Gray Prentiss N.
African Game Lands: A Graphic Itinerary in Kenya along the Livingstone Trail in Tanganyika Belgian Congo and Angola 1929. Introduction by Anthony A. Dyer. Edited by Theodore J. Holsten Jr. and Susan C. Reneau
Missoula Montana: The Bone and Crockett Club 1995. First Edition #11 of 100 signed by Sherman Gray Son of Prentiss Gray Paul Webster and the 2 editors. Photographic illustrations by the author; map. 196 pp. 1 vols. Thin 4to. Bound in quarter crimson morocco and marbled boards a.e.g. slipcase. Very Fine. First Edition #11 of 100 signed by Sherman Gray Son of Prentiss Gray Paul Webster and the 2 editors. Photographic illustrations by the author; map. 196 pp. 1 vols. Thin 4to. Originally issued in an excerpt only in the supplement to The Sportsman magazine Vol. VIII No. IV October 1930. Scarce. The Bone and Crockett Club unknown
Referência livreiro : 255168
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Glover Richard "Cotswold Isys
Lyra Piscatoria: Original Lyrics on Fish Flies Fishing and Fishermen Including Poems on All the British Freshwater Fish
London: Horace Cox Windsor House 1895. First edition. xvi 173 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Green cloth. Fine. First edition. xvi 173 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Marston Westwood & Satchell Supplement p. 243; Hampton's Angling Bibliography p. 116 Horace Cox, Windsor House unknown
Referência livreiro : 259179
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Downs Baird Donald
Weavings Round the Creel
Tonbridge Kent: The Creel Press 1991. First edition Number 7 of 25 copies bound in full leather signed by the author. Illustrated by the author. 128 1 pp. Bound in full tan morocco in slipcase. Very Fine. First edition Number 7 of 25 copies bound in full leather signed by the author. Illustrated by the author. 128 1 pp. The Creel Press unknown
Referência livreiro : 255035
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Knight John Alden
Woodcock
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1944. First edition one of 275 copies on All-Rag paper signed by the author and illustrator also including an extra plate. Marked "Publisher's Copy. Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161 ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green boards gilt tan cloth spine with lettering piece almost fine in slightly worn board slipcase. Bookplate of M.L. Biscotti. First edition one of 275 copies on All-Rag paper signed by the author and illustrator also including an extra plate. Marked "Publisher's Copy." Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161 ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A beautiful copy of a handsome book signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. Biscotti p. 242; Heller 2:693 Alfred A. Knopf unknown
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Austin AB. A. B.
An Angler's Anthology. Collected by .
London: Country Life Limited 1930. First edition. Illustrated from Drypoints by Norman Wilkinson. xix 168 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarters green morocco and matching cloth t.e.g. by Bayntun. Fine. Wilkinson Norman. First edition. Illustrated from Drypoints by Norman Wilkinson. xix 168 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Country Life Limited unknown
Referência livreiro : 255016
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Dick Captain St. John
Flies and Fly Fishing for White and Brown Trout Grayling and Coarse Fish: with Hints on Using the Minnow and Grasshopper Bait
London: Robert Hardwicke 192 Piccadilly W. 1873. First edition. Text illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in modern three quarters brown morocco and marbled boards. About fine. First edition. Text illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell p. 79; Heckscher 625 Robert Hardwicke, 192 Piccadilly, W. unknown
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Clark Roland
Pot Luck
West Hartford VT: The Countryman Press 1945. Special Edition No. 22 of 150 large-paper deluxe copies signed by the author. With black and white text illustrations and six color plates by the author; and with an original signed etching as frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red boards black morocco spine. Fine copy in original black paper slipcase. Bookplate of M.L. Biscotti. Special Edition No. 22 of 150 large-paper deluxe copies signed by the author. With black and white text illustrations and six color plates by the author; and with an original signed etching as frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Six stories of upland game bird shooting with Clark's splendid illustrations. Biscotti p. 65; Heller 2:625 The Countryman Press unknown
Referência livreiro : 254873
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Butler Francis
Dogo-graphy: The Life and Adventures of the Celebrated Dog Tiger Comprising a Variety of Amusing and Instructive Examples Illustrative of the Happy Effects of the Appropriate Training and Education of Dogs
New York: Published by Francis Butler 205 Water-Street 1856. 111 1 pp. Printed by D. Fanshaw 35 Ann Street. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers. Some chipping. Good plus. 111 1 pp. Printed by D. Fanshaw 35 Ann Street. 1 vols. 8vo. NEVER SEEN. The charming first-person or rather first-mammal story of a loyal and adventurous bull terrier Tiger and his escapades rat hunting wolf hunting in the Pyrenees shooting and coursing and other adventures on both sides of the Atlantic. Henderson American Sport p. 74 Published by Francis Butler, 205 Water-Street unknown
