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1. ADAMS W.H. DAVENPORT The Hunter And Trapper In North America, Or Romantic Adventures In Field And Forest. illus. with Frontis. many illustrations, pub. Lond. T. Nelson, 1877 From the French of Benedict Revoil. or. dark red cl. boards w/gold and black lettering and hunting scenes front and spine. pp.394 followed by pp.6 publisher advertisements, The author lived among the Pawnees in 1848. He relates hunting adventures, bear, buffalo, etc. including a wild horse round-up with the Indians. Very slight wear to extremities gilt title & decoration little faded to spine, lacks front free e/paper otherwise a very good copy.   Price: $145.00  Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
2. ALLISON  COL IAN COOMBS The Australian  Hunter. Comprehensive   guide  to  Game  Equipment,   Hunting   and Photography.  illus.  with plates dgms. t/out.  pub.  Melb. Cassell  1969  1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 4to.  pp.XII.212. Good copy.   Price: $45.00

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3. ARTHUR ROBERT The Shotgun Stock: Design, Construction And Embellishment. illus. with nearly 100 line drawings, photo plates, tables; pub. South Brunswick and New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1971 or. red cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.4to pp.175. Chipped d/w. otherwise very good copy.     Price: $ 200.00
4. BEAR FRED   The Archer's Bible Over 150 illustrations some full page, of target and hunting equipment and how and where to use it. pub. N.Y. Doubleday 1968. or. stiff card boards, 4to. pp.160. Very good copy.     Price: $30.00

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5. BOYES JOHN John Boyes King Of The Wa-Kikuyu True story of travel & adventure. Written by himself. illus. with frontis. & 13 full page plates t/out. Map. pub. London: Methuen & Co, 1911 1st ed. or. red gilt stamped cloth 8vo pp.320. True story of travel & adventure. Autobiography of the great big game hunter who also became King of the Wa-Kikuyu African tribe. Slightly faded to spine else fine copy. Price: $1500.00    Convert Currency   Parcel Costs

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6. BRANDER  MICHAEL The Hunting Instinct. The Development of Field Sports over the Ages. illus. with 16 full page plates t/out.  pub. Lond. Oliver & Boyd 1964 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.176. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
7. BRANDER MICHAEL   Gundogs Their Care And Training illus. with frontispiece, & 34 photographs especially taken, (many of German shorthaired pointers) index pub. London: A. & C. Black. 1963 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.98. General work hunting with dogs; includes brace work. A useful handbook on training for the gundog owner. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
8. BROMLEY-DAVENPORT W. Sport (new edition) illus. with 40 b/w. line drawings by Lt.-Gen. H. Hope Crealocke, CB, CMG. Devoted to fox hunting (several fine illustrations of horses and hounds), salmon fishing, covert shooting, and deer stalking (deerhounds are pictured); with 12 pages of advertising pub. London: Chapman and Hall, 1888 new edition or. decorated cloth binding, with stag design,12mo, pp.243 plus preface by Augusta Bromley-Davenport; distinctly personal perspectives by an enthusiastic sportsman active in Britain and Norway. Boards sl. spotted otherwise good copy. Chapters on fox hunting, salmon fishing, covert shooting & deer stalking.   Price: $100.00
9. BUCK FRANK with Eward Anthony. Wild Cargo. (The book of the Famous film) illus. with frontis. & 18 full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Jarrods Pub. 1933 or. black cl. glt. ltg. to spine 8vo. pp.288. cloth a little rubbed.     Price: $40.00
10. BURRARD GERALD (Major Sir Gerald) Notes On Sporting Rifles. Including the Hodsock  Ballistic  Tables recomputed  by  O.Western.  pub. Lond. Edward  Arnold  1953 4^th ed. revised & enlarged  or.cl.  d/w.  8vo.   pp.184,12 supplement (advts.). fine.  Price: $100.00   Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
11. BUTLER DAVID F. Winchester '73, '76: The First Repeating Centerfire Rifles illus. with colour frontis., plates, diagrams, tables, biblio. U.S.A. WInchester Press, 1970 1st. ed. or. brown cl. 4to. pp.95 History of the first successful centerfire breechloading lever-action rifles - the famed Wincehster Models 1873 and 1876. Historical Background - the Men Who Used Them; Model 1873 - Model 1876; Ammunition. Very good copy.   Price: $50.00

