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1807d4114bLondon: Longman Hurst Rees & Orme. G: in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Cloth reinforcement to inner hinge of volume II. Occasional light foxing. 1807. Reprint. Red hardback half-leather cover. 240mm x 140mm 9" x 6". v 535pp; 600pp; 502pp. 64 b/w plates some fold-out. Volume I covers British Dogs Fox Game Laws Coursing Marten and Otter. Volume II is devoted to angling with an account of Rivers in England Scotland and Ireland; Volume III includes Birds Gamekeeping Dogs and Guns. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme hardcover
1874nim07aeLondon: George Routledge & Sons. G : in good condition plus with marbled eps. Spine lightly faded. Browning to preface pages and scattered browning elsewhere. Teg. Heraldic book-plate on paste-down. 1874. Second Edition. Red half morocco. 260mm x 160mm 10" x 6". viii 402pp plates. 38 hand-coloured coloured plates. Book-plate of George Marten 'En Dieu Est Tout'. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . George Routledge & Sons unknown
185927138London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1859 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in three quarter leather with a new spine original label is laid on . The first entry is dated 1588. By the middle 1800's there were so many patents is was found necessary to issue the information by subject this one pertaining to firearms and related. This copy was originally at the U. S. Patent Office. ; Ex-Library; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 32358815 pages . George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode hardcover
18973442London: Henry Sotheran 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. Doug Allan. 224 pp 185 text and full page ill. mainly by the author and Landseer Steel Roe. Extinct British deer red deer fallow deer and roe deer. Images description of horns and stalking stories. Millais tried to make this one of the most informative and beautiful books on the subject. 15 1/2 inches tall by 12 inches wide. Printed in nice glossy heavy stock. Recased retaining Original buckram front and back covers new cloth spine. Marbled end papers. Wear at corners. Extra large and heavy; substantial extra postage will be requested. Henry Sotheran hardcover
189011952Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1890. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Spine very slightly faded one small rub spot on the cover. The gilt is flaking. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 101 pages . hardcover
189114249London: Horace Cox. Very Good. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Original decorated cloth covers are lightly soiled and the spine is darkened. Owner's name on the second end paper. Very tight & clean internally. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 115ads pages . Horace Cox hardcover
186641440Hurst & Blackett 1866. Roy. 8vo. First Edition with coloured frontispiece wanting original paper guard title in red and black 5 coloured plates all original paper guards present and 13 engravings in the text frontispiece and title mildly spotted; original green cloth upper board framed in blind and blocked and lettered in gilt gilt back primrose endpapers corners lightly bruised joints a little rubbed at head else a very good bright clean copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Ashworth James on front paste-down and separately printed errata slip mounted facing Preface. Henry Ashworth James of Herstmonceux Place Sussex was father of aviation pioneer Wing Commander Sir Archibald James MC; this copy was formerly in the latter's library. Hurst & Blackett, hardcover
19002436London: Stanford 1900. 1899/1900. No Binding. VG. Stanford's New Map of the Orange Free State the southern part of the South African Republic the northern frontiers of the Cape Colony Natal Basutoland and Delagoa Bay in Portuguese East Africa. 1899. Cover title: Stanford's new large scale map to illustrate the crisis in South Africa Oct 1899 WITH Southern Extension of Stanford's New Map of the Orange Free State and the Southern Tip of the South African Republic. Cover title: Stanford's new large scale map of the seat of war in South Africa. sheet 2. Folding linen backed maps in orig board covers & labels. Each sheet 27 x 39 in. 16 mi to the in. Both maps vg w. slightly faded cover. Sheet two shows both the Eastern Cape and all British controlled southern Africa on a scale of 94 mi to the in. Sheet on Oct 10 1899 and sheet 2 Jan 9 1900. Both Stanford London. Stanford unknown
1899HUNTING010305George Redway London. 1899. First edition. Octavo. pp viii 336. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Green pictorial cloth with bevelled edges. Pieces by Sir Courtenay Boyle Capt. R. Bird Thompson Terence Le Smythe T.H.S. Escott et al.Contemporary 1903 ownership inscription on verso of frontispiece. Edges spotted. Tail of spine and corners slightly scuffed. Very good. Very scarce: Copac lists no copy in any of the deposit libraries in the U.K. George Redway, London. hardcover
