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• The Art of Cockfighting: A Handbook for Beginners and Old Timers (New York: Devin-Adair Co., 1949), by Arch Ruport (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Game Fowl: Its Origin and History; With Sketches of Great Strains and Their Breeders of Former and Present Times, Together With a Complete Treatise on Breeding and Management of Fowls at Home and at the Pit, Their Diseases and Remedies, and Rules of the Cockpit (Gaffney, SC: Presses of Grit and Steel, ca. 1906), by R. A. McIntyre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Complete guide for conidtioning, heeling, and handling the game cock for the pit. ([Hornellsville, N.Y., Press of the Evening tribune, 1899]), by George Conderman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cocker's guide; (New York, R. K. Fox, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The book of games, (Hartford, Conn., 1886), by H. H. Stoddard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2004 : report (to accompany H.R. 4264) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 2004]), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prohibition of interstate movement of live birds for animal fighting : hearing before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, on H.R. 1275, September 13, 2000. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cock fighting all over the world. (Gaffney, S.C., Grit and Steel, 1929), by C. A. Finsterbusch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 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 / (London, printed for D. Brown, and T. Ballard, 1709 [1899]), by R. H. (Robert Howlett) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The game cock: being a practical treatise on breeding, rearing, training, feeding, trimming, mains, heeling, spurs, etc., together with an exposure of cockers' tricks. The origin and cure of diseases, and the revised cocking rules governing all parts of the world. (New York, [c1873]), by Ed James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fighting sports / (London : Odhams Press Limited, [1921?]), by L. Fitz-Barnard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An ordinance prohibiting cock-matches / (London : Printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills, ..., 1654), by England and Wales and England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2005 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, on H.R. 817, May 18, 2006. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2006), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cocker : containing every information to the breeders and amateurs of that noble bird, the game cock: to which is added a variety of other useful information for the instruction of those who are attendants on the cock pit. (Burton-on-Trent : J. Croft, 1814), by William Sketchley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cocker's manual, devoted to the game fowl; their origin and breeding, rules for feeding, heeling, handling, etc., description of the different breeds, diseases and their treatment. (Battle Creek, Mich., [c1878]), by F. H. Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
• Conditioning the game-cock. ([New York, c1949]), by Alexander Corbet Dingwall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flying feathers, a rollicking tale of game cock fighting. (New York, William-Frederick Press, [c1946]), by Alberta Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Courage, the story of modern cock-fighting. (Boston, Little, Brown, [c1938]), by Tim Pridgen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The cocker's guide; how to breed, train, and feed game birds for the pit. (New York, [c1909]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handling and nursing the game cock : a comprehensive explanation and instruction on the most effective means in handling and nursing game cocks in battle ... / (Chicago, Ill. : Dingwall and Paton, c1928), by A. C. Dingwall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sport in the olden time. ([London] Vinton, 1912), by Walter Gilbey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animaux de sport, lévries-taureaux-coqs, (Paris, P. Lafitte & cie, [c1912]), by Jacques Boulenger and Emile Henriot (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Universal pit rules. (Asheville, N. C., [194-?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animal Welfare Act amendments : report (to accompany S. 345). ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 2000]), by United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (page images at HathiTrust)
• H. Flock's revised Breeders' and cockers' guide; a full and complete treatise on raising game fowl ... ([Chattanooga, Andrews Printery, 1924]), by Henry Flock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glover's breeder's and cockers' guide / ([Lisle, N.Y. : Printed at the Feathered Warrior Printery], c1913), by F. R. Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
