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Taylor Samuel
Angling in All Its Branches Reduced to a Complete Science
London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees. Printed by A. Strahan Printers Steet 1800. First edition. Added engraved frontispiece. xv 298 pp. 6 pp. publisher advertisements. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern red calf black label and marbled boards uncut gilt spine. Fine. First edition. Added engraved frontispiece. xv 298 pp. 6 pp. publisher advertisements. 1 vols. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell pp. 205-6 T.N. Longman and O. Rees. Printed by A. Strahan, Printers Steet unknown books
Bookseller reference : 254751
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Dufresne Frank
Alaska's Animals and Fishes
West Hartford VT: The Countryman Press 1946. No. 265 of 475 copies signed by the author and artist. 14 full-color plates and 92 drawings endpaper maps by Bob Hines. xvi 2. 297 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth illustration mounted on upper cover very slight fading to spine else fine in slipcase with damage at back. No. 265 of 475 copies signed by the author and artist. 14 full-color plates and 92 drawings endpaper maps by Bob Hines. xvi 2. 297 pp. 1 vols. 4to. DELUXE ISSUE. Bruns D102 The Countryman Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 240630
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Grimble Augustus
The Deer-Forests of Scotland
London: Kegan Paul Trench Trübner & Co. Limited Paternoster House Charing Cross Road 1896. First Edition one of 500 copies. 8 photogravure plates after paintings by Thorburn. 324 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Paper boards with parchment paper spine paper spine label. Spine darkened boards rubbed and soiled internally very good. Thorburn Archibald. First Edition one of 500 copies. 8 photogravure plates after paintings by Thorburn. 324 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Limited Paternoster House, Charing Cross Road unknown books
Bookseller reference : 255015
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Churchill Edward George Spencer
Tarpon Fishing in Mexico and Florida. Introduction by Randy Wayne White
London: Harrison and Sons 45 Pall Mall 1906. First edition. With 16 stereoscope cards at back. 73 2 pp. of text. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Staining to spine and covers. Laid into a full blue cloth drop box. First edition. With 16 stereoscope cards at back. 73 2 pp. of text. 1 vols. 8vo. Tarpon Classic. One of the great classics of tarpon fishing.<br/><br/>The author was Winston Churchill's cousin and their vital dates are the same 1876-1964. Bruns C.97; Wetzel p. 123; Dimock The Book of the Tarpon bibliography p. vi; Hampton's Angling Bibliography p. 68; Heller 2:834 Harrison and Sons, 45, Pall Mall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 258386
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Elder Frank
The Book of the Hackle
Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press 33 Montgomery Street 1979. First edition Number 77 of 85 copies leather bound with real Hackles. Printed by R.& R. Clark Ltd noted on slip laid in. Illustrated and with 29 real hackles tipped onto black paper at end of book. xxii 140 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full crimson morocco by A.W. Lumsden. Fine in slipcase. First edition Number 77 of 85 copies leather bound with real Hackles. Printed by R.& R. Clark Ltd noted on slip laid in. Illustrated and with 29 real hackles tipped onto black paper at end of book. xxii 140 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Scottish Academic Press [33 Montgomery Street] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 254858
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Chatto William Andrew
The Angler's Souvenir. By P. Fisher. Edited by G. Christopher Davies
London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co 1886. New Edition. With Illustrations by Beckwith and Tophamon printed on India paper and tipped in with tissue guards. 311 pp. Printed by Richard Clay. 1 vols. 4to 8-1/4 x 7 inches. Full blue morocco hinges neartly repaired t.e.g. Fine. New Edition. With Illustrations by Beckwith and Tophamon printed on India paper and tipped in with tissue guards. 311 pp. Printed by Richard Clay. 1 vols. 4to 8-1/4 x 7 inches. "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 Frederick Warne and Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 255012
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Walton Izaak and Charles Cotton
The Compleat Angler . Edited with an Introduction by Richard Le Gallienne
London: John Lane 1897. Vignette title page 53 full-page illustrations and a profusion of vignettes after drawings by Edmund H. New. lxxxiv iv 428; 16 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth somewhat faded else fine. New Edmund H. Vignette title page 53 full-page illustrations and a profusion of vignettes after drawings by Edmund H. New. lxxxiv iv 428; 16 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Coigney 182; Horne 177 John Lane unknown books
