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POWELL COTTON P.H.G. |
A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, A Narrative Of Nine Months Journey From The Plains Of The Hawash To The Snows Of Simien, With A Description Of The Game, From Elephant to Ibex, And Notes On The Manners And Customs Of The Natives
1902.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
XXIII 531 pages, 12 pages adverts, full page and text illus, loose coloured folding map, bound in plain maroon cloth, vg+. The Powell Cotton Museum had a small amount of copies which they bound with the Rowland Ward end papers, the map being loose in the style of the original in the late 1950's, early 60's. An excellent narrative of sport and exploration in the Abyssinian Hinterland. Czech 133.
[4093] |
£340.00 |
|
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POWELL COTTON P.H.G. |
A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, A Narrative Of Nine Months Journey From The Plains Of The Hawash To The Snows Of Simien, With A Description Of The Game, From Elephant to Ibex, And Notes On The Manners And Customs Of The Natives
1902.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
xxiii 531 pages, 12 pages adverts, full page and text illus, loose coloured folding map, signed on the half title "with best wishes Christopher Powell Cotton". Christopher is the author's son, bound in plain maroon cloth, vg+. The Powell Cotton Museum had a small amount of copies which they bound with the Rowland Ward end papers, the map in this copy is a later facsimile. An excellent narrative of sport and exploration in the Abyssinian Hinterland. Czech 133.
[21456] |
£340.00 |
|
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POYER Joe |
US Winchester Trench and Riot Guns and other US Combat Shotguns
2002.
Second Edition, revised.
North Cape Publications.
Tustin USA.
vi ? 128 pages, illustrations from photographs drawings diagrams etc. Contents clean and tight with no inscriptions or marks. Pictorial card covers clean and tight no splits or damage. A fine copy. Lists the weapons on a part by part basis by serial number.
[23296] |
£70.00 |
|
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PRACITCUS (Moore Denis Times) |
Pyrotechny Or Th Art Of Making Fireworks At Little Cost And With Complete Safety And Cleanliness
nd (1873).
1st Edn,.
Ward Lock And Tyler.
xviii 196+(1) pages, 38 page adverts, illus with 5 folding plates, 6 single pages + text illus + 124 illus of forms and diagrams for manufacture and exhibition. Some spotting to contents with adverts on yellow paper relayed with some restoration, bound in full blue calf, spine in 5 compartments with gilt decorative boards. A scarce title on the making of fireworks, only 1 copy located at the British Library.
[19132] |
£520.00 |
|
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PREBBLE John |
Mongaso Man Who Is Always Moving - The Story Of An African Hunter John Alfred Jordan
1956.
1st Edn,.
248 pages, Illus. vg in chipped dj.
[3138] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
Prescott Charles Edwin |
Practical Hints on Rifle Practice with Military Arms
1883.
1st Edn.
Orang Judd Co.
New York.
36 pages, 12 mo one plate of a prone rifleman. Bookplate of Ray Riling to front paste down, ownership inscription dated 1884 to front end paper, a note below in a later hand that the book belonged to Harry M Pope and any notes in the book are in his hand. There is only one note saying, "the book is the worst treatise on rifle shooting I have ever read". Publishers limp brown cloth with gilt title to the upper cover. Although no author stated Riling 1128 gives it as Charles Prescott,
[22833] |
£60.00 |
|
 |
PRIDHAM Maj C.H.B. |
Superiority of Fire. A Short History of Rifles and Machine Guns
1945.
1st Edn,.
Hutchinson, Scientific And Technical Publication.
xv 146 pages, Illus in b/w from photographs, blue cloth, gilt title to upper board, in worn but presentable dj, now in clear removable sleeve. Most of the book covers the development and use of machine guns including a chapter on the machine gun in the Great War also in Manchuria, the Maxim and the Hotchkiss 1904-1905. Riling 2532.
[21860] |
£26.00 |
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PRIME W.C. |
I Go A Fishing
1873.
1st UK Edn,.
Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle.
308 pages, pictorial green cloth, spotting to prelims, gilt title and vignette to upper boards. Trout fishing in Connecticut and New Hampshire.
[15471] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
PRIOR Richard |
The Roe Deer Of Cranborne Chase An Ecological Survey
1968.
1st Edn,.
XVI 222 pages, illus, vg in dj, dj darkened on spine, presentation inscription on FEP from Richard Prior
[10161] |
£25.00 |
|
 |
PRIOR Richard |
Trees And Deer, How To Cope With Deer In Forest, Field, And Garden
1983.
1st Edn,.
Batsford.
208 pages, illus with drawings by Jeeppe Edrup, vg in dj
[3336] |
£24.00 |
|
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PRIOR Richard |
Trees And Deer, How To Cope With Deer In Forest, Field, And Garden
1983.
1st Edn,.
B.T.Batsford Ltd.
208 pages, illus with drawings by Jeppe Edrup, 1 of 12 copies signed by the author and bound in 1/2 calf with marbled sides, vg+.
[3] |
£160.00 |
|
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PRIOR Richard |
Trees And Deer, How To Cope With Deer In Forest, Field, And Garden
1983.
1st Edn,.
Batsford.
208 pages, illus with drawings by Jeeppe Edrup, vg in dj
[16272] |
£24.00 |
|
 |
PRITT T.E. |
An Anglers Basket Filled In Sunshine And Shade Through The Space Of Forty Years
1896.
1st Edn,.
Abel Heywood and Sons.
Manchester & London.
XX 148 pages, frontis portrait of the author, spotting to title page, original cloth with vignette of rod and basket to upper board, clean and bright.
[13128] |
£45.00 |
|
 |
PRITT T.E. |
The Book Of The Grayling Being A Description Of The Fish, And The Art Of Angling For Him, As Practised Chiefly In The Midlands And The North Of England
1888.
1st Edn,.
Goodall And Suddick.
Leeds.
64 pages, 1 page advs, 3 hand coloured plates, 1 being of flies, 1 winter worming tackle, folding frontis of "an October grayling", ownership name to verso front blank end paper "F.C.Lister, Swinton, March 1888", publishers maroon cloth, gilt quotation from Walton to upper cover, slight faded mark to top 2.5cm of board, vg.
[19930] |
£320.00 |
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PRITT Thomas Even |
Yorkshire Trout Flies
1885.
Goodall and Suddick.
Leeds.
v- 63 pages, TEG, 12 full-page plates 11 being hand coloured of flies for the months of the year, and a b/w plate of spinning tackles baits. Recased with new endpapers in the original publisher's dark green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover. 250 copies were published, 200 intended for sale, the other 50 having Pritt's initials on each plate, this copy is numbered No 69 in mauve pencil on the 1/2 title with the owner's name above "J.D Stursley" ?. These figures were apparently taken from a statesman by the author in the Field. A very good copy of Pritts classic title of his observations over 20 years " I have made a point of recording every matter of movement of which I have noticed on the rivers or have heard from my fellow-fisherman". Hampton, Modern Angling Bibliography p. 76;
[24150] |
£685.00 |
|
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PRITT Thomas Even |
Yorkshire Trout Flies
1998.
Flyfisher''s Classic Library.
Ashburton.
73 pages, frontis portrait, 12 plates 11 being coloured of lies. No 80 of a limited edition of 250 copies, bound in full dark red morroco. AEG, in slipcase. A mint copy.
[19250] |
£100.00 |
|
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PROFUMO David |
In Praise Of Trout
1989.
1st Edn,.
Viking.
XXI 90 pages, oblong 4to, illus in colour by Alan James Robinson, forward by Ted Hughes, limited to 100 copies signed by David Profumo and Alan James Robinson, big game angling bookplate to verso blank FEP, 1/4 leather green cloth, gilt title to upper board, a fine copy.
[16735] |
£80.00 |
|
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PRYCE-TANNATT T.E. |
How To dress Salmon Flies
1948.
rep Edn,.
A and C Black.
XIII 248 pages, 12 full page illus, 8 in colour, vg+ in marked dj.
[13900] |
£35.00 |
|
 |
PULMAN George |
The Book Of The Axe Containing A Piscatorial Description Of That Stream And A History Of All The Parishes And Remarkable Spots Upon Its Bank
1875.
4th rewritten and greatly enlarged. Edn,.
Longman and Co.
VI 906 pages, 15 full page illus, large folding map, woodcut illus throughout the volume, 4cm closed tear to the map, some spotting to title page and blank verso of map, front hinge paper cracked but a tight copy, bound in contemporary 1/2 dark green morroco, gilt decoration to spine, binding clean and tight. Tipped onto FEP a newspaper review of the book dated 1875, pasted to front past down folding memoriam card from the funeral of Pulman in February 1880 at the age of 60. Unusual to find. the map is not laid down on linen as usually found, possibly a presentation binding but there is nothing to prove this. The previous edition was 20 years earlier, the author has accumulated fresh matter to an extent which constitutes a claim for the present edition being almost a new work. Pulman takes the Axe from rise to mouth and to describe the piscatorial attractions and the scenery it flows through. WS173.
