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Houdini Harry
The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin
New York: Publishers Printing Co 1908. First edition. Photographic frontispiece of Houdini; illustrated throughout with reproductions from the Harry Houdini Collection. 319 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth titled in white upper board pictorial. Spine toned and rubbed at ends. Good plus copy internally clean. With first and last leaves only of the separately printed list of illustrations and index tipped onto lower pastedown. First edition. Photographic frontispiece of Houdini; illustrated throughout with reproductions from the Harry Houdini Collection. 319 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Houdini exposes his namesake and one-time hero Robert-Houdin as a fraud. Publishers Printing Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 257193
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Holland Ray P.
Shotgunning in the Uplands with a Foreword by Dave Newell
West Hartford VT: The Countryman Press 1944. Author and Artist's Autograph Edition No. 237 of 250 copies signed by the author and artist. With 9 reproductions of oil paintings Frontispiece is tipped-in and numerous line drawings by Lynn Bogue Hunt. xiv 213 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original beige cloth gilt. fine in almost fine original pictorial slipcase minor soiling and rubbing to slipcase. Hunt Lun Bogue. Author and Artist's Autograph Edition No. 237 of 250 copies signed by the author and artist. With 9 reproductions of oil paintings Frontispiece is tipped-in and numerous line drawings by Lynn Bogue Hunt. xiv 213 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Limited Edition. The beautiful deluxe edition of a book that has attained classic status. Riling 2489; Biscotti p. 209; Heller 2:674 The Countryman Press unknown books
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Connett Eugene Virginius Jr.
Etching "Down to the Sound
Signed lower right by the artist and title lower right. 9-3/4 x 8-7/8 inches image size. Framed and glazed dated 1969. Signed lower right by the artist and title lower right. 9-3/4 x 8-7/8 inches image size. Rare etching by the founder of the Derrydale Press. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 242850
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Adair Capt. F. E. S.
A Summer in High Asia. Being a Record of Sport and Travel in Baltistan and Ladakh. At head of title: The Big Game of Baltistan and Ladakh
London: W. Thacker & Co 1899. First edition. Illustrated; folding map. Pp. xii 1-285 286 2 blank 24 catalogue. 1 vols. 8vo. Tan cloth stamped in black and green upper board with gilt pictorial vignette snakeskin textured endsheets. Bookplates. Fine. First edition. Illustrated; folding map. Pp. xii 1-285 286 2 blank 24 catalogue. 1 vols. 8vo. A Beautiful Copy. "An excellent work of high mountain sport" Czech.<br/><br/>A superior copy in choice condition. Czech Asia pp. 3-4 W. Thacker & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 249684
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Beach William N.
In the Shadow of Mt. McKinley. Foreword by John Burnham. Introduction by Robert Sterling Yard
New York: The Derrydale Press 1931. First Edition one of 750 copies. Illustrated by paintings and sketches by Carl Rungius and photographs by the author folding map. xiv 289 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth about fine spine slightly sunned. Rungius Carl. First Edition one of 750 copies. Illustrated by paintings and sketches by Carl Rungius and photographs by the author folding map. xiv 289 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 53; Frazier B-9-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Bixby William K Samson William Holland
Mohican Point on Lake George. The Summer Home of Mr. and Mrs. W.K. Bixby of St. Louis Mo
New York: Privately printed 1913. First edition #96 of 200 copies initialed and numbered on the half-title. With frontispiece 19 plates including 2 group portraits double map of Lake George around Bolton Landing at back. 65 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth titled in gilt on upper board. Bixby bookplate of Mohican Point house on front pastedown. Fine. First edition #96 of 200 copies initialed and numbered on the half-title. With frontispiece 19 plates including 2 group portraits double map of Lake George around Bolton Landing at back. 65 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on flyleaf "Mr. & Mrs. A.B. Payne names partly effaced with sincere regards of Mr. & Mrs. W.K. Bixby St. L. 5/18/14"<br/>"Includes 12 pages of text on fishing for smallmouth bass lake trout and land-locked salmon. one of the few early books to contain as much material on fishing in Lake George" Heller.<br/>An important and rare book. Plum Adirondack Bibliography 568; Bruns S27; Heller 1:716 Privately printed unknown books
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O'Connor Jack 1902 1978
15 Autograph & Typed Letters signed all to Jack Robson often with carbons of Robson's letters
vp 1973. 4to. Fine with corrections with envelopes on occasion. 4to. Jack O'Connor served as the Shooting Editor of Outdoor Life for 31 years and is considered one of the great hunting and gun writers of the twentieth century. Opinionated and witty his personality shines through in this collection of letters. <br/><br/>On animal classification: "Between us girls I think the American taxonomists have gone hog wild on sub-species. I think the British are much smarter.They say that all caribou are one species and they have damn few sub-species." <br/><br/>On an acquaintances and associates: "As I remember him he was a little guy dark and strictly a bastard"; "Bill Steigers is likewise a big-bore nut playing with a large bullet or gazing at a big hole in the end of a barrel gives him a deep and voluptuous satisfaction often causing tumescence in his male organ"; "From all I can tell this Earl Etter is a real vicious bastard fat-headed quarrelsome and mean. One thing I know for certain is that he is an ignoramus"; "This Herter is quite a guy. I think he's at least half nuts maybe more. He has more misinformation in his books than the Encyclopedia Britannica has information."<br/><br/>On the Hotel Edison: "I have never set foot in the Hotel Edison but I have heard it was a dump."<br/><br/>On a failed bear-hunting expedition: "Our companions were two young Englishmen.Both had very attractive wives.We really had a grand time but those guys were the spookiest bear hunters I have ever seen in my life. They missed two good trophy grizzlies--one at 30 yards and one at 110 yards--and a very good black bear at about 50 yards. In all cases the bears were standing."<br/><br/>On the Civil War: "I am a Civil War buff.One of these days I am going to do an article that will make a lot of Southerners scream like catamounts. The thesis of the piece will be that Lee was an overrated general who made his reputation on a bunch of fiddle-fotted sic and gutless Union generals."<br/><br/>On family histories: "My uncle Bill O'Connor got a girl knocked up when he was a senior in law school in California and took it on the lam.My mothers' people were Kentuckians but they were not planters--just prosperous farmers."<br/><br/>On criticism: "Bill Rae has got hundreds of these nut letters.I always tell these creeps that if they don't like to read stories about killing birds and animals and catching fish they should read something besides Outdoor Life Field & Stream and Sports Afield because these magazines are about shooting animals and birds and catching fish" Ellen Enzler Herring Jack O'Connor: Catalogue of Letters 5 6 34 71 86 111 138 142 148 176 184 200 252 261 & 263 unknown books
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Bates Joseph D.
The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly
Boston: David R. Godine 1987. First edition No. 140 of 250 copies signed by the author and with a separate portfolio of the 23 color plates of flies. 25 color plates. Line drawings and color frontispiece by Henry McDaniel. 232 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-1/2 x 11 inches. Natural dutch linen over boards red leather spine label; portfolio in light blue cloth with ties in a cloth and pastepaper slipcase as issued. Very fine. First edition No. 140 of 250 copies signed by the author and with a separate portfolio of the 23 color plates of flies. 25 color plates. Line drawings and color frontispiece by Henry McDaniel. 232 pp. 1 vols. 4to 8-1/2 x 11 inches. With signed portfolio of 23 colored prints laid into box. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 168 David R. Godine unknown books
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Walton Izaac
The Lives of Dr. John Donne Sir Henry Wotton Mr. Richard Hooker Mr. George Herbert and Dr. Robert Sanderson.to which are added the Autographs of those eminent men now first collected; an Index and Illustrative Notes
London: Printed at the Shakespeare Press for John Major Fleet-Street Adjoining Serjeant's-Inn 1825. First Major edition. Frontispiece. Illustrated with 11 copperplates tipped in and 52 woodcuts. xviii 503 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-7/8 x 5 inches. Bound in full contemporary green morocco spine ornately gilt boards tooled in gilt with floral border and six ruled fillets with scrollwork ornaments at corners central field tooled in blind green moire endpapers a.e.g. Bookplates of Maurice Glyn and Eric S. Quayle famous book collector. Faintest traces of rubbing at extremities. Fine. First Major edition. Frontispiece. Illustrated with 11 copperplates tipped in and 52 woodcuts. xviii 503 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-7/8 x 5 inches. The large paper edition with the plates mounted on Japan paper. Coigney p. 387-88 [Printed at the Shakespeare Press for] John Major, Fleet-Street, Adjoining Serjeant's-Inn unknown books
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Balsie Lisa
Portrait of Horse "Tobbey.