Referência livreiro : 260994
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Herbert Henry William "Frank Forester"; William P. Hawes
Sporting Scenes And Sundry Sketches; Being The Miscellaneous Writings of J. Cypress Jr. Edited By Frank Forester
New York: Gould Banks & Co. No. 144 Nassau Street 1842. First edition with half-titles later Issue of plates. With four plates The two frontispieces and "Woodcock Shooting facing p. 108 in Volume I Vol II "Trout Fishing on Long Island" opposite p. 132. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in near contemporary three quarter blue morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. Fine. First edition with half-titles later Issue of plates. With four plates The two frontispieces and "Woodcock Shooting facing p. 108 in Volume I Vol II "Trout Fishing on Long Island" opposite p. 132. 2 vols. 8vo. Notes Van Winkle: "This is the first book appearance of the pseudonym 'Frank Forester'. As the Memoir is signed Henry William Herbert and he speaks of editing his friend's works the pseudonym was from the beginning an open secret.'Cypress' was William P. Hawes.". BAL 8068; Van Winkle pp. 82-3; Wright I 1138 Hawes Gould, Banks & Co. No. 144 Nassau Street unknown
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Biscotti ML. M. L.
A Bibliography of American Sporting Books 1926-1985. Foreword by Gene Hill
Far Hills NJ: Meadow Run Press 1997. First edition one of 1000 copies. With black and white frontispiece by John Rice. 1 vols. 8vo. Hand bound in forest green silk cloth and tan boards chestnut morocco spine label sage green silk pastedowns in matching forest green silk cloth backed folding box with chestnut morocco spine label. As New. First edition one of 1000 copies. With black and white frontispiece by John Rice. 1 vols. 8vo. Unique Copy for the Publisher. A continuation of John Phillips's A Bibliography of American Sporting Books 1582-1925 this indispensable update contains some 5000 detailed entries by author and--most happily--an alphabetical index by TITLES which Phillips did not have. Approved by the Boone and Crockett Club this is a book no serious sporting book collector can afford to be without. Unique copy specially bound for the publisher. Meadow Run Press unknown
Referência livreiro : 257927
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Medwin Thomas
The Angler in Wales Or Days and Nights of Sportsmen
London: Richard Bentley New Burlington Street 1834. First edition. Two Etchings as frontispieces after Thomas Landseer and 15 text illus. xv 1 336; vii 348 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Later half brown calf and marbled boards. Very Good. First edition. Two Etchings as frontispieces after Thomas Landseer and 15 text illus. xv 1 336; vii 348 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell p. 150 Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street unknown
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Prescott Marjorie Wiggin
Tales of a Sportsman's Wife. With: Tales of a Sportsman's Wife. Shooting. With: Tales of a Sportsman's Wife. Fishing
Boston: Privately Printed by D.B. Updike The Merrymount Press 1939. First editions each one of 150 copies. Two etchings signed by the author/artist in pencil at the bottom right in the first volume 2 more unsigned in the second and none in the third. 18; 57 3; 79 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarters cloth and Cockerel marbled boards spines sunned as usual else fine. In custom green cloth open-faced slipcase. First editions each one of 150 copies. Two etchings signed by the author/artist in pencil at the bottom right in the first volume 2 more unsigned in the second and none in the third. 18; 57 3; 79 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first volume with a laid-in card from the Prescotts offering it as an Christmas present. Heller 1:291 2:739; 2:859 Privately Printed [by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press unknown
Referência livreiro : 259332
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Ellis Henry
A Catalogue of Books on Angling 1811 With a foreword by Jack Heddon
Honey Dun Press 1977. No. 74 of 175 copies. Tipped in portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Half chestnut morocco spine gilt a.e.g. by Aquarius. As new in marbled paper over boards box. Bookplate. No. 74 of 175 copies. Tipped in portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. The finely produced Honey Dun facsimile of the first angling bibliography ever published in the deluxe issue. Scarce. Honey Dun Press unknown
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Griswold F. Gray
Salmo Salar
n.p.: Privately Printed 1929. First edition. iv 28 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original full red limp morocco gilt. Fine. First edition. iv 28 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns G188; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 89 Privately Printed unknown
Referência livreiro : 254792
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Grimble Augustus
More Leaves from My Game Bag
London: Printed by R. Clay and Sons 1917. First edition one of 250 copies. Illus. x ii 270 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original half vellum and marbled boards. Fine. First edition one of 250 copies. Illus. x ii 270 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Printed by R. Clay and Sons unknown
Referência livreiro : 254782
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Bell Walter DM. D. M.