1804r9334London: Vernor & Hood. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover with staining on lower edge with some light internal impact. Contents bright. 1804. First Edition. Quarter-leather red cloth cover. 290mm x 230mm 11" x 9". 312pp index. 16 engravings by Medland Pouncy Landseer Peltro etc. . Vernor & Hood hardcover
1896315329Hacienda Rosendal Tantojón Pánuco Vera.Cruz Mexico 1896. 2 pages; with original envelope featuring pen and ink portrait of a bear on the back; and with clipped article from the "Mexican Herald" of December 24 1895. 4to. Old folds. 2 pages; with original envelope featuring pen and ink portrait of a bear on the back; and with clipped article from the "Mexican Herald" of December 24 1895. 4to. A charming tribute with subtle overtures from three Swedish bachelors living in Mexico to three California sisters whose hunting prowess was described in an article in the "Mexican Herald." Headlined "Three California Dianas. They Kill Bears and Panthers and Olive in Particular is an Expert Shot" the article describes the sisters who live in the "wilderness above Ukiah California" as "sportswomen of rare talent" and gives an account of their encounter with a bear which ends up with their treeing and killing the animal. The letter reads in part: ".we think it would interest you to know that your bravery and pluck are known even outside your own Country . We have read and reread the article and . we could not restrain ourselves from sending our respects. Down here you would find a great field for your guns. We have all kinds of big game . it is nothing unusual to meet an 8 or 9 feet sic tiger on the roads when we are out riding. We will described one of our hunting experiences that might interest you." The letter goes on to relate how after wounding and trailing a deer towards a lagoon "a big Puma jumped out from the jungle and pounced upon our poor wounded deer. A rifleshot and we had both deer and Puma." The letter continues: "We are three Swedes 26 28 & 31 years old and run a fruit plantation in partnership in the district of Huasteca on the shores of the beautiful Panuco river. We have been here only 5 months but we have found the prospects for the future very bright. We would greatly enjoy a few lines from you as to ascertain whether our epistle ever reached you . and if the article is a ghost-story or not." They close "With admiration for the 3 brave Dianas in California. unknown
187620071London: Henry S. King & Co. Very Good. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. In the original decorated green cloth. Rubbed at the corners and spine ends. Owner's bookplate on the fep and name on the half-title. Endpapers and the very outside edges of the pages are foxed. All hinges are tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 380 pages . Henry S. King & Co. hardcover
1841g7432London: Ackermann and Co. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed with some edge fading. Foxing to prelims and some light scattered foxing elsewhere. Repaired tear to edge of plate 4. With three neat ownership signatures on prelims and two elsewhere. Illustrations bright. 1841. First Edition. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 380mm x 290mm 15" x 11". 15pp plates. Views and vignettes with 15 numbered plates with 16 hand coloured illustrations. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Ackermann and Co hardcover
188021752Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good. 1880. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Rubbed at the top of the spine. The only xlib marks are a small stamp on the title page and penciled numbers at the top of same. Inside the back cover is a bookplate of ownership by company G of the 12th U. S. Infantry. ; Ex-Library; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 242 pages . J. B. Lippincott hardcover
1898HUNTING028727Rowland Ward London. 1898. First edition. Royal octavo. pp xviii 506 9 adverts. 52 illustrations from photographs; 2 folding maps in rear pocket. Original red burgundy cloth lettered in silver and gilt. The author shot an enormous range of animals.Spine and cover edges a little faded. Very good. Scarce. Rowland Ward, London. hardcover
1893HUNTING028683Thacker Spink and Co Calcutta. 1893. First edition. Small octavo. pp viii 128. Eight folding maps. Original mustard cloth lettered in black.Early 1905 ownership signature on front pastedown. Flecks of ink on page v. Covers slightly dusty and marked. Very good. Very scarce. Thacker, Spink and Co, Calcutta. hardcover
18916199New York: Charles Scribner's 1891. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1891. Two volumes: 548 & 540 pp. Ill. Elaborate deco stamped covers both volumes. Classic work on Stanley's African explorations and his quest rescue and retreat of Emin governor of Equatoria. Lovely colletor condition set. Former owner name & year acquired written small and neat on front free endpapers. Crisp sharp looking copy in original gilt and stamped cloth. Charles Scribner's hardcover
