Field Sports & Equestrian
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1951 Hounds & Dogs: Their Care, Training, and Working for Hunting, Shooting, Coursing, Hawking, Police Purposes &c.London: 1951A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to the care and training of hounds and dogs, from the Lonsdale Library.
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1927-1936 Sixteen Volumes of "Polo Magazine": Containing 114 Issues.New York: 1927-1936An exceptionally bright, complete run of 114 issues of The Polo Magazine, bound over 16 volumes in the half crushed morocco subscriber's binding.
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1929-30 2vols Shooting by Moor, Field and Shore; Fine Angling for Coarse FishLondon: 1929-30Two illustrated first editions from the Lonsdale Library, concerning fishing and shooting.
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2003 Holland and Holland 'The Royal' Gunmaker: The Complete HistoryLondon: 2003The first edition of Donald Dallas' fascinating work on the history of the noted British gunmaker, 'Holland & Holland'.
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1993 The Green Collars: The Tarporley Hunt Club and Cheshire Hunting HistoryLondon: 1993A smart first edition of this illustrated record of the Cheshire hunting history, signed by the author. -
1886 Racing and Steeple-ChasingLondon: 1886A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to racing and steeple-chasing from the Badminton Library series.
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1892 Coursing and FalconryLondon: 1892A smart first edition of this illustrated guide to coursing and falconry from the Badminton Library series.
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1886-1898 17vol A Collection from The Badminton LibraryLondon: 1886-1898A collection of seventeen illustrated volumes on sport from The Badminton Library, many of which are first editions.
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1912 Lays of the Hertfordshire Hunt and Other Sporting VersesLondon: 1912A smart first edition of this collection of sporting verses from English poet George Robins.
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1908 Turbervile's Booke of Hunting 1576Oxford: 1908A facsimile edition of this highly detailed treatise on the hunting traditions of the Tudor period.
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1923 Amid the High HillsLondon: 1923A first edition of this topographical work concerning natural history by Hugh Fraser, with illustrations throughout.
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1894 Game Birds and Shooting-SketchesLondon: 1894The second edition of John Guille Millais' fascinating sporting work, rebacked in vibrant morocco.
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1998 Rodger McPhail: Artist, Naturalist, SportsmanShrewsbury: 1998A bright first edition copy of this richly illustrated biography of the wildlife and sporting artist Rodger McPhail.
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1925 Hunting SongsLondon: 1925The first Lionel Edwards illustrated edition of the poems of R. E. Egerton Warburton, in a lovely Bumpus morocco binding.
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1880 The Novels of Robert Smith SurteesLondon: [1880]The subscriber's edition of Surtees' sporting novels, with many coloured plates by John Leech and 'Phiz', and bound in a uniform decorative cloth binding.
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2000 Upstream: Fly Fishing in the American WestNew York: 2000A stunningly illustrated tribute to fly fishing in the American West, with beautiful photographs by Charles Lindsay.
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1886-1890 5vol A Collection from The Badminton LibraryLondon: 1886-1890A collection of five illustrated volumes on sport from The Badminton Library, with a first edition of the volume on Tennis.
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1889 An Illustrated Treatise of the Art of ShootingLondon: 1889A signed first edition of this scarce guide to guns and shooting, produced by gun manufacturer Charles Lancaster. -
1980 Game & the English Landscape: The Influence of the Chase on Sporting Art & SceneryLondon: 1980A first edition, first impression of this richly illustrated study of the influence of field sports on the English landscape and on art.
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1900 The Young SportsmanLondon: 1900A first edition copy of this late Victorian guide to a variety of sports, with numerous illustrations.
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1986 Falconry and HawingLondon: 1986Philip Glasier's comprehensive illustrated guide to falconry and hawking, in the original dust wrapper.
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1998 Grouse Shooting Made QuiteShap, Cumbria: 1998A scarce limited edition work, offering a facsimile of Jeffrey Gorcock's 1827 guide to grouse shooting.
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1929 Traité de VénerieParis : 1929A wonderfully illustrated, limited edition of this treatise on hunting written by the keeper of the Royal Hounds, M. d'Yauville, bound by Bumpus in half crushed morocco.
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1933 Fifty Years and More of Sport in ScotlandLondon: 1933A scarce, first edition of this exploration of sport in Scotland from 1880-1932, written by The Duke of Portland, surrounding his own experiences.
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1931 Racecourse and Hunting Field: The Doncaster St. Leger and Melton in 1830London: 1931A smart first edition of this illustrated commentary on racecourses and the hunting field, with the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1935 A Gentleman and His HoundsLondon: 1935A smart first edition of this illustrated work on hunting and sporting with hounds.
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1929 Huntsmen Past and PresentLondon: 1929The first edition of Lionel Edwards's signed limited edition celebration of hunting and huntsmen. -
1853-69 The Chace The Turf The RoadLondon: 1853-1869A new edition of this illustrated tripart work on fox hunting, coach driving, and horse racing, by the Welsh sportsman and sporting writer Charles James Apperley.
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1888 The Horse and His Rider: An Anecdotic MedleyLondon: 1888The first edition of this very scarce work on horse riding by Thormanby.
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1899 The Trout Fly Dresser's Cabinet of DevicesLondon: 1899An early edition of H. G. McClelland's illustrated guide to tying flies for Trout and Grayling fishing, previously owned by Charles Atwood Kofoid.
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1928 The Gentlemans RecreationLondon: 1928A limited edition edition of Nicholas Cox's seventeenth century hunting manual, in the very scarce dust wrapper.
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1993 40 Years of British Arab Horse Champions 1953-1992Gloucestershire: 1993This handsome first edition, first impression of a photographic survey of Arab horse Champions from 1953 to 1992.
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1911 Thoughts on HuntingLondon: 1911A collection of essays on hunting, written by the master hunter Sir Peter Beckford, with colour illustrations throughout.
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1911 Thoughts on Hunting: In A Series of Familiar LettersLondon: [1911]A beautifully colour illustrated edition of Sir Peter Beckford's collection of letters on hunting, beautifully bound in full morocco.
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1888-1905 5vol A Collection from The Badminton LibraryLondon: 1888-1905A collection of five illustrated volumes on sport from The Badminton Library.
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1919 Wanderings and MemoriesLondon: 1919A smart first edition of John Guille Millais' autobiography detailing his fondness for game hunting, illustrated by the author.