agling, continued: 74 STODDART. An Angler's Rambles and Angling Songs. Post 8vo., cloth 6 THEAKSTON (M.). British Angling Flies... Revised by F. M. Walbran. Ripon, 1883 7 VENABLES (Robert). The Experienc'd Angler: or, Angling Improv'd .. the Third Edition. . 18mo., with front. by Vaughan, and engravings; fine copy in the original binding 9 1668 The Experienc'd Angler.. by Col. Robert VENABLES. The Fifth Edition. . 18mo., with front. and engravings; calf gilt 1683 The Experienced Angler; or Angling Improved. Imparting many of the Aptest Ways and Choicest Experiments for the taking most Sorts of Fish in Pond or River. Post 8vo., with numerous wood A reprint of the rare first edition (1662). 1825 0 9 0 cuts on India paper; half morocco WADE (Henry). Halcyon; or, Rod-Fishing with Fly, Minnow, and Worm. Cr. 8vo., with 12 plates (8 coloured); name cut from title; cloth 1861 1 WALTON. (Title, partly engraved, partly letterpress :) | The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. | BEING A DISCOURSE | OF Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing. | To which is added | The Laws of Angling: with a new Table of the Particulars in this Book. | The third Edition much enlarged. | London, Printed by J. G. for Rich. Marriot, at his Shop in St. Dunstans Church yard, Fleet-street. 1661. | 2 4 18mo. (sm. 8vo.), with copperplate engravings of Fish in the text, and the Music of the Angler's Song noted; a small portion of the title in facsimile, and a few headlines very slightly cut into, otherwise a perfect copy; red morocco extra, gilt edges, by Rivière 076 1661 35 00 the same. 18mo., a used copy, having the first three leaves in facsimile; green russia, gilt edges 1661 3 WALTON AND COTTON. The Compleat Angler 5 6 1822 The Complete Angler. [Major's] Second Edition. To which are added an introductory Essay and illustrative Notes. 12mo., with portrait, plates, and woodcuts; calf, poor copy 7 10 0 0 16 0 330 0 12 6 1824 0 5 0 the same. 8vo., LARGE PAPER, with 14 fine copperplates ON INDIA PAPER, engraved by W. R. Smith from Wale and Nash; olive morocco extra, inside dentelle borders, gilt edges, by F. Bedford John Major, 1824 Major's edition was received with enthusiasm at the time of publication, and has fully maintained its place in public estimation. 550 7 another edition. 32mo., with portrait and woodcuts; calf Angling, continued: £1. 89 WALTON AND COTTON. THE COMPLETE ANGLER, by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, with original Memoirs and Notes by SIR HEN. HARRIS NICOLAS. 2 vols., impl. 8vo., PICKERING'S ORIGINAL ISSUE, LARGE PAPER, with DUPLICATE SET of the 61 beautiful plates and vignettes after STOTHARD and INSKIP (one set on INDIA PAPER), green morocco super-extra, gilt edges, by F. BEDFORD Pickering, 1836 45 @ Illustrations to Pickering's Edition of the Complete Angler, INDIA PROOFS BEFORE ALL LETTERS, WORKED OFF SEPARATELY FROM THE TEXT ON LARGE PAPER; bound in 1 vol., impl. 4to., green morocco super-extra, emblematically tooled, UNCUT, by Riviere 90 95 (1836) 37 10 Seven portraits of Walton, one being an unpublished drawing by Stothard, and nine portraits of Cotton, one being a drawing by Harding, are added. The Complete Angler . . . with notes . . . and the lives of the authors. 8vo., with 15 pretty plates, including portraits, also 75 rignettes; bds., uncut 1839 Major's edition, with the biographies by Hawkins added. 1 12 D. Bogue, 1844 1 10 The Complete Angler . . . With copious notes . . . and a Notice New York, 1847 0 6 TERCENTENARY EDITION. . . With notes from a naturalist's point of view, by J. E. HARTING. 