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Lambert, Aylmer Bourke. A Description of the genus Pinus. London: William Stevens for James Bohn, 1842 2 volumes (text volume 8vo, plate volume folio), titles in red and black, 93 hand-coloured engraved plates, 7 plates of views of trees in landscapes, 86 plates of botanical details, after Ferdinand Bauer, J. Sowerby, J.T. Hart and others, engraved by Warner, Mackenzie, J. Sowerby, E.S. Weddell, Quiroz and others, uniform dark blue half morocco, spines gilt, occasional light spotting, 16 plates shaved into plate area with no loss to titles, imprint or image, binding scuffed and rubbed Note: A fine copy of Lambert's masterpiece including spectacular plates after Franz Bauer. Only a few copies of Bohn's issue appear to have been published, no copy being listed as having sold at auction in the past twenty-five years.The first edition was begun in 1803 and completed in 1824 with a total of 58 plates. It then appeared in various formats with varying numbers of plates until the Bohn issue of 1842. According to Henrey the largest number of plates found is 103 in the 3 volume folio edition published by George White between 1837 and 1842 (although Nissen gives a plate total of 117 for the same edition). The present example has one more plate than the Lindley Library copy described by Henrey. Henrey III, 925

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Leech, John--William Powell Frith. John Leech, his Life and Work. London: R. Bentley, 1891 2 volumes, 8vo, first edition, engraved plates and illustrations, extra-illustrated with 24 original drawings mounted on thick paper, full maroon morocco gilt by Tout, elaborately tooled with interlocking geometric designs on covers and spines, gilt-tooled doublures, t.e.g., the original cloth covers, spines and advertisements bound in at the end of each volume Note: A very fine set, with 24 charming original pen and ink drawings bound in. A sumptous binding executed for C.W. Cowan of Loganhouse or George Seton Veitch, whose armorial bookplates are placed at the beginning of each volume

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Leighton, John M The Lakes of Scotland. Glasgow: J. Swan, 1834 4to, one volume bound in 2 de luxe issue with 4 engraved titles and 48 engraved plates on india paper, tissue guards, list of subscribers, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt, sightly rubbed; Jarratt, William Otley. Reminiscences of a tour in Scotland. [Driffield, Privately Printed], 1854 first edition, contemporary red half morocco, some spotting, upper hinge weak, inscribed by John Hornby, a friend who accompanied Jarratt on the tour; Roger, J.C. Reminiscences of a Four Weeks Tour in Scotland. London, Privately Printed, 1895 8vo presentation copy inscribed by the author, original cloth, upper hinge weak (4)

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Lewin, William. The Birds of Great Britain, with their Eggs, accurately Figured. London: for the Author, 1789-1794 7 volumes, 4to (335 x 258mm.), 322 original body-colour paintings by Lewin, occasionally heightened with gum arabic, (270 of birds, 52 of eggs) 23 paintings in volume 1 with Lewin's stamp erased from lower margins, contemporary English marbled calf gilt, covers with double gilt fillet border enclosing greek-key roll, flat spines gilt in compartments with two birds perched on the rim of a chalice, green morocco lettering pieces, red morocco volume labels with green morocco onlay, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, bound without plate 171*, rebacked, original spines laid down with occasional repairs to head and foot, neat repairs to corners Note: A very handsome copy of the first edition of one of the rarest of all bird books. Lewin produced only about 60 sets of his work, a Herculean task as he individually hand-painted all 323 illustrations sixty times over for his subscribers - instead of conforming to the standard procedure and illustrating the work with engravings coloured by hand. The presence of the deleted stamps in volume 1 and the consistently high quality of the paintings indicates that this is probably one of the earlier sets to be completed. Lewin, a native of London, first made his living as a designer of textile patterns, and then as a painter specialising in natural history subjects for the dowager Duchess of Portland and others. The last ten years of his life was devoted to this monumental work, which was the most magnificent and comprehensive record of British birds ever produced. A second, much commoner, edition with hand-coloured engraved plates was issued in 1794-1801. Fine Bird Books, p.91; Lowndes 2:351; Nissen IVB 562; Wood, p.435]. Provenance: William Amyas Bailward (1852-1918), armorial bookplate.

