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Egan Pierce
Sporting Anecdotes Original and Selected; Including Numerous Characteristic Portraits of Persons in Every Walk of Life Who Have Acquired Notoriety From Their Achievements on The Turf At the Table and In the Diversions of the Field With Sketches of the Various Animals of the Chase: To Which is Added An Account of Noted Pedestrians Trotting Matches Cricketeers &c. The Whole Forming A Compltee Delineation of the Sporting World
London: Printed for Sherwood Neely & Jones Paternoster-Row 1820. First edition. Frontispiece divided into 8 compartments. Title page vignette. Dedication tailpiece. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in full brown calf by Gosden gilts spine green leather title label upper hinges neatly repaired. First edition. Frontispiece divided into 8 compartments. Title page vignette. Dedication tailpiece. 1 vols. 12mo. Schwerdt reports that there is no copy of this book in the British Museum. 'slater in Illustrated Sporting Books states that this edition has 8 plates of hunting fishing etc. He possibly refers to the 8 compartments of the frontispiece." Schwerdt. Schwerdt p. 159; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 127 Printed for Sherwood, Neely, & Jones, Paternoster-Row unknown
Bookseller reference : 219197
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Schaldach William J.
Fish By Schaldach: Collected Etchings Drawings and Water Colors of Trout Salmon and Other Game Fish
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1937. DeLuxe Edition No. 20 of 157 signed by Schaldach. Original signed etching "Salmon" as frontispiece plus 60 illustrations by Schaldach. With Introductions by Gifford Pinchot and John Taylor Arms. 1 vols. 4to. Original vellum with title and gilt device of a rainbow trout rising to a mayfly on upper cover. Fine. DeLuxe Edition No. 20 of 157 signed by Schaldach. Original signed etching "Salmon" as frontispiece plus 60 illustrations by Schaldach. With Introductions by Gifford Pinchot and John Taylor Arms. 1 vols. 4to. A superb book. Bruns S47; Ordeman pp. 102 108 J.B. Lippincott unknown
Bookseller reference : 240430
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Badham Rev. C. David
Prose Halieutics or Ancient and Modern Fish Tattle
London: John W. Parker and Son 1854. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original dark blue blind-stamped cloth gilt-lettered spine. Recased. Very good. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The writer's purpose is "to treat of fish ichthyophagously not ichthyologically and to give not fish-science but fish-tattle." Prefatory notice. Westwood & Satchell p.20 John W. Parker and Son unknown
Bookseller reference : 225393
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Derrydale Press Buckingham Nash
De Shootinest Gent'man and other tales. Introduction by Col. Harold P. Sheldon
New York: The Derrydale Press 1934. First edition no. 917 of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth with full-color reproduction of canvasback ducks by Dr. Edgar Burke inset in upper cover. Front inner hinge tender 1934 gift inscription non-authorial on flyleaf else almost fine. First edition no. 917 of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of one of the most beloved books of American sporting stories. The title story was first published in Recreation magazine in 1916 collected in John C. Phillips' Classics of the American Shooting Field 1930 and here Connett inaugurated a series of four fine collections of Buckingham's stories. Siegel 76; Frazier B-20-a The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 242536
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Sloane Eric
American Yesterday
New York: Wilfred Funk 1956. Reprint. Diagrams charts and illustrations throughout. 123 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original blue cloth lettered and decorated in blue. Fine in very good dust jacket. Reprint. Diagrams charts and illustrations throughout. 123 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed with a drawing of a Man Skiing. Inscribed on the endpapers with a drawing by Sloane showing a Man Skiing down a sharp incline Inscription reading "To Arthur from Dick 1962." and signed " Eric Sloane Cornwall Bridge Conn. Wilfred Funk unknown
Bookseller reference : 238857
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Phillips Arthur S.
