They are very charming and excellent illustrations, precise with bright colouring, showing more aquatint ground than in the stories Alken illustra...

A fine group showing 2 male and 2 female hunters along with the spoils of the chase. Each plate titled beneath image with lines of appropriate ver...

'The most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence' (Schwerdt), Oriental Field Sports is a valuable record of the sporting activities of Britis...

Comprising: Agriculture Through the Ages, Foundations of Agriculture, The Horse (Early History, The English Thoroughbred, Some Famous Breeders, Th...

Chapters comprise: Historical Survey of the Rise of Shipping; The Story of London River; The Clyde; The Mersey; The Tyne and North-East Ports; The...

The last in a series of excellent editions Major published between 1823 and 1844.Sml. 8vo.,lx, 418, [1] pp., 12 steel-engraved plates and numerous...

Crown 8vo., slight offsetting from frontispiece plate to title, otherwise fine, contemporary green half morocco gilt by J. Larkins, gilt angling ...

Chapters include, Ancient Fox-Hunting, The Foxhounds of England and Wales, Ditto...Scotland, Harriers & Hare-Hunting, Beagles and Beagling, De...

Features famous sporting prints by artists such as Henry Alken; Bartolozzi, M, Egerton, T Fielding, John Harris; T Hassell; Samuel Howitt; Charles...

The premier 19th-century colour plate sporting book. First edition, first issue, in the original cloth, 'considered by many to be the premier colou...

8vo, xii, 234pp., additional engraved title and 18 hand-coloured plates after Alken and Rawlins, contemporary red morocco gilt by McDonald, spine...

Schwerdt / Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester copy. A rare series of humorous designs with impeccable provenance.The titles are: An Essay on Hunting;...

[falconry] the best English book on falconry. 'First edition of the best English book on falconry and a very attractive publication' (Schwerdt).A c...

Folio, viii, 144pp., engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title-page with vignette, 21 full-page engraved plates, vignettes in text, plates ...

A scarce account of Nepal. In 1851 he accompanied Jang Bahadur on his return to Nepal after his embassy to England. Includes a chapter on the tr...

'An excellent game shot, Swayne describes his seventeen journeys into Somaliland's interior... An important work of sport and exploration' (Czech)...

State IV of IV. Uncommon.Engravings with mezzotint, fine original hand-colour, fine impressions with margins. Framed 640 x 480 mm.Siltzer 248.

An extremely scarce complete set of these rare Indian hog hunting scenes. They depict one of the most exciting and dangerous of colonial sporting ...

Extremely rare set of 4 shooting prints depicting the same huntsman at different shoots throughout the year, in a fine mezzotint techinque and ver...

Fine and rare mezzotints of horses, published separately.Siltzer records the charming naivety of Sartorius's work, referring to them as from "the ...