A SPORTING GARLAND
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1711743
Published by Sands & Co.. 1st 1902. Fair condition.

Large oblong format. Green cloth spine. Green front board with white banner to left edge. A delightful selection of colour plates throughout contents. Binding weak with 3 plates and rear endpaper detached. Believed to be complete. Detached plates are also have some loss to margins and generally browned. Front endpaper creased. Front joint almost broken. Spine has some splitting and fraying to top and tail. Board edges worn.

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FORTY FINE LADIES
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1109160
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Limited edition of 250 copies. White vellum spine, burgundy cloth, gilt titles. Large format. B/w and two tone illustrations. Top edge gilt. Verses to do with fox-hunting which have appeared in Punch previously . SIGNED by author and illustrator. This is copy no. 96. Vellum spine is grubby. Some foxing and marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents are very nice!

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WILD SPORTS & NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HIGHLANDS
Written by Charles St. John.
Stock no. 2113740
Published by James Thin; Mercat Press. 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue covers, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0901824615. Mottling to spine. Wrapper is faded to spine, with sticker residue to front panel.

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FULL CRY
Written by J. Ivester Lloyd. Illustrated by T. Ivester Lloyd.
Stock no. 1312020
Published by Duckworth. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

A collection of hunting sketches. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 148 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, fading to spine. Some writing and b/w illustration (taken from blurb of missing wrapper?) pasted on to front pastedown. Year written in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned, some foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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THOUGHTS ON FOX AND HARE HUNTING
Written by Peter Beckford. Illustrated by John Scott.
Stock no. 1203369
Published by The Albion Press. 1st 1810. Very good condition.

In a series of familiar letters to a friend. Modern binding. Leather spine with raised bands and gilt titles. 8 engravings from original paintings, includes title page. Some fold-out plates. 314 pages. Mark to top of spine. Old book rebound with new endpapers.

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AFTER BIG GAME IN THE UPPER YUKON
Written by Nevill A.D. Armstrong.
Stock no. 818148
Published by John Long. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Covers unevenly faded and browned. Wear to edges. Repaired split to top of spine. Some foxing throughout and to outer page edges.

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HUNTING SONGS
Written by R.E. Egerton-Warburton.
Stock no. 814548
Published by Henry Young & Sons. 1912. Almost very good condition.

Black leather spine, red cloth covers. Gilt title to spine. Limited edition of 350 copies. 29 b/w plates. Top edge gilt. Copy no. 63. SIGNED by publisher. All plates present. Bottom of spine chipped with loss. Spine rubbed at edges with loss of colour. Corners bumped and lightly rubbed.

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