STAGHUNTER The Remarkable Story of Ernest Bawden.
Halsgrove, 2017. 1st edn 3rd printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 192, illus with b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions). More
Sporting Books
RED LETTER DAYS Hunting Across the British Isles.
Quiller, 2008. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, price clipped). Pp. 176, illus with b&w drawings by Judith Stowell (previous owner's gift inscription on front endpaper). More
THE YOUNG HORSE
Collins, 1979. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper). Pp. 91, illustrated with coloured and b&w photos (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More
SCHOOL FOR RIDING A Primer of Modern Horsemanship.
Medici Society, c. 1939. 1st edn. 8vo. Original green lettered black cloth (light wear at head and tail of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (chipped and worn with partial loss at spine - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. xviii + 180, illus with b&w photos (previous owners' bookplate on..... More
THE DRY FLY AND FAST WATER Fishing With the Floating Fly on American Trout Streams together with Some Observations on Fy Fishing in General.
Lyon Mississippi: Derrydale Press, 1993. Volume IX of Fly Fisherman's Gold. Unnumbered of limited edn of 2,500 facsimile of 1914 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt decorated brown leather, all edges gilt (casing with slight lean and page edges rather spotted). Pp. vi + 218 (no inscriptions). More
LAKE AND LOCH FISHING FOR TROUT Memoirs of a Fly-Fisherman.
Seeley Service & Co., 1955. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (spine ends and corners scuffed; page egdes spotted), dustwrapper (rather worn esp at extrems - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 256, illus with b& plates and drawings in text (endpapers and prelims spotted; no inscriptions)..... More
AN ASSEMBLAGE OF 19TH CENTURY HORSES & CARRIAGES
Farnham: Perpetua Press, 1971. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (spine tanned; black stain on upper cover - in protective cover). Pp. 71, ilus with coloured drawings by William Francis Freelove (small mark on title page; no inscriptions), More
ALL-FUR FLIES AND HOW TO DRESS THEM
Pelham Books, 1967. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (spine and edges of boards lightly faded - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (toned; edges rubbed - in protective wrapper, not clipped). Pp. 162, illus with b&w plates and drawings in text (ex public library with usual stamps and markings). More
INTERNATIONAL TROUT FLIES
Frederick Muller, 1969. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (bright VG), dustwrapper (spine sunned; edges rubbed - in protective wrapper, not clipped). Pp. 182, illus with coloured and b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
BORDER RIVER ANGLING
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1959. 2nd edn revised 2nd printing. 8vo. Original blue cloth (spine a little faded - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (head of spine and corners worn - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. vii + 204, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
THE BARNSTAPLE STAGHOUNDS.
Bideford: Edward Gaskell Publishers, 2004. 1st edn, 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 293, illus with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
SIR JOHN AMORY'S STAGHOUNDS
Ryelands, 2012. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on half title. 4to. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 160, illus with b&w photos and drawings (previous owner's gift inscription on front endpaper). More
TIVERTON STAGHOUNDS
Privately published, 2001. 2nd edn signed by author on half title. 8vo. Original black decorated cream cloth (Fine), no dustwrapper. Pp. 308, illus with coloured and b&w photos (previous owner's crossed-out inscription on front endpaper). More
COME HUNTING!
Vinton & Co., 1952. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red lettered grey cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 244, illus with b&w plates and drawings in text (endpapers lightly spotted; no inscriptions). [Foxhunting, beagling and otter-hunting.]. More
HENRY CHAPLIN A Memoir.
Macmillan, 1926. 1st edn 1st printing. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated maroon cloth, top edge gilt (edges a little rubbed and residue of label on upper board - otherwise VG in protective glassine cover), no dustwrapper. Pp. vii + 347, illus with b&w plates (endpapers a little toned; no inscriptions)..... More
THE ENGLISH SQUIRE AND HIS SPORT
Michael Joseph, 1977. 0718115546. 1st edn. 8vo. Original maroon lettered green cloth (top edge dust stained - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. 302, illus with numerous b&w photos throughout (no inscriptions). More
LAYS OF THE CHASE AND ODDS AND ENDS
Vinton & Co., c. 1899. 1st edn. 8vo. Original blind-ruled gilt lettered red cloth (spine faded and worn at head and tail and casing shaken). Pp. 82 (bookseller's sticker on front paste-down; no inscriptions). More
SPORTING RECOLLECTIONS OF A YOUNGER SON
Duckworth, 1925. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered blue cloth (page edges rather spotted - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 208, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's neat inscription on front paste-down). More
ROYAL NEWMARKET
Putnam & Co., 1945. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt/black lettered green cloth (some light wear at head and tail of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small tears and nicks at edges - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 108, illus with 10 coloured plates (no inscriptions)... More
RHYMES OF AN IRISH HUNTSMAN
Country Life, 1937. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered green cloth (lightly rubbed at head and tail of spine - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (chipped and worn with partial loss at on covers and backstrip - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 60, illus with coloured plates and b&w..... More
ECHOES OF THE HUNTING HORN
Dublin: Talbot Press, 1946. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original cloth-backed pictorial paper-laid boards (light wear at edges of boards - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. ix + 181, illus with b&w plates by Olive Whitmore (no inscriptions). [Irish foxhunting and racing.]. More
THE MICHAEL LYNE SKETCH BOOK
Standfast Press, 1979. Limited numbered 1st edn (152 of 550) signed by author. Oblong 4to (9¼ x 12¼ ins). Original gilt lettered blue cloth, top edge blue (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 114, illus with tipped-in coloured plates and pencil sketches in text + signed..... More
ROUGH SHOOT Some Thoughts for the Owner-Keeper.
Hutchinson, 1942. Limited numbered 1st edn (77 of 500). 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 160, illus with coloured frontispiece b&w drawings and decorated endpapers (page edges and some pages spotted; no inscriptions). More
CIRCUMVENTING THE MAHSEER AND OTHER SPORTING FISH IN INDIA AND BURMA Parts I-V [With] The Game Fishes of India (Parts XVI-XVII The Mahseers or Large-Scaled Barbels of India), Fish of Poona (Parts II-III), Fish Survey of Hyderabad State (Parts I-II),
Bombay Natural History Society, 1943. Offprints from Bombay Natural History Society Journal. 8vo. Rebound in paper laid boards with type written labels (light wear at edges). Pp. variously paginated), illus with coloured and b&w plates and illus in text (previous owner's stamp on front paste-down and light pencil notes in..... More