Search results for: 'the works'
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(THE SPORTING MAGAZINE.) The Sporting Magazine.London : 1793-1870 & 1892
First editions of the first periodical devoted to general sportsmanship, The Sporting Magazine, issued from 1793 until 1870. This complete collection provides an invaluable resource, reflecting the changes in society and attitudes across the turn of the century, and placing them in relation to the pastimes and sports of British society. Each volume... Learn More£50,000.00Stock Code: 128768
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INGLIS, James. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier.London : 1878
First edition. Inglis (1845-1908) was the son of a Scottish clergyman. "In 1866 he went to India at the instigation of his brother Alexander, a Calcutta tea merchant, and became an indigo planter in Bihar and the North-West Provinces. He revelled in tiger shooting and pigsticking, and published sporting verses, Tirhoot Rhymes (Calcutta, 1873), under... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 121134
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MARKHAM, Gervase. Country Contentments. Or, the Husbandmans Recreations.London : 1675
Eleventh edition, corrected and enlarged. Gervase Markham (1568-1637) wrote extensively in the fields of literature, horsemanship, and country pursuits, and his works underwent almost two hundred editions by the end of the seventeenth century. The present work, first printed separately in 1631 (following publication together with The English Huswife... Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 129217
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ROBERTS, Thomas. The English Bowman, or Tracts on Archery:London : 1801
First edition of one of the earliest standard works on the history of archery, complete with a glossary of common terms and phrases. The elaborate dedication page is addressed to the patrons and members of the Toxophilite Society, the oldest and most influential English archery club, as well as "all other Societies of Archers in Great Britain and Ireland".... Learn More£625.00Stock Code: 122152
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TULLOCH, W. W. The Life of Tom Morris.London : [1907]
First edition, first impression. This work was dedicated to Old Tom Morris (1821-1908), "the epitome of the canny Scottish golfer" and "golf's greatest icon", on the event of his 87th birthday (ODNB). Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 135691
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SALVIN, Francis Henry, & William Brodrick. Falconry in the British Isles.London : 1855; revised in 1872.
Author's heavily revised and expanded proof sheets in preparation for the second edition. Falconry in the British Isles by Francis Henry Salvin (1817-1904), with plates by William Brodrick (1814-1888), is the most important work on the subject produced during the nineteenth century, and an essential standard work. The first edition was published in... Learn More£45,000.00Stock Code: 137081
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QUIGLEY, Hugh. The Highlands of Scotland.New York : 1936
First US edition, first printing. This work provides a topographical and travel guide to the Scottish Highlands. It was first published in the UK earlier in the same year. Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 123810
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OLIVIER, Jean. Fencing familiarized: or a New Treatise on the Art of Small Sword.London : 1780
Second edition, first published in 1771, of this fine work on the use of the short sword, most attractively illustrated with a new set of plates; the dedication is also new (dated 18 February 1780) and the dedicatee is Charles Stanhope, third earl of Harrington, army officer, who concluded his career with the colonelcy of the first Life Guards. Olivier... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 135146
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WARD, Rowland. A Naturalist's Life Study in the Art of Taxidermy.London : 1913
First edition, first impression. Rowland Ward was the Michelangelo of Victorian taxidermy, that most Victorian of art-forms. An innovator who developed many techniques still used today, basing his work on painstaking observation he brought the techniques of naturalistic display to their high point. He was a friend of many of the greatest sportsmen of... Learn More£1,650.00Stock Code: 132698
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BAINES, Thomas. The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa.London : 1877
First edition. Baines (1820-1875) was one of the pioneers of European exploration in the lands forming modern Zimbabwe, where he led an expedition in the 1860s to secure concessions for a gold-mining company from King Lobengula. Although the company in question failed to take advantage of the terms Baines extracted, this posthumously-edited account... Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 119268
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HARRIS, William Cornwallis. Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa, during the Years 1836, and 1837,Bombay : 1838
