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SKETCHES OF BRITISH SPORTING FISHES
Written by John Watson.
Stock no. 1808195
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd.
1st
1890.
Good condition.
Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xi and 143 pages. Front board badly dampstained. Front endpaper missing. Name & address to endpapers. A few grubby marks to contents. One or two hinges pulled. A good working copy.
SALMON THE WORLD'S MOST HARASSED FISH
Written by Anthony Netboy.
Stock no. 1709637
Published by Andre Deutsch.
1st
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
B/w photos. The status of one of the world's most extraordinary, and delicious, fish. And the means which can be taken to preserve it. ISBN: 0233968563.
THE COMPLETE ANGLER'S VADE-MECUM
Written by Capt. T. Williamson.
Stock no. 1807687
Published by Payne And Mackinlay.
1st
1808.
Almost very good condition.
...Being A Perfect Code of Instruction on the Above Pleasing Science: Wherein are Detailed, A Great Variety of Original Practices and Inventions; Together With All That Can Contribute to the Sportsman's Amusement and Success. Paper boards. 10 b/w engraved plates to rear. xi and 316 pages. Expertly re-backed with matching modern paper, board edges also expertly repaired to match boards. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Deckled edges. Page 9-16 have loss to top margin corner. A few grubby finger marks to margins. Some slight bleeding of text. All plates present. A good working copy for the books age of over 200 years old.
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- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- ANTIQUARIAN
HORSE LAUGHTER
Written by Will H. Ogilvie; George Denholm Armour; Guy Paget.
Illustrated by G. Denholm Armour.
Stock no. 1310801
Published by Duckworth.
1st
1938.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Few sports offer so many opportunities for humour as hunting. Cream pictorial boards. 87 pages. B/w illustrations. Introduction by Paget. Spine very slightly bumped, some very slight darkening to cover edges. Name plate to front endpaper. Endpapers browned and some light foxing at page edges. A few margin marks. Top of a couple of pages roughly opened resulting in a small closed tear and small piece missing from top of one page. Dustwrapper is very grubby with a few small stains and is price-cut.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ILLUSTRATED
- HUMOUR
- HUNTING
SPORTING ART IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY
Written by Stephen Deuchar.
Stock no. 1604857
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A full account of this artistic phenomenon, combining a cogent analysis of the ideologies lying behind these sports with the history of their imagery. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300041160.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ART HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- FIELD SPORTS
- HUNTING
MY WAY WITH THE POLE
Written by Tom Pickering; Colin Dyson.
Stock no. 2110396
Published by Pisces Angling Publications.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Compiled and edited by Dyson. B/w photos. ISBN: 0948584076. SIGNED by author, with dedication 'Tight Lines Nigel' to title page.
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- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
BASC GUIDE TO SHOOTING GAME
Written by Michael Yardley.
Stock no. 1604350
Published by Swan Hill Press.
1st
2007.
Very good condition.
Foreword by Will Garfit. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781904057970. Some sticky residue marks to rear board and tiny bumps to edges. pale damp staining visible to endpapers and some pages. Slight wrinkling on some pages but contents are generally clean and bright.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- SHOOTING
- GAME BIRDS
- GUNS
- FIREARMS
RURAL REFLECTIONS A BRIEF HISTORY OF TRAPS, TRAPMAKING AND GAMEKEEPING IN BRITAIN
Written by Stuart Haddon-Riddoch.
Stock no. 1707392
Published by Argyll Publishing.
1st
2001.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Limited edition of 1000 copies. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 190283125x. Copy NO. 383. Wrapper is grubby with a couple of nicks.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- HUNTING
- COUNTRYSIDE
- LIMITED EDITION
WOODLAND STALKING
Written by Peter Carne.
Stock no. 1707386
Published by Swan Hill Press.
2004.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
B/w diagrams. B/w photos. 164 pages. ISBN: 1853108561.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- HUNTING
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- STALKING
- COUNTRYSIDE
THE PLEASURE OF STILLWATER FLY FISHING
Written by Peter Reeves.
Stock no. 1707283
Published by Swan Hill Press.
1st
1998.
Nearly fine condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 1840370181. Corners lightly bumped.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- FLY FISHING
- TROUT
THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON ESQ. OF HALSTON SHROPSHIRE
Written by Nimrod.
Illustrated by H. Alken; T.J. Rawlins.
Stock no. 1707044
Published by George Routledge & Sons.
1869.
Fair condition.
M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the counties of Salop and Merioneth and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry with his Hunting, Racing Shooting, Driving and Extravagant Exploits. Fourth edition revised and enlarged. 18 hand coloured plates. Two (of 18) plates MISSING. Covers unevenly faded. Edges worn and bumped. Some foxing. Plate margins a little grubby but otherwise bright.
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- FIELD SPORTS
- HUNTING
- SHOOTING
- SHROPSHIRE
- BIOGRAPHY
- HAND COLOURED
THE POACHERS PROGRESS
No author listed.
Illustrated by C. Blake; C. Turner.
Stock no. 1706439
Published by Paul Harris.
1st thus
1981.
Very good condition.
Facsimile edition first published by C. Turner in 1826. Limited to 750 copies. Very Large Oblong format, Approx. 60cm by 40cm. 8 colour plates from paintings by C. Blake, engraved by Turner. Leather spine. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. ISBN: 0862280303. Base of spine and bottom edge worn. This copy is unnumbered. A few scuffs to covers. Plates bright and clean. REDUCED from £250.
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- FIELD SPORTS
- ART
- POACHING
- COUNTRYSIDE
- LIMITED EDITION
- PRINTS
- FACSIMILE