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Knap JD. J. D.
The Inlet Redhead ducks descending to open water in a marshland scene
New York: Frank Lowe 1945. No. 1 of 250 copies. Hand-colored sporting aquatint signed by the artist "JD Knap" in pencil at lower right. 23 x 18 inches. Some slight toning to sheet else fine. Framed. No. 1 of 250 copies. Hand-colored sporting aquatint signed by the artist "JD Knap" in pencil at lower right. 23 x 18 inches. Connett's Own Copy: No. 1. Fine sporting print published by Frank Lowe successor to the Derrydale Press who honored the traditions of the press by reserving copy no. 1 for Eugene Connett. Ordeman 2005 p. 76. Provenance: Eugene V. Connett III; his son Eugene V. Connett IV Frank Lowe unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244039
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Schwiebert Ernest G.
Matching the Hatch: a practical guide to imitation of insects found on Eastern and Western trout waters
New York: Macmillan 1955. First edition second printing. Illustrations by the author. 219 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth gray cloth spine. Fine in slightly worn dust jacket. Schwiebert Ernest G. First edition second printing. Illustrations by the author. 219 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In-Law's Copy. Signed on front free endpaper "Mr. & Mrs. Turner Mills 1957." and below "This book was a gift to my parents Kathryn & Turner Mills prior to the time that Ernie & I were married! Sara M. Schwiebert." and below the bookplate of Ernie Schwiebert. Macmillan unknown books
Bookseller reference : 238822
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Grey Zane
An American Angler in Australia
New York: Harper & Brothers 1937. First edition. Illustrated with 35 photographic illustrations including frontispiece. 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Minor shelf wear some toning to endsheets very good plus in dust jacket minor chipping at edges. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. First edition. Illustrated with 35 photographic illustrations including frontispiece. 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns B173 not seen "scarce" Harper & Brothers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 246478
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Apperley Charles James
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton Esq.by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod by the Author of 'Handley Cross'
London: Rudolf Ackermann Eclipse Sporting Gallery 191 Regent Street 1851. Third Edition. Engraved title-page & 18 hand-colored engraved plates by Henry Alken. 218 8 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo 9-1/2 inches 24 cm. Original brown publisher's cloth stamped in gilt. In brown cloth slipcase and chemise. A very fine copy. Bookplate of C.H. Waterland Mander. Alken Henry. Third Edition. Engraved title-page & 18 hand-colored engraved plates by Henry Alken. 218 8 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo 9-1/2 inches 24 cm. Desirable edition as it is the first to include The "Brief Memoir of Nimrod by the Author of 'Handley Cross'" Surtees. Tooley 68; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 20-21 Rudolf Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street unknown books
Bookseller reference : 249924
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Johnston Alastair J. & James F.
The Chronicles of Golf: 1457 to 1857
Cleveland Ohio: Alastair Johnston 1993. First edition Number 96 of 900 copies signed by the authors. Illustrated. 734 2 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Bound in quarter blue cloth and boards. Fine in pictorial dust jacket and blue cloth slipcase. Owner blindstamp in margin of last leaf. Prospectus and invitation loosely inserted. First edition Number 96 of 900 copies signed by the authors. Illustrated. 734 2 pp. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Colossal and compendious finely illustrated chronological survey of the early history of golf which is in part a history of Scotland and Scottish literature during the same period. Alastair Johnston unknown books
Bookseller reference : 245736
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Davy Humphrey Sir
Salmonia: or Days of Fly Fishing. In a series of conversations. With some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo. By an Angler
London: John Murray 1828. First edition. Illustrated with wood engravings. viii 273 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Nicely bound in 19th Century blue polished calf marbled edges label missing. Erasure on title-page with some backing else very good. First edition. Illustrated with wood engravings. viii 273 1 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. The first edition of a book which Westwood & Satchell state "ranks high in the scale of angling literature" Westwood & Satchell p. 77; Heckscher 593 John Murray unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244440
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Hawker Lt. Col. P.
Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting
London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme Brown and Green 1824. Third edition "considerably enlarged and improved. With ten plates three hand colored. Bound without half-title. xxii 2 470 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Bound in full red straight-grain morocco gilt spine tooled with sporting vignettes boards with quadruple gilt fillet border and sporting cornerpieces t.e.g. others untrimmed by R. Sotherans by Morell. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Fine. Third edition "considerably enlarged and improved". With ten plates three hand colored. Bound without half-title. xxii 2 470 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Best edition finely bound. The third "and most complete edition containing valuable information on wild-fowling with a gunning punt French hut shooting pheasant partridge and grouse shooting fly-fishing and deer-stalking" Schwerdt. Schwerdt I p. 235 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green unknown books
Bookseller reference : 246092
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Walton Izaac
The Compleat Angler .