[19898] |
£220.00 |
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PULMAN G.P.R. |
Rustic Sketches Being Poems On Angling, Humorous and Descriptive In The Dialect Of East Devon
1842.
1st Edn,.
W Bragg.
Taunton.
92 pages, errata + advert leaf, original cloth covered boards, gilt title to upper cover.
[19358] |
£60.00 |
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PULMAN G.P.R. |
Rustic Sketches Being Rhymes And "Skits" On Angling And Other Subjects, With A Copious Glossary, And General Remarks On Country Talk
1871.
3rd Edn,.
John Russell Smith,.
xxxvi 162 pages, advert leaf, contents clean, recently recased in the original printed paper covered boards, new cloth spine, boards a little rubbed, g+.
[5592] |
£30.00 |
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PUNNETT Chris |
.30-06
1997.
1st Edn.
C.T.G.Publishing.
Chadds. Ford, USA.
382 pages,m 4to, illustrated in b/w from photographs, line drawings of the bullets , head stamps, boxes etc. Publishers' green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover, a vg copy in dj dj has tape repair to verso of head of spine. The book covers the development of the .30-60 in each country with manufacture within the country, identification lists, index to headstamps etc.
[23442] |
£180.00 |
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PURPLE HEATHER Adams W.A. |
Something About Guns & Shooting
1891.
6th thousand.
Alexander Shephard.
vii 180 pages, includes adverts mostly for guns and shooting, first few pages "opinions of the press", written to top margin of title page "with the authors compliments" light green cloth, title in black, dust soiling to covers and corners rubbed, vg-. Chapters on fashion in game guns and their loads, the advantages of good guns etc. Riling 1271, Chute 007
[20593] |
£30.00 |
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PURPLE HEATHER Adams W.A. |
Something About Guns & Shooting
1893.
3rd revised and enlarged.
Alexander Shephard.
vii 154 pages, 22 pages of sporting adverts for guns and shooting, part removed bookplate of Charles Lancaster to front paste down, armorial bookplate of Henry A.A Thorn to front end paper. Presentation inscription on ? title to Thorn "with the authors compliments 1893" Publishers red cloth titled in black. Uneven fading and marking to the cloth, the binding and contents tight with no chips or splits. Chapters on fashion in game guns and their loads, the advantages of good guns etc. In 1878 the firm of Lancaster was take over by Henry. A. A. Thorn. Thorn, interestingly, styled himself 'Charles Lancaster' for business purposes and even used Lancaster's name when writing on the subject of guns and shooting. He helped develop and instruct on the guns. Riling 1271, Chute 007
[22956] |
£40.00 |
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PYE Henry James |
The Sportsman's Dictionary Containing Instructions For Various Methods To Be Observed In Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farrier, Hawking, Breeding And Feeding Horses For The Road And Turf; The Management Of Dogs, Game And Dunghill-Cocks, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Doves, Singing Birds, Etc; And The Manner Of Curing Their Various Diseases And Accidents
1807.
5th Edn,.
John Stockdale.
547 pages, 4to., 17 copper engraved plates many of traps nets etc, old damp mark to plates not affecting text, bound in recent 1/2 tan calf, vg. The title states this edition was improved and enlarged by Pye, Chute 532 noted that the 5th edition is the only one signed by Pye, he was thought responsible for the editions of 1778, 1782, 1792, 1809.
[4390] |
£180.00 |
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PYE Henry James |
The Sportsman's Dictionary Or The Gentleman's Companion For Town And Country Containing Full And Particular Instructions For Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Cocking Hawking etc., With The Various Methods To Be Observed In Breeding And Dieting Of Horses Both For The Road And Turf; Also The Management Of Dogs, Game Cocks, Dunghill Fowls, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Singing Birds, Etc; And The Manner Of Curing Their Various Diseases And Accidents Collected From the Best Authors With Very Considerable Additions And Improvements By Experienced Gentlemen
1778.
3rd Edn,.
Fielding and Walker.
VIII 300+ pages, 4to., engraved frontis of the anatomy of a horse and 15 copper plates representing all the different kinds of nets, snares and traps that are now made use of, some age browning to contents, small armorial plate of R.A Caldwell, recased in the original binding with part of the old spine relayed, original boards rubbed on corners. The original end papers retained Chute 599 and Chute 532.
[16181] |
£300.00 |
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PYE Henry James |
The Sportsman's Dictionary Or The Gentleman's Companion For Town And Country Containing Full And Particular Instructions For Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Cocking Hawking etc., With The Various Methods To Be Observed In Breeding And Dieting Of Horses Both For The Road And Turf; Also The Management Of Dogs, Game Cocks, Dunghill Fowls, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Singing Birds, Etc; And The Manner Of Curing Their Various Diseases And Accidents Collected From the Best Authors With Very Considerable Additions And Improvements By Experienced Gentlemen
1778.
1st edn.
Fielding and Walker.
viii, [472] pp, 4to., engraved frontis of the anatomy of a horse by T. Cook and 15 copper plates representing all the different kinds of nets, snares and traps that are now made use of original full tree calf with the original gilt decorated spine neatly relayed. A very good + copy of the first quarto edition ffirst published in 2 volumes octavo in 1735, and again in 1744, Chute 599, Schwerdt Vol. II, Schwerdt notes 2 early editions with similar titles, Chute notes this as the first Pye edition Swift 529 01
[22471] |
£300.00 |
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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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R. Watson Gun Maker |
Rook Shooting
1896.
Birmingham.
Single page 16cm x 24cm promotional leaflet for The Rand Rook Rifle illustration of the gun and 2 targets. Details of the action rifling bores etc. Old fold marks VG.
[23141] |
£20.00 |
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RANDALL J. |
Handbook To The Severn Valley Railway Illustrative And Descriptive Of the Places Along the Line From Worcester To Shrewsbury
1863.
1st Edn,.
Virtue Brothers and Co.
50 pages, 18pp adverts, numerous woodcuts in the text many of river fish, green printed card covers, spine chipped but a tight copy. Randall mentions various fishing spots, fish farming. W/S notes Randall's 1862 volume on the Severn Valley.
[15399] |
£85.00 |
|
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RANSOME Arthur |
Rod And Line, Essays Together Aksakav On Fishing
1929.
1st Edn,.
Jonathan Cape.
286 pages, frontis "North Country As It Used To Be", publishers brown cloth, vg. Ransome's angling essays reprinted from the Manchester Guardian.
[18081] |
£50.00 |
|
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RASHDI Pir Ali Muhammad |
Sindh Ways and Days Shikar and Other Memories
2003.
1st Edn.
Oxford University Press.
Banealore.
xvii 158 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, a fine copy in dj. Hunting experiences in Sindh and India, tiger, leopard, buffalo, boars etc., A scarce and sought after title records, the hayday of hunting.
[21720] |
£250.00 |
|
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RATCLIFFE Derek |
The Peregrine Falcon
1993.
2nd revised and enlarged Edn,.
Poysner.
XXXIII 454 pages, illus by Donald Watson, fine in dj
[18719] |
£45.00 |
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RATCLIFFE Doroithy Una |
Equatorial Dawn, Travel Letters From North, East and Central Africa
1936.
Eyre & Spottiswoode.
xi 305 pages, frontis illus + 40 b/w plates from photographs + folding map, light spotting to title page, publishers black cloth, gilt title to upper cover, vg. Ratcliffe travelled with her husband to Kenya where he indulged in a little big game hunting etc. Czech 230
[19276] |
£40.00 |
|
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Rausing, Lisbet and Dick, David Brian |
Corrour: A History of a Sporting Estate
2010.
2nd.
privately published.
132 pages, Small 4to Illustrated with b/w photographs and a double page b/w and a similar coloured map. Publishers' green cloth with gilt title and circular crest of a stag to upper cover, a fine copy. The records of a highland sporting estate Appendices cover the estate's game bags from 1891 to 1938 and the names of shooting tenants from 1873. Including stags shoot weight etc also, nature prehistory folklore etc.
[23242] |
£45.00 |
|
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RAW Steve Raw |
Last Enfield - SA80: The Reluctant Rifle
2003.
1st Edn.
Collectors Grade Publications.
Coburg, Canada.
xxxiv 323, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs line drawings gun breakdowns. Pictorial coloured end papers. A fine copy in DJ. The SA80 has been the issue small arms system of the British Armed Forces for almost twenty years. A comprehensive and in-depth survey of the gun.
