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COURSING: THE PURSUIT OF GAME WITH GAZEHOUNDS
Written by Richard Grant-Rennick; Thomas Hope; et al.
Stock no. 2139748
Published by The Standfast Press. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. The Standfast Sporting Library - General editor Grant-Rennick. ISBN: 0950214892. Foxing to outer page edges, with browning. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some creasing; scuffing; a few nicks.

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THE HARE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; Gerald Lascelles; Charles Richardson; J.S. Gibbons; G.H. Longman; Kenney Herbert. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Charles Whymper; et al..
Stock no. 2136038
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1896. Very good condition.

Fur and Feather series. Beige pictorial cloth with red titles. B/w plates. Natural History, Shooting, Coursing, and Cookery. Foxing throughout. Some page edges are not fully opened.

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RURAL SPORTS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by William B. Daniel.
Stock no. 2127953
Published by Bunny And Gold. Circa 1801. Almost very good condition.

2 volumes. Brown leather covers, gilt borders. B/w plates. Includes sections on dogs, plus fox and stag hunting, hare coursing. Rabbit, martin, badger and otter hunting. Angling, game shooting and waterfowl etc. Both volumes have been rebacked with new spines with raised bands; new endpapers, original boards and pages. Volume 1 No longer has its title page. All plates present. Volume 1 was published in 1801 and Volume 2 in 1802. Scuffing and wear to covers; heavy wear to corners. Foxing, browning and some margin marks.

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THE SPORTSMAN'S DIRECTORY
Written by John Mayer.
Stock no. 576175
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1838. Good condition.

Small format. Green cloth, gilt title and shooting vignette to front cover. The Sportsman's Directory and Park & Gamekeeper's Companion. Being a Series of Instructions in Ten Parts for The Chase in its Various Classes: Coursing, Shooting, Fishing, The Preservation of Game and Decoys, Selection and Training of the Pointer and Spaniel, Breeding Pheasants, Partridges, Rabbits Etc. With Copious Directions for Trapping and Destroying Vermin and Detecting the Operations of the Poachere. An Appendix Containing Numerous Valuable Receipts and Useful Abstracts of the Game Laws and the Laws of Coursing. 6th edition. viii + 181 pages. B/w illustrations. Rear free endpaper missing. Front joint cracked, rear joint broken. Contemporary name in ink to title page. Covers a little marked. Corners slightly worn. Page 97 has crayon scribble but text still readable.

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