First issue of the first Bombay edition, which predates the first London by a year, "scarce" (Czech). Harris was commissioned in the Bombay Engineers in 1823, promoted captain in 1834 and major in 1836. Invalided to South Africa for two years, on the voyage out he joined up with Richard Williamson, a Bombay civil servant, deciding to undertake a big... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 98148
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BRADLEY, John. A Narrative of Travel and Sport in Burmah, Siam, and the Malay Peninsula.London : 1876
First edition. Extremely uncommon. "An interesting work combining travel, observation and big game hunting. Near the Sittang River in Burma, the author hunted numerous tigers, including an episode of tiger shooting related by his companion Captain Lacy. Near the River Thungyen, an elephant was bagged, with additional notes on hunting leopard, deer,... Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 71504
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JOHNSON, Daniel. Sketches of Field Sports as followed by the Natives of India.London : 1822
First edition; a second appeared in 1827. Daniel Johnson (1766/7-1835), surgeon and author, "was appointed assistant surgeon in the Bengal medical service on 22 January 1789. He conducted experiments on snakebite, and later communicated his findings to his fellow Bengal surgeon James Johnson. He was promoted to surgeon on 11 March 1805, and retired... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 114063
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HERRIGEL, Eugen. Zen in the Art of Archery.New York : 1953
First edition in English. Presentation copy surprisingly inscribed "For Elizabeth with all good wishes from its author. Alan Watts. November 1956" to front free endpapers, with actress Elizabeth Talbot-Martin's (1911-2006) nameplate to top right-hand corner. Although Watts revised and edited from the late Herrigel's notes what would be The Method... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 135556
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(OSWELL, William Cotton.) OSWELL, W. Edward. William Cotton Oswell, Hunter and Explorer. The Story of his Life.New York : 1900
First US edition, same year as the UK. Cotton was educated at Rugby and Haileybury, the Company's seminary, before taking up a post as assistant collector at Arcot. Transferring to Madras he "won celebrity as an elephant-catcher" (ODNB). Ill health forced him to leave India for South Africa; "There he spent two years in hunting and became acquainted... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 127570
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[WALTON, Izaak.] The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation,London : 1653
First edition. "A first Walton confers distinction upon its owner" (Westwood & Satchell). There are various typesetting errors in the first edition, although corrected and uncorrected sheets seem to have been issued indiscriminately, with little significance to the priority of issue. In the present copy "contention" (a mistake for "contentment") is... Learn More£75,000.00Stock Code: 80090
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JAMES, F. L. The Unknown Horn of Africa:London : 1888
First edition. "While primarily a work of exploration and adventure in Somaliland, the author does partake in a few hunts for kudu, lion, and assorted antelope near the River Webbe. Once while stalking rhinoceros, he came within a few feet of one but was unable to see it due to the heavy growth of mimosa before it made its escape. The coloured plates... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 60741
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![Collection of 16 photographic albums; [together with:] typescript diary.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/3/133409_95_vernay.jpg)
VERNAY, Arthur Stannard. Collection of 16 photographic albums; [together with:] typescript diary.[1920s-30s]
An extraordinary personal archive of over 3,000 original photographs assembled by one of the most renowned naturalists and big-game hunters of the inter-war years. Spanning Africa, the Middle East, India, and East Asia, these albums offer an unrivalled insight into some of the most significant scientific expeditions of the period, many undertaken at... Learn More£125,000.00Stock Code: 133409
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[SURTEES, R. S.] Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Handley Cross; Ask Mamma; Plain or Ringlets?; Mr. Romford's Hounds; Hawbuck Grange; Hillingdon Hall.[late 1800s]
A handsomely bound set of the works of Robert Smith Surtees, the great Victorian writer of hunting and sporting literature. Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 20075
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[SURTEES, R. S.] Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Handley Cross; Ask Mamma; Plain or Ringlets?; Mr. Romford's Hounds; Hawbuck Grange; Hillingdon Hall.[late 1800s]
A very handsomely bound set of the works of Robert Smith Surtees, the great Victorian writer of hunting and sporting literature. Learn More£1,200.00Stock Code: 20076
