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Country Life / Sports

Toulmin David - Collected Short Stories

A near fine copy in a similar price-clipped dustwrapper. 334pp. Tales of country life in Buchan.
Published : Gordon Wright, Edinburgh 1992, First Edition
£8.00

Veniard John - Fly Dressers' Guide

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. A little wear to spine ends and board tips. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.[xviii],256,[xii]. 8 full-page colour illustrations drawn by hand. Two full-page colour photographs. Numerous black and white drawings. Various related items loosely laid in including a three page photocopy typescript of a talk or article on the best flies or bait at different times of year.
Published : E. Veniard, Thornton Heath 1952, First Edition
£10.00

Veniard John - Fly-Dressing Materials

Illustrated by Donald Downs.
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. Pp.xiii,146. 14 colour plates. Many black and white illustrations.
Published : Adam & Charles Black, London 1977, First Edition
£6.00

Walsh J. H. - The Modern Sportsman's Gun and Rifle; Including Game and Wildfowl Guns, Sporting and Match Rifles, and Revolvers. Vol. I Game and Wildfowl Guns and Vol. II The Sporting Rifle, Match Rifle and Revolver

Hardbacks. A good plus two volume set published in 1882 and 1884 respectively. Green cloth lettered and blocked in gilt. Bevelled edges. Bookplate in Vol. I. Some end-paper foxing to Vol. I but generally a clean set. Vol. I, pp.xvi, 459 + adverts to page 504. Vol. II,pp.xvi,544 + adverts to page 584. Numerous illustrations throughout. The author was editor of "The Field" and wrote under the name "Stonehenge". Photographs available on request.
Published : Horace Cox, London 1884, First Edition
£170.00

Warburton R.E. Egerton - Hunting Songs

Illustrated by Lionel Edwards.
Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in publisher's dark green cloth with in gilt on front board and spine. No inscriptions. 8 full page colour tipped-in plates. Some foxing to page ends. 128 pages. A nice bright copy.
Published : Constable & Co. Ltd., London 1925, First Edition
£16.00

Weller John B. - Farm Buildings Techniques - Design - Profit Volume 1

Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has a little edge wear and tear. Small ownership inscription. Pp.xv,270. 96 photographs. 127 figures. A detailed work on the design and construction of farm buildings.
Published : Crosby Lockwood, London 1965, First Edition
£14.00

Weller, John B. - Farm Buildings : Structural Techniques and Materials Vol.2 Foundations and Floors

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.vii,190. Many figures, photographs and tables. Described as "a comprehensive and highly practical guide".
Published : Crosby Lockwood & Son, London 1972, First Edition
£12.00

Willock Colin - The Book of the Wood Pigeon

Illustrated by William Garfit.
A near fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. A smallish red mark at the top edge of the pages prevents the book from being fine. Pp.xviii,157. 10 illustrations. 5 charts.
Published : White Lion Books, Cambridge 1995, First Edition
£9.00

Wilson James - The Rod and the Gun Being Two Treatises on Angling and Shooting

Hardback. A fair copy externally in the original brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. There are some tears in the cloth and traces of old sellotape repairs. Good internally. Pp.xii,439 + a 10 page list of books on angling inserted after the angling section of the book. Frontispiece (foxed) and 8 plates. Text illustrations.
Published : Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh 1840, First Edition
£20.00

Wright Philip - Old Farm Implements

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Pp.xv,95. 24 plates. 39 drawings in text.
Published : Adam & Charles Black, London 1961, First Edition
£13.00

Young Andrew McLaren - The Natural History and Habits of the Salmon from a Long Series of Experiments and Observations

A fair copy of this rather fragile item in card covers which are chipped at spine ends and with covers coming loose. Ownership stamp of Allan John Jarvis on front fixed end-paper. 48 pages. A little pencil writing in the margins. A scarce item in good condition internally and could be rebound.
Published : Peter Reid & Co, Wick 1848, First Edition
£150.00