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Herbert Henry Herbert "Frank Forester"
Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of North America
London: Richard Bentley Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty 1849. Illustrated. xvi 445 pp. Bradbury and Evans Printers. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary polished brown calf marbled edges. Fine. Bookplate of Edgar G. Wandless. Illustrated. xvi 445 pp. Bradbury and Evans Printers. 1 vols. 8vo. Van Winkle 32 Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty unknown books
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Gillmore Parker
Accessible Field Sports. The Experiences of a Sportsman in North America
London: Chapman and Hall 193 Piccadilly 1869. First edition. Frontispiece vignette title Illustrated with other plates. xii 336 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth. Very good spine faded and with a little rubbing at top and bottom of spine. First edition. Frontispiece vignette title Illustrated with other plates. xii 336 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Trout fishing wild fowl in Illinois Woodcock Moose Deer Black Bear Salmon fishing in Labrador. Chapter 6 is on buffalo hunting. Phillips p. 136 Chapman and Hall 193, Piccadilly unknown books
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Hughes William
The Practical Angler. By Piscator
London: Simpkin Marshall & Co. Stationers' Hall Court 1842. First edition. Engraved frontispiece. 5 engraved plates. 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half calf. Very good. First edition. Engraved frontispiece. 5 engraved plates. 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "An excellent treatise by William Hughes a barrister who also wrote "A Practical Treatise on the Choice and Cookery of Fish." Westwood & Satchell. With the armorial bookplate of John Richards signature of J.W. Rimington Wilson. Westwood & Satchell p. 171 Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Stationers' Hall Court unknown books
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Stevens Charles W.
Fly-Fishing in Maine Lakes; or Camp-Life in the Wilderness
Boston: Cupples Upham and Company 1884. Third edition with a new introduction and an additional chapter. Illustrated. iv 217 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original brown cloth gilt. Slightly cocked minor rubbing. Very good. Third edition with a new introduction and an additional chapter. Illustrated. iv 217 2 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. "An interesting narrative of fly fishing in Maine" - Wetzel. Wetzel p. 218; Bruns S283 Cupples, Upham, and Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 261798
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Vanderbilt William K. II
Photograph album of yachting and deep-sea fishing cruises with manuscript titles: Southern Cruise of the Yacht "Ara" to the Bahamas and Cuba Feb. 1925 and: Southern Cruise of the Yacht "Ara" from Miami Fisher's Island Fla. to Haiti Jamaica and Cuba on March 6th to April 2nd 1930
1930. With 155 photographs 86 3-1/2 x 6 inches; 69 3 x 4-1/2 inches corner mounted on album leaves 2 to 4 per page captioned in ink by Muriel Vanderbilt. 94 numbered pages of which pages 49-80 additionally contain 63 mounted post cards 10 real photo post cards 32 printed color cards 21 black & white cards. With 5-page typescript log of 1930 cruise inserted at p. 28. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Black leatherette album with leaves on two posts tied with cord. Condition generally very good to fine some photos with fading or silvering. With 155 photographs 86 3-1/2 x 6 inches; 69 3 x 4-1/2 inches corner mounted on album leaves 2 to 4 per page captioned in ink by Muriel Vanderbilt. 94 numbered pages of which pages 49-80 additionally contain 63 mounted post cards 10 real photo post cards 32 printed color cards 21 black & white cards. With 5-page typescript log of 1930 cruise inserted at p. 28. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. The 'Ara' in Southern Waters 1925 & 1930: Cruising Deep Sea & Tarpon Fishing. A private family album documenting two of the tours of the celebrated yacht Ara owned by William K. Vanderbilt II. Although Vanderbilt published numerous volumes recording his cruises these voyages do not appear among his published logs. The photographs are captioned by his daughter Muriel who records numerous details in a neat hand.<br/>The cast of characters in 1925 includes "Pops" Wm. K. Vanderbilt II "Self" Muriel her sister Consie Consuelo Muriel's fiancé Freddy Frederic C. Church Jr. whom she married in July 1925 and divorced in 1929 Ellen & Dick. Muriel's uncle Harry Harold S. Vanderbilt makes a walk-on appearance in Key West. Among the party's activities was fishing with more than a dozen photographs showing the sisters working the rod members of the party with the morning's catch variously tuna barracuda shark and a sea turtle and portraits of the three young ladies Dick and Freddy each holding a trophy catch. <br/>The 1930 cruise to Haiti Jamaica and Cuba with a party including Muriel "Pops" Rosie his second wife Rosamund and Tony comprises views from the yacht and at ports of call as well as many scenes of rafting on the Rio Grande River and a few snapshots of fishing on the Demaji River where the log details three days of successful tarpon fishing not illustrated.