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1933258280New York: Windward House 1933. First edition. Illustrated by Ralph L. Boyer. xv i 240 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth gilt. Fine copy in Very Good clipped dust jacket. Bookplate. Boyer Ralph L. First edition. Illustrated by Ralph L. Boyer. xv i 240 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A gathering of several previously published works including Magic Hours as well as some new material dealing with trout fishing Any Luck to quote Siegel "became Connett's most successful title and went through several printings including a British edition which also sold well.". Siegel p. 15: Bruns C-147 "scarce" Windward House unknown books
1880240497Cleveland: Short & Forman 1880. First edition. Illustrated with tables and charts. 138 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth gilt fine. Bookplate of Eugene Connett. First edition. Illustrated with tables and charts. 138 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In addition to technical material contains instructions on shooting trapping and fishing. Phillips p. 93; Bruns C192; Riling 1064 Short & Forman unknown books
247753London: Blackie and Son nd. First edition. Illustrations with Chromolithographs on every page by J.A. Shepard. 36 pp. Folio 15 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. Green cloth spine and grey pictorial boards. Covers rubbed text block loose but text internally fine. Shepard J.A. First edition. Illustrations with Chromolithographs on every page by J.A. Shepard. 36 pp. Folio 15 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. All 3 puppies are foxhounds. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 97 Blackie and Son unknown books
186953566Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils 1869. Nouvelle édition" --. Illustrated with wood engravings by Yan Dargent. 358 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary blue gilt pebbled morocco shelfback and cloth boards marbled endpapers. Some slight uneven discoloration to upper cover otherwise a very good sound copy. Early gift inscription in the year of publication on the flyleaf. Nouvelle édition" --. Illustrated with wood engravings by Yan Dargent. 358 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. " . important chapters in the history of American sport" Révoil lived in the United States between 1842 and 1851 where he hunted and fished in all parts of the country keeping rigorous notebooks and recording his observations with an acute eye for scenery and detail. He wrote several works including "Chasses et pêches de l'autre monde" Paris 1856 from which the 1861 edition was revised under this title. Neither of the two earlier editions however appears to have contained the fantastic and often haunting engravings by YAN DARGENT Bretagne 1824 - 1899 which animate this edition.<br/>A translation of this title and "Pêches dans l'Amérique du Nord" later appeared as "Shooting and fishing in the rivers prairies and backwoods of North America" L. Tinsley brothers 1865. Of this interesting sportsman Clark observes "His many accounts are important chapters in the history of American sport." Sabin 70329 2nd edition of 1861; Rilings 829 English ed. 1865; Clark III 392 1874 ed. Alfred Mame et Fils unknown books
1870255477Boston: Roberts Brothers 1870. Later edition containing the contents of the fourth edition of 1851. Illustrated. 305 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half modern green morocco and marbled boards. Fine. Later edition containing the contents of the fourth edition of 1851. Illustrated. 305 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell p. 77 citing earlier editions Roberts Brothers unknown books
1960249373New York: Simon and Schuster 1960. First Edition. Illustrated. 249 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in VG dust jacket. First Edition. Illustrated. 249 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. SIGNED. Signed on the half title. Simon and Schuster unknown books
193862305New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First Edition No. 876 of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown coarse-weave cloth brown leather labels on spine and upper cover. Spine very slightly faded else near fine unopened copy. First Edition No. 876 of 950 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Siegel 132; Frazier M-8-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
