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Connett Eugene V.
Any Luck with an introduction by George M. La Branche
New York: Windward House 1933. First edition. Illustrated by Ralph L. Boyer. xv i 240 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth gilt. Fine copy in Very Good clipped dust jacket. Bookplate. Boyer Ralph L. First edition. Illustrated by Ralph L. Boyer. xv i 240 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A gathering of several previously published works including Magic Hours as well as some new material dealing with trout fishing Any Luck to quote Siegel "became Connett's most successful title and went through several printings including a British edition which also sold well.". Siegel p. 15: Bruns C-147 "scarce" Windward House unknown
Bookseller reference : 258280
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Hints to Young Sportsmen on the Art of Shooting Flying
London: Longman Rees Orme Brown & Green Richard Milliken and Son Dublin and John Bolster Cork 1827. First edition. vi 39 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original drab paper covered boards with paper title label.Finely rebacked preserving nineteenth century bookplate with poem "This Book if borrowed by a friend" name of Chas. Jas. Jenkinson within border of leafy type ornaments. Green morocco backed slipcase and cloth chemise. First edition. vi 39 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. RARE. Covers the choice of a gun and other technical matters dogs and shooting for pheasant grouse woodcock snipe and rabbit with gastronomic hints and a vocabulary of terms; and the last two pages are a poem "Epitaph on a Favourite Pointer". Not in Gerrare or Schwerdt or Riling or Chute. Not in BL. OCLC locates one copy only Natl Library of Ireland Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, Richard Milliken and Son, Dublin, and John Bolster, Cork unknown
Bookseller reference : 316633
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Lascelles Robert Esq
Angling; being the first part Shooting; being the second part .; Coursing; being the third part . of a Series of Familiar Letters on Sporting
London: printed for and sold by J. Cornes.R.P. Moore.T. Hookham etc. Part III: Printed for the Author 1815. First edition. 3 engraved plates all dated 1812 each engraved by H.R. Cook after Chalon Hilton and J. Ward. Without the small format bookseller's advertisement leaf mentioned by Schwerdt. 1-123 1; 125-235 1; 237-344 pp. W. Wilson Printer 4 Greville-Street Hutton-Garden. 8vo 25 x 16.2 cm. Original printed drab paper wrappers letterpress titles on upper covers publisher's advertisements on two lower covers uncut all within a later brown cloth drop box. Minor chipping to heads and tails of spines else fine. Bookplate of the Duke of Gloucester. First edition. 3 engraved plates all dated 1812 each engraved by H.R. Cook after Chalon Hilton and J. Ward. Without the small format bookseller's advertisement leaf mentioned by Schwerdt. 1-123 1; 125-235 1; 237-344 pp. W. Wilson Printer 4 Greville-Street Hutton-Garden. 8vo 25 x 16.2 cm. IN PARTS. RARE IN THIS CONDITION the titles are taken from the wrappers as the printed title was apparently never issued - it appears that the author intended to issue both the title and the list of subscribers as part of the projected fourth part on 'Hunting' - this was never published. Schwerdt I p.301 "The Angling letter is signed 'Piscator' and dated 1811.a second edition was issued in 1818." Westwood and Satchell. Schwerdt I p. 301; Westwood and Satchell p. 130 printed for and sold by J. Cornes...R.P. Moore...T. Hookham, etc. Part III: Printed for the Author unknown
Bookseller reference : 317379
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Acklom Moreby
Jekyl Island Club. Brunswick Georgia 1916
New York: Photogravure and Color Co. Compliments of Charles Lanier 1916. Second edition first published in 1911. Photogravure frontispiece and 61 captioned photogravure plates. 21 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Quarter black morocco and green cloth t.e.g. Fine minor spotting to endsheets. Second edition first published in 1911. Photogravure frontispiece and 61 captioned photogravure plates. 21 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. 'a little paradise of comfort'. Private sporting club founded in 1886 with a membership limited to one hundred including Pierpont Morgan Wm. K. Vanderbilt Wm. Rockefeller Erastus Corning and Marshall Field; with grounds comprising twenty-two square miles. "Since that time good taste energy and wealth have turned beautiful Jekyl island into a little paradise of comfort and health giving relaxation." Charles Lanier whose name appears on the title page was the long-time president of the Jekyl Island Club. In 1910 the club was the site of the secret meeting at which the Federal Reserve was established. The club continued until the end of 1942. The photogravures depict club house and cottages golf course and grounds and other scenes. Three depict cycling and beach sports; three are hunting related; one view of golfing shows golfers with their African American caddies; and two portray John Cain an African-American driver. This sumptuous illustrated guide to the club was first issued in 1911; only the Morgan Library hold a copy of this edition; a slightly revised third edition was produced in 1919. All are RARE. OCLC: 270873073 Morgan Library [Photogravure and Color Co.] Compliments of Charles Lanier unknown
Bookseller reference : 316596
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Gray Prentiss N.
Camera Adventures in New Brunswick
N.p.: Privately Printed 1925. Only edition limited to ten numbered copies this being copy no. 4 inscribed to "John Burnham from Prentiss N. Gray. Frontispiece and 34 additional full-page photographs including 4 smaller images printed two to a page 2 maps. Unpaginated of text on printed on rectos photographs tipped in on versos. 36 ff. 1 vols. 4to. Three quarter blue morocco and cloth sides. Some minor rubbing minor soiling generally fresh and sound. Bookplate of John Burnham. Only edition limited to ten numbered copies this being copy no. 4 inscribed to "John Burnham from Prentiss N. Gray". Frontispiece and 34 additional full-page photographs including 4 smaller images printed two to a page 2 maps. Unpaginated of text on printed on rectos photographs tipped in on versos. 36 ff. 1 vols. 4to. One of ten copies. ONE OF ONLY TEN NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY GRAY. This is an account of Gray's three trips to New Brunswick to photograph deer and moose. Laid in are 2 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED FROM GRAY declining invitations 1929 & 1931 to meet with John Burnham and two lengthy typed letters from Gray signed in type to "Dear Karl" with fascinating observations on his adventures on safari in Nairobi 1929. Loosely inserted is an original prospectus/order form for Gray's "Records of North American Big Game". A scarce and beautiful work. Heller 124 this copy "unfortunately I have never seen another copy". Not in OCLC Privately Printed] unknown
Bookseller reference : 317513
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Roberts Frank C. Jr.
