28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
  Lot 52
 

52

Game-books. A group of five game-books, all oblong 4to, contemporary leather bindings,...

Game-books. A group of five game-books, all oblong 4to, contemporary leather bindings, pre-printed headings, completed in manuscript, including: 1) [India], 1907-32, approx. 100 pp + blanks, the first 16 pp. detailing a shooting trip to Kashmir and Ladak in 1907 and to Kashmir and the Punjab in 1910-11, the rest including hunting and shooting in East Anglia, Ireland and elsewhere (the hunting sections noting whether the author present as 'artist' or 'traveller'), 2) Game-book kept by Alan Cathcart de Trafford (1871-1950), 1893-1928, approx. 164 pp. + blanks, and covering shoots at numerous locations including Ragley Hall (Warwickshire), Hornby Castle (Lancashire), Sotterley (Suffolk), and similar, guns including Lord Yarmouth, Lord Hertford, Lord Ernest Seymour, and many others, 3) Game-book of the North Meols shoot, Southport, 1899-10, approx. 150 pp. + blanks, and 2 others (one dated 1935-52, and covering shoots at Kedleston, Kirkby Moorside, Shottle on the Duke of Devonshire's estate, and elsewhere; the other 1923-53, mainly Glen Clunie, Aberdeenshire) (qty: 5)

Sold for £600
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021

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