1939250328New York: The Sporting Gallery & Bookshop 1939. Second printing. Illustrations by Robert Ball. iv 25 26 blank 27 colophon pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Black boards with red decorations t.e.g. Spine ends a little rubbed faint trace of damp along lower front endpapers almost a fine copy of a fragile book. Black cloth folding box. Second printing. Illustrations by Robert Ball. iv 25 26 blank 27 colophon pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Frazier describes this book as "after Derrydale" noting the illustrations by Ball and the connection between Melvin E. Stone and Connett. Uncommon. Frazier F-3-b; Siegel p. 182 note; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 265 The Sporting Gallery & Bookshop unknown books
1929228880New 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
188953814London: Longmans Green and Co 1889. Second Edition. Illustrated with 12 Full-Page Tipped-in Plates by Giles and Sturgess and woodcuts in text. xviii 462 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original tan pictorial cloth. Bookplate. Occasional foxing else fine. Second Edition. Illustrated with 12 Full-Page Tipped-in Plates by Giles and Sturgess and woodcuts in text. xviii 462 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Part of the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes. Edited by His Grace the Duke of Beaufort K.G. Assisted by Alfred E.T. Watson. Longmans, Green and Co unknown books
1872301949Toronto: Adam Stevenson & Co 1872. First Canadian Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Spine very rubbed. First Canadian Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Adam, Stevenson & Co unknown books
1946240630West Hartford VT: The Countryman Press 1946. No. 265 of 475 copies signed by the author and artist. 14 full-color plates and 92 drawings endpaper maps by Bob Hines. xvi 2. 297 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth illustration mounted on upper cover very slight fading to spine else fine in slipcase with damage at back. No. 265 of 475 copies signed by the author and artist. 14 full-color plates and 92 drawings endpaper maps by Bob Hines. xvi 2. 297 pp. 1 vols. 4to. DELUXE ISSUE. Bruns D102 The Countryman Press unknown books
1927214754Rochester: Privately Printed for the Author 1927. First edition. Illustrated with 56 inserted half-tone plates after photographs taken by Eastman Martin Johnson and others; illustrated endpapers showing a Chart of the Hunting Route. 87 pages of text. 1 vols. 8vo. Original linen-backed boards paper spine label. Spine and edges of boards slightly faded otherwise fine. First edition. Illustrated with 56 inserted half-tone plates after photographs taken by Eastman Martin Johnson and others; illustrated endpapers showing a Chart of the Hunting Route. 87 pages of text. 1 vols. 8vo. "Written as a memento to his employees the famous founder of Eastman-Kodak Company details his safari to East Africa hunting around Mt. Kenya crossing the Guaso Nyiro River and bagging lion buffalo and plains game. He was accompanied by Martin and Osa Johnson with Philip Percival as his professional hunter. On the second leg of his journey Eastman and his party traveled to the Gurumeti and Meru rivers of Tanganyika where they hunted buffalo lion and rhinoceros. Interestingly Eastman later returned to African sic to collect an elephant a trophy most elusive on his first venture" Czech. Czech Africa p. 90 Privately Printed for the Author unknown books
193053052London: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1930. First edition. Illustrated with 12 mounted color plates and 9 in black and white by Lionel Edwards. 40 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Cloth with paper label. Fine. First edition. Illustrated with 12 mounted color plates and 9 in black and white by Lionel Edwards. 40 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 124 Eyre & Spottiswoode unknown books
1992250158Bruceton Mills W. Va.: Old Hemlock 1992. First edition. Deluxe Issue Number 348 of 1500 copies. Illustrated. 217 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown rexine. Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase. First edition. Deluxe Issue Number 348 of 1500 copies. Illustrated. 217 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on half-title "For R- B- the afterburn of a sunset as a hunting day goes down. George Bird Evans Old Hemlock 1992.". Old Hemlock unknown books
1985259559Portland Oregon: Frank Amato Publications 1985. First edition one of 300 copies signed by each author. Illustrated. 118 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Gray rexine. Fine in fine slipcase. First edition one of 300 copies signed by each author. Illustrated. 118 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Frank Amato Publications unknown books
1927211497New York: Privately Printed at The Printing House of William Edwin Rudge 1927. First edition. Number 158 of 250 numbered copies. 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth and boards. Fine. First edition. Number 158 of 250 numbered copies. 16 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With 4 poems on Salmon fishing on the Restigouche<br/><br/>This copy is inscribed "To Winsor White M.F.H. a real horseman and a lover of horses from Arthur A. Fowler." With White's bookplate. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 81 Privately Printed [at The Printing House of William Edwin Rudge] unknown books
1855221750London: George Routledge & Co 18 1855. First edition. Illustrations by Harrison Weir. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in polished tan calf gilt emblematic tooled spine t.e.g. Minor foxing else fine. First edition. Illustrations by Harrison Weir. 1 vols. 12mo. A celebrated and exhaustive treatise on horses and kennel management for the foxhunter by a famous hound breeder and writer. Higginson British and American Sporting Authors pp. 100-104; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 194 George Routledge & Co 18 unknown books
1883231039London: George Routledge and Sons 1883. First Edition. With plain and colored illustrations by John Sturgess portraits and a colored folding map. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarter red morocco with publisher's red cloth lavishly embellished with upper cover pictorial hunting scene in brown and gold bound in spine darkened else fine. Sturgess John. First Edition. With plain and colored illustrations by John Sturgess portraits and a colored folding map. 1 vols. 8vo. Captain Pennell-Elmhirst 1845-1916 a notable sportsman and notes Higginson who knew him "a most charming quiet unassuming man" wrote a number of books dealing with sport in the hunting field among them The Hunting Countries of England The Cream of Leicestershire The Best Season on Record Foxhound Forest and Prarie and The Best of the Fun. Many of these accounts were selected and republished from "The Field" where he wrote under the pen-name "Brooksby." Higginson British and American Sporting Authors pp. 128-9; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 286 George Routledge and Sons unknown books
1911224252London: George Routledge and Sons Limited 1911. With ten steel-plate engravings coloured by hand and thirty-five wood engravings in the text. 2 vols. 4to. Green cloth stamped in black and gilt. Fine. With ten steel-plate engravings coloured by hand and thirty-five wood engravings in the text. 2 vols. 4to. A classic work by the Master of the Hertfordshire Hounds. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 298 George Routledge and Sons, Limited unknown books
185833581London: Bradbury & Evans 1858. First edition in book form. 13 handcolored plates title vignette numrous wood engraved text illustrations by John Leech. 1 vols. 8vo. 1/2 brown calf gilt backstrip black morocco label. Corners and joints a little rubbed else VG. First edition in book form. 13 handcolored plates title vignette numrous wood engraved text illustrations by John Leech. 1 vols. 8vo. Tooley 472 Bradbury & Evans unknown books
184530791Paris: L. Maison 1845. Twenty-second edition. Engraved title and 8 plates illustrations in text large folding table of "Tableau Itinéraire et Postale Indiquant les Distances en Myriametres et Kilometres entre tous les Chef-lieux des Departements". 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary boards manuscript paper label. Rubbed rebacked some spotting and browning of text else very good. Twenty-second edition. Engraved title and 8 plates illustrations in text large folding table of "Tableau Itinéraire et Postale Indiquant les Distances en Myriametres et Kilometres entre tous les Chef-lieux des Departements". 1 vols. 12mo. L. Maison unknown books
183033185Paris: Timothee Dehay Imprinteries de Lachevareiere 1830. Half-title title vignette double-page engraved map Paris to Colmar route traced in colors. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Original printed boards advertisements on back cover wrapped in glassine. Some light soiling and wear to wrappers spine split some light spotting else very good. Half-title title vignette double-page engraved map Paris to Colmar route traced in colors. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Timothee Dehay [Imprinteries de Lachevareiere] unknown books
1925318354London: Methuen 1925. Seventh Edition. 100 plates. 8vo. Bound in three quarters brown mottled calf crimson leather kabel and marbled boards. Fine. Seventh Edition. 100 plates. 8vo. Methuen unknown books
169128959Paris: Chez Estienne Michallet 1691. Title vignettes 4 4 and 7 pages respectively. 1 vols. 4to. Three works bound together in later marbled wrappers. Minor discoloration a few small holes else very good. Title vignettes 4 4 and 7 pages respectively. 1 vols. 4to. Concerning the postal system the horses and post masters. Chez Estienne Michallet unknown books