[23259] |
£160.00 |
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RAWSTONE Lawrence |
Gamonia: or, The Art Of Preserving Game And An Improved Method Of Making Plantations And Covers
1837.
1st Edn,.
R.Ackermann.
xiv 208 pages, AEG, errata slip, 15 fine hand coloured aquatint plates by J.T.Rawlins of shooting scenes etc., the plates are clean and bright, light browning to the title page. Published full green morroco binding, with ornate gilt decorated border to the front and rear covers all edges gilt. A very good copy in a purpose made drop over box. The first edition of an important book, as it is the first to describe how to improve the quality of shooting by sound forestry. The plates are particularly fine and exquisite, "showing good impressions of the way in which our forebears killed their game" Schwerdt Vol II 127, Chute 536.
[22262] |
£950.00 |
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RAWSTONE Lawrence |
Gamonia or The Art Of Preserving Game and An Improved Method Of Making Plantations and Covers Explained And illustrated
1929.
rep of 1837 1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
256 pages, TEG, 15 colour plates, publishers green cloth, gilt borders to boards, vg in dj, chipped at head and tail of spine. A new edition with an introduction and a note on the authors game register by Eric Parker.
[21138] |
£30.00 |
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RAWSTONE Lawrence |
Gamonia or The Art Of Preserving Game and An Improved Method Of Making Plantations and Covers Explained And illustrated
1929.
rep of 1837 1st Edn,.
Herbert Jenkins.
256 pages, TEG, 15 colour plates, publishers green cloth, gilt borders to boards, vg in dj, chipped at head and tail of spine. A new edition with an introduction and a note on the authors game register by Eric Parker.
[5059] |
£45.00 |
|
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RAYMOND Steve |
Kamloops, An Angler's Study Of The Kamloops Trout
1971.
1st Edn,.
New York.
209 pages, illus, including plates of flies, vg in dj. An Important work on a type of rainbow trout which is noted for its size and strength.
[9271] |
£40.00 |
|
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R.B. Rodda & Co |
Roddas Patent Rotax Bullet for Use in Choke or Cylinder bored Guns
No date circa 1910.
R.B. Rodda& Co.
Birmingham.
24cm x 20cm promotional sheet with description and illustrations of the bullet. Address tear of slip still present along the bottom edge. Some light dust soiling small closed tear and chip to the top edge. "powerful enough for any kind of big game".
[23078] |
£30.00 |
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Read William & Sons |
Fine Guns And Sportsmen's Outfits Agents For W & C Scott & Son
nd Circa 1900.
Boston, Mass, USA.
24 pages, 4to., illus throughout showing the guns and sporting accessories, printed paper covers, 4 pages Webley guns + various shotguns, rifles, loading equipment etc. In most case illustrated. An early catalogue Reads were at the Washington St address from 1883 (which the catalogue is); an agent for Webley Scott from 1870 to 1908.
[21221] |
£160.00 |
|
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REAMINGTON ARMS CO |
A New Chapter In An Old Story
1912.
1st Edn,.
Reamington Arms Co.,.
New York.
62 pages, 4to., illus with photographs, bookplate of Henk Visser to front paste down, pictorial boards showing hunters in woodland, some wear to spine and edges but a tight copy of an account of the development of arms and ammunition and the growth of Reamington Arms. Riling 1733
[15113] |
£40.00 |
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REDGWELL Stephen |
The Accurate Lee Enfield No 1 (SMLES) & No 4 Rifles
2001.
1st Edn.
New Lowell.
Canada.
4to., 103 pages, illus with drawings, diagrams etc. The rifles, cartridges, loads etc., fine copy in pictorial card covers.
[21625] |
£22.00 |
|
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REES Stanley |
The Royal Tour In India, A Record Of The Tour Of T.R.H. The Prince And Princess Of Wales In India and Burma From November 1905 to March 1906
1906.
1st Edn,.
Bennett Coleman and Co.
Bombay.
XXIV 510 + (3) pages, 4to., full page and text illus from photographs, publishers blue cloth, title in black to upper board, light rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. Rees a correspondent from the time of India describe in great detail the visit, the royal party visited numerous areas and took time off for sport, shooting tiger in Jaipur and Gwalior also tiger, panther, sambur and other game from a machan near Hyderabad and Pakhal Lake, Czech 171.
[18484] |
£220.00 |
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REID George |
The River Tweed From Its Source To The Sea
1884.
1st Edn,.
Edinburgh.
27 pages, sml folio,Text by Proffesor Veich, 16 drawings by George Reid, original paper cover bound, corners and edges chipped, g+.
[6147] |
£38.00 |
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REID John |
Clyde Style Flies And Their Dressing
1971.
1st Edn,.
David & Charles.
Newton Abbot.
96 pages, illus,vg in dj, light fading to spine.
[21070] |
£22.00 |
|
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Remington |
Announcing A New Remington 22 Model 241 Autoloader
No date circa 1920.
Remington Arms Co Inc.
Bridgeport U.S.A.
Promotional folding advert sheet when folder 16 cm x 9 cm when unfolded 27 cm x 16 cm. Printed in colour on both sides inner sheet shows the gun with details of the gun, performance etc. The upper side in 3 sections specifications, Kleanbore .22 cartridges. Upper flap when folded a shooting scene with 2 hunters 1 a boy with surrounding text. A very good example.
[23072] |
£30.00 |
|
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REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY INC |
Catalogue No 51
nd Circa 1926.
New York.
landscape 8vo., 64 pages, illus in b/w and colour from photographs and drawings etc., pictorial card covers printed in colour with gun vignette, knife, bullet and wild cat scene to upper cover, date stamp to title page 29 Dec 1926, repeated on rear page blank margin and to front cover. Also oval stamp of patent office library to upper cover. A vg copy showing the guns with ammunition and description + the bullets, cartridges, some in colour also the ammunition card boxes in colur + 6 page at end relating to knives.
[19992] |
£120.00 |
|
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RENNIE James |
Alphabet Of Scientific Angling For the Use Of Beginners
1849.
1st Edn,.
Henry G Brown.
XVI 136 pages, 12mo, text illus, occasional spotting to contents, publishers cloth with gilt title and fishing vignette to upper board. Chapters on the food of fishes, flies of the month, angling for various fish including chub, barbel, pike, carp etc. A reprint of the author's Alphabet Of Scientific Angling with a new title page W/S 176
[11795] |
£45.00 |
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REYNOLDS Maj E.G.B. |
The Lee Enfield Rifle, It's History And Development From First Designs To The Present Day
1962.
rep.
Herbert Jenkins.
224 pages, Illustrated with full page b/w photographs and text drawings, the contents clean and tight Very good in DJ light rubbing to the head of the DJ. The history and development from the first designs, noting design changes major and minor modifications, an authoritative work on the gun.
[23852] |
£60.00 |
|
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REYNOLDS Major E.G.B. |
The Lee Enfield Rifle, It's History And Development From First Designs To The Present Day
1967.
1st.
Herbert Jenkins.
224 pages, Illustrated with full page b/w photographs and text drawings. the contents clean and tight Very good in DJ rubbing to the head of the DJ. The history and development from the first designs, noting design changes major and minor modifications, an authoritative work on the gun.
[23756] |
£85.00 |
|
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R.H. ( Robert Howlett |
The Anglers Sure Guide Or Angling Improved And Methodically Digested
1706.
1st.
Printed by J.H. for G Conyers and T Ballard,.
vii[1) - 296pp, all edges gilt tittle page printed in red and black, engraved frontis of two anglers fishing + plate depicting 12 fish, circa 19th century angling bookplate of John Wilson to the front paste down, some light spotting to inner blanks. Bound in a later full dark red morroco with unusual gilt vignette to the upper cover of a man astride a fish in river scene with angling bag with initials of J.W. on the bag. To rear cover gilt vignette of a mermaid with hook and line seated on a shell. Some darkening to the board edges. A detailed early guide to angling, "Generally attributed to Robert Howlett. It would have had greater merit on the sore of originality had it preceded Chetham's Vade Mecum, to which it bears a somewhat close resemblance." W.S 110/111
[23885] |
£430.00 |
|
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RICE William |
Indian Game (from Quail to Tiger)
1884.
1st Edn.
W.H.Allen & Co.
iv 221 pages, 6-page appendix, 12 tinted plates of game + diagram picture of pegging down a tiger skin, some spotting to prelims and verso of the frontis. Armorial bookplate to front paste down. Publishers' green cloth, gilt tiger, and hunter vignette to the upper board within black ruled and gilt border, decorative gilt and black patterned spine. Light rubbing to the head of the spine. An excellent work and beautifully illustrated recounting the author's hunting trips for a variety of large and small game in Indian Bombay Presidency. Includes 3 chapters on tiger hunting. Czech 172
[22964] |
£180.00 |
|
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RICHARDS Coombe |
Wild Goose Chase, Being Wildfowling Reminiscences Of Some Amateurs At The Game
1948.