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TAVERNER, Eric. Salmon Fishing.London : 1931
First and limited edition, number 62 of 375 copies signed by the author, with a collection of fishing ties at the rear, as issued. A superbly produced volume from the authoritative Lonsdale Library series. Taverner's works are seen in the fishing community as authoritative guides and a number of revised editions have been published. Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 118735
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WARE, Francis M. Driving.London : 1904
First UK edition, first impression; originally published the previous year in the US. The book covers every aspect of driving teams of horses and horse-driven carriages. Ware wrote a number of well-regarded works on horses drawing on his "lifelong experience in the hey-day of the harness horse". Learn More£185.00Stock Code: 116693
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MARKHAM, Gervase. Cheape and Good HusbandryLondon : 1616
Second edition, first published in 1614. Gervase Markham (1568-1637) wrote extensively in the fields of literature, horsemanship, and country pursuits. The present work offers a guide to the raising and breeding of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits, poultry, hawks, bees and fish. It proved one of the seventeenth century's most popular guides... Learn More£1,000.00Stock Code: 129221
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(ARCUSSIA, Charles d'.) LOFT, John, trans. D'Arcussia's Falconry.Louth, Lincolnshire : 2003
First and only edition of the first English translation of d'Arcussia's La Fauconnerie, first published in 1599, Loft's translation from the 1643 edition; signed and dated by the translator on the half-title. Uncommon: a search of online institutional holdings produces just five locations: BL, Oxford, Cambridge, McGill and the US Air Force Academy.... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 136151
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MOSELEY, Walter Michael. An Essay on Archery:Worcester : 1792
First edition of this classic work which traces the history of the bow and arrow across several continents. This was the first standard work on archery to appear since Roger Ascham's Toxophilus (1544). It was very popular upon publication, and a contemporary reviewer in the Analytical Review of History and Literature wrote: "without hesitation we promise,... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 122149
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SWAYNE, Harald George Carlos, Major. Seventeen Trips through Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia.London : 1903
Third edition, the first published in 1895. Described by Czech as "an important work of sport and exploration". This edition enhanced by the addition of 14-page preface discussing the religious and nationalist insurrections of Sayid Mohamed Abdullah Hassan, referred to by the British at the time as the 'Mad Mullah', but considered by the Ottoman Porte... Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 140625
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POWELL-COTTON, Percy Horace Gordon. In Unknown Africa.London : 1904
First edition, scarce variant binding, other copies noted in blue cloth with the front cover lettered and decorated in black rather than gilt. Following a successful hunting trip in Abyssinia, Powell-Cotton (1866-1940) travelled to British East Africa in 1902 in order to find a specimen of a five-horned giraffe recently discovered by Sir Harry Johnston.... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 119332
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POTOCKI, Count Joseph. Sport in Somaliland, Being an Account of a Hunting Trip to that Region.London : 1900
First edition in English, first published in Polish in 1897, the present edition limited to 200 copies signed by Ward, this copy designated "Presentation Copy No. 4" on the initial blank verso: "One of the rarest of all African big game hunting books" (Czech). Józef Mikolaj Potocki (1862-1922) inherited extensive estates in his native Poland, which... Learn More£15,000.00Stock Code: 126123
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RONALDSHAY, Lawrence Dundas, Earl of. Sport and Politics under an Eastern Sky.Edinburgh : 1902
First edition. "Ronaldshay, the future Governor of Bengal and Secretary of State for India, arrived in India in 1899 with travel and sport on his mind." In the first half of the book he travels around Sind, Kashmir and the Himalayas, "enjoying considerable sport... In the second half of this work, Ronaldshay examines the strategic value of the region... Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 127439
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WILLIAMSON, Thomas. Oriental Field Sports;London : 1819
Second edition of the work the bibliographer considered the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence, containing 40 fine colour plates. The author, who served for 20 years in Bengal, describes his "pig-sticking adventures; shooting tigers from machans and elephant back, hunting buffalo, driving hogs, bears and wolves; and shooting peacocks and... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 87219
