 |
MCCONNOCHIE Alexander Inkson |
The Rivers Oykell & Cassley In Sutherland & Ross; Some Ideal Salmon Fishing Beats
1924.
1st Edn,.
H F & Witherby.
Whitby.
29 pages, 12mo. illus, card covers with photo insert to upper cover, a vg copy.
[5200] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
MCDONALD Ritchie |
Ritchie On Carp
1989.
1st Edn,.
Trimik Publishing, Beckenham.
VI 132 pages, 4to., illus many in colour, fine indj, neat repair to verso of dj to closed tear.
[19209] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
McDonald Ritchie & Meenehan Greg |
Ritchie On Carp
1989.
1st Edn,.
Trimik Publishing, Beckenham.
viii,132. Small 4to illustrated with Colour and b/w photographs, also drawings by Chris Turnbull, fine in DJ. A quest for giant carp at Redmire, Cassien and elsewhere. Includes one chapter which discusses Chris Yates, Rod Hutchinson, Bill Quinlan and Jack Hilton. Foreword by Rod Hutchinson.
[23650] |
£35.00 |
|
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McDonnell, Leighton |
Fishing on the edge
2006.
1st.
Little Egret Press.
St Germans Cornwall.
161 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings by Tom O'Reilly. Limited to 695 copies signed by tom O Reilly. A fine copy in DJ. Surface, float and dry fly fishing as well as a fascinating variation of normal ledgering technique. Big carp, perch, bass, trout and chub are all well covered,
[23619] |
£30.00 |
|
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MCDOWELL R.Bruce |
Evolution of the Winchester
1985.
1st Edn,.
Armory Publications.
Tacoma U.S.A.
206 pages, 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs old adverts line drawings gun breakdowns, pictorial end papers. Publishers dark blue faux leather binding titled in silver with gun vignette to the upper cover. A fine copy in DJ couple small chips along top edge. From the 1847 Hunt, the Jennings, Smith-Jennings, Smith & Wesson, "Volcanic", Henry Rifle, and beyond.
[23376] |
£70.00 |
|
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MCELROY Harry |
Desert Hawking With A Little Help From My Friends
1996.
privatley printed by the author.
430 pages, 4to., colour and black and white illus from photographs, pictorial laminated covers, a fine copy signed on front end papers by McElroy and dated Nov 13 96. A comprehensive work by a well respected falconer. Swift 389.01.
[18641] |
£230.00 |
|
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MCHENRY Roy C., ROPER Walter F. |
Smith & Wesson Hand Guns
1947.
reprint.
Standard Publications Inc.
Huntingdon, USA.
233 pages, small 4to, 63 plates of b/w photographs of the guns, adverts, line drawings, vg in chipped dj.
[8786] |
£40.00 |
|
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MCHENRY Roy C., ROPER Walter F. |
Smith & Wesson Hand Guns
1947.
reprint.
Standard Publications inc.
Huntingdon, USA.
233 pages, small 4to, 63 plates of b/w photographs of the guns, adverts, line drawings,
[21760] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
MCINTOSH Michael, ROOSENBURG Jan |
The Best Of Holland & Holland England's Premier Gunmaker
2003.
2nd Edn,.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, California.
xvii - 298, landscape 4to., finely illustrated throughout with colour photographs, a fine copy in DJ. The1st edition was a limited edition, a finely produced book with excellent photographs of the guns.
[23968] |
£70.00 |
|
 |
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 |
|
 |
McLeod, Peter |
GT: A Fly Fisher's Guide to Giant Trevally
2016.
1st.
Merlin Unwin Books.
Ludlow.
216 pages, Small 4to illustrated throughout with colour photographs. A limited edition of 50 copies, this being number 18, signed and numbered by Peter McLeod with a personal presentation note from him. Bound in full dark blue teal leather with fish vignette to upper cover with title to the spine in silver, in the publisher's slipcase. A fine copy. A comprehensive guide to GT fishing with the fly, covering how to catch them, tackle and equipment, which flies to use, winning tactics and best destinations including Seychelles, Maldives, Mauritius, Australia, South Africa, Oman, Mozambique, Sudan and many more.
[23610] |
£120.00 |
|
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McMICHAN, B.A. |
The Greyhound Training, Management, Diseases
1937.
1st.
Angus and Robertson Limited.
Sydney Australia.
xii ? 251 (4) pages of adverts Illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs, some foxing to the prelims and closed page edge. Publishers' green cloth blind stamped title to the upper cover. In DJ, the dj lightly rubbed to the head and tail of the spine DJ has no loss or splits. A scarce title and more so in a DJ. The selection, breeding, and training of Greyhounds and on the treatment of their disease. Includes much on Greyhound racing and training.
[22668] |
£190.00 |
|
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MCMURRAY Peter |
Barbel Catchers And Friends
1988.
1st Edn,.
Crowood Press.
Ramsbury.
207 pages, 4to., illus, fine in dj.
[11377] |
£20.00 |
|
 |
MCPHAIL Rodger |
Fishing Season An Artists Fishing Year
1990.
1st Edn,.
Swan Hill.
4to, illus in colour and black and white, includes a pen and ink sketch of a gun dog's head with retrieved drake mallard signed by R McPhail approx. size 8.5cm x 9.5cm to half title, fine in dj
[19614] |
£95.00 |
|
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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.
[23017] |
£30.00 |
|
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MEINERTZHAGEN Col R. |
Kenya Diary 1902 - 1906
1957.
1st Edn,.
Oliver and Boyd.
viii 347 pages, full page illus from photographs, small ownership stamp to front end paper, publishers' brown cloth, a near fine copy in dj. The book details the life of a young officer in Kenya in the early years, he hunted lion, leopard, hippo, rhino, buffalo, numerous antelope species etc., Czech 193
[23404] |
£100.00 |
|
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MELLAND Frank |
Elephants In Africa
1938.
1st Edn,.
Country Life.
xiii 86 pages, illus with 12 full page drawings by Stuart Tresilian, offset mark to front rear end paper from dj, publishers green cloth vg in dj, dj has chips to one corner, paper price label on spine partly removed. Melland's work combines sporting elements and natural history. He recounts elephant hunting, a number of sportsmen and includes his own travels through Africa more than three decades earlier with Edward Cholmeley Czech 193/94
[20327] |
£125.00 |
|
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MELLON James |
African Hunter
1975.
1st Edn,.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
New York.
xx 522 pages, 4to, well illustrated throughout from photographs and maps, black cloth with title to upper board in grey, a VG copy in dj neat 2cm repair to lower rear flap. A comprehensive work on African big game hunting with contributions by leading hunters of the time. There is also an interesting chapter by Rowland Ward of London on the skinning and the preservation of big game trophies. A modern classic on African hunting. Czech 194/95
[23418] |
£95.00 |
|
 |
MENDELSSOHN Sidney |
South African Bibliography
1957.
2nd Edn,.
The Holland Press.
2 Vols, lxxii + 1008 + 1139 pages, small 4to., 26 full page illustrations, a fine copy in the publishers cloth, dj complete, no loss but a few closed tears and creasing to outer edges. Also includes 2 original card boxes. First published in 1910, the 2nd edition is limited to 500 copies. the extensive catalogue Raisonne of the Mendelssohn Library relating to South Africa gives details of collation and annotations, commentaries and references. An exhaustive and unsurpassed bibliography of all books and all papers in all languages pertaining to South Africa.
