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Click here to subscribeWhite (E.). A Practical Treatise on the Game of Billiards; Accurately Exhibiting the Rules and Practice Admitted and Established by the First Players of the Present Day; and Illustrated with a Numerous Collection of Cases, Explanatory of each of the Different Forms of the Game, Calculations for Betting, Tables of Odds, etc., etc., new ed., 1818, half-title, eng. frontis., sixteen eng. diags., occ. scattered spotting, modern boards, 8vo (1)
White (E.). A Practical Treatise on the Game of Billiards; Accurately Exhibiting the Rules and Practice Admitted and Established by the First Players of the Present Day; and Illustrated with a Numerous Collection of Cases, Explanatory of each of the Different Forms of the Game, Calculations for Betting, Tables of Odds, etc., etc., new ed., 1818, eng. frontis., sixteen eng. diags., marginal notes in ink to pp.7, a few minor marginal scribbles, contemp. navy straight-grained morocco gilt, rubbed at extrems., 8vo (1)
Table Billiards, by F.H. Ayers, London, an Edwardian period game for the home, comprising twelve brass self-clamping pockets (with wedges and blocks), one three-part cue (the other missing), a set of three billiard balls and a set of straps (which are fixed around the table and act as cushions), all contained in orig. pine box with large printed paper label to lid and printed instructions and scoring label inside the lid, approx. 19in. (48 cms.) wide (1)
[Gale, Frederick]. The Public School Matches, and Those we Meet There, by a Wykehamist, 1853, 65pp., litho frontis. (spotted) and two litho plts., orig. printed wrappers, spine worn, slim 8vo, together with a mid 19th c. lithograph view of a park with a game of cricket in progress, approx. 140. x 200mm (2)
Swanton (E.W.). Gubby Allen, Man of Cricket, 1st ed., 1985, b&w illusts. after photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Back Page Cricket, a Century of Newspaper Coverage, ed. George Plumptre, 1st ed., 1987, num. b&w illusts., mostly after photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Wellings (E. M.), Vintage Cricketers, 1st ed., 1983, b&w illusts. after photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and Arlott (John), Arlott on Cricket, His Writings on the Game, ed. David Rayvern Allen, 1984, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus others on cricket, plus some football and other sports, mostly modern publications, in d.j.s, mainly 8vo (approx. 60)
Haig-Brown (Roderick L.). Return to the River, a story of the Chinook Run, 2nd imp., New York, 1941, b&w illusts., signed by the author to half-title, orig. cloth, a little rubbed, together with Fisherman's Summer, 1st ed., Toronto, 1959, & The Master and His Fish, from the World of Roderick Haig-Brown, ed. Valerie Haig-Brown, University of Washington Press, 1981, all orig. cloth, 8vo, plus Venables (Bernard), Baleia! The Whalers of the Azores, 1st ed., 1968, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and Farson (Negley), Going Fishing, illust. C. F. Tunnicliffe, reprinted, Country Life, 1949, b&w woodcut illusts., orig. cloth in frayed and somewhat worn d.j., with small portion missing to head and foot of spine, small 4to, plus other American and overseas fishing, including game fishing, etc., mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, including some large format (34)
*Swindon Town F.C. Souvenir crepe-paper handkerchief produced for the Swindon vs. Queens Park Rangers match in the 2nd Round of the FA Cup, February 1st, 1908, printed team lists and portraits of the King and Queen, with floral decoration to border, some creasing, tears mostly confined to border, approx. 330. x 330. mm Swindon won the game 2-1! Swindon's team is listed as Ling, Gill, Walker, Tout, Banister, Chambers, Johnston, Fleming, Rushton, Lyon, Heppinstall. QPR's as Shaw, Wite, Fidler, E.H. Lintott, McLean, Downing, Pentland, Sugden, Walker, Gittens, Barnes. (1)
