Country Life / Sports from Blacket Books

London: Philip Allan & Co. Ltd., 1929. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardback. A good plus copy with some fading to the boards (although the title lettering is clear). No ownership inscription. Moderate edge foxing but not foxed internally. Pp.vii,316. Tissue-guarded colour frontispiece and eight black and white illustrations. Deals with equipment, technique and the author's angling haunts… Read more about this item

W. Meggy, Yarmouth for T & J Allman, London, 1825. Hardcover. Good. Hardback. 12mo. A good copy in plain paper-covered boards with plain unlettered brown leather spine. Ownership inscription on front free end-paper. Pp.[iv],146. No frontispiece. First published in 1776 this is a book about the various breeds of sporting dogs, how to train them, the theory of… Read more about this item

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1959. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which shows a little edge wear. The wrapper, which is not price-clipped, is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xiv,159. Eight illustrations of which… Read more about this item

London: B. McMillan, 1812. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a half-leather binding with marbled boards. Five raised bands on the spine. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xi,[i], 238 + 3pp list of publications of the Board of Agriculture + 2pp catalogue of agricultural seeds. 10 plates… Read more about this item

Cambridge University Press, 1939. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. C.F. Tunnicliffe. Hardback. A very good copy in dark cream paper-covered boards with illustration of lapwings and starlings on upper board and dark blue cloth spine lettered in yellow. In a good plus dustwrapper with minor chipping and closed edge tears. The wrapper is now protected… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. Nd. c.1890. A very good copy in dark green cloth lettered and ruled in gilt. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription. 217 pages. Includes four chapters on retrievers, eight on pointers and setters and one on spaniels.

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1888. New Edition . Hardcover. Fair. A fair plus copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the upper board. Lower board a bit marked. A piece of paper has been pasted to the top inch of the front free end-paper, presumably to hide… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1884. Second Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good two volume set in green cloth lettered in gilt. Just a little bubbling to the front board of volume one. Previous owner's smallish ex libris plate on the front fixed endpaper of each volume. Not foxed. Pp.xxvi,296; x,374 + 2pp publisher's adverts. 11 full-page… Read more about this item

Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A near fine copy in laminated boards. Ownership inscription. 121 pages. 112 illustrations, nearly all in colour. 72 maps. "A comprehensive guidebook to ski mountaineering in Scotland with route descriptions for over 170 hills and mountains.

Cambridge: White Lion Books, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. William Garfit. A near fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. A smallish red mark at the top edge of the pages prevents the book from being fine. Pp.xviii,157. 10 illustrations. 5 charts.

Essex: Ultimate Press, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. A near fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Small red mark (approx. 1cm x 1cm) on top edge of pages. 124 pages. Numerous illustrations including colour.

Rhyl: Tideline Books, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. . A near fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. A nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other internal marking. Small red mark (approx. 1cm x 1cm) on top edge of pages. 110 pages. Numerous black and white illustrations. A manual on making nets to catch rabbits… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1928. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's small ex libris label on front fixed end-paper. Some edge foxing but clean internally. Pp.xxvi,304. 4 colour plates. 26 half-tone plates. Includes numerous chapters on horses, several on… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth & Co, 1913. Hardcover. Good. A good copy in the original boards. Top edge gilt. Pictorial end-papers. Small gift inscription. 191 pages. Frontispiece by Muirhead Bone. A fictional work about countrywomen.

London: Heinemann, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. E. Meiron Roberts. A very good copy in publisher's reddish cloth with gilt title on spine .No inscriptions. 197 pages. Very good illustrated dustjacket which is price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover.

Kirkwall Orkney: W.R. Mackintosh "The Kirkwall Press, 1962. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. A very good copy in orange cloth lettered in black. Some edge and rear end-paper foxing but otherwise clean internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. 60 pages. A collection of month by month essays on country life in Orkney. Introduction by… Read more about this item

Wymondham: Sycamore Press, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. A fine copy in a dark green leatherette binding lettered in gilt on spine and with windmill in gilt on upper board. All edges gilt. Original glassine wrapper is present but chipped. Pencilled gift inscription otherwise a lovely clean copy internally. This is no. 61 of 500 numbered copies.… Read more about this item

London: Country Life, 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. A very good copy. Clean externally and internally with no ownership inscription, foxing etc. Title piece on upper board. Pp.vii,32. Colour frontispiece and 15 attractive colour illustrations on each right-hand page with text on left-hand pages. Also smaller black and white illustrations.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1928. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. A very good copy. Title piece on upper board. A clean copy with no ownership inscription and not foxed. Small tear at foot of page 25 not affecting the illustration. Pp.xiii,28. Colour frontispiece and 14 attractive colour plates on each right-hand page with text on left… Read more about this item

Glasgow: The Scottish Home Rule Association, 1925. Second Edition Revised and Corrected . Soft cover. Good. A good plus pamphlet. Ownership inscription on front cover. One inch tear at foot of spine. 24 pages + one page Appendix. An argument against millions of acres of Scottish land being kept as deer forests.