SADDLE AND SHOELEATHER
Lincoln Williams, 1933. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (bottom corner of upper board partly discoloured), no dustwrapper. Pp. 288 (no inscriptions). More
Sporting Books
FARM YARD PUPPIES
Henry Frowde [&] Hodder & Stoughton, c. 1911. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original cloth-backed pictorial upper board (two small pencil marks to upper board: spine lightly rubbed and corners a little scuffed - otherwise VG). Pp. unpaginated (with occasional coloured crayon defacements and spotting particularly to front and rear prelims)... More
THE BEAUTIES & DEFECTS IN THE FIGURE OF THE HORSE Delineated in a Series of Coloured Plates
James Toovey, 1881. Tall 8vo. Original cloth-backed paper-laid boards (a little rubbed at edges and corners - otherwise VG). Pp. 29, illus with decorative title and 18 hand-coloured plates (some light spotting; no inscriptions). More
MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE Yorkshire Rugby Balliol the Bar Bloodstock and Journalistic Recollections.
Grant Richards, 1919. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram (edges and boards rubbed), no dustwrapper. Pp. 352, illus with b&w plates.(one small inscription). More
THE HISTORYE OF REYNART THE FOX 1489
David Paradine [&] Magdalene College Cambridge, 1976. Facsimile edn of William Caxton's 1489 edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated black buckram cloth, top edge gilt (Fine). Pp. unpaginated, illus with b&w frontispiece and decorated title (no inscriptions). Reproduction taken from the only surviving copy of the 1489 edition owned by Samual... More
THE SPORTSMAN'S DICTIONARY Or the Gentleman's Companion: for Town and Country.
G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1792. 4th edn. Tall 8vo. Rebound in recent gilt tooled half calf with new endpapers. Unpaginated, illus with 15 of 16 full page engraved plates (lacks plate 1 and some plates partly stained; pp. 3-6 removed; p.1 with loss of top third of page; previous owner's... More
SHOW JUMPING Obstacles and Courses
Collins, 1951. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small tears at top edge - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 63, illus with b&w plates and diagrams (previous owner's pencil notes on rear endpaper). More
BEAGLES AND BEAGLING
Kaye & Ward, 1970. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered orange cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 159, illus with b&w photos and drawings (no inscriptions). More
PHILANDERING ANGLER
Hurst & Blackett, c. 1948. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated dark green cloth (casing with slight lean and spine a little worn; page edges lightly spotted - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 176 , illus with b&w engravings by Denys Watkins-Pitchford (no inscriptions). More
BRIDLEWAYS THROUGH HISTORY.
Hutchinson & Co, 1948. 2nd edn revised. Tall 8vo. Orig gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small tears at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 381, illus with 24 full page bw plates & in text (no inscriptions). More
MR JORROCKS' LECTORS From Handley Cross
Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Signed limited numbered edn (17 of 350). 4to. Original gilt decorated full brown calf, top edge gilt (some repaired tears to spine with partial loss - otherwise bright VG). Pp. 149 (no other inscriptions), illus with tipped-in coloured plates with tissue-guards. More
THE PAINTED STREAM A River Warden's Life
J.M. Dent & Sons, 1985. 1st edn 2nd imp. 4to. Original gilt lettered green cloth, dustwrapper (Fine/Fine). Pp. 157, illus throughout with author's coloured and b&w plates (previous owners' inscription on front endpaper). [Account of author's work as river bailiff on River Tavy on Dartmoor.]. More
SPLIT-CANE AND SABLE A Book of Fish Men and Nature
J.M. Dent & Sons, 1988. 0460047450. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 145, illus with full page coloured reproductions of author's angling paintings & b&w vignettes in text (no inscriptions). More
GEEBUNG The Story of Australian Polo
Hamilton Publishing, 1993. 0646148680. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on title page. 4to. Original pictorial brown cloth with metal disc inset in upper board (corners lightly bumped - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper issued. Pp. 236, illus throughout with coloured and b&w photos (small scuff at centre of title... More
ANGLING FROM THE FISHES' POINT OF VIEW
Herbert Jenkins, 1961. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (faded at edges), dustwrapper (edges chipped - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 160, illus with b&w photos and b&w line drawings (ex public library with usual stamps). More
WILDFOWL IN GREAT BRITAIN A Survey of the Winter Distribution of the Anatidae
HMSO, 1963. 1st edn . Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered orange cloth (top edge of upper board slightly discoloured - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective wrapper). Pp. xiv + 368 (no inscriptions), illus with 15 coloured plates, photos, text-figures & maps. [Monographs of the Nature Conservancy no. 3]. More
BAILY'S HUNTING DIRECTORY 1906 - 1907.
Vinton & Co., 1906. 1st edn. 8vo. Original blind-stamped gilt lettered red cloth (spine faded with ink stain at tail; casing a little shaken). Pp. xliii + 472, illus with folding maps (front inner hinge slightly tender; some spotting on fore-edge; no inscriptions). More
BAILY'S HUNTING DIRECTORY 1922 - 1923.
Vinton and Co., 1922. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red morroco, top edge gilt (spine a little chipped at head with sellotape repair). Pp. 374, illus with b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions). More
BAILY'S HUNTING DIRECTORY 1934 - 1935.
Vinton and Co., 1934. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth (boards lightly marked and some wear at head and tail of spine). Pp. 476, illus with b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions). More
BAILY'S HUNTING DIRECTORY 1937 - 1938
Vinton and Co., 1937. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth (spine faded and upper board stained). Pp. 478, illus with b&w photos and maps (1 loose; inner hinges weakened; no inscriptions). More
BAILY'S HUNTING DIRECTORY 1958 - 1959
Vinton & Co., 1958. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth (small mark on upper board - otherwise VG). Pp. 16 + 424 + vi, illus with folding maps and b&w adverts (no inscriptions). More
BAILY'S HUNTING DIRECTORY 1987 - 1988
J.A. Allen & Co., 1987. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth (boards lightly marked - otherwise VG). Pp. xliii + 624, illus with b&w photos and map (no inscriptions). More
THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE Illustrated by Coloured Plates Representing Upward of Forty of the Most Useful Flies Accurately Copied from Nature
Printed for the author by G.F. Harris' Widow and Brothers [&] Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown, 1816. 1st edn. 8vo. Original paper-laid boards recently rebacked in gilt lettered quarter calf (corners bumped and boards lightly marked). Pp. viii + 150, illus with 8 hand-coloured plates + 2 additional plates... More
THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE Illustrated by Coloured Plates Representing Upward of Forty of the Most Useful Flies Accurately Copied from Nature
Printed by George Cruickshank [&] Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Green, 1828. 2nd edn with additions. 8vo. Original paper-laid boards recently rebacked in blue cloth with original paper label relaid (boards bumped marked and rubbed at corners). Pp. viii + 162, illus with 8 hand-coloured plates + 1 b&w... More
THE HEYDAY OF THE SHOTGUN The Art of the Gunmaker at the Turn of the Last Century
Swan Hill, 2000. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (creased at head of spine - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 156, illus with coloured and b&w photos (previous owner's inscription on front endpaper). More