Rooke Books

Sporting Adventures in the Far West

John Mortimer Murphy · 1879

£130.00 (€155.71 | $174.86 | ¥27,627)

London , Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1879. Cloth. A work on the methods of hunting in the Far West of America. The Far West territories mentioned include Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. This work discusses the best game regions, the suitable att...

Horsemanship the Way of a Man with a Horse

Geoffrey Brooke · 1948

£60.00 (€71.86 | $80.70 | ¥12,751)

London, Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, 1948. Cloth. An illustrated work on the art of Horsemanship. With veterinary notes by A G Todd and a chapter on Pigsticking by Arthur Brooke. With over ninety illustrations. Geoffrey Brooke was a recognised horse expert and author. In a cloth ...

Riding Recollections

G. J. Whyte-Melville · 1879

£69.99 (€83.83 | $94.14 | ¥14,874)

Leipzig , Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1879. Leather. A nice copy of Whyte-Melville's thoughts on horse riding, dating from the mid nineteenth century. Copyright Edition. With a bookseller's label for D. Nutt, London, to the rear pastedown. With a bookbinder's stamp for ...

Traictãƒâ© Et Abrãƒâ©Gãƒâ© de la Chasse Du Lievre Et Du Chevreuil

Rene de Maricourt · 1858

£625.00 (€748.59 | $840.66 | ¥132,824)

Paris, Madame Veuve Bouchard-Huzard, 1858. First edition. Leather. A very scarce copy of this seventeenth century treatise on hunting, in the original French. A very scarce work.In the original French.Bound by de Samblancx. Illustrated with three plates of coats of arms. Coll...

Huntsmen Past and Present

Lionel Edwards · 1929

£245.00 (€293.45 | $329.54 | ¥52,067)

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1929 . First edition. Vellum. The first edition of Lionel Edwards's signed limited edition celebration of hunting and huntsmen. A fine first edition.No. 55 of 150 limited edition copies produced, signed by the author.Illustrated with twenty-on...

The Life of a Sportsman

Nimrod [Charles James Apperley] · 1903

£140.00 (€167.68 | $188.31 | ¥29,753)

London, Methuen & Co. 1903. Leather. Apperley's classic sporting work, with colour plates by Henry Alken, in a half calf Hatchards binding. The new edition of this work in a half calf binding with gilt detailing to the spine. Top edge gilt. Binder's stamp of Hatchard...

Two Centuries of Foxhunting

A. Henry Higginson · 1946

£135.00 (€161.69 | $181.58 | ¥28,690)

London, Collins, 1946. First edition. Leather. A smart first edition of this history of foxhunting, with illustrations. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and sixteen plates. Collated complete. A comprehensive history of the sport of foxhunting, with chapters such as...

Shooting by Moor, Field and Shore: A Practical Guide to Modern Methods

The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale [ed.]; Eric Parker [ed.]; Leslie Sprake; et al. · 1929

£240.00 (€287.46 | $322.82 | ¥51,005)

London, Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1929. First edition. Leather. A signed limited edition of Volume III of The Lonsdale Library on shooting in different terrain. No. 188 of 360 numbered copies printed on handmade paper, signed by Eric Parker to the limitations page, with the e...

Foxhunting in North America a Comprehensive Guide to Organized Foxhunting in the United States and Canada

Alexander Mackay-Smith · 1988

£49.00 (€58.69 | $65.91 | ¥10,413)

Millwood, Virginia, Privately printed, 1988. Cloth. Mackay-Smith's comprehensive guide to foxhunting in North America, signed by the author. In the original cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the front free end paper, inscribed...

An Introduction to the Field Sports of France

R. O'Connor · 1846

£150.00 (€179.66 | $201.76 | ¥31,878)

London, John Murray, 1846. First edition. Leather. A scarce first edition work by R. O'Connor on the common field sports of France, a lovely straight grain morocco bound work. A first edition of this scarce work.Small panel of the original cloth front board restored and a...

