Lot 316
Johnson, T.B.
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs | 09 May 2007
Description
The Shooter's Preceptor. London: T & M Johnson, 1838. First edition, 8vo, 3 plates, later cloth, original paper label, chipped at edges, some foxing, bookplate of the Schwerdt Library; Harting, James Hints on Shore Shooting. London, 1871, 8vo, frontispiece, errata slip, original cloth gilt, sunned, interior clean; North, Roger A Treatise on Fish and Fish-Ponds. London: J. Goodwin, [c.1824], folio, 17 (of 18) uncoloured engraved plates by Eleazar, Elizabeth and Fortin Albin, later cloth, lacking plate of The Carp, several plates and leaves loose, one plate margin trimmed, one leaf creased, worn and faded; Thomas, B. The Shooter's Guide, 1814, frontispiece and plates, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, a little dust-soiling; The Shooter's Companion, 1819, etched plates, publisher's boards, uncut, joints cracked; Johnson, T.B. The Sportsman and Gamekeeper's Directory, [n.d.], publisher's cloth-backed boards, upper hinge weak, The Gamekeeper's Directory, 1851, second edition, engraved frontispiece, quarter cloth, lacks rear endpaper; Mayer, John. The Sportsman's Directory, 1823, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece, publisher's pictorial boards, uncut, head and base of spine chipped, covers slightly soiled; Watt. W. Remarks on Shooting, 1839, presentation copy from the author, publisher's cloth, worn, upper hinge broken; Blakey, R. Shooting, 1854, frontispiece, contemporary half cloth; 8vo or 12mo (10)
Footnote
Provenance: Bookplate from the Schwerdt library in Johnson's The Shooter's Preceptor.