‎Sports‎

‎National Geographic including 8 photos by J.H. "Doc" Ball "Surf-Boarders Capture California" at p. 355‎

‎Washington D.C. 1944. 4to. Fine. 4to. SIGNED BY "DOC" BALL. Signed on the cover by legendary Surfer anf photographer "Doc" Ball who died at 94 in 2001. "Yours Doc Ball '88 unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 305291

‎Brooks Virginia Field Walton‎

‎Screed of a Safari Scribe‎

‎Memphis Tenn 1947. Illustrated. 84 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Maroon wrappers. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Near fine. Illustrated. 84 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Account by Virginia Brooks of travels in Europe and two months on safari in Kenya with her husband Berry Brooks and their daughter. They hunted with Donald Ker and bagged trophies of rhino lion elephant and antelope. Czech p. 37 unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 305273

‎Selous Percy and HA. Bryden H. A.‎

‎Travel and Big Game‎

‎New York: Longmans Green 1897. First American edition. With six drawings by Charles Whymper. 1 vols. 8vo. Original grass green cloth gilt. Some spotting to cloth about very good. First American edition. With six drawings by Charles Whymper. 1 vols. 8vo. Accounts of hunting in the Rockies and in southern Africa by Percy Selous cousin of F.C. Selous and by H.A. Bryden. Phillips p. 330 London edn.; Czech p. 253 Longmans, Green unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 305279

‎McQuade James‎

‎The Cruise of the Montauk to Bermuda the West Indies and Florida‎

‎New York: Thomas R. Knox & Co 1885. First edition. Frontispiece & 15 plates. xv i 441 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Original blindstamped pictorial cloth spine gilt a touch of wear to the extremities but a fine copy. First edition. Frontispiece & 15 plates. xv i 441 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. "An ornately wordy account filled with ironic humor puns and amusing turns of phrase. Gives very detailed descriptions of soial conditions in the places visited" Toy. Mcquade's account of the Montauk's cruise from New York to the Caribbean which included stops at Bermuda St. Kitt's St. Pierre Martinique Trinidad Curacoa Jamaica Cuba and Florida.<br/><br/>Tipped in at the front free endpaper is a bifolium of mourning stationery titled "Finis" commemorating the death Commodore Platt. Dated December 17 1884. Morris and Howland confirm that this "Finis" is not present in all copies. Toy 1057; Morris & Howland p 92 Thomas R. Knox & Co unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 301986

‎Dempsey Jack‎

‎Autographed photo of Jack with 8 ice cream cones in hand at the beach in swim suit with little girl at his side‎

‎6-1/2 x 4-3/4 inches. Some fading ewlse VG. 6-1/2 x 4-3/4 inches. Signed "To Raymond Good Luck Pal from Jack Dempsey. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 304838

‎Walton Izaak‎

‎Document signed "Izaak: Walton" as witness‎

‎1659. Pen and ink on one parchment membrane three red wax seal impressions. Folio 17-1/2 x 14-3/8 in. Parchment browned. Mounted and housed in a green morocco-backed folding-box. Pen and ink on one parchment membrane three red wax seal impressions. Folio 17-1/2 x 14-3/8 in. Obligation and bond by Walter Fowler Robert Pickin and Brian Lane to John Gough of Oldfalling in Bushbury Staffordshire for £1000 following the sale to Gough of the Priory Grounds in Bradley Staffordshire signed by Fowler Pirkin and Lane with red wax seal impressions and signed by Walton and three others at witnesses.<br/>Izaak Walton was a London merchant and author who is perhaps best known today as the author of the Compleat Angler an early book on fishing conservation and the environment as it interacts with the people who rely on it. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 304143

‎Dimock AW. and Julian A. Dimock A. W.‎

‎Florida Enchantments‎

‎New York: The Outing Publishing Company 1908. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by Julian A. Dimock. x 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original light green pictorial cloth stamped in brown and white titled in gilt top edge trimmed others uncut. An almost fine copy with soem fading to spine. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by Julian A. Dimock. x 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns D76; Heller 2:837 The Outing Publishing Company unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 304499

