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1848083069Paris: Chez L'Editeur aux Ateliers Catholiques du Petit-Montrouge 1848. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two volumes Believed First edition Quarto hardback. Leather spines gilt titles with marbled boards and end papers. xlviii 780 pp. 834 pp in numbered double columns. illustrated with numerous woodcuts.Good condition spine corners rubbed just occasional spotting Scarce <br/> <br/> Chez L'Editeur, aux Ateliers Catholiques du Petit-Montrouge hardcover
1900188011900. Women SPORTS Six action shots of a women's fencing dual in the early 1900s. 4" x 6" each. Stereoview on cardboard mount. N.p. Captioned "Le Duel" with each photograph numbered. Historically fencing has been primarily a men's sport and though women have been fencing for hundreds of years there was still heavy stigma against women taking up any sport. After WWI many French fencing schools opened up classes for women to grow their economy. This act opened up the doors for women to eventually be allowed to fence in the Olympics in 1924. This set of six stereoviews showcase two women fencers with a female referee and a group of female viewers. Each stereoview is numbered in the order of the duel; the first shows the two women facing each other with their swords down the second and third show the women mid duel and the last three show the victor heralding over the defeated opponent with two women side by side helping her recover. Minor wear to edges some sunning and wear to photos. Overall only good condition. unknown
1850205961850. Albumen carte-de-visite depicting a woman dressed in a dark riding habit holding a slender riding crop in her right hand and resting her left on a desk. C.a. 1850s-70s. 2.5" x 4" on cardstock mount. There are no markings on the photograph indicating the woman's identity though her long-sleeved fitted bodice and full skirt are characteristic of American equestrian fashion in the mid-19th century. Riding habits of this period often adapted the tailored silhouette of men's coats paired with practical yet elegant skirts suitable for sidesaddle riding. The riding crop in her hand was both a functional tool for controlling a mount and a fashionable accessory in formal equestrian portraiture. Women's participation in equestrian activities in the 19th century was often associated with skill refinement and social standing with formal portraits like this serving as lasting representations of their horsemanship and style. Overall very good condition. A fine example of mid-19th century equestrian portrait photography. unknown
1900158521900. WOMEN IN SPORTS Photographic collection of 18 rare vintage photos celebrating girls and women in sports. Some are identified with names and locations. Locations include New Jersey Canada New York California Massachusetts. Dated approximately 1900-1940. Various sizes; mostly between 8.5" x 11" and 6.5x 8.5" with four smaller photos at 2.25" x 3.5". Black and white silver gelatin photographs. Many pieces show uniformed team photos and action shots documenting girls' increasingly rigorous participation in active sports in the first half of the 20th century. Sports include winter skiing ice skating fencing equestrian and polo bowling swimming track and field rugby. Many of the photos have extended captions on the verso. For example one photo features several Canadian swimmers in uniform in 1930 with the caption: "Swimming champions add to picturesque country at Lake Louise Canada. They are left to right: Agnes Geraghty Olympic swimmer; Catherine Ames Like Lindstrom Metropolitan Distance Champion; Constance Hanf Junior Metropolitan Champion; Eleanor Holm National Champion back stroke 100 and 200 yards; Georgia Colemen National Champion Diver. Miss Coleman is From Los Angeles while the other are members of the Women's Swimming Association New York. Another caption on a photo of several polo players states: "Southern California co-eds to form polo team sorority women at the University of Southern California are preparing to invade one of the few remaining sport sanctuaries of men- polo." Also included is a short of the American Women's Olympic Fencing Team which include: MMarion Lloyd Muriel Guggolz and Dorothy Locke. <br /> <br /> Curated photographic archive celebrating female athletes who overcame stereotypes of women as the "weaker" sex. Because early social constructs regulated physical activity for women few were able to rise up as professional sports competitors until the 20th century. This archive is a testament to these women's historic strides revealing their early physical training their membership in early sport clubs as well as their most daring record-breaking feats. The collection depicts women participating in during the early 20th century. unknown
1880178721880. 2 Albumen photos of early recreational tennis game. Circa 1880's. Larger photo measures 6.75" x 8.5" inches on original photographer's board measuring 9.75" x 6.75". Smaller photo measures 7.25" x 4.5" inches on white photographer's board measuring 8" x 5" inches. Photo was taken by Marston photo studio of Bangor Maine. Larger photo shows a large group of young women posed in tiers on a lawn in front of a large brick building. The front row is spread across the grass with others in chairs behind them and the back row sitting on the open windowsill and ledge along the side of the building. The group is entirely female suggesting maybe an early women's college all of them dressed in high-collared dresses long skirts with bustles many in hats and some with parasols. In the front row four women hold tennis rackets as if posing before or after a game. This restless group of young women are pictured in the 1870s or 1880's. The other photo shows a tennis game at play with a man on one side of the net and two women on the other holding rackets on a tennis lawn. The court has been constructed on a lawn with painted boundaries and a net which was customary in 19th century. In the background is a large white wooden house. Lawn tennis came into fashion in the 1870's as an upper-class hobby marking leisure time for players and spectators. Some spotting and Light staining on photos does not effect clarity of images. Overall in very good condition. unknown
1900224351900. Sports and HobbiesWomen's History Archive of six original photographs depicting women in sports and physical culture ca. 1900s-1950s. A striking group of five silver gelatin photographs and one stereoview documenting early and mid-20th century women's athletics across a range of sports including bullfighting competitive swimming mass calisthenics and weight training. The archive is anchored by a powerful press photograph of Bertha Trujillo a Colombian woman bullfighter shown bloodstained and exhausted yet defiant after leaving the ring as documented by a Hamilton Wright press caption on verso dated May 7 1956. The image captures the rare spectacle of a woman operating within a hypermasculine and violently gendered tradition underlining her transgressive presence in the public arena of the corrida. Trujillo's visibility as a "girl bullfighter" not only subverts gendered codes of spectacle and aggression but also underscores the fraught place of women in national rituals of machismo.<br /> <br /> Also included is an early gelatin silver stereoview of a woman mid-dive from a boat into open water ca. 1900s her long dress captured in graceful suspension. A vintage sepia-toned postcard shows a massive synchronized physical training display by women in uniform skirts likely in a European stadium setting. A third photograph features a smiling young woman swimmer in a tight one-piece suit standing beside a trophy likely ca. 1920s-30s exuding post-competition confidence and the growing visibility of women in elite amateur sport. Two additional gelatin silver prints ca. 1930s-40s show women engaged in solitary strength and flexibility exercises: one throwing a medicine ball under clouded sky the other stretching a resistance band at the edge of a pond. Each of these images gestures toward evolving conceptions of female strength embodiment and public physicality across the 20th century. The photographs collectively trace a visual history of women's contested access to spaces of physical prowess and public acclaim. Minor edge wear and surface rubbing to a few prints. Overall very good condition. A varied archive showcasing women's athleticism in the early 20th century. unknown
1880315111Park St. Church. Boston Mass 1880. 4 pp. 12mo. Printed wrappers. 4 pp. 12mo. "Do I preach against cards I simply let cards preach against themselves unknown
189515228London: John Wisden and Co. Good. 1895. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Bound in the original very fragile wraps. The spine is badly chipped and has been reinforced with varnish. 4 spots of tape residue on the front wrap. Some wear & minor chipping to the edges of the wraps but in pretty remarkable condition for the age. The contents are very good . Try to find another copy in the wraps. The photo is fine but no tissue guard if it had one. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 418 pages . John Wisden and Co. paperback
1875315094New York: William H. Murphy 1875. First edition. viii 9-72 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Publisher's blue cloth front cover stamped in gilt and black. Spine ends rubbed light soiling to cover and spotting to text but in all an attractive copy. First edition. viii 9-72 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. First edition of this important early mathematical approach to poker; along with Blackbridge's The Complete Poker Player 1875 it is the earliest book devoted soley to the game. The author Henry T. Winterblossom advertises himself as a Professor of Mathematics and his book is the first to treat the mathematical aspects of poker. Winterblossom argues that knowing the odds and probabilites of success with each hand mitigates the risk inherent in gambling and reduces the player's reliance on dumb luck: "All games of chance create a morbid appetite in those who indulge in them in proportion to their ignorance of the mathematical basis upon which those games are constructed." <br /> <br /> "The National Game" a New York Times article for February 12 1875 suggests that Winterblossom is a pseudonym and though the author's real name is not revealed he was thought to be a member of New York's literary Lotus Club.<br /> <br /> The earliest contemporary notice of Blackbridge's Complete Poker Player considered with Winterblossom the first books on the sport was a review in the 10 April 1875 edition of the New York Times - evidence perhaps that Winterblossom's work has precedence as the first book on poker. Jessel 1706 William H. Murphy unknown
