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1902220696Boston: Printed for Subscribers 1902. First edition no. 9 of 350 copies deluxe issue with plates handcolored and signed by the artist. Chromolithograph frontispiece to vol. I portrait frontispiece to vol. II; three color plates of flies Salmon Trout Bass two color plates of fish numerous reproductions of fish and black-and-white lithographic plates with decorative ornaments and vignettes throughout. xxvi 313 3; xi 368 pp. Printed at the University Press. 2 vols. 4to. Later half morocco and cloth over boards all edges uncut. Fine lacking as almost invariably the portfolio described by Bruns as of extreme rarity. First edition no. 9 of 350 copies deluxe issue with plates handcolored and signed by the artist. Chromolithograph frontispiece to vol. I portrait frontispiece to vol. II; three color plates of flies Salmon Trout Bass two color plates of fish numerous reproductions of fish and black-and-white lithographic plates with decorative ornaments and vignettes throughout. xxvi 313 3; xi 368 pp. Printed at the University Press. 2 vols. 4to. Deluxe Issue with plates signed by the artist. With eight of the black & white plates of angling and outdoor scenes handcolored and signed in pencil by the artist beneath. These include salmon leaping a waterfall rushing rivers anglers canoeing on a lake a night fishing incident and two symbolic landscapes. <br/>The final illustration in volume II A Forest Song includes the verses of the song printed beside the woodland scene; all other copies we have seen have the black & white plate without printed text.<br/>Neither Bruns nor Heckscher note this special issue presumably limited to the first ten or fifteen copies. Bruns B33; Heckscher 1129 Printed for Subscribers unknown books
1929261151New York: The Derrydale Press 1929. Published print: edition of 250. Aquatint engravings. Comprising two steel printing plates three Colorist's Models proofs before letters colored by hand and two published prints each signed by the artist. 13 x 19 inches. Some marginal soiling. Fine. Custom crimson morocco-backed folding boxes. Published print: edition of 250. Aquatint engravings. Comprising two steel printing plates three Colorist's Models proofs before letters colored by hand and two published prints each signed by the artist. 13 x 19 inches. These were notes Ordeman "the first aquatints depecting contemporary American foxhunting scenes ever published . 'The First Flight' was the first print published and it was only after it had proven popular that Mr. Connett issued the three prints that completed the set." This set of the colorist's models are the surviving examples of King's own coloration for this historic series.<br/><br/>"The First Flight": proof before letters colored by hand; with a copy of the published print<br/>"Well Away": proof before letters colored by hand and original printing plate<br/>"The Check": proof before letters colored by hand and original printing plate<br/>"Full Cry": proof before letters colored by hand; with a copy of the published print<br/><br/>Unique collection of the production of this important American sporting print the first in the Derrydale series. Ordeman 2005 pp. 60-61 105 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1928267460New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928. First edition no. 126 of 260 copies signed by the author. Illustrated with color frontispiece plates and folding map. xii ii 340 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Vellum spine black leather label and red boards t.e.g. Some minor soiling to spine slight rubbing to board edges else a fine copy. Laid into new red half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition no. 126 of 260 copies signed by the author. Illustrated with color frontispiece plates and folding map. xii ii 340 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Charles B. MacDonald's engaging and wide-ranging memoir. He was sent from Chicago to Scotland in the 1870s where at St. Andrews "I was playng regularly with the best golfers of the day young Tom Morris David Strath Tom Kidd et al" and the memoir continues with recollections of great American and British players and courses up through the 1920s.<br/>One of the classics of twentieth-century golf writing. Donovan and Murdoch 24760 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
