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First editions and finely bound books on hunting wildfowl, rabbits, and deer, along with books on trout, salmon, and deep sea fishing.

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  • First edition of Sporting Discoveries or the Miseries of Shooting by Henry Alken, with 7 satirical hand-coloured plates.
    First edition of Sporting Discoveries or the Miseries of Shooting by Henry Alken, with 7 satirical hand-coloured plates.

    ALKEN, Henry.
    Sporting Discoveries, 1816.
    $6,809.00

  • Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed;
    Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed;

    SCROPE, William.
    Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed; 1843
    $886.00

  • The enlarged third edition of James Chetham's authoritative work on freshwater fishing, illustrated with a charming engraved plate depicting twelve species of fish.
    The enlarged third edition of James Chetham's authoritative work on freshwater fishing, illustrated with a charming engraved plate depicting twelve species of fish.

    CHETHAM, James.
    The Angler's Vade Mecum, 1700.
    $886.00

  • The Complete Angler.
    The Complete Angler.

    WALTON, Izaak; COTTON, Charles.
    The Complete Angler. 1823.
    $1,294.00

  • A wonderfully bound first edition, written by the Master of the Hertfordshire Hounds in 1839.
    A wonderfully bound first edition, written by the Master of the Hertfordshire Hounds in 1839.

    RADCLIFFE, Frederick Peter Delmé.
    The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting, 1839.
    $341.00

  • A sumptuous rendering of south Asia's wild game species in art and text. Lydekker describes more than seventy varieties of game with attendant notes
    A sumptuous rendering of south Asia's wild game species in art and text. Lydekker describes more than seventy varieties of game with attendant notes

    LYDEKKER, Richard.
    The Great and Small Game of India, Burma, & Tibet. 1900.
    $3,405.00

  • A signed, limited edition of A Sportsman's Bag [with] The Passing Seasons [with] Portfolio of Hunting Problems by Lionel Edwards
    A signed, limited edition of A Sportsman's Bag [with] The Passing Seasons [with] Portfolio of Hunting Problems by Lionel Edwards

    EDWARDS, Lionel.
    A Sportsman's Bag [with] The Passing Seasons [and] Portfolio of Hunting Problems. 1926, 1927.
    $6,128.00

  • Deluxe issue of the first edition of Fine Angling for Coarse Fish by Eric Parker and others for the Lonsdale Library, in full blue morocco.
    Deluxe issue of the first edition of Fine Angling for Coarse Fish by Eric Parker and others for the Lonsdale Library, in full blue morocco.

    LONSDALE LIBRARY The; PARKER, Eric and others.
    Fine Angling for Coarse Fish. 1930.
    $252.00

  • Deluxe issue of the first edition of River Management by H. E. Towner Coston and others for the Lonsdale Library, in full blue morocco.
    Deluxe issue of the first edition of River Management by H. E. Towner Coston and others for the Lonsdale Library, in full blue morocco.

    LONSDALE LIBRARY The; COSTON, H. E. Towner and others.
    River Management. 1936.
    $252.00

  • Twenty hand-coloured aquatints of Henry Alken's sporting scenes, published by Ackermann as Ackermann's Sporting Scraps.
    Twenty hand-coloured aquatints of Henry Alken's sporting scenes, published by Ackermann as Ackermann's Sporting Scraps.

    ALKEN, Henry; ACKERMANN, R. (publisher).
    [Ackermann's Sporting Scraps]. 1850-1861.
    $5,107.00

  • Frankland's scarce series of shooting plates featuring a couple of unsuccessful sportsmen.
    Frankland's scarce series of shooting plates featuring a couple of unsuccessful sportsmen.

    FRANKLAND, Sir Robert.
    Eight representations of shooting. 1813.
    $3,064.00

  • Instructions to Young Sportsmen and all that relates to Guns and Shooting.
    Instructions to Young Sportsmen and all that relates to Guns and Shooting.

    HAWKER, Lt. Col. P.
    Instructions to Young Sportsmen and all that relates to Guns and Shooting. 1824.
    $2,043.00

  • A handsome copy of William Bromley-Davenport's Sport, an illustrated classic, handsomely bound in red morocco gilt
    A handsome copy of William Bromley-Davenport's Sport, an illustrated classic, handsomely bound in red morocco gilt

    BROMLEY-DAVENPORT, William.
    Sport. 1885.
    $1,022.00

  • First edition of Frank Simson's Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal, covering boars, tigers, buffalos, bears, rhinos, leopards, and others.
    First edition of Frank Simson's Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal, covering boars, tigers, buffalos, bears, rhinos, leopards, and others.

    SIMSON, Frank B.
    Letters on Sport in Eastern Bengal. 1886.
    $613.00

  • Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes by Samuel Howitt, containing 110 hand-coloured aquatints showing hunting scenes from around the world.
    Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes by Samuel Howitt, containing 110 hand-coloured aquatints showing hunting scenes from around the world.

    HOWITT, Samuel.
    Foreign Field Sports, Fisheries, Sporting Anecdotes... [1819?].
    $4,766.00

  • First edition, fist issue, of Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting by Alken, containing 42 humerous plates showin hunting and racing mishaps.
    First edition, fist issue, of Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting by Alken, containing 42 humerous plates showin hunting and racing mishaps.