1878251966Melbourne: Sands & McDougall Printers 1878. First separate edition. Frontispiece albumen photograph of the Trout Ponds at Ercildoune. Pp. i title ii blank 1 preface 2 blank3-131 1 imprint. 1 vols. 8vo. Recent full green morocco spine titled in gilt. Fine. First separate edition. Frontispiece albumen photograph of the Trout Ponds at Ercildoune. Pp. i title ii blank 1 preface 2 blank3-131 1 imprint. 1 vols. 8vo. Wilson's monograph appeared as a report of the Zoological and Acclimitization Society of Victoria and as here in its first separate publication "for the convenience of those who are not Members of that Society". It was subsequently published in London the following year as Salmon at the Antipodes.<br /> <br /> Uncommon. Westwood & Satchell p. 354 for London edition of 1879; Wetzel p. 232; Bruns p. 503 from Wetzel; Thacher p. 584 Sands & McDougall, Printers unknown
1880256573Edinburgh: David Douglas 1880. First edition. Pictorial title-page frontispiece and 17 other full-page plates after photographs by the author. vi 2 55 pp. 1 vols. Folio 16-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches. Original pictorial tan cloth rebacked with new brown morocco spine new endpapers. Some old and inoffensive staining and wrinkling to covers. Very good copy. First edition. Pictorial title-page frontispiece and 17 other full-page plates after photographs by the author. vi 2 55 pp. 1 vols. Folio 16-1/2 x 12-1/2 inches. Incidents of hunting wapiti blacktail deer and grizzly bear by a Scoyttish sportsman on a Colorado hunting trip.<br /> Inscribed on the half-title "Mrs Burr/ with the author's compliments/ Edinburgh 31st Dec. 1880." Phillips p. 408; Streeter VII 4103; Heller 1:424 a rare and desirable work" David Douglas unknown
1856110784London: Willoughby and Co. 1856 Book. Good. Hardcover. New Edition. Rare. Three quarter style binding not leather with marbled center board. Appears to have been rebound in late 19th or early 20th century. Ding on front of lower spine. Rub marks age toning etc. The novel is described as a thrilling maritime adventure following a sailing expedition aboard the vessel Lady Emily which travels from Hull England to the Arctic regions. It explores themes of human resilience camaraderie and the superstitions of sailors of that era such as the significance of Friday departures. The narrative aims to combine entertainment and instruction regarding historical Arctic exploration. . Willoughby and Co. hardcover
1892245337London: George Bell & Sons 1892. Third edition with illustrations. Illus. 1 vols. 12mo. Red cloth stamped in black. Fine. Third edition with illustrations. Illus. 1 vols. 12mo. George Bell & Sons unknown
1871252931London: Chapman and Hall 1871. First Edition half titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Half brown morocco and boards gilt spine t.e.g. Bookplate of Abel Berland. Fine. First Edition half titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Not in Wolff; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 409 Chapman and Hall unknown
185559461Edinburgh: Seton & Mackenzie; London: Houlston & Stoneman 1855. Printed by Schenk & McFarlane Edinburgh. Dedicated to the Duchess of Gloucester. Chromolithographic title page and 13 other numbered plates with black and white lithographic vignette and chromolithographed text and borders printed on stiff cards by Schenck & McFarlane after illustrations by Mrs. Wolfe Murray. 1 vols. Small 4to. Bound in full contemporary pebbled green morocco gilt sides with bevelled edges edges gilt and gauffered. Slight rubbing to corners and joints inscriptions on flyleaf the earliest dated "Gertrude Hope 1856. Murray Wolfe. Printed by Schenk & McFarlane Edinburgh. Dedicated to the Duchess of Gloucester. Chromolithographic title page and 13 other numbered plates with black and white lithographic vignette and chromolithographed text and borders printed on stiff cards by Schenck & McFarlane after illustrations by Mrs. Wolfe Murray. 1 vols. Small 4to. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 408 Seton & Mackenzie; London: Houlston & Stoneman unknown
18920914dbLondon: John Murray. G : in good condition plus without dust jacket. Spine rubbed and darkened. Heraldic book-plate on paste-down. 1892. Second Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 160mm 9" x 6". xxiv 456pp plates & maps. 20 b/w plates 4 b/w maps 3 fold-out. 118 b/w vignettes. Book-plate of James Keighley Burton 'Dominus Providebit'. N.B.: Heavy volume- extra shipping needed for overseas. . John Murray hardcover
1883256562London: W. Satchell 1883. First edition Large Paper Issue. xxiv 397 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches; 285 x 220 mm. Original green cloth spine titled in gilt. Bookplate of Walter LeRoy Heiberg and his pencil ownership signature dated 1932. Annotated in pencil chiefly records of bibliographical points or auction prices circa 1900. With a pencil notation opposite title "100 copies on large paper of which 50 were for sale." Spine ends bumped else fine. First edition Large Paper Issue. xxiv 397 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches; 285 x 220 mm. The essential classic angling reference work in its rarest state. Walter L. Heiberg was a career naval officer and served as U.S. Naval attaché in Sweden during World War II. W. Satchell unknown
1856220874Brussels: 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. 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
