Gunnery and field sports
Large collection of works, 19th and early 20th century
Estimate: £500 - £800
Auction: 18 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Including: Wilkinson, Henry. Engines of War: or, Historical and Experimental Observations on Ancient and Modern Warlike Machines and Implements. London: Longman [and others], 1841. First edition, inscribed ‘Most respectfully presented to Admiral Sir Charles Adam by the author’ 8vo, original cloth, bookplate, a little wear to spine-ends and joints;
Greener, William. The Gun; or, a Treatise on the Various Descriptions of Small Fire-Arms. London: Longman [and others], 1835. First edition, 8vo, contemporary cloth, 4 engraved plates (damp-stained), contemporary ownership inscriptions to title-page and front free endpaper;
Hawker, Peter. Instructions to Young Sportsmen. London: Longman [and others], 1824. Third edition ('considerably enlarged and improved'), large 8vo, later tan half calf, gilt spine, 10 engraved or aquatint plates (4 hand-coloured);
Daw, George H. The Central-Fire Cartridge before the Law Courts, the Government, and the Public. London: printed for private circulation, 1867. First edition, 8vo, contemporary red half morocco, bookplates (Markree Library; Howard L. Blackmore, authority on historical firearms);
Baker, Ezekiel. Remarks on Rifle Guns. London: E. Baker, 1825. Ninth edition, 8vo, contemporary red half morocco, hand-coloured etched frontispieces and plates;
Reid, Sir Alexander John Forsyth. The Reverend Alexander John Forsyth … and his Invention of the Percussion Lock. Aberdeen: University Press, 1910. First edition, inscribed ‘with the authors kind regards & remembrances …’ on title-page, 8vo, original cloth; and 37 others similar (approximately 45)