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Garsault M. de
The Art of the Tennis-Racket-Maker and of Tennis. By M. de Garsault. Originally published in French in 1767 and now translated into English for the first time by Catherine W. Leftwich B.A.
Baltimore: Racquet Sports Information Service 1977. One of 750 copies. With five full page plates. 1 vols. 4to. Original full orange cloth fine in matching slipcase. One of 750 copies. With five full page plates. 1 vols. 4to. Racquet Sports Information Service unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314505
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Smith Thomas
The Life of a Fox Written by Himself
London: Whittaker & Co 1843. First edition. Lithographic frontispiece and four plates by the author. ii ix iii 150 2 pp. 8vo. Brown morocco gilt t.e.g. rest uncut by Zaehnsdorf with their gilt-stamped medallic mark after Jost Amman on rear turn-in original illustrated wrappers silked and bound-in at rear. Front joint repaired else fine. Bookplate of J. Hamilton Leigh. First edition. Lithographic frontispiece and four plates by the author. ii ix iii 150 2 pp. 8vo. First edition of this "famous book which was issued in the form of an autobiography of this sporting animal. The author was master of the Pytchley when he wrote the book . The tales told by the foxes themselves of their experiences and the reasons to which they attribute the saving of their brush contain valuable lessons to fox hunters" Schwerdt. Schwerdt II p. 164 Whittaker & Co unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314442
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Porter William T. Editor
A Quarter Race in Kentucky and Other Sketches Illustrative of Scenes Characters and Incidents Throughout "The Universal Yankee Nation" Bound with: The Labours of Hercules by "Punch" 1845. And: Mrs. Peck's Pudding by Thomas Hood. A Humorous paper by Charles Dickens. And A Dramatic Sketch by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer 1845
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1847. First Edition. Engraved title pages. With Illustrations by F.O.C. Darley. 203 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Recent quarter black morocco and marbled boards. Occasional spotting and soiling else fine. Darley F.O.C. First Edition. Engraved title pages. With Illustrations by F.O.C. Darley. 203 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Collection of stories many on sporting themes edited by William T. Porter who in 1831 founded the American sporting periodical "Spirit of the Times" and served as its editor from 1835 to 1850. He also edited the American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine from 1840-1844 and the annual American Turf Register and Racing & Trotting Calendar from 1845-1855. Porter was a figure of enormous influence in the history of flat racing in America cf. Francis Brinley The Life of William T. Porter 1860 and generally upon the world of American sport. The title story "A Quarter Race in Kentucky" is by "A North Alabamian" attributed to plantation and racing stable owner Thomas Kirkman; other pieces include "A Shark Story"and "A Bear Story" by "J. Cypress Jr." the late William P. Hawes Esq. of New York; and "Bob Herring The Arkansas Bear Hunter" by T.B. Thorpe etc. Interesting glimpse of mid-nineteenth-century sport and humor. Dickens' contribution to Mrs. Peck's Pudding "Threatening Letter to Thomas Hood from an Ancient Gentleman" at pp. 28-34 was first published in Hood's Magazine and Comic Miscellany May 1844 cf. Eckel pp. 196-197. Henderson pp. 200 240; Wright I 2063; for Hawes cf. Phillips p. 163; for Thorpe cf. Phillips p. 376 Carey and Hart unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314462
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Suffolk & Berkshire The Earl of Headley Peek and FG. Aflalo editors F. G.
The Encyclopædia of Sport
London: Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. 16 Henrietta Street Covent Garden 1898. First edition. 40 full-page photogravures and other illustrations throughout. Original parts issue each with 2 photogravure plates numerous advertising inserts. 2 vols. 4to. Original pictorial wrappers with design by E. Caldwell. Largely unopened. In two half red morocco boxes. First edition. 40 full-page photogravures and other illustrations throughout. Original parts issue each with 2 photogravure plates numerous advertising inserts. 2 vols. 4to. IN PARTS. From Aardvark to Zebra a very beautifully produced and useful reference here in its rarest state. Includes Angling Big Game Coursing Dogs Football Golf Hunting Shooting Wrestling etc.<br/><br/>Articles by Lydekker Aflalo Millais F.C Selous H.A. Bryden Prince Demidoff J.E. Harting Warburton Pike and many others including Theodore Roosevelt who wrote the articles on the American Bison Caribou Opossum and Raccoon Peccary Prairie Chicken Pronghorn Puma Turkey Wapiti and Wolf Coursing.<br/><br/>SUPERB CONDITION. Phillips p. 113; Petit catalogue 755 parts issue in wrappers Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 265060
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Callcut WG. W. G.
The History of the London Anglers Association with an occasional note concerning its members and clubs
London: W.G. Callcut 3 Gloucester Road E.17 1924. First edition. 253 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Deluxe Flexible publisher's morocco a.e.g. Fine. Laid into full cloth box. First edition. 253 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. INSCRIBED IN DELUXE BINDING. Inscribed by the author on ffep. WH/9/18/3 W.G. Callcut, 3, Gloucester Road, E.17 unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 263323
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Kennedy Philip Pendleton
The Blackwater Chronicle. A Narrative of an Expedition into The Land of Canaan in Randolph County Virginia . By "The Clerke of Oxenford
New York: Redfield 1853. First edition. Frontispiece engraved title-page foxed. Illustrations by Strother. 223 1 16 ads pp. Stereotyped by C.C. Savage. 1 vols. 12mo. Original brown cloth gilt pictorial spine. A VERY FINE COPY. Laid into a full brown cloth slipcase and chemise. Bookplate of Edward Sands Litchfield. Signed Henry D. Atwood and with the blindstamp of S.O. Dunbar Bookseller Taunton Mass. First edition. Frontispiece engraved title-page foxed. Illustrations by Strother. 223 1 16 ads pp. Stereotyped by C.C. Savage. 1 vols. 12mo. A BEAUTIFUL COPY. A "charming tale of a hunting and fishing expedition to the crest of the Appalachians" Streeter. Howes K-90; Sabin 37405; Streeter Sale 4087; Phillips p. 209; Clark III 338; American Sporting Books p.209; The Edward Sands Litchfield Collection p. 35 this copy Redfield unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314460
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Surtees R. S.
The Analysis of the Hunting Field; Being A Series of Sketches of the Principal Characters that Compose One. The Whole Forming a Slight Souvenir of the Season 1845-6
London: Published by Rudolph Ackermann 1846. First edition first issue. Illustrated by Henry Alken with hand-colored title page frontispiece and five other colored plates and 43 wood engravings in the text. 326 pp. Cook and Co. Printer and Engravers 76 Fleet Street. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full green levant spine slightly sunned a.e.g. Almost fine. Alken Henry. First edition first issue. Illustrated by Henry Alken with hand-colored title page frontispiece and five other colored plates and 43 wood engravings in the text. 326 pp. Cook and Co. Printer and Engravers 76 Fleet Street. 1 vols. 4to. First edition first issue of Surtees' Hunting Classic. A finely bound copy of the classic work. Tooley notes "There are early states of some of the plates with the imprint dated Nov. 9th not Nov. 19th"; in this volume there are three such early states. Tooley 470 Schwerdt II p. 232-33; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 359 Published by Rudolph Ackermann unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 221683
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Frisbie Wm. A.
The Other Man
Minneapolis Mn: SOO Line Railway Company W.R. Callaway 1904. First Edition. 122 6pp. 12mo. Publisher's pictorial green cloth. Very Good Copy. First Edition. 122 6pp. 12mo. angling shooting etc. [SOO Line Railway Company, W.R. Callaway] unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314244
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American Academy of Music
Soiree Gymnastique.Calisthentics with Music. Gymnasium for Ladies Gentlemen and Children. Profs. Hillebrand & Lewis.The Eighth Annual Exhibition by the Pupils of Hiollebrand & Lewis' Gymnasium Tuesday Ev'g January 16 1866
Philadelphia 1866. Broadside. Illus. 12 x 6-1/2. About fine. Broadside. Illus. 12 x 6-1/2 unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314319
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Dashwood Richard Lewes
Chiploquorgan; or Life by the Camp Fire in Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland
Dublin: Robert T. White 1871. First edition. Frontispiece. viii 293 pp. Publisher's brick-colored cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. 293 pp.; half-title frontispiece with tissue guard. Minor wear Very Good at least binders ticket to front pastedown "Galwey & Co. Bookbinders 22 Eustace Street Dublin. First edition. Frontispiece. viii 293 pp. "Contains many accounts of fishing and in the Nepisiquit Restigouche and other rivers". Sage p76 Wetzel p128. As an Officer of the 15th Foot Regiment Dashwood left Cork for St. John N.B. where he was stationed from 1862 until 1868. He was an enthusiastic sportsman who spent hisleaves hunting; in 1868 he made an expedition to Newfoundland to shoot caribou. The present title combines information on game hunting equipment and on methods of hunting with passing comments on the country and a well-told account of his hunting experiences. The main title is the Millicite word for the stick on which the kettle is suspended over the camp fire. "Somehow even Bermuda is included in this interesting if rambling book with much about fishes even those of Bermuda.Rare" Bruns. Bruns D14; Sage p. 76; Westwood & Satchell p. 76; Wetzel p. 128; O'Dea. 776; Story p210; Rhodenizer p. 65; Riling 904 Robert T. White unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314420
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Leiser Eric
The Dettes. A Catskill Legend
Fishkill New York: Willowcreek Press 1992. Limited Edition one of 26 copies out of series copy signed by Walt Dette Winnie Dette Mary Dette and Eric Leiser on colophon page. Photographs by Mathew Vinciguerra. Darwings by Ernest Lussier. 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original full imported tan calfskin specially prepared for this edition. The binder Meadow Run Press. Book only as new without black walnut slipcase. Limited Edition one of 26 copies out of series copy signed by Walt Dette Winnie Dette Mary Dette and Eric Leiser on colophon page. Photographs by Mathew Vinciguerra. Darwings by Ernest Lussier. 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Out of series copy from the Meadow Run Press limited issue of 26 copies without the slipcase and flies. Uncommon. Provenance: Bill Trego Meadow Run Press Willowcreek Press unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 263312
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Boone & Crocket Club ONE OF 100
Record of North American Big Game Twelth Edition
Missoula Montana: The Boone & Crockett Club 2005. Number 82 of 100 copies signed by Robert Model President and the two editors Buck Buckner and Jack Reneau plus Illustrator Ken Carlson on the bottom of his colr plate "Advancing Shadows. Illus. xxiv 904pp. Thick 8vo. Half black leather and patterned sides. Fine in slipcase. Number 82 of 100 copies signed by Robert Model President and the two editors Buck Buckner and Jack Reneau plus Illustrator Ken Carlson on the bottom of his colr plate "Advancing Shadows" Illus. xxiv 904pp. Thick 8vo. The Boone & Crockett Club unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314149
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Rosborough EH. "Polly E. H.
Tying and Fishing the Fuzzy Nymphs. Foreword by Ted Trueblood
Harerisburg Pa: Stackpole 1988. Fourth Edition Revised. #110 of 300 copies Signed by the author. Illus. 190 pp. 8vo. Bound in fulll dark blue leather with a sunken fly tied by the author mounted on the cover Green Damsel Fly a.e.g. Fine and laid into a blue cloth slipcase. Fourth Edition Revised. #110 of 300 copies Signed by the author. Illus. 190 pp. 8vo. Stackpole unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314112
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Stanley Raymond W.
Notes on Fly-Fishing
N.p. Cambridge Mass.: Privately printed at the University Press 1928. First edition. With four plates from photographs. Title page vignette of leaping fish printed in green. 15 1 imprint pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Pale green speckled boards. Fine. First edition. With four plates from photographs. Title page vignette of leaping fish printed in green. 15 1 imprint pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Rare privately printed angling volume by Raymond Stanley 1894-1985 Harvard man and heir to the Stanley Steamer automobile fortune. A concise discussion of fly-fishing for trout including anecdotes of fishing in Maine equipment technique and seasonal conditions. In the concluding paragraphs Stanley is an early advocate of catch and release. Heller 2:517; Not in Bruns Wetzel. OCLC: 85263539 Washington State Privately printed [at the University Press] unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314213
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Asbury Park Fishing Club 1924
Asbury Park New Jersey 1924. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings plates portraits vignettes of various fish spoecies map. 72 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stiff mottled green wrappers printed on upper cover. Minor soiling and toning. Very good. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings plates portraits vignettes of various fish spoecies map. 72 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Nicely produced club book illustrated with portraits of members photographs of fishing line drawings and a good group of articles. "New Record Tuna Catch" by Claude E. Holgate mentions Zane Grey. Van Campen Heilner author of Salt Water Fishing 1937 was president of the club in 1924 and was also likely the author of the unsigned article "The Duck Shooting Fisherman". Among the ads is one for a new edition of The Call of the Surf. Not in Bruns or Heller; Not in OCLC unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314193
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Hood Thomas
The Epping Hunt
London: Charles Tilt 1829. First edition with ads at end. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 2 ads pp. Printed by Anne Maurice Fenchurch Street. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full mottled brown calf gilt spine a.e.g. with original printed wrappers bound in by Bayntun Binders Bath. Myer & Co booklabel. Fine. Cruikshank George. First edition with ads at end. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 2 ads pp. Printed by Anne Maurice Fenchurch Street. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine 'Epping Hunt'. Cohn 406; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 193-94 Charles Tilt unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314145
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Leeson Ted
Jerusalem Creek. Journeys into Driftless Country
Guilford Conn.: The Lyons Press 2002. Deluxe Edition. One of 10 copies signed by the author also by Nick and Tony Lyons. 1 vols. 8vo. Bounds in three quarter black Niger goatskin gilt stamped spine labels slipcase. As new. Deluxe Edition. One of 10 copies signed by the author also by Nick and Tony Lyons. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 10 Copies. The Lyons Press unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 257849
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Haughton Capt. HL. H. L.
Sport & Folklore in the Himalaya
London: Edward Arnold 1913. First edition. Gravure frontispiece photographic illustrations. ix 332 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth gilt. VG. First edition. Gravure frontispiece photographic illustrations. ix 332 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Big game hunting and exploration in the general Kashmir region along with legends and superstitions of the area written by an officer of the Indian Army. A scarce and superior work on Asian game. Czech Asia p. 100 Edward Arnold unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314152
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Jorgenson Poul
Salmon Flies: Their Character Style and Dressing
Harrisburg Pa.: Stackpole 1978. First Edition 188 of 250 signed copies this deluxe issue with a blue rat hair wing fly designed by the author on the limitation leaf. 256 pp. illustrated after photographs throughout. 4to. Publisher's top grain crimson cowhide in cream cloth slipcase. Fine. First Edition 188 of 250 signed copies this deluxe issue with a blue rat hair wing fly designed by the author on the limitation leaf. 256 pp. illustrated after photographs throughout. 4to. Stackpole unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314138
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Rosborough EH. "Polly E. H.
Tying and Fishing the Fuzzy Nymphs. Foreword by Ted Trueblood
Harerisburg Pa: Stackpole 1988. Fourth Edition Revised. #160 of 300 copies Signed by the author. Illus. 190 pp. 8vo. Bound in fulll dark blue leather with a sunken fly tied by the author mounted on the cover Green Damsel Fly a.e.g. Moire silk endpapers.Fine and laid into a blue cloth slipcase. Fourth Edition Revised. #160 of 300 copies Signed by the author. Illus. 190 pp. 8vo. Stackpole unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314113
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Millais JG. J. G.
The Wildfowler in Scotland
Longmans Green and Co 1901. First Edition. 21 plates after drawings by the author 2 in color. 167pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in modern half red morocco with gilt emblematic tooling on spine t.e.g. Bookplate of Noel Peach. Fine. Millais J. G. First Edition. 21 plates after drawings by the author 2 in color. 167pp. 1 vols. 4to. A Choice Copy. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314135
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Carroll Charles D.
Legends of the Fishing Trip in Minnesota
Minnesota: privately printed 1904. First edition. Illustrated after photographs. Unpaginated. 5 pp. printed rectos only. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers saddled stitched. Wrappers split upper cover soiled minor edge chipping. Text fine. First edition. Illustrated after photographs. Unpaginated. 5 pp. printed rectos only. 1 vols. 8vo. Howard Lake Minnesota 1904. Inscribed on the first blank leaf by the author to Luther A. Brewer American publisher president of Torch Press Cedar Rapids Iowa. Dated in ink on the wrapper July 1904.<br/>Account in verse to a Longfellow meter of the fishing trip of four friends to Howard Lake Minnesota with photographic illustrations of the trip.<br/><br/>UNRECORDED. Not in Wetzel or Bruns or Heller. Not in OCLC privately printed unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314202
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Grimble Augustus
The Salmon Rivers of Ireland
London: Kegan Paul Trench Trübner & Co 1903. First Edition. Frontispiece map of the Salmon Rivers of Ireland with 14 full page plates in Volume One and 19 in Volume Two frontis map in Volume Two. xv i 262; xii 272 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Quarter vellum and gray boards with paper labels. Printed notice dated Nov. 1903 tipped in at flyleaf of vol. I regretting the long delay in publication due to the destruction of the sheets type and blocks in a fire in August. Some scuffing and soiling to labels usual toning of endsheets extremities a bit rubbed. Near fine set of this imposing work. First Edition. Frontispiece map of the Salmon Rivers of Ireland with 14 full page plates in Volume One and 19 in Volume Two frontis map in Volume Two. xv i 262; xii 272 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Hampton's Angling Bibliography 2008 p. 125; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 44 Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314137
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1918 Year Book. Ocean City Fishing Club
Ocean City N.J.: Ocean City Fishing Club printed by Eakins Palmer & Harrar Philadelphia 1918. Advertisements illustrations after photographs throughout. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's printed paper wrappers stapled. Wrappers slightly toned crease to lower cover else fine. Advertisements illustrations after photographs throughout. 96 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ocean City Fishing Club. Founded in 1913 the Ocean City Fishing Club is the oldest continuously operated fishing club in the country.<br/><br/>Extensively illustrated club book with portraits and anecdotes of many members Bruns notes years 1916-1919. Bruns O1 noting years 1916-1919 Ocean City Fishing Club [printed by Eakins, Palmer & Harrar, Philadelphia] unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314072
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Bates Joseph D. Jr.
Atlantic Salmon Flies & Fishing
Harrisburg Pa: Stackpole Books 1970. First Edition Number 317 of 600 copies signed by the authorwith a special reproduction of a watercolor by Weiler done only for the deluxe edition as frontispiece entitled "Salmon Fishing on the Matapedia. Line drawings by Milton C. Weiler. xix i 362 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth and blue boards. Very fine in slipcase. Weiler Milton C. First Edition Number 317 of 600 copies signed by the authorwith a special reproduction of a watercolor by Weiler done only for the deluxe edition as frontispiece entitled "Salmon Fishing on the Matapedia" Line drawings by Milton C. Weiler. xix i 362 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stackpole Books unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314156
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Theakston Michael 1786 186
British Angling Flies
London: Sampson Low Marston & Co 1862. 9 engraved plates. ix i 154 pp. 12mo. Original brown cloth. Contemporary signature of John Holmes on ffep and on title-page. "Twelve Golden Rules of Angling pasted to front pastedown and small book label of C.R. Murphy adjacent. 9 engraved plates. ix i 154 pp. 12mo. This title is actually the same as A List of Natural Flies by the same author. This edition has a fresh title. Although Westwood and Satchell state that it also has an added addenda it would appear that this is not so as both editions have the identical addenda. "The work is by Michael Theakston and is praised by Kingsley in his 'Chalk stream studies.'"- Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 135 Sampson Low, Marston & Co unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314111
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Norris Thaddeus
The American Angler's Book: Embracing the Natural History of Sporting Fish and the Art of Taking Them
Philadelphia: E.H. Butler & Co. London: Sampson Low Son & Co 1864. First edition. With 80 wood engravings. xxii 24-604 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth stamped in blind with piscatorial devices on spine and on upper cover in gilt pale stain through much of upper part of text original spine laid down. First edition. With 80 wood engravings. xxii 24-604 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns N67 "very scarce"; Goodspeed p. 100 et seq; Heckscher 1450; Gee p. 97 E.H. Butler & Co. London: Sampson Low, Son & Co unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314126
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Joyce RV. R. V.
Dreams wherein are contained a few morals for the consideration of fishermen also an appended account of II Chronicles
Wakefield Mass: Privately Printed 1896. First edition. With photographic plates and illustrations in text. 33 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth gilt t.e.g. Spine a bit dull and soiled at foot. Very Good. First edition. With photographic plates and illustrations in text. 33 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "An account of a fishing party in verse" Bruns also known as Dreams and Chronicles. The fishing trip on Great East Lake took place in "the seventh year of the reign of Grover when the voice of the frog was known throughout the land."<br/><br/>Dedicated to the members of the Hopewell Club who are identified in the preface; with an additional poem "To Frank Hopewell" laid in dated May 17 1895 Goodall Camp. Wetzel p. 168; Bruns J83; Heller 2:1030 Privately Printed unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314069
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Texas
By-Laws Rules and Regulations of The Fern Lake Fishing Club Cover title
Nacogdoches Texas 1901. First edition. ii 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Purple crepe paper wrappers printed in gilt. Wrappers soiled front cover with small loss from insect damage else very good. First edition ii 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. UNRECORDED. Constitution and rules of this east Texas rod and gun club whose early membership included a handful from Dallas and Garrison. Fern Lake is located a few miles south of Nacogdoches. The club was founded about 1901 and remains in existence.<br/><br/>Includes a printed list of 33 members with 3 added in pencil. Not in OCLC nor anywhere else unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314195
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Chatto William Andrew
The Angler's Souvenir. P. Fisher Esq
London: Tilt 1835. First edition. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and 31 plates by Beckwith & Topham. iii-lx 192pp. 12mo. Bound in full black pebbled contemporary morocco stamped in gilt a.e.g. Very Good. First edition. Engraved frontispiece engraved title and 31 plates by Beckwith & Topham. iii-lx 192pp. 12mo. "The work is clever and caustic and contains a critique of several of the angling books of the day" Westwood & Satchell p. 93. Westwood & Satchell p. 93 Tilt unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314132
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South Theophilus
The Illustrated Fly-Fisher's Text Book A Complete Guide To The Science Of Fly-Fishing For Salmon Trout Grayling &C a complete guide to the science of fly-fishing for salmon trout grayling &c
London: Henry G. Bohn York Street Covent Garden 1845. First Edition. vi 231pp. 8vo. Publisher's green ribbed cloth stamped in gilt. Inner hinge neatly repaired head of spine chipped. First Edition. vi 231pp. 8vo. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314109
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Lindner Kurt
The Hunting Book of Wolfgang Birkner
Published by the Winchester Press and printed it East Germany 1969. #231 of 250 numbered copies. With 38 full color prints depicying German hunting scenes from the 17th century. Oblong folio. Green cloth drop box. #231 of 250 numbered copies. With 38 full color prints depicying German hunting scenes from the 17th century. Oblong folio. Birtkner was the court painyer to Duke Johann Casimir of Saxony. Published by the Winchester Press and printed it (East) Germany) unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314185
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Nicholson Paul C.
Atlantic Tuna Club. Then and Now 1914-1954
Providence R.I.: Printed by Akerman Standard Co. Inc. 1954. No. 76 of 175 copies privately printed. Illustrated. 47 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Tan cloth titled in blue on upper cover. Near fine. No. 76 of 175 copies privately printed. Illustrated. 47 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Privately printed history of the Atlantic Tuna Club of Block Island R.I. the oldest tuna fishing club on the Atlantic sea coast with details of the founders who included Daniel B. Fearing accounts of fishing and lists of the membership in 1913 & 1953. Bruns N57 "very scarce"; OCLC 4 copies Printed by Akerman Standard Co., Inc.] unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314196
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Walton Izaak
The Compleat Angler. Or The Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers Fishponds Fish and Fishing Not Unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers
London: Harrap 1931. First Trade Rackham Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 224 pp. 4to. Original blue cloth. Fine. Rackham Arthur. First Trade Rackham Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 224 pp. 4to. Harrap unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314114
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Skene Dhu Lang Cecil
The Mighty Mahseer and Other Fish; or Hints to Beginners on Indian Fishing
Madras: Higginbotham & Co 1903. First edition not the 1904 later issue. viii 98 pp. illustrated with 24 plates. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth stamped in silver and black. Lacking front free endpaper the binding bumped and a bit silverfished. First edition not the 1904 later issue. viii 98 pp. illustrated with 24 plates. 8vo. Hampton Modern Angling Literature p. 86 1923 ed. Higginbotham & Co unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314134
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Forest Lake Club
The Forest Lake Club
Hawley Pennsylvania: Privately printed 1944. 4 pp pamphlet printed on blue folded card. 1 vols. 16mo. Fine. 4 pp pamphlet printed on blue folded card. 1 vols. 16mo. This fishing club was formed in 1882 after Joseph Williamson of Lackawaxen bought a 1500-acre tract of land from William Holbert and early members included many New York sportsmen. By the 1920s the club holdings in the northernmost stretch of the Poconos had grown to more than 4500 acres and many members had erected cottages and a golf course and other sporting facilites had been built. A fifty-year history was published in 1932. Joseph Van Vleck was the landscape engineer for the club. Provenance: William Wigton Plainfield N.J Privately printed] unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314199
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Babcock Louis L.
The Tarpon. A Description of the Fish with some hints of its Capture
N.p.: Privately printed 1951. Fifth edition no. 99 of 250 copies signed by the author additionally inscribed by the author on the first plate. With 2 plates and a few figures in text. 157 ii index pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stiff green wrappers with pictorial onlay to upper over. Near fine. Fifth edition no. 99 of 250 copies signed by the author additionally inscribed by the author on the first plate. With 2 plates and a few figures in text. 157 ii index pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. The fifth edition of Babcock's classic work first published in 1920. With a nostalgic preface noting "Fifteen years have passed since the publication of the fourth edition of this book. . I have lost too many fish to assert any claim to infallibility. . I am grateful for the friendships which this little book has created and confirmed. No attempt has been made to interest the general reader. .". Bruns B5; Callahan iv Privately printed] unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314060
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New Hampshire
On Lake Winnepesaukee. Summer Outing 1899 of the Lujimkidjuleharry Quintette
N.p.: privately printed 1899. 11 leaves: Title with text on verso and 10 leaves printed recto only. 1 vols. Small oblong 16mo 2-3/8 x 3-7/16 inches. Original wrappers upper cover with lithographed image of the main event described in the text neatly backed to style with green diaper-grained cloth neat repairs to crease in upper cover and lower outer corner. 11 leaves: Title with text on verso and 10 leaves printed recto only. 1 vols. Small oblong 16mo 2-3/8 x 3-7/16 inches. A souvenir and reminder of the early days of the summer cabins on Lake Winnepesaukee in New Hampshire. A humorous story told in verse: five friends Lu Jim Kid Jule and Harry have taken a cabin for the summer fishing feasting and drinking beer. One of their number drinks too many beers in an attempt to drown his sorrows after a fishless day. The following morning hung-over he wanders into the brush and encounters a bear according to him. The bear goes one way the man another but despite a thorough search no further sign of the bear is found during the following day and by evening doubts are cast on the hung-over fisherman's version of events: "Are you sure your bear wasn't a mule"<br/><br/>Rare: no other copy recorded. privately printed unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314237
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Charter and By-Laws of the Parkside Angling Association Henryville Penn. Cover title
N.p. New York 1897. 12 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Orginal gray printed wrappers gathered with cord. Near fine. 12 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Charter and by-laws of this private sporting club on Brodhead creek a tributary of the Delaware river in Monroe county Pennsylvania established in 1897 by trout fisherman from New York and Philadelphia. Membership is limited to 25.<br/>One of the most important clubs in the Poconos which has counted Edward R. Hewitt and Richard C. Hunt among its members.<br/><br/>UNRECORDED in institutional holdings or in angling bibliographies. Not in OCLC unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314286
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Charter and By-Laws of the Parkside Angling Association Henryville Pa
N.p. New York 1924. 16 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Printed self wrappers. Very good plus small snag at center in gutter. 16 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Charter by-laws and list of members of this private sporting club on Brodhead creek a tributary of the Delaware river in Monroe county Pennsylvania established in 1897 by trout fisherman from New York and Philadelphia. Membership is limited to 22 with two honorary members listed on the membership register for 1924-1925. One of the most important clubs in the Poconos which has counted Edward R. Hewitt and Richard C. Hunt among its members.<br/><br/>UNRECORDED in institutional holdings or in angling bibliographies. unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314287
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Taliaferro Hardin E.