1834252264Gillingham: Printed by E. Neave; and Sold by J. Hatchard Piccadilly 1834. First edition. Pp. viii 132 1 errata 1 blank; 2 Appendix. 1 vols. 8vo. Black morocco spine and drab boards. Minor traces of rubbing at extremities else fine. Bookplate. First edition. Pp. viii 132 1 errata 1 blank; 2 Appendix. 1 vols. 8vo. History of Cranborn Forest or chace deer preserve in Dorsetshire and the laws pertaining to the herd of fallow deer in the region.<br /> <br /> WIth a two-page Appendix inserted at end dated 1834 and bearing the imprint of Bastable Printer Shaftesbury and recording the circumstances of the book's composition by "a retired Agriculturalist" and how in the year following its publication a legal action between a landowner and "the noble proprietor of the deer" came to trial; the decision resulted in the disenfranchisement of Cranborn Chace and "At this period Midsummer 1834 the deer are almost wholly extirpated - the full use of the lands is restord to the proprietors of the soil - and the country is released from many grievances formerly incident to the system of forest or chace."<br /> <br /> Uncommon. Upcott 608 Printed by E. Neave; and Sold by J. Hatchard, Piccadilly unknown
187121754NY: Charles Scribner & Co. Good. 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. In the original decorated purple cloth. The spine is faded and the cloth is partially separating at the front fo the spine. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 165 pages . Charles Scribner & Co. hardcover
189011421New York: D. Appleton & Co 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. 7.2x5.0x0.8in. top edge gilt; light shelf wear name sticker removed from front pastedown tape repair to front endpaper. <br>Illustrated with 10 half-tones from photographs and a fold-out map of the White Mountains. <br>258pp 0.81lb 7.2x5.0x0.8in D. Appleton & Co hardcover
186082825London: Nattali and Bond. Two Volume Set in Brown Calf Over maroon coloured ribbed cloth boards with five raised bands to spine and with black moroccan title labels to the 2nd compartment to each spinegilt ruled borders to each spine section.Both copies with exquisite red marbled endpapers.Graded Very Good.There are NO previous names or inscriptions present.Bindings remain firm with NO hinge weakness.This is the second Edition with original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nichols.Illustrated with wood and steel engravings.There is some browning/spotting to the endpapers and pre-lims.Top edge of the books are giltedother edges slightly foxed and spotted as you would expect.A handsome set for the collector.Heavy set weighing over 2.2 kg Volume One ccxii129pp Volume Two 234pp Index Second Editions 1860 . Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1860. Nattali and Bond hardcover
1859240236Hamburg: P. Salomon & Co 1859. First edition in German and first foreign language edition. 10 woodcut engravings. xii 308 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half green morocco and marbled boards. Bookplate of Dean Sage with 1942 Parke Bernet bill for lot 493 laid in. Some toning of spine minor traces of wear. Fine. First edition in German and first foreign language edition. 10 woodcut engravings. xii 308 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A rare and notable edition of Walton's classic the first foreign language and the first German edition in a translation by I. Schumacher from the 1853 London edition. Horne and Coigney both note the persistent rarity of this work.<br /> With outstanding provenance: from the library of sportsman and collector Dean Sage. Coigney 76; Horne 75; Oliver 74; Westwood & Satchell p. 233; Litchfield p. 41 P. Salomon & Co unknown
1822314939London: Printed for James Smith 1822. First Smith edition. 15 engraved plates with four extra-illustrations. Pp. i-lx 1-388. 1 vols. 8vo. Full polished calf gilt. Nicely rebacked to style. Very good plus some very light foxing. First Smith edition. 15 engraved plates with four extra-illustrations. Pp. i-lx 1-388. 1 vols. 8vo. Sometimes referred to as the Gosden edition. Due to the Gosden imprint on the plates it was believed to have been published at the expense of the famous sporting bookbinder. This copy is about the size of Coigney's copy c but contains all the leaves of advertisements pp. 384-388. The plate of Madely Manor is a proof impression. Coigney 22 Printed for James Smith unknown
1866314039Boston: Little Brown & Company 1866. First Little Brown edition one of 100 copies printed at the University Press: Welch Bigelow & Co. Cambridge. Illustrated with 12 steel engraved plates including facsimile of the 1653 title page title leaf vignette and 74 wood engravings by Henry Marsh in text. Title page printed in red and black. xiv 445 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full green morocco gilt spine extra gilt boards with six rule border and filigree cornerpieces turn-ins elaborately gilt marbled endsheets a.e.g. by MATTHEWS. Fine copy. First Little Brown edition one of 100 copies printed at the University Press: Welch Bigelow & Co. Cambridge. Illustrated with 12 steel engraved plates including facsimile of the 1653 title page title leaf vignette and 74 wood engravings by Henry Marsh in text. Title page printed in red and black. xiv 445 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Coigney 88. For Matthews c.f.: Binding in America 1680-1910 p. 96; Spawn & Kinsella American Signed Bindings through 1876 pp. 176-7. Provenance: bookplate of famous bookseller and angler Charles E. Goodspeed Little, Brown & Company unknown