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Lockhart, John Gibson. Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1819 second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, 14 engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt; Macculloch, John. The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. London: Longman, 1824 first edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary blindstamped calf gilt, neatly rebacked retaining original spines (7)

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Logan, James. The Scottish Gael, or Celtic Manners as preserved among the Highlanders. London: Smith, Elder, 1831 first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 8 engraved plates (7 hand-coloured), illustrations, maroon half calf, spines gilt

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M'Nayr, James A Guide from Glasgow to Some of the most Remarkable Scenes in the Highlands of Scotland. Glasgow: Courier Office, 1797 first edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by the author to "Mr Drummond of Blair-drummond", contemporary tan morocco, spine gilt, black morocco label, joints lightly rubbed Note: A fine copy of a scarce title

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[Macpherson, James]. Fragments of Ancient Poetry, collected in the Highlands of Scotland and Translated from the Galic or Erse Language. Edinburgh: G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1760 first edition, small 8vo in fours, cut close at head affecting some page numerals only, [bound with] Warton, Thomas, editor. The Union or Select Scots and English Poems. Edinburgh: A. Monro & D. Murray [but Oxford, for Baldwin of London], 1753 first edition, first issue, small 8vo, with reading "Centle" on first page of Contents, title slightly browned at corners, a few minor tears without loss, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints cracked Note: This was the first of the "Ossianic" creations; it was the acceptance of these fragments as genuine remains of ancient epics that led Macpherson to compose Fingal and Temora

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Macpherson, James. Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem. London: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1762 first edition, 4to, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt Note: A fine copy

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Macpherson, James. Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem. London: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1763 first edition, 4to, title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, bound with Baker's A Critical Dissertation on the Poems of Ossian. London: T. Becket, 1763 contemporary calf, spine gilt, bookplate of A. Stewart Hepburn of Colquhalzie Note: A fine copy

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[Macpherson, James]--Thomas Travers Burke, translator. Temora: an Epic Poem of Ossian. Translated into English verse by Thomas Travers Burke. Perth: R. Morison, for the author, 1818 first edition, the translator's own copy with manuscript additions and corrections to the final section of notes, 8vo, half-title, contemporary crimson morocco, sides panelled in gilt and blind, spine gilt, gauffered edges Note: A superb copy in contemporary crimson morocco. The binding is unsigned but is almost certainly by D. Morison of Perth, son of the printer. The translator's own copy with manuscript additions: viz. "In the orthography (which I inserted as it was given me by a gentleman residing near the spot) there is, unquestionably, a mistake.". Provenance: Conyngham Library, with bookplate. See Ramsden, p.211

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Millais, John Guille. Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches. London: H. Sotheran, 1892 first edition, folio, portrait frontispiece, 15 coloured plates, 18 autotype plates, illustrations in text, publisher's red half morocco lettered in gilt, t.e.g., very minor spotting to a few leaves

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Murray, The Hon. Mrs [Sarah]. A Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland, to the Lakes. London: for the author, 1799-1803 first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, some scattered spotting, rebacked retaining original spines and recornered Note: Probably the author's daughter's copy, with Charlotte Murray and CM 1799 inscribed on titles and the imprint changed with the addition of "and sold by the author. sold also by Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh, and D. Goldie, Perth".

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[Newte, Thomas]. A Tour in England and Scotland in 1785. By an English Gentleman. London: G.G.J and J. Robinson, 1788 first edition, 8vo, 6 engraved plates, half-title, contemporary green morocco-backed boards, spine gilt, olive morocco label, occasional light spotting Note: A fine copy. The name of the author does not seem to have been printed in the work until the appearance of the enlarged edition of 1791 entitled Prospects and Observations on a tour in England and Scotland. It may have been one of the pseudonyms used by William Thomson (1740-1817), a Scot, who settled in London and was a prolific writer on miscellaneous topics

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Perth--Knox, James. The Topography of the Basin of the Tay. Edinburgh, 1831 first edition, 12mo, 3 engraved plates, half calf gilt; [Anon.] A Guide to the City of Perth. Perth: R. Morison, 1813 12mo, folding map hand-coloured in outline (short tear repaired), half calf, spine gilt; [Cant, James] Memorabilia of the City of Perth. Perth: W. Morison, 1806 8vo, additional engraved title, folding map and 2 engraved plates, green half morocco gilt, spine faded; Guide to the City and County of Perth. Perth: R. Morison, 1824 fourth edition, 8vo, additional title, folding plan, map and 9 plates, contemporary half sheep, some spotting, slightly rubbed; Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth. Transactions. Perth: R. Morison, 1827 volume 1 only, 4to, plates, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, offsetting to title, joints splitting; Milne, R. The Blackfriars of Perth. Edinburgh, 1893 4to, number 249 of 250 copies, original buckram, spine darkened; Lawson, J.P. The Book of Perth. Edinburgh, 1847 8vo, 3 engraved plates, original cloth; Harvie-Brown, J.A. A Fauna of the Tay Basin & Strathmore. Edinburgh, 1906 8vo, plates, publisher's cloth; White, F.B.W. The Flora of Perthshire, 1898 8vo, map, publisher's cloth; The Natural History of the Banks of the Tay. Perth, 1895 8vo, cloth, soiled (10)