<br/>The group of post cards includes scenes in Cuba Haiti Lake Tahoe and the Monterey coast in California including several real photo cards of the Pebble Beach area among them a shot of woman golfer Marion Hollins on the 7th Green.<br/>A window into a lost world of private travel and an excellent visual record of two Vanderbilt family cruises with good sporting content. For the Ara cf. Toy 608 & 758 for 1924 & 1926 cruises; Morris & Howland p. 148 unknown books
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Connett Eugene V. editor
American Big Game Fishing. Introduction by Mrs Oliver C. Grinnell
New York: The Derrydale Press 1935. First edition one of 850 copies. With color plates by Lynn Bogue Hunt and illustrations from photographs drawings and maps. 251 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Original blue cloth gilt t.e.g. other untrimmed. Spine darkened short snag to cloth at center corners bumped. Very good minus. Hunt Lynn Bogue. First edition one of 850 copies. With color plates by Lynn Bogue Hunt and illustrations from photographs drawings and maps. 251 pp. 1 vols. Folio. A splendid compilation with contributions from S. Kip Farrington Van Campen Heilner and others including Ernest Hemingway who wrote "Marlin Off Cuba" which had appeared in a slightly different version as "Marlin Off the Morro" Esquire Autumn 1933. He also appears throughout this famous anthology. A Hemingway letter detailing the taking of the largest Atlantic sailfish is excerpted at length pp. 49-51 and a full-page photograph of him with the fish in the spring of 1934 appears on Page 1. Two other photos of Hemingway including one with the American bullfighter Sidney Franklin are opposite pages 75 and 79. Bruns B146; Siegel 86; Frazier C-13-D; Hampton 2008 p. 72; Hanneman B18; Grissom B 22; Callahan Partial Tarpon Bibliography p. vi The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Hightower John
Pheasant Hunting. With a Foreword by Dave Newell
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1946. First Edition No. 124 of 350 signed copies on special paper with an extra color plate. Color plates from paintings line drawings and photographs by Lynn Bogue Hunt. x 2 227 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pale blue boards with design in blind on upper cover dark blue cloth spine gilt in original cream dj and slipcase. First Edition No. 124 of 350 signed copies on special paper with an extra color plate. Color plates from paintings line drawings and photographs by Lynn Bogue Hunt. x 2 227 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Delightful reminiscences and practical advice on taking this "noisy gaudy tough hard-flying game bird"; with excellent illustrations by Hunt including a photograph of the artist himself. Heller 2:671 Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
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Dulles William C
Sporting and colored plate books the library of the late William C. Dulles of Philadelphia Pa. and Goshen N.Y. : the largest and choicest collection ever offered for sale by auction : to be sold on the evenings of Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday December 10 11 and 12 1912 Tuesday evening December 10 lots 1-200 Wednesday evening December 11 lots 201-399 Thursday evening December 12 lots 400-579
New York: Anderson Auction Company 1912. Interleaved and priced. 82 pp. 524 lots. 8vo. Half dark pebbled morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. by H. Zucker Phila. with original wrappers bound in signed by owner William West with his code for binding and interleaving. Fine. Interleaved and priced. 82 pp. 524 lots. 8vo. Mr West's interleaved notes on some pages refer heavily to what Mr L.C. Harper in 1919 told him about the sale including "this sale was a perfectly good fake that many of the books catalogued did not come from Dulle's sic collection.I attended one of the sessions with Henry Thouron." McKay 7191 Anderson Auction Company unknown books
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Sisley Nick editor
Grouse Magic
np: Privately Printed 1981. First edition. Number 343 of 1500 copies signed with "Grouse Feather" attached. Artwork by Eral Martz. 240 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Grey cloth. Fine in slipcase. First edition. Number 343 of 1500 copies signed with "Grouse Feather" attached. Artwork by Eral Martz. 240 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. [Privately Printed unknown books
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Austin AB. A. B.
An Angler's Anthology. Collected by .
