1824ref. NF3215INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN IN ALL THAT RELATES TO GUNS AND SHOOTINGLongman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Green 1824 the third edition considerably enlarged and improved with ten explanatory plates outer hinges professionally strengthened else a near fine copy rebound in full calf with raised spines in 6 decorated compartments with gold-gilt page edges and marbled end-papers. Illustrated. Housed in a custom made slip-case. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green unknown books
1844ref. 317069London: Longman Brown Green & Longmans 1844. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Light foxing throughout text block. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans hardcover
1825ref. 252262London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Green 1825. Fourth edition. Illustrated with plates. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Late nineteenth century half brown calf and marbled boards. Minor spotting to frontispiece else near fine. Fourth edition. Illustrated with plates. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Choice copy of one of the great sporting works. Schwerdt I 235 Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green unknown
1825ref. 252262London: Printed for Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Green 1825. Fourth edition. Illustrated with plates. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Late nineteenth century half brown calf and marbled boards. Minor spotting to frontispiece else near fine. Fourth edition. Illustrated with plates. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Choice copy of one of the great sporting works. Schwerdt I 235 Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green unknown books
1816ref. 369070London: R. Hunter 1816. Second Edition. With hand-colored aquatint frontispiece by Stadler after Jackson and five black and white engraved plates. V 11 324 20 adspp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf inner front hinge with neat early repair. Second Edition. With hand-colored aquatint frontispiece by Stadler after Jackson and five black and white engraved plates. V 11 324 20 adspp. 1 vols. 8vo. Schwerdt I 234-5 R. Hunter unknown
1816ref. 369070London: R. Hunter 1816. Second Edition. With hand-colored aquatint frontispiece by Stadler after Jackson and five black and white engraved plates. V 11 324 20 adspp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf inner front hinge with neat early repair. Second Edition. With hand-colored aquatint frontispiece by Stadler after Jackson and five black and white engraved plates. V 11 324 20 adspp. 1 vols. 8vo. Schwerdt I 234-5 R. Hunter unknown books
1922ref. 10424London: Hutchinson & Co 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by author. .'Inscriber to "Bert" from Muriel Hawker the wife of H.G. Hawker. "Bert" may possibly refer to Bert Hinckler another pioneering Australian aviator who went to work at Sopwith in 1913 and was a great friend of Hawker Evening New Sydney 1928. DESCRIPTION: Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. 24 illustrations. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Heavy wear to corners and edges. 5 cm tear to upper rear spine edge. Front spine crackd along its full length but held in place by small sections of attached cloth. Rubbed cloth with some minor marks. Tightly bound with toned intaxct endpapers. Very firm hinges. Prev owners name to ffep see provenance below. Spotted text block edges with some spotting seeping to page margins. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 319. Size: 22cm by 15cm. ADDITIONAL ITEMS: POSTCARD: Harry Hawker standing next to Sopwith. PROVENANCE: Muriel Hawker Bert Hinckler and H.H. Hayward. Muriel Alice Hawker nee Peaty c1895 - 1983 was the wife of Australian pioneering aviator Harry Hawker George. Muriel was born c1895 based to Frederick Augustus Peaty the Managing Director of a pianoforte manufacturing company and Alice Ann. She married Harry George Hawker a 28 year old bachelor and aeroplane pilot on 14 Nov 1917 at St Peters Church in the Parish of Ealing. After the early death of her husband in 1921 she married David Bruce Stewart Bruce-Jones a medical practitioner and subsequently Dr Brian Wilson Barnett Gordon. Muriel Alice Gordon died on 30 April 1983 at Haywards Heath West Sussex England aged 87. Herbert John Louis Hinkler 1892 - 1933 better known as Bert Hinkler was a pioneer Australian aviator dubbed "Australian Lone Eagle" and inventor. He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia completed on 22 February 1928 and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean. He married in 1932 at the age of 39 and