2 vols., 4to., large PAPER, with 35 plates on Japanese Vellum, and numerous illustrations in the text; half vellum (pub. £6.68) 1893 3 13 The Compleat Angler, by IZAAK WALTON and CHARLES COTTON, edited by LE GALLIENNE, illustrated by EDMUND H. NEW. Stout sm. 4to., cloth John Lane, 1897 0 15 A new popular edition of The Compleat Angler by IZAAK WALTON and CHARLES COTTON. The Text is reprinted from the Edition of 1676, that being the last published under the supervision of WALTON himself, and the first to contain the second part by his adopted son CHARLES COTTON. Mr. RICHARD LE GALLIENNE, whose delightful essay, entitled "St. Izaak," which appeared in the New Review at the tercentenary of WALTON's birth, and which is familiar to all lovers of Belles Lettres and Waltoniana, acted as Editor and supplied biographies of WALTON and COTTON, and notes elucidating local and contemporary allusions. Another feature of this Edition is a series of nearly 200 Drawings by Mr. EDMUND H. NEW. 96 WESTWOOD (Thomas). The Chronicle of the Compleat Angler' Being a Bibliographical Record of its various phases and mutations. Sm. 4to., roxburghe 1864 07 97 WAYTH (C.). Trout Fishing: or, the River Darent. A rural Poem. 8vo., cloth 1845 0 98 WELLS (Henry P.). Fly Rods and Fly Tackle: Suggestions as to their Manufacture and Use. Sm. 4to., with plates and woodcuts; cloth (1885) 0 1883 0 99 WESTWOOD and SATCHELL. Bibliotheca Piscatoria; a Catalogue of Books 1808 0 101 ANNALS OF SPORTING AND FANCY GAZETTE. 13 vols., 8vo., with a great number of COLOURED and other plates illustrative of all kinds of Sports, also portraits of celebrated pugilists; a very fine set, uniformly half bound in russia gilt, marbled edges 102 1822-28 57 1 1822-24 14 1 the same. Vols. I-VI. 8vo., with coloured front., and 71 plates, 39 of which are BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED; half bound, THE EDGES ENTIRELY UNTRIMMED Very scarce in this uncut state. APPERLEY. MEMOIRS of the late JOHN MYTTON, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire . . . with Notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits. By NIMROD... SECOND EDITION .. Rudolph Ackermann . . . 1837. Roy. 8vo., with engraved title and 18 COLOURED plates by ALKEN and RAWLINS; a fine copy in the original cloth with gilt device on side, gilt edges; VERY RARE Copies of the first edition contain but 12 plates. £ S. d. 1837 14 14 0 The Chace, the Turf, and the Road, by "Nimrod." Second edition. 8vo., with illustrations by Allen and Gilbert; calf gilt, by Leighton 1843 the same. 8vo., a clean copy in the original pink cloth gilt, uncut 1843 ARGOTE. Libro de la MONTERIA qve mando escrevir el mvy alto y mvy poderoso Rey Don Alonso de Castilla y de Leon, ultimo deste nombre. Acrecentado por Gonçalo Argote de Molina. Folio, with woodcuts; a very fine copy in green morocco extra, gilt edges 100 1 1 0 Impresso en Sevilla, por Andrea Pescioni, 1582 20 0 0 "Este es el libro mas indispensable en una biblioteca de obras venatorias y es sin disputo el mas raro."-Salvá. The Descurso de la Monteria," 25 leaves, is in the above copy. BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES. A complete set, forming 29 vols., cr. 8vo., with hundreds of illustrations; cloth 600 1889-1902 Above vols. can be supplied separately; in cloth at 6s, or half bound 98, excepting "Motors," which is 9s and 128. DMINTON LIBRARY, LARGE PAPER ISSUE: 7 RACING by the Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, and W. G. CravenSteeple-chasing by Arthur Coventry, and Alfred E. W. Watson. LARGE PAPER. 