O’Sullivan, Roderick.

Lough Corrib A Cause for Concern.

Published on behalf of Lough Corrib Angling Federation, 1996. 147 pages. With Tables, Maps etc. Trade paperback. Very good condition.

The Earl of Suffolk and Bershire Hedley Peek / Aflalo, F.G.

The Encyclopaedia of Sport.

First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1897 & 1898. 26 x 18 cm. Vol.1: x, 632 pages / Vol.2: v, 655 pages. Both volumes illustrated throughout in text and many fine, tissue guarded Plates. Original cloth. Gilt decorations and titles. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Spines faded. Hinges started to open, but binding remains intact. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Peters, J.G.

A Treatise on Equitation or the Art of Horsemanship. Simplified progressively for Amateurs. Forming complete lessons for training horses, and instructions for beginners. Illustrated with Twenty-Seven Descriptive Plates.

First Edition. London, Whittaker and Co., 1835. 23 x 15 cm. lv, 316 pages. Complete with Frontispiece and 27 Plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper. Hard cover. Missing spine label. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean.

Oscar Leslie Stephen (editor)

Sir Victor Brooke. Sportsman and Naturalist. A Memoir of his Life and Extracts from his Letters and Journals. A Chapter on his Researches in Natural History by Sir William H. Flower. Portraits and Illustrations.

First Edition. London, John Murray, 1894. 20 x 14 cm. x, 266 pages, 28 pages publishers list. Complete with all Illustrations, as listed. Original maroon cloth. Gilt titles and decorations. Fore edge deckle. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Front hinge cracked. Edges and end papers age darkened. Occasional mild foxing.

Craigie, Eric.

Irish Sporting Sketches – Signed.

First Edition. Gigginstown, Mullingar, The Lilliput Press, 1984. 21 x 14 cm. 108 pages. With small B&W Illustrations. Original stiff paper covers. Soft covers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Inscribed by the Author (‘Eric’) on the first blank page. See images.

Pike, Warburton.

The Barren Ground of Northern Canada.

New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1917. 20 x 13 cm. ix, 334 pages plus six pages publishers list. Complete with 15 Plates and a folded map, as listed. Original green cloth hard cover. Gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Binding shaky, but holding. Internally clean.

Captain Hale.

How To Tie Salmon Flies. A Treatise on the Methods of Tying the Various Kinds of Salmon Flies. With Illustrated Directions and containing the Dressing of Forty Flies. By Captain Hale. East Lancashire Regiment.

First Edition. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1892. 22 x 14 cm. xi, 122 pages plus 4 pages of Ads. Illustrated. Original red cloth. Gilt titles. Very good condition. Binding seriously stained and discoloured (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Front hinge ctacked and front free end paper almost disconnected. Internally bright and clean. A very good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.

Chapman, Abel.

On Safari. Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa. With Studies in Bird Life. With 170 Illustrations by the Author and E. Caldwell. Sketch-Maps and Photographs.

First Edition. London, Edward Arnold, 1908. 21 x 14 cm. xvi, 340 pages. Illustrated. Fine dark half morocco over cloth covered boards. Gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Small abrasion to rear board (see images). Edges dust dulled and mildly foxed. Occasional mild foxing, mainly to first and last few pages. Ex Libris of previous owner (Alan Francis Brooke) on front paste down (see notes below). Internally clean. A very nice copy in a sturdy very attractive binding.

Fahy, Edward.

Child of the Tides. A Seat Trout Handbook.

First Edition. Dun Laoghaire, The Glendale Press, 1985. 24 x 17 cm. 188 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Name of previous owner on half title page. Internally bright and clean.

Grimble, Augustus.

The Salmon Rivers of Ireland. With seventy-eight Illustrations from Photographs and two Maps.

Second Edition. London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Truebner, & Co., 1913. 22 x 14 cm. xvi, 296 pages. Illustrated. Contemporary green cloth. Gilt title and decorations. Top edge black, other edges deckle. Very good condition. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. A little fading to spine. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean. A nice clean copy. See images.

Wallop Brabazon (Author) / Cooper, William (Illustrations).

The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland, with Suggestions for the Working of a Fishing Company. Dedicated by Permission to the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, London, Derby, James McGlashan et al, 1848. 22 x 13.5 cm. x, 111 pages. Complete with 21 Plates, including 8 folding plates (see images). Later attractive quarter calf over marbled boards. Gilt title and blind line decorations on spine. New plain end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Text block dust dulled with occasional mild foxing. See images

Clark, Atwood.

Gun Dogs and their Training. The Sportsman’s Library Volume IV.