died less than a year later after crashing into remote countryside near Arezzo Tuscany Italy during a solo flight record attempt. Hinkler was born in Bundaberg Queensland the son of John William Hinkler a Prussian-born stockman and his wife Frances Atkins née Bonney Hinkler. After gaining an understanding on the principles of flight he constructed two gliders. In 1912 he launched one of his first home-made gliders on Mon Repos Beach and flew 10 metres 33 ft above the sand dunes. He later met Arthur Burr Stone at a travelling show in Bundaberg and again at the Brisbane Exhibition where Hinkler worked with Stone to solve a problem with the "Blériot" the worlds first monoplane. In 1913 Hinkler went to England where he worked for the Sopwith Aviation Company co-owned by Harry Hawker with whom he became good friends with this being the beginning of his career in aviation. H. H. Hayward may refer to Bert Hayward of the Experimental Hangar at Hawker. Hutchinson & Co hardcover
1869ref. AQ25051Oxford and London: James Parker and Co. 1869. viii 214 2 3pp 1. With two final leaves of publishers advertisements. Handsomely bound by Riviere and Son in contemporary gilt-tooled polished marbled burgundy calf red morocco lettering-piece A.E.G. Slightly rubbed some surface loss to lower corner of lower board. Gilt dentelles marbled endpapers armorial bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP internally clean and crisp. The first edition of the collected poetical works of Church of England clergyman Robert Stephen Hawker 1803-1875 including a revision of arguably his most accomplished piece The Quest of the Sangraal first published in 1863 praised by Longfellow and Tennyson and considered one of the most successful nineteenth-century renditions of the Arthurian legend. Robert Riviere 1808-1882 initially established himself at Bath as a bookseller in 1829 and subsequently turned to bookbinding. Around 1840 he moved to London where he commenced business solely as a binder attracting the patronage of a wealthy clientele including royalty. The output of Riviere like the majority of binders of this period is lacking in innovation; contemporary tastes predominantly calling for the production of ‘retrospective’ bindings frequently in a style not even remotely suitable for the books they contained. However in all other aspects - from the quality of the materials employed to the delicacy of the tooling - the bindings of Riviere are richly deserving of admiration; particularly considering that he was apparently entirely self-taught. On his death Riviere bequeathed his business to Percival Calkin the eldest son of his second daughter who had been taken into partnership by his grandfather in 1881 when the style of the firm was altered to Riviere & Son. The company continued to operate until 1939. The goodwill and the tools were sold to Messrs Bayntun of Bath. . First edition. 8vo. James Parker and Co. unknown
1937ref. 107821937. Original wood engraving of workers in a vineyard signed in the block printed on japanese vellum. Image size 6.1 x 8 cms. Together with a proof of the front cover design of the card with the wood engraving in the middle surrounded by a vine border designed and engraved by JBW and printed in green plus a copy of the final card printed on the outside 2 pages and without the internal greeting.James Hawker & Son was wine merchant in Plymouth dating from the 1820s after William Hawker created a recipe for Sloe gin in the 1790s. The company was bought in the late 20th century by Allied Domeqq. hardcover
1899ref. 137624Adelaide: E.S. Wigg & Son 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide E.S. Wigg & Son 1899. Octavo 83 1 colophon pages plus a frontispiece portrait. Dark brown stippled cloth lettered in gilt on the front cover; free endpapers heavily offset the pastedowns lightly so; short tear to the inner margin of one leaf expertly sealed; mild signs of age and use but see below; an excellent copy. These memoirs of James Collins Hawker 1821-1901 date back to 1838 when he arrived with Governor George Gawler. They first appeared as a series of articles in 'The South Australian Register' and 'The Adelaide Observer'. An utterly rare second series was published in 1901. Ferguson 10297 noting only black cloth; we have seen various colours. This is a presentation copy inscribed and signed in ink on the verso of the front free endpaper to 'J. Tomkinson from James Collins Hawker Feby 22. 1900'. The later inkstamp signature of A. Grenfell Price is on the front pastedown his marginal emphases in pencil are on 40 pages and his annotations in pencil appear on four pages. In the most significant annotation Sir Archibald Grenfell Price 1892-1977 geographer historian and educationist has written at the head of page 12 with reference to an underlined section on rammed-earth or 'pise' houses: 'I used this account of pisé houses in Foundation and Settlement 'The Foundation and Settlement of South Australia 1829-1845' published in 1924. Although the information was incorrect I knew it rested on an early authority. AGP'. E.S. Wigg & Son hardcover