4to., with coloured frontispiece, and numerous other illustrations; half blue morocco 1886 200 8 COURSING by Harding Cox-FALCONRY by the Hon. Gerald Lascelles. LARGE PAPER. 4to., with numerous full-page and other illustrations; half blue morocco 1892 9 BIG GAME SHOOTING by Clive Phillipps-Wolley, Sir Samuel Baker, F. C. Selous, and others. 2 vols., LARGE PAPER. 4to., with numerous illustrations by Charles Whymper, J. Wolf, and others; half blue morocco 1891 0 ARCHERY by C. J. Longman, Col. H. Walrond and others. LARGE ᏢᎪᏢᎬᎡ. With numerous illustrations; half blue morocco 1894 1 YACHTING by Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart., Lord Brassey, Sir George Leach, and others. 2 vols., LARGE PAPEr. 4to., with numerous illustrutions-those of flags in colours; half blue morocco 1894 2 SEA-FISHING by John Bickerdyke and others. LARGE PAPER. 4to., with numerous illustrations; half blue morocco 1895 13 BAILY'S MAGAZINE of SPORTS and PASTIMES. A COMPLETE SET from the commencement in 1860 to 1896 inclusive, forming Vols. I-LXVI. 8vo., with upwards of 500 fine portraits; the whole neatly and uniformly half bound in red roan gilt, gilt tops 200 4 4 0 1 16 0 4 4 0 1 16 0 1860-96 18 0 0 With the exception of a few leaves in vol. 32, and several plates stained, the set is in good condition. After 1870 the Sporting Magazine merged in Baily's Magazine. 114 BALDWIN (W. C.). African Hunting and Adventure from Natal to the Zambesi, 1852-60. Third edition. 8vo., with portrait, map, and numerous illustrations; cloth £ 8. 1894 076 115 BARLOW (F.). ENGRAVED WORKS n. d. n. d. the above rare pieces in 1 vol., sm. folio, BRILLIANT ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS, some BEFORE THE INSCRIPTIONS; green morocco, gilt edges v. d. 52 10 An exceedingly rare collection, all in early states. The complete series of Hollar's 116 BECKFORD (PETER). THOUGHTS on HUNTING in a series of familiar the same. Sarum, 1781 660 117 THIRD EDITION. Sm. 4to., with frontispiece and plates; a fine copy in boards, UNCUT ib., 1784 515 118 the same. Another Edition. 8vo., with frontispiece after Bartolozzi, and numerous woodcuts by Bewick; half calf, 30s; or, calf gilt 66 (1820) 22 Beckford's Hunting is an old friend of mine: excellently written; such a relief (like Wesley and the religious men) to the Essayist style of the time. Do not fail to read the capital Squire's Letter in recommendation of a Stable-man, dated from Great Addington, Northants, 1734."-Letters of E. Fitzgerald. CONTENTS 119 BENGAL SPORTING MAGAZINE, conducted by J. H. STOCQUELER. A Series from 1833 (the first year of its appearance), to May, 1845, comprising 104 numbers as detailed below. 8vo., with numerous plates; thirteen vols. half bound, the rest in parts Calcutta, 1833-45 7 7 BENGAL SPORTING MAGAZINE (First Series). Numbers 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 (the last of this series) BENGAL SPORTING MAGAZINE. New Series. 1834, 2 vols.; 1835, Jan. and April to December; 1836, 2 vols.; 1837, Jan. to November; 1838. Jan. to June; 1839, 2 vols.; 1840, 2 vols.; 1841, Feb. to June, and Aug. to December; 1842, Jan., Feb., March, and July to Oct. 1845, Jan. to May 1834-45 1833 120 BIBLIOTECA VENATORIA de Gutierrez de la Vega. Coleccion de obras clásicas españolas de montería, de cetrería y de caza menor. 12mo. sd. Vol. I. Libro de la Montería del Rey D. Alfonso XI. Tomo I. 1877 With an introduction of 219 pages giving a literary history and bibliography of Spanish works on hunting. 