1st Edn,.
94 pages, illus by the author, fading to cloth as usual o/w vg in worn dj. Fowling in Ireland, the Wash, Norfolk etc.
[9339] |
£24.00 |
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RICHARDS Coombe |
Wild Goose Chase, Being Wildfowling Reminiscences Of Some Amateurs At The Game
1948.
1st Edn,.
94 pages, illus by the author, fading to cloth as usual o/w vg in dj. Fowling in Ireland, the Wash, Norfolk etc.
[12393] |
£24.00 |
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Richardson, Lieut-Colonel Edwin Hautenville |
Forty Years with Dogs
nd circa 1930.
2nd impression.
Hutchinson.
288 pages, With 42 illustrations from photographs. Some light spotting to the contents, publishers' ice blue cloth a very good copy. The authors experiences training military dogs, police dogs, watch dogs and dogs later used in war. He covers the dogs mind, mind training, characteristics the care of dogs.
[22531] |
£95.00 |
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RICHARDSON Lt Col P.W. |
Exterior Ballistics And Miscellaneous Notes
1918.
1st Edn,.
privately printed.
105 pages, tables etc, printed note on title page says 'For Use At Bisley And For Private Circulation, presentation inscription on FEP to Maj E.F. Johnson signed by Richardson, black cloth, gilt title to upper board a vg copy. Not in Riling.
[21062] |
£70.00 |
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RICHARDSON Lt Col P.W. |
Exterior Ballistics And Miscellaneous Notes
1918.
1st Edn,.
For Use At Bisley And For Private Circulation.
105 pages, tables etc, printed note on title page says For Use At Bisley And For Private Circulation, bookplate to front paste down from the library of Gale & Polden Limited, black cloth, gilt title to upper board a vg copy. Not in Riling.
[19328] |
£60.00 |
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RICKARDS Barrie |
Richard Walker Biography Of An Angling Legend
2007.
1st Edn,.
Medlar Press.
Ellesmere.
320 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs, limited to 99 copies signed by Barrie Rickards and numbered this being no 36 on the front-end paper. Also signed on the title page by Pat Marston Walker (Richard's wife) Tim Walker (Richards Son) Peter Thomas (a long-term friend who netted the record carp). Bound in black quarter leather with portrait of Richard Walker stamped in black to the upper cover with title in red and silver over blue cloth, with the black slipcase. A fine and unique copy of Rickards biography. The book gives a remarkable overview of Dick's angling achievements and an in-depth analysis of the person and angler that he was. It also includes a substantial personal perspective from Dick's widow Pat, giving an insight into him as a family man, and tributes from some of today's best-known anglers.
[22587] |
£250.00 |
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RICKARDS R B |
Fishers On The Green Road
.
The Medlar Press.
Ellsmere.
287 pages, illus by Rebecca Freear + double page map, bound in full green morroco, gilt title to upper board with the author's name in white, blind stamped vignette of a boy with rod. the total limitation was 499 of which 99 are bound in leather. This one (author's copy) out of series, a fine copy. Purchased at auction from The Estate of Baron St John of Fawsley who is thanked in the book
[20341] |
£125.00 |
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RIDGES Bob |
The Decoy Duck From Folk Art To Fine Art
1988.
1st Edn,.
Limpsfield.
191 pages, 4to, illus many in colour, fine in dj.
[11860] |
£26.00 |
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RIGBY |
Magazine Rifles
nd circa 1935.
20 pages, small 4to., illus, printed card covers, gives a general description of the guns with accompanying text opposite the ammunition for that particular rifle with illus, direction for loading, cleaning, telescopic sights, testimonials by J.A.Hunter etc. vg.
[14388] |
£95.00 |
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Rigg, Arthur and Garvie James |
Modern Guns and Smokeless Powder
1892.
1st.
E & F. N. Spon.
83 pages, 28 pages of adverts, includes tables, ownership stamp of "Frank H. Butterworth" to free front end paper and occasionally to blank upper margin of a few pages, book plate of Ray Riling to front paste down. Bound in the publishers red cloth gilt title to upper cover, light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. "On cordite and the use of smokeless explosives in c heavy guns". Riling 1328
[22922] |
£95.00 |
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RIGHYNI R.V. |
Grayling
1968.
1st Edn,.
VIII,104 pages, illus, vg in torn repaired dj. published in the Richard Walker Angling Library
[10828] |
£20.00 |
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RIGHYNI R.V. |
Salmon Taking Times
1965.
1st Edn,.
135 pages, illus, forward by Bernard Venables, vg in chipped dj
[6027] |
£20.00 |
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Rikhoff, Jim |
Hunting The African Buffalo
1984.
1st Edn,.
The Amwell Press.
Clinton, New Jersey, USA.
xxv - 599, all edges gilt, illustrated by Guy Coheleach with colour frontis and numerous line drawing. Limited to 1000 signed and numbered copies. Bound in faux leather with gilt buffalo vignette to upper cover with decorative spine in the original slipcase. A fine copy. An anthology, on hunting the African Cape Buffalo a selections from the best writings Czech 232
[23268] |
£150.00 |
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RILING Ray |
Guns And Shooting, A Selected Chronological Bibliography
1951.
1st Edn,.
Greenberg.
New York.
XVIII 434 pages, illus, limited to 1500 copies, vg.
[11359] |
£30.00 |
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RILING Ray |
Guns and Shooting. A Selected Chronological Bibliography
1951.
1st Edn,.
New York.
XVIII 434 pages, Limited to 1500 copies. Illus, vg in worn dj.
[1244] |
£30.00 |
|
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RILING Ray |
The Powder Flask Book, Treating Of The History And Use Of The Flask As A Principle Accessory To The Firearm, From Its Inception, Through The Ages, Until The Popular Acceptance Of The Metallic Cartridge, And Giving Emphasis To The Powder Flasks Of The Nineteenth Century, Noting Their Significance And Values For Shooters And Collectors Of Antique Arms And Flasks
nd Circa 1965.
rep.
Bonanza Books.
New York, USA.
xv 495 pages, 4to, illustrated throughout from photographs, drawings, old prints etc showing the guns, the cases, powder flasks etc. Pictorial end papers, publisher's black cloth, titled in gilt to upper cover.VG in the DJ, first published in 1953 and reprinted several times this is one of the early reprints and a far higher standard than many later reprints. Still the best book on the subject.
[22124] |
£75.00 |
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Riling Ray |
The Powder Flask Book, Treating Of The History And Use Of The Flask As A Principle Accessory To The Firearm, From Its Inception, Through The Ages, Until The Popular Acceptance Of The Metallic Cartridge, And Giving Emphasis To The Powder Flasks Of The Nineteenth Century, Noting Their Significance And Values For Shooters And Collectors Of Antique Arms And Flasks
nd Circa 1970.
reprint.
Bonanza.
New York.
xv 495 pages, 4to illustrated throughout with b/w photographs line drawings. Showing the powder flasks, designs, guns early adverts etc. Publishers' grey cloth binding titled in black vg in dj. The most comprehensive book on the subject.
[22219] |
£85.00 |
|
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RITZ Charles |
A Fly Fisher's Life
1972.
revised enlarged Edn,.
Max Reinhardt.
280 pages, illus, lge 8vo. a near fine copy in dj. personal inscription on dedication page to Jack Thorndike signed and dated "Ritz London Oct 12/72". Thorndike was editor of Trout and Salmon magazine.
[3973] |
£40.00 |
|
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River Kennet |
Permission To Fish card
1882.
Printed Card 11.5 mm x 8.5 mm giving permission for Walter Jones to fish for 7 days in July on the River kennet. Signed to lower edge ERM Cuimun? A printed card with details filled in in black ink Marlborough printed to upper edge. Some old paper residues from removal from album? To rear.
[22559] |
£25.00 |
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ROBB James |
Notable Angling Literature
n/d circa 1945.
1st Edn,.
229 pages, illus, vg in dj.
[7800] |
£32.00 |
|
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ROBERT ARTHUR BALFORD ( LORD RIVERDALE ) |
SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER GENTLY
1991.
1st Edn.
Lord Riverdale.
Sheffield.
125 -viii pp., 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs drawings etc. Presentation inscription from Lord Riverdale on the front blank. A fine copy in DJ. The book could just as well have been "titled 80 years with the Rifle "a great deal of the book is devoted to stalking but also big game hunting in India and Africa in the 1930s, Also notes on rifles Czech 234.
[22470] |
£46.00 |
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Roberts, David |
Military Instructions Including Each Particular Motion of the Manual and Platoon Exercises Elucidated with Very Minute Drawings by Mr R.K. Porter
1798.
