Books Auctions

MARY AND ELIZABETH KIRBY: BEAUTIFUL BIRDS.., 1872, 15 col'd plts, orig cl gt v worn & soiled, (contents loose) + SIR JOHN LUBBOCK: ANTS BEES...

ANNE PRATT: THE FLOWERING PLANTS, GRASSES, SEDGES AND FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN…, Ed Edward Step, 1905, vols 1-3 (of 4), 232 col'd plts, orig decor...

H MAXWELL-LEFROY AND F M HOWLETT: INDIAN INSECT LIFE..., 1909, 2 vols, some water staining, cl v soiled, (A/F), (Qty 2) £ 25-35

ELEANOUR SINCLAIR ROHDE: THE OLD ENGLISH HERBALS, 1922, 1st edn, decor cf gt by K R Drummond, v worn, top bd loose £ 25-35

SIR HENRY STEUART: THE PLANTER'S GUIDE OR A PRACTICAL ESSAY ON THE BEST METHOD OF GIVING IMMEDIATE EFFECT TO WOOD…, 1828, 2nd edn, orig bds worn...

L S V AND U M VENABLES: BIRDS AND MAMMALS OF SHETLAND, 1955, 1st edn, cl d/w £ 25-35

G FLEMWELL: THE FLOWER-FIELDS OF ALPINE SWITZERLAND, 1911, 1st edn, (frontis loose), orig decor cl gt

ERNEST E BRIGGS: ANGLING AND ART IN SCOTLAND…, 1908, 1st edn, orig pict buckram £ 25-35

H CHOLMONDELEY-PENNELL: FISHING, SALMON AND TROUT, 1906, Badminton Library, orig cl + FRANK SAWYER: KEEPER OF THE STREAM, 1952, 1st edn, cl d/w + 6 ot

A M LYSAGHT: THE BOOK OF BIRDS, FIVE CENTURIES OF BIRD ILLUSTRATION, 1975, 1st edn, 4to cl, d/w £ 20-30

FRANK POYNTING: EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR BREEDING- HABITS, 1895-96, 1st edn, 4to, hf cf £ 40-50

AUGUST WILHELM KAPPEL AND WILLIAM EGMONT KIRBY: BRITISH AND EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS, c1895, 30 col'd plts, 4to, orig cl gt £ 80-100

THE CRICKETER, 1921-27, vols 1-4, 6-8, 4to, cl v worn & soiled, (Qty 7) £ 80-100

RICHARD LYDEKKER: WILDLIFE OF THE WORLD, n d, 3 vols, orig cl gt, (Qty 3) £ 20-30

JOHN WISDEN: CRICKETERS' ALMANACK, 1946- 48, orig cl, (Qty 3) £ 80-100

A H SWISS: NO 8 HUNTING MAP, n d, col'd map, fdg bkd onto linen, orig cl bkd pict bds v worn, top bd detchd £ 20-30

CHARLES JAMES APPERLEY 'NIMROD': THE LIFE OF A SPORTSMAN, ill H Alken, 1874, orig pict cl gt worn £ 30-40

A H FABIAN AND G GREEN (EDS): ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL, 1961, 4 vols, cl, (Qty 4)

D C CALTHROP: THE CHARM OF GARDENS, A & C Black, 1910, orig decor cl gt

A W PULLIN: HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET, 1924, 1st edn, orig cl gt £ 30-40

R MACDONALD ROBERTSON: ANGLING IN WILDEST SCOTLAND, 1936, 1st edn, cl soiled, d/w (tatty) + 1 other, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

W G GRACE: CRICKET, 1891, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn £ 40-50

'PUNCH': MR PUNCH'S GOLF STORIES…, Educational Book Co, n d, cl gt £ 20-30

ALFRED PADGHAM: THE PAR GOLF SWING, 1936, 1st edn, orig cl

R C ROBERTSON-GLASGOW: CRICKET PRINTS – MORE CRICKET PRINTS, 1943, 1948, reprint, 1st edn, cl d/ws + JOHN WISDEN: CRICKETERS' ALMANACK, (2), 195...

RALPH S PALMER: HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, 1962-88, 5 vols, cl, d/ws, (Qty 5) £ 60-80

JANET KEAR AND A J BERGER: THE HAWAIIAN GOOSE, 1980, 1st edn, cl d/w + IAN NEWTON: POPULATION ECOLOGY OF RAPTORS, 1979, 1st edn, cl d/w + J T R &...

R S R FITTER: LONDONS NATURAL HISTORY, 1945, 1st edn, New Naturalist series No 3, cl d/w + C M YONGE: THE SEASHORE, 1949, 1st edn, New Naturalist seri

SIR PETER SCOTT: TRAVEL DIARIES OF A NATURALIST, 1983-87, 1st edn, 3 vols, cl d/ws + PHILIPPA SCOTT: LUCKY ME, 1990, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 4) £...

BERTRAM E SMYTHIES, 2 ttls: THE BIRDS OF BURMA, 1953, 2nd edn, book plate of D A Bannerman, orig cl soiled; THE BIRDS OF BORNEO, 1981, 3rd edn, pict b

JAMES P CHAPIN: THE BIRDS OF THE BELGIAN CONGO, 1932-54, 4 vols, vols 1 & 2 with book plates of D A Bannerman, als tipped in at front vol 1, var...

R LYDEKKER: CATALOGUE OF THE HEADS AND HORNS OF INDIAN BIG GAME BEQUEATHED BY A O HUME…, TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 1913, orig cl £ 20-30

E B FORD: MOTH, 1955, 1st edn, New Naturalist series No 30, cl d/w, (tatty) £ 20-30

E F STAVELEY: BRITISH INSECTS…, 1871, 16 hand col'd plts, rebnd hf leather + 3 others sim, (Qty 4) £ 30-40

JAMES HANCOCK AND HUGH ELLIOTT: THE HERONS OF THE WORLD, 1978, 1st edn, 4to cl, d/w, ex-lib £ 20-30

WILLIAM T COOPER: A PORTFOLIO OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS, 1968, 1st edn, 4to cl, d/w (tatty) £ 25-35

JOHN JAMES AUDOBON: THE ORIGINAL WATER- COLOR PAINTINGS FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, 1966, 2 vols in 1, 4to cl, d/w, (reinforced with tape) £ 30-40

SALIM ALI S DILLON RIPLEY: HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN…, 1983, compact edn, 4to cl, d/w £ 30-40

W J MILES: MODERN PRACTICAL FARRIERY, c1896, 4to, hf cf worn & soiled £ 40-50

PATRICK R CHALMERS: BIRDS ASHORE AND A- FORESHORE, ill W Austen, 1935, 4to, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn & soiled + R B TALBOT KELLY: THE WAY OF BIR...

LESLIE BROWN AND DEAN AMADON: EAGLES, HAWKS AND FALCONS OF THE WORLD, 1968, 1st edn, 2 vols, 4to cl, slipcase, ex-lib, (Qty 2) £ 40-50

EDWARD CHARLES STUART BAKER: THE INDIAN DUCKS AND THEIR ALLIES, 1908, 1st edn, 30 chromo liths plts, orig hf mor gt £ 200-250

LORD LILFORD: BIRDS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD, ill A Thorburn & G E Lodge, 1895, 1st edn, orig cl gt, (Qty 2) £ 50-60

GEORGE CARTER AND OTHERS: HUMPHRY REPTON LANDSCAPE GARDENER, 1982, exhibition catalogue, obl 4to pict wraps + 1 other, (Qty 2)

SYDNEY GALVAYNE: THE XXth CENTURY BOOK ON THE HORSE…, 1907, some water staining, orig cl gt, v soiled + F T G HOBDAY: SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE DOG AND

ROBERT CUSHMAN MURPHY: OCEANIC BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA, N Y 1936, [1948], 2 vols, 4to, orig cl gt, (Qty 2) £ 50-60

REGINALD BEALE: LAWNS FOR SPORTS, THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND UPKEEP, 1924, 1st edn, port frontis loose, orig cl bkd bds v worn & soiled

C LANG NEIL: THE WORLDS PICTORIAL SPORTS AND PASTTIMES, n d, orig pict cl gt, nr disbnd £ 20-30

THE SPORTING MAGAZINE, 1830, 2nd series, vol 1, hf cf worn £ 20-30

R G MATTHEWS: SAILING CRAFT, c1937, 4to, orig cl £ 20-30

OSCAR LAZAR: ST MORITZ, Geneva 1930, 101 litho plts mainly ports of Winter Sportsmen, Sportswomen, Officials etc, obl 4to, cf gt £ 40-50

MYRFYN OWEN, G L ATKINSON-WILLES AND D G SALMON: WILDFOWL IN GREAT BRITAIN, ill Sir Peter Scott, 1986, 2nd edn, sigd by authors and illustrator, cl d/

GEORGE E LODGE: MEMOIRS OF AN ARTIST NATURALIST, 1946, 1st edn, + J VINCENT AND G E LODGE: A SEASON OF BIRDS, 1980, 1st edn, obl cl, d/w, (Qty 2) &#...