[18499] |
£85.00 |
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MENZIES W.J.M. |
Sea Trout and Trout
1936.
1st Edn,.
230 pages, Illus. slight fading to spine. contains a letter from Walter G Grant, One of the illus is of the record Orkney sea trout he caught, in his letter he is very scathing of the book.
[1725] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
MERY Fernand |
The Dog
1970.
1st English Edn,.
233+ pages, large 4to., illus throughout, vg in dj. A study of the dog, From the dog and its past in art, in the mind of man, in science, in service, in the face of suffering and death etc.,
[13102] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART |
Early Firearms Of Great Britain And Ireland From The Collection Of Clay P Bedford
1971.
1st Edn,.
New York.
IX 187 pages, + 1 page list of gunmakers and silversmiths + 2 pages bibliography, 4to., b/w illustrations of the gun + details of locks with accompanying text, vg in dj some 220 items. Presentation inscription on FEP "TO DAVID BACK WITH APOLOGIES TO AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD AND APPRECIATION FOR MANY HELPFUL HINTS, Clay Bedford, also hand written note on top margin asking David for comments.
[18397] |
£45.00 |
|
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METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART |
Early Firearms Of Great Britain And Ireland From The Collection Of Clay P Bedford
1971.
1st Edn,.
New York.
ix 187 pages, + 1 page list of gunmakers and silversmiths + 2 pages bibliography, 4to., b/w illustrations of the gun + details of locks with accompanying text, vg in dj, rubbing to edge of dj, some 220 items described many with illustrations.
[21233] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
MEYRICK John |
House Dogs and Sporting Dogs, Their Varieties, Points Management, Training, Breeding, Rearing And Diseases
1861.
1st Edn,.
John Van Voorst.
260 pages, original cloth, vg. Details the various breeds "A considerable portion of the work is devoted to directions from breaking and training every type of breed of dog used in shooting and hunting".
[11637] |
£65.00 |
|
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MEYRICK Samuel Rush |
A Critical Inquiry Into Ancient Armour As It Existed In Europe But Particularly In England From The Norman Conquest To The Reign Of King Charles II
1842.
Second edition corrected and enlarged..
Henry G Bohn.
lxv, 179, 247, 125 pages, (138pp) glossary, bound with 1/2 titles and title page to each volume 3 Vols, folio, with all edge's gilt. Frontis and 80 etched aquatint plates by Bridges and Maddox, 71 finely hand coloured some heightened with gold and silver, 10 are uncoloured plates of armour and weapons. There are also 27 hand coloured chapter initials also heightened with gold, plate 22 has a small smudge mark to the colouring. Bound in contemporary ? red Morrocco spine in compartments with armorial motifs, some rubbing to the spines, wth later cloth slipcases. The first edition published by Robert Jennings, appeared in 1824 This second and best edition of 1842 the colouring is more brilliant and stronger than that found in the 1st and has been corrected and enlarged the frontis of showing a joust did not appear in the 1st. One of the best colour plate books on Armour. And an important guide to ancient armour Meyrick who was a historian and collector of arms and armour, and he constructed Goodrich Court specifically to display his collection of arms and armour.
[23468] |
£1350.00 |
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MICHAELIS H.Von |
Birds of the Gauntlet
1952.
1st Edn,.
Hutchinson.
223 pages, 4to. illus with paintings and drawings by the author, vg in dj, dj has small chips and closed tears.
[21594] |
£25.00 |
|
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MICHELL E.B. |
The Art And Practice Of Hawking
1976.
facsimile reprint.
Holland Press.
xii - 291 10 full page plates, a fine facsimile reprint of the first edition published in 1900. A fine copy with all page edges gilt bound in full dark green morroco. Two ruled frames with decorative corner pieces to the front and rear covers. The spine in 6 compartments with gilt title and centre tooling.
[21947] |
£80.00 |
|
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MIDDLETON RICHARD |
The Practical Guide To Man-Powered Buullets, Catapults, Crossbows, Blowguns, Bullet-Bows and Airguns
2005.
Stackpole Books.
Mechanicsburg, USA.
xii 212 pages, large 8vo., illus throughout with line drawings , diagrams etc. A fine copy in dj. A practical book on the methods to shoot bullets without the aid of explosion.
[20880] |
£25.00 |
|
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Midland Gun Company |
Catalogue of Sporting Guns etc Rifles Revolvers Implements
1924.
list no 2 40th Edition.
Midland Gun Company.
Birmingham.
40 pages, 4to, well-illustrated catalogue from shotguns to air rifles and shooting requisites, Printed card covers with colour insert of charging elephant and hunters to upper flap. Some light rubbing to edges and dust soiling. A comprehensive catalogue of big game rifles, shotguns, air rifles, equipment etc.
[23913] |
£50.00 |
|
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Midland Gun Company |
Catalogue of Sporting Guns etc Rifles Revolvers Implements
1935.
list no 2 62nd Edition.
Midland Gun Company.
Birmingham.
64 pages, 4to, well-illustrated catalogue from shotguns to air rifles and shooting requisites, Printed card covers with colour insert of charging elephant and hunters to upper flap. Some light rubbing to edges and dust soiling. A comprehensive catalogue of big game rifles, shotguns, air rifles, equipment etc. Also included is a loose 4 page folding November Price printed paper illustrated list advertising a shotgun, various air guns and pistols pellets etc and safety pistols, some chipping to the blank edges.
[23914] |
£60.00 |
|
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MIDLAND GUN COMPANY |
Catalogue of Sporting Guns etc Rifles Revolvers Implements
1937.
list no 2 66th Edn,.
Midland Gun Company.
Birmingham.
64 pages, 4to, well-illustrated catalogue from shotguns to air rifles and shooting requisites, Printed card covers with colour insert of charging elephant and hunters to upper flap. Some light rubbing to edges and dust soiling. A comprehensive catalogue of big game rifles, shotguns, air rifles, equipment etc.
[23915] |
£50.00 |
|
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MILES Tony |
BIG FISH FROM SMALL STREAMS
2013.
1st Edn,.
Little Egret Press.
St Germans, Cornwall.
250 pages all edges gilt, ONE OF 18 COPIES BOUND IN FULL LEATHER "THE AUTHORS COPY" ON LIMITATION PAGE AND SIGNED BY TOM O REILY. Bookplate tipped onto front end paper signed by Tony Miles and Tom O Reily. The book Illustrated in colour from photographs and drawing by Tom O Reiley. A fine copy in Slipcase of a well-produced book, the binding in brown morroco with gilt title and fish vignette to the upper cover., This is a book about Tony's lifetime love affair with chasing big fish from intimate little rivers and streams".
[23907] |
£240.00 |
|
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MILES Tony |
THE CARP YEARS
2006.
1st Edn,.
Little Egret Press.
St Germans, Cornwall.
119 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to upper board, spine untitled. Edition limited to 800 copies, signed & numbered by illustrator Tom O'Reilly. As new in DJ. Tony Miles account of his carp fishing career from his first ever carp of 1967.
[22638] |
£25.00 |
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Miles Tony |
ELITE BARBEL
2004.
1st.
Little Egret Press.
St. Germans, Cornwall.
