THE VINTAGE SCOTTISH FISHING & HUNTING COLLECTION ~~~~~~~~ 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! Quick Delivery –
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