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1. The noble arte of venerie or hunting : VVherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fiueteene sundrie chaces together, with the order and maner how to hunte and kill euery one of them. Translated and collected for the pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, out of the best approued authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: and reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here, in this noble realme of England. The contents vvhereof shall more playnely appeare in the page next followyng.

The noble arte of venerie or hunting : VVherein is handled and set out the vertues, nature, and properties of fiueteene sundrie chaces together, with the order and maner how to hunte and kill euery one of them. Translated and collected for the pleasure of all noblemen and gentlemen, out of the best approued authors, which haue written any thing concerning the same: and reduced into such order and proper termes as are vsed here, in this noble realme of England. The contents vvhereof shall more playnely appeare in the page next followyng.
Creator:
Gascoigne, George, -1577
Date:
[1575]
Physical Description:
[10], 202, 359-362, 205-248, [4] p. : ill. (music) ; 19 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Notice, the game within the Manor of Witton cum-Twambrooks, belonging to Sir John Fleming Leicester, Bart., having of late years been much destroyed, all persons are requested to refrain from sporting thereon in future, or legal measures will be had recourse to : proper persons are appointed to give information against one another, who may be found trespassing on the said manor after this notice, 22nd August, 1822.

Notice, the game within the Manor of Witton cum-Twambrooks, belonging to Sir John Fleming Leicester, Bart., having of late years been much destroyed, all persons are requested to refrain from sporting thereon in future, or legal measures will be had recourse to : proper persons are appointed to give information against one another, who may be found trespassing on the said manor after this notice, 22nd August, 1822.
Date:
[1822]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 23 x 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The Japanese waterproof polish : manufactured at 97, High Holborn.

The Japanese waterproof polish : manufactured at 97, High Holborn.
Creator:
Day and Martin
Date:
approximately 1880
Physical Description:
1 trade card : chromolithograph ; 90 x 118 mm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Jug with hunting scenes after George Stubbs.

Jug with hunting scenes after George Stubbs.
Creator:
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
Date:
ca. 1780
Physical Description:
1 jug : Queen's ware, cream-colored earthenware ; 22 x 23 x 11 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Celia Hopkinson

5. The shooting directory / by R.B. Thornhill.

The shooting directory / by R.B. Thornhill.
Creator:
Thornhill, R. B. (Richard Badham)
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
xvi, ix, [1], 432 p., [8] leaves of plates ([3] folded) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A concise guide to hunting / J.N.P. Watson ; foreword by Sir Stephen Hastings.

A concise guide to hunting / J.N.P. Watson ; foreword by Sir Stephen Hastings.
Creator:
Watson, J. N. P
Date:
1988
Physical Description:
90 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, 1 plan ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The national sports of Great Britain / by Henry Alken ; with descriptions in English and French.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[4], 2, 2, [100] p., [51] leaves of plates col. ill.; 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The sportsman's calendar, or, Monthly remembrancer of field diversions / by the author of the British field sports.

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Creator:
Lawrence, John, 1753–1839
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
[4], 144, [49], 146-172 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Famous foxhunters, compiled by Lionel Edwards, illustrated from contemporary pictures and from original drawings by the author.

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Creator:
Edwards, Lionel, 1878–1966
Date:
1932
Physical Description:
xvi, 103 p. col. front., plates, ports. (part col.) 29 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Rural sports / by the Rev. Wm. B. Daniel.

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Creator:
Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Date:
1807
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Deer, hare & otter hunting / by Ena Adams, Major-General Geoffrey Brooke, Captain L.C.R. Cameron, the Earl of Coventry, Major E.W. Shackle, C.B. Shepherd, the Earl of Stradbroke, Sir George Thursby, Bart., Colonel W.W. Wiggin ; with forty-five illustrations.

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Creator:
Adams, Ena
Date:
[1936]
Physical Description:
[16], 25-255 pages, [31] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Myttonian feats : the sketches from nature / by Captain Parr ; furnished (along with many authentic anecdotes) to Nimrod (Charles Apperley, Esq.), for his work, "The life and death of John Mytton, Esq., of Halston Hall, Shropshire.".

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Creator:
Parr, Frederick, 1806–1871
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[26] leaves : ill. ; 30 x 43 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Delineations of British field sports : together with the various methods of poachings / drawn in lithography by Samuel Alken.

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Creator:
Alken, Samuel, 1756–1815
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
[14] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 x 46 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Indispensable accomplishments / Billesdon Coplow.

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Creator:
Frankland, Robert, Sir, 1784–1849
Date:
Published June 24, 1811, by H. Humphrey,
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, 6 leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 28 x 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Denzil Hughes-Onslow diaries.

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Creator:
Hughes-Onslow, Denzil, 1863–1916
Date:
1890, January 1-1915, July 12
Physical Description:
24 v. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. How I became a sportsman : being early reminiscences of a veteran sportsman / by "Avon" ; with illustrations by Vereker M. Hamilton.

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Creator:
Avon
Date:
1888
Physical Description:
206 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton ... : with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, and extravagant exploits / by Nimrod. ; with numerous illustrations by Alken ; reprinted from the New sporting magazine.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
iv, [2], 110 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Men we meet in the field / by A.G. Bagot ("Bagatelle").

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Creator:
Bagot, A. G.
Date:
1881
Physical Description:
viii, 320 pages, ([1] leaf of plates) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Sporting : embellished by large engravings and vignettes illustrative of British field sports, from pictures painted by T. Gainsborough, R.A., E. Landseer, R.A., A. Cooper, R.A., Charles Hancock, J.F. Lewis, W. Barraud, &c. / edited by Nimrod ; with literary contributions by Thomas Hood ... John Hamilton Reynolds ... &c.

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Date:
1838
Physical Description:
[8], viii, 144 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Twelve packs of hounds : being a colllection of sketches of some of the hounds, and their masters that I have seen / John Charlton.

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Creator:
Charlton, John, 1849–1917
Date:
1891
Physical Description:
104 p. : ill. ; 36 x 45 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Kings of the hunting-field : memoirs and anecdotes of distinguished masters of hounds and other celebrities of the chase : with histories of famous packs, and hunting traditions of great houses / by Thormanby ... ; with thirty-two portraits.

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Creator:
Thormanby
Date:
1899
Physical Description:
xii, 471, [1] pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The national sports of Great Britain / by Henry Alken ; fifty engravings, with descriptions.

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Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
vi p., [53] p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Rural sports.

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Creator:
Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Date:
1805
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Hunting England : a survey of the sport, and of its chief grounds / by Sir William Beach Thomas ; illustrated from old prints and pictures, and from modern photographs.

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Creator:
Thomas, William Beach, Sir, 1868–1957
Date:
1936
Physical Description:
vii, 120 p. col. front., 1 illus., plates (part col., part double) 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. British sport past and present / by E. D. Cuming ; with illustrations by G. Denholm Armour.

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Creator:
Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862–1941
Date:
1909
Physical Description:
x, 271 p., [16] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The sportsman's directory, or, Park and gamekeeper's companion : containing instructions for breeding, feeding, and breaking dogs, hunting, and coursing, shooting, fishing, preserving game, decoys, breeding pheasants, partridges, pigeons, rabbits, &c. &c. : also, a description of all kinds of poaching, how to detect poachers, and to destroy their works : with abstracts of the new game acts, and upwards of fifty valuable recipes / by John Mayer, gamekeeper.

No cover image available
Creator:
Mayer, John, gamekeeper
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 204, [12] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. An encyclopaedia of rural sports, or, A complete account, historical, practical, and descriptive, of hunting, shooting, fishing, racing, and other field sports and athletic amusements of the present day / by Delabere P. Blaine ... ; illustrated by six hundred engravings on wood, by R. Branston, from drawings by Alken, T. Landseer, Dickes, etc.

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Creator:
Blaine, Delabere P. (Delabere Pritchett)
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 1240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. An account of the trial between George Earl of Essex, plaintiff, and the Hon. & Rev. Wm. Capel, defendant, before the Right Honourable Lord Ellenborough, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, and a special jury, at the Summer Assizes holden at Hertford, July 20th, 1809 : for trespasses committed in hunting with the Berkeley Fox-Hounds / taken by a shorthand-writer ; to which is prefixed, a report of the proceedings of the Committee of the Association, from its first institution; and of the conduct of the hunt in consequence thereof ; published for the information of the members in general of the Association : February 15th, 1810.

