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THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WING SHOOTING
Written by Alex Brant.
Stock no. 1317915
Published by The Lyons Press. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The ultimate handbook to a specialized sport. Blue spine with gilt title, beige boards. 238 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 1592286488. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A small (glue?) mark to lower edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

MODERN WILDFOWLING
Written by Eric Begbie.
Stock no. 1817962
Published by Saiga Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The history of the sport, quarry species, guns and equipment, gundogs and cooking the bag are all covered in a clear and concise manner. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Colour illustrations of wildfowl. ISBN: 0904558762. Corners bumped. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Top edge of text block browned. Couple of colour illustrations are annotated to show the wildfowl is protected. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine and rear.

MEMOIRS OF THE BELVOIR HOUNDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2130942
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 1867. Almost very good condition.

From Their Earliest Records to The Present Day. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and small vignette to front cover. Dedicated to His Grace The Duke of Rutland. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and margin marks. Page edge creasing. Pencil annotations.

THE ANGLER'S COMPLETE GUIDE AND COMPANION
Written by G. Little.
Stock no. 2130569
Published by G. Little. Good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles; black, silver and gilt decorations. Pictures of flies internally have been hand coloured. Other b/w illustrations. 2" split to top of spine at rear edge; with fraying to cloth. Bumping and wear, with some chipping to cloth at edges. Front endpaper is nearly detached; rear endpaper IS detached, but loosely inserted. A few marks to margins. A reading copy. 12 coloured plates are present and correct.

A HISTORY OF THE SALMON AND TROUT ASSOCIATION 1903 - 2003
Written by Penelope Turing; Christopher Poupard.
Stock no. 2130324
Published by The Salmon And Trout Association. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Dark blue cloth with gilt titles; blind decoration to front cover. Limited edition to 175 cloth copies. B/w photos. This is the Binders File Copy - so NOT numbered. A few light marks to covers.

FOUR SEASONS: BEING THE FISHING DIARIES OF CHRISTOPHER YATES JUNE 1977 - MARCH 1981
Written by Christopher Yates.
Stock no. 2129556
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

SIGNED, Limited Edition to 1489 copies. Green covers with gilt title to spine and onlay to front cover. Includes an author signed bookplate to title page, photo of author in a print and a facsimile copy of authors hand drawn map, that was issued with the book. ISBN: 1899600035. Ths is a Binder's copy; SIGNED bookplate has been REMOVED from title page. Also does NOT include map or plate of author. This copy HAS been numbered: Copy No. 811, with 'Display' written over it.

FOUR SEASONS: BEING THE FISHING DIARIES OF CHRISTOPHER YATES JUNE 1977 - MARCH 1981
Written by Christopher Yates.
Stock no. 2129510
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

SIGNED, Limited Edition to 1489 copies. Green covers with gilt title to spine and onlay to front cover. Includes an author signed bookplate to title page, photo of author in a print and a facsimile copy of authors hand drawn map, that was issued with the book. ISBN: 1899600035. This is the Binders File Copy - this being the case there is NO pictorial onlay to front cover, NO Signed picture to title page and NO facsimile hand drawn map. A few marks to covers.

BARBEL
Written by J.W. Martin. Illustrated by Paul Cook.
Stock no. 2129509
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

Smaller format. Leather binding. Black title to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Deluxe, Limited edition to 55 copies. B/w illustrations. Being a Practical Treatise on Angling with Float and Ledger in Still Water and Stream. ISBN: 1899600248.

THE FISHERMAN'S COMPANION
Written by John Buckland.
Stock no. 1816675
Published by Bounty Books. 1st thus 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Oblong format. A beautiful book that will delight any fisherman, whether sitting in comfort at home, or waiting by his favourite pool. Using a wealth of illustrations from original sources, it evokes the timeless pleasures of fishing, reminding us that for centuries this has been one of man's favourite sports. Glazed pictorial boards. Brown marbled endpapers, text block & margins. Colour and brown & white illustrations. ISBN: 9780753708422.

HOOKED! FISHING MEMORIES
Written by George Melly.
Stock no. 1816647
Published by Robson Books. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photos of the author's fishing exploits. ISBN: 1861052758.

SHOOTING SECOND VOLUME
Written by Horace G. Hutchinson.
Stock no. 2126464
Published by Country Life. Almost very good condition.

The Country Life Library of Sport. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. Spine is faded. Some wear to covers. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Some browning and foxing. Frontis is almost detached. Tear to a front free endpaper that is uncut.

BB A CELEBRATION
Written by BB; Tom Quinn. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2126000
Published by Wharncliffe Publishing Limited. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a 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. Wrapper is price-cut with a little edge-creasing and a few marks.