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Click here to subscribeA GROUP OF STAFFORDSHIRE ANIMALS, including 19th Century standing dog with game. 4.75'' High. A 19th Century black and white seated cat.3.75'' High, a 19th Century group, two dogs and a barrel. 4.25'' High. A Staffordshire porcelain seated dog, 3.75'' High and a seated Spaniel with basket of flowers in mouth. 4.25'' High. (6).
SCOTS LAW A collection of various Scots law texts, to include: BELL R. Abstract of the form of deeds relating to heritable rights. Contemporary half calf, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1814; BELL R. A treatise on the election laws, as they relate to representation in Scotland. Contemporary calf, 4to., Edinburgh, 1812; NESS J.W. A treatise on the game laws of Scotland. Original paper boards, with a presentation inscription from the author, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1818; CONNELL John. A treatise on the law of Scotland respecting tithes. 3 vols., contemporary calf, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1815; HERRING Fishery (Scotland) Acts. Contemporary calf, 8vo., Edinburgh, 1817 and 29 others [37]
De Salis (Mrs.). Just Game and Poultry ˆ la mode, 1st ed., 1888, Dressed Vegetables ˆ la mode, 1st ed., 1888, Sweet and Supper Dishes ˆ la mode, 1st ed., 1888, Savouries ˆ la mode, 10th ed., 1890, Entrees ˆ la mode, 10th ed., 1895, Cakes and Confections ˆ la mode, 6th imp., 1902, & Soups and Dressed Fish ˆ la mode, 10th imp., 1915, all orig. qtr. cloth, rubbed and some soiling, marked to edges, slim 8vo, together with Wrinkles and Notions for Every Household, 1st ed., 1890, lacks front endpaper, orig. green cloth, rubbed and some fraying to head and foot of spine, outer corners bumped, plus a second edition of the same work and The Housewife's Referee, 1st ed., 1898, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus A La Mode Cookery, up-to-date recipes, 1st ed., 1902, col. and b&w plts., orig. maroon cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed to extrems., 8vo (11)
Francatelli (Charles Elme). The Cook's Guide, and Housekeeper's & Butler's Assistant: A practical treatise on English and Foreign cookery in all its branches; containing plain instructions for pickling and preserving vegetables, fruits, game, &c.; The Curing of Hams and Bacon; The Art of Confectionery and Ice-Making, and the arrangement of desserts, 1st ed., 1861, eng. port. frontis., wood-eng. illusts. to text, one gathering partly loose, small stain to top margin of first few leaves, orig. blindstamped green cloth gilt, a little rubbed, together with a second edition of the same work, in original blindstamped green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and minor fraying to extrems., both small 8vo, plus The Modern Cook; a practical guide to the culinary art in all its branches: comprising in addition to English Cookery, the most approved and recherche systems of French, Italian and German Cookery, 21st ed., 1872, orig. cloth, rubbed and upper cover discol., some fraying to head and foot of spine and outer corners, 8vo, and a 24th edition of the same work (1876), two further editions of the same work dated 1901 & 1911, an 1880 edition of the Cook's Guide and two modern facsimile paperback eds. of Francatelli's Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes, all 8vo (9)
House (R.). The Family Cookery, Combining Elegance and Economy: with Various Receipts for Making Gravies, Soups, Sauces, and Made Dishes; Directions for Roasting and Boiling Game, Poultry, Meat, Fish, etc. and Making of Pastry and Confectionery; Directions for Trussing and Carving; Rules for Brewing and Making Wines, the Art of Pickling and Preserving. Forming a Complete System of Domestic Management, n.d., pub. J. Bailey, c.1780, eng. frontis. additional vign. title, seven eng. plts. (fore-edge of two plts. very slightly frayed), some minor scattered spotting, contemp. tree sheep with red morocco label to spine, joints cracked, upper cover almost detached, 12mo. Not in Bitting, Oxford or Vicaire. (1)
Beaty-Pownall (S.). The "Queen" Cookery Books, 14 vols., mixed eds., pub. Cox, 1902-11, b&w illusts., orig. cloth, 8vo, all contained in orig. pubs. presentation box with title in gilt to front panel, one hinge with 3cm split, a few damp marks, overall approx. 173mm x 230mm x 125mm. Including volumes for "Fish", "Meat and Game", "Pickles and Preserves", "Soups" etc. (14)
