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Baseball
Spalding's Official Canadian Base Ball Guide
Montreal: Canadian Sporting Publishing Company 269 Sty. Catherine Street West 1925. Illustrated. 177 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. Very good. Illustrated. 177 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Canadian Sporting Publishing Company 269 Sty. Catherine Street, West unknown books
Bookseller reference : 238731
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Derrydale Press
William Hamilton Foster". An announcement of the death of Mr. Foster Vice-Rector of St. Paul's School and the Rector's tribute on the occasion of his funeral service printed for the school's alumni association by The Derrydale Press
New York: The Derrydale Press 1928. St. Paul device on front cover. 1 vols. Four pp.; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Fine condition. From the estate of Eugene V. Connett III proprietor of The Derrydale Press. St. Paul device on front cover. 1 vols. Four pp.; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Unrecorded Derrydale Press Printing. A beautifully designed and printed piece of letterpress printed on fine deckle-edge laid paper the text enclosed within a border of double rules. Connett a faithful alumnus of St. Paul's School had preserved this example in a folder containing other Derrydale Press ephemeral material only and the condition of this unrecorded Press item is superb. [The Derrydale Press] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 13135
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Etherton PT. Lieutenant P. T.
Across the Roof of the World: A Record of Sport and Travel through Kashmir Gilgit Hunza the Pamirs Chinese Turkistan Mongolia and Siberia
London: Constable 1911. First edition. Photographic illustrations and map. 437 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth. Very slight rubbing at edges corners bumped hinges weakening; ex-library with stamps and label on rear endpaper. Very good. First edition. Photographic illustrations and map. 437 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An interesting narrative focusing mainly on shooting the horned game of the mountains of Central Asia with much discussion of the geography and natives of the various regions. Scarce. Constable unknown books
Bookseller reference : 56599
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Kedgemakooge Club
Kedgemakooge Rod and Gun Club of Nova Scotia Ltd
Privately printed 1910. Illustrated from photos throughout. 27 pp. final 7 pp. ads. Tall 8vo. Illustrated green wrappers. Fine. Illustrated from photos throughout. 27 pp. final 7 pp. ads. Tall 8vo. With application for membership laid in. Not in Heller or Bruns [Privately printed unknown books
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Henderson William
My Life as an Angler
London: W. Satchell 1879. First published edition preceded by a small privately printed edition of 1876. Woodburytype portrait frontispiece and 68 woodcuts engraved by Edmund Evans after various artists. xvi 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green pictorial gilt cloth t.e.g. First published edition preceded by a small privately printed edition of 1876. Woodburytype portrait frontispiece and 68 woodcuts engraved by Edmund Evans after various artists. xvi 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "One of the most sterling and attaching of modern angling books and possesses several of the qualities that have rendered Iz. Walton's writings household words - his simplicity naïveté and honest benevolence" Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 114 W. Satchell unknown books
Bookseller reference : 220814
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Ronalds Alfred
The Fly-Fisher's Entomology Illustrated by Coloured Representations of the Natural and Artificial Insect. And Accompanied by a few Observations and Instructions relative to Trout-and-Grayling Fishing
London: Longman Orme Brown Green and Longmans 1839. Second edition. Twenty hand-colored plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half green morocco and cloth boards handsome gilt spine. Second edition. Twenty hand-colored plates. 1 vols. 8vo. An Angling Classic. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans unknown books
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Kinloch Col. Alexander A.
Large Game Shooting in Thibet the Himalayas and Northern India
Calcutta: Thacker Spink 1885. Third edition revised and enlarged. Folding map and 30 full-page photogravure plates. vii 237 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original olive cloth gilt rebacked with spine laid down internally fine. Third edition revised and enlarged. Folding map and 30 full-page photogravure plates. vii 237 pp. 1 vols. 4to. An expanded version of the initial printing of 1869 this massive volume combines the author's hunting adventures with the natural history of the game involved illustrated with trophy heads in superb photogravure. Czech p. 119 Thacker, Spink unknown books
Bookseller reference : 8870
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Taylor Marshall W. "Major
The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World. The Story of a Colored Boy's Indomitable Courage and Success against Great Odds. An Autobiography
Worcester Mass: Wormley Publising Company 1928. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and some illustrations in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth titled in gilt. near fine fresh copy. Scarce. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and some illustrations in text. 1 vols. 8vo. The autobiography of one of the first Afro-American athletes to achieve international acclaim in his sport becoming the world champion in 1899. Wormley Publising Company unknown books
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Cumming Roualeyn Gordon
Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa. With notices of the native tribes and anecdotes of the chase of the lion elephant hippopotamus giraffe rhinoceros &c
London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1850. Second edition. With frontispieces engraved vignette title pages depicting the author in his kilt 13 plates one map. xv 388 x 381pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three quarter brown calf and marble paper over boards stamped in blind along joints and at tips spine gilt. Faint shelf wear along foot of boards and tips slight foxing to endpapers owner signature dated 1850. Fine. Second edition. With frontispieces engraved vignette title pages depicting the author in his kilt 13 plates one map. xv 388 x 381pp. 2 vols. 8vo. "Gordon Cumming appears to have hunted every species of South African fauna and to have enjoyed an amount of sport almost unique even amongst the mighty hunters of Africa. The narrative is valuable for the account of the state of the country at this period as well as for the excellent description afforded of the natives of the interior and of the up-country Boers while the interesting zoological and botanical notes give added value to the work." -- Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn vol. I pp.398-399 John Murray, Albemarle Street unknown books
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Baker EC. Stuart E. C.
Indian Pigeons and Doves
London: Witherby and Co 1913. First Edition. 27 colored plates from drawings by Grönvold and G.E. Lodge. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Half olive-green morocco faded and cloth a bit soiled. Very good. First Edition. 27 colored plates from drawings by Grönvold and G.E. Lodge. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Intended as a guide for the sportsman as well as the specialist the volume forms a scarce companion to Baker's Indian Ducks and Their Allies. Zimmer p. 36 Witherby and Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 9477
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Pickering Harold G.
Trout Fishing in Secret
New York: The Derrydale Press 1931. First edition. No. 30 of 99 copies signed by the author. Photographic frontispiece hand colored by Susan Shipp Pickering the author's wife and 4 black and white photos. 1 vols. 12mo. Original light blue paper over boards printed labels on upper cover and spine with new cloth spine. Two pages poorly opened else a fine copy of a rare fragile book often found in deplorable if at all. Signature on ffep. First edition. No. 30 of 99 copies signed by the author. Photographic frontispiece hand colored by Susan Shipp Pickering the author's wife and 4 black and white photos. 1 vols. 12mo. This is the first edition made for presentations: no copies were intended for general sale. Inscribed by the author on the limitation page: In a letter which we have had in the past Pickering explains the genesis of this book: "In 1931 an incident occurred on my annual fishing trip which I thought sufficiently amusing to dress up as a thin yarn and send out to my friends as a Christmas greeting. It was my thought to have it printed in pamphlet form by the office printer. Our mutual friend G. Franklin Ludington suggested that I should have it done by Derrydale and print only ninety-nine copies that it should be illustrated and that Mrs. Pickering should color the frontispiece. These things were done and to my astonishment and eventual undoing the book shortly became a collector's item.". Siegel 31; Frazier P-6-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Meynell Hugo; John HAWKES
The Meynellian Science or Fox Hunting Upon System
N.p.: Privately Printed for Ernest R. Gee at the Press of August Becker Brooklyn 1926. Reprint of the London edition of 1848. Frontispiece portrait by Gordon Ross title-page vignette of a foxhound. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards. Fine. Reprint of the London edition of 1848. Frontispiece portrait by Gordon Ross title-page vignette of a foxhound. 1 vols. 8vo. While there is disagreement as to whether this volume is one of the Derrydale Press works Frazier states: "But the book and its design paper binding and style are so obviously Derrydale in spirit and influence that one has only to put it side by side with Connett's American Trout Streams . produced the same year 1926 or Connett's own Magic Hours produced the following year to see how this book and the books of the Press came together.". Frazier M-6-a; Siegel p. 182 note; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 176-8 Privately Printed for Ernest R. Gee [at the Press of August Becker, Brooklyn] unknown books
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Lamb Dana S.
