Twelve assorted volumes on shooting, big game, hunting etc.,...

Hammer

£120

Twelve assorted volumes on shooting, big game, hunting etc., including Robert Churchill: 'How to Shoot. Some Lessons on the Science of Shot Gun Shooting', 1925, 1st edition, signed & inscribed from Chris Cradock to John Humphreys (1939-2012), orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; J.J. Manley: 'Notes on Game and Game Shooting', London, [1880], 1st edition, viii,389pp + [16]pp ads dated August 1880, title page & FFEP part excised, not affecting text, b/w frontis, plates, orig. cloth gilt; Evan Mackenzie: 'Grouse Shooting and Deer Stalking', 1907, orig. cloth; RC Lehmann: 'Conversational Hints for Young Shooters', 1894, orig. pictorial wraps, rebacked; 'Game & Gun and The Angler's Monthly Vol. XXI. 1944', L, 1944, yearly volume Jan. December, iv, 336pp, b/w ills., period ads., , 4to, original cloth gilt; Daniel Higson: 'Seafowl Shooting Sketches', 1990, reissue/facsimile of 1909 edition, limited edition, number 10 of 300 copies only, signed & inscribed from John Paley to John Humphreys, and with pen & ink sketch by Paley of a Curlew in flight tipped onto limitation page, orig. cloth gilt; plus Horace Hutchinson (ed.): 'Big Game Shooting', 1903-1905, 2 volumes, uniform orig. cloth gilt and others Colonel Peter Hawker etc (12).

From the estate of John Humphreys (1939-2012), distinguished sporting and countryside author who wrote for Shooting Times for more than 40 years – for much of that time contributing the weekly ‘Country Gun’ column. He was a much loved character of the shooting community who dedicated his life to the promotion of shooting, fishing and the countryside.