London: Printed for Samuel Bagster in the Strand 1808. First Bagster edition Mercier and Co. Octavo edition. Engraved half title present. Illustrated with 32 engravings by Audinet 15 plates 17 small fish in text 2 musical engravings 2 woodcuts. Printed by C. Mercier and Co. vi 7-512 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary tree calf all edges marbled original gilt spine deftly laid down leather title label. Very nice copy. First Bagster edition Mercier and Co. Octavo edition. Engraved half title present. Illustrated with 32 engravings by Audinet 15 plates 17 small fish in text 2 musical engravings 2 woodcuts. Printed by C. Mercier and Co. vi 7-512 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Coigney 17 Printed for Samuel Bagster, in the Strand unknown books
Bookseller reference : 239567
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Millard Edward Eames
Random Casts; or Odds and Ends From an Angler's Note Book By E.M.E.
New York: Derby Brothers 27 Park Place 1878. 175 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Original printed upper wrapper with loss at edges lower wrapper mostly present and spine perished with all laid down on new wrappers. Interior fine. In Gray cloth folding box. 175 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Rare. Genial and frequently lyrical recollections of angling adventures. Bruns M182; Wetzel p. 183; not in Heckscher Derby Brothers, 27 Park Place unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244475
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Clark Roland
The Scout. Mallard Drake
New York: Published by The Derrydale Press 1938. No. 30 of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. Hand-colored sporting aquatint engraving signed by the artist in pencil lower right. 1 vols. 13-3/4 x 16-1/2 inches on a larger sheet. Fine condition old trace of adhesive on top margin well away from image. No. 30 of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. Hand-colored sporting aquatint engraving signed by the artist in pencil lower right. 1 vols. 13-3/4 x 16-1/2 inches on a larger sheet. A splendid image of a mallard drake above an autumn marsh scene. The coloring on the bird is exceptionally bright and fresh. Roland Clark 1874-1957 was known primarily as a etcher of wildfowl but he also worked in watercolors and oils. His works are some of the most sought-after in the field of American sporting art. Between 1931 and 1938 he wrote and illustrated three Derrydale Press books: "Stray Shots" "Gunner's Dawn" and a collection of his graphics "Roland Clark's Etchings". Siegel pp. 194-5; Ordeman Aquatints Drypoints and Etchings of the Derrydale Press pp. 29-31; Ordeman 2005 p. 104 Published by The Derrydale Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 238963
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Foxhunting King Edward
American Hunting Scenes. Colorists' model for "Well Away"
New York: Derrydale Press 1929. Aquatint engraving. Proof before letters colored by hand. 1 vols. Approximately 19 x 12 inches. Marginal smudging from colorists' handling; the image bright and clear. Aquatint engraving. Proof before letters colored by hand. 1 vols. Approximately 19 x 12 inches. These were notes Ordeman "the first aquatints depicting contemporary American foxhunting scenes ever published . "The First Flight" was the first print published and it was only after it had proven popular that Mr. Connett issued the three prints that completed the set."<br/><br/>Fine example of a colorist's model from the proof before letters. Ordeman pp. 60-61 105 Derrydale Press unknown books
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Robertson William
Forest Sketches. Deer Stalking and Other Sports in the Highland Fifty Years Ago
Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas 1865. First edition. Title page vignette 4 engraved plates after Gourlay Steele. 38 352 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown pebbled cloth gilt monument with Stag antlers on front cover. Very good spine rubbed and worn. H.L. Tilney stamp on title page. First edition. Title page vignette 4 engraved plates after Gourlay Steele. 38 352 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 18 inserted engraved plates from other sources including two by Howitt as well as a 2-pp printed poem with affixed vignette headpiece entitled "Spring in Bendouran. Translated by B. Disraeli from the Gaelic of Duncan Macintyre ". Schwerdt II p. 137 Edmonston & Douglas unknown books
Bookseller reference : 234327
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Bergman Ray
Trout
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company 1938. First trade edition. With fly plates in color by Dr. Edgar Burke photographs and diagrams by Charles S. Krug and Ivin Sickles. 451 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Original brown cloth. Fine in rare pictorial dust jacket with illustration by Edgar Burke some wear overall very good loss at head of spine panel affecting "TR". First trade edition. With fly plates in color by Dr. Edgar Burke photographs and diagrams by Charles S. Krug and Ivin Sickles. 451 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. In Dust Jacket. Bruns B-134; Wetzel p. 104 "A monumental work on the subject" Penn Publishing Company unknown books
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Rutledge Archibald
Heart of the South
Columbia S.C.: The State Company 1924. First edition. vii 291 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth titled in gilt. Near fine minor bumping to spine ends. First edition. vii 291 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed Copy of a Scarce Book. Choice early Rutledge collection of short stories in attractive condition inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf: "Inscribed by your friend Archibald Rutledge Dec. 6 1927". Phillips p. 326; Biscotti p. 378 "scarce" The State Company unknown books
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Hammond Peter Mark Barkly
The Book of the Piscatorial Society 1836-1936
London: The Piscatorial Society 1936. First edition. Color frontispiece plates after John Leech and from photographs. ix 128 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original green bevelled cloth. Fine. First edition. Color frontispiece plates after John Leech and from photographs. ix 128 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. The Piscatorial Society unknown books
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Walton Izaac
The Complete Angler . by Izaak Walton and . Charles Cotton . With Original Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas
London: William Pickering 1836. First Nicholas Edition. Printed by C. Whittingham. Took Court Chancery Lane. Engraved title-page 48 engraved plates two pages of music and two woodcuts of the Walton seal 9 head-pieces and 2 portraits of Walton. 2 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary pebbled brown morocco gilt boards with arms of Trinity College within elaborate ruled borders spine tooled in gilt in 6 compartments Cambridge arms at top and bottom raised bands inner dentelles gilt a.e.g. marbled endpapers by Wiseman Cambridge. Some toning of margins sporadic foxing and offsetting from plates at front and back. Very good. First Nicholas Edition. Printed by C. Whittingham. Took Court Chancery Lane. Engraved title-page 48 engraved plates two pages of music and two woodcuts of the Walton seal 9 head-pieces and 2 portraits of Walton. 2 vols. 8vo. Cambridge Binder. One of the finest illustrated editions of Walton ever published. Pickering employed 27 of the most prominent artist painters and engravers to illustrate it. Coigney 44; Keynes 94 William Pickering unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244633
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Clark Roland
Down Wind. Pintail Drake.
New York: Published by The Derrydale Press 1937. No. 1 of 250 copies. Hand-colored aquatint engraving signed in pencil "Roland Clark" at lower right. 1 vols. Plate size measures 19-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches including engraved title. Fine condition. Framed. No. 1 of 250 copies. Hand-colored aquatint engraving signed in pencil "Roland Clark" at lower right. 1 vols. Plate size measures 19-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches including engraved title. Connett's Own Copy: No. 1. A splendid image of a drake pintail scudding ahead of a blow high over a marsh-lined bay. "The Alarm "and "Down Wind" were the first full-color prints made of Clark's work printed from copper plates on fine imported hand made paper with each impression individually colored by hand. An excellent example of the artist's spirited work and American print making at its finest. Roland Clark 1874-1957 was known primarily as a etcher of wildfowl but he also worked in watercolors and oils. His works are some of the most sought-after in the field of American sporting art. Between 1931 and 1938 he wrote and illustrated three Derrydale Press books: "Stray Shots" "Gunner's Dawn" and a collection of his graphics "Roland Clark's Etchings"<br/><br/>With the finest possible provenance: the publisher's own copy. Siegel pp.194-195; Ordeman The Derrydale Prints 2005 pp. 37-48 104. Provenance: Eugene V. Connett III; his son Eugene V. Connett IV Published by The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Bissell Alfred E.
Tuscarora Recollections Preface by David J. Reinhardt Jr.
Wilmington Delaware: Privately Printed. Printed by the Anthoensen Press Portland Me 1965. First edition. Probably 50 or 100 copies. Illustrated with photos and with 4 colored tipped-in plates by Ogden Pleissner. vii 1 24 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth spine and boards. Fine. First edition. Probably 50 or 100 copies. Illustrated with photos and with 4 colored tipped-in plates by Ogden Pleissner. vii 1 24 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Mostly reminiscences of the Tuscarora Club near Margaretville in the Catskills but also with a trip to the Beaverkill one rainy April day.<br/><br/>Portraits of Ogden Pleissner Carl Martin Jr. etc. <br/><br/>Inscribed "To Ted Harvey / Pres. Del. Wild Lands Inc. / with all the best AEB 9/9/67" Heller 1:727 "Rare"; Not in Bruns (Privately Printed. Printed by the Anthoensen Press Portland, Me) unknown books
Bookseller reference : 233949
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Piscatorial Society
The Book of the Piscatorial Society 1836-1936
London: The Piscatorial Society 26 College Street 1936. First edition. Color frontispiece and 34 full-page black-and white plates. x 128 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original faux morocco green cloth. Fine minor foxing. First edition. Color frontispiece and 34 full-page black-and white plates. x 128 pp. 1 vols. 4to. The Piscatorial Society 26 College Street unknown books
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Carlisle DT. D. T.
The Belvidere Hounds
New York: The Derrydale Press 1935. First edition one of 1250 copies. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Original pictorial boards tan cloth spine a fine copy in the original printed glassine wrapper "very rare" - Frazier with slightest chipping at edges. First edition one of 1250 copies. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 4to. In Dust Jacket. A splendid copy of this book of indescribably delightful cartoons of an old-guard pack of hounds originally appearing in the pages of The Sportsman magazine. Siegel 87; Frazier C-1-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 74. Provenance: Don Frazier The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Carroll W.
The Angler's Vade Mecum Containing A Descriptive Account of the Water Flies Their Seasons and the Kind of Weather That Brings Them Most on the Water . To Which is Added A Description of the Different Baits Used in Angling and Where Found
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co 1818. First edition with half-title. 12 hand-colored plates. vii i 1-128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full tan calf uncut. Rebacked in period style new endsheets. Signed on first blank "John Stocks/ Edin. 1828" and with original paper label tipped in. Very nice copy. First edition with half-title. 12 hand-colored plates. vii i 1-128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One hundred and ninety-four examples of flies arranged under the months from May to September and colored by hand. Westwood & Satchell p. 50; Heckscher 359 Printed for Archibald Constable and Co unknown books
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Pulman George PR. P. R.
Vade Mecum of Fly-Fishing for Trout
Axminster: Printed and Sold by E. Wills with 4 lines of booksellers below 1841. First edition. 61 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Pebbled cloth. Fine. Laid into full crimson clamshell drop box. First edition. 61 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Printed and Sold by E. Wills [with 4 lines of booksellers below] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244426
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Schwiebert Ernest G. Jr.
Salmon of the World. Foreword by Arnold Gingrich
New York: Winchester Press 1970. First edition 177 of 750 copies numbered and signed by the author. With 30 color plates by the author and other illustrations. 1 vols. Folio. Original dark blue boards cloth spine fine in original slipcase which has a little rubbing spine of box has 3 inch tear laid down. First edition 177 of 750 copies numbered and signed by the author. With 30 color plates by the author and other illustrations. 1 vols. Folio. Bruns S84; Sheets American Fishing Books 1743-1997 S2629 Winchester Press unknown books
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Rosborough E. H. "Polly"
Reminiscences from 50 Years of Flyrodding Typewritten Manuscript of the Author's Memoirs
Forest Grove Oregon: Champoeg Press 1978. 450 pp. typescript some photocopy leaves with numerous editorial corrections in ink throughout; 167 pp. photocopy typescript of a more finished draft with additional corrections in ink; and a substantial group of correspondence between author and editors with additional related material. 1 vols. 8vo. Condition generally fine. With a copy of the published book Caldwell Idaho: Caxton Printers 1982. 450 pp. typescript some photocopy leaves with numerous editorial corrections in ink throughout; 167 pp. photocopy typescript of a more finished draft with additional corrections in ink; and a substantial group of correspondence between author and editors with additional related material. 1 vols. 8vo. Manuscript of 'Polly' Rosborough's Reminiscences. Submitted to Bob Wethern of Champoeg Press for consideration. Champoeg Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 238161
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Grimble Augustus
The Salmon Rivers of Ireland
London: Kegan Paul Trübner & Co. Ltd 1913. Second Edition Revised and Rest. Folding Map illustrated. xvi ii. 296 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue gilt stamped pictorial cloth. VG. Second Edition Revised and Rest. Folding Map illustrated. xvi ii. 296 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Coleby pp. 66 77; Hampton 2008 p. 125 Kegan, Paul, Trübner & Co., Ltd unknown books
Bookseller reference : 243784
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Skues George Edward MacKenzie
Two Typed Letters Signed "G.E.M. Skues" as Acting Secretary of the Fly Fishers Club London February 1918 concerning the Club's Journal
London 1918. Two letters each 12 lines signed by Skues in ink beneath his formal closing note with name of recipient in his hand below. 4to. Uniform toning to paper stock. Old folds visible. Finely matted and framed 18 x 24 inches overall. Two letters each 12 lines signed by Skues in ink beneath his formal closing note with name of recipient in his hand below. 4to. Skues: No and Yes and - No. In the first letter Skues writes his correspondent Philip M. Boase Esq. of Law Park St. Andrews Fife that the Journal of the Club is reserved for members only and that subscriptions cannot be accepted and that the news article in the Fishing Gazette which prompted the inquiry "was made under a misapprehension of the conditions under which the Journal could be issued." In the second letter Skues reports "I am directed by the Committee to say that it had been their intention to ask your acceptance of a copy of the Number of the Journal of the Fly FIshers Club for which you sent the Subscription which they regretted being unable to accept. They are however very disappointed to find that there are no copies left .". unknown books
Bookseller reference : 246905
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Hunt Richard Carley
Salmon in Low Water
New York: Privately Printed by The Anglers Club of New York 1950. First edition. No. 319 of 500 numbered copies. Set in Waverly types on specially made paper printed by Peter and Edna Beilensen Mount Vernon New York. With hand-colored plates of flies after watercolors by Edgar Burke. With decorative initials by John Atherton. 87 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth printed labels on upper cover and spine fine spine lightly sunned. In slightly worn slipcase. Burke Edgar. First edition. No. 319 of 500 numbered copies. Set in Waverly types on specially made paper printed by Peter and Edna Beilensen Mount Vernon New York. With hand-colored plates of flies after watercolors by Edgar Burke. With decorative initials by John Atherton. 87 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed from the author "For Eddie from Dick March 23 1950." Bruns H292 "Very scarce"; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 100 Privately Printed by The Anglers Club of New York unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244405
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Shaw Fred G.