My Wilderness Friends
Fall River: Munroe Press 1910. First edition. Illustrated with half-tones map. 81 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth. Slightly rubbed spine a bit dark inner hinges cracked else very good. Rare. First edition. Illustrated with half-tones map. 81 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Presentation Copy. Presentation copy: "Mr. Boardman Compliments of A.S. Phillips" with ink stamp of Foster Boardman. Phillips was President of the Quequechan Fish and Game Club. This is his account of hunting and fishing in the Canadian wilderness. Rare. Bruns P-77; Wetzel p. 195 Munroe Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 240298
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Hallock Charles
An Angler's Reminiscences. A Record of Sport Travel and Adventure. With an Autobiography of the Author. Notes & Introduction by Fred E. Pond "Will Wildwood
Cincinnati O.: Sportsmen's Review Pub. Co 1913. First Edition. Frontispiece of author; illustrated with photos. 135 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Very good copy with the angling bookplate of William Naden. Scarce. First Edition. Frontispiece of author; illustrated with photos. 135 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Chapters on Angling Writers and American Angling Literature Salmon on the Restigouche and the Miamichi and much more. Bruns H33 "The scarcest of Hallock's works." Sportsmen's Review Pub. Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 212368
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North Country
A Collection of Right Merrie Garlands for North Country Anglers
Newcastle: Printed for Emerson Charnley 1842. Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Bewick vignettes by Bewick and others. 1 vols. 8vo. Later green cloth portion of one flyleaf cut away else fine. Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Bewick vignettes by Bewick and others. 1 vols. 8vo. A series of individually issued pamphlets of angling verse here collected and provided with frontispiece and title page: there are 25 of these by various authors each embellished with a vignette by or largely in the style of Thomas Bewick; the first "The Angler's Progress" is dated 1820 the last "The Angler's Adieu for the Season" 1842. Westwood & Satchell pp. 157-160; Hugo The Bewick Collector 3812 Printed for Emerson Charnley unknown
Bookseller reference : 9773
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Surtees RS. R. S.
Selected Works including Mr. Rumsford's Hounds Hawbruck Grange Handley Cross; Plain or Ringlets; Ask Mamma; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
London: Bradbury Agnew & Co 1900. Jorrock's edition. 6 hand-colored frontispieces and many illustrations and numerous vignettes. 6 vols. 8vo. Original blue pictorial cloth. Bookplate of St. Paul's School and blindstamp on title pages else fine. Leach John. "Jorrock's edition" 6 hand-colored frontispieces and many illustrations and numerous vignettes. 6 vols. 8vo. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 358-64 Bradbury, Agnew & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 241514
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Crane Newton
Baseball
London: George Bell & Sons York Street Covent Garden 1891. First edition. 8 103 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Gray cloth stamped in black endpapers with ads and 4 extra pp. of ads at front and back for Spaulding Draper and Maynard. Very good copy of an extremely scarce book. First edition. 8 103 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Will Baseball Replace Cricket Written by the President of National Baseball League of Great Britain; Formerly United States Consul Manchester. He advocates baseball in England and his book as "practical assistance to the large and rapidly increasing number of young men in this country who have manifested a desire to acquire a knowledge of baseball." Advertisement at back for The Baseball Association of Great Britain and Ireland President The Rev. F. Marshall This book is part of "The All-England Seies." Smith 758 George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden unknown
Bookseller reference : 63025
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Jesse Edward
Anecdotes of Dogs
London: Henry G.Bohn 1858. With 34 steel-engraved plates and 40 woodcut illustrations. Pp. viii 491. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary green dyed calf spine gilt with morocco label all edges and endpapers marbled. Some rubbing very good. A nice copy. With 34 steel-engraved plates and 40 woodcut illustrations. Pp. viii 491. 1 vols. 8vo. Jones 65 Henry G.Bohn unknown
Bookseller reference : 58816
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Berners Dame Juliana
A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle. Being a facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing printed in England . With an Introduction by Rev. M.G. Watkins M.A.
Elliot Stock 1880. First edition of this imprint. 1 vols. 4to. Original full white blind-stamped parchment paper over heavy boards about fine. First edition of this imprint. 1 vols. 4to. A photographic facsimile reproduced on hand-made deckle-edge paper with an interesting introduction. "One of the best facsimiles ever executed" - Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 29 Elliot Stock unknown
Bookseller reference : 240197
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Hennicke CR. C. R.
Die Raubvogel Mitteleuropas
halle: Hermann Giesenius 1905. 17-20 tausend. 60 plates almost all Chromolithographs after Keulemans etc. 1 vols. 8vo. Original tan cloth. Very fine. 17-20 tausend. 60 plates almost all Chromolithographs after Keulemans etc. 1 vols. 8vo. Hermann Giesenius unknown
Bookseller reference : 41397
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Lamb Dana S.
