Lot 488
Scrope, William
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 10 January 2007 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The Art of Deer Stalking. London, 1839, new edition, 8vo, engraved title, frontispiece and 11 lithograph plates, original green cloth gilt, sunned, interior clean; Macrae, Alexander A Handbook of Deer Stalking. Edinburgh, 1880, 8vo, frontispiece, original decorative cloth, a fine copy; McConnichie, Alexander The Deer and Deer Forests of Scotland: historical, descriptive, sporting. London, 1923, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, gilt stamp on upper board, interior clean; Ibid Deerstalking in Scotland. London, 1924, 8vo, original receipt and typed letter signed from the author pasted into front, illustrated, original red cloth gilt, sunned, ink notes to title and pastedown; Chalmers, Patrick Mine Eyes to the Hills. London, 1931, 8vo, illustrated by V. Balfour-Brown, original cloth gilt, faded backstrip; Grimble, A. Deer Stalking. London, 1886, 8vo, illustrated, adverts on endpapers, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded, bookplate; Hart-Davis, Capt. H. Stalking Sketches. London, 1904, illustrated, original cloth, fine copy and 11 others (18)