Popular pastimes, being a selection of picturesque representations of the customs & amusements of Great Britain, in ancient and modern times; accompanied with historical descriptions.
[BRAYLEY Edward Wedlake 1773-1854. STEPHANOFF Francis Philip 1788-1860]
Pastimes include football, exorcism and wife selling VG 1st ed 1816 In contemporary full calf, decorative gilt edge tooling. Spine skilfully rebacked with the original laid down, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to red calf…
Popular pastimes, being a selection of picturesque representations of the customs & amusements of Great Britain, in ancient and modern times; accompanied with historical descriptions.
[BRAYLEY Edward Wedlake] 1773-1854
Complete with all 20 pls & vignette (B&W as issued). First edition, early issue?, in attractive contemporary full calf, elaborate blind & gilt box tooling, corners rubbed. Spine carefully re-laid, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, edges…
Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes, WITH The Supplement of New South Wales
[WILLIAMSON Thomas Captain] 1758/9-1817
The uncommon, 1814, 1st edition, 110 coloured plates, including the Supplement on NSW. In 20th century maroon straight grain crushed morocco, decorative gilt & blind tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, worn…
How I Became a Sportsman
AVON
VG, 1882, 4 pls. In red pictorial cloth, corners and edges bumped and lightly rubbed. Spine, titles in gilt, edges bumped. Internally, yellow endpapers, remains of bookplate to fpd, half title, frontis, [5], (vi-xii), [1], 2-208 pp, 4 pls…
The Old English Squire. A jovial gay fox hunter, bold, frank and free: a poem in ten cantos
CARELESS John [pseud of CHATTO William Andrew 1799-1864?]
With Twenty Four Humorous hand coloured plates, being a spoof on British Sporting Society First edition, large paper copy, in contemporary half red morocco over worn boards, corners & edges bumped & worn. Spine, re-laid, retaining the old,…
The History of Johnny Quae Genus the Little Foundling
COMBE William 1742-1823
VG, 1st ed, 1822, 24 fine, hand coloured plates Of the Late Doctor Syntax: A Poem, by the Author of the Three Tours. In red half leather with marbled boards, gilt tooling. Spine has raised bands, gilt tooling and title, leather faded slightly.…
An Essay on Hunting
Country Squire [ie GOSDEN Thomas] 1780-1840
A Unique Copy, Extra illustrated. First edition in worn, maroon morocco over worn marbled boards, some gilt tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Internally, portrait frontis, title page in red & black with…
The Golf Courses of the British Isles
DARWIN Bernard 1876-1961
First edition, first issue, with 64 plates, 48 of them in colour and each with a captioned tissue. In the original publishers green cloth printed gilt, corners brushed. Spine, gilt tooling and titles. Internally, half title, frontis, [8], 253…
Fox-Hunting in the Twentieth Century
DIXON William Scarth
VG, 18 pls, 1925, First US edition. Lovely red cloth with bright gilt title on spine, micro poke through cloth on lower front board, few scratches over title on backstrip. Internally, half title and frontis present, no inscriptions, (xx), 312…
Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa.
DRAYSON Capt. Alfred W [Wilks] 1827-1901.
VG, 2nd ed, 1860, 8 pls. In contemporary red half morocco with red cloth covers a little worn, corners and edges rubbed, some blind tooling, marks and a small tear at lower cover. Spine, gilt tooling and titles, edges worn slightly. Internal,…
Brook and River Trouting. A Manual of Modern North Country Methods. With Coloured Illustrations of Flies and Fly-Dressing Materials
EDMONDS Harfield H. 1882-1956 & LEE Norman N. 1881-1951
Edition De Luxe, one of 50 copies, signed by both authors, 10 heavy card mounts with 2 oval windows to each side (except one with one side only), each window containing a dressed fly plus various dressing materials, complete with a total of 39…
The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland
GOMME Alice Bertha [née Merck] Lady 1853-1938
VG, 1st ed, 2 vols complete, numerous illustrations within text. In uniform burgundy cloth, corners brushed. S[pines, gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. lib nos at bases. Internally, vol 1, 1894, half title, [7], (viii-xix), [1] errata,…
The Salmon and Sea Trout Rivers of England and Wales
GRIMBLE Augustus 1840-1925
AN EDITION LIMITED TO 350 COPIES, 52 Sepia plates, 2 large maps, VG. Two volumes, in quarter cream vellum & brown boards, corners worn. Spines, black ink titles to paper label, with some loss. Internally, Vol 1, half title, map frontis, [7],…
Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c
HOOKER Joseph Dalton Sir 1817-1911
The Minerva Library edition. In attractive modern half orange calf over green calf boards, gilt tooling. Spine, gilt tooling, raised bands, gilt titles to green calf labels. Internally, half title tipped in, portrait frontis, [5], (vi-xxxi), [1],…
British Fresh-Water Fishes
HOUGHTON The Rev. W. [William] 1828-1895.
Complete with Forty One Fine Coloured Plates. First edition, VG, folio, full dark green morocco, rounded edges, elegant gilt & blind tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Internally, half…