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter
London: Published at the Offices of "Country Life" Ltd 1923. First edition. Illustrated. x 187 1 index pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original yellow cloth over boards cloth label on front cover. Very good minor soiling and slight rubbing to covers endsheets toned. Bookplate. First edition. Illustrated. x 187 1 index pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Elephant Hunting Classic. Born in 1880 Bell left school at 14 to make his way to Africa on a cargo ship. After working briefly on the Ugandan railway he was off to join the Klondike gold rush. After fighting with the Canadian volunteers in the Boer War he remained in Africa hunting elephants in the African interior until the First World War. It was then that he perfected the use of the high-velocity rifle. During the War he fought for the British as a fighter pilot. After the War he returned to Africa and continued to make a successful living out of elephant. The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter is one of the great big game hunting books written by the greatest of all African hunters. Czech Africa pp. 23-4 Published at the Offices of "Country Life," Ltd unknown
Referência livreiro : 260988
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Calderwood WL. W. L.
Salmon Rivers and Lochs of Scotland
London: Edward Arnold 1909. First edition no. 35 of 250 copies. Colored frontispiece 4 tipped-in color plates 18 maps and numerous black and white illustrations. x 442 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Bound in publisher's cream and blue cloth t.e.g. others untrimmed. Lower inner hinge cracked but holding. Very good in black half morocco dropbox. First edition no. 35 of 250 copies. Colored frontispiece 4 tipped-in color plates 18 maps and numerous black and white illustrations. x 442 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. A "classic and standard work" Wood on angling for salmon in Scotland here in the deluxe format. Hampton's Angling Bibliography p. 59; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 38 Edward Arnold unknown
Referência livreiro : 254864
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Staff of Sports Collectors Digest
Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards
Krause Publications 2012-10-10. 2. Paperback. Good. Krause Publications paperback
Referência livreiro : SONG1440232946 ISBN : 1440232946 9781440232947
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American College of Sports Medicine ACSM
ACSM's Resources for the Personal Trainer
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2013-02-01. Fourth. Hardcover. Good. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins hardcover
Referência livreiro : SONG1451108591 ISBN : 1451108591 9781451108590
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Greg Fieldman with Bryan Hallman Foreword: Mike Joy of FOX Sports Editors of Publications International Ltd. Editor
Nascar: The Complete History
Publications International 2011-04-01. Auto Editors of CONSUMER GUIDE. Leather Bound. Good. Publications International hardcover
Referência livreiro : SONG1450820700 ISBN : 1450820700 9781450820707
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none American College of Sports Medicine
ACSM's Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessment Manual
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2013-03-20. Fourth. Paperback. Good. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins paperback
Referência livreiro : SONG1451115687 ISBN : 1451115687 9781451115680
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none American College of Sports Medicine
ACSM's Certification Review
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2013-02-06. Fourth. Paperback. Good. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins paperback
Referência livreiro : SONG1609139542 ISBN : 1609139542 9781609139544
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American College of Sports Medicine Producer
ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2013-02-01. Ninth. Spiral-bound. Good. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins unknown
Referência livreiro : SONG1609136055 ISBN : 1609136055 9781609136055
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American College of Sports Medicine ACSM
ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2013-02-01. Ninth. Paperback. Good. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins paperback
Referência livreiro : SONG1609139550 ISBN : 1609139550 9781609139551
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none American College of Sports Medicine Wojtek Chodzko Zajko PhD Editor
ACSM's Exercise for Older Adults
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2013-02-01. 1 Pap/Psc. Paperback. Good. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins paperback