The Science of Dry Fly Fishing
London: Bradbury Agnew 1906. First edition. Illustrated. xv ads xii 142 2 xxviii ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial green cloth. Very good minor foxing in margins; gift note affixed to front flyleaf. First edition. Illustrated. xv ads xii 142 2 xxviii ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bradbury, Agnew unknown books
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Van Sinderen Adrian
Canter Please! Random Memories of Glenholme Farm and of our Playmates and Playgrounds
New York: Privately Printed by the Derrydale Press 1935. First edition. Illustrated with photographs throughout especially pp. 63-93. 93 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. White art vellum and red paper covered upper board titled in gilt. A trifle rubbed still about fine in repaired slipcase. First edition. Illustrated with photographs throughout especially pp. 63-93. 93 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first of van Sinderen's Christmas books and the only one produced by the Derrydale Press. Van Sinderen was a friend of Connett and Ingraham and the Derrydale connection is apparent from the chapter entitled "A Shelf of Books". Subsequent books were produced by Rudge in progressively larger limitations. Frazier V-2-a "my guess is that his first 1935 book had no more than a couple of hundred copies and probably fewer"; not in Siegel Privately Printed [by the Derrydale Press] 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. Half dark green morocco. Some rubbing light scattered foxing to text block. Very good. New Edition Revised and Corrected". Second edition first illustrated edition. With illustrations by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Van Winkle p. 39 edition a or b Stringer & Townsend unknown books
Bookseller reference : 228971
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Ronalds Alfred
The Fly-Fisher's Entomology. With Directions for Making the Artificial Representation of Each Fly; and a Few Observations and Instructions on Trout and Grayling Fishing. With an Introduction by the Right Honourable Sir Herbert Maxwell
Liverpool: Henry Young and Sons 1913. Number 133 of 250 copies for sale from a total edition of 270 signed by the publishers. Illustrated with frontispiece and 21 plates 8 photogravures on india paper mounted and 13 hand-colored engravings captioned tissue-guards; second volume with 48 flies displayed in linen-lined sunken compartments on 9 heavy board mounts. 2 vols. 4to 25.1 x 18.7 cm. Publisher's green morocco-backed cloth upper boards with gilt roundel of a dressed fly gilt- paneled spines t.e.g. others uncut. Slight traces of rubbing. Near fine some spotting to boards of vol. 2 with title showing faint foxing. In custom cloth slipcase. Number 133 of 250 copies for sale from a total edition of 270 signed by the publishers. Illustrated with frontispiece and 21 plates 8 photogravures on india paper mounted and 13 hand-colored engravings captioned tissue-guards; second volume with 48 flies displayed in linen-lined sunken compartments on 9 heavy board mounts. 2 vols. 4to 25.1 x 18.7 cm. With 48 Hand-Tied Flies. Henry Young and Sons unknown books
Bookseller reference : 235657
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Baseball
Illustrated Catalogue of Base Ball Goods and Uniforms. Wright & Ditson
Boston: Wright & Ditson Retail Store: 344 Washington Street nera Milk Street. Wholesale Store: 95 Pearl Street 1895. Illustrated throughout. 24 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Illustrated throughout. 24 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A rare trade catalogue of 19th-century baseball gear profusely illustrated with wood-engravings of products offered by Wright & Ditson -- including Spalding bats and mitts catcher's masks bases shoes uniforms and caps and score books and other miscellanea. Wright & Ditson was later acquired by Spalding. Wright & Ditson Retail Store: 344 Washington Street (nera Milk Street). Wholesale Store: 95 Pearl Street unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244662
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Mosely Martin E.
The Dry-Fly Fisherman's Entomology. Being a Supplement to Frederic M. Halford's The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook
London: Routledge 1921. First Edition. Illustrated with 16 hand-colored plates and figures in the text. 109 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green rexine wallet-style binding. Fine copy of this classic. First Edition. Illustrated with 16 hand-colored plates and figures in the text. 109 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Routledge unknown books
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Derrydale Press Babcock Philip H.
Falling Leaves: Tales from a Gun Room
New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. First edition No. 4 of 950 copies inscribed by the author to his wife. Illustrated by Aiden L. Ripley. 201 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full green morocco gilt with leaf tooling Cockerel endpapers t.e.g. by Arno Werner. Fine. Housed in a matching green morocco backed clamshell box. Ripley Aiden. First edition No. 4 of 950 copies inscribed by the author to his wife. Illustrated by Aiden L. Ripley. 201 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED TO HIS WIFE. Well-told recollections of grouse woodcock geese ducks and other quarry.<br/><br/>Inscribed on the dedication page beneath the printed dedication which reads: To those friends whose companionship with rod or gun has meant to much to me "To the best friend of all - my wife PHB" and dated May 1937. Siegel 115; Frazier B-1-a. Provenance: Don Frazier The Derrydale Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 237018
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Santini Piero
Riding Reflections. With a Foreword by Lida L. Fleirtmann Mrs. J. van S. Bloodgood Ex M.F.H.
New York: The Derrydale Press 1932. First edition no. 127 of 850 copies. Illustrated with 22 photographs and 8 drawings by Vincent Fane Handley. xiii 3 118 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original dark green pictorial cloth gilt fine copy. FINE IN RED PICTORIAL PRINTED DUST JACKET. First edition no. 127 of 850 copies. Illustrated with 22 photographs and 8 drawings by Vincent Fane Handley. xiii 3 118 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. IN DUST JACKET. Contains the first authentic written description of the forward seat as developed by Lieutenant Caprilli of the Italian Army. " The application of the Italian forward seat to hunting steeplechasing horse show and bridle path riding is discussed most interestingly" Publisher's Statement. Siegel 64; Frazier S-1-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 318 The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Markham Gervase
Country Contentments: or The Husbandmans Recreations. Contayning the wholesome Experiences in which any man ought to Recreate himselfe after the toyle of more serious Businesse. As namely Hunting Hawking Coursing with Grey-hounds and the lawes of the Lease Shooting in Long-bowe or Cross-bowe Bowling Tennis Baloone. The whole Art of Angling and the use of the Fighting Cocke. By G M.
