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1928253502New York: The Derrydale Press 1928. Deluxe Edition. No. 7 of 50 copies printed on Van Gelder Paper with signed frontispiece portrait. Hand colored frontispiece portrait of the author by Gordon Ross in addition to numerous other illustrations in color and black and white. xviii 272 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original full red morocco gilt decorations of stylized running hounds and foilage on upper and lower covers title on upper cover and panelled spine t.e.g. Bookplate. Preserved in red morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. Ross Gordon. Deluxe Edition. No. 7 of 50 copies printed on Van Gelder Paper with signed frontispiece portrait. Hand colored frontispiece portrait of the author by Gordon Ross in addition to numerous other illustrations in color and black and white. xviii 272 pp. 1 vols. 4to. An outstanding work "the first of the big beautiful Derrydale Deluxes. It was a model for many of the ones that followed" Frazier. Siegel 15; Frazier T-2-D; Biscotti p. 432; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 370-71 The Derrydale Press unknown
1936250071Provincetown Mass. & New York 1936. Pencil on paper: 120 drawings many full page including map endpapers somewhat faded three title page mock-ups printed title page dated 1935 proof printing of Ball's half-title design two title page designs dated 1936 numerous vignettes and ornaments several drawings repeated on tissue tipped in. 1 vols. 4to. Black cloth spine and paper covered boards upper cover tinted black and decorated in red with Walton & Cotton cipher and fish. Spine defective front board detached. some minor smudging generally very good. Ball Robert. Pencil on paper: 120 drawings many full page including map endpapers somewhat faded three title page mock-ups printed title page dated 1935 proof printing of Ball's half-title design two title page designs dated 1936 numerous vignettes and ornaments several drawings repeated on tissue tipped in. 1 vols. 4to. Ball's Illustrations for 'The Compleat Angler' 1935-36. Outstanding maquette of original drawings by Robert Ball 1890-1975 for the Heritage Press edition of the Compleat Angler by Walton & Cotton. As the first title page designs indicate the edition was planned for 1935 and a printed title page dated 1935 has been tipped in but the book did not appear until 1936 Coigney 324.<br/><br/>Robert Ball illustrated numerous sporting books during the 1930s including several for the Derrydale Press: Pteryplegia 1931 John Peel 1932 and The Warwick Woodlands 1934 each in a historical style sympathetic to the individiual work. His designs for The Compleat Angler honor the fashion of the mid-seventeenth century and yet the details are distinctively Ball's own. His drawings of natural scenes fish birds and animals are finely detailed and lively. The illustrations inlcude vignettes and page layouts as well as more elaborate full page drawings. The inside back cover of the notebook bears Ball's address: Robert Ball 280 West 4th St. Provincetown Mass.<br/><br/>With: a copy of the 1938 Heritage Club reprint Coigney 332 inscribed by the artist on the flyleaf "with best wishes of RB cipher for Carl 16 May 1639". The recipient was Carl Burger illustrator of children's books including Old Yeller and The Incredible Journey". unknown books
1937263428N.p. 1937. WIth Jockey "Earl Sands" up. Color lithographic print after the oil painting by Lloyd. Signed by the artist in pencil at lower right. 1 vols. 17-3/4 x 13-3/4 plate size. Matted and framed. Fine. WIth Jockey "Earl Sands" up. Color lithographic print after the oil painting by Lloyd. Signed by the artist in pencil at lower right. 1 vols. 17-3/4 x 13-3/4 plate size. Woodward's 'Gallant Fox' - Thoroughbred Portrait by Ivester Lloyd. Only Known Existing Example with the Jockey Up. Beautiful specimen of the rarest issue of a sporting print commissioned by William Woodward New York banker and owner of the Bel Air Stud in Maryland who also commissioned the two most sought after books of the press 'Gallant Fox A Memoir' and 'Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses'<br/><br/>In his survey of the sporting prints of the Derrydale Press John Ordeman recorded the known prints produced for William Woodward including two portraits of 'Gallant Fox': the 1937 aquatint produced by Eugene V. Connett 3rd and an entry for a print with rider up conjecturally assigned the same date although Ordeman did not see a copy private communication. The present print is a color lithograph produced by the same process as Woodward's print of the painting of Brown Betty by T.P. Earl known in two examples. Ordeman 2005 pp. 96-7 108 not seen; Siegel p. 234 unknown books
1939261134New York: privately printed by The Derrydale Press 1939. Gallant Fox" state without jockey. Size of editions unknown each print produced in very limited quantities. Three sporting aquatint engravings the first finely hand colored the others in uncolored state. Oblong folio 24 x 37 inches. Half red morocco album red morocco label gilt on upper cover printed title leaf each print window matted in heavy card mount by Aquarius. Fine. Gallant Fox" state without jockey. Size of editions unknown each print produced in very limited quantities. Three sporting aquatint engravings the first finely hand colored the others in uncolored state. Oblong folio 24 x 37 inches. Beautiful presentation of an exceedingly rare Derrydale sporting print commissioned by William Woodward New York banker and owner of the Bel Air Stud in Maryland who also commissioned two of the most desirable books of the press 'Gallant Fox A Memoir' and 'Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses'. With the finest possible association inscribed lower left "To Eugene V. Connett from William Woodward".<br/><br/>With two further examples of the privately printed thoroughbred portraits commissioned by Woodward "Omaha" and "Johnstown" after paintings by the noted artist Martin Stainforth who painted eleven equestrian portraits for Woodward. Connett's records indciated that only 10 copies of Omaha were produced Ordeman<br/><br/>Gallant Fox March 23 1927 - November 13 1954 was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who is the second winner of the American Triple Crown.<br/><br/>In a racing career which lasted from 1929 to 1930 Gallant Fox won 11 of his 17 races including the three Triple Crown races. The term "Triple Crown" was not commonly used at the time but was employed by The New York Times to describe the colt's achievements. Ordeman 2005 pp. 96-7 108; Siegel p. 234 privately printed by The Derrydale Press unknown books
1934260057New York: The Derrydale Press 1934. First Edition ONE OF 55 LARGE-PAPER COPIES signed by Barber this being No. 22. 5 color plates one of them handcolored and 121 other illustrations. TOGETHER WITH BARBER'S ORIGINAL INK DRAWING FOR THE TITLE PAGE laid in. 1 vols. 4to. Original full red morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut; very slight chipping to top of spine else a fine copy of a book seldom found approaching this condition. Half red morocco slipcase with Derrydale logo on spine and on upper cover leather label with chemise. First Edition ONE OF 55 LARGE-PAPER COPIES signed by Barber this being No. 22. 5 color plates one of them handcolored and 121 other illustrations. TOGETHER WITH BARBER'S ORIGINAL INK DRAWING FOR THE TITLE PAGE laid in. 1 vols. 4to. "One of the most important books published by Connett." -- Siegel This is the large paper edition of this work. The regular trade edition was published at the same time by Windward House a sporting press started by Connett in 1933. Both editions used Barber's vignette on the the title page. From this drawing it appears that Connett liked the artist's Windward design and used in it the Derrydale edition: in the margin of the drawing Connett has pencilled "reduce 1/4 inch" and the drawing was photographically reduced to the smaller dimension for the large paper copies. A simplified version of the design was used on the Derrydale edition spine. One of the rarest and most desirable productions of the Derrydale Press and by virtue of the drawing a unique copy. Siegel 85; Frazier B-5-a The Derrydale Press unknown
1939260066New York: The Derrydale Press 1939. First Edition No. 84 of 100 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown leatherette. Near fine copy. In half brown morocco slipcase and chemise. First Edition No. 84 of 100 copies. Illustrated with photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. An engaging account of a marlin-fishing expedition out of Bimini and Cat Cay privately printed for the author and not offered for sale. <br/>Harkness records using bonefish for bait pp. 9 42-43 and seeing young tarpon but being told by their guide that the tarpon would not rise to bait in that season March.<br/> "An extremely rare Derrydale.a hard book to find." Frazier. The author was a financier and philanthropist; his father co-founded the Wrigley and Harkness Company and was a major investor in the Standard Oil Company. William Hale Harkness graduated from Yale in 1922 and received a Harvard law degree in 1925. A member of numerous clubs and organizations he was at one time vice president of the American Geographical Society and the Boys Club of New York. He also authored Temples and Topees published by The Derrydale Press in 1936. Bruns H73; Siegel 150; Frazier H-3-a; Heller 2:844 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1964312785N.p.: Privately printed by Tinlings of Liverpool 1964. First edition signed by Freddie and Mar Lou Guingand Freddie's daughter. 15 pp. With loosely inserted letterpress leaf identifying de Guingand as the author and noting his two war memoirs Operation Victory 1947 and Generals at War 1964. 1 vols. 4to. Full red morocco titled in gilt "Camp Chaleur" and with a leaping salmon stamped in gilt by James MacDonald & Co. New York City. Fine. First edition signed by Freddie and Mar Lou Guingand Freddie's daughter. 15 pp. With loosely inserted letterpress leaf identifying de Guingand as the author and noting his two war memoirs Operation Victory 1947 and Generals at War 1964. 1 vols. 4to. Rare privately printed memoir of the author's friendship with Jane Engelhard spanning three decades and trips to Camp Chaleur on the Grand Cascapedia. The camp had been built by the Phipps family in 1921 the first fishing camp on the river with indoor plumbing and was bought by the Engelhards in mid century; the building burned down in the 1980s. Charles Engelhard was the model for Ian Fleming's villain Goldfinger.<br /> Major General Sir Francis de Guingand 1900-1979 served with Montgomery from El Alamein to the surrender of the Wehrmacht in the West. As Montgomery's chief of staff he had responsibility for the smooth functioning of the British Army and exercised his considerable diplomatic skills in liaison with their American Allies. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 75 "One of the great salmon-fishing rarities"; Not in Bruns. Not in OCLC [Privately printed by Tinlings of Liverpool] unknown
237326New York: Scribners etc. v.d. 11 vols. 8vo. Original cloth or boards some wear or soiling; the first three titles in dust jackets some wear. Five titles with dated remarques and inscriptions two with signed remarques. 11 vols. 8vo. Paul Brown Collection. A substantial and interesting collection of Paul Brown remarques in his books most drawn for the same young horseman over a period of years.<br/><br/>Great Horse Stories 1946. Remarque of a horse's head and inscription "For Emma with lots of luck Paul 46"<br/><br/>Fire! The Mascot 1939. Remarque of Fire the Dalmatian with inscription "Fire! For Henry Brady with lots of luck Paul Brown 47"<br/><br/>Hi Guy. The Cinderella Horse 1944. Remarque of a horse's head with inscription dated 1949.<br/><br/>Silver Heels 1951. Remarque of a horse's head with inscription in year of publication.<br/><br/>Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Told in Short Form and in Pictures 1952. Remarque of a horse's head with inscription in year of publication.<br/><br/>Daffy Taffy 1955. Remarque of a horse's head. <br/><br/>Sparkie and Puff Ball 1954. Remarque of a horse's head.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Also present is a copy of Pony School 1950 inscribed by the dedicatee Marion Shotter to nephew Bill Brady. "Although the family never owned a horse Brown would occasionally take the children to a real 'Pony Farm.' A woman named Marion Shotter owned a farm in a nearby town where she kept several ponies and would have pony rides for children. This farm was the inspiration for the book of the same title as well as its sequel Pony School" Biscotti p. 16.<br/><br/><br/><br/>With 3 signed titles of Brown's classic equestrian work: Thrills and Spills 1933; Hits and Misses 1935; Ups and Downs 1936. Biscotti pp. 58-68 72 100 Scribners, etc. unknown books
1964312785N.p.: Privately printed by Tinlings of Liverpool 1964. First edition signed by Freddie and Mar Lou Guingand Freddie's daughter. 15 pp. With loosely inserted letterpress leaf identifying de Guingand as the author and noting his two war memoirs Operation Victory 1947 and Generals at War 1964. 1 vols. 4to. Full red morocco titled in gilt "Camp Chaleur" and with a leaping salmon stamped in gilt by James MacDonald & Co. New York City. Fine. First edition signed by Freddie and Mar Lou Guingand Freddie's daughter. 15 pp. With loosely inserted letterpress leaf identifying de Guingand as the author and noting his two war memoirs Operation Victory 1947 and Generals at War 1964. 1 vols. 4to. Rare privately printed memoir of the author's friendship with Jane Engelhard spanning three decades and trips to Camp Chaleur on the Grand Cascapedia. The camp had been built by the Phipps family in 1921 the first fishing camp on the river with indoor plumbing and was bought by the Engelhards in mid century; the building burned down in the 1980s. Charles Engelhard was the model for Ian Fleming's villain Goldfinger.<br/>Major General Sir Francis de Guingand 1900-1979 served with Montgomery from El Alamein to the surrender of the Wehrmacht in the West. As Montgomery's chief of staff he had responsibility for the smooth functioning of the British Army and exercised his considerable diplomatic skills in liaison with their American Allies. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 75 "One of the great salmon-fishing rarities"; Not in Bruns. Not in OCLC [Privately printed by Tinlings of Liverpool] unknown books
1973312791Lunenberg Vt: Privately printed at the Stinehour Press 1973. First edition one of 20 copies printed. 5 tipped-in photographs 4 in color. 46 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in pink wrappers printed in red. Fine immacualte copy in a green quarter morocco slipcase and matching cloth chemise by European Bookbinders. First edition one of 20 copies printed. 5 tipped-in photographs 4 in color. 46 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Recollections of salmon fishing and life at the Engelhard camp on the Grand Cascapedia during the summer and fall of 1973. Includes a history of Lorne Cottage built in 1878 and a chapter on Warren Gilbert. the long time manager of Lorne Cottage.<br/><br/>Susan Engelhard O'Connor is the daughter of Jane and Charles Engelhard of Cragwood Far Hills New Jersey who owned two of the legendary fishing camps on the Grand Cascapedia Camp Chaleur and Lorne Cottage. Charles Engelhard was the minerals tycoon and head of Engelhard Industries and the model for Ian Fleming's Goldfinger. The Engelhards were notable philanthropists and significant donors to the White House restoration project and to the Morgan Library. <br/>Information on the number of copies is based upon correspondence between Charles Wood the bibliographer of the Atlantic Salmon and the authors; the Stinehour Press kept no records of this book. Ten copies were issued in wrappers<br/><br/>RARE AND BEAUTIFUL. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 111. Not in OCLC Privately printed at the Stinehour Press] unknown books
312791Lunenberg Vt: Privately printed at the Stinehour Press 1973. First edition one of 20 copies printed. 5 tipped-in photographs 4 in color. 46 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in pink wrappers printed in red. Fine immacualte copy in a green quarter morocco slipcase and matching cloth chemise by European Bookbinders. First edition one of 20 copies printed. 5 tipped-in photographs 4 in color. 46 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Recollections of salmon fishing and life at the Engelhard camp on the Grand Cascapedia during the summer and fall of 1973. Includes a history of Lorne Cottage built in 1878 and a chapter on Warren Gilbert. the long time manager of Lorne Cottage.<br /> <br /> Susan Engelhard O'Connor is the daughter of Jane and Charles Engelhard of Cragwood Far Hills New Jersey who owned two of the legendary fishing camps on the Grand Cascapedia Camp Chaleur and Lorne Cottage. Charles Engelhard was the minerals tycoon and head of Engelhard Industries and the model for Ian Fleming's Goldfinger. The Engelhards were notable philanthropists and significant donors to the White House restoration project and to the Morgan Library. <br /> Information on the number of copies is based upon correspondence between Charles Wood the bibliographer of the Atlantic Salmon and the authors; the Stinehour Press kept no records of this book. Ten copies were issued in wrappers<br /> <br /> RARE AND BEAUTIFUL. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 111. Not in OCLC Privately printed at the Stinehour Press] unknown
2012312784Hobe Sound Florida: Privately Printed for the author 2012. First edition. Illustrated. 23 vols. 4to. Printed wrappers. Some ephemera and correspondence loosely inserted. Fine. Two cloth folding boxes. First edition. Illustrated. 23 vols. 4to. Complete Run. Angling diaries of Nathaniel P. Reed 1933-2018 banker environmentalist and assistant Interior secretary 1971-77 under Nixon and Ford. Reed was a key architect of the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act helped preserve millions of acres of wilderness in Alaska banned pesticides and sent federal agents to stop the widespread killing of federally protected eagles in the west. In later years he served an an environmental advisor to the state of Florida.<br/><br/>Reed travelled widely and fished for salmon bonefish permit and other game fishes.<br/><br/>Printed in very small numbers for private circulation. A complete series 1998 not issued; and 2009-2010 combined in one number with the diaries for 1988 1990 1993 in photocopy from the author suggestive of the small print runs. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 209 Privately Printed for the author] unknown books
1921312715N.p. Chicago: Privately printed 1921. First edition. Title printed within thick and thin rule border; vignette device at end. 4 92 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to 12-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches. Paper covered boards with printed paper label on upper cover. Skilfully rebacked with original spine label laid down. Some light wear to extremities. Very good plus. First edition. Title printed within thick and thin rule border; vignette device at end. 4 92 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to 12-3/8 x 9-1/2 inches. With Rod & Gun in Wyoming. Rare privately-printed account of a month-long fishing and hunting expedition through Wyoming in the early fall of 1920. The text relates the experiences of two couples Ralph and Myra and Philip and Caroline on a hunting and fishing expedition particularly in pursuit of elk and sheep. Their guides are identified as Ned Frost "the sine qua non of the whole excursion" and Carl Hammett. In the foreword the unnamed author offers useful advice for making such a trip successful and comfortable recommending clothing footwear and camping material: "There are many sleeping outfits that are fairly satisfactory but of those who have come under my observation the best combination is an air mattress with bellows to blow it up and on top of it an eider down 'Arctic Sleeping Bag' with a Hudson Bay blanket inside to wrap closely around you. With this outfit you can 'sleep warm' and comfortably no matter what the temperature may be - and 'sleeping warm' is one of the secrets of a successful hunting trip." The text consists of daily entries from their September 20 departure by train from Chicago to their return a month later with outstanding descriptions of the scenery and natural wonders of Wyoming the results of their hunting and fishing adventures and how each of the four city-dwellers performed in the wild. A few of the entries are written by the women who participated.<br/>Â <br/>In the September 30 entry Ralph describes the scenery at their lunch stop: "Behind us were the Big Horns - 175 miles away but looking infinitely nearer in that wonderfully clear air: in front of us were the Tetons and to their right some 65 miles distant Ned pointed out to us a peak a landmark in the Yellowstone-Thorofare country at the foot of which Burnham missed his elk so many times five years ago. A vast country of mountain and valley; of forest and barren wastes; of gentle slopes and of box canyons whose rocky sides descended sheer for hundreds of feet until they ended at the bottom in a jumble of rocks and browken bowlders sic."<br/>Â <br/>OCLC suggests that this work was printed by the noted Chicago author printer and publisher Ralph Fletcher Seymour and likely written by him as well. Not in Malone's WYOMINGIANA nor in the Eberstadt Decker Soliday or Graff catalogues. OCLC lists only two copies at the Univ. of Wyoming and Northern Illinois University and we are unable to find any other copies appearing in the market. Not in Phillips Heller or Biscotti; nor in Malone's Wyomingiana nor in the Eberstadt Decker Soliday or Graff catalogues. OCLC 11229887 2 copies: Northern Illinois U. U. Wyoming Privately printed unknown books
1893311416New York: Henry T.Thomas 1893. One of 1000 copies unnumbered. Illustrations by W. S. Vanderbilt Allen. 16 heliotype plates. Letterpress title page contents list introduction and descriptive leaves for each plate. 1 vols. Atlas folio. In the original four pictorial board portfolios buckram spine. Some light edgewear and chipping plate 16 slightly stained at two corners. In cloth box. One of 1000 copies unnumbered. Illustrations by W. S. Vanderbilt Allen. 16 heliotype plates. Letterpress title page contents list introduction and descriptive leaves for each plate. 1 vols. Atlas folio. ESSEX HUNT COACHING ETC. A colorful and celebrated work in the original four part portfolios comprising sixteen plates and descriptive text all that were issued of the projected forty-four plates mentioned on the cover. <br/><br/>"A good account of sporting activities in the Gay Nineties . they are the only pictorial representation we have of this period" Gee.<br/><br/>Uncommon.<br/><br/>Plate 1.: The Meet at the Coaching House. Coach of Colonel William Jay<br/>Plate 2.: The Westchester Hunt. Mr Theodore A. Havemyer Jr. Master <br/>Plate 3.: Tandem Shooting Cart of Mr. Oliver H.P. Belmont <br/>Plate 4.: Races of the American Hunt and Pony Racing Association for the Championship Stakes <br/>Plate 5.: The Road Coach Acquidneck Plate 6.: The Queens County Hunt <br/>Plate 7.: Judging Hackney Stallions National Horse Show Association <br/>Plate 8.: Polo Match for Westchester Cups between Meadow Brook and Rockaway <br/>Plate 9.: The Tuxedo Road Coach Republic <br/>Plate 10.: Gymkhana Races Rockaway Hunting Club. The Umbrella Race <br/>Plate 11.: The High Jump National Horse Show Association <br/>Plate 12.: Pony Race for Polo Ponies at Hempstead Farms <br/>Plate 13.: Mr. T Suffern Tailer's Coach at the Country Club <br/>Plate 14.: Steeplechase at Hempstead Farms <br/>Plate 15.: The Essex County Hounds <br/>Plate 16.: The Meadow Brook Hunt. Mr. Thomas Hitchcock Jr. Master. Bennett p. 101; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 127. OCLC: 27086235 Henry T.Thomas unknown books
1893311416New York: Henry T.Thomas 1893. One of 1000 copies unnumbered. Illustrations by W. S. Vanderbilt Allen. 16 heliotype plates. Letterpress title page contents list introduction and descriptive leaves for each plate. 1 vols. Atlas folio. In the original four pictorial board portfolios buckram spine. Some light edgewear and chipping plate 16 slightly stained at two corners. In cloth box. One of 1000 copies unnumbered. Illustrations by W. S. Vanderbilt Allen. 16 heliotype plates. Letterpress title page contents list introduction and descriptive leaves for each plate. 1 vols. Atlas folio. A colorful and celebrated work in the original four part portfolios comprising sixteen plates and descriptive text all that were issued of the projected forty-four plates mentioned on the cover. <br /> <br /> "A good account of sporting activities in the Gay Nineties . they are the only pictorial representation we have of this period" Gee.<br /> <br /> Uncommon.<br /> <br /> Plate 1.: The Meet at the Coaching House. Coach of Colonel William Jay<br /> Plate 2.: The Westchester Hunt. Mr Theodore A. Havemyer Jr. Master <br /> Plate 3.: Tandem Shooting Cart of Mr. Oliver H.P. Belmont <br /> Plate 4.: Races of the American Hunt and Pony Racing Association for the Championship Stakes <br /> Plate 5.: The Road Coach Acquidneck Plate 6.: The Queens County Hunt <br /> Plate 7.: Judging Hackney Stallions National Horse Show Association <br /> Plate 8.: Polo Match for Westchester Cups between Meadow Brook and Rockaway <br /> Plate 9.: The Tuxedo Road Coach Republic <br /> Plate 10.: Gymkhana Races Rockaway Hunting Club. The Umbrella Race <br /> Plate 11.: The High Jump National Horse Show Association <br /> Plate 12.: Pony Race for Polo Ponies at Hempstead Farms <br /> Plate 13.: Mr. T Suffern Tailer's Coach at the Country Club <br /> Plate 14.: Steeplechase at Hempstead Farms <br /> Plate 15.: The Essex County Hounds <br /> Plate 16.: The Meadow Brook Hunt. Mr. Thomas Hitchcock Jr. Master. Bennett p. 101; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 127. OCLC: 27086235 Henry T.Thomas unknown
1931262605London: Seeley Service 1931. First Edition 242 of 275 copies on handmade paper signed by the author. With 111 plates and 214 illustrations in text 3 maps. 472 pp. With seven specimen flies by Hardy Bros. "illustrating the various schools of Modern Fly Dressing" mounted at back. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Publisher's full blue pebbled morocco t.e.g. others uncut. A VERY FINE COPY plain blue-gray dust wrapper in the original cardboard box with paper label on the end with Bookseller's label R.S. Frampton tipped onto label uncut housed in fine half blue polished calf drop box with red morocco labels provided; minor wear. First Edition 242 of 275 copies on handmade paper signed by the author. With 111 plates and 214 illustrations in text 3 maps. 472 pp. With seven specimen flies by Hardy Bros. "illustrating the various schools of Modern Fly Dressing" mounted at back. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. The seven flies include the March Brown and Blue Charm A.H.E. Wood; the Pink Lady dry fly G.M.L. La Branche; Gipps A.H. Chaytor; Sally T.E. Price Tannatt; Black Silk E. Crossfield; and Turkey Jackson J. Jackson.<br/>Absolutely the BEST COPY EVER SEEN. Bruns T9; Litchfield p. 88; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 166 Seeley, Service unknown books
1931262605London: Seeley Service 1931. First Edition 242 of 275 copies on handmade paper signed by the author. With 111 plates and 214 illustrations in text 3 maps. 472 pp. With seven specimen flies by Hardy Bros. "illustrating the various schools of Modern Fly Dressing" mounted at back. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Publisher's full blue pebbled morocco t.e.g. others uncut. A VERY FINE COPY plain blue-gray dust wrapper in the original cardboard box with paper label on the end with Bookseller's label R.S. Frampton tipped onto label uncut housed in fine half blue polished calf drop box with red morocco labels provided; minor wear. First Edition 242 of 275 copies on handmade paper signed by the author. With 111 plates and 214 illustrations in text 3 maps. 472 pp. With seven specimen flies by Hardy Bros. "illustrating the various schools of Modern Fly Dressing" mounted at back. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. The seven flies include the March Brown and Blue Charm A.H.E. Wood; the Pink Lady dry fly G.M.L. La Branche; Gipps A.H. Chaytor; Sally T.E. Price Tannatt; Black Silk E. Crossfield; and Turkey Jackson J. Jackson.<br /> Absolutely the BEST COPY EVER SEEN. Bruns T9; Litchfield p. 88; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 166 Seeley, Service unknown
1891181602London: Longman Green and Co. 1891-1902. The standard authority on late Victorian leisure A smartly presented set of the full series including the additional Motors and Motor Driving volume. Conceived as the first comprehensive encyclopaedia of pastimes enjoyed by the modern British gentleman and gentlewoman the highly successful Badminton Library took its name from the estate of the Duke of Beaufort who edited the series. Various other peers contributed volumes such as Lord Walsingham who authored Shooting and the Earl of Suffolk who wrote Racing and Steeplechasing. The first volume Hunting 1885 was dedicated to the Prince of Wales. These upper-class credentials were integral to the original conception of the series but it was assumed that the Duke of Beaufort's contribution "would be purely nominal" Campbell p. 128. As it was the 8th Duke was an enthusiastic and highly active participant in the project. 30 vols octavo 180 x 130 mm. Copiously illustrated with plates some coloured illustrations in text. Contemporary red crushed morocco spines lettered in gilt with raised bands compartments tooled with gilt sporting motifs Turkish over Spanish moiré pattern marbled sides and endpapers top edges gilt. Edges only miminally rubbed joints of Racing and Steeplechasing cracked with inner hinges reinforced contents foxed. A very good set. Barry Campbell The Badminton Tradition 1978. hardcover
1876240215London: John B. Day 3 Savoy Street Strand 1876. First edition second issue. Two chromolithograph plates after James Poole 2 completed flies and 23 flies with dressing materials displayed in 22 sunken mounts on six leaves. Title page printed in red and black title and text printed within double red rules. xiii xiv blank xv errata 91 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth stamped in gilt and black a.e.g. Magnificent copy. First edition second issue. Two chromolithograph plates after James Poole 2 completed flies and 23 flies with dressing materials displayed in 22 sunken mounts on six leaves. Title page printed in red and black title and text printed within double red rules. xiii xiv blank xv errata 91 pp. 1 vols. 4to. VERY FINE COPY. The manuscript upon which Aldam based his text appeared at auction in 1999; the author's name was revealed to be Robert Whitehead but nothing further of the author is known. Both issues of this scarce work bear the date 1876 on the spine; a very few are recorded with a title page date of 1875 but it appears that no copies were actually sold until the Spring of 1876. Approximately 200 copies were sold over a period of several years. A beautiful production in brighter than usual condition. Heckscher 18; Litchfield 49; Gee 84; Kerridge 79; Westwood & Satchell 3; Flyfisher's Journal Summer 2000 pp.31-36 John B. Day, 3, Savoy Street, Strand unknown books
1825304214London: Thomas M'Lean 1825. First edition in the royal octavo format with new plates. 50 hand-colored aquatint plates by H. Alken. Printed title preface leaf with printed list of plates; each plate with letterpress text leaf. 1 vols. 8vo. Full olive levant gilt by Riviere and Son gilt turn-ins a.e.g. Bookplate of William Morley Pegge; Schwerdt bookplate. Some light traces of foxing in first and last leaves not affecting plates. Fine copy. Cloth folding box. Alken Henry. First edition in the royal octavo format with new plates. 50 hand-colored aquatint plates by H. Alken. Printed title preface leaf with printed list of plates; each plate with letterpress text leaf. 1 vols. 8vo. Schwerdt Copy. "This book differs from the folio edition . Alken himself seems ot have drawn in colours and engraved the plates which like most of his book illustrations are particularly pleasing on account of their small size" Schwerdt.<br/><br/>The "Fox Hunters Toast" plate no. 19 is bound as a frontispiece; the original printed label is laid down on a preliminary leaf: Alken's Sports of Great Britain. Fifty coloured plates. Price Three Guineas.<br/><br/>A classic Alken title with excellent provenance. Tooley 43; Siltzer p. 72; Schwerdt I pp. 19-20 this copy; Podeschi 121 folio ed. Thomas M'Lean unknown books
1825304214London: Thomas M'Lean 1825. First edition in the royal octavo format with new plates. 50 hand-colored aquatint plates by H. Alken. Printed title preface leaf with printed list of plates; each plate with letterpress text leaf. 1 vols. 8vo. Full olive levant gilt by Riviere and Son gilt turn-ins a.e.g. Bookplate of William Morley Pegge; Schwerdt bookplate. Some light traces of foxing in first and last leaves not affecting plates. Fine copy. Cloth folding box. Alken Henry. First edition in the royal octavo format with new plates. 50 hand-colored aquatint plates by H. Alken. Printed title preface leaf with printed list of plates; each plate with letterpress text leaf. 1 vols. 8vo. "This book differs from the folio edition . Alken himself seems ot have drawn in colours and engraved the plates which like most of his book illustrations are particularly pleasing on account of their small size" Schwerdt.<br /> <br /> The "Fox Hunters Toast" plate no. 19 is bound as a frontispiece; the original printed label is laid down on a preliminary leaf: Alken's Sports of Great Britain. Fifty coloured plates. Price Three Guineas.<br /> <br /> A classic Alken title with excellent provenance. Tooley 43; Siltzer p. 72; Schwerdt I pp. 19-20 this copy; Podeschi 121 folio ed. Thomas M'Lean unknown
1940242612N.p. 1940. Published in Duck Shooting along the Atlantic Tidewater 1947 as plates at pp. 256 262 266; and again in Duck Decoys 1953 as frontispiece and plates at pp. 38 86. Three large acrylic paintings on canvas board each showing the design of 8 duck decoys side views for a total of 24 figures in all. Signed in pencil on back of one painting "Edgar Burke MD Jersey City N.J. Medical Center". 1 vols. Each about 14-3/4 x 13 inches. Framed. Fine. Published in Duck Shooting along the Atlantic Tidewater 1947 as plates at pp. 256 262 266; and again in Duck Decoys 1953 as frontispiece and plates at pp. 38 86. Three large acrylic paintings on canvas board each showing the design of 8 duck decoys side views for a total of 24 figures in all. Signed in pencil on back of one painting "Edgar Burke MD Jersey City N.J. Medical Center". 1 vols. Each about 14-3/4 x 13 inches. Burke's Decoy Paintings for Connett's Duck Shooting. Edgar Burke MD 1889-1950 successfully combined the vocation of medicine he was a member of the American College of Physicians and Surgeons and the avocation of sport. He was an enthusiastic wildfowler and upland gunner an expert angler and fly tier he designed the flies "Doctor Burke" and "Family Secret" and was interested in pigeon racing and cock fighting it was he in the Jersey City cock-fights of the 1930s who sewed up the wounds of the injured birds. He was also a celebrated sporting artist illustrating two Derrydale Press classics Feathered Game 1929 and Upland Game Bird Shooting in America 1930 and producing front cover vignettes for seven more including Grouse Feathers and De Shootinest Gent'man. He was notes Siegel a childhood companion and lifetime friend of Derrydale proprietor Eugene Connett. <br/>These paintings from the late 1940s represent Burke's finest work in an area where he was an acknowledged master. They were published in Connett's Duck Shooting along the Atlantic Tidewater 1947 as plates at pp. 256 262 266 illustrating the chapter Burke wrote. Connett used the plates again in honor of his friend in Duck Decoys 1953 as frontispiece and plates at pp. 38 86.<br/>Highly decorative sporting art with the finest provenance. Provenance: Eugene V. Connett 3rd; his son Eugene V. Connett IV. Literature: Duck Shooting Along the Atlantic Tidewater 1947 plates at pp. 256 262 266; and again in Duck Decoys 1953 frontispiece and plates at pp. 38 86 unknown books
19222604901922. First separate edition reprinted from Izaak Walton League Monthly. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author holding his hat his rod and his bonefish illustrated by Bessie Bethal Crank. vi 18 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Printed grey wrappers printed in green and red "Christmas Greetings" upper left and a candle lower right. Fine copy with ink note across front cover "With the best of good wishes for the best of good fishes Mr & Mrs. Will. H. Dilg". Custom blue half morocco dropbox. First separate edition reprinted from Izaak Walton League Monthly. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author holding his hat his rod and his bonefish illustrated by Bessie Bethal Crank. vi 18 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. RARE ZANE GREY PAMPHLET. Privately printed Christmas greeting from Zane Grey recounting how he and his brother came to fish at Long Key and many of the characters he encountered.<br/><br/>The book was issued in a very small edition reprinting an article first published in the Izaak Walton League Monthly. William Dilg was a friend and correspondent of Zane Grey who founded the Izaak Walton League in 1922 as a conservation and angling group. Within the space of four years and with the support of Zane Grey Emerson Hough Stewart Edward White and other writers Dilg had built it into an influential nationwide organization with more than 200000 members and some 2500 local chapters. In 1926 DIlg was ousted as president of the league amid some controversy. The Forest and Stream issue for June 1926 reports on the controversy and bears the headline "ZANE GREY Declares for WILL H. DILG" and includes an open letter from Grey stating that he had resigned from the League and giving his reasons for a call to resist the commercial interests that displaced Dilg who served as League president and as editor of the monthly Magazine.<br/><br/>A four-page Typed Letter signed Bill" from Dilg to Zane Grey dated 2 August 1926 restates Dilg's complaint about the actions of the "Junta" and proposes a plan for action by Grey in support of Dilg and the interests of the league's members. The organization Dilg founded still exists and pursues conservation initiatives.<br/><br/>The Bonefish Brigade is RARE and the present copy is inscribed by the editor who founded the Izaak Walton League and commissioned the piece with a notable letter pleading for Grey's support. Not in Bruns or Sheets; Myers E. and J.: A Bibliographical Check List And Price Guide For The Writings Of R.C. Grey Romer Grey and Zane Grey p. 24; Heller 2:841 unknown books
1912312798np 1912. 2 60 pp of typewritten text with a hand-drawn map of the Club property on the Dobsis Stream between "Dobsis" and "Pocumsas" lakes a folding cyanotype map of the region and 23 photographs of the Club and members. 1 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6 inches. Reverse buckskin with title stamped in blind Dobsis Club 1872-1912 with metal ring binding. Signature "January 1 1912 Lillian W. Larrabbee" on title leaf. Typescript addendum of fishing catches 1919-1920 by H.S. Dennison loosely inserted. Green cloth folding box. 2 60 pp of typewritten text with a hand-drawn map of the Club property on the Dobsis Stream between "Dobsis" and "Pocumsas" lakes a folding cyanotype map of the region and 23 photographs of the Club and members. 1 vols. 8vo 8-1/2 x 6 inches. UNRECORDED. History of the Dobsis Club in the Grand Lake watershed formed in 1872 by Harvey Jewell Lyman B. Jewell E.W. Dennison Cutler Downer V.H. Blackston and F.A. Kennedy with famous Rangeley guide G. L. F. Ball as Manager. In 1879 club buildings were built by Ball on the spit of land between Sysladobsis or Dobsis and Pocumcus lakes. <br/>The first portion of the book transcribes Ball's letters 1872-1894 discussing his marriage money woes and fish hatchery business. Ball who had been a guide in the Rangeley region since the early 1860s worked for the club until 1898 and died the following year. The history includes a calendar of notable dates including construction poker hands an earthquake persons falling into the rivers and the disappearance of N.O. Shaw on 19 December 1907; his body was found the next June. Weather records include Ice Out dates earliest 22 April 1878 latest 16 May 1888 extremes of temperature in summer and winter. There is a long register of fishermen and visitors and logs of fishing catches and game bags. Many names from the Dennison clan appear over the years. The work is illustrated throughout with high quality photographs: portraits of members and views of the club sometimes two to a plate. The last entries for seven members visiting in Spring 1912 are in manuscript.<br/>The club appears to have continued in existence through the early 1940s. unknown books
1913240355Liverpool: Henry Young and Sons 1913. Eleventh Edition. Number 219 of 250 copies signed by the Publishers. Frontispiece and 20 plates some hand-colored volume 2 containing 48 actual specimens of flies in sunken mounts. 2 vols. 4to. Publisher's green morocco-backed cloth upper boards with gilt roundel of a dressed fly gilt panelled spines t.e.g. others uncut. One tiny split at front joint of vol. II else FINE. Eleventh Edition. Number 219 of 250 copies signed by the Publishers. Frontispiece and 20 plates some hand-colored volume 2 containing 48 actual specimens of flies in sunken mounts. 2 vols. 4to. Henry Young and Sons unknown books
