Hunting and Fire Arms

London: Printed by W. Lewis for Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket, 1822. Hardcover. Very Good. Hand-coloured aquatint plates (16 of 19) after H. Alken and J. Barenger by G. and T. Hunt.. Volume I, Nos. I-VI Jan-June 15 1822 [all published] Royal octavo red half roan, original boards covered in blue sugar paper, spine title gilt (rebacked with matching red roan corners, original spine laid on), original free end-papers with new pastedown, armorial bookplate with motto DA VIS and pencilled ownership H. Davis at head of titlepage, vi + [2]pp list of engravings +540pp +16 of 19 hand-colored plates. LACKS 4 text leaves (pp 217-24) - the missing 3 plates and 4 text leaves in colour facsimile reproduced from the 1904 reprint, bound in to match. One gathering with edges browned, some offsetting from plates to text, otherwise clean and crisp throughout. *Beautiful bright hand-coloured plates of hunting, shooting, tandem-driving, livestock etc. Very rare in original edition (Schwerdt II p.212 "the first and only… Read More

London: Rudolph Ackermann first edition, 1835. Hardcover. Very Good. Hand-coloured aquatint plates (12), with tissue-guards, by Henry Alken.. Octavo modern red crushed morocco, Top Edges Gilt, original upper cover bound in, iv +[2]pp +110pp +[12] leaves of hand-coloured plates. "A most valuable and important book for the sporting life of the period .. though containing only 12 plates, this first edition is more rare, and more valued higher than the second edition" (Tooley 66 cf Schwerdt I p.38). Three plates of this edition (2, 8 and 9) did not appear in the second edition. *Apperley had been Mytton�s neighbour in Shropshire. His task "was to write the life of a man who, while he was one of the most heroic sportsmen that ever lived, was also drunken, diseased and insane .. he performed the task with admirable judgment" (Camb. History of English & American Literature XIV).

1949. STIMSON, Henry L. MY VACATIONS. [n.p.] Privately printed, 1949. Inscribed presentation copy: "To - with love from Mabel and Harry." 180 pp. 8vo., red cloth stamped in gilt and black. Near fine with a touch of sunning to heel. Interior fine; illustrated with b/w photo reproductions. Dogs, hunting in the great American West, mountaineering in the Alps, more. Heller 379. Scarce.

London: Published by Ackermann and Co, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 15, [1]p. Original (or contemporary) green cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the front panel and the spine panel, glazed yellow endpapers. Frontispiece and fifteen numbered plates with sixteen hand-colored illustrations and fourteen in black and white from drawings by the author taken on site during a series of expeditions to the Bontebok Flats and other hunting grounds. Each scene is described in the text with details on the game and the methods of hunting. The plates are in remarkably good condition with some occasional light spots. The color illustration on plate V has a small stain, apparently done when the image was colored. A near fine copy. Abbey Travel 336. Tooley 126.; Folio.

Birmingham England: Midland Gun Co., Demon Gun Works., 1904 Red/yellow/black covers, map rear cover. Telegraphic address: "Rifles, Birmingham" Code: A. B. C. 4th and 5th Editions. nd. c. 1904 Notices; Loaded Cartridges Cannot be sent by Post, It must be distinctly understood that our terms of approval apply to Great Britain Only. We do not send goods on approval to any Colony or Foreign Country. We Make Guns info sheet. We Buy, Repair Guns ect. Engraved illustrations, specs, details, prices. Mannlicher Martini Sporting Rifles, Sword Sticks, Walking Stick Guns, Air Pistols, Harrington, Richardson Revolvers, Colt, Webley's PistolsGame Bags, Boxes, Breech Loading Implements, ect. Parcel Post quotes rear cover. 112 pgs Quite Rare OCLC finds 0 copies. Samll chips top cover, ow/ very good. Owner's name address dated 1912. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Sixth Edition.. Decorative Paper. Very Good.

West Hartford: Countryman Press, 1945. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Carl Rungius. One of 1275 copies of which 1250 were numbered. This is one of the numbered copies. INSCRIBED, SIGNED and dated 1946 by Carl Rungius on the blank FFEP and SIGNED by Schaldach, the author, on the same page. Copies signed by Rungius are very uncommon. Very good condition with slight fraying spine ends, usual light browning of pages, very tips lower corners rubbed, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages other than the signed inscription and author signature. Original slipcase has 1cm deep loss of cover paper at spine ends, complete cover labels (front and back) that are not chipped, some splitting along one spine edge but connections holding well. The book measures 318mm tall x 245mm, and has 117 numbered pages of text (illustration leaves are not numbered), b/w sketch of bull moose frontispiece, b/w portrait painting of Rungius, 10 full-page color paintings, 18 b/w in-text illustrations… Read More

USA: Privately Published By Author, 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original red cloth with gilt lettering over a black title patch on spine. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing, clean covers, no rubbing. The original scarce dust jacket has old cellophane tape stains on the covers and flaps (tape is long gone), minor loss to bottom of spine. The book measures 225mm tall x 158mm and has 180 pages, 29 b/w photos. This book was privately printed by the author to present to friends and associates. It was never for sale. Stimson was Secretary Of War under Taft from 1911 to 1913, a colonel of the 31st Field Artillery in WWI, Governor General of the Philippines, Secretary of State 1929-1933, and Secretary Of War from 1940 to 1949 under Roosevelt. In this book he tells of his ascent of the east face of Chief Mountain in Glacier National Park in 1891 (the 2nd ascent of the peak, the… Read More

