‎Sports‎

‎The Anglers' Club Story: Our First Fifty Years 1906-1956‎

‎New York: The Anglers' Club of New York 1956. First edition one of 750 copies. Illustrated. 153 3 pp. Set in Granjon Types and priunted on paper made specially by the Curtis Paper Company made at the Peter Pauper Press. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray cloth with red paper label. Fine in slipcase. First edition one of 750 copies. Illustrated. 153 3 pp. Set in Granjon Types and priunted on paper made specially by the Curtis Paper Company made at the Peter Pauper Press. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns A 110 The Anglers' Club of New York unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 258857

‎Meadow Run Press Middleton Harry‎

‎The Starlight Creek Angling Society‎

‎Stone Harbor NJ: Meadow Run Press 1992. First edition one of 500 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Illustrations by Peter Corbin. viii 57 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black cloth gilt and blind lettered. As new in publisher's slipcase. First edition one of 500 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Illustrations by Peter Corbin. viii 57 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed by Harry Middleton. "Among the many things the Starlight Creek Angling Society believed in were dreams and possibilities. There was no place that wild water and wild trout could not haul you even to the edge of the universe". Published in an edition of 500 copies just before the author's untimely death. A splendid and evocative book now very scarce. Meadow Run Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 255250

‎Gillmore Parker‎

‎Accessible Field Sports. The Experiences of a Sportsman in North America‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 193 Piccadilly 1869. First edition. Frontispiece vignette title Illustrated with other plates. xii 336 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth. Very good spine faded and with a little rubbing at top and bottom of spine. First edition. Frontispiece vignette title Illustrated with other plates. xii 336 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Trout fishing wild fowl in Illinois Woodcock Moose Deer Black Bear Salmon fishing in Labrador. Chapter 6 is on buffalo hunting. Phillips p. 136 Chapman and Hall 193, Piccadilly unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 240759

‎Andrews William Loring Berners Dame Juliana‎

‎Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle. From the Book of St. Albans . With an Introductory Essay on the Contemplative Man's favorite recreation by William Loring Andrews‎

‎New York: Scribners 1903. Limited edition of 160 copies on hand-made paper. xii lxxxvi x pp. Printed at the Gilliss Press from type cast specially for this book patterned after the traditional old character first used by Wynkyn de Worde in his original 1496 edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in limp vellum gilt stamped t.e.g. Ex Libris of Richard C. Hunt Librarian of the Anglers' Club of New York. Limited edition of 160 copies on hand-made paper. xii lxxxvi x pp. Printed at the Gilliss Press from type cast specially for this book patterned after the traditional old character first used by Wynkyn de Worde in his original 1496 edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Scribners unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 254791

‎Miller Alfred W.‎

‎Fishless Days. By Sparse Gray Hackle‎

‎New York: Privately Printed and Published by The Anglers' Club of New York 1954. First Edition one of 591 copies. Illustrated by Charles De Feo. 147 3 pp. Printed by Peter Beilenson. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth printed label on upper cover and spine. Bookplate paste ghost on free endpaper else fine in original slipcase. First Edition one of 591 copies. Illustrated by Charles De Feo. 147 3 pp. Printed by Peter Beilenson. 1 vols. 8vo. "A collection of the small lures" notes the author on the title page "on which I have taken many a full basket of friends and good companions from that best of pools the Long Table of The Angler's Club." Bruns M-183 Privately Printed and Published by The Anglers' Club of New York unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 259874

‎Penn Richard‎

‎Maxims and Hints for An Angler . to Which are Added Maxims and Hints for a Chess Player‎

‎London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1833. First Edition. 12 plates by Seymour. 59 pp. Printed by William Clowes. 1 vols. 12mo. Half later brown morocxco and marbled boards. Fine minor foxing to first plate. Seymour. First Edition. 12 plates by Seymour. 59 pp. Printed by William Clowes. 1 vols. 12mo. Presentation Copy. Food for thought for angler and chess player with amusing illustrations by Seymour written by the great-grandson of the founder of Pennsylvania and inscribed by him on the front flyleaf "Thomas Amyot the gift of his friend Ricd Penn.". Westwood & Satchell p. 168 John Murray, Albemarle Street unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 254879