*World Cup 1966. Ticket stub from the final game (England vs. West Germany), together with stubs from England vs. Rest of the World, October 23, 1963, and England vs. Yugoslavia, May 4, 1966, plus an In Memoriam slip produced by Coventry City in memory of the victims of the Munich air crash, presumably to be inserted inside the match programme (4)
A fine quality French double barrelled 14 bore percussion sporting gun, by Le Page, 46½” overall, barrels 30½” gold inlaid with bands of stars and ears of corn at breech, “Canons Damas d’Acier Fin” on top rib, and with arrow and lines at the muzzle, engraved back action locks gold inlaid “Fni.par Lepage” in scrolls, nicely figured walnut halfstock, the fore end carved with panel of scales, the wrist carved with similar panels of scales terminating in a vigorous lion’s head, deeply embossed brass mounts, including Diana the huntress on the trigger guard, head of Mercury and Caduceus on the throat pipe, and on the butt plate lions drinking at a fountain, wolf and hanging game, brass mounted ebony ramrod. Generally Good Condition (one action AF, the barrels and locks lightly rusted overall with a dark patina, the mounts with thick verdrigis overall). Plate 38
A Minton Majolica game pie dish, liner and cover dated 1862, the sides moulded with basket weave entwined with oak leaves and raised on four branch moulded feet, the cover moulded in high relief with dead game including a hare, duck and bird against a fern moulded ground, impressed Minton, date code for April 1862 and indistinct potters mark, (minor chip to cover) 12.5" wide
TWO BEATERS SMOCKS FROM THE ELVEDON ESTATE IN SUFFOLK, circa 1900. Footnote: Elvedon Estate was owned by the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh from 1863 to 1894 during which time 'The Black Prince' as he was known developed the shooting on the estate to a very high level (the game larder can accommodate 4,500 head of game). Subsequently the estate has been owned by the Guinness family. The multitude of beaters were all dressed in estate livery smocks which were light coloured denim with red/maroon cuffs and collars.
A G. & J.W. HAWKSLEY GAME COUNTER, to record four species of quarry up to a maximum of thirty of each, the counter for each species made of a different metal or finish, a bronze indicator for partridges, nickel-plated for hares, steel for pheasants and brass for grouse, similarly each face is different, that for pheasant and grouse is nickel plated and brass for hares and partridges.
AN LANCASTER PATENT 10-BORE ROTARY-UNDERLEVER BASEFIRE HAMMERGUN, serial no. 2223, converted from muzzle-loading, action flats stamped 'H. Akrill. Beverley.', 27in. damascus barrels (shortened), number '2', action incorporating T. Webley patent sprung rotary underlever (faulty), patent no. 3022 of 7th November 1866, use no. 1033, and Horsley 1867 patent retracting firing pins, the non-rebounding sidelocks with hammers (with cams at the breast, operating a pivoting arm, linked to the firing pins), one hammer spring faulty, best fine scroll engraving with crosshatch borders and some game scenes, 14 1/4in. well-figured stock with heel and toe plates, the heel-plate with elongated back strap, weight 7lb. 13oz.
A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF MOZAMBICAN ELEPHANT TUSKS, weighing 122lb. and 118lb., measuring 18 1/2in. and 18 1/4in. in circumference and 8ft. 6in. and 8ft. 5in. in height, mounted on an oak plinth (5ft. x 1ft.) with steel gaiters. These remarkably symmetrical tusks are recorded in Rowland Ward's 'Records of Big Game' 24th Ed. as being the 3rd biggest hunted in Mozambique and rank 125th in the world. The tusks are sold with Cites certificates No.275741/01 and 275741/02.
