Simon Blow

Field Elysian a Portrait of Hunting Society

London and Melbourne, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Simon Blow's detailed history of English hunting, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.Signed by the author to the recto to the front endpaper, 'To Henry, Recently retied from the grass ' through wretched Pytchley 'plough', with best wishes, from the author.. 29.6.86&apos.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.A fascinating study into the English hunting society during the Golden Age of hunting, before the First World War.Illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout.Written by Simon Blow. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Dustwrapper with minor edgewear and some marks to the wraps. Light discolouration to the wraps. Author's inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with some odd spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

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Buchzahl: 747P49

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Field Elysian a Portrait of Hunting Society field elysian simon blow hunting field elysian golden age sports Not Stated

Georgina Bowers

Leaves from a Hunting Journal

London, Chatto and Windus, 1880. Leather. A first edition of these beautifully drawn and humorous sketches; depicting various hunting scenes. Collated complete with twenty tinted lithographic plates with lithographed text, interleaved with their original tissue guards. Miss Bowers was a humorist, with very clear and happy notions as to what fun should be, and how it should be transferred to a picture. Her long career began in 1866, and thenceforward, working with undiminished energy, she executed hundreds of initials and vignettes as well as "socials," devoting herself in chief part to hunting and flirting subjects. She states "My 'jokes' all came from incidents I saw out hunting, and from my own varied adventures with horse and hound". With specialist equestrian bookseller; J. A. Allen and Co, bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Rebacked in a contemporary quarter crushed morocco binding, with original paper covered pictorial boards. Externally, rubbing to the spine and extremities. Light marks to the boards and with the backstrip slightly lifting to the head of the spine. Internally, binding has failed in places with some leaves detached but, fortunately, present. Bright throughout although with the odd spot, and very light foxing to the last few endpapers. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Buchzahl: LTH19-A-5

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Equestrian Bowers Hunting Field Sport Bowers None

Cuthbert Bradley

Fox-Hunting from Shire to Shire with Many Noted Packs

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1912. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated guide to prominent hunting scenes in Britain, illustrated with beautiful colour plates. The first edition of this work.An entertaining work on hunting in the English countryside, noting the prominent runs throughout the country.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five colour plates, seven monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Written by Cuthbert Bradley.With an intorudction by Captain E. Pennell Elmhirst.Bookplate to the front pastedown, 'Cazenove&apos.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small loss and wear to the bottom fore edge of the front board. Minor marks to the boards and spine. Spine is a little faded. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots and handling marks. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 747P45

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Fox-Hunting From Shire to Shire With Many Noted Packs cuthbert bradley hunting sports cuthbert bradley horses equestrian Not Stated

R.C. Bridgett

Sea-Trout Fishing

London , Herbert Jenkins, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this volume on sea-trout fishing. With colour plates throughout, the work contains information on such diverse subjects as the moods of the fish, as well as loch fishing and on individual rivers. In cloth binding. Externally, there is significant wear to the boards, joints, extremities and backstrip, with markings to boards and significant strain to hinges, resulting in a detached endpaper. Internally, the pages are generally firmly bound, with some strain to certain areas, but are lightly spotted throughout, more significantly so to the endpages. There is also an ink inscription to the front-free endpaper Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Buchzahl: GEN38-F-5

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Trout Sea-Trout Fishing Angling Sea-Trout None

Lord Willoughby De Broke

The Sport of Our Ancestors Being a Collection of Prose and Verse Setting Forth the Sport of Fox-Hunting As They Knew It

London, Constable and Co. Ltd. 1921. First edition. Cloth. A handsome illustrated work regarding fox hunting, the first edition in the original cloth with gilt motif. The first edition of the work. Bookplate to front pastedown with horse shoe design. With a frontispiece and nineteen tipped in plates, several of which are in colour. Collated complete. An interesting work bringing together different works regarding fox hunting. Edited and with an introduction by Lord Willoughby De Broke and illustrated by G. D. Armour. Includes works from authors such as Anthony Trollope, Bromley-Davenport and Major Whyte Melville. In the original red cloth binding. Externally very smart with slight bumping to the extremities. Slight fading to the spine. The odd mark to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: G. D, Armour. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 822K25

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Fox hunting Blood Sports Field Sports Blood Sports G. D, Armour

