Robert Smith Surtees

The Analysis of the Hunting Field Being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters That Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season 1845-6

London, Rudolph Ackermann, 1846. First edition. Leather. A first edition of this hunting work by Robert Smith Surtees. First edition first issue with illustrated title dated 1846. With seven hand coloured aquatint plates by Alken including the frontispiece and illustrated title page. Henry Thomas Alken was an English painted and engraver chiefly known as a caricaturist and illustrator of sporting subjects and coaching scenes. Robert Smith Surtees was an English editor, novelist and sporting writer. He is best known for Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jolities and Mr Sponge's Sporting tour, and his other comedic novels. This is one of his few non fiction works, taken from the sporting newspaper Bell's life in London during the fox hunting season of 1845-6. In a crushed morocco binding by Root and Son. Gilt hunting tools and fox detailing. Original cloth bindings bound in. Externally, in lovely condition. Booksellers label to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with occasional scattered spotting. Externally: FINE. Internally: VERY GOOD INDEED. Overall: NEAR FINE. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Buchzahl: EXP4-E-4

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Jorrocks' Surtees Alken Coloured Surtees Hunting Equestrian None

George Tattersall

The Pictorial Gallery of English Race Horses

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1850. First edition. Leather. A full calf first edition of this collection of portraits of the racehorses of the Victorian period. The first edition of this work, rebound in full calf. Profusely illustrated with around ninety engravings, chiefly on steel, after paintings by Cooper, Herring, Hancock, Alken, Hall and others.Containing 'portraits of all the winners of the Derby, Oaks, and St Leger Stakes' between 1930 and 1950, along with a 'history of the principal operations of the turf&apos.This is the work of George Tattersall, an English sporting artist and architect, whose family ran the Tattersall horse market. Rebound in full calf. Externally, fine. Internally, somewhat tightly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, with the light spotting. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 781F57

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Horses Horse Racing Recehorse Horse Racing Not Stated

Eric Taverner and John Moore

The Angler&Apos;S Week-End Book

London , Seeley Service, 1938. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this book on angling. With woodcut plates and vingettes throughout, this work is an authoritative and accessible work on its subject. Facsimile signatures by both authors. In cloth binding. Externally sound, there is wear to the boards, joints, extremities and backstrip, with peeling to the spine-label and discolouration to boards, as well as strain to hinges. Internally, the pages are firmly bound and are bright and clean throughout, aside from some light spotting to the endpages. Very Good . Ill.: Margot Hamand. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: GEN38-F-3

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Angling Vignettes First Edition Fishing Vignettes Margot Hamand

Julian Tennyson

Rough Shooting from Month to Month

London , Adam & Charles Black , 1938. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Rough Shooting, with illustrations. A first edition copy. This volume explores the rough shoot which can be run without a keeper of heavy expenditure on game rearing and preservation. This volume concisely covers everything which can be of use to the rough shooter. With twelve plates.Collated, complete. With adverts to the rear. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is smart with some light marks to the wraps and light chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Buchzahl: 854B24

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Rough Shooting From Month to Month Julian Tennyson Sport shooting Julian Tennyson Not Stated

Colonel Thornton

A Sporting Tour Through Various Parts of France in the Year 1802

London , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1806. First edition. Leather. A complete two volume set of A Sporting Tour, with illustrations throughout and in the first edition. A first edition, complete two volume set of A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France in the Year 1802, by Colonel Thornton. These volumes included a description of the sporting establishments, mode of hunting and other field amusements of France with general observations on the arts, sciences, agriculture and commerce and manners of the French people. from a series of letters to the Right Hon The Earl of Darlington. Colonel Thornton was an English sportsman known for his assiduity in hunting and other outdoor pursuits. With twenty five plates, five which are folding to volume one and twenty six plates to volume two. The first volume has a frontispiece and an engraved title page.Collated, complete. Re-bound in half morocco with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart with a few marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright pages with scattered spots throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Mr Bryant. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 839B10

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France in the Year 1802 colonel thornton france sport colonel thornton Mr Bryant

Pekka Tiilikainen

Olympiakisat 1896-1948

Helsinki, Kustannusliike Olympiakirja , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A first edition Finnish history of the Olympic games from 1896-1948. In the original Finnish. A first edition copy. This volume is an interesting history of the Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games from 1896-1948, including the 1948 London Olympic Games by Pekka Tiilikainen. With many in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. Previous owner bookplate for Reino Sysi to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Previous owner bookplate for Reino Sysi to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .

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Buchzahl: 853B35

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Olympiakisat 1896-1948 olympics sports olympics Not Stated

Humphrey F. de Trafford

The Foxhounds of Great Britain and Ireland Their Masters and Huntsmen

London, Walter Southwood & Company, 1906. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this illustrated ode to foxhounds, illustrated with a beautiful colour frontispiece. The first edition of this work.An extensive guide to all things foxhound, with an emphasis on their sporting exploits and the famous huntsmen who master them, effectively being an encyclopaedia on foxhounds.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Edited by Sir Humphrey F. de Trafford, and others. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, with some marks and discolouration to the boards. Front board is a little bowed. Spine is a little discoloured with a couple of marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a couple of faint handling marks. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 749P24

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: The Foxhounds of Great Britain and Ireland Their Masters and Huntsmen foxhounds hunting sports foxhounds britain huntsmen Not Stated

Unamed

The Spirit of Racing

Northumberland, Kensington West Productions, 1997. Cloth. A nice photographic account of the horse racing world, lavishly illustrated throughout. One hardback volume, bound in the publisher's original cloth binding and held in the original dustwrapper. An excellent example of this work of this work of equestrian photography. Featuring the work of two noted spots photographers Trevor Jones and George Selwyn. Profusely illustrated throughout, this work celebrates the sport of horse racing. The binding is tight and firm. There is almost no wear at all to the extremities. Internally the pages are bright and clean.There is some slight wear to the dustjacket. Overall the condition of this volume is fine in a near fine dustjacket. Fine . Ill.: Trevor Jones; George Selwyn. Fine/Near Fine.

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Buchzahl: GEN3-B-1

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Dustwrapper Trevor Jones George Selwyn The Spirit of Racing Trevor Jones Trevor Jones; George Selwyn

Various

British Sports and Sportsmen Big Game Hunting and Angling

London, British Sports and Sportsmen, 1914. Leather. A beautiful limited edition copy of the famed 'British Sports and Sportsmen' volume on hunting and angling, complete with many plates throughout. A limited edition, limited to one thousand copies, of which this is numbered six hundred and seventy three.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and seventy-eight plates.Collated, complete.A sporting volume delving into the sports of big game hunting and angling. Both of these sports are thoroughly examined in this volume, looking into the habits of those who pursue the sports, and exciting tales relating to hunting and fishing.This volume discusses big game hunting across the world, and fishing different breeds.'British Sports and Sportsmen'  was a commanding series, containing many volumes on a wide variety of sporting subjects. Each volume was an extensive and vivid study into sport, and were popular library acquisitions of the day.With contributions by F. C. Selous, James Sutherland, Lord Charles Conyngham, Cecil Braithwaite, and more. In the original morocco binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. Light rubbing to the spine and extremities. A very small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Label remnant to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 802P6

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: British Sports and Sportsmen Big Game Hunting and Angling sports big game hunting sports Various