A. Lassell Ripley. Sporting Etchings. Comentary by Dana S. Lamb. Introduction by Guido Perera
Barre Mass: Barre Publishers 1970. Firts Trade edition. 40 etchings. 91pp. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Green cloth. Fine in VG/F dust jacket. Firts Trade edition. 40 etchings. 91pp. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. On flyleaf "Inscribed for my friend Emile Albert Berol with happy meories of his home his family his plantation and the dogs. Dana S. lamb 1970. Barre Publishers unknown books
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Higginson A. Henry
British and American Sporting Authors. Their Writings and Biographies. With a Bibliography by Sydney R. Smith. Foreword by Ernest Gee
Berryville Virginia: Blue Ridge Press 1949. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 4to. Green cloth titled in gilt. Faint spotting to cloth. Fine in slightly worn slipcase. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 4to. Standard work authoritative and well written. Blue Ridge Press unknown books
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Badminton Club of New York
Bound Volume of The Year Books 1938-1948 of The Badminton Club of New York
New York 1948. President's own copy so marked on the spine. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards upper cover detached. President's own copy so marked on the spine. 1 vols. 12mo. unknown books
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Greenberg Eric Rolfe
The Celebrant
New York: Everest House 1983. First Edition. 272 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth and red boards near fine in near fine unclipped pictorial dustjacket lightly toned. First Edition. 272 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. SIGNED by the author on the title-page. Everest House unknown books
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Coaching Beaufort His Grace the Eighth Duke of
Driving
London: Longmans. Green and Co 1901. Fifth edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco and cloth boards t.e.g. by Riviere & Sons for Sotherans. Fifth edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Longmans. Green, and Co unknown books
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Apperley Charles J
The Chace The Turf and the Road. By Nimrod
London: John Murray 1837. Portrait by D. Maclise illustrations by Henry Alken 16 pages publisher's advertisements at back one set dated March 1837. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary green morocco-backed marbled boards. Rubbed text spotted a few small wormholes some browning and soiling a few gatherings loosened ownership stamp on B2 else good. Portrait by D. Maclise illustrations by Henry Alken 16 pages publisher's advertisements at back one set dated March 1837. 1 vols. 8vo. With an "Extract from The Road" for September 1st 1892 laid in the back containing a notice on the spread of Glanders some spotting. Podeschi 152; Higginson pp. 52-5; Andrews Tally Ho! 62; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 18 John Murray unknown books
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Queeny Edgar M.
Prairie Wings. Pen and Camera Flight Studies
New York: Ducks Unlimited 1946. First edition No. 17 of 225 Deluxe Copies signed by the author and the artist. Explanatory Sketches by Richard E. Bishop; frontispiece is an original Bishop etching titled and signed by the artist. 256 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original full pigskin spine quite sunned and darkened else fine in original cloth slipcase. Bishop Richard E. First edition No. 17 of 225 Deluxe Copies signed by the author and the artist. Explanatory Sketches by Richard E. Bishop; frontispiece is an original Bishop etching titled and signed by the artist. 256 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Heller 2:743 Ducks Unlimited unknown books
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Scull E. Marshall
Hunting in the Arctic and Alaska
Philadelphia: John C. Winston 1914. First edition. With 136 Illustrations from photographs and 11 maps. 304 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dark blue pictorial gilt-tamped cloth. Covers a little faded rear cover with some partial discoloration minor shelfwear. Overall very good. First edition. With 136 Illustrations from photographs and 11 maps. 304 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Phillips p. 336 John C. Winston unknown books
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Needham TH. pseudonym of TB. JOHNSON T. H. T. B.