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Pinkerton, John. The History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary. London: C. Dilly, 1797 first edition, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red morocco lettering and volume pieces and black morocco onlays, bookplates and inscription of James Wedderburn of Clapham Common, upper joints splitting Note: A finely bound copy

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Storer, James Sargant. Views in Edinburgh and its Vicinity. Edinburgh: A. Constable, [1820], first edition, 2 volumes, large 8vo, large paper copy, additional engraved title-pages, 2 double-page plans, 97 engraved plates, 2 engraved vignettes, tissue guards, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt, uncut, bookplate of Sir Joseph Radcliffe Bart. of Rudding Park, head of spine of volume 1 slightly rubbed Note: A tall clean uncut large paper copy

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Frohawk, F.W Natural History of British Butterflies. London: Hutchinson & Co, 1914. First edition, folio, 2 volumes, 60 full page colour plates, original cloth gilt, upper board of volume 2 stained, interiors clean (2)

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Scott, Peter. Morning Flight. London: Country Life, 1935. First edition, 4to, number 496 of 750 copies, signed by the author, 16 colour plates, original cloth gilt, some fading to edges, dustwrapper partially intact [lacking backstrip], interior very clean throughout

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Thorburn, A Birds of Prey. London: W.F. Embleton, 1919. First edition, folio, one of 150 copies, 12 mounted plates all signed by the artist, loosely inserted pencil sketch by the artist of a Golden Eagle [27cm by 20cm, initialed in left corner], text leaves and plates all mounted on guards, modern morocco gilt, marble endpapers, a fine copy of a rare work

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Thorburn, A British Mammals. London: Longmans, 1920. First edition, 4to, 2 volumes, 50 coloured plates, original red cloth gilt, soiled and faded, some top edges dusty otherwise clean interiors (2)

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Vasey, G Illustrations of North American Grasses. Washington, 1893 4to, 2 volumes, lithograph plates, contemporary cloth, rubbed, ex-library stamps to title and upper boards; Wooster, David Alpine Plants. London, 1874 second edition of first series, 4to, 2 volumes, 108 colour plates, original blue cloth gilt, faded, prize bookplate (4)

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Caracciolo, Galeazzo, marquis di Vico--[Balbani, Niccolo]. The Italian Convert: News from Italy of a Second Moses. London: Abel Roper, 1677 first English edition, 12mo, engraved frontispiece and 5 engraved plates, contemporary calf, [Wing B544A], lacks upper cover, lower cover detached, spine worn; Reading, John. A Guide to the Holy City. Oxford: Thom. Robinson and Rich. Davies, 1651 4to, nineteenth-century calf, lettering pieces, [[Wing R447], pp. 443-440 supplied in early facsimile, title lightly dust-soiled, a few pages with light dampstaining (2)

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Ferguson, Adam. An Essay on the History of Civil Society. Edinburgh: printed for A. Millar & T. Caddel, London and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1767 first edition, 4to, contemporary calf, raised bands, red morocco label, title page very lightly spotted, very small nick to head of spine Note: A fine copy of the first edition of a sociological classic and the principal work of Adam Ferguson, Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and a leader of the Scottish Enlightenment Provenance: Sir Henry Hay Makdougall Bart. of Makerstoun, armorial bookplate

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Hume, David. Philosophical Essays concerning Human Understanding. London: A. Millar, 1748 first edition, woodcut ornament on title, 4 pages of advertisements at end, contemporary calf, spine with gilt ornaments in compartments, title with 3cm repair, and minuscule library number and author's name in ink, contents leaf with 2cm closed tear, slightly spotted, light teastain from G6 to end, upper joint repaired Note: First edition of Hume's highly influential work, a revised and abridged version of Book I of his A Treatise of Human Nature, 1739-40. This work was immensely influential on Immanuel Kant and led directly to the development of Kant's own views published in his Critical Philosophy

