Peek, Hedley / Aflalo, F.G.

The Encyclopaedia of Sport.

First volume available. London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 1897. 27.1cm x 19cm. X, 632 pages. With historic illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With gilt cover and spine illustrations, and gilt edges. Front endpaper loose.

Lees-Milne, Alvilde / Verey, Rosemary.

The Englishman’s Garden. Foreword by the Marchioness of Salisbury.

London, Allen Lane, 1982. 22cm x 28cm. 154 pages with 200 colour and black and white photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph.

The Fowler in Ireland. Or, Notes on the Haunts and Habits of Wildfowl and Seafowl including Instructions in the Art of Shooting and Capturing them. With numerous Illustrations.

First Edition. London, John van Voorst, 1882. 22 x 14 cm. xiii, 503 pages, (2), Publishers list. With 17 full page Plates as listed, and many Illustrations in Text. Rebacked in 2023 using the original boards and spine. New end papers. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Names of previous owners. Internally bright and clean.

Mahony, Edmund.

The Galway Blazers. Memoirs.

First Edition. Galway, Kenny’s Bookshops and Art Galleries, 1979. 24 x 18 cm. (6), 125 pages. Illustrated in B&W. Original cloth binding. Hard cover. In original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Holme, Charles. (ed).

The Gardens of England – In the Southern & Western Counties.

London, Offices of the Studio, 1907. 29.5cm x 21.5cm. IX, 37 pages. With additional pages including 136 illustrations. Original Hardcover. Good condition with some signs of external wear.

Hunt, John Dixon / Willis, Peter. (ed).

The Genius of the Place – The English Landscape Garden 1620-1820.

Massachusetts, The MIT Press, 1988. 24.1cm x 17.2cm. XX, 392 pages. With 101 historic illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear on the cover.

Anon.

The Geography of Plants.

[First Edition]. London, The Religious Tract Society, Not dated [c. 1850]. 14 x 9 cm. vi, 192 pages. Contemporary quarter black calf over marbled boards. Gilt decoration and number (‘871’) on spine. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Two identical inscriptions on front paste down and title page (‘Hickham Loan Library, January 1st 1852’) in ink. No stamps etc. Internally clean.

Reilly, Terry / Neill, Ivan / Loftus, Michael (Foreword).

The Green Above The Red. [Signed]. A compilation of Mayo’s All-Ireland triumphs at all levels. With a Foreword by Dr. Michael Loftus. President of the G.A.A.

[First Edition]. Ballina, Co. Mayo, Western People Ltd., 1985. 20.5 x 14.5. 208 pages. Illustrated. Original stiff paper wrappers. Soft cover. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Front board creased (see image). Three lines marked with a highlighter. Otherwise very clean. Inscribed to previous owner by one of the Authors (Terry Reilly) in 1985. A nice copy of this now rare publication.

Fergusson, Gordon.

The Green Collars – The Tarporley Hunt Club and Cheshire Hunting History. Foreword by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. Includes Hunting Songs by R.E. Egerton Warburton and a Miscellany of Sporting Verse by Cheshire Authors.

London, Quiller Press, 1993. 29cm x 21.4cm. XX, 491 pages. With historic and modern illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Thrasher, Halsey.

The Hunter and Trapper. By Halsey Thrasher, an experienced Hunter. Illustrated.

[First Edition]. New York, Orange Judd Company, [1868]. 18 x 12 cm. iv, 91 pages plus nine pages publishers list. Original brown cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Illustrated end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.