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12. CAMERON-KENNEDY D.F. The Oaklands Hunt. "A chronicle of events" 1888-1988 History of foxhunting in Victoria. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. pub. by author 1989 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.264.     Price: $90.00
13. CARR  RAYMOND English Fox Hunting. A History. illus.  with 16  full  page  plates t/out.  pub.  Lond.  Weidenfeld  and Nicholson  1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XXII.274.  fine     Price: $55.00   Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
14. CARTER NICK   The Arm'd Rhinoceros illus. with black and white photographs, (30 full page plates t/out.) pub. London Andre Deutsch 1965 1st. ed. Proof Copy; or. grey/green wrappers, 8vo. pp.284. Little sunned to spine, some foxing, else good copy, The author set up a rhino catching unit for the Kenya Game Dept, darting rhino with a crossbow and describes his experiences in trying to save this animal from extinction.     Price: $40.00
15. CHAPEL CHARLES EDWARD Gun Collecting profusely illus. with 14 black & white full page photo plates of collectable guns. Index. pub. NY Coward-McCann, Inc. 1939 seventh imp. or. light blue cl. 12mo. pp.232. Chapters on Flintlocks, the Kentucky Rifle, percussion guns, Samuel Colt guns, freaks and oddities and more. Covers classifications and identification. Learn how to recognize valuable guns and how to collect with a purpose. Also the care and cleaning of guns. Very good copy.  Price: $30.00
16. CHURCHILL W.S. The Rt. Hon. My African Journey. illus. with frontis. 3 maps, & 45 full page plates t/out. (lacks 3 plates) pub. Lond. Hodder & Stoughton 1908 1st ed. or. red & light blue illustrated cl. 12mo. ppXIV.226,18 advts. Glt. title to spine, slightly foxed, sl. marked to spine overall a good copy.      Price: $950.00
17. COLE TOM Hell West And Crooked illus. with 12 full page plates t/out. pub. Angus & Robertson. 1990. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.292. Autobiography of legendary Northern Territory crocodile & buffalo hunter, adventurer in the Australian Outback in the 20's. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
18. COLLYNS CHARLES PALK  Notes On The Chase Of The Wild Red Deer In The Counties Of Devon And Somerset With An Appendix Descriptive of Remarkable Runs and Incidents Connected with the Chase from the Year 1780 to the Year 1860. Edited by the Hon. L. J. Bathurst. Illustrated by E. Caldwell. illus. with 8 full page plates inc. frontis. with tissue guards, Numerous illustrations in text; pub. London Lawrence & Bullen. 1902 or. light brown cl. with gilt cover vignette; top edge gilt, 4to. pp.XXVIII.308 edges rough-cut. First edition 1862 this reprint being a limited edition of 1000 copies. Account of stag hunting on Exmoor by the Dulverton surgeon. Good neat repair at top of spine at corners, sl. siverfishing to corner of f/free e/paper, otherwise very good clean, bright copy.   Price: $300.00
19. CONATSER DEAN Bowhunting The Whitetail Deer illus. with b/w. photographs and line drawings; glossary, index. pub. New York: Winchester Press, 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.172 . A fine copy.   Price: $35.00

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20. DUNLOP ROY F. Gunsmithing. A manual of Firearms, Design Construction; Alteration and Remodeling. For Abateur and Professional Gunsmiths and Users of Modern Firearms. illus. with col. frontis. & many plates, drawings t/out. pub. U.S.A. The Stackpole Co. 1963 or. pale green cl. 8vo. pp.X.742.     Price: $100.00
21. EARDLEY-WILMOT SAINTHILL Forest Life And Sport In India illus. with 18 photo illustrations. pub. London Edward Aronld 1910 or. red cloth, 8vo. pp.X.324.20 glt ltg to spine, glt. figure of elephant and two riders on front cover; being an account of forest management and big game hunting in India 1873-1910, by a Senior Forest Officer who spent a lifetime in India, bagging tigers, including man eaters, and other big game in the area where jim Corbett became famous. A very good copy, only minor browning with age. Price: $300.00    Convert Currency   Parcel Costs