London: Printed by Nicholas Okes for Iohn Harison at the golden Unicorne in Pater-noster-row 1631. The fourth edition. Newly Corrected Enlarged and Adorned with many excellent Additions as may appeare by this marke pointing hand" First separate edition. 12 118 2 pp. Lacking first and final leaves blank. 1 vols. 4to in 8's 18.5 cm. 19th-century black pebbled cloth upper cover lettered simply in gilt "COUNTRY CONTENTMENTS G.M." Title page somewhat soiled outer margin with a 1/2-inch darkened streak text generally somewhat toned. The fourth edition. Newly Corrected Enlarged and Adorned with many excellent Additions as may appeare by this marke pointing hand" First separate edition. 12 118 2 pp. Lacking first and final leaves blank. 1 vols. 4to in 8's 18.5 cm. First separate edition. First published in 1615 STC 17342 with its companion book THE ENGLISH HUSWIFE which was printed again separately in 1623. This second edition of THE HUSBANDMANS RECREATIONS without that book's section on horses is actually the first edition ever printed separately and it is quite scarce on the market: only three copies have appeared at auction over the last quarter century the last of which brought $2983. Poynter 34.5b; STC 17344; ESTC S112050; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 242 Printed by Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Harison, at the golden Unicorne in Pater-noster-row unknown books
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Burke Edgar
Color Patterns for Decoys Mallards Pintails Blackduck Green-Winged Teal; Canada Goose Brant Widgeons Surf Scooters American Scooters; Broadbills Redheads Canvasbacks Goldeneyes
N.p. 1940. Published in Duck Shooting along the Atlantic Tidewater 1947 as plates at pp. 256 262 266; and again in Duck Decoys 1953 as frontispiece and plates at pp. 38 86. Three large acrylic paintings on canvas board each showing the design of 8 duck decoys side views for a total of 24 figures in all. Signed in pencil on back of one painting "Edgar Burke MD Jersey City N.J. Medical Center". 1 vols. Each about 14-3/4 x 13 inches. Framed. Fine. Published in Duck Shooting along the Atlantic Tidewater 1947 as plates at pp. 256 262 266; and again in Duck Decoys 1953 as frontispiece and plates at pp. 38 86. Three large acrylic paintings on canvas board each showing the design of 8 duck decoys side views for a total of 24 figures in all. Signed in pencil on back of one painting "Edgar Burke MD Jersey City N.J. Medical Center". 1 vols. Each about 14-3/4 x 13 inches. Burke's Decoy Paintings for Connett's Duck Shooting. Edgar Burke MD 1889-1950 successfully combined the vocation of medicine he was a member of the American College of Physicians and Surgeons and the avocation of sport. He was an enthusiastic wildfowler and upland gunner an expert angler and fly tier he designed the flies "Doctor Burke" and "Family Secret" and was interested in pigeon racing and cock fighting it was he in the Jersey City cock-fights of the 1930s who sewed up the wounds of the injured birds. He was also a celebrated sporting artist illustrating two Derrydale Press classics Feathered Game 1929 and Upland Game Bird Shooting in America 1930 and producing front cover vignettes for seven more including Grouse Feathers and De Shootinest Gent'man. He was notes Siegel a childhood companion and lifetime friend of Derrydale proprietor Eugene Connett. <br/>These paintings from the late 1940s represent Burke's finest work in an area where he was an acknowledged master. They were published in Connett's Duck Shooting along the Atlantic Tidewater 1947 as plates at pp. 256 262 266 illustrating the chapter Burke wrote. Connett used the plates again in honor of his friend in Duck Decoys 1953 as frontispiece and plates at pp. 38 86.<br/>Highly decorative sporting art with the finest provenance. Provenance: Eugene V. Connett 3rd; his son Eugene V. Connett IV. Literature: Duck Shooting Along the Atlantic Tidewater 1947 plates at pp. 256 262 266; and again in Duck Decoys 1953 frontispiece and plates at pp. 38 86 unknown books
Bookseller reference : 242612
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Gaidy Charles
Ephemeras "Mayflies" Naturals and Artificials. Editor of English Language edition Thomas W. Earnhardt. Original Translation by Ronald H. Creel. Introduction by Lefty Kreh.
New York: Edicom Inc 1986. First edition in English Number 10 of 300 copies. Drawings and Some Color Plates by the Author. Color Plates of Flies and some Photographs by Thomas Earnhardt. North American Entomology by William T. Bryson. 335 pp. 1 vols. Small Folio. Full tan leather gilt dentelles t.e.g. Fine in leather-edged slipcase. First edition in English Number 10 of 300 copies. Drawings and Some Color Plates by the Author. Color Plates of Flies and some Photographs by Thomas Earnhardt. North American Entomology by William T. Bryson. 335 pp. 1 vols. Small Folio. One of 300 Copies. This magnificent book has five main sections: Index of Entomological Terms; Index of Fly Tying Instructions ; Tools and Materials; Hackle Capes & Summary of the Different Families. Edicom, Inc unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244466
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Baylor Armisted Keith
Abdul. An Allegory
New York: Privately Printed by The Derrydale Press 1930. First edition one of 500 copies. 47 pp. 1 vols. Thin 8vo. Original black boards yellow marbled endpapers. Spine with some wear and loss at head of spine else fine. Bookplate of Frederick T. Holliday. First edition one of 500 copies. 47 pp. 1 vols. Thin 8vo. Memorial volume of verse privately printed by Connett and never intended for sale. "An extremely rare Derrydale book . very scarce . and very hard to come by" Frazier. Siegel 34; Frazier B-8-aMike's Alley Privately Printed by [The Derrydale Press] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 245403
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Batten John
Skyline Pursuits. Preface by James H. Duke Jr.
Clinton New Jersey: Amwell Press 1981. First Edition Number 640 of 1000 copiessigned by Batten Allen and Jim Rikhoff. A High Country Heritage book. Color frontispiece by Carl Rungius. Color line drawings by Gordon Allen Jr. and with a special forty page photographic section from the author"s private collection. xiii i 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue leather a.e.g. Fine in slipcase. Allen Gordon Jr. First Edition Number 640 of 1000 copiessigned by Batten Allen and Jim Rikhoff. A High Country Heritage book. Color frontispiece by Carl Rungius. Color line drawings by Gordon Allen Jr. and with a special forty page photographic section from the author"s private collection. xiii i 318 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Amwell Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 249304
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Lloyd Thomas Ivester 1873 1942
Gallant Fox" Hand-colored print of the celebrated racehorse "Winner of the Flash Junior Champion Wood Preakness Kentucky Derby . World's Greatest Money Winner in 1931 . Property of William Woodward Esquire
New York: privately printed by The Derrydale Press 1937. This state without jockey. Size of edition unknown. 17-3/4 x 13-3/4 plate size. Signed by the artist in pencil at lower right. Small stains in margin not affecting image. Fine. This state without jockey. Size of edition unknown. 17-3/4 x 13-3/4 plate size. Signed by the artist in pencil at lower right. Woodward's 'Gallant Fox' - Thoroughbred Portrait by Ivester Lloyd. Beautiful specimen of an exceedingly rare Derrydale sporting print commissioned by William Woodward New York banker and owner of the Bel Air Stud in Maryland who also commissioned the two most sought after books of the press 'Gallant Fox A Memoir' and 'Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses'. <br/><br/>With a fine association inscribed lower left "To William Goodby Loew from William Woodward" Ordeman 2005 pp. 96-7 108; Siegel p. 234. Provenance: descendant of the Loew family privately printed by The Derrydale Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 238958
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Tuscarora Club Brown Arthur K. III
Tuscarora One Hundred Years 1901-2001
Privately printed at the Paraclete Press Orleans Massachusetts 2001. First edition One of 212 copies signed by the author and artist on an inserted limitation leaf. Color frontispiece of the Upper Falls after Peter Corbin numerous illustrations. xvii 198 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt. As new. First edition One of 212 copies signed by the author and artist on an inserted limitation leaf. Color frontispiece of the Upper Falls after Peter Corbin numerous illustrations. xvii 198 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The One Hundred Year History of the Tuscarora Club on the Millbrook near Margaretsville in the Catskills of Delaware County New York. Privately printed at the Paraclete Press, Orleans, Massachusetts] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 246035
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Theakston M.
A List of Natural Flies That Are Taken by Trout Grayling and Smelt in the Streams of Ripon
Ripon: Printed and Published by W. Harrison 1853. First edition. 8 plates printed verso and recto and another. 154 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Slightly cocked head of spine slightly chipped spine sunned else very good. Bookplate of Joseph Delaplaine Bates. First edition. 8 plates printed verso and recto and another. 154 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed and Published by W. Harrison unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244465
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Stoddart Thomas Tod
The Art of Angling as Practised in Scotland
Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers 1835. First edition. Illustrated. 156 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Three early tewntieth century quarter green calf and green cloth label. Fine. Signature of Alex. Leishman 1835 on title-page. First edition. Illustrated. 156 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. An early account of Scottish angling enlivened by the author's occasional verse. Westwood & Satchell p. 203 mentioning only the second edition of 1836 W. & R. Chambers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 240334
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Derrydale Press Markland A. B.
Pteryplegia: The Art of Shooting-Flying. With a foreword by Col. H. P. Sheldon
New York: Derrydale Press 1931. Deluxe edition. Number 75 of 200 copies colored by hand of an entire edition of 500 copies signed by the artist. Hand-colored illustrations half-title and title page and head- and tail-pieces by Robert Ball. x 29 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Three-quarter white paper over blue paper boards hand-colored printed paper label on upper cover a fine copy. Ball Robert. Deluxe edition. Number 75 of 200 copies colored by hand of an entire edition of 500 copies signed by the artist. Hand-colored illustrations half-title and title page and head- and tail-pieces by Robert Ball. x 29 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Hand-colored Issue. A lovely work with charming hand-colored illustrations. Siegel 56 Derrydale Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 242610
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Babcock Philip H.