Fisher's River North Carolina Scenes and Characters. By "Skitt
New York: Harper & Brothers 1859. 12 engraved plates. 269 6 pp. 8vo. Contemporary brown diced cloth with supralibros in blind recased preserving cloth of upper and lower covers.Recased preserving cloth of upper and lower covers showing supralibros of "HB" stamped in blind old repair to title page without the frontispiece interior foxed and spotted non-authorial inscription to front free endpaper. 12 engraved plates. 269 6 pp. 8vo. Guion Griffis Johnson's Copy. "One of the most joyous expressions of antebellum Southern humor" Walser. <br/><br/>An interesting association copy with ownership inscription of pioneering female historian Guion Griffis Johnson 1900-1989 and her husband sociologist Guy Benton Johnson 1901-1991 both experts on Black culture in the rural south and early advocates for racial equality. Harper & Brothers unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314245
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Constitution and By-Laws of "The Phillip Garbutt Rod and Gun Club" Caption title
Rochester New York 1931. Duplicated typescript. 5 pages with ephemera 2 membership cards receipt for 1931 dues. 4to. Old folds some browning to edges generally fine. Duplicated typescript. 5 pages with ephemera 2 membership cards receipt for 1931 dues. 4to. New York Angling Club. A copy of the foundation document from the Phillip Garbutt Rod and Gun Club established on the farm owned by the estate of John Z Garbutt 1870-1927 in Wheatland New York southwest of Rochester. Membership is limited to 50 and the by-laws state that only artificial fly-rod lures are to be used and also establish daily catch limits. The Club is still in existence.<br/>The accompanying ephemera includes a membership card and guest card for 1931 signed Emil M. Miller president as well as a receipt for payment of dues signed J. L. Leonard. unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314284
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Kendall TH. T. H.
The Lure o' the Line Cover title
Aurora Illinois: The Hopgood Press 1913. First edition. i contents 1-15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial tan wrappers printed in green and brown upper cover with fishing scene and an angling quatrain. Near fine tiniest traces of wear at spine ends. First edition. i contents 1-15 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. RARE. Rare privately printed collection of angling verse. A beautiful production. Wetzel p. 170; Bruns p. 254 not seen; not in Heller. OCLC: 6001929 LC Minnesota State U. The Hopgood Press unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314236
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Twombly Henry Bancroft; Edward Bancroft TWOMBLY; Theodore Stanwood KENYON
Trip to Algonquin Park 1914. Cover title: Algonquin Park Ontario. Summer 1914. T.S.K. - H.B.T. - E.B.T. IIllustrated typescript Diary of a Canoe Trip through the Algonquin Provincial Park 18 August to 14 September 1914
N.p. New York 1914. Unpublished and presumably issued in just a handful of copies. Illustrated with 85 original photographs 3 x 5 inches on gray paper mounts. 159 pp. typed on rectos only carbon typescript with occasional typed corrections. 1 vols. 4to. Tan buckram titled in gilt on upper board. Spine worn some insect damage to cloth sound internally fresh. Unpublished and presumably issued in just a handful of copies. Illustrated with 85 original photographs 3 x 5 inches on gray paper mounts. 159 pp. typed on rectos only carbon typescript with occasional typed corrections. 1 vols. 4to. Twombly Canoe Trip August 1914. Wonderful abundantly illustrated account of a canoeing and fishing trip through the Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario compiled from the diaries of the participants: Henry Bancroft Twombly "the Squire" and two "newly fledged lawyers" his son Edward Bancroft Twombly Yale 1912 and Theodore Stanwood Kenyon. Father and son were both members of Skull & Bones during their respective years at Yale. Henry Bancroft Twombly was the nephew of Hamilton McKown Twombly and Florence Vanderbilt Twombly of Florham. Hamilton Twombly had died in 1910 disconsolate after his only son Hamilton Jr. drowned during a camping trip in New Hampshire in 1906. From Summit N.J. the trio set out for Ottawa and then along the rail line to the Algonquin Provincial Park where their guide Don Tobin awaited them. Against a backdrop of unease over the war clouds in Europe the group canoed through lakes and streams portaging where necessary camping fishing and enjoying the rugged life. The Algonquin Park had been established in the 1890s and two large hotels had attracted one kind of visitor. The Twombly party were determined to avoid the crowds and seek out the more isolated reaches. The illustrations are snapshots taken along the way showing scenery camp life canoeing fishing with displays of trout and occasional clowning. An interesting and evocative record of a vanished world. <br/>RARE and POSSIBLY UNIQUE. unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 313779
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The Play Ground; or Out-Door Games for Boys. A Book of Healthy Recreations for Youth. Containing Upwards of A Hundred Amusements . and Full instructions in Archery Cricket Croquet and Base Ball