1st Edn.
printed for T. Egerton,.
(viii) ? 36 pages, 4to pages uncut, frontis and 23 full-page plates after drawings by Mr R.K. Porter. Some light spotting and age browning. Two marginal repairs to upper blank margin of two pages. Presentation inscription from the author to the half title. Bound in a later sprinkled half calf'. Gives detailed instructions on the loading presenting and firing of the musket, with excellent line drawings showing the preparing loading and firing. The illustrations are by Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842), who became famous for his paintings of historical military scenes. Not recorded in Riling.
[23110] |
£58.00 |
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ROBERTS John |
Flyfishing For Grayling
1999.
1st Edn,.
Excellent Press.
Ludlow.
X 150 pages, AEG, 12 pages of colour illus. A fine copy of the specially bound edition limited to 30 copies signed and numbered by Roberts, bound in full red morroco, gilt grayling vignette to upper board in slipcase.
[20744] |
£220.00 |
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ROBERTS John |
The Grayling Angler
1982.
1st Edn,.
Witherby.
208 pages, illus with b/w and colour photographs and drawings, personal presentation inscription to title page signed by John Roper, vg in dj.
[20741] |
£25.00 |
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ROBERTS Major Ned, WATERS Kenneth L. |
The Breech-Loading Single-Shot Rifle
1987.
rep completey rewritten and updated Edn,.
Wolfe Publishing.
Prescott, Arizona, USA.
xxi 333 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs and drawings, vg in g+ dj, dj has some repairs to verso and small chips to edge, now in protective sleeve.
[21007] |
£45.00 |
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ROBERTS Ned H. |
SUPPLEMENT TO THE MUZZLE-LOADING CAP LOCK RIFLE1944
1944.
1st Edn,.
Clarke Press.
Manchester, NH: U.S.A.
433 - 522 (2), Full page and text b/w illustrations from photographs throughout. Presentation inscription to E.M Farris Secretary of The National Muzzle Loading Association SIGNEND and dated 1944 by Ned Roberts, Roberts thanks Farris in the preface for his help. Bound in the publishers red cloth titled in gilt to the upper cover, vg. Published to update Roberts classic work of 1940 on the rifle. Riling 2333
[23589] |
£65.00 |
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ROBERTS Sir Randall H. |
The River's Side Or The Trout And Grayling And How To Take Them
1866.
1st Edn,.
VII 120 pages, light browning to page edges, new end papers, original green cloth, gilt fish vignette to upper boards, equipment, methods of fishing, flies etc.
[14143] |
£70.00 |
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ROBERTS Sir Randell H. |
The Silver Trout
1888.
1st Edn.
W H Allen & Co.
163 pages, (10)pp of sporting adverts and advert end papers, ink mark to top margin edge of page 94. Publishers pictorial upper cover of a silver leaping trout, vg+ copy. Sporting stories i.e. "the silver trout, a day among pike", "trout fishing in the Rhenish provinces" also other chapters on deer ? stalking and other field sports. Hampton revised 237/238
[24197] |
£45.00 |
|
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ROBERTSON Kevin Doctari |
The Perfect Shot, Shot Placement For African Big Game
1999.
1st Edn.,.
Safari Press.
Longbeach, California, USA.
271 pages, 4to illustration's in colour from photographs + anatomy artwork. Ownership signature on the ? title a fine copy in dj, dj. Robertson a professional hunter and vet has created a comprehensive work on anatomical features of all classes of African game, and where to place the best shot. The first edition of a classic title Czech 234
[23255] |
£95.00 |
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ROBINSON Capt E.H. |
The Pistol In War Training With Revolver and Self Loading Pistol
1941.
rep.
Gale and Polder.
Aldershot.
68 pages, 4 pages adverts, 10 plates and diagrams, publishers dark red cloth covered boards, title to upper board printed in black, light rubbing to head and tail of spine. Chapters cover types of pistol, stopping power, the .38 pistol, Webley revolvers .455 inch Mark VI. Riling 2334.
[21412] |
£20.00 |
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ROBINSON Capt E.H. |
The Pistol In War Training With Revolver And Self Loading Pistol
1942.
rep Edn,.
Aldershot.
68 pages, 4 pages adverts, 10 plates and diagrams, original printed cloth covered boards, Chapters cover types of pistol, stopping power, the .38 pistol, webley revolvers .455 inch Mark VI. Riling 2334.
[17132] |
£20.00 |
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ROBINSON Ernest H. |
Rifle & Carton. Some Notes On Target Shooting With The .22 Calibre Rifle, as a sport and in Preparation for War
1914.
3rd Edn.
Edmund Seale.
116 pages, vii sporting advert prelims, full page and text illustrations mostly showing targets. Publishers' grey cloth titled in black, advert for B.S.A rifles to the rear board vg. Covers all aspects the rifles , sighting, ammunition, shooting, rifle clubs etc. Not listed by Riling UK library holdings only hold the 3rd edition.
[22816] |
£75.00 |
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ROBINSON H.Russell |
Oriental Armour
1967.
1st Edn,.
257 pages, illus, vg in dj. dj has scratch mark to upper cover.
[7668] |
£38.00 |
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ROBSON Ken(Editor) |
Flyfisher's Progress: An Anthology Drawn from Contributions to the Flyfishers' Journal from those who have made a significant contribution to flyfishing through their published writings over the past century
2000.
1st Edn,.
The Flyfishers Club.
xv -247 pages., large 8vo illustrated with full page plates chapter head-piece plus text drawings by Rodger McPhail. Flyfishers' Club logo Tipped onto the front-end paper handwritten card presenting the book. Bound in blue cloth with gilt Flyfishers' Club logo to upper board. A fine copy
[22114] |
£50.00 |
|
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RODWELL James |
the Rat, Its History And Destructive Character With Numerous Anecdotes
1858.
1st Edn,.
G Routledge And Co.
299 pages, bound without half title, pencil notes to verso blank of last page, some spotting to title page. Contemporary 1/2 calf surface rubbing to spine. Includes the different kinds of rats, characteristic, the damage they cause, rat catching, rat matches, poisoning etc.
[18085] |
£65.00 |
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ROGAN Ewart S., SHARP Arthur H. |
From the Cape To Cairo, The First Traverse Of Africa From South To North
1900.
1st Edn.
Hurst and Blackett Limited.
xvi 377 pages, TEG, large 8vo., 2 pages of adverts, full page and text illustrations by A.D. McCormick with 2 folding maps, some spotting to end papers and half title and occasional light spotting to the text. Publishers mustard yellow cloth with elephant and mosque vignette in black and white, and title to the upper cover, the cloth clean and bright, a vg copy. Grogan and Sharp embarked on one of the most perilous trecks in Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to Cairo on foot. Cecil Rhodes wrote in the introduction Grogan a youth from Cambridge during his vocation should have succeeded in doing that which the ponderous explorers of the world have failed to accomplish. The shooting adventures are a great feature of the work, and all except 1 chapter was written by Grogan. An excellent work of sporting adventures and exploration. Czech 114
[24137] |
£700.00 |
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ROGERS Colonel H.C.B. |
Weapons Of The British Soldier
1960.
1st Edn,.
259 pages, illus vg in dj
[7943] |
£28.00 |
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ROGERS Colonel H.C.B. |
Weapons Of The British Soldier
1960.
1st Edn,.
259 pages, illus, vg in dj
[2577] |
£16.00 |
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ROGERS Colonel H.C.B. |
Weapons Of The British Soldier
1960.
1st Edn,.
Seeley Services.
259 pages, illus, vg in dj
[15900] |
£16.00 |
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ROGERS Peter |
Red Letter Days
1994.
1st Edn,.
Crowood Publishers Ltd.
Ramsbury.
239 pages, illus by John Searl, fine in dj, published as a tribute to Bernard Venables with 48 contributors, i.e. Kevin Clifford; Bob James; Tony Miles; Bob Morris; Bob Mousley, Alan Rawden, Peter Reading, Phil Smith, Peter Stone, Fred Sykes, Peter Wheat and John Wilson.
[16126] |
£30.00 |
|
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Rogers Peter & Burke Steve editors |
THE BOOK OF THE PERCH: BY THE PERCHFISHERS.
1990.
1st Edn.
Oxford Illustrated Press.
Sparkford, Nr Yeovil..
216 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs maps, and drawings by Luke Bedson. Publishers' green cloth binding a fine copy in dj small chip to head of spine of the dj. Contributions from many excellent perch anglers - Garvan, Miller, Miles, Bailey, Wilson, Taylor, Walker, Wheat, Broughton, Rickards, Guttfield. An important work solely on perch fishing.
[22183] |
£50.00 |
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ROLLETT F.Carr |
Angling In New Zealand
nd 1925.