143 (1) pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs by Tom O'Reilly. LIMITED EDITION of 65 copies this being number 6 signed by Tony Miles and Tom O'Reilly, bound in full dark blue leather with gilt title and fish vignette to the upper cover all edges gilt. In slipcase, a fine copy. The story of Tony Miles' hunt for the huge barbel of the Great Ouse.
[23641] |
£180.00 |
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MILES Tony |
Silver Season Golden Memories
1987.
1st Edn,.
Ironbridge Publications.
Telford.
223 pages, b/w and colour illus from photographs, fine in dj. The author's first book.
[18595] |
£90.00 |
|
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MILES Tony |
Silver Season Golden Memories
1987.
1st Edn,.
Ironbridge Publications.
Telford.
223 pages, b/w and colour illus from photographs, fine in dj. The author's first book.
[15082] |
£90.00 |
|
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MILES Tony |
Silver Season Golden Memories
2010.
new.
Little egret Press.
St Germans Cornwall.
161 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings by Tom O'Reilly. LIMITED EDITION of 25 copies this being number 8 signed by Tony Miles and Tom O'Reilly, bound in full tan leather with gilt title and fish vignette to the upper cover all edges gilt. In slipcase, as new.
[23640] |
£135.00 |
|
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MILES Tony, WEST Trefor |
Quest For Barbel
1991.
1st Edn,.
Crowood Press.
Swindon.
190 pages, lge 8vo, illus, fine in dj
[15035] |
£20.00 |
|
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MILES Tony, WEST Trefor |
Quest For Barbel
1991.
1st Edn,.
Crowood Press.
Swindon.
190 pages, lge 8vo, illus, fine in dj
[15342] |
£38.00 |
|
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MILFORD John |
Norway And Her Laplanders, In 1841 With A Few Hints To The Salmon Fisher
1842.
1st Edn,.
John Murray.
XV 318 pages, 16pp adverts, publishers blind stamped cloth, some discolouration to the cloth, a vg copy of a scarce title. Milford who has travelled extensively in Southern Europe. He decided to take an excursion into Norway and then "in the expectation of finding a perfect contrast. I sought the mountains and the cataract, the river and the fiord, nor did I omit to take with me my fishing tackle hoping to find in the gentle pursuit of honest Izaac Walton". He also mentions shooting expeditions etc. WS 151.
[16042] |
£400.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
British Deer and Their Horns
1897.
1st Edn,.
Henry Sotheran and Co.
xviii 224 pages, large folio, TEG, 185 text and full page illus mostly by the author, 8 by Sidney Steel, 2 by E.Roe, 10 electro engraved and coloured frontis by the author and Sidney Steel, and a series of unpublished sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, bookplate to front paste down with 2 old bookseller catalogue slips to lower edges, also early engraving of a dead red deer pasted to lower blank margin dedication page, some spotting to the margins of the elctro plates o/w contents clean and free of foxing. Original publishers pictorial cloth binding with deer head design to upper board and spine in black. The cloth evenly darkened on spine and less so along top edge of the front cover, the cloth usually found unevenly darkened, one of the classic Victorian stalking titles.
[21558] |
£260.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
British Deer and Their Horns
1897.
1st Edn,.
Henry Sotheran and Co.
xviii 224 pages, large folio, TEG, special edition LIMITED TO 100 NUMBEREDCOPIES , this being No 40 SIGNEND by John Guille Millais with 3 colour plates, only 1 appeared in the trade edition, the electro etchings are on India paper. 185 text and full page illus mostly by the author, 8 by Sidney Steel, 2 by E. Roe, 10 electro engraved and coloured frontis by the author and Sidney Steel, and a series of unpublished sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, some foxing to the electro etchings mostly to the blank margin of some plates and tissue guards, also to the blank margin of the frontis. Armorial bookplate of Collingwood Lindsay Wood to front paste down and armorial plate Lunsden to front end paper. Publisher, ? tan morroco over cloth with decorative deer head vignette in black to upper board, gilt title and deer head to spine, the cloth darkened as usual, Overall, a vg copy of the limited edition of a classic deer stalking title. Schwerdt vol 2 -27pp ?700
[23860] |
£700.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
British Deer and Their Horns
1897.
1st Edn,.
Henry Sotheran and Co.
xviii 224 pages, large folio, TEG, 185 text and full page illus mostly by the author, 8 by Sidney Steel, 2 by E.Roe, 10 electro engraved and coloured frontis by the author and Sidney Steel, and a series of unpublished sketches by Sir Edwin Landseer, bookplate to front paste down. Some spotting to the blank margins of the elctro plates o/w contents clean and free of foxing. Recased in the publishers' pictorial cloth binding with deer head design to upper board and spine in black. The cloth evenly darkened on spine and boards; the cloth usually found unevenly darkened which this copy is not one of the classic Victorian stalking titles.
[23263] |
£280.00 |
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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.
[22786] |
£685.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
Far Away Up The Nile
1924.
1st Edn,.
Longman Green and Co.
x 254 pages, small 4to, frontis + 49 plates by the author and H.R.Millais and from photographs, 1 plate slight creasing in places to very outer margin to edge, original brick red cloth, light rubbing to head of spine. Millais hunting along the Nile valley for buffalo, hartebeest, roan eland etc. Czech 197
[21665] |
£65.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
Far Away Up The Nile
1924.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
x 254 pages, small 4to, illustrations from drawings by the author and H.R. Millais and from photographs. Some spotting to the prelims, publishers dark red. Millais hunting along the Nile valley for buffalo, hartebeest, roan eland etc. Czech 197
[23812] |
£60.00 |
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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
[23859] |
£650.00 |
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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
[22247] |
£580.00 |
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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
[22070] |
£620.00 |
|
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MILLAIS J.G. |
Newfoundland and Its Untrodden Way
1907.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
XVI 340 pages, TEG, 4to., illus by the author and from photographs, light spotting to front closed page edges, a vg+ copy in later not recent 1/2 dark blue morroco binding by Hatchards, gilt ruling to corners and spine edges. Spine with 6 panels, gilt tooling to the raised band spine panels with inner double frame. An attractive copy, armorial bookplate of S.C.Lister, Swinton Park. Millais relates his experiences hunting caribou, various species of deer, national history etc. He notes "In no country have I experienced such enjoyable hunting as in Newfoundland"
[2533] |
£285.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
Wanderings And Memoirs
1919.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
XII 298 pages, advert leaf, illus from drawings and photographs by the author, publishers cloth, gilt title on spine dull as often found.
[4862] |
£60.00 |
|
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MILLAIS J.G. |
Wanderings And Memoirs
1919.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
XII 298 pages, advert leaf, illus from drawings and photographs by the author, contents clean and tight, original covers evenly faded. Includes a chapter on Arthur Neumann, Pioneer and Elephant Hunter and A Hunting Trip To British East Africa in 1913. Czech 197.
[18119] |
£50.00 |
|
 |
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
[22942] |
£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
[21960] |
£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
[14884] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
MILLER Roger |
The Complete Barbel Angler
1996.
1st Edn,.
Crowood Press.
Marlborough.
190 pages, 4to., black and white, and colour illus, fine in dj.
[22164] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
MILLER Warren H. |
The American Hunting Dog, Modern Strains Of Bird Dogs And Hounds And Their Training
1919.