‎Chatto William Andrew‎

‎The Angler's Souvenir. By P. Fisher. Edited by G. Christopher Davies‎

‎London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co 1886. New Edition. With Illustrations by Beckwith and Tophamon printed on India paper and tipped in with tissue guards. 311 pp. Printed by Richard Clay. 1 vols. 4to 8-1/4 x 7 inches. Full blue morocco hinges neartly repaired t.e.g. Fine. New Edition. With Illustrations by Beckwith and Tophamon printed on India paper and tipped in with tissue guards. 311 pp. Printed by Richard Clay. 1 vols. 4to 8-1/4 x 7 inches. "The work is clever and caustic and contains a critique of several of the angling books of the day" Westwood & Satchell p. 93. Westwood & Satchell p. 93 Frederick Warne and Co unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 255012

‎volk Mark Jeffrey‎

‎Ther Best of the Winding Ridge Trilogy‎

‎Pittsburgh Pa.: Winding Ridge Press 2000. First edition Number 2 of 6 copies Publisher's Proofs of 50 special copies signed and inscribed to Bill Trego "Best wishes Bill!. 284 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Leatherette. Very fine in slipcase. First edition Number 2 of 6 copies Publisher's Proofs of 50 special copies signed and inscribed to Bill Trego "Best wishes Bill!" 284 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Winding Ridge Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 259872

‎Cairncross David‎

‎The Origin of the Silver Eel‎

‎London: G. Shield 30 Lower Sloane Street 1862. First edition. 96 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth paper label on upper cover. Minor wear else fine. First edition. 96 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. G. Shield 30 Lower Sloane Street unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 240411

‎Rooper George‎

‎Thames and Tweed‎

‎London: Cassell Petter and Galpin 1870. First edition. 141 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green gilt-pictorial cloth about fine with only minor fading to spine. First edition. 141 16 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell p.179 Cassell, Petter, and Galpin unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 240668

‎Henderson John‎

‎John Henderson's Hackle Book. An Account of Twenty Years Breeding Old English Game Fowls for their Hackles edited by Jack Heddon‎

‎Twickenham: Honey Dun Press 1982. No. 89 of 120 copies signed by the editor. Tipped-in portrait and 3 plates 40 mounted specimen hackles. 1 vols. 4to. Publisher's morocco-backed marbled boards slipcase. Fine. No. 89 of 120 copies signed by the editor. Tipped-in portrait and 3 plates 40 mounted specimen hackles. 1 vols. 4to. Honey Dun Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 257509

‎Aflalo FG. editor F. G.‎

‎The Sportsman's Book for India‎

‎London: Horace Marshall & Son 1904. First edition with errata. Folding color map as frontispiece 34 plates 4 other maps. xvi 567 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original maroon cloth stamped in gilt tiger on upper cover. Fine. First edition with errata. Folding color map as frontispiece 34 plates 4 other maps. xvi 567 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Horace Marshall & Son unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 240672

‎Norris Thaddeus‎

‎The American Angler's Book: embracing The Natural History of Sporting Fish and the Art of Taking Them. With Instructions in Fly-Fishing Fly-Making and Rod-Making; and Directions for Fish-Breeding. To which is added Dies Piscatoriae; describing noted Fishing-Places and the Pleasure of Solitary Fly-Fishing. New Edition with a Supplement .‎

‎Philadelphia: Porter & Coates n.d. Second edition second issue with Porter & Coates t.p. on the Butler sheets. With 80 wood engravings. 701pp. Title leaf a cancel. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary pebbled green morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. Bookplate of Edwin F. Snow. Fine. Second edition second issue with Porter & Coates t.p. on the Butler sheets. With 80 wood engravings. 701pp. Title leaf a cancel. 1 vols. 8vo. An important early work which went into a number of editions. This seems to be the sheets of Porter & Coates "Memorial Edition" of 1865 with a new title-page. According to Bruns citing Mather Butler who published the first edition of 1864 published a second edition of 1865 of which Porter & Coates bought up 699 copies for their "Memorial Edition". This would appear to be the sheets of the Memorial edition which itself used the Butler 1865 sheets with a new title-page. Bruns N-67; Goodspeed p. 100 et seq; Westwood & Satchell p. 157 Porter & Coates unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 254839

‎Moore George H.‎

‎Washington as an Angler with Extracts from His Diaries 1787-89‎

‎New York: Printed for the Author 1887. First Edition. 1 vols. Thin 8vo. Original blue cloth fine inner hinge starting. Laid in full blue cloth dropbox paper label. First Edition. 1 vols. Thin 8vo. Dedicated to Grover Cleveland this slim 16-page work quotes the angling references in Washington's diaries and gives brief descriptions of his angling hosts and companions. Interesting for this and for the author's conviction expressed in his dedication to President Cleveland that "No good fisherman was ever a bad man and history will bear out the assertion that the best Presidents have been the best fishermen.". Bruns M 224/225 Printed for the Author unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 254667