Referência livreiro : SONG1609136470 ISBN : 1609136470 9781609136475
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none American College of Sports Medicine
ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2013-02-20. Seventh. Paperback. Good. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins paperback
Referência livreiro : SONG1609139569 ISBN : 1609139569 9781609139568
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Editors of Sports Illustrated for Kids
Sports Illustrated Kids Wheels 3D
Sports Illustrated for Kids 2013-10-01. Ill. Hardcover. Good. Sports Illustrated for Kids hardcover
Referência livreiro : SONG1618930788 ISBN : 1618930788 9781618930781
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Editors of Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated Green Bay Packers: Green Gold and Glory
Sports Illustrated 2013-07-30. Hardcover. Good. Sports Illustrated hardcover
Referência livreiro : SONG1618930389 ISBN : 1618930389 9781618930385
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Sports Illustrated Kids
Sports Illustrated Kids Big Book of Who: Football
Sports Illustrated for Kids 2013-06-11. Hardcover. Good. Sports Illustrated for Kids hardcover
Referência livreiro : SONG1618930400 ISBN : 1618930400 9781618930408
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Editors of Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful
Sports Illustrated 2013-10-22. Ill. Hardcover. Good. Sports Illustrated hardcover
Referência livreiro : SONG1618930818 ISBN : 1618930818 9781618930811
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Sports Illustrated Kids
Sports Illustrated Kids Full Count: Top 10 Lists of Everything in Baseball
Sports Illustrated for Kids 2012-09-18. Hardcover. Good. Sports Illustrated for Kids hardcover
Referência livreiro : SONG1618930060 ISBN : 1618930060 9781618930064
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Editors of Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated Football's Greatest
Sports Illustrated 2012-10-16. Hardcover. Good. Sports Illustrated hardcover
Referência livreiro : SONG1618930036 ISBN : 1618930036 9781618930033
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Editors of Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated Baseball's Greatest
Sports Illustrated 2013-10-08. Ill. Hardcover. Good. Sports Illustrated hardcover
Referência livreiro : SONG1618930559 ISBN : 1618930559 9781618930552
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Simon Michael C.
Brook Trout and Trillium
Richmond VA 2013. Original watercolor on paper signed "MC Simon - 2013". 16 x 12 in. Fine. Original watercolor on paper signed "MC Simon - 2013". 16 x 12 in. A fine watercolor by Michael Simon one of the pre-eminent angling artists working today. "Brook Trout and Trillium" was specially commissioned by James Cummins Bookseller for the cover of our Catalogue 118. unknown
Referência livreiro : 260748
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Whale River Koosmann Chuck
The Whale. Photographs by Chuck Koosmann. Text by David Ledlie
Afton Minnesota: White Pine Prints 2012. First edition one of 100 copies printed. Full color illustrations from photographs. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Black cloth. As new in dust jacket. First edition one of 100 copies printed. Full color illustrations from photographs. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Lavishly illustrated work on the Whale River Salmon Camp founded in 1967 by Stan Karbowski 1917-2010 the people the flora and the surrounding landscape of northern Quebec. The photographer Chuck Koosman first visited the Whale in 2001. David Ledie has fished the river for 18 years and chronicles the history of the camp and the changes in the salmon runs over the decades noting that the numbers of fish seen and caught came back dramatically when the Greenland and Newfoundland commercial salmon fisheries were bought out. A beautiful production. White Pine Prints unknown
Referência livreiro : 260801
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O'Connor Jack
Game in the Desert
New York: Derrydale Press 1939. First edition 26 of 950 copies. With photographs and color frontispiece and illustrations by T.J. Harter. xx ii 298 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green simulated snakeskin cloth. Touch of rubbing at spine and darkening to spine else fine without box. Harter T.J. First edition 26 of 950 copies. With photographs and color frontispiece and illustrations by T.J. Harter. xx ii 298 pp. 1 vols. 4to. An account of hunting various game in the American Southwest and northern Mexico: deer antelope bighorn sheep elk desert pig quail bear mountain lion jaguar--and even wild turkey! In one of the more unusual Derrydale bindings. Siegel 146; Frazier O-1-a Derrydale Press unknown
Referência livreiro : 244784
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US. Supreme Court Creator U. S.
