The Dictionary of the Farm.
London: George Routledge & Co., 1853. Rham's authoritative work on the agriculture compiled from articles which he wrote in the 'Penny Cyclopedia', revised and re-editied with Supplementary Matter by William and Hugh Raynbird. Pp.xii/498, occasional figure illustrations + frontispiece and 3 further engraved plates by J.R.Jobbins,some spotting to frontis., owner's details to front endpapers. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to spine, spine and top half of front cover is sunned. G+. (Book ref. 36609) £40.00
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The Moorland Gamekeeper
Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1977. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall A definitive study of the moorland gamekeeper: his life from early days to retirement; his skills & responsibilities; ground maintenance, esp. heather-burning to ensure adquate food for the red grouse; predators, animal and human and how to deal with them; social life and duties and relationship with neighbouring hill shepherds; the ability to organise all aspects of a successful day's shoot, incl. beaters, accommodation and lunch; "the glorious twelfth", the dogs and the different conditions affecting an near the end of season shoot; social change and large syndicates. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. 184 pages including index + 19 b&w photo illus. Browning to the page margins. DJ unclipped with a few tiny tears around edges and some chipping to fore-edges. Book tight and clean. (Book ref. 002324) £16.00
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The Vermin-Killer: Being a complete and necessary Family - Book, Shewing a ready way to Destroy Adders, Badgers, Birds of all Sorts, Earwigs, Caterpillars, Flies, Fix, Foxes, Frogs, Gnats, Mice, Otters, Pismires, Pole-cats, Rabbets [sic], Rats, Snakes, Scorpions, Snails, Spiders, Toads, Wasps, Weasles, Warts or Moles, Worms in Houses and Gardens, Bugs, Lice, Fleas, &c. Also several excellent Receipts for the Cure of most Disorders. And Some useful Directions for Gardening and Husband; and likes for Travellers, in regard to the Management of a Horse on a Journey, U&c. With many curious [Secrets] in Art and Nature.
London: Printed and Sold by W. Owen, at Homer's Head..., n. d. [c.1755]. 12mo (in 6s), 166 x 102 mms., pp. 84, later half calf, marbled boards; title-page with crude repairs and loss of "Secrets" in last part of title, and imprint slightly defective, front cover detached, spine very worn, with the arboreal bookplate of Henry B. H. Beaufoy, F. R. S. on the front paste-down end-paper. This is a different work from two published in 1680 with a similar title. Owen published three editions of this work, possibly in 1755, though one of the editions has an advert for the publication of The New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, to be published on 23 February 1754. That advert does not appear in this edition. Possibly the first printing was one of 72 pages (ESTC T54055; BL, Oxford Worcester; Princeton, National Library of Australia), and the second with page 82 mis-numbered 28 and the advert just mentioned (ESTC T200543; Cambridge; Toulouse; Delaware, Texas). The above copy conforms to the ESTC listing T211422 (BL, Lambeth Palace; Witwatersrand). (Book ref. 6648) £150.00
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The Gamekeeper's Directory
London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper. 1st. H. Back. Good. 8vo And Complete Vermin Destroyer; Preservation of Game, Observations on Poaching; Man Traps, Dog Spears, etc, Ticks Fleas and Lice in Dogs and Lice etc in Cattle. Bound in original cloth. Boards have become quite worn and rubbed, especially to the corners where the paper covering has started to peel off. The spine has been rebacked with the title printed boldly in back. The interior of the book, however, is very clean, with two small, neat inscriptions in pencil to the front pasted down paper. There is a small section of the bottom right hand corner of page 11 missing, but it does not affect the text.Tightly bound. 208 pp. (Book ref. 054597) £165.00
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The Book of the Rat
London: Proprietors of the Liverpool Virus for the Destruction of Rats, Mice, Voles, Etc, 1917. 1st. Card. Good. 8vo Bound in cream card covers with staples. Covers have become slightly worn to the extremities and a little bit discoloured in areas. The interior of the book is generally clean, but there are small areas of paper around the staples which have been browned. Includes various illustrations. 36 pp. (Book ref. 054596) £45.00
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Studies in the Art of Rat-Catching
London: John Murray, 1896. H. Back. Very Good. 8vo Bound in publisher's original cloth with a design of a rat to the front board decorated with a gilt border. There is a small, neat inscription to the title page, but otherwise the book is clean throughout. The binding is a little weak in places. 184 pp. (Book ref. 054595) £50.00
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The Field Sportsman's Library: Rabbiting and Some Ratting
London: The British Field Sports Society. 1st. Card. Good. 8vo Photographs by K H Purkiss. There is minor shelf wear to the extremities of the card covers, with one closed tear to the spine of the book. Binding is quite weak, especially around the prelims. Clean throughout. 77 pp. (Book ref. 054593) £8.00
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How to Trap and Snare
London: Shooting Times. 1st. Card. Good. 12mo A Complete Manual for the Sportsman, Game Preserver, Gamekeeper and Amateur on the Art of taking Animals and Birds in Traps, Snares and Nets. With numerous illustrations. Card covers have become slightly discoloured and worn to the extremities and spine has become slightly sunned. The interior of the book is generally clean and tightly bound, but there is a small internal rip to page 117 and there are two small, neat inscriptions from the previous owner to the front free end paper. 225 pp (Book ref. 054592) £65.00