London: Country Life Limited 1930. First edition. Illustrated from Drypoints by Norman Wilkinson. xix 168 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarters red morocco and matching cloth t.e.g. Fine. Wilkinson Norman. First edition. Illustrated from Drypoints by Norman Wilkinson. xix 168 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Country Life Limited unknown books
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Polo Halpin Warren T.
Hoofbeats. Drawings and Comments by Warren T. Halpin. Introductions: Polo by Stewart B. Iglehart; Hunting by Henry G. Vaughan; Steeplechasing by William Du Pont Jr.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1938. First Edition. Deluxe edition with hand-colored signed frontispiece no. 132 of 160 also signed on colophon page. Signed hand-colored frontispiece. With 19 fine illustrations of Polo including Greentree vs. Templeton. 65 plates in all. 1 vols. 4to. Original vellum gilt t.e.g; Fine minor toning at front cover bottom edge. First Edition. Deluxe edition with hand-colored signed frontispiece no. 132 of 160 also signed on colophon page. Signed hand-colored frontispiece. With 19 fine illustrations of Polo including Greentree vs. Templeton. 65 plates in all. 1 vols. 4to. With illustrated sections on Polo Hunting to Hounds and Steeplechasing. J.B. Lippincott Company unknown books
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Pye Henry James
The Sportsman's Dictionary; containing Instructions for various Methods to be observed in Riding Hunting Fowling Setting Fishing Racing Farriery Hawking Breeding and Feeding Horses for the Road and Turf the Management of Dogs Game and Dunghill-Cocks Turkeys Geese Ducks Doves Singing-Birds etc.
London: Stockdale 1807. Fifth edition. Frontispiece 16 plates some toning and offsetting. viii 547 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in contemporary diced calf neatly rebacked with bookbinder's label on front pastedown "Bound by/ T. Sowler/ 15 St. Ann's Square/Manchester." Very Good copy. Fifth edition. Frontispiece 16 plates some toning and offsetting. viii 547 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Westwood & Satchell p. 201; Huth 31; Schwerdt Vol II p. 220; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 148 Stockdale unknown books
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Phillips Henry
The True Enjoyment of Angling
London: William Pickering Piccadilly 1843. First trade edition. 138 1 pp. William Stevens Printer. Bell Yard Temple Bar. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half green morocco and marbled boards. Spine slightly sunned else fine. Three John Gerard Heckscher bookplates Arthur Stiles and Edward Sands Litchfield bookplates as well. First trade edition. 138 1 pp. William Stevens Printer. Bell Yard Temple Bar. 1 vols. 8vo. Heckscher Litchfield Copy. Using the months of the fishing season as chapters March through September the author has written a song for each month giving the musical notation and the words. The author was a celebrated singer. Westwood & Satchell p. 170 William Pickering, Piccadilly unknown books
Bookseller reference : 254753
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Clement Lewis
Shooting Yachting and Sea-Fishing Trips at Home and on the Continent. Second Series. By "Wildfowler" "Snapshot.
London: Chapman & Hall 193 Piccadilly 1877. First edition. viii 307; vii 313 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters crimson morocco and marbled boards a.e.g. by Bickers & Son Leicester Sq. Fine. Bookplate of William A.H. Bass Bart. Fine. First edition. viii 307; vii 313 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Chute 113 Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly unknown books
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Chatto William Andrew
The Angler's Souvenir. By P. Fisher
London: Charles Tilt 1835. First Edition. With illustrations by Beckwith & Topham engraved title & half-title pages Frontispiece and title-page & 31 engraved plates TIPPED IN ON INDIA PAPER. iii-x 192 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half purple morocco and purple cloth VG. First Edition. With illustrations by Beckwith & Topham engraved title & half-title pages Frontispiece and title-page & 31 engraved plates TIPPED IN ON INDIA PAPER. iii-x 192 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "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 Charles Tilt unknown books
Bookseller reference : 254880
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Shipley William
A True Treatise on the Art of Fly-Fishing Trolling Etc.
London: Simpkin Marshall 1838. First edition. Frontispiece and illustrations. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth. Head and foot of spine slightly chipped slightly cocked else VG; uncut. Signed R. Barnardiston Yates Sept. 26th 1839. First edition. Frontispiece and illustrations. 1 vols. 12mo. First edition. Westwood & Satchell 194 Heckscher 1771 Simpkin, Marshall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244428
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Bowlker Richard and Charles
Bowlker's Art of Angling containing directions for Fly-Fishing Trolling Making Artificial Flies Etc.
Ludlow: R. Jones 1854. A New Edition Revised with half-title. Hand-colored frontispiece of flies and other illustrations. 160 pp. R. Jones Printer Broad Street Ludlow. 1 vols. 12mo. Half tan later calf and marbled boards. uncut fine. A New Edition Revised with half-title. Hand-colored frontispiece of flies and other illustrations. 160 pp. R. Jones Printer Broad Street Ludlow. 1 vols. 12mo. Attractive edition. Westwood & Satchell pp. 39-40 earlier edns; Heckscher 262 R. Jones unknown books
Bookseller reference : 255478
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Downs Baird Donald
Weavings Round the Creel
Tonbridge Kent: The Creel Press 1991. First edition Number 112 of 150 copies. Illustrated by the author. 128 1 pp. 1 vols. Bound in full linen in slipcase. Very Fine. First edition Number 112 of 150 copies. Illustrated by the author. 128 1 pp. 1 vols. The Creel Press unknown books
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Hewitt Edward Ringwood
Secrets of the Salmon
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1922. Limited edition no. 377 of 780 copies. Illustrated with the author's photographs and drawings. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green boards green cloth spine. Very good in green cloth drop box. Limited edition no. 377 of 780 copies. Illustrated with the author's photographs and drawings. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns H 179 "scarce"; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 97 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
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Grimble Augustus
More Leaves from My Game Bag
London: Printed by R. Clay and Sons 1917. First edition one of 250 copies. Illus. x ii 270 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original half vellum and marbled boards. Fine. First edition one of 250 copies. Illus. x ii 270 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Printed by R. Clay and Sons unknown books
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Glover Richard "Cotswold Isys
Lyra Piscatoria: Original Lyrics on Fish Flies Fishing and Fishermen Including Poems on All the British Freshwater Fish
London: Horace Cox Windsor House 1895. First edition. xvi 173 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Green cloth. Fine. First edition. xvi 173 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Marston Westwood & Satchell Supplement p. 243; Hampton's Angling Bibliography p. 116 Horace Cox, Windsor House unknown books
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Downs Baird Donald
Weavings Round the Creel
Tonbridge Kent: The Creel Press 1991. First edition Number 7 of 25 copies bound in full leather signed by the author. Illustrated by the author. 128 1 pp. Bound in full tan morocco in slipcase. Very Fine. First edition Number 7 of 25 copies bound in full leather signed by the author. Illustrated by the author. 128 1 pp. The Creel Press unknown books
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Bates Joseph D. Jr.
Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing
Harrisburg PA: The Stackpole Company 1966. First edition one of Six Hundred Numbered and Autographed Copies number 23. With tipped in color acetate transparency frontispiece and other plates. xv 368 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth and boards t.e.g. Fine in slipcase. First edition one of Six Hundred Numbered and Autographed Copies number 23. With tipped in color acetate transparency frontispiece and other plates. xv 368 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns B80 The Stackpole Company unknown books
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Grand Gordon
The Banshee Shadow Flies
Toronto: Privately Printed by J.H. Craig n.d. First Separate Edition. 24 unnumbered pages. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers. Fine copy in chipped glassine. Scarce. First Separate Edition. 24 unnumbered pages. 1 vols. 8vo. "To those of you who are familiar with Gordon Grand's delightful sporting stories The Banshee Shadow Flies needs no introduction." Publisher's preface. Bruns p.187 Privately Printed by J.H. Craig] unknown books
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Czech Dr. Kenneth
An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1950
St. Cloud Minn: Lands End Press 1999. First edition deluxe issue number 9 of 50 copies. Illustrated. xviii 181 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter brown morocco and patterned boards with red leather spine label. Slipcase. Fine. First edition deluxe issue number 9 of 50 copies. Illustrated. xviii 181 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Deluxe Issue One of 50 Copies. Lands End Press unknown books
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Griswold F. Gray
Salmo Salar
n.p.: Privately Printed 1929. First edition. iv 28 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original full red limp morocco gilt. Fine. First edition. iv 28 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns G188; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 89 Privately Printed unknown books
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Lambert Osmund
Angling Literature in England; and Descriptions of Fishing by the Ancients: with a Notice of Some Books on Other Piscatorial Subjects
London: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1881. First edition. 87 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Limp vellum. In quarter red morocco drop box. First edition. 87 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington unknown books
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Jordan David Starr and Barton Warren Evermann
American Food and Game Fishes. A popular account of all the species found in America North of the Equator.
Toronto: William Briggs 1902. First Canadian Edition. Illustrated with colored plates and text drawings and with photographs by A.R. Dugmore. l 573 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in half green morocco and matching cloth sides emblematic gilt stamped spine t.e.g. Fine. First Canadian Edition. Illustrated with colored plates and text drawings and with photographs by A.R. Dugmore. l 573 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns 69 William Briggs unknown books
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Gray Prentiss N.
African Game Lands: A Graphic Itinerary in Kenya along the Livingstone Trail in Tanganyika Belgian Congo and Angola 1929. Introduction by Anthony A. Dyer. Edited by Theodore J. Holsten Jr. and Susan C. Reneau
Missoula Montana: The Bone and Crockett Club 1995. First Edition #11 of 100 signed by Sherman Gray Son of Prentiss Gray Paul Webster and the 2 editors. Photographic illustrations by the author; map. 196 pp. 1 vols. Thin 4to. Bound in quarter crimson morocco and marbled boards a.e.g. slipcase. Very Fine. First Edition #11 of 100 signed by Sherman Gray Son of Prentiss Gray Paul Webster and the 2 editors. Photographic illustrations by the author; map. 196 pp. 1 vols. Thin 4to. Originally issued in an excerpt only in the supplement to The Sportsman magazine Vol. VIII No. IV October 1930. Scarce. The Bone and Crockett Club unknown books
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Bell Walter DM. D. M.
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter
London: Published at the Offices of "Country Life" Ltd 1923. First edition. Illustrated. x 187 1 index pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original yellow cloth over boards cloth label on front cover. Very good minor soiling and slight rubbing to covers endsheets toned. Bookplate. First edition. Illustrated. x 187 1 index pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Elephant Hunting Classic. Born in 1880 Bell left school at 14 to make his way to Africa on a cargo ship. After working briefly on the Ugandan railway he was off to join the Klondike gold rush. After fighting with the Canadian volunteers in the Boer War he remained in Africa hunting elephants in the African interior until the First World War. It was then that he perfected the use of the high-velocity rifle. During the War he fought for the British as a fighter pilot. After the War he returned to Africa and continued to make a successful living out of elephant.<br/><br/>The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter is one of the great big game hunting books written by the greatest of all African hunters. Czech Africa pp. 23-4 Published at the Offices of "Country Life," Ltd unknown books
Bookseller reference : 260988
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Mayer Alfred M. Ed.
Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters
New York: The Century Company by the De Vinne Press 1883. First edition. With 11 Japan mounted Proofs by Elbridge Kingsley J.H. E. Whitney R. A. Müller J. Harrison Mills R.C. Collins etc. and numerous full page and text illustrations. 888 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Bound in half modern brown morocco and marbled boards. Fine. First edition. With 11 Japan mounted Proofs by Elbridge Kingsley J.H. E. Whitney R. A. Müller J. Harrison Mills R.C. Collins etc. and numerous full page and text illustrations. 888 pp. 2 vols. 4to. A physically imposing and important book. Among the contributors are Dan Beard John Burroughs George Bird Grinnell James A. Henshall John Muir Thaddeus Norris Charles E. Whithead and others. Topics range from bow-shooting and taxidermy to all forms of angling game and wildfowl shooting nature appreciation and personal experiences Charles Dudley Warner writes engagingly on "How I Killed a Bear". A sumptuous volume beautifully illustrated and bound. Bruns M-86; Phillips p. 256; Goodspeed pp. 277-78; Heller 1:572 The Century Company [by the De Vinne Press] unknown books
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Butler Francis
Dogo-graphy: The Life and Adventures of the Celebrated Dog Tiger Comprising a Variety of Amusing and Instructive Examples Illustrative of the Happy Effects of the Appropriate Training and Education of Dogs
New York: Published by Francis Butler 205 Water-Street 1856. 111 1 pp. Printed by D. Fanshaw 35 Ann Street. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers. Some chipping. Good plus. 111 1 pp. Printed by D. Fanshaw 35 Ann Street. 1 vols. 8vo. NEVER SEEN. The charming first-person or rather first-mammal story of a loyal and adventurous bull terrier Tiger and his escapades rat hunting wolf hunting in the Pyrenees shooting and coursing and other adventures on both sides of the Atlantic. Henderson American Sport p. 74 Published by Francis Butler, 205 Water-Street unknown books
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Herbert Henry William
Poems of "Frank Forester" Henry William Herbert Collected and Edited by Morgan Herbert