Woodsmoke and Water Cress
Barre MA: Barre Publishers 1965. First edition No. 82 of 200 copies specially bound and signed by the author from an edition of 1500 printed by The Stinehour Press. SIGNED. 89 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Decorated paper over boards tan calf spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Fine in original publisher's slipcase. First edition No. 82 of 200 copies specially bound and signed by the author from an edition of 1500 printed by The Stinehour Press. SIGNED. 89 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An engaging collection of sporting anecdotes and reminiscences by the beloved angling writer. Bruns L17 Barre Publishers unknown
Bookseller reference : 240483
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Mele Frank
Small in the Eye of the River. Angling Essays and Stories. With a Foreword by Nick Lyons
Chiloquin Oregon: Privately Printed 1988. First edition Number 27 of 110 copies signed. Frontispiece. 105 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half brown calf and cloth. Fine in fine slipcase. Bookplate of Jeffrey Norton. First edition Number 27 of 110 copies signed. Frontispiece. 105 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Book design and art by Paul Pursell who is not given credit in this limited edition the first but is on title page of trade edition. Handsome copy of a notable modern book sigend by the author; and with an autograph note signed from the designer to collector Jeffrey Norton. Privately Printed unknown
Bookseller reference : 228928
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Rackham Arthur Walton Izaac
The Compleat Angler
London: George G. Harrap 1931. First Rackham edition one of 775 numbered and signed by Rackham. Illustrated title page in green and black 12 colored plates numerous black and white illustrations in text pictorial endpapers by Rackham. 1 vols. 4to. Full white parchment lettered and ruled in gilt t.e.g. fore- and lower edges uncut. Fine copy in custom cloth slipcase. Rackham Arthur. First Rackham edition one of 775 numbered and signed by Rackham. Illustrated title page in green and black 12 colored plates numerous black and white illustrations in text pictorial endpapers by Rackham. 1 vols. 4to. A Superb Copy of Rackham's "Angler" Of all the Rackham books one of the most delightful and sought after and a gem for any Walton collector. Rackham was a key figure in the Golden Age of Birish book illustration. This is a much nicer copy than ordinarily encountered. Latimore and Haskell p. 66; Coigney 312 George G. Harrap unknown
Bookseller reference : 215343
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Oswell W. Edward
William Cotton Oswell: Hunter and Explorer
New York: Doubleday Page 1900. First American edition. Frontispiece portrait 24 plates and 2 maps one colored numerous text illustrations vol. I xxiv 267 pp; frontispiece 6 plates text illustrations xi 288 pp vol. 2. 2 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth t.e.g. Fine. First American edition. Frontispiece portrait 24 plates and 2 maps one colored numerous text illustrations vol. I xxiv 267 pp; frontispiece 6 plates text illustrations xi 288 pp vol. 2. 2 vols. 8vo. Account of the famous explorer's life by his son based on his letters and journals. Contains much on his encounters with buffalo elephant rhino and hippo. It also contains a considerable amount of information on his friendship and adventures with David Livingstone which led to the discovery of Lake Ngami and the Zambesi River. Czech p. 124int/WH/9 10/24/19 Doubleday, Page unknown
Bookseller reference : 56228
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Shooting Baillie Grohman WA. W. A.
Sport in the Alps in the Past and Present. An account of the chase of the chamois red-deer bouquetin . with personal adventures and historical notes and some sporting reminiscences of H.R.H. the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1896. First American edition from English sheets. Photogravure frontispiece and 17 full-page plates numerous text illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue decorated buckram t.e.g. Extremities rubbed inner hinge starting. Very good. First American edition from English sheets. Photogravure frontispiece and 17 full-page plates numerous text illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo. A classic account of Alpine sport including chamois-stalking stag roebuck and other big game. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : 56290
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Bowlker Charles
The Art of Angling or Complete Fly & Bottom-Fisher . new edition
Ludlow: H. Procter 1806. Engraved frontispiece illustrating 6 flies a trout and angling scene by J. Ross. 1 vols. 12mo. Later half calf. Ownership inscription of W.J. Atkinson. Preserved in solander box. Engraved frontispiece illustrating 6 flies a trout and angling scene by J. Ross. 1 vols. 12mo. Westwood & Satchell p.39 H. Procter unknown
Bookseller reference : 220778
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Goodspeed Charles E.
Angling in America. Its Early History and Literature
Houghton Mifflin 1939. First edition no. 117 of 795 copies signed by the author. Numerous illustrations and facsimiles. xiv 381 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Original blue cloth leather title label on upper cover and spine t.e.g. Spine sunned leather label faded to brown in remains of slipcase. First edition no. 117 of 795 copies signed by the author. Numerous illustrations and facsimiles. xiv 381 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Bruns G102 Houghton Mifflin unknown
Bookseller reference : 238024
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De Feo Charles
Watercolor on paper: Two Woodcock landing in a pond
9 x 11-1/2 inches sight. Matted framed and glazed. Signed in pencil "Charles De Feo" lower right. Fine. 9 x 11-1/2 inches sight. unknown
Bookseller reference : 57523
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Griswold F. Gray
Fish Facts and Fancies
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1926. First edition one of 1000 copies. Photographic frontispiece of author with 43-pound Grand Cascapedia Salmon coloured vignette of the Griswold Gray fly on title and 15 other photographic plates. xii 242 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth and boards. Fine. First edition one of 1000 copies. Photographic frontispiece of author with 43-pound Grand Cascapedia Salmon coloured vignette of the Griswold Gray fly on title and 15 other photographic plates. xii 242 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Combines the author's 1923 and 1925 works bearing the same title with additional material. Bruns G185 "Rare" Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : 58076
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Niedieck Paul
With Rifle in Five Continents . translated from the original German by H. B. Stanwell
London: Rowland Ward 1908. With 32 full-page illustrations from photographs and 174 illustrations in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Original light brown cloth. Minor wear at extremities else very good. With 32 full-page illustrations from photographs and 174 illustrations in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Rowland Ward unknown
Bookseller reference : 36371
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Grey Zane
Tales of Swordfish and Tuna
New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1927. 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. Very good. 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 : 211056
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Halford Frederic M.
Dry Fly Entomology: a brief description of leading types of natural insects . with the 100 best patterns of floating flies and the various methods of dressing them
London: Vinton & Co 1897. Edition De Luxe no. 60 of 100 copies numbered and signed by the author on the title page of each volume. With 18 wood engraved and 10 hand-colored etched plates plus numerous illustrations in text; Vol. II contains 100 flies in 12 recessed card mounts. 2 vols. 4to. Full green crushed morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut. Covers time-darkened and as usual spines uniformly faded to brown; second volume rebacked else a fine set with the flies in perfect condition. With an inserted fly at no. 54 with the manuscript notation "one of the flies tied by Halford in 1903. Edition De Luxe no. 60 of 100 copies numbered and signed by the author on the title page of each volume. With 18 wood engraved and 10 hand-colored etched plates plus numerous illustrations in text; Vol. II contains 100 flies in 12 recessed card mounts. 2 vols. 4to. One of 100 Signed Copies With an Added Fly Tied by Halford. Frederic M. Halford 1844-1914 author and angler of the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras whose writings and systematic approach to the dry fly profoundly influenced fly-fishing around the world. His books beginning with Floating Flies 1886 and Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice 1889 and culminating with Dry-Fly Entomology 1897 made a legendary figure of the somewhat reserved Halford and shaped the sport for decades. As Tony Hayter's recent biography demonstrates Halford's life and writings remain of perennial interest. Westwood & Satchell Supplement p. 246; Gee p. 92; cf. Hayter F. M. Halford and the Dry-Fly Revolution 2002 Vinton & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 229569
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Barnham HL. H. L.
The American Farrier; containing a minute account of the formation of every part of the horse from the extremity of the head to the hoof.accompanied with a copious alphabetical list of medicines.
Philadelphia: Uria Hunt 1832. Second issue with new wording on verso of title page. Illustrated. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf rebacked new endpapers lacks frontispiece else very good. Second issue with new wording on verso of title page. Illustrated. 1 vols. 12mo. S&S 11210; Henderson 3rd Edn. pp. 48-49 Uria Hunt unknown
Bookseller reference : 13809
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Legrand Maurice
Au Fil de l'Eau Souvenirs d'un pêcheur
Tours: Arrault 1943. First edition. 4 plates of angling photographs. 158 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Original printed pictorial wrappers uncut. Some browning of wartime paper stock else fine. First edition. 4 plates of angling photographs. 158 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Arrault unknown
Bookseller reference : 58010
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Santini Piero
Riding Reflections
New York: The Derrydale Press 1932. First Edition one of 850 copies. Illustrated with 22 photographs and 8 drawings by Vincent Fane Handley. 1 vols. 8vo. Original dark green pictorial cloth gilt. Fine in red printed dust jacket with some loss to spine panel and upper left upper part of front panel. First Edition one of 850 copies. Illustrated with 22 photographs and 8 drawings by Vincent Fane Handley. 1 vols. 8vo. In Dustjacket. Siegel 64; Frazier S-1-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 318 The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 33436
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The Sporting Repository containing Horse-racing Hunting Coursing Shooting. Archery Trotting and Tandem matches Cocking Pedestrianism Pugilism Anecdotes on sporting subjects interspersed with Essays Tales and a great variety of Miscellaneous Articles
London: Kegan Paul Trench Trübner & Co. Ltd 1904. One of 500 copies. 22 plates by Henry Alken and others. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full crimson morocco gilt emblematic tooling on the spine gilt doublures t.e.g. by Riviere & Son; spots of foxing on outer edges not extending onto the page else fine and attractive. One of 500 copies. 22 plates by Henry Alken and others. 1 vols. 4to. Fine Reprint of the Rare Classic 'sporting Repository" of 1822. The Sporting Repository a London periodical of almost legendary rarity particularly the final June issue appeared in only six monthly issues January-June 1822. There were a number of short-lived sporting journals around this time but this one was notable by the inclusion of 19 colored plates by Alken and J. Barenger. Not all of these are of top quality and the publishers of this 1904 reprint while reproducing most with careful fidelity have replaced six of the weaker ones with nine others of superior quality by Alken Dighton and Ben Marshall for a total of 22. Apart from this the contents are as in the original and the resulting volume is not only handsome but of continuing interest to the sportsman and to anyone interested in Regency England. Schwerdt II p. 212; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 348 Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd unknown
Bookseller reference : 52992
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Desmedt Eugene
La Science de L'Escrime .
Brussels: Veuve Monnom 1888. First edition. Photographs and illustrations in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Illustrated wrappers. Last few signatures detached but complete lower wrapper torn. Internally Fine. First edition. Photographs and illustrations in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Thimm p. 78 Veuve Monnom unknown
Bookseller reference : 229900
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Newberry Arthur St. John
A Fisherman's Paradise is an Excerpt from the Second Book of Arthur St. John Newberry "Another Catch." It Was Published After the Death of the Author and It is Sent in Fulfilment of His Wishes to the Members of the St. Bernard Fish and Game Club
Cleveland Ohio: Printed for the Writer by The Bryan Printing Company 1914. First edition no. 35 of 150 copies. Presented to Mr. Thomas E. Price. Illustrated. 35 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original gilt-stamped cloth. Almost fine. Rare. First edition no. 35 of 150 copies. Presented to Mr. Thomas E. Price. Illustrated. 35 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. The St. Bernard Fish and Game Club was founded by Gen. George P. Foster and other Burlington Vermont sportsmen. Bruns N20; Wetzel p. 187 Printed for the Writer by The Bryan Printing Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 239960
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Shipley Malcolm A.
Artificial Flies and How to Make Them
Philadelphia: Spangler and Davis 1888. First edition. Illustrated. 33 6 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original gilt pictorial dark maroon cloth. Fine text block loose in binding. First edition. Illustrated. 33 6 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First edition of a book reprinted as recently as the 1960s. Shipley was the author of several books on fly tying and angling all very scarce today. Bruns S147; Heckscher 1769 [Spangler and Davis] unknown
Bookseller reference : 240387
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Sheringham Hugh and John C. Moore
The Book of the Fly Rod
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin 1931. First American trade edition. Illustrated with four color-collotype plates and eight plates hand-colored by George Sheringham. xv i 174 pp. Printed in Great Britain by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth spine sunned else fine. In original very good slipcase. Sheringham George. First American trade edition. Illustrated with four color-collotype plates and eight plates hand-colored by George Sheringham. xv i 174 pp. Printed in Great Britain by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1 vols. 4to. Houghton Mifflin unknown
Bookseller reference : 239857
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Poster: "National Show Co. Inc Operators Walter L. Main 3 Ring Trained Animal Shows . High Wire Artists . Introducing the Most Difficult and Dangerous Feats ever Devised by Human Ingenuity.
Milwaukee Wisconsin: Riverside 1900. Chromolithograph. With 7 Women and Men Figures on Highwire. Number 2591. 42 x 28 inches. Fine. Chromolithograph. With 7 Women and Men Figures on Highwire. Number 2591. 42 x 28 inches. Riverside unknown
Bookseller reference : 233791
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Berners Dame Juliana
An American edition of The Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth An Angle from The Boke of St. Albans by Dame Juliana Berners A.D. 1496.Edited by Geo. W. Van Siclen
New York: Jas. L. Black 1875. First American edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original wrappers. Wrapper has been reinforced at its edges with cellophane tape very minor soiling; otherwise fine in a cloth slipcase with chemise. First American edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarce in Wrappers. Bruns B137 & V27 [Jas. L. Black] unknown
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Wilson John
Recreations of Christopher North
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood 1857. Volumes IX & X of the Works of Professor John Wilson. 440 1; 433 3 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original brick-red blind-stamped cloth spines decorated in blind and gilt. Minor fading to spines else a very fine unopened set. Volumes IX & X of the Works of Professor John Wilson. 440 1; 433 3 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Wilson was Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh and the brother of James Wilson author of A VOYAGE ROUND THE COASTS OF SCOTLAND published in the same year as the first edition of RECREATIONS 1842. Professor Wilson was a regular contributor of angling essays to the magazines and here the first essays "Christopher in his sporting jacket" are delightful ruminations on angling and shootiing. I. "Tale of expiation"; "Morning monologue"; "The field of flowers"; "Cottages"; "An hour's talk about poetry"; "Inch-cruin"; "A day at Windermere"; "The moors"; "Highland snow-storm"; "The holy child"; "Our parish. II. May-day"; "Sacred poetry"; "Christopher in his aviary"; "Dr. Kitchiner"; "Soliloquy on the seasons"; "A few words on Thomson"; "The snowball bicker of Pedmount"; "Christmas dreams"; "Our winter quarters"; "Stroll to Grassmere"; "L'envoi. William Blackwood unknown
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Sheringham Hugh and John C. Moore
The Book of the Fly Rod
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1931. First edition no. 45A of 195 copies of which 1A-70A reserved for USA signed by George Sheringham. Illustrated with four color-collotype plates and eight plates hand-colored by Geroge Sheringham. 174. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth vellum spine t.e.g. Fine. Bookplate small blindstamp on title-page. First edition no. 45A of 195 copies of which 1A-70A reserved for USA signed by George Sheringham. Illustrated with four color-collotype plates and eight plates hand-colored by Geroge Sheringham. 174. 1 vols. 4to. Eyre & Spottiswoode unknown
Bookseller reference : 242715
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Best Thomas
A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience and Minute Observations . To Which is Added The Compleat Fly-Fisher etc.