Various

Fishing: Salmon and Trout Shooting: Moor and Marsh Shooting: Field and Covert

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1885-1889. Cloth. Three volumes on fishing and shooting from the Badminton Library, with numerous illustrations and a variety of contributors. Three volumes from the Badminton Library series in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. All volumes illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations and/or diagrams accompanying the text. This three volume set includes: Fishing: Salmon and Trout by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, with contributions by other authors (1885). Shooting: Moor and Marsh by Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, with contributions by Lord Lovat and Lord Charles Lennox Kerr (1887; second edition). Illustrated with 7 plates by A. J. Stuart-Wortley, Harper Pennington, C. Whymper and J. G. Millais. Collated complete. Shooting: Field and Covert by Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, with contributions by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles and A. J. Stuart Wortley (1889; third edition, revised). Illustrated with 10 plates by A. J. Stuart-Wortley, Harper Pennington and J. H. Oswald Brown. Collated complete. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes was a series of sporting books edited by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899). These volumes offer advice and explore the history of each sport and pastime, often aided by many illustrations and diagrams. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. All volumes externally smart, though with a little shelf wear to the extremities and joints. Some marks to the rear board of the volume on fishing, and a little bumping to the front board of Shooting: Moor & Marsh, otherwise pictorial boards remain bright. Hinges starting to Shooting: Field and Covert but they remain firm. Binding strained in a couple of places to Fishing and Shooting: Moor and Marsh; plate 3 is detached to Shooting: Moor & Marsh, but is intact. Front free end paper to Shooting: Field & Covert is starting to detach. Otherwise, volumes are generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot, and occasional offsetting. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 844M13

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Badminton Library Fishing Shooting Salmon fishing Fishing Field sports Marsh Various

Various

Fishing: Salmon and Trout Shooting: Moor and Marsh Shooting: Field and Covert

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1885-1906. Cloth. Three volumes on fishing and shooting from the Badminton Library, with numerous illustrations and a variety of contributors. Three volumes from the Badminton Library series in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Stamp to verso of frontispiece of Shooting: Moor and Marsh. Ink inscription to the first blank page of Shooting: Field and Covert, dated 1931. All volumes illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations and/or diagrams accompanying the text. This three volume set includes: Fishing: Salmon and Trout by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, with contributions by other authors (1885). Shooting: Moor and Marsh by Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, with contributions by Lord Lovat and Lord Charles Lennox Kerr (1887; second edition). Illustrated with 6 plates by A. J. Stuart-Wortley, Harper Pennington, C. Whymper and J. G. Millais; lacking one plate. Shooting: Field and Covert by Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, with contributions by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles and A. J. Stuart Wortley (1906; third edition, eighth impression). Illustrated with 12 plates by A. J. Stuart-Wortley, Harper Pennington and J. H. Oswald Brown. Collated complete. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes was a series of sporting books edited by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899). These volumes offer advice and explore the history of each sport and pastime, often aided by many illustrations and diagrams. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally all volumes are smart, though with a little shelf wear to the extremities and joints. Hinges to Fishing, and to Shooting: Moor and Marsh, are starting but remain firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean except for some offsetting and spotting to the first and last few pages. Some occasional marks to the pages to Shooting: Moor and Marsh. Also lacking a plate to Shooting: Moor and Marsh. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

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Buchzahl: 844M12

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Fishing Shooting Sport Salmon fishing Shooting Field sports Marsh Various

Various

Fishing: Salmon and Trout Riding and Polo Shooting: Field and Covert

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1887-1920. Cloth. Three profusely illustrated volumes on sport from the Badminton Library series from a variety of contributors. Three volumes from the Badminton Library in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bookplates to the front pastedown of the volumes on fishing and riding. All volumes illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations and/or diagrams accompanying the text. This three volume set includes: Fishing: Salmon and Trout by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell, with contributions by other authors (1887; third edition). Riding by Captain Robert Weir, with contributions by the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, the Earl of Onslow, E. L. Anderson and Alfred E. T. Watson, and Polo by J. Moray Brown (1891; second edition). Illustrated with 7 plates by G. D. Giles, Frank Dadd and J. Stuart Allan. Collated complete. Shooting: Field and Covert by Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, with contributions by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles and A. J. Stuart Wortley (1920; ninth impression). Illustrated with 19 plates by A. J. Stuart-Wortley, Harper Pennington, and J. H. Oswald Brown. Collated complete. The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes was a series of sporting books edited by Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824–1899). These volumes offer advice and explore the history of each sport and pastime, often aided by many illustrations and diagrams. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. All volumes externally smart, though the volumes on fishing and riding have a little shelf wear to the extremities and joints. Pictorial boards remain fairly bright, particularly Shooting: Field & Covert. Hinges to Riding & Polo are starting but remain firm. Binding of the fishing volume is strained to page 1. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd scattering of spots to the volumes on fishing and riding, more so to the fore edges and to first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 844M11