• Game fowls, their origin and history, with a description of the breeds, strains, and crosses : the American and English modes of feeding, training, and heeling; how to breed and cross, together with a description and treatment of all diseases incident to game fowls. (West Chester : The Author, 1869), by J. W. Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game fowl (old English and modern), (London, The Geathered World, 1903), by Pringle Proud (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game fowl; for the pit, or the spit. How to mate, feed, breed, handle and match them; with practical suggestions as to cures for their peculiar ills and ails. (Melrose, Mass., 1878), by Geo. P. Burnham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Game fowls, their origin and history; with a description of the breeds, strains, and crosses. The American and English modes of feeding, training, and heeling; how to breed and cross, improving quality and preserving feather, together with a description and treatment of all diseases incident to game fowls. (West Chester, Pa., [1869]), by J. W. Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rules of the cock pit. (Indianapolis, Ind., c1900), by Henry P. Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game fowl (Old English and modern) to which is added a reprint of The cocker, by W. Sketchley, First published in 1814. (London, The Feathered World, 1903), by P. Proud and William. Cocker Sketchley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cocker's manual, devoted to the game fowl, their origin and breeding, rules for feeding, heeling, handling, etc., description of the different breeds, diseases and their treatment. (Battle Creek, Mich., The author, 1878), by F. H. Gray (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old English game fowl; its history, description, management, breeding and feeding. (London, "Fanciers' gazette", [introd. 1891]), by Herbert Atkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game fowl : old English and modern / (London : The Feathered World, 1903), by P. Proud and William. Cocker. 1814 Sketchley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Royal Pastime of Cock-fighting: The art of breeding, feeding, fighting, and curing cocks of the game, by R. H. (Robert Howlett) (Gutenberg ebook)

• The commendation of cockes, and cock-fighting VVherein is shewed, that cocke-fighting was before the comming of Christ. (London : Printed [by Thomas Purfoot] for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sold at his shop ouer against Graies Inne gate in Holburne, 1607), by George Wilson (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• An ordinance prohibiting cock-matches.: Fryday March 31. 1654. Ordered by His Highness the Lord Protector, and his Council, that this ordinance be forthwith printed and published. Henry Scobell Clerk of the Council (London : Printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, 1654), by England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) and England and Wales. Council of State (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• Handling and nursing the game cock : a comprehensive explanation and instruction on the most effective means in handling and nursing game cocks in battle ... / (Chicago, Ill. : Dingwall and Paton, c1928), by A. C. Dingwall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Upland game harvest / ([Pierre, S.D.] : [Dept. of Game, Fish and Parks], [1963-1965]), by Harvey H. Pietz and Fish South Dakota. Department of Game (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Animal Welfare Act amendments : report (to accompany S. 345). ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 2000]), by United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glover's breeder's and cockers' guide / ([Lisle, N.Y. : Printed at the Feathered Warrior Printery], c1913), by F. R. Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
• The game fowl : old English and modern / (London : The Feathered World, 1903), by P. Proud and William. Cocker. 1814 Sketchley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The game fowl : old English and modern / (London : The Feathered World, 1903), by P. Proud and William. Cocker. 1814 Sketchley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2004 : report (to accompany H.R. 4264) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 2004]), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2005 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, on H.R. 817, May 18, 2006. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2006), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
• Native American Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007, the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007, and the Preventing Harassment Through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act of 2007 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, on H.R. 545, H.R. 137, and H.R. 740, February 6, 2007. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2007), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007 : report together with dissenting views (to accompany H.R. 137) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 2007-), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fighting sports / (London : Odhams Press Limited, [1921?]), by L. Fitz-Barnard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Abajo los toros! / (México : Impr. de M. Viamonte Zuleta, 1906), by José López-Portillo y Rojas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vocabulario taurino; ó sea, Compendio de todas las voces y frases t ́ecnicas conocidas en el arte del toreo ... (Buenos Aires : Imprenta y encuadernación de el Correo español, 1900), by Enrique Casellas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Historia das toiradas, (Lisboa, Secc a o Editorial da Companhia Nacional Editora, 1900), by Eduardo de Noronha (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Wine, women & toros! The fiesta de toros in the culture of Spain. (New York, Hastings House, [1961]), by Vincent