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22. FALK  JOHN  R. The Practical Hunter's Dog  Book.  Sensible expert  advice  on  everything that  really  matters,  from selecting  the puppy to advanced field training.  profusely illus.  with b/w. text plates t/out. pub.  N.Y.  Winchester Press 1973 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.318.     Price: $35.00
23. FORRESTER REX & Neil Illingworth. Hunting In New Zealand illus. with 25 photo illus. plus line illus. through text. pub. Wellington, NZ: A.H. & A.W.Reed, 1979. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.262 Fine copy.   Price: $30.00
24. GEORGE C. Modern Handloading. illus. with  many plates  t/out. pub. N.Y. Winchester Press 1974 or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.408.     Price: $40.00
25. GLENDENNING IAN British Pistols And Guns 1640-1840 illus. with, 34 plates with accompanying text, pub. London Cassell & Co. 1951 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. oblong pp.VIII.195. d/w. heavily foxed in centre, chipping, else a very good copy, dark maroon boards very fine.  Price: $65.00

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26. GREAVES RALPH    High Days And Bye Days Being Stray Chapters from the Life of a Huntsman. (fox) illus. with frontis. (portrait) & chapter heading illus. index. pub. London Philip Allan, 1933 1st. ed. or. red cl. gilt titled spine, 8vo. pp.244. Wear to head of spine, slight shelf wear, otherwise good.   Price: $65.00
27. GREENER W. W. The Breech-Loader And How to Use It. illus. with frontis. & with numerous text illustrations and photographs pub. London Cassell & Co., 1892 or. boards with illus. of hunter shooting pheasant; spine re-backed, new e/papers cr.8vo. pp.VIII.228.XVII, advertisements. Fine.   Price: $300.00
28. HANDBOOK Of The 3-PR Hotchkiss Quick-Firing Gun.  (Land Service 1903 illus. with 18 diagrams of which 5 are fold-out; pub. London His Majesty’s Stationary Office facsimile photocopy nd. 1970’s? or. pale green wrappers, 4to. pp.38.14 illus. Fine.   Price: $40.00
29. HATCHER JULIAN S.   Textbook Of Pistols And Revolvers  Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers Shooters Edition; illus. with b/w photographs, tables, drawings; pub. U.S.A. Plantersville SC Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company 1935 or. black cloth covered boards, blind-stamped illustration at front, gold titles at front and spine, 8vo. pp.VI.534. in 3 parts: Arms, Ammunition, Shooting. Lettering to spine faded, title page has corner off, near spine effecting title; otherwise clean, good copy of early firearm history .     Price: $60.00

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30. LAVIN JAMES D. A History Of Spanish Firearms. illus. with 80  full page plates t/out. pub. Lond. Herbet Jenkins  1965 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.304. "This history, beginning with the recorded appearance of gunpowder in Spain, traces the development of hand firearms through their gold age - the 18th century - to the death in 1825 of Isidro Soler, the last of the great Spanish gunsmiths. Included is a much recently discovered information concerning the renowned gunmaking family of Marquart - information which substantially revises all previous concepts and resolves the question of origin of some rather problematic firearms." Near fine copy.   Price: $100.00
31. LONGRIGG ROGER The History of Fox Hunting illus. with 18 color plates plus many b/w. Publisher: London, Macmillan 1975 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.4to. pp.272 The history of this vigorous and popular sport in Britain, Ireland and America; fine copy.     Price: $80.00
32. MACINTYRE DONALD Major General VC. Hindu-Koh. Wanderings And Wild Sport On And Beyond The Himalayas. illus. with frontis. & many text drawing t/out. pub. Lond. William Blackwood 1891 full calf, glt. dec. spine & front bd. cr.8vo. pp.XIII.362. fine copy.     Price: $350.00    Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
33. MARSHALL-BALL ROBIN The Sporting Shotgun. A User's Handbook. with 62 illus., line and b/w. photos & vignettes, maps of game distribution. Index pub. U.K. Hindhead, Saiga Publishing Co., 1981 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.162. "The history of the sporting shotgun began in 1787 when the patent of Henry Nock heralded the dawn of sporting shooting." Author gives a good account of the development of the modern shotgun. Chapters include; Evolution of the modern shotgun; Lock, stock and barrel - Shotgun shooting jargon; The double barrel shotgun; Repeating and automatic-loading shotguns, etc. Fine.   Price: $40.00
34. MARSHALL EDISON The Heart Of The Hunter illus. with e/paper maps, pub. London Shakerspeare Head 1957 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.286. The true and exciting story of his big game hunting adventures on three continents. Slight shelf wear else fine copy.     Price: $40.00
35. MAYDON Major H.C. Big Game Shooting In Africa. illus. with frontis. & 141 plates t/out. pub. Lond. Vol. XIV The Lonsdale Library. 1951 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.446. fine copy with dust wrapper     Price: $200.00

