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WORKING WITH NATURE: MEMOIRS OF A WILDLIFE MANAGER
Written by Ronnie Rose.
Stock no. 1330988
Published by David A.H. Grayling. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Testament to a life's work in Scotland's wild places. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Colour photos. ISBN: 0906839041. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges and has a couple of barcode stickers to rear panel.

TIVERTON STAGHOUNDS
Written by Richard Lethbridge.
Stock no. 1330986
Published by Richard Leithbridge. 2nd 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the Tiverton Staghounds. Second Edition. Cream cloth boards, brown titles and vignette to front cover. 308 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 1898546436. SIGNED by the author to half title-page. Slightly grubby mark to spine edge of front cover, llight mark to rear cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased and lightly faded to spine.

SNAFFLES: THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLIE JOHNSON PAYNE (SNAFFLES) 1884-1967
Written by John Welcome; Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Snaffles; Charlie Johnson Payne.
Stock no. 1831129
Published by Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd.. 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A full range of Snaffles's work from the war at sea and on land, hunting, shooting, fishing, polo, show-jumping. big game. pigsticking, point-to-point, horse dealing and otter hunting. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0091726670. A very nice copy, no visible marks. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded and lightly scuffed.

STAGHUNTING ON EXMOOR 1940 - 1998
Written by Robin Dunn.
Stock no. 1330519
Published by Rare Books And Berry. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780953995196. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with small tear to top front corner.

IT'S MY DELIGHT
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330044
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1949. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A thorough and entertaining discourse on the art of hunting by orthodox methods. Numerous b/w engravings. Blue/green cloth. 3rd impression. Spotting and some damp marking to covers. Front cover also has a school library gilt stamp. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-rubbed with some grubby marks; tiny nicks and chips at edges.

THE GRIZZLY REVENGE
Written by Ruth Brown. Illustrated by Ruth Brown.
Stock no. 1830110
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

An original and intriguing picture book in which animals wreak and terrible revenge on a hunting lord and his lady. Yellow glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations, minimal text. ISBN: 0862640245. SIGNED by the author/illustrator with personal dedication to front pastedown. Spine lightly faded. Last stitch of binding was missed during the binding process so lower section of gutter is loose but minimally so. A few minor grubby finger marks to margins else contents are clean.

CECIL ALDIN - THE STORY OF A SPORTING ARTIST
Written by Roy Heron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1328853
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0906671469. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock and pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and is faded to spine.

A LOOK AT CECIL ALDIN'S DOGS AND HOUNDS
Written by Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1328398
Published by The Lambourn Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. A visual journey through Aldin's career. Colour & b/w illustrations. Oblong format. Brown boards with gilt titles. ISBN: 1872708005. Spine bumped at top. Some erased pencil writing and other light marks to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased and faded, small brown mark to front panel.

MEMOIRS
Written by Duke Of Beaufort.
Stock no. 1326571
Published by Country Life Books. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fascinating insight into a way of life peculiarly English and in many way unique even within Britain. Memoirs of the 10th Duke of Beaufort. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 178 pages. ISBN: 0600315746. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. A couple of very small, light marks to covers. Heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and rubbed at edges.

PETERBOROUGH ROYAL FOXHOUND SHOW: A HISTORY
Written by Michael Clayton.
Stock no. 1826787
Published by Quiller Press. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The history of foxhunting's most prestigious show, includes a list of previous champions, judges and Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show Society's current vice-presidents. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. ISBN: 9781904057888. Text block lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little marked, lightly scuffed and slightly faded to spine.

IT'S MY DELIGHT
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1826110
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A thorough and entertaining discourse on the art of hunting by orthodox methods. Numerous b/w engravings. Blue/green cloth. Boards a little grubby. Spine is a little cocked. Some minor foxing mainly to endpapers. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, worn at corners with slight loss, surface paper rubbing to spine.

DORSET SPORTING RUNS
Written by Rodney Legg; Chris Copson.
Stock no. 1826060
Published by Halsgrove. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Huntsmen writing on hunting through the best of hunting country. Drawing on original and exhilarating accounts, the author presents a fascinating panorama of a Dorset which remained largely unaltered well into the twentieth century. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1841140821. Front joint between board and contents not glued down meaning front board can pull out of place but binding is still tight. Top edge of text block grubby. Corner crease to one or two pages. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is ligthly rubbed at corners and lightly creased across top edge.