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SCOTT Peter |
Observations of Wildlife
1980.
1st Edn,.
Phaidon.
Oxford.
112 pages, 4to., numerous colour and black and white with illustrations from the author's drawings and paintings. A fine copy bound in 1/4 green morroco in slipcase. This edition limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Peter Scott.
[929] |
£120.00 |
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SCOTT Peter |
Wild Chorus
1938.
1st limited Edn,.
Country Life.
XI 116 pages, TEG, uncut, small folio, illus including 24 fine colour plates + 64 b/w plates and text drawings by Peter Scott. Publishers blue cloth, gilt title and goose vignette to upper board. No 871 of a limited edition of 1200 copies signed by Peter Scott. Contents and covers fine with no defects, dj has some chipping to top and bottom edge approx 3x1cm loss to top edge and 4x1cm to bottom edge, a few short close tears in the original card slipcase some discolouration. A vg copy rarely found in dj, some excellent illustrations and sketches by Scott with accompanying text on shooting and natural history. "The author appears to have begun his conversion from wildfowler to conservationist" Chute 557.
[18556] |
£340.00 |
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SEDGEWICK Noel M., WHITAKER Peter, HARRISON Jeffery |
The New Wildfowler
1961.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
311 pages, illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings, maps etc, vg in dj, light rubbing to head of spine.
[19326] |
£20.00 |
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SHAND Alexander Innes |
Shooting, The Haddon Hall Library
1902.
1st Edn,.
J M Dent.
vi 352 pages, TEG, pages uncut, end papers by Arthur Rackham, some light foxing, 9 illus by J Smit and H Richardson + Chapter headings. Bookplate to the verso of the front-end paper offsetting onto the opposite 1/2 title. Publishers' green cloth, clean and bright with gilt design to upper board with title and sporting motifs to spine, published in the Haddon Hall Library, vg. describes all aspects of shooting including chapters on the literature of the gun and the evolution of equipment. Chute 569
[23049] |
£50.00 |
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SHARP Henry |
The Gun Afield And Ashore
1904.
1st Edn,.
Chapman Hall.
xx 318 pages, TEG, 13 full page and text illus by Herbert Sharp, spotting to title page and closed page edges, publishers light green cloth, gilt hare vignette and title to upper board, fade mark to rear board, spine light marking with chipping to head. A mixture of technical and anecdotal material/ Chute 571.
[20246] |
£65.00 |
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SHARP Henry |
Practical Wildfowling
nd 1895.
1st Edn,.
Upcott Gill.
vi 300 pages, 33 pages of sporting adverts, text, and full-page illustrations, paper browned as usual, original brown cloth with gilt title and flying duck vignette to upper board. Cracking to inner hinge but contents remain tight vg. Usually found in a green cloth binding this binding differs with the duck vignette to the upper cover and no vignette to the spine, the contents appear the same but without the book adverts found in the green binding. Chutes copy the same as this but in a red binding. A comprehensive and in-depth guide covering all aspects from ammunition to equipment, punt gunning, flapper shooting. "The detail is meticulous, from an experienced wildfowler". Chute 570.
[23135] |
£135.00 |
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SHARP Henry |
Practical Wildfowling
nd 1895.
1st Edn,.
Upcott Gill.
vi 300 pages, 33 pages of sporting adverts + 12 book adverts, text and full page illus, paper browned as usual, original green cloth with gilt title and goose vignette to upper board, gilt duck vignette to spine, some cracking to rear hinge, o/w vg. A comprehensive and in depth guide covering all aspects from ammunition to equipment, punt gunning, flapper shooting etc. Chute 570.
[21940] |
£135.00 |
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SHARP Henry |
Practical Wildfowling
nd 1895.
1st Edn,.
VI 300 pages, numerous sporting advs, text and full page illus, paper browned as usual, original green cloth with gilt title and goose vignette to upper board, gilt duck vignette to spine, vg+. A comprehensive and in depth guide covering all aspects from ammunition to equipment, punt gunning, flapper shooting etc. Chute 570.
[13928] |
£150.00 |
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SHEPHARD Michael |
Come Wildfowling
1953.
1st Edn,.
186 pages, illus, vg in rubbed dj.
[5864] |
£24.00 |
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SHEPHARD Michael |
Come Wildfowling
1953.
1st Edn,.
Museum Press.
186 pages, b/w illus from photographs + text drawings, vg in rubbed dj.