New York: John Wiley & Sons 15 Astor Place 1888. Frontispiece and 7 of 9 plates Highclere and Meadow Brook Hunt plates called for in the table are not present. xxv iii 251 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarters crimson pebbled morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. by G. Putnam's Sons. Frontispiece and 7 of 9 plates Highclere and Meadow Brook Hunt plates called for in the table are not present. xxv iii 251 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rare "Poems" of Frank Forester--One of the Surviving Copies. "Morgan Herbert" is the pseudonym of Margaret Herbert Mather. Notes Van Winkle: "The edition of this work was limited to 250 copies over half of which are reputed to have been destroyed by fire.". Van Winkle p. 74; BAL 8179 John Wiley & Sons 15 Astor Place unknown books
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Brown Jim
A Treasury of Reels. The Fishing Reel Collection of the American Museum of Fly Fishing
Manchester Vermont: The American Museum of Fly Fishing 1990. First edition number 68 of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author. Color illustration of a fisherman tipped-in signed and numbered by the artist John Swan photographs of reels by Bob Shaughnessy and numerous text illustrations. 199 pp. 1 vols. 11 x 9 inches. Quarter brown morocco and natural dutch linen. Very fine in the original matching brown morocco and natural linen clamshell box. First edition number 68 of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author. Color illustration of a fisherman tipped-in signed and numbered by the artist John Swan photographs of reels by Bob Shaughnessy and numerous text illustrations. 199 pp. 1 vols. 11 x 9 inches. A beautiful and authoritative work here in the deluxe edition. The American Museum of Fly Fishing unknown books
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Biscotti ML. M. L.
A Bibliography of American Sporting Books 1926-1985. Foreword by Gene Hill
Far Hills NJ: Meadow Run Press 1997. First edition one of 1000 copies. With black and white frontispiece by John Rice. 1 vols. 8vo. Hand bound in forest green silk cloth and tan boards chestnut morocco spine label sage green silk pastedowns in matching forest green silk cloth backed folding box with chestnut morocco spine label. As New. First edition one of 1000 copies. With black and white frontispiece by John Rice. 1 vols. 8vo. Unique Copy for the Publisher. A continuation of John Phillips's A Bibliography of American Sporting Books 1582-1925 this indispensable update contains some 5000 detailed entries by author and--most happily--an alphabetical index by TITLES which Phillips did not have. Approved by the Boone and Crockett Club this is a book no serious sporting book collector can afford to be without. <br/><br/>Unique copy specially bound for the publisher. Meadow Run Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 257927
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Prescott Marjorie Wiggin
Tales of a Sportsman's Wife. With: Tales of a Sportsman's Wife. Shooting. With: Tales of a Sportsman's Wife. Fishing
Boston: Privately Printed by D.B. Updike The Merrymount Press 1939. First editions each one of 150 copies. Two etchings signed by the author/artist in pencil at the bottom right in the first volume 2 more unsigned in the second and none in the third. 18; 57 3; 79 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarters cloth and Cockerel marbled boards spines sunned as usual else fine. In custom green cloth open-faced slipcase. First editions each one of 150 copies. Two etchings signed by the author/artist in pencil at the bottom right in the first volume 2 more unsigned in the second and none in the third. 18; 57 3; 79 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first volume with a laid-in card from the Prescotts offering it as an Christmas present. Heller 1:291 2:739; 2:859 Privately Printed [by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 259332
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Ellis Henry
A Catalogue of Books on Angling 1811 With a foreword by Jack Heddon
Honey Dun Press 1977. No. 74 of 175 copies. Tipped in portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. Half chestnut morocco spine gilt a.e.g. by Aquarius. As new in marbled paper over boards box. Bookplate. No. 74 of 175 copies. Tipped in portrait. 1 vols. 8vo. The finely produced Honey Dun facsimile of the first angling bibliography ever published in the deluxe issue. Scarce. Honey Dun Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 255032
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Dowell James Editor
Norwegian Anglings and Other Sportings. With Map of Norway and Sweden . Season 1908 Tenth Year of Issue