Pleasant Places
Philadelphia 1966. First edition printed in a limited number of copies for private distribution. Illustrated with photographs. ii 85 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown pictorial wrappers. Fine. First edition printed in a limited number of copies for private distribution. Illustrated with photographs. ii 85 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Largely devoted to Salmon fishing - the Miramachi Restigouche Upsilquitch Patapedia etc. with a chapter on trout in Pennsylvania Canada and Alaska. Not in Bruns; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 116 unknown
Bookseller reference : 317089
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Bannon Arthur H.
A Hunters Summer in Yukon Territory
Columbus Ohio: F.H. Toothaker 1911. First edition. 8 photographic plates. 48 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers cloth backstrip. Wrappers lightly stained and worn small typed title label on spine. Very clean internally. Very good plus. Custom cloth box. First edition. 8 photographic plates. 48 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A rare and engaging account of a hunting trip to northwest Canada in the summer of 1910. Ohioans Arthur Bannon and his companion James Blair went in over the White Pass and Yukon Railway down the Lewis to Selkirk at the beginning of the Yukon proper up the Pelly River to the mouth of the Macmillan and up that river to country about 275 miles east of Selkirk. They hunted mountain sheep black bears grizzlies caribou moose and more assisted by a cook and guide named Grant Jennings a veteran of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Bannon relates their hunting experiences and also describes their travels the scenery and the history of the region. "A superb hunting narrative" - Midland Notes. "This is a plain straightforward and most interesting account of a hunting trip mainly for mountain sheep in Yukon Territory.Bannon gives a good picture of the country through which he passed and his hunting experiences are quite absorbing" - Streeter. The Streeter copy was bound in original cloth; the present copy is in original printed wrappers. OCLC locates only six copies of Bannon's work at the New York Historical Society Library Yale the Newberry Library the Ohioana Library Association the University of Washington and the University of Toronto. We are able to locate only one other copy at auction since the Streeter copy. Streeter 4126 $70 which copy was bound in cloth; Howes B106 "a"; OCLC 34500872; Midland Notes 60:21 F.H. Toothaker unknown
Bookseller reference : 316178
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Hershey Omer Fennimore
Babes in the Bush and Canadian Tales
Baltimore: Privately Printed at the Lord Baltimore Press 1923. One of 7 copies. Illustrated with 13 tipped in photographs. 166 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth and slate blue boards printed spine label. Fine. One of 7 copies. Illustrated with 13 tipped in photographs. 166 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Privately printed account of a camping and fishing trip to Lake Algonquin in northern Ontario with canoeing on the Vermilion River written in mock Chaucerian style with three tales from Canadian folk lore. OCLC records copies at Harvard and Library and Archives Canada Ottawa. Rare and beautiful. Not in Heller Privately Printed [at the Lord Baltimore Press] unknown
Bookseller reference : 313778
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Elting Victor
A Canadian Expedition Caption title
N.p. Chicago 1933. First edition privately printed. Illustrated with 2 photographs. 24 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers gathered with cord. Slight wrapper wear internally fine with bookplate of Col. Henry A. Siegel. First edition privately printed. Illustrated with 2 photographs. 24 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Unrecorded. Inscribed on front flyleaf "Merry Christmas from Victor 1934." Victor Elting and his friend McPherson left Chicago July 29 1933 and arrived at a station in Northern Canada called Ombabika in the Thunder Bay District on the 31st. They spent three weeks camping canoeing and fishing for trout and the narrative records places they fished and people they met. Elting ends his work with these words: "As we travelled back to Toronto we talked it all over. We had travelled more than three hundred miles in the wilderness and had visited an old civilization. We had emerged with a better sense of values and a better philosophy of life. We were in bounding health. We had taken certain physical risks but we had rejoiced in them. If we had taken counsel of our fears of accident or sickness we would have stayed at home and we would have missed a great adventure." Not in Bruns or Heller. Not in OCLC unknown
Bookseller reference : 316590
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Dwight Wiman Sporting Club
Dwight & Wiman Sporting Club. Records. Sketches of Hunting Trips
Montreal or Toronto 1884. Typescripts and printed texts. 5 vols. Folio and 8vo. Folio scrapbooks in modern half brown calf and original red cloth boards with leather title label on the upper covers. Some fading and offsetting to a few leaves in first volume of Sketches. 1882 title in printed wrappers; 1884 title in facsimile wrappers. Boxed. Typescripts and printed texts. 