AN INTERESTING FUNKEN-ENGRAVED 'SOUVENIR' FABRIQUE NATIONALE 16-BORE 'AUTO-5' SEMI-AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN, serial no. 4249, 27 1/2in. nitro barrel with raised matt top-rib, 2 3/4in. chamber, bored approx. 3/4 choke, blued action with border engraving, surrounding scenes of setters flushing game in wood and marsh settings, signed 'F. Funken', receiver engraved 'Capt. Mark. M. Lehmkuhl. Souvenir of Liege. Belgium. 1945' in a cartouche, 14 1/2in. figured pistolgrip stock with FN butt-plate, weight 7lb. 10oz. Felix Funken, Master engraver was hired by FN in 1926 to set up an engraving shop when higher specification engraving proved to be a popular choice. He was responsible for the hiring and managing of engravers, running an engraving school as well as engraving guns himself. The 'souvenir' aspect of the gun is likely to refer to the fact that after Belgium was liberated in 1944 and the F.N. factory resumed production, until it began re-supplying Browning (in 1946) its main clientele were to Army personnel.
SIMSON (SUHL) 7X57RMM / 12-BORE BOXLOCK EJECTOR DRILLING, serial no. 245367, 24 1/2in. nitro reproved barrels with matt sight rib, open sights and bead foresight, scope-shoes, shot barrels with 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. full choke in both, bolstered treble-grip action with side-clips, manual side-safety, cocking-indicators, shot and ball selector switch also operating flip-up sights, set trigger, fully engraved with scrollwork and game scenes, 14 1/4in. pistolgrip-stock with ling swivels, horn pistolgrip-cap and rubber recoil pad, weight 7lb. 9oz.
AN EXCEPTIONAL ZEIGENHAHN & SOHN "WILD ALLER FUNF ERDTEILE" .375 H&H MAGNUM FLANGED / 20-BORE (3IN) SIDELOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE-RIFLE DRILLING, serial no. 6955, with second set of 9.3x74R / 6,5x57R / 12-bore barrels, 24 7/8in. nitro barrels with matt sight rib, open sights and blade foresight, the breech-end mounted with a Kahles Helia CSX 1,5-6x42 illuminated reticule telescopic sight in quick-detachable mounts, 20-bore shot barrel (top) with 3in. chamber and bored approx. 3/4 choke, second set: 25 7/8in. nitro barrels with matt sight rib, open sights and blade foresight, the breech-end mounted with a Karl Kahles Helia 8x50 illuminated reticule telescopic sight in quick-detachable mounts, quadruple-grip action, manual safety with spring-engage mechanism, side-mounted barrel selector switch, set trigger, cocking-indicators, the 'Game of all Five Continents' theme spread over the action, lockplates, trigger-guard and pistolgrip-cap each vignette encompassed with fine relief engraving of bold arabesques and foliage on a matt background, the left. lockplate 'AFRIKA' with two elephant in a veldt setting; the right lockplate 'AMERIKA' with timber wolves in conflict with a brown bear over the carcass of a moose; the underside 'EUROPA' with a foraging wild boar; the triggerguard 'AUSTRALIEN' with a Koala in a eucalyptus tree and the pistolgrip-cap 'ASIEN' with the portrait of a tiger, the trigger-plate signed 'S. Schmidt' (Silke Schmidt), the toplever finely relief engraved with a serpent, bright finish overall, 14in. boldly-figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, sling swivels and 1 1/2in. rubber recoil pad, weight 11lb. 3oz. and 11lb. 4oz. (extra barrels), in a universal case This magnificent rifle was awarded the 'Flint' award for design and innovation at the 1997 IWA show and carried a list price at that time of DM 55,000. It remains in excellent, virtually unused condition and comes with its original grouping target and an article written about the rifle in 'DER FLINT '97' magazine.
P.BERETTA - A PAIR OF 12-BORE 'MODEL S 687 EELL DIAMOND PIGEON' SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER EJECTORS, serial no. N11520B / N11521B, 28in. nitro barrels with raised narrow ventilated ribs, 3in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, locks and actions engraved with game scenes, 14 1/4in. well-figured stocks including 1/2in. wood extensions, weight 7lb. 1oz., in their individual universal cases.
BROWNING 12-BORE 'B25' 'MOD DIANA' SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER EJECTOR, serial no. 9834S3, 28in. nitro barrels with ventilated matt top-rib, 2 3/4in. chambers, multi-chokes, hold-open toplever, manual safety with integral barrel selector switch, game scene and acanthus scroll engraving, old silver finish overall, 13 3/4in. well-figured semi-pistolgrip stock including 1/2in. rubber recoil pad, weight 7lb. 6oz.
JOHN MACNAB 20-BORE ‘HIGHLANDER’ SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER EJECTOR, serial no. 40189, 28in. nitro barrels with narrow ventilated rib, 3in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, action engraved with game scenes, 14 3/4in. semi-pistolgrip stock including 1in. rubber recoil pad, weight 6lb.
MIROKU 12-BORE 'MOD 6000 GDE 1 GAME' SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER EJECTOR, serial no. 70167PM, 28in. nitro barrels with ventilated matt top-rib, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and true cyl choke, hold-open toplever, automatic safety with integral barrel selector switch, scroll engraved action with silver and blued finish, 14 1/2in. pistolgrip stock including buttplate, weight 7lb.
A VERY FINE WATSON BROS. 12-BORE SINGLE-TRIGGER ROUNDED BAR OVER AND UNDER SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 20888, 29in. nitro barrels with matt game rib, 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 choke in both, hold-open toplever, automatic safety, non-selective single-trigger, rolled-edge triggerguard, cocking-indicators, the action, furniture and lockplates profusely engraved with best bold acanthus scroll work on a matt background, the fore-end iron engraved en-suite, 15 1/4in. highly-figured semi-pistolgrip stock with horn pistolgrip-cap, weight 6lb. 12oz. Footnote: Watson Bros. was founded in 1875 by Thomas W. Watson who acquired the premises of John Egg, youngest son of Swiss-born gunmaker Durs Egg. Durs had originally worked for John Twigg who had also employed John Manton.
A RARE BROWNING 20-BORE (3IN) SINGLE-TRIGGER ROUNDED-BAR SIDELOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 60735, 28in. nitro chopperlump barrels with matt game rib, tubes engraved 'ARMES ARTISANALES DE GRAND LUXE. LIEGE. BELGIUM.', 3in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke, non-selective single-trigger, manual safety, removable disc strikers, carved leaf fences, rounded bar and lockplates finely engraved with foliate scrollwork with gold line and leaf bordering, surrounding finely engraved scenes of pheasant being flushed by a spaniel and duck in flight, the underside with a fine portrait of a spaniel retrieving woodcock, the triggerplate signed 'R. CAPECE', 15in. highly-figured stock, weight 6lb. 5oz., in a universal case
BELMONT INTERCHANGEABLE GUN 12-BORE TOPLEVER HAMMERGUN WITH TWO SETS OF BARRELS, serial no. 489, 30 1/4in. and 30 3/8in. damascus nitro barrels, 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. imp. cyl. and 1/4 choke and imp. cyl. and full choke, rebounding sidelocks engraved with game scenes, 14 3/4in. figured semi-pistolgrip stock including 1 1/4in. wood extension, weight 6lb. 10oz.
