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Auction date Thursday, 15 February 2024

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Head of Sale:

Julian Smith

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Thursday 15th February at 10.30am

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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
313	SCOTCHER, GEORGE, ‘The Fly Fisher's Legacy" published by the Honey Dun Press, 1974, limited edition no. 142, with companion volume by Jack Heddon, 1975, limited edition no. 142, signed by Jack Heddon and John Simpson, both bound in gilt tooled…	£100 - £200	£180	View
314	VENABLES, BERNARD: "The Angler's Companion" designed and illustrated by the author, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London 1959; "A Shooting Man's Bedside Book" complied by BB, illustrated by Watkins Pritchard; Jock Scott and DGF…	£50 - £100	£25	View
315	HALFORD, FREDERIC M. ‘The Dry-Fly Man’s Handbook’ and ‘Modern Development of the Dry Fly’ and ‘The Dry-Fly Man’s Handbook’, first editions, both published by George Routledge, 1910 and 1913 respectively, the former in blue cloth binding, the latter…	£100 - £200	£130	View
316	WHEATLEY, HEWETT, ‘The Rod and Line’ published by Longman, Brown et al, London 1849, later green half leather binding and Foster, David, ‘The Scientific Angler’, published by Bemrose and Sons, London, later three quarter brown leather…	£100 - £200	-	View
317	FRANCIS FRANCIS, ‘A Book on Angling’ editions 1-4 and 6, the first published 1867, all by Longmans, Green and Co, all in later three quarter brown leather binding (5) Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.	£100 - £200	£170	View
318	FALKUS, HUGH, ‘Nature Detective’ first edition 1978 limited edition 74 of 100 signed by the author, published by Gollancz, blue cloth binding with slip case, ‘Salmon Fishing’, first edition 1984 and ‘Sea Trout Fishing’ second…	£100 - £200	-	View
319	GRIMBLE, AUGUSTUS, ‘The Salmon Rivers of England and Wales’ second edition, published by Keegan, Paul et al, London 1913, green cloth binding, Menzies, W.J.M., ‘The Salmon’, first edition, published by Blackwood, London 1925, blue cloth binding and three…	£30 - £50	-	View
320	STODDART, THOMAS TOD, ‘The Angler's Companion’ published by William Blackwood, Edinburgh 1842, green cloth bound, two volumes from the Lonsdale Library - ‘Fine Angling’ and ‘Trout Fishing’, both blue leather bound and three other books on fishing…	£30 - £50	£80	View
321	TAVERNER, ERIC, ‘Salmon Fishing' published by Seeley, Service & Co, London 1931, volume ten from the Lonsdale Library, brown cloth binding with dust wrapper, with companion set of seven Hardy flies, all contained in brown cloth…	£100 - £200	£150	View
322	ALDAM, W.H. (ED), ‘A Quaint Treatise On Flees And The Art A Artyfichall Flee Making’ published by John B. Day, London 1876, green cloth bound, the front flyleaf pasted with charming ink dedication and sketch Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.	£50 - £100	£500	View
323	HOUGHTON, REV. W., 'British Fresh-Water Fishes’ two copies, each apparently first edition but collated in different ways, published by William Mackenzie, London, gilt tooled red cloth binding each with bookplates for John Staker, Stagshaw House (2…	£100 - £200	£650	View
324	THE FISHING GAZETTE dated May 18th 1912; and one other Fishing Gazette dated January 22nd 1921; a Apollo Tubular Steel Fishing Rods catalogue; and a 1956 calendar by Locke Official Fly and Fishing Tackle Manufacturers,…	£50 - £100	-	View
325	A HAND WRITTEN SPORTING POEM The Carterhaugh Ba' game "The Fir and the Heather or The Souter and Shepherd", dated December 17th 1815, 7 line prose introduction and 61 lines of poetry, signed 'A Water', commencing "The following…	£500 - £1,000	-	View
326	CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP 2008: TWO PAIRS OF SIGNED JOCKEY PANTS one worn by Gold Cup winner Sam Thomas riding Denman, the other worn by Paul Carberry, both signed by jockeys, trainers and owners of horses in the event, both in black box frames, 105cm x 88cm and…	£200 - £400	-	View
327	1936 BERLIN ‘HITLER’ OLYMPICS & 1934 WEMBLEY EMPIRE GAMES : THE EDWARD "TED" CLAYTON ARCHIVE A unique collection of sporting items formerly belonging to South African cyclist Edward “Ted” Clayton, including his original Springbok cycling jersey worn at the 1936 Olympics, his silver medal and…	£1,000 - £2,000	-	View
328	OLYMPIC GAMES, WEMBLEY, GREAT BRITAIN 1948: A COLLECTION comprising first day cover bearing four stamps, two matching enamelled white metal badges (one lapel and one pin), 3.2cm high, and one other enamelled white metal badge, 2.3cm high (4)	£100 - £200	-	View
329	A VICTORIAN CROQUET SET by Original Croquet, London, retailed by F. H. Ayrs, including mallets, hoops and balls, in the original stained pine trunk, 60cm x 106cm	£300 - £500	£280	View
330	A PAIR OF BROWN LEATHER BOXING GLOVES made by Dolffs and Helle	£30 - £50	£20	View
331	A VINTAGE BARBOUR GAMEFAIR JACKET brown with brown corduroy collar, chest 40 or 102cm, together with a Barbour thornproof dressing (opened)	£20 - £40	£50	View
332	A VICTORIAN LEATHER AND BRASS STUDDED DOG COLLAR	£80 - £150	£70	View
333	WOODROW OF LONDON: A BLACK SILK TOP HAT in the original leather bucket shaped hat box, size 7	£80 - £150	£70	View
334	BEST OF LONDON: A BLACK SILK TOP HAT in a cardboard French hat box, size 6 1/2	£50 - £100	£40	View
335	A.J. WHITE, JERMYN STREET LONDON: A BLACK SILK TOP HAT size 6 3/4, in its original bucket shaped hat box	£50 - £100	£40	View
336	LOCK & CO OF ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON: A BOWLER HAT size 6 3/8, in original cardboard box; together with a riding hat by Charles Owen, size 6 3/4 (2)	£30 - £50	£10	View

Total lots: 370

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