The Complete Sportsman; A Compendious View of Ancient and Modern Chase. A concise History of the various Kinds of Dogs used in the Sports of the Field.Angling and laws relative to the diversions of the Field
London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall Stationers' Court Ludgate-Street Johnson Printer Liverpool 1817. First edition with half-title. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in later 3/4 green morocco and boards uncut. First edition with half-title. 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 211-12 Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationers' Court, Ludgate-Street (Johnson, Printer, Liverpool) unknown books
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South Africa Baldwin William Charles
African Hunting and Adventure from Natal to the Zambesi including Lake Ngami the Kalahari Desert Etc. from 1852 to 1860
London: Richard Bentley and Son 1894. Third Edition. Illustrations by James Wolf and J. B. Zwecker. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Spine sunned else fine. Third Edition. Illustrations by James Wolf and J. B. Zwecker. 1 vols. 8vo. The Second European to Reach the Falls of the Zambesi. "Mr. Baldwin's experiences are written in a simple and unostentatious manner but he went through more adventures than almost all of the great South Afriican travellers and hunters." Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn I 73-74 for 1863 second ed. Richard Bentley and Son unknown books
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Schaldach William J.
Carl Rungius Big Game Painter: Fifty Years with Brush and Rifle
West Hartford VT: The Countryman Press 1945. No. 839 of 1275 copies. Illustrated with photographs and with color and black and white plates by Rungius. 1 vols. 4to. Original terracotta cloth. Bookplate. Faintest rubbing at spine ends else Fine in publisher's slipcase some wear to slipcase. No. 839 of 1275 copies. Illustrated with photographs and with color and black and white plates by Rungius. 1 vols. 4to. A fine exposition of this celebrated artist's work with rich biographical detail. Biscotti p. 386 The Countryman Press unknown books
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Walden Howard T. II
Upstream and Down
New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First edition. No. 489 of 950 copies. Four color plates and 12 black and white drawings by Milton C. Weiler. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Original black cloth color vignette inset in upper cover faint shelfwear to spine extremities gilt faded as in all known copies internally fine. Bookplate of Edward Sands Litchfield. Weiler Milton C. First edition. No. 489 of 950 copies. Four color plates and 12 black and white drawings by Milton C. Weiler. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Connett's innovative plasticized cloth interacted with the gold stamping and effectively dissolved it leaving only the colored upper cover inset of a spilled creel which survived. Siegel 143; Frazier W-1-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
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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 else fine. 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. All inscribed to Lois Shaw from Marjorie Prescott. Heller 1:291 2:739 2:859 Privately Printed [by D.B. Updike, The Merrymount Press unknown books
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Coaching
Coaching pencil drawing heightened in watercolor stopping at Coaching Inn
English 1900. 5 x 4 inches image. Framed and glazed. 5 x 4 inches image. unknown books
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Mason Finch
Tid Bits of the Turf. Scattered about by Finch Mason and Collected by Messrs Fores
London: Messrs Fores 1887. First edition. 16 highly finished tinted Full-Page Plates. 1 vols. Oblong Folio. Original half cloth. Worn. First edition. 16 highly finished tinted Full-Page Plates. 1 vols. Oblong Folio. Messrs Fores unknown books
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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 and numerous full page and text illustrations. 888 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Bound in half contemporary calf red leather title label hinges expertly repaired spine laid down. First edition. With 11 japan mounted proofs 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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Salmon Kendall William Converse
The Fishes of New England. The Salmon Family. Part 2- The Salmon. At head of title: Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History. Volume 9 Number 1
Boston: Published for the Society 1935. First edition. With eleven colored plates. 166 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Full green cloth. Spine a bit dull else fine. First edition. With eleven colored plates. 166 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Important monograph on the Salmon with exquisite colored plates. Bruns K21 Published for the Society unknown books
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Shirley Thomas
The Angler's Museum; or the Whole Art of Float and Fly Fishing
London: Printed for John Fielding No. 23 Pater-noster-row 1790. Third Edition. To which is prefixed The Sermon of St. Anthony. Frontispiece portrait woodcut title vignette. 135 1 ad pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Later half morocco and marbled boards t.e.g. by Blackwell. Bookplate of Arnold Wood. Third Edition. To which is prefixed The Sermon of St. Anthony. Frontispiece portrait woodcut title vignette. 135 1 ad pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Westwood & Satchell p.194; Heckscher 1773 Printed for John Fielding, No. 23, Pater-noster-row unknown books
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Younger John
On River Angling for Salmon and Trout: More Particularly as Practised in the Tweed and its Tributaries
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1840. First edition first issue. With table at end. 90 2 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. Full contemporary three quarters morocco several leaves loose at front. First edition first issue. With table at end. 90 2 pp. 1 vols. 16mo. A deminutive but classic work by a Scottish shoemaker "a man of original ideas and marked capacity" Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 244; Heckscher sale lot 2318 William Blackwood and Sons unknown books
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Paret J. Parmly
Mechanics of the Game of Lawn Tennis
New York: American Lawn Tennis Inc 1926. First edition number 13 of 250 numbered copies of the Deluxe edition signed by the author. Illustrated with photographs of the Author in action. xii 269 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's three quarter green morocco gilt spine t.e.g. Minor rubbing to extremities else fine. Bookplate of William Foulke. First edition number 13 of 250 numbered copies of the Deluxe edition signed by the author. Illustrated with photographs of the Author in action. xii 269 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Whitman p. 236 American Lawn Tennis, Inc unknown books
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Gray Prentiss N.
From the Peace to the Fraser. Newly Discovered North American Hunting and Exploration Journals 1900 to 1930. Edited by Theodore J. Holsten and Susan C. Reneau
Missoula Montana: Boone and Crockett Club 1994. First edition number 15 of 100 deluxe copies signed by Sherman Gray the son of the author and 3 others. Illustrated. xxxiii 359 3 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter blue morocco and marbled boards a.e.g. Fine in blue slipcase. First edition number 15 of 100 deluxe copies signed by Sherman Gray the son of the author and 3 others. Illustrated. xxxiii 359 3 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Boone and Crockett Club unknown books
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Veniard John
Fly Dressers' Guide
Thornton Heath: E. Veniard 1952. First edition. Full page illustrations in color by Eric Cumberland Owen 2 full page color photographs and drawings. xii 256 10 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Fine in almost fine pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Full page illustrations in color by Eric Cumberland Owen 2 full page color photographs and drawings. xii 256 10 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed. Signed "With regards John Veniard" on the front flyleaf. E. Veniard unknown books
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Derrydale Press Briggs L. Cabot
Bullterriers: The Biography of a Breed
New York: The Derrydale Press 1940. First edition No. 9 of 500 copies. 66 Illustrations from photographs and prints and a 7 page bibliography. 113 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original maroon cloth cream cloth spine and corners fine in original glassine. First edition No. 9 of 500 copies. 66 Illustrations from photographs and prints and a 7 page bibliography. 113 pp. 1 vols. 4to. BEAUTIFUL COPY IN GLASSINE AND INSCRIBED. A very nice copy of a book which Frazier calls "certainly one of the finest regular editions that Connett produced in the later years of the Press" <br/>Inscribed "To Captain Bassett one of the two great pioneers of scientific dog breeding in America-from the author. L. Cabot Briggs. The Westminster Kennel Club Show Feburary 11 1942. MS corrections by the author L.C.B." CORRECTIONS ON PP. XVIII 3 etc. Siegel 158; Frazier B-15-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Scrope William
Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed; with a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon Instructions to the Sportsmen Anecdotes etc.