1st Edn,.
George H Doran Company.
New York.
X 252 pages, illus, title page foxed, green cloth, titles in black.
[14107] |
£28.00 |
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 |
MILLINGEN J.G. |
The History Of Duelling Including Narratives Of The Most Remarkable Personal Encounters That Have Taken Place From The Earliest Period To The Present Day
1841.
1st Edn.
Richard Bentley.
2 Vols, xii 399, xii 428 pages Top edges gilt ownership bookplate to front pastedowns, a very clean set finely bound in a half tan calf with contrasting labels with gilt decorations to spine compartments by Bayntun Binders of Bath, a fine set. Covers the rise of duelling in Europe and the United States. Duelling in Great Britain and Ireland listing Individual duels during the reign of George III, Duelling in various countries from the accession of George IV in 1820 to the year 1841. ?485
[23550] |
£485.00 |
|
 |
MILLS Desmond, BARNES Mike |
Amateur Gunsmithing
1986.
rep Edn,.
The Boydell Press..
Woodbridge, Suffolk..
211 pages, Illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs and line drawings. A fine copy in DJ. The complete stripping and reassembly of both sidelock and boxlock shotguns
[23361] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
MILLS Fred P L |
Colts Double Rifles
1953.
privatly printed.
51 pages, full page illus from photographs, signed on the title page by Fred Mills, pictorial printed cream card covers, vg. An in-depth view on the double rifle produced by Colt.
[21662] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
Milner (Jos M.), Alexander (Jim S.) & Griffin (A.M.). |
A HIGHLAND DEER HERD AND ITS HABITAT
2002.
1st.
Red Lion House.
268 pages, Illustrated with colour photographs paintings, graphs, tables & maps. Publishers' blue cloth, upper board and spine titled in black. A fine copy in DJ. An important and remarkable study of the deer herd on the Letterewe estate, owned by Paul van Vlissingen who sponsored and privately published this book. Chapters include: The size of the red deer herd; Deer impact on the habitat; Condition of the red deer herd; Management options and their consequences; Deer in the Highlands
[23273] |
£70.00 |
|
 |
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
Infantry Training Vol 1 Infantry Platoon Weapons Pamphlet No 6A The General Purpose Machine Gun (light Role) (all Arms)
1966.
92 pages, illus in b/w from photographs and drawings including 2 folding plates, printed card covers with punch holes to spine edge, vg.
[21712] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
MITCHELL HEDGES F.A. |
Battles With Giant Fish
1925.
reprint Edn,.
Duckworth and Co.
307 pages, illus from photographs, some foxing as often found, blue cloth blind stamped title to upper board, rubbing to edge, vg-. Big game angling.
[16011] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
MITCHELL HEDGES F.A. |
Battling with Sea Monsters
nd circa 1933.
1st Edn,.
Duckworth.
VIII 319 pages, b/w illus throughout from photographs, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front paste down, (Reece has a world record in the late 1980's for a 6 gilled shark), some occasional spotting especially to closed page edges, blue cloth, a vg copy in worn dj. dj has loss to head of spine, some chipping to edges, a difficult title to find more so in dj.
[17016] |
£220.00 |
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 |
MITCHELL HENRY L. |
Tunny Fishing At Home And Abroad
1934.
1st Edn,.
Rich and Cowan Ltd.
137 pages, frontis + 52 other illus from photographs, light discolouration to cover, o/w vg. A difficult title to find. Mitchell Henry held the record of 851lbs for a rod caught tuna in British waters.
[16940] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
Mitchell, Ph.D., Robert M.; Frisina, Ph.D., Michael R. |
From the Himalayas to the Rockies: Retracing the Great Arc of Wild Sheep
2007.
1st Edn.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA.
xvii ? 230 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings + colour maps. A fine copy in DJ. A finely illustrated book with detailed maps. A systematic approach to classifying the wild sheep of the new and old the old worlds. Also included are a selection of hunting stories.
[23487] |
£50.00 |
|
 |
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.
[23725] |
£38.00 |
|
|
MOHAN Peter |
Carp For Everyone
1972.
1st Edn,.
David Charles.
Newton Abbot.
144 pages, full page and text illus, vg+ in dj, dj has slight rubbing to very top edge of spine. A modern classic
[13464] |
£55.00 |
|
 |
MOHAN Peter |
Cypry The Story of a Carp
1973.
1st Edn,.
Pelham Books.
136 pages, text illus, map end papers of Cartench Lake, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to 1/2 title blank, Reece held a world record in the late 80's for a 6 gilled shark, vg in unclipped dj, light marking to rear flap, no splits or tears.
[16911] |
£100.00 |
|
 |
MOHAN Peter, MADDOCKS Kevin |
The Fourth British Carp Study Group Book
..
BCSG Publication.
Castle Carey.
182 pages, 4to., b/w and colour illus from photographs + drawings, pictorial laminated cover.
[16335] |
£20.00 |
|
 |
MOHAN Peter, MADDOCKS Kevin |
The Fourth British Carp Study Group Book
..
BCSG Publication.
Castle Carey.
182 pages, 4to., b/w and colour illus from photographs + drawings, pictorial laminated cover, a fine copy
[23833] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
MOHAN Peter, STARKEY M., WEALE R. |
The Second British Carp Study Group Book
1975.
1st Edn,.
BSCG Publications.
83 pages, 4to., b/w illus from photographs and drawings, pictorial covers, vg+.
[16337] |
£150.00 |
|
 |
MOIR F.L.M. |
After Livingstone An African Trade Romance
nd 1923.
1st Edn,.
XX 200 pages, illus from photographs, map on rear EP, some foxing to contents, original blue cloth, title in black on spine. Moir and his brother set out to open up a trade route between the East coats and the district round the Great Lakes of Nyaja and Tanganyika and includes some hunting, chapters on my first elephant, a big boy, taming young elephants, small game etc. the Moir brothers were also responsible for the abolition of the slave trade in those parts. Not in Czech
[13155] |
£60.00 |
|
 |
MONKHOUSE, W Cosmo |
The Works of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. Illustrated By Forty-four Steel Engravings and About Two Hundred Woodcuts from Sketches in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen and Other Sources, with a History of His art-Life By W. Cosmo Monkhouse
no date circa 1880.
1st Edn.
Virtue & Co.
x(ii) ? 168 pages, large 4to 43 full-page steel engravings, titlepage vignette, 10 plates of Landseer's early work and many other illustrations in the text. Bound in a full contemporary dark green morroco all edges gilt. Spine in six compartments' ornately decorated with central device within corner pieces and doble ruled frames. The boards with triple ruled border and corner pieces, gilt monogram to centre of the upper board "MC". The contents clean with light spotting to the blank end papers, the binding shows some light rubbing to corners a very good + copy of a title rarely found in this condition. Although not a stalking book Landseer was particularly associated with Scotland, and the Highlands particular, which provided the subjects (both human and animal) for many of his important paintings including many of a stalking or deer theme including The Monarch of the Glen.
[22261] |
£300.00 |
|
 |
MOORE C.Kenneth |
Colt Revolvers And The US Navy 1865-1889
1987.
1st Edn,.
Dorrance & Company Inc.
Bryn Mawr, USA.
ix 140 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs, diagrams etc, fine in dj.
