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Click here to subscribe[MISCELLANEOUS] Berry, Michael, & Brock, D.W.E. Hunting by Ear. The Sound-Book of Fox-Hunting, first edition, Witherby, London, 1937, scarlet cloth, illustrations by T. Ivester Lloyd, square octavo; Scott, Walter. The Lady of the Lake. A Poem, ninth edition, Ballantyne et al., Edinburgh, 1811, full diced leather (rebacked), octavo; and a further eight works, including leather bindings, (10).
Fine silk carpet of classic hunting design, Egypt, second half 20th century, 8ft. 11in. x 6ft. 11in. 2.72m. x 2.11m. Beautifully drawn rendition of this exceptionally well known design. AMENDMENT TO CATALOGUE: PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS CARPET IS 100% SILK; IT MAY BE A MIX OF VERY FINE WOOL AND SILK.
Good machine woven English ‘Celtic Hunting Rug’ designed by George Bain, manufactured by Messrs. Quayle & Tranter, Kidderminster, about 1948, 6ft. 6in. x 3ft. 11in. 1.98m. x 1.20m. An attractive rug in exceptional condition with blue printed manufacturers label verso. Another rug of this design and size was sold at Bonhams, Edinburgh 21st August 2013, Lot 434, for £1,250 including premium. Two examples, possibly with different colourways, are illustrated in George Bain, Celtic Art, The Methods of Construction, London, 12th impression, 1987, pl. 38.
Hunting Prints - Lionel Edwards (1878-1966), by and after, The Belvoir, signed in pencil by the artist, printed and published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 37cm x 53cm; another, after, Blackmoor Vale Hunt, limited edition print, numbered in pencil 53/500, published by Chelsea Green Editions, 38.5cm x 51cm (2)
Cathcart Family. A manuscript journal kept by John E. Cathcart, [Fife], September - November 1844, containing information on trapping and rabbit hunting, fishing and boating, etc., continued onto loose leaves, a total of 46 pp., contemporary marbled wrappers, small 4to, together with a printed Letts' diary kept by Robert Cathcart in 1850 giving details of letters written for business and personal matters, original cloth, 8vo (2)
Hayley (William). The Life of George Romney, Chichester: printed by W. Mason, for T. Payne, 1809, black and white engraved frontsipiece, few black and white plates, some light dust-soiling, bookplate for James Charles Arkwright to upper pastedown, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, 4to, together with Bewick (Thomas), A General History of Quadrupeds, 3rd edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: S. Hodgson et al, 1792, numerous black and white wood-engraved illustrations to text by Bewick, minor scattered spotting contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, plus Adams (John), An Analysis of Horsemanship, teaching the whole Art of Riding in the Manege, Military, Hunting, Racing, and Travelling System..., 3 volumes, James Cundee, 1805, black and white frontispiece to each volume, few black and white plates (including moving plate), plates toned, minor scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, plus four other Bewick and Romney related volumes (9)
Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldrie: Manifesting a more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof than hath beene hitherto published by any, through the benefit of method..., 3rd edition, corrected and much enlarged by the author himselfe in his life time, together with his owne Addition of explaining the Termes of Hawking and Hunting, for the use and delight of Gentlemen, London: Printed by Thomas Cotes for Jacob Blome, 1638, early ownership signature 'Susan Halfhyde' to title, numerous woodcut armorials including few full-page (few armorials to text hand-coloured), occasional marginal fraying, 8 page manuscript index loosely inserted at rear, library bookplates and labels to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, spine torn with loss and boards loose, worn, folio STC 12503. The Will of a Susan Halfhyde, Spinster of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, dated 17 August 1756 is recorded in the National Archives Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 (PROB 11/824/285). (1)
Nicholson (William). An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Words by Rudyard Kipling, published William Heinemann, 1898, decorative title page and twelve colour lithographs depicting a different sport for each month of the year, including cricket, golf, boxing, ice skating, fox hunting, rowing, coaching, coursing, horse racing, archery, fishing and shooting, publisher's advertisement at rear, text block and endpapers detached, publishers's printed pictorial boards chipped and worn, slim 4to (1)
An 18th Century hunting hanger, 56.5cm fullered blade stamped with a running boar on one side and a stag to the other, brass hilt cast with symbols of Greek mythology, the downturned guard decorated with Theseus and the Minotaur, the remaining junctions and pommel decorated with reclining courtly figures, reeded horn grip.
A coaching whip,by Callow, the leather covered shaft with gilded embossed metal mounts and woven blue and white braid handle stamped with maker's name,174cm long, excluding tailT Callow and Son of Park Lane manufactured and retailed riding and driving whips, riding crops, copper hunting and coaching horns.
A Beautifully Styled Carving of a Fang Ngil Mask dating back to 1950, purchased from a French Museum, Musee Primitifs. The Ngil (also known as gorilla) masks were worn by members of a male society of the same name during the initiation of new members and the persecution of wrong doers. Masqueraders, clad in raffia costumes and attended by helpers, would materialise in the village after dark, illuminated by flickering torchlight. Fang masks, such as those worn by itinerant troubadours and for hunting and punishing sorcerers are painted white with facial features often outlined in black, Typically the pieces are large, elongated masks covered with kaolin and featuring a face that was usually heart-shaped with a long fine nose. The piece is made of wood and kaolin, and measures approx. 22 ¾ ins (58 cm) tall, 9 ins (23 cm) wide and 6 ½ ins (17 cm) deep.
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