London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1843. First edition. Illustrated by 13 Lithographs 3 hand-colored and wood Engravings by L. Haghe T. Landseer and S. Williams from Paintings by Sir David Wilkie Edwin Landseer R.A Charles Landseer William Simson and Edward Cooke. 1 vols. 8vo. Full green morocco by Riviere hinges repaired with original cloth binding bound in at back. A very handsome copy. First edition. Illustrated by 13 Lithographs 3 hand-colored and wood Engravings by L. Haghe T. Landseer and S. Williams from Paintings by Sir David Wilkie Edwin Landseer R.A Charles Landseer William Simson and Edward Cooke. 1 vols. 8vo. Schwerdt II pp. 154-5; Westwood & Satchell p. 191; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 53 John Murray, Albemarle Street unknown books
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Rawstorne Lawrence
Gamonia; or The Art of Preserving Game; and An Improved Method of Making Plantations and Covers Explained and Illustrated Introduction by Eric Parker
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited 1929. Facsimile edition. One of 125 copies. With 15 color illustrations by J.T. Rawlins taken on the spot. 256 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. Bound in full green publisher's morocco t.e.g. Fine copy. Facsimile edition. One of 125 copies. With 15 color illustrations by J.T. Rawlins taken on the spot. 256 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. Herbert Jenkins Limited unknown books
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Streett William B.
Gentlemen Up
New York: The Derrydale Press 1930. First edition no. 4 of 75 large paper copies signed by the author on half-title and here inscribed. Illustrated by Paul Brown including 14 color plates. With an original signed drypoint frontispiece by Brown. 60 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original half green morocco gilt by James MacDonald raised bands a.e.g. Hinges are worn and colored else fine. Custom green cloth slipcase. Brown Paul. First edition no. 4 of 75 large paper copies signed by the author on half-title and here inscribed. Illustrated by Paul Brown including 14 color plates. With an original signed drypoint frontispiece by Brown. 60 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. A beautifully book with Paul Brown's distinctive illustrations in the deluxe issue finely bound by Macdonald.<br/>This copy is inscribed by the author on the half-title "To Mrs. E.M. Grinnell Through who's sic interest and courage I came to write this book."<br/>And on the Publisher's Note page below the printed statement. "P.S. I want to express my appreciation to Mrs. E.M. Grinnell for her good offices in arranging with the author to permit me to publish his work and for the splendid way in which she saw the matter to a successful conclusion. Eugene V. Connett." Siegel 38; Frazier S-22-D; Podeschi 387; Biscotti p. 103 The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Grey Zane
Tales of Swordfish and Tuna
New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1927. Reprint. With 90 illustrations from photographs taken by the author and from drawings by Frank E. Phares. 1 vols. 4to. Original orange cloth. Corners slightly bumped small stain on foot of spine else fine in good plus dust jacket some wear closed tear on back panel. Reprint. With 90 illustrations from photographs taken by the author and from drawings by Frank E. Phares. 1 vols. 4to. Bruns G 179 Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
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Hammond Henry
The Christian's Obligation to Peace and Charity . Now published with ix. Sermons more
London: R. Royston 1649. First edition. 6 263 pp. Woodcut device of Oxford on title page. 1 vols. 4to. Coontemporary calf worn upper joint split internally very good. With bookplates of HENRY SHERWIN and CHARLES WETZEL on endpapers with printed slip from Sherwin stating that he acquired the book from the collection of GEORGE BETHUNE American editor of Izaac Walton. First edition. 6 263 pp. Woodcut device of Oxford on title page. 1 vols. 4to. Bethune Sherwin Wetzel Copy - and Walton Association. Henry Hammond 1605-1660 was an eminent Caroline divine prolific writer biblical scholar and a contemporary of his fellow divine Izaak Walton who refers to Hammond in his LIVES as "the learned Dr. Hammond". A nice assocation copy from the library of the Walton editor George Bethune who clearly saw the connection to Walton and of two of America's greatest angling collectors. New Wing H-520 R. Royston unknown books
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Grey Zane
Tales of Southern Rivers
New York: Harper & Brothers 1924. First edition code "H-Y. Photographic illustrations. ix i 249 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original olive pictorial cloth with inset photo on upper cover. Spine slightly faded at least very good. First edition code "H-Y" Photographic illustrations. ix i 249 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hunting fishing and exploring in the southern states and Mexico. Bruns G178; Callahan A Partial Tarpon Bibliography p. x; Heller 2:842 Harper & Brothers unknown books
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Texas Kibbe IP. I. P.