Geoffrey Brooke

Horsemanship the Way of a Man with a Horse

London, Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, 1948. Cloth. An illustrated work on the art of Horsemanship. With veterinary notes by A G Todd and a chapter on Pigsticking by Arthur Brooke. With over ninety illustrations. Geoffrey Brooke was a recognised horse expert and author. In a cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with just some light shelfwear. Dustwrapper sound with light chipping, handling marks and browning. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Buchzahl: GEN16-F-18

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: horsemanship horses arthur brooke a g todd horses geoffrey brooke Not Stated

Geoffrey Brooke

The Way of a Man with a Horse a Practical Book on Horsemanship

London, Seeley, Service & Co. LTD. 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed equestrian work, written by the well known British equestrian Geoffrey Brooke, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work.An equestrian guide to horsemanship and working with horses.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and sixty plates.Collated, complete.Written by Geoffrey Brooke, a British equestrian, who competed in two events in the 1924 Summer Olympics.Bookplate to the front pastedown, 'Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst&apos. Brocklehurst is known for his contribution in the Nimrod Expedition in Antarctica in 1907 in 1909. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Buchzahl: 729P7

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: The Way of a Man With a Horse horse horsemanship geoffrey brooke horse sports Not Stated

R. Bruce

The Practical Horse-Breaker: The Breaking of Young Colts and Wild Horses to Harness. How to Examine a Horse for Unsoundness, Advice to Buyers, Hints on Shoeing, Treatment of Cold, &C. Third Edition, Revised.

Edinburgh, John Menzies & Co. 1891. Cloth. A Victorian guide to training, examining and treating horses. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Advertisements to the paste downs, to the front free end paper, and to the last 2 pages. Frontispiece is an engraving showing the points of a horse. R. Bruce offers a practical guide to training colts and horses, with advice to buyers on what to avoid, how to treat illnesses in horses, and hints for solving specific problems such as crib biting. This third and revised edition was published because the first two editions of this work were bestsellers. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with a little wear to the upper extremities and small losses to the head and tail of the spine. A couple of small marks to the front and rear boards. The rear hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean except for the odd spot to the front free end paper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 831M25

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Horses Horse-breaking Horse training Horse-breaking Not Stated

Lennart Brunnhage

Olympiaboken

Stockholm , Svenska Sportforlaget , 1960-1964. First edition. Leather. Two lovely Swedish Olympic books for the 1960 and 1964 games. Two first edition volumes. These volumes are Swedish presentations of the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games in Squaw Valley and Rome and in Innsbruck and Tokyo. The volumes celebrate the games and the achievements of the athletes with comprehensive commentary and photographs. With many in-text illustrations to the 1960 book and fourteen colour plates to 1964 and other in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original half morocco binding. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .

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Buchzahl: 853B29

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Olympiaboken olympics sports olympics Not Stated

Edward North Buxton

Short Stalks: Or Hunting Camps North, South, East, and West

London , Edward Stanford, 1893. Cloth. A second edition richly illustrated copy of this volume of hunting memoirs. A second edition copy. Short Stalks by Edward North Buxton explores hunting with many of the papers that appear in this volume having previously appearing in various magazines and journals. The volume gives accounts of hunts in the Rocky Mountains, Sardinia and its Wild Sheep, Bear Hunting and Reindeer Stalking. With twenty five full page illustrations and more throughout the text.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, worn. Fading to the boards and spine bumping to the head and tail of the spine and splitting to the front joint. Front hinge is starting and remains generally firm. Previous owner inscriptions to the title page, preface and front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with some scattered spots to the first few pages. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .

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Buchzahl: 843B83

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Short Stalks: Or Hunting Camps North, South, East, and West hunting Edward North Buxton hunting Not Stated

Lord Willoughby de Broke [ed.]; J. A. Allen; H. A. Cape; et al.