First Edition. London, Philip Allan, 1935. 18 x 12 cm. 253 pages with eight Plates. Original red cloth. Silver Titles. Hard cover. Some shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and foxed. Internally mildly foxed.

Grant, Francis T.

Salmon Flyfishing. The Dynamic Approach.

First Edition. Shrewsbury, Swan Hill Press, 1993. 24 x 19 cm. (6), 152 pages. Illustrated. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. Inside original decorated prize-clipped dust jacket Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Small paper sticker on front paste down. Internally bright and clean.

Bratby, Michael / Scott, Peter.

Through the Air. Adventures with Wild Fowl and Small-boat Sailing.

First Edition. London, Country Life, 1941. 24 x 18 cm. 127 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Peter Scott, including 20 original drawings in blue ink, of which one is a full page drawing. All drawings are signed or initialed. Blue Morrocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. Gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to binding. Minor material losses to lower front board. Internally dust dulled and foxed. Text block clean. Inscribed by Michael Bratby ‘To the Field Marshal’. 20 original drawings by Peter Scott.

Taverner, Eric.

Introduction to Angling.

London, Seeley Service & Co., 1967. 22cm x 14.2cm. 160 pages. Frontispiece photograph of The Kent near Kendal, Westmorland. With 50 figures and 8 illustrations throughout the text. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The Beaufort Library. Volume 1.]

Scott, Peter.

Morning Flight. A Book of Wildfowl. Illustrated with Reproductions from the Author’s Paintings and a Self-Portrait.

Signed Limited Edition. No. 199 / 750. London, Country Life Limited, 1935. 32 x 25 cm. xiii, (2), 138 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original black and brown cloth with title and author on front board and spine. Top edge gilt, fore and tail edge deckle. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition in good dust jacket. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping to corners, boards and spine. Binding dust dulled and faded. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Very faded inscription from Peter Scott to Alanbrooke (?), signed Peter and dated 3rd November 1935. Text mostly unreadable. Signed and numbered (199) by Peter Scott. Occasional mild foxing. Internally clean. Dust jacket worn and age darkened. Minor paper losses to top of spine. Now in protective jacket.

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.

Morris, T.A.

The Irish Greyhound Stud Book. Established by the Irish Coursing Club, 1923. Containing the Names, Colours, Ages and Pedigrees of Greyhounds registered therein from 1st January, 1934, to 31st May, 1934.

Volume XII. (Section II). Clonmel, The Greyhound and Sporting Press, 1934. 22 x 14 cm. 1644 pages. Original olive green cloth with gilt title and gilt decorations to front board and spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine creased. Front hinge open over ca. 5 cm. Binding sound. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally bright and clean.

Morris, T.A.

The Irish Greyhound Stud Book. Established by the Irish Coursing Club. 1923. Volume VIII. (Section 2). Containing the Names, Colours, Ages and Pedigrees of Greyhounds registered Therein from 31st December 1929, to 1st June 1930. Compiled by T.A. Morris, Keeper of the Irish Greyhound Stud Book.

Clonmel, The Greyhound and Sporting Press, 1930. 21 x 14 cm. 967 pages. A few illustrations and ads. Original gree cloth with gilt decorations on front board and spine. Gilt title on spine. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened and dust dulled. Front free end paper missing. Otherwise complete and clean inside.

Jorgensen, Poul.

Salmon Flies. Their Character, Style and Dressing. A Modern Guide to Tying Flies for Salmon, including over 160 Traditional and Contemporary Patterns. Introduction by Joseph D. Bates, Jr.

PA, Stackpole Books, 1978. 24cm x 19.3cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Jorgensen, Poul.

Modern Trout Flies and How to Tie Them. Color Photographs by Lee Boltin. Additional photographs by Jorgensen.

London/ Tonbridge, Ernest Benn Limited, 1979. 28.4cm x 22.1cm. 80 pages. 22 pages of photographs. 240 photographs in total. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Bridges, Anthony.

Modern Salmon Fishing.

Second Edition. London, Adam & Charles Black, 1969. 22.4cm x 14.5cm. xx, 229 (5) pages. With frontispiece photograph. Seventeen plates and thirty-four line illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Various.

The Times of India. Illustrated Weekly. Christmas Number 1910.

Bombay, The Times of India, 1910. 37 x 28 cm. 112 pages. Illustrated throughout in Colour and B&W. Original heavy paper covers bound in dark cloth boards. Very good condition. Binding severely rubbed, bumped and stained. Internally clean with a few stains, some tears etc. Some pages tape repaired.