Falling Leaves: Tales from a Gun Room
New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. First edition No. 681 of 950 copies. Illustrated by Aiden L. Ripley. 1 vols. 8vo. Original leather-grained brown cloth gilt a little dulled light rubbing to extremities back inner hinge started else very good. Ripley Aiden. First edition No. 681 of 950 copies. Illustrated by Aiden L. Ripley. 1 vols. 8vo. EMERSON TUTTLE'S COPY. With the bookplate of Nantucket Artist Emerson Tuttle and the inscription "Emerson Tuttle Dec 42 from AFT" Siegel 115; Frazier B-1-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 236898
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Florida Spinner Francis E.
Autograph Letter Signed "F.E. Spinner" to Angling author George Dawson dated Jacksonville Florida Feby. 19 1876 discussing Dawson's book of "fish letters" Pleasures of Angling . 1876 recounting a fish tale and praising Florida winters
Jacksonville Florida 1876. 4 pp. pen and ink on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. 12mo. Old folds. Fine. 4 pp. pen and ink on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. 12mo. The First Florida Retiree. "Spinner a strong nationalist was an important adviser to Chase on matters such as the circulation of greenbacks which bore Spinner's distinctive hard-to-duplicate signature and the creation of a national banking system. . Needing large numbers of reliable employees not subject to military service he was the first governmental administrator to turn to women. He vigorously defended their employment against critics hired over one hundred paid them well by the standards of the time and insisted on their continued employment after the war. . When a new secretary of the treasury in 1875 assumed control over the appointment of clerks however Spinner feared that dishonest people might be hired and he would be held responsible. He resigned and moved to Jacksonville Florida where he enjoyed a vigorous outdoor life until his death in that city." ANB<br/>Francis E. Spinner 1802-1890 served as Treasurer of the United States under Presidents Lincoln Johnson and Grant. In the angling world he is notable as the recipient of letters from Oliver Gibbs published as Lake Pepin Fish-Chowder 1869. In retirement in Florida he writes to George Dawson editor of the Albany Evening Journal and a noted American angling author whose Pleasures of Angling with Rod and Reel 1876 is the first American book devoted to fly fishing. Spinner writes "I am so glad to learn that you have been persuaded to publish your fish letters in book form . when yours comes out it will be read with pleasure." He then goes on to describe fishing for trout on McGirt's Creek a tributary of the St. Johns River and catching a cat fish of 18-1/2 pounds "on one of Chapman's 'No. 4 Minnow bait' . I mention this because I cannot learn from anyone that a cat fish was ever known before to strike at artificial bait." Spinner concludes lyrically "The orange and other of the citrus family are in bloom now . Whoever at the North that can afford to and who has nothing else to do and that does not spend his winters in this Elysium is to be pitied. Do come." <br/>An excellent letter with outstanding content. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 244152
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Apperley Charles James
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton Esq.by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod by the Author of 'Handley Cross'
London: Rudolf Ackermann Eclipse Sporting Gallery 191 Regent Street 1851. Third edition. Engraved title-page 18 hand-colored engraved plates by Henry Alken. 218 8-ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth with wear and and rubbing to edges; else fine bright copy. Yellow booklabel of J.C. Esor The Hague on front pastedown. Alken Henry. Third edition. Engraved title-page 18 hand-colored engraved plates by Henry Alken. 218 8-ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Desirable edition as it is the first to include The "Brief Memoir of Nimrod by the Author of 'Handley Cross'" Surtees. Tooley 68; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 20-21 Rudolf Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street unknown books
Bookseller reference : 231040
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Phillips John C.
Wenham Lake Shooting Record and the "Farm Bag" 1897 to 1925
np: Privately Printed 1926. Limited edition of 100 copies privately printed. 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth spine and upper cover. Dampstaining throughout on lower third of page binding is sound and clean. Good plus. Limited edition of 100 copies privately printed. 299 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Phillips says "This contains the comparative abundance of the game for each year. The only similar record in a different region is Pringle's Twenty Years Snipe Shooting."<br/><br/>Inscribed by the author on front flyleaf: "Harry L. Ferguson with kindest regards of John C. Phillips". Phillips p. 294; Heller 2:728; not in Riling or Chute Privately Printed unknown books
Bookseller reference : 249813
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Bunbury Henry William
An Academy for Grown Horsemen; Containing the Completest Instructions for Walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Stumbling and Tumbling. By Geoffrey Gambado Esq. . the Third edition. issued with: The Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents Communicated by Various Correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado Esq
London: Printed by W. Nicholson Warner Street for W. Baynes 54 Paternoster Row 1808. Third edition. First title: 12 engraved sepia plates by William Dickinson after drawings by Bunbury. xxiv 36 pp. Second title: 17 sepia plates after drawings by Bunbury. xviii 81 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary quarter tan calf and boards gilt spine with black leather labels. Joints worn corners bumped but binding is sound; very light occasional spotting to plates mostly marginal a few with minor tape repairs. Bookplate of Lady Brydges of Boultibrooke. Third edition. First title: 12 engraved sepia plates by William Dickinson after drawings by Bunbury. xxiv 36 pp. Second title: 17 sepia plates after drawings by Bunbury. xviii 81 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Printed by W. Nicholson, Warner Street for W. Baynes, 54, Paternoster Row unknown books
Bookseller reference : 237252
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