Category: Sporting

The Angler's Guide; containing easy instructions for the youthful beginner, with several observations on fishing, pointing out the proper times and seasons for the different kinds of fish, as also the best mode of angling for them.

By: A Lover of the Art (George Smith)

Price: £75.00

Publisher: London, Joseph Smith, 193 High Holborn : 1828

Seller ID: 005771

Condition: Good

Small 12mo, pp viii, 136, some foxing throughout, bound in a later half calf and marbled boards, rubbed. [LACKING the frontispiece, which appears never to have been bound in]. Extremely scarce.
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Black Panther of Sivanipalli and Other Stories of the Indian Jungle

By: Anderson, Kenneth

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd : 1959

Seller ID: 016771

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

First british edition, illustrated with five photographic plates, octavo, pp 247, lacking the front endpaper, rear endpaper age-toned, otherwise exceptionally clean internally, black cloth in very good condition.
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A Fisherman's Log - Fishing Yarns and Theories

By: Ashley-Dodd, Major G.L.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Constable & Co. Ltd : 1929

Seller ID: 015502

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with attractive small woodcuts by Barbara Greg, octavo, pp x, 184, uncut, green cloth a bit age-toned but otherwise good and sound.
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Image for Dictionary of Agriculture - Worterbuch der Landwirtschaft. German-English, English-German. For the use of farmers, gardeners, breeders and seed growers, bee-keepers, fishermen, veterinary surgeons, agricultural colleges & research institutes.

Dictionary of Agriculture - Worterbuch der Landwirtschaft. German-English, English-German. For the use of farmers, gardeners, breeders and seed growers, bee-keepers, fishermen, veterinary surgeons, agricultural colleges & research institutes.

By: Bading, H.

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Claasen & Goverts, Park-Verlag : 1947

Seller ID: 018171

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Small octavo, pp 156, very age-toned, a small owner's stamp and bookshop label on the front endpaper, otherwise just a little used internally, paperback, covers a little worn and chipped.
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The Horses of Antiquity, Middle Ages and Renaissance, from the earliest monuments down to the XVIth century

By: Berjeau, Ph. Charles

Price: £250.00

Publisher: London, Dulau & Co : 1864

Seller ID: 019589

Binding: Soft Cloth

Condition: Good

Quarto, pp 20 + 60 plates (of which one is coloured), clean internally, original printed soft cloth, bruised wrinkled and marked, the spine fraying and lacking a portion at the base, with a small hand-written totle label. The Hartland Library copy, with labels and manuscript notes attached to the front endpapers, and stamp on the verso ot the title page. RARE, and equally rare to be found in any better condition than this. [The Library was formed by Edwin Sydney Hartland, and was a diverse, but major, collection of herbals, archaeology and anthropology. It was donated to Gloucestershire Count...
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Image for Cynegetica; or, Essays on Sporting: Consisting of Observations on Hare Hunting.To which is added, The Chace: A Poem. By William Somervile, Esq

Cynegetica; or, Essays on Sporting: Consisting of Observations on Hare Hunting.To which is added, The Chace: A Poem. By William Somervile, Esq

By: Blane, William,

Price: £95.00

Publisher: John Stockdale : 1788

Seller ID: 018066

Binding: Boards

Condition: Good

New edition. Octavo, pp (6), 292 + booksellers' catalogue 4 pages, a large contemporary inscription on the first blank, pages untrimmed, a very clean wide-margined copy, recently bound in quarter cloth and boards with paper label on the spine. [Lacking the frontispiece plate and the vignette which are mentioned on the title page; the title has no date or publisher, it is followed by an errata page.]
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Tours in Sikhim and the Darjeeling District

By: Brown, Percy (revised and edited by Joan Townend]

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Calcutta, W. Newman & Co., Limited : 1944

Seller ID: 018515

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Fourth edition. Frontispiece, three folding mountain profiles, three folding road contours, a folding map in the rear pocket, small octavo, pp xii, 188, slightly used and age-toned internally, paperback, the covers browned and slightly worn. SCARCE.
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Tours in Sikhim and the Darjeeling District

By: Brown, Percy (revised and edited by Joan Townend]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Calcutta, W. Newman & Co., Limited : 1934

Seller ID: 018516

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Third edition. Frontispiece, three folding mountain profiles, three folding road contours, a folding map, small octavo, pp xvi, 223, a bit used and dog-eared internally but still tight, lacking the rear cover and its pocket but the map is now inserted loose, the map is slightly worn at the folds, paperback, the upper cover and spine rather worn and marked; a signature on the front endpaper and on the verso of the map.
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A Fisherman's Angles

By: Chalmers, Patrick R.