1882 03 03 121 Vol. IV. Discurso sobre la Monteria por Gonzalo Argote de Molina, with 16 pages of introduction and bibliography 122 BLAGG (C. J.). A History of the North Staffordshire Hounds and Country, 1825-1902. Roy. 8vo., pp. xvi, 358, with frontispiece in photogravure, folding and coloured map, and 32 half-tone plates, including Portraits, Hunting Scenes, and Country Houses; cloth, gilt top 1902 1 5 123 BLAINE (Delabere P.). Encyclopædia of Rural Sports; or, Complete Account . . . of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, etc., etc. New edition, revised and corrected. Thick 8vo., pp. 1246, with numerous illustrations; neatly half bound 1858 0.10 BLANE (W.). Cynegetica; or, Essays on Sporting, consisting of Observations on Hare Hunting . . . to which is added, The Chace: a Poem by William Somerville. New edition. 8vo., with frontispiece and engraved title; original boards, uncut 1788 250 BLOME. The GENTLEMANS RECREATION. In Two Parts. The First being an Encyclopedy of the Arts and Sciences. . . The Second Part treats of Horsmanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, and Agriculture, with a short treatise of Cock-Fighting. Printed by S. Roycroft, for Richard Blome . . . 1686. Folio, FIRST EDITION, with 87 plates, of which 41 relate to Sport part of the work; A PERFECT COPY in old calf; VERY RARE 1686 18 18 0 the same. Large folio, LARGE PAPER, COLOURED, having some of the plates supplied from a small paper copy and inlaid to size; OLD RED MOROCCO, EXCESSIVELY RARE 1686 32 00 Only large paper copies have the plates coloured. Nearly all copies lack the tenth plate of Arms and the plate of Horsemanship inscribed to Sir John Skeffington. Each of the above has these two scarce engravings. BRADDON (Sir Edward). Thirty Years of Shikar. 8vo., with map and illustrations; cloth 1895 BROOKE (Sir Victor): Sportsman and Naturalist: A Memoir of his life. 1894 0 10 0 076 1893 060 1903 1 BUXTON (Edward North). Short Stalks: or Hunting Camps North, South, East and West. 8vo., FIRST EDITION, with numerous illustrations; vellum, OUT OF PRINT 2 3 1892 the same. Second Series. Comprising Trips in Somaliland, Sinai, the Eastern Desert of Egypt, Crete, the Carpathian Mountains, and Daghestan. 8vo., with 2 folding maps in pockets, and numerous full-page photographic illustrations; cloth (pub. £1. 1s) 1898 Two African Trips with Notes and Suggestions on Big Game Preservation in Africa. Roy. 8vo., with numerous full-page photographic illustrations and a large folding coloured map in a pocket; cloth 1902 + CARPENTER (Percy). HoG HUNTING in LOWER BENGAL. Impl folio, pictorial title and 8 fine COLOURED plates with descriptive text; slightly spotted as usual; half morocco; SCARCE 1861 5 CASTELLAMONTE (CONTE AMADEO DI). VENARIA REALE, Palazzo di Piacere, e di Caccia, Ideato dall' Altezza Reale di Carlo Emanuel II, Duca di Savoia, Re di Cipro, etc. Sm. folio, with 64 beautiful engravings of HUNTING, HAWKING, etc., EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of 57 additional portraits, many rare; green morocco extra Torino, 1674 36 CHAPMAN. WILD NORWAY: with Chapters on the Swedish Highlands, Jutland, and Spitzbergen. By ABEL CHAPMAN, Author of "Wild Spain," etc. 8vo., with seventeen full-page illustrations and numerous smaller ones by the Author and Charles Whymper; cloth 37 1897 and Walter J. BUCK. Wild Spain (España Agreste). Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History and Exploration. Impl. 8vo., LARGE PAPER, pp. xx, 472, with folding map, illustrations in the text, and 52 plates; bds. 1893 38 CHARLES I. The Kings Maiesties Declaration to His Subjects, concerning lawfull Sports to bee vsed. Sm. 4to., unbound, 20s; or, bds. Robert Barker, 1633 a reprint of the same. Sm. 4to., roxburghe 1860 0 7 6 |