U.S. Supreme Court Transcript of Record Putnam v. Day
Gale U.S. Supreme Court Records 2011-10-26. Paperback. Good. Gale, U.S. Supreme Court Records paperback
Referência livreiro : SONG1270034596 ISBN : 1270034596 9781270034599
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Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club
Steamboat Entertains Again
Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club unknown
Referência livreiro : GRP68285969 ISBN : 0963101005 9780963101006
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Shooting Richardson Lee
Europe 1965 or The Tale of Zwei Husaren Caption title
N.p.: Finished at sea aboard M/N Ferraris bound Genoa to Callao 1966. One of a few copies privately printed for distribution to friends. Duplicated typecript printed rectos only. With two loosely inserted printed BEA airline maps of Europe and the U.K. 50 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Stapled blue wrappers with title label on front cover. Spine tape perished else fine. One of a few copies privately printed for distribution to friends. Duplicated typecript printed rectos only. With two loosely inserted printed BEA airline maps of Europe and the U.K. 50 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Lee Richardson's account of his travels in Europe with bird shooting in Spain and duck hunting in the Danube Delta. Not in OCLC Finished at sea, aboard M/N Ferraris, bound Genoa to Callao unknown
Referência livreiro : 260472
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Walton Izaac
The Complete Angler .
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1889. The Putnam-Nimmo Edition. Illustrated with two portraits 6 original etchings numerous woodcuts and 10 hand-colored plates of flies. xv 445 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half green morocco marbled boards and endsheets spine titled in gilt and tooled with flies t.e.g. Bookplate. Fine. The Putnam-Nimmo Edition. Illustrated with two portraits 6 original etchings numerous woodcuts and 10 hand-colored plates of flies. xv 445 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Appended to this edition with the separate London 1889 title page of John C. Nimmo is The Practical Fly-fisher by John Jackson with hand-colored plates representing 120 flies natural and artificial. Coigney 142; Horn 141; Oliver 135; Westwood & Satchell Supplement p. 255 G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown
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Bicycling
The Saint Paul Cycle Club
ca. late 19th century. Second generation photograph of a photo-montage of cartes-de viste of cyclists. Image 15 x 19 inches. Framed. Second generation photograph of a photo-montage of cartes-de viste of cyclists. Image 15 x 19 inches. A photo-montage of 33 portrait photographs of members of the Saint Paul Cycle Club with their bicycles. unknown
Referência livreiro : 258422
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Salley AS. Jr. A. S.
The Happy Hunting Ground. Personal Experiences in the Low-Country of South Carolina
Columbia S.C.: The State Company 1926. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and four plates from photographs. x 83 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth spine illustrated brown paper over boards. Very good in very good dust jacket. Bookplate of Francis Fretwell. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and four plates from photographs. x 83 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Recollections of hunting deer waterfowl wildcat and turkey in Orangeburg county South Carolina on the Asheppo and Edisto rivers. Heller 1:338; Biscotti 383 "Rare"; Casada 545 The State Company unknown
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Walton Izaac
The Compleat Angler; or Contemplative Man's Recreation
London: Printed for Samuel Bagster in the Strand 1808. First Bagster edition Mercier and Co. Octavo edition. Engraved half title present. Illustrated with 32 engravings by Audinet 15 plates 17 small fish in text 2 musical engravings 2 woodcuts. Printed by C. Mercier and Co. vi 7-512 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards black lettering piece. Mminor foxing with 1809 owner signature in upper title margin. Bookplate. Very good plus copy. First Bagster edition Mercier and Co. Octavo edition. Engraved half title present. Illustrated with 32 engravings by Audinet 15 plates 17 small fish in text 2 musical engravings 2 woodcuts. Printed by C. Mercier and Co. vi 7-512 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Coigney 17 Printed for Samuel Bagster, in the Strand unknown
Referência livreiro : 260230
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Letcher Owen FRGS. F. R. G. S.