Butler Arthur G. Foreign Birds for Cage and Aviary London The Feathered WorldÓ ca. 1910 4to (240mm x 180mm) two volumes illustrations original green cloth spines and front covers lettered in gilt With a number of other works including Edmund Selous The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands (London 1905) J. A. Owen edited In The Green Leaf and the Sere (London 1896) W. P. Pycraft A History of Birds (London 1910) Eliot Howards The Nature of A Birds World (Cambridge 1935) Christopher Savage The Mandarin Duck (London 1952) and the Philip Rickman illustrated British & American Game Birds (London 1945)
Coles Charles and Maurice Pledge (illustrator). Game Birds London Collins 1981 folio (420mm x 295mm) half title 24. tipped-in colour plates and illustrations original quarter morocco gilt spine lettered in gilt t.e.g. slip-case No. 22. of 250. Limited Edition copies signed by the author and illustrator
Every Familys Cookery Book; or Plain and Practical Directions for Properly Preparing Cooking and Serving-Up All Sorts of Provisions comprising Meats Poulry Fish Game and Vegetable Food. By an Experienced Cook Halifax published by William Nicholson & Sons 1864 8vo (140mm x 100mm) half title additional illustrated title frontispiece and double-sided plates original cloth extremities rubbed With a number of other works including Mrs Childs The Frugal Housewife. (London 1860) Martha Careful Household Hints to Young Housewives with the Arrangements and Receipts for Forty Dinners (London 1853) The Family Save-All A System of Secondary Cookery. (London 1861) My Receipt Book A Treasury of More than Six Hundred Receipts in Cooking and Preserving . By A Lady (London 1886) M. L. Allens Savouries and Sweets (London 1880) Mrs Matthew Clarks 366. Menus and 1200. Recipes of the Baron Brisse (London n.d) and Cre-Fydds Family Fare The Young Housewifes Daily Assistant. (London 166)
Hammond Elizabeth Modern Domestic Cookery and Useful Receipt Book; containing Directions for Purchasing Preserving and Cooking every kind of Meat Fish Poultry Game . The Art of Making British Wines. London published by Dean & Murray ca. 1860 12mo (160mm x 110mm) frontispiece additional illustrated title and four plates some marginal browning later half black morocco spine lettered in gilt extremities rubbed Seventh Edition Bitting p. 211 & Oxford p. 143.
Murray Alexander The Domestic Oracle; or A Complete System of Modern Cookery and Family Economy; containing Directions for Purchasing Keeping and Dressing. All kinds of Butchers Meat Fish Poultry and Game London printed at the Caxton Press by H. Fisher Son and Co [1826] 4to (210mm x 125mm) eight plates some spotting lacking last leaf of index new endpapers contemporary calf backed spine black morocco lettering piece With Family Cookery Book (London n.d.) which has 19th century manuscript cookery receipts bound in at end and Radcliffes A Modern System of Domestic Cookery; or the Housekeepers Guide: Arranged on the most Economical Plan for Private Families (Manchester 1823)
Macpherson H. B. The Home-Life of a Golden Eagle London Witherby & Co 1911 4to (255mm x 185mm) half title and 32. tipped in photographic plates original green cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt booksellers label of Foyles Third Edition With a number of other works including Marquess of Tavistock Parrots and Parrot-Like Birds in Aviculture (London [1929) Dan Meinertzhagen & R. P. Hornby Bird Life in an Arctic Spring (London 1899) S. Bayliss Smith British Waders in their Haunts (London 1950) the A. S. Leslie edited The Grouse in Health and in Disease (London 1912) Frederick J. Jackson Notes on the Game Birds of Kenya and Uganda (London 1926) Hugh B. Cotts Adaptive Coloration in Animals (London 1940)
Thorburn A[rchibald] Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland London New York Toronto Bombay Calcutta and Madras Longmans Green and Co 1923 folio (375mm x 270mm) half title colour frontispiece title printed in red and black and 29. colour plates original red cloth spine lettered in gilt t.e.g. front cover faded in places Zimmer A Series of splendid plates accompanied by notes on the general habits of the species which are illustratedÓ
A pair of German porcelain plaques, first half 19th Century, each painted with hanging game birds, including a pheasant, mallard and snipe, the rounded corners in matt and burnished gilding, one with readable inscription pair of enameled (sic) paintings from the 51 exhibition 12gns, traces of signature to one, 28.2 x 18.7cm (2)
GARSTIN, SIR WILLIAM. REPORT UPON THE BASIN OF THE UPPER Nile..Cairo, 1904. Folio, orig. cloth backed boards. Maps and illustrations. -- STIGAND, Capt. C.H. and D.D. LYELL. Central African Game and Its Spoor. Second Edition, 1909. 4to., orig. cloth (scuffed). Plates. By Millais J.G. Far Away Up the Nile, 1924. 8vo., orig. cloth (3)
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