THE VINTAGE SCOTTISH

FISHING & HUNTING

COLLECTION

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A truly unique and wonderful collection of 74 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on DVD DATA DISC covering all aspects of FISHING & HUNTING IN SCOTLAND.

 

Discover the history and thrills of Scotland’s wild outdoor sports. Read about the famous lochs and salmon rivers and how they were fished in years gone by. Study the deer stalking and grouse hunting that has been enjoyed for hundreds of years amongst the moors, glens and forests of this beautiful country. Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in fishing and hunting, and in particular their history and pursuit in Scotland. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

 

This superb compilation of 74 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

 

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

 


The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:


A day's angling on the Almond by F. Fayle (1862)

A hundred years in the Highlands - O. H. Mackenzie (1921)

A Scottish fly-fisher - A. Leitch (1911)

A sportsman and naturalist's tour in Sutherlandshire - C. St. John (1893)

A tour in Sutherlandshire - with extracts from the fieldbooks of a sportsman and naturalist Vol. 1 - C. St. John (1849)

A tour in Sutherlandshire - with extracts from the fieldbooks of a sportsman and naturalist Vol. 2 - C. St. John (1849)

An angler's rambles and angling songs - T. Stoddart (1866)

Angler's guide to the rivers & lochs of Scotland - R. Blakey (1854)

Angling and art in Scotland - some fishing experiences related and illustrated - E. E. Briggs (1908)

Angling reminiscences of the rivers and lochs of Scotland - T. Stoddart (1887)

Ardenmohr among the hills. A record of scenery and sports in the Highlands of Scotland - S. Abbot (1876)

Autumns in Argyleshire with rod & gun - A. Gathorne-Hardy (1900)

Autumns on the Spey - A. E. Knox (1872)

By lake and river - an angler's rambles in the north of England and Scotland - F. Francis (1874)

By loch and stream - angling sketches - R. C. Bridgett (1922)

Days and nights of salmon fishing in the River Tweed by W. Scrope (1885)

Days and nights of salmon fishing in the Tweed - with a short account of the natural history and habits of the salmon, instructions to sportsmen, anecdotes, etc by W. Scrope (1898)

Days of deer-stalking in the Forest  of Atholl - W. Scrope (1847)

Days of deer-stalking in the Scottish Highlands - W. Scrope (1883)

Deer-stalking - A. Grimble (1886)

Dry-fly fishing in border waters by F. Ferni (1912)

Fish and fishing in the lone glens of Scotland by R. Knox (1854)

Forays among salmon and deer - J. Conway (1861)

Forays among salmon and deer (New Ed.) - J. Conway (1899)

Hints on shooting and fishing, etc., both on sea and land and in the freshwater lochs of Scotland - C. Idle (1868)

Hound and horn in Jedforest - being some experiences of a Scottish M.F.H.  - T. S. Anderson (1909)

Letters from the Highlands; or, Two months among the salmon and deer - J. Conway (1859)

Lochs and loch fishing by S. Hamish (1899)

Mussel culture and the bait supply, with reference more especially to Scotland - W. L. Calderwood (1895)

Nimrod's hunting tour in Scotland and the north of England - Nimrod (1874)

Nimrod's Northern tour - descriptive of the principal hunts in Scotland and the North of England - Nimrod (1838)

North-country flies. Comprising eleven plates of hand-painted illustrations, from the author's own drawings, with particulars of the dressings and season of each fly - T. Pritt (1886)

Northern memoirs, calculated for the meridian of Scotland; to which is added, the contemplative and practical angler - R. Franck (1821)

Observations regarding the salmon fishery of Scotland (1824)

On river angling for salmon and trout - more particularly as practised in the tweed and its tributaries - J. Younger (1840)

On the Grampian hills. Grouse and ptarmigan shooting, deer stalking, salmon and trout fishing - F. F. Whitehurst (1882)

Out-door Sports in Scotland Deer Stalking, Grouse Shooting, Salmon Fishing, etc. - J. G. Bertram (1890)

Records of the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Hunt - H. Judd (1921)

Remarks on a pamphlet, entitled, Observations regarding the salmon fishery of Scotland, etc. (1824)

Remarks on the salmon fishings of Scotland - A. Hector (1861)

Report of investigations on the life-history of the salmon in fresh water - D. N. Paton (1898)

Report on the disease which has recently prevailed among the salmon in the Tweed, Eden, and other rivers in England and Scotland - F. T. Buckland (1880)

River angling for salmon and trout; with a memoir and list of the tweed salmon casts - J. Younger (1864)

Runs with the Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire Fox-Hounds, and other sporting incidents - Stringhalt (1874)

Salmon-casts and stray shots - J. Colquhoun (1858)

Scotch loch-fishing - W. Senior (1882)

Shooting and salmon fishing, and Highland sport by A. Grimble (1902)

Shooting and salmon fishing; hints and recollections by A. Grimble (1892)

Short sketches of the wild sports and natural history of the Highlands - C. St. John (1846)

Sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the Highlands - C. St. John (1878)

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club - Edinburgh Angling Club (1879)

Sporting days - J. Colquhoun (1866)

Sprigs of heather - J. Anderson (1884)

Thames and Tweed - G. Rooper (1870)

The angler and the loop-rod - D. Webster (1885)

The angler's companion to the rivers and lochs of Scotland by T. Stoddart (1853)

The art of angling - as practised in Scotland - T. Stodart (1836)

The autobiography of the late Salmo Salar, esq.  comprising a narrative of the life, personal adventures, and death of a Tweed salmon by G. Rooper (1867)

The border angler - a guide-book to the Tweed and its tributaries - J. G. Bertram (1858)

The British angler's manual, or, The art of angling in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland - T. C. Hofland (1848)

The capercaillie in Scotland - J. A. Harvie-Brown (1879)

The deer forests of Scotland - A. Grimble (1896)

The hand-book of angling for Scotland and the border counties, embracing the practical experience of thirty years' fishing, with map and routes, etc. - J. Robertson (1861)

The herring fisheries of Scotland - R. W. Duff (1883)

The history of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire hunt, 1775-1910 - J. H. Rutherfurd (1911)

The life of the salmon with reference more especially to the fish in Scotland - W. L. Calderwood (1908)

The moor and the loch .... and notices of the habits of the different creatures of game and prey in the mountainous districts of Scotland - J. Colquhoun (1840)

The practical angler; or The art of trout-fishing more particularly applied to clear water by W. C. Stewart (1906)

The salmon rivers and lochs of Scotland - W. L. Calderwood (1921)

The salmon rivers of Scotland. With seventy-two full-page illustration and three maps by A. Grimble (1913)

The wild sports and natural history of the Scottish highlands - C. St. John (1888)

Tweed and Don; or, Recollections and reflections of an angler for the last fifty years - J. Locke (1860)

View of the salmon fishery of Scotland, with observations on the nature, habits, and instincts of the salmon - M. MacKenzie (1860)

Wanderings by the lochs and streams of Assynt; and the north Highlands of Scotland - J. Hicks (1855)

 

 

An absolute must for anyone with an interest in the history of fishing and hunting in the beautiful rivers, lochs, moors and glens of Scotland – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

 

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All of the files are hi-resolution scans presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices.

 

For some devices you may need to convert the pdf files. A free program called Calibre can be used to do this and can be included on the DVD if requested.

 

Please note that this is a data DVD disc that will contain all of the books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop or computer (including MAC) but will NOT work on a normal DVD player, X-Box or audio CD player.

 

 

** Main photo is for illustration purposes only – other photos are example pages from the books included on the disc **

 

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