1st Edn,.
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd.
New Zealand.
159 pages, adverts, full page illus from photographs, map EPs, grey cloth covers, spine evenly faded o/w a vg- copy. Rowlett fished in New Zealand for over 40 years, his book covers the introduction of trout, also where and how to fish.
[19965] |
£25.00 |
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ROLLETT F.Carr |
Angling In New Zealand
nd 1925.
1st Edn,.
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd.
New Zealand.
159 pages, adverts, full page illus from photographs, map EPs, long pencil inscription on FEP relating to the book, grey cloth covers, a vg copy. Rowlett fished in New Zealand for over 40 years, his book covers the introduction of trout, also where and how to fish.
[11400] |
£30.00 |
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ROLT H.A. |
Grayling Fishing In South Country Streams
1905.
revised and enlarged Edn,.
Samson, Low, Marston and Company.
x164 pages, VIII advs, 8 full page illus, some foxing as often found with this title, presentation inscription from "the Author" on FEP, blue publisher's cloth, gilt title to upper board, head and tail of spine rubbed, vg.
[10431] |
£60.00 |
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ROLT H.A. |
Grayling Fishing In South Country Streams
1905.
revised and enlarged Edn,.
Samson, Low, Marston and Company.
x 164 pages, viii advs, 8 full page illus, light spotting to first few pages, blue publisher's cloth, gilt title to upper board.
[15456] |
£65.00 |
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ROMP Albert |
A Romp With Carp
1992.
1st Edn,.
Romford Publications.
180 pages, illus many in colour, a fine copy in dj.
[15348] |
£30.00 |
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ROMP Albert |
A Romp With Carp
1992.
1st Edn,.
Rompford Publications.
180 pages, illus many in colour, a fine copy in dj. A carp fisher of over 25 years catching over 200 20lb+ carp and 30lb+
[12507] |
£30.00 |
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RONALDS Alfred |
The Fly fishers Entomology Illustrated by Coloured Representations Of The Natural And Artificial insects
1877.
8th Edn,.
Longmans Green ans=d Co.
xvi 132 pages, 24 pages advs, 20 hand coloured plates, light foxing to prelims, original blind stamped cloth, gilt title to upper board, head of spine slightly rubbed, vg.
[5309] |
£90.00 |
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RONALDS Alfred |
The Fly Fisher's Entomology with Coloured Representations of the Natural and Artificial Insect, and a Few Observations And Instruction on Trout and Grayling Fishing
1883.
9th Edn,.
XIV 132 pages, 24pp Advert, 20 hand coloured plates, 16 being of flies. Neat name written on top margin of title and verso of frontis, presentation plate on front paste down for "The improvement of middle class education", neatly pasted to FEP, notes on how to look after and handle books, both contemporary with the book, a vg copy in publishers cloth chipped at head and tail of spine.
[14650] |
£180.00 |
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RONALDS Alfred |
The Fly Fishers Entomology With Coloured Representations of the Natural and Artificial Insect, and a Few Observations and Instructions on Trout and Grayling Fishing
1901.
10th Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xiv 132 pages, 20 hand coloured plates, original publishers cloth, a vg bright clean copy with Keith Rollo's bookplate some occasional underlining to text vg
[12112] |
£85.00 |
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RONALDSHAY Earl Of |
Sport And Politics Under An Eastern Sky
1902.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwoods and Son.
Edinburgh.
xxiv 423 pages, frontis + 13 full page plates + text illus from photographs, 2 folding maps. some chipping to head and tail of spine, o/w a vg copy in the original cloth, gilt title to upper boards with snow scene blocked in white. Ronaldshay the governor of Bengal arrives in India in 1899 with travel and sport in mind, he hunted ibex, bear and many other species. Czech 173/74
[20257] |
£140.00 |
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ROOPER George |
The Autobiography Of A Salmon
1886.
new Edn,.
J S Virtue & Co.
80 pages, original pictorial printed paper covers with adverts to rear, spine chipped g+, the life of a Tweed salmon. Unusual to find in the original paper covers.
[6495] |
£50.00 |
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ROOPER George |
The Life Of A Salmon, The Autobiography Of The Late Salmo Salar Esq. Comprising A Narrative Of The Life, Personal Adventures And Death Of A Tweed Salmon
1867.
4th Edn,.
Day and Son Ltd.
VIII 68 pages, some dust soiling to contents, orange card covers printed in black, some dust soiling, small surface loss to lower margin edge, new matching paper spine. the title first appeared in 1867, a difficult title to find in the original state WS19
[18280] |
£150.00 |
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ROOSEVELT Theodore |
African Game Trials. An Account of African Wanderings of an American Hunter Naturalist
1910.
1st English edition reprinted before publication Edn,.
Charles Scribner''s Sons,.
New York.
xxiii 583 pages, large 8vo with more than 200 illustrations from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition. Also, drawings by Philip Goodwin, some full page, and maps. Publishers' olive-green cloth gilt titles to spine and upper board and a coloured elephant scene to the upper board. Some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine some light rubbing to edges. One of the great big game hunting epics, hunting many species of African game in British East Africa Czech 238
[23437] |
£150.00 |
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ROOSEVELT Theodore |
Through The Brazilian Wilderness
1914.
1st English Edn,.
John Murray.
274 pages, Top edge gilt, illustrated with frontis and 48 plates from photograph by Kermitt Roosevelt and other members of the expedition and 2 maps one is folding. Armorial bookplate of L.de Rothchild to the front paste down. Publishers red cloth gilt title to the upper cover the spine with gilt title and Jaguar vignette on a pedestal to the spine. A near fine copy the cloth clean and bright with no defects. Roosevelt's 'zoogeographic reconnaissance' with the Brazilian explorer Rondon to discover if the Rio da D?vida ('River of Doubt'), flowed into the Amazon. Traversing some of the most dangerous territory of Amazon, the travellers observed wildlife, and had some big game hunting, for Jaguar, deer, tapir, capybara etc. Published the same year as the American edition.
[23818] |
£95.00 |
|
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ROSA Joseph G. |
Guns Of The American West
1985.
1st English 1940..
Arms & Armour Press,.
192 opages, 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs of the guns, drawings, gun breakdowns etc. A fine in DJ. The sections include from flint to cap 1776-1846, rim fire centre fire and rapid fire, 1846-1866, the wild west 1840 -1900
[22562] |
£25.00 |
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ROSENBURG Frantz |
Big Game Shooting in British Columbia and Norway
1928.
1st Edn,.
IX 261 pages, 32 pages of illustrations, vg+.
[337] |
£80.00 |
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ROSS John edt, GUNN Hugh edt |
The Book Of The Red Deer And Empire Big Game
1925.
1st Edn,.
Simpkin Marshall.
339 pages, + appendix 1: 26 pages The Deer Forests Of England, Appendix 2: 6 pages The Blighty Industries Association Ltd, Appendix 3: 8 pages The Light Side Of Sport. 21pp + 8pp. TEG, 4to illustrated in b/w from photographs, drawings etc., limited to 500 numbered copies, contents clean and tight. Bound in the publisher's white cloth with gilt title and coloured insert of a red deer stag to upper board, gilt title to spine with gilt stag's head vignette. The cloth lightly dust soiled 2 small stain marks to front edge of the upper cover. Includes red deer in New Zealand, big game of British Columbia, Canada, game in Australia, big game hunting in Africa and India, deer, and other game in Malaysia etc.
[22413] |
£90.00 |
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ROUTLEDGE G. |
Routledge's Handbook of Fishing
1867.
1st Edn,.
George Routledge and Son.
IV 59 pages, advert leaf, text illus, end paper adverts for Routledge books, pasted to top margin of front paste down sellers pictorial label, W.M.Richmond dealer in fishing tackle, Chester. Original pictorial blue paper covered boards, rubbing got corners and edges, later cloth spine. W.S.179
[18093] |
£40.00 |
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ROW Charles |
A Practical Guide To The Game Laws
1907.
1st Edn,.
VIII 256 pages, green cloth, old colour fading to parts of board, vg. Much on poachers and poaching, the author was a solicitor and secretary to the East Anglian Game Protection Society.
[19785] |
£20.00 |
|
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ROWNTREE John |
A Chota Sahib Memoirs Of A Forest Officer
1981.
1st Edn.
Tabb House.
Padstow.
110 pages, frontis, map + b/w photographic illus, bookplate to FEP, pictorial card covers. A fine copy includes some hunting and a chapter on shikar and conservation
[21552] |
£22.00 |
|
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ROYAL ARTILLERY |
Journal Of The Royal Artillery Vol XXXIV
1907-08.
Royal Artillery.
Woolwich.
