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RIFLE AND GUN
Written by L.B. Escritt.
Stock no. 2135664
Published by MacDonald & Evans Ltd..
1st
1953.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
For practice, competition and sport. B/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven browning and spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby in places with edge-tears and chips; a little loss.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- SHOOTING
- FIREARMS
- GUNS
MODERN WILDFOWLING
Written by Eric Begbie.
Stock no. 1817962
Published by Saiga Publishing Co. Ltd..
1st thus
1980.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The history of the sport, quarry species, guns and equipment, gundogs and cooking the bag are all covered in a clear and concise manner. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Colour illustrations of wildfowl. ISBN: 0904558762. Corners bumped. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Top edge of text block browned. Couple of colour illustrations are annotated to show the wildfowl is protected. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine and rear.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- WILDFOWL
- SHOOTING
- DOGS - GUNDOG
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.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- DOGS
- DOGS (FACTUAL)
- HUNTING
- FOXES
- DEER
- COURSING
- SHOOTING
- WILDFOWL
- WATERFOWL
- ANGLING
- LEATHER BINDING
- ANTIQUARIAN
SHOOTING SECOND VOLUME
Written by Horace G. Hutchinson.
Stock no. 2126464
Published by Country Life.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. Spine is faded. Some wear to covers. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Some browning and foxing. Frontis is almost detached. Tear to a front free endpaper that is uncut.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- SHOOTING
THE POINTER AND HIS PREDECESSORS
Written by William Arkwright.
Stock no. 2124495
Published by Firth Productions.
1999.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Republication of the second edition. An illustrated History of the Pointing Dog from the Earliest Times. Red boards, gilt titles and border. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0906924030. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.
- Categorised in:
- DOGS
- DOGS (FACTUAL)
- DOGS - GUNDOG
- FIELD SPORTS
- SHOOTING
BRITISH SPORTING BIRDS
Written by F.B. Kirkman; Horace G. Hutchinson.
Illustrated by G.E. Lodge; Allen W. Seaby.
Stock no. 1814337
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd..
1936.
Almost very good condition.
A guide to the natural history and the sporting value of the main British game birds. Large format. Blue cloth boards, black titles and illustration of ducks flying to front. Colour plates & b/w photos. Edited by Kirkman & Hutchinson with contributions by others. xii and 428 pages. Edges rubbed, boards marked. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper and top corner of same removed. Text block browned and grubby. Some foxing present. All plates present with some foxing to margins.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- SHOOTING
- HUNTING
- NATURAL HISTORY
- GAME BIRDS
THE BRITISH SHOTGUN VOLUME TWO 1871-1890
Written by I.M. Crudgington; D.J. Baker.
Stock no. 1813471
Published by Ashford.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The intricate and elaborately woven story of the evolution and development of the British shotgun between 1871 and 1890. Yellow boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. vi and 250 pages including index. ISBN: 1852531339. Base of spine bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- SHOOTING
- GUNS
- ANTIQUES
A HISTORY OF MARKSMANSHIP
Written by Charles Chevenix Trench.
Stock no. 1813368
Published by Longman.
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A wide-ranging survey of man the marksman and his weapons, in peace and in war. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. 319 pages. ISBN: 0582108292. A few minor foxspots. Small bump to lower front edge. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
GAME GUNS AND RIFLES
Written by Richard Akehurst.
Stock no. 1813366
Published by The Sportsman's Press.
1992.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Third impression. Percussion to Hammerless Ejector in Britain. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0948253614.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- GUNS
- SHOOTING
- FIREARMS
THE MODERN SHOTGUN VOLUME I THE GUN
Written by Gerald Burrard.
Stock no. 2120825
Published by Herbert Jenkins.
1951.
Almost very good condition.
Revised edition. 242 pages. B/w diagrams and photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading to covers. A few marks. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- SHOOTING
- FIREARMS
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FIREARMS (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Nicholas Du Quesne-Bird.
Stock no. 2119472
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd..
1st
1978.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Observer's Book No. 75. With 119 Black and white photographs and 9 line drawings. ISBN: 0723215715. Light wear to top and tail of spine. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine and edges with a little edge-creasing.
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.
- Categorised in:
- FIELD SPORTS
- ANGLING
- NATURAL HISTORY
- SHOOTING
- WILDFOWL
- BUTTERFLIES
- BIOGRAPHY