11. 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.

12. 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.

13. Graham, Edward H.

The Land and Wildlife.

New York, Oxford University Press, 1947. 8°. XIII, 232 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

14. Grinnell, George Bird.

American Duck Shooting. With Fifty-eight Portraits of North American Swans, Geese and Ducks by Edwin Sheppard and numerous Vignettes in the text by Wilmot Townsend.

Twelfth Thousand. New York, Forest and Stream Publishing Company, (1901) 8°. 628 pages. Original Hardcover with cover-illustration. Good + condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Binding shaky and starting to separate from bookblock. Bookblock still firm and clean – in collectable condition.

15. Hawker, Lt. Col. Peter.

Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting.

Fifth Edition, corrected and improved with explanatory plates and woodcuts. London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1826. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. XXI, 456 pages with X plates and several woodcuts within the text. Original Hardcover (half leather on four raised bands with marbled paper-covered boards) with gilt lettering on spine. Very Good condition with some external signs of wear. Minor abrasion to one corner only. All plates and illustrations included as called for. One plate cleanly detached. Binding very firm and strong. Some spotting and occasional staining inside.

16. Herbert, Agnes [″The Authoress”].

Two Dianas in Somaliland. A Record of a Shooting Trip by Agnes Herbert / With Twenty-Five Illustrations Reproduced from Photographs.

Second Edition. London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, 306 pages. 22 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent version of this rare book in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Occasional spotting but interior otherwise bright and clean. Foxing to edges. Some untrimmed pages throughout.

17. 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.

18. His Majesty’s Stationery Office.

Small Arms Training – Volume I – Includes 11 rare Pamphlets: Pamphlet I – Weapon Training (1937) / Pamphlet II – Application of Fire (1939)/ Pamphlet III – Rifle (1937) / Pamphlet No. IV – Light Machine Gun (1939) / Pamphlet No. V – Anti-Tank Rifle (1937) / Pamphlet No. VI – Anti-Aircraft (1937) / Pamphlet No. IX – Mortar (3-inch) (1937) / Pamphlet No. XII – Bayonet (1937) / Pamphlet No. XIII – Grenade (1937) / Pamphlet No. XVI – Annual Range Courses Regular Army other than Cavalry Regiments (Horsed and Mechanized), Infantry and M.G. Battallions and The Royal Tank Corps (1938) // For Official Use Only – NOT TO BE PUBLISHED.

Official Copy (Crown Copyright Reserved). London, His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1938. 8°. 64, 36, 73, 70, 18, 40, 81, 22, 48, 24, 31 pages with several detailed illustrations of machinery as well as diagrams and range – tables. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce, top secret publication for official use only.

19. Lenk, Torsten.

The Flintlock: Its Origin and Development. Translated by G.A.Urquart / Edited by J.F.Hayward.

London, The Holland Press Ltd. / Elizabeth Lenk, 1965. Folio. Frontispiece, XII, 188 pages with several illustrations. Modern, professional Hardcover-binding (Beautiful quarter Buckram). Excellent condition after the new binding has been applied to this large volume. The image shows this book together with similar publications.

20. Longfield, Robert.

The Game Laws of Ireland [With a Table of Cases and a chapter on ‘Remedies against Trespassers and Poachers’].

Second Edition – Revised and Enlarged. Dublin, E. Ponsonby, 1868. 8°. XI, 238 pages. Ephemera / Original advertising for the book loosely inserted. Original 19th century Hardcover. Very good condition with signs of external wear. Faded dampstain to inner boards and endpapers.