HUNTING SONGS
Constable, 1925. Tall 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. vii + 128, illus with tipped-in coloured plates by Lionel Edwards (prelims spotted; no inscriptions). More
Sporting Books
STAGHUNTING WITH THE DEVON AND SOMERSET 1887-1901 An Account of the Chase of the Wild Red Deer on Exmoor.
Chatto & Windus [&] James G. Commin, 1902. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth, top edge gilt (very chipped and worn at head of spine). Pp. xv + 378, illus with 74 b&w photos by H.M. Lomas and G.M.C. Luard (previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper; front... More
CHILD OF THE TIDES A Sea Trout Handbook
Dublin: Glendale Press, 1985. 0907606318. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper). Pp. 188, illus with b&w diagrams and drawings in text (no inscriptions). More
J. F.B. THE MEMOIRS OF JACK FAIRFAX-BLAKEBOROUGH
J.A. Allen & Co., 1978. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (top edge spotted- otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks and tears at edges - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 196, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
SEA TROUT FISHING
H.F.& G. Witherby, 1989. 0854931155. 2nd edn revised later printing (1989). Tall 8vo. Original green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 448, illus with coloured and b&w photos and line drawings (no inscriptions). More
THE GLAMORGAN AND TREDEGAR HUNTS
Hunts Association, 1935. 8vo. Original embossed card covers (softback) (edges a little rubbed and creased). Pp. 40, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
SADDLE-ROOM SAYINGS With Topics Anecdotes And Stories Of The Hunter In Paddock Stable And Hunting Field.
Constable & Co., 1931. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (edges a little rubbed), no dustwrapper. Pp. xv + 124, illus with 17 bw plates (no inscriptions). More
DRY-FLY FISHING IN BORDER WATERS
Adam & Charles Black, 1912. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black decorated green cloth (spine ends lightly scuffed; minor marks on boards - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. viii + 136, illus with b&w plates and figures in text (endpapers tanned; previos owner's ink inscription on front free endpaper). More
THE WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING Complete In One Volume With Memoir Of The Author
Henry G. Bohn, 1843. 2nd edn with portrait and autogragh. Tall 8vo. Contemporary full calf, gilt tooled raised ribbed spine with label, marbled edges and endpapers (boards and edges lightly scuffed - otherwise VG). Pp. xxviii + 1116, illus b&w portrait frontispiece with tiisue-guard and fascimile plate of Fielding's autograph... More
BIRDS THROUGH THE YEAR
Duckworth, 1950. 2nd edn. 8vo. Original green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (chipped and rubbed - in protective wrapper). Pp. 118 (spotting to prelims; previous owner's inscription), illus with b&w plates. More
PHEASANTS AND THEIR ENEMIES The Story of Pheasants.
Spur Publications, 1979. 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth, dustwrapper (VG/VG). Pp. x + 101, with 2 coloured plates and b&w illus in text (top and fore-edge lightly spotted; no inscriptions). More
THE HORSE A Study in Natural History
Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co., 1891. 1st edn. 8vo. Original red lettered green cloth (bottom edges rather damp stained and ink stain at head of spine). Pp. ix + 196, illus with b&w plates and in text (endpapers water stained; no inscriptions). More
WAIDWERK DER GEGENWART Natur Mensch und Wild im Einklang
Corvina, 1972. 1st edn. 4to. Original green lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 231, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
THE WILD-FOWLER A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Wild-Fowling Historical and Practical
Piper Stephenson and Spence, 1859. 1st edn. 8vo. Original blind-stamped gilt lettered green diced cloth with gilt decoration on upper board, rebound in new quarter morocco (corners lightly bumped and some small marks on lower board - otherwise bright VG). Pp. xxii + 398, illus engraved title and plates with... More
MEMORIES OF AN AMATEUR RIDER.
Holmington Press, 1998. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. Tall 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. 87, illus with b&w photos (no other inscriptions). [Personal recollections of amateur jockey and Wiltshire Yeomanry and 10th Hussar officer.]. More
INSHORE SEA FISHING With A Chapter On Curing Smoking Drying Etc.
Adam & Charles Black, 1957. 3rd edn. 8vo. Original giilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper). Pp. vi + 106, illus throughout with author's bw diagrams (endpapers a little spotted; no inscriptions). More
RECORDS OF STAG-HUNTING ON EXMOOR.
Dulverton: Rothwell & Dunworth, 2004. 0954493427. Limited numbered facsimile edition of original 1887 edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated green cloth, dustwrapper. (Fine/Fine). Pp. 286 (no inscriptions), illus with 14 b&w plates and folding map of the hunting country. [Detailed and entertaining monograph on the hunting of the red deer... More
HUNTING RACING COACHING & BOXING BALLADS
Heath Cranton, 1926. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered red cloth with whip device on upper board (edges of boards marked and head of spine lightly scuffed), no dustwrapper. Pp. xv + 208 (with previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front free endpaper), illus with coloured frontispiece and 16 b&w plates. More
GENTLEMEN AND BLACKGUARDS Or Gambling Mania and the Plot to Steal the Derby of 1844
Wiedenfield & Nicolson, 2010. 9780297844594. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG not price clipped). Pp. xvii + 298, illus with b&w and coloured plates (no inscriptions). More
THE SPORT OF QUEENS
Michael Joseph, 1968. Revised edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (faded at edges of boards), dustwrapper (edges rubbed and worn - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 238, illus with coloured and b&w plates (no inscriptions). More
ANGLING REMINISCENCES
Horace Cox, 1887. 1st edn. 8vo. Original blind-ruled gilt lettered green cloth (lightly scuffed at head and tail of spine and corners - otherwise VG). Pp. 248 + 32 (previous owner's inscription on front endpaper). More
FISH-CULTURE A Practical Guide to the Modern System of Breeding and Rearing Fish
Routledge Warne and Routledge, 1863. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blind-stamped red cloth (edges and boards very rubbed and worn). Pp. xviii + 267, illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard and b&w illus in text (front inner hinges loosened; previous owner's neat 1863 inscription on front endpaper). More
FOX-HUNTING Lonsdale Library Volume VII
Seeley Service & Co., 1930. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered light brown buckram cloth, top edge brown (page edges lightly spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (tanned; extrems chipped - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 367, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w plates (front prelims, rear endpapers lightly... More
SPORTING STABLES AND KENNELS
Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935. Limited numbered 1st edn (54 of 200). 4to. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiv + 139, illus with coloured frontispiece with tissue-guard and b&w plates and photos (previous owner's neat 1941 inscription on front endpaper and bookplate on front paste-down). More
MY HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS With Notes On Sport And Natural History
Longmans Green & Co., 1914. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt decorated red cloth (bright VG). Pp. xii + 274 (no inscriptions), illus with b&w plates by G.E. Lodge, Sir Frank Lockwood, & W.A. Toplis & from photos. More