J-R. Kehoe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La fiesta de toros. ([Madrid?] : Dirección General del Turismo, [19__]), by José María de Cossío (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Politíca y toros, ensayos. (Madrid, Calleja, 1918), by Ramón Pérez de Ayala (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Las corridas de toros en la actualidad : estudio critico, con la enumeracion de los 648 toros bien matados en 1913 / (Madrid : Imprenta de la Hijos de Gómez Fuentenebro, 1914), by bachiller González de Rivera (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "La tía Grigoria," colección de revista y revistitas de corridas de toros en Acho y composiciones genéricas variadas. (Lima, Perú, Imprenta Malatesta, Rivas Berrio, 1920), by Juan Castro Osete (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La suerte consumada. (Palerma de Mallorca, Altante, 1958), by Guillermo Sureda Molina (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historia do toureio em Portugal, (Lisboa, Antiga casa Bertrand, 1907), by Antonio Rodovalho Duro (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Caireles de oro; toros é historia. (Madrid, Impr. de El Enano, 1899), by Pascual Millán (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Palmas y luces : los toros y el arte de torear : manual del aficionado / (México : Imp. de M. León Sánchez, 1911), by Juan Soto and David and Mary Rivera Radell Family Trust. asn CU-BANC (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les courses de taureaux expliquées manuel tauromachique à l'usage des amateurs de courses. (Paris : Dentu, 1854), by Oduaga-Zolarde (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les courses de taureaux expliquées, manuel tauro machique, à l'usage des amateurs de courses ... Ouvrage aussi complet que possible sur la matière, (Paris, Dentu, 1854), by G. Oduaga-Zolarde (page images at HathiTrust)
• Obras del padre Juan de Mariana. (Madrid, M. Rivadeneyra, 1854), by Juan de Mariana and Francisco Pí y Margall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Madrilenia, or, Pictures of Spanish life / (London : R. Bentley, 1851), by Henry Drummond Wolff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vademécum taurino / (Madrid : G. Carrión, 1909), by David and Mary Rivera Radell Family Trust. CU MAIN copy only (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• De la dehesa al redondel : guía compendiada del aficionado al arte taurino. (Montevideo : Talleres A. Barreiro y Ramos, 1909) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• "Gaoneras" (ensayos sobre estética taurina) (Méx[ico] "El Día español,", 1921), by Armando de María y Campos (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Toros en Aranjuez : zarzuela comico-taurina en un acto, dividido en tres cuadros, en prosa / (Madrid : R. Velasco [impresor], 1908), by Manuel Nieto, Isidro Soler, and Angel Caamano (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Filosofia de los toros. (Madrid, Boix, 1842), by Santos López Pelegrín (page images at HathiTrust)
• Animaux de sport, lévries-taureaux-coqs, (Paris, P. Lafitte & cie, [c1912]), by Jacques Boulenger and Emile Henriot (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Arte afortunado de caballería española o advertencias de torear para los caballeros en plaza / (Valencia : Librería París-Valencia, 1996), by Pedro Jacinto de Cárdenas y Angulo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• El turf. (Lima : [s.n.]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• El toreo; gran diccionario tauromáquico. Comprende todas las voces técnicas conocidas en el arte; arte de torear. (Madrid, Impr. M. Guijarro, 1879), by José Sánchez de Neira (page images at HathiTrust)
• El porqué de los toros, y arte de torear a pie y a caballo / (Habana : Impr. de Barcina, 1853), by El Bachiller Tauromaquia (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Great bonanza : illustrated narrative of adventure and discovery in gold mining, silver mining, among the raftsmen, in the oil regions, whaling, hunting, fishing and fighting / (Boston : Lee & Shepard, 1876), by engraver Yigilan, William Luson Thomas, engraver Rogers, E. Potts, engraver Kinnersley, Samuel Smith Kilburn, engraver Johnson, W. How, George T. Andrew, John Andrew, engraver P. G., engraver M., engraver F. M. W., Frank T. Merrill, Lizbeth Bullock Humphrey, George M. Towle, Frank H. Taylor, Old Salt, Charles A. Hoyt, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Charles Winslow Hall, Edward Dusseault, W. P. Duncan, Justin Dale, Mary Granger Chase, Samuel Burnham, C. E. Bishop, George M. Baker, J. H. W., R. M. Ballantyne, Oliver Optic, Mass.) University Press (Cambridge, and Bigelow & Co. Welch, contrib. by Shepard & Dillingham Lee and Lee and Shepard, illust. by H. L. Stephens and William Ludwell Sheppard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Obras del padre Juan de Mariana / (Madrid : M. Rivadeneyra, 1864-), by Juan de Mariana and Francisco Pí y Margall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual para aficionados; guía indispensable para asistir a las corridas de toros. (Caracas, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Algunas atenciones que pueden prevenir aciertos en la acción del torear. (Madrid : D. García y Morras, 1875) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cuernos históricos / (Lima : Imprenta, Librería y Encuadernación Gil, 1897), by Ismael Portal y Espinosa (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cosas del pasado; música, literatura y tauromaquia. Con una carta autógrafa de Rossini. (Madrid, Ducazcal, 1904), by Luis Carmena y Millán (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Toros. Descripcion de este espectáculo nacional segun se celebra en nuestros dias; para la cual se ha tomado por motivo la corrida verificada en Murcia el 6 de setiembre de 1839. Por un curioso, amante de las costumbres populares. (Madrid, Gonzalez y Castelló, 1846) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Blood and sand; a novel, (New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, [c1919]), by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez and Zelda Fitzgerald, trans. by Mrs. W. A. Gillespie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Politica y toros, ensayos. (Madrid, Renacimiento, 1925), by Ramón Pérez de Ayala (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sangre y arena. (Guatemala.