Field Book Of A Sportsman Naturalist
1849.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xiii 296, viii- 288 pages, 16pp adverts, 2 volumes 10 full page woodcut illus, bookplate to front end papers in both volumes also old booksellers slip to volume 1. Some occasional spotting to some the plates A vg copy in the original blind stamped green cloth with gilt hooded falcon to upper board. A month-by-month account of a tour from St Johns Journals with 2 additional chapters on deer stalking also chapters on natural history and shooting. Scotch streams and lochs, dogs, fisheries, game dealers etc. Chute 548, WS185 ?80
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£80.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
A Tour Of Sutherland With Extracts From The Field Book Of A Sportsman Naturalist
1849.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
xiii 296, viii- 288 pages, 16pp adverts, 2 volumes 10 full page woodcut illus, a vg copy in the original blind stamped green cloth with gilt hooded falcon to upper board. To front board of both volumes a couple of small splash marks to boards o/w the cloth is clean and free of defects. A month-by-month account of a tour from St Johns Journals with 2 additional chapters on deer stalking also chapters on natural history and shooting. Scotch streams and lochs, dogs, fisheries, game dealers etc. Chute 548, WS185
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£80.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Wild sports & natural history of the highlands. Introduction and notes by the Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell . & fifty illustrations, thirty being reproduced in colour, from pictures by G. Denholm Armour & Edwin Alexander.
1919.
1st thus Edn.
T.N.Foulis.
Edinburgh & London.
xxix, [1], 471, [1], [4] ads; top edge gilt pages uncut small 4to, illustrated with 39 plates, 28 of them in colour and mounted, plus other vignette illustrations in the text. Armorial bookplate to the front paste down some occasional light browning. The deluxe issue printed on handmade paper and bound in the publisher's full vellum binding with gilt title to the upper board and standing stag vignette limited to 250 copies. A finely illustrated and produced book of Charles St Johns classic work on highland sport and natural history first published in 1846 and much reprinted.
[22783] |
£160.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
1919.
reprint Edn,.
Edinburgh.
xxix 472 pages, advs, small 4to., 50 illus. 30 being reproduced in colour from pictures by G D Armour and Edward Alexander, bookplate to front paste down, Tan cloth mountain scene with deer to upper board, vg this edition has an introduction and notes by Sir Herbert Maxwell.
[14841] |
£30.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Wild Sports And Natural History Of The Highlands
1927.
reprint Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
XXIX 471 pages, 50 illus 28 being in colour by Denholm Armour and Edwin Alexander, a vg clean copy in dj.
[20418] |
£50.00 |
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ST JOHN, The Honourable Ferdinand |
Rambles In Germany, France, Italy And Russia In Search Of Sport
1853.
1st Edn.
Longmans, Brown, Green and Longman.
viii 244 pages, 32 pp adverts, coloured frontis + 3 other colour plates. A vg copy in the original publishers green cloth includes capercailie and black game, wild boar, roe and red deer in Bavaria, chamois, partridge and hawking in Hungary, wild fowl, bear, trout fishing in Germany etc., Abby Traval 43, Schwerdt Vol II 144
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£200.00 |
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