(Nakuru, Kenya Colony) Privately printed, ND (1946)., 1946. First printing. With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Lord Cranworth. 8vo. xvi, 173 pp. Illustrated with B & W photographs. Original green cloth binding stamped in white. With reportedly 400 copies of this book printed, it appeared shortly after the death of the author (complications of malaria and pneumonia). Anderson was a founding member of the famed East African Professional Hunters Association. One of the scarcer, important books on African elephant hunting. Some cloth soil and splotchiness else this is a very good minus copy.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Cape Town: Atkinson & Partners (S.A.) Limited, 1929., 1929. Edition Deluxe limited to 500 numbered copies, these being number 495. Two Volumes, complete. Very large, very heavy folios. Frontispiece portrait photograph of His Excellency The Real of Athlone and title page photograph, with tissue guard. xv, 624 pp.; frontispiece photograph of The Rt. Hon. Cecil Rhodes and title page photograph, with tissue guard. xiii, 526 pp. Both volumes are profusely illustrated with B & W photographs. Bound in red leather over beveled boards, 5 raised spinal bands, all edges gilt. Coated marbled endpapers. Both volumes are very tight, with the red leather unfaded and bright; interiors are bright and unfoxed. South Africa and Rhodesia has just very light rubbing and is near fine; South Africa has modest rubbing at the extremities and on the covers, very good plus. Overall a superior set and uncommon thus.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine.

1788 1ed RARE Marolles Chasse au Fusil RIFLE Hunting Crossbows Guns Illustrated

Gervais-François Magné de Marolles was an 18th-century French author who is most famous for his landmark treatise on rifle hunting 'La Chasse au Fusil', or 'Essay on the Rifle Hunt'. This extensive and highly detailed book features two sections – studies on the effectiveness of rifles on hunting and hunting tactics before the invention of guns, and the second on strategy and knowledge needed to be an effective hunter. Also includes information on training hunting dogs, tactics on how to hunt different species of big game, and how to tactfully approach birds.

This impressive and beautiful first edition includes 3 folding engravings of hunting parks as well as 5 full-page views of crossbows and arrows.

Item number: #6704
Price: $950
MAROLLES, Gervais-François Magné de
La chasse au fusil : ouvrage divisé en deux parties ; contenant: la première, des recherches sur les armes de trait usitées pour la chasse… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1852. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition. Bound in publisher's brown cloth decorated in blind, with the spine lettered in gilt; fold-out map at title page. Very Good+ with light rubbing and light scuffing to boards, corners bumped and spine ends bruised. Two former owner bookplates to front free endpaper, and bookseller emboss to front free endpaper. An attempt to trace the chief lines of communication across that continent south of the Equator; with the routes to the Muropue and the Cazembe, Moenemoezi and Lake Nyassa; the journeys of the Rev. Dr. Krapf and the Rev. J. Rebmann on the eastern coast; and the discoveries of Messrs. Oswell and Livingstone in the heart of the continent.

London: Thomas McLean, 1822. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Bound in full straight-grain green morocco, stamped in blind, with raised bands and gilt tooling to spine, all edges marbled. With 19 beautiful hand-colored aquatint plates. Binding lightly scuffed, rubbed at extremities, with a 2-inch split at the top of the outer front joint, though binding remains strong. Previous owner inscription to first blank, sporadic foxing to tissue guards, and one tissue guard is lacking a corner. Contains all six numbers of [all published] of this rare sporting magazine.

New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1861. Good. First edition. Bound in red cloth decorated in blind over leather spine stamped in gilt and blind; all edges marbled. Previous owner name stamped in gilt on front cover, in black on text block edge, and written on title page, with another owner's bookplate to front paste down. Good. Rubbing to cloth, wear to leather spine with large chip missing at the head. A scarce instruction course in ordnance and gunnery prepared for cadets of the Untied States Military Academy.

Chicago: R.C. Herzog & H.B. Riemer, 1920. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. [1], 5 pp. Multigraphed tri fold sheets, with original staple removed and bound in contemporary half cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with rubbing to boards, bookplate on paste down, bookseller notation in pencil on title page, creasing to sheets, slightly rusted staple holes, a little wrinkling to terminals. A very scarce work on designing and treating duck decoys, published by the authors. Subtitled An Exposition of Important Discoveries in the Treatment of Decoys With Specifications of a Process, Which Prevents Excessive Reflection of Light By the Decoys in Clear Weather. No copies in OCLC Worldcat. [Phillips, p. 177.].

1597 Poetry of Oppian Greco-Roman FISHING & Hunting Commodus Greek Plantin RARE

Oppian of Anazarbus, or simply Oppian, was a 2nd-century Greek poet who is only remembered for his Greek poems on fishing and hunting. Of his surviving works, his poem on fishing (De piscatu) is his most important, much in part because it was dedicated to Marcus Aurelius and Commodus.

This 1597 edition of the poems of Oppian includes two major poems - the expected poem on fishing and the other on hunting. However, it should be noted that the Oppian named as the author of the hunting poem is Oppian of Syria. According to scholars, Oppian of Syria was familiar with the hunting poem of Oppian of Anazarbus and wrote his poem as a supplement to the former.

Regardless of the authorship, this late 16th-century work is a fascinating and desirable piece on Ancient Roman leisure activities and outdoors sport. Edited and translated with commentary by Konrad Rittershausen, this printing features both Latin and Greek texts in… Read More