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Gregory (J.W. and C.J.) To the Alps of Chinese Tibet, first edition, folding map, 16 plates, 6 text figures, original cloth, 8vo, 1923.

Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest, first edition, plates, some colour, illustrations, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, 1953.

McCormick (Robert) Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas and Round the World, 2 vol., first edition, 3 portraits, 3 maps, 2 folding, 36 tinted lithograph plates including 5 folding panoramas, 24 wood-engraved plates, wood-engraved text illustrations, few ff. marginally damp-marked, original cloth, recased, new spines and endpapers, ex-library copy with bookplate, stamps and classmark on spines, 8vo, 1884.

McNair (Major Fred.) Perak and the Malays: ''Sarong'' and ''Kris'', first edition, frontispiece, title vignette, 11 plates, 2 folding maps, some margins defective or with short tears, contemporary half calf, printed library label, rubbed, 8vo, 1878.

Middle East &c.- Baedeker (Karl) Palestine and Syria. Handbook for Travellers, first edition, spine slightly stained, 1876; Egypt and the Sûdân, seventh remodelled edition, 1914; Austria-Hungary with Excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest, eleventh edition, 1911; The Rhine including the Black Forest & the Vosges, seventeenth revised edition, 1911, many folding colour maps, original limp cloth: and 19 others, Guides, most Baedekers, 8vo (23).

Naval Intelligence Division. Iraq and the Persian Gulf, first edition, plates, folding maps, one in pocket at rear, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, spotted, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Geographical Handbbok Series, 1944.

Naval Intelligence Division. Palestine and Transjordan, first edition, signed by Kenneth Mason, General Editor, plates, maps, one folding in pocket at rear, ownership inscription on verso of front endpapers, original cloth, slightly spotted, spine faded, 8vo, Geographical Handbook Series, 1943.

Naval Intelligence Division. Persia, first edition, plates, folding maps, one coloured, ownership inscription on verso of front cover, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, lower corners bruised, Geographical Handbook Series, 1945.

Naval Intelligence Division. Syria, first edition, signed by Kenneth Mason, General Editor, plates, maps, one coloured folding in pocket at rear, ownership inscription on verso of front cover, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, spotted, 8vo, Geographical Handbook Series, 1943.

Naval Intelligence Division. Western Arabia and the Red Sea, first edition, signed by Kenneth Mason, General Editor, with annotations in his own hand on front endpaper, plates, folding maps, one coloured, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, spotted, 8vo, Geographical Handbook Series, 1946.

Naval Intelligence Division. Pacific Islands, 4 vol., first edition, signed by Kenneth Mason, General Editor, plates, folding maps, some in pocket at rear, ownership inscription on verso of front cover, original cloth, gilt, spines faded, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Geographical Handbook Series, 1945.

Wilson (Horace Hayman, translator & editor) The Vishnu Purana, a System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, first edition, 19th century calf, library stamp on upper cover, worn, upper cover detached, 4to, 1840.

Dayes (Edward) The Works, edited by E.W. Brayley, first edition, portrait, additional engraved vignette title-page, 10 engraved plates, dedication leaf & list of subscribers at beginning, 3 additional views by Dayes inserted at end, uncut in modern cloth-backed boards, 4to, 1805.

Clark (Daniel Kinnear) Tramways, their Construction and Working, 2 vol., first edition, 13 folding plates, frontispiece in vol. 2 (not called for in vol. 1), illustrations, modern half calf, 8vo, 1878-82.

Bannerman (David Armitage) The Birds of the British Isles, 12 vol., first edition, colour plates by George E.Lodge, original cloth, dust-jackets, 4to, Edinburgh, 1953-63.

Mawson (Thomas H.) The Art & Craft of Garden Making, second edition, 1901 § Dami (Luigi) Il Giardino Italiano, Milan, 1924 § Jekyll (Gertrude) Some English Gardens, first edition, colour plates by George S.Elgood, 1904; the same, third edition, 1905; and 2 others, Garden Design, 4to (6).

Sitwell (Sacheverell) Old Fashioned Flowers, first edition, colour illustrations by John Farleigh, 1939 § Wilson (Helen Van Pelt) The Fragrant Year, illustrations by Leonie Bell, 1971 § Taylor (Jane) Collecting Garden Plants, colour plates, 1988, original cloth; and 46 others, Garden Flowers, including some duplicates, 8vo (49).

Sitwell (S.) and W Blunt. Great Flower Books 1700-1900, a Bibliographical Record, first edition, 36 plates, 20 colour, original half buckram, slightly faded at extremities, dust-jacket, folio, 1956.

Waterfield (Maragaret) Flower Grouping in English, Scotch & Irish Gardens, first edition, 56 colour plates by the author, modern green half morocco, t.e.g., 4to, 1907.

Culpeper (Nicholas) The Complete Herbal, new edition, 18 hand-coloured plates, frontispiece water-stained, title creased, fore-edge of first pages chipped with loss, front hinge cracked, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, soiled, extremities worn, 4to, 1835.

Sitwell (Sacheverell) Old Fashioned Flowers, first edition, pictorial title-page, 11 colour plates, illustrations, by John Farleigh, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1939.

Gelieu (Jonas de) The Bee Preserver, first English edition, half-title, illustrations, errata slip at end, stamp on title and another f., contemporary signature on title, original cloth-backed boards, spine label worn and with later sticker, covers marked, uncut, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1829.

Wildman (Thomas) A Treatise on the Management of Bees, 2 parts in 1 vol., third edition, 3 folding engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, a little browning, first 4ff. with small water-stain to lower corner, contemporary sheep, rubbed, light soiling, joints weak, 8vo, for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1778.

SNAFFLES, Osses and Obstacles, first edition, with dust cover ++Some damage to dust cover

Brumhall, Jean de (1899-1937) The Story of Babar the little elephant with a preface by A A Milne, London, Methues & Co, folio (1935) (36 x 265mm), hand coloured title, coloured illustrations throughout, a few thumb marks, original blue spine cloth, illustrated orange boards. A rare proof copy of the English First edition, with pencil annotations throughout, various pieces of additional text laid down, last leaf with four printer's proof stamps (of W S Cowell Ltd, printer and lithographers, Ipswich), also loosely inserted slip of paper inscribed 'Final Proof, read 20.8.34'

Lamond (Henry) The Sea-Trout, A Study in Natural History, first edition, xii, 219pp., half-title, plates and illustrations, some colour, bookplates of MacKenzie of Gairloch, original green cloth, gilt, 4to, Sherratt & Hughes, 1916. *** Contains chapters on eggs and alevins, the fry, parr and smolts, spawning and propogation, etc.

Little (G.) The Angler's Complete Guide and Companion, Being a Practical Treatise on Angling and Its Requirements, first edition, 203pp., [2pp.], 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates of flies, wood-engraved illustrations throughout, advertisement leaf at end, a little very light spotting to title and preface, hinges slightly weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, privately printed by the author, n.d. [1881].

Lloyd (Llewellyn) Scandinavian Adventures, During a Residence of Upwards of Twenty Years, 2 vol., first edition, xxii, 512pp., xii, 527pp., lithographed map, 12 tinted lithograph plates, illustrations, ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, hinges reinforced, original decorative green cloth, gilt, spines faded and chipped, rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.135], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1854.

[Locke (James)] Tweed and Don; Or, Recollections and Reflections of an Angler for the Last Fifty Years, first edition, viii, 152pp., wood-engraved frontispiece, illustrations, original red cloth, gilt, a little light soiling, mainly to spine, head and foot of spine very slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.136pp.], 8vo, Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo, 1860. *** A genial tour of Scotland's major fishing waters.

Lord (W[illiam] B[arry]) Sea Fish and How to Catch Them, first edition, viii, 52pp., [4pp.], half-title, pictorial title printed in red and black, 2ff. advertisements at end, tear to second page of advertisements with a little loss of text, original blue printed wrappers bound in contemporary half morocco, wrappers a little dust-soiled, morocco slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.136], 12mo, Bradbury & Evans 1862. *** One of the first books on salt-water fishing.

Mackintosh (Alexander) The Driffield Angler; In Two Parts: Containing, Descriptions of the Different Types of Freshwater Fish, and the Best Methods of Taking Them in Rivers, Lakes and Fish-Ponds ... , to Which are Added, Instructions for Shooting ... also, a Short Treatise on Coursing ... , first edition, xii, 346pp., half-title, engraved frontispiece, a little light water-staining to half-title, a little light browning, uncut, handsome modern panelled calf, gilt spine, [Westwood & Satchell pp.137-38], 8vo, Gainsborough, for the author by H. Mozley, n.d., [1806]. *** Although overlooked by many historians (Robb, Hills and Gingrich), Mackintosh is an important sourcebook for those interested in the history of fly pattern development. It seems obvious that he is sometimes talking about dry flies in his chapter on fly tying materials since he endorses materials "not apt to imbibe the water". He also stresses copying the belly of the natural fly when tying since "the fish take most notice ... being more in their sight".

Maitland (Sir J. Ramsay Gibson) The History of Howietoun, Containing a Full Description of ... Hatching Houses and Ponds, and of Experiments ... and also of the Fish-Cultural Work and the Magnificent Results Already Obtained, first edition, xxiv, 278pp., engraved frontispiece and illustrations, a little very light spotting to title, hinges very slightly weak, original blue cloth, gilt spine, slightly rubbed, a little light soiling, folio, Stirling, J.R. Guy, 1887.

Malloch (P.D.) Life-History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea-Trout, Trout, and Other Freshwater Fish, first edition, xvi, 264pp., numerous illustrations, small stamp to title, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities very slightly rubbed, a little light soiling, 4to, Adam and Charles Black, 1910.

Malone (E.J.) Irish Trout and Salmon Flies, first edition, signed by the author, xiv, 427pp., number 60 of 60 copies, half-title, one actual specimen fly in sunken mount at beginning, plates including 11 colour plates of flies, half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., spine very slightly faded, 8vo, Colin Smythe, Gerrards Cross, 1984. *** The actual fly at the beginning is "The Grey Thunder", a salmon fly tied as an example of the author's personal pattern.

Manley (J.J.) Notes on Fish and Fishing, first edition, viii, 363pp., [45pp.], engraved illustrations, many pp. of advertisements at end and to endpapers, hinges slightly weak, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.139], 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877. *** Contains chapters on ecology, angling literature, and fishing as a sport and a fine art.

March (J.) The Jolly Angler; or Water-side Companion, first edition, [viii], 96pp., engraved frontispiece and pictorial title, illustrations, browning to frontispiece and title, a little light browning throughout, a few small holes to frontispiece, later half calf, rubbed with a little worming to calf, [Westwood & Satchell pp.143-44], 12mo, by J. March, Engraver On Wood, G. Berger and B. Steill, n.d. [1833]. *** Scarce in this first of seven editions; popular and jocular guide to angling, for which March also made the engravings, and printed and published the book. It is difficult to determine the priority of issue of this copy, however, as 'G. Berger' is not listed as publisher in the copies in both Westwood and Satchell and Heckscher.

March (J.) The Jolly Angler; or Water-side Companion, first edition, viii, 96pp., engraved frontispiece and pictorial title, illustrations, a little very light water-staining, frontispiece and title with light damp-staining, contemporary cloth-backed boards, slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell pp.143-144], 12mo, Effingham Wilson, G. Berger and B. Steill, n.d. [1833]. *** This popular work was subsequently published six times.

Marston (R[obert] B[right]) Walton and Some Earlier Writers on Fish and Fishing, first edition, one of 50 large-paper copies, xxviii, 264pp., [3pp.], title printed in red and black, bookplate of Don Horter, light browning to endpapers, uncut, hinges very slightly weak, contemporary roan-backed cloth, spine slightly rubbed, large 8vo, Eliot Stock, 1894. *** Part of "The Book-Lover's Library", edited by Henry B. Wheatley.

[Marston (Edward)], "The Amateur Angler". An Old Man's Holidays, first edition, large paper copy initialled by the author, xiv, 140pp., [2pp.], number 5 of 250 copies on Van Gelder's handmade paper, half-title, plates, 2ff. advertisements at end, original vellum-backed cloth, a little very light soiling, small tear to head of spine, 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1900.

Marston (Edward), "The Amateur Angler". An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale, or, How I Spent My Three Weeks' Holiday. (July 24 - Aug. 14, 1884), first edition, signed presentation copy from the author, viii, 88pp., half-title, ex-library copy with small label to front pastedown, related newspaper cutting mounted to front free endpaper, contemporary limp roan, gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed, 16mo, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1884. *** Ink inscription reads "R.R. Bowker Esq. with E. Marston's kind regards. Oct.17.1884".

[Marston (Edward)], "The Amateur Angler". Dove Dale Revisited, With Other Holiday Sketches, first edition, signed by the author, xiv, 130pp., number 101 of 250 copies on Van Gelder's handmade paper, half-title, title printed in red and black, plates and illustrations, original vellum-backed cloth, spine slightly darkened, 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1902.

[Marston (Edward)], "The Amateur Angler". By Meadow and Stream, Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Places, first edition, initialled by the author, xiv, 134pp., number 135 of 250 copies on Van Gelder's handmade paper, plates, original vellum-backed boards, corners a little chipped, spine slightly darkened, 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1896.

[Marston (Edward)], "The Amateur Angler". Easy-Chair Memories and Rambling Notes, first edition, large-paper copy signed by the author, xii, 174pp., [2pp.], number 19 of 100 copies, half-title, plates, 2pp. advertisments at end, a little light foxing, original cloth, gilt to spine very slightly rubbed, 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1911.

Marston (Edward), "The Amateur Angler". Days in Clover, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author, viii, 120pp., [34pp.], half-title, plates, 17ff. advertisements at end, ex-library copy with small label to front pastedown, a couple of ff. loose, original vellum-backed boards, very slightly rubbed, vellum a little darkened, 12mo, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1892. *** Ink inscription reads "R.R. Bowker, with kind regards of E. Marston. Nov.11.1892".

Marston (Edward), "The Amateur Angler". Days in Clover, first edition, large-paper copy initialled by the author, viii, 120pp., number 36 of 250 copies, half-title, plates, bookplate of Henry Andrew Ingraham, original boards, parchment dust-jacket, t.e.g., worn, 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1892. *** 150 copies were produced for the U.K., 100 for the U.S.A.

Marston (Edward), "The Amateur Angler". Fishing For Pleasure and Catching It, first edition, xiv, 152pp., half-title, plates, hinges very slightly weak, original decorative cloth, corners very slightly rubbed, 8vo, T. Werner Laurie, 1906. *** Includes information on May fly fishing in Herefordshire, chubb fishing on the Stour and 2 chapters on angling in North Wales.

Marston (Edward), "The Amateur Angler". Sketches of Booksellers of Other Days, first American edition, xii, 182pp., title printed in red and black, frontispiece and illustrations, a little very light foxing, hinges very slightly weak, original vellum-backed cloth, gilt, t.e.g., a little very light soiling, small 8vo, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. *** Printed at the Chiswick Press.

[Marston (Edward), "The Amateur Angler". Fresh Woods and Pastures New, first edition, large-paper copy, x, 136pp., [6pp.], 6pp. advertisements at end, original printed boards, browned, 8vo,Sampson Low [&c.], 1887.

Martin (J.W.), "The Trent Otter". My Fishing Days and Fishing Ways, first edition signed and numbered by the author, xvi, 190pp., number 835, half-title, plates and illustrations, advertisements to endpapers and one leaf at beginning, original pictorial cloth, spine a little darkened, 8vo, Plymouth, W. Brendon & Son, 1906.

Martin (J.W.), "The Trent Otter". Practical Fishing for the So-Called Coarse Fishes, first edition, xii, 146pp., [4pp.], half-title, illustrations, mostly of equipment, 4pp. advertisements at end, light browning, original pictorial yellow cloth, light dust-soiling, 8vo, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., n.d.[1906]. *** Covers "every branch of float-fishing, legering, spinning, trolling, and line-baiting on river, lake and stream."

Martin (J.W.), "The Trent Otter". Float Fishing and Spinning in the Nottingham Style, Being a Treatise on the So-Called Coarse Fishes, with Instructions for Their Capture, signed presentation copy from R.B. Marston to A.N. Cheney, viii, 182pp., [2pp]., second edition, half-title, illustrations, 2pp. advertisements at end, hinges weak, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, rubbed, chipped, [Westwood & Satchell Supplement p.250], 8vo, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1885. *** Inscription reads "A.N. Cheney from R.B. Marston, Glens Falls. N.Y. June 3d 1892." Cheney was co-author of 'Fishing With a Fly', 1883. The first edition of this work was published in 1882.

