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Maxime Lefebvre-Despeaux · 1946 · Rooke Books

£330.00 (€395.56 | $435.98 | ¥69,620)

London, Emile Hazan, 1946. Paperback. An extremely scarce work about African travel, hunting and fishing, inscribed by the author. In French. One of fifty hand numbered copies, of which this is number 11. Author's inscription reads: 'With hope that our old friendship a…

Rural Sports. 3 volume set

Daniel, W B · 1807 · Barter Books Ltd

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

G: in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Joints weak. Scattered light foxing. Some off-setting. Heraldic bookplates to fep London Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme Reprint 240mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). [v], 535pp; 600pp; 502pp. B/w engraved plates, some fold-out; engraved title pa…

Rural Sports. 2 volume set

Daniel, W B · 1802 · Barter Books Ltd

£380.00 (€455.49 | $502.03 | ¥80,168)

G.: in good condition. Covers rubbed and scratched. Spines darkened with splits to spine ends. . Some foxing to most plates and occasional to some pages. Aeg London Bunny & Gold First Edition 280mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). [v], 387pp; [iv], 524pp + plates. 64 b/w plates. Published 18…

Trout Flies of Stillwater : With Colour and Other Photographs

GODDARD, JOHN · 1969 · Lincolnshire Old Books PBFA

£14.95 (€17.92 | $19.75 | ¥3,154)

A & C Black / Harpers & Row. 1969, First Edition First Printing. (ISBN: 0713610344) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, A scarce title in the collectable first edition. No chipping & no splitting to very clean boards. Internally very clean. Small neat owner name at head …

Outdoor Life Magazine, December 1955 - Hunting Wild Boars and Goats on Santa Catalina Island / Jack o'Connor on the World's Most Beautiful Deer

EMERY, R.; WILSON, R.; GRESHAM, G.; ORMOND, C.; BRADFORD, K.; WOOD, L.; O'CONNOR, JACK.; GRIFFIN, W.; MICHAEL, W.; MEYER, C.; NUDELMAN, B.; BAUER, E.; MURRAY, R.; HAYES, J.; HACKLE, S.; NAGGIAR, M.; POSTLE, A. · 1955 · RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines

$295.00 (€267.65 | £223.29 | ¥47,108)

New York: Popular Science Publishing Co, 1955. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Mager, Gus; Kuhn. 128 pages. Magnificent cover art by Charles Dye depicts overheated truck hauling Christmas trees and several fresh kills. Two contributions by Jack O'Connor in this issue. Addi…

Hunters of the Buffalo

R. Stephen Irwin; J.B. Clemens (illust.) · 1984 · Books on the Web

$4.00 (€3.63 | £3.03 | ¥639)

Surrey: Hancock House, 1984. Paper bound, first edition, illustrated throughout, Pp52. Includes index. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Hunters of the Sea

R. Stephen Irwin; J.B. Clemens (illust.) · 1984 · Books on the Web

$5.00 (€4.54 | £3.78 | ¥798)

Surrey: Hancock House, 1984. Paper bound, first edition, illustrated throughout, Pp52. Includes index. Tight and unmarked - a very good or better copy. We welcome all reasonable offers on our books. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The sportsman's bedside book.

BB (Watkins-Pitchford, Denys) · 1941 · Aucott & Thomas

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1941. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, page edges foxed, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed and chipped at the edges with a short closed tear at the base of spine/front cover which has an old internal tape rep…

Falconry

BLAINE GILBERT · 1936 · Castle Hill Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London: Philip Allan, 1936. . Hardcover. . First edition, 1936 253pp, illustrated, some foxing, bound in red cloth spine faded and split along one edge; Octavo. Good with no dust jacket .

La venerie ... de nouveau reveuë, & augmentée du Miroir de fauconnerie.Paris, Pierre David, 1640. 4to. With 57 woodcut illustrations (plus 1 repeat) on integral leaves, including 1 on the title-page (3 full-page, further mostly 11 x 12 cm); woodcut music notes. Lacking part 2 on hawking (38 pp.). Contemporary limp sheepskin parchment.

FOUILLOUX, Jacques du. · 1640 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)

[4], 124, [4] ll.The 1640 Paris edition of Fouilloux's classic and beautifully illustrated work on hunting, first published ca. 1560, here with the numerous additions first included in the Paris editions of 1573 and 1585, but lacking the second part on hawking (noted on the titl…

Fly-Tying for Trout, the Whole Art of Tying Trout-Flies with Details of the Principal Dressings

TAVERNER, ERIC · 1948 · Castle Hill Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Seeley Service and Co, 1948. . Hardcover. . The Whole Art of Tying Trout-Flies with details of the Principal Dressings, 121pp, 2 colour plates, 56 other illustrations, no date, bound in cream cloth; Octavo. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Falconry in the British isles.London, John van Voorst, 1855. 4to (29 x 19.5 cm). With 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates by William Brodrick. Original publisher’s blind- and gold-blocked cloth, front board with title and large illustration of a falcon.