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36. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION The British Rifle Team. Australia & South Africa. 1920-21. Commandants Report. illus. with frontis. & 12 full page plates t/out. Covers the Rifle team competing in Adelaide, Melb., Ballarat, Sydney Brisbane. Np. 1921 or. red blk. & lt. cream stiff wps. 8vo. pp.102. almost fine.     Price: $100.00
37. PARSONS JOHN E. The First Winchester. The Story of the 1866 Repeating Rifle; illustrated with photos and drawings, e/papers illus. Many photos from archival collections. pub. NY: Winchester Press, 1969; 3^rd ed. Revised edition; or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.208. Near fine copy.   Price: $90.00   Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
38. PENROSE EDGAR HOWARD Descriptive Catalogue Of The Collection Of Firearms in the Museum of Applied Science of Victoria. Foreword by Russell Grimwade. illus. with 14 full page plates t/out. pub. Vic. Trustees of the National Museums of Vic. 1949 or. orange cl. 8vo. pp.162. Slightly sunned to spine else very good copy.   Price: $70.00

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39. PURPLE HEATHER (W.A. Adams) Something About Guns And Shooting illus. with Gun and shooting ads at rear. pub. London: Alexander & Shepheard, 1893 Third edition revised and enlarged. or red cl. 8vo. square, pp.VII.154.22 advts. A classic on shotguns, ballistics and shooting, Manton guns, muzzle-loaders, breech-loaders, game-guns etc. Boards flecked else very good copy.   Price: $100.00
40. RUARK ROBERT Use Enough Gun. illus. with 16  full  page plates t/out. and drawings by the author, pub. Lond. Hamilton 1967 1st.ed. or.cl.  d/w. 8vo. pp.334. Big game in Africa ,India and elsewhere. The author's reminiscences of big game hunting by gun and camera. Slightly chipped d/w. else fine.   Price: $65.00

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41. ROBINSON Capt. ERNEST H. Rifle And Target illus. with frontis. & diagrams throughout text, 12 full page plates throughout, pub. London Cassell and Co. 1930 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.242. in the sl., darkened to spine, d/w. very sl. foxing to edges of pages, else fine.     Price: $150.00   Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
42. SCOBIE ALASTAIR    Animal Heaven  illus. with photo frontispiece, large b/w. photos section at back. pub. London Cassell & Company, 1954 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.256. Scobie hunts big game with a camera but some chapters on white hunters, like Peter Young. The author's adventures in the Serengeti National Park in East Africa. Shelf worn dustwrapper chipped at spine otherwise very good copy.  Price: $35.00
43. SELL FRANCIS E. Small Game Hunting. illus. with frontis. & 14 full page plates t/out. pub. U.S.A. Pennsylvania The Stackpool Co. 1955 1st ed. or. dec. cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.158. The author's views on the hunting of small game as preparation for elk and deer hunting. "..shows how the stalk, the arms and ammunition, and the type of shots for small game correspond with big game situations". Hunting rabbit, coon, squirrel, woodchuck, with a chapter on ruffed grouse. Chipped d/w. else fine.   Price: $50.00
44. SEVERINSON K. Hunter Climb High. illus. with 67 plates t/out. 4 maps; pub. N.Z. Auckland Bateman. 1963 2nd ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.228 Light edgewear, to dustwrapper else very good copy.   Price: $40.00
45. SMITH CICELY FOX   Lancashire Hunting Songs and Other Moorland Lays pub. Manchester, E. Cornish, 1909 or. red cl. gilt dec. and lettering to front board and spine 8vo. pp.70. Inscription to f/free e/paper, spine faded else firm & fine.   Price: $125.00
46. ST JOHN CHARLES Short Sketches Of The Wild Sports And Natural History Of The Highlands. pub. London.: John Murray. 1846 1st.ed. contemporary half calf, (19th century), marbled boards, half raised bands, morocco label, cr.8vo. pp.XII,281. Sport and wildlife of the Scottish Highlands around the mid 19th century. Contains chapters on angling lochs and lakes for trout, salmon and char; upland shooting for snipe, grouse and pigeons, etc; deer stalking and shooting; wildfowling; poaching and gamekeeping; seal shooting; falconry, etc. The natural history of the region is also covered with descriptions of the various game animals, birds, and fish which dominate the area. lacks f/free e/paper else clean tight very good copy.   Price: $150.00  Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
47. STOEGER Arms Ammunition & Equipment; No. 35; (1944 Edition) profusely illus. with plates throughout, some full page and col. advts. pub. New York Stoeger 1944 or. wraps. 4to. pp.512 Catalog & Handbook, very good copy     Price: $125.00    Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
48. STOEGER Arms Ammunition & Equipment; No. 38R; (1947 Edition) profusely illus. with plates throughout, some full page and col. advts. pub. New York Stoeger 1947 or. wraps. 4to pp.528 . Catalog & Handbook, crease to front wrapper else very good copy     Price: $90.00
49. SUMMERHAYS R. S Elements Of Hunting illus. with 16 text drawings, pub. London Country Life, 1965 revised edition. or. cloth, brown pictorial d/w. with white titles on spine, 8vo. pp.132 Almost fine copy. The Hunter, The clothes, The Meet, The fences The Farmer, The Fox, The Hound, The Huntsman, The Stag hunt, etc. Very good in the slightly worn d/w.   Price: $30.00

