London: Printed for the Author, and sold by T.Trye, near Gray's-Inn-Gate, Holborn...:, 1753. First edition. Hardcover. [viii], (13-) 239; (iv), 172pp, followed by the 63-page index to both volumes. Contents in very clean, fresh order. 12mo, 17x10cms, in modern bindings of full tan calf, boards ruled in blind, spine with... More

London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. viii, 568pp, with many illustrations. Contents clean and in very good order, with minor spotting or soiling to endpapers. Firm, in a contemporary binding of half calf with marbled boards: spine ruled and titled gilt, leather somewhat darkened, now with recent minor... More

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. xx, 464, +24 adverts, with text illustrations, a number of guarded plates, and a tinted frontis (all called for). 1892 ownership name to half-title. Original maroon endpapers, gutters professionally repaired, with a small crested bookplate to front pastedown. Contents... More

Hertford, Herts: Gilbertson & Page, Ltd., 1897, 1898, 1900, 1901. Original issues, bound. Hardcover. 234pp and 284pp. Contents very clean. Neat vertical folds to some issues, presumably from their having been folded for delivery. A portrait of a gamekeeper adorns the front page of each issue. With many detailed and... More

London: Blackie and Son, [1922]. First and presumed only composite edition. Hardcover. [iv], 34 (of 36) + 4 leaves from a different edition bound in to complete the verses and illustrations to the final tale. The immensely characterful plates are all clean and bright. Some light soiling to margins, and... More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, October 1934. First reprint. Hardcover. 160pp, enhanced by 21 of Munnings' drawings (including the endpapers). Ownership name to half-title, and a few foxing spots to the prelims and the last couple of pages. Contents otherwise clean and fresh. In the original binding of smooth light blue... More

London: Jarrolds, n.d. [1942?]. First edition. Hardcover. 192pp, illustrated with photographs, and signed 'Yours very sincerely / Escott North' to the title page. Contents very good and clean. In a smart recent binding of green Victorian cloth, front ruled in blind, spine ruled in gilt and with a black lettering-piece. More

Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1948, 1949, 1950. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets, each with a folding plan of the site. 1948: 270pp, in slightly creased pale orange covers: pages slightly toned but clean, some corners turned. 1949: 343pp, in blue covers, and 1950: 357pp, in cream covers: both... More

Ipswich: Suffolk Agricultural Association, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963. First and only printings. Paperback. Stapled booklets, each with c.250-300pp, and an advertisement bookmark. All were issued with a folding plan of the site, but that in the 1960 programme has been removed. Contents clean, light toning to covers. [Heavy Item]. More

London: Stanley Paul, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 303pp, illustrated. Contents as new. In the original blue cloth-textured binding titled in silver, lower corners blunted, clean, bright and firm. In the protected unclipped pictorial dust jacket, as new but for small knock to bottom corners. More

Cumbria: Canine Behaviour Centre, 2007. First edition. Paperback. 36pp, illustrated. 21x14.5cms: a glossy stapled booklet with cream covers. Mint copy. Excellent advice, clear and insightful, an easy and engaging read. As a review on the cover says, 'This should be mandatory reading for every potential puppy purchaser - and every... More