‎Sports‎

‎Herbert Henry William "Frank Forester"‎

‎The Warwick Woodlands‎

‎New York: Stringer & Townsend 1851. Second edition first illustrated edition. With illustrations by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Rebound in in half nineteenth century cloth. Second edition first illustrated edition. With illustrations by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Van Winkle p. 39 edition a or b: Phillips 175 Stringer & Townsend unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 40270

‎Baseball‎

‎Spalding's Complete Trade Price List‎

‎A.G. Spalding & Bros 1920. Illustrated; 104 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown printed wrappers with brass fasteners edges chipped; very good. Illustrated; 104 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Spalding's 1920 wholesale price list for dealers fully illustrated. Price. A.G. Spalding & Bros unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 231791

‎Wilson John‎

‎Recreations of Christopher North‎

‎Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood 1857. Volumes IX & X of the Works of Professor John Wilson. 440 1; 433 3 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original brick-red blind-stamped cloth spines decorated in blind and gilt. Minor fading to spines else a very fine unopened set. Volumes IX & X of the Works of Professor John Wilson. 440 1; 433 3 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Wilson was Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh and the brother of James Wilson author of A VOYAGE ROUND THE COASTS OF SCOTLAND published in the same year as the first edition of RECREATIONS 1842. Professor Wilson was a regular contributor of angling essays to the magazines and here the first essays "Christopher in his sporting jacket" are delightful ruminations on angling and shootiing. <br/><br/>I. "Tale of expiation"; "Morning monologue"; "The field of flowers"; "Cottages"; "An hour's talk about poetry"; "Inch-cruin"; "A day at Windermere"; "The moors"; "Highland snow-storm"; "The holy child"; "Our parish. <br/>II. May-day"; "Sacred poetry"; "Christopher in his aviary"; "Dr. Kitchiner"; "Soliloquy on the seasons"; "A few words on Thomson"; "The snowball bicker of Pedmount"; "Christmas dreams"; "Our winter quarters"; "Stroll to Grassmere"; "L'envoi. William Blackwood unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 240739

‎Halford Frederic M.‎

‎Dry Fly Entomology: a brief description of leading types of natural insects . with the 100 best patterns of floating flies and the various methods of dressing them‎

‎London: Vinton & Co 1897. Edition De Luxe no. 60 of 100 copies numbered and signed by the author on the title page of each volume. With 18 wood engraved and 10 hand-colored etched plates plus numerous illustrations in text; Vol. II contains 100 flies in 12 recessed card mounts. 2 vols. 4to. Full green crushed morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut. Covers time-darkened and as usual spines uniformly faded to brown; second volume rebacked else a fine set with the flies in perfect condition. With an inserted fly at no. 54 with the manuscript notation "one of the flies tied by Halford in 1903. Edition De Luxe no. 60 of 100 copies numbered and signed by the author on the title page of each volume. With 18 wood engraved and 10 hand-colored etched plates plus numerous illustrations in text; Vol. II contains 100 flies in 12 recessed card mounts. 2 vols. 4to. One of 100 Signed Copies With an Added Fly Tied by Halford. Frederic M. Halford 1844-1914 author and angler of the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras whose writings and systematic approach to the dry fly profoundly influenced fly-fishing around the world. His books beginning with Floating Flies 1886 and Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice 1889 and culminating with Dry-Fly Entomology 1897 made a legendary figure of the somewhat reserved Halford and shaped the sport for decades. As Tony Hayter's recent biography demonstrates Halford's life and writings remain of perennial interest. Westwood & Satchell Supplement p. 246; Gee p. 92; cf. Hayter F. M. Halford and the Dry-Fly Revolution 2002 Vinton & Co unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 229569

‎Chess‎

‎An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess; containing One Hundred Examples of Games and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; including the world of Philidor's Analysis.with instructions for Learners.To which are added Caissa: A Poem by Sir William Jones The Morals of Chess by Dr. Franklin; Chess and Whist compared‎

‎London: Printed for Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1820. A New Edition Carefully Revised. Folding plate of the Chess board some spotting and offsetting of plate pp. 8 254 2 pages publisher's advertisements half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Original boards uncut printed paper label on spine chipped. Lower portion and head of spine worn corners knocked some soiling of binding endpapers and around edges else a very good copy with the signature of William Forster of Carlisle on half-title and title. A New Edition Carefully Revised. Folding plate of the Chess board some spotting and offsetting of plate pp. 8 254 2 pages publisher's advertisements half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. BOARDS UNCUT. Contains Sir William Jones' poem "Caissa: or The Game of Chess. A Poem." Based upon Pratt's "Studies of Chess". Printed for Baldwin, Cradock and Joy unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 35149

‎March James‎

‎The Jolly Angler; or Water Side Companion. Containing an Account of All the Best Places for Angling the Means Used to Obtain Permission as Well as an Account of the Different Sorts of Fish Contained Therein; the Tackle Baits & Other Requisites to Form an Expert Angler‎

‎London: Effingham Wilson 1833. First edition. Wood-engraved frontispiece dated 1833 vignette on title illustrations in text. 6 96 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary blue cloth backed boards later paper label. Notes on pastedown. Very good. First edition. Wood-engraved frontispiece dated 1833 vignette on title illustrations in text. 6 96 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Lovely contemporary copy of this well illustrated angler's companion. Westwood & Satchell p. 13 Effingham Wilson unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 240340

‎Pickering Harold G.‎

‎Trout Fishing in Secret‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1931. Second issue unspecified limitation verso of title page blank signed by the author on the dedication page. Photographic frontispiece hand colored by Susan Shipp Pickering the author's wife and 4 black and white photos. 28 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original light blue paper over boards printed labels on upper cover and spine. Spine cracked but present spot on front cover on the label and slightly beyond. Very good copy of a fragile book. Second issue unspecified limitation verso of title page blank signed by the author on the dedication page. Photographic frontispiece hand colored by Susan Shipp Pickering the author's wife and 4 black and white photos. 28 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Scarce Second Issue Signed by the Author. This is the reprint unspecified number printed noted by Frazier as invariably scarcer than the first issue of 99 copies. Siegel 31; Frazier P-6-b The Derrydale Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 240023

‎Westwood Thomas‎

‎Foxglove Bells: A Book of Sonnets‎

‎Brussels: J.H. Briard 1856. First edition. viii 72 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt slightly darkened blind stamped covers a.e.g. A nice copy overall. First edition. viii 72 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed With ALS. Presentation copy inscribed by Westwood "from the author Feb. 1861" and with a 4-page ALS dated Oct 28 /63 and addressed "Dear Sir" laid in discussing a proposed bibliography of the Garlands and other angling matters. "I send you with this a rough copy of the skeleton bibliography of the Garlands praying you to look it over & add expunge & correct as you may deem expedient . I will ask Bohn for Chatto's address."<br/><br/>"Westwood produced many poems and published a number of collections but was conscious that they lacked something. In a humorous sonnet entitled 'The Small Poets' he wrote 'Oh for a wizard's sleight . to turn this swarm of mites into one Mighty!'. However W. S. Landor remarked that he would have liked to have written Westwood's 'Love in the Alpuxaras'" DNB. 'The Small Poets' appears on p. 32 of the present work.<br/><br/>Westwood who knew Charles and Mary Lamb and Wordsworth in his youth lived in west Flanders Belgium for much of his later life and was a pioneering bibliographer of angling. He published the first of his labors in the same year as this inscription A New Bibliotheca Piscatoria quickly followed by the Chronicle of the Compleat Angler in 1863. The Bibliotheca Piscatoria of 1883 was written in collaboration of Thomas Satchell.<br/><br/>A choice association copy. J.H. Briard unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 220874

‎Taylor Samuel‎

‎Angling in All its Branches Reduced to a Complete Science‎

‎London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees 1800. First edition. xv 298 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf neatly rebacked. First edition. xv 298 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell pp. 205-6 T.N. Longman and O. Rees unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 240392

‎Kester Jesse Y. Dr.‎

‎The American Shooter's Manual comprising such plain and simple rules as are necessary to introduce the inexperienced into a full knowledge of all that relates to The Dog and the correct use of The Gun; also a description of the game of this country. By a Gentleman of Philadelphia County‎

‎Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart Chesnut Street 1828. Second edition. With three etched plates by Francis Kearney. xii 13-249 1 table 1 errata verso blank pp. 3 ff. ads. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary quarter morocco and tan boards. Slightly rubbed front inner hinge tender occasional browning of text leaves. Very good in custom slipcase and chemise. Second edition. With three etched plates by Francis Kearney. xii 13-249 1 table 1 errata verso blank pp. 3 ff. ads. 1 vols. 12mo. In addition to being the first American illustrated sporting book this is also the first American sporting book written by an American and the second sporting book to be published in America preceded only by The Sportsman's Companion 1783 written by a British officer.<br/><br/>The second edition is rarer than the first. Gee pp. 66-7; Henderson p. 39; Phillips p. 211; Howes K108; Heller 2:692 E.L. Carey & A. Hart, Chesnut Street unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 231557

‎Sayles John‎

‎Pride of the Bimbos‎

‎Boston: Atlantic 1975. First edition of the author's first book. ii 258 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's cloth and boards fine in near fine lightly rubbed unclipped dust jacket by Paul Bacon. First edition of the author's first book. ii 258 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Author's First Book Inscribed. INSCRIBED on the title-page "To George John Sayles". Atlantic unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 239633

‎Derrydale Press Van Dyke Henry‎

‎The Travel Diary of An Angler‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1929. First edition one of 750 copies. Frontispiece etching signed by Ralph Boyer and 5 photogravure plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth over light blue paper boards gold paper title label affixed to front cover. Upper cover a bit scuffed otherwise a fine copy of a lovely book. First edition one of 750 copies. Frontispiece etching signed by Ralph Boyer and 5 photogravure plates. 1 vols. 8vo. "This is a lovely piece of book manufacture . Connett put in a number of expensive little details such as . the engraved and signed Ralph Boyle frontispiece and the photogravure type photos . " Frazier. Siegel 30; Frazier V-1-a The Derrydale Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 228880

‎Hardy Captain Campbell‎

‎Forest Life in Acadie. Sketches of Sport and Natural History in the Lower Provinces of the Canadian Dominion‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1869. First edition. Illustrated with color frontispiece title page vignette and 10 black-and-white engraved plates. viii ii 371 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Very fine name eradicated from title page. Bookplate of Johns Ostrom Enders. First edition. Illustrated with color frontispiece title page vignette and 10 black-and-white engraved plates. viii ii 371 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns H70; Westwood and Satchell p. 112; Sabin 30349; Lande 1822; Watters p. 686 Chapman and Hall unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 240997

‎Madariaga Valentin de‎

‎Big Game Hunting in Central and Southern Europe. Foreword by Ricardo Medem Sanjuán. Introduction by Juan Luis Oliva de Suelves‎

‎Clinton New Jersey: National Sporting Fraternity 1981. Five Hundred copies.have been Published by Editorial Olivo S.A. in a special edition for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited No. 492 signed by the Author and Jim Rikoff. Illustrated with color photographs. 291 pp. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Crimson composite leather. Fine in slipcase. Five Hundred copies.have been Published by Editorial Olivo S.A. in a special edition for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited No. 492 signed by the Author and Jim Rikoff. Illustrated with color photographs. 291 pp. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. National Sporting Fraternity unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 44197