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50. TINSLEY RAY Call of the Wapiti illus. with 18 full page plates t/out. pub. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1979 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XIII.145. The elusive wapiti of the south west of New Zealand's South Island is the ultimate prize for the deer stalker, and one that only a few secure. Ray Tinsley, a hunter sing boyhood, was one of those captured by the lure of this big animal and its habitat in the rugged mountains of Fiordland frequently drew him there. Here he tells of his adventures, success and unrewarded chases seeking the wapiti. Very good copy.   Price: $45.00 
51. TUNNEY R.B. The Shooter's Lexicon illus. with plates, drawings, some full page pub. Sydney: K.G. Murray, 1970 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.312. A fully-illustrated guide to words and terms used in all forms of shooting. Comprehensive guide covering more than 1000 terms and words used in shooting in all forms including sporting and military. In addition the author provides a historical background to the use of firearms to aid in placing the terms used in their present-day perspective. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
52. WILLEY KEITH Crocodile Hunt. illus. with e/paper maps & 20 full  page plates t/out. pub. Brisb. Jacaranda  Press  1966 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.200. An account of the author's time hunting crocodiles on the Alligator River in Arnhem Land, as well as encounters with water buffalo. Dustwrapper spine title little faded, else very good copy.   Price: $75.00
53. WINANT LEWIS Early Percussion Firearms. A History of Early Percussion    Firearms    Ignition-   from    Forsyth    to Winchester  .44/40 illus. with frontis. & over 230 illustrations of percussion firearms, parts, patents, and cartridges. pub. N.Y. Bonanza Books nd.1959 or.cl.  d/w.  8vo. pp.VIII.292. Near fine copy.   Price: $60.00
54. WINCHESTER  REPEATING ARMS CO. Repeating Rifles, Shot Guns and Metallic Ammunition. illus. with b/w. dwgs. t/out  some full  page; facsimile of Catalogue No.58 pub. in December  1896  this ed. pub. nd.197-? or.illus. cream wrappers with brown print; 8vo. pp.130. Fine.   Price: $45.00

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55. WILLIAMSON HAROLD F. Winchester. The Gun That Won The West. illus. with frontis. & many plates, dwgs. t/out. pub.  N.Y. A.S. Barnes & Co. 1962 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XVI.494. The official history of Winchester firearms and ammunition from 1849 to the present. Fine copy.   Price: $95.00
56. WINSER  KEITH Wild Game Of Australia. illus.  with  col. frontis.  &  13 full page plates t/out. text dwgs.  8  col. plates in pocket at rear, pub. Melb. Motor Manual  nd.195-? or.illus.bds.  4to.  pp.106. Near fine copy.   Price: $50.00
57. WOOTTERS  JOHN WOOTTERS Handloading. illus.  with many text plates t/out. pub.  N.Y. Winchester Press 1976 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.320.     Price: $35.00