5 vols. Folio and 8vo. Into the Canadian Wilds in the 1870s. A remarkable record of a generation of sporting trips to the remote Canadian wilderness to the Muskoka district in Ontario north of Toronto near the present day Algonquin Park from 1858 to 1880 compiled from contemporary notes on an early typewriter and with two printed accounts. Comprising: 1 Sketches of Hunting Trips 1858-1878. Two volumes. Substantial typescript account of trout fishing and deer hunting trips on onion skin paper mounted on larger sheets. Volume I comprises the years 1858-1877 106 pages. Volume II covers the year 1878 17 pages with inserted ephemera from 1879 including a printed New Year's greeting; a printed notice with club logo Death of Minnie Cole Cedar Narrows Trading Lake May 1879; an envelope of Toronto newspaper clippings on the Toronto Lacrosse Club with several Dwight-Wiman members in appearance; the Richmond County Sentinel New Brighton Staten Island vol. IV no. 34 8 November 1879 with two columns on the Dwight Wiman Sporting Club autumn outing and ball; with a dance card for the Second Annual Ball 21st Annual Hunt; and three copies of the Melodies for the Dwight Wiman Sporting Club. 2 Memorandum of the Fall Trip of the Dwight & Wiman Club. 1880 Caption title. Typescript 11 pp. Boxed. 3 Records of an October Hunt in Muskoka. Notes of the trip of the Dwight-Wiman Sporting Club to the Muskoka Woods and Lakes October 1882. 30 pp. Toronto: Trout & Todd 1882. Printed wrappers pencil signature of Mary on upper cover. OCLC: 1006744544 Libr. & Archives Canada. 4 Notes of a Hunting Trip with the Dwight-Wiman Club in the Muskoka District October 1884. Printed folding map The Happy Hunting Grounds. 77 pp. Toronto: Trout & Todd 1884. Lacking wrappers. Small excision of one line of text at foot of p. 68. Streeter 4105. OCLC 45738881 Yale NYHS Univ. Toronto Libr. & Archives Canada. Members included president H.P. Dwight supervisor of the Montreal Telegraph Company; vice-president Erastus Wiman president of the Great North Western Telegraph Company Ex. Norton J.T. Townsend "the most experienced huntsman of the party" Wilbur C. Matthews Theodore Leeds R.J. Kimball Wm. P. Raynor and Harvey W. Dwight the youngest member in 1884; and guests including James Hedley a regular George Massey of New York and John Massey J.F.W. Ross C.E. Robinson and others of Toronto. Trout and deer were generally plentiful and the accounts of the sporting activities include much local lore and accounts of the lives of residents in the wilderness. The printed items of the Club are rare; the typescript accounts are almost certainly unique. unknown
Bookseller reference : 314867
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Micmac Salmon Club Baxter JH. et al. J. H.
Fishing Record 1886 Cover title
Quebec 1888. 192 pp. closely written in various hands in pencil or ink on sheets of a pocket ledger. 1 vols. 8vo. Original sheep boards. Inkstamp of Mic-mac Salmon Club Matapedia P.Q. on front pastedown. Finely rebacked to style. 192 pp. closely written in various hands in pencil or ink on sheets of a pocket ledger. 1 vols. 8vo. Record of three seasons at the Micmac Salmon Club on the Matapedia where it joins the Restigouche river with 178 records of daily weather and river conditions participants and pools fished salmon and grilse caught as well as the ones that got away weights flies used and other notes on moods Poems to the Club House Kitten friends and fisherman passing through and other incidents. The cover of the log book reads "Fishermen will please record in the book each salmon or grilse he has killed during the day. Give weight of each where killed Time of Day Direction of Wind Condition of river and sign. Please state number of trought caught and weight of the fish and place where caught." The most prolific contributor to the log was Dr. Jedediah H. Baxter 1837-1890 Surgeon General of the U.S. Army personal physician to President James Garfield Baxter was not present at the assassination of the president in July 1881 gone fishing. He wrote some 99 entries and signed many others. James L. High American attorney wrote 29 entries and signed records of kills. One day such heavy quantities of logs came down that Baxter had to abandon fishing; on other days visible discharges of sawdust from upriver were a nuisance. On 15 July 1887 J.M. Oliver fishing along near the end of the Island pool was threatened with violence by the Superintendant of the Restigouche Club if he didn't get over to the other side of the water. "Notwithstanding Robinson's scaring" Oliver returned to the same pool the next day and caught a 23-lb. salmon and hooked a much larger one. Discussions with members of the club Robert Goelet owner of Toadbrook Lodge and Mr. Penfold followed "They said they were advised by counsel McAllister of Campbellton that our right extended not to the thread of the stream but the middle of the water surface" and declined to "adjust" matters; a long letter was sent to the Executive Committee of the Ristigouche Club at 120 Broadway in New York. Other anglers at the Club waters include Senators O.H. Platt of Connecticut Wade Hampton of South Carolina and George Edmunds of Vermont with wife and daughter; angling author J.A. Henshall The Book of the Black Bass Favorite Fish and Fishing etc. and his friend Dr. W.W. Dawson; John Milton Oliver later a founding member of the Izaak Walton League a conservation group whose entries have a literary flair; James Daniel Richardson Confederate soldier and Tenessee congressman 1885-1905; Samuel H. Kauffmann newspaper publisher and trustee of the Corcoran; Ripley Hitchcock E.A. Hitchcock his wife and his brother Henry Hitchcock; F.J. Baxter E.T. Allen C.B. Burnham T.B. Mills of New York City. The 1886 season 8 June - 10 August pp. 1-74 75 salmon killed by Dr. & Mrs. Baxter Burnham Dawson High Ripley Hitchcock Kauffmann Macartney & Sen. Platt. The 1887 season 14 June - 28 July pp. 75-136 64 salmon killed Dr. Baxter E.A. Hitchcock Henry Hitchcock T.B. Mills Sen. & Mrs. Edmunds Burnham High Dawson Hitchcock brothers Oliver & Sen. Hampton. The 1888 season 12 June - 18 August pp. 137-192 15 salmon killed Dr. Baxter E.A. Hitchcock Richardson & Sen. Hampton. This small salmon-fishing club is not the Micmac Club organized in the 1920s by Walter Meigs Carmichael Grand Cascapedia I pp. 236-7 nor a later incorporation in Quebec. An excellent and entirely legible record of salmon fishing on the Matapedia and Restigouche rivers from the 1880s. UNIQUE AND FASCINATING. unknown
Bookseller reference : 311411
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Cronyn Verschoyle P.