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Hume, David. An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals. London: A. Millar, 1751 first edition, first issue with L3 uncancelled, half-title, errata leaf, 3 pages of advertisements at end, contemporary calf, spine with gilt ornament in compartments, very slightly rubbed at head of spine, majority of original label lacking Note: First edition, first issue of Hume's seminal essay, a reworking of part III of his Treatise of Human Nature, dealing with moral philosophy. Provenance: John Pringle of Crichton, contemporary inscription on title; Haining Library, library label of c.1800.

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Lopez Laguna, Daniel Israel. Espejo fiel de vidas que contiene los Psalmos de David en verso: obra devota, util, y deleytable. London: [no printer], 5480 [i.e. 1720]. First edition, 4to., engraved frontis. and vignette on the titlepage by Abraham Lopez de Oliveyra, contemporary panelled calf, dried and worn, lacking the lower board, lacking two plates, paper somewhat discoloured throughout. Note: ESTC 125237; Kayserling p. 55; Palau 4 p. 206; Roth 330-1. Important and rare work by the Portuguese Marrano, Daniel Israel Lopez Laguna, "It was the earliest book printed by a resident of Jamaica under British rule." (Cundall History of printing in Jamaica from 1717 to 1834). Brought up in the South of France, Laguna studied in Spain where he was arrested by the Inquisition. On his release, presumably after reconciliation with the Church, he settled in Jamaica, where in the latter part of the 17th century, after ownership of Jamaica had been settled by the Treaty of Madrid, there were a number of resident Jews who enjoyed freedom of religious worship. About 1720 Laguna went to London and published the present paraphrase of the Psalms in a variety of Spanish verse forms. The book had originally been planned in prison and represents the fruits of some 23 years of labour. In a number of places, the author makes allusion to the Inquisition and its persecutions. The work is prefaced by various celebratory verses in Spanish, Latin and English. He later returned to Jamaica where he had been naturalised in 1693

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Annan, Thomas. Glasgow Corporation Water Works. Photographic Views of Loch Katrine, and of some of the principal works constructed for introducing the Water of Loch Katrine into the City of Glasgow. Glasgow, 1877 first edition, oblong folio, 28 albumen prints mounted on thick card, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, lettered in gilt, g.e., joints rubbed

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Brandt, BIll. Camera in London. London and New York: The Focal Press, 1948. First edition, tall 8vo, illustrated, original cream boards, some staining, dustwrapper, slight fading, chipped at edges, interior clean; Cartier-Bresson, Henri The world of Henri Cartier-Bresson. London: Thames and Hudson, 1968 large 4to, 210 photogravure plates, original black cloth, some damp staining, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, small burn holes to outer edge, interior clean (2)

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Ferguson, James. Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics. With the Use of the Globes, the Art of Dialing. London: A. Millar, 1764 first edition, 4to, 23 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed at head of spine, small split at head of upper joint Provenance: Sir Henry Hay Makdougall Bart. of Makerstoun.

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Geology--Ferber, J.J Lettres sur la mineralogie et sur divers autres objets de l'histoire naturelle de l'Italie. Strasbourg: Bauer & Treuttel, 1776 first French edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf, text block split, rubbed, covers detached; Luc, Jean Andre de Geological Travels in some parts of France, Switzerland and Germany. London: Rivington, 1813 first English edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 folding engraved maps, contemporary calf, some offsetting, rubbed, three covers detached (3)

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Geology--Kidd, J A Geological Essay on the Imperfect Evidence in support of a Theory of the Earth. Oxford: University Press for the author, 1815 first edition, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, covers detached

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Geology--Knight, William. Facts and Observations towards forming a new Theory of the Earth. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1818 first edition, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, light stain to final leaf, rubbed, hinges weak

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Geology--Werner, Abraham Gottlob. New Theory of the Formation of Veins; with its application to the art of Working Mines. Edinburgh: for A. Constable, 1808 first English edition, translated by Charles Anderson, half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait, contemporary calf, slight browning and offsetting to title, rubbed, upper hinge weak; bound with Henry Reeve's An Essay on the Torpidity of Animals, 1809