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald 1866. Splendidly Illustrated with 124 Wood-cuts. 120 18 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Cloth-backed color pictorial boards. Some rubbing edges very slightly scuffed. Owner signature on verso of title dated 1871. Very good plus a fresh copy. Splendidly Illustrated with 124 Wood-cuts. 120 18 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. BASEBALL GOLF AND CRICKET TOO. Pages 83 through 93 are about baseball with diagram cuts and rules; croquet at pp. 93-101; Rugby at 101-103; cricket at pp. 64 to 82 in a Chapter called "Ball Games" and reads at the start "This is essentially an English game as base-ball is American but it meets with some favor in this country."; a brief mention of tennis at p. 108 "scarcely ever played"; and golf at pp. 109-110.<br/>Early if not first printing of this landmark little book on American sports and games. Not in Block Smith or Grobani; not in Drazin; not in Donovan; predates tennis coverage in Phelps & Sabine. ALSO not in Padwick Dick & Fitzgerald unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 256688
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Carman Travers D.
The We Three Club
Boston 1908. First and only edition. Front cover with stylized outdoor scene illustration of six ducks in flight on first leaf. 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Grey pictorial wrappers tied with grey cord. Presentation card tipped onto first leaf. Fine. First and only edition. Front cover with stylized outdoor scene illustration of six ducks in flight on first leaf. 12 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brief humorous account finely printed of this hunting and fishing club with by-laws and roster of members first organized in 1908 at Bova's restaurant in Boston after an outing to Damariscotta Maine. The three members were Travers D. Carman whose card is affixed to the first leaf William E. Hall and Allen H. Wood. Carman worked for The Outlook and was apparently friendly enough with another keen sportsman Theodore Roosevelt to accompany him to the 1912 Republican convention. <br/>The history of the club is told in six "Gasps" recounting the convivial circumstances under which the club was formed. Not in Heller. Not in OCLC unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314082
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Macintyre Major General Donald
Hindu-Koh: Wanderings and Wild Sport on and beyond the Himalayas
London: William Blackwood and Sons 1889. Color lithographic frontispiece illustrated by photographs and text drawings. xx 464; 24 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial olive cloth edges rubbed inner hinges cracked front free endpaper detached a bit shaken. Bookplate of Ivor Buxton. Color lithographic frontispiece illustrated by photographs and text drawings. xx 464; 24 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A scarce and classic work of big game hunting in the mountains of Central Asia. Czech Asia p. 131 describing a binding in blue cloth William Blackwood and Sons unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 56614
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Taplin William & Henry Bracken
Taplin Improved; or A Complete Treatise on the Art of Farriery
Troy NY: Adancourt 1815. Frontispiece. 204pp. 12mo. Modern blue cloth Very Good. Frontispiece. 204pp. 12mo. Adancourt unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 311431
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Brown John J.
The American Angler's Guide; Or Complete Fisher's Manual for the United States: Containing the Opinions and Practices of Experienced Anglers of Both Hemispheres; With the Various Modes Adopted in Ocean River Lake and Pond Fishing; the Usual Tackle
New York: D. Appleton & Co 1876. Centennial Edition. Fifth edition. Illustrated; marginal vignettes throughout. 428 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth stamped in gold with angling devices of fish and creel fishing pole and tackle design on upper cover and in blind on lower cover gilt emblematic spine. Minor rubbing head scuffed some loss to foot of spine. Very good. Centennial Edition. Fifth edition. Illustrated; marginal vignettes throughout. 428 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns B253 D. Appleton & Co unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 313916
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Field Percy Coleman
The Syndicate
Kansas City Mo: Smith Grieves Co. 1916. First edition. Illustrated with 4 plates from photographs. 156 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Publisher's brown cloth. Very good. First edition. Illustrated with 4 plates from photographs. 156 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Account of a summer camping and fishing trip by a group of eight friends in the "wonderful Leech Lake country" in northern Minnesota. Scarce. Phillips p. 120; Wetzel p. 136; Bruns F48 "not seen"; not in Heller. OCLC: 30494345 Smith Grieves Co.] unknown books
书商的参考编号 : 314080
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