SALVIN, Francis Henry and William BRODRICK. · 1817 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,000.00 ($3,306.55 | £2,502.80 | ¥528,013)

VII [1 blank], 147 [1 blank] pp.First edition of a complete and important treatise on the art of falconry by Francis Henry Salvin (1817-1904), in which he describes the various species of birds used in England, both hawks and falcons. ''The best English book on falconry and a ve…

Venerie normande, ou l'ecole de la chasse aux chiens courants, pour le lievre, le chevreuil, le cerf, le daim, le sanglier, le loup, le renard & la loutre; Avec les tons de chasse, accompagnés de chacun une explication sur l'occasion & les circonstances où ils doivent être sonnés; Et un traité des remedes, un traité sur le droit de suite, & un dictionnaire des termes de chasse, &c.Rouen, Laurent Dumesnil, 1778. 8vo. With 27 woodcuts on 19 leaves and a complete engraved quire of 14 pages, printed both sides with mensural music for hunting calls and fanfares, with explanatory text. Gold-tooled tan calf (ca. 1850?), signed at the foot of the spine by “Koehler” (François Koehler in Paris).

LE VERRIER DE LA CONTERIE, Jean-Baptiste-Jacques. · 1718 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)

XV, [1], 526 pp. (omitting the blank leaf, pp. 447-448).One of the most important French works on hunting, richly illustrated with woodcuts and also containing a complete quire of hunting tones, written by the French hunting specialist Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Le Verrier de la Cont…

The Sportsman's Dictionary or the Gentleman's Companion for Town and Country

ANON · 1778 · Castle Hill Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,852)

Fielding and Walker, 1778. . Hardcover. . containing full instructions for riding, setting, farriery, fishing, cocking, fowling, racing, hawking, not paginated, illustrated with frontis and 16 other plates complete as called for, the corner of the preface page is torn with loss …

My Scottish Sketch Book.

Edwards, Lionel · 1929 · Aucott & Thomas

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Country Life, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, large format hardback bound in beige cloth with tipped in title label on front cover, cloth has minor rubbing and tanning at edges, boards pulled opposite 2 plates, name on label on front pastedown otherwise no inscriptions. 3…

A Sporting Tour Through the Northern Parts of England and Great Part of the Highlands of Scotland; Including Remarks on English and Scottish Landscape, and General Observations on the State of Society and Manners

Colonel T. Thornton · 1804 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.40 | $594.51 | ¥94,936)

London, Vernor and Hood, 1804. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this famous sportsman's account of fishing, hunting and shooting in the highlands of Scotland, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this illustrated study of sports in the Scottish highlands…

The Sportsman Second Series

1840 · Round Table Books, LLC

$140.00 (€127.02 | £105.97 | ¥22,356)

London: Joseph Rogerson, 1840. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's quarter red leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, all edges marbled, previous owner's bookplate and annotations on ffep. Illustrated with 10 B&W plates. boards very lightly worn, some foxing, …

Original Documents About Ernest Hemingway's Insurance Claim for Lost Hardy Zane Grey Fishing Rods in 1953

Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) ; Roberto Herrera (died 1970) · 1953 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,500.00 (€1,360.94 | £1,135.38 | ¥239,531)

San Francisco de Paula, Cuba: 1953. 3 original documents: carbon copy of letter from Roberto Herrera as Secretary to Mr. Hemingway to the Coates and Dorsey insurance agents in Miami, dated June 15, 1953; Typed Proof of Loss for two Hardy Zane Grey Fishing rods, with a value of $…

Enchantments of the Field

Bryden,H.A. · 1930 · Richard Thornton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Seeley Service and Co This is a Very Good + Copy of this book in black cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped and this copy has one former owner's inscription to …

A Tour in Sutherlandshire with Extracts from the Field-Books of a Sportsman and Naturalist. GOOD WORKING SET IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING

ST. JOHN Charles · 1849 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

John Murray, 1849. 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispieces (original tissue guards present) and 8 engraved plates (all original tissue guards present), first twenty leaves of both volumes (including endpapers, frontispiece, title and first plate) heavily damp-m…