London: Thomas Mc.Lean, 1823. Four Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates, All Heightened With Gum Arabic Showing the Full Sweep of the Hunt Across the Rolling English Countryside… ALKEN, Henry. Fox Hunting. London: Thomas Mc.Lean, 1823. First edition. Oblong folio (13 5/8 x 17 7/8 inches; 347 x 454 mm.). An untitled series... More
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1826-30. First (Best) Edition, Early Issue The Mishaps of a Maladroit Equestrian On The Hunt And Coaches Out of Control "Have You Any Idea Which Way The Hounds Went? ALKEN, Henry. Ideas, Accidental and Incidental To Hunting and Other Sports.; Caught in Leicestershire, &C. London: Thomas M'Lean, n.d. [1826-1830]. First edition... More
London: , 1827. ALKEN, Henry. Miniature Sporting Prints. [London: ca. 1827]. Small octavo. A group of eight exceptionally fine hand-colored etched plates, all window-mounted (3 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 80 x 135 mm.). (5 3/4 x 8 inches; 145 x 203 mm. with mounts). Preserved in a green buckram... More
London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1825. "He could draw Hunting and write about it because he hunted himself, as Ferneley did, or Herring" Fifty Fine Hand-Colored Etched Plates Depicting The National Sports of Great Britain ALKEN, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain, by Henry Alken. Fifty Engravings with Descriptions. London... More
London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. Alken's Rare Satire Successfully Transplants Horse's Ass to Rider's Seat ALKEN, Henry. Specimens of Riding Near London. Drawn from Life. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean,. Repository of Wit and Humour, No. 26, Haymarket, 1823. Second edition. Oblong folio (8 3/4 x 12 3/4 in; 222... More
London: Thomas McLean, 1822. With Forty-Two Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Containing Approximately 200 Comical Vignettes ALKEN, H[enr]y. Symptoms of Being Amused. Vol. I. London: Published by Thos. McLean: Repository of Wit & Humour, 1822. First edition. Oblong folio (10 7/16 x 14 1/2 inches; 265 x 366 mm.). Hand-colored engraved title... More
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. "A Most Valuable and Important Book" Second and Enlarged Edition With Additional Text and Six Extra Hand-Colored Plates [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of C.J. Apperley). Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire, Formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High sheriff for the Counties of... More
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1815. Alken's First Published Work The Comic Foibles of Amateur Horsemen [ALKEN, Henry]. Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders, or the reverse of Sporting Phrases taken from the Work entitled Indispensable Accomplishments... [by] Ben Tally Ho, an occasional Visitor in Leicestershire. London: S. & J. Fuller, 1st Septr... More
London: R. Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1842. First Issue The "Rich In Interest" Classic With 36 Hand-Colored Aquatints [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of Charles J. Apperley). The Life of a Sportsman. With Thirty-Six Coloured Illustrations by Henry Alken. London: R. Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1842. First edition, first issue with four... More
London: Published by Rudolph Ackermann, 1846. First Edition, First Issue, Early Plates [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. [SURTEES, Robert Smith]. The Analysis of the Hunting Field, Being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters That Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season 1845-6. With Numerous Illustrations, by H.... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. A Classic of Exploration and Big Game Hunting BAKER, Sir Samuel W. The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and the Sword Hunters of the Hamram Arabs. London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. First edition. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 9/16 inches; 221 x 141 mm.). xx11, [2], 596... More
London: George Routledge, 1893. Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities Illustrated by Henry Alken In a Beautiful Inlaid Binding By Chris Lewis [BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders]. [SURTEES, Robert Smith]. ALKEN, Henry, illustrator. Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities. The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of that Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorrocks. With Sixteen... More
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1923. The Hunt Ends Here For A Fine Inlaid Binding [BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, Binders]. ALKEN, Henry (illustrator). SURTEES, R.S. The Analysis of the Hunting Field; Being a Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters That Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season, 1845-6. A.... More
London: Printed for Thomas McLean, 1821. Scarce Large Paper Copy in Original Boards From Chatto, Windless, and Careless, 1821 CARELESS, John [pseudonym]. [CHATTO, William Andrew]. The Old English 'Squire. "A Jovial Gay Fox Hunter, Bold, Frank and Free." A Poem, in Ten Cantos. Illustrated with Plates, by One of the Family. London... More
London: Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ld., 1902. A Spectacular Cosway-Style Binding with Ten Oval and Round Miniatures [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. RIVIÈRE & SON, Binders. MANSON, James A. Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A. Illustrated with Twenty-one Plates, and a Photogravure Frontispiece. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons... More
![My Hunting Sketch Book [and] My Hunting Sketch Book Volume Two. Lionel EDWARDS.](/pictures/thumb/03288.jpg?v=1478034812)
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, 1928. The Large-Paper Edition DeLuxe - Signed by Lionel Edwards EDWARDS, Lionel. My Hunting Sketch Book [and] My Hunting Sketch Book Volume Two. Written and Illustrated by Lionel Edwards, R.I. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, 1928-1930. Large-Paper Copies. Limited to 255 and copies and 185 copies... More
London: Printed for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1830. How To Care For Hunting Dogs and Rifles JOHNSON, T[homas] B[urgeland]. The Shooter’s Companion; Or, a Description of Pointers and Setters, &c. as well as of those Animals which constitute the Objects of Pursuit; of the Breeding of Pointers and Setters, The Diseases... More
London: The “Field” Office, Strand; and Ward and Lock, 1859. Illustrated By John Leech Rare With Hand-Colored Plates [LEECH, John, illustrator]. MILLS, John. The Flyers of the Hunt. Illustrated by John Leech. London: The “Field” Office, Strand; and Ward and Lock, 1859. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 184... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1909. "nor was the god of the wilds content with this sacrifice…" (Preface) PATTERSON, J[ohn] H[enry], Lieutenant-Colonel. In the Grip of the Nyika. Further Adventures in British East Africa. With illustrations. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1909. First edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches;... More
![Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour [And:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt [And:] “Ask Mamma;” or, The Richest Commoner in England [And:] “Plain or Ringlets?” [And:] Mr. Facey Romford’s Hounds [And:] Hillingdon Hall or, The [Sporting Novels]. Robert Smith SURTEES, John LEECH, illustrator.](/pictures/thumb/03488.jpg?v=1542160064)
London: Bradbury and Evans [&] John C. Nimmo, 1853-88. A Set of Robert Surtees’s Sporting Novels SURTEES, Robert Smith. LEECH, John, illustrator. Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. [And:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-65. In the Original Monthly Parts With Twenty-Four Humorous Hand Colored Plates by John Leech and Phiz SURTEES, Robert Smith. [LEECH, John, illustrator]. [BROWN, Hablot K., ilustrator]. Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds. By the Author of "Handley Cross," " Mr. Sponge's Sporting Town," &c. &c. With Illustration by John... More
London: Edward Orme, 1819. "The Manners, Customs, Scenery, and Costume of a Territory, Now Intimately Blended with the British Empire" (Preface) Forty Magnificent Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates WILLIAMSON, Captain Thomas, [Author, Illustrator], [HOWITT, Samuel, Illustrator]. Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East;... More
London: Collins in Association with The Tryon Gallery, 1979. One of Twenty Copies Signed by Ralph Thompson and Specially Bound by Zaehnsdorf [ZAEHNSDORF, binder]. THOMPSON, Ralph. An Artist’s Safari. London: Collins in Association with The Tryon Gallery, 1979. “Of this edition 20 copies have been reserved by arrangement with the Publishers for... More
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