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London: Seeley, Service & Co.. 1929. 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall. First Thus Used. H Hard Cover. Good. Volume III of the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes, in tan cloth with gilt titling, 8vo, 380-pp. (light fading and wear to extremities, endpaper and first page (ads.) torn with bottom half missing, rear inner hinge cracking).

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First US Edition. Hardcover. Owner name on endpaper. ; Lonsdale Library; The Lonsdale Library Volume III. .

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover with gilt stamped gold cloth boards, 1929, octavo, 380pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with rubbing to boards, binding tight, endpapers off-set, otherwise text clean and unmarked. No DJ.

Seeley, Service, 1929. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Previous owner's personal bookplate. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1951. Book. Very Good. Two-tone Buckram. 8vo. 380 pp. Volume III of the Lonsdale Library. Lots of b/w plates and illus. Inscr to ffep, o/w contents clean and tight. A very good copy..

Seeley Service & Co, nd [1951]. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, VG+. 380pp, b/w frontis, 47pp b/w plates, 41 b/w text figs, a nice near fine copy. Practical guide to shooting.

Seeley Service & Co., 1947. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered brown cloth, top edge brown (boards rather tanned at edges), no dustwrapper . Pp. 380, illus with b&w plates and figures (previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).

London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1929. 380pp, index, 75 bw plates. Or brown cloth. Front hinge starting with ffep loose. Prev owners name on ffep, some rubbing to cloth. Very clean inside. A collection of stories on various aspects of British hunting including grouse, partridge, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, ptarmigan and more. Covers shooting, shooting accidents, equipment, legalities. Also significant content on training pointers, setters, spaniels and retrievers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, 1929. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Owner's name to end paper which is very lightly foxed, no other markigns, Very Good; no dust jacket. Tan cloth with gold spine titles, 380pp, index. 150 illustrations including 74 photo plates, a photo frontis and line dawings in text. This is a guide book written in 1929 for shooting of partriges, grouse, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, blackgame, capercaillie, ptarmigan, hare, wild geese, ducks, shore birds. The begining chapters deal with the GUn, and gernal shooting hints, clothing & equipment. The book begins with a dedication to the Prince of Wales and ends with an index to First Aid and Shooting accidents. There are tips on how to safely hold a gun and the etiquette of the shoot: "Try not to talk until at least after the first bird is shot and the birds can be scared off by human speech"; how to deal with being placed in shooting position next to who previosuly had a shooting accident; how and when to tip;… Read More

Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very mild sprinkling of foxing to text block edge, tanning strip to front and rear second leaf in at margin, nice tight copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 380 pages .

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. , 1929. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Various. A well illustrated and informative work on the modern methods of shooting, particularly within the moor, field, and shore, with contributions by a range of authors and various illustrated plates. First Edition.Vol III in 'The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes'. Illustrations include a frontispiece of Lord Lonsdale doing some field shooting at Lowther Castle, along with seventy-four plates and various in-text illustrations.This is an informative work on the practical aspects of field shooting, as well as shooting on the moors and the shore. Contents include 'The Gun & General Ballistics', 'Clothing & Equipment', 'The Grouse, Natural History & Preservation', and 'The Snipe'. With a range of contributors, including Major Hugh Pollard, Leslie Sprake, P. D. Williams, and Iain Ramsay.Edited by The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, as well as Mr. Eric… Read More

Seeley, Service & Co. London. nd. [1947]. Octavo. 380pp. Photo frontis., Numerous photo plates and text illus. Original quarter cloth, a little faded and spotted to boards and bumped to corners. Signature to ffep. Contains the original Lonsdale Library triptych bookmark.

London: Seeley Service & Co., 1934 380 pages, 150 illustrations in line and tone. Pencil inscription to front end paper and some minimal foxing.

London: Seeley, Service and Co., [1942]. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 9" by 6". Various. An informative work on field sports. Written by Eric Parker, Leslie Sprake, Major Portal and many more. With one hundred and fifty illustrations in total. Held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Volume III of the Lonsdale Library. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes had many works in the series. The editors of the series were The Earl of Lonsdale and Eric Parker. In publisher's cloth binding and held in unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart with minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Marks to the boards. Dustwrapper is slightly chipped to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Marks and rubbing to the spine. A few spots to wraps, moreso to the photograph at front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Bookseller's label to front pastedown, W Heffer and Sons. Spotting to endpapers and occasional spot to pages. Very Good

London: Seeley, Service & Co., [1929]. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated . A bright first edition of this Lonsdale Library publication concerning hunting by moor, field, and shore. The first trade edition of this work, issued in the same year as a first limited edition. From 'The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games, and Pastimes,' under general editorial guidance of the Earl of Lonsdale, K.G., G.C.V.O., D.L., and Mr. Eric Parker. Seventy-five full page plates and numerous illustrations in text. The present volume consists of a practical guide to modern methods for shooting by moor, field, and shore. By Eric Parker, Leslie Sprake, Major Portal, Major Pollard, and other authoritative contributors. Complete with its dust wrapper unclipped. Previous ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, undated. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. The dust wrapper is unclipped and very sound with some shelf… Read More

London: Seeley, Service & Co LTD, c1933. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Various. A smart copy of one of the volumes from the popular 'Lonsdale Library' series, looking into shooting, illustrated throughout. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper.Volume III in the important and popular sporting series 'The Lonsdale Library'.A comprehensive guide to sport shooting on the moor, field, and shore. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-eight plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete. This volume was edited by Eric Parker with contributions by many figures, including Leslie Sprake, Major Portal, Richard Clapham, and more.Undated, dated from the list of titles of the Lonsdale Library to the dust wrapper and leaf before the half-title, the most recent title being Volume XVI, 'Rackets, Squash Rackets, Tennis, Fives & Badminton'. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with very light bumping to the head and tail of… Read More

London: Seeley, Service & Co. , 1929-30. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Various . Three bright first editions from the Lonsdale Library concerning fishing and hunting. A collection of three volumes from 'The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games, and Pastimes,' under general editorial guidance of the Earl of Lonsdale, K.G., G.C.V.O., D.L., and Mr. Eric Parker. Three first trade editions featuring numerous figures in text and one hundred and fifty full page plates, four in colour. Collated, complete. A collection comprised of the following titles: Vol. II Trout and Fishing from All Angles by Eric Taverner, with a chapter on trout scales by G Herbert Nall, and 'The Legal Aspect of Fishing' by Alban Bacon; Vol. III Shooting by Moor, Field and Shore. A Practical Guide to Modern Methods by Eric Parker, Leslie Sprake, Major Portal, Major Pollard, and others; Vol. VII: Foxhunting by Sir Charles Frederick, Cecil Aldin, James Andrews, and others. In the original publisher's full cloth… Read More

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1929. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10.5" by 7". Not Stated. A signed limited edition of Volume III of The Lonsdale Library on shooting in different terrain. No. 188 of 360 numbered copies printed on handmade paper, signed by Eric Parker to the limitations page, with the etched frontispiece signed by Winifred Austen, in a full morocco binding with gilt detailing to the boards and spine including the gilt crest of Lonsdale Library to the front board. Illustrated with 75 plates. Collated, complete. The third volume of The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, edited by The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale and Eric Parker. This illustrated work includes advice on equipment, the training of dogs, and how to shoot different kinds of game, from a variety of authors. In a full morocco binding. Externally smart, with fading to the spine and rubbing to the joints and extremities. Hinges have been reinforced. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are… Read More