[20091] |
£24.00 |
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SMITH Robert |
The Universal Directory For Taking Alive And Destroying Rats, And All Other Kinds Of Four Footed And Winged Vermin, In A Method Hitherto Unattempted; Calculated For The Use Of The Gentleman, The Farmer And The Warrener by Robert Smith, Late Rat Catcher To The Princess Amelia
1768.
1st Edn,.
the author.
VII 218 pages, 6 plates 4 of which are folding. Original full tan calf retaining the original boards, new matching spine retaining the original label, a vg copy of the first edition, to the verso of title page printed note "If any person shall reprint this book or offer to pirate it, they will be prosecuted according to the law". Robert Smith states he was rat catcher to Princess Amelia the contents cover the fox, badger, sheep killing dogs, numerous birds of prey etc., the plates show various traps. A much reprinted title, the 1st edition is particularly hard to find.
[18277] |
£320.00 |
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SMITH Robert |
The Universal Directory For Taking Alive And Destroying Rats, And All Other Kinds Of Four Footed And Winged Vermin, In A Method Hitherto Unattempted; Calculated For The Use Of The Gentleman, The Farmer And The Warrener by Robert Smith, Late Rat Catcher To The Princess Amelia
1812.
4th Edn,.
J Walker.
VIII 150 pages, pages uncut, 6 plates, 4 of which are folding, some foxing to plates, light dust soiling to contents, later 1/4 calf, vg. Robert Smith states he was rat catcher to Princess Amelia the contents cover the fox, badger, sheep killing dogs, numerous birds of prey etc., the plates show various traps.
[18266] |
£180.00 |
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SMITH Sydney |
Snowden Slights Wildfowler
1984.
rep of the 1912 Edn,.
Major Ian Grahame.
Lamarsh, Bures.
XI 117 pages, advs, illus, this edition some of the illus differ from the 1912 edition some previously unpublished, limited to 500 copies, this being No 495, a fine copy in the 1/4 dark blue leather binding.
[20088] |
£190.00 |
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SMITH Sydney H. |
Snowden Slights, Wildfowler
1912.
1st Edn,.
T.A.J. Waddington.
York.
xi 117 pages, adverts, full page illus including 1 folding from photographs, recased in the original slate blue cloth, gilt title and flying duck vignette to front board, spine relayed, vg. The author was a professional wildfowler and basket maker on the river Derwent. The subscriber's list at end includes Daniel Higson, Sir Ralph Payne Galwey, Stanley Duncan. A difficult title to find. Chute 579.
[20099] |
£220.00 |
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SMITH Sydney H. |
Snowden Slights, Wildfowler
1912.
1st Edn,.
T.A.J. Waddington.
York.
xi 117 pages, adverts, full page illustrations including 1 folding from photographs by the author, in the original green cloth, gilt title and flying duck vignette to front board, faint splash mark to rear board vg. The author was a professional wildfowler and basket maker on the river Derwent. The subscriber's list at end includes Daniel Higson, Sir Ralph Payne -Galwey, Stanley Duncan. A difficult title to find. Chute 579.
[22509] |
£200.00 |
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SNAFFLE |
The Impossible Island Corsica Its People And Its Sport
1923.
1st Edn,.
H.F. & G.Witherby.
224 pages, illus with frontis + 8 plates from watercolour sketches by Miss D Forster Knight, publishers cloth with gilt crest vignette to spine, a vg+ copy includes some shooting for deer, boar, small birds etc.
[20790] |
£35.00 |
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SOUTHGATE Frank, POLLARD Hugh |
Wildfowl and Waders Nature And Sport in the Coastlands
1940.
popular Edn,.
VIII 87 pages, 4to, frontis + 15 colour plates and 43 black and white illus from paintings by Frank Southgate, green cloth, gilt title to upper cover. the 1st edition published in 1928 was a limited edition of 950.
[973] |
£40.00 |
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SOUTHGATE Frank, POLLARD Hugh B.C. |
Wildfowl and Waders Nature and Sport in The Coastlands
1928.
1st Edn,.
Country Life.
VIII 82 pages, 4to illus including 16 in colour by Frank Southgate. Limited edition of 950 copies, original 1/4 vellum binding, paper covered boards with insert title label to upper board. A vg+ copy free of rubbing and darkening to the spine and paper cover boards seldom found in this condition. Chute 522.
[18922] |
£180.00 |
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SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS |
Sporting Prints After The Paintings By Archibald Thorburn
n.
14 pages, small oblong 8vo., a catalogue for 13 Thorburn plates with illus in sepia, prices for black and white or coloured by hand, original card covers printed in black.
[13193] |
£20.00 |
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SPORTING REPOSITORY |
The Sporting Repository, Containing Horse Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting And Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism, Pugilism, Anecdotes On Sporting Subjects
1904.
X 478 pages, TEG, 22 hand coloured plates after Alken and others, some spotting to prelims, inscription on FEP, original 2 tone green cloth with gilt mounted huntsman to upper board. the Sporting Repository was a magazine on sporting interest published in 1822, this edition is limited to 500 copies.
[13073] |
£220.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Natural History And Sport In Moray
1863.
1st Edn,.
Edinburgh.
XIVII 332 pages, 24pp advs, frontis illus + text drawings, recased at the original brown publishers cloth with old spine relayed, some rubbing to edges, vg-. The book was completed after the authors death from his journals and letters.
[12130] |
£45.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Natural History And Sport In Moray
1863.
1st Edn,.
XIVII 332 pages, 24pp advs, frontis illus, original brown publishers cloth, rubbed inner hinge paper cracked, the book was completed after the authors death from his journals and letters.
[8856] |
£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, 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
[22433] |
£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.
[22438] |
£50.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
1893.
9th Edn,.
John Murray.
XXIII 319 pages, tall 8vo., illus, vg, this edition has a life of the author and notes not previously published by him.
[15151] |
£45.00 |
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ST JOHN Charles |
Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
1893.
9th Edn,.
XXIII 319 pages, tall 8vo., illus, vg, this edition has a life of the author and notes not previously published by him.
[1321] |
£45.00 |
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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
[22432] |
£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
[22436] |
£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
[22469] |
£80.00 |
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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 Charles |
The Wild Sports And Natural History Of The Scottish Highlands
1888.
popular Edn,.
Hamilton Adams and Co.
335 pages, 12pp advs, foxing to end papers, o/w vg.
[16050] |
£28.00 |
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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
[21245] |
£200.00 |
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ST.JOHN Charles |
Sketches Of The Wild Sports And Natural History Of the Highlands
1878.
rep Edn,.
XV 338 pages, the 1st illustrated edition, green pictorial gilt cloth, vg.
[2282] |
£35.00 |
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SURTEES Robert Smith |
Jorrocks Jaunts And Jolloties Being The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric And Extravagant Exploits Of The Renowned Sporting Citizen
1843.
2nd Edn.
Rudolph Ackerman, Eclipse Sporting Gallery.
vi (3) 358. 8 page advs, AEG, 15 fine hand coloured plates by Henry Alken, armorial bookplate of Sir Basil Mogg to FEP and to verso armorial plate of Wilfrid Willett. the bookplates have caused some rippling to the EP, contents and plates clean and free of spotting. Publishers green cloth with gilt title within sporting border and gilt title and decorative spine. A vg copy with the plates in a fine bright condition. The title first appeared in the Sporting magazine in Volumes I-VIII and then in book format 1838 and 1839 with plain plates by Phiz. This is the first with the fine plates by Henry Alken.
[19990] |
£550.00 |
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SURTEES R.S. |
Jorrocks's Jaunts And Jollities, The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, eating Eccentric And Extravagant Exploits Of That Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr John Jorrocks
1903.
reprint Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
XXII 356 pages, TEG, large 8vo., coloured title and 22 coloured plates after H Alken, 9 etched plates by Phiz + illus in text, bound in contemporary 1/2 dark red morroco, cloth sides, gilt ruled spine compartments with motifs of horseshoes and snaffle bit. An attractive copy using both the uncoloured plate from the 1st edition and the colour plates of later editions, includes a chapter on shooting in Surrey.
[13577] |
£180.00 |
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SYMONDS The Rev B. |
The Suffolk Sportsman Showing The Nature Of The Various Kinds Of Dogs In Use For Gun And Net With The Most Rational And Perfect Method Of Training And Breaking Them, Together With The Most Useful Instruction To Young Sportsmen For Speedily Acquiring The Art Of Shooting
1825.
3rd Edn,.
Thomas Gosden Sportsman Repository.
152 pages, engraved frontis, some spotting to frontis, armorial bookplate of Henry Wilson, near contemporary 1/2 dark blue calf, vg. The first 2 editions were tilted A Treatise On Field Diversions By A Gentleman Of Suffolk. Chute 619
[15977] |
£240.00 |
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