The Fly Leaf
London Canada 1968. Private edition i.e. second edition. 30 pp. With printed Note tipped in at p. 28. 1 vols. 8vo. Stiff card covers printed in black. Fine. Private edition i.e. second edition. 30 pp. With printed Note tipped in at p. 28. 1 vols. 8vo. RARE. A rare privately printed Canadian salmon title. "The author was the Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario . he fished the Restigouche and it is probably that river he refers to in The Fly Leaf. . This little book is rare charming and very appealing" - Biobliotheca Samo Salar. The first edition was printed in 1959 in slightly larger format. Cronyn is quoted in Maclean's June 1 1968 discussing his plans to publish this private edition: "It's dreadfully boring" says Cronyn "-except for the man who wants to learn to cast a fly." OCLC locates five copies four in Canada and one at the University of New Hampshire. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 73 for 1959 ed.; not in Bruns. OCLC: 15769345 unknown
Bookseller reference : 316168
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Beldam GW. & JH. Taylor G. W. J. H.
Golf Faults Illustrated
London: George Newnes nd. New and Enlarged Edition. Illustrated. 8vo. Bound in three quarters green morocco and marbled boards red leather title label. Fine. New and Enlarged Edition. Illustrated. 8vo. George Newnes unknown
Bookseller reference : 317827
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Anticosti
The Settler and Sportsman in Anticosti
London: Morris & Co. 8 Philpot Lane 1885. First Edition. With folding map. 39 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed pictorial wrappers. Chipped. Crimson cloth slipcase and chemise. First Edition. With folding map. 39 1pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The rarest of the Anticosti books. Only copy we have seen. ".gives a concise and interesting account of the physical features public works natural resources industries minerals and general condition of this island which lies in the mouth of the great Canadian River the St. Lawrence. The island was last year purchased by Mr. F. W. Stockwell an enterprising resident of Quebec and well known in this country. The fine field offered to the sportsman is also described." The Railway News May 30 1885. Not in Bruns Morris & Co., 8 Philpot Lane unknown
Bookseller reference : 314197
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Harriman Gladys Fries
B.C. in A.D. 1938
N.p. Arden New York: Privately printed 1938. First edition. Illustrated with photographs; folding map of British Columbia tipped in. 74 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth upper cover titled in gilt. Spine slightly faded near fine. First edition. Illustrated with photographs; folding map of British Columbia tipped in. 74 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Big Game Hunting in Canada with the Harrimans: Inscribed. Detailed account of a hunting trip to the Sikanni and Opskia rivers in northern British Columbia after sheep with fishing and other shooting along the way. Glady Harriman's husband "Bunny" was Averill Harriman's brother and a member of the investment banking firm. Inscribed on the front flyleaf For Jane from GFH. Heller 1:145; Biscotti p. 186 Privately printed unknown
Bookseller reference : 313775
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Editors of Sports Illustrated
Sports illustrated baseball Sports illustrated library
Lippincott 1972-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Light edge wear minor shelf rubbing. Book is very clean binding is tight and spine is unbroken. 95 pp. Lippincott paperback
Bookseller reference : 87818 ISBN : 0397008317 9780397008315
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Bentzen Raymond C.
Brown Bear
N.p. Sheridan Wyo.: Dr. R. C. Bentzen 1956. Illustrated with sketch map and photos. 60 pp. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. White wrappers upper cover pictorial. Very good plus. Inscribed by the author To a dear friend & great artist Bernard Thomas R.C.B. Illustrated with sketch map and photos. 60 pp. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated diary of a hunting trip to Alaska by Ray Bentzen and his son Chuck in the spring of 1956 after brown bear with guide Guy Waddell. The party made their hunting camp on the shore of Cook inlet just west of the Kenai peninsula. Unrecorded. Not in Heller or Biscotti not in OCLC Dr. R. C. Bentzen unknown
Bookseller reference : 317090
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Kashmir Neve Ernest F. MD. M. D.
Beyond the Pir Panjal. Life and Missionary Enterprise in Kashmir
London: Church Missionary Society 1915. Popular Edition Second Impression. Illustrated wth 33 plates. viii 178 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Recent half burgundy morocco gilt t.e.g. Fine. Popular Edition Second Impression. Illustrated wth 33 plates. viii 178 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ernest Neve and his brother Arthur were appointed directors of the Medical Mission in Srinagar in 1886. Includes an account of the ascent of Tastticooti and two chapters on Kashmiri Tibet Ladakh and the Upper Indus valley. For first ed. 1912: Neate N13; Yakushi N36 Church Missionary Society unknown
Bookseller reference : 316969
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Hunter Samuel J.
The Hunters' and Trappers' Illustrated Historical Guide Treating only of the Wild Animate Nature of North America
St Louis: George Knapp & Co. Book and Job Printer 1869. Illustrated. vii 1 9-208 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black cloth. Spine ends rubbed else very good plus. Illustrated. vii 1 9-208 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Attractive copy of this scarce St. Louis imprint a comprehensive look at the wild game of America. Phillips p. 191. OCLC: 39692041 George Knapp & Co., Book and Job Printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 317088
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Murphy Robert
Little Bushkill Rod and Gun Club 1920-1970
N.p. Philadelphia 1970. 15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed self wrappers. Minor soiling ownership signature of member C.D. Thomas 1970 else fine. 15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nice little account of the Little Bushkill Rod and Gun Club in Pike County Pennsylvania which preserves a parcel of 1000 acres on the Little Bushkill with a membership limited to twenty. With some local history of Bushkill in the nineteenth century and a brief discussion of poaching including the case of Orvis Walters professional poacher who made his living "selling his catch to local restaurateurs who seldom asked questions about where the fish came from". With a list of the charter members and the 1970 membership. Unrecorded. Not in OCLC unknown
Bookseller reference : 317134
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Editors of Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Time Inc. Books 2002. Hardcover. As New. Disclaimer:An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Time Inc. Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : G1929049536I2N00 ISBN : 1929049536 9781929049530
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Yearly Charles?