[21275] |
£100.00 |
|
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MOORE Sir Jonas [Translator] |
A General Treatise Of Artillery Or Great Ordanance Writ In Italian by Tomaso Moretti of Brescia, translated into English with notes thereupon, and some additions out of French for sea gunners by Sir Jonas Moore. With an appendix of Artificial Fire-works for War and Delight by Sir Abraham Dager
1683.
1st Edn,.
A.G. and F.P. for Obadian Blagrave.
124 + (4) pages, without 1/2 title, woodcut frontis plate, 7 folding plates + table plates + 4 pages on A Defination Of Gunsmithing showing figures with explanation, the plates show various figures depicting ammunition, carriages, the guns, loads, angles, barrells etc. bookplate of D.G.Mackenzie to front paste down, slip pasted to rear paste down noting the book was re-backed, re-labelled, fly leaves repaired by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in 1954. The treatise is divided into five parts: 1 Of Things General To All Artillery; 2 Of Forming the Bore Or Choke; 3 Of Carriages; 4 Of The Charge Of Powder And Shot; 5 Of Shooting In Great Artillery, a vg clean tight copy. Riling 181.
[18377] |
£1100.00 |
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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
[22364] |
£200.00 |
|
 |
Morgan, Paul, compiler |
THE PIKE ANGLER'S LIBRARY; a guide to British pike fishing books.
1998.
1st.
Coch-y-Bonddu Books,.
Machynlleth.
64 pages, Limited to 100 signed and numbered copies this being 31. Bound in the publisher's green cloth gilt titl to the upper cover a fine copy. An annotated checklist and price guide, listing of over 100 British pike angling books. Contains introductions by Paul Morgan, Alan Broderick and Fred Buller. Following the annotated checklist of 122 books is a priced and annotated list of 200 in-print and out-of-print books on pike.
[23588] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
MORIN Marco, HELD Robert |
Beretta The Worlds Oldest Industrial Dynasty
1980.
1st Edn,.
Acquafresca Editrice.
Switzerland.
283 pages, 4to, illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings etc., text in English and Italian, fine in dj, dj has small chip to lower part of spine.
[18352] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
MOSELY Martin E. |
The British Caddis Flies (Trichptera) A Collector's Handbook
1939.
1st Edn,.
George Routledge and Son Ltd.
XIII 320 pages, large 8vo., frontis + 3 full page plates + text illus, a vg+ in dj, no tears or splits to dj.
[18072] |
£55.00 |
|
 |
MOSELY Martin E. |
The British Caddis Flies (Trichptera) A Collector's Handbook
1939.
1st Edn,.
George Routledge and Son Ltd.
xiii 320 pages, large 8vo., frontis + 3 full page plates + text illus, presentation inscription to FEP thanking George G Yates for proof reading signed by Martin Mosely 14/3/1939/, vg.
[21091] |
£60.00 |
|
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MOSELY Martin E. |
The Dry Fly Fisherman's Entomology Being A Supplement To Frederic M. Halford's The Dry Fly Mans Handbook
1921.
1st Edn,.
George Routledge and Sons Ltd.
xx 109 pages, illus including 16 hand coloured plates on flies and text illus, blank pages for notes, a vg+ copy in the original green rexine wallet binding.
[5193] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
MOSELY Martin E. |
The Dry Fly Fishers Entomology Being A Supplement To Frederic M. Halford's The Dry Fly Mans Handbook
1921.
1st Edn,.
George Routledge and Sons Ltd.
xx 109 pages, + blank pages for notes illus including 16 hand-coloured plates of flies with descriptive tissue guards, and text illus a vg copy in the original green rexine wallet binding with gilt title to the upper cover.
[22281] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
MOTTRAM J.C. |
Fly Fishing Some New Arts And Mysteries
1913.
1sr Edn,.
The Field Press.
xxii 272 pages, adverts to end papers, b/w illus of flies, text diagrams, bookplate of Lionel Cresell Burley Wharfdale to FEP, small 4 x 1cm fade mark to top front outer corner, o/w vg- in publishers blue cloth, title to upper cover, some darkening to the cloth, includes a chapter on fly fishing in New Zealand, a new outlook on fly fishing.
[19671] |
£35.00 |
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 |
MOTTRAM J.C. |
Fly Fishing Some New Arts And Mysteries
1913.
1sr Edn,.
The Field Press.
xxii 272 pages, b/w illus of flies, text diagrams, vg in publishers blue cloth, title to upper cover, some darkening to the cloth, includes a chapter on fly fishing in New Zealand, a new outlook on fly fishing.
[19403] |
£40.00 |
|
 |
MOTTRAM J.C. |
Fly Fishing Some New Arts And Mysteries
1994.
rewprint 1915.
Fly Fishers Classic Library.
Newton Abbot.
xxii 272 pages, colour frontis + text drawings and diagrams, 1/4 faux leather binding, a fine copy in slipcase limited to 950 copies. With a new introduction by David Burnett.
[23646] |
£26.00 |
|
 |
MOUILLESSEAUX Harold R. |
Ethan Allen, Gunmaker His Partners, Patents & Firearms
1973.
1st Edn,.
Museum Restoration.
Ottawa, Canada.
xiv 170 pages, 4to., illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs. Single ownership stamp to front end papers and title page for Herbie Woodend, vg in dj. . Herbie Woodend MBE was custodian of the Pattern Room Museum
[23328] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
MOULE Thomas |
Heraldry Of Fish Notices Of The Principle Families Bearing Fish In Their Arms
1842.
John Van Voorst.
XV 250 pages, illus with 205 engraved text illus, vg. Various fish are covered with history, distribution etc.
[12720] |
£95.00 |
|
 |
MOULE Thomas |
Heraldry Of Fish Notices Of The Principle Families Bearing Fish In Their Arms
1842.
Von Vorst.
XV 250 pages, illus with 205 engraved text illus, newspaper cutting to inner blank end paper some offsetting, vg. Various fish are covered with history, distribution etc.
[9833] |
£55.00 |
|
 |
Mowbray, Stuart C. and Heroux, Jennifer |
Civil War Arms Makers and Their Contracts A Facsimile Reprint of the Report by the Commission on Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 1862
1989.
reprint.
Andrew Mowbray Publishers.
Lincoln U.S.A.
(6) -595 ? (4) pages, Illustration of two of the factories. Publishers' pictorial laminated binding, a fine copy.
[22810] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
MOYSE BARTLETT Lieut Col H |
The Kings African Rifles A Study Of Military History Of Easy And Central Africa 1890-1945
1956.
1st Edn.
Gale of Polden.
Aldershot.
xiv 727 pages, b/w illustrations from photographs, 11 folding maps, text maps etc., publisher's black cloth, gilt regiment crest to upper board, cloth clean and bright, a vg+ copy in likewise dj. Although a regimental history the book is an insight to the area of Uganda, Kenya, Somaliland during a formative period.
[22951] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
Muckel, Gary B |
Early Shotgun Concentrators and Spreaders: The first one hundred years of invention to control the flight of Shot
nd Circa 1990.
the author?.
USA.
Unpaginated ,60 +pages 4to illustrated from colour photographs, line drawings, old adverts, many of the pages are copies of earlier works. Pictorial printed card a fine copy .
