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Auction No 370, Tag: Hunting

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

Lt.Col. P. Hawker "Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that Relates to Guns and Shooting"

Lot: 181

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £92
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Lt.Col. P. Hawker Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that Relates to Guns and Shooting, Longman, Rees, Orme, 1833, 7th Edn, fine later three-quarter morocco by Bayntum-Riviere of Bath with raised bands & gilt decoration to the compartments; t.e.g.; fine internally with all engraved plates and woodcuts. 

Nimrod [Charles Apperley] "The Life of a Sportsman", Kegan Paul, 1905, quarto, green gilt cloth, slightly worn

Lot: 184

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
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Nimrod [Charles Apperley] The Life of a Sportsman, Kegan Paul, 1905, quarto, green gilt cloth, slightly worn, fine internally with 36 hand-coloured plates each with a titled tissue-guard.

Edward North Buxton "Two African Trips with Notes and Suggestions on Big Game Preservation in Africa"

Lot: 191

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £88
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Edward North Buxton Two African Trips with Notes and Suggestions on Big Game Preservation in Africa, Edward Stanford, 1902, 1st  Edn, original pictorial buckram, spine darkened and a little frayed at extremities; internal hingeing weak in places; uncut; clean interior with 80 fine photographic plates; fine map in rear pocket.

Edward North Buxton "Short Stalks: or Hunting Camps North, South, East and West", 1892 and 1893,

Lot: 192

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £52
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Edward North Buxton Short Stalks: or Hunting Camps North, South, East and West, 1892 and 1893, the First and Second Editions, and Short Stalks – Second Series, 1898, all in the original pictorial buckram, the spines badly darkened. The 1892 and 1898 editions have been recased, the former with new endpapers; the texts and plates all clean and complete, the Second Series with fine folding maps in front and rear pockets. (3)

Augustus Grimble "More Leaves from My Game Book", London, 1917, half-vellum, darkened, gilt title label,

Lot: 193

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £26
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Augustus Grimble More Leaves from My Game Book, London, 1917, half-vellum, darkened, gilt title label, one of 250 issued; previous owners’ signatures to front endpaper; clean text & illustrations. 270pp

J.J. Manley "Notes on Game Shooting". L. Upcott Gill, The Bazaar Office, London, 1880, original gilt cloth

Lot: 194

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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J.J. Manley Notes on Game Shooting. L. Upcott Gill, The Bazaar Office, London, 1880, original gilt cloth, worn at extremities, corners bumped; foxing to frontispiece and occasional minor spotting elsewhere but largely clean internally with all illustrations; publisher’s 32pp catalogue at rear dated 1885. 

J. H. Walsh "The Modern Sportsman's Gun and Rifle" 1882-84, two volumes, recased, plus a further Vol. 2 requiring attention;

Lot: 196

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £42
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J. H. Walsh The Modern Sportsman’s Gun and Rifle 1882-84, two volumes, recased, plus a further Vol. 2 requiring attention; “Marksman” The Dead Shot or Sportsman’s Complete Guide, 3rd Edn, 1862; Henry Sharp Modern Sporting Gunnery, 1906; P. Hawker Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting, 10th Edn, 1854; mostly fair to VG, and another title in poor condition. (7)

Lord Wolverton "Five Months' Sport in Somali Land", Chapman & Hall, 1894, orig. buckram, gilt, spine darkened;

Lot: 198

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £36
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Lord Wolverton Five Months’ Sport in Somali Land, Chapman & Hall, 1894, orig. buckram, gilt, spine darkened; 2-inch tear to map requires repair, roughly opened along top edge, plates & text fine; C.G. Schillings With Flashlight and Rifle, Hutchinson, 1906, 2 vols, orig.gilt cloth, spines a little faded o/w good; and two related titles in poor condition. (5)

John Henry Cliffe "Notes and Recollections of an Angler: Rambles Among the Mountains, Valleys and solitudes of Wales

Lot: 199

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £22
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John Henry Cliffe Notes and Recollections of an Angler: Rambles Among the Mountains, Valleys and solitudes of Wales, London, 1860, recased with new endpapers, employing part of the original cloth, fine internally; and ‘Stonehenge’ Manual of British Rural Sports, 1856, quarter leather, gilt, hinges frayed, complete with all plates etc,, clean interior, 720pp.   (2)