572+344 pages, full page illus including folding plates, folding maps, + text illus contemporary patterned violet cloth, faded evenly to covers and spine faded, vg-. Contains numerous articles on military tactics, armament, ammunition, historical accounts including Captain Hardcastle pointed bullets, British artillery, 1st Waterloo Austrian QF Fieldgun, modern QF guns etc.
[15705] |
£85.00 |
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Royal Artillery Institution |
Occasional Papers Royal Artillery Institution
No date circa 1858/9.
Royal Artillery Institution.
i -408 pages, 15 plates some folding. Later 1/2 tan calf rebound retaining original prelims old staining ownership stamp of Major J.H. Leslie faint ink note in below noting this Vol was exchanged ---. I can find no collation or much information on the book, the National Army Museum notes a copy Volume 1 1860, the British library holds 2 monthly parts for February and October 1858 indicating a monthly publication. In the preface its noted that despatches will be printed from Artillery Officers serving in India which appear throughout there are also numerous other references on India and the mutiny, embarkation listing troops regiments vessels etc. The articles published alongside the despatches cover experiments carried out at the Royal Arsenal including guns also foreign affairs etc The pagination lacks all before i possibly printed covers? then runs through to page 409 where the text stops abruptly followed by a plate. Armorial bookplate of William Curtis to the front paste down, military historian. A rare insight into the mutiny and the development of artillery.
[22875] |
£200.00 |
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ROYAL, David |
A Collector's Guide to the Savage 99 Rifle and Its Predecessors, the Model 1895 and 1899
2016.
1st.
Schiffer Military History.
Atglen U.S.A.
160 pages, 4to, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs. Pictorial covers a fine copy in dj.
[22167] |
£30.00 |
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RUARK Robert |
Use Enough Gun
1966.
1st Edn.
New American Library.
New York.
333 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs, pictorial end papers. Publishers contrasting blue and black cloth binding vg in dj. The work details Ruark's hunts and focuses on his safari to East Africa for the big five. Czech 241 ?45
[23533] |
£45.00 |
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RUSHBY G.G. |
No More the Tusker
1965.
1st Edn,.
W.H.Allen.
205 pages, illus from photographs, original black cloth covers titled in silver, a near fine copy in dj. A modern classic on the elephant detailing natural history, hunting, rifles, and shooting. Including a chapter on James Sutherland with a photo. Rushby a professional ivory hunter and game warden in Tanganyika, coffee planter and gold miner. Czech 242
[23400] |
£220.00 |
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RUSHBY G.G. |
No More the Tusker
1965.
1st Edn,.
W.H.Allen.
205 pages, illustrations from photographs, original black cloth covers titled in silver, a very good copy in DJ. The dj has a few strengthening to closed tears to the verso not noticeable to the front of the DJ.. A modern classic on the elephant detailing natural history, hunting, rifles, and shooting. Including a chapter on James Sutherland with a photo. Rushby a professional ivory hunter and game warden in Tanganyika, coffee planter and gold miner. Czech 242.
[24109] |
£160.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken |
CARTRIDGES OF THE BRITISH ISLES: GREAT GREAT GRANFER'S SHOTGUN FODDER.
2006.
1st Edn,.
Arima Publishing..
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
156 ? xxiv pages, 4to 128 pp of illustrations of head stamps etc, pictorial colured card covers a fine copy. "Alphabetical listing of more than 1,100 firms and their cartridges from the British Isles. These range in time from the first years of breech loaders up until the 1950's. It covers the period when most shotgun cartridges were closed by rolled-turnover and an over-shot wad".
[22999] |
£30.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken |
Collecting Cartridges (Section One) + Selection 2
1996/1997.
1st Edn,.
Produced by two members of the UKCC.
55 + 20 pages, 2 volumes 9 pages on early cartriges, adverts, 2 colour plates to section 1, drawings of the head stamps etc. Pictorial card covers, a fine set.
[22998] |
£30.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken |
Collecting Shotgun Cartridges
1987.
1st Edn,.
Stanley Paul.
139 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and line drawings of head stamps labels etc. VG in DJ, Neatly stapled to the front end paper a typed letter signed by Ken {Rutterford). The letter notes this is the first book he has signed outside his family, and goes on to discuss cartridges etc. Also tipped onto the end paper a review of the book. There is also a small collection of handwritten notes by the books owner, mostly relating to East Anglia Gunmakers. small chips at head and tail of the spine and corners. Still one of the best books on the subject.
[23055] |
£45.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken |
Collecting Shotgun Cartridges
1987.
1st Edn,.
Stanley Paul.
139 pages, Illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and b/w drawings of head stamps labels etc. A few small marks to the front-end paper otherwise a fine copy in fine DJ. Still one of the best books on the subject.
[22479] |
£35.00 |
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RUTTERFORD Ken J |
Cartridge Brands of the British Isles
2016.
1st Edn,.
Arima Publishing..
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
249 pages, Colour illustrations of the cartridges and line drawings of the stamping on the shot shells. Pictorial green card covers, a fine copy.
[23223] |
£25.00 |
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Rutterford Ken J |
Stampings On Shotshells
2011.
Arima Publishing.
Bury St Edmunds.
375 pages, 4to illustrated with over 6,000 drawings of shotgun cartridge head-stampings. A fine copy in the publisher's pictorial coloured card covers.
[23013] |
£28.00 |
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Ryan, Sean |
The Wild Red Deer of Killarney: A Personal Experience and Photographic Record of the Yearly and Life Cycles of the Native Irish Red Deer of County Kerry
1998.
1st.
Mount Eagle Publications Ltd.
Kerry Ireland.
133 (3) pages, Large 8vo illustrated in colour from photographs and a location map. A fine copy in DJ. Includes a bibliography on the works on Red Deer biology and relevant literature.
[23684] |
£25.00 |
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SAIVE JOSEPH |
Catalogue
nd circa 1920.
Liege, Belgium.
51 pages, oblong 8vo., well illustrated, printed card covers, text in French, German and English. 25 pages on shotguns, 1 to the page + single barrel guns, revolvers, pistols, rifles, requisites.
[14565] |
£55.00 |
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SAIVE JOSEPH |
Manufacture Generale D'Armes
nd Circa 1920.
Liege, Belgium.
60 pages, oblong 8vo., well illustrated, printed card covers, text in French, German and English, 32 pages of shotguns including quality sidelocks + single barrels, rifles, pistols, revolver + requisites, vg.
[14416] |
£65.00 |
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SALTER T F |
The Angler's Guide Being A Complete Practical Treatise On Angling Containing The Whole Art Of Trolling, Bottom Fishing, Fly Fishing And Trimmer Angling Founded On Forty Years Practice And Observations
1815.
2nd edition with considerable additions etc..
for the author by Haines and Turner.
xxxi 317 pages (misprinted 217 pages), pages uncut, full page and text woodcuts, some spotting to full page plates + 6 extra plate added at rear of fish, recent 1/2 tan calf binding with gilt fishing motifs to spine compartments. WS/186
[19379] |
£165.00 |
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SALTER T.F. |
The Angler's Guide, Being A Complete Practical Treatise on The Angling: Containing The Whole Art Of Trolling, Bottom And Float Fishing, Fly-Fishing And Trimmer- Angling, And For Sea, River, And Pond Fish
1816.
4th edition with very considerable additions Edn,.
Carpenter And Son, Sold By T. Tegg.
xxxvi -309 pages, frontis, woodcut of punt fishing, full page and text illus including map of the river Thames, plate of fish closely trimmed just affecting title and 1 page of contents trimmed with loss to 4-page numbers. A clean copy in a recent 1/2 tan binding, with red title label.
[4076] |
£125.00 |
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SALTER T.F. |
The Anglers Guide Being A Plain And Complete Practical Treatise On The Art Of Angling For Sea River And Pond Fish, Deduced From Many Years Practice And Observations To Which Is Added A Treatise On Trolling
1933.
8th Edn,.
John Wicksteed.
xii 378 pages, illus with 88 fine woodcuts, including full page plates, 4 being of tackle, also a folding plan of the river Lea. Armorial bookplate of Sir Robert Shafto Adair, and Alfred C Harmsworth partly covering the previous plate to the front paste down, some occasional spotting to the contents. Bound in the original paper covered boards printed in green, dust soiled, the front joint cracked and holding on ties, unusual to find in the original state. The contents are in 3 parts, part 1 Bottom fishing, part 2 trolling, part 3 fly-fishing. The woodcuts are particularly illustrative of the time.
[4478] |
£110.00 |
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SALTER T.F. |
The Angler's Guide, Or Complete London Angler, Containing The Whole Art Of Angling As Practiced In the Rivers Thames And Lea, And Other Waters Twenty Miles Round London, Founded On Actual Experience With the Art Of Trolling For Jack Or Pike
1814.
1st Edn,.