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Creator:
Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of, 1790–1871
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
50 pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. Thoughts on hunting and other matters, by Robert Smith Surtees and John Jorrocks [pseud.] illustrated by Geo. Denholm Armour.

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Creator:
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
Date:
1925
Physical Description:
xiv, 291 p. col. front., illus., col. plates. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. The chace, the road, and the turf / by Nimrod.

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Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
1927
Physical Description:
xvi, 231 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. A'hunting we will go, by Brigadier Geoffrey Brooke ... with illustrations by Capt. G.H. Dixon.

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Creator:
Brooke, Geoffrey Francis Heremon, 1884–1966
Date:
1932
Physical Description:
351 p. col. front., illus. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

32. British hunts and huntsmen : in four volumes : containing a short history of each fox and stag hunt in the British Isles ; together with biographical records of masters past and present and some members of each hunt ...

No cover image available
Date:
1908-1911
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. Hunting reminiscences / by Alfred E. Pease ; with illustrations by the late Sir Frank Lockwood, and others.

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Creator:
Pease, Alfred E. (Alfred Edward), Sir, 1857–1939
Date:
1898
Physical Description:
271 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Chasing and racing, some sporting reminiscences, by Harding Cox.

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Creator:
Cox, Harding, 1854–1944
Date:
1922
Physical Description:
xiv, 282 p. front. (port.) 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. Leather cuff protector.

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Creator:
County Clothing
Date:
between 1920 and [1940?]
Physical Description:
1 cuff protector : leather ; 38 x 5 cm, folded to 19 x 5 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Foxhunting on the Lakeland fells, by Richard Clapham, with and introduction by the Right Hon. J. W. Lowther, with 43 illustrations from photographs by the author.

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Creator:
Clapham, Richard, 1878–
Date:
1920
Physical Description:
xvi, 113, [1] p. front., plates, ports. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. Reminiscences of a sporting artist. With illus. by the author.

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Creator:
Edwards, Lionel, 1878–1966
Date:
[1947]
Physical Description:
xi, 212 p. illus. (part col.) 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. The oracle of rural life.

No cover image available
Date:
1839-1844
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. The sportsman's directory, or, Park and gamekeeper's companion : containing instructions for breeding, choice, and training of dogs : coursing and shooting : management of a deer park and fisheries : preserving game : hunting the hare, fox, stag, &c. : breeding, pheasants, partridges, pigeons, rabbits, &c. &c. &c. : artifices of the stag, buck, fox, hare, &c. : with forty-one valuable recipes / by John Mayer, gamekeeper.

No cover image available
Creator:
Mayer, John, gamekeeper
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
x, 223, [3] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Hunting scenes : forty sketches of hunting scenes and countries / selected and arranged by Cecil Aldin ; with a memoir and descriptive notes by "Sabretache."

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Creator:
Aldin, Cecil, 1870–1935
Date:
1936
Physical Description:
xv, [3], 84, [3] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. 'Cross country with hounds / by F.A. Stewart.

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Creator:
Stewart, F. A. (Frank Algernon), 1877–
Date:
c1936
Physical Description:
95 p. : ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. The fox and the orchid : country sports and the countryside / Robin Page ; foreword by Derek Barber.

The fox and the orchid : country sports and the countryside / Robin Page ; foreword by Derek Barber.
Creator:
Page, Robin, 1943–
Date:
1987
Physical Description:
192 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. Sporting scenes and country characters. By Martingale [pseud.] With numerous illustrations on wood.

No cover image available
Creator:
Martingale, 1794–1861
Date:
1840
Physical Description:
xii, 332 p. illus. 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Green peas at Christmas; hunting reminiscences, by William Wilson, "Gumley Wilson", edited by his nephew the Right Hon. Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson ...

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Creator:
Wilson, William Henry Bowen Jordan, 1808–1887
Date:
1924
Physical Description:
xi, 111 p. front., plates, ports. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. Impressions of a series of animals, birds, &c. illustratives of British field sports : from a set of silver buttons / drawn by A. Cooper ... and engraved by Mr. John Scott.

No cover image available
Creator:
Cooper, Abraham, 1787–1868
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[1] p., [18] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. British game : illustrated in twelve etchings.

