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ALEXANDER D.T., MARTIN LEAKE A. |
Some Signposts To Shikar
1932.
1st Edn.
Published by Fred R Grenyer For The Bengal Nagpur Railway Magazine.
Calcutta India.
ix 127 pages, lge 8vo, illus throughout with drawings, photographs, plans etc. The contents clean and tight. The original red cloth binding titled in black. The spine unevenly faded with sporadic fade marks to the board and some rubbing to edges. A book, intended. for newly arrived sportsmen in India. It describes hunting areas the types of game to be encountered much information on guns and cartridges equipment, camps and on tracking. Czech 5
[22081] |
£75.00 |
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BB |
At The Back o' Ben Dee
1968.
1st Edn,.
Ernest Benn Ltd.
127 pages, illus, a vg+ copy in similar dj.
[11356] |
£100.00 |
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BB |
BB'S Fairy Book Meeting Hill
1948.
1st Edn,.
Hollis and Carter.
V11 140 pages, small 4to, illus with 15 colour plates + chapter head drawings, small inscription to FEP, original cloth clean and bright often faded, title in silver. DJ has white background with insert of a gnome under a tree, has 1 single closed tear no other defects, a vg clean copy. This is the scarcer of the 2 styles of dj.
[14937] |
£340.00 |
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BB |
Be Quiet And Go Angling
1949.
1st Edn,.
Lutterworth Press.
200 pages, illus, spotting to front and rear end papers, publishers turquoise cloth with silver heron vignette to upper board, and title in silver, cloth clean and bright, dj price clipped, head and tail of spine chipped, small 1cm closed tear to upper rear upper flap, similar to lower margin but overall vg. Scarce especially in dj, the dj was printed on very thin paper and seldom survived. The title was written under the pseudo name Michael Traherne.
[8547] |
£360.00 |
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BB |
Confessions Of A Carp Fisher
1950.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
178 pages, illus, neatly tipped in on margin of 3 pages 4 press cuttings relating to record carp, o/w vg in dj, light rubbing to head of spine of dj. One of the classic early carp titles.
[14883] |
£95.00 |
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BB |
Confessions Of A Carp Fisher
1950.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
178 pages, illus, some spotting to closed page edges, vg in dj, dj not price clipped. One of the classic early carp titles.
[21531] |
£85.00 |
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BB |
Dark Estuary
1953.
1st Edn,.
Hollis and Carter.
XII 164 pages, 4to., 15 full page colour plates + scraperboards to text, chapter head drawings, inscription to FEP, vg in worn dj, dj has loss but presentable.
[18424] |
£25.00 |
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BB |
Dark Estuary
1953.
1st Edn,.
Hollis and Carter.
XII 164 pages, 4to., 15 full page colour plates + scraperboards to text, chapter head drawings, inscription to FEP, light rubbing to head of spine, dj price clipped and some chipping to edges and head and tail of spine, inner repairs not showing, tape repair to top of spine visible, a presentable dj near complete.
[4152] |
£25.00 |
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BB |
The Fisherman's Bedside Book
1945.
1st Edn,.
Eyre And Spottiswoode.
XXII 567 pages, illus, inscription to FEP, vg in dj. dj chipped at head of spine.
[7463] |
£20.00 |
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BB |
The Fisherman's Bedside Book
1945.
1st Edn,.
Eyre And Spottiswoode.
XXII 567 pages, illus, inscription to FEP, vg in dj.
[18863] |
£65.00 |
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BB |
The Idle Countryman
1943.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
192 pages, illus, a vg+ copy in dj, dj complete with a few small closed tears to edges. Due to the war economy paper the dust jacket is often found in poor condition or missing.
[15686] |
£65.00 |
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BB |
Indian Summer
1984.
1st Edn,.
Michael Joseph.
183 pages, scraperboard illus, fine in similar dj.
[18862] |
£55.00 |
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BB |
Lord Of The Forest
1975.
1st Edn,.
127 pages, illus, vg in dj, dj price clipped.
[5971] |
£50.00 |
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BB |
Lord Of The Forest
1975.