N.p. 1900. Etching on paper signed lower right title lower left. 1 vols. Image 12.5 x 17 cm. Fine in original mount with printed label. Etching on paper signed lower right title lower left. 1 vols. Image 12.5 x 17 cm. unknown books
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Clark Roland
Etching: 12 Canada Geese in flight above a marsh
1922. Trial Proof one of 2. Edition of 75. Drypoint etching signed by the artist "Roland Clark" at lower right inscribed at lower left "Trial proof - Jan. 21 1922. No. 1 of 2 proofs pulled". 12-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches. Framed. Label of Arthur H. Harlow & Co. New York on back of frame. Foxing spot just below top goose's neck. Trial Proof one of 2. Edition of 75. Drypoint etching signed by the artist "Roland Clark" at lower right inscribed at lower left "Trial proof - Jan. 21 1922. No. 1 of 2 proofs pulled". 12-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches. Ordeman p. 105 unknown books
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Baseball
Broadside: The Sporting News . The Baseball Paper of the World---Schedule of the American National and International Leagues for 1939
St. Louis: Allied Printing 1939. With all Major League Manager's pictures in outer margins. Printed in red and blue. Folio. Old folds else fine with original ribbon hanger. With all Major League Manager's pictures in outer margins. Printed in red and blue. Folio. Celebarting Baseball's Centennial. Allied Printing unknown books
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Roosevelt Franklin D
Third Presidential Cruise of the U.S.S. Houston 1938
N.p.: Printed on board the U.S.S. Houston 1938. Illustrated from photographs by R.B. Thompson. 75 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original printed wrappers printed in gold. Fine copy in custom blue cloth clamshell box. Illustrated from photographs by R.B. Thompson. 75 pp. 1 vols. 4to. FDR's visit to the Galapagos with Sailfishing at Cocos Island. The very scarce printed memorial printed on board the ship of FDR's Third Presidential Cruise on the USS Houston from the July 14 to August 9 1938 on his way to the Galapagos Islands FDR was the first U.S. President to visit them. In the introduction to the booklet one of the editors records that "Shortly after the cruise commenced certain members of the Houston personnel conceived the idea of publishing a book which would relate graphically all of the interesting incidents happening on board our ship . We trust that the following pages will keep alive fond memories of a happy cruise with as grand a shipmate it has ever been our privilege to meet." There are numerous photos of Roosevelt with the crew and the Presidential party shots of the Galapagos and its strange fauna and a good deal of wit and raillery in the text and photos directed toward the "pollywogs" on the part of the "shellbacks" in anticipation of the approaching traditional ceremony of "crossing the line." The ship called at Cocos Island and the log records successful sport fishing for sailfish in those waters. The U.S.S. Houston was sunk during the war. A wonderfully light-hearted and very scarce piece for the FDR collector at a time when the clouds of a world war were gathering on the horizon. OCLC 11563735 4 copies; not in Halter Printed on board the U.S.S. Houston unknown books
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Griswold F. Gray
Salmon Score of F. Gray Griswold for Ten Seasons. 1920-1929
Grand Cascapedia River Canada: Privately Printed 1929. First edition. 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original salmon-colored wrappers with pictorial label. Minor soiling else fine. First edition. 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed in red ink on the title page "F. Gray Griswold" and with the author's ink additions to June for the year 1922 which were incorporated into the 1930 edition. Bruns G189 describing an undated cloth binding i.e. the second edition published the following year [Privately Printed] unknown books
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Brown John J.
The American Angler's Guide; or Complete Fisher's Manual for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres . with the addition of a Second Part containing over one hundred pages of useful and instructive information .
New York: D. Appleton and Company 1857. Fourth Edition revised corrected and greatly improved i.e. fifth edition by Bruns' reckoning. Profusely illustrated. xii 9-332 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth with gilt angling motifs on upper cover repeated in blind on lower spine titled in glit. William Van Winkle bookplate. Spine ends a bit rubbed frontispiece with some foxing else clean and bright overall a very good plus copy. Fourth Edition revised corrected and greatly improved i.e. fifth edition by Bruns' reckoning. Profusely illustrated. xii 9-332 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A scarce book "seldom offered"--Bruns one of several editions by Brown a New York City tackle dealer whose shop Anglers' Depot was one of the few such then existing in the U.S. His book draws heavily on English works and is not very accurate in its description of American species although the Second Part contains valuable information on American fishing localities. An important book in the history of American angling. This edition the last edition published anonymously and also the last of several editions identifying themselves as the Fourth published in 1849 and 1850. This is the second appearance in print of the Second Part which was originally added to the third edition of 1849. As Bruns notes the lithographic title page to the Second Part is not present here though listed in the contents. With distinguished provenance. Henderson p. 68; Goodspeed p. 163; Bruns B253; Wetzel p. 36 et seq D. Appleton and Company unknown books
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Pertwee Roland
The River God
Boston Massachusetts: Privately printed by The Anthoensen Press Portland Maine for George T. Goodspeed 1951. First separate printing one of 100 copies. Wood-engraved title page vignette. 28 pp. 1 vols. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Original printed wrappers reproducing a paste-paper design by Rosamond Loring. Small stain on back wrapper else about fine. First separate printing one of 100 copies. Wood-engraved title page vignette. 28 pp. 1 vols. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. In his preface George Goodspeed writes "It was his friend Alfred W. Miller "Sparse Grey Hackle" who in 1950 first introduced my father Charles E. Goodspeed to this almost-forgotten tale. As the last fishing story he read and one which gave him pleasure and comfort at the end it is offered as a keepsake to a few of his friends."<br/>The story appeared in The Saturday Evening Post for July 7 1928; this is its first separate appearance. <br/><br/>RARE. Not in Bruns; Wood "Privately Printed Books on Atlantic Salmon Fishing" 2004; Bibliotheca Salmo salar 52 [Privately printed by The Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine, for George T. Goodspeed] unknown books
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Stearns Marshall
Memories and Reflections
N.p.: Privately Printed for My Friends 1935. First edition. With 7 illustrations. 158 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth and boards t.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of Henry A. Portong. Inscribed "To Dordie from Marsh May 1936. First edition. With 7 illustrations. 158 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Trout Grouse etc. Wetzel p. 217; Bruns S269; Heller 1:628; Biscotti p. 418 Privately Printed for My Friends unknown books
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Holland Ray P.
