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1. The cocker : humbly inscribed to those gentlemen who are amateurs of the game cock, that prodigy of British valour / by a gentleman who has been in the habit of breeding these eight and twenty years.

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Creator:: Sketchley, William
Date:: 1793
Physical Description:: 45, [28] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Earnest and affectionate address to the people of England concerning the usual recreations on Shrove Tuesday.

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Creator:: Tucker, Josiah, 1712–1799
Date:: [1750]
Physical Description:: 10 p. ; 12 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A treatise on the nature and true foundation of breeding cocks / by Thomas Dixon.

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Creator:: Dixon, Thomas
Date:: 1744
Physical Description:: 47 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. True narrative of what pass'd at the examination of the Marquis de Guiscard at the cock-pit : the 8th of March, 1710-1711, his stabbing by Mr. Harley and other precedent and subsequent facts relating to the life of the said Guiscard.

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Creator:: Manley, Mrs. (Mary de la Rivière), 1663–1724
Date:: 1711
Physical Description:: 23 p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The royal pastime of cock-fighting, or, The Art of breeding, feeding, fighting, and curing cocks of the game : published purely for the good, and benefit of all such as take delight in that royal, and warlike sport: to which is prefixed, a short treatise, wherein cocking is proved not only ancient and honourable, but also useful, and profitable / by R. H., a lover of the sport, and a friend to such as delight in military discipline.

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Creator:: Howlett, Robert
Date:: 1709
Physical Description:: [30], 92 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A friendly admonition from a country clergyman on the approach of Shrovetide, or, A serious warning against the cruel and abominable custom of throwing at cocks and of cockfighting.

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Creator:: Toogood, Charles
Date:: 1795
Physical Description:: 15, [1] p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts