Sworders
Los 542
FIELD SPORT, HUNTING, ETC.
1. Scott, W H: British Field Sports Embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Racing, Cocking, Fishing. Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1818, 1st edn. With 34 plates. PP447/8 mis-bound after 434 and two pages mis-numbered (complete). ¼ leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers and all edges. CONDITION: Occasional foxing, o/w VG;
2. Miles, H D (Edit): The Book of Field Sports. Volume one only of two. Tallis, nd (1860), 1st edn. With 41 Plates (2 Coloured). 4to., ½ leather over marbled boards with gilt ruling and lettering to spine. CONDITION: Occasional foxing, o/w VG;
3. Hieover, H: Stable Talk and Table Talk or Spectacles for Young Sportsmen. Two volumes. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1846, 2nd Edn. Extra illustrated set with Frontis + 13 Engraved Plates. ¾ leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spines, marbled endpapers and top edges gilt. CONDITION: Armorial bookplate to front pastedown, offsetting from frontis; o/w a very good and attractive set;
4. Ribblesdale, Lord: The Queen's Hounds and Stag-Hunting Recollections. Longmans Green 1897, 1st edn. With folding map, 25 plates + illus. ¾ leather with gilt decoration and lettering to spine and top edges gilt. CONDITION: Light scuffing to spine; o/w VG;
5. Tegetmeier, W B: Pheasants, Their Natural History & Practical Management. Cox, 1881, 2nd Edn. greatly enlarged. With 13 plates. Original cloth, gilt. CONDITION: Spine chipped with loss to head and foot; inner hinges cracked and some paper edges frayed;
6. (Hall, Herbert Byng): Sport and Its Pleasures, Physical and Gastronomical. Chapman & Hall, 1859, 1st edn. With Frontis, extra engraved title-page + 2 plates. Original pictorial boards. CONDITION: Boards worn and chipped; lacking spine; internally VG. (7)