‎Sanford LC. and LB. Bishop and TS. Van Dyke L. C. L. B. T. S.‎

‎The Water-Fowl Family‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1903. First edition. Out of series copy from the issue of 100 copies on large paper this copy unnumbered and in variant cloth binding. On half-title: The American Sportsman's Library. Edited by Caspar Whitney. With 20 plates. ix 598 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Publisher's green cloth spine gilt t.e.g. Library of Congress deposit copy with deaccession/duplicate exchange stamp to front flyleaf receipt date on copyright page and date stamp on rear flyleaf spine a bit dull otherwise unmarked and fine. First edition. Out of series copy from the issue of 100 copies on large paper this copy unnumbered and in variant cloth binding. On half-title: The American Sportsman's Library. Edited by Caspar Whitney. With 20 plates. ix 598 pp. 1 vols. Royal 8vo. Phillips p. 330; Heller 2:750 The Macmillan Company unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 233939

‎Schwiebert Ernest G. Jr.‎

‎Salmon of the World. Foreword by Arnold Gingrich‎

‎New York: Winchester Press 1970. First edition number 242 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. First edition number 242 of 750 copies numbered and signed by the author. With 30 color plates by the author and other illustrations. 1 vols. Folio. Bruns S-84; Sheets American Fishing Books 1743-1997 S2629 Winchester Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 32206

‎The Angler's Guide containing Easy Instructions for the Youthful Beginner with Several Observations on fishing.Directions for the Proper Baits and Tackle to be used To which is added an Appendix containing several useful Recipes for Dressing Fish. By a Lover of the Art‎

‎London: Joseph Smith James Bullock Printer 1828. An abridged edition of "The Gentleman Angler" first published in 1726. This edition simplified for novices in the art. Pp. v 3 136. Lacks frontispiece. 1 vols. Small 12mo. Contemporary boards. Spine perished covers detached spotting and offsetting some marginal soiling else a very good copy. An abridged edition of "The Gentleman Angler" first published in 1726. This edition simplified for novices in the art. Pp. v 3 136. Lacks frontispiece. 1 vols. Small 12mo. VERY RARE as are the earlier editions the only copy of this edition we were able to locate being in the British Library. The editor describes this edition: "I have omitted all superfluous niceties descriptions and opinions of the ancients choosing to come immediately to the point and treat such things only as will instruct a young beginner and improve those who have made some progress in the art of angling" Preface. There are also instructions in digging a pond both fresh and salt water fist and 8 pages of recipes for cooking fish including pickling salmon cooking eel after the Italian manner pike with a pudding in its belly dressing perch after the Dutch manner also a pickled mushroom recipe. Westwood & Satchell p. 104-5 for the first and early editions of "The Gentleman Angler Joseph Smith [James Bullock, Printer] unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 36975

‎Pye Henry James‎

‎The Sportsman's Dictionary; containing Instructions for various Methods to be observed in Riding Hunting Fowling Setting Fishing Racing Farriery Hawking Breeding and Feeding Horses for the Road and Turf the Management of Dogs Game and Dunghill-Cocks Turkeys Geese Ducks Doves Singing-Birds etc.‎

‎London: Stockdale 1807. Fifth Edition. Frontispiece 16 plates. viii 547 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary half brown calf and boards. Spine laid down very slight offsetting from plates to text. Very Good. Fresh copy. Fifth Edition. Frontispiece 16 plates. viii 547 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Westwood & Satchell p. 201; Huth 31; Schwerdt Vol II p. 220; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 148 note Stockdale unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 217312

‎Boone and Crockett Club Ely Alfred and HE. Anthony and RRM. Carpenter H. E. R. R.‎

‎North American Big Game. A Book of the Boone and Crockett Club Compiled by the Committee on Records of North American Big Game‎

‎New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Published with the Cooperation of the National Collection of Heads and Horns of the New York Zoological Society and American Museum of Natural History 1939. First edition. Illustrated. xxii ii 533pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. xxii ii 533pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons. Published with the Cooperation of the National Collection of Heads and Horns of the New York Zoological unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 4604

‎Ross Gordon‎

‎FINE HAND COLORED GRAVURE OF ROBERT SMITH SURTEES signed in pencil lower left‎

‎New York: Published by Huntington Press 1931. The image is an oval one measuring approximately 12 x 9 inches; overall dimensions 27 x 20 inches. 1 vols. Fine condition. The image is an oval one measuring approximately 12 x 9 inches; overall dimensions 27 x 20 inches. 1 vols. A splendid portrait showing Surtees mounted and in hunting dress with an open sky and landscape background. A HANDSOME DEPICTION OF THE GREAT SPORTING NOVELIST. Published by Huntington Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 42196

‎Herbert Henry William‎

‎The Warwick Woodlands by Frank Forester. With Introductory Chapters by Harry Worcester Smith‎

‎Warwick Orange County New York: The Warwick Valley Dispatch Press 1921. No. 29 of 50 copies "printed for presentation and review by Harry Worcester Smith by the Warwick Valley Dispatch on a job press prior to the printing of the Warwick Valley Edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Original limp brown pebbled morocco. Inscribed to "D. E. Grant" and signed "Harry Worcester Smith" on the limitation leaf. Very slight rubbing to extremities else a fine copy of an uncommon book. No. 29 of 50 copies "printed for presentation and review by Harry Worcester Smith by the Warwick Valley Dispatch on a job press prior to the printing of the Warwick Valley Edition". Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 50 Copies. Reprint of this classic of American sport from the 1851 illustrated edition. Trade copies of the Warwick Valley Edition were issued in cloth. Van Winkle p.40; Heller 2:665 The Warwick Valley Dispatch Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 214568

‎Pickering Harold G.‎

‎Angling of the Test or True Love Under Stress: Being a Diurnal Postulation of Problems of Connubial Infelicity which will bring No Comfort to any married Male Angler‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1936. First edition second issue no. 219 of 297 copies. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. 25 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original embossed black cloth gilt spine a trifle faded and minute abrasions on upper cover else fine. Custom quarter blue morocco slipcase. First edition second issue no. 219 of 297 copies. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. 25 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Second Issue Inscribed. INSCRIBED by the author on the front free endpaper: "With the compliments of the author H.G. Pickering". With the engraved sporting bookplate of James Wood Johnson Carpender. Siegel 97; Frazier P-8-b The Derrydale Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 242535

‎Shepperd Tad‎

‎Pack and Paddock‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First edition No. 53 of 950 copies. Illustrated by Paul Brown. 144 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original 3/4 red cloth pink paper sides gilt red label on upper cover. Fine copy in original glassine and in original printed red paper over boards box. Brown Paul. First edition No. 53 of 950 copies. Illustrated by Paul Brown. 144 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. A BEAUTY. A book of delightful sporting verse enhanced by Brown's sympathetic line illustrations. Siegel states that "Connett considered 'Pack and Paddock' one of his most handsome works" Siegel 138; Frazier S-5-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 325 The Derrydale Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 240041

‎Yacht Racing Log. Foreword by Herbert L. Stone‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1933. First edition. Log book of 140 pages providing data for 70 races. 8vo. Original white canvas cloth with blue printing and ornaments. Laid into a half blue morocco and cloth slipcase with chemise. Bookplate of M.L. Biscotti. First edition. Log book of 140 pages providing data for 70 races. 8vo. Derrydale Yachting Log "Extremely Rare"--Frazier. An extraordinarily difficult Derrydale to find Siegel believes the low survival rate is due primarily to "a high rate of water-damaged copies" and the fact that those used as diaries have not come onto the market. Siegel 75; Frazier D-5-a The Derrydale Press unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 239235

‎Berners Dame Juliana‎

‎A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle. Being a facsimile reproduction of the first book on the subject of fishing printed in England by Wynkn de Worde at Westminster in 1496. With an Introduction by Rev. M.G. Watkins‎

‎London: Elliot Stock 1880. First edition of this imprint. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full blind old style stamped brown morocco joints neatly repaired. First edition of this imprint. 1 vols. 4to. A photographic facsimile of the first English sporting book reproduced on hand-made deckle-edge paper with an interesting introduction. "One of the best facsimiles ever executed" - Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 29 Elliot Stock unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 32257