Lot No: 8135

A good collection of cockfighting related books etc, including Herbert Atkinson: 'Cock-Fighting and Game Fowl', Bath, George Bayntun, 1938, 1st edition, 10 coloured + 12 black and white plates as called for, 4to, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, dust wrapper (worn with part losses); Rev. Sameul Pegge (1704-1796): 'Memoir on Cock-fighting; wherein the Antiquity of it, as a pastime, is examined and stated; some Errors of the Moderns concerning it are corrected; and the Retention of it amongst Christians is absolutely condemned and proscribed', pp.132-150 from 'Archaeologia', vol 3, 1775, engraved plate depicting cocks, rebound modern quarter cloth, marbled paper covered boards, card folder containing 20+ reproduction poultry/cockfighting related photos loosely inserted; C.A. Finsterbusch: 'Cockfighting All Over the World', Gaffney, S.C., Grit & Steel, 1929, 1st edition, double page frontis depicting cock fight in Sumatra, portrait of author + ills in text throughout as called for, 471pp, rebound? (not recent) cloth gilt; R.H. Lee: 'Dick Lee's Keep - The Art of Training Fighting Cocks', [nd], circa 1900, a/f, lacks title page, [4],189pp, portrait illustration of author + ills in text throughout, contents include rules of cock fighting for various places in U.S., heeling and handling, diseases, pit dogs etc, old leather gilt (worn), scarce; George Ryley Scott: 'The History of Cockfighting, Spur Publications, 1975, 1st edition, coloured frontis, original cloth gilt; W. Sketchley: 'The Cocker', imprint dated 1814 but appears later, earlier 20th Century facsimile edition?, frontis, 154pp, edges uncut, old paper covered boards very worn; Robert Howlett: 'The Royal Pastime of Cock-fighting', 1899, limited edition facsimile impression of the 1709 edition, numbered 68 (of 100 copies only), original paper covered boards, printed paper label to spine; plus others including Marshall 'King of Fowls' 1981, 2nd edition; Humber 'Game Cock and Countryman' 1982 enlarged edition, Ruport 'Art of Cockfighting', New York, 1949 1st edition, 'The Feathered Warrior', 8 assorted issues 1953-1982, 'Grit & Steel', Jan-March 1982, 3 issues, etc

Sale Price: £650.00