‎Meyer Eberhardt 1895 1957 Kurt‎

‎3 Prints of Terrier dogs‎

‎Signed lower in pencil in each print. 16 x 13-1/4 inches. Fine. Signed lower in pencil in each print. 16 x 13-1/4 inches. Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt German 1895 - 1957<br/>Kurt Meyer-Eberhardt is one of the most famous and revered 20th century dog artists. He was born in 1895 in Leipzig Germany and died in Munich in 1977. He studied at the Weimar Academy of Fine Arts where he became a student under the artists Theodor Hagen and Lionel Feininger. He rejected a professorship in Weimar and went to Munich in 1918 where he decided to work entirely on animal engravings.<br/>In 1926 he held his last exhibition in the "New Secession." He was a staunch individualist who rejected the offer of a professorship in Weimar because he valued his independence too much. The only thing he wanted was to continue depicting his beloved dogs cats and other animals.<br/>His work has been published by the Hanfstaengl Publishing Company in Munich since 1917. His engravings are still published today at the printing shop in Munich - formally Franz Hanfstaengl Munich . All etchings are still printed on 300lb hand made acid-free paper printed by hand from the original copper plates using the same directions as given by the artist himself. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 302134

‎Keene John Harrington‎

‎The Practical Fisherman: Dealing with the Natural History the Legendary Lore the Capture of British Freshwater Fish and Tackle and Tackle Making‎

‎London: The Bazaar" Office 170 Strand 1881. First book edition. Frontispiece numerous full-page plates and text illustrations. 482 19 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth gilt a.e.g. An almost fine copy. First book edition. Frontispiece numerous full-page plates and text illustrations. 482 19 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Osmund Lambert in his ANGLING LITERATURE IN ENGLAND says that this work "cannot be too highly spoken of. It contains some of the most beautiful drawings of fish ever painted." First issued in parts Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell pp.125-6 The Bazaar" Office, 170, Strand unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 244444

‎Greco Gioachino‎

‎Le Jeu des Eschets traduit de l'italien de Gioachino Greco Calabrois‎

‎Paris: Jacques Le Febvre 1689. Second French edition. 24 344 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern plain calf red morocco spine label. Text browned some spotting and dampstaining towards rear of volume. Second French edition. 24 344 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Translated from the Italian of Gioachino Greco c.1600-1634 considered by some to be the first professional chess player. Greco was one of the most celebrated players of the seventeenth century and importantly recorded many of his matches as he travelled across Europe. A complete copy of one of the most famous early chess books. DeLucia 2nd ed. p. 61; Niemeijer 400; Schmid 187 Jacques Le Febvre unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 267448

‎Derrydale Press Grand Gordon‎

‎The Silver Horn and Other Sporting Tales of John Weatherford‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1932. First edition one of 950 copies. With 6 drawings by J. Alden Twachtman. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red boards gilt. Scuff on fore edge slight traces of rubbing at spine ends as usual about as fine a copy as will be encountered. First edition one of 950 copies. With 6 drawings by J. Alden Twachtman. 1 vols. 8vo. One of the most successful Derrydale titles and though a collection of stories a leading candidate for The Great American Sporting Novel. Siegel 65; Frazier G-6-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 161 The Derrydale Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 215147

‎Grey Zane‎

‎Tales of Fishing . Eight of Ten Volumes: Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas Tales of Southern Rivers Tales of Fishes Tales of the Angler's Eldorado New Zealand Tales of Tahitian Waters Tales of Swordfish and Tuna Tales of Freshwater Fishing and Zane Grey's Odyssey By Loren Grey‎

‎Lyon Mississippi: Derrydale Press 1990. Each no. 261 of 2500 copies signed by Loren Grey the author's son. 8 vols. 4to. Full bonded leather in various colors stamped in gilt a.e.g. As New. Each no. 261 of 2500 copies signed by Loren Grey the author's son. 8 vols. 4to. Derrydale Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 227564