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Nightingale, Florence. Notes on Nursing. London: Harrison, [1859]. First edition, later issue, 8vo, adverts on yellow endpapers dated 1860 "[The right of Translation is reserved.]" on title page, original brown stippled cloth gilt, faded, staining, owner's ink inscription on title

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Africa - Selous, Frederick C A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa. London, 1881. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, folding map, original green cloth gilt, some light foxing; Ibid. Recent Hunting Trips in British North America. London, 1907 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, some light foxing to half title; Ibid. Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia. London: Richard Ward, 1896. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth, zebra print endpapers, backstrip darkened, owner's ink inscription to endpaper, some foxing to page edges (3)

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[Allan, Robert]. The Sportsman in Ireland. London: Colburn, 1840 first edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, aquatint frontispieces (slightly spotted, dampstained in margin), illustrations, contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e.

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Burrard, Gerald. The Modern Shotgun, 1931-32 3 volumes, dust-jackets torn with some loss; Wilson, J. The Rod and the Gun, 1844; Dougall, J.D. Shooting, its Appliances, Practice and Purpose, 1875 and 1881 2 copies, first and second edition; Shooting Simplified, 1865; Johnson, T.B. The Shooter's Companion, 1823 second edition, original printed boards, uncut, rubbed; "Marksman" The Dead Shot, 1860 frontispiece and 5 plates, publisher's red quarter roan, rubbed; Sharp, H. Modern Sporting Gunnery, 1906; Simpson, J. The Wild Rabbit, 1893; Parker, E. Elements of Shooting, 1924; [Walsh, J.H.] The Shot-Gun and Sporting Rifle, 1859 plates, publisher's quarter red roan; Greener, W.W. Choke-Bore Guns, [1876], folding diagrams in pockets, all 8vo or 12mo, all original cloth except where noted; and 16 others on shooting (30)

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Carleton, Capt. John. Recreations in Shooting with some account of the Game of the British Islands. London: Chapman and Hall, 1846. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, illustrations in text, later half green morocco by C. Walters, original cloth bound in at rear, a fine copy

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[Cartwright, William] "Clericus". Facts and Fancies of Salmon Fishing. London: Cassell, 1874 first edition, 8vo, 10 engraved plates, contemporary green half morocco, spine faded; [Davy, Sir Humphry] Salmonia, or Days of Fly Fishing. London: Murray, 1828 first edition, wood-engraved plates, illustrations in text, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, some light spotting; Hansard, George Agar. Trout and Salmon Fishing in Wales. London: Longman, 1834 first edition, 8vo, vignette on title, bound without advertisements at end, contemporary calf, rubbed, neatly rebacked; [Cox, Irwin Edward Bainbridge] Facts and Useful Hints relating to Fishing and Shooting. London: Cox, 1867 second edition, 8vo, illustrations in text, publisher's blindstamped cloth (4)

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Chapman, Abel. Wild Norway. London, 1897. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, corners bumped, bookplate; Ibid On Safari Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa. London, 1908. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, rubbed at hinges, interior clean; Ibid Savage Sudan, its wild Tribes, Big Game and Bird Life. London, 1921. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt with warthog on upper board and a water buffalo to the lower, some slight rubbing, interior clean; Ibid. Unexplored Spain. London, 1910. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original blue cloth gilt, backstrip sunned, foxing; Ibid The Borders and Beyond, Arctic.Cheviot.Tropic. London, 1924. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, bumping to edges, interior clean; Ibid Retrospect. London, 1928. First edition, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, interior clean; Ibid Memories of fourscore Years less two 1851-1929. London, 1930. First edition, 8vo, illustrated by W.H. Riddell, inscription from artist pasted onto front prelim, original cloth gilt, bookplate of Alexander Godley, interior clean (7)