MABEL C COLECLOUGH: A BOOK OF BRITISH FLORA, 1937, obl 4to, orig wraps

SIR EDWARD SULLIVAN AND OTHERS: YACHTING, 1985, 2 vols, reprint, Badminton Library, cl gt, glassine d/ws, (Qty 2)

CHARLES SIMPSON: LEICESTERSHIRE AND ITS HUNTS, 1926, 1st edn, 4to, orig buckram, part d/w £ 30-40

WALTER WINANS: THE SPORTING RIFLE, THE SHOOTING OF BIG AND LITTLE GAME, N Y & L 1908, 1st edn, orig cl gt worn & soiled £ 40-50

E A ELLIS: THE BROADS, 1965, 1st edn, New Naturalist Series No 46, cl d/w (tatty), ex-lib + M PROCTOR AND P YEO: THE POLLINATION OF FLOWERS, 1973, 1st

J A BARLOW: THE ELEMENTS OF RIFLE SHOOTING, n d, 2nd edn, orig cl + W G B ALLEN: PISTOLS, RIFLES AND MACHINE GUNS, 1953, 1st edn, cl d/w, (Qty 2) &#...

PATRICK R CHALMERS: BIRDS ASHORE AND A- FORESHORE, ill Winifred Austen, 1935, 1st edn, 4to orig cl gt worn & soiled £ 30-40

A WALLIS MYERS: LAWN TENNIS, ITS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE, 1930, Lonsdale Library Vol 5, orig cl gt + 1 other, (Qty 2) £ 20-30

LIONEL EDWARDS: REMINISCENCES OF A SPORTING ARTIST, 1947, 1st edn, cl gt + E C KEITH: A COUNTRYMAN'S CREED, ill A Thorburn, 1938, cl soiled + 1 ...

BLANCHE HENREY: BRITISH BOTANICAL AND HORTICULTURAL LITERATURE BEFORE 1800, 1975, 3 vols, orig cl gt, (Qty 3) £ 60-80

ABEL CHAPMAN: WILD NORWAY…, 1897, 1st edn, orig cl £ 60-80

P HAWKER: INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN IN ALL THAT RELATES TO GUNS AND SHOOTING, 1854, 10th edn, rebnd (not recent) cl worn & soiled £ 2...

STANLEY CRAMP AND OTHERS: HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, 1980-94, 9 vols, cl d/ws, (Qty 9) £ 250-300

JOHN GARNER: MODERN INSHORE FISHING GEAR, 1973, 1st edn, 4to cl, d/w

LEWIS WRIGHT: THE BOOK OF POULTRY, Ed S H Lewer, c1912, 30 col'd plts, 4to, cl £ 80-100

ERNST MAYR: LIST OF NEW GUINEA BIRDS, n y 1941, 1st edn, orig wraps + E T GILLIARD AND M LECROY: BIRDS OF THE VICTOR EMANUEL AND HINDENBURG MOUNTAINS

THE EAST MALLING FRUIT RESEARCH STATION OF THE KENT INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING EXPERIENCES IN HORTICULTURE, c1924, length typescript, 4to, cl

H M WITHERBY AND OTHERS: THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS, 1938-41, 1st edn, 5 vols, cl d/ws, (Qty 5) £ 40-50

THOMAS MADOX: FIRMA BURGI OR AN HISTORICAL ESSAY CONCERNING THE CITIES, TOWNS AND BOROUGHS OF ENGLAND…, L1726, fo, old cf gt, v worn, top bd detchd ...

T BULMER & CO: HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHY AND DIRECTORY OF EAST YORKSHIRE (WITH HULL)…, 1892, hf cf v worn £ 40-50

DERYCK SEYMOUR: TORRE ABBEY, Exeter 1977, 1st edn, sigd cl, d/w £ 20-30

THOMAS COX: MAGNA BRITANNIA…, 1727, Nottinghamshire section only, engrd part col'd fdg map, sm 4to, qtr cf £ 40-50

PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR: BETWEEN THE WOODS AND THE WATER, 1986, 1st cl d/w

W FELTON (PUB): COPIES OF THE CHARTERS AND GRANTS TO THE TOWN OF LUDLOW…, Ludlow [1821], old bds v worn, ex-lib £ 30-40