For the author T Tegg.
Cheapside.
xvi -152 pages, frontis of hooks baited for trolling, two other full-page plates + text illustrations from woodcuts. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf, a very good copy. Salter who gives his address as Rochester Terrace, Stoke Newington. Salter notes on the title page "I write from practice not from books arrange". And the preface" I have employed some of my leisure time in writing this Work as a direction or guide to the young and inexperienced angler, the information it contains such has been acquired by practice and experience in the art during the last forty years". A much-reprinted work, The first edition is particularly scarce. W.S. 186.
[15910] |
£600.00 |
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SALTER Thomas Frederick |
The Troller's Guide Being A Practical Treatise On The Art Of Trolling; Or, Fishing For Jack And Pike
1830.
2nd with the author''s last corrections and additions Edn,.
John Wicksteed 18 Duke Street.
iv 81 pages, frontis + 28 woodcut illus to text, some occasional spotting top the text. Tipped onto the original blank front end paper an early paper pattern cut out. Bound in later 1/4 tan calf cloth sides by Sangourski and Sutcliffe. The frontis of "Trolling with the gorge" did not appear in the 1st edition. Directions for taking Jack and Pike-Observations on different ways of fishing for Jack and Pike.
[12846] |
£95.00 |
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SALTER Thomas Frederick |
The Troller's Guide Being A Practical Treatise On The Art Of Trolling; Or, Fishing For Jack And Pike
1841.
3rd Edn,.
James Maynard.
IV 82 pages, advert leaf, frontis + woodcut illus to text, a very good copy in the publishers printed paper covered boards, upper cover as title page, advert to rear, chipping to paper spine. A tight copy in the original state. An early title solely dedicated to fishing for pike.
[15450] |
£120.00 |
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SALVIN Francis Henry |
Falconry In The British Isles
.
2nd revised and enlarged.
John Van Voorst.
viii(i) -171 pages + advert leaf, Pages uncut small 4to, illustrated with 28 fine hand coloured lithograph plates, includes 2 plates of implements. Chipping to the paper of the very outer blank margin edge of the index page, and to the outer blank margin edge of the first plate. The plates are clean and free of foxing. Recently recased retaining the original end papers in the publishers green pebbled cloth with gilt vignette to upper cover of a falconer carrying 4 falcons on a cadge, gilt title to the spine within decorative borders. The cloth clean and the gilt bright, overall, a vg copy of what Harting describes as "The best modern book in English on the art and practice of falconry". The second edition is to be preferred for the emendations and additions to the text. Harting 67, Swift 497.01
[23906] |
£2300.00 |
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Sanchez Arino Tony (editor) |
Hunting In Zimbabwe
1992.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press Inc.
Long Beach, California, USA.
387 pages, 4to., illustrated with drawings and paintings by Larry Norton with pictorial end papers. Publishers pictorial green cloth with lion head to upper cover in black with gilt title in gilt ruled borders, fine in slipcase. Vol II in the African Series, a collection of stories by various authors includes a short biography of each author. Limited to 1000 copies, signed and numbered by Arino Tony Sanchez and Larry Norton, also a personal inscription on title page to Roger Mitchell, signed and dated by Sanchez. Czech 244
[21689] |
£380.00 |
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Sanchez Arino Tony (editor) |
Hunting In Zimbabwe
1997.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press Inc.
Long Beach, California, USA.
487 pages, 4to illustrated with drawings and colour plates by Elise Van Der Heijden with pictorial end papers. Bound in blue cloth with antelope head in black and gilt title within gilt and black ruled frames. Pencil notes to the front-end ership bookplapaper blank margin detailing the owners hunting bag in Zambia in 1998 including buffalo, leopard, Impala, buck etc with hunting notes to blank margins of 3 pages. A fine copy in slipcase. Limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the editor and illustrator. 12th in the classics in African hunting series and one of eight in the African country series by Sanchez. Hunting throughout Zambia from early noted hunters to more recently and current ones. Also, author biographies and a bibliography. Czech 245
[23854] |
£220.00 |
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Sanchez-Arino Tony |
Elephants, Ivory & Hunters
2002.
1st.
Safari Press.
Long Beach CA, USA.
xxii 278 pages, numerous b/w illus from photographs and line drawings, a fine copy in dj. the revised and updated edition of "On the Trail Of The African Elephant" 1987. Sanchez recounts his experiences and that of other elephant hunters.
[23266] |
£90.00 |
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SANCHEZ-ARINO Tony |
Great African Calibers
2013.
1st Edn..
Safari Press.
Long Beach, California.
xxvi 197 pages, ,, illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs old adverts etc. Publishers' brown cloth, gilt title and map of Africa to upper cover. In the publishers slipcase a fine copy, limited to 500 copies signed and numbered by the author. The author describes various firearms and the ammunition he has used and quotes other hunters and their choice of weapon.
[23489] |
£250.00 |
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SANCHEZ-ARINO Tony |
The Last Of The Few , Forty Two Years Of African Safaris
1995.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press.
Longbeach, california, USA.
xi 244 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs, publishers green cloth, gilt title and leopard head to upper cover. Number 150 of a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the author. A fine copy in likewise slipcase, the author recounts over 40 years of hunting experiences including the Big 5, and a host of spiral horn antelopes. Czech 243
[21591] |
£90.00 |
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SANCHEZ-ARINO Tony |
On The Trail Of The African Elephant
1987.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
XXIII 247 pages, illus with drawings, maps and photographs many taken from earlier hunting expeditions, ownership name and address to verso of frontis, limited to 1250 copies, signed by the author on title page, vg+ copy in similar dj. The experiences of 35 years hunting elephants in Africa. Czech 243
[19472] |
£100.00 |
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SANDEMAN Fraser |
Angling Travels In Norway
1895.
1st Edn,.
Chapman and Hall.
X11 286 pages, 4to.large paper edition 23 x 29cm, illus by pen, pencil and camera including 4 colour plates of salmon flies and a plate of favourite flies for Norway, light spotting to end papers, contents and plates clean, 1/4 parchment binding over blue cloth, some marking to parchment as often found, paper title label printed in red and black to spine, cloth dust soiled. A tight copy. Sandeman describes fishing techniques, the fish tackle, the rivers including fiords and the year in Norway etc.
[16142] |
£120.00 |
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SANDEMAN Fraser |
Angling Travels In Norway
1895.
1st Edn,.
Chapman Hall Ltd.
X 284 pages, illus, 4 in colour of flies, TEG, some spotting to prelims and occasionally to text not affecting plates. Amorial bookplate of R.D.Jackson to front paste down, bound in 1.2 dark red calf by Bickers and Sons, spine faded with surface scratch marks.
[19016] |
£40.00 |
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SANDEMAN Fraser |
By Hook And By Crook
1894.
2nd Edn,.
Henry.
viii- 255 pages, TEG, pages uncut illustrations including 6 in colour of flies. Ownership bookplate off ,Cyril,F Parker Skirwith Abbey to the front paste down and his name in ink to the front end paper. A very good clean copy in the original light brown cloth, gilt title and salmon fly to the upper cover. Includes pattern of salmon flies, tackle, wading etc., also Thames trout, chub fishing on the Thames, difficult to find in the original binding in vg condition. The colour plates of flies are particularly fine. The first edition appeared in 1892 in a cream cloth the cloth is often found darkened.
[24121] |
£90.00 |
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SANDERSON Mackay C. |
The Practical Breaking & Training of Gun Dogs
nd circa 1922.
1st Edn,.
Our Dogs Publishing Ltd.
Manchester.
XII 142 pages, 12 full page illus, light foxing to prelims, original light brown limp covers, title printed in black. A vg copy of the 1st edition.
[18885] |
£28.00 |
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SANDERSON Mackay C. |
The Practical Breaking & Training of Gun Dogs
nd circa 1922.
1st Edn,.
Manchester.
XII 142 pages, 12 full page illus, light foxing to prelims, original light brown limp covers, title printed in black. A vg copy of the 1st edition.
[1166] |
£28.00 |
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SANDERSON Mackay C. |
The Practical Breaking & Training of Gun Dogs
nd circa 1930.
3rd edition revised Edn,.
Manchester.
147 pages, illus, small damp mark to top corner margin of frontis, blue limp cloth covers title in black, a vg copy in likewise dj. Unusual in dj.
[15585] |
£30.00 |
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SAUNDERS James |
The Compleat Fisherman a Large and Particular Account, of all the Several Ways of Fishing
1724.
1st Edn,.
printed for W.Earl and S.Tooke.
234 pages, folding plate bound after title, browning to title and plate, recently bound in old style 1/2 calf, marbled boards. Saunders is the first angling author to mention silk worm gut, Westwood Satchell 189
[9600] |
£200.00 |
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