Steeplechasing

London, Seeley Service & Co. [1954]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated volume concerning steeplechasing, a superior copy in its dust wrapper. Volume XXXII of the 'Lonsdale Library of Sports and Pastimes' series founded by The Earl of Lonsdale, edited by Mr Eric Parker. The first edition, dated 1954 from Jisc, the only edition of this work. Concerning steeplechasing, with a history of the sport, the Grand National, the National hunt meeting in Cheltenham, chapters on how to become a trainer, the veterinary aspect, the training of jockeys, riding over fences, training for point-to-point, and much more. Compiled by numerous contributors, including Lord Willoughby de Broke as the editor, J. A. Allen, H. A. Cape, and Alfred Munnings. With a foreword by Lord Bicester. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and forty-eight illustrations. Collated, complete. With the unclipped dust wrapper. A excellent example of this volume. in the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally, lovely. The dust wrapper is unclipped and excellent with only minor shelf wear and some sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. With a hint of spotting to the fore edge, not affecting the pages which are bright and clean. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and forty-eight illustrations. Collated, complete. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.

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Buchzahl: 790A13

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: first editions steeplechasing dust wrapper steeplechasing Not Stated

Charles and James Weatherby

The Racing Calendar for the Year 1851 Races to Come

London, Reynell and Weight, 1851. First edition. Leather. An informative racing calendar for the year 1852, detailing the races to come and thorough information regarding the various courses utilised. The first edition of the work. In the original publisher's calf. Rebacked with spine laid down. Endpapers renewed with half title discarded. The racing calendar for the year 1851, including rules relating to the Jockey Club, Queens's Plate Articles and detailed lists of the races to come over the year. Written by James and Charles Weatherby. In the original publisher's calf. Rebacked, with spine laid down. Endpapers renewed with half title discarded. Externally generally smart, with rubbing to the extremities and joints. Evidence of damp staining to boards. Marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright with the odd spot and the occasional tidemark to the extremities, resulting in darkening to the leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 874V2

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Racing Equestrian Horse Racing Equestrian None

Henri de Chezelles

L&Apos;Homme de Cheval Soldat Ou Veneur

Paris, Hachette, 1893. Leather. A scarce edition of this detailed work on horse-riding, in the original French language. French language. Scarce edition. A detailed work on horse-riding with notes on Cavalry School, feeding, grooming, choice of saddle, and much more. Written by Henri de Chezelles. Bound in half crushed morocco with patterned boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Original boards bound in. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark or annotation. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 863T37

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Homme Cheval Soldat Veneur Cheval None

Mrs. J. Stirling Clarke

The Habit and the Horse; a Treatise on Female Equitation

London, The Authoress; Day and Son, 1857. First edition. Leather. In a wonderful signed Sotheran binding, this is an exceptionally lovely copy of Mrs. J. Stirling Clarke's guide to the female equestrian, illustrated with tinted chromolithographs. A wonderful copy of this guide to female equitation, in a stunning half crushed morocco signed binding from Henry Sotheran.Illustrated with nine plates, including six tinted chromolithographs, from photographs by Herbert Watkins. Collated, complete.Published simultaneously under this title, and the title 'The Ladies' Equestrian Guide&apos.Mrs. J. Stirling Clarke offers a delightful instructional work, 'exclusively for the guidance of my own sex', for the aspiring female equestrian. Chapters include the gallop, trot, hunting, the position of the hands, and 'the lady's saddle and bridle&apos.From the Ascott House library, owned by the de Rothschild family. The library was created following the conversion of the billiards room in 1936 and was predominantly filled with books collected by Anthony de Rothschild. In a half crushed morocco signed binding, with cloth covered boards. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd spot. Spotting more concentrated to plate perimeters. Plates retaining original tissue guards. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Messrs. Day & Son. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 827F20

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: horse riding horses Equestrian henry sotheran horses Messrs. Day & Son

[Lewis Clements]

Shooting and Fishing Trips in England, France, Alsace, Belgium, Holland, and Bavaria

London , Chapman and Hall , 1878. Cloth. A second edition copy of this work on shooting and fishing trips in Europe. A second edition of this recreational travel book of fishing and shooting trips throughout Europe. By "Wildflower," "Snapshot" or Lewis Clement. This volume was originally published in two volumes, this being the second edition in one. Some of the chapters appeared in articles in The Sporting Gazette and The Country and is a fascinating volume of fishing and shooting. With a frontispiece and engraved title page. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some fading to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, generally firmly bound with front pages beginning to loosen from the binding. Pages remain bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Buchzahl: 844B45

Katalog: Field Sports & Equestrian

Sonstige Stichworte: Shooting and Fishing Trips in England, France, Alsace, Belgium, Holland, and Bavaria fishing shooting fishing None