‎Schaldach William J.‎

‎Upland Gunning: Collected Etchings & Watercolors of Sports in the Field and Allied Subjects‎

‎New York: A.S. Barnes 1946. First edition deluxe issue number 24 of 160 copies signed in ink by the Author on the limitation leaf. With 56 plates by the author original etching signed in pencil by the artist as the frontispiece. 1 vols. 4to. Original natural linen upper board with green cloth and pictorial onlay. Scuff to lower portion of spine some traces of dampstaining to cloth and back pastedown. Very good internally fine. First edition deluxe issue number 24 of 160 copies signed in ink by the Author on the limitation leaf. With 56 plates by the author original etching signed in pencil by the artist as the frontispiece. 1 vols. 4to. Deluxe Issue. Superb collection of sporting art by the beloved American artist William J. Schaldach. A classic. Biscotti p. 386; Heller 2:751 A.S. Barnes unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 41955

‎Apperley Charles James‎

‎The Chace The Turf and The Road by Nimrod‎

‎London: John Murray 1870. New Edition. With Hand-coloured illustrations by Henry Alken. xviii 277 3 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Red pebbled morocco te.g. by Zaehnsdord. Modest rubbing else fine. Alken Henry. New Edition. With Hand-coloured illustrations by Henry Alken. xviii 277 3 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. For first edition: Podeschi 152; Higginson pp. 52-5; Andrews Tally Ho! 62; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 18 John Murray unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 261375

‎Miller Alfred W.‎

‎Fishless Days. By Sparse Grey Hackle‎

‎New York: Privately Printed and Published by The Anglers' Club of New York 1954. First edition one of 591 copies. Illustrated by Charles De Feo. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth printed label on upper cover and spine. Fine in original slipcase some splitting along spine of slipcase no loss. Designated "Author's Copy" in the author's hand and inscribed by him on the front flyleaf. First edition one of 591 copies. Illustrated by Charles De Feo. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to John McDonald. "A collection of the small lures" notes the author on the title page "on which I have taken many a full basket of friends and good companions from that best of pools the Long Table of The Anglers' Club" With a splendid inscription on the front flyleaf to John McDonald editor of The Complete Fly Fisherman. The Notes and Letters of Theodore Gordon 1947: "To John McDonald who deserves the gratitude of all anglers for his re-discovery of Theodore Gordon with the admiration and thanks of Sparse Grey Hackle Dec. 5 1954" McDonald has signed his name in full beneath. Bruns M-183 Privately Printed and Published by The Anglers' Club of New York unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 242787

‎Heilner Van Campen‎

‎Salt Water Fishing‎

‎Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company 1937. Deluxe first edition no. 5 of 199 copies signed by the author. With 12 color plates by W. Goadby Lawrence and photo frontispiece of the author with Zane Grey who wrote the Foreword. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth gilt device on upper cover a.e.g. spine slightly dulled with two tiny nicks front inner hinge repaired faint foxing to upper margin of title otherwise fine and attractive. Deluxe first edition no. 5 of 199 copies signed by the author. With 12 color plates by W. Goadby Lawrence and photo frontispiece of the author with Zane Grey who wrote the Foreword. 1 vols. 8vo. De Luxe Edition. Classic work on salt-water angling by one of the great fisherman of the pre-war period. With an additional inscription by the artist on the limitation page "With best wishes to Mr & Mrs Hudson by W. Goadby Lawrence". Wetzel p. 155; Bruns H-132; Biscotti P-7-D; Heller 2:232 Penn Publishing Company unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 259293

‎Herbert Henry William William P. Hawes‎

‎Sporting Scenes and Sundry Sketches; Being the Miscellaneous Writings of J. Cypress Jr. Edited by Frank Forester‎

‎New York: Published by Gould Banks & Co. No. 144 Nassau Street 1842. First edition. vi 241; vi 231 pp. 2 vols. 12mo 5 x 8-1/4. Original green cloth with "F. Forester" in gilt on spine. Bookplate of Lindley Eberstadt. Fine minor foxing. First edition. vi 241; vi 231 pp. 2 vols. 12mo 5 x 8-1/4. The first book appearance of the pseudonym "Frank Forester" a transparent one as Herbert's name appears as author of the opening section "Memoir of the late William P. Hawes Esq."; "Cypress" was Herbert's friend William P. Hawes. Van Winkle pp. 82-3; BAL 8068; Wright I 1138 Hawes Published by Gould, Banks & Co. No. 144 Nassau Street unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 243506