[23042] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
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
[19856] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
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
[18427] |
£100.00 |
|
 |
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.
[19767] |
£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.
[22966] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
Mullin, Timothy J. and Stevens, R. Blake |
American Beauty - The Pre-War Colt National Match Government Model Pistol
1999.
1st Edn.
Collectors Grade Publications.
Coburg, Ontario.
59 pages, 4to 69 illustrations with 20 in full colour and b/w from photographs line drawings old adverts pictorial end papers etc. Bound in the publisher's blue faux leather binding, a fine copy in DJ. Includes a survey of the Colt National Match with serial number chart noting the finish, grips, sights, with observations for each.
[23998] |
£225.00 |
|
 |
MUNITION DESIGN COMMITTEE |
Munitions Design Commitee, Small Arms Section December 1915 to August 1917
.
4to., unpaginated 200+ pages, 228 minutes recorded, some just a paragraph others several pages with a 4 page index and 6 page manuscript additions. A variety of weapons are designed and covered including Lewis machine Guns, ammunition, sights mountings, rifles, bayonets, Vickers guns etc., (A digital photograph of the index can be sent on request). The whole is bound in the original cloth binding, paper title label to upper cover, head and tail of spine worn and rubbing to corners. The name Colonel G.H.SD. Brown written on top margin of many of the reports and occasional notes and numbers written to margins. Colonel Browne was chairman of many of the meetings. A rare and important research item of the weapons of WWI
[19873] |
£480.00 |
|
 |
MUNSON H.Lee |
The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753 - 1923
1992.
Andrew Mowbray.
Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA.
ix 313 pages, illus from photographs, 4to, bound in black cloth, title in silver with vignette of a sportsman in silver to upper board, fine in dj. Includes a biographical sketch of Henry Mortimer, marking on the guns, fakes and forgeries, trade labels, bill heads and of course the gun.
[21790] |
£180.00 |
|
 |
MUNSON H.Lee |
The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753 - 1923
1992.
Andrew Mowbray.
Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA.
ix 313 pages, illus from photographs, 4to, bound in black cloth, title in silver with vignette of a sportsman in silver to upper board, bookplate to the front paste down, fine in dj. Includes a biographical sketch of Henry Mortimer, marking on the guns, fakes and forgeries, trade labels, bill heads and of course the gun.
[24060] |
£170.00 |
|
 |
MURDOCH W. |
More Light On The Salmon Fresh Facts What A Dee Salmon Sees, Hears, And Does On Its Journey From The Grey North Sea To The Mountain Pool In The Cairngorms
nd 1921.
1st Edn,.
The Fishing News.
Aberdeen.
50 pages, adverts, text and full page illus from photographs, pictorial card covers with silver salmon leaping, a vg+ copy of a scarce title.
[19329] |
£120.00 |
|
 |
Murray, Douglas |
The 336 A collector's reference on the Model 336 Marlin
1983.
1at.
the author.
Westbury Long Island.
4to illustrated in b/w from photographs old adverts etc. Publishers pictorial card covers VG.
[23318] |
£60.00 |
|
 |
Murray Douglas. P |
The Ninety-Nine: A History of the Savage Model 99 Rifle
1985.
revised 3rd.
Douglas P Murray.
Westbury Long Island, U.S.A.
Illustrated in b/w from photographs, line drawings old adverts etc. Publishers pictorial printed card covers a fine copy.
[23601] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
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 |
|
 |
Murray T. W. & Co Ltd |
Gun Makers And Cartridge Specialist
1934.
T.W.Murray & Co Ltd.
Cork.
Folding promotional list for the 1934-35 season 6.25 inches x 4 inches, when unfolded 23.5 inches, printed on both sides. Showing the company's cartridges and gund also other makes, shooting equipment etc., illustrated with prices, a vg example.
[23082] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
MURTHA Gary |
The Samurai Sword, An American Perspective
1980.
1st Edn.
H.S.M. Publications.
USA.
4to, 126 pages, illus in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings. the original errata slip taped to front paste down with ownership name and details inked out on front paste down. Publishers red pebbled cloth binding in dj, dj lightly rubbed on edges and corners, head of spine chipped, well illus. The book includes index of artists and schools, characters in sword signatures, care cleaning etc.
[21736] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
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.
[5022] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
MUSGRAVE Daniel D., OLIVER Smith Hempstone |
German Machine Guns
1971.
1st Edn,.
Mor Associates.
Washington, USA.
457 pages, 4to., illus from photographs and drawings, bookplate to front paste down, vg in dj, dj has plastic laminted cover.
[19309] |
£30.00 |
|
 |
MUSKETRY INSTRUCTIONS |
Extracts From Regulations For Conducting Musketry Instructions Of The Army
1972.
abridged facsimile rep of the 1859 Edn,.
Parker Hale Ltd.
Birmingham.
42 pages, illustrated with line drawings. Publishers decorative red hard covers titled"Instruction Enfield Rifles Of Musketry" vg. Includes a new introduction andAn Historical Survey of Enfield Muzzle Loading Rifles by Dr C.H. Roads.
[22724] |
£22.00 |
|
 |
Musselwhite, Arthur |
Behind the Lens in Tigerland
1933.
1st Edn.
Thacker, Spink & Co,.
Calcutta, India.
Small 4to illustrated throughout in b/w of photographs. Publishers slate blue cloth with tiger head vignette to upper board and title to spine in black. A collection of photos taken over 15 years of studies of big game and life. Include scenes from hunting with accompanying text.
[22082] |
£70.00 |
|
 |
Musson, Jeremy; Allen, Terry photographer |
In Pursuit of the Best Gun: Westley Richards 1812-2012. A Bicentennial History
2012.
1st Edn.
Westley Richards Co.
Birmingham.
335 pages, Large 4to illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photographs by Terry Allen also old photographs documents etc, pictorial end papers. Limited to 200 numbered and signed copies, finely bound ? white cloth over green cloth paper title label to the upper cover. In purpose made white cloth covered drop over box, the title in black to upper cover, a fine copy. A finely produced book, covering the history, the guns, and their production the people. One of the great English gun making companies. which has been based in Birmingham since it was founded and has played an important role in the development of the shotgun and the sporting and military rifle.
[23706] |
£235.00 |
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NALL G.H. |
The Life Of The Sea Trout Especially In Scottish Waters, With Chapters On The Reading And Measuring Of Scales
1930.
1st Edn,.
Seeley Service & Co Ltd.
335 pages, illus, stamp on closed page edges "File copy not to be taken away", the book came form the publishers, vg+ in dj.
[2740] |
£35.00 |
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NALL Sir G.Herbert |
The Life Of The Sea Trout Especially In Scottish Waters, With Chapters On The Reading And Measuring Of Scales
1930.
1st Edn,.
Seeley Service and Co Ltd.
335 pages, illus, vg in dj, head and tail of spine chipped.
[14766] |
£35.00 |
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National Federation of Anglers |
38th National Angling Championship River Nene Peterborough
1953.
1st.
40pp including adverts, Pictorial printed covers, staple bound some rusting to the staples causing 1 double page to become loose. List the angling clubs and names of the competitors 12 to each club.
[24038] |
£30.00 |
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National Federation of Anglers |
48th National Angling Championship Gloucester & Berkeley Canal
1963.
1st.