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La corte y monarquía de España en los años de 1636 y 37. (Madrid, L. Navarro, 1886), by Antonio Rodríguez Villa (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diccionario cómico taurino, escrito pará los diestros que lo necesiten (que son muchos) por Paco Media-Luna [pseud.] con la colaboracion de todos los aficionados del mundo. (Madrid, Estab. Tip. de el Toreo, [1890?]), by Crispulo Moro Cabeza (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bibliografía de la tauromáquia, (Madrid, Librerías de Murillo, F. Fé, Guttenberg, 1883), by Luis Carmena y Millán (page images at HathiTrust)
• La tauromanʹia; poema bufo-ʹepico-avinagrado. (Madrid, Impr. de Diego Pacheco, 1890), by Pedro de los Palotes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Toros y chimborazos : cartas dirigidas al Sr. D. José Navarrete, impugnador de las corridas de toros / (Madrid : López, 1886), by José Velarde (page images at HathiTrust)
• La Escuela de Tauromaquia de Sevilla y el toreo moderno / (Madrid : Miguel Romero, Impresor, 1888), by Pascual Millán (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historia de la Plaza de Toros de Madrid : su inauguración, corridas célebres, estrenos de ganaderías, toros notables, cogidas importantes, alternativas, biografías de aficionados y diestros, documentos taurómacos, y otra infinidad de datos útiles a los aficionados, toreros, escritores públicos, etc. / (Madrid : E. Martínez, 1883), by Aficionado (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fiestas de toros y cañas : celebradas en la ciudad de Córdoba el año de 1651 con una advertencia para el de las Cañas, y un discurso de la caballería del torear / (Sevilla : E. Rasco, 1887), by Pedro Mesía de la Cerda (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cuernos! escritas por Antonio Peña y Goñi y publicadas en diversos periódicos de Madrid con los pseudónimos de El Tio Jilena, la Seña Toribia, Caminanti, & & ; precididas de un prólogo del autor. (Madrid, Murillo, 1883), by Antonio Peña y Goñi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Combates de toros en España y Francia / (Madrid : Impr. de A. Pérez Dubrull, [1889]), by Adolfo de Castro (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arte de rejonear a caballo escrito, (Madrid, 1895), by Miguel Marcelo Tamariz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Duas palavras acerca das corridas de touros : seguidas d'um regulamento para o trabalho das pegas / (Lisboa : Typ. Nova Minerva, 1881) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Descripción de varias fiestas de toros / (Sevilla : E. Rasco, 1889), by Fermín de Sarasa y Arce (page images at HathiTrust)
• La fiesta española en el Perú / (Lima : Impr. de la Escuela de Ingenieros, 1892), by Ismael Portal y Espinosa (page images at HathiTrust)
• El universal taurino. (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Obras del padre Juan de Mariana. (Madrid, M. Rivadeneyra, 1854), by Juan de Mariana and Francisco Pí y Margall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historia del toreo en Mexico, epoca colonial <1529-1821> (Mexico, Imp. M. L. Sánchez, 1924), by Nicolás Rangel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Blood and sand; a novel, (New York, E. P. Dutton & company, [1924]), by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, trans. by Mrs. W. A. Gillespie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fiestas de toros en Filipinas. (Madrid [N. Minuesa de los Ríos], 1896), by W. E. Retana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ricordi di Spagna e dell' America spagnuola (Milano, Fratelli Treves, 1896), by Paolo Mantegazza (page images at HathiTrust)
• Carta dirigida en 1665 á Monsieur D. L. M., describiendo las fiestas de toros; (Sevilla, Imp. de E. Rasco, 1899), by Manuel Chaves and Rauquil-Lieutaud (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Vocabulario taurino : con reseña gráfica de las suertes del toro, según los más afamados críticos. (Lima : Empresa Editorial, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Toros y torreros. (Madrid, Toros y torreros.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Zig zag. ([Madrid : Imp. Sáez Hermanos.], 1923-) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Belmonte, el trágico : ensayo de una estética futura, a través de un arte nuevo / (Ciudad de los Reyes del Perú [i.e. Lima] : A. Valdelomar, 1918), by Abraham Valdelomar (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• El espectáculo más nacional; (Madrid [Sucesores de Rivadeneyro], 1899 [1900]), by Juan Gualberto López-Valdemoro y de Quesada Navas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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