No cover image available
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[13] leaves : all ill ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. A short treatise of hunting / compyled for the delight of noblemen and gentlemen by Sir Thomas Cockaine, knight, 1591 ; presented to the Roxburghe Club by G.E. Cokayne.

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Creator:
Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592
Date:
1897
Physical Description:
[8], iv, [32] pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Fox-hunting in the shires / by T.F. Dale, M.A. ... ; illustrated from photographs by R. B. Lodge and others.

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Creator:
Dale, T. F. (Thomas Francis), 1858–1923
Date:
1903
Physical Description:
xvii, [1], 334 pages, xv leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. The foxhunter's England / by Maj.-Gen. Geoffrey Brooke.

No cover image available
Creator:
Brooke, Geoffrey, b. 1884
Date:
1937
Physical Description:
254, [1] p. : col. front., ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

50. The national sports of Great Britain / by Henry Alken ; with descriptions in English and French.

No cover image available
Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
[2], 2, 2, [100] p., [51] leaves of plates. col. ill.; 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

51. Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire ... : with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits / by Nimrod ; with numerous illustrations by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins.

No cover image available
Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
ix, [1], 218 pages, [19] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. Sporting society : or, Sporting chat and sporting memories; stories humorous and curious; wrinkles of the field and the race-course; anecdotes of the stable and the kennel; with numerous practical notes on shooting and fishing / from the pen of various sporting celebrities and well-known writers on the turf and the chase ; edited by Fox Russell ; illustrations by Randolph Caldecott ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Russell, Fox
Date:
1897
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

53. Supplement to the Rural sports.

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Creator:
Daniel, William Barker, 1753?-1833
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
[16], 507, [25] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

54. Brooklands : a sporting biography / by Herbert Byng Hall, K.S.F. ... ; in two vols.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hall, H. Byng (Herbert Byng), 1805–1883
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. Monarchy and the chase, by "Sabretache."

No cover image available
Creator:
Sabretache, b. 1867
Date:
[1948]
Physical Description:
xii, 185 p. illus. 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. Fox-hound, forest, and prairie / by Captain Pennell Elmhirst ("Brooksby") ; illustrated by J. Sturgess and J. Marshman (Lieut.-Colonel late 28th Regt.)

No cover image available
Creator:
Elmhirst, Edward Pennell, 1845–1916
Date:
1892
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 584 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. Hunting scenes from Surtees / selected by Lionel Gough ; with an intro. by Siegfried Sassoon.

No cover image available
Creator:
Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805–1864
Date:
1953
Physical Description:
xv, 253 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

58. Nimrod's hunting reminiscences : comprising memoirs of masters of hounds, notices of the crack riders and characteristics of the hunting countries of England.

No cover image available
Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
1926
Physical Description:
xxi, [3], 239, [1] pages, [30] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

59. Hunting countries / by F. A. Stewart.

No cover image available
Creator:
Stewart, F. A. (Frank Algernon), 1877–
Date:
[1936]
Physical Description:
93 p. : ill. ; 26 x 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. Hunting in Northumbria; being the history of the Haydon Hunt and many other packs, together with songs, stories and legends of sport in the Border county. With an introduction by J. Fairfax-Blakeborough.

No cover image available
Creator:
Fawcett, William, 1902–1941
Date:
1927
Physical Description:
250 p. illus.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. They meet at eleven. With drawings by Lionel Edwards.

No cover image available
Creator:
Meads, Frank
Date:
[1956]
Physical Description:
111 p. illus. 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

62. Hunting in the olden days / by William Scarth Dixon.

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Creator:
Dixon, William Scarth
Date:
1912
Physical Description:
xiii, 386 p., [78] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

63. Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, Shropshire ... : with notices of his hunting, shooting, driving, racing, eccentric and extravagant exploits / by Nimrod ; with numerous illustrations by H. Alken and T.J. Rawlins.

No cover image available
Creator:
Nimrod, 1778–1843
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
[2], ix, [3], 206, [2] pages, [19] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

64. Poachers versus keepers : an amusing and instructive treatise concerning poachers & their artifices, dealing with the many phases of poaching directed against game both furred and feathered.

No cover image available
Date:
[1891?]
Physical Description:
[4], vi, 89, [3] p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts