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Grey Zane and others
Zane Grey. The Man and His Work. An Autobiographical Sketch. Critical Appreciations & Bibliography
New York: Harper & Brothers 1928. First edition. Frontispiece portrait 7 plates from photographs. vii 56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cream wrappers printed in green. Some exterior soiling marginal chipping of wrapper. Very good with loosely inserted leaf inscribed by the author "Sincerely Yours Zane Grey" in purple ink. First edition. Frontispiece portrait 7 plates from photographs. vii 56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed. Promotional pamphlet issued by Harpers at the height of Zane Grey's fame and seen in both wrappers and in the more commonly seen flexible leatherette binding. Comprising: My Own Life by Zane Grey Zane Grey and the American Spirit by John Farrar American Sagas by T.K. Whipple The Epic Spirit by Rupert Hughes What the Open Means to Me by Zane Grey "Never Lay Down Your Pen" by John Wanamaker His Many Readers by L.H. Robbins and a Bibliography With a fine signature in his characteristic hand. Biscotti p. 170 Harper & Brothers unknown
Bookseller reference : 238819
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Walton Izaak
The Complete Angler.To Which Are Added An Introductory Essay; The Linan Arrangement of the Various River-Fish Delineated in the Work; and Illustrative Notes
London: John Major 1823. First Major Edition LARGE PAPER COPY with plates on India paper. 14 plates engraved or etched by H. Cook C. Pye E. Smith R. Ashby after Huysmans Lely Nash and Wale including portraits of Walton and Cotton and 2 pages of music all mounted on INDIA PAPER; plus 77 woodcuts in the text. 1 vols. 8vo 7-1/2 x 4-3/4 inches. Full contemporary brown calf covers decorated with elborately decorated in gilt and blind gilt ornaments gilt spine a.e.g. Bookplate of GEORGE A ANSON. Covers and spine slightly rubbed joints starting; otherwise a vey attractive copy. First Major Edition LARGE PAPER COPY with plates on India paper. 14 plates engraved or etched by H. Cook C. Pye E. Smith R. Ashby after Huysmans Lely Nash and Wale including portraits of Walton and Cotton and 2 pages of music all mounted on INDIA PAPER; plus 77 woodcuts in the text. 1 vols. 8vo 7-1/2 x 4-3/4 inches. Large Paper copy with Plates on India paper. Large paper copy with mounted India proofs of one of the most beautifully illustrated and desirable editions of Walton's classic. Coigney 23 John Major unknown
Bookseller reference : 214803
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Somerville E. . and Martin Ross
An Irish Cousin. By Geilles Herring and Martin Ross
London: Richard Bentley 1889. Second edition one of 500. vii 302; viii 303 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter brown calf and cloth edges speckled. Spine and tips lightly rubbed else fine. Second edition one of 500. vii 302; viii 303 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hudson states "when the 2nd Edition also of 500 copies appeared the name 'Geilles Herring' was without reference to E.Œ.S. changed to the more eloquent soubriquet of 'Viva Graham' 'Grilled Herring' having - not without justification - been assumed to name of one of the authors" Hudson p.3. Here on the title page the name has not been changed but the indication Second Edition is present. Hudson pp. 1-3; Sadlier 3123 for first ed.; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 340 Richard Bentley unknown
Bookseller reference : 54242
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Coppard AE. A. E.
Rummy That Noble Game Expounded In Prose Poetry Diagram And Engraving By A.E. Coppard And Robert Gibbings With An Account Of Certain Diversions Into The Mountain Fastnesses Of Cork And Kerry
Waltham Saint Lawrence Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press 1932. First edition Number 38 of 250 copies signed by Gibbings and Coppard on dedication page. Illustrated with 15 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. 8 50 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter green morocco and boards spine sunned else fine. First edition Number 38 of 250 copies signed by Gibbings and Coppard on dedication page. Illustrated with 15 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. 8 50 6 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Golden Cockerel Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 211235
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Cotton Charles
Poems on Several Occasions
London: Printed for Tho. Bassett at the George in Fleet-street; Will. Hensman and Tho. Fox in Westminster-Hall 1689. First edition. 8 729 i.e. 719 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt spine lettering label. Small snag at top of spine else fine. Bookplates of The Right Hon. Anthony Earle of Kent 1702 and Thomas Philip Earl de Gray Wrest Park. First edition. 8 729 i.e. 719 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. HANDSOME COPY. Of piscatorial interest as it contains "The angler's ballad" "To my dear and most worthy friend Mr. Izaak Walton" "The retirement. Stanzes Irreguliers. To Mr. Izaak Walton" and "Contentation directed to my dear Father and most worthy Friend Mr. Izaak Walton" Wing C-6389; Westwood & Satchell p. 66; Pforzheimer 221 Printed for Tho. Bassett, at the George in Fleet-street; Will. Hensman and Tho. Fox, in Westminster-Hall unknown
Bookseller reference : 240368
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Boats
Antique & Classic Boat. The Magazine for Vintage Boat Enthusiasts. 54 Issues Number 1-55 missing only Number 51
Colton Ca 1992. Illustrated. 4 vols. 4to. Bound in full crimson buckram with all covers' bound in. Fine. Illustrated. 4 vols. 4to. unknown
Bookseller reference : 32673
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Walton Izaac
The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers Fish-ponds Fish & Fishing
London: Printed for Richard Marriot and are to be sold by Charles Harper 1668. Fourth edition. Engraved cartouche on the title-page and ten small copperplates of fish in the text. 1 vols. Small 8vo 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 inches; 140 x 83 cm. Full dark green morocco spine extra gilt boards with triple fillet border gilt turn-ins a.e.g. by Riviere. Five leaves in first gathering closely trimmed affecting catchwords 1/8-inch scuff at bottom of front board. A fine copy superbly bound in custom half morocco slipcase and chemise. Fourth edition. Engraved cartouche on the title-page and ten small copperplates of fish in the text. 1 vols. Small 8vo 5-1/2 x 3-1/4 inches; 140 x 83 cm. Excellent copy of this Walton first published in 1653. The first four editions - there were five in his lifetime - remained anonymous. Coigney 5; Horne 5; Oliver 5; Pforzheimer 1051; Westwood & Satchell p. 219; Wing W 665 Printed for R[ichard] Marriot, and are to be sold by Charles Harper unknown
Bookseller reference : 222879
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Bradley Cuthbert
The Foxhound in the Twentieth Century. The Breeding and Work of the Kennels of England
London: George Routledge and Sons Limited 1914. First edition. Illustrated. 308 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Crimson morocco and cloth. Fine Bookplate of Van Sanvoort Merle-Smith. First edition. Illustrated. 308 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 55 George Routledge and Sons, Limited unknown
Bookseller reference : 212811
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Pollard James
Prints: "The Death of Tom Moody" includes 'Tom Moody The Whippers in.' & 'Tom Moody The Whipper in.'
London: Moss and Co. Wholesale Picture and Glass manufacturer 1854. restrikes First issued in 1829. 2 of 4 prints. 16 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches. Framed and glazed. Weak images browned. restrikes First issued in 1829. 2 of 4 prints. 16 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches. Moss and Co., Wholesale Picture and Glass manufacturer unknown
Bookseller reference : 62427
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Foster David
The Scientific Angler. Being a General and Instructive Work on Artistic Angling
London: Bembrose & Sons 23 Old Bailey; and Derby. Ashbourn: D. & W.H. Foster 1882. First edition. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates. 300 8 ads. pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown pictorial cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates. 300 8 ads. pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed on flyleaf "Mr Jas. Gregory with the author's compliments & kind regards 1882." Bruns H82 American edition of 1883; Starkman p. 78; Heckscher #769Z; Hampton p. 36 Bembrose & Sons, 23, Old Bailey; and Derby. Ashbourn: D. & W.H. Foster unknown
Bookseller reference : 244478
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Buckingham Nash
Mark Right! Tales
New York: The Derrydale Press 1936. First edition no. 789 of 1250 copies. With 12 photographic illustrations and colored upper cover vignette by Edgar Burke. 250 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt full color vignette of bobwhite quail inset into upper cover. Almost fine. Bookplates of Gerald D. Boardman and M.L. Biscotti. First edition no. 789 of 1250 copies. With 12 photographic illustrations and colored upper cover vignette by Edgar Burke. 250 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The second Derrydale book of this popular author. Siegel 102; Frazier B-21-a The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 242432
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Surtees Robert
Handley Cross or the Spa-Hunt
London: Henry Colburn 1843. First Edition with half-titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Original boards with cloth spines paper labels chipped. Very good. Each volume in a seperate half red morocco slipcase and chemise. Signed in pencil Claude M. Long 1891. First Edition with half-titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Sadleir 3162; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 359 Henry Colburn unknown
Bookseller reference : 37738
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Whales Andrews Roy Chapman
Whale Hunting with Gun and Camera
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1916. First edition. Illustrated. xxi 332 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth gilt t.e.g. Spine faded minor rubbing. Very good. First edition. Illustrated. xxi 332 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With the author's cut signature tipped-in to flyleaf. D. Appleton and Company unknown
Bookseller reference : 56511
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Reeves Richard Stone Robinson Patrick
The Golden Post - An Artistic Study of the Tumultuous Events That Led to the Day When They Ran for Ten Million Dollar. Foreword by Sir Noel Murless.
New York: Fine Arts Enterprises Ltd 1985. Number 242 of 2000 copies signed by the author and artist. Illustrated with over 80 color plates throughout by Richard Stone Reeves. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Brown leatherette. Gilt lettering and central raised gilt medallion. slipcase. Reeves Richard Stone. Number 242 of 2000 copies signed by the author and artist. Illustrated with over 80 color plates throughout by Richard Stone Reeves. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Fine Arts Enterprises, Ltd unknown
Bookseller reference : 244024
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Kahn James M.
The Umpire Story
New York: Putnam's 1953. First edition. Illustrated; 247 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue boards previous owner's gift inscription to flyleaf else near fine in chipped and creased dust jacket with piece from head of spine panel. First edition. Illustrated; 247 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A "Putnam Sports Series" title. Putnam's unknown
Bookseller reference : 239619
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Lanman Charles
Adventures of an Angler in Canada Nova Scotia and in the United States
London: Richard Bentley 1854. Later edition first published by Bentley in 1848. Frontispiece portrait of author and 8 vignettes in text. xii 322 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three-quarters green calf gilt spine edges marbled. Slight toning to text. About fine. Later edition first published by Bentley in 1848. Frontispiece portrait of author and 8 vignettes in text. xii 322 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fishing in New York State Canada and Maine. Not in Bruns; Westwood & Satchell p. 130 first ed. Richard Bentley unknown
Bookseller reference : 240522
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Coaching Monmerque Louis Jean Nicolas
Les Carrosses à Cinq Sols ou les Omnibus du Dix-Huitème siècle
London: Firmin Didot 1828. First edition. 74pp. one facsimile plate of a Blaise Pascal autograph. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern half cloth and boards with the original printed wrappers bound in. Scattered light marginal foxing else a fine copy. First edition. 74pp. one facsimile plate of a Blaise Pascal autograph. 1 vols. 8vo. Pascal & the Origin of the Bus. Scarce treatise on the development of the omnibus in the 17th century containing relevant documents and letters including a facsimile letter in the hand of Pascal's sister docketed by him. "The idea of a public transport service operating on fixed routes within a city was an invention of the fertile mind of Blaise Pascal. With associates who provided financial backing he proposed such a service in 1658 and put it in operation in Paris in 1662 under the name "carosses à cinq sols." The innovation seemed successful but lasted only a few years; the time was not yet ripe." - Foster M. Palmer The Literature of the Street Railway in "Harvard University Bulletin" Vol. XII No. 1 winter 1958 p. 117. Barbier I: 503 Firmin Didot unknown
Bookseller reference : 28746
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Grey
Tales from a Fisherman's Log
Auckland London Sydney: Hodder and Stoughton 1978. First edition. 117 pp. 4to. Brown cloth. Minor shelf wear else Fine in Near Fine spine-toned dust jacket. First edition. 117 pp. 4to. Signed by Loren Grey on ffep. Hodder and Stoughton unknown
Bookseller reference : 212548
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Salter Thomas Frederick
The Angler's Guide
London: Sherwood and Co 1825. Sixth edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece with 8 wood-engraved plates and numerous text illustrations. xii 382 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original boards uncut new spine hinges cracked with some rubbing and soiling to covers internally very good. Sixth edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece with 8 wood-engraved plates and numerous text illustrations. xii 382 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A classic work first published in 1814 which went into numerous editions. Westwood & Satchell p. 186 Sherwood and Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 33743
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Bishop Richard E.
Bishop's Wildfowl: A collection of etching and oil painting reproductions
St. Paul Minn: Brown & Bigelow 1948. With 12 color plates and 33 illustrations in black and white. Explanatory text and stories by Earl Pressrud and Russ Williams. 282 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original full pictorial mission leather all edges gilt. Almost fine. With 12 color plates and 33 illustrations in black and white. Explanatory text and stories by Earl Pressrud and Russ Williams. 282 pp. 1 vols. 4to. A handsome presentation of one of America's most skillful and beloved wildfowl illustrators. Heller 2:606 Brown & Bigelow unknown
Bookseller reference : 244712
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Rowan John J.
The Emigrant and Sportsman in Canada
London: Edward Stanford 1876. First edition. Some experiences of an old country settler. With sketches of Canadian life sporting adventures and observations on the forests and fauna. Colored folding map. 440 32 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth some wear to extremities pp. 11-12 poorly opened blindstamp on title page. Signed Fitz Grace Thomson Low Wood 1877. First edition. Some experiences of an old country settler. With sketches of Canadian life sporting adventures and observations on the forests and fauna. Colored folding map. 440 32 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A guide to those seeking a sporting life in Canada: deals with duck and quail shooting in Ontario moose caribou and wildfowl shooting in Quebec salmon and bass fishing in New Brunswick and angling in Cape Breton and on Anticosti Island. "A completely fascinating book; the author has humor he is a true sportsman . a truly remarkable book. The author has a wide and accurate knowledge of the fishes and of the animals as well. A gold mine of incredible sporting information. Very rare" Bruns. Bruns R118; Phillips p. 325; Westwood & Satchell p. 180 Edward Stanford unknown
Bookseller reference : 240978
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New York State Smith Philip H.
Legends of the Shawangunk Shon-Gum and Its Environs Including Historical Sketches Biographical Notices and Thrilling Border Incidents and Adventures relating to those portions of the Counties of Orange Ulster and Sullivan lying in the Shawangunk Region
Walden N.Y.: Citizen Herald Book Print 1912. Photolithographic reprint of the first edition Pawling 1887. Imprint from back wrapper. Illustrated by numerous engravings and pen sketches by the author in the text. viii 168 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green wrappers printed in gold. Slight marginal chipping else fine in custom folding cloth case. From the library of Edward S. Litchfield with his bookplate. Photolithographic reprint of the first edition Pawling 1887. Imprint from back wrapper. Illustrated by numerous engravings and pen sketches by the author in the text. viii 168 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Lively Doings in 18th Century Upper New York State. Early history and anecdotes of the Shawangunk Region in upstate New York including bear hunting panther hunting conflicts with Tories extensive encounters with Indians and a section on the discovery of perfectly-preserved specimens of the mastodon in peat bogs. Smith was a New England local historian producing such works as The Green Mountain Boys or Vermont and the New York Land Jobbers History of Duchess County and Acadia: A Lost Chapter in American History; his style is a lively one. Only two other copies of this local reprint are recorded in OCLC. With important Adirondack provenance from the library of Edward S. Litchfield whose family owns one of the great late-nineteenth-century camps. Litchfield p. 57 this copy; OCLC: 32176721 Rutgers Syracuse; Howes S649 for 1887 ed. Citizen Herald Book Print unknown
Bookseller reference : 41613
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Davis Edmund W.alstein
Salmon Fishing on the Grand Cascapedia
New York: The De Vinne Press Printed for Private Distribution to the Author's Friends 1904. First edition number 76 of 100 copies printed on Imperial Japan Paper. Photogravure frontispiece 15 photogravure plates and 3 color plates of flies. 152 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original parchment-backed boards printed paper label somewhat soiled. Slight toning to spine otherwise a fine copy. In half crimson morocco slipcase and inner chemise. First edition number 76 of 100 copies printed on Imperial Japan Paper. Photogravure frontispiece 15 photogravure plates and 3 color plates of flies. 152 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A splendid work of unsurpassed almost lyrical prose and superb photogravures - and of predictable rarity. This is one of two versions and as it contains 152 pages against 143 in the other mostly expanding the data on the Salmon Bruns believes that this may "have been a reserved presentation copy with additions by the author" Bruns D25; Gee 88; Litchfield 71; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 74 [The De Vinne Press] Printed for Private Distribution to the Author's Friends unknown
Bookseller reference : 240261
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American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine
Baltimore: Edited and Published for the Proprietor by Gideon B. Smith. John D. Toy Printer 1837. 1 vols. 8vo. In original blue printed wrappers. 1 vols. 8vo. Rare in the original parts. The April issue has a plates as called for & 6 extra pages printed on the same blue stock as the wrappers. Edited and Published for the Proprietor by Gideon B. Smith. John D. Toy, Printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 23785
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Hawker Peter
Colonel Hawker's Shooting Diaries. Edited with an Introduction by Eric Parker
New York: The Derrydale Press 1931. First American edition one of 1450 copies. Illustrated. vii i 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt. Spine very slightly faded but much better than usual. In a near Fine dust jacket with Derrydale imprint at foot of spine panel slight soiling. Bookplate of M.L. Biscotti. First American edition one of 1450 copies. Illustrated. vii i 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. IN DUST JACKET. This Derrydale import has a tipped in title page and was printed in England by William Clowes & Sons. Siegel 48; Frazier G-7-a The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 242430
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Wyoming
Broadside: A Prize Fight Will take place on the Race Course! In Cheyenne Wedn'y. Sept. 1st. Between James Reed and Charles White
Cheyenne Wyo: Argus Print 1870. Oblong 10 x 16 inches. Framed and glazed. Oblong 10 x 16 inches. Boxing in Cheyenne. Argus Print unknown
Bookseller reference : 242873
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Stainforth Martin
APACHE. HAND-COLORED SPORTING ENGRAVING PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR WILLIAM WOODWARD BY FRANK J. LOWE FORMERLY OF THE DERRYDALE PRESS
New York: Frank J. Lowe 1946. First Issue. Image size 14 x 17 inches; with engraved legend and margins. 1 vols. Framed. Slight foxing to image and margin. Martin Stainforth. First Issue. Image size 14 x 17 inches; with engraved legend and margins. 1 vols. William Woodward's "Apache" Martin Stainforth is regarded as Australia's leading horse painter although he was an established artist in his native England before emigrating in 1908. In 1925 he went to America for an extended stay during which time he painted a number of leading horses including some of the William Woodward stable which were reproduced as prints by The Derrydale Press. He was noted for his painstaking efforts in making numerous working sketches and watercolors until he felt he had the image just right. States Mitchell: 'stainforth's detail and accuracy in likeness were very fine and very natural. He avoided the pitfalls of flatness and photographic stiffness so often found in this type of work". Printed for William Woodward a continuation of the series originally begun by The Derrydale Press; when the Press closed in 1942 Frank J. Lowe its vice-president and sales manager continued the production of high-quality prints including additional ones for presentation by Mr. Woodward to his friends. Mitchell British Equestrian Artists pp. 407-08; Ordeman The Aquatints Drypoints and Etchings of The Derrydale Press p. 61 Frank J. Lowe] unknown
Bookseller reference : 39175
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Ogden James
Ogden on Fly-Tying Etc.
Cheltenham England: John T. Norman 1879. First edition with errata. Two mounted albumen prints: frontispiece of "The Author" and "Anglers at the Bull Inn Fairford" both somewhat faded; plus 2 wood-engraved and 2 lithographic plates. iv 89 1 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Original decorated brown cloth near fine inner hinge at title page just starting small snag at top ofspine and added leather title label. Very scarce. First edition with errata. Two mounted albumen prints: frontispiece of "The Author" and "Anglers at the Bull Inn Fairford" both somewhat faded; plus 2 wood-engraved and 2 lithographic plates. iv 89 1 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Practical advice not only on fly-tying but on rods reels lines nets and other equipment some of it invented by the author. Besides the two albumen plates noted above there are two wood-engravings of equipment and two lithographs of angling-associated buildings "Coulton's Fishing House" and "The Peacock. Rowsley Derbyshire." Westwood & Satchell p. 161; Heckscher 1472 both calling for only 2 plates John T. Norman unknown
Bookseller reference : 240412
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Whitman Malcolm D.
Tennis. Origins and Mysteries. With an Historical Bibliography by Robert W. Henderson New York Public Library
New York: Derrydale Press 1932. First edition one of 450 copies on Van Gelder hand-made paper designed by William Dana Orcutt at the Plimpton Press. Illustrated. 258 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth and boards paper label. Very fine copy partly unopened in original glassine. Brown cloth clamshell box with white paper label. First edition one of 450 copies on Van Gelder hand-made paper designed by William Dana Orcutt at the Plimpton Press. Illustrated. 258 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Lovely Copy. A classic work of enduring significance. Siegel 66; Frazier W-8-a; Phelps and Sabine p. 217 Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 242674
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Johnson Harry "Steamboat
Standing the Gaff
Nashville Tenn: Printed for "Steamboat" Johnson by Parthenon Press 1935. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Fine in almost fine orange pictorial dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed for "Steamboat" Johnson by Parthenon Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 238122
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Derrydale Press Montgomery Rutherford G.
High Country
New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First Edition No. 876 of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown coarse-weave cloth brown leather labels on spine and upper cover. Spine very slightly faded else near fine unopened copy. First Edition No. 876 of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 132; Frazier M-8-a The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 62305
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Kennedy Captain WR. W. R.
Sporting Notes in Newfoundland
St. John's Nfld: J.C. Withers Queen's Printer 1881. Second Edition Enlarged. 103 5 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Blue printed wrappers removed. Very good. Second Edition Enlarged. 103 5 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. RARE See p. 74 for the author's feelings about mills dumping their detritus into salmon rivers which is still happening 125 years later. Not in Lande; Riling; Phillips J.C. Withers, Queen's Printer unknown
Bookseller reference : 239937
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Seabury Joseph Stowe
Reflections of a Moose Hunter. A personal resume of the serious picturesque and droll aspects of life in the moose country with photographs by the author and others Chauncey J. Hawkins
Boston: Privately Printed by Thomas Todd 1921. First edition. Frontispiece 23 illustrations from photographs. 68 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 9 x 6 inches. Brown cloth and boards. Slightest rubbing to extremities. Near fine. Very nice copy. First edition. Frontispiece 23 illustrations from photographs. 68 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 9 x 6 inches. Rare privately printed book on moose-hunting in New Brunswick where the author from Weston Mass. travelled annually to hunt. Phillips pp. 336-7; Heller 1:343 Privately Printed [by Thomas Todd unknown
Bookseller reference : 33450
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Anticosti Engel Gretchen Eshbaugh
Though Memory Plays Me False. A Story of Anticosti. The St. Lawrence River Isle of Enchantment the life of William Hardy Eshbaugh and the role he played in its early development
Southbury CT 1971. First edition. Illustrated. 75 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed paper over pictorial boards. Bookplate of John R. Woods. First edition. Illustrated. 75 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Heller 2:131 unknown
Bookseller reference : 53409
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Thoroughbred Sires and Dams later Thoroughbred Broodmare Records 1946-1979 1981
Lexington KY: Compiled and published by The Blood-Horse 1982. First editions. Compiled by the Jockey Club Statistical Bureau Lexington Ky. 34 vols. Thick 8vo. Full tan morocco blind stamped emblematic tooling at corners of each cover and spine by J.F. Tapley Co. Long Island City N.Y. Fine. First editions. Compiled by the Jockey Club Statistical Bureau Lexington Ky. 34 vols. Thick 8vo. "The first volume covering five years 1935-1939 was known as 'Thoroughbred Broodmare Records.' Annual volumes were published thereafter under the name 'Thoroughbred Sires and Dams' for 18 years 1940-1957 inclusive. Beginning with the 1958 edition the sire section was dropped and the name reverted to its original and current title of 'Thoroughbred Broodmare Records.'". Compiled and published by The Blood-Horse unknown
Bookseller reference : 213431
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Crawhall Joseph
Chaplets from Coquet-side
Newcastle-on-Tyne: Printed by M. & M. Lambert 1873. First edition one of 100 copies printed. Illustrations by the author some hand-colored. 83 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Roxburghe binding. Bookplate of Herbert Faulkner West. A bit rubbed overall very good. First edition one of 100 copies printed. Illustrations by the author some hand-colored. 83 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 100 Copies. Dedicated to Thomas Westwood Esq. the bibliographer of angling literature Includes "In Memoriam. Izaak Walton" and "Of Fysshynge with an Angle Printed by M. & M. Lambert] unknown
Bookseller reference : 214037
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Hunt Lynn Bogue
An Artist's Game Bag
New York: The Derrydale Press 1936. Out of series copy plates bound out of order without color prints and with proofs of front and back panels of dust jacket on heavy stock bound in with the proof of the front flap loosely inserted. Illustrated with 44 black and white plates by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth spine titled in gilt. Owner initials "JFB" of Derrydale associate Jim Barnett on front pastedown. Trace of removed bookplate else fine. Out of series copy plates bound out of order without color prints and with proofs of front and back panels of dust jacket on heavy stock bound in with the proof of the front flap loosely inserted. Illustrated with 44 black and white plates by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Specially bound proof copy. Wonderful portraits of various game birds by the master. Out of series copy specially bound with proof of the color pictorial front panel and the printed back panel of the dust jacket on heavier stock than the notoriously fragile and correspondingly scarce jacket. Siegel 98; Frazier H-20-a. Provenance: Don Frazier The Derrydale Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 237465
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Blane William
Cynegetica; or Essays on Sporting: Consisting of Observations on Hare Hunting.To which is added The Chace: A Poem. By William Somervile Esq
London: Printed for John Stockdale 1788. First edition. Engraved frontispiece and title page vignette by Heath after Stothard. 292. 4 adspp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards calf tips rebacked with new brown calf gilt panelled spine green morocco label marbled edges light waterstaining to frontispiece and title else fine. First edition. Engraved frontispiece and title page vignette by Heath after Stothard. 292. 4 adspp. 1 vols. 8vo. Schwerdt I p.70 & plate 25; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 50 Printed for John Stockdale unknown
Bookseller reference : 11043
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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 1787. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece. 112 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern half calf and marbled boards perforated stamp of Field Museum on title page by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Handsome copy. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece. 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 unknown
Bookseller reference : 220773
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Beckford Peter
Thoughts on Hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend
London: J. Debrett opposite Burlington-House Piccadilly. Printed by B. McMillan Bow-Street Covent-Garden 1802. Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani; 2 engraved plates. Half-title present. xiv 15-360 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches. Early nineteenth-century green cloth uncut. Some slight rubbing to binding. Fresh attractive copy. Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece by Bartolozzi after Cipriani; 2 engraved plates. Half-title present. xiv 15-360 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-1/4 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. This edition not in Schwerdt for first edition cf. vol. 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 J. Debrett, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly. [Printed by B. McMillan, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden] unknown
Bookseller reference : 221792
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Edwards Lionel Barrow Albert Stewart
Shires and Provinces by "Sabretache
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited 1926. First edition. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards. Frontispiece and 15 additional full-page mounted color plates printed tissue guards. Two-color decorated initials at chapter headings illustrations in text. 1 vols. Folio. Original green cloth t.e.g. others uncut. Spine's a bit dull slight shelf wear. Very good plus. First edition. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards. Frontispiece and 15 additional full-page mounted color plates printed tissue guards. Two-color decorated initials at chapter headings illustrations in text. 1 vols. Folio. A beautiful monumental work one of the classics of modern sporting books its crowning glory being the superb Lionel Edwards color plates. These volumes are his masterpiece and among the greatest depictions of English hunting scenes of this or any other century. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 35 Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited unknown
Bookseller reference : 237232
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Edgeworth Richard Lovell
Essai sur la Construction des Routes et des Voitures.et augmenté d'une Notice sur le Systême Macadam.suivi de Considerations sur les Voies Publiques de France
Paris: Anselin et Pochard Libraires 1827. First French edition of Edgeworth's "Essay on the Construction of Roads and Carriages. 4 folding tables on three sheets tears along folds on three 5 numbered plates on 4 leaves errata printed on last leaf not inserted. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco-backed marbled boards mostly unopened. Rubbed some wear to corners some light browning else very good. First French edition of Edgeworth's "Essay on the Construction of Roads and Carriages". 4 folding tables on three sheets tears along folds on three 5 numbered plates on 4 leaves errata printed on last leaf not inserted. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation from the Translator. Inscribed on the half title folded "Offer par le traducteur à S. E. le Cte. de Chambrol Ministre de la Marine." Translated by the Baron Antoine Augustin Ballyet who contributed the "Considerations sur les voies publiques de France." Highway laws are also among the subjects covered. Goldsmiths' Kress Library of Economic Literature 25320 Anselin et Pochard, Libraires unknown
Bookseller reference : 29747
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Ronalds Alfred
The Fly-Fisher's Entomology. With Colored Representations of The Natural and Artificial Insect and A Few Observations and Instructions on Trout and Grayling Fishing
Longmans Green and Co 1883. Ninth Edition. With 20 hand- colored plates. 132 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth uncut Beautiful Copy; publisher's 24-page catalogue dated November 1883 at end. Ninth Edition. With 20 hand- colored plates. 132 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "This work . displays a rare combination of entomological and piscatorial science. The drawings of the natural fly in juxtaposition with the artificial are of great value and nicety" Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 178 Longmans, Green, and Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 240385
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Hubback Theodore R.
To Far Western Alaska for Big Game. Being an Account of Two Journeys to Alaska in Search of Adventure
London: Rowland Ward Ltd. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929. First edition American issue of the British sheets. With 67 illustrations from photographs 2 maps from sketches and folding map in rear pocket. xiv 2. 232 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth gilt stamped pictorial cover spine slightly faded gift inscription in ink on flyleaf from Christmas 1929 else a fine bright copy. First edition American issue of the British sheets. With 67 illustrations from photographs 2 maps from sketches and folding map in rear pocket. xiv 2. 232 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rowland Ward, Ltd. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
Bookseller reference : 56570
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Polo Wrensch Frank A. editor
Horses in Sport. With Introductory Articles by Devereux Milburn Algernon Daingerfield Alfred B. Maclay Harry T. Peters Larry Larom E. Roland Harriman William B. Streett
New York: William Morrow 1937. First edition one of 250 copies signed. Illustrated. 131 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Cloth and boards. Bookplate of Clarence Dillon. One bifolium loose never stitched. Fine copy. First edition one of 250 copies signed. Illustrated. 131 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. JC-NY/sportS William Morrow unknown
Bookseller reference : 228375
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Goodspeed Charles
A Treasury of Fishing Stories
New York: A.S. Barnes 1946. Illustrated by Everett Ward. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Original green cloth gilt fish device on upper cover. Small nick in spine. Very good. Illustrated by Everett Ward. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Inscribed. Goodspeed's delightful anthology gathering authors as diverse as Walton Thoreau Kipling and Joel Chandler Harris has itself now become a classic of the literature. This copy is inscribed by Goodspeed to his fellow Anglers' Club Member Ross Jones. With TLS from Goodspeed about autographing the book and the fun he had at an Anglers' Club dinner also tipped in. Bruns G 103 A.S. Barnes unknown
Bookseller reference : 38345
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Reeves Richard Stone
Color Print: The Five Greatest I Ever Rode-Lester Piggott Featuring: Petite Étoile Sir Ivor Crepello Rheingold Nijinsky
New York: The Newmarket Gallery of New York City 1974. 377/750 signed by the artist and the Jockey Lester Piggott. Printed in the U. S.A. by Triton Press Inc. 1 vols. 28-7/8 x 23-1/2 inches inches. Very fine tiny tear in lower left margin. 377/750 signed by the artist and the Jockey Lester Piggott. Printed in the U. S.A. by Triton Press Inc. 1 vols. 28-7/8 x 23-1/2 inches inches. The Newmarket Gallery of New York City unknown
Bookseller reference : 225087
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Brehm Alfred Edmund
From North Pole to Equator: Studies of Wild Life and Scenes in Many Lands. Translated from the German by Margaret R. Thomson. Edited by J. Arthur Thomson
London: Blackie & Son Limited 1896. One engraved portrait of the author 82 woodcuts mainly depicting wildlife. 592 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Maroon cloth. Fine. Bookplate. One engraved portrait of the author 82 woodcuts mainly depicting wildlife. 592 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blackie & Son, Limited unknown
Bookseller reference : 214848
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Somerville Edith & Martin Ross
A Patrick's Day Hunt
Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd 1902. First edition. Engraved and Printed at the Racquet Court Press by Edmund Evans. 8 colored plates and numerous text illustrations by Somerville. 47 1 pp. 1 vols. oblong 4to. Pictorial grey cloth stamped in green and black. Shaken nick at center of spine some wear to extremities. First edition. Engraved and Printed at the Racquet Court Press by Edmund Evans. 8 colored plates and numerous text illustrations by Somerville. 47 1 pp. 1 vols. oblong 4to. Hudson p. 69; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 341 Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd unknown
Bookseller reference : 210030
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Canada King W. Ross
The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada or Notes on The Natural History of the Game Game Birds and Fish of that Country
London: Hurst and Blackett Publishers 13 Great Marlborough Streeet 1866. First edition with tipped-in errata slip. 6 chromolithographs and numerous text illustrations. xv 3 334 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 26.5 x 18 cm. Original green cloth with gilt moose on upper cover. Fine. Signed "With J.B. Keith's best wishes. June/66. First edition with tipped-in errata slip. 6 chromolithographs and numerous text illustrations. xv 3 334 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 26.5 x 18 cm. A detailed and useful guide to Canadian sport. Four of the 12 chapters are devoted to fishing: "The Fisheries of Canada" concerning salmon rivers lakes and lesser waters; "The Salmon" its location size etc. includes data on trout and white fish; "The Canadian Shad" habitat etc. including other fish; and "The Tom Cod" annual arrival etc. including discussion of bass sturgeon and others. Rare. Bruns K-49; Gee p. 61; Lande 1886; Sabin 37857; TPL 6220 Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough Streeet unknown
Bookseller reference : 240437
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