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The Control of Vermin
London: Gilbertson & Page. 1st. Card Covers. Good. 12mo Bound in orange card covers with staples. Staples have started to become slightly rusty and so have browned a little section of paper around them. There is a small, neat inscription to the cover and the title page from the previous owner. Otherwise, clean throughout. 66 pp. (Book ref. 054591) £10.00
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Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-Catcher
London: The Friendly Societies' Printing Company, 1898. 1st. Soft. Good. 12mo After 25 years' experience. Bound in original cloth with bold gilt lettering. There is minor rubbing to the corners and the top and tail of the spine. Tightly bound and clean throughout. 62 pp. (Book ref. 054588) £60.00
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The Rat: Its History & Destructive Character
London: G Routledge & Co, 1858. 1st. H. Back. Fair. 12mo With numerous Anecdotes. Retains original pictorial boards depicting an illustration of several rats eating a bird. The front board has become detached and the spine has been worn so that the the title is no longer visible. Binding is quite weak and is in need of restitching. The pages are generally clean, although there are a few, small, neat inscriptions throughout from the previous owner. 299 pp. (Book ref. 054586) £150.00
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Practical Trapping. A description of the methods in vogue for the destruction of vermin (revised and enlarged by Dugald Macintyre)
Bazaar Exchange & Mart n.d.? 1950s G book paperback illus ISBN: (Book ref. 53215) £14.00
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LOWER THAN VERMIN
Ward Lock, London, 1950, 1st edn., 325pp, pedigrees at endpapers., errata slip tipped onto p17, black cloth lettered in pale blue at spine, top edge coloured, decorative lettered dustwrapper by Val Biro, lightly rubbed at tips, edges sl. tanned, light partial browning to endpapers, tippex to verso front free endpaper, dustwrapper: rubbed at extrems. with slight loss, large chip to tail of spine and lower cnr. lower board, several short closed edge tears and numerous light edge creases, internally repaired, very good in a poor dustwrapper, (Book ref. 32500) £14.00
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Rough Shoot: some thoughts of the owner-keeper.
Hutchinson: London, 1942. F. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s) 1st edition VG, green cloth with gilt lettering, ink inscription, slight foxing on facing edge. The main object of this book is to help those who have leisure, but strictly limited finances, to obtain a further measure of enjoyment from their relatively small shooting acreage. 160pp, 220x140mm, 9 illustrations plus 8 tailpieces. (Book ref. BWH0537) £8.00
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LOWER THAN VERMIN
Ward Lock & Co 1950 First H/Back black cloth boards VG extremities worn 325pp decorated endpapers 8 x 5.5 485g There is a previous owners name inside the book dated 1950 (Book ref. 15629) £11.00
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Tales of a Rat-Hunting Man.
Ipswich: The Boydell Press, 1978. Hardback. Good/----. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 141pp. No Dust wrapper. Points badly bumped. Name and address in childish hand to paste down. Text clean and tight. A well written and informative book on rat-hunting as a sport. ISBN: 0851150977. (Book ref. 992) £15.00
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LEAFLETS issued by the BOARD of AGRICULTURE in the Year 1893. The FIELD VOLE and its Natural Enemies.
London: HMSO, 1894. 11pp. Illust. Folio. Rebound in card covers. British Parliamentary Paper. C.-7299. A6-93.I. A very clean copy. The Field Vole and its Natural Enemies. With seven black/white plates. Official guidance to farmers. One of eighteen issued by the Board of Agriculture in 1893. (Book ref. 140561) £8.00
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Vermin Blond
Gollancz; 1991 "Hardcover,ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. 208pp., 600grams, ISBN:0575050071" (Book ref. 367390) £4.00
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The Bird Keeper's Guide and Companion: Containing Plain Directions for Keeping and Breeding Canaries, and Goldfinch and Linnet Mules, and All Other Song Birds. As Well as Practical Recipes for the Prevention and Cure of Those Disorders......
London: Dean and Son, 1854. First Edition. Hardback, 105mm x 168mm tall (4.25" x 6.75" approx.). 69pp + a frontispiece plate and 17 further single-sided plate leaves showing the various species, each with an engraving of the cock and hen and several showing also the egg., + 2pp of adverts for Dean publications, with 2 illustrations. Occasional light spotting and gilt title rubbed, otherwise very good, in the original, blind decorated and ruled, brown cloth-covered boards/gilt title with three birds in gilt to spine. The Bookseller's ticket of Henry Sharpe, Printer, Bookseller and Stationer, Warwick is affixed to the front pastedown. Undated, but 1854. The title continues: "...those disorders to which they are liable. In which the cause is shewn why so many birds are found dead in their cages, and why so many young birds are destroyed in their breeding season; with the best method of prevention. The German method of teaching birds to sing tunes. Directions for making German Paste,&c." (Book ref. 002628) £150.00
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The World of the Working Terrier.
Dyfed: Fieldfare, 1989. Scarce First Edition. Pages. 183 with numerous photographic illustrations. This is a (not very systematic), summary of all aspects of Terrier work that complements the authors series of 'Working Terrier Yearbooks' from the mid to late 1980's. The author is a campaigner for 'the continued excellence in all that is good in the world of the working terrier'. (Book ref. 76) £75.00
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