Martin (J.W.), "The Trent Otter". The "Trent Otter's" Little Book on Angling, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author, 82pp., [5pp]., frontispiece, illustrations, 5pp. advertisements at end, title very lightly soiled, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed with a little loss of image, light soiling, 8vo, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1910. *** Ink inscription reads "Presented by the author to the Hungerford Angling Association. 1910".

Martin (Rev. James) The Angler's Guide; The Most Complete and Practical Ever Written ... With a Minute Description of Tackle, Baits, Times, Seasons, Fish, and the Method of Cooking Them ... to Which is Added ... "The Three Jolly Anglers", first edition, viii, 191pp., wood-engraved frontispiece, 8pp. advertisements at beginning, a little light browning, light soiling to p.191, ex-library copy with bookplate removed and ticket holder to rear pastedown, hinges a little weak, original red cloth, spine repaired with adhesive tape, light soiling, a little bumped, [Westwood & Satchell p.148], 8vo, G. Cox, 1854. *** Contains sections on roach, jack, barbel, dace, gudgeon, chub, perch, eel, carp, tench, bream and trout fishing, as well as "a minute description of tackle, baits, times, season, fish, and the method of cooking them, and all the places for angling within twenty miles of London."

Masters (John) The Compleat Indian Angler, first edition, xii, 115pp., [16pp.], colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth, title on upper cover very slightly rubbed, 4to, Country Life Ltd., 1938.

[Maxwell (William Hamilton)] Wild Sports of the West. With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches, 2 vol., first edition, xvi, 327pp., [1p.], viii, 343pp., 5 aquatint plates, woodcuts in the text, bookplates of John Tilley, some light foxing, contemporary half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.149], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1832. *** Editions were subsequently published in 1838 and 1842. The 'West' of the title refers to England and Scotland.

Maxwell (Sir Herbert) Salmon and Sea Trout, How to Propogate, Preserve, and Catch Them in British Waters, first edition, xii, 272pp., [2pp.], edited by Maxwell and F.G. Aflalo, plates and illustrations, 2ff. advertisements, original decorative cloth, 8vo, George Routledge and Sons, [1898]. *** Number IV of "The Angler's Library".

Maxwell (Sir Herbert, editor) Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club, 1822-1908, first edition, xii, 266pp., number 224 of 350 copies, half-title, title printed in red and black, plates and illustrations, light browning to title, frontispiece lightly foxed, upper hinge weak, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, slightly rubbed, Edward Arnold, 1908 ~ Page (R.P., editor) Further Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club, 1908-1931, first edition, [viii], 89pp., half-title, title printed in red and black, plates, some colour, slip tipped in on title advertising the original "Chronicles (1822-1907)" by Sir Herbert Maxwell, original green cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, paper label mounted on upper cover, McCorquodale & Co., 1932, large 4to (2).

Maxwell (Sir Herbert, editor) Fishing At Home and Abroad, first edition, xii, 413pp., number 242 of 750 copies, half-title, title printed in red and black, portrait frontispiece, 60 plates, including 7 colour, 5 monochrome and 5 photogravure plates with captioned tissue guards, a little very light foxing to first few ff., hinges skilfully reinforced, original morocco, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed, 4to, The London & Counties Press Association Ltd., 1913. *** Contains "American Trout Fishing" by Theodore Gordon; this was his only published work. The first trade edition was published in 1914.

Mitchell-Hedges (F.A.) Battling With Sea Monsters, first edition, 319pp., [1p.], maps, plates, a little light foxing, hinges a little weak, original cloth, rubbed, head and foot of spine chipped, Duckworth, n.d., [c.1925]; Danger My Ally, 255pp., plates, original cloth, a little fading, Elek Books, 1954, 8vo (2). *** The first mentioned contains tales of exciting fishing in Honduras, Guatemala and Panama; the second describes adventures and some experiences in deep-sea fishing of this famous explorer, archaeologist and collector, who was an acquaintance of J. Pierpont Morgan and Trotsky.

Moffat (A.S.) The Secrets of Angling, first edition, xii, 326pp., half-title, engraved title vignette, some foxing, hinges a little weak, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, [Westwood & Satchell p.152], 8vo, Adam and Charles Black, 1865. *** With a circular "Key to 'The Secrets', or How to Angle" printed in gold on the brown front free endpaper.