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WARD (ROWLAND)
Horn Measurements and Weights of the Great Game of the World, 1892; Records of Big Game, third edition, 1899, 8vo; and approximately 50 others, including Big Game, ornithology and sports in Scotland (quantity)

15 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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WARD (ROWLAND)

Horn Measurements and Weights of the Great Game of the World, 1892; Records of Big Game, third edition, 1899, Rowland Ward--GRIMBLE (AUGUSTUS) Leaves from a Game Book, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES, publisher's half parchment, Kegan Paul, 1898--BAILLIE-GROHMAN (W.A.) Sport in the Alps in the Past and Present, dampstaining to covers, A. & C. Black, 1896--PEEL (C.V.A) Wild Sport in the Outer Hebrides, F.E. Robinson, 1901--HALL (ROBERT) A Key to the Birds of Australia and Tasmania, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "With the compliments of the author, 5-10-99", publisher's stiff wrappers, soiled, Melbourne, Melville Mullen, [c.1899]--PAYNE-GALLWEY (RALPH) The Book of Duck Decoys, chromolithographed plates, covers dampstained, John Van Voorst, 1886--HUDSON (W.H.) Birds in London, Longmans, 1898--CHAPMAN (ABEL) Art of Wildfowling, Horace Cox, 1896; Retrospect. Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter Naturalist... 1851-1928, 1928; Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two 1851-1929, 1930, both with dust-jackets, Gurney and Jackson, publisher's cloth, some rubbing and staining, 8vo; and approximately 50 others, including Big Game, ornithology and sports in Scotland (quantity)

Footnotes

Provenance: C.J. Anstruther, bookplate in most volumes. Included in the lot are three of Anstruther's manuscript "Game Books", including one covering his time in India during the 1880s/90s whilst with the 17th Lancers, illustrated with several photographs.

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