Shotgunning in the Uplands with a Foreword by Dave Newell
West Hartford VT: The Countryman Press 1944. Deluxe edition No. 131 of 250 copies signed by the author and artist. With 9 reproductions of oil paintings Frontispiece is tipped-in and numerous line drawings by Lynn Bogue Hunt. xiv 213 3 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original beige cloth gilt fine in almost VG original pictorial slipcase. Hunt Lyn Bogue. Deluxe edition No. 131 of 250 copies signed by the author and artist. With 9 reproductions of oil paintings Frontispiece is tipped-in and numerous line drawings by Lynn Bogue Hunt. xiv 213 3 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Riling 2489; Biscotti p. 209; Heller 2:674 The Countryman Press unknown books
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Shepperd Tad
Pack and Paddock
New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First edition no. 299 of 950 copies. Illustrated by Paul Brown. xii 144 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original three quarter red cloth pink paper sides gilt red label on upper cover. Very fine in original glassine and printed and numbered publisher's box. Brown Paul. First edition no. 299 of 950 copies. Illustrated by Paul Brown. xii 144 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Inscribed by Eugene Connett to Gordon Grand. A splendid association copy inscribed in ink on front free endpaper "To Gordon Grand from his friend Eugene Connett". Eugene V. Connett III was of course the proprietor of The Derrydale Press and Gordon Grand one his favorite authors whose "The Silver Horn" is a Derrydale classic. Siegel states that "Connett considered 'Pack and Paddock' one of his most handsome works" and the association interest is enhanced by the fact that Paul Brown also illustrated one of Grand's own books "Colonel Weatherford's Young Entry" 1935. Siegel 138; Frazier S-5-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 325 The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Hanlon JE. J. E.
Memorable Hunting Episodes
N.p.: Privately Printed 1966. First edition no 67 of 100 copies signed by the author. Illus. 12 64 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth tape spine and green illustrated wrappers. Fine. First edition no 67 of 100 copies signed by the author. Illus. 12 64 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Grouse hunting. "These true stories are mainly concerned with partridge hunting in the Catskill Mountains." Introduction. Biscotti p. 183; Heller 2:651 Privately Printed unknown books
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Babcock Havilah
Tales of Quails 'n Such
New York: Greenberg Publishers. A Gun Room Book 1951. First Trade Edition. Decorations by William J. Schaldach. xii 237 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in original pictorial price clipped dust jacket slightly chipped at top an dbottom of spine. First Trade Edition. Decorations by William J. Schaldach. xii 237 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Greenberg Publishers. A Gun Room Book unknown books
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Lambuth Letcher
The Angler's Workshop. Edited with an Introduction by Steve Raymond & Introduction by Roderick Haig-Brown
Oregon: Champoeg Press 1979. First edition Number 159 of 1250 copies. Black-and-white illustrations and photos. 212 5 pp. Designed by Lawton Kennedy. 1 vols. 4to. Blue cloth. Fine. First edition Number 159 of 1250 copies. Black-and-white illustrations and photos. 212 5 pp. Designed by Lawton Kennedy. 1 vols. 4to. Champoeg Press unknown books
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Sands Ledyard
The Bird the Gun and the Dog
New York: Carlyle House 1939. First edition deluxe issue no. 77 of 100 copies signed by the author further inscribed by him on the limitation page. Illustrated with photographs and color reproductions of paintings by Courtenay Brandreth. With an original etching by Anthony La Paglia no. 77/100 signed by the artist in pencil beneath the print. xxix 494 1 colophon pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Original brown morocco t.e.g. Headcap a trifle rubbed else near fine. La Paglia Anthony. First edition deluxe issue no. 77 of 100 copies signed by the author further inscribed by him on the limitation page. Illustrated with photographs and color reproductions of paintings by Courtenay Brandreth. With an original etching by Anthony La Paglia no. 77/100 signed by the artist in pencil beneath the print. xxix 494 1 colophon pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Chapters on dogs and guns and their relationship to grouse quail pheasant woodcock snipe and rail. Biscotti p. 385; Heller 2:749 Carlyle House unknown books
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Snaffle
The Roedeer. A Monograph.with a new Introduction by Colin Laurie McKelvie and new illustrations by Neil McReddie