De Gouy (L.P.). The Derrydale Cook Book of Fish and Game, 2 vols., Derrydale Press, New York, 1937, vign. to each title, orig. cloth gilt (limited edition 417/1250), together with Hirtzler (Victor), The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book, pub. Chicago, [1919], port. frontis., orig. cloth gilt, plus Shircliffe (Arnold), The Edgewater Beach Hotel Salad Book, 4th printing, Chicago, 1929, col. plts. from photos., orig. cloth gilt, all tall 8vo, and others of American cookery interest, incl. Olive Green and Mrs S. T. Rorer (approx. 40)
Grigson (Jane). Charcuterie & French Pork Cookery, 1st ed., 1967, Good Things, 1st ed., 1971, Fish Cookery, 1st ed., 1973, English Food, 1st ed., 1974, The Mushroom Feast, 1st ed., 1975, Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book, 1st ed., 1978, Food with the Famous, 1st ed., 1979, The Observer French Cookery School, 1st ed., 1980 (signed), Jane Grigson's Fruit Book, 1st ed., 1982, The Observer Guide to European Cookery, 1st ed., 1983 (signed), & The Observer Guide to British Cookery, 1st ed., 1984 (with Als, contained in envelope inside front cover), all orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo/4to, together with Year of the French, illust. Glynn Boyd Harte, Warren Editions Christmas 1982, orig. printed wrappers, small slim 8vo, plus other works by Jane Grigson, various, including The Cooking Game, the delicious new family board game, with recipes by Jane Grigson, n.d., c. 1985 (25)
Leighton (Gerald Rowley). The Meat Industry and Meat Inspection. A Comprehensive Account of the Principal Animals and Fish, Including Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry and Game, Supplied to the British Meat Market, Together with a Description of the Various Industrial Processes Connected Therewith and the Scientific Inspection of Meat, 5 vols., pub. [1910], col. plts. with pull-outs, b & w illusts. and plts., orig. cloth gilt, large 8vo, together with Finney (Thomas B.), Handy Guide for the use of Pork Butchers, Butchers, Bacon Curers., 2nd ed., 1908, (2 copies), b & w illusts., some yellowing, orig. cloth, 8vo, plus fifteen others related (25)
Rawstorne (Lawrence). Gamonia: or, The Art of Preserving Game; and an improved method of making plantations and covers, explained and illustrated, illust. J. T. Rawlins, 1st ed., pub. Rudolph Ackermann, 1837, 15 hand-col. aquatint plts., title with some light foxing, a.e.g., contemp. full dark green morocco gilt, very sl. rubbed and some minor marks to extrems., 8vo. Abbey, Life 392; Schwerdt II, 127. The plates depict actual places around Penwortham, near Preston. (1)
Nansen, Fridtjof, Vers le Pole Traduit et Abrege par Charles Rabot, Paris, Ernest Flammarion, [1887], 8vo (220 x 145mm.), half title, frontispiece portrait of the author, plates, and illustrations, occasional spotting, original half red morocco gilt, extremities rubbed With other works including a number of 'The Oxford Magazine' (Oxford, various), 'The English Illustrated Magazine 1884-1885' (London, 1885), Paterson's 'Roads' (London, ca. 1811), 'The Laws of Piquet adapted by The Portland and Turf Clubs with A Treatise on the Game' (London, 1899), and Lytton's 'Devereux' (London, 1875)
A John Maltby stoneware nine mens morris game, 23cm (purchased at Craftsmen Potters Shop, July 1st 1973) (Born 1936, Cleethorpes, Lincs, trained at Leicester College of Art, Sculpture, 1956-9. Studio with David Leach at Lowerdown Pottery, Devon, 1962-3, Stoneshill Pottery, near Credition, Devon, 1965)
Chambers, W. & R. Golfing: A Handbook to the Royal and Ancient Game, with List of Clubs, Rules &c. Also Golfing Sketches and Poems... 1st edition, illustrated by Ranald M. Alexander plus a frontispiece chromolithograph portrait of Tom Morris from a drawing by Thomas Hodge at St. Andrews, pictorial brown cloth cover, lettered and decorated in black, gilt lettering to spine, W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh, 1887
Clark, Robert Golf, a Royal & Ancient Game... 1st edition, frontispiece, large paper edition, title page edged with decorative gilt margins, numerous wood engravings and facsimiles throughout, green leather cover, gilt lettering and decoration to cover and spine, t.e.g., R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh, 1875
Hamilton, David The Reverend John Kerr, The Sporting Padre... this being a short description of the life of John Kerr and his publication of Golf, Book of East Lothian, quarter vellum, marble boards, title piece, Patrick Press, Kilmalcolm, 1989 No. 83 of 90 copies, signed by the author; and Game at Golf, William Bklack's Peom of 1791... facsimile edition, vellum and Hessian cloth cover, The Patrick Press, Glasgow, 1987 No. 63 of 70 copies (2)
Wethered, Joyce & Roger The Game of Golf... 1st edition, part of The Lonsdale Library, frontispiece, illustrated with one hundred illustrations, brown cloth cover, gilt lettering to spine, original decorative dust jacket, Seeley, Service & Co., London, 1931; and Golf from Two Sides... 2nd edition, illustrated, blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, Longmans Green & Co., London, 1922; Wethered, H.N., The Perfect Golfer... 1st edition, frontispeice, green cloth cover, gilt lettering, Methuen & Co., London, 1931; and Wethered, Joyce, Golfing Memories and Methods... 2nd edition, illustrated, green cloth cover, blue lettering to spine, Hutchinson & Co., London, 1933 (4)
Seymour, Bert All About Golf, How to Improve Your Game... 1st edition, frontispiece, illustrated with thirty-three action photographs & diagrams, olive green cloth, dark blue decoration & lettering to cover & spine, Ward, Lock & Co., London, 1924; Vardon, Harry, Progressive Golf... 1st edition, thirty-three illustrations, green cloth cover, blue lettering to spine, Hutchinson & Co., London, n.d.; and Vardon, A., Golfing Hints... 1st edition, with forty-two illustrations, grey pictorial wrappers, Lawrence Bros., Weston-Super-Mare, 1912 (3)
Evans, Charles Jr. Chick Evans' Golf Book: The Story of the Sporting Battles of the Greatest of All Amateur Golfers... 1st edition, frontispiece, sixty-five illustrations, green cloth cover, gilt lettering to cover & spine, Thos E. Wilson & Co., New York, 1921; and Donovan, Richard E. & Murdoch, Joseph, S.F., The Game of Golf and the Printed Word 1566-1985... 1st edition, intro. by Herbert Warren Wind, green morocco, gilt decoration to lettering to cover & spine, a.e.g., slipcase, Castalio Press, Endicott, NY, 1988 No. 202 of 375 deluxe copies, signed by the authors and Herbert Warren Wind (2)
Punch 'That Game of Golf'... 1st edition, illustrated by Tom Browne, decorative yellow cloth cover, black lettering to cover, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., London, 1902; Hammerton, J. A., Mr Punch on the Links... 1st edition, colour frontispiece, two hundred and sixty illustrations, green & black cloth cover, R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh, circa 1935; and Smart, John, A Round of The Links, Views of the Golf Greens of Scotland... 1st edition, from watercolour drawings by John Smart, R.S. A., green cloth cover, gilt lettering to cover & spine, Harry Margary, Kent, 1986 (3)
Shenstone, F.S. Golf Rules and Decisions, a Summary of the Rules of Golf with decisions, tables of penalties and general index...3rd edition, illustrated, red cloth cover, black lettering , original orange dust jacket, Methuen & Co., London, 1927; Boomer, Percy, On Learning Golf... 1st edition, frontispiece, illustrated, green cloth cover, gilt lettering, John Lane, London, 1942 Limited edition No. 343 of 500 copies; Barton, Pam, A Stroke A Hole... 1st edition, illustrated, red cloth cover, black lettering, with original dust jacket, Blackie & Son, London, 1937; Mitchell, Abe, Down to Scratch... 2nd edition, frontispiece, illustrated , green cloth cover, black lettering, Methuen & Co., London, 1933; Clarke, Charles & Gilbert, Mottram, Common-Scene Golf... 1st edition, green cloth cover, blue lettering, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., London, 1914; and Evans, Webster & Scott, Tom, In Praise of Golf, An Anthology of all Lovers of the Game... 1st edition, illustrated, green decorative cloth cover, Frederick Muller Ltd., London, 1950 (6)
B.A. Told at the 19th Hole, Humorous St. Andrews Golf Stories... 2nd edition, decorative wrappers, J. & G. Innes, St. Andrews, circa 1925 and Unknown, Golf of all Kinds, This being just a light commentary on the game in verse and picture... sketches by G. Tyffee Christie, decorative wrappers, G. Delgado Ltd, London, n.d. (2)