19103013551910. Containing 70 silver print photographs of various dimensions many captioned in white ink. 1 vols. Large 4to 33.5 x 28 cm. Contemporary beige buckram 'Pictured Records' blocked in black on upper cover 'British Central Africa' added by hand in white; cover worn and a little stained upper joint partly split. Containing 70 silver print photographs of various dimensions many captioned in white ink. 1 vols. Large 4to 33.5 x 28 cm. A handsome album documenting missionary work in a little-known area. <br/><br/>The party almost certainly attached to the Church of Scotland Mission evidently enjoyed their time in Africa as they proceeded from Tanganyika into Central Africa. Among the photographs are shots of a native witch doctor women preparing food native sports including pillow fighting as well as topographical images. The also found time to hunt and thirteen pages are dedicated to big game. There are images of eland lion leopard elephants koodoo bushbuck hippopotamus zebra reedbuck porcupine sable wild boar buffalo hartebeeste and wildebeeste. <br/><br/>Lastly there is a photo of the Zomba Church belonging to the Church of Scotland Mission and one of the Blantyre Church which was completed in 1891. Inspired by the example of David Livingstone the Church of Scotland decided to establish a mission in Malawi in the mid-1870s. It was on the basis of their influence that Malawi became a British Protectorate. unknown books
1922234002New York: Privately Printed by the Author and His Friends by H.S. Nichols New York 1922. First edition one of 50 numbered copies signed by the author this being no. 1 said to be bound for the author's mother. Frontispiece and 29 half-tone plates. pp. i-ii blank iii-xvi xvii-xviii half-title 1-115 116 printer's notice. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full brown morocco extra gilt morocco doublures t.e.g. Front hinge and corners professionally repaired. First edition one of 50 numbered copies signed by the author this being no. 1 said to be bound for the author's mother. Frontispiece and 29 half-tone plates. pp. i-ii blank iii-xvi xvii-xviii half-title 1-115 116 printer's notice. 1 vols. 8vo. Unique Copy Bound for the Author's Mother. Rare and privately printed account of fishing for swordfish off Montauk Point and the adjacent waters of Block Island. McAleenan was also the author of Hunting with Rifle and Camera in the Canadian Rockies 1916 edition of 20 copies. McAleenan has a flair for writing and writes lovingly of this three week adventure harpooning swordfish battling sharks sighting whales etc.: " . glad days cheery companions and the joy of living . for those who have heard the wind in strange places . " Foreword. Bruns M-91 without title or full description. OCLC: 39005858 3 copies: Clarke Michigan; Mariners Museum Virginia; Hillwood Estate Museum Privately Printed by the Author and His Friends [by H.S. Nichols, New York] unknown books
1634236461London: Francis Constable 1634. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece date altered in manuscript woodcut illustrations of coats of arms. xii 255 viii 163 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Eighteenth-century calf morocco spine label. With some neat contemporary ink annotations at Chapters 5 6 and 18 and a page of manuscript notes on verso of last page of text. John Goodford bookplate. Maclay bookplate. Joints lightly rubbed else fine. Third edition. Engraved frontispiece date altered in manuscript woodcut illustrations of coats of arms. xii 255 viii 163 1 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Maclay Copy. Influential manual of conduct for the gentleman or courtier written for the eight-year-old son of William Howard Lord Arundel and covering a multitude of subjects from heraldry and geography to law and art. Pages 207-215 address "Exercises of the body" including running swimming hawking and hunting.Westwood & Satchell record the chapter on Fishing at pp. 251-255 which also includes the paragraph on "Making Flyes."<br/><br/>The engraved frontispiece has apparently been inserted. It has been printed from the plate used in the first edition with date and imprint deftly altered in ink. The second part has its own title page with the imprint "Printed for I. M. and are to be sold by Francis Constable". The annotations are found in the chapters on University Life Stile and History Reputation and Carriage. ESTC S114316; STC 19504; Westwood & Satchell p. 167; Heckscher 1512; Maclay Library Five Centuries of Sport lot 463 Francis Constable unknown books
1784220991London: Printed for John Fielding 1784. First edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 136 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Rebacked preserving original spine. Paper flaw on B6 costing three letters. Fine. In calf-backed solander box. First edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 136 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Shirley's name disappears from later editions. The portrait is that of John Kirby "the celebrated fisherman" who was keeper of Newgate. Scarce. Westwood & Satchell p. 194 Printed for John Fielding unknown books
1929234015London: Seeley Service &Co 1929. First edition no. 134 of 375 copies signed by the author with the 30 flies "illustrating the various schools of Fly Dressing. With 250 tipped-in half-tone illustrations from photographs. With 30 hand-tied flies in mount on lower pastedown. 1 vols. 8vo. Original full blue morocco gilt spine gilt with arms of Lonsdale Library on upper board t.e.g. Spine very lightly faded. Signature of Alfred Harmsworth on flyleaf. First edition no