[SPORTING] -- [DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR COPIES]. A group of 5 sporting books from the library of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, MANY PRESENTATION COPIES, comprising:
BROCKLEHURST, H. C. Game Animals of the Sudan. London and Edinburgh: Gurney and Jackson, 1931. Contemporary morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY BROCKLEHURST: “To H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, in remembrance of his visit to the Sudan in March and April 1930. From the author.”
[With:] LEIGH, W. R. Frontiers of Enchantment. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938. Original publisher’s cloth FIRST EDITION, second printing. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LEIGH: “To His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor with the sincere good wishes of W. R. Leigh. May 2. 1939. TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY LEIGH to the Duke of Windsor, 29 April 1929 tipped in.
[With:] DEAKIN, Ralph. Southward Ho! London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1925. Original publisher’s blue cloth gilt. -- CHALMERS, Patrick R., editor. Sport and Travel in East Africa. London: Philip Allen, 1934. -- H. W. Something New Out of Africa. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1934. Black morocco gilt. -- Together, 5 works in 5 volumes, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine.
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