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CUMMING, ROUALEYN GORDON. Five Years of A Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa. 2 vols., First Edition, 1850 (heads and tails of spines with some wear). Map and illustrations - BUXTON, EDWARD NORTH. Short Stalks: Or Hunting Camps, First Edition, 1892. (covers browned). Plates and text illustrations. - HERBERT, AGNES. Two Dianas in Somaliland. 1908. Photographic plates. BELL, W.D.M. The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter, 1923. d.w. Plates. With 26 others, mostly Africana, 8vo., orig. cloth. (31)
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A silver cased open-faced large fob watch, London 1867, a silver cased open-faced pocket watch, London 1842, a silver cased hunting cased pocket watch, London 1867, a gunmetal cased open-faced fob watch and a Turkish market full hunting cased gentleman's pocket watch with Turkish numerals to the dial.
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A George III figured mahogany and chequer banded longcase clock with eight day striking movement, the painted breakarch dial with black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and inscribed 'John Morse, Lyneham' cornered by cottage vignettes beneath a hunting scene, the hood with gilt metal eagle and ball finials above a glazed door flanked by spiral reeded columns repeated on the trunk flanking an inlaid rectangular door, on a similar base and bracket feet, height approx 232cm.
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*Italian School. A collection of twenty-six early 17th c. uncoloured engravings of figures in ancient costume, numbered 1-26, including hunting and battle scenes, mostly approx. 260 x 160 mm (except for larger plates measuring approx. 255 x 315 mm), mounted in large oblong folio old paper album (1)
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Lyon & Lyon A .450 (3-inch) hammer rifle no. XPRO 593 28-inch barrels with solid rib folding leafsights and bead foresight dolls head extension the rounded frame rebounding backlocks hammers and top-lever with border engraving and scenes of tiger and lion hunting game 14 1/2-inch stock with pistol grip black powder proof 9lb. 6oz.
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P. Beretta A 12-bore S3 model sidelock ejector over and under gun no. 3904 27 1/2-inch monobloc barrels with 2 3/4-inch chambers about 1/2 and 3/4 choke borings solid machined rib the frame and locks engraved with fine scrolls and scenes of sportsmen hunting game in woodland landscapes the action base marked Brevetto 1935 14 1/4-inch highly figured stock with chequered buttplate sling swivels Italian nitro proof 7lb.
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Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll'). The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, 1st ed., Macmillan, 1876, half-title with contemp. gift inscription, frontis. and b & w illusts. by Henry Holiday, ad. leaf at rear, a.e.g., orig. buff pictorial cloth, spine ends rubbed, and lower joint beginning to split, 8vo With 'An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves "Alice"' two-leaf pamphlet, dated Easter 1876, attached to front free endpaper with sealing wax. (1)
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Sinclair (J.R.). Sir Golly de Wogg, No.I Nursery Portrait Gallery, c.1900, orig. artwork in mock-up bookform (never published), ten orig. mounted gouache illusts., each initialled J.R.S., of golliwogs indulging in a variety of sports (e.g. cricket, golf, polo, tennis, punting, flying, hunting, fishing), with ms. text in Sinclair's hand, embellished with pen and ink sketches by him, some sl. fraying to fore-edges (not affecting images), orig. pictorial wrappers, with orig. gouache illust. to upper cover, short split in spine, folio A unique and amusing item, with Sinclair's gollies vibrantly drawn. (1)
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Harris (Captain William Cornwallis). The Wild Sports of Southern Africa; being the Narrative of a Hunting Expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the Territories of the Chief Moselekatske, to the Tropic of Capricorn, 5th ed., Bohn, 1852, twenty-six hand-col. litho. plts. incl. vign. title, correct as list, folding map at rear, some minor scattered spotting, t.e.g., later good quality crimson morocco, gilt dec. spine with raised bands (orig. gilt dec. cloth binding preserved at rear), 8vo (1)
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The Sportsman's Dictionary; or, the Gentleman's Companion: for Town and Country. Containing Full and Particular Instructions for Riding...Farriery, Hunting, Fishing...Racing...with the Various Methods to be Observed in Breeding and Dieting of Horses..., 1778, sixteen eng. plts. incl. frontis., complete as list, some browning & spotting affecting first few leaves, new endpapers, contemp. marbled calf, rebacked with gilt sporting motifs to spine compartments, 4to (1)