1830ref. 141714London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Green 1830. Sixth edition corrected enlarged and improved; with explanatory plates and wood cuts. Pp. xx480 frontispiece and 7 plates with tissue guards text illustrations; nineteenth century half green morocco the spine lettered and decorated with four small hunting vignettes in gilt marbled papered boards lightly rubbed edges slightly worn spine uniformly faded to brown; t.e.g.; marbled endpapers hinges starting early inked signature on recto of frontispiece a couple of small edge chips or splits a little light foxing and occasional faint soiling; Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green London 1830. Sixth edition. From the library of firearms collector Douglas Mills with his business card laid on blank preliminary leaf and his inked acquisition note on recto of lower free endpaper. All plates are present but one Punt and Gear for a 200lb. Gun is misplaced. Tipped-in after the last Contents page is a printed slip recording a delay in publication of this edition 'in consequence of an accident with one of the plates.'. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green unknown
1824ref. 9012642London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Greene 1824. Third edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. With ten full page engravings four of which are hand colored. Bound in half leather marbled boards and a gilt stamped leather label on the spine. Exterior of binding is worn Binding is sound book is bright and clean. Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Greene hardcover
1824ref. 9012642London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Greene 1824. Third edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. With ten full page engravings four of which are hand colored. Bound in half leather marbled boards and a gilt stamped leather label on the spine. Exterior of binding is worn Binding is sound book is bright and clean. Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Greene hardcover books
1816ref. NF3127INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN ON THE CHOICE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF GUNS; HINTS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF GAME; DIRECTIONS FOR SHOOTING WILDFOWL; &C. &C. &C. WITH A CONCISE ABRIDGEMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL GAME LAWS J. Ridgway and Sons 1816 the second edition with explanatory plates considerably enlarged and improved light wear and scuffing to spine else a vg copy rebound in 3/4 calf and cloth with raised spines in 6 decorated compartments with gold-gilt page edges and marlbed end-papers. Illustrated. J. Ridgway and Sons hardcover
1816ref. NF3127INSTRUCTIONS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN ON THE CHOICE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF GUNS; HINTS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF GAME; DIRECTIONS FOR SHOOTING WILDFOWL; &C. &C. &C. WITH A CONCISE ABRIDGEMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL GAME LAWS J. Ridgway and Sons 1816 the second edition with explanatory plates considerably enlarged and improved light wear and scuffing to spine else a vg copy rebound in 3/4 calf and cloth with raised spines in 6 decorated compartments with gold-gilt page edges and marlbed end-papers. Illustrated. J. Ridgway and Sons hardcover books
1909ref. 170232London: The Religious Tract Society 1909. First edition presentation copy to the typist of the work inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "This copy of the Life of Grenfell George is presented to Miss Ada Goodman by its author in faithful appreciation of the obliging & expert manner in which she accomplished the somewhat difficult task of type-writing the manuscript for the press. May 1909". George Grenfell 1849-1906 was a missionary and explorer who was awarded the Patron's Medal by the Royal Geographical Society for his detailed account of his travels through Congo and Cameroon. Following Grenfell's death in Basoko a town on the Congo River the Committee of the Baptist Missionary Society commissioned Grenfell's former classmate and friend Rev. George Hawker 1857-1932 to write this biography. Hawker heavily relied on accounts from Grenfell's friends and family. This included Grenfell's sister Mary Rowe and his second wife Rosana Edgerley who accompanied him on his travels. Loosely inserted is an advertising slip for the Congo Reform Association. Octavo. Photogravure frontispiece with tissue guard 32 halftone plates colour folding map illustrations to text 8 pp. of advertisements to rear. Original green bead-grain cloth spine and front cover lettered in gilt Royal Geographical Society's Patron's medal in gilt to front cover edges trimmed. Cloth clean extremities slightly bumped and rubbed gilt bright foxing to edges and outer leaves occasionally affecting margins browning to endpapers a couple of small tears to folding map not affecting printed area. A very good copy. hardcover