Report on the Coast Fisheries of Texas
Austin: von Boeckmann Moore & Scutze State Contractors 1898. First edition. 20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers stapled. Some chipping to wrapper margins. Very good. First edition. 20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Official report on oyster fishing shrimp turtle and terrapin with considerable anecdotal material by I.P. Kibbe Texas State Fish and Oyster Commissioner. "I cannot refrain from a few remarks concerning the possibility of the fresh water rivers of Texas and the scarcity of fish therein. The scarcity it appears ican be attributed to the wanton destruction of fish by means of . dynamite and other explosives as well as by nets traps and other illegal devices." Kibbe advocates an extension of the authority of the commission to include fresh water rivers and fisheries and the appointment of game officers to enforce the laws of the State for the protection of fish and game.<br/><br/>With a section on tarpon "this grand old monster of the deep" with discussion of habitat and the rise of game fishing by sportsmen. "This great sporting fish has attracted so much attention that a tarpon fishing club house is being constructed by noted capitalists at Tarponville on St. Joe Island."<br/><br/>Rare. Provenance: Lindley Eberstadt his initials on upper cover. OCLC: 2571070 von Boeckmann, Moore & Scutze, State Contractors unknown books
Bookseller reference : 41793
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Keene JH. J. H.
Fishing Tackle Its Materials and Manufacture. A Practical Guide
London: Ward Lock & Co 1886. First edition. With 254 illustrations. viii 9-230 10 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial red cloth stamped in black yellow and gilt. A very fine copy. First edition. With 254 illustrations. viii 9-230 10 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Ward, Lock & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 239966
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Schmookler Paul and Ingrid V. Sils
Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials: A Natural History treating both standard and rare materials their sources and geography as used in classic contemporary and artistic trout and salmon flies displayed in photographs and in the paintings and engravings of history's greatest ornithological and zoological illustrators. Volume I - Birds & Volume II Birds and Mammals
Millis Mass: The Complete Sportsman 1997. Limited edition Number 133 of 250 copies printed on 157 gsm Glossy Art paper and hand bound signed by Paul Schmookler and Ingrid V. Sils. Abundantly illustrated with photographs and drawings. xviii 286; xxiv 347 pp. Printed in Hong Kong by Norman Graphic Printing Co. Ltd. 2 vols. Folio. Quarter blue morocco and marbled boards a.e.g. Spine of vol. II slightly toned as usual. Fine in slipcase. Limited edition Number 133 of 250 copies printed on 157 gsm Glossy Art paper and hand bound signed by Paul Schmookler and Ingrid V. Sils. Abundantly illustrated with photographs and drawings. xviii 286; xxiv 347 pp. Printed in Hong Kong by Norman Graphic Printing Co. Ltd. 2 vols. Folio. The Complete Sportsman unknown books
Bookseller reference : 234054
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Buxton RH. R. H.