35pp including adverts, double page map of the Berkeley Canal. Pictorial printed card covers. List the angling clubs and names of the competitors 12 to each club.
[24037] |
£30.00 |
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National Federation of Anglers |
49th National Angling Championship River Severn Wocester
1964.
1st.
48pp including adverts, double page map of the River Witham. Pictorial printed. List the angling clubs and names of the competitors 12 to each club
[24036] |
£30.00 |
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National Federation of Anglers |
51st National Angling Championship River Witham Bardney to Langrick
1970.
1st.
48pp including adverts, double page map of the River Witham. Pictorial printed card covers. List the angling clubs and names of the competitors 12 to each club. Loose folding page Sweepstake Scheme.
[24039] |
£30.00 |
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National Federation of Anglers |
55th National Angling Championship The Middle Level Drain, Pophams Eau and Sixteen Foot Drain
1970.
1st edn.
Unpaginated circa 36pp including adverts, double page map of the Middle Level Drain. Pictorial printed card covers, slight crease mark to the centre where folded. List the angling clubs and names of the competitors 12 to each club. Two loose related folding pages.
[24040] |
£30.00 |
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NEAL Keith W. |
Spanish Guns And Pistols
1955.
1st Edn,.
G. Bell and Sons.
x 102 pages, 100 illus, bookplate to front paste down, end papers browned, vg in dj, dj chipped at head opf spine, light rubbing to edges. Includes a list of gunmakers and their marks, from their origin until the present day.
[21873] |
£25.00 |
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NEAL Keith W. |
Spanish Guns And Pistols
1955.
1st Edn,.
G. Bell and Sons.
x 102 pages, 100 illustrations from photographs armourers marks, bookplate to front paste down, the end papers browned from DJ offset , vg in dj,. Includes a list of gunmakers and their marks, from their origin until the present day. And a historical account of the gunmakers of Madrid from their origin until the present day by Isidro Soler.
[22752] |
£30.00 |
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NEAL Robert J., JINKS Roy G. |
Smith And Wesoon 1857-1945
1966.
1st Edn,.
A S Barnes and Co.
South Brunswick, USA.
360 pages, 4to., illustrated from photographs and drawings, a vg copy in dj.
[14486] |
£30.00 |
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NEAL Robert J., JINKS Roy G. |
Smith And Wesoon 1857-1945
1975.
Second Revised.
A S Barnes and Co Thomas Yoseloff Ltd.
New York - London.
434 pages, 4to, nearly 400 photographs & drawings etc, rep of the revised edition with new material. VG in dj dj chipped at head of the spine now in a clear removable sleeve.
[24045] |
£35.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
British Gunmakers Messrs Griffin & Tow And W. Bailes 1740-1790
1989.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
183 pages, 4to., Illustrated with colour plates, and b/w photographs throughout. Publishers cloth gilt vignette to upper as new in DJ and the publisher postal box. Chapters include: Introduction; Family trees of Griffin and Tow; Sources of information etc with detailed photos of the guns.
[18966] |
£55.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases And Equipment 1760 - 1860
1980.
1st Edn,.
The Compton Press, Warminster.
166 pages, Large 8vo with Illustrations of the trade cards, gun cases, tools etc in b/w from photographs, ownership name to verso of the front-end paper. Very good copy in dust jacket. The authors having collected and photographed trade cards for over 40 years, moved inevitably towards a study of the development of the gun case and its equipment. An essential work of reference for the authentication and dating of firearms during the period.
[23592] |
£140.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases And Equipment 1760 - 1860
1980.
1st Edn,.
Compton Press,.
Warminster.
166 pages, Large 8vo with Illustrations of the trade cards, gun cases, tools etc in b/w from photographs. SIGNEND by W. Keith Neal and David Back on the title page AS very good copy in dust jacket. The authors, having collected and photographed trade cards for over 40 years, moved inevitably towards a study of the development of the gun case and its equipment. An essential work of reference for the authentication and dating of firearms during the period. A difficult title to find and more so SIGNEND by both authors.
[23771] |
£0.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740
1984.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
479 pages, limited edition of 750 numbered copies, this copy numbered 116.Sporting bookplate to front paste down of L. P Unsworth (author and gun collector), Large 4to., finely illustrated from photographs in colour and b/w, gilt gunlock vignette to upper board, a fine copy in DJ. A detailed book on the subject by 2 leading experts
[23558] |
£95.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740
1984.
1st Edn,.
Historical Firearms.
Norwich.
479 pages, limited edition of 750 numbered copies, this copy un numbered, large 4to., finely illus from photographs in colour and b/w, gilt gunlock vignette to upper board, a mint copy in dj. A detailed book on the subject by 2 leading experts
[19146] |
£70.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1740 - 1790, The History Of John Twigg And The Packington Guns
1975.
1st Edn,.
Sothebys.
196 pages, 4to. illustrated in colour and b/w, sporting bookplate to front paste down of L. P Unsworth (author and gun collector). Signed by KEITH NEAL on front end paper to Pat Unsworth, pencil note below by Unsworth noting when he purchased the book and visit to Keith Neal. Bound in the publisher's emerald, blue cloth with gilt gun lock vignette to the upper cover. DJ present and complete but old offset marking to top and lower edge from a DJ sleave (now removed) A vg copy with good provenance of a detailed work with excellent detailed photographs of the guns and some photographs of the original bills and accounts. With a comprehensive list of all known examples of the works of John Twigg.
[23553] |
£100.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1740 - 1790, The History Of John Twigg And The Packington Guns
1975.
1st Edn,.
Sothebys.
196 pages, 4to. illus with 12 colour and 545 mono chrome illus, a vg+ copy in similar dj, a detailed work on the family and the works of John Twigg and his guns.
[23666] |
£110.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, The History Of John Twigg and Packington Guns
1975.
1st Edn,.
Sothebys.
196 pages, 4to. illus with 12 colour and 545 mono chrome illus. vg in dj, the dj has small loss and chipping to head of spine and part of rear flap top edge. A vg copy of a detailed work on the family and the works of John Twigg and his guns.
[21944] |
£85.00 |
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NEAL W.Keith, BACK D.H.L. |
The Mantons Gunmakers And The Mantons Supplement
1967,1978.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins, Compton Press.
London And Tidsbury.
2 Vols, xv 300 + 279 pages, lge 8vo, well illus in colour and black and white, publishers blue cloth vg+ in price clipped dj. The supplement is a fine copy in likewise dj.
[21563] |
£150.00 |
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NELSON William |
Fishing In Eden, A Record Of Fifty Years With Rod And Line In The Valleys Of The Eden And Eamont; To Which Are Added Some Practical Notes On Flies And Tackle
1922.
1st Edn,.
Witherby.
208 pages, coloured frontis of flies + other full page plates, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to FEP, occasional light discolouration to green cloth, a title often found heavily foxed. Fishing in the upper Eden valley in Westmoreland
[16992] |
£80.00 |
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NELSON William |
The Laws Concerning Game of Hunting, Hawking, Fishing and Fowling, and of Forests, Chases, parks, Warrens, Deer, Dove-Cotes, Conies
1762.
6th Edn,.
E Richardson and C Lintot.
XVIII 255 pages, + 27pp index, XVIII appendix, original full calf, red label, rubbing to edge, cracking to front joint but tight. The 6th was the last edition to be published.
