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Bergman Ray
With Fly Plug and Bait
New York: William Morrow 1947. First edition no. 173 of 240 copies signed by the author. With six color plates of flies by Dr. Edgar Burke and drawings by Ivin Sickels 2nd. vi ii 640 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original 3/4 green morocco t.e.g. Fine copy. With the accompanying portfolio containing copies of the six Burke plates. Custom cloth slipcase. First edition no. 173 of 240 copies signed by the author. With six color plates of flies by Dr. Edgar Burke and drawings by Ivin Sickels 2nd. vi ii 640 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine copy With the Suite of Burke Plates. A beautiful copy of Bergman's classic with the additional suite of plates by Edgar Burke. Bruns B135 William Morrow unknown books
Bookseller reference : 245860
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Arkansas
Constitution and By-Laws of the Twin City Fish and Game Protective Association of Fort Smith and Van Buren Ark
Van Buren AR: Thayer Bros. Print 1890. First edition. 4 pp. 1 vols. 5-1/4 x 3-1/2 inches. Printed wrappers. Pale staining to upper corner of each page one or two spots else very good. First edition. 4 pp. 1 vols. 5-1/4 x 3-1/2 inches. The object of this Association shall be to create and foster a public sentiment in favor of the protection of the Fish and Game in the State of Arkansas . and to procure the stocking of the streams and woods of our State with fish and game."<br/><br/>We were unable to discover any further information on this particular club.<br/><br/>"The Sportsman's Creed" eight rules for sportsmen to aid in the preservation of fish and game including "Never be a fish-hog" printed on the rear wrapper with this sound advice: "Cheer Up Sportsmen The less Fish and Game you have the more there will be to get."<br/><br/>UNRECORDED. Not in OCLC Thayer Bros. Print unknown books
Bookseller reference : 314089
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Carspecken Phil F.
Fishin' Poems and Others Cover title
Burlington Iowa: Published by the Burlington Rotary Club 1921. First edition. With two illustrations from photographs by Washburn. 28 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown wrappers. Fine copy with presentation inscription from another Rotarian on dedication page. First edition. With two illustrations from photographs by Washburn. 28 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Not in Bruns. Five of the twenty-four poems concern fishing; the illustrations of a Mississippi slough "pronounced in the middle west 'sloo' not 'slou'" include a lengthy caption discussing local fishing.<br/><br/>This edition unknown to both Bruns and Heller. Not in Bruns cf. Bruns C64 for 1922 ed. 104 pp. described as "scarce" Published by the Burlington Rotary Club unknown books
Bookseller reference : 314083
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Clark Roland
Roland Clark's Etchings
New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First edition number 149 of 800 copies. With an original signed etching and 69 plates of etchings. 1 vols. Folio. Original red cloth gilt with beige cloth spine and corners. Fine copy original publisher's box some wear top corners split. Clark Roland. First edition number 149 of 800 copies. With an original signed etching and 69 plates of etchings. 1 vols. Folio. Siegel 139; Frazier C-7-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 313418
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Kirmse Marguerite
Marguerite Kirmse's Dogs. Introduction by Reginald T. Townsend
New York: Derrydale Press 1930. First edition one of 750 copies. Original etched frontispiece "Hello There" signed in pencil by Marguerite Kirmse. 75 illustrations reproducing etchings by Kirmse. 1 vols. 4to. Three quarter linen over blue boards paper spine label. Fine copy with original glassine wrapper worn. Kirmse Marguerite. First edition one of 750 copies. Original etched frontispiece "Hello There" signed in pencil by Marguerite Kirmse. 75 illustrations reproducing etchings by Kirmse. 1 vols. 4to. British-born Marguerite Kirmse 1866-1954 trained in London as a harpist and artist. Arriving in New York in 1910 she found herself unable to perform because oftroubles with the musicians' union. She worked as an artist and began producing etchings in 1921. Kirmse is best known for her illustrations of dogs and Eugene Connett of the Derrydale Press published two collections of her work as well as her celebrated etchings of The Fox and The Hound. Kirme also illustrated Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight and Bob Son of Battle by Alfred Ollivant.<br/><br/>A choice copy of a classic book. Siegel 41; Frazier K-5-a; Reuter 381 Derrydale Press unknown books
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Thomas Joseph B MFH. M. F.
How to Ride to Hounds. With Data on Hunting Uniforms and Notes on Stable Management. Being Extracts from the forth-coming Book "Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages" by .
New York: Privately Printed for Donald Perkins M.F.H. 1927. First edition. 27 pp. printed on Suede Laid book paper. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in blue pebbled cloth with original green printed wrappers bound in. Quarter red morocco slipcase with gilt stamped Derrydale logo on spine and on upper cover and chemise. First edition. 27 pp. printed on Suede Laid book paper. 1 vols. 12mo. With a tipped in Typed Letter signed to Churchill Newcomb from Thomas asking him to review his work and a loosely inserted secretarial letter to Churchill on Thomas' letterhead signed by N.S. Bell thanking him for reading it. Frazier T-4-a; Siegel 15 note. Not in Biscotti. Provenance: Frazier Collection Privately Printed for Donald Perkins, M.F.H. unknown books
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Lanier Henry W.
A.B. Frost: The American Sportsman's Artist
New York: The Derrydale Press 1933. First Edition first issue one of 950 copies. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of Frost's work. xvi 154 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original tan cloth titled in gilt on upper cover and printed brown label on spine. Almost fine pastedown with trace of bookplate removed. In half brown morocco slipcase and chemise. Frost A.B. First Edition first issue one of 950 copies. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of Frost's work. xvi 154 pp. 1 vols. 4to. An important book. Siegel 67; Frazier L-1-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Foxhunting Thomas Joseph B.
Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages . with an Introduction by the Earl of Lonsdale
New York: The Derrydale Press 1928. First edition copy 18 of 50 copies of the deluxe edition on van Gelder paper from a total edition of 750. Hand colored frontispiece portrait of the author by Gordon Ross in addition to numerous other illustrations in color and black and white. xviii 272 pp. 1 vols. 4to 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches 31.5 X 24 cm. Full scarlet morocco gilt decorations of a stylized hound running through foliage title on upper cover top edge gilt. Red morocco-backed clamshell case. Ross Gordon. First edition copy 18 of 50 copies of the deluxe edition on van Gelder paper from a total edition of 750. Hand colored frontispiece portrait of the author by Gordon Ross in addition to numerous other illustrations in color and black and white. xviii 272 pp. 1 vols. 4to 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches 31.5 X 24 cm. An outstanding work "the first of the big beautiful Derrydale Deluxes. It was a model for many of the ones that followed" Frazier<br/>Original price was $100. Siegel 15; Frazier T-2-D; Biscotti p. 432; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 370-71 The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Elliott William
Carolina Sports by Land and Water. Including Incidents of Devil-Fishing &c
Charleston South Carolina: Burges & James 1846. First edition. 172 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Later mottled calf. Bookplate of Edward Sands Litchfield. Fine. First edition. 172 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Litchfield Copy. William Elliott 1788-3 Feb. 1863 was a third-generation South Carolina planter writer and sportsman. He served in the state senate for nearly two decades and was respected as one of the most gifted planters of the old South producing large crops of rice and sea island cotton. He wrote frequently on agricultural and outdoor topics in newspapers and in the American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine. The sporting sketches were collected and published as Carolina Sports by Land and Water Including Incidents of Devil Fishing Etc. 1846. "The charm of these tales lies in the animation and gusto with which Elliott communicates his experiences. . Theodore Roosevelt who became fascinated with harpooning the devilfish in later years paid tribute to Elliott's book: 'Killing devil-fish with the harpoon and lance had always appealed to me as a fascinating sport since as a boy I had read Elliott's account of it in his Field Sports of South Carolina'"ANB.<br/><br/>A landmark of American sporting literature and an uncommon antebellum Charleston imprint here in a fine binding. Sabin 22286; Phillips p. 111; Howes E112; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 136; Henderson p. 108; Five Centuries of Sport Maclay Sale lot 208; Podeschi 176; Litchfield p. 41; Bruns E20; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 129; Heller 1:480 Burges & James unknown books
Bookseller reference : 311478
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Brown C. Barrington
Canoe and Camp Life in British Guiana
London: Edward Stanford 1876. First edition. Color frontispiece of Kaieteur Falls and 9 colored plates folding map. 400 pp. Half title present bound without ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Half blue morocco marbled sides t.e.g. by Morrell for Putnam. Near fine copy. First edition. Color frontispiece of Kaieteur Falls and 9 colored plates folding map. 400 pp. Half title present bound without ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Extensive narrative of explorations in British Guiana by Brown one of the surveyors appointed by the crown. Brown was the first European traveller to give an account of Kaieteur Falls. Edward Stanford unknown books
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Surfing Brown Bruce
Addressed envelope with contents including graphic membership sticker to San Onofre Surfing Club #335. He is the father of filmmaker Dana Brown
San Onofre California 1975. Fine. Bruce Brown born December 1 1937 an American documentary film director known as an early pioneer of the surf film. unknown books
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Knap JD. J. D.
Four sporting aquatints: "The Inlet" and: "Reflections" and: "The Lee Shore" and: "Snug Harbor
New York: Frank Lowe 1947. Edition of 250 first two prints or 300 last two prints. Aquatint engravings hand colored each signed by the artist "JD Knap" in pencil at lower right. 23 x 18 inches. Fine. Edition of 250 first two prints or 300 last two prints. Aquatint engravings hand colored each signed by the artist "JD Knap" in pencil at lower right. 23 x 18 inches. Ordeman pp 76 107 Frank Lowe unknown books
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Oehler Andrew
The Life Adventures and Unparalleled Sufferings of Andrew Oehler: Containing an Account of His Travels through France Italy the East and West Indies and Part of the United States His Imprisonment in France Germany and Spain and The Latitude Soil Climate Productions Manners and Customs of the Different Countries
Trenton: Published by D. Fenton 1811. First edition. 226 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Late nineteenth century half morocco. Title page toned Life in title overwritten in ink; occasional soiling and foxing. Very good. First edition. 226 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Remarkable picaresque history with many travels through the South between 1800 and 1808. Born in Germany in 1781 Oehler claimed he arrived in Baltimore in 1800 as a bound tailor; escaped to become a dancing master in Alexandria and then a fencing master in Port Tobacco Maryland; then went to Santo Domingo where he says he served with Toussaint; Egypt; China; Charleston South Carolina in 1802; then Columbia Augusta and Nashville. In 1805 and 1806 he experimented with ballooning in Nashville and Natchez an ad in a Natchez newspaper for 1806 corroborates this part of the sometimes incredible tale. In New Orleans he claims to have learned "Legerdemain" by which he paid his debts but which got him thrown in jail in Mexico. He gives a long account of his sojourn in and out of jail in Mexico. Returning to the U.S. he made two trading expeditions to the west of the Mississippi one to Natchitoches in 1807. He returned overland to Georgia in 1808 and later settled in New Jersey. Felcone records two issues printed in 1811 the other issue published by the Author. Felcone 1188; Howes O25; Shaw & Shoemaker 51124; Kaplan 4310; Sabin 56732; Clark II:110; Toole Stott 869 "First known autobiography of a performer of magic in America" Published by D. Fenton unknown books
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Doherty RF. and HL. R. F. H. L.
On Lawn Tennis: The Game of Nations
NY: Baker and Taylor 1903. First edition. Illus. xvi 233 1 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green pictorial cloth. Very Good. First edition. Illus. xvi 233 1 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Baker and Taylor unknown books
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MacAskill Wallace R.
Out of Halifax: A Collection of Sea Pictures
New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. First edition no. 394C of 450 copies for Canada total edition of 1400 copies. With 100 superb black and white photographs by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Original gray and blue cloth. Fine copy in ORIGINAL PICTORIAL BOX worn old tape repairs at edges lacking one edge. First edition no. 394C of 450 copies for Canada total edition of 1400 copies. With 100 superb black and white photographs by the author. 1 vols. 4to. A splendid collection of captioned sailing and nautical photographs of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland by the Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron Halifax.<br/>A beautiful copy in the pictorial box. Siegel 123; Frazier M-1-b The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Peile Lieut. Solomon Charles Frederick
Lawn Tennis as a Game of Skill. With Latest Revised Laws as Played by the the Best Clubs . Edited by Richard D. Sears
London: William Blackwood 1885. Second edition. 90 6 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Originla pink pictorial boards a little faded. Second edition. 90 6 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. William Blackwood unknown books
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Inclan Luis Gonzaga
Recuerdos del Chamberin ó Breve relacion de los hechos mas públicos y memorables de este noble Caballo . With: Reglas con que un colecial pueda colear y lazar And: Recuerdos de el Chamberin . Tercera Edicion
Mexico: Imprenta de Inclan 1867. 4 lithographs 63 pp.; folding plate small tear 64 pp.; Engravings in text 58 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Later half calf marbled boards. Original wrappers bound in. Third edition of "Chamberin" inscribed by the author. 4 lithographs 63 pp.; folding plate small tear 64 pp.; Engravings in text 58 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Collection of verses by Luis Gonzaga Inclán 1816-1875 Mexican author and printer/publisher celebrating the life and deeds of the noble horse El Chamberin. The horse lived some 27 years; the epitaph is dated 15 October 1857. The second title is the author's guide to bullfighting and roping techniques. Both these works are scarce. <br/>Bound with an UNRECORDED revised "third edition" of the verses in praise of El Chamberin with a presentation inscription on the verso of the title page. Recuerdos: OCLC 14710896 Berkeley; Univ. Nac. Autonoma de Mexico; Reglas: OCLC 25014462 Northwestern; U. Texas Austin Imprenta de Inclan unknown books
Bookseller reference : 226692
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Lytle Horace
Point! A Book About Bird Dogs
New York: The Derrydale Press 1941. First edition no. 735 of 950 copies. With 8 plates from photographs and paintings. 1 vols. 8vo. Original maroon cloth gilt medallion on upper cover. Fine. Laid into a half red morocco and cloth drop box with gilt logo of the Derrydale Press on spine and upper cover on inset leather label with title by European Bookbinders. First edition no. 735 of 950 copies. With 8 plates from photographs and paintings. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Siegel 167; Frazier L-9-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Luard Lowes Dalbiac
The Horse: Its Action and Anatomy
New York: The Derrydale Press 1936. One of 150 copies. This copy is numbered 82. Printed by R. MacLehose and Company Limited. Illustrated by the author including 12 anatomical plates in color. xiii v 122 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth red imprinted spine label a fine copy in near fine printed dust jacket. Signed on ffep Mrs Oberdorph. One of 150 copies. This copy is numbered 82. Printed by R. MacLehose and Company Limited. Illustrated by the author including 12 anatomical plates in color. xiii v 122 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A nice copy of one of the scarcest Derrydales. Notes Frazier: "Probably the finest horse anatomy book since Stubbs and both are fine artists. This is a very rare book indeed in the Derrydale edition."<br/>In an exceptionally fresh dust jacket. Siegel 99; Frazier L-8-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Thomas Joseph B.
A List of Mr. Thomas's Foxhounds at the Breeding Kennels Hunting Hill Sperryville P.O. Rappahannock County Virginia and at the Overhills Hunt Kennels Overhills Harnett County North Carolina
New York: Derrydale Press 1928. 23 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Red flexible cloth upper cover stamped in gilt. Fine copy. Custom half red morocco slipcase and matching cloth chemise. 23 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Frazier Copy of an American Rarity. Frazier: "The book does not say Derrydale but it looks like one and it was produced in the fall of that year at the same time that the Hounds & Hunting came out in time for Christmas. Connett did a number of unusual little pamphlets folders and booklets." The title page is dated November 1928.<br/><br/>On the last page of the booklet Don Frazier has noted "from Connett's Home 9/80 via Ernie Hickock & Shelley Spindel A Derrydale proven by Hildreth Press Cuts"<br/>With a copy of a short letter from the printers Hildreth & Co. addressed to The Derrydale Press 1937 sending proofs produced from "the cuts which you returned to us the other day." The fourth proof is of the illustration for the front cover of the 'List' lending authority to Frazier's identification of this as a Derrydale item. <br/>THE ONLY RECORDED COPY. Frazier T-5-a; not in Siegel Biscotti. NOT IN OCLC. Provenance: Eugene V. Connett 3rd; Don Frazier Derrydale Press] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 259694
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Grand Gordon
Colonel Weatherford and His Friends
New York: The Derrydale Press 1933. First Edition one of 1450 copies. Six illustrations by J. Alden Twachtman. 242 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt. Fine. Fine bookplate of Frederick Marquand Godwin. Laid into half red morocco slipcase and chemise. Twachtman J. Alden. First Edition one of 1450 copies. Six illustrations by J. Alden Twachtman. 242 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed by Grand on the half-title. Siegel 69; Frazier G-7-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 160 The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Watson John N.
Angling with the Fly. Flies & Anglers of Derbyshire and Staffordshire
Yeadon W. Yorks: Ken Smith 2008. Copy ii of 10 for presentation from an edition of 65 copies signed by all contributors in volume I and in volume II by the author and Tim Thorpe. With 42 mounted flies 36 specimen flies tied by Tim Thorpe 6 tied by the author displayed within seven sunken mounts and a separate suite of three prints by Ashley Bryant signed by the artist. Illustrated throughout. xxii 326 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Blue Wassa goatskin morocco gilt Ann Muir marbled endsheets. Blue cloth folding box morocco spine label. Copy ii of 10 for presentation from an edition of 65 copies signed by all contributors in volume I and in volume II by the author and Tim Thorpe. With 42 mounted flies 36 specimen flies tied by Tim Thorpe 6 tied by the author displayed within seven sunken mounts and a separate suite of three prints by Ashley Bryant signed by the artist. Illustrated throughout. xxii 326 pp. 2 vols. 4to. One of Ten Copies. A superbly illustrated history of regional angling traditions here in a special presentation issue of 10 copies with the separate volume of mounted flies and an additional folder housing a suite of plates signed by the artist. Ken Smith unknown books
Bookseller reference : 308008
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Bunbury Henry W.
Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents Both Successful and Unsuccessful: Communicated by Various Correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado Esq
Dublin: printed for William Jones 1792. First Dublin edition. Engraved hand-colored frontispiece and 16 hand-colored full-page engravings. xvii 3 95 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later sprinkled calf bound by Wallis for C.E. Lauriat of Boston spine gilt in panels red morocco spine label lettered in gilt inner dentelles gilt t.e.g. marbled endpapers. Minor wear to joints and a bid of marginal fading neat repair to upper bound corner of frontispiece internally clean. First Dublin edition. Engraved hand-colored frontispiece and 16 hand-colored full-page engravings. xvii 3 95 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. ESTC N2559 printed for William Jones unknown books
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Bandini Ralph
Veiled Horizons: Stories of Big Game Fish of the Sea
New York: The Derrydale Press 1939. First edition one of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 222 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original light green cloth gilt marlin device on upper cover. Very Good. First edition one of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 222 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 155; Frazier B-4-a; Bruns B38 The Derrydale Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 313422
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Herbert Henry William
Trouting along the Catasauqua by Frank Forester. With a foreword by Harry Worcester Smith
New York: Privately Printed by Eugene V. Connett for the Anglers' Club of New York by The Derrydale Press 1927. First Derrydale Edition No. 234 of 423 copies. Portrait frontispiece by Gordon Ross. xviii ii 41 3pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original batik paper over boards uncut cream cloth spine spine slightly darkened else fine. First Derrydale Edition No. 234 of 423 copies. Portrait frontispiece by Gordon Ross. xviii ii 41 3pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A handsome early Derrydale privately printed by Eugene V. Connett for The Anglers' Club of New York. Gordon Ross's portrait of Forester is considered the finest ever done. Siegel 7; Frazier H-9-a; Wetzel p. 156 Privately Printed by Eugene V. Connett for the Anglers' Club of New York {by The Derrydale Press} unknown books
Bookseller reference : 241833
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Shirley Thomas
The Angler's Museum; or the Whole Art of Float and Fly Fishing
London: John Fielding 1784. Second edition. Frontispiece portrait portrait of John Kirby woodcut title vignette of fish. xii 136 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 147 x 87 mm. Speckled calf rebacked preserving original spine joints reinforced with tape. Period notation on flyleaf listing fishing hooks flies and a recipe for angling glue and with marginalia on pp. 58/9 regarding tips for angling for salmon. Retaining a flyleaf signed Cecil Becke 1792 & E.G.V. Brewster 1805 gift of Cecil Becke. Bookplate of Dean Sage. Second edition. Frontispiece portrait portrait of John Kirby woodcut title vignette of fish. xii 136 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 147 x 87 mm. Sage Copy. Westwood & Satchell p. 194; Heckscher 1773; Sage p. 186 this copy John Fielding unknown books
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Kirmse Marguerite
Dogs in the Field . Foreword by John Taintor Foote
New York: The Derrydale Press 1935. First Edition No. 113 of 685 numbered copies with an etched frontispiece signed by Kirmse and with an extra suite of plates. With an original drypoint etching signed by Kirmse and 24 full-page plates. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Original tan boards maroon cloth corners and spine paper labels in original glassine. Fine copy in damaged box. Kirmse Marguerite. First Edition No. 113 of 685 numbered copies with an etched frontispiece signed by Kirmse and with an extra suite of plates. With an original drypoint etching signed by Kirmse and 24 full-page plates. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. With original etching signed by Kirmse. "A magnificient Derrydale art book that keeps increasing in value" - Frazier.<br/><br/>A beautiful copy in superior condition. Siegel 91; Frazier K-6-a; Jones Bibliography of the Dog 176 The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Derrydale Press Goulburn Edward et al
Hell for Leather! The Epwell Hunt - The Melton Hunt - Howell Wood
New York: Derrydale Press 1928. First edition thus; No. 271 of 350 copies. 3 hand-colored plates from old paintings. 36 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. White parchment spine over gold paper boards unopened. Spine slightly toned and top of front board faded. First edition thus; No. 271 of 350 copies. 3 hand-colored plates from old paintings. 36 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "A lovely little book and a lovely little Derrydale" Frazier. <br/><br/>Printed by the Harbor Press. One of the A.I.G.A. 50 books of the year.<br/><br/>Three foxhunting poems:<br/><br/>1. Epwell Hunt; or Black Collars in the Rear By Edward Goulburn Esq. <br/><br/>2. The Melton Hunt; A Day with Lord Southampton's Hounds 1830.<br/><br/>3. Howell Wood; or The Raby Hunt in Yorkshire by Martin Hawke Esq. Ransom 37; Siegel 14; Frazier H-7-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 159 Derrydale Press unknown books
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Thomas Joseph B.
Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages . With an Introduction by The Earl of Lonsdale
New York: The Derrydale Press 1928. First edition one of 750 copies. Colour frontispece by F.B. Voss of Mr. Thomas' Foxhounds numerous other illustrations in color and black and white. xviii 1 272 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Original red cloth t.e.g. Spine lightly rubbed at ends. Near fine. First edition one of 750 copies. Colour frontispece by F.B. Voss of Mr. Thomas' Foxhounds numerous other illustrations in color and black and white. xviii 1 272 pp. 1 vols. Folio. A fine Derrydale title that has held its distinguished place amid subsequent competition. Siegel 15; Frazier T-2-a; Biscotti p. 432; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 370-71 The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Connett Eugene V. Editor
Upland Game Bird Shooting in America. Introduction by Colonel Lewis S. Thompson
New York: Derrydale Press 1930. First edition. One of 850 copies. 64 plates 5 colored by Lynn Bogue Hunt Blake Schaldach A.B. Frost et al. xxv iii 249 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original brown gilt decorated cloth about Fine. Bookplate of Robert Mallory. Laid into a half crimson morocco and cloth dropbox with leather label on the upper panel with Derrydale logo. First edition. One of 850 copies. 64 plates 5 colored by Lynn Bogue Hunt Blake Schaldach A.B. Frost et al. xxv iii 249 pp. 1 vols. 4to. One of the great and most sought-after books of the Derrydale Press with contributions from some of America's most knowledgeable sportsmen. It fully deserves Siegel's remark "an excellent and timeless work." Siegel 45; Frazier C-11-a; Biscotti p. 92 Derrydale Press unknown books
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Egan Pierce
Pierce Egan's Finish to the Adventures of Tom Jerry and Logic in their Pursuits Through Life in and Out of London
London: Printed by C. Baynes.for G. Virtue 26 Ivy Lane 1830. First Edition. Illustrated by the Pencil of Mr. Robert Cruikshank in 36 hand coloured Scenes From Real Life & Enriched with Several Designs on Wood by the Same Artist. xvi 368pp. 8vo. Bound in full blue contemporary calf gilt spine a.e.g. Fine. First Edition. Illustrated by the Pencil of Mr. Robert Cruikshank in 36 hand coloured Scenes From Real Life & Enriched with Several Designs on Wood by the Same Artist. xvi 368pp. 8vo. Printed by C. Baynes...for G. Virtue 26 Ivy Lane unknown books
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Alken Henry
The National Sports of Great Britain with Descriptions in English and French . Chasse et Amusemens Nationaux de la Grande Bretagne
London: Published by Thomas McLean 1824. First edition. Parallel titles and text in English and French text leaves with numerical signatures from 1-50. Hand-colored engraved additional title 50 hand-colored aquatint plates by I. Clark after Henry Alken. Final two plates and final two text leaves with silver-fish loss to blank margins. 1 vols. Folio 18 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Contemporary black straight-grained morocco the covers elaborately panelled in gilt the spine in six compartments with raised bands lettered in the second compartment the others with elaborate repeat pattern built up from small tools gilt turn ins cream-glazed endpapers red morocco inner hinges gilt edges scuffed endpapers and blanks with silver-fish damage. Alken Henry. First edition. Parallel titles and text in English and French text leaves with numerical signatures from 1-50. Hand-colored engraved additional title 50 hand-colored aquatint plates by I. Clark after Henry Alken. Final two plates and final two text leaves with silver-fish loss to blank margins. 1 vols. Folio 18 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. A fine copy of "Alken's most important work. It must always form the cornerstone of any Alken collection" Tooley<br/><br/>The plates and text between them offer a thorough survey of the sports practiced in Great Britain in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The subjects covered including riding fox stag and otter hunting beagling racing falconry various types of dogs and horses shooting grouse partridge pheasant snipe wild-fowl bittern pigeon fishing for pike and salmon fishing from a punt prize-fighting cock-fighting badger bear and bull-baiting and perhaps most extraordinary of all: "owling." It is interesting to note that although both the artist and the author felt that it was necessary to record badger bear and bull baiting they did not hold back from condemning all three 'sports' as barbaric.  <br/>This copy is a later issue/impression. The additional pictorial title is dated 1821 rather than 1820 as in the first issue a letterpress title in French has been added only the English title is present in the first and second issues and the explanatory text leaves are signed consecutively from 1 to 50 Podeschi records an intermediate state/issue where only some of the text leaves are numbered. The watermarks suggest a date of 1824 or later. The plates very carefully hand-colored are all aquatints by I. Clark and retain all of the liveliness that is such a feature of this work.<br/>The artist Henry Thomas Alken was born into what became a sporting artistic dynasty. He studied under the miniature painter J.T. Barber and exhibited his first picture a miniature portrait at the Royal Academy when he was sixteen. From about 1816 onwards he "produced paintings drawings and engravings of every type of field and other sporting activity. He is best remembered for his hunting prints many of which he engraved himself until the late 1830s . To many sporting art is 'Alken' and to describe his work or ability is quite unnecessary" Charles Lane British Racing Prints pp. 75-76. Tooley 41; Schwerdt I p. 19; Podeschi 111; Litchfield 14; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 10-11 Published by Thomas McLean unknown books
Bookseller reference : 246169
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Mayer John
The Sportsman's Directory; and Park & Gamekeeper's Companion: being a series of instructions in ten parts for the Chase in various classes:-Coursing-Shooting-Fishing-The Preservation of Game and Decoys-Selection and Training of the Pointer and Spaniel-Breeding Pheasants-Partridges-Rabbits etc.
London: Simpkin Marshall and Co 1845. Seventh edition. Text plates. viii 181 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Half red contemporary pebbled morocco over marbled boards t.e.g. Bookplate of Dean Sage. Front hinge tender else very good. Seventh edition. Text plates. viii 181 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Sage Copy. Chapters on Training of Dogs Coursing Shooting Beating for Game Woodcocks Pheasants Fishing Rabbits Foxes & Directions for a Gamekeeper. Sage p 142 Simpkin, Marshall, and Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 253181
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Lytle Horace
Gun Dogs Afield
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1942. First Edition number 34 of 100 copies. With an Original signed Lithograph by Lynn Bogue Hunt made exclusively for this edition. Illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. 277 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Terra-cotta buckram. Fine in chipped slipcase. Hunt Lynn Bogue. First Edition number 34 of 100 copies. With an Original signed Lithograph by Lynn Bogue Hunt made exclusively for this edition. Illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. 277 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Heller 2:708 G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
Bookseller reference : 313432
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Sullivan Edward
Rambles and Scrambles in North and South America
London: Richard Bentley 1852. First edition. viii 424 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth gilt-lettered spine. Spine browned extremities a bit worn occasional foxing throughout. First edition. viii 424 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The adventures of an English sportsman in North and South America. Sullivan's travels took him from New York to Niagara and Toronto Hamilton and then on to Manitoulin Island and Sault Ste. Marie and south to La Pointe Wisconsin and St. Louis Missouri. Clark III 420; Graff 4025; Howes S-1119; Sabin 93482; TPL 3113; Wagner-Camp 219A Richard Bentley unknown books
Bookseller reference : 313630
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Young William E. and Horace S. Mazet
Shark! Shark! The Thirty-Year Odyssey of a Pioneer Shark Hunter. Foreword by Count Felix von Luckner
New York: Gotham House 1933. First Edition one of 425 copies the missing limitation notice was bound in the trade edition by mistake. Illustrated with drawings and photographs; endpaper maps. 287pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blind stamped brown cloth with shark leather spine from Ocean leather Company slight soiling to upper cover else fine. First Edition one of 425 copies the missing limitation notice was bound in the trade edition by mistake. Illustrated with drawings and photographs; endpaper maps. 287pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Shark! Bruns Y-6 Gotham House unknown books
Bookseller reference : 313433
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Woodcock Bethune George A.
The Uncertainties of Travel. A Plain Statement by a Certain Traveller
Boston: Privately printed 1880. First edition. 43 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Near fine copy spine faded some light wear. Bookplates. First edition. 43 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The humorous vicissitudes of a Long Island shooting trip from the pages of the Boston Advertiser. Phillips p. 383; Heller 2:596. Provenance: F.P. Willaimson bookplate; Charles Wood III lot 189 Swann 23 Oct 1986 Privately printed unknown books
Bookseller reference : 313471
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Derrydale Press Connett Eugene V. Editor
Upland Game Bird Shooting in America
New York: The Derrydale Press 1930. Deluxe Edition Number 74 of 75 copies with signed etching by Schaldach. 64 plates 5 in color by Lynn Bogue Hunt Edgar Burke William Schaldach A.B. Frost Bert Cobb et al. xxiv iii 249 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original brown morocco gilt with decorative running border on both covers featuring birds and dogs and enclosing title on upper cover panelled spine gilt with game bird vignettes and title t.e.g. by Stikeman N.Y. Some faint traces of rubbing to front joint. Fine. Brown half morocco clamshell box. Deluxe Edition Number 74 of 75 copies with signed etching by Schaldach. 64 plates 5 in color by Lynn Bogue Hunt Edgar Burke William Schaldach A.B. Frost Bert Cobb et al. xxiv iii 249 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Siegel notes "Some of America's most knowledgeable sportsmen were contributing authors to this excellent and timeless work" and Frazier states "Certainly one of the handsomest of the great big beautiful Derrydales that Connett produced . one of the most ambitious projects that he attempted". One of the most highly sought-after of Derrydale titles and magnificent in this deluxe edition. Siegel 45; Frazier C-11-D; Biscotti p. 92 The Derrydale Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 259369
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Surtees Robert Smith
Ask Mamma"; or The Richest Commoner in England
London: Bradbury Agnew & Co 1890. Subscriber's Edition printed from the plates of the original edition. With 13 hand-colored steel engravings by John Leech and numerous black and white illustrations in the text. 8vo. Three-quarter crimson morocco by Bayntun spine gilt in panels with head of fox dog horse and horseshoe t.e.g. Subscriber's Edition printed from the plates of the original edition. With 13 hand-colored steel engravings by John Leech and numerous black and white illustrations in the text. 8vo. Bradbury, Agnew & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 312520
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Bunbury Henry W
An Academy for Grown Horsemen; Containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Stumbling and Tumbling. By Geoffrey Gambado Esq. issued with: The Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents Communicated by Various Correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado Esq
London: printed by J. Diggens for R. Ackermann 1825. Engraved title page dated 1825. Additional engraved hand-colored title and 26 hand-colored copper-engraved plates by Rowlandson. xxvii 29-75 lxxvii-xcix 101-201 1 pp. Separate title for each part. 12mo. Original drab boards rebacked with original spine laid down printed spine label endpapers renewed. Very good. Rowlandson Thomas. Engraved title page dated 1825. Additional engraved hand-colored title and 26 hand-colored copper-engraved plates by Rowlandson. xxvii 29-75 lxxvii-xcix 101-201 1 pp. Separate title for each part. 12mo. The first Rowlandson edition appeared in 1808. printed by J. Diggens for R. Ackermann unknown books
Bookseller reference : 313833
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Tucker William M.
His Imperial Highness The Grand Duke Alexis in the United States of America of America during the Winter of 1871-1872
Cambridge: Printed for private distribution at the Riverside Press 1872. First edition one of 212 copies. Portrait photograph frontispiece. iv 221 pp. 1 blank 1 index. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern brown morocco over bevelled boards in period style a.e.g. preserving presentation label from the author. Blind stamp to title page withdrawal stamp at foot of presentation. Very good plus. First edition one of 212 copies. Portrait photograph frontispiece. iv 221 pp. 1 blank 1 index. 1 vols. 8vo. Streeter's copy had a list of the 212 recipients and a note that "Tucker had been given the 'Ordre de St. Stanislaus de 2d Classe'. <br/>Pages 152-178 contain a description of the 'great buffalo hunt' the Grand Duke was treated to with Buffalo Bill as his guide and General Custer General Phil Sheridan and Sioux Chief Spotted Tail as his hosts."<br/><br/>With a loosely inserted printed bifolium announcement for a social event for the Grand Duke in Boston 1871. Heller 1:394; Streeter 4098; Howes A-126 "aa"; Graff 35 Printed for private distribution at the Riverside Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 313448
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Roosevelt Theodore
Juja Estate. 19000 acres in extent. The property of W. N. McMillan Esq. The finest sporting estate in the world .
London & Nairobi: Newland Tarlton & Co 1920. Illustrated with 41 mounted halftones including a folding panoramic view folding color map of the estate in back. Pp. 43 4. 1 vols. Folio. Beige printed wrappers with map in pocket at rear. Ink stamps of Rowland Ward Piccadilly. Some wear bottom third of spine split pocket loosened from back cover. Very good. Illustrated with 41 mounted halftones including a folding panoramic view folding color map of the estate in back. Pp. 43 4. 1 vols. Folio. Elaborate illustrated prospectus for the Juja Estate of Sir William Northrup McMillan which served as Roosevelt's base when he visited east Africa cf. Czech Africa p. 139. The numerous photographs show big game trophies the landscape and buildings of the estate and one of Roosevelt standing over a trophy water buffalo. The estate was offered for £30000. The adjoining property Donya Sabuk Farm is now Ol Donyo Sabuk National Park.<br/>With a loosely inserted photograph of a smiling Osa Johnson astride a bagged rhinoceros; and a T.L.S. on the subject of lion cubs from Mary Webb. <br/><br/>UNCOMMON AND INTERESTING. OCLC: 26167731 Yale & Washington Univ. Mo. Newland Tarlton & Co unknown books
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Macdonald Lady Agnes
On a Canadian Salmon River. Lady Agnes Macdonald's Account of Fishing the Restigouche in 1887. Edited with an Introduction by Peter Thomas
Cambridge Massachusetts: Privately Printed for Charles Wood III 2003. Deluxe edition no. 10 of 50 copies printed by the Ascensius Press on handmade paper. Frontispiece illustrations folding map. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter green oasis and paste paper boards spine titled in gilt by Gray Parrot. As new in matching slipcase. Deluxe edition no. 10 of 50 copies printed by the Ascensius Press on handmade paper. Frontispiece illustrations folding map. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Reprints Lady Agnes Macdonald's account of fishing the Restigouche from Murray's Magazine 1887 with an introductory essay by Peter Thomas author of Lost Land of Moses: The Age of Discovery on New Brunswick's Salmon Rivers. An engaging fishing story and a superbly produced book. Privately Printed for Charles Wood III unknown books
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Best Anthony A. Editor & Compiler
Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game. XIth Edition Africa
London: Rowland Ward Ltd 1962. One of a small number of copies specially bound. Illustrated. 438 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Bound in lion skin. Fine copy as issued in original green canvas pouch title printed in black. One of a small number of copies specially bound. Illustrated. 438 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Bound in Lion Skin. Rowland Ward Ltd unknown books
Bookseller reference : 313478
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Doubleday General Abner 1819 1893
Autograph letter signed "A. Doubleday Maj. Genl. ". To Major General Philip Henry Sheridan Commanding
Philadelphia 1865. 2-1/2 pp with a postscript signed with initials "A.D." and docketied in another hand. Old folds. Presented in a double-sided frame with the letter opened to 8 x 10 inches. Usual folds a few thumbprints and some ink spots in docketing. 2-1/2 pp with a postscript signed with initials "A.D." and docketied in another hand. General Doubleday here recommends his brother Brevet Brig. Genl. Ulysses Doubleday 1824 - 1893 who had led the 45th United States Colored Troops for Sheridan's use as he speaks fluent Spanish French and German. Doubleday writes "I have no desire to puff him but as you may need a man of his character in some future Mexican complication I thought I should mention the subject to you. He has been in Mexico on the Texan Border before the war and consequently is well acquainted with their manners and customs. unknown books
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The Hunter's Guide and Trapper's Companion. A Complete Guide in All the Various Methods by which to Capture all kinds of Game Fur Animals &c. . By an Experienced Woodsman. And: Hunter's Guide Appendix
Hinsdale N.H.: Hunter & Co 1871. First edition with an intermediate state of the Appendix. 58; 59-74; 6 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Brown cloth stamped in gilt. Very good plus. First edition with an intermediate state of the Appendix. 58; 59-74; 6 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Includes chapters on the Birch Bark Canoe and on Fishing. <br/>Phillips notes that the 1871 edition contains an Appendix; the present copy in a variant cloth binding contains the Appendix beginning at p. 59 here slightly taller than the preceding gatherings noting that the Appendix will be supplied "until the present edition is exhausted"; and comprising Mudgett on the Mink pp. 60-68; and The Fox pp. 69-74.<br/>Uncommon thus. Phillips p. 192; Bruns A-133 Hunter & Co unknown books
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Grattius 63 BC AD 14
Gratii Falisci Cynegeticon cum poematio cognomine M.A. Olympii Nemesiani Carthaginensis: notis perpetuis variisque lectionibus adornavit Thomas Johnson M.A. Accedunt Hier. Fracastorii Alcon Carmen pastoritium: Jo. Caii Angli de Canibus libellus: ut & opusculum vetu Kynosophion dict. seu de Cura canum incerto auctore
London: Car. Harper 1699. First Johnson edition. title printed in red and black. 8 201 7 p. 8vo 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches. Bound in contemporary speckled calf original label on spine joints a bit cracked. Signed E. Lib Guil. Wynne. First Johnson edition. title printed in red and black. 8 201 7 p. 8vo 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches. In addition to Grattius's ancient poem on hunting annotated by Thomas Johnson this edition also includes Fracastoro's 1478-1553 Alcon Caius's 1510-1573 De Canibus Britannicis on the raising of British hunting dogs; and Demetrius Pepagomenus's 1200-1300 Cynosophium Liber de Cura Canum<br/><br/>A collection of works on the use management and care of dogs. <br/> Title page in red and black.<br/> The word "Kynosophion" on title page is in Greek characters.<br/> Each work preceeded by a divisional title page on leaves G5r K3r L1r M6v and M7r.<br/> "Cynosophium. Liber de cura canum" in Greek and Latin on facing pages. Wing  G1582; ESTC R24352; Schwerdt I P. 217 Car. Harper unknown books
Bookseller reference : 312012
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Doherty Robert C.
Notes from a Fishing Journal
Far Hills New Jersey: Privately printed by the Meadow Run Press 2010. First edition one of 150 copies. Illustrated by Chet Renson. vii i 120 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth spine titled in gilt. Fine in black paper over boards slipcase with color pictorial onlay. Renson Chet. First edition one of 150 copies. Illustrated by Chet Renson. vii i 120 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fishing journal kept from 1984 through 2006 including fly fishing in Wyoming Montana and Idaho bonefishing in the Bahamas and with excursions to Alaska Chile and Belize. Printed for private circulation only. This is one of small number of file copies kept for use by the printer; the slipcases were produced for only 30 copies of the small print run. Privately printed by the] Meadow Run Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 255197
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Keene John Harrington
Fly-Fishing and Fly-Making for Trout Bass and Salmon Etc.
New York: Forest and Stream 1898. Third edition. 2 plates with 37 mounted pieces of fly-tying material. 159 1 blank 16 publisher catalogue pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original brown cloth gilt pictorial. Prelims and title leaf toned two small archival repairs to samples on first plate. Very good. Ex-library stamp on title page pocket removed from lower endpaper. Third edition. 2 plates with 37 mounted pieces of fly-tying material. 159 1 blank 16 publisher catalogue pp. 1 vols. 12mo. A standard nineteenth-century work on fly-tying notable for including samples of materials. Bruns K9 Forest and Stream unknown books
Bookseller reference : 312816
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Brown Tosh
Megalops. An Angler's Affair with Tarpon
Far Hills NJ: Meadow Run Press 2001. First edition deluxe issue one of 26 copies signed by the author with additional portfolio of 4 signed photographs. Illustrated with back and white and color photographs by the author and from historical photographs 6 chapter headpieces after drawings by John Rice. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter green morocco and green silk cloth sides spine titled in silver folding box as issued. As New. First edition deluxe issue one of 26 copies signed by the author with additional portfolio of 4 signed photographs. Illustrated with back and white and color photographs by the author and from historical photographs 6 chapter headpieces after drawings by John Rice. 1 vols. 8vo. Lively well written account of tarpon fishing from Key West and Texas to Belize and Venezuela. Meadow Run Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 312819
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