Results for: Country Sport and Interest

London: Printed for the Author, and sold by T.Trye, near Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn...: 1753. First edition. Vol II only. (iv), 172pp, followed by (63pp) index to both volumes. Much on hounds, hawking, angling, fighting-cocks and gardening in this volume. Pencilled 1847 ownership name on half-title, and later one in ink on front pastedown. Contents otherwise unmarked, though with some browning and foxing. 12mo, in contemporary full calf with raised bands, ruled in gilt and with gilt '2' on the spine, knocked and scuffed, with spine ends slightly chipped and joints split but boards firm. VG.

Price: £120.00

Newcastle: Longman and Co; also Constable and Co, Edinburgh: 1818. First edition. xiv, (ii), 212pp, with engraved frontis. The first part concerns Locked Jaw and Tetanus, and the second, Epidemical Disease, or Catarrhal Affection. A little foxing to frontis, title and a few text pages: otherwise very clean. Quarto, in contemporary quarter plum skiva with marbled boards, spine ruled and titled in gilt. Firm and clean, with a few scuffs to joints, surface damage to corner of lower board, and scuffing to corners. Very Good.

Price: £600.00

London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. First edition. xii, 315pp, + 32pp adverts dated October, 1879. Chocolate endpapers, with coloured and gilt pictorial presentation bookplate dated 1879. The endpapers are very fresh, and they may have been a later, and very professional, repair, with the original bookplate conserved and replaced. Pages slightly cockled. A few foxing spots to first three leaves, contents otherwise clean and unmarked. In the original lavender cloth, decorated and lettered in green on upper board, with spine lettered in gilt and ruled in green. Slight loss of colour near top of upper board, slight scuffing to corners, and slight rubbing to joints: spine ends puckered, with tiny nicks. A clean and firm copy. Very Good.

Price: £220.00

London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1886. First edition. [x], 136, 32 (adverts): with text illustrations, the 10 guarded plates, and with the author's printed PS tipped in. 1886 gift inscription to half-title: contents otherwise clean and unmarked. With the original deep crimson endpapers, top edge gilt, in the original binding of olive cloth over bevelled boards, ruled and titled in gilt. Minor marks to cloth, corners scuffed, spine rather dulled, ends restored. A good firm copy. Very Good.

Price: £320.00

Crewkerne: Alfred R. Knapp, 1900. First edition. (vi), 35pp, (blank), +(4)adverts. With decorative head- and tail-pieces, a photographic plate illustrating the text, and an atmospheric frontis photograph of a shoot. Contemporary ownership name on front free endpaper. A trace of foxing to the first few pages, contents otherwise clean. Laid in is a handwritten note from the author on headed notepaper, dated 1905, thanking the recipient for their purchase of the book. pp.1-18 comprise the main text; the Notes on Shooting are on pp.21-27, p.28 is an advertisement for pheasants' eggs, and pp.28-35 are packed with testimonials for the eggs. Tall octavo (8.6 x 5.5ins), in quarter red cloth and glazed printed paper-covered boards, with another splendid large photograph of a shoot pasted on. The photograph has some light staining, but the boards are quite soiled, with heavy scuffs at the corners. Endpapers split, cloth intact, boards holding well. Extremely scarce. Very Good.

Price: £80.00

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1907. First edition, first printing. xvi, 475, plus the 23 full page illustrations, including colour frontis, and text illustrations on every page. Early Simonstown ownership name on title page. Title page dated 1907, no dates on verso. Occasional minor foxing: contents otherwise clean and unmarked. In the original binding of smooth navy cloth, illustrated and titled in gilt. Firm, with some rubbing and marks to cloth, and indentations to lower board. Spine ends crimped and slight scuffing to extremities. Good copy of the first edition. VG.

Price: £360.00

London: The Fishing Gazette Ltd., 1927. First edition. 191pp. Forty-four informative illustrations. A pocket-size book which supplies detailed information on all kinds of fishing. The pages have an unread feel - very clean and fresh, with blue marbled endpapers, blue edges and rounded corners. Dressed navy cloth, gilt lettered on front and spine: bright and clean, with tiny specks to front. The dust jacket has some browning to spine and small knocks to edges, otherwise bright and clean. Very nice copy in scuffed and split slipcase. VG+ in very good dust-jacket.

Price: £50.00

London: Country Life, 1938. Large paper edition, limited to 250 copies: First edition. 205pp. With a colour frontis and 8 other colour plates with captioned guards, and 12 pencil plates. Limitation page on verso of half-title signed by Keith: a little minor foxing at this page and very faint spotting to pastedowns. Bookplate on front pastedown. Contents otherwise very clean. Fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed, with one or two foxing spots. Large quarto (11.5 x 8.2ins), in the original binding of green cloth titled in gilt: slight mottling and marks, otherwise clean, bright and firm. In the protected scarce dust jacket, chipped, with some foxing, soiling, and creasing to the edges. Spine ends have severe chips, losing most of the print; these encroach slightly on to the pictorial front panel, which is otherwise complete but for a squarish one-inch chip to the bottom edge, which loses most of Thorburn's signature. Rear panel is blank, rather soiled, with closed tears. Very Good+ in poor dust-jacket.
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Price: £220.00

London: Oliver and Boyd, 1957. First edition. viii, 347pp, illustrated. Pale foxing to endpapers and adjacent pages: contents otherwise fresh and unmarked. In the original binding of brown cloth, spine titled in gilt, clean and bright, though with slight blunting of the spine ends, and the very observant may detect a small faint cup-ring on the upper board. In protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket, with a quarter-inch chip to head of spine, small nicks to other extremities, and a short closed tear to the lower panel. Jacket also has a little minor soiling, slight browning to the edges, and the spine is a little dulled. Very Good+ in VG dust-jacket.

Price: £120.00

London: Faber and Faber: 1979. First edition. xiv, 222pp, illustrated with 22 photographs and a few line illustrations. Small ownership label on front pastedown. Contents otherwise very clean and fresh and unmarked. A few spots to top edge of closed text block. In the original brown cloth-textured binding lettered in gilt, clean, bright and firm, spine ends slightly blunted. In protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket, clean and bright with tiny knocks or scuffs at spine ends, and tanning down the leading edge. Very Good+ in VG+ dust-jacket.

Price: £45.00