[13428] |
£140.00 |
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NEVILL Ralph |
Old English Sporting Books
1924.
1st Edn,.
XI 34 pages, TEG, large 4to., 107 plates many in colour, decorated EP's. A limited edition of 1500 copies, original orange cloth, gilt title and vignette to upper board, the cloth is clean and bright still retaining the original dust jacket, repair to head of spine of dj, o/w apart from a small tear, no other defects, rare to find in this condition.
[12982] |
£120.00 |
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NEWALL Captain J.T. |
Scottish Moors And Indian Jungles Scenes of Sport In The Lews And India
1889.
1st Edn,.
Hurst & Blackett.
ix - 320 pages, 12 full page plates, ownership inscription to the inner blank. Publishers' dark green cloth, rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and corners. The author, paralysed after a pig-sticking accident, recounts his tales of deer stalking, grouse shooting and fishing on the Scaliscro estate in the Isle of Lewis, mostly from an improvised sedan chair. His Indian sport - hog-hunting, tiger and bear shooting, pre-date his accident. Czech 148, Chute 469
[23719] |
£130.00 |
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NEWLAND Rev Henry |
The Erne Its Legend And Its Fly Fishing
1999.
new Edn,.
Fly Fishing Classic Library.
Ashburton.
xxxii 395 pages, adverts, coloured frontis and title page showing flies + 1 other colour plate of the river taken from a watercolour + full page and text b/w illus. This is number 24 of a special edition of 45 copies bound in full dark green morroco, all edges gilt with "Jack the giant killer" fly tied by Frankie McPhillips in sunken mount inside the front cover. The book is housed in a silk lined green cloth drop over box. A fine copy, this edition has a new introduction by Kevin McKenna.
[19245] |
£420.00 |
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NEWTON, Chris |
The Trout's Tale, The Fish That Conquered An Empire
2013.
1st.
Medlar Press.
Ellesmere.
218 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs, old prints, drawings. etc. Fine in DJ. The story of the Brown Trout and its introduction to many countries over the last 150 years.
[24019] |
£25.00 |
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NEWTON George William |
Rural sports, and how to enjoy them : with an appendix, comprising memoirs and characteristics of eminent sportsmen
1867.
1st Edn.
J H and Jas Parker.
vi,(ii) errata -90B ?(ii) pages. Pages uncut, 4to,10 plates 8 being mounted photographs within ornate borders. Faint part tide mark more noticeable to blank margin of a few plates. Bound in a later ? calf over green cloth covered boards. The contents in 5 parts part 1 is on Winged Game, part 2 Hunting, part 3 Fishing part 4 Vermin and Poachers, and part 5 Memories. A Derbyshire man's description of 30 years of sport. Only 3 holdings in UK libraries Chute 471
[22075] |
£240.00 |
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NEWTON Ian |
Population Ecology Of Raptors
1979.
1st Edn,.
Poyser,.
Berkhamstead.
399 pages, illustrated by Jim Gammie, fine in dj.
[21320] |
£20.00 |
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NEWTONENSIS |
Handbook Of Shooting
1868.
1st Edn,.
George Routledge And Son.
vi 61 pages, 4pp adverts and advert end papers, engraved frontis, original brown pebbled cloth, upper board showing shooting scene and title within decorative borders in red and black. Chute's copy is in printed paper boards. A very good copy in an attractive binding. A scarce title, copies held in British Library and the Royal Library of Scotland and Cambridge, they give no indication to binding or author etc., The author comments on breech loader versus muzzle loader. "The author was one of the first to recommend grouse driving" Chute 472
[23521] |
£250.00 |
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NIALL Ian |
A Fowler's World An Account Of Days On The Marsh And Estuary
1968.
1st Edn,.
Heineman.
163 pages, illus by C.F. Tunnicliffe, vg in dj
[16948] |
£20.00 |
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NIALL Ian |
A Fowler's World An Account Of Days On The Marsh And Estuary
1968.
1st Edn,.
Heineman.
163 pages, illus by C.F. Tunnicliffe, vg in dj
[20057] |
£20.00 |
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NICHOLAS Ken |
Pollack And Coalfish How To Catch Them
1960.
1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
95 pages, 12mo., text drawings, spotting to end papers and closed page edges, vg in price clipped dj, small crease to dj spine, strengthened to verso.
[16748] |
£40.00 |
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NICKSON Geoffrey |
A Portait Of Salmon Fishing
1976.
1st Edn,.
Rugby.
112 pages, illus, painting by Tim Havers, oblong 4to, limited to 1500, this being no. 4, the first 200 were signed by both the author and artist, and bound in full burgundy morroco, gilt leaping salmon vignette to upper board, contained in slip case, some light rubbing to edge. An anthology of salmon fishing recording their views and experiences accompanied with paintings of well known rivers in England, Scotland and Wales.
[19045] |
£85.00 |
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NIMROD [JAMES APPERLEY] |
The Life Of A Sportsman
1914.
reprint Edn,.
Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
XI 401 pages, large 8vo., 36 coloured illus by Henry Alken, later 1/2 dark red morroco, spine in 6 panels with gilt central decoration with decorative corner pieces. A vg clean copy. First published in 1842 a "half true half ficticous story". The sports vary from boxing, dog fighting, hunting, shooting, angling etc., Schwerdt Vol 1 p36.
[16528] |
£160.00 |
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NIVEN R. |
The British Angler's Lexicon
nd Circa 1892.
W.J.Cummins.
Bishop Auckland.
270 pages, advs, frontis illus of the grayling + 10th plate of the trout, text illus throughout many of tackle. A vg clean copy. Many of the adverts are for W.J.Cummins, scarce.
[9794] |
£95.00 |
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NOBBES Robert |
The Complete Troller, Or The Art Of Trolling With A Description Of All The Utensils, Instruments, Tackling and Materials Requisite There To, With Rules And Directions How To Use Them. As Also A Brief Account Of Most Of The Principle Rivers In England
1682.
1st Edn,.
T James for Theo Helder.
10 prelims + 1-78 + 2 pages, 12mo., 9x15cm., text engraving to page 37 & 38, pages closely trimmed occasionally touching running title, small single 4mm worm hole at very bottom margin of 8pp., some spotting and age browning, contemporary calf, double gilt ruled borders rubbing to edges. the true first is very scarce. there is a 1790's facsimile Nobbes commonly called "The Father Of Trollers" was not the first to write on the practice but was the earliest that discoursed at large, and in substantial shape, on it. W.S 156, Wing N1193, Heckscher 1445
[17037] |
£1200.00 |
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NOBBES Robert |
The Complete Troller, Or The Art Of Trolling With A Description Of All The Utensils, Instruments, Tackling and Materials Requisite There To, With Rules And Directions How To Use Them. As Also A Brief Account Of Most Of The Principle Rivers In England
1682.
Circa 1792 facsimile Edn,.
78+2 pages, 12mo., 2 woodcut illus to text, the illus face a different way to the 1st edition, neatly placed before title, a note dated 6/1/12 (1900) giving details of the book, recent tan calf spine matching the original boards, a vg copy. "Nobbs is commonly called the father of trollers" Westwood 156. The 1682 1st and the 1790 rep are particularly difficult to find.
[12614] |
£380.00 |
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