History

A compilation of essays, sketches and verse on all aspects of fishing by over 80 contributers. These include Isaak Walton, Arthur Ransome, Thoreau and many others.

Amusing sporting tales of the (mis)adventures of Mr. Sponge and a large cast of characters.

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PUBLISHERGame & Gun Ltd, London.
BINDINGBurgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just a little shelf wear to boards. Printed pages clean and unmarked.

Comprehensive practical advice on topics from making flies for fishing to the control of vermin, and an appendix on diseases of dogs.

Charming accounts of the authors experiences fishing around the British Isles.

The full title is," A Topographical Account of The Hundred of Bosmere in the County of Southampton, Including the Parishes of Havant, Warblington, and Hayling." A detailed history of the area around Hayling Island, including notable buildings and natural history.

A comprehensive history of The Honourable Artillery Company during the second world war. 

From St Gegory the Great to St Leo III, and covering the period of the emergence of Islam.

Captain Sir Richard Burtons classic account of his travels in Arabia.

A detailed life of the scholar, religious thinker and spokesman for the Jewish community.

Arranged by Naval Despatches, followed by an index of all recipients and an index for bars of the DSM.

A most evocative manual that was clearly used at the time to teach the complex arts of air navigation to young airmen.

"Adventures of the well-known Belgian Ace," Major the Chevallier Willy Coppens de Houthulst, DSO, MC etc.

The autobiography of the pioneering female flyer. By the age of 28, she had achieved more long distance solo flights than any other pilot, including London to New Zealand.

The account of the Oxford University Arctic Expedition, 1935-6.

A classic and sympathetic description of the Mon / Talaing people of Burma (Myanmar)

An account of the authors time as a colonial official, with his wife, in Northeast India in the late 1800's. 

Uses Pounds translation from the Latin as an example of superlative creative translation, as opposed to the purely literal.