London: Printed for C. Stalker . H. Turpin 1787. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece by Wooding. xii 112 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in later full polished tan calf. Fine. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece by Wooding. xii 112 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Begins with a chapter on the natural history of fish goes on to the best manner of making and choosing rods lines hooks etc. Chapter IV provides a description of flies. "Best was Keeper of His Majesty's Drawing-room in the Tower of London" Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 31 Printed for C. Stalker ... H. Turpin unknown
Bookseller reference : 239927
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Beckford Peter
Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend
Sarum Salisbury: Printed by E. Easton 1784. Third edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani before half-title; 2 engraved plates at end. 360 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards hinges started but tall uncut nice copy. Signed Lloyd Kenyon 1818 on flyleaf and J. Lloyd on half-title. Third edition with half-title. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani before half-title; 2 engraved plates at end. 360 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches. UNCUT. The definitive statement on foxhunting and hound management written after many years of practical experience by an eloquent squire and former M.P.; its teachings form the basis of modern foxhunting. Schwerdt I p. 56; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 8 "The corner-stone of a huntsman's library"; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 40-41 Printed by E. Easton unknown
Bookseller reference : 221797
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Equestrian Art Morris George Ford
Portraitures of Horses a Few People Some Dogs & Other Animals with Autobiographical Comment and Narrative
Shrewsbury NJ: Fordacre Studios 1952. First edition. Profusely illustrated with "more that five hundred reproductions of the artist's and author's work in oil watercolor pastel crayon charcoal pen and pencil . " 280 pp. 1 vols. 10-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches. Brown decorated cloth simulating leather. Very good. First edition. Profusely illustrated with "more that five hundred reproductions of the artist's and author's work in oil watercolor pastel crayon charcoal pen and pencil . " 280 pp. 1 vols. 10-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches. "The Horse Book of the Century" George Ford Morris 1873-1960 "was the foremost American equestrian artist of his time. He documented the fast changing world of the horse in American history in the early to mid-20th century. In 1952 Morris published 'Portraitures of Horses' considered The Horse Book of the Century. An amazing collection of his portraitures and sketches spanning over 40 years of his work. Needless to say these books have become high collectibles in the horse world . " - The Horse and Hound in Art www.horseandhoundart.com. Fordacre Studios unknown
Bookseller reference : 239332
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Higginson A. Henry and Julian I. Chamberlain
The Hunts of the United States and Canada: Their Masters Hounds and Histories
Boston: Frank L. Wiles 1908. No. 10 of a deluxe edition of 100 on handmade paper signed by the authors. Hand-colored frontispiece and numerous plates. 1 vols. 4to. Original 3/4 red morocco gilt ornamented spine t.e.g. others uncut joints rubbed scratch on upper cover front hinge broken else fine and attractive. No. 10 of a deluxe edition of 100 on handmade paper signed by the authors. Hand-colored frontispiece and numerous plates. 1 vols. 4to. One of 100 Deluxe Copies. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 189 Frank L. Wiles unknown
Bookseller reference : 19286
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Hawker Peter
Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting
London: Longman Orme Brown Green and Longmans 1838. Eighth edition. Illustrated with plates and wood-cuts. xxv 549 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter red morocco gilt spine t.e.g. by Bayntun. Some light rubbing to extremities some scuffs on lower cover else very good. Eighth edition. Illustrated with plates and wood-cuts. xxv 549 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans unknown
Bookseller reference : 55475
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Surtees Robert Smith
Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities; or the Hunting Shooting Racing Driving Sailing . Exploits of that Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorricks . in two volumes
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart 1838. First American edition. 2 vols. Sm 8vo. Original boards light blue patterned-cloth spine with paper labels rubbed; apart from the usual foxing a fine copy with the armorial of "Maitland. First American edition. 2 vols. Sm 8vo. Previously appearing in the New Sporting Magazine London 1832-4 this book a collection of related stories was first published in London in 1838 the same year it crossed the Atlantic to become one of the earliest examples of foreign sporting fiction to be reprinted in America. Henderson p. 235; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 358 E. L. Carey and A. Hart unknown
Bookseller reference : 32957
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Herbert Henry William
The Sporting Novels of Frank Forester. The Hitchcock edition in 4 volumes
New York: The Derrydale Press 1930. First edition thus. #447 of 750 sets. With facsimiles of the original illustrations. 4 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth with some loss to the original black printed labels as usual else fine in blue paper over boards box. First edition thus. #447 of 750 sets. With facsimiles of the original illustrations. 4 vols. 8vo. The set consists of: Vol. 1: The Warwick Woodlands; Vol 2: My Shooting Box; Vol. 3: The Quordon Hounds; Vol. 4: The Deerstalkers. Notes Frazier: "It is rare to find the spine labels in fine condition" Siegel 43; Frazier H-10-a The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 235714
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Pleissner Ogden
Pencil Sketch of two airplanes on a landing field
N.p. 1945. Pencil on paper inscribed and signed. 1 vols. 7-1/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Very good. Pleissner Ogden. Pencil on paper inscribed and signed. 1 vols. 7-1/4 x 6-1/4 inches. Inscribed to Alfred Eisenstaedt. Inscribed "To Alfred Eisenstaedt with best wishes / Ogden Pleissner. unknown
Bookseller reference : 40365
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Gee Ernest R.