Price: £7.00

Publisher: London, Country Life : 1932

Seller ID: 016440

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair

Illustrated from drypoints by Norman Wilkinson, quarto, pp (4), 91, some occasional thumbing and soiling, the last few pages bruised and slightly damaged at the fore-edge, a few corners lightly turned, green cloth, corners bumped, rather rubbed and marked, the spine very dull and lettering almos obscured. A good working copy.
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The Borders and Beyond - Arctic-Cheviot-Tropic (Richard Fitter's copy)

By: Chapman, Abel

Price: £65.00

Publisher: London, Gurney & Jackson : 1924

Seller ID: 008655

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

First edition, large thick 8vo, pp xxii, 489, cloth slightly worn and rubbed, spine head a little pilled and with one tiny tear, in a torn and frayed dustwrapper which is lacking a few small pieces, but now nicely protected in a removable plastic cover. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]
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The Game Fishes of Africa

By: Copley, Hugh

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, H.F. & G. Witherby : 1952

Seller ID: 017417

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs, octavo, pp 276, slight foxing of the endpapers and an inscription on the front endpaper, otherwise clean and sound internally, blue cloth slightly age-toned and marked, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but is rather worn and with several pieces lacking on the top and bottom margins, now nicely protected in a clear removable cover.
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Les Peches d'Amateurs en Mediterranee [Alan Davidson's copy]

By: Euziere, Jean

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Cannes, Robaudy : 1961

Seller ID: 008675

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Second edition, revised. Illustrated, small 8vo, pp 305, age-toned, slightly weak internally, paperback, covers slightly worn, spine creased. [Alan Davidson's copy, with his "fishy" bookplate. One of the most important figures in twentieth century culinary writing and scholarship, Davidson was a British diplomat and historian best known for his writing and editing on food and gastronomy. He was the author of the 900-page, encyclopedic The Oxford Companion to Food. In 1948, Davidson joined the Foreign Office and served in diplomatic posts in Washington, Tunis, Brussels, Cairo, the Hague; fro...
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The Art of the Horse - Reflections of the Past

By: Evans, Justin B.

Price: £6.50

Publisher: Tiburon, California, Wood River Publishing : 1991

Seller ID: 018042

ISBN-13: 9780962300097

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 175, (pages very slightly waved), paperback, the covers with only very slight signs of use. [The horse as depicted on magazine covers, picture postcards and advertising.]
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Ponies Past and Present

By: Gilbey, Sir Walter

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Vinton & Co., Ltd : 1900

Seller ID: 017871

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

illustrated with eight plates, slim octavo, pp (4), 112, all edges gilt, the first few and the last few pages a bit foxed, otherwise clean internally, brown cloth a little rubbed and marked, the spine head slightly worn, gilt decoration.
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Freshwater Fish of the British Isles. A Guide for Anglers and Naturalists

By: Giles, Nick

Price: £4.00

Publisher: Shrewsbury, Swan Hill Press : 1995

Seller ID: 016310

ISBN-13: 9781853103179

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large octavo, pp 192, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper with a slight tear at the head of its spine.
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Practical Sea-Fishing: a handbook for sea anglers

By: Haslope, P.L.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London & New York, L. Upcott Gill and Charles Scribner's Sons : 1905

Seller ID: 016341

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated, small thick octavo, pp (4), 274, age-toned and a bit foxed, fore-edge thumbed, slightly weak internally, cloth dull and a little rubbed and worn.
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Muddy Oxbows

By: Hendy, Phil

Price: £3.75

Publisher: Wells, Mendip Publishing : 1978

Seller ID: 014529

ISBN-13: 9780905903095

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated with cartoons, small slim octavo, pp 64, paperback, a good clean copy. [Postage will be reduced]
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Pheasants - Their Breeding and Management

By: Howman, K.C.R.

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Edlington, Hornchurch, K & R Books Ltd : 1979

Seller ID: 011367

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated, small slim 8vo, pp (6), 117, lower corner of pages slightly bumped throughout, the cloth binding is similar but otherwise very good, in a slightly worn dustwrapper.
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The Salmon

By: Jones, J.W.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Collins : 1972

Seller ID: 015663

ISBN-13: 9780002132015

Condition: Very Good

Fourth impression. Illustrated, small octavo, pp xvi, 192, immaculate condition internally, green cloth, the very slightest suggestion of fading round the edges, otherwise very good, in a price-clipped dustwrapper which is very slightly marked on its lower cover. The dustwrapper seems very slightly small for the book; this would seem to be the Second Variant of the fourth impression - Bernhard & Loe M16D-B2. A very good copy.
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The Sea-Angler's Fishes

By: Kennedy, Michael

Price: £13.50

Publisher: London, Stanley Paul : 1969

Seller ID: 018179

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Second edition, revised. Well illustrated with line drawings, black and white photogaphs and colour plates, thick octavo, pp 508, fore-edge slightly age-toned otherwise very clean internally, green cloth very slightly bowed otherwise in very good consition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but is just slightly worn.
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Category: Sporting

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