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18933075751893. 193 original albumen prints ranging in size from 180mm x 260mm to 239mm x 290mm mounted on card most captioned in ink in English in a fin-de-siècle Vienna hand; approx. 60 with small printed captions mounted to boards; 8 photographs untitled. 2 vols. Oblong 4to. Housed in two contemporary morocco backed cases stamped in gilt "Indien" on spine and upper covers with third box to match. Some occasional bowing of boards photographs fine and well preserved with exception of a stock image of the Taj Mahal lightly faded and some soiling to the mount. 193 original albumen prints ranging in size from 180mm x 260mm to 239mm x 290mm mounted on card most captioned in ink in English in a fin-de-siècle Vienna hand; approx. 60 with small printed captions mounted to boards; 8 photographs untitled. 2 vols. Oblong 4to. Group of 193 original albumen print photographs documenting the Indian portion of the world tour of Archduke Franz-Ferdinand of Austria 1863-1914. This official voyage of the Archduke lasting from December 1892 to October 1893 had explicit diplomatic ethnographic and scientific aims as well as an unspoken goal of permitting the Archduke to recover his health after a diagnosis of tuberculosis. The royal party traveled aboard the imperial cruiser Kaiserin Elisabeth the most modern vessel of the Austrian fleet. They spent two weeks in Ceylon now Sri Lanka before arriving in India in mid-January 1893. The party spent two-and-a-half months in India before touring Nepal returning briefly to Calcutta to embark for Singapore at the end of March. The world tour continued with visits in Australia the Pacific Islands Japan Canada and the American West before the Archduke sailed from New York to Le Havre.<br /> The Archduke's stay in India included diplomatic engagements military reviews and a formal visit to the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad who was in late Victorian times the richest man in the world. The Archduke was put up in the Nizam's Bashir Bagh palace. The Archduke also spent considerable time hunting hawking pigsticking bagging some 20 tigers and leopard antelope sambhur black buck and just about every other beast of the chase in Ceylon he had hunted elephant. Franz-Ferdinand was a devoted hunter whose lifetime game bag exceeded 200000 animals; on the world tour his entourage included a huntsman and his taxidemist Eduard Hodek 1858-1929 who was also the Archduke's photographer and boon companion. The itinerary of the Archduke's travels permits the close dating of many of the photographs and events of the trip. A detailed list of the photographs is available. An exhibition in Vienna in 1894 publicized the collections made by the Archduke during his world travels and his diary was published as Tagebuch meiner Reise um die Erde in two volumes 1895-6. Upon the death of his father in 1896 Franz-Ferdinand became the heir to the Austrian throne. His assassination at Sarajevo in 1914 proved the spark that sent Europe and the world into war.<br /> The photographs document a wide range of subjects both formal and informal including views of the Archduke's activities grand receptions by the Nizam of Hyderabad military reviews sporting and equestrian events topographical vistas palace scenes as well as ethnographic and hunting images including substantial game bags. Many of the formal photographs of events in Hyderabad were taken by Lala Deen Dayal 1844-1905 noted court photographer to the Nizam and the first Indian photographer to gain international recognition for his work as a pioneer of photography in India only a few bear his studio stamp; but the images are identified in Höfer. Some of the views of and around Calcutta are from Samuel Bourne or Bourne and Shepherd.<br /> A spectacular visual record of 1890s India the opulence of the court of Hyderabad and sporting episodes in the life of Franz-Ferdinand. Regina Höfer Imperial Sightseeing: Die Indienreise von Erzherzog Franz-Ferdinand von Österreich-Este Vienna Museum für Völkerkunde Wien 2010 unknown
1653239106London: Printed by T. Maxey for Rich. Marriot 1653. First edition. Engraved cartouche of fish on title ten engraved vignettes of fish in text. Title within engraved piscatorial cartouche 6 engravings of fish within text variously attributed to Lombart Faithorne or Vaughan 2 pages of music for "The Angler's Song" by Henry Lawes with one page printed upside down as intended to enable two singers to sing facing each other type-ornament headpieces woodcut initial. 1 vols. Small 8vo 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches. Bound without terminal blank R4; leaves F4 Q6-8 and R1-3 in facsimile a few headlines just shaved; washed and pressed. Early 20th-century olive morocco gilt paneled sides with corner fleurons and central lozenge gilt spine with two red leather labels edges gilt on the rough. In red morocco-backed slipcase with chemise spine tooled in gilt with crest and motto "veritas" by James McDonald New York. First edition. Engraved cartouche of fish on title ten engraved vignettes of fish in text. Title within engraved piscatorial cartouche 6 engravings of fish within text variously attributed to Lombart Faithorne or Vaughan 2 pages of music for "The Angler's Song" by Henry Lawes with one page printed upside down as intended to enable two singers to sing facing each other type-ornament headpieces woodcut initial. 1 vols. Small 8vo 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches. First edition of a landmark of English literature.<br /> The present copy has A3r in uncorrected state and displays most other errors as noted by Horne although p. 114 reading VVhen not VVien; p. 245 with a notorious error is here in facsimile in the corrected state.<br /> The first edition of Walton's perennially popular and never out-of-print angling classic has always been difficult to find. Its tremendous appreciation in value over the last twenty years is an indication of how few copies indeed remain outside of permanent collections as well as how relentlessly it is still pursued by collectors. Wing W 661; Coigney 1; Horne 1; Church Catalogue I 32; Pforzheimer 1048; Grolier Wither to Prior III 193; Grolier English 31; Westwood and Satchell p. 217. Provenance: John Peachey 1749-1816 West Dean Sussex F.R.S. and M.P. 2nd Baron Selsey from 1806; bookplate dated 1782 preserved - Harry T. Pethers sale Sotheby's 5 December 1960 lot 135 £145 to Maggs - Bent Juel-Jensen acquired from Maggs February 1961 for £225 Printed by T. Maxey for Rich. Marriot unknown