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*Hunting. Wolstenholme (Dean), Fox Hunting, plates 3 & 4, 1808 [but later restrikes], together two hand coloured engravings by Reeve, plate dimensions approx. 370 x 455 mm with good margins, and one other related hand coloured aquatint entitled 'Well Up' by C.R. Stock after T.N.H. Walsh, published in 1890 with plate dimensions approx. 295 x 360 mm (3)
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*Devon. Interesting early vellum marriage indenture, dated 20th March 1671 , detailing the marriage between Roger Forde of Plymtree and Jane Chudleigh, daughter of the late Sir George Chudleigh [Parliamentarian Commander] and the payment of five hundred pounds as the marriage dowry, etc., together with another marriage settlement dated 20th March 1671, of the intended marriage between George Forde and Anne Wright, granting a large estate in Plymtree containing various lands, cottages, mills, moors, fishing, hunting and hawking rights, etc., with six seal tags, each with a wax seal (2)
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*Scotland. Early vellum document dated 11th July 1590 , in which John Castellaw of Pencaitland, sells to John Cranstoun all his ecclesiastical lands of the church in Pencaitland within St. Andrews, the document goes on to list the various ancient lands, of the monastery of Dryburgh, its mansion, rights to hunting, hawking, smithies, breweries, etc., as well as the yearly payments to the King, complete with a large ornate pendant wax seal appended, showing the coat of arms of this ancient Scottish family The document is accompanied with a full three-page translation. (1)
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Trollope (Anthony). North America, 2 vols., 1862, Orley Farm, 2 vols., 1862, Can You Forgive Her?, 2 vols., 1864-5, Hunting Sketches, 1865, Miss Mackenzie, 1865, The Claverings (extracted from The Cornhill Magazine), 1866, The Last Chronicle of Barset, 2 vols., 1867, He Knew He Was Right, 2 vols., 1869, Sir Harry Hotspur, 1871, Phineas Redux, 2 vols., 1874, The Way We Live Now, 2 vols., 1875, The Duke's Children, 3 vols., 1880, together 22 vols., all 1st eds., b & w illusts., some t.e.g., all recent polished red calf by D. Rader, gilt dec. spines with raised bands, 8vo (22)
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A FINELY PAINTED PERSIAN COMPOSITE BOW, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY of characteristic form, the inner face of the tips and the grip painted with elaborate designs of scrolling foliage and flowers in gilt on a blue ground, the entire remaining surface painted with highly detailed Courtly hunting scenes of hounds and mounted figures armed with swords and bows, involved with both the pursuit and capture of a variety of animals and birds, and in good condition throughout (minor losses)50 1/2cm; 19Pin Another bow painted in a strikingly similar manner, and almost certainly from the same workshop, was sold Sotheby's London, Arts of the Islamic World, 13th October 2004, lot 144 ( 14,400). Another is preserved in the Stibbert Museum, Florence, inv. nr. 67
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A RARE GERMAN HUNTING SWORD INCORPORATING A TURKISH 17TH CENTURY BLADE AND MOUNTS, MID-18TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged at the point, etched with an inscription within a shallow fuller on one side, silver ferrule decorated with a scrolled cartouche on a stippled ground, finely carved ivory hilt decorated with rococo scalloped ornament in high relief, rising to a pierced pommel formed of a series of scrolls and scrolling tendrils (small age cracks), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard complete with large Turkish 17th Century silver chape chased with a pattern of flowers and foliage on a punched ground, and German locket complete with a scallop-shaped button for suspension 52.6cm; 20N in bladeThe inscriptions on the blade are from the Qur'an, Surah al-Ikhlas (CXII) and Surah al-Saff (LXI), parts of 13. The relatively crude style of the inscription are commensurate with an early date of manufacture.
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A SILVER-MOUNTED SCABBARD FOR A HUNTING SWORD, CIRCA 1750 of brown leather, with silver chape, middle-band and locket each chased with foliage, the latter decorated with a phoenix within a frame of scrolls, and with a pair of suspension rings, and two further scabbards for hunting swords, each 18th century (one missing its chape) the first: 61.2cm; 24Bin
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