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Burke Dr. Edgar
American Dry Flies and How to Tie Them
New York: Privately Printed for the Anglers' Club by the Derrydale Press 1931. First edition one of 500 copies. Frontispiece. 25 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blue printed boards. Spine professionally repaired. In custom quarter dark blue morocco clamshell box with two red title labels gilt rules and elaborate blind stamping over marbled boards and blue cloth. First edition one of 500 copies. Frontispiece. 25 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING. Frazier notes the book's "extreme" fragility and notes that it is "hard to find in fine unchipped condition." Laid-in is TLS from "Knolly Brook"-Aug. 23 1950 regarding Burke's move to a new house in Norfolk Ct. his illness that forced his retirement and the end of his "fishing" days. Signed in hand addressed envelope WITH TWO GOUACHES OF FLIES SIGNED "YOURS SINCERELY EDGAR BURKE M.D." on the front pastedown. Signed by John H. Foster on flyleaf. Siegel 46; Frazier B-24-a; Bruns B-299 Privately Printed for the Anglers' Club [by the Derrydale Press] unknown
Bookseller reference : 228749
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Connett Family
Copper plate "William Connett Hat Manufacturer Rahway New Jersey 1815 Warranted Water Proof." showing woman with an American Eagle
Engraved by P.E. Hamm Phila. 4-1/4 x 4 inches. Used. Engraved by P.E. Hamm Phila. 4-1/4 x 4 inches. with smaller electroplate of same image. unknown
Bookseller reference : 242581
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Salter Thomas Frederick
The Angler's Guide Being a Plain & Complete Practical Treatise on the Art of Angling. to which is added a treatise on trolling
London: John Wicksteed 1833. Eighth edition. Engraved title portrait frontispiece 8 plates folding map of the River Lea 4-page publisher's catalogue at end. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth original label on spine. Some spotting of title and frontispiece else a very Fine copy. Eighth edition. Engraved title portrait frontispiece 8 plates folding map of the River Lea 4-page publisher's catalogue at end. 1 vols. 8vo. The large paper copy cost 12 shillings the standard edition 8 shillings. Westwood & Satchell p. 187 John Wicksteed unknown
Bookseller reference : 220989
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Bainbridge George C.
The Fly Fisher's Guide
Liverpool: Printed for the Author by G.F. Harris' Widow and Brothers 1816. First edition. Hand-colored frontispiece and 7 hand-colored plates "representing upwards of forty of the most useful flies accurately copied from nature". 1 vols. 8vo. Original roan-backed boards; uncut some loss to spine. Preserved in maroon cloth solander box. First edition. Hand-colored frontispiece and 7 hand-colored plates "representing upwards of forty of the most useful flies accurately copied from nature". 1 vols. 8vo. Among the earliest books with colored plates of flies. "One of the text books of the fly-fisher." Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell pp. 20-21 Printed for the Author by G.F. Harris' Widow and Brothers unknown
Bookseller reference : 220769
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Edwards Lionel
My Hunting Sketch Book Volumes I & II. Written and Illustrated by Lionel Edwards
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1930. First editions. Illustrated with 15 mounted color plates in Volume I and 12 mounted color plates and 9 in black and white in Volume II by Lionel Edwards. 40 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Tan cloth with paper label on first volume but missing on second. Very good corners bumped slightly small stains on spines. First editions. Illustrated with 15 mounted color plates in Volume I and 12 mounted color plates and 9 in black and white in Volume II by Lionel Edwards. 40 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 124 Eyre & Spottiswoode unknown
Bookseller reference : 239861
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Burke Edgar
Ducks on the winter ice: 7 in the foreground 9 in the background 2 in flight overhead
N.p. 1920. Watercolor on paper signed and dated by the artist "E. Burke - 1920" lower right. 9-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches. Matted framed and glazed. Watercolor on paper signed and dated by the artist "E. Burke - 1920" lower right. 9-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches. unknown
Bookseller reference : 230787
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Henderson William
My Life as an Angler
London: W. Satchell 1879. First published edition preceded by a small privately printed edition of 1876. Woodburytype portrait frontispiece and 68 woodcuts engraved by Edmund Evans after various artists. xvi 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green pictorial gilt cloth t.e.g. First published edition preceded by a small privately printed edition of 1876. Woodburytype portrait frontispiece and 68 woodcuts engraved by Edmund Evans after various artists. xvi 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "One of the most sterling and attaching of modern angling books and possesses several of the qualities that have rendered Iz. Walton's writings household words - his simplicity naïveté and honest benevolence" Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 114 W. Satchell unknown
Bookseller reference : 220814
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Ronalds Alfred
The Fly-Fisher's Entomology Illustrated by Coloured Representations of the Natural and Artificial Insect. And Accompanied by a few Observations and Instructions relative to Trout-and-Grayling Fishing
London: Longman Orme Brown Green and Longmans 1839. Second edition. Twenty hand-colored plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half green morocco and cloth boards handsome gilt spine. Second edition. Twenty hand-colored plates. 1 vols. 8vo. An Angling Classic. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans unknown
Bookseller reference : 37783
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Kinloch Col. Alexander A.
Large Game Shooting in Thibet the Himalayas and Northern India
Calcutta: Thacker Spink 1885. Third edition revised and enlarged. Folding map and 30 full-page photogravure plates. vii 237 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original olive cloth gilt rebacked with spine laid down internally fine. Third edition revised and enlarged. Folding map and 30 full-page photogravure plates. vii 237 pp. 1 vols. 4to. An expanded version of the initial printing of 1869 this massive volume combines the author's hunting adventures with the natural history of the game involved illustrated with trophy heads in superb photogravure. Czech p. 119 Thacker, Spink unknown
Bookseller reference : 8870
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Kedgemakooge Club
Kedgemakooge Rod and Gun Club of Nova Scotia Ltd
Privately printed 1910. Illustrated from photos throughout. 27 pp. final 7 pp. ads. Tall 8vo. Illustrated green wrappers. Fine. Illustrated from photos throughout. 27 pp. final 7 pp. ads. Tall 8vo. With application for membership laid in. Not in Heller or Bruns [Privately printed unknown
Bookseller reference : 240280
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Hubback TR. T. R.
Elephant and Seladang Hunting in the Federated Malaya States
London: Rowland Ward 1905. First edition. Illustrated. xi 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth recased preserving original spine. Scarce. First edition. Illustrated. xi 288 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rowland Ward unknown
Bookseller reference : 57029
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Apperley Charles James
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton Esq.by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod by the Author of 'Handley Cross'
London: Rudolf Ackermann Eclipse Sporting Gallery 191 Regent Street 1851. Third edition third issue with both engraved and printed titles dated 1851. Engraved title page 18 hand-colored engraved plates by Henry Alken. 218 8-ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth with slight wear and rubbing to edges; else fine bright copy. Yellow booklabel of W & R Holmes 195 Oxford St. on pastedown. Alken Henry. Third edition third issue with both engraved and printed titles dated 1851. Engraved title page 18 hand-colored engraved plates by Henry Alken. 218 8-ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Desirable edition as it is the first to include The "Brief Memoir of Nimrod by the Author of 'Handley Cross'"Surtees. Tooley 68; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 20-21 Rudolf Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street unknown
Bookseller reference : 43262
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The Sportsman's Companion or An Essay on Shooting . by a Gentleman
New York: Privately Printed by Ernest R. Gee at The Derrydale Press 1930. Fourth edition and first Derrydale. One of 200 copies. ix 52 2 contents pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue paper over boards with paper spine label and label on upper cover. Split along lower joint else fine in custom open-faced blue slipcase. Fourth edition and first Derrydale. One of 200 copies. ix 52 2 contents pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An uncommon Derrydale reprint of the earliest sporting book published in America. Inscribed on the flyleaf "To Ronald/ with the kind regards/ of his Friend/ Ernest Gee." Rarely seen with Gee's presentation. Siegel 44; Frazier S-19-a Privately Printed by Ernest R. Gee [at The Derrydale Press] unknown
Bookseller reference : 240995
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Polo Hatch Alden and Foxhall Keene
Full Tilt. The Sporting Memoirs of Foxhall Keene
New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First edition no. 819 of 950 copies. Illustrated with a colored frontispiece of Foxhall Keene by Richard B. Adam plus 13 pages of plates from photographs and drawings. xiii iii 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full blue cloth gilt spine slightly faded else fine. Bookplate of M.L. Biscotti. First edition no. 819 of 950 copies. Illustrated with a colored frontispiece of Foxhall Keene by Richard B. Adam plus 13 pages of plates from photographs and drawings. xiii iii 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The life and accomplishments of all round sportsman Foxhall Keene in steeplechasing foxhunting polo and many other pursuits. Keene was part of the first American international polo match in 1886; he remarks "In those days everything in polo was for blood"; and the British beat the Americans hollow for the first couple of matches. Siegel 131; Frazier H-6-a The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 242427
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Polo Halpin Warren T.
Hoofbeats. Drawings and Comments by Warren T. Halpin. Introductions: Polo by Stewart B. Iglehart; Hunting by Henry G. Vaughan; Steeplechasing by William Du Pont Jr.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1938. First edition. Deluxe edition with hand-colored frontispiece no. 43 of 160. Signed hand-colored frontispiece. With 19 fine illustrations of Polo including Greentree vs. Templeton. 65 plates in all. 1 vols. 4to. Original vellum gilt t.e.g; Fine in original glassine and original white printed box. First edition. Deluxe edition with hand-colored frontispiece no. 43 of 160. Signed hand-colored frontispiece. With 19 fine illustrations of Polo including Greentree vs. Templeton. 65 plates in all. 1 vols. 4to. With illustrated sections on Polo Hunting to Hounds and Steeplechasing. J.B. Lippincott Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 223589
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Grey Zane
Tales of Swordfish and Tuna
New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1927. Reprint. With 90 illustrations from photographs taken by the author and from drawings by Frank E. Phares. 1 vols. 4to. Original orange cloth. Corners slightly bumped small stain on foot of spine else fine in good plus dust jacket some wear closed tear on back panel. Reprint. With 90 illustrations from photographs taken by the author and from drawings by Frank E. Phares. 1 vols. 4to. Bruns G 179 Grosset & Dunlap unknown
Bookseller reference : 60949
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Derrydale Press
William Hamilton Foster". An announcement of the death of Mr. Foster Vice-Rector of St. Paul's School and the Rector's tribute on the occasion of his funeral service printed for the school's alumni association by The Derrydale Press
New York: The Derrydale Press 1928. St. Paul device on front cover. 1 vols. Four pp.; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Fine condition. From the estate of Eugene V. Connett III proprietor of The Derrydale Press. St. Paul device on front cover. 1 vols. Four pp.; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Unrecorded Derrydale Press Printing. A beautifully designed and printed piece of letterpress printed on fine deckle-edge laid paper the text enclosed within a border of double rules. Connett a faithful alumnus of St. Paul's School had preserved this example in a folder containing other Derrydale Press ephemeral material only and the condition of this unrecorded Press item is superb. [The Derrydale Press] unknown
Bookseller reference : 13135
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Corbin Peter
Print of Man Salmon Fishing from shore guide and boat behind fish hooked and jumping
Number 457 of 950 signed in pencil by artist lower right. 1 vols. 29-1/2 x 16 inches image size. Framed in birds-eye maple frame and glazed. Number 457 of 950 signed in pencil by artist lower right. 1 vols. 29-1/2 x 16 inches image size. unknown
Bookseller reference : 42690
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Maclaughlan Donald Shaw
Twilight Water": etching signed and titled
n.p. 1930. 1 vols. Image 9-1/2 x 11-1/4 inches; matted and framed to 17 x 19 inches overall. Fine condition. 1 vols. Image 9-1/2 x 11-1/4 inches; matted and framed to 17 x 19 inches overall. Fine Angling Etching. A pleasing atmospheric etching by the noted Canadian-American artist 1876-1938. Born in Canada he studied in Boston and at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris becoming an Associate of the Salon de la Nationale des Beaux Arts in 1903. He worked in oils watercolors and did etchings such as the fine example offered here. unknown
Bookseller reference : 22261
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Etherton PT. Lieutenant P. T.
Across the Roof of the World: A Record of Sport and Travel through Kashmir Gilgit Hunza the Pamirs Chinese Turkistan Mongolia and Siberia
London: Constable 1911. First edition. Photographic illustrations and map. 437 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth. Very slight rubbing at edges corners bumped hinges weakening; ex-library with stamps and label on rear endpaper. Very good. First edition. Photographic illustrations and map. 437 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An interesting narrative focusing mainly on shooting the horned game of the mountains of Central Asia with much discussion of the geography and natives of the various regions. Scarce. Constable unknown
Bookseller reference : 56599
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Pickering Harold G.
Neighbors Have My Ducks
New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. First edition Number 202 of 227 numbered copies signed by the author. Illustrated by Harry L. Timmins. 47pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original maroon cloth gilt design on upper cover. Fine. First edition Number 202 of 227 numbered copies signed by the author. Illustrated by Harry L. Timmins. 47pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Also inscribed on the front pastedown "To 'Cousin' Theodosia Pickering Faulke H.G.P." With the bookplates of Derrydale author William Nicholas Beach In the Shadow of Mount McKinley and Samuel B. Webb. Siegel 121; Frazier P-9-a The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 42870
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Foxhunting Pennell Elmhirst Captain Edward
The Cream of Leicestershire / Eleven Seasons' Skimmings
London: George Routledge and Sons 1883. First Edition. With plain and colored illustrations by John Sturgess portraits and a colored folding map. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter red morocco with publisher's red cloth lavishly embellished with upper cover pictorial hunting scene in brown and gold bound in spine darkened else fine. Sturgess John. First Edition. With plain and colored illustrations by John Sturgess portraits and a colored folding map. 1 vols. 8vo. Captain Pennell-Elmhirst 1845-1916 a notable sportsman and notes Higginson who knew him "a most charming quiet unassuming man" wrote a number of books dealing with sport in the hunting field among them The Hunting Countries of England The Cream of Leicestershire The Best Season on Record Foxhound Forest and Prarie and The Best of the Fun. Many of these accounts were selected and republished from "The Field" where he wrote under the pen-name "Brooksby." Higginson British and American Sporting Authors pp. 128-9; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 286 George Routledge and Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : 231039
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Schaldach William J.
The Wind on Your Cheek or more chips from the log of an artist sportsman
Rockville Centre NY: Freshet Press 1972. Limited edition no. 19 of 200 copies so stated on limitation page 5. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Original half tan leather and linen boards with mounted vignette t.e.g. Fine in original cloth slipcase. Limited edition no. 19 of 200 copies so stated on limitation page 5. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 4to. With Original Etching. Tipped in on page 7 is an original signed etching by Schaldach of an angling scene entitled "Evening on the River". Bruns S48 Freshet Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 57100
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Jennings Preston J.
A Book of Trout Flies. Containing a List of the Most Important American Stream Insects & Their Imitations
New York: The Derrydale Press 1935. First edition no. 487 of 850 copies. 13 plates 7 of them hand-colored. xvi ii 190 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial light green cloth stamped in gilt t.e.g. Fine. First edition no. 487 of 850 copies. 13 plates 7 of them hand-colored. xvi ii 190 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A splendid book rich in detail and beautifully illustrated. Siegel 88; Frazier J-1-b The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 240026
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Kelson George M.
The Salmon Fly. How to Dress It and How to Use It
London: Published by The Author c/o Messrs. Wyman & Sons Limited 63 Carter Lane E.C. 1895. First edition. With 8 color plates illustrating over 50 flies numerous text illustrations. xiv 510 xlv pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original bevelled purple cloth titled in gilt t.e.g. Unusually fine copy with only minor fading to spine. First edition. With 8 color plates illustrating over 50 flies numerous text illustrations. xiv 510 xlv pp. 1 vols. 4to. Heckscher 1150; Hampton p. 57; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 47 Published by The Author c/o Messrs. Wyman & Sons, Limited, 63, Carter Lane E.C. unknown
Bookseller reference : 240679
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Brown Paul
Drawing of Man and Woman skiing in foreground with horse-drawn sleigh in background
nd. Pencil on paper. 1 vols. Approximately 10-1/4 x 15-1/4 inches. Fine laid down on bristol board. Pencil on paper. 1 vols. Approximately 10-1/4 x 15-1/4 inches. Paul Brown is best known for his illustrations of horses and equestrian sports as well as some of his books published with The Derrydale Press Dodd and others but he also illustrated Brooks Brothers catalogs for decades. Brown's pencil sketches relied on his keen powers of observation and he was known for his photographic memory which allowed him to accurately recreate scenes long after the fact. unknown
Bookseller reference : 41534
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Johnson Dr. Frank Mackie
Reminiscent Tales of a Humble Angler. Introduction by Dr. James A Henshall
Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd Company Publishers 1921. First Edition. Frontispiece. 109 3 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Green cloth lettered in gilt. Frontispiece and title leaf with some foxing at margins bookplate removed else fine. First Edition. Frontispiece. 109 3 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Inscribed. Inscribed to "To Emmanual L. Weil with the compliment of the Perpetrator Frank Mackie Johnson New Orleans September 18 1924." Johnson was also author of Forest Lake and River 1902. Uncommon inscribed. Bruns J34 Stewart Kidd Company Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : 238408
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Taylor Marshall W. "Major
The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World. The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success against Great Odds. An Autobiography
Worcester Mass: Wormley Publising Company 1928. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and some illustrations in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth titled in gilt. near fine fresh copy. Scarce. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and some illustrations in text. 1 vols. 8vo. The autobiography of one of the first Afro-American athletes to achieve international acclaim in his sport becoming the world champion in 1899. Wormley Publising Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 238453
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Cumming Roualeyn Gordon
Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa. With notices of the native tribes and anecdotes of the chase of the lion elephant hippopotamus giraffe rhinoceros &c
London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1850. Second edition. With frontispieces engraved vignette title pages depicting the author in his kilt 13 plates one map. xv 388 x 381pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three quarter brown calf and marble paper over boards stamped in blind along joints and at tips spine gilt. Faint shelf wear along foot of boards and tips slight foxing to endpapers owner signature dated 1850. Fine. Second edition. With frontispieces engraved vignette title pages depicting the author in his kilt 13 plates one map. xv 388 x 381pp. 2 vols. 8vo. "Gordon Cumming appears to have hunted every species of South African fauna and to have enjoyed an amount of sport almost unique even amongst the mighty hunters of Africa. The narrative is valuable for the account of the state of the country at this period as well as for the excellent description afforded of the natives of the interior and of the up-country Boers while the interesting zoological and botanical notes give added value to the work." -- Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn vol. I pp.398-399 John Murray, Albemarle Street unknown
Bookseller reference : 34056
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Keene JH. J. H.
Fishing Tackle Its Materials and Manufacture. A Practical Guide
London: Ward Lock & Co 1886. First edition. With 254 illustrations. viii 9-230 10 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial red cloth stamped in black yellow and gilt. A very fine copy. First edition. With 254 illustrations. viii 9-230 10 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ward, Lock & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 239966
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Stoddart Thomas Tod
The Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1847. First edition. Illustrated with folding map backed and in new pocket at end. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green ribbed cloth original spine laid down. First edition. Illustrated with folding map backed and in new pocket at end. 1 vols. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell p. 203 William Blackwood and Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : 241240
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Johnson Frank M.
Forest Lake and River
Boston: Printed for Subscribers 1902. First edition no. 9 of 350 copies deluxe issue with plates handcolored and signed by the artist. Chromolithograph frontispiece to vol. I portrait frontispiece to vol. II; three color plates of flies Salmon Trout Bass two color plates of fish numerous reproductions of fish and black-and-white lithographic plates with decorative ornaments and vignettes throughout. xxvi 313 3; xi 368 pp. Printed at the University Press. 2 vols. 4to. Later half morocco and cloth over boards all edges uncut. Fine lacking as almost invariably the portfolio described by Bruns as of extreme rarity. First edition no. 9 of 350 copies deluxe issue with plates handcolored and signed by the artist. Chromolithograph frontispiece to vol. I portrait frontispiece to vol. II; three color plates of flies Salmon Trout Bass two color plates of fish numerous reproductions of fish and black-and-white lithographic plates with decorative ornaments and vignettes throughout. xxvi 313 3; xi 368 pp. Printed at the University Press. 2 vols. 4to. Deluxe Issue with plates signed by the artist. With eight of the black & white plates of angling and outdoor scenes handcolored and signed in pencil by the artist beneath. These include salmon leaping a waterfall rushing rivers anglers canoeing on a lake a night fishing incident and two symbolic landscapes. The final illustration in volume II A Forest Song includes the verses of the song printed beside the woodland scene; all other copies we have seen have the black & white plate without printed text. Neither Bruns nor Heckscher note this special issue presumably limited to the first ten or fifteen copies. Bruns B33; Heckscher 1129 Printed for Subscribers unknown
Bookseller reference : 220696
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Pollock Lt. Col. AJO. A. J.
Sporting Days in Southern India: Reminiscences of twenty trips in pursuit of big game chiefly in the Madras Presidency
London: Horace Cox 1894. First edition. Illustrated after sketches by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Handsomely bound in 3/4 red morocco marbled paper sides and endpapers spine with raised bands t.e.g. others uncut by Maclehose Glasgow. A fine copy. First edition. Illustrated after sketches by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Big Game in India. Among the Colonel's quarry were Bear Panther Tiger Bison Elephant Deer Antelope and Ibex; of interest are various technical details from tent pegs to monsoon precautions. Horace Cox unknown
Bookseller reference : 19631
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Surtees Robert Smith
Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire A Tale of Country Life
London: John C. Nimmo 1888. First Illustrated Edition. Hand colored frontispiece and 11 hand colored steel engraved plates by Wildrake Heath and Jellicoe. 1 vols. 8vo. Original tan pictorial cloth gilt some fading to cover else fine. First Illustrated Edition. Hand colored frontispiece and 11 hand colored steel engraved plates by Wildrake Heath and Jellicoe. 1 vols. 8vo. First Illustrated Edition Original Cloth. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 359 John C. Nimmo unknown
Bookseller reference : 10564
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Burke Edgar
Gouache of male and female mallard ducks flying over marshland sky and clouds in the distance
New York: The Derrydale Press 1929. First edition. Signed lower left "Edgar Burke 1927". The drake is the original painting of the illustration for "The Mallard" section of Connett's Feathered Game from a Sporting Journal. 1 vols. Image 10 x 7 inches matted and framed to 15-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches overall. Fine condition. First edition. Signed lower left "Edgar Burke 1927". The drake is the original painting of the illustration for "The Mallard" section of Connett's Feathered Game from a Sporting Journal. 1 vols. Image 10 x 7 inches matted and framed to 15-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches overall. Original Gouache of Mallards by Burke for Derrydale's Feathered Game. Edgar Burke MD 1889-1950 successfully combined the vocation of medicine he was a member of the American College of Physicians and Surgeons and the avocation of sport. He was an enthusiastic wildfowler and upland gunner and expert angler and fly tyer he designed the flies "Doctor Burke" and "Family Secret" and was interested in pigeon racing and cock fighting it was he in the Jersey City cock-fights of the 1930s who sewed up the wounds of the injured birds. He was also a celebrated sporting artist illustrating two Derrydale Press classics Feathered Game 1929--such as the example offered here--and Upland Game Bird Shooting in America 1930 and producing front cover vignettes for seven more including Grouse Feathers and De Shootinest Gent'man. He was notes Siegel a childhood companion and lifetime friend of Derrydale proprietor Eugene Connett--a relationship that paid large dividends for readers of the Press. A UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL DUCK GOUACHE FOR THE DERRYDALE PRESS CLASSIC "FEATHERED GAME" Siegel pp. 192-3 and No. 24 The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 214600
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Coykendall Ralf W.
The Golden Age of Fly-Fishing. The Best of the Sportsman 1927-1937. Introduction by Ken Callahan
Woodstock Vermont: The Countryman Press 1997. First edition number 58 of 75 copies signed by the author and containing a hand-tied Golden Age Fly and cartoon by John Held. 1 vols. 4to. Leather and blue boards. Fine in dust jacket. First edition number 58 of 75 copies signed by the author and containing a hand-tied Golden Age Fly and cartoon by John Held. 1 vols. 4to. The Countryman Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 228765
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Fairfax Thomas
The Complete Sportsman; or Country Gentleman's Recreation.by J.sic Fairfax Esq
London: Printed for the Proprietors 1795. A New Edition Revised Corrected and Improved. Frontispiece. 1 vols. Large 12mo. Contemporary tree calf with black dyed calf spine. Front joint just cracking portion torn from front free endpaper. An attractive crisp copy. A New Edition Revised Corrected and Improved.". Frontispiece. 1 vols. Large 12mo. In an Unusual Binding. In Vol. I Schwerdt indicates that this is the second edition the first being that of "circa 1760"; by the advent of Vol. IV the first edition dated 1758 had been discovered making that of 1795 the third. Westwood & Satchell p.90; Schwerdt I p.170 Printed for the Proprietors unknown
Bookseller reference : 7878
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Texas Kibbe IP. I. P.
Report on the Coast Fisheries of Texas
Austin: von Boeckmann Moore & Scutze State Contractors 1898. First edition. 20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers stapled. Some chipping to wrapper margins. Very good. First edition. 20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Official report on oyster fishing shrimp turtle and terrapin with considerable anecdotal material by I.P. Kibbe Texas State Fish and Oyster Commissioner. "I cannot refrain from a few remarks concerning the possibility of the fresh water rivers of Texas and the scarcity of fish therein. The scarcity it appears ican be attributed to the wanton destruction of fish by means of . dynamite and other explosives as well as by nets traps and other illegal devices." Kibbe advocates an extension of the authority of the commission to include fresh water rivers and fisheries and the appointment of game officers to enforce the laws of the State for the protection of fish and game. With a section on tarpon "this grand old monster of the deep" with discussion of habitat and the rise of game fishing by sportsmen. "This great sporting fish has attracted so much attention that a tarpon fishing club house is being constructed by noted capitalists at Tarponville on St. Joe Island." Rare. Provenance: Lindley Eberstadt his initials on upper cover. OCLC: 2571070 von Boeckmann, Moore & Scutze, State Contractors unknown
Bookseller reference : 41793
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Maxwell The Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert
Fishing at Home & Abroad
London: The London & Counties Press Association Ltd 1913. First edition one of 750 copies. Illustrated with 6 photogravure plates 7 full-page color plates and 56 monochrome and half-tone illustrations in the text. xii 413 pp. Printed by the Arden Press Letchworth. 1 vols. Folio 12-1/2 x 10 inches. Bound in green buckram and green cloth. Very good spine sunned a little. Bookplate of H. Stanton. Unusual in anything but the standard brown morocco binding. First edition one of 750 copies. Illustrated with 6 photogravure plates 7 full-page color plates and 56 monochrome and half-tone illustrations in the text. xii 413 pp. Printed by the Arden Press Letchworth. 1 vols. Folio 12-1/2 x 10 inches. Dedicated to His Majesty King George V printed on handmade paper and lavishly illustrated Sir Herbert Maxwell's book is perhaps the most distinguished single volume publication of its kind and successfully realizes the author's goal of providing "in a single work information about fishing in all parts of the world" Preface p. v. With chapters on salmon trout sea fishing fishing techniques fly patterns local angling peculiarities etc. and Theodore Gordon's contribution "American Trout Fishing". The London & Counties Press Association Ltd unknown
Bookseller reference : 240542
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Foxhunting Paget Guy and Lionel Irvine
The Flying Parson and Dick Christian
Leicester: Edgar Backus 1934. No. 82 of 100 copies of the Collector's Edition printed on special paper. Incorporating "The Druid's" Chapters from "Silk and Scarlet" and "Post and Paddock" and several hitherto unpublished letters from George Osbaldeston. With 40 full-page illustrations 25 of them in color by Charles Simpson. 292 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Tan cloth with gilt fox stamp on upper cover decorated brown morocco spine t.e.g. lower edge untrimmed a fine copy in fine dust jacket. With the engraved armorial bookplate of John Moon. No. 82 of 100 copies of the Collector's Edition printed on special paper. Incorporating "The Druid's" Chapters from "Silk and Scarlet" and "Post and Paddock" and several hitherto unpublished letters from George Osbaldeston. With 40 full-page illustrations 25 of them in color by Charles Simpson. 292 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Deluxe Edition One of 100 Copies. A fine and detailed evocation of the history customs and especially the personalities of foxhunting England in the golden days of the sport. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 280 Edgar Backus unknown
Bookseller reference : 42253
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MacAskill Wallace R.
Out of Halifax: A Collection of Sea Pictures
New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. First edition no. 90 of 950 copies of the first state. With 100 superb black and white photographs by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Original gray and blue cloth. Fine copy in ORIGINAL GLASSINE small closed tear AND ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX slightly worn small splits at corners. First edition no. 90 of 950 copies of the first state. With 100 superb black and white photographs by the author. 1 vols. 4to. A splendid collection of captioned sailing and nautical photographs of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland by the Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron Halifax. A beautiful copy in the pictorial box now uncommon and glassine very uncommon. Siegel 123; Frazier M-1-a The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 240049
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Clark Roland
Etching "Last Round.
1928. One of 67 copies done. 12 x 15 inches. 1 vols. Framed and glazed. One of 67 copies done. 12 x 15 inches. 1 vols. Ordeman Appendix VI p. 107. Provenace: Doll & Richards Boston Mass unknown
Bookseller reference : 211126
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Williamson Captain Thomas
Plate 36 'smoking Wolves from Their Earths" from Oriental Field Sports; being a complete detailed and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East; and exhibiting in a novel and interesting manner the Natural History of. . . undomesticated animals. . . interspersed with a variety of original authentic and curious anecdotes
London: Edward Orme Printseller to His Majesty 59 Bond Street 1806. First edition. Colored aquatint plate no. 34 actually 36 by J. Hamble after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 1 vols. Oblong folio 18-3/16 x14 inches to plate mark. Framed and matted. Howitt Samuel. First edition. Colored aquatint plate no. 34 actually 36 by J. Hamble after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 1 vols. Oblong folio 18-3/16 x14 inches to plate mark. Williamson spent 20 years in Bengal. Howitt c. 1756-1823 was the brother-in-law of Thomas Rowlandson. Drawings are on watermarked J. Whatman paper dated 1804 letterpress title dedication preface 150 pp. text and index list of plates leaf. British Sporting Artists p. 165: "The most beautiful book on Indian Sport in Existence. Another edition was published in 1808. It is greatly inferior to the First Edition." Abbey Travel 427; Archer 7; Nissen ZBI 4416; Schwerdt vol. II p. 297; Tooley 1954 508 Edward Orme, Printseller to His Majesty 59, Bond Street unknown
Bookseller reference : 215633
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Whitney Cornelius Vanderbilt
Live a Year with a Millionaire
Lexington Kentucky: Maple Hill Press Box 890 1981. First edition. Illustrated. 94 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. Fine in brown cloth slipcase and chemise. Inscribed on tipped in card "Merry Christmas from Mary Lou and Sonny Whitney 1981. First edition. Illustrated. 94 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With Xmas card in pocket stating the Whitneys will be at Camp Deerlands Whitney Park Long Lake for Xmas. Maple Hill Press Box 890 unknown
Bookseller reference : 226668
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Wilson James and AK. Killmister A. K.
The Rod and the Gun. Being Two Treatises on Angling and Shooting
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1840. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf neatly rebacked. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Adam and Charles Black unknown
Bookseller reference : 56864
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Bartlet J.
The Gentleman's Farriery: or a Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horses: wherein . M. La Fosse's Method of Trepanning Glandered Horses is particularly Considered and Improved: also a New Method of Nicking Horses is Recommended; with a Copper-Plate and Description of the Machine. To which is added an appendix
London: Printed for John Nourse et al. 1770. Seventh edition revised. Engraved frontispiece and 3 folding engraved plates in rear. xxviii 370 10 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary brown polished calf marbled endpapers gilt edges. Joints starting otherwise a very attractive copy. With bookplates of BENJAMIN and JOHN WHITE of Selborne and two other owners' signatures G. Gray; John Hopson 1857 on the first blank. Seventh edition revised. Engraved frontispiece and 3 folding engraved plates in rear. xxviii 370 10 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. From the Library of the Publisher of Natural History of Selborne. Written by a human surgeon and first published in 1753 this popular work was primarily a compilation of earlier writers. It went into many editions the first edition is extremely rare and the early editions are scarce This copy has a remarkable provenance connecting it to the immediate family of GILBERT WHITE of Selborne. Benjamin White c.1725-1794 was the younger brother of Gilbert White 1720-1793 author of the celebrated Natural History of Selborne 1789 which Benjamin White in fact published. Benjamin White's shop at Fleet Street and the Strand Horace's Head "became a meeting place for naturalists and as was customary was used as a poste restante in 1775 by Gilbert White's correspondent Thomas Pennant whose books White published and by others. White's range of titles is indicated in his advertisement at the end of J. Ellis and D. C. Solander's Natural History of the Zoophytes 1786 which he published. They included Mark Catesby's Natural History of Carolina in two volumes which perhaps inspired Audubon" DNB. White's engraved bookplate of South Lambeth is affixed to the front pastedown; along with that of his son JOHN WHITE who assisted Gilbert in the preparation his journals for publication and contributed a Memoir of his famous uncle for the 1802 edition. Smith II p. 69-77; this edition not in Dingley cf. 35-38; ESTCT88518 Printed for John Nourse et al. unknown
Bookseller reference : 221660
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Williamson Capt. Thomas
The Complete Angler's Vade-Mecum; being a Perfect Code of Instruction on the Above Pleasing Science.
London: Payne and Mackinlay.and Cuthell and Martin 1808. First edition. Ten full-page engraved plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf rubbed joints cracked but holding light foxing to prelims but a fine crisp copy. First edition. Ten full-page engraved plates. 1 vols. 8vo. A comprehensive treatise "essentially original" Westwood & Satchell by the author of Oriental Field Sports. Westwood & Satchell P. 241-242 Payne and Mackinlay...and Cuthell and Martin unknown
Bookseller reference : 8177
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Underhill Francis T.
Driving for Pleasure or The Harness Stable and its Appointments
New York: D. Appleton 1896. First edition. 124 photographic illustrations of coaches and accoutrements. xi i 158 pp. of text. 1 vols. 4to. Half calf over suede. Quite rubbed. First edition. 124 photographic illustrations of coaches and accoutrements. xi i 158 pp. of text. 1 vols. 4to. A Coaching Classic. "A basic work on carriages and one of the landmarks of American books on the subject . . . Relatively Scarce" Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse 90 D. Appleton unknown
Bookseller reference : 6925
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Hammond Henry
The Christian's Obligation to Peace and Charity . Now published with ix. Sermons more
London: R. Royston 1649. First edition. 6 263 pp. Woodcut device of Oxford on title page. 1 vols. 4to. Coontemporary calf worn upper joint split internally very good. With bookplates of HENRY SHERWIN and CHARLES WETZEL on endpapers with printed slip from Sherwin stating that he acquired the book from the collection of GEORGE BETHUNE American editor of Izaac Walton. First edition. 6 263 pp. Woodcut device of Oxford on title page. 1 vols. 4to. Bethune Sherwin Wetzel Copy - and Walton Association. Henry Hammond 1605-1660 was an eminent Caroline divine prolific writer biblical scholar and a contemporary of his fellow divine Izaak Walton who refers to Hammond in his LIVES as "the learned Dr. Hammond". A nice assocation copy from the library of the Walton editor George Bethune who clearly saw the connection to Walton and of two of America's greatest angling collectors. New Wing H-520 R. Royston unknown
Bookseller reference : 62396
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Meynell Hugo; John HAWKES
The Meynellian Science or Fox Hunting Upon System
N.p.: Privately Printed for Ernest R. Gee at the Press of August Becker Brooklyn 1926. Reprint of the London edition of 1848. Frontispiece portrait by Gordon Ross title-page vignette of a foxhound. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards. Fine. Reprint of the London edition of 1848. Frontispiece portrait by Gordon Ross title-page vignette of a foxhound. 1 vols. 8vo. While there is disagreement as to whether this volume is one of the Derrydale Press works Frazier states: "But the book and its design paper binding and style are so obviously Derrydale in spirit and influence that one has only to put it side by side with Connett's American Trout Streams . produced the same year 1926 or Connett's own Magic Hours produced the following year to see how this book and the books of the Press came together.". Frazier M-6-a; Siegel p. 182 note; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 176-8 Privately Printed for Ernest R. Gee [at the Press of August Becker, Brooklyn] unknown
Bookseller reference : 43359
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