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IT'S MY DELIGHT
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2140732
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 printing. 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-creased with some grubby marks; nicks and chips at edges.

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IMAGES OF ANGLING: AN ILLUSTRATED REVIEW OF THREE CENTURIES OF BRITISH ANGLING PRINTS
Written by David Beazley.
Stock no. 2140078
Published by Creel Press. 1st thus 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 256 pages, including index, alphabetical list of illustrations by title, catalogue of illustrations by artist and bibliography. ISBN: 9780956608604. SIGNED by author to title page. Bumping to top corners of covers, which has gone through to page corners. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and chips.

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STAGHUNTING ON EXMOOR 1940 - 1998
Written by Robin Dunn.
Stock no. 1323091
Published by Rare Books And Berry. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780953995196. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Erased pencil marking to half title-page else contents fine.Dustwrapper is faded to spine and front panel and a little edge creased.

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COURSING: THE PURSUIT OF GAME WITH GAZEHOUNDS
Written by Richard Grant-Rennick; Thomas Hope; et al.
Stock no. 2139748
Published by The Standfast Press. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. The Standfast Sporting Library - General editor Grant-Rennick. ISBN: 0950214892. Foxing to outer page edges, with browning. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some creasing; scuffing; a few nicks.

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STAGHUNTING ON EXMOOR 1940 - 1998
Written by Robin Dunn.
Stock no. 2139623
Published by Rare Books And Berry. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9780953995196. Wrapper a little edge-creased with faded spine.

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THE THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 2138751
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. One of R. Caldecott's Picture Books. Covers are very creased; splits to spine. Tear to corner of front cover. Some foxing and margin marks, although contents are still generally very good.

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THE HARE
Written by H.A. MacPherson; Gerald Lascelles; Charles Richardson; J.S. Gibbons; G.H. Longman; Kenney Herbert. Illustrated by Archibald Thorburn; Charles Whymper; et al..
Stock no. 2136038
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1896. Very good condition.

Fur and Feather series. Beige pictorial cloth with red titles. B/w plates. Natural History, Shooting, Coursing, and Cookery. Foxing throughout. Some page edges are not fully opened.

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RHYMES OF FLOOD & FIELD
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 2135684
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Limited to 1500 copies. B/w illustrations. Brown cloth spine, red/brown covers. Uneven darkening/browning to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some pages appear uncut.

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SCARLET BLUE AND GREEN
Written by Duncan Fife. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133289
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book of sporting verse. Red cloth, gilt titles and fox vignette. 4 colour plates and 25 monochrome illustrations. Cover edges are unevenly faded. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has been 'repaired' with some white pieces added for strength. Marks and browning/fading; some pieces of loss.

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HANDLEY CROSS OR MR JORROCKS'S HUNT (2 VOLUMES)
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819645
Published by Edward Arnold. Almost very good condition.

Some of Aldin's best work went into this, one of his favourite books. Two volumes. Red cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 12 colour plates in each volume plus numerous text illustrations. Top edges gilt. Both volumes dampstained, a little marked, and faded to spine. Corners bumped. Tissue-guard between frontis and title page missing to volume II. Hinges pulled. Minor foxing to text block. A few grubby marks and minor foxing to contents. All plates present.

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JORROCKS ON 'UNTING
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819571
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Brown boards, with pictorial onlay to front cover. 6.75 x 5.25". B/w text illustrations and 3 tipped-in colour plates. 31 pages. Browning to endpapers. Neat inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Foxing to text block. A few scattered foxspots to contents. All plates present.

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'ASK MAMMA'
Written by R.S. Surtees. Illustrated by John Leech.
Stock no. 1818393
Published by Bradbury & Evans. 1st 1858. Good condition.

Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 13 Hand-coloured steel engravings, b/w wood engravings. 412 pages. Re-backed with original spine laid down and new endpapers. Board edges worn, boards grubby. Bookplate to front pastedown. All plates present. Binding worn but tight. A few grubby marks throughout.

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