We are delighted to present our new sporting catalogue, with rare accounts of American and Asian sporting adventure, manuscript material from Frank Forester (H. W. Herbert) and notable works of angling literature, as well as golf, polo, and canoeing. Perhaps something will spark your interest.
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1822. First edition. A RARE EXAMPLE IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, with title on upper cover and advertisment for 6 works published by McLean on lower cover. Five copies listed in ABPC since 1977, 2 in wrappers. The work tells the amusing tale of the new wealthy Londoner on..... Read More about A Cockney's Shooting Season in Suffolk
Price: $8,500
London: Printed for J. Johnson and Co., St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1814. First edition. A Landmark of Sporting Literature. One of the great shooting classics, originally written and printed for private distribution and rare in any condition. “In terms of technical expertise and practical directions on shooting it was way ahead..... Read More about Instructions to Young Sportsmen, with directions for the choice, care, and management of guns;...
Price: $6,000
London: Henry S. King, 1874. First edition. ‘The Land where all things are forgotten’: with Photographs. Ker travelled to the newly conquered lands of Russian Central Asia to report for the London Telegraph. Delays prevented him from joining the invading forces but he made an interesting trip. Read More about On the Road to Khiva
Price: $4,500
Agra: Printed by T.W. Brown, at the Agra Ukhbar Press, 1844. First Edition. Early account of the Nainee Tal hill station (now Nainital) in the Kumaon region of Uttarkhand in north India, and extensive travels to Kedarnath and other sites in the Himalayan foothills and passes. These “Notes” were “originally..... Read More about Notes of Wanderings in the Himmala. Containing descriptions of some of the grandest scenery of...
Price: $9,500
[London: Privately printed], 1885. Substantial and authoritative account of the Seychelles Archipelago, with original photographic plates recording drawings of botanical and zoological subjects, as well as views of the islands. The narrator describes climbing the Morne Seychellois, the principal mountain of the main island (2,975 feet). Uncommon. Read More about Six Years in Seychelles, with Photographs from Original Drawings
Price: $5,500