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Cholmondeley-Pennell, H The Modern Practical Angler, F. Warne, 1870 chromolithographed frontispiece, 19 plates, publisher's red cloth, [Westwood & Satchell, p.169], binding faded and soiled; The Modern Practical Angler, G. Routledge, [c.1871], chromolithographed frontispiece, 19 plates, publisher's blindstamped green cloth, lower hinge cracked; Webster, David. The Angler and the Loop-Rod, 1885 first edition, 8vo, 4 coloured plates, publisher's pictorial green cloth; Badham, C.D. Prose Hallieutics, 1854 publisher's cloth, lacks half-title and front endpaper; Rolt, H.A. Grayling Fishing in South Country Streams, 1901; Hallock, C. Fishing Tourist, New York, 1873 frontispiece, publisher's blue cloth, rubbed; Fraser, D. Angling Sketches from a Wayside Inn, 1911 publisher's cloth gilt; Chrystal, R.A. Angling Theories and Methods, 1927 publisher's cloth; Hutton, J.E. Fishing Ways and Fishing Days, 1930 publisher's cloth, spotted; Owen, J. Annals of a Fishing Village, 1891 publisher's cloth, rubbed; Bowlker, Charles The Art of Angling, Ludlow, 1829 12mo, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, illustrations, publisher's pictorial boards, lightly soiled, neatly repaired; Bathurst, C. Notes on Nets, [no date], 12mo, later cloth; Fennell, G. The Book of the Roach, 1884 12mo, 14 pages advertisements at end, publisher's green cloth gilt, upper cover slightly soiled; Cutcliffe, H.C. The Art of Trout Fishing on Rapid Streams, 1883 12mo, publisher's brown cloth (14)

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Cholmondeley-Pennell, Harry, editor. Fishing Gossip, or Stray Leaves from the Note-Books of Several Anglers. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1866 8vo, first edition, presentation copy from the editor inscribed on half title "Jonathan Couch Esq. with the editor's kind regards and thanks, 1866", frontispiece, publisher's brown blindstamped cloth, a few pages slightly soiled or with short marginal tears, rubbed Note: Two autograph letters signed from the editor, to J. Couch, the first proposing and discussing the idea of a book "under the name of Fishing Gossip and asking permission to reprint his article on the 'Torpedo', the second returning his original article, and 3 small ink sketches of a statue of Dagon, Astoreth and an Etruscan marine deity which are bound in at the end. Couch contributed the article Fishing and Fish-hooks of the Earliest Date

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Daniel, Rev. William. Rural Sports. London: Bunny & Gold, 1801-1802. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes in 3 plus 1813 supplement, together 4 volumes, 64 engraved plates, folding table, contemporary calf gilt, some patches of wear to boards, corners bumped, interiors fine (4)

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Davy, John. The Angler in the Lake District. London: Longmans, 1857 first edition, 8vo, no advertisements at end; The Angler and His Friend, 1855 first edition, 8vo, half-title, 2pp. advertisements at end, early signature of E. Clarke on title or half-title, matching publisher's blindstamped green cloth, [Westwood & Satchell, p.77] spines lightly faded, former with nick to head of spine (2)

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Dick, Harris St. John. Flies and Fly Fishing for White and Brown Trout, Grayling and Coarse Fish. London: R. Hardwick, 1873 first edition, 8vo, half-title, illustrations in text, publisher's pictorial green cloth, upper cover gilt blocked with image of an angler triumphant, very slightly rubbed Note: Westwood & Satchell, p.79.

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Dixon, Charles. The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of the British Islands. London: Chapman and Hall, 1895. First edition, 8vo, 13 colour plates by A.T, Elwes, original blue cloth gilt, some light foxing; Dewar, Douglas Game Birds. London, 1928 8vo, wood engravings by E. Fitch Daglish, original green cloth gilt, dustwrapper, torn and creased, some light spotting (2)

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Edie, George. The Art of English Shooting. London: printed for J. Cooke, [c.1777], second edition, 8vo, pp.29 [1], modern calf gilt, foxing, first 4 leaves repaired at inner hinge [including title page]

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Emerson, P.H Wild Life on a Tidal Water. London: Sampson Low, 1890 first edition, 4to, number 56 of 100 edition de luxe copies, 30 photo etchings by P.H. Emerson and T.F. Goodall, publisher's black morocco-backed parchment, plate 1 lacking captioned tissue guard, some spotting and light discolouration to title and frontispiece, a few leaves with light thumb marks, covers somewhat dust-soiled

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[Fitzgibbon, Edward] "Ephemera". The Book of the Salmon: in two parts. London: Longman, Brown &c., 1850 first edition, 9 engraved plates (8 coloured), 32 page advertisements at end, publishers blindstamped brown cloth, [Westwood & Satchell, p.86], light discolouration to bottom margin of a first few leaves, head of spine worn