Morrison, Alex J. Better Golf Without Practice... 1st edition, illustrated throughout, green cloth cover, white golf ball decoration to cover, white lettering, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1940; Jones, Robert T. Jr., Rights & Wrongs of Golf... 1st edition, illustrated, green cloth boards, gilt lettering, Spalding & Bros., USA, n.d.; Fox, G.D., The Golfer's Pocket Tip Book... 1st edition,illustrated, blue cloth cover, gilt lettering, Mills & Boon Ltd., London, 1911; Ignotus, Golf in a Nutshell, A Concise and Practical Exposition of the Play of the Game... 1st edition, green cloth cover, red lettering, Country Life Ltd, London, 1919; and Faulkner, Max, Golf - right from the start... 1st edition, green cloth cover, gilt lettering, original dust jacket, Newnes, London, 1965 (5)
Thomas Bland A fine 12-bore game scene engraved sidelock ejector gun, no. 19060 30-inch Vickers steel barrels with 2 3/4 -inch chambers, about improved cylinder and 1/4 choke borings, the frame and locks engraved with fine bouquet and scrollwork and scenes of dogs and game in landscapes, retaining almost all of its original hardening colour, rolled edge trigger guard, 14 3/4 -inch well figured stock, nitro proof, in its makers lightweight canvas case 6lb. 11oz. The makers confirm that the gun was completed in 1971. The gun appears almost unused and retains almost all of its originalfi nish. "
J. Blanch & Son A 12-bore sidelock ejector gun, no. 6885 28-inch chopper-lump barrels with 2 3/4 -inch chambers, about 1/4 and 1/2 choke borings, the frame, locks and top-lever engraved with foliate scrolls and scenes of game in flight, rolled edge trigger guard, 14 1/4 -inch figured stock, nitro proof, canvas case 6lb. 12oz.
Gash (Jonathan). Lovejoy Novels, 22 vols., a complete set, from 'The Judas Pair' to 'Every Last Cent', all 1st eds., pub. 1977-2001, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, some minor general wear to a few vols., 'Gold from Gemini' appears to be an ex-lib. copy with renewed endpapers and some light tippex markings to title, 8vo. The follwing are signed by the author: The Grail Tree (1979), The Spend Game (1980), The Lies of Fair Ladies (1992), Paid and Loving Eyes (1993) and The Grace of Older Women (1995). (22)
A 15-bore d.b. percussion shotgun by Joseph Egg & Sons, no.1 Piccadilly, London,no.3170, circa 1835-41. with browned twist barrels signed in full on the rib, case-hardened breeched with platinum plugs, finely engraved breech tang, engraved back-action locks decorated with differing game vignettes and each signed 'Joesph Egg & Sons Patent', figured walnut half-stock, engraved steel mounts en suite with the locks, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner's inital 'S' beneath a Count or Earl's coronet, original brass-tipped wooden ramrod, and the barrels retaining much original finish (the mounts rubbed, the forward ramrod-pipe detached); a German percussion sporting rifle by F. Jung & Sohne a Suhl, circa 1840, with signed octagonal sighted barrel swamped at the muzzle (rubbed), engraved breech tang, signed engraved lock with pivoted nipple-shield, carved figured walnut full stock (the fore-end cracked and chipped on one side towards the muzzle), chequered grip and fore-end, the butt with carved cheek-piece and chequered sliding patch-box cover, engraved German silver mounts, set trigger, and later wooden ramrod (2) the first: 72.2cm; 28.375in barrels
A German .600 D.B sporting rifle by V. Funk and Sohne in Suhl, no.1833,circa 1858-65 with octagonal sighted barrels with differing rifled bores and signed in silver within a frame of scrollwork on the rib (acid-cleaned, back-sight missing), engraved breech tang, engraved locks signed in gold and decorated with differing game vignettes picked-out in gold, fitted with gravity-stops (hammers missing), figured walnut half-stock, the fore-end carved with a monster's head with inlaid eyes and horn mouth for the ramrod aperture, chequered grip and fore-end each carved with scrollwork in low relief, the butt decorated with a carved stag vignette behind the cheek-piece and fitted with sliding patch-box cover carved with a grotesque mask, carved horn trigger-guard, engraved steel butt-plate, one adjustable and one conventional trigger, and white metal escutcheon engraved with a stag (ramrod missing) 73.4cm; 28.875in barrels
Philidor (Francois Andre Danican). Studies of Chess; Containing Caissa, A Poem, by Sir William Jones; A Systematic Introduction to the Game; and the Whole Analysis of Chess, by Mr. A.D. Philidor: with Original Critical Remarks, 2. vols. in 1, new ed., 1804, eng. frontis. to vol. 1, modern calf with red morocco label to spine, 8vo (1)
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