Field Sports & Equestrian
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1857 A Month in the Forests of FranceLondon: 1857A Zaehnsdorf bound first edition hunting work by Grantley Berkeley, complete with two hand coloured plates by John Leech.
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1846 An Introduction to the Field Sports of FranceLondon: 1846A scarce first edition work by R. O'Connor on the common field sports of France, a lovely straight grain morocco bound work.
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1838 The Art of Deer-StalkingLondon: 1838A lovely first edition of William Scrope's popular work on deer-hunting, illustrated with plates after Edwin and Charles Landseer.
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1914 British Sports and Sportsmen Big Game Hunting and AnglingLondon: 1914A beautiful limited edition copy of the famed 'British Sports and Sportsmen' volume on hunting and angling, complete with many plates throughout.
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1919 Profit and Sport in British East AfricaLondon: 1919A second expanded edition of Lord Cranworth's account of sports and lifestyle in Africa, illustrated with folding maps and photographs.
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1965 Races PastNairobi : 1965Volume 37 of this account of races in Kenya, uncommon from 1964 to 1965, a lovely copy.
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1937 Hark to HoundsLondon: 1937A smart first edition of Frank Algernon Stewart's exploration into the hunts of Britain, with his charming illustrations.
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1936 'Cross Country with HoundsLondon: 1936A charming first edition on the hunts of the United Kingdom, lavishly illustrated by F. A. Stewart including colour plates.
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1935 Hunting CountriesLondon: 1935An excellent first edition of Frank Algernon Stewart's collection on hunts richly illustrated with his iconic drawings throughout.
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1928 Baily's Hunt Directory, 1928-1929London: 1928A detailed directory for the important events in the hunting calendar for these years, illustrated with large folding maps.
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1935 Sport "and there's the humour of it"London: 1935A delightful collection of cartoons by George Denholm Armour covering all manner of exciting sports, with the uncommon dust wrapper.
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1923 Old English Sporting Prints and their HistoryLondon: 1923A limited edition collecting sporting prints by Ralph Nevill, illustrated with colour plates.
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1931 The Crawley & Horsham HuntLondon: 1931A limited edition of Geoffrey Sparrow's account of the Crawley and Horsham hunt, richly illustrated by various hands.
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1931 Tally-Ho Back!London: 1931A delightful book of verses on hunting, illustrated with monochrome plates by Lionel Edwards.
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1899 The Boke of Saint AlbansLondon: 1899A scarce facsimile edition of this fifteenth-century treatise on hunting, hawking, and heraldry. Originally written by Dame Julia Berners and containing a lengthy introduction by William Blades.
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1931 A Book of Sporting Painters, A Companion Volume Of New ResearchLondon: 1931A smart, first edition copy of this colourfully illustrated work on sporting and hunting painters, written by Welsh writer and sporting expert Walter Shaw Sparrow.
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1930 Fox-HuntingLondon: 1930A smart volume on the foxhunt from the Lonsdale Library, richly illustrated and written by numerous illustrious contributors.
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1926 Leicestershire & Its Hunts: The Quorn, The Cottesmore, and The BelvoirLondon: 1926A first edition copy of this profusely illustrated work on hunting in Leicestershire, England, written and illustrated by Charles Simpson.
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1891 HuntingLondon: 1891A delightful sixth edition of the first work produced for the Badminton Library, which is on hunting, presented in its iconic brown cloth.
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1850 The Sports and Pastimes of the People of EnglandLondon: 1850A fascinating account of British pastimes by William Strutt, illustrated with engravings throughout.
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1926 Nimrod's Hunting ReminiscencesLondon: 1926A heavily illustrated, twentieth-century compilation on hound hunting in Great Britain, edited by Welsh hunting and sporting expert Walter Shaw Sparrow.
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1930 Record Bags and Shooting RecordsLondon: 1930Hugh S. Gladstone's excellent account of hunting and marksmanship, illustrated with plates.
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1929-40 The Lonsdale Library: Horsemanship and Flat RacingLondon: 1929-40Two very comprehensive and illustrated works about horsemanship and horse racing from the Lonsdale Library, written in the early to mid 20th century.
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1815 The Complete AnglerLondon: 1815A finely bound, early edition of Izaak Walton's noted work 'The Complete Angler'. This being Bagster's second edition, and the eighth edition overall.
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1897 Reminiscences of a HuntsmanLondon and New York: 1897A charming account of a life spent hunting from a controversial British MP, illustrated throughout and featuring colour plates of hunting scenes.
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1946 Lord's 1787-1945London, Sydney, Toronto, Bombay and Stockholm: 1946An in-depth history of Lord's Cricket Ground in London, illustrated with colour plates.
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1899 A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and IrelandLondon: 1899A delightfully illustrated exploration of the history of the 'non-sporting dogs' of the British isles.
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1894 Big Game ShootingLondon: 1894A first edition copy of this work on big game shooting, in half morocco binding with gilt coat of arms to the front board. Part of the Badminton Library.
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1894 Curb, Snaffle and SpurEdinburgh: 1894A fascinating work on training horses for cavalry, illustrated with photographs throughout.
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1885 Best Season on RecordLondon: 1885A brightly illustrated collection of essays on hunting and field sports, in a delightful pictorial cloth binding.
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1956 Hunting the Hard WayLondon: 1956A first U.K. edition of renowned archer Howard Hill's guide to the skill of archery, illustrated throughout.
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1897 The Art of Deer-StalkingLondon: 1897A fascinating account of the art of deer-stalking, by English sportsman William Scrope and illustrated by Edwin and Charles Landseer. A new edition of this work, part of the Sportsman's Library.
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1905 A Shooting Catechism and A Fishing CatechismLondon: 1905A smart set of early twentieth-century recreation works by R.F. Meysey-Thompson. Both in the first edition and in the original cloth bindings.
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1901 Wild Sport in the Outer HebridesLondon: 1901A first edition guide to hunting in the Outer Hebrides by C. V. A. Peel, with illustrations throughout.
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1911 With Horse and HoundLondon: 1911A very smart and bright copy of this early twentieth-century work on hunting, profusely illustrated with tipped-in colour plates.
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1903 The Sports of the WorldLondon, Paris, New York & Melbourne: 1903A richly illustrated sports work containing essays on both popular and unusual sporting activities across the globe.