‎Grand Gordon‎

‎Colonel Weatherford and His Friends‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1933. First Edition one of 850 copies. Illustrated by J. Alden Twachtman. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth rubbed inner hinge split and front free endpaper re-attached with tape else very good. HARRY WORCESTER SMITH'S COPY with his sporting bookplate; written on the free endpaper in a secretarial hand is: "Sent to Harry Worcester Smith by Eugene Connett of the Derrydale Press June 14 1933." Included is an extract from the Nov. 4 1934 Herald Tribune magazine concerning fox hunting and Cecil Alden and an ALS by Gordon Grand. Twachtman J. Alden. First Edition one of 850 copies. Illustrated by J. Alden Twachtman. 1 vols. 8vo. Harry Worcester Smith Copy With a Letter from Gordon Grand. Laid in is AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY GORDON GRAND on his Millbrook NY letterhead dated Nov. 27 1934 to Harry Worcester Smith: "Thank you for sending me a copy of your letter to Connett. Dr. Somerville was really very generous about the book and understanding about the U.S.A. reflecting her visit. The Country Life people produced a thoroughly satisfying edition. They sent me a copy which someone promptly walked off with. I am asking Connett if he could not write over and procure half a dozen copies and I will ask him to send you on one with my compliments". This refers to the first English edition of "The Silver Horn" 1934 for which Somerville wrote a laudatory introduction. Grand adds a postscript: "If sometime after Dec. 10th you would care to send Col. Walter Faber's "Wit and Wisdom of the Shires" and Frederick Watson's "Robert Smith Surtees a Critical Study" on to me at Llewellyn Park West Orange N.J. c/o Mrs. James B. Dill I would very much like to read them and will get them back to you promptly. I meet so many disappointments in sporting books that I don't read as many as I should but when someone like yourself or Charles Lanier tell me that a book is worth the reading I long to get my teeth into it." Charles D. Lanier M.F.H. wrote several books of fox hunting recollections and was a co-author of "Thoroughbred Types: 1900-1925". LETTERS OF THIS QUALITY BY GORDON GRAND ARE RARE. Siegel 69; Frazier G-7-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 160 The Derrydale Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 258289

‎Smith Tom‎

‎Collection of 136 autograph letters to Tom Smith from British nobility politicians and sportsmen 1830 - 1867‎

‎V.p. 1867. 136 autograph letters approx. 438 pages in total. 8vo and smaller. Old folds occasional browning/damp damage with loss to paper resultant slight losses to manuscript. 136 autograph letters approx. 438 pages in total. 8vo and smaller. Thomas 'Tom' or 'Gentleman' SMITH 1790-1878 inventor Master of the Craven Hounds Pytchley Hounds Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire author of 'Life of a Fox' 1843; 'Extracts from the Diary of a Huntsman' 1838; and 'Sporting Incidents in the life of another Tom Smith' 1867.<br/>A collection of 136 autograph letters to Tom Smith from British nobility politicians and sportsmen concerning hunting 47 letters of course; shooting 6; fishing 5; farming in general 10; but many dealing with the various causes Smith supported and inventions he came up with after his retirement as the 'Master' of the 'Hambledon' hunt in 1852: these include a 'locomotive battery on common roads propelled by steam' proto steam-punk tank 23 letters; a plan to recycle London sewage and build an Embankment beside the Thames 9; a plan to raise a mounted volunteer Rifle Corps 17; a plan to improve the morals of the poor who lived in the countryside by ensuring that every cottage had at least three bedrooms 16; a lightweight plough that Smith invented 4; the 'Iron Duke' bit 1; improvements to the pier at Ryde 1; Smith's theory about how Stonehenge was erected 1. In addition there are also 28 letters of a more general nature. All loosely inserted in small contemporary vellum folder old inaccurate manuscript list of contents bound as 'pastedowns' each of the letters numbered in pencil recently and arranged alphabetically.<br/>With a copy of Sporting Incidents in the Life of Another Tom Smith Chapman & Hall 1867. Cf. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 336-7 unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 265957

‎Dempsey Jack‎

‎Dempsey by the Man Himself as told to Bob Considine and Bill Slocum‎

‎New York: Simon and Schuster 1960. First Edition. Illustrated. 249 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in VG dust jacket. First Edition. Illustrated. 249 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. SIGNED. Signed on the half title. Simon and Schuster unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 249373

‎Brown John J.‎

‎The American Angler's Guide‎

‎New York: Burgess Stringer & Co. and for sale by John J. Brown & Co at the Angler's Depot 12 Fulton-street 1846. Second edition. Printed by John R. M'Gowan Printer 128 Fulton Street. Frontispiece two woodcut plates of hooks. 2243 leaves of ads pp. 1 vols. 18mo. Original brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Front flyleaf removed some wear at head and tail of spine. Second edition. Printed by John R. M'Gowan Printer 128 Fulton Street. Frontispiece two woodcut plates of hooks. 2243 leaves of ads pp. 1 vols. 18mo. Sage Sale: 'said to be the first book on angling written by an American and printed in America." The book describes the more important American fish and how to catch them Goodspeed noting that most interesting are "the chapters on tackle baits and the general practice of angling for these tell something about American angling usages then prevalent." As Brown was a tackle dealer it is not surprising that this area is among his chief concerns and he goes into much useful and historical detail. <br/><br/>An important contribution to American angling. The second edition is uncommon. Westwood & Satchell p. 4; Goodspeed pp. 159-163; Henderson p. 66-67; Bruns B 253 "a very rare item"; Wetzel p. 113 Burgess, Stringer & Co., and for sale by John J. Brown & Co at the Angler's Depot, 12 Fulton-street unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 303804