18936421London: Rowland Ward 1893. First. Hardcover. VG. 503 pp ill folding map. The last 11 years spent by the author on the Zambesi and its tributaries. Selous' longest and best work. Incl. his final hunting years with memories and stories from earlier days. This is the desirable Rowland Ward published edition in original cloth with two gilt lions on cover and gilt native on spine. This is a heavy thick book VG to vg rear endpaper separating but hinge firm slight bumping on corners Much better than it sounds. Rowland Ward hardcover
184659006450London: Rudolph Ackermann 1846. Bound in 3/4 dark green leather stamped in gold with five raised bands over decorative boards that match the endsheets and the page edges. Handsome early reprint the original was published four years earlier. xxvii 548 pp. Illustrated with a steel-engraved frontispiece by T.A. Prior; wood engravings throughout text from sketches by the author including an additional pictorial title page. 8vo. Handsome copy. Early Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /No Jacket. Rudolph Ackermann Hardcover
18966496London England: Rowland Ward 1896. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1896 London. Second and one of the two rarest editions. VG to near fine in orig printed beige cloth zebra end papers. Perhaps the hardest in the series to obtain. 325 pp ill. ads & sample measurement sheet in back. Front zebra pattern endpapers split but hinges firm. Typical spotting of buckram cloth on covers. Near fine. The second edition is actually rarer than the first edition. Nice collector condition copy. Laid inside is a copy of an obituary for Rowland Ward and a list of all Ward publications up to 1977. Rowland Ward hardcover
18935953London: Richard Bentley 1893. Third Impression. Hardcover. VG. Lynn Bogue Hunt. 455 pp ill. One of the best most widely read quoted and reprinted books. Only the first four editions of this book have the green cloth with the three gold animal heads on the cover. Corners showing some wear but better than a vg copy. A classic that should be in every collection hopefully in an early edition. Richard Bentley hardcover
189213068Henry Sotheran 1892. Folio First Edition with portrait frontispiece of Bewick; original guard present 16 fine coloured plates all original guards present 18 plates in autotype all original guards present and 30 wood-engraved illustrations by the author and George Lodge in the text neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original red straight-grained half morocco red coarse-grain cloth sides blocked and lettered in gilt gilt back gilt top blue-grey endpapers uncut joints and corners very faintly rubbed else a near fine crisp copy. Bright copy of Millais' well-known monograph on the four primary species: Capercaillie Blackgame Grouse and Ptarmigan. A number of the text-illustrations are by George Lodge. Freeman 2583; Jackson p.25; Mullens & Swann p.405; Tate p.247. Henry Sotheran, hardcover
189314220London: Sampson Low. Very Good. 1893. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Owner's bookplate on the fep. Covers lightly soiled. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 318 pages . Sampson Low hardcover
183712677Rudolph Ackermann 1837. Roy. 8vo. Second Edition with coloured aquatint frontispiece elaborately engraved and printed titles and 17 fine coloured aquatint plates some plates with original tissue guards present a few lightly age-soiled at fore-margins only ALL AQUATINT PLATES FINELY COLOURED BY HAND printed title and fore-margins lightly age-soiled C6 frayed at outer margin not affecting text lateral tear in J7 repaired with slight misalignment of text; handsomely bound in mid-nineteenth century green half morocco marbled boards ruled in blind back gilt with five raised bands tooled in gilt second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments elaborately framed and tooled in gilt to a floral design all edges marbled marbled endpapers joints lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean copy. With the large nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of Frederick W. Disney on front paste-down. The plate 'Stand and Deliver' is placed opposite p.50 rather than p.26 as called for. Apperley's classic account was first published in 1835 with only twelve plates; here three of the original plates are replaced by new ones and six new plates added. This copy has all the earlier state points: plate 1 aquatinted by H. Alken the spelling 'filly' in plate 9 and correct page numbers on plates 17-18. This copy is bound without the final printer's leaf and publisher's advertisements at end. Abbey Life 385; Hardie pp.185-6 & 320; Prideaux p.326; Tooley 67. Rudolph Ackermann, hardcover
186121757Boston: Charles H. Crosby. Very Good. 1861. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Inscription on the fep states "J. H. McClelland received from the author July 25 1861." bound in the original fragile black cloth. Rubbed at the corners and along the spine. Some minor repair has been done in the gutter at the top of the spine appears to be a glue. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 308 pages . Charles H. Crosby hardcover
