1. Durnford, Earle.

Manufacture of Nitro-Lignin and Sporting Powder. Outlined by Earle Durnford.

First Edition. London, Whittaker & Co., 1912. 14 cm x 22 cm. 84 pages with a photographic frontispiece showing an image of Sulphite Wood Pulp (Disintegrated). Original Hardcover with gilt lettering. This publication was recently fully restored and repaired. Extremely rare !

2. Tegner, Henry.

The Sporting Rifle and its use in Britain [with a special chapter on “Books of the Chase”].

London, Herbert Jenkins, 1962. 14.5 x 22 cm. 190 pages with several photographical illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear to binding and dustjacket. Name on endpaper.

3. Arnold, Richard.

Come Shooting With Me.

First Edition. London, Frederick Muller Ltd., 1953. 16 x 24 cm. 152 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4. Parker-Hale Limited.

The Way to Accuracy – First and Second Post War Catalogue. Rifle Sights & Equipment that Stand the Test of Time. Including Service, Smallbore & Sporting Sections.

2 Volumes. Birmingham, Hale, 1946-1947. 15 cm x 24.5 cm. 151, 166 pages with hundreds of illustrations. Original Softcover. Good to very good condition with some considerable signs of wear to the 1946 Edition.

5. Glendenning, Jan.

British Pistols and Guns 1640 – 1840.

London, Cassell and Company Limited, 1951. Oblong (18.5 cm high x 25.5 cm wide). VIII, 195 pages. With XXXV plates full of illustrations and photographs. Original Hardcover (red cloth) Very good condition with some clear signs of external wear. Interior in excellent condition with some light spotting to the endpapers only.

6. Fiosconi, Cesar / Guserio, Jordam.

Espingarda Perfeyta Or The Perfect Gun [The Perfect Musket] & Rules For Its Use together with necessary instructions for its construction and precepts for good aiming. Edited & Translated by Rainer Daehnhardt & W.Keith Neal.

Reprint of the original Edition from Lisbon, 1718. Bilingual Edition in Portuguese and English. London, Sotheby’s, 1974. 17.5 cm x 23 cm. XXII, 465 pages with 4 Lock – Drawings and 31 photographic illustrations of Anselmo Locks/ Early Portuguese Flintlocks etc. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very Good condition with some external signs of wear to the dustjacket only.

7. Chapel, Charles Edward.

Gun Collecting.

Eighth Impression. New York, Coward – McCann, Inc., 1939. 14 cm x 19 cm. X, 232 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very Good condition with some external signs of wear. The jacket with several tears and fraying.

8. Andrews, James / Bland, Clifford T. / Blockey, Robert / Farmiloe, Robin / Harrison, Robin / Inge, John / Lee-Elliott, Christopher / McArthur, Alastair / Service, Douglas / Shepard, Michael.

Wildfowling. With sixty-three Illustrations (49 Plates and 14 Text Illustrations).

London, Seeley, Service & Co., (1950). 15 cm x 22 cm. 352 pages. Original Hardcover in Mylar. Very good condition. Name of the preowner on the endpaper. [The Lonsdale Library Vol. XXIX]

9. Walsh, J. H. (″Stonehenge”).

The Modern Sportsman’s Gun and Rifle; including Game and Wildfowl Guns, Sporting and Match Rifles and Revolvers. In two Volumes. Volume II only: The Sporting Rifle, Match Rifle and Revolver.

First Ediiton. London, Horace Cox, “The Field” Office, 1884. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XVI, 584 pages. With 203 illustrations. Original Hardcover in Mylar. Original Edition of this classic in its original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament. Some stronger signs of external wear. Hinges internally a little weak and starting to separate. Including the Errata – Leaf.

10. Scott, William Henry.

British Field Sports ; Embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting – Hunting – Coursing – Racing – Cocking – Fishing &c. With Observations on the Breaking and Training of Dogs and Horses; also The Management of Fowling Pieces, and all other Sporting Implements.

Second Edition. London, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1820. 14 cm x 22 cm. XI, 615 pages with 34 original engravings by J. Scott after Berenger, with Vignettes by Bewick. Original Hardcover (full contemporary brown leather with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine). Good and firm condition with some external signs of wear. Upper hinge damaged with the spine starting to separate. But still in strong and firm shape. Bookblock in excellent condition with beautifully marbled edges. Occasional browning only.