British Sports and Sportsmen Big Game Hunting and Angling

Various · 1914

£650.00 (€778.53 | $874.29 | ¥138,137)

London, British Sports and Sportsmen, 1914. Leather. A beautiful limited edition copy of the famed 'British Sports and Sportsmen' volume on hunting and angling, complete with many plates throughout. A limited edition, limited to one thousand copies, of which this is ...

Triumphs and Tragedies of the Turf

Campbell Russell · 1930

£40.00 (€47.91 | $53.80 | ¥8,501)

London, John Long, [1930]. First edition. Cloth. A collection of horse-racing stories by Campbell Russell, a scarce first edition inscribed by the author. A collection of stories of success and failure relating horse-racing, compiled by Russell Campbell, owner-trainer and ride...

Practical Sea-Fishing: A Handbook for Sea Anglers

P. L. Haslope · 1905

£33.99 (€40.71 | $45.72 | ¥7,224)

London, L. Upcott Gill, 1905. Cloth. An illustrated guide to sea fishing from P. L. Haslope. With chapters on Rods, Reels and Tackle, Sea Fish: Their Habits and Capture, and Nets, and How to Use Them. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart, with just some slight bumping. Hinges...

The Spirit of Racing

Unamed · 1997

£13.00 (€15.57 | $17.49 | ¥2,763)

Northumberland, Kensington West Productions, 1997. Cloth. A nice photographic account of the horse racing world, lavishly illustrated throughout. One hardback volume, bound in the publisher's original cloth binding and held in the original dustwrapper. An excellent exampl...

An Assemblage of 19th Century Horses and Carriages

Jennifer Lang · 1971

£50.00 (€59.89 | $67.25 | ¥10,626)

Farnham, Perpetua Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited first edition of this beautiful book on historic horses and carriages. Number 32 of 100 limited first edition copies signed by the author. Beautifully preserved in the original slipcase. Illustrated from the...

Renn-Kalender Fur Oesterreich-Ungarn

Renn-Secretariate des Jockey Club fur Oesterreich · 1869

£695.00 (€832.43 | $934.82 | ¥147,701)

Berlin, Druck und Verlag von G. Bernstein, 1869-1921. Hardback. Sixteen volumes of the official Austrian horse racing calendar for various years between 1869 and 1921, in the original German. German. Sixteen volumes. Scarce works. The official horse racing calendar for Austria...

The Field Book: Or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom; Compiled from the Best Authorities, Ancient and Modern.

[William Hamilton Maxwell] · 1833

£80.00 (€95.82 | $107.61 | ¥17,002)

London, Effingham Wilson, 1833. First edition. Leather. An excellent source of information about rural sports up to 1833, arranged alphabetically. A half calf bound first edition, with cloth boards. Written by Irish novelist William Hamilton Maxwell. Illustrated with frontispi...

Observations on Fox-Hunting

Colonel Cook · 1922

£38.00 (€45.51 | $51.11 | ¥8,076)

London, Edward Arnold and Co, 1922. Cloth. A new edition of this autobiographical series of observations on fox-hunting across the turn of a century, with lovely coloured plates. A new edition with coloured plates. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with paper cov...

A Ramble by the Tone Reprinted with Additions from That Paper by Thomas Hugo

Thomas Hugo · 1862

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

Taunton, Fredk, 1862. Paperback. A scarce set of two letters by the tone to the editor of the Taunton Courier. Scarce work. Two letters by the tone to the editor of the Taunton Courier, following the trail of a ramble in the local area. The letters contain an observational and...

The Art of Shooting and Rough Shoot Management

Leslie Sprake · 1932

£55.00 (€65.88 | $73.98 | ¥11,689)

London , H. F. & G. Witherby , 1932. Cloth. A bright illustrated second impression copy of this guide to the art of shooting. A second impression copy. This volume explores the art of shooting, the rough shoot and how to shoot partridges, pheasants, hares and rabbits and othe...