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MEMORIES OF CARP
Written by Tim Paisley; et al.
Stock no. 1327503
Published by Angling Publications. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of wonderful angling stories. Red boards with gilt title to spine. Colour photos. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly creased at edges.

THE COMPLETE CARP ANGLER
Written by Andy Little; Jan Wenczka; Chris Ball.
Stock no. 1327501
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A practical book with some general chapters on tackle, rigs and baits, and other more specialist chapters on the likes of winter fishing, conservation and continental carping. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 208 pages. B/w photos throughout, some colour photos to the centre of the book. ISBN: 1852236906. Spine and corners bumped. Light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE GRAYLING
Written by Ronald Broughton.
Stock no. 1327401
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour photos to front. Revised and expanded edition. Originally published in 1989 as Grayling: the Fourth Game Fish. ISBN: 0709064233. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Very pale page edge browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

BB A CELEBRATION
Written by BB; Tom Quinn. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1326742
Published by Wharncliffe Publishing Limited. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A unique collection of BB's country and field sports writings. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photographic plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1871647169. Spine bumped. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed but otherwise bright.

CHUB HOW TO CATCH THEM
Written by Michael Shephard.
Stock no. 1326726
Published by Herbert Jenkins. 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Blue boards. B/w diagrams. Third printing. Spine very slightly bumped and faded. Light browning to endpapers and to page edges. Dustwrapper is slightly scuffed, grubby to rear 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.

FISHING WITH THE FAMOUS
Written by Bob Buteux; Kevin Clifford. Illustrated by Tom O'Reilly.
Stock no. 1325107
Published by The Little Egret Press. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited Edition to 600 copies. Green cloth with gilt title box to front cover. Colour and b/w photos. SIGNED by Illustrator to Limited Edition page. This is marked 'Complimentary' (doesn't have a number). Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of nicks to top of spine; some edge-wear.

THE SPORTSMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1325099
Published by The Country Library. 1940. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The essence of the English countryside captured in text and superb wood-engravings and sepia plates. 7 etchings by BB, 5 drawings by G.D.Armour and chapter tail-pieces by BB. 237 pages. Green cloth, yellow title to spine. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is worn and marked with damp stains to spine and loss to spine and corners.

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE GRAYLING
Written by Ronald Broughton.
Stock no. 1825054
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w photos, colour photos to front. Revised and expanded edition. Originally published in 1989 as Grayling: the Fourth Game Fish. ISBN: 0709064233. Board corners and spine lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to flaps, lightly faded to spine, rubbed at top of spine and scuffed to rear panel.