27th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Hunting Journal.
A detailed journal of shooting, fishing and stalking kept by H.D.K. Money. Ink manuscript entries from 1914-1944 on approximately 114 pp. plus blanks, as well as photographs, sketches and other ephemera, including fishing permission slips, correspondence and feathers. The entries cover shooting and fishing trips across the UK as well as in India, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Baluchistan, Lahore, Persia, China. Most entries include a remark, commenting on the conditions, weather and scenery, as well as more interesting comments such as July 1918 in Palestine: "Shot with confiscated German guns - 16 bore - and odd German Cartridges". There are also a few personal remarks not related to hunting, such as: November 30th 1920 "Married Ruth at St Pauls, Knightsbridge" and September 3rd 1939 "Outbreak of War. (my birthday!)". Full leather binding gilt by Websters, London, 'H.D.K, Money' in gilt to upper cover, gilt lettering to spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, oblong quarto, together with:
Another Game and Fishing Book, compiled by John H. Oakley (possibly a close friend of H.D.K. Money). Entries covering the period 1884-1937, approximately 108 pp. plus blanks, recording fishing and shooting around the UK, several photographs mounted on album pages and loose. Full leather binding gilt by Webster and Company, London, 'John H. Oakley' and 'Game & Fishing Book' in gilt to upper cover, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, slipacase, oblong quarto, together with:
Another Game Book/Register.
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H.D.K. Money possibly Harold Douglas Kyrle Money.
Sold for £650
Estimated at £200 - £400
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 27th Nov, 2024
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