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Southard Charles Zibeon
Trout Fly-fishing in America
New York: Dutton 1914. First edition no. 85 of 100 deluxe copies signed by the author. 20 color plates by H.H. Leonard. xv 288 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Three quarter dark green morocco over green cloth t.e.g. About fine. Leonard H.H. First edition no. 85 of 100 deluxe copies signed by the author. 20 color plates by H.H. Leonard. xv 288 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. An early and authoritative work finely illustrated. An essential part of an American angling library here in the deluxe issue. Bruns S229; Hampton p. 87 1915 London ed.; Sherwin sale lot 464 trade ed. only Dutton unknown books
Bookseller reference : 240357
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Quebec
The Lower St. Lawrence or Quebec to Halifax via Gaspé and Pictou. To which is appended Mr. Wood's Description of the River Saguenay also Legends of the St. Lawrence and All about Fishing &c &c
Quebec: Printed at the "Mercury" Office 1862. First edition. 3 woodcut illustrations by John Henry Walker the eminent Canadian illustrator and engraver. Pp. 122 including frontispiece and 8 pages of advertisements dated May 22 1862 mostly for train or steamboat travel in the pagination folding map 9 1/2 x 5 inches creased soiling along outer edge trimming of lower margin affecting imprint. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Original rose cloth stamped in blind with all-over wavy pattern covers with ruled borders floral cornerpieces inset cloth label in upper cover with title within gilt ruled border. Some chipping of lower spine darkening or light discoloration a few stains on cloth endpapers browned else a very good copy with the signature of T. W. Baldwin Quebec '66. First edition. 3 woodcut illustrations by John Henry Walker the eminent Canadian illustrator and engraver. Pp. 122 including frontispiece and 8 pages of advertisements dated May 22 1862 mostly for train or steamboat travel in the pagination folding map 9 1/2 x 5 inches creased soiling along outer edge trimming of lower margin affecting imprint. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Salmon Fishing in Quebec. RARE. Contains G. T. Cary's "County Seats on the Shores of the St. Lawrence Round Quebec" and Sir James McPherson LeMoine's "the Legendary Lore of the St. Lawrence." Sir James MacPherson LeMoine 1825-1912 noted Canadian author published several works on Quebec and the lower St. Lawrence. He is best known for his publication "Maple Leaves" a series of miscellanies published from 1863-1906. The Cary family founded the Quebec "Mercury" in 1805 and it remained in the family for three generations. Not in Lande Printed at the "Mercury" Office unknown books
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Apperley Charles J.
Nimrod's Hunting Tours Interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes Sayings and Doings of Sporting Men . To Which are Added Nimrod's Letters on Riding to Hounds
Philadelphia: Carey Lea and Blanchard 1836. First American edition. 197 1 24 ads; 228 12 ads pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth printed spine labels. Names neatly cut from both flyleaves; spine labels somewhat darkened. Bookplate of Alfred Barmore Maclay. Very good plus. Uncommon. First American edition. 197 1 24 ads; 228 12 ads pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Five Centuries of Sport 1945 lot 65; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 22 Carey, Lea and Blanchard unknown books
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Florida
Album of 63 photographs of Outdoor Scenes in the Myakka Frontier Peace River and Fort Myers regions of Florida
1887. 26 leaves with 63 mounted albumen prints most 4-1/2 x 7-7/8 inches all captioned in ink. 1 vols. 4to. Recent red morocco and original red cloth over boards. One photograph with clean split across image no loss. Some fading generally fine and clear. 26 leaves with 63 mounted albumen prints most 4-1/2 x 7-7/8 inches all captioned in ink. 1 vols. 4to. The Florida Frontier 1887. Assembled by a party of men on an extended tour and hunting expedition in the area the album documents numerous locations in southwest Florida in the period immediately following the extension of the Florida Southern Railroad into the Peace River region in 1886. All of the photographs are captioned in ink and all but the first nine which were taken at Interlachen near Gainesville relate to southwest Florida. The album includes scenes of the grounds of Charles Francis Jr. at Interlachen and the residence of Goerge Long; the railway station an office car and a street scene at Trabue; views of the Hotel Punta Gorda under construction; waterfront scenes along the Punta Rassa; views of Fort Myers; a Spanish Fishing village; a "Cracker" family and their orange grove; Judge Ziba King and his house at Fort Ogden; scenes of the Myakka River Bartow and Zolfo Springs and a number of hunting and camping scenes. Nineteenth century photographic albums of Florida are very scarce; the present album shows the rural landscape of southwest Florida at the dawn of the modern age. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 234774
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Lamb Dana S.
Not Far from the River
Barre Mass 1967. First edition no. 64 of 200 copies on Curtis Rag Paper signed by the author. 101 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter brown morocco and boards. Fine in slipcase. First edition no. 64 of 200 copies on Curtis Rag Paper signed by the author. 101 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns L13 unknown books
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Halford Frederic M.
Making A Fishery
London: Vinton & Co. Limited. 9 New Bridge Street Ludgate Circus 1902. The Halford Dry Fly Series No. 3. 4 plates. vi 2 212 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth titled in gilt. Nice copy. The Halford Dry Fly Series No. 3. 4 plates. vi 2 212 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to William Senior. This copy with a wonderful inscription to Halford's close friend "W. Senior Esq with kindest regards & many thanks from Frederic M. Halford". William Senior editor of The Field wrote the introduction to Halford's 'An Angler's Autobiography' published the following year. Vinton & Co., Limited. 9, New Bridge Street, Ludgate Circus unknown books
Bookseller reference : 222739
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Somerville E. A'. and Martin Ross
The Hitchcock Edition of Somerville & Ross
New York: The Derrydale Press 1927. First Edition No. 165 of 500 sets. Illustrated with drawings by Edith Somerville plus photographs and other illustrations. 6 vols. 8vo. Six volumes of seven lacking Vol. I. Original gold-blocked green cloth with black leather spine labels t.e.g. others uncut; labels chipped as usual else fine. From the library of Marshal Field with his bookplate in each volume. First Edition No. 165 of 500 sets. Illustrated with drawings by Edith Somerville plus photographs and other illustrations. 6 vols. 8vo. The Derrydale Somerville & Ross Set One of 500. A celebrated Derrydale production one of the early titles which when it went promptly out of print established "the beginning of the out-of-print Derrydale market" Siegel. These first-hand stories and fiction about Irish country life--particularly its sporting aspects--remains unrivalled. They are largely the work of Edith Somerville a celebrated sportswoman who wrote them with her cousin "Martin Ross" Violet Martin. <br/><br/>The individual titles are: Further Experiences of an Irish R.M.; In Mr. Knox's Country; Dan Russell the Fox; All On the Irish Shore; Wheel-Tracks; Irish Memories. Siegel 6; Frazier S-14-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 343-4 The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Harris Stanley
The Coaching Age
London: Richard Bentley and Sons 1885. First edition. 16 lithographic plates of coaching scenes after drawings by J. Sturgess. viii 468 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth spine faded else fine. Bookplate of James Eckersley. First edition. 16 lithographic plates of coaching scenes after drawings by J. Sturgess. viii 468 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "A good general history of the origin routes methods and equipment of early British mail coaching' Rittenhouse. With fine plates by Sturgess. Rittenhouse 35 Richard Bentley and Sons unknown books
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Apperley Charles
Sporting Embellished by Large Engravings Illustrative of British Field Sports
London: A.H. Baily 1838. First edition. With 38 engravings from pictures painted by T. Gainsborough E. Landseer R.A. R.A. Charles Hancock J.F. Lewis and W. Barraud &c. 144 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Boards black leather spine. Minor external rubbing to corners some foxing. First edition. With 38 engravings from pictures painted by T. Gainsborough E. Landseer R.A. R.A. Charles Hancock J.F. Lewis and W. Barraud &c. 144 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Schwerdt I p. 40 A.H. Baily unknown books
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Oppianus
Oppian's Halieuticks of the Nature of Fishes and Fishing of the Ancients In V Books. Translated from the Greek With an Account of Oppian's Life and Writings and a Catalogue of his Fishes
Oxford: Printed at The Theater 1722. First Edition in English. Engraved title vignette. 8 232 7 list of subscribers. 1 vols. Bound in contemporary gilt paneled full red morocco a.e.g. Spine faded and slightly split. A Handsome copy. First Edition in English. Engraved title vignette. 8 232 7 list of subscribers. 1 vols. "The labor of translating this Greco-Roman author was divided between Mr. Diaper Pt. 1 Books I and II and John Jones Pt. 2 Books III to V. The latter contributor also wrote an account of Oppian"s life and writings and compiled a catalogue of his Fishes. The contests between rival factions in the sea are amusingly drawn in the lines relating to the Lobster the Lamprey and the Preke octopus. The remarkable color-changes of the last named were well know to the ancients Book II. "-Wood. Lowndes 1726; Brunet IV: 196; Heckscher 1483; Westwood & Satchel 164; Dean's Bibliography of Fishes Dean III:295 states that "of all the ancient writers on fish and fishing Oppian is easily the most important"; Wood p. 500 Printed at The Theater unknown books
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Halford Frederic M.
The Dry-Fly Man's Handbook: A Complete Manual including The Fisherman's Entomology and The Making and Management of a Fishery
London: George Routledge 1913. Edition De Luxe No. 36 of 100 copies signed by the author on the title page. With 44 plates mostly photogravures on mounted India proof paper plus additional illustrations in the text. 1 vols. 4to. Red 3/4 calf spine neatly laid down else fine. Edition De Luxe No. 36 of 100 copies signed by the author on the title page. With 44 plates mostly photogravures on mounted India proof paper plus additional illustrations in the text. 1 vols. 4to. One of 100 Signed by Halford. An impressive volume with particularly attractive photogravure plates<br/><br/>American fishing author Ted Trueblood's copy given to him in 1951. Trueblood was author of The Angler's Handbook Trout Trouble and Other Trouble How to Catch More Fish Hunter's Handbook: Indispensable Tips from a Famous Expert etc. George Routledge unknown books
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Halford Frederic M.
Making A Fishery
London: Horace Cox 1895. First edition. Illustrated including a portrait frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth t.e.g. Fine. First edition. Illustrated including a portrait frontispiece. 1 vols. 8vo. Horace Cox unknown books
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Murdoch W. G. Burn
Modern Whaling & Bear-Hunting. A Record of Present-day Whaling with Up-to Date Appliances in Many Parts of the World and of Bear and Seal Hunting in the Arctic Regions
London: Seeley Service & Co. Ltd. 38 Great Russell Street 1917. First edition. 110 illustrations chiefly from Drawings & Photographs by the Author. 320 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green with gilt stamped image of harpooner on upper cover. Spine slightly sunned else near fine. First edition. 110 illustrations chiefly from Drawings & Photographs by the Author. 320 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Jenkins p. 129; Spence 826. Not in Arctic Bibliography Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 38 Great Russell Street unknown books
Bookseller reference : 57108
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Rooper George
Thames and Tweed
London: Cassell Petter and Gunn 1876. Second edition. 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green gilt-pictorial cloth small ink spot on upper cover else fine. Second edition. 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation copy inscribed to Henry Lewis. Westwood & Satchell p.179 Cassell, Petter, and Gunn unknown books
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Firearms Jackson Herbert J.
European Hand Firearms of the Sixteenth Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries
London: Philip Lee Warner at the Chiswick Press 1923. First edition one of 550 copies. 63 photographic plates. 1 vols. 4to. Original blue cloth a little rubbed and spine faded internally fine. First edition one of 550 copies. 63 photographic plates. 1 vols. 4to. Standard work. Philip Lee Warner, at the Chiswick Press unknown books
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Fitzgibbon Edward
The Book of the Salmon: in Two Parts. by "Ephemera." Assisted by Andrew Young
London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1850. First edition. Hand-colored frontispiece 7 other hand-colored plates and one uncolored. 242 32 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in three quarters tan polished calf gilt spine leather title labels by Stikeman. One label missing else fine. First edition. Hand-colored frontispiece 7 other hand-colored plates and one uncolored. 242 32 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Westwood & Satchell p. 86 "highly esteemed"; Coleby p. 66 Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans unknown books
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McAleenan Joseph
Diary Kept by Joseph McAleenan for a Cruise for Sword-Fish in the Month of July 1916
New York: Privately Printed by the Author and His Friends by H.S. Nichols New York 1922. First edition one of 50 numbered copies signed by the author this being no. 1 said to be bound for the author's mother. Frontispiece and 29 half-tone plates. pp. i-ii blank iii-xvi xvii-xviii half-title 1-115 116 printer's notice. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full brown morocco extra gilt morocco doublures t.e.g. Front hinge and corners professionally repaired. First edition one of 50 numbered copies signed by the author this being no. 1 said to be bound for the author's mother. Frontispiece and 29 half-tone plates. pp. i-ii blank iii-xvi xvii-xviii half-title 1-115 116 printer's notice. 1 vols. 8vo. Unique Copy Bound for the Author's Mother. Rare and privately printed account of fishing for swordfish off Montauk Point and the adjacent waters of Block Island. McAleenan was also the author of Hunting with Rifle and Camera in the Canadian Rockies 1916 edition of 20 copies. McAleenan has a flair for writing and writes lovingly of this three week adventure harpooning swordfish battling sharks sighting whales etc.: " . glad days cheery companions and the joy of living . for those who have heard the wind in strange places . " Foreword. Bruns M-91 without title or full description. OCLC: 39005858 3 copies: Clarke Michigan; Mariners Museum Virginia; Hillwood Estate Museum Privately Printed by the Author and His Friends [by H.S. Nichols, New York] unknown books
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Wales Leigh Samuel publisher
Leigh's Guide to Wales & Monmouthshire: containing Observations on the Mode of Travelling Plans of Various Tours Sketches of the Manners and customs Notices of Historical Events A Description of Every Remarkable Place and a Minute Account of the Wye
London: Printed for Leigh and Son 1839. Fourth edition with considerable Additions and improvements. Frontispiece large folding map for the guide hinged with tape to front pastedown 16 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches partially handcolored. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary purple cloth with panel reading "Leigh's Guide to Wales and Monmouthshire" showing Conway Castle laid down on upper cover. Cloth faded with some browning and rubbing upper joint cracked some tears in cloth waterstaining in gutter at front some marginal staining and light browning else very good with the 1840 signature of Charles Marin on the endpaper. Fourth edition with considerable Additions and improvements. Frontispiece large folding map for the guide hinged with tape to front pastedown 16 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches partially handcolored. 1 vols. 8vo. "Ladies of Llangollen" Walking Tours. Among the notables described are the "Ladies of Llangollen" Lady Eleanor Butler and the Hon. Miss Ponsonby. Printed for Leigh and Son unknown books
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Evans George Bird
An Affair with Grouse
Clifton New Jersey: Amwell Press for The National Sporting Fraternity Limited 1982. Limited edition number 329 of 1000 copies signed by Evans & Rikhoff. Illustrated by the author. Foreword by Kay Evans. 213 5 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red rexine. Slipcase. Very fine copy. Limited edition number 329 of 1000 copies signed by Evans & Rikhoff. Illustrated by the author. Foreword by Kay Evans. 213 5 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Amwell Press for] The National Sporting Fraternity Limited unknown books
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Woodcock Nemrod Jean pseud.
Le Lièvre. L'Art de le trouver au gîte. Le tir du lièvre sa nature ses habitudes. Suivi d'un Traité complet et spécial sur la chasse de la Bécasse et de la Bécassine. Indice de sa présence son arrivée ses habitudes son tir. Par Jean Nemrod
Paris: M. Pellerin 14 Rue Sauffroy Paris 1886. 91 pp. 1 ff. 1 vols. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Text block toned. Fine. 91 pp. 1 ff. 1 vols. 12mo. The first part of this work on the European Hare appeared in 1886; this edition includes a lengthy section on Woodcock pp. 57-91 and is scarce. Fraguglione p. 371; Thiebaud 679 both citing different imprints M. Pellerin, 14, Rue Sauffroy, Paris unknown books
Bookseller reference : 57148
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Herbert Henry William "Frank Forester"
Frank Forester's Field Sports of the United States and British Provinces of North America
New York: W.A. Townsend Publisher 1864. New edition containing numerous corrections and Additions. Illustrated. 2 vols. 8vo. Green cloth stamped in gilt. Minor wear at head aand tail of spines else Fine bookplates of Walter Rutherford Peterson. New edition containing numerous corrections and Additions. Illustrated. 2 vols. 8vo. Van Winkle pp. 25-28 f W.A. Townsend, Publisher unknown books
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Peacham Henry
The Compleat Gentleman. Fashioning him Absolut in the Most necessary and commendable Qualities concerning Minde or Body that may be required in a Noble Gentleman. Whereunto is annexed a description of the order of a Maine Battaile or Pitched Field eight severall wayes: with the Art of Limming and other Additions newly Enlarged. Bound with: The Gentlemans Exercise. Or An exquisite practise as well for drawing all manner of Beasts in their true Portraitures .
London: Francis Constable 1634. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece date altered in manuscript woodcut illustrations of coats of arms. xii 255 1; viii 163 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Eighteenth-century calf morocco spine label neatly rebacked some toning to text generally fine. Bookplate of Henry A. Sherwin. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece date altered in manuscript woodcut illustrations of coats of arms. xii 255 1; viii 163 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Sherwin Copy. Influential manual of conduct for the gentleman or courtier written for the eight-year-old son of William Howard Lord Arundel and covering a multitude of subjects from heraldry and geography to law and art. Pages 207-215 address "Exercises of the body" including running swimming hawking and hunting. Westwood & Satchell record the chapter on fishing at pp. 251-255 which also includes the paragraph on "Making Flyes."<br/>The engraved frontispiece has apparently been inserted. It has been printed from the plate used in the first edition with date and imprint deftly altered in ink. The second part has its own title page with the imprint "Printed for I. M. and are to be sold by Francis Constable." ESTC S114316; STC 19504; Westwood & Satchell p. 167; Heckscher 1512; Sherwin 376 this copy; Maclay Library Five Centuries of Sport lot 463 Francis Constable unknown books
Bookseller reference : 240580
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Clark Roland
Gunner's Dawn
New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. First edition one of 950 copies. Original signed etching 5 color plates and 14 in black and white by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red simulated leather. Fine. First edition one of 950 copies. Original signed etching 5 color plates and 14 in black and white by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. FINE. The author's experiences duck shooting and a handsome book. Siegel 118; Frazier C-6-a; Biscotti p. 85 The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Phoebus Gaston
El Libro de la Caza. Con ciuarenta ilustraciones facsÃmiles a todo color. Introdcción de Alfonso de Urquijo. Traducción de Carmen Andreu
Madrid: Ediciones Arte y Bibliofilia 1980. First edition. xii 121 3 pp. Cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. xii 121 3 pp. Ediciones Arte y Bibliofilia unknown books
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Blocks
One set No. O Child's Delight Building Blocks. In fitted wooden box with sliding lid defective with printed paper label on the lid
np 1875. 9 1/2 x 7 x 1 1/2 inches box. Blocks in fine condition. 9 1/2 x 7 x 1 1/2 inches box. unknown books
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Rhead Louis
How to Fish the Dry Fly Floating on the Surface . A description of the American and English Dry Flies. Also How to Fish Various Nymphs from the bottom upwards in place of Worms if the Trout do not respond to Flies early in the Season or late in the Summer
Brooklyn N.Y. U.S.A.: Privately printed and issued by Louis Rhead 217 Ocean Avenue 1921. First edition. Illustrated by the author. 31 1 ad pp. Printed by the Brooklyn Eagle Press. 1 vols. 16mo. Original tan printed wrappers stapled. Light stain on front wrapper along spine rear wrapper creased with a few small closed tears faint vertical crease throughout. First edition. Illustrated by the author. 31 1 ad pp. Printed by the Brooklyn Eagle Press. 1 vols. 16mo. Rare. Rhead's rare privately printed and ephemeral work offering a synthesis of Halford and the anglophile American dry fly authors Gill and La Branche specifically addressed to an American audience. His American Trout Stream Insects 1916 is regarded as the first on the subject<br/><br/>"Rhead was a better artist than Schaldach and in fact was an all-round expert at many things. To read him is to respect him" Bruns. Wetzel p. 202; Bruns R49 mistakenly dating it to 1912; Sheets 1997 R2433 "the scarcest of Rhead's works Privately printed and issued by Louis Rhead, 217 Ocean Avenue unknown books
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Pickering Harold G.
MERRY XMAS. Mr. Williams 20 Pine St. N.Y.
New York: The Derrydale Press 1940. No. 116 of 267 copies signed by the author. Cover design by Susan Shipp Pickering illustrations by Harry L. Timmins. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth blocked in silver with device on upper cover some spotting to upper cover faint traces of dampstains to cover and outer corner of pastedowns still an attractive and internally clean copy. No. 116 of 267 copies signed by the author. Cover design by Susan Shipp Pickering illustrations by Harry L. Timmins. 1 vols. 12mo. Siegel 160; Frazier P-10-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
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Wulff Lee
Leaping Silver. Words and Pictures on the Atlantic Salmon
New York: George W. Stewart Publisher 1940. First edition Limited edition number 22 of 540 copies. Illus. 149 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter blue morocco and boards. First edition Limited edition number 22 of 540 copies. Illus. 149 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. George W. Stewart, Publisher unknown books
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Dryden Adam
Hints to Anglers
London: Adam and Charles Black 1862. First edition. With 5 folding maps. iv 40 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth. Fine copy. First edition. With 5 folding maps. iv 40 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Westwood & Satchell p. 81 Adam and Charles Black unknown books
Bookseller reference : 240442
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Queeny Edgar M.
Cheechako. The Story of An Alaskan Bear Hunt. Introduction by Nash Buckingham
New York: The Lakeside Press for Charles Scribner's Sons 1941. First edition one of 1200 designed and printed at the Lakeside Press. Photographs by the Author. xvi 133 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Tan buckram blue paper labels on spine and upper cover. Very fine copy. First edition one of 1200 designed and printed at the Lakeside Press. Photographs by the Author. xvi 133 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation copy to Henry Munger from the author on the recto of frontispiece. With ALS from the author to Munger laid in dated Nov. 1945 from Wingmead Devall's Bluff Arkansas. [The Lakeside Press ] for Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
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Henderson John
John Henderson's Hackle Book. An Account of Twenty Years Breeding Old English Game Fowls for their Hackles edited by Jack Heddon
Twickenham: Honey Dun Press 1982. No. 45 of 120 limited edition copies signed by the editor. Tipped-in portrait and 3 plates 40 mounted specimen hackles. 1 vols. 4to. Publisher's morocco-backed marbled boards slipcase. Fine. No. 45 of 120 limited edition copies signed by the editor. Tipped-in portrait and 3 plates 40 mounted specimen hackles. 1 vols. 4to. Honey Dun Press unknown books
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Sparrow Walter 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. 200 Illustrations including 39 in Colour. xxii 288 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original blue cloth. A very good copy spine quite sunned. First edition. 200 Illustrations including 39 in Colour. xxii 288 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 4to. The first book devoted to Angling art exclusively. Hampton Modern Angling Bibliography p. 88 "A really important work." John Lane: The Bodley Head unknown books
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Smedley Harold Hindsill
Fly Patterns and Their Origins
Muskegon Michigan: Westshore Publications 1943. First Edition. Illustrated. xx 114 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Cloth. Fine in slightly chipped dust jacket. First Edition. Illustrated. xx 114 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Westshore Publications unknown books
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Devine Fred D
Bamboo Fishing Rod w/3 tips c 40 " each. With cloth bag
Utica New York: Fred D. Devine Rod. About fine. See "Fishing Rods by Divine" by Michael Sinclair Fred D. Devine Rod unknown books
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Reeves Richard Stone Robinson Patrick
Classic Lines
Birmingham Ala: Oxmoor House 1975. First edition. Signed by Robinson. Profusely illustrated with color illustrations after paintings by Richard Stone Reeves. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Quarter leather and cloth. Mint copy in dust jacket in original shipping carton. Reeves Richard Stone. First edition. Signed by Robinson. Profusely illustrated with color illustrations after paintings by Richard Stone Reeves. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Oxmoor House unknown books
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Printed Broadside: "Shaffer's Novelty Concert Company and Bell Ringers. Louise Shaffer.Oscar Shaffer.
Illus. 1 vols. 52 x 11 cm. Fine. Illus. 1 vols. 52 x 11 cm. unknown books
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Dog Medals
Set of four engraved championship dog medals awarded by the American Kennel Club and the National Beagle Club of America ca. 1915
Philadelphia 1915. 1 vols. Each 2 inches in diameter. One medal showing slight discoloration the others fine. 1 vols. Each 2 inches in diameter. Tiffany & Co. Medals. The medals are: a American Kennel Club silver "Awarded to Champion Relray Chancellor"; b AKC silver "Awarded to Champion Relray Cora"; National Beagle Club of America silver "Phila 1915 / Cora / Field Trial Class"; NBCA silvered bronze "Phila 1915 / Cora / 2nd Best Beagle". The two NBCA medals are signed Tiffany & Co. N.Y.<br/><br/>A highly uncommon set of vintage sporting dog awards. unknown books
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Dempsey Jack
Dempsey by the Man Himself as told to Bob Considine and Bill Slocum
New York: Simon and Schuster 1960. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed on the half-title "To my friend F.S. von Stade Good luck pal jack Dempsey 7/2/60. Simon and Schuster unknown books
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Mumey Nolie
The Black Ram of Dinwoody Creek. A Story of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
Denver Colorado: The Range Press 1951. First edition no. 253 of 325 copies signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter tan cloth and illustrated boards. Very fine. First edition no. 253 of 325 copies signed by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Biscotti p. 304 The Range Press unknown books
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Francis Austin M. editor
A Company of Anglers. Selection from the Anglers' Club Bulletin 1972-1997
New York: The Anglers' Club of New York. Privately Printed 1998. First edition number 20 of 75 deluxe copies signed by the editor artist and designer printed on Hahnemühle Biblio mould-made paper. Produced by W. Thomas Taylor. Sketches by Peter Corbin. 153 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter brown goatskin with hand-marbled papers by Priscilla Spitler. Cloth drop box upper cover with matching inlay tooled in blind with Anglers' Club device. As New with prospectus laid-in. Corbin Peter. First edition number 20 of 75 deluxe copies signed by the editor artist and designer printed on Hahnemühle Biblio mould-made paper. Produced by W. Thomas Taylor. Sketches by Peter Corbin. 153 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Anglers' Club of New York. Privately Printed unknown books
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Lyons Nick
My Secret Fish-Book Life
Published by W. Thomas Taylor 1996. First edition no. 27 of 50 copies on Zerkel with a leaf of the autograph manuscript signed by the author and artist. Additionally inscribed by the author to Jeff Norton on the limitation leaf. Hand-colored frontispiece. Illustrations by Mari Lyons. Unpaginated. 1 vols. 8vo. Green morocco spine marbled boards. Booklabel of Jeffrey Norton. Fine in clamshell box. First edition no. 27 of 50 copies on Zerkel with a leaf of the autograph manuscript signed by the author and artist. Additionally inscribed by the author to Jeff Norton on the limitation leaf. Hand-colored frontispiece. Illustrations by Mari Lyons. Unpaginated. 1 vols. 8vo. Finely produced collection of essays with Lyons' charming account of the dime that Sparse Grey Hackle owed him. Published by W. Thomas Taylor unknown books
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Gibbs Oliver Jr.
Lake Pepin Fish-Chowder in Letters to General Spinner
New York: H.D. McIntyre & Co. 201 William Street 1869. First edition. 141 2 ads pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Brick cloth gilt stamped on upper cover only. Slightly rubbed. Near fine. First edition. 141 2 ads pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Fishing in Minnesota 1869. A series of letters on the glories of Minnesota fishing from this former Civil War officer to Gen. Francis E. Spinner 1802-1890 who served as Treasurer of the United States under Presidents Lincoln Johnson and Grant. First printed in Porter's Spirit of the Times to meet a growing post-war market of tourists and travelers eager to find the best fishing spots Gibbs' little book spread the word about the joys of fishing Minnesota's lakes and rivers. It has never been re-printed and is now rare on the market.<br/><br/>"And many learned about Minnesota fishing in the late 1860s when ex-Civil War Officer Oliver Gibbs wrote a series of letters to General Spinner then United States treasurer that were printed in The Spirit of the Times and later collected into a volume called Lake Pepin Fish-Chowder . Railing against the 'pot fishers' who netted fish by the wagonload Gibbs promoted fishing with rod and reel" Sheehy. <br/><br/>Great content and fine story-telling a neglected work from a formative time in American sport. Bruns G45 "Rare"; Phillips 135; Litchfield 46; Cf. Colleen J. Sheehy "American Angling: The Rise of Urbanism and the Romance of the Rod and Reel" in Hard at Play. Leisure in America 1840-1940 ed. K. Grover 1992 H.D. McIntyre & Co., 201 William Street unknown books
Bookseller reference : 233969
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Cornish Geoffrey and Ronald E. Whitten
The Golf Course. Foreword by Robert Trent Jones
New York: The Rutledge Press 1982. First edition second printing. Illustrated. 320 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full presentation calf stamped in gilt "1984 United States Open Rules Committee Winged Foot Golf Club. Dr. Richard Silver" on upper cover an d the USGA insignia in blind. Fine. First edition second printing. Illustrated. 320 pp. 1 vols. 4to. PRESENTATION BINDING. Given by USGA to members of the Rules Committee. Dr. Silver was a Member of the Rules Committee. This is a major book in its most desirable incarnation. The Rutledge Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 232223
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Mills John
The Old Hall; or Our Hearth and Homestead . In Three Volumes
London: T.C Newby 1845. First edition. 3 vols. 8vo. Full red polished calf covers with triple gilt fillet borders spines gilt with foxhunting devices in four panels gilt leather labels in two. Fine set with the engraved bookplates of W.H.B. Long and the Duke of Gloucester. First edition. 3 vols. 8vo. Sporting Triple-Decker. "The aim has been simply to depicture . those invigorating scenes connected with our national sports . " - Preface<br/><br/>"Like his contemporaries 'Nimrod' C.J. Apperley and 'Yorkshireman' Surtees Mills deserves the foremost recognition amongst the ranks of those versatile scribes pertaining to the order characterised by 'Jorrocks' as 'Gentleman sportsmen' and with the works of those 'top-sawyers' and first of sporting and sportive penman" Higginson. Not in Sadleir; Wolff 4804; Higginson pp. 75-6; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 255 note T.C, Newby unknown books
Bookseller reference : 227845
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The Helen Shaw Collection. Trout and Salmon Flies. Limited Editions. Guest book signed by Alfred W. Miller "Sparse Grey Hackle" Odgen M Pleissner Charles De Feo and other
N.p. n.d. 96 ff. ruled on rectos only. 1 vols. 4to. Full green morocco gilt a.e.g. Binding fine signatures fine and bold blank leaves fine. 96 ff. ruled on rectos only. 1 vols. 4to. Pleissner et al. Guest book from the studio of the great fly tier Helen Shaw with just a handful of names - but what legendary visitors have signed here: artist Ogden Pleissner distinguished fly fisherman and author Sparse Grey Hackle angling illustrator Charles De Feo! unknown books
Bookseller reference : 242694
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O'Brien Donal
A Monster Salmon from the Fishing Log of .
Cambridge Mass: Privately printed by Charles B. Wood III at the Ascensius Press 2006. First edition large paper issue one of 25 numbered copies printed on handmade Velké Losiny Prague paper specially bound. Frontispiece tipped in. 14 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Light blue wrappers and brick endleaves sewn. As New housed in a custom half-morocco folding box by Gray Parrot with a mounted no. 6 Green Stone Fly tied by river guide Stan Harrison whose fly caught the fish in the story. First edition large paper issue one of 25 numbered copies printed on handmade Velké Losiny Prague paper specially bound. Frontispiece tipped in. 14 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Deluxe Issue with Hand-Tied Fly. Account of how O'Brien for many years the chairman of the Atlantic Salmon Federation caught and released a 50-pound salmon on the Grand Cascapedia river at the end of July 2004 with reflections on the measurement of salmon and the author's earlier catch of a 47-pound salmon on the same river in 1982. A beautifully designed production for an essay of enduring interest with a hand-tied fly by Grand Cascapedia River guide Stan Harrison. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 174 Privately printed by Charles B. Wood III [at the Ascensius Press] unknown books
Bookseller reference : 235001
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Academie Universelle des Jeux contenant les Regles de tous les Jeux
Amsterdam: Aux Depens de la Compagnie 1773. Nouvelle edition. viii 384; 3-321 3 pp. LACKING pp. 1-2 of part 2 supplied in facsimile. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf worn some pages torn and loosening but without loss. Nouvelle edition. viii 384; 3-321 3 pp. LACKING pp. 1-2 of part 2 supplied in facsimile. 1 vols. 8vo. Chapters on Billiards Court Tennis Chess Backgammon. Aux Depens de la Compagnie unknown books
Bookseller reference : 24712
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Radcliffe FP. Delme F. P.
The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting for the Use of the Rising Generation of Sportsmen and more especially those of the Hertfordshire Hunt Club
London: Rudolph Ackermann 1839. First edition. Portraits 7 full page plates head and tail pieces and plans. xii 327 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red pebbled blind-stamped cloth with diamond label at back "Bound by Burn 37 &38 Kirby St." Some foxing to plates as usual lacking front free endpaper. Unusually attractive in original cloth minor wear at spine ends. First edition. Portraits 7 full page plates head and tail pieces and plans. xii 327 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A classic work by the Master of the Hertfordshire Hounds. Schwerdt II p. 122; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 298 Rudolph Ackermann unknown books
Bookseller reference : 221763
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Pierce Wesley George
Goin' Fishin'. The Story of the Deep-sea Fishermen of New England
Salem MA: Marine Research Society 1934. No. 48 of a limited edition of 97 copies printed on Bruce Rogers rag paper. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Marbled paper boards black cloth spine. Fine copy in slipcase. No. 48 of a limited edition of 97 copies printed on Bruce Rogers rag paper. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 97 Copies Printed. Marine Research Society unknown books
Bookseller reference : 32179
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Johnson Frank M.
Forest Lake and River. The Fishes of New England & Eastern Canada
Boston: For Subscribers 1902. First edition no. 78 of 350 copies. Chromolithograph frontispiece by A.D. Turner to vol. I portrait frontispiece to vol. II; three color plates of flies Salmon Trout Bass two color plates of fish numerous reproductions of fish and black-and-white lithographic plates with decorative ornaments and vignettes throughout. xxvi 313 3; xi 368 pp. Printed at the University Press. 2 vols. 4to. Reversed calf with circular onlay of color fly on front covers silk endpapers some foxing. About fine but as usual missing the wraparound bands. Bookplate of Henry A. Portong. First edition no. 78 of 350 copies. Chromolithograph frontispiece by A.D. Turner to vol. I portrait frontispiece to vol. II; three color plates of flies Salmon Trout Bass two color plates of fish numerous reproductions of fish and black-and-white lithographic plates with decorative ornaments and vignettes throughout. xxvi 313 3; xi 368 pp. Printed at the University Press. 2 vols. 4to. An unusually nice copy. Bruns B-33 For Subscribers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 240543
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