‎Anderdon John Lavicount‎

‎The River Dove. With some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling‎

‎London: William Pickering 1847. First Pickering edition reprinted from the 1845 privately printed edition. iv iv 296 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in full green contemporary morocco gilt spine a.e.g. by Riviere. Almost fine. Bookplate of John Stewart Kennedy. First Pickering edition reprinted from the 1845 privately printed edition. iv iv 296 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Colloquy on angling after the fashion of Izaac Walton and Charles Cotton by a noted collector of Walton and Johnsoniana With 2-page ad for Pickering's "Books on Angling" at the front. Keynes p. 49; William Pickering and his successors 38 & 39; Westwood & Satchell p. 1 William Pickering unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 254675

‎Kelson George M.‎

‎The Salmon Fly. With: Tips‎

‎London: The Author 1901. First Editions. With 8 plates of hand-colored flies in the first title. 2 vols. 4to. Original purple cloth over bevelled boards. Some spotting to upper covers of first volume else fine; second volume fine. Laid into a black quarter morocco and clothdrop box. First Editions. With 8 plates of hand-colored flies in the first title. 2 vols. 4to. Hampton's Angling Bibliography p. 171 The Author unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 254862

‎Westwood Thomas and Thomas SATCHELL‎

‎Bibliotheca Piscatoria a Catalogue of Books on Angling the Fisheries and Fish-Culture with Bibliographical Notes and an Appendix‎

‎London: W. Satchell 1883. First edition Large Paper Issue. xxiv 397 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches; 285 x 220 mm. Original green cloth spine titled in gilt. Bookplate of Walter LeRoy Heiberg and his pencil ownership signature dated 1932. Annotated in pencil chiefly records of bibliographical points or auction prices circa 1900. With a pencil notation opposite title "100 copies on large paper of which 50 were for sale." Spine ends bumped else fine. First edition Large Paper Issue. xxiv 397 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches; 285 x 220 mm. The essential classic angling reference work in its rarest state. Walter L. Heiberg was a career naval officer and served as U.S. Naval attaché in Sweden during World War II. W. Satchell unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 256562

‎Hammond SH. S. H.‎

‎Wild Northern Scenes; or Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod‎

‎New York: Derby and Jackson 119 Nassau St 1857. First edition. xvii i 19-341 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Maroon blind-stamped cloth gilt lettered spine. Spine slightly faded else fine. First edition. xvii i 19-341 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hunting in New York state in the area between the St. Lawrence and Lake Champlain. Bruns H53 Derby and Jackson, 119 Nassau St unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 240009

‎Connett Eugene V. editor‎

‎American Big Game Fishing. Introduction by Mrs Oliver C. Grinnell‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1935. First edition one of 850 copies. With color plates by Lynn Bogue Hunt and illustrations from photographs drawings and maps. 251 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Original blue cloth gilt t.e.g. other untrimmed. Spine darkened short snag to cloth at center corners bumped. Very good minus. Hunt Lynn Bogue. First edition one of 850 copies. With color plates by Lynn Bogue Hunt and illustrations from photographs drawings and maps. 251 pp. 1 vols. Folio. A splendid compilation with contributions from S. Kip Farrington Van Campen Heilner and others including Ernest Hemingway who wrote "Marlin Off Cuba" which had appeared in a slightly different version as "Marlin Off the Morro" Esquire Autumn 1933. He also appears throughout this famous anthology. A Hemingway letter detailing the taking of the largest Atlantic sailfish is excerpted at length pp. 49-51 and a full-page photograph of him with the fish in the spring of 1934 appears on Page 1. Two other photos of Hemingway including one with the American bullfighter Sidney Franklin are opposite pages 75 and 79. Bruns B146; Siegel 86; Frazier C-13-D; Hampton 2008 p. 72; Hanneman B18; Grissom B 22; Callahan Partial Tarpon Bibliography p. vi The Derrydale Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 261778

‎Dufresne Frank‎

‎Alaska's Animals and Fishes‎

‎West Hartford VT: The Countryman Press 1946. No. 265 of 475 copies signed by the author and artist. 14 full-color plates and 92 drawings endpaper maps by Bob Hines. xvi 2. 297 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth illustration mounted on upper cover very slight fading to spine else fine in slipcase with damage at back. No. 265 of 475 copies signed by the author and artist. 14 full-color plates and 92 drawings endpaper maps by Bob Hines. xvi 2. 297 pp. 1 vols. 4to. DELUXE ISSUE. Bruns D102 The Countryman Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 240630