1888260233Edinburgh: David Douglas 1888. First edition no. 78 of 105 copies initialed by the Publisher. Aquatint title-page partly printed in red after G. Reid by Annan and Swan aquatint frontispiece after Reid by Annan and Swan 16 etched plates after and by Stephen Parrish Mrs. A.L. Merritt C.A. Platt H. Sandham and others on japan paper 63 etched engraved and wood-engraved headpieces tailpieces historiated initials vignettes and other ornaments after and by Merritt Platt J. Adam and others double-page lithographed map after and by J. Bartholomew on japan paper. 1 vols. Folio. Original olive green cloth with salmon and osprey design on upper cover. Silk inner hinges professionally repaired. A FINE BRIGHT COPY. Bookplates of Jay Gould Lindhurst Irvington on Hudson; and Edward Hine Johnson. Custom half morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. First edition no. 78 of 105 copies initialed by the Publisher. Aquatint title-page partly printed in red after G. Reid by Annan and Swan aquatint frontispiece after Reid by Annan and Swan 16 etched plates after and by Stephen Parrish Mrs. A.L. Merritt C.A. Platt H. Sandham and others on japan paper 63 etched engraved and wood-engraved headpieces tailpieces historiated initials vignettes and other ornaments after and by Merritt Platt J. Adam and others double-page lithographed map after and by J. Bartholomew on japan paper. 1 vols. Folio. A book of almost legendary beauty rarity and importance recounting the author's adventures at Camp Harmony on the Restigouche River in New Brunswick and drawing upon his long experience fishing the river.<br /> <br /> Dean Sage's contributions to angling literature are few in number but profoundly influential: "Ten Days' Sport on Salmon Rivers" published in the Atlantic in 1875 is a classic account. His library catalogue 2 vols. 1896 1904 remains an important document in the history of angling bibliography and collecting. Sage's section on "The Atlantic Salmon" in Salmon and Trout 1902 is a synthesis of his own first hand knowledge as a fisherman and his assessment of the extensive literature. The Ristigouche and Its Salmon Fishing remains the work for which Sage is best known.<br /> <br /> One of the pinnacles of nineteenth century fishing book design and production with the notable provenance of financier Jay Gould. Sage who lived in Albany would have known Gould from equestrian circles as both men maintained stables of trotting horses and bred Morgan horses. Heckscher sale 1909 lot 1681 $180.00; Catalogue de la bibliothèque de pêche de M.G. Albert Petit 1921 no. 1861; Phillips p. 328; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 100; Sherwin sale 1946 lot 428; Wetzel p. 206; Bruns S-4; Litchfield p. 58; Hampton 2008 p. 245; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 11; Heller 2:469; not in Lande David Douglas unknown
1706314397London: sold at the Gold Ring in Little Britain Price 6 d. 1706. First edition. Woodcut frontispiece of an angler with fish on the line. iv 140 pp. 1 vols. 48mo. Later 18th-century red straight-grain morocco flat spine lettered in gilt gilt rules marbled endpapers gilt edges. Extremities a little worn a very good copy. First edition. Woodcut frontispiece of an angler with fish on the line. iv 140 pp. 1 vols. 48mo. A superb copy of this rare miniature angling work. "Exceedingly rare but not unique as stated in the sale catalogue of the Huth Library" Schwerdt. Although the work is undated ESTC and bibliographies usually date it to 1705 but on page 31 is a reference to "a Curious book lately printed The Angler's Sure Guide" published in 1706.<br /> <br /> First edition thus a compendium consisting of extracts from the section on angling in The Pleasures of Princes from Hungers Prevention on "low-belling" and other methods of bird-catching Country Contentments on hunting coursing dogs and Markhams Method poultry etc. The publisher was George Conyers one of the most prominent chapbook publishers of the period.<br /> This first edition is rare with no copy in the British Library. ESTC locates one copy only in the UK at the Bodleian and four in North America: Harvard Houghton Library; Princeton; Yale University Center for British Art; and Beinecke. The second edition of 1712 is almost equally rare.<br /> <br /> A manuscript note on the front free endpaper verso gives the ownership as E. A. Hunter 13 Angel Hill Bury St Edmunds Suffolk noting its gift to him by Coleman in 1874. The receipt Edmund Arthur Hunter 1866-1937 was eight years old at the time; his father was a wine merchant. The note claims that "This book originally belonged to Lord Byron's grandson by whom it was given to Rushbrook who gave it to Coleman." If this story is true the most likely candidate for first owner in this chain of provenance is Ralph Gordon King Noel Milbanke 2nd Earl of Lovelace 1839-1906. ESTC N14392. Westwood & Satchell p.146-7; Schwerdt II 13; Poynter 1.1. Huth sale 4 Jul. 1916 lot 4717 Schwerdt sale 2 Mar. 1946 lot 1739 Thompson sale 14 Oct. 1968 lot 115; Schiff sale 11 Dec. 1990 lot 216; Simpson sale 15 Feb. 2005 lot 404. For Lambert cf. N.Y.A.M.Bulletin 18:4 April 1942 pp. 293-296 sold at the Gold Ring in Little Britain, Price 6 d. unknown
1865311412Madras: Lawrence Asylum Press 1865. Illustrated with 12 mounted albumen photographs captioned in ink. Text within braided rule borders. ii 65 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full black morocco spine with gilt rules boards with gilt roll borders ornamental cornerpieces titled in gilt on upper cover yellow endsheets with orange ticket Bound at the Lawrence Asylum Press within border. Some minor rubbing occasional foxing. Fine. Gift inscription on first blank "J. Michael with the kindest regards of J.C.H. July 17th 1875. Illustrated with 12 mounted albumen photographs captioned in ink. Text within braided rule borders. ii 65 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Spectacular unrecorded privately printed diary recounting a hunting expedition in Kerala southern India from 27 July to 22 September 1865 "the best shikar trip I have ever had". The narrator and his companion A.M.D. bagged 43 heads of eleven different types of big game including tiger bear elephant bison chettul and others with original albumen photographs mounted and captioned in a neat hand. <br /> The unnamed narrator mentions passing hunting parties one such Brown Jones and Robinson suggests that he read Trollope when the novel appeared as a serial in the Cornhill; the terrain around Hassanoor Ghaut was familiar to him for he had planted fruit trees and roses near a camp building; mention is made also of Hamilton Brooke and Faulkener hunting the area the previous year. This may be Douglas Hamilton who in 1892 published a long retrospective 'Records of Sport in Southern India'.<br /> The narrator buys prepared photographic plates from a departing hunter who had ordered them from the Patent dry Collodion Co. of Birmingham. The two hunters were accompanied by the dog Scamp chief among a pack that included Tinker and a plucky three-legged dog Pinko both killed by a panther and bearers of cowardly deportment save for the plucky Rajii who stood by when the narrator faced bear and elephant. At times the grass was too high for a man to get through easily.<br /> Notably the hunter describes many photographic incidents including how the frontispiece "The Tiger's Siesta" came to be made. One day D. encountered a a tigress atop the head of a young elephant and shot her despite the commotion. The young elephant ran off. The next day going to photograph the tigress the narrator was charged by a herd of elephants. He shot an elephant cow and they moved on to photograph the elephant "taking the tigress with us. The men who carried her threw her body into the elephants arms and it looked so strange the tigers mouth being curiously drawn up as if she were laughing that I thought I would try a picture in that position.". UNRECORDED in all the usual references and catalogues Lawrence Asylum Press unknown
19102660811910. Original watercolour and ink on illustration board. 10 x 13 inches 25.4 x 33 cm. In gilt silver frame. Inscribed verso "Mr. Strawbridge. Original watercolour and ink on illustration board. 10 x 13 inches 25.4 x 33 cm. A comical scene of five fishermen on the bank with their poles in hand looking miserable. unknown
1822267937London: Sherwood Neely and Jones Paternoster-Row 1822. First Edition with rare Number for June 1828 and the leaf of Errata in Volume II. Illustrated with 152 plates many of them hand colored by Henry Alken Samuel Alken Robert Cruikshank Thomas and Edwin Landseer etc. and 214 woodcuts in the text and including wood-engraved additional titles. With half-titles. 13 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6 inches; 215 x 150mm. Uniformly bound in full tan polished calf by Riviere spines gilt with red and green morocco labels all edges gilt. Very occasional foxing to plates. A fine set. Alken Henry. First Edition with rare Number for June 1828 and the leaf of Errata in Volume II. Illustrated with 152 plates many of them hand colored by Henry Alken Samuel Alken Robert Cruikshank Thomas and Edwin Landseer etc. and 214 woodcuts in the text and including wood-engraved additional titles. With half-titles. 13 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6 inches; 215 x 150mm. One of the great appeals of this journal is the breadth of subjects covered. The primary emphasis is on hunting shooting and the turf but its reach extends to such less fashionable pursuits as swimming and gymnastics; the angler will find much of interest here. A superb prime set of this important sporting journal complete in 13 volumes WITH THE RARE JUNE 1828 NUMBER the last issued of which only a small number were published the January to June title page for 1828 half titles where called for and the errata page in Vol. 2. PLUS The Turf Herald and Turf Guides for 1824-1827. A fresh clean set beautifully bound. <br /> A CORNERSTONE OF ANY SPORTING LIBRARY. Schwerdt I pp. 32-5; Tooley 64; Podeschi A12; Cohn 32; Slater p. 9 Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row unknown
1872313448Cambridge: Printed for private distribution at the Riverside Press 1872. First edition one of 212 copies. Portrait photograph frontispiece. iv 221 pp. 1 blank 1 index. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern brown morocco over bevelled boards in period style a.e.g. preserving presentation label from the author. Blind stamp to title page withdrawal stamp at foot of presentation. Very good plus. First edition one of 212 copies. Portrait photograph frontispiece. iv 221 pp. 1 blank 1 index. 1 vols. 8vo. Streeter's copy had a list of the 212 recipients and a note that "Tucker had been given the 'Ordre de St. Stanislaus de 2d Classe'. <br /> Pages 152-178 contain a description of the 'great buffalo hunt' the Grand Duke was treated to with Buffalo Bill as his guide and General Custer General Phil Sheridan and Sioux Chief Spotted Tail as his hosts."<br /> <br /> With a loosely inserted printed bifolium announcement for a social event for the Grand Duke in Boston 1871. Heller 1:394; Streeter 4098; Howes A-126 "aa"; Graff 35 Printed for private distribution at the Riverside Press unknown
1931261099New York: The Derrydale Press 1931. For an edition of 250 signed sets. Ordeman notes that "it is rare that one finds a complete set today. 1 vols. Image size of the prints is approximately 10 x 8 inches the plate measuring 13 x 9-1/2 inches with additional margins. Each plate is archivally matted; the paintings measure 12 x 9-12 inches and are docketed and captioned in pencil in the lower margins. The watercolors are handsomely and uniformly matted in fine French mats; the proofs in a more simple uniform matting; a few of the watercolors show faint foxing but both sets are clean bright and highly attractive. Custom half morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. For an edition of 250 signed sets. Ordeman notes that "it is rare that one finds a complete set today". 1 vols. Image size of the prints is approximately 10 x 8 inches the plate measuring 13 x 9-1/2 inches with additional margins. Each plate is archivally matted; the paintings measure 12 x 9-12 inches and are docketed and captioned in pencil in the lower margins. An extremely handsome and decorative set of American sporting notables. The six portraits each set in an appropriate background are of: SAMUEL MORRIS ESQ. Foxhunter first president of the Gloucester Foxhunting Club America's oldest; COL. WILLIAM RANSOM JOHNSON "Napoleon of the Turf"; COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON Foxhunter; COMMODORE JOHN COX STEVENS Yachtsman owner of the "America" and a founder of the New York Yacht Club; THADDEUS NORRIS ESQ. Angler author of The American Angler's Book who did much to elevate and advance the art of fly fishing; HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT ESQ. "Frank Forester" the father of American sporting literature. Boyer's watercolors done in larger size were reduced to edition dimensions of approximately 10 x 8 inches. The proof prints before letters have been reworked by Boyer who has signed each one and show a depth and richness of modelling that the published edition for all its beauty does not. This set was one of the finest productions of The Derrydale Press Sporting Print Series. We believe the set of proofs to be unique and the original paintings are of course unquestionably so. Both have survived in prime condition to delight the collector and historian of the American sporting scene. <br /> A UNIQUE TREASURE OF AMERICAN SPORTING ART. Ordeman The Aquatints Drypoints and Etchings of The Derrydale Press p. 24-5 et seq The Derrydale Press unknown
1929314035Pleasantville New York: Privately Printed 1929. First edition. 42 original mounted photographs each captioned by hand in ink. Text printed in brown. 20 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Original brown printed wrappers sewn. Fine short split at bottom of spine fold. Green half morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. First edition. 42 original mounted photographs each captioned by hand in ink. Text printed in brown. 20 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Bradley was Secretary-Treasurer of the Beaverkill Trout Club from 1910-1929; the club had 43 members at the time of his writing. A brief but detailed section of reminiscences is followed by early photographs of sport along the Beaverkill before World War I including author Geo. M. L. La Branche in mid-cast. Each photograph is titled in a fine hand which Bruns speculates is that of "Lady B." pictured on p. 19. There are also photographs of trout fishing in Maine and other points in New York State and of the author and his friend Charlie Campbell president of the club 1910-1923 fishing for Atlantic salmon in Newfoundland. Campbell was the friend who first brought Bradley to the Voorhees homestead in 1908 and with Bradley formed the Beaverkill Trout Club. Campbell's motto was "It's better just a little farther on". These recollections were evidently composed in 1927 for a speech to fellow members to judge from the text and expanded for publication here.<br /> <br /> "A very rare work numbering about 25 copies" Heller. The Litchfield copy sold at auction in November 2001 brought $14400.<br /> <br /> RARE AND BEAUTIFUL AND EVOCATIVE OF SPORT ON A LEGENDARY AMERICAN RIVER. Litchfield 85; Bruns B202; Heller 1:730; H.A. Darbee sale 1987 23A Privately Printed unknown
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
1676313576London: Printed for Richard Marriott; printed by B.W. for B. Tooke 1676. Fifth edition of Walton first edition of Cotton fourth edition of Venables. Three parts in one volume. Pt. I: Engraved piscatorial title page sectional title 10 small copperplates of fish 2 pages of music; pt. II: engraved cipher on title page; license leaf present; pt III: engraved piscatorial frontispiece by F.H. Van Houe the same 10 copperplate illustrations as in part I. 1 vols. 16mo. Ninteenth century full green morocco a.e.g. Bookplate of David Pilleau. Laid into a green cloth folding box with leather label. Fifth edition of Walton first edition of Cotton fourth edition of Venables. Three parts in one volume. Pt. I: Engraved piscatorial title page sectional title 10 small copperplates of fish 2 pages of music; pt. II: engraved cipher on title page; license leaf present; pt III: engraved piscatorial frontispiece by F.H. Van Houe the same 10 copperplate illustrations as in part I. 1 vols. 16mo. The last edition published in Walton's lifetime and the first in which his name appears on the title page. "In many respects it is the most interesting of the five lifetime editions" Coigney. It is the first appearance of Cotton's work. Coigney 6; Westwood & Satchell p. 219; Wing W666 & C6381 Printed for Richard Marriott; printed by B.W. for B. Tooke unknown
1873312749Shanghai: Printed at The "North China Herald" Office 1873. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed from the author to Douglas Jones on first blank. Title-page printed preface and text with holograph manuscript by Jones on the Index and Game Register. Pp. vii 116 Diary & Game Register accomplished in ink 4 pages unused; 1-50. 1 vols. 4to 10-1/8 x 8 inches; 257 x 203 mm. Contemporary full brown roan upper cover titled in gilt. Spine neatly rebacked notes on front endsheets. Quarter black morocco slipcase and cloth chemises. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed from the author to Douglas Jones on first blank. Title-page printed preface and text with holograph manuscript by Jones on the Index and Game Register. Pp. vii 116 Diary & Game Register accomplished in ink 4 pages unused; 1-50. 1 vols. 4to 10-1/8 x 8 inches; 257 x 203 mm. "The immense tracts of country available for purposes of sport and well stocked with game the entire absence of game laws and the friendly disposition of the natives combine to render Keang-soo and the adjoining provinces a very Paradise for sportsmen ." Groom from the Preface. <br /> <br /> Early work on hunting in China with a partly printed dairy and "Register of Game Bagged" here accomplished with an extensive and detailed manuscript of expeditions from 1878 to 1892 recounting trips on the Merlin and other boats after deer waterfowl and other game listing participants names of dogs and game bags. The manuscript is followed by the printed text with notes on boats guns and kit "The Medicine Chest" cookery and chapters on various types of game pheasant snipe wild pig and a printed Vocabulary with Chinese/English translations and phonetic transcriptions.<br /> <br /> Among the hunting companions of Jones in the 1885 season was Bell-Irving author of Diary of the Ewo Party 1890. Both Jones and Bell-Irving are quoted frequently in Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley 2nd ed. 1910.<br /> <br /> Some interesting ephemera has been preserved including printed Chinese broadside shooting permits for Jones for the years 1884 and 1885 a shooting permit for Hong Kong and the New Territories 1894; fivee sketch maps of Kiang Su Le Yang and Kashing; four small photographs of Hong Kong mounted on the verso of a Victorian photographic portrait of Douglas Jones; a manuscript translations of Chinese verse by one of Jones' companions and four autograph letters on sporting topics or introductions and requests to assist Jones in his up country trips; and a stray sheet of printed letterhead of the Union Insurance Society of Canton Shanghai where Jones was Secretary.<br /> <br /> A UNIQUE AND SUBSTANTIAL RECORD OF SPORT IN CHINA. Czech Asia p. 93. Not in OCLC Printed at The "North China Herald" Office unknown
18872347741887. 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. 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
1888311411Quebec 1888. 192 pp. closely written in various hands in pencil or ink on sheets of a pocket ledger. 1 vols. 8vo. Original sheep boards. Inkstamp of Mic-mac Salmon Club Matapedia P.Q. on front pastedown. Finely rebacked to style. 192 pp. closely written in various hands in pencil or ink on sheets of a pocket ledger. 1 vols. 8vo. Record of three seasons at the Micmac Salmon Club on the Matapedia where it joins the Restigouche river with 178 records of daily weather and river conditions participants and pools fished salmon and grilse caught as well as the ones that got away weights flies used and other notes on moods Poems to the Club House Kitten friends and fisherman passing through and other incidents.<br /> <br /> The cover of the log book reads "Fishermen will please record in the book each salmon or grilse he has killed during the day. Give weight of each where killed Time of Day Direction of Wind Condition of river and sign. Please state number of trought caught and weight of the fish and place where caught." <br /> The most prolific contributor to the log was Dr. Jedediah H. Baxter 1837-1890 Surgeon General of the U.S. Army personal physician to President James Garfield Baxter was not present at the assassination of the president in July 1881 gone fishing. He wrote some 99 entries and signed many others. James L. High American attorney wrote 29 entries and signed records of kills. One day such heavy quantities of logs came down that Baxter had to abandon fishing; on other days visible discharges of sawdust from upriver were a nuisance.<br /> <br /> On 15 July 1887 J.M. Oliver fishing along near the end of the Island pool was threatened with violence by the Superintendant of the Restigouche Club if he didn't get over to the other side of the water. "Notwithstanding Robinson's scaring" Oliver returned to the same pool the next day and caught a 23-lb. salmon and hooked a much larger one. Discussions with members of the club Robert Goelet owner of Toadbrook Lodge and Mr. Penfold followed "They said they were advised by counsel McAllister of Campbellton that our right extended not to the thread of the stream but the middle of the water surface" and declined to "adjust" matters; a long letter was sent to the Executive Committee of the Ristigouche Club at 120 Broadway in New York.<br /> <br /> Other anglers at the Club waters include Senators O.H. Platt of Connecticut Wade Hampton of South Carolina and George Edmunds of Vermont with wife and daughter; angling author J.A. Henshall The Book of the Black Bass Favorite Fish and Fishing etc. and his friend Dr. W.W. Dawson; John Milton Oliver later a founding member of the Izaak Walton League a conservation group whose entries have a literary flair; James Daniel Richardson Confederate soldier and Tenessee congressman 1885-1905; Samuel H. Kauffmann newspaper publisher and trustee of the Corcoran; Ripley Hitchcock E.A. Hitchcock his wife and his brother Henry Hitchcock; F.J. Baxter E.T. Allen C.B. Burnham T.B. Mills of New York City.<br /> <br /> The 1886 season 8 June - 10 August pp. 1-74 75 salmon killed by Dr. & Mrs. Baxter Burnham Dawson High Ripley Hitchcock Kauffmann Macartney & Sen. Platt.<br /> The 1887 season 14 June - 28 July pp. 75-136 64 salmon killed Dr. Baxter E.A. Hitchcock Henry Hitchcock T.B. Mills Sen. & Mrs. Edmunds Burnham High Dawson Hitchcock brothers Oliver & Sen. Hampton.<br /> The 1888 season 12 June - 18 August pp. 137-192 15 salmon killed Dr. Baxter E.A. Hitchcock Richardson & Sen. Hampton.<br /> <br /> This small salmon-fishing club is not the Micmac Club organized in the 1920s by Walter Meigs Carmichael Grand Cascapedia I pp. 236-7 nor a later incorporation in Quebec. An excellent and entirely legible record of salmon fishing on the Matapedia and Restigouche rivers from the 1880s. UNIQUE AND FASCINATING. unknown
1938260500Boston: Privately Printed by Geo. H. Ellis Co 1938. First edition one of only 30 copies this copy numbered in ink "Seven. Illustrated with 28 photographs on 14 plates and 5 hand-colored plates after old prints and a photograph; with folding map tipped in on rear pastedown. 1 vols. 8vo. Original dark blue grained leatherette title gilt on upper cover. A fine fresh copy. First edition one of only 30 copies this copy numbered in ink "Seven". Illustrated with 28 photographs on 14 plates and 5 hand-colored plates after old prints and a photograph; with folding map tipped in on rear pastedown. 1 vols. 8vo. In his Foreword the author states: "These sketches were written for the members of the Moisie Salmon Club. The sole purpose was to give information to them of the waters and conditions of the Moisie River and its branches above the places customarily fished by them.". The Moisie is one of a network of navigable rivers running about 110 miles northward from the St. Lawrence in eastern Quebec; old and well worn portage paths testify to the antiquity of the route along which for hundreds of years Indians have hunted and fished. For salmon and sea trout it is one of the richest areas known. It is not surprising that the Moisie Salmon Club was founded to reap the benefits of this bounty; what is surprising is that so much care attention and expense has been lavished on a book limited to only 30 copies. The text consists primarily of the author's descriptions of areas north of the more usual fishing sites based on his explorations as a sportsman with guides. In addition to five colored plates which tend to establish the romantic mood of the region there are 28 superb reproductions of sepia photographs printed on special photographic-type paper to convey both the look and the actual feel of the originals. The book's 78 pages conclude with an Index and inside the back cover is mounted a folding map of the area described.<br /> <br /> The book is rare not in Wetzel or Heller not seen by Bruns and the only copy we know of to appear at auction - a worn copy - brought $1870 at the Netz sale in New York in 1986.<br /> <br /> This copy bears the ownership signature of E.H. Rawls on the front flyleaf: pages 12 to 19 comprise Edward H. Rawls' own account of his 1929 trip to the East Branch Chute and Cran Serré of the Moisie River where he was the first to take salmon on a light rod above the falls in defiance of "the old story retold until believed by everyone that salmon would rise ot the fly above the rapids". Palmer notes that Rawls' exploits prompted the club to build the Webster trail and develop the upper river.<br /> <br /> A choice association copy. Not in Wetzel or Heller; Bruns: "Not seen"; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 151 Privately Printed by Geo. H. Ellis Co unknown
1845230508N.p.: Privately Printed 1845. First edition one of 25 large paper copies printed. Extra-illustrated with 13 wood-engraved illustrations on india-proof paper mounted in the margins. iv 241 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo 11-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches. Bound in contemporary quarter brown morocco and green cloth titled on spine "The River Dove" between gilt rules. Front endpaper split at hinge slightly rubbed. First edition one of 25 large paper copies printed. Extra-illustrated with 13 wood-engraved illustrations on india-proof paper mounted in the margins. iv 241 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo 11-1/8 x 7-1/4 inches. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED on half-title "To the most beloved from John L. Anderdon 7th Nov. 1845" of this colloquy on angling after the fashion of Izaac Walton and Charles Cotton by a noted collector of Walton and Johnsoniana. Anderdon's library included the 1653 Compleat Angler and this discourse between Angler Painter and Host is both homage to the seventeenth-century masters and an attempt to elucidate some of their sources and influences. The author intended it "for the entertainment of a few gentlemen fishers" the work being based on a tour he made along the Dove. The privately printed large-paper edition limited to twenty-five copies appeared in 1845; a trade edition in small 8vo format was published by Pickering two years later. <br /> The inscription is to his wife Anna Maria 1796-1880 the second daughter of William Manning MP whom he married on 4 March 1816. <br /> "Anderdon was an enthusiastic fisherman and a walking tour through Dovedale the country of Charles Cotton one of the earliest professors of the art of angling gave him the idea of compiling a volume on The River Dove: with some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling. Printed in 1845 for private circulation and for sale two years later it contained many anecdotes of Cotton and his country life with advice on successful fishing" ODNB. Westwood and Satchell p. 1; Heckscher p. 11 Privately Printed unknown
1694240249London: Printed for the Author. To be sold by Henry Mortclock sic at the Phenix 1694. First edition. xxx 304 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 6-5/8 x 4-1/4 inches. Nineteenth-century brown calf edges red by Tout. Bookplates of "Bibliotheca Piscatoria. Collection of Robert Clarke. December 31 1892" and of the Field Museum with release. Ex-library small perforated stamp ink note and blind stamp to title shelfmark on verso. Traces of worming at foot of text from pp. x- xxx 1-10 with minor loss of a few letters. Very good. First edition. xxx 304 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 6-5/8 x 4-1/4 inches. Wing F-2064; Westwood & Satchell p.100-101; Litchfield 2 Printed for the Author. To be sold by Henry Mortclock [sic] at the Phenix unknown
1898240138New York: The Fishes of North American Publishing Company 1898. First edition. 40 chromolithographic plates after Harris by J.L. Petrie 4 plates mounted as issued; numerous illustrations in text. 138 pp. 1 vols. Folio 18-1/2 x 12-1/4 inches. Original half morocco. Spine perished covers detached. Internally fine. First edition. 40 chromolithographic plates after Harris by J.L. Petrie 4 plates mounted as issued; numerous illustrations in text. 138 pp. 1 vols. Folio 18-1/2 x 12-1/4 inches. Bruns B80; Litchfield 65; McGrath p.197; Nissen ZBI 1840; Wetzel 153; Bennett p.51 The Fishes of North American Publishing Company unknown
1938312786N.p.: Privately printed for the members of the Royal Guild of Wisconsin Fisherman 1938. First edition one of a very few copies known. Illustrations from photographs. vi 25 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. White printed wrappers stapled. Very good. Some minor wear. Green quarter morocco slipcase. First edition one of a very few copies known. Illustrations from photographs. vi 25 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Salmon fishing during four days in the first part of July 1938 by a party of six who styled themselves the Royal Guild of Wisconsin Fishermen comprising: Evan A. Evans Louis M. Hanks Roy F. Tomlinson Theodore G. Montague William S. Kies and George I. Haight to whom authorship is attributed by the Wisconsin Historical Society. The last page of text records their catch by weights. Rare. Wetzel p. 171 tentatively ascribed to William Kies. "A rare work."; Bruns K-45 not seen; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 105. OCLC 2 copies Princeton Wisconsin Historical Society Privately printed for the members of the Royal Guild of Wisconsin Fisherman] unknown
1937261048Newcastle Upon Tyne: Privately printed 1937. One of approximately 40 copies. Portrait frontispiece and 4 photographic illustrations. 31 pp. With 11 card mounts containing 164 sample hackles. 1 vols. 4to. Text in blue morocco gilt hackles in 11 captioned mounts in original blue morocco folding box. Circular angling bookplate of F.W. Sims. One of approximately 40 copies. Portrait frontispiece and 4 photographic illustrations. 31 pp. With 11 card mounts containing 164 sample hackles. 1 vols. 4to. Complete with the full set of 11 card mounts containing the 164 hackles described in the text all in the original full leather folding box. A superior copy of a rare work. Hampton's Angling Bibliography p. 32 Privately printed unknown
1890312761London: Printed at the Army-Navy Cooperative Society Limited 1890. 3 mounted albumen photographs of the shooting party with their trophies head- and tailpieces. xii 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 5 -3/8 inches; 196 x 137 mm. Contemporary full black morocco over stiff card covers ruled in silver upper cover with text in blindstamp edges silvered decorative endpapers. Finely rebacked to style; edges rubbed. Black morocco backed slipcase and chemise. 3 mounted albumen photographs of the shooting party with their trophies head- and tailpieces. xii 170 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 7-3/4 x 5 -3/8 inches; 196 x 137 mm. A signed presentation copy from the author John Bell-Irving to Douglas Jones. <br /> Bell-Irving was a Scottish businessman and partner in the Hong Kong trading firm Jardine Matheson and a director of the Hong Kong Electric Company. Jones was Secretary of the Union Insurance Society of Canton of Shanghai. <br /> "The greatest pleasure in up-country shooting trips" Bell-Irving claims "is the idea of perfect freedom far removed from business cares and beyond the reach of letters and telegrams." Succinct account of many hunting trips after pheasant waterfowl deer and other game with observations on weather and conditions and game bag. Bell-Irving and Jones are quoted frequently in Wade's With Boat and Gun in the Yangtze Valley 2nd ed. 1910.<br /> <br /> A SUSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF SPORT ALONG THE YANGTZE OVER THREE DECADES.<br /> <br /> EXCEEDINGLY RARE. OCLC 42241800 Princeton Printed at the Army-Navy Cooperative Society Limited unknown
1879140945510Springfield OH: No Publisher 1879. A rare piece of ephemera documenting women's baseball in the 19th century. Bifolium inscribed on four sides covering guests who stayed at the hotel in the first week of September including the eight members of the Red Stockings of New York and the same number of Blue Stockings of Philadelphia identifying each by name and position: catcher first base pitcher second base right field left field and manager; with the note "Female Base Ball Club Game at 2:30 this P.M." large sheet boldly inscribed naming New York players Misses M. Stacey M. Addison T. Sheldon R. Howard K. Moore L. Gray J. Arnold & K. Taylor; and Philadelphia players Misses E. Clifford G. Lostbaum J. Howard A. Brooks M. Pierce B. Lewis M. Harding and H. Howard. Very Good with some discoloration boldly written and easily read. 17 1/2" x 11 1/4". <br /> <br /> <p>The following is taken from an article in the September 2 1879 issue of the Springfield Ohio Republic Times: "The party of abandoned creatures professing to give exhibitions as Female Base Ball players about the country came here yesterday Monday and after being driven around town on show proceeded to the base ball grounds on the Fair Grounds and played a few innings of a burlesque base ball game. There were only eleven of the players so-called and a difficulty arose in consequence as to making even sides. It was finally arranged by putting the biggest and smallest player on the same side giving the odd one to the other. The score was 999 to 1001 when the game closed on account of darkness. A couple of hundred reprobates who would be ashamed to let their wives and grown-up children know where they were crowded the home plate and foul ball lines and a sprinkling of rising young candidates for penitentiary records gazed upon the game from the seats. There is nothing to be said of this part of the exhibition excepting that it was more degrading than anything that has struck the town since the last 'living statuary' show. A beer stand did a good business near the diamond field the 'boys' seeing to it that the players did not go thirsty." <p>Our reporter then goes on to explain a fight that began next between the team business manager Clark Frankhouse his assistant and a young Black man named Ben Hayes. A follow-up piece on the following day declares Hayes sustained only minor injuries. "The only real damage by the affair has been to the peace and dignity of the city of Springfield." Copies of newspaper reports included with lot.<br /> <br /> <p>Debra Shattuck author of the book Bloomer Girls said in an interview: "The earliest female professional baseball teams including the Female Blue Stockings of Philadelphia and Female Red Stockings of New York 1879-were comprised of teenagers and young women drawn primarily from the ranks of circus and theatrical troupes. Few had experience playing baseball. They spoke of their uniforms as "costumes" mimicked mannerisms of male players "kicking" at umpires for example and purposely incorporated humor into their games forming bucket brigades to relay balls in from the outfield skipping around the bases etc."</p> . [No Publisher] unknown
1747240579Worcester: Printed by M. Olivers 1747. First edition. Printer's ornaments at beginning and end of text. 4 95 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf neatly recased some worming. Signed "E. Elisha Shrewsbury" on title page and inked below printed author name "of Ludlow Shropshire." Laid into a full brown slipcase and chemise by Macdonald. First edition. Printer's ornaments at beginning and end of text. 4 95 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Westwood & Satchell note that although only Richard Bowlker's name appears in the first edition in the second his son Charles seems to lay claim to the work. At his death in 1779 Charles "was considered the most finished fly-fisher of his day." The work went into many editions. This the first is a rare book indeed. Westwood/Satchell p. 39: "The first edition appeared in the name of Richard Bowlker the father but in the second printed by Baskerville Charles Bowlker seems to lay claim to the work. He says in the preface 'I have been a practitioner in this art near 26 years and according to my practice and experience have contrived considered and fitted this for publication' . Charles was considered the most finished fly-fisher of his day." Heckscher 251: "Rare." Sage Catalogue p. 41: 'Very scarce." Gingrich Fishing in Print pp. 69-74; ESTC T112413 Printed by M. Olivers unknown
1935251065New York: The Derrydale Press 1935. First edition. With eight plates and numerous text drawings by Paul Brown. xiv i 214 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 9-1/2 x 6-3/8 inches. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco with gilt stamped spine with 2 fox masks and 2 running foxes uncut and partially unopened. Custom half morocco clamshell. Paul Brown. First edition. With eight plates and numerous text drawings by Paul Brown. xiv i 214 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 9-1/2 x 6-3/8 inches. Frazier's G-9-D an unstated deluxe entirely uncut and taller than the regularly published edition. The present copy conforms exactly to Frazier's own which we have also examined. Signed on the half-title: "Gordon Grand" & "Paul Brown" Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 160; Siegel 90; Frazier G-9-D saying "obviously a beautiful Derrydale deluxe but not stated in the limitation" and he believes it to be one of 6 copies based on a note in the Leidesdorf copy. This is the Peter Widener copy The Derrydale Press unknown