London: J.A. Lumley & Dowell Lumley House 1908. First edition. Illustrated with colored fold-out map and numerous photographs. 246 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial white boards. Back hinge a bit worn else a very nice fresh copy of this fragile book. In drop black cloth slipcase. First edition. Illustrated with colored fold-out map and numerous photographs. 246 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hampton Modern Angling Bibliography p. 32 for 1911 ed.; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 8 J.A. Lumley & Dowell, Lumley House unknown books
Bookseller reference : 254780
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Edinburgh Angling Club
Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club. With Illustrations drawn and engraved by Members of the Club
Edinburgh: Privately Printed for Members of the Club 1858. First edition. 15 steel-engraved vignettes by William Forrest from drawings by George Simson R. Caunter W. Forrest A. Perigal and D. Simson. xv 88 pp. Printed by Neill & Company. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full green polished calf gilt a.e.g. by Seton & MacKenzie. First edition. 15 steel-engraved vignettes by William Forrest from drawings by George Simson R. Caunter W. Forrest A. Perigal and D. Simson. xv 88 pp. Printed by Neill & Company. 1 vols. 4to. Westwood & Satchell pp. 83-84 Privately Printed for Members of the Club unknown books
Bookseller reference : 259572
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Herbert Henry William "Frank Forester"; William P. Hawes
Sporting Scenes And Sundry Sketches; Being The Miscellaneous Writings of J. Cypress Jr. Edited By Frank Forester
New York: Gould Banks & Co. No. 144 Nassau Street 1842. First edition with half-titles later Issue of plates. With four plates The two frontispieces and "Woodcock Shooting facing p. 108 in Volume I Vol II "Trout Fishing on Long Island" opposite p. 132. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in near contemporary three quarter blue morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. Fine. First edition with half-titles later Issue of plates. With four plates The two frontispieces and "Woodcock Shooting facing p. 108 in Volume I Vol II "Trout Fishing on Long Island" opposite p. 132. 2 vols. 8vo. Notes Van Winkle: "This is the first book appearance of the pseudonym 'Frank Forester'. As the Memoir is signed Henry William Herbert and he speaks of editing his friend's works the pseudonym was from the beginning an open secret.'Cypress' was William P. Hawes.". BAL 8068; Van Winkle pp. 82-3; Wright I 1138 Hawes Gould, Banks & Co. No. 144 Nassau Street unknown books
Bookseller reference : 254869
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Geen Philip
What I Have Seen While Fishing and How I Have Caught My Fish
Friars Stile Lodge Richmond England: Philip Geen 1905. First Edition. With 73 illustrations. xiii i 348 1 ad pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gilt-lettered green cloth. Very good plus some foxing and toning to to title page first and last leaves. First Edition. With 73 illustrations. xiii i 348 1 ad pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation Copy. In three parts: What I Saw and Heard while Pollack Salmon and Trout Fishing in Ireland; Spring Salmon Fishing in Scotland; and Fishing in the Home Counties<br/><br/>Inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf "To C.G. Kekewick Esqr. / with the author's / Kind wishes / Philip Geen." Heckscher 822 citing the "Second Impression"; Hampton p. 113 Philip Geen unknown books
Bookseller reference : 260980
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Calderwood WL. W. L.
Salmon Rivers and Lochs of Scotland
London: Edward Arnold 1909. First edition no. 35 of 250 copies. Colored frontispiece 4 tipped-in color plates 18 maps and numerous black and white illustrations. x 442 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Bound in publisher's cream and blue cloth t.e.g. others untrimmed. Lower inner hinge cracked but holding. Very good in black half morocco dropbox. First edition no. 35 of 250 copies. Colored frontispiece 4 tipped-in color plates 18 maps and numerous black and white illustrations. x 442 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. A "classic and standard work" Wood on angling for salmon in Scotland here in the deluxe format. Hampton's Angling Bibliography p. 59; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 38 Edward Arnold unknown books
Bookseller reference : 254864
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Connett Eugene V.
Feathered Game From A Sporting Journal
New York: The Derrydale Press 1929. First edition number 253 of 500 copies. Title page vignette and ten color plates by Edgar Burke. 1 vols. 8vo. Original simulated mottled calf boards black cloth spine. Some minor fading almost fine. Burke Edgar. First edition number 253 of 500 copies. Title page vignette and ten color plates by Edgar Burke. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 24; Frazier C-10-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 254998
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