1838ref. 852P32London: Longman Orme Brown Green and Longmans; Whittaker and Co 1838-42. First edition. Leather. Good. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated. Two uniformly bound Victorian volumes on shooting a fascinating insight into popular sport complete with illustrations. Two desirable sporting volumes uniformly bound with gilt decoration of a man shooting to the spines.Bound by Birdsall & Son. 'Instructions to the Young Sportsmen' by Lieutenant Colonel P. Hawker is the eighth edition published in 1838. Illustrated with a frontispiece seven plates and in-text engravings. Half-title is present. Collated complete.This is Hawker's most popular and enduring work offering advice garnered through his prolific hunting career; Hawker was known as one of the greatest shots of the nineteenth century.'The Modern Shooter' by Captain Lacy is the first edition published in 1842. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved title three plated and in-text engravings. Collated complete.Lacy's volume is a practical instructional volume on shooting both inland and coast shooting. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards bound by Birdsall. Externally generally smart. Rubbing to the leather heavier to the head of the spine of 'Instructions'. Minor marks to the boards marks to the boards of 'Instructional' a little heavier. Marks a little darker to the boards of 'Modern Shooter'. Head of the boards of 'Instructions' are a little faded. Stamp to the recto of the front free endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with some spots. Frontispiece of 'Instructions' with a small tidemark to the tail tide mark to the plates. Good Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans; Whittaker and Co hardcover
1826ref. 632K14London: Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green 1826. Hardback. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The fifth edition of this highly influential work regarding shooting profusely illustrated with many charming full page monochrome plates. The fifth edition. First published in 1814. Collated complete with ten full page plates and a number of charming vignette illustrations. Peter Hawker was a celebrated diarist author and sportsman considered one of the 'greatest shots' of the nineteenth century. His sporting accomplishments were widely followed often being reported in The Times. Today he is best known for his published works regarding shooting wild fowling and fishing. This charming work 'Instructions to Young Sportsmen' is a thorough work offering advice and information regarding a wide range of outdoor pursuits including gun management and the preservation of game. Upon release the work was extremely successful and went through nine editions in his lifetime. Rebound with paper covered boards. Externally in excellent condition with minor shelfwear only. Personal bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with marginal age toning and scattered spotting heavier to the first and last few pages. Pages roughly cut. Ink signature to title page. Very Good Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green hardcover
1844ref. 141717London: Longman Orme Brown Green & Longmans 1844. Ninth edition corrected enlarged and improved: With explanatory plates and woodcuts. Pp. xxviii624last blank32publisher's catalogue dated June 1850 frontispiece with tissue guard plus 10 plates including a portrait text illustrations a few full page patterned endpapers with advertisements on pastedowns index; tall demy 8vo; navy cloth boards decorated in blind neatly rebacked with most of the original spine lettered & decorated in gilt and decorated in blind with small piece missing at foot laid on the boards slightly scuffed edges lightly worn and fore-corners bruised; uncut; hinges starting binder's ticket Remnant & Edmonds at foot of lower pastedown a few leaves faintly creased occasional small edge chips or splits a little mainly light foxing; Longman Orme Brown Green & Longmans London 1844. Ninth edition. From the library of firearms collector Douglas Mills with his business card laid on the upper free endpaper and a previous owner's brief inked inscription dated 1912 on the upper pastedown. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans unknown
1838ref. 141718London: Longman Orme Brown Green & Longmans 1838. Eighth edition corrected enlarged and improved: With explanatory plates and wood cuts. Pp. xxvi550last colophon 8 plates the frontispiece and portrait with tissue guards text illustrations list of London Gunmakers Game Laws; nineteenth century mottled calf boards with double gilt rule border and gilt edges neatly rebacked with the gilt lettered and decorated spine and gilt lettered red morocco title label laid on edges of boards lightly rubbed fore-corners worn several small surface grazes to spine the upper board slightly damp stained; t.e.g. others uncut; marbled endpapers; the upper hinge starting a couple of tiny edge chips a few leaves slightly creased scattered mainly light foxing browning and soiling; Longman Orme Brown Green and Longmans London 1838. Eighth edition. First published in 1814. From the library of firearms collector Douglas Mills with his business card laid on the half-title page. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans unknown
1846ref. 73918E-283: Lea and Blanchard. Very Good. 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Lea and Blanchard Philadelphia PA. 1846. 460 pgs 32 pp of advertisements and publisher's catalogue frontispiece plus 9 plates 2 text illustrations. First American from the ninth London edition. Bound in 3/4 ruled blue leather with matching cloth boards with titles and raised bands present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Colonel Peter Hawker 24 November 1786 7 August 1853 was a celebrated diarist and author and a shooting sportsman accounted one of the "great shots" of the 19th century. His sporting exploits were widely followed and on occasion considered worth reporting in The Times. Hawker is best known today for his published works on the sporting activities of shooting wildfowling and fishing. Hawker published his "Advice to Young Sportsmen" in 1814 a popular work with nine impressions in his lifetime the latest paper edition appearing in 1975. Forty years after Hawker's death an Australian book reviewer stated "Probably no book on the subject of sport ever enjoyed so wide or so long sustained a popularity as the Instructions to Young Sportsmen". EB . Lea and Blanchard hardcover
ref. elala5528London & New York: Longmans Green And Co. 1893. First Edition. ".the Author was in the habit of setting down almost everything he did thought and said during fifty years adding comments on nearly every shot he fired how he killed and why he missed.There are some very interesting accounts of its writer's journeys to the Continent both before and after the fall of Napoleon and of his expeditions to the North to shoot moor game. The latter records will doubtless entertain sportsmen of the present time when they read of the Colonel's delight at bagging a few brace of grouse at places where how hundreds are killed in one day.Colonel Hawker was the keenest and most hardworking shooter ever known.". Introduction by Ralph Payne-Gallwey Slater p. 37. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. ix 1 leaf 366 26ads; 2 p.l. 393 2ads. with half-titles. 8 engraved plates incl. 2 frontis. portraits & 2 lithographed plans. original cloth extremities frayed 3 ink spots on Vol. II spine cloth of Vol.I spine cockled occasional light foxing. elala5528 London & New York: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1893 hardcover
1818ref. 070454London: Printed and Sold by A. A. Paris 53 Long Acre; Sold also by J. Nisbet 15 Castle Street Oxford Street; Williams & Co. Stationer's Court; Button & Son Paternoster Row; and Cox Borough 1818. Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 6.5" x 4. RARE. SECOND EDITION 1818. Softcover. Rebound in two-toned publisher's cloth over cardstock. Includes Corpus Christi Hymn with notes from Scripture. 16 pp. CONDITION: Overall VG. Rebound cover is very nice. Front flyleaf has loosened from the binding yet still attached at the head and present. Unmarked except for an inscription on another front flyleaf in dipped ink from the period. Evenly toned and predominantly free from foxing. This item will be delivered with "signature required". Full refund if not satisfied. Printed and Sold by A. A. Paris, 53, Long Acre; Sold also by J. Nisbet, 15, Castle Street, Oxford Street; Williams & Co. Station paperback
2019ref. x-1138563307Taylor & Francis 2019. Hardcover. New. 191 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
2013ref. x-0415824176Routledge 2013. Hardcover. New. 229 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Routledge hardcover