Gee's Hunting Diary to record the Sport of the Season arranged for Followers of Foxhounds & Harriers
New York: Published by Ernest R. Gee at His Book & Print Shop 35 East Forty-Ninth Street Printed by Eugene V. Connett at The Derrydale Press 1937. First edition. Illustrated on upper and lower covers. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Original printed red paper over boards cloth spine. Some very slight rubbing at edges and some cellotape ghosts but a fine copy of this scarce and fragile Derrydale book. Bookplate of John Edward Houser. First edition. Illustrated on upper and lower covers. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Siegel 117 "undetermined number of copies"; Frazier G-3-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 200 Published by Ernest R. Gee at His Book & Print Shop 35 East Forty-Ninth Street [Printed by Eugene V. Connett at The Derrydale Pr unknown
Bookseller reference : 242822
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Higginson A. Henry & Julian Ingersoll Chamberlain
Hunting in the United States and Canada. Being an Illustrated history of each of the Hunt Clubs
London: Heinemann 1928. First English trade edition. Profusely illustrated with half-tone plates folding map. xxix 369 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Original red cloth with gilt fox on front cover top edge red. Spine faded else very good. First English trade edition. Profusely illustrated with half-tone plates folding map. xxix 369 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 188 Heinemann unknown
Bookseller reference : 223719
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Dempsey Jack
Fine picture postcard inscribed "To My Friend Dr. J. McPilzer Best of Luck Jack Dempsey 2-21-36.
New York 1936. 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. 1 vols. A postcard from Dempsey's famous Broadway restaurant featuring a photo of Dempsey with his Dukes up. Some wear at corners. 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. 1 vols. unknown
Bookseller reference : 55056
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Dargent Yan Revoil Benedict Henry
Chasses dans l'Amérique du Nord
Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils 1869. Nouvelle édition" --. Illustrated with wood engravings by Yan Dargent. 358 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary blue gilt pebbled morocco shelfback and cloth boards marbled endpapers. Some slight uneven discoloration to upper cover otherwise a very good sound copy. Early gift inscription in the year of publication on the flyleaf. Nouvelle édition" --. Illustrated with wood engravings by Yan Dargent. 358 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. " . important chapters in the history of American sport" Révoil lived in the United States between 1842 and 1851 where he hunted and fished in all parts of the country keeping rigorous notebooks and recording his observations with an acute eye for scenery and detail. He wrote several works including "Chasses et pêches de l'autre monde" Paris 1856 from which the 1861 edition was revised under this title. Neither of the two earlier editions however appears to have contained the fantastic and often haunting engravings by YAN DARGENT Bretagne 1824 - 1899 which animate this edition. A translation of this title and "Pêches dans l'Amérique du Nord" later appeared as "Shooting and fishing in the rivers prairies and backwoods of North America" L. Tinsley brothers 1865. Of this interesting sportsman Clark observes "His many accounts are important chapters in the history of American sport." Sabin 70329 2nd edition of 1861; Rilings 829 English ed. 1865; Clark III 392 1874 ed. Alfred Mame et Fils unknown
Bookseller reference : 53566
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Walton Izaac
The Complete Angler or Contemplative Man's Recreation . In Two Parts . With The Lives of the Authors and Notes Historical Critical and Explanatory. By Sir John Hawkins
London: John Francis and Charles Rivington 1784. Fourth Hawkins edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Cotton facing title to part II 14 engraved plates including music and numerous engraved vignettes of fish in the text. Pp. lxxxii 268; xxxiv 111 10 index. 1 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth-century sprinkled calf richly gilt spine with raised bands green leather labels lettered in gilt and gilt-stamped angling devices in two compartments marbled endpapers. Fourth Hawkins edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Cotton facing title to part II 14 engraved plates including music and numerous engraved vignettes of fish in the text. Pp. lxxxii 268; xxxiv 111 10 index. 1 vols. 8vo. Pretty copy of this engagingly illustrated edition a reprint of the earlier Hawkins editions except here the Life of Cotton by Oldys has been replaced by Hawkins' own. Coigney 13; Horne 13; Oliver 13 John, Francis, and Charles Rivington unknown
Bookseller reference : 235759
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