Big Game Hunting in Botswana
Botswana 1969. Album containing 130 color photographs Each photograph 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches and printed on Kodacolor paper 4-6 photos per page inserted on both sides of album sleeves. 4to. Laid into a brown clamshell box with brown morocco leather label. Album containing 130 color photographs Each photograph 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches and printed on Kodacolor paper 4-6 photos per page inserted on both sides of album sleeves. 4to. Client's trophy list issued by Ker Downey & Selby Safaris Ltd. Maun Botswana laid in with client names "C. Yearly c/o A. Yearly" possibly Charles and Abe Yearly of Atlanta GA. Also laid in are two stickers containing the presidential seal of South Africa and an additional larger photo 5 x 7 inches. Album with loss to corners but photos fine. A collection of photographs depicting a big game hunt in Botswana in 1969 including social gatherings campsites safari views and animals bagged. Trophy list includes sable kudu waterbuck lechwe impala buffalo zebra lion leopard elephant gemsbok hartebeest wildebeest tsessebe and reedbuck. unknown
Bookseller reference : 315610
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Dunne Finley Peter
Mr Dooley. In the Heart of His Countrymen
Boston: Small Maynard & Co 1899. Third edition. 2875pp. 8vo. Bound in full purple morocco a.e.g. from the "Gov. Charles Edison Library" as stamped in gilt on the front pastedown. Third edition. 2875pp. 8vo. Chapter "On Golf" pp. 249-254. Small, Maynard & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 314376
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Fencing
Fencers Club. Established 1883
New York 1884. 14 2 blank pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. White boards upper cover printed in red. Very good boards toned spine ends nicked. 14 2 blank pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Constitution and rules for the New York Fencers Club established in 1883 "with the view to encourage a taste for the art and exercise of Fencing with foil and sword." The New-York Historical Society holds yearbooks from 1891 amd 1916; and the Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst holds a 1907 edition. Uncommon. Not in OCLC unknown
Bookseller reference : 317250
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Routledge Edmund
Beadle's Dime Handbook of Croquet
New York: Beadle and Company 1874. Variant issue preface and contents pages as separate leaves with added leaf Croquet Score and explanation. Frontispiece illustrations in text. iv 28 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Orange wrappers upper cover pictorial reproducing the frontispeice. Very good spot to upper cover spine partly split. Variant issue preface and contents pages as separate leaves with added leaf Croquet Score and explanation. Frontispiece illustrations in text. iv 28 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Early American croquet rules from Routledge's Handbook of Croquet London 1864 here in a variant issue with altered pagination and an added leaf Croquet Score. By Frank Glover Esq. and an explanation on the verso. There are no advertisements in the text. The inside front cover is headed Pupular Dime Hand Books and advertises the Standard School Series and Young People's Series. The back cover advertisement is for Peck and Snyder titled Headquarters for Field Croquet"; the inside back cover advertises Beadle's books Games and Pastimes for 1874 and lists eight titles. Cf. Drazin A15e & f; Johannsen vol. 1 p. 377 no. 14 Beadle and Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 317245
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Hardinge Charles
Provisional Programme of The Shooting Trip of His Excellency Lord Hardinge Viceroy and Governor-General of of India to Gwalior. 26th March-12th April 1914
n.p.: Privately Printed 1914. 14pp. 8vo 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Publisher's printed blue paper wrappers new spine with near-matching paper and corresponding tissue repair to gutter minor soiling and creasing to wrappers very short tears from thumbing lightly and evenly toned throughout. Laid into in modern tan cloth chemise. 14pp. 8vo 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches. The intended program for a tiger hunt in Gwalior the northernmost city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh including a list of staff travel plans accommodations supplies animals horses and elephants and their food and other logistical information. Privately Printed unknown
Bookseller reference : 314666
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Veterinary
Japanese Veterinary manuscript guide to the horse
Japan 1800. 5 pen and ink studies of the anatomy of the horse. 32pp. 8vo 250 x 200 mm. With some light worming affecting text original paper covers worn new sewing. 5 pen and ink studies of the anatomy of the horse. 32pp. 8vo 250 x 200 mm. unknown
Bookseller reference : 305322
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Equestrianship
Book on Equestrianship.
1790. Japanese manuscript text on horses their form and accoutrements stirrups bits etc. 18 original pen and ink illustrations or full-page drawings of the horse its structure and the accoutrements of horsemanship. 102 pp. on rice paper. 8vo 270 x 190 mm. Later card wrappers. Very Good. Japanese manuscript text on horses their form and accoutrements stirrups bits etc. 18 original pen and ink illustrations or full-page drawings of the horse its structure and the accoutrements of horsemanship. 102 pp. on rice paper. 8vo 270 x 190 mm. unknown
Bookseller reference : 305216
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SUMO WRESTLING
Sumo in'unkai "Sumo Wrestling.