Southampton: Ashford Press Publsihing 1987. Facsimile of 1904 First edition. Limited edition No. 72 of 150 signed by McKelvie and McReddie from a total edition of 1500. plus a frontispiece and 16 other pages of plates 5 of which are in colour. xxviii 192 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in half dark green morocco and green cloth with gilt decoration on the front cover a.e.g. Very Fine in original matching cloth open-faced slipcase. Facsimile of 1904 First edition. Limited edition No. 72 of 150 signed by McKelvie and McReddie from a total edition of 1500. plus a frontispiece and 16 other pages of plates 5 of which are in colour. xxviii 192 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ashford Press Publsihing unknown books
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Moule Thomas
The Heraldry of Fish. Notices of the principal families bearing fish in their Arms
London: John van Voorst 1842. First edition. Illustrated. xvi 250 2pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. xvi 250 2pp. 1 vols. 8vo. John van Voorst unknown books
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Francis Francis
A Book on Angling. Being a Complete Treatise on The Art of Angling in Every Branch with Explanatory Plates etc.To which is added A Memoir of the Author
London: Longmans Green and Co 1885. Sixth Edition revised. 16 plates of which 6 are hand-coloured. xxxii 528 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full morocco with gilt emblematic tooling on spine. BVery Good. Sixth Edition revised. 16 plates of which 6 are hand-coloured. xxxii 528 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
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Herbert Henry William "Frank Forester
The Warwick Woodlands
New York: Stringer & Townsend 1851. New Edition Revised and Corrected". Second edition first illustrated edition. With illustrations by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Original Mulberry cloth. The Van Winkle copy with his bookplate and clippped signature of Henry W. Herbert tipped in at ffep. In half green morocco and green cloth slipcase and chemise. Minor foxing stain on upper cover else fine copy. New Edition Revised and Corrected". Second edition first illustrated edition. With illustrations by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. SIGNED VAN WINKLE COPY. Bibliographer's copy. Van Winkle p. 39 edition a Stringer & Townsend unknown books
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Chamberlin Harry D.
Training Hunters Jumpers & Hacks
New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. First Edition No. 423 of 1250 copies. Illustrated with 14 photographs and 16 drawings by Paul Brown as noted on the jacket. xxii ii 329 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth gilt with black plasticized cloth spine which has as usual caused a chemical deterioration to the gilt lettering else fine. IN PICTORIAL ORANGE DUST JACKET with small loss at head and tail of spine. Brown Paul. First Edition No. 423 of 1250 copies. Illustrated with 14 photographs and 16 drawings by Paul Brown as noted on the jacket. xxii ii 329 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 127 The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Sporting Anecdotes; Original and Select; Including Characteristic Sketches of Eminent Persons Who Have Appeared on the Turf etc.By An Amateur Sportsman
London: Printed for James Cundee Ivy Lane for Thomas Hurst; J. Harris and J. Wheble 1804. First edition. Frontispiece & 15 other engravings. xvi 542 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in full polished tan calf gilt spine a.e.g. by Riviere & Sons. Bookplate of Robert Winthrop. First edition. Frontispiece & 15 other engravings. xvi 542 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Schwerdt II 173 Printed for James Cundee, Ivy Lane for Thomas Hurst; J. Harris and J. Wheble unknown books
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Hawker Peter
Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting. WITH: Abridgement of the New Game Laws by Lt. Col. P. Hawker. London 1831 32 pp
London: Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green 1830. Sixth edition corrected enlarged and improved. Illustrated with plates and wood-cuts 8 plates. xx 480 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in near contemporary three quarters green morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. by Mansell successors to Hayday. Bookplate of Robert Dudley Winthrop. Minor rubbing and foxing. Sixth edition corrected enlarged and improved. Illustrated with plates and wood-cuts 8 plates. xx 480 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. WITH NEW GAME LAWS. Riling 373 Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green unknown books
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Baseball
BASEBALL TEAM OF 1912: Three photographs each 9 3/4 x 13 inches mounted in the original dark wood three-window frame by W.F. Baker of Parker Studio of Morristown on July 19 1912
Morristown NJ 1912. 1 vols. 13 1/2 x 44 inches overall. Fine condition the photographs clear sharp and unfaded. Each of the three panels is signed in pencil on the back by the framer with the rubber stamps of W.C. and L.C. Parker and the date. 1 vols. 13 1/2 x 44 inches overall. The Morristown Nine of 1912. A wonderful study of the team recalling the Great National Game of home-town America and a splendid item of New Jersey history. unknown books
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Benson Frank W Paff Adam EM. E. M.
Etchings and Drypoints by Frank W. Benson. An illustrated and descriptive catalogue . Volume Three
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1923. No. 60 of 525 copies. With descriptions and reproductions of 75 plates by Benson plus an original etched frontispiece signed by the artist in pencil. 1 vols. 4to. Original gray paper covered boards beige linen spine with printed label. A few spots on last two leaves of text else fine. Benson Frank W. No. 60 of 525 copies. With descriptions and reproductions of 75 plates by Benson plus an original etched frontispiece signed by the artist in pencil. 1 vols. 4to. A well-produced survey of the great etcher's work dealing primarily with wildfowl. Mill/well/26/1 Houghton Mifflin unknown books
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Wilbur Edward Russell
Snap Shots of Many Years
N.p.: Printed for Private Distribution 1929. Illustrated with 6 drawings. 1 vols. 16mo. Original green cloth gilt fine. Illustrated with 6 drawings. 1 vols. 16mo. Rare. An entertaining Christmas keepsake including accounts of trout fishing partridge shooting and goose shooting on Shinnecock Bay otter trapping deer hunting in Georgia and more. Rare. Bruns W108 "Not seen"; Heller 1:654 Printed for Private Distribution unknown books
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Apperley Charles James
Remarks on the Condition of Hunters the Choice of Horses and their Management: In a Series of Familiar Letters originally Published in The Sporting Magazine between 1822 and 1828. By Nimrod
London: Printed and Published by M.A. Pittman 18 Warwick Square 1831. First edition. vii 1 503 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green linen-backed boards white paper label price 15s uncut. Lower board detached. Bookplates of Ormond Blyth and Henry C. Taylor. Custom half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. vii 1 503 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In Boards. Huth p. 115; Schwerdt I p. 40; Podeschi 138; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 22 Printed and Published by M.A. Pittman, 18, Warwick Square unknown books
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Dogs Pope Alexander Jr.
Plate VIII: Kennell of Imported Fox Terrtiers. Owned by Tho. D. Burke. from Celebrated Dogs of America Imported and Native
Boston: Cassino 1880. One of 20 chromolithographed plates with the leaf of descriptive letterpress. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Matted. One of 20 chromolithographed plates with the leaf of descriptive letterpress. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Bennett American 19th Century Color Plate Books p. 90; Phillips p. 298; H.M. Chapin The Peter Chapin Collection of Books on Dogs Williamsburg Virginia: 1938 1426; McGrath p. 212 Cassino unknown books
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Horses Fillis James
Principes de Dressage et d'Equitation
Paris: Flammarion 1892. 3e édition revue corrigée et considerablement augmentée. Title page vignette illustrated with 36 plates. xiv 2 425 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Grey printed wrappers rebacked. Text block toned else fine. In custom red half morocco slipcase. 3e édition revue corrigée et considerablement augmentée. Title page vignette illustrated with 36 plates. xiv 2 425 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. James Fillis 1834-1913 was an Englishman by birth who lived many years in France and later in Germany and Russia where he was master of the St. Petersburg Cavalry School. He was "acclaimed by many as one of the greatest horsemen and riders of all time" Grimshaw. This work first published in 1890 here in the third edition with a new preface and expanded to include the 30-lesson riding course taught by Fillis in Brussels and one additional plate. The work was translated into English by Capt. M. Horace Hayes as Breaking and Riding 1902.<br/><br/>Uncommon. Mennessier de la Lance I:483-4; Grimshaw pp. 66-7 Flammarion unknown books
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The Sporting Repository Vol. 1 Nos 1-2 January and February 1822
London: McLean 1822. First edition. With 7 color plates by Henry Alken and Barenger of a dog and a monkey fight at Westminster Cock-pit portraits of "Claret" and "Rubens" coaching scene cattle hawks etc. 176 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half calf rebacked with new spine label. Horse portraits and dog-fight plate somewhat shaved at fore edge. With two bookplates of John Heckscher. Very good. First edition. With 7 color plates by Henry Alken and Barenger of a dog and a monkey fight at Westminster Cock-pit portraits of "Claret" and "Rubens" coaching scene cattle hawks etc. 176 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first two issues of this celebrated sporting periodical with interesting provenance from the library of John G. Heckscher: Angling is one of the sports noted in the issue and there is a reference to Walton at p. 41 as well as a letter to the editor on "The Fishing Excursion". Heckscher Sale 1909 Lot 1830 $18; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 348 note McLean unknown books
Bookseller reference : 253427
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McElroy CJ. C. J.
