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BASC GUIDE TO SHOOTING GAME
Written by Michael Yardley.
Stock no. 1604350
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Foreword by Will Garfit. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9781904057970. Some sticky residue marks to rear board and tiny bumps to edges. Pale damp staining visible to endpapers and some pages. Slight wrinkling on some pages but contents are generally clean and bright.

RURAL REFLECTIONS A BRIEF HISTORY OF TRAPS, TRAPMAKING AND GAMEKEEPING IN BRITAIN
Written by Stuart Haddon-Riddoch.
Stock no. 1707392
Published by Argyll Publishing. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Limited edition of 1000 copies. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 190283125x. Copy NO. 383. Wrapper is grubby with a couple of nicks.

WOODLAND STALKING
Written by Peter Carne.
Stock no. 1707386
Published by Swan Hill Press. 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An excellent all-round introduction to the delights and essentials of this popular sport. B/w diagrams. B/w photos. 164 pages. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1853108561. Spine bumped. Spine of wrapper very slightly faded.

THE PLEASURE OF STILLWATER FLY FISHING
Written by Peter Reeves.
Stock no. 1707283
Published by Swan Hill Press. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 1840370181. Corners lightly bumped.

THE LIFE OF JOHN MYTTON ESQ. OF HALSTON SHROPSHIRE
Written by Nimrod. Illustrated by H. Alken; T.J. Rawlins.
Stock no. 1707044
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1869. Fair condition.

M.P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the counties of Salop and Merioneth and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry with his Hunting, Racing Shooting, Driving and Extravagant Exploits. Fourth edition revised and enlarged. 18 hand coloured plates. Two (of 18) plates MISSING. Covers unevenly faded. Edges worn and bumped. Some foxing. Plate margins a little grubby but otherwise bright.

THE POACHERS PROGRESS
No author listed. Illustrated by C. Blake; C. Turner.
Stock no. 1706439
Published by Paul Harris. 1st thus 1981. Very good condition.

Facsimile edition first published by C. Turner in 1826. Limited to 750 copies. Very Large Oblong format, Approx. 60cm by 40cm. 8 colour plates from paintings by C. Blake, engraved by Turner. Leather spine. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. ISBN: 0862280303. Base of spine and bottom edge worn. This copy is unnumbered. A few scuffs to covers. Plates bright and clean. REDUCED from £250.

FROM AN ANGLER'S JOURNAL VOLUME ONE
Written by Ian Watson.
Stock no. 2107737
Published by Wye Angling Publications. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Colour illustrations. Reproduction of the author's handwritten journal of his time spent angling. Limited edition of 500 copies. ISBN: 9780955721625. Copy no. 383. Contains envelope containing some postcards from the Angler's Journal. Light wear to wrapper.

THE KENNEL CLUB STUD BOOK FOR THE YEAR 1998 VOL CXXVI
No author listed.
Stock no. 1705602
Published by The Kennel Club. 1999. Fine condition.

The Only Record Published in England of Dog Shows, Field Trials, Obedience Tests and Working Trials. Red boards, gilt titles, embossed border decoration to front and rear cover. Pictorial endpapers. Spine says 1999.

THE KENNEL CLUB STUD BOOK FOR THE YEAR 1976 VOL CIV
No author listed.
Stock no. 1705594
Published by The Kennel Club. 1978. Very good condition.

The Only Record Published in England of Dog Shows, Field Trials, Obedience Tests and Working Trials. Red boards, gilt titles. Spine says 1977. Spine Faded.

THE KENNEL CLUB STUD BOOK FOR THE YEAR 1997 VOL CXXV
No author listed.
Stock no. 1705582
Published by The Kennel Club. 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Only Record Published in England of Dog Shows, Field Trials, Obedience Tests and Working Trials. Red boards, gilt titles. Spine says 1998.

RANDOM RIVERS
Written by James Corrie.
Stock no. 2105085
Published by Regency Press. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

An Angler Remembers. B/w glazed pictorial boards. Spine is browned. Inscription in ink to half-title page, which reads 'Margaret & Bob, from the author's daughter.

SYMPTOMS OF BEING AMUSED VOLUME 1
Written by Henry Alken. Illustrated by Henry Alken.
Stock no. 1804390
Published by Thos. McLean. 1st 1822. Almost very good condition.

Volume 1 (all published). Large oblong format. Three quarters burgundy leather with cloth sides. 42 handcoloured plates including title page by Alken, many in his sporting/equine style. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Includes Symptoms of a Preface page. Boards worn, faded and marked. Joints cracked but binding still tight. Inscription in ink to verso of first blank page. 41 of 42 hand coloured plates present. Frontis has been expertly repaired/relined. Probably a rebound copy as the tissue guards have watermark dating 1865. Plates wonderfully bright but grubby marks to margins and slightly affecting plates. Overall a nice copy of a weird and wonderful item!