n.p. 1793. 5 double-page pen and ink illustrations of fights and wrestlers in training with lists of wrestlers. 76pp. 4to 275 x 200 mm. With some light worming affecting text blue papered covers worn modern side stitching. 5 double-page pen and ink illustrations of fights and wrestlers in training with lists of wrestlers. 76pp. 4to 275 x 200 mm. Japanese manuscript on the art of Sumo wrestling together with a small Japanese manuscript on "Ninjutsu and the secrets of Ninja teachings" 27 pp; and a. unknown
Bookseller reference : 305185
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Veterinary Medecine
Manuscript Scroll for horses doctors with anatomical sketches
1800. With illustrations of 3 horses with focal points on horse highlighted in red. 170 x 1070 mm. Some overall wear. With illustrations of 3 horses with focal points on horse highlighted in red. 170 x 1070 mm. unknown
Bookseller reference : 305321
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Ninja
Japanese manuscript on "Ninjutsu and the Secrets of Ninja 忍者 teachings
1854. 27 pp. Small 8vo 160 x 1220 mm. Blue wrappers. 27 pp. Small 8vo 160 x 1220 mm. unknown
Bookseller reference : 305326
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Decorative scene of a ceremonial horse race entitled "Horse" ink and colors mounted on a wooden roller
1850. 7 attached sections. 270 x 2680 mm. Some small worm holes. 7 attached sections. 270 x 2680 mm. unknown
Bookseller reference : 305320
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Jay Ricky
Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women: Unique Eccentric and Amazing Entertainers Ricky Jay
New York: Villard Books 1987. Second edition. ix i 340. 2pp. 4to. Black cloth spine red baords. Fine in almost fine unlclipped pictorial dust with small closed taer to rear paneljacket. Second edition. ix i 340. 2pp. 4to. Villard Books unknown
Bookseller reference : 316795
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Eaton DH. D. H.
Trapshooting. The Patriotic Sport. A Book of Ready Reference Giving a Brief History of the Sport It's Appliances Record Rules etc. Foreword by Will Wildwood
Cincinnati O.: Sportsman's Review Publishing Co 1918. First Edition. Illustrated withb 36 plates in text 6 diagrams 2 portraits. vi 294 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 6-1/2 x 4 inches. Publisher's blue cloth gilt preserved in half blue morocco slipcase and matching cloth chemise. First Edition. Illustrated withb 36 plates in text 6 diagrams 2 portraits. vi 294 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 6-1/2 x 4 inches. Riling 1861; OCLC: 30533039 5 locations Sportsman's Review Publishing Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 316659
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Coaching Newhouse C.harles B. c. 1805 1877
Incidents in Travelling
London: Thos. McLean 1835. First edition. 18 colored plates. R.G. Reeve Sculpt. 1 vols. Oblong folio 14-14 x 10-14 inches. Full green modern calf title in gilt on the upper cover by Aquarius. Duke of Gloucester bookplate. Fine. Reeve R.G. First edition. 18 colored plates. R.G. Reeve Sculpt. 1 vols. Oblong folio 14-14 x 10-14 inches. 1. "The Disappointment or Retreat in a Shower---Gallantry at a Discount." March 2nd 1835. 26 Haymarket. R.G. Reeve Sculpt. 2. A Frost. March 2nd 1835. . R.G. Reeve Sculpt. 3. "Repose in the Mail." March 2nd 1835. R.G. Reeve Sculpt. 4. "An Alarming Reason." March 2nd 1835 . R.G. Reeve Sculpt. 5. "A Faithfull Ally." June 2nd 1834. 6. A Signal of Distress or the Xmas Visitor. March 2 1835." . R.G. Reeve Sculpt. 7. "Just in time." June 2nd 1834. 8. A Lazy Horsekeeper for the Mail." June 2nd no year 9. "An Affair of ther Moment." June 2nd 1834 10. "A Lesson for the Horsekeeper. " June 2nd 1834. 11. "An Insubordinate Gate Keeper." March 2nd 1835. . R.G. Reeve Sculpt. 12. "A Passing Remark." June 2nd 1834. 13. "Accidents will Happen to the best Appointed Coaches----!" June 2nd 1834. 14. "A Flood Tide. Ship a hoy!!!" June 2nd 1834. 15. "A Practical Lesson." June 2nd 1834. 16. "An Indiscreet Artist." June 2nd 1834. 17. "An Accomodating Fare or Gallantry before Comfort. Go Outside with pleasure to accomodate a Lady." June 2nd 1834. 18. "A Race Team. " June 2nd 1834. Siltzer p.192 J. Watson issue; Gloucester Sale 695 £6000 all in Thos. McLean unknown
Bookseller reference : 314038
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Damon CA. C. A.