‎Alexander Colonel Sir James Edward‎

‎Salmon Fishing in Canada‎

‎London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1860. First edition. Illustrated. xiv ii 350 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Half green polished calf spine with red leather lettering-piece label chipped spine faded to brown. First edition. Illustrated. xiv ii 350 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Bruns A-65; Westwood & Satchell p. 3 Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 240351

‎Pattillo TR. T. R.‎

‎Moose Hunting Salmon Fishing and Other Sketches of Sport Being the Record of Personal Experiences of Hunting Wild Game in Canada‎

‎Toronto: William Briggs. London: Sampson Low Marston & Company 1902. First edition. Illustrated. 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers recased. In cloth clamshell Gray box. First edition. Illustrated. 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns P28 William Briggs. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 244452

‎Howitt Samuel‎

‎British Preserve with Etchings from Drawings by S. Howitt‎

‎London: Sherwood Gilbert & Piper 1825. First octavo edition. Engraved title with vignette of dead game contents leaf 36 engraved plates each with captions. Bound without terminal ad leaf. 1 vols. 8vo. Late nineteenth century half green morocco and cloth t.e.g. Soot stains on endpapers plates generally fresh. First octavo edition. Engraved title with vignette of dead game contents leaf 36 engraved plates each with captions. Bound without terminal ad leaf. 1 vols. 8vo. Uncommon. Schwerdt I p. 251; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 196 for 1824 quarto ed. Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 245001

‎New Zealand Parkinson John Jr.‎

‎Yarns for Davy Jones‎

‎np: Privately printed for the author 1966. First edition. Frontispiece & 16 full page illustrations. viii 146 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine. Original red buckram spine and upper board gilt. Presentation inscription to front free endpaper TLS laid down to rear free endpaper. First edition. Frontispiece & 16 full page illustrations. viii 146 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. AN EARLY REPORT ON KIWI HERMIT TOM NEALE. Inscribed to Percy Chubb by the author Parkinson has also signed his name to the title-page. The TLS dated March 29 1970 concerns sailing matters relating to his crossing of the Atlantic.<br/><br/>Parkinson spent a good deal of his life at sea and relates numerous anecdotes here including some from serving in the Pacific in the closing stages of World War Two and another witnessing the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll. Of special interest is the chapter devoted to Surrarow Island which came as part of a cruise he made with his wife and others in 1963. The schooner Westward was completing a circumnavigation and they joined her at Tahiti before proceding to Bora Bora and then laying a course for American Samoa.<br/><br/>Suvarov Suwarrow Island was discovered in 1814 by Mikhail Lazarev. It is half a mile long and 400 yards wide with one of the finest lagoons in the South Pacific. Parkinson spent three days there in 1963 with his wife and Mr and Mrs Drayton Cochrane who were circumnavigating in stages on the Westward.<br/><br/>Parkinson and his crew were surprised to find the island was inhabited. Unknown to all but very few people Tom Neale the New Zealand sailor and survivalist had been living on the island since 1960 and "it was not surprising he talked almost incessantly chiefly about his experiences on Suvarov." It transpired that this was his second stint on the island having previously lived there 1952-4. In between visits "he married a Tongan woman and had two children but" Parkinson states "his return to Suvarov without her is not unusual by South Pacific standards." He remained on the island until 1964. Parkinson's description of their encounter with Neale is one of great admiration and fascination and accordingly filled with details of his life and notes the people who'd visited him over the years.<br/><br/>This is one of the earliest reports on Neale published in the same year as Neale's autobiography. Royalties from Neale's book funded his final and longest stay on Suwarrow 1967-77 and only illness forced him to leave. Neale was born in Wellington in 1902 though moved to Greymouth and then Timaru as a child. He joined the New Zealand navy as an apprentice engineer though bought himself out after four years and commenced his peripatetic life.<br/><br/>Rare. OCLC locates just five copies. Privately printed for the author unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 303154