T W COLE: ORIGIN AND USE OF CHURCH SCRATCH-DIALS, n d, bnd in with various other pamphlets inc REV G H LENOX-CONYNGHAM: LAVENHAM CHURCH AND TOWN, Sudb

CAPT JAMES COOK: THE VOYAGES…, L1827, 2 vols, old mottled cf v worn requiring rebdg, (A/F), (Qty 2) £ 30-40

FLORENCE DU CANE: THE FLOWERS AND GARDENS OF JAPAN, ill Ella Du Cane, A & C Black 1908, orig decor green cl gt £ 25-35

MARY BENEDETTA: THE STREET MARKETS OF LONDON, 1936, 1st edn, lacks ffep, orig cl £ 20-30

THE HOUSE OF ARGYLL AND THE COLLATERAL BRANCHES OF THE CLAN CAMPBELL, Glasgow 1871, 1st edn, orig cl gt, v soiled £ 25-35

JOSEPH BONOMI: NINEVEH AND ITS PALACES…, 1853, 2nd edn, hf mor worn £ 20-30

RICHARD JEFFERIES: HODGE AND HIS MASTERS, Ed Henry Williamson, 1937, 1st edn, thus orig cl, d/w £ 20-30

[JOHN WARBURTON]: SOME ACCONT OF THE ALIEN PRIORIES AND OF SUCH LANDS AS THEY ARE KNOWN TO HAVE POSSESSED IN ENGLAND AND WALES, Eds [J Nichols, A C Du

DONALD MAXWELL: A DWELLER IN MESOPOTAMIA, 1921, 1st edn, orig cl bkd bds £ 20-30

LINNEY GILBERT: INDIA ILLUSTRATED…, ill After William Daniell, c1830, orig bl stpd cl gt £ 50-60

R B CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM: MOGREB-EL- ACKSA, A JOURNEY IN MOROCCO, 1898, 1st edn, orig cl worn & soiled £ 25-35

C F MEADE: APPROACH TO THE HILLS, 1940, 1st edn, cl d/w (tatty) + REV JOSEPH WOLFF: NARRATIVE OF A MISSION TO BOKHARA…, 1845, 2nd edn, vol 2 only, ori

JOHN HAMILTON MOORE: THE PRACTICAL NAVIGATOR…, 1791, 9th edn, engrd port frontis, old cf worn £ 30-40

THE ANTIQUARIAN ITINERARY… IN GREAT BRITAIN, 1815-18, 7 vols in 3, hf cf, (Qty 3) £ 200-250

NIKOLAUS PEVSNER: THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND, NORTH-WEST AND SOUTH NORFOLK, 1962, 1st edn, cl d/w + W A DUTT: HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN EAST ANGLIA, 1923,

G A BIRMINGHAM: THE LIGHTER SIDE OF IRISH LIFE, 1912, orig cl gt + S C HALL: TALES OF IRISH LIFE AND CHARACTER, 1909, 1st edn, orig cl gt + 2 others s

STEPHEN GWYNN: HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN DONEGAL AND ANTRIM, 1899, 1st edn, orig cl gt + WALTER JERROLD: HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN KENT, 1907, 1st edn, orig

M MACBRIDE: ARRAN OF THE BENS, 1910, 1st edn, orig cl gt + DEAN RAMSAY: REMINISCENCES OF SCOTTISH LIFE AND CHARACTER, n d, orig cl gt + J GALT: ANNALS

E F KNIGHT: WHERE THREE EMPIRES MEET, A NARRATIVE RECENT TRAVEL IN KASHMIR, WESTERN TIBET…, 1897, new edn, some water staining, mor gt prize bdg worn

JOHN RUSKIN: THE HARBOURS OF ENGLAND, ill J M W Turner, 1856, 12 mezzotint plts, fo, orig decor cl gt worn, (contents loose) £ 100-120

CHARLES WELCH: MODERN HISTORY OF THE CITY OF LONDON, ill P Norman, 1896, lge ppr, limited edn, numbered (291) and sigd by publishers, some water stain

JOHN LE NEVE: FASTI ECCLESIAE ANGLICANAE OR AN ESSAY TOWARDS DEDUCING A REGULAR SUCCESSION OF ALL THE PRINCIPAL DIGNITARIES IN EACH CATHERAL COLLEGIAT

HOWARD PENTON (ILL): PICTURESQUE WESTMINSTER, c1901, 44 plts only, loose in portfolio as issued, sm fo, cl bkd bds worn & soiled £ 20-30