Lot No: 8136

A good collection of cockfighting related books etc, including A.C. Dingwall: 'Handling and Nursing The Game Cock', Chicago, Dingwall & Paton, circa 1928, 1st edition, portrait plate of author + illustrations throughout, 67pp, original cloth; D.H. Pierce, A. Campbell, R.R. Rains & others: 'Histories of Game Strains', [ND, Gaffney, S.C., Grit & Steel, circa 1928], lacks title page (or possibly as isued?), 413pp, illustrations throughout, original cloth gilt; Andrew P. O'Conor: 'Forty Years With Fighting Cocks', Goshen, N.Y., E.W. Rogers, 1929, 1st edition, frontis + illustrations throughout as called for, 327pp, original cloth gilt (worn), backstrip near detached; Pringle Proud: 'The Game Fowl (Old English and Modern)', London, The Feathered World, 1903, 1st edition, 10 plates as called for, comprising 2 folding coloured, 7 black and white (of which 1 folding) + 1 illustration in text, original cloth; George Ryley Scott: 'The History of Cockfighting, Spur Publications, 1975, limited edition (181/750) numbered, coloured frontis, original cloth gilt; C.A. Finsterbusch: 'Cockfighting All Over the World', Saiga, 1980, revised edition, front end paper and pastedown depicting cock fight in Sumatra, coloured plate + ills in text throughout as called for, 471pp, original pictorial faux leather gilt; W. Sketchley: 'The Cocker', imprint dated 1814 but appears later, earlier 20th Century facsimile edition?, frontis, 154pp, edges uncut, rebound quarter calf; Robert Howlett: 'The Royal Pastime of Cock-fighting', 1899, limited edition facsimile impression of the 1709 edition, one of 100 copies only, lacking the limitation page, original paper covered boards, printed paper label to spine; Tim Pridgen: 'Courage. The Story of Modern Cockfighting', Boston, 1938, 1st edition, frontis + numerous illustrations throughout as called for, original cloth; Geo. W. Means: 'The Game Cock - From the Shell to the Pit', Grit & Steel, 1922, 3rd edition, 197pp, original printed wraps (top wrap and backstrip detached from text block); plus others including Ruport 'Art of Cockfighting', New York, 1949 1st edition, 'Johnson's history of Game Strains', [nd], 73pp, original stapled wraps, 'The Modern Cocker', No.'s 1 & 2, circa 1972, 'H. Flock's Revised Breeders' and Cockers' Guide 1924', 'The Gamecock', 4 assorted issues 1949-1981, etc

Sale Price: £600.00