The Art of Shooting
Fenton Michigain: Fenton Independent Presses 1892. First edition. Small vignette tailpieces in-text vignette title page errata slip publisher's advertisements. 39 9 ads pp. 12mo 7 5/8 x 5 inches. Publisher's pictorial wrappers about fine. First edition. Small vignette tailpieces in-text vignette title page errata slip publisher's advertisements. 39 9 ads pp. 12mo 7 5/8 x 5 inches. RARE. Uncommon; only auction record traced dates to 1955 Fenton Independent Presses unknown
Bookseller reference : 316637
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The Hunter's & Trapper's Complete Guide. A manual of instruction in the art of Hunting Trapping and Fishing with the secrets of making setting and baiting traps. By an old Hunter and Trapper. It also contains the Art of Dog Training for Sporting Purposes with the most approved recipes for preserving tanning and dyeing all kinds of skins and furs
New York: E. C. Boughton Publisher 44 Bond Street 1875. First edition variant issue. Frontispiece numerous illustrations in text. 4 4 7-81 11 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary three quarter red morocco and marbled boards preserving original orange wrappers printed in black. Very good plus some toning. First edition variant issue. Frontispiece numerous illustrations in text. 4 4 7-81 11 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Previously published under the title: The Art of Hunting Trapping and Fishing. This edition with the imprint of Boughton bears a copyright notice in the name of Thomas Hurst at foot of title page. The back wrapper is an advertisement "Raw Furs . Ginsing and other roots Bought for cash at highest prices" from E.C. Boughton. The copies at Yale Harvard and the American Antiquarian Society all have the Hurst & Co. imprint; the Boughton imprint is UNRECORDED. Phillips p. 191 citing Hurst & Co. and L. Lopkind imprints E. C. Boughton, Publisher, 44 Bond Street unknown
Bookseller reference : 316632
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Westchester
Two photograph albums containing 165 photos including a few duplicates some captioned mainly of scenic fishing or hunting subjects taken in northern Westchester NY County and other regions Vicinity of Bedford-Croton
n.p. 1910. the images mostly 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches and inset to the album two per page. 2 vols. 8vo each photo approximately 6 1/2 x 10 inches. One album in original green cloth slightly worn the other in 3/4 red calf a little rubbed spine gone. A few photographs faded one or two with slight blemishes but overall a fine collection. Each album is housed in a new grey cloth protective slipcase with chemise and crimson morocco spine label. the images mostly 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches and inset to the album two per page. 2 vols. 8vo each photo approximately 6 1/2 x 10 inches. Hunting and Fishing in Westchester 1900. Refuting the rule that the family photo album is invariably an icon of transcendent uninterest this collection of amateur photographs is a thoroughly beguiling one. The prints mostly in sepia record the happy idle moments of a prosperous family who lived or vacationed in the Bedford-Croton area of New York's Westchester County. Scenes include "On road to Bedford Station" hunting scenes on the "Croton River at Croton Falls" "Kisco River" and "Bronx River" etc. Subjects include some excellent shots of the wild surrounding countryside wildlife family members doing interesting things hunters or anglers displaying their trophies some posed "gag" shots and a host of other scenes. Agreeably the photos are not pasted down but slid into card mounts enabling them to be removed or rearranged. To turn the pages of these albums is to immerse onself in the scenes and pleasures of an easy less complicated day: a nostalgic and tranquilizing piece of delightful Americana. unknown
Bookseller reference : 316779
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Hoffmann Asa
Chess Gladiator
Seattle WA: International Chess Enterprises 1996. First edition. xiv ii 97 15 ads pp. 8vo. Publisher's red illustrated wrappers. Very good with some shelfwear and scuffing to covers. First edition. xiv ii 97 15 ads pp. 8vo. Inscribed by Asa Hoffmann Anatoly Karpov and World Junior GrandmasterChampion D'Lugy on title-page. International Chess Enterprises unknown
Bookseller reference : 316455
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Buckingham Nash
Ole Miss'
The Derrydale Press 1937. First Edition No. 574 of 1250 copies. Frontispiece by Richard Bishop six plates from photographs and one from an old print; colored vignette on upper cover by Edgar Burke. 1 vols. 8vo. Original dark maroon cloth full-color vignette of Canadian geese inset into upper cover spine very slightly dulled else fine. Bookplates of M.L. Biscotti aND GERALD BOARDMAN. First Edition No. 574 of 1250 copies. Frontispiece by Richard Bishop six plates from photographs and one from an old print; colored vignette on upper cover by Edgar Burke. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 122; Frazier B-22-a; Biscotti p. 61 The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 302368
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Thatcher Joseph Addison
A Colorado Outing
Denver: The Smith-Brooks Press 1905. First edition. llustrated with title page photo decorative initials and 5 text drawings. 23pp. 12mo. Gilt-stamped maroon roan leather extremities worn with some loss to head of spine hinges cracked. First edition. llustrated with title page photo decorative initials and 5 text drawings. 23pp. 12mo. INSCRIBED. "This is the story of a hunting fishing and prospecting trip in the summer of 1871 from a camp on the North Saint Vrain River near Long's Peak Colorado. It is an exciting story and well told"-Thomas Streeter. This was one of the small collection of sporting titles in the Streeter collection Volume VII Lot #4127. There seems to be some uncertainty about the author's name. Streeter refers to Joseph A. Addison and the OCLC lists Joseph Addison Thatcher as the author 8 copies listed. The printed initials J.A.T. appear under the title on page one. This copy is in very good condition with a small quarter inch chip to the crown of the spine and light wear to the extremities. The hinges are lightly cracked but still very tight. Inscribed on ffep "To Saml. T. Rathvon/ from his friend/ J.A. T./ August 4 1905." Streeter 4127; OCLC 8 copies; Not in Phillips Wetzel Bruns Riling or Heller The Smith-Brooks Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 314209
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Herbert Henry William
The Sportsman's Vade Mecum; By "Dinks" Edited by Frank Forester. Containing Full Instructions in all that relates to.Dogs
New York: Stringer & Townsend 1850. First Edition. Frontispiece and three plates. 62 4 adspp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt small stain to fore-edge. In green cloth drop box. Bookplate of Ernest Gee and Jeffrey Norton. First Edition. Frontispiece and three plates. 62 4 adspp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ernest Gee's Copy. Stringer & Townsend unknown
Bookseller reference : 316665
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Marshall Julian
The Annals of Tennis
London: The Field Office 1878. First edition. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout 45 wood engraved illustrations on 27 plates. viii 226 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original brown cloth spine and upper cover stamped in gilt t.e.g. Inner hinges repaired else near fine. Bookplate of one Thomas Gage on front pastedown. First edition. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout 45 wood engraved illustrations on 27 plates. viii 226 pp. 1 vols. 4to. A fresh and attractive copy of one of the standard works on the subject. A portion of the book appeared in "The Field" from August 1876 to November 1877 but the text was expanded and extensively revised. Includes chapters on tennis in England and abroad history of the game the court and its implements and the methods of play. In a variant binding the standard binding is green cloth. Whitman p. 192; Garnett p. 294: "a most comprehensive book on the history of tennis location of early courts great players and all aspects of the game."; Henderson p. 192 The Field Office unknown
Bookseller reference : 314570
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Miller Captain ED. E. D.
