11. Himmelwright, A.L.A.

The Pistol and Revolver.

New York, J.J.Little & Co., 1908. 8°. 157 pages. With several illustrations. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration spine and frontcover). The book in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very few handwritten notes in the rear. Absolutely rare hardcover edition.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. Folkard, H.C.

The Wild – Fowler ; A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Wild – Fowling, Historical and Practical.

Second Edition. London, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1864. 16 cm x 22.5 cm. XXII, 398 pages with 13 steel engravings and 5 woodcuts. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration) in protective Mylar. The binding a little scruffy and the Frontispiece nearly detached. Pages 137 cleanly detached and one more illustration also starting to detache. More importantly, the bookblock in firm condition with the endpapers completly in tune with the binding. A very rare and important book in a still collectable and very much acceptable condition.

15. 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]