161. [Puttnam, David] / Hornby, Nick.

Fever Pitch. [Stunning association between Nick Hornby and David Puttnam].

First Edition, 7th Impression. London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1992. 8°. 247 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. Signed and inscribed by Nick Hornby to David Puttnam. From the personal library of producer David Puttnam.

162. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Houghton, Rev. W.

British Fresh Water Fishes. Illustrated with a coloured Figure of each Species drawn from Nature by A.F.Lydon and numerous Engravings.

London / Edinburgh and Dublin, William Mackenzie, (1879). Folio. XXVI, 204 pages with 41 stunning full-page lithographs in colour. Wonderful, recent half leather binding with new endpapers applied. Excellent condition. Extraordinarily beautiful publication with quite some romance applied to the pages juxtaposed to the colourful illustrations. Here we find the localities where one was able to catch the illustrated fish, beautifully depicted by skillful 19th century artists.

163. Parker, Juli L.

Representations of Murderous Women in Literature, Theatre, Film, and Television. Examining the Patriarchal Presuppositions Behind the Treatment of Murderesses in Fiction and Reality.

Lewiston, Edwin Mellen Press, 2010. XVIII, 424 pages. Original Hardcover. Some staining to the rear board. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

164. Maránek, Jiri / [Obrtel, Vit – Typography]

Vystrel Na Slepo (A Shot in the Dark). Pribeh z provincie.

(Praha), Edice Olymp, [1926]. Large Octavo. 44 pages. First edition in publisher’s printed wrappers – Typography of the wrappers by Vit Obrtel. A very good, uncut copy, some edge wear and minor browning. One of only 500 copies (this one unnumbered). Signed and inscribed by Jiri Maránek in the year of publication. [Edice Olymp – Svazek 4].

165. [Fly Fishing / Angling – Collection] – Veniard, John.

Trout Flies / Salmon Flies / Wet Flies. A collection of 7 pamphlets by John Veniard: No. 1. Trout and Salmon Flies [Dressings of 30 Dry Flies – 30 Wet Flies – 4 May Flies – 4 Fan Wing Flies – 8 Salmon Flies / [Possibly No. 2 (unnumbered): Fly Tying for the Beginner (Salmon) / No.3. Wet Flies – Dressings of Eighty-two useful Wet Fly Patterns / No.4: Salmon Flies – Dressings of Thirty-Two Salmon Fly Patterns (Supplementary to coloured Folder No.4 “Salmon Flies” / Possibly No. 5 (unnumbered): Trout Flies – Dressings of 140 Dry Fly and Wet Fly Patterns, 72 of them illustrated in colour / No. 6: One Hundred and one Fly Dressings – Trout – Sea-Trout – Lake Trout – Grayling / No.7: Fifty Salmon Fly Dressings /

Thornton Heath, E.Veniard, ca. 1965. 8°. Each pamphlet with ca. 20 pages. No. 5 with 43 pages. Original Softcover (printed wrappers). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some scribbling on a few of the pamphlets. Rare collection.

166. Cassells, Judy (ed.).

A Guide to Garden Centres & Nurseries in Ireland 1990. Compiled and edited by Judy Cassells.

First Edition. Dublin, Irish Garden Plant Society, 1990. 14,5 x 22 cm. 76 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

167. 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.

168. 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.

169. Riling, Ray.

Guns and Shooting – a selected chronological bibliography. Including works in various languages on artillery, bombs, fireworks and rockets, the composition and manufacture of explosives, firearms and ammunition of all sorts, through the ages to the present time, together with books on the use of firearms in war and in sport, for the taking of all manner of game and shooting at mark, as well as works on ballistics, the history and development of firearms, wounds caused by them, gunmaking and gunsmithing, the handloading of ammunition, etc; taken from the compiler’s library and other reliable sources, with an introduction, alphabetical list of authors and a list of pseudonyms used by writers in the allied fields of sporting and shooting.prepared for the use of the arms collector, ballistician, gunsmith, handloader, technician, student and author, as well as for all who are interested in the history and development of firearms and their use in war and peace, in the field and at target.

New York, Greenberg (A Gun Room Library Book), 1951. 16 cm x 24 cm. XVIII, 434 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very Good condition with some external signs of wear to the jacket only. The jacket with some fraying and tears but well concealed by the protective Mylar jacket. Excellent publication !

170. 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.