Big Game Hunting in North-Eastern Rhodesia
London: John Long Limited Norris Street Haymarket 1911. First edition. With Photogravure Portrait of the Author 52 Illustrations from Photographs and a Map with closed tear. xii 266 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth. Spine faded otherwise a Very Good Copy. Bookplate of the Leash Club. First edition. With Photogravure Portrait of the Author 52 Illustrations from Photographs and a Map with closed tear. xii 266 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "Letcher hunted in the Luangwa Valley for elephant buffalo lion leopard eland and other game. After crossing the Muchinga Mountains he bagged rhinoceros and elephant as well as roan. He continued his hunt in the swamplands near Lake Bangwelu then returned to the Luangwa Valley for additional sport." Czech. Czech p. 94 John Long Limited, Norris Street, Haymarket unknown
Referência livreiro : 260400
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Fly-Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water
London: Van Voorst 1851. First edition. With 6 lithographic plates 5 hand-colored. viii 74 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. First edition. With 6 lithographic plates 5 hand-colored. viii 74 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Westwood and Satchell p. 95 Van Voorst unknown
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Shooting Richardson Lee
Around the World. October 6 - November 9 1964 Caption title
N.p.: Finished finally at Hotel Llao Llao San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina 1965. Duplicated typecript printed rectos only. With two loosely inserted printed BEA airline maps of Europe and the U.K. 59 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Stapled card wrappers upper cover with printed title. Spine tape slightly worn lower cover with some marginal loss internally fine. Duplicated typecript printed rectos only. With two loosely inserted printed BEA airline maps of Europe and the U.K. 59 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Lee Richardson's account of hard-drinking jet-setting travels including a visit to the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo Hong Kong Beirut Vienna a lengthy acount pheasant shooting in Czechoslovakia with a game bag of 156 pheasants then on to Yugoslavia London and Winnipeg. Not in OCLC Finished, finally, at Hotel Llao Llao, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina unknown
Referência livreiro : 260473
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Walton Izaac
The Complete Angler . with . A Notice of Cotton and His Writings by the American Editor George Washington Bethune
New York and London: Wiley & Putnam 1847. First Bethune edition. With engraved portraits of Walton and Cotton two engraved views facsimile of 1653 title page four large woodcuts 19 vignettes of fish five pages of music. Pp. 8 cxi 249; xxix 210. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth spine and upper board gilt. Portong bookplate and another. Minute loss at foot of spine minor edgewear a bright very good plus copy. First Bethune edition. With engraved portraits of Walton and Cotton two engraved views facsimile of 1653 title page four large woodcuts 19 vignettes of fish five pages of music. Pp. 8 cxi 249; xxix 210. 1 vols. 8vo. The one-volume binding of this work the first edition of the Compleat Angler edited by an American. Among its notable features are "the long erudite bibliographical preface the copious notes in the text and an appendix containing a very complete list of angling books published before 1847" Coigney. The section on "Trout-Fishing on Long Island" is by H.W. Herbert "Frank Forester". Coigney 62; Westwood & Satchell p. 231; Henderson p. 247; Van Winkle pp 115-6 Wiley & Putnam unknown
Referência livreiro : 260217
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Shipley Malcolm A.
A Dictionary of Trout and Bass Flies
Philadelphia 1898. First edition. Two vignettes of flies on front wrapper and on title-page. Pp. iii 1-37. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. Brown printed wrappers. Spine repaired wrappers backed with paper mending marginal losses; first and last leaves rehinged at gutter. Owner signature in bottom corner of title page. Bookplate. Custom red morocco backed folding box. Uncommon. First edition. Two vignettes of flies on front wrapper and on title-page. Pp. iii 1-37. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. The Language of Trout Flies. Wetzel p. 211; Bruns S148 from a Goodspeed catalogue; Heller 2:494 unknown
Referência livreiro : 260274
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Aldin Cecil Howe Nurse Wilfrid
Berkshire Vale. Poems by .
Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1927. First edition. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin. Printed at the Curwen Press. 1 vols. Folio 14-1/2 x 11 inches. Brown cloth paper label. Fine in original dj spine partially perished. First edition. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin. Printed at the Curwen Press. 1 vols. Folio 14-1/2 x 11 inches. INSCRIBED BY ALDIN. Inscribed obn ffep "To Mrs. George Philips from Cecil Aldin. Basil Blackwell unknown
Referência livreiro : 260070
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Rhead Louis
The Speckled Brook Trout Salvelinus Fontinalis. By Various Experts with Rod and Reel Edited by . Louis Rhead with An Introduction by Charles Hallock
New York: R.H. Russell 1902. First trade edition. Illustrated by Louis Rhead. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial boards with angling flies against a birch-bark pattern. Bookplate. Some slight rubbing about fine in very scarce green paper dust jacket with pictorial onlay old tape repairs to verso of jacket folds. First trade edition. Illustrated by Louis Rhead. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns R50 R.H. Russell unknown
Referência livreiro : 260264
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