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FISHING TACKLE OF YESTERDAY A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
Written by Jamie Maxstone Graham.
Stock no. 2118400
Published by Jamie Maxtone Graham. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Privately published by the author. A few light marks to outer page edges.

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THE COMPLEATEST ANGLING BOOKE THAT EUER WAS WRIT
Written by Joseph Crawhall.
Stock no. 2118325
2nd 1881. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Black leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine, with gilt title and fish decorations. This is the Second Edition, Limited to 100 copies! (First edition has only 40 copies printed in 1859). B/w illustrations. Being done oute of ye hebrewe and other tongves by a Person of Honor. Adorn'd with scriptures. Some light wear along cover edges. A few marks to covers. Marks to endpapers. Front endpaper has a few edge-tears. Some foxing. Still in very good condition, considering its age!

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RAMBLINGS OF A SPORTSMAN-NATURALIST
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2118022
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Drawn mainly from the sporting diaries he kept for many years, BB recalls numerous little adventures afield. A collection of happenings and impressions of the seasons, beautifully enhanced by dramatic b/w scraperboard illustrations throughout. Black boards, gilt lettering to spine. 176 pages. ISBN: 0718118154. Inscription in ink and white label stuck to front endpaper. Odd foxspot to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little creased with some light edge-browning.

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MORE REMINISCENCES
Written by A. Holden Illingworth.
Stock no. 2118008
Published by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.. 1936. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with gilt titles. Colour and b/w plates. Privately printed. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some marks and uneven fading to covers. 1 plate (Opposite page 76) is MISSING! Some foxing throughout.

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REMINISCENCES
Written by A. Holden Illingworth.
Stock no. 2118007
Published by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.. 1932. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with gilt titles. Privately printed. 5 b/w plates, including frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks and scuffs to covers. Gilt titles are starting to fade. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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THE ANGLER IN WALES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Thomas Medwin.
Stock no. 2117186
Published by Richard Bentley. 1834. Very good condition.

Professionally recased with green cloth; green leather spines with raised bands and corners. New endpapers. B/w illustrations. Some browning to spines and outer page edges. A few margin marks; some foxing. A lovely rebound set!

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FERRETING AND TRAPPING FOR AMATEUR GAMEKEEPERS
Written by Guy N. Smith. Illustrated by Pat Lakin.
Stock no. 2116659
Published by Spur Publications; Saiga Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 090455838X. Browning and pale foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with browning and a few marks.

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HORSEMANSHIP THE WAY OF A MAN WITH A HORSE
Written by Geoffrey Brooke.
Stock no. 1606798
Published by Seeley, Service & Co.. 1932. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth. B/w photos. Lonsdale Library Volume I. A Practical Book on Horsemanship Together with Veterinary Notes and a Chapter on Pig-Sticking. Spine bumped. Covers scuffed with patches of surface damage. Some pages corner creased.

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POSITIVE SHOOTING
Written by Michael Yardley.
Stock no. 2116353
Published by The Crowood Press. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 1861264720. Light wear and a little creasing to corners.

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CHOKE-BORE GUNS AND HOW TO LOAD FOR ALL KINDS OF GAME
Written by W.W. Greener.
Stock no. 1810697
Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin. Circa 1876. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy boards, gilt titles and vignettes. Pockets containing diagrams of shooting from various choke-bore guns (three larger folded diagrams, and 3 smaller folded diagrams, all are printed on both sides.) Two fold-out tables. B/w illustrations. vii, 215, xv and 4 pages of publisher adverts to rear. Name and date in ink to front pocket (x 2). Name and date in ink to half-title page. Name in ink to page 11 and page 93 (neat and contemporary). Front and rear joint strengthened amateurishly with brown paper glued to joint, also to verso of front endpaper and facing half-title page. Rear hinge is broken (after page 4 of publisher advertistements) and therefore cloth starting to come away from the spine inside the book. All diagrams mentioned are present. Fold-out tables are creased and worn on folds.

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RECOLLECTIONS OF A LONGSHORE GUNNER
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1810153
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wildfowling adventures after geese, chiefly on the Scottish coast. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Green endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. 86 pages. ISBN: 0851150675. Edges lightly rubbed. Foxing to page edges and a few margin marks otherwise contents clean. Browning to dustwrapper edges and flaps, fading to rear wrapper vertical edge, some damp staining to inside of wrapper.

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THE HISTORY OF THE LINLITHGOW AND STIRLINGSHIRE HUNT 1775-1910
Written by James H. Rutherfurd.
Stock no. 1810090
Published by William Blackwood and Sons. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w plates and large map in rear pocket. Top edge gilt. SIGNED by the author with dedication to title page ('from the author'). Boards scuffed and marked. Spine browned. Some grubby marks/foxing to contents but generally a clean copy. Map still in rear pocket.

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