‎Malawi: British Central Africa‎

‎Album of Photographs of British Central Africa‎

‎1910. Containing 70 silver print photographs of various dimensions many captioned in white ink. 1 vols. Large 4to 33.5 x 28 cm. Contemporary beige buckram 'Pictured Records' blocked in black on upper cover 'British Central Africa' added by hand in white; cover worn and a little stained upper joint partly split. Containing 70 silver print photographs of various dimensions many captioned in white ink. 1 vols. Large 4to 33.5 x 28 cm. A handsome album documenting missionary work in a little-known area. <br/><br/>The party almost certainly attached to the Church of Scotland Mission evidently enjoyed their time in Africa as they proceeded from Tanganyika into Central Africa. Among the photographs are shots of a native witch doctor women preparing food native sports including pillow fighting as well as topographical images. The also found time to hunt and thirteen pages are dedicated to big game. There are images of eland lion leopard elephants koodoo bushbuck hippopotamus zebra reedbuck porcupine sable wild boar buffalo hartebeeste and wildebeeste. <br/><br/>Lastly there is a photo of the Zomba Church belonging to the Church of Scotland Mission and one of the Blantyre Church which was completed in 1891. Inspired by the example of David Livingstone the Church of Scotland decided to establish a mission in Malawi in the mid-1870s. It was on the basis of their influence that Malawi became a British Protectorate. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 301355

‎Brown Paul‎

‎Hits and Misses‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1935. First Edition written in pen "Printer's copy" of 950. 50 plates of drawings by Paul Brown. 1 vols. 8vo. Possibly unique binding quarter linen and tan boards with gilt lettering "Hits and Misses" on upper cover. Fine. With the label on front pastedown. "The Propert of the Meriden Gravure Co. Meriden Conn." Laid into a half green morocco slipcase and chemise. Brown Paul. First Edition written in pen "Printer's copy" of 950. 50 plates of drawings by Paul Brown. 1 vols. 8vo. UNIQUE BINDING. Siegel 93; Frazier B-18-a The Derrydale Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 260725

‎Ptalis Paul‎

‎Century End. Some Originals Some Traditionals Some Observations‎

‎Cheshire Connecticut: Classic Enterprises 1999. One of 100 copies copy 1972 of 100 copies numbered 1900 to 1999. Illustrated. vii 70 5 ff. Printed rectos only. 1 vols. 4to. Full maroon rexine gilt lettering and cover decoration. Fine. One of 100 copies copy 1972 of 100 copies numbered 1900 to 1999. Illustrated. vii 70 5 ff. Printed rectos only. 1 vols. 4to. 'Salmon fly tying is my obsession'. Fully illustrated compendium of reflections on Atlantic salmon flies fly tying and materials with detailed descriptions of each fly illustrated. Classic Enterprises unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 303337

‎Griswold F. Gray‎

‎The Cascapedia Club‎

‎Norwood Mass.: Privately Printed by the Plimpton Press 1920. First Edition. Illustrated with 6 halftone plates and a map. 27 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt fine ffep clipped. Very scarce. Bookplate of Samuel W. Lambert. First Edition. Illustrated with 6 halftone plates and a map. 27 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Private sporting club on the Grand Cascapedia initially limited to eight members later reduced to seven. Griswold became a member in 1920.<br/>With distinguished provenance: Dr. Samuel W. Lambert 1859-1942 was a noted New York physician bibliophile and angling collector and a member of the Anglers' Club of New York. His collection included the 1675 chalk portrait of Walton by Edmund Ashfield. He was also author of When Mr. Pickwick Went Fishing 1924. Bruns G-184; Heller 1:741 2:188; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 144; cf. also Carmichael The Grand Cascapedia River pp. 59-114 Privately Printed [by the Plimpton Press] unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 267548

‎Megargee Edwin‎

‎Staunch" a fine portrait of a bird dog at point signed in pencil "Edwin Megargee" at lower right‎

‎New York: Published by The Derrydale Press 1938. No. 113 of 250 copies. Plate size measures 13 1/2 x 17 inches including engraved title; overall size is 19 x 22 1/2 inches. 1 vols. Excellent. Megargee Edwin. No. 113 of 250 copies. Plate size measures 13 1/2 x 17 inches including engraved title; overall size is 19 x 22 1/2 inches. 1 vols. A splendid image of a magnificent liver and white pointer standing on a covey in a woodland setting; printed on fine handmade rag paper each proof individually hand-colored. A fine example of the high standards of print production achieved by The Derrydale Press. Edwin Megargee who died in 1958 was noted for his depictions of horses and dogs; his illustrations appeared in numerous books and magazines including The Derrydale Press's "Martha Doyle" 1938 and "The Moon is Waning" 1939. He also did several Derrydale prints including this one. He was an active sportsman dog-breeder and American Kennel Club judge. Siegel p. 215 Published by The Derrydale Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 267455