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Badminton Library Fishing Shooting Horse riding Fishing Salmon fishing Trout fishing Various

Various

The Lonsdale Library: Horsemanship and Flat Racing

London, Seeley, Service & Co. 1929-40. Cloth. Two very comprehensive and illustrated works about horsemanship and horse racing from the Lonsdale Library, written in the early to mid 20th century. Comprising of:Horsemanship, The Way of a Man with a Horse, A Practical Book on Horsemanship, published in 1929. Including contributions from Brigadier Geoffrey Brooke, Colonel Todd, and Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Brooke. Flat Racing, published in 1940. Including contributions from The Earl of Harewood, Lt-Col P.E. Ricketts, A.W. Caoten, C.C. Edmunds, F. Fox, and more. Both of these works come from the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games, & Pastimes, edited by The Earl of Lonsdale and Eric Parker. Volume I includes 34 black-and-white plates, collated and complete. Also including numerous in-text illustrations. Volume II includes 95 black-and-white plates, collated and complete. Containing an ink inscription of a previous owner to the front free-endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, a few stains to the extremities, and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Previous owner's ink signature to the front free-endpaper of 'Horsemanship', and a previous bookseller's small sticker to the front pastedown of 'Horsemanship&apos. Internally, both volumes firmly bound. Some light spotting to the pastedowns and free-endpapers, as well as to the fore-edge, affecting the odd page. Otherwise pages are generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 800J22

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: horse horseriding horsemanship flat racing horseriding lonsdale library Various

Julius Wagner

XIV. Olympiade V. Olympische Winterspiele St. Moritz

Zurich, Hermes-Verlag, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A first edition German language memorial to the 1948 Olympics and Winter Olympics. This is a German language first edition copy of a memorial for the 1948 Olympics and Winter Olympics, with the Winter Olympics being held in St. Moritz and the Olympics in London. This is volume contains two parts, one celebrating the Winter Olympics and the other the Olympics in London. The part that covers the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz celebrates the thirty one nations that competed, being the fifth winter Olympics and the first after then end of the Second World War.  Each part has a tipped in frontispiece and ninety six illustrations to the first part and 198 to the second. Collated, complete In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages with very light spotting to the first few pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Buchzahl: 853B28

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: XIV. Olympiade V. Olympische Winterspiele St. Moritz Olympics Sports Olympics Not Stated

Stonehenge [John Henry Walsh]

British Rural Sports Comprising Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Fishing, Hawking, Racing, Boating, Pedestrianism and the Various Rural Games and Amusements of Great Britain

London , Frederick Warne and Co. 1867. Cloth. A comprehensive volume on British Rural Sport, with illustrations throughout. A seventh edition of the extensive work on British Rural Sport, including Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Fishing, Hawking, Racing, Boating, Pedestrianism and the Various Rural Games and Amusements of Great Britain. Within this volume, Stonehenge, or John Henry Walsh, explores sporting literature and sports of Great Britain. Relating to the various kinds of racing adopted in Great Britain and a description of everything relating to outdoor games and amusements. The volume is organised into four parts that explore various aspects of Rural Sports. Richly illustrated throughout. Bound by Burn.With six pages of publisher adverts to the rear. In full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some bumping to the head of the spine. Some marks to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting, but remains firm, rear hinge is loosening and weak. With a previous owner book plate to the front pastedown dated 1879. With binders sticker to the rear pastedown. Internally, binding is loosening in place with pages 439 to 442 loose. Pages are generally bright and clean. Good Only . Ill.: Wells, Harvey, Hind. Good Only .

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Buchzahl: 840B29

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: British Rural Sports Shooting Hunting Fishing Shooting Boating Wells, Harvey, Hind