Modern Polo . edited by M.H. Hayes
London: Hurst and Blackett Limited. 15 Great Marlborough Street 1902. Second edition revised and enlarged. Frontispiece. Illustrated. xvi 540 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Recent red three quarter red morocco gilt emblematic tooling on the spine. Fine. Second edition revised and enlarged. Frontispiece. Illustrated. xvi 540 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hurst and Blackett, Limited. 15, Great Marlborough Street unknown
Bookseller reference : 316639
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The Anglers' Club of Philadelphia. Founding Dinner. The Racquet Club. February 1 1951 . Annual Dinner With: Salmon Anglers of Philadelphia. Dinner . 1947 1948
Philadelphia 1962. Printed menu and guest list for 1947-8 1951-54 1956-58 1960-62 each illustrated with an angling scene on front cover printed on heavy card. 1947 menu signed by Lee Wulff. 4to. A few with slight toning to spine. Fine. In custom cloth clamshell box. Bookplate of Jeffrey Norton. Printed menu and guest list for 1947-8 1951-54 1956-58 1960-62 each illustrated with an angling scene on front cover printed on heavy card. 1947 menu signed by Lee Wulff. 4to. Uncommon ephemera from this group of Philadelphia anglers organized by Frank C. Roberts Jr. and with many members of the Anglers' Club of New York in attendance. Lee Wulff showed color movies at the Salmon Anglers dinners in 1947-8 the first program is signed by Lee Wulff; a variety of distinguished guests and noted authors attended including Edward R. Hewitt John Alden Knight Russell B. Aitken and Eugene WIlson. No mention of the club appears in Bruns or Heller. unknown
Bookseller reference : 316776
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Buckingham Nash
Blood Lines. Tales of Shooting & Fishing.Foreword by Henry P. Davis
New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First Edition No. 118 of 1250 copies. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth color medallion on front cover after a painting by Dr. Edgar Burke. Spine a little dulled slight rubbing. In quarter burgundy morocco slipcase and chemise. First Edition No. 118 of 1250 copies. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Frazier B-23-a; Siegel 128; Biscotti p. 60 The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 259639
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Derrydale Press Nash David William
The Fox's Prophecy
New York: The Sporting Gallery & Bookshop 1939. Second printing. Illustrations by Robert Ball. iv 25 26 blank 27 colophon pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Black boards with red decorations t.e.g. Spine ends a little rubbed faint trace of damp along lower front endpapers almost a fine copy of a fragile book. Black cloth folding box. Second printing. Illustrations by Robert Ball. iv 25 26 blank 27 colophon pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Frazier describes this book as "after Derrydale" noting the illustrations by Ball and the connection between Melvin E. Stone and Connett. Uncommon. Frazier F-3-b; Siegel p. 182 note; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 265 The Sporting Gallery & Bookshop unknown
Bookseller reference : 250328
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Moore Charles
Full Inquiry into the Subject of Suicide. To Which are Added as Being Closely Connected with the Subject Two Treatises on Duelling and Gaming. In two volumes. By Charles Moore M. A. Rector of Cuxton and Vicar of Boughton-Blean Kent; and Formerly Fellow of Trinity-College Cambridge. .
London: J. F. and C. Rivington.et al. 1790. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in modern quarter leather retaining both title pages and subscriber lists. Occasional minor spotting; very good. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. The most significant work on suicide of the eighteenth century. Together with dueling the author devotes a separate treatise to suicide's relationship to gambling. A "most frequent source of suicide" writes the author gambling is "often the last stage and completion of a vicious character." The second chapter of the treatise deals with the universality of gambling with histories of play in China Sumatra North America Africa and ancient civilizations. The substantial "Treatise on gaming" at the end of vol. II discusses the vices of gambling covering dice cards "the pursuits of the turf" lotteries and stock-jobbing all "notoriously productive of either direct or indirect self-murder." Among those in the lengthy "List of Subscribers" in volume one and an additional one in volume 2 are the Archbishop of Canterbury William Heberden who attended the melancholic Samuel Johnson and was called in to advise in the case of George III's indisposition William Hawes of the Humane Society and Samuel Whitbread reformist MP who ironically committed suicide himself in 1815. ESTC T111258; Fedden Suicide: a social and historical study p. 348; Hunter & MacAlpine pp. 528-31 J. F. and C. Rivington,...[et al.] unknown
Bookseller reference : 314880
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Cruise of the Tekama. November 3rd to 15th 1920 cover title
Nebraska or Iowa. With 42 small sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs. 5 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches; 42 small mounted gelatin silver photographs the smallest 1 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches and the largest 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches. Original string-tied wrappers with manuscript title. Upper wrapper detached but present marginal losses and one or two pale stains to wrappers photographs fine. With 42 small sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs. 5 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches; 42 small mounted gelatin silver photographs the smallest 1 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches and the largest 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches. Lovely little handmade photo album depicting a duck hunting trip in 1920. With scenes of sailing punts along the shore and shots of the hunters. unknown
Bookseller reference : 316603
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Alken Henry
Thoughts while Fox Hunting
London: Thomas McLean 26 Haymarket 1833. 6 etched hand-coloured plates by Alken. 1 vols. Oblong folio 10-1/2 x 14-1/4 inches 27 x 36.5 cm. Half green morocco with "Going a Pace/Alken" stamped in gilt on upper cover. 6 etched hand-coloured plates by Alken. 1 vols. Oblong folio 10-1/2 x 14-1/4 inches 27 x 36.5 cm. Plates: 1. Going a Pace 2. Putting a Good Head to It 3. A Regular Purl 4. Feeling a Brook 5. Pounded 6. Rather Stale. Siltzer p. 73; cf. Fitz Eugene Dixon sale lot 98 uncolored proofs. Provenance: Maggi-Spaulding sold Sotheby's Amsterdam 28 November 2005 part lot 91 Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket unknown
Bookseller reference : 314626
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