1st Edn,.
127 pages, scraperboard illus, a vg+ copy in dj.
[8136] |
£65.00 |
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BB |
Lord Of The Forest
1975.
1st Edn,.
127 pages, illus, vg in dj, dj repair to head of spine.
[3249] |
£50.00 |
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BB |
The Naturalist's Bedside Book
1980.
1st Edn,.
192 pages, illus, vg in dj
[4900] |
£25.00 |
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BB |
The Pool Of The Black Witch
1974.
1st Edn,.
Methuen.
117 pages, illus with full page and scraperboard illus by BB, original red cloth lettered in black. A fine copy in similar dj, not price clipped, very small chips to outer corner of dj.
[18865] |
£80.00 |
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BB |
The Quiet Fields
1981.
1st Edn,.
205 pages, illus, vg+ in dj.
[10406] |
£30.00 |
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BB |
Ramblings Of A Sportsman Naturalist
1979.
1st Edn,.
Michael Joseph.
176 pages, illus, vg+ in dj.
[611] |
£25.00 |
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BB |
Ramblings Of A Sportsman Naturalist
1979.
1st Edn,.
Michael Joseph.
176 pages, illus, vg+ in dj.
[18328] |
£45.00 |
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BB |
Recollections Of A Longshore Gunner
1976.
1st Edn,.
Boydell.
Ipswich.
86 pages, full page scraperboard illus by BB, ownership blindstamp to the front end paper, o/w a fine copy in dj. BB describes his wildfowling for geese chiefly on the Scottish coast.
[22238] |
£45.00 |
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BB |
September road To Caithness
1962.
1st Edn,.
Nicholas Kaye.
168 pages, full page and text scraperboard illus, vg+ in dj
[18399] |
£30.00 |
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BB |
Stories Of The Wild
1975.
1st Edn,.
V 92, 95, 95 pages, 3 stories, 1 by BB, vg in dj.
[3208] |
£25.00 |
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BB |
Tide's Ending
1950.
1st Edn,.
XI 244 pages, lge 8vo, illus 16 in colour + black and white, vg in dj, dj has some loss along top front edge and corners.
[4522] |
£25.00 |
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BB |
Tide's Ending
1950.
1st Edn,.
Hollis and Carter.
XI 244 pages, small 4to, 16 plates in colour + scraperboard chapter headings, browning to end papers, ownership label to front fly leaf, original grey cloth with gilt title and ripple line to upper board, vg in dj. dj dusr soiled to rear flap, chipping and closed tear to rear flap bottom edge, small chipping to head of spine, dj price clipped.
[18882] |
£25.00 |
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BB |
The Wayfaring Tree
1945.
1st Edn,.
Hollis and Carter Ltd.
VIII 198 pages, large 8vo., scraperboard illus, blue cloth title in silver, vg in worn but presentable dj.
[8931] |
£20.00 |
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BB |
The White Road Westwards
1961.
1st Edn,.
Nicholas Kaye.
176 pages, illus, vg+ in dj.
[18321] |
£25.00 |
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BB |
Wild Lone The Life Of A Pytchley Fox
1938.
1st Edn,.
Eyre Spottiswoode.
XVIII 268 pages, full page and text scraperboard illus, 1/4 white cloth, vg in dj. dj has loss to head of spine, dust soiling to rear flap, some inner repairs. A presentable good dj.
[8665] |
£35.00 |
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BB ( Dennys Watkins Pitchford) |
Confessions Of A Carp Fisher
1950.
1st Edn,.
Eyre and Spottiswoode.
x 178 pages, illustrated with scraper board chapter headings and line drawings by the author, in DJ. No chips or splits to the DJ, a very good + copy of one of the classic early carp titles.
[23465] |
£110.00 |
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QUINN Tom |
BB A Celebration
1993.
1st Edn,.
Wharncliffe Publishing Ltd.
Barnsley.
303 pages, illus with scraperboards and photos by BB, includes "Gone Away" a story by BB which was never published until its appearance in this book, a fine copy in dj, includes a bibliography.
[11779] |
£60.00 |
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