    ALKEN, Henry.
    Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting, and Other Sports; 1826-1830.
    $6,128.00

  • First edition of Orme's Collection of British Field Sports by Samuel Howitt, with 20 hand-coloured aquatints of hnting scenes, all in early states.
    First edition of Orme's Collection of British Field Sports by Samuel Howitt, with 20 hand-coloured aquatints of hnting scenes, all in early states.

    HOWITT, Samuel (illustrator).
    Orme's Collection of British Field Sports 1 January 1807-[25 March 1808].
    $30,637.00

  • New edition of The Art of Angling by R. Brookes.
    New edition of The Art of Angling by R. Brookes.

    BROOKES, R.
    The Art of Angling. 1799.
    $409.00

  • First and only edition of Orme's Collection of British Field Sports by Samuel Howitt.
    First and only edition of Orme's Collection of British Field Sports by Samuel Howitt.

    HOWITT, Samuel.
    Orme's Collection of British Field Sports 1 January 1807-[25 March 1808].
    $30,637.00

  • The Schwerdt-Jeanson copy of the rare first edition, first issue of The National Sports of Greta Britain by Henry Alken.
    The Schwerdt-Jeanson copy of the rare first edition, first issue of The National Sports of Greta Britain by Henry Alken.

    ALKEN, Henry Thomas.
    The National Sports of Great Britain. 1820-1821.
    $23,829.00

  • The coloured issue of Samuel Alken's Delineations of British Field Sports ranks as one of the rarest sporting books of the period
    The coloured issue of Samuel Alken's Delineations of British Field Sports ranks as one of the rarest sporting books of the period

    ALKEN, Samuel.
    Delineations of British Field Sports, 1822.
    $20,425.00

  • Comprising Hunting Tours; Nimrod abroad; Northern Tour; The Horse and the Hound, uniform red half morocco for Hatchards, gilt hunting motifs to spines.
    Comprising Hunting Tours; Nimrod abroad; Northern Tour; The Horse and the Hound, uniform red half morocco for Hatchards, gilt hunting motifs to spines.

    APPERLEY, C.J.
    Hunting Tours; Nimrod Abroad; Northern Tour; The Horse and the Hound. 1835, 1842, 1857, 1858.
    $2,247.00

  • The rare hand-coloured issue of Daniel's classic compendium of field sports, which proved 'very popular among contemporary sportsmen and even naturalists
    The rare hand-coloured issue of Daniel's classic compendium of field sports, which proved 'very popular among contemporary sportsmen and even naturalists

    DANIEL, William Barker.
    Rural sports. 1812.
    $3,405.00

  • A lovely copy of the fine Ashendene Press edition of the first printed book on fishing.
    A lovely copy of the fine Ashendene Press edition of the first printed book on fishing.

    [ASHENDENE PRESS]; BERNERS, Dame Juliana.
    A treatyse of fysshynge wyth an angle. 1903.
    $3,064.00

  • 15 hand-coloured aquatints by Rawlins, publisher's green morocco, a very good copy
    15 hand-coloured aquatints by Rawlins, publisher's green morocco, a very good copy

    RAWSTORNE, Lawrence; RAWLINS, J.T. (illustrator).
    Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game; 1837.
    $1,907.00

  • A near fine copy of this limited edition from the British Sports and Sportsmen series; photogravure plates, publisher's chamfered red morocco gilt.
    A near fine copy of this limited edition from the British Sports and Sportsmen series; photogravure plates, publisher's chamfered red morocco gilt.

    VARIOUS.
    British Sports and Sportsmen - The Story of Shipping. [Circa 1930]
    $477.00

  • Mytton of Halston, Shropshire...With his hunting, racing, shooting, driving, and extravagant exploits, by Nimrod, contemporary morocco gilt.
    Mytton of Halston, Shropshire...With his hunting, racing, shooting, driving, and extravagant exploits, by Nimrod, contemporary morocco gilt.

    ALKEN, Henry (illustrator); APPERLEY, Charles James.
    Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq. n.d. [but circa 1900].
    $545.00

  • A rare series of humorous designs with impeccable provenance, from the collection of Schwerdt and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.
    A rare series of humorous designs with impeccable provenance, from the collection of Schwerdt and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.

    JONES, T.
    Sporting Idealities. 1828.
    $1,158.00

  • A very handsome copy of the folio volume by Charles Apperley, 21 engraved plates, title and vignettes, red half morocco for Hatchards, gilt sporting motifs
    A very handsome copy of the folio volume by Charles Apperley, 21 engraved plates, title and vignettes, red half morocco for Hatchards, gilt sporting motifs

    [APPERLEY, C.]
    Sporting edited by Nimrod. 1838.
    $1,158.00

  • British and American Sporting Authors by Henry Higginson, with a Bibliography by Sidney R. Smith. An excellent copy in the original cloth.
    British and American Sporting Authors by Henry Higginson, with a Bibliography by Sidney R. Smith. An excellent copy in the original cloth.

    HIGGINSON, A. Henry.
    British and American Sporting Authors. 1949.
    $273.00

  • First volume of the series The Sport of our Fathers. With an intoduction by Sir Theodore Cook, editor of The Field. Fine binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
    First volume of the series The Sport of our Fathers. With an intoduction by Sir Theodore Cook, editor of The Field. Fine binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

    SPARROW, Walter Shaw.
    Henry Alken. 1927.
    $613.00

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