‎Sports‎

‎Tinsley Jim Bob‎

‎The Sailfish Swashbuckler of the Open Seas. Foreword by Charles F. Johnson.‎

‎Gainesville Florida: University of Florida 1964. First edition Number 335 of 500 copies of the DeLuxe Edition. Illustrated with frontispiece by William Goadby Lawrence. XIII I 216 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Silver cloth and blue paper over boards. Fine in mylar and slipcase. Lawrence Goadby. First edition Number 335 of 500 copies of the DeLuxe Edition. Illustrated with frontispiece by William Goadby Lawrence. XIII I 216 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bruns T47; Heller 2:863 University of Florida unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 237213

‎Pethe H.‎

‎Streamers et Mouches ê Saumons‎

‎Paris: H. Péthé 1978. First edition copy No. 6 of 250 for subscribers in special binding. Beautifully ilustrated in color and black and white from drawings and photos including 6 full-page color plates of flies. 349 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green rexine. Fine. First edition copy No. 6 of 250 for subscribers in special binding. Beautifully ilustrated in color and black and white from drawings and photos including 6 full-page color plates of flies. 349 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine Flies -- Subscriber's Copy. H. Péthé unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 56910

‎Harrison Archibald‎

‎Indo-China. A Sportsman's Opportunity‎

‎Made and Privately Printed in Great Britain at The Mayflower Press Plymouth 1933. First edition. Frontispiece and 11 photographic plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth some spotting. Small ink stamps on pastedowns ink erasure from flyleaf else near fine. Uncommon. First edition. Frontispiece and 11 photographic plates. 1 vols. 8vo. [Made and Privately Printed in Great Britain at The Mayflower Press, Plymouth unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 56668

‎Waltoniana Wotton Sir Henry‎

‎Reliquiae Wottonianae; or A Collection of Lives Letters Poems . By the curious pensil of the ever memorable Sir Henry Wotton Kt. Late Provost Eton College‎

‎London: Printed by Thomas Maxey for R. Marriot etc. 1651. First edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved portraits in text. 540 pp. 1 vols. 18mo. Bound in full red morocco gilt dentelles a.e.g. by Stikeman & Co. Hinges neatly repaired internally fine. The James William Ellsworth and R.B. Adam copy. First edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved portraits in text. 540 pp. 1 vols. 18mo. Contains a poem of 24 lines "On a Banck as I sate a Fishing" a description of the Spring cited in The Compleat Angler. Printed two years before the first edition of The Compleat Angler by the same printer. An extremely rare book and internally a very fine copy. Westwood & Satchell p. 243; Heckscher 2199 Printed by Thomas Maxey, for R. Marriot, etc. unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 240318

‎Head George‎

‎Forest Scenes and Incidents in the Wilds of North America; being a Diary of a Winter's Route from Halifax to the Canadas. and During Four Months' Residence in the Woods on the Borders of Lakes Huron and Simcoe‎

‎London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1829. First edition. 362 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth label back cover off. First edition. 362 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The author a British army officer and veteran of the Peninsular Wars was the elder brother of Sir Francis Bond Head. In 1814 he was consigned to Canada to examine the defenses of the Lake Huron naval establishment. This is the record of his ten month stay in Canada from November 1814 to August 1815 describing his 1200 mile overland journey from Halifax to Lake Huron. Lande 1833; TPL 1050; Matthews 554; Morgan p.180; Sabin 31143; Story p.351; Gagnon I 1639; Dionne III 1171; Decker 148 John Murray, Albemarle Street unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 40724

‎Dighton Robert I 1752 1814 British‎

‎Hand-colored engraved caricature: "Lord Dashalong Bent on Driving‎

‎London: Pub. by Dighton 1801. 1 vols. 13 x 9-3/4 inches sheet size. Unframed. Two small spots of soil else Fine and bright. Contemporary ink inscription: "Lord Sefton. 1 vols. 13 x 9-3/4 inches sheet size. The second Earl of Sefton who was known as Lord Dashalong because of his fondness for driving a carriage and four was a keen sportsman and gambler. Pub. by Dighton unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 211577

‎Woodcock Demole Edouard‎

‎Subtilités de la Chasse à la Bécasse. Ouvrage publié sous le haut patronage du Saint-Hubert Club de France‎

‎Paris: Librarie des Champs Élysées 1943. First Edition. Illustrated. 211 pp 2 ff. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers with vignette of woodcock by Joseph Oberthur. Wartime paper stock uniformly toned. A near fine copy of a scarce book. First Edition. Illustrated. 211 pp 2 ff. 1 vols. 8vo. Masterwork on the woodcock by the great sportsman Édouard Demole a comprehensive summary of hunting lore and scientific knowledge. Author of 1000 Bécasses 1934 and Pot Pourri Bécassier 1954 Demole was like his friend and fellow writer on woodcock Georges Benoist one of the earliest members of the French Club National des Bécassiers. Fragugilone p. 345. Mouchon 1116 Librarie des Champs Élysées unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 57121

‎Knox Dr. Robert‎

‎Fish and Fishing in the Lone Glens of Scotland‎

‎London: G. Routledge & Co 1854. First edition. Illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes. 144 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Three-quarter maroon morocco original wrappers bound in. Extremities rubbed spine label chipped off else Fine. Bookplate of John Gerard Heckscher. First edition. Illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes. 144 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. G. Routledge & Co unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 213165

‎Phillips John C.‎

‎Wenham Great Pond‎

‎Salem: Peabody Museum 1938. First edition. Number 58 of 100 copies Numbered on Hurlbut Permanent Book paper. printed at the Southworth-Anthoensen Press. Illustrated. 108 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green half cloth and decorated boards. Fine. Printed note "It was Dr. Phillips' wish that this book should be sent to you with Christmas greetings" tipped in on pastedown and his obit on front free endpaper. In board slipcase. First edition. Number 58 of 100 copies Numbered on Hurlbut Permanent Book paper. printed at the Southworth-Anthoensen Press. Illustrated. 108 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Posthumously printed volume of on the history and natural history of Wenham Great Pond the Massachusetts landscape much loved by sportsman and naturalist John C. Phillips 1876-1938. Bruns P84; Heller 2:733 Peabody Museum unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 42874

‎Dashwood Richard Lewes‎

‎Chiploquorgan or Life by the Camp Fire in Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland‎

‎London: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1872. New i.e. second edition. Frontispiece of "Camp near Pleasant Brook New Brunswick." 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Almost fine. Signed George S. Birrell on flyleaf. New i.e. second edition" Frontispiece of "Camp near Pleasant Brook New Brunswick." 293 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Restigouche and Nepsiqui fishing. Westwood & Satchell p. 76 Simpkin, Marshall & Co unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 240696

‎Dighton Robert‎

‎A View from Baxter's Livery Stables Cambridge‎

‎London: Dighton 6 Charing Cross 1810. Drawn Etched & Pubd. by Dighton. 1 vols. Image area 5 3/8" x 7 3/4" with ample margins. Fine in a simple but handsome wood and gold frame to an overall dimension of 17 1/8" x 14" with an inked signature "M. Baxter. Drawn Etched & Pubd. by Dighton. 1 vols. Image area 5 3/8" x 7 3/4" with ample margins. Robert Dighton 1750-1814 was a noted and popular cartoonist of his day. The present image shows Full figure portrait of Mr. Baxter. Dighton 6 Charing Cross unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 218043

‎McCafferty W. Patrick‎

‎Aquatic Entomology‎

‎Boston: Science Books 1982. Deluxe Issue one of 300 signed. Illus. by Arwin V. Provansha. xv i 448 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Brown morocco. Fine in slipcase. Deluxe Issue one of 300 signed. Illus. by Arwin V. Provansha. xv i 448 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Science Books unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 41557

‎Bunbury Henry W.‎

‎An Academy for Grown Horsemen; Containing the Completest Instructions for walking Trotting Cantering Galloping Stumbling and Tumbling: WITH; The Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents By Geoffroy Gambado‎

‎London: Printed by W. Nicholson Warner Street for W. Bayes 54 Paternoster Row 1808. Third Edition. Illustrated with 29 Cuts by the Most Eminent Artists. Bunbury plates engraved by Dickinson. 1 vols. Large 4to. Bound in modern half tan morocco and red cloth with the original paper label from the upper cover tipped in uncut on all edges. Third Edition. Illustrated with 29 Cuts by the Most Eminent Artists. Bunbury plates engraved by Dickinson. 1 vols. Large 4to. Printed by W. Nicholson, Warner Street for W. Bayes, 54, Paternoster Row unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 53413

‎Hugard's Magic Monthly Vol I No I- Vol III No 7 complete then miscellaneous issues‎

‎New York 1949. c.75 Issues. Illustrated. 1 vols. 4to. Original pictorial Self-wrappers. Fine. c.75 Issues. Illustrated. 1 vols. 4to. First Issue signed by Hugard. unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 29245

‎Java Rhemrev pseud.‎

‎Big Game Hunt in Java‎

‎Leiden: n.p. 1884. With four double-page color lithographs signed in the stone P. J. Mulder. 4 92 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original yellow printed wrappers faint traces of wear at spine spotting to top of front wrapper else a fine copy of a scarce item. With four double-page color lithographs signed in the stone P. J. Mulder. 4 92 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. An interesting combination of exotic letterpress and color lithography. The text printed in Javanese deals with a big game hunt and illustrated by four plates printed in delicate green brown red and blue tints. They depict a campsite; the hunter and guide in dense cover aiming at a tiger; the hunter holding his rifle as dogs flush out a wild boar; and two groups of hunters and guides with one group carrying a recently killed deer. [n.p.] unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 34446

‎Clarke Charles‎

‎Crumbs from a Sportsman's Table‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1865. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century half brown morocco. Rubbed some light marginal discoloration and soiling else a very good copy. From the library of John Gerard Heckscher with three bookplates. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. The Heckscher copy. A collection of sketches many relating to hunting. Not in the Heckscher sale catalogue but with the bookplates. NCBEL 3:922; Wolff 1239; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 82 Chapman and Hall unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 16703

‎Sheldon Harold P.‎

‎Typed Letter Signed to Philip H. Babcock on literary and sporting subjects‎

‎Chicago 1943. 2 pp. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. 2 pp. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. A long and newsy letter from the author of Tranquility and Tranquility Revisited to the author of Falling Leaves-Tales from a Gun Room all Derrydale Press classics. Sheldon gives an account of some shooting experiences airs some gripes "the New Deal decentralized us to this foul hole which was once a splendid waterfowl resort and should have been allowed to remain as such." and reports that he has been back to his Virginia home "just in time to see my own 19-year-old off to the Army and to give him his final instructions to keep him flying. I hope he comes back."<br/><br/>A superb letter. unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 41762

‎Surtees Robert Smith‎

‎Handley Cross; or Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt‎

‎London: Bradbury and Evans 1854. First edition. Hand colored frontispiece 16 hand colored steel engravings and numerous woodcut text illustrations by John Leech. 1 vols. 8vo. Original tan pictorial cloth gilt some cover wear recased with new endpapers internally fine; with the armorial bookplate of Lord Farnham of Quorndon on front pastedown. In a cloth protective wrapper with morocco label. First edition. Hand colored frontispiece 16 hand colored steel engravings and numerous woodcut text illustrations by John Leech. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition Original Cloth of Surtees's Mastrerpiece. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 362 Bradbury and Evans unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 10559

‎Sparrow W. Shaw‎

‎Angling in British Art Through Five Centuries: Prints Pictures Books. With A Foreword by H. T. Sheringham‎

‎London: John Lane: The Bodley Head 1923. First edition no. 114 of 125 copies signed by the author. Original frontispiece etching by Norman Wilkinson signed in pencil beneath the image. 200 Illustrations including 39 in Color. 1 vols. Thick 4to. Original white cloth t.e.g. others uncut. Spine somewhat faded minor external soiling else a very good copy. First edition no. 114 of 125 copies signed by the author. Original frontispiece etching by Norman Wilkinson signed in pencil beneath the image. 200 Illustrations including 39 in Color. 1 vols. Thick 4to. An excellent copy of this indispensable-and fascinating-work. The first book devoted to Angling art exclusively. The deluxe edition is printed on fine white handmade paper and includes an original etching of an angling scene by Wilkinson not present in the trade edition. John Lane: The Bodley Head unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 238023

‎Walton Izaac and Charles Cotton‎

‎The Complete Angler: or Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse on Rivers Fish-Ponds Fish and Fishing . To which are now prefixed The Lives of the Authors. Edited by John Hawkins.‎

‎London: Printed only for Thomas Hope 1760. Ninth edition. First Hawkins edition. 11 engravings by William W. Ryland: 9 after S. Wale 1 after T. Smith and 1 after P. Lely portrait of Cotton; 1 engraved and 2 woodcut head-pieces; 2 plates of music; 3 plates of fishing tackle; 17 copper engravings of fish. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf gilt double ruled border front and rear 5 raised bands. with handsome 5 gilt fish on spine some worming at outer margin of first 8 leaves. Bookplate of Marquess of Donegall. Ninth edition. First Hawkins edition. 11 engravings by William W. Ryland: 9 after S. Wale 1 after T. Smith and 1 after P. Lely portrait of Cotton; 1 engraved and 2 woodcut head-pieces; 2 plates of music; 3 plates of fishing tackle; 17 copper engravings of fish. 1 vols. 8vo. Beautiful Contemporary Binding. Edited by John Hawkins who also wrote the Life of Walton. The Life of Cotton is by W. Oldys. "This edition came into competition with that issued by Browne in the previous year and gave rise to 'sundry skirmishes and passages of arms between the two editors.' Browne's charges of plagiarism appear unfounded. The annotation is copious and has for the most part been retained in subsequent reprints." Westwood & Satchell. Coigney 9; Westwood & Satchell p. 221 Printed only for Thomas Hope unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 235646

‎Reeves Richard Stone‎

‎Color Print: "Pawneese defeats Bruni and Orange Boy The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes Ascot July 24 1976. " The print shows a racing scene with three horses on turf‎

‎New York: The Newmarket Gallery of New York City 1977. 505/750 signed by the artist. Printed in the U. S.A. by Triton Press Inc. 1 vols. inches. Very Fine. 505/750 signed by the artist. Printed in the U. S.A. by Triton Press Inc. 1 vols. inches. The Newmarket Gallery of New York City unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 225084

‎Graziano Rocky with Rowland Barber‎

‎Somebody up there likes me. My Life so far‎

‎New York: Simon and Schuster 1955. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in almost fine dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Simon and Schuster unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 233936

‎Winter de Adlersflugel Georg Simon‎

‎Tractatio Nova et Auctior De Re Equaria . Neuer und vermehrter Tractat von der Stuterey oder Fohlen-zucht . Text and title pages in Latin German Italian & French‎

‎Nurnberg: Wolfgang Maurice Endter 1703. Engraved title page 46 engraved equestrian plates numbered 1-34 on 42 leaves two folding two-page table; one wood engraving in text. 22 223 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Nineteenth century maroon morocco upper board titled in gilt. Rebacked in later black morocco. Lower hinge weak closely trimmed at table loss of two lines of text and also at pp. 123-126 with loss of numbering. Plates 1&2 backed some loss to plate 2. Lacking plate 3 view of stable complex and plate 7; with 4 additional plates on 3 leaves. Engraved title page 46 engraved equestrian plates numbered 1-34 on 42 leaves two folding two-page table; one wood engraving in text. 22 223 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Winter's noted work on the breeding of horses originally published in 1672 with the bold equestrian engravings. Mennessier de la Lance II p. 649; Nissen ZBI 4426 Wolfgang Maurice Endter unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 38593

‎Pleissner Ogden M.‎

‎Hendrickson's Pool Beaverkill" depicting a trout fisherman standing in a river‎

‎Published jointly . by The Crossroads of Sport Inc. and The Orvis Company Inc 1980. Edition of 275. 1 vols. 16-1/2 x 24 inches. Matted framed and glazed 27 x 34 inches overall. Signed by the artist in pencil on the mount "Ogden M. Pleissner." Inscribed on mount at lower left: "With best wishes to Rudy Coigney a great angler / Ogden. Edition of 275. 1 vols. 16-1/2 x 24 inches. Bergh p. 107 no. 25 Published jointly ... by The Crossroads of Sport , Inc. and The Orvis Company, Inc unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 57411

‎Magic‎

‎Tops The Magazine of Magic‎

‎Colon Michigan: Abbott's Magic Novelty Company 1950. Illustrated. 1 vols. 4to. Original wrappers many in original mailing envelopes. Fine. Illustrated. 1 vols. 4to. Abbott's Magic Novelty Company unknown books‎

Ссылка продавца : 22377