A HISTORY OF FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT
Philip Allan & Co., 1921. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 244, illus with b&w text decorations (previous owner's neat 1934 inscription on front free endpaper). More
Sporting Books
RIVER KEEPER The Life of William James Lunn.
Geoffrey Bles, 1934. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (casing with slight lean and split along lower edge of spine - in protective glassine cover), no dustwrapper. Pp. 175, illus with b&w plates (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper). More
A SUMMER ON THE TEST.
Philip Allan, 1930. 2nd edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth with Rugby School arms in gilt on upper board (spine and edges of lower board faded - otherwise VG in protective glassine cover), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiv + 271, illus with 12 b&w plates by Norman Wilkinson (hinges slightly..... More
POINTS OF A RACEHORSE
William Blackwood and Sons, 1903. 1st edn. Folio (13.5 x 8.5 ins). Original silver lettered black cloth (worn along length of spine, boards spotted and corners bumped and rubbed). Pp. viii + 113, illus throughout with b&w plates (frontispeice tissue-guard creased; inner hinges loosened; no inscriptions). More
FISHERMAN'S PARADISE Tales of Taupo Rainbows
Max Reinhardt, 1975. 0370104862. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 191, illus with b&w drawings (previous owner's neat gift inscription on front free endpaper). More
THE DYING FOX The Sad Little Faithful Dog The Stag That Got Away and Other Poems
Tallis Press, 1987. 0284987344. 1st edn signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (near Fine). Pp. 70, illus with b&w drawings (no other inscriptions). More
THE LONG AFFRAY The Poaching Wars In Britain 1760-1914.
Secker & Warburg, 1985. 043620102X. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 344, with b&w illus in text and maps(no inscriptions). More
FISHING FOR TROUT AND SALMON
H.F. & G. Witherby, 1944. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (some light wear at corners - otherwise VG), lacks dustwrapper. Pp. 180, illus with b&w frontispiece and drawings (previous owner's inscriptions on front endpapers). More
BRAN MASH Sport Stage & Service a Literary Feed for Good Sportsmen.
Hutchinson & Co., n.d. [c.1930]. 1st edn. 8vo. Original blind-stamped gilt lettered red cloth (casing with slight leana and spine very), lacks dustwrapper. Pp. xi + 325, illus with 25 b&w plates (top corners of prelims creased; no inscriptions). [Memoirs of pre 1914 foxhunting with Shires packs, pre war service..... More
FISHING Country Life Library of Sport 2 Volumes.
Country Life, 1904. 1st edn. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered red buckram cloth (rather scuffed and worn and upper board of vol I scratched). Pp. xviii + 526 [&] xiii + 445, illus with coloured and b&w plates (previous owner's 1905 inscription on front paste-down of vol I)..... More
THE LIFE-HISTORY OF THE SALMON
Aberdeen University Press, 1924. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original brown lettered quarter bound brown cloth spine and buff coloured boards (some markings on boards), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiii + 56 + plates, illus with tables and 17 b&w plates (previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper). More
ROD-FISHING FOR SALMON ON THE WYE With Fly Minnow Prawn Etc.
The Fishing Gazette, 1930. 2nd edn. 12mo. Original gilt lettered red cloth, all edges red (boards discoloured - otherwise VG), slipcase (poor with sellotape repairs at edges). Pp. xii + 178, illus with b&w photos and 4 folding maps in rear pocket (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper)... More
THE WILD HOST The History and Meaning of the Hunt
Cassell, 2001. 0304359246. 1st edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective wrapper). Pp. 296, illus throughout with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions), More
ON JIM CORBETT'S TRAIL And Other Tales From the Treetops
Delhi: Permanent Black, 2004. 9788178240817. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine). Pp. xv + 139, illus with b&w drawings and photos (no inscriptions). More
FISHING WITH A PURPOSE.
Peter Davies, 1969. 0432076808. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (top and fore-edge spotted - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective wrapper). Pp. 196 (no inscriptions), illus with 8 b&w plates. With a foreword by Aylmer Tryon. [Game fishing in England, Scotland, Ireland and Iceland.]. More
THE SALMON
Collins, 1959. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green buckram cloth (casing with slight lean and upper board a little marked - otherwise bright VG), dustwrapper (torn at edges with partial loss at bottom corner of upper cover - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xvi + 192, illus..... More
JIM CORBETT OF KUMAON
New Delhi: Ravi Dayal, 2000. Revised edn 2nd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (some faint spotting on page edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. viii + 162, illus with b&w photos (worm hole at top edge of pp. 121/122; previous owner's..... More
LONG REINING The Saumur Method
J.A. Allen & Co. 2003. Tall 8vo. Original black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 96, illus throughout with coloured photos and diagrams (no inscriptions). More
GUN FOR COMPANY.
Country Life, 1950. 2nd edn. Tall 8vo. Orginal gilt lettered green cloth (small tear at headcap and some light marks on boards), no dustwrapper. Pp. 207, illus with coloured frontispiece and 12 b&w plates by J.C. Harrison (prelims rather spotted; no inscriptions). More
SHOOTS AND SHOOTING.
Country Life, 1951. 1st edn. Tall 8vo (10 x 7¾ ins). Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 167, illus with coloured frontispiece and 12 b&w plates by J.C. Harrison (endpapers a little spotted; no inscriptions). More
HUNTING PARSON The Life and Times of the Reverend John Russell
Herbert Jenkins, 1963. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth, top edge brown (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 192, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions). More
THE MATING OF THOROUGHBRED HORSES Some Conclusions and Deductions
British Bloodstock Agency, 1942. 1st edn signed by author on title page. 8vo. Original black lettered grey cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 95, illus with b&w tables (pages loosened from binding; previous owner's inscriptions front endpapers). More
BRITISH BIRDS
Thomas Nelson, 1948. Reprint. Tall 8vo. Original decorated green buckram cloth (spine and edges of boards faded and some light wear at head of spine), lacks dustwrapper. Pp. xvi + 209, illus with coloured plates (some light spotting on endpapers; previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper)... More
NYMPH FISHING IN PRACTICE.
Barrie & Jenkins, 1963. 1st edn signed and inscribed by author on front endpaper. 8vo. Original silver lettered blue cloth (spine faded and a little creased), no dustwrapper. Pp. 191, illus with b&w photos (no other inscriptions). More