African Safari of an Amateur Hunter
New York Washington Hollywood: Vantage Press 1961. First edition. Frontispiece photograph and 4 other photographs on two pages. 77 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. About fine copy lacking the dust jacket. First edition. Frontispiece photograph and 4 other photographs on two pages. 77 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Elephant lion leopard buffalo rhinoceros and eland in Kenya. Czech p. 189 Vantage Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252202
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Roberston William
Forest Sketches. Deer Stalking and Other Sports in the Highland Fifty Years Ago
Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas 1865. First edition. Title page vignette by Thomas Duncan 4 engraved plates after Gourlay Steele. xxxv 3 352 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half green contemporary morocco over marbled boards t.e.g. Bookplate of Sarah Porter Sage Mrs. Dean Sage and John Gerard Heckscher. First edition. Title page vignette by Thomas Duncan 4 engraved plates after Gourlay Steele. xxxv 3 352 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Edmonston & Douglas were the Publisher's of Dean Sage's The Ristigouche and Salmon Fishing. Schwerdt II p. 137 Edmonston & Douglas unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252836
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Salter TF. T. F.
The Troller's Guide: Being a Complete Practical Treatise on The Art of Trolling; or Fishing for Jack and Pike
London: James Maynard 1841. Third Edition with the author's last corrections and additions. Illustrated with one plate & 28 woodcuts. iv 2 83 1 pp. G. Norman Printer Maiden Lane. 1 vols. 12mo. Half black morocco over marbled boards spine gilt t.e.g. by Zaehnsdorf. Front joint rubbed. Bookplate of Dean Sage. Third Edition with the author's last corrections and additions. Illustrated with one plate & 28 woodcuts. iv 2 83 1 pp. G. Norman Printer Maiden Lane. 1 vols. 12mo. Westwood & Satchell p.187; ; Sage p 179 this copy James Maynard unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252823
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Smith Arthur
The Thames Angler
London: Chapman and Hall 1860. First edition. Frontispiece title vignette and wood engravings throughout. 80 14 ads pp. Green calf over marbled boards. Bookplates of Thomas Westwood and Dean Sage. Signed Thomas Westwood 1860 on first blank. First edition. Frontispiece title vignette and wood engravings throughout. 80 14 ads pp. Westwood & Sage's Copy. W & S p. 195 Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252790
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West William
A History of the Forest or Chace known by the name of Cranborn Chace collected from authentic early records . With: Appendix to the History of Cranborn Chace
Gillingham: Printed by E. Neave; and Sold by J. Hatchard Piccadilly 1834. First edition. Pp. viii 132 1 errata 1 blank; 2 Appendix. 1 vols. 8vo. Black morocco spine and drab boards. Minor traces of rubbing at extremities else fine. Bookplate. First edition. Pp. viii 132 1 errata 1 blank; 2 Appendix. 1 vols. 8vo. History of Cranborn Forest or chace deer preserve in Dorsetshire and the laws pertaining to the herd of fallow deer in the region.<br/><br/>WIth a two-page Appendix inserted at end dated 1834 and bearing the imprint of Bastable Printer Shaftesbury and recording the circumstances of the book's composition by "a retired Agriculturalist" and how in the year following its publication a legal action between a landowner and "the noble proprietor of the deer" came to trial; the decision resulted in the disenfranchisement of Cranborn Chace and "At this period Midsummer 1834 the deer are almost wholly extirpated - the full use of the lands is restord to the proprietors of the soil - and the country is released from many grievances formerly incident to the system of forest or chace."<br/><br/>Uncommon. Upcott 608 Printed by E. Neave; and Sold by J. Hatchard, Piccadilly unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252264
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Fennell Greville
The Rail and the Rod; or Tourist-Angler's Guide to Waters and Quarters around London. No. II. Great Western Railway
London: Horace Cox 1867. First edition. 1 ad vi 70 9 adspp. 8vo. Original limp cloth paper label to upper cover. Bookplate of Dean Sage. Very Good hinge split. First edition. 1 ad vi 70 9 adspp. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell pp 89-90; Sage p 90 this copy Horace Cox unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252814
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Angling
The Angler's Hand-Book containing Concise Instructions for Every Department of the Art
London: G. Routledge 1846. New Edition. Two hand-colored engraved plates of flies "including many never before figured." Pp. iv 9-67. 1 vols. 16mo. Original cream cloth decorated and lettered in gilt a.e.g. Fine. Bookplate of Dean Sage. New Edition". Two hand-colored engraved plates of flies "including many never before figured." Pp. iv 9-67. 1 vols. 16mo. A diminutive popular treatise first published in 1838; this is the 4th edition according to Westwood & Satchell. The delightful hand-colored plates display a total of 24 flies. Westwood & Satchell p. 9; Heckscher 62; Sage p. 9 this copy G. Routledge unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252887