Fox Hunting Scene
London: Alfred Bell & Co. Ltd. 6 Old Bond Street 1931. Handcolored print signed at lower right. 23 x 13.5 inches Image size. Framed and glazed. Handcolored print signed at lower right. 23 x 13.5 inches Image size. Spirited Buxton Fox Hunting Print. A large lively autumn fox hunting scene showing the huntsman and whips working hounds before an elegantly turned-out field in picturesque English countryside. Alfred Bell & Co. Ltd., 6 Old Bond Street unknown books
Bookseller reference : 39176
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Burke Dr. Edgar
American Dry Flies and How to Tie Them
New York: Privately Printed for the Anglers' Club by the Derrydale Press 1931. First edition one of 500 copies. Frontispiece. 25 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blue printed boards. Spine professionally repaired. In custom quarter dark blue morocco clamshell box with two red title labels gilt rules and elaborate blind stamping over marbled boards and blue cloth. First edition one of 500 copies. Frontispiece. 25 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING. Frazier notes the book's "extreme" fragility and notes that it is "hard to find in fine unchipped condition."<br/><br/>Laid-in is TLS from "Knolly Brook"-Aug. 23 1950 regarding Burke's move to a new house in Norfolk Ct. his illness that forced his retirement and the end of his "fishing" days. Signed in hand addressed envelope<br/><br/>WITH TWO GOUACHES OF FLIES SIGNED "YOURS SINCERELY EDGAR BURKE M.D." on the front pastedown. Signed by John H. Foster on flyleaf. Siegel 46; Frazier B-24-a; Bruns B-299 Privately Printed for the Anglers' Club [by the Derrydale Press] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 228749
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Connett Family
Copper plate "William Connett Hat Manufacturer Rahway New Jersey 1815 Warranted Water Proof." showing woman with an American Eagle
Engraved by P.E. Hamm Phila. 4-1/4 x 4 inches. Used. Engraved by P.E. Hamm Phila. 4-1/4 x 4 inches. with smaller electroplate of same image. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 242581
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Harris William C.
The Sportsman's Guide to the Hunting and Shooting Grounds of the United States and Canada. A companion volume to "The Angler's Guide.
New York: The Anglers' Publishing Company C. T. Dillingham 1888. First Edition. 207 pp. xxv ads. 1 vols. 16mo. Original brown cloth spine and upper board stamped in gilt lower board stamped in blind. Owner name and ink stamp on flyleaf. Fine bright copy. First Edition. 207 pp. xxv ads. 1 vols. 16mo. A very detailed guide to hunting areas throughout the U.S. and Canada; described transportation to each township or area conditions and varieties of hunting to be found. Phillips p. 160 The Anglers' Publishing Company, C. T. Dillingham unknown books
Bookseller reference : 51804
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Williamson Captain Thomas
Plate 36 'smoking Wolves from Their Earths" from Oriental Field Sports; being a complete detailed and accurate description of the Wild Sports of the East; and exhibiting in a novel and interesting manner the Natural History of. . . undomesticated animals. . . interspersed with a variety of original authentic and curious anecdotes
London: Edward Orme Printseller to His Majesty 59 Bond Street 1806. First edition. Colored aquatint plate no. 34 actually 36 by J. Hamble after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 1 vols. Oblong folio 18-3/16 x14 inches to plate mark. Framed and matted. Howitt Samuel. First edition. Colored aquatint plate no. 34 actually 36 by J. Hamble after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 1 vols. Oblong folio 18-3/16 x14 inches to plate mark. Williamson spent 20 years in Bengal. Howitt c. 1756-1823 was the brother-in-law of Thomas Rowlandson. Drawings are on watermarked J. Whatman paper dated 1804 letterpress title dedication preface 150 pp. text and index list of plates leaf. British Sporting Artists p. 165: "The most beautiful book on Indian Sport in Existence. Another edition was published in 1808. It is greatly inferior to the First Edition." Abbey Travel 427; Archer 7; Nissen ZBI 4416; Schwerdt vol. II p. 297; Tooley 1954 508 Edward Orme, Printseller to His Majesty 59, Bond Street unknown books
Bookseller reference : 215633
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Williamson Capt. Thomas
The Complete Angler's Vade-Mecum; being a Perfect Code of Instruction on the Above Pleasing Science.
London: Payne and Mackinlay.and Cuthell and Martin 1808. First edition. Ten full-page engraved plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf rubbed joints cracked but holding light foxing to prelims but a fine crisp copy. First edition. Ten full-page engraved plates. 1 vols. 8vo. A comprehensive treatise "essentially original" Westwood & Satchell by the author of Oriental Field Sports. Westwood & Satchell P. 241-242 Payne and Mackinlay...and Cuthell and Martin unknown books
Bookseller reference : 8177
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