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France - Tolfrey, Frederic. The Sportsman in France. London, 1841. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, 12 lithograph plates, later half red calf gilt, heavily rubbed, some gilt lacking, frontispiece in volume two loose, some plates chipped at edges; O'Connor, R. An Introduction to the Field Sports of France. London, 1846. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, interior clean; Berkeley, G.F. A Month in the Forests of France. London, 1857 8vo, colour frontispiece, later half green morocco gilt, backstrip sunned, some foxing; Clement, Lewis Shooting and Fishing Trips in England, France. London, 1876 8vo, 2 volumes, original green cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, some light spotting (6)

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Halford, Frederic M Floating Flies and How to Dress Them. London: Sampson, Low, 1886 first edition, large 8vo, half-title, title in red and black, 10 hand-coloured plates, illustrations in text, 32 page publisher's catalogue at end dated October 1885 publisher's brown cloth, t.e.g., uncut; The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook. London: Routledge, 1913 first edition, large 8vo, frontispiece & 43 plates, original black cloth, extremities lightly rubbed; Making a Fishery. London: Cox, 1895 first edition, 8vo, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 4 plates, illustrations, publisher's blue cloth, inscription of G. Thomas 1896 on endpaper (3)

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Halford, Frederic M Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice. London: Sampson, 1889 first edition, 8vo, 26 plates (5 colour), advertisement leaf, publisher's brown cloth gilt, inscribed "J.R. Walker from R.C.N. Palaviet, 1894" on half-title, head of spine slightly rubbed; Modern Development of the Dry Fly. London: Routledge, 1910 first edition, 8vo, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 43 plates (25 coloured), illustrations in text, publisher's dark blue cloth, armorial bookplate of Hon. John Wayland Leslie of Combe Court, spine slightly faded; Dry-Fly Entomology. London: Vinton, 1897 first edition, large 8vo, 28 plates (10 hand-coloured), illustrations, publisher's blue half roan, light discolouration to some plates, slightly rubbed, inscription of Henry Norman 1897 (3)

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Hanger, Col. George. To all Sportsmen, and particularly to Farmers and Gamekeepers. London: Printed for the author, 1814. First edition, 8vo, original boards, rebacked, interior clean, bookplate Provenance: Bookplate from the Schwerdt library

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Harting, James Edmund. Hints on Shore Shooting with a chapter on Skinning and Preserving Birds. London, 1871. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, errata slip, original cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, a fine copy

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Henderson, William. Notes and Reminiscences of My Life as an Angler. for private circulation only. London: printed by Spottiswoode, 1876 first edition, 8vo, author's presentation copy inscribed "W.H. Mellish Esq. from Mr William Henderson, 19 Nov. 1891 in remembrance", mounted albumen portrait, 5 wood-engraved plates, publisher's brown cloth, [Westwood & Satchell, p.114]

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Hicks, J Wanderings by the Lochs and Streams of Assynt, and the North Highlands of Scotland. London: J. Blackwood, 1855 first edition, 8vo, half-title, 8 plates (2 hand-coloured of flies), inscribed Collins, RMC, 1882 on endpaper, publisher's blindstamped red cloth blocked in gold on upper cover, [Westwood & Satchell, p.118], spine slightly rubbed and faded, upper hinge slightly weak

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Himalayas - Markham, Col. Fred. Shooting in the Himalayas. London: Richard Bentley, 1854. First edition, 8vo, folding map, 8 plates, original green cloth gilt, backstrip faded, corners bumped, owner's ink inscription on front endpaper, interior clean

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Ireland--Newland, Henry. The Erne, its Legends and its Fly-Fishing. London: Chapman & Hall, 1851 first edition, 8vo, half-title, additional hand-coloured engraved title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, folding map, 4 wood-engraved plates, publisher's pictorial maroon cloth gilt, spine faded, light waterstains to upper cover, head of spine very slightly rubbed Note: A scarce work, relating tales concerning all aspects of angling on the River Erne, in Ireland. The author was the vicar of Westbourne Provenance: Edward Nicholas Hurt, armorial bookplate; A. Adair Roche, 1926 neat inscription on endpaper

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Jackson, John. The Practical Fly-fisher; More Particularly for Grayling or Umber. London: Gibbings & Leeds: John E. Miller, 1899 fourth edition, 8vo, 10 hand-coloured engraved plates, advertisement leaves before title and at end, publisher's green cloth gilt Note: A reprint, word for word, of the first edition of 1854. a facsimile reproduction of the coloured natural and artificial flies, hand-painted, from the original copper plates; Westwood & Satchell, p.122.

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