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Whitney John
The Genteel Recreation: Or the Pleasure of Angling A Poem. With a Dialogue between Piscator and Corydon
London: J.H. Burn 1820. Second First Published Edition being a reprint of the rare 1700 author's printing. One of 100 copies. 14. 78 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in contemporary half pebbled green morocco over marbled boards spine gilt t.e.g. With Dean Sage bookplate and with his notes partially erased about the true first of this book. Second First Published Edition being a reprint of the rare 1700 author's printing. One of 100 copies. 14. 78 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Sage Copy. ".rhymes.sufficiently ridiculous to be somewhat amusing" -- Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 240; Sage pp 238-9 this copy [J.H. Burn] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252818
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Symonds Barnabas
The Suffolk Sportsman : Shewing the nature of the various kinds of dogs in use for the gun and net with the most rational and perfect method of training and breaking them together with . instructions to young sportsmen . Containing also other matters of great nicety and utility in the Sporting way
London: Thomas Gosden Sportsman's Repository Bedford Street Covent Garden 1825. First edition with half-title thus. Actually the Third edition of A Treatise on Field Diversions. 4 152 pp. Frontispiece engraving of hunting dog. iv 152 pp. Johnson Typ. Brook St. Holborn. 8vo. Half morocco over marbled boards t.e.g. by Stikeman t.e.g. rest uncut. First edition with half-title thus. Actually the Third edition of A Treatise on Field Diversions. 4 152 pp. Frontispiece engraving of hunting dog. iv 152 pp. Johnson Typ. Brook St. Holborn. 8vo. Chute 619; Schwerdt IV 90 Thomas Gosden, Sportsman's Repository, Bedford Street, Covent Garden unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252834
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Fairfax Thomas
The Complete Sportsman or Country Gentleman's Recreation.
London: Printed for J. Cooke at Shakespear's-Head in Pater-noster-Row 1764. Third Edition. Engraved frontispiece showing a hunting scene with two lines of verse underneath. 240 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep rebacked. Three bookplates of John Gerard Heckscher. Third Edition. Engraved frontispiece showing a hunting scene with two lines of verse underneath. 240 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Nice Copy of an Early Sporting Classic. A very nice copy of this basic and scarce work which went into numerous editions some bibliographically confusing. This is most probably the third edition following the first edition dated 1758 and its reprint dated 1764. It deals with a wide range of sporting activities including hunting shooting racing angling cock-fighting and much more. An important book. Schwerdt IV p. 32; Westwood & Satchell p. 90; Podeschi 53 Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear's-Head, in Pater-noster-Row unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252831
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Phillips Henry
The True Enjoyment of Angling
London: Printed by William Stevens 1843. First Edition. Subscriber's copy one of 100. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in half green morocco over marbled boards by Zaehnsdorf. Very Good spine sunned With the bookplate of Dean Sage. First Edition. Subscriber's copy one of 100. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. 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; Sage p. 161 This copy Printed by William Stevens unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252785
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Johnson Thomas B.
The Shooter's Companion; a description of Pointers and Setters &c. as well as of those Birds which are the objects of pursuit .
London: Printed for Sherwood Jones & Co 1823. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece and 2 lithographic plates as issued. ii 1 ad v-vi iii-iv vii-ix 1 396 pp. Johnson Printer Liverpool. 1 vols. 12mo. Period full blue calf spine gilt with emblemtic tooling of dog hunter and birds paneled in blind marbled edges. Fine. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece and 2 lithographic plates as issued. ii 1 ad v-vi iii-iv vii-ix 1 396 pp. Johnson Printer Liverpool. 1 vols. 12mo. A classic treatise. Schwerdt I pp. 269-270 Printed for Sherwood, Jones, & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252838
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Whyte Melville G. J.
Sarchendon A Legend of the Great Queen
London: Chapman and Hall 1871. First Edition half titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Half brown morocco and boards gilt spine t.e.g. Bookplate of Abel Berland. Fine. First Edition half titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Not in Wolff; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 409 Chapman and Hall unknown books
Bookseller reference : 252931
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