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1833ref. 7725Nice condition antique copy of "Instructions for Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to GUNS AND SHOOTING" by Lt. Col. P. Hawker. 1833; Longman Rees Orme Brown Green and Longman; London. The book is nicely illustrated with numerous full-page engraved plates and in-text illustrations. There is a 16-page publisher's catalog at the front. The contents are as follows: Guns and Gunmakers; Implements for Flint-Guns; Detonating System; Gun Cases; Powder; Shot; Flints; Wadding; Loading; Powder Flask; Shot Belt; Dress for a Shooter; Shooting; Dogs; Diseases in Dogs; Preservation of Game; Duck Guns; To Make an Old Gun Shoot Well; Duck Shot; Duck-Gun Wadding; Water Boots; Water-Proof Dressing for Shoes; Dresses Proper for Wildfowl Shooting; To Preserve Gunning Clothes from the Moth; To Preserve Guns from Rusting with Salt Water; Wilkinson's Oil; Wildfowl Shooting; Launching and Canoe Shooting; General Instructions; Stanchion or Punt-Gun; Explanation of My Plan; Gunning-Punt; Boat Shooting Under Sail; Artificial Island for Curlews; Wildfowl Artillery; Method of Shooting Wildfowl in France; Punts Guns &c. Used for Shooting in the Fens; Shooting Wildfowl on Virginia Water; Dressing for Punts and Canoes; Best Means of Conveying Punts &c. Over Land; Shooting with a Small Gun on a River; General Advice for the Health and Comfort of a Young Sportsman; Alphabetical List of London Gunmakers; Preservers of Birds &c.; Game Laws; Shooting Certificate for Shooting Game. Condition: There are some small stains on the covers. 2" cloth tear at the top-right corner of the spine; smaller cloth tear at the top-left corner of the spine. Tiny cloth tears at the cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Nice interior - the pages are mostly clean with only an occasional foxing spot though a bit heavier foxing on the tissue guards and occasional light stains/smudges. Overall the book is in Very Good condition. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman hardcover
1824ref. 000742London: Longmans Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Green 1824. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Good. Enlarged and improved 3rd Edition.Royal 8vo xxii pp470 complete with 10 plates 4 of which are hand coloured including frontis. Hardcover no dust jacket. Full calf leather binding with 5 raised bands and gilt titles to spine and blind stamped borders to both boards in good condition with a little wear to top and tail of spine which also has small split top back and some rubbing to edges. Inside front hinge cracked but holding nicely bookplates of "Bertram Masterson Johnston" to front paste down with marbled end papers. All pages with full edge marbling in very good clean condition. Longmans, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green hardcover
1830ref. 844A28London: Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green 1830. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A guide to guns and shooting by Lt Col. Peter Hawker adorned with lovely woodcuts. The sixth edition of this work bound together with Abridgement of the New Game Laws appendix to the sixth edition of Instructions to Young Sportsmen. A handbook for the young sportsmen concerning guns and shooting with observations and suggestions for their improvements. Written by Peter Hawker celebrated diarist and author and a shooting sportsman accounted one of the "great shots" of the nineteenth century. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven full page plates as well as numerous wood-cuts in text. Collated complete. In quarter calf binding over cloth covered boards. Externally sound with some shelf wear chipped with minor loss to head and tail of spine joints starting boards holding firm bumped to extremities. Internally firmly bound. George Hawkins-Goold 1889 stamp to recto frontispiece. Pages generally clean with occasional minor light spotting scattered to odd leaf particularly leaves of plates. Good Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green hardcover
1959ref. 026482UK: Longmans 1959. 5th or later Edition . Cloth. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 11th edition 1859. Presentation inscription to Charles Hibbert Brother by his grandmother. Bookplate and Envelope of Charles Hibbert. Henry Williamson's father in law. The Hibbert's were a wealthy middle class family in Devon. Williamson' met his daughter Ida Loetitia at various hunting meets and fell in love. From a large collection of Henry Williamson's and his family's books. Includes a specially commissioned small bookplate affixed inside the book confirming this. Very detailed and interesting illustrations of Wildfowling in the Victorian era. Book is near good with extensive repairs to spine. Loss to spine top and edge. All holding well. Spine tips rubbed. Contents quite good. Light age toning. More images can be taken upon request. ref 17593 Longmans hardcover
1922ref. 811A17London: Herbert Jenkins c1922. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 8.5" by 5.5" . Not Stated . A later impression of this guide to guns and shooting by Hawker complete with the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. A later impression of this work dated from the new edition on Copac. A complete and comprehensive guide to guns and shooting for amateur sportsmen by celebrated shooting sportsman and author Colonel Peter Hawker whose sporting exploits were sometimes reported in The Times. Edited with an introduction by Eric Parker. A complete guide to guns and shooting with chapters on the changes in the gun trade gunpowder tips on shooting and advice on health and comfort. Illustrated with numerous plates in colour and in black and white reprinted from the ninth edition. With the vanishingly scarce unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The dust wrapper is rather worn with shelf wear and and few losses to the head and tail of the spine and extremities of the wraps the rear fly leaf loose but present with light spotting affecting the internals of the dust wrapper lightly marked to the externals. Internally firmly bound. Some spotting to the edges affecting only the occasional leaf although generally the pages are very clean throughout. Illustrated with colour and black and white plates. Very Good Indeed Herbert Jenkins 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
1833ref. 913F46London: Longman Rees Orme Brown Green and Longman 1833. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. A smart example of the seventh edition of Peter Hawker's illustrated and engaging guide to guns and shooting. The seventh edition of Hawker's popular work.This informative work offers thorough advice and information regarding a wide range of outdoor pursuits and field sports including gun management and the preservation of game. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven further plates with vignette illustrations throughout. Collated complete.Retaining the original half title.With a former owner's inscription dated 1890 to a front blank.A celebrated diarist author and sportsman Hawker was considered one of the 'greatest shots' of the nineteenth century. His sporting accomplishments were widely followed often being reported in The Times newspaper. In a full morocco binding. Rubbing to joints and raised bands of back strip. Head of rear joint and head and tail of front joint starting with boards firmly held. Inscription to a front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with plates age toned and featuring instances of spotting. Very Good Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman hardcover
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1973ref. v050.646GB: Richmond Publishing 1973. Dark brown cloth gilt. 65/170 copies. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. . Facsimile Edition. Hardback. nrFine/No DW. Richmond Publishing 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
2013ref. Gyan-9789333317535Facsimile Publisher 2013. Hardcover. New. 22.59 x 14.34 x 5.93 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2013ref. Gyan-9789333008433Isha Books 2013. Paperback. New. 21.59 x 13.34 x 4.151 cm. English Isha Books paperback
2013ref. Gyan-9789333317535Facsimile Publisher 2013. Hardcover. New. 22.59 x 14.34 x 5.93 cm. English Facsimile Publisher hardcover
2013ref. Gyan-9789333008433Isha Books 2013. Paperback. New. 21.59 x 13.34 x 4.151 cm. English Isha Books paperback
1846ref. 2601010023Lea and Blanchard Philadelphia 1846. 1st American from the 9th Londo. Hardcover. Acceptable. Binding worn front board detached split at spine. Hardcover. Early Baltimore provenance. From the library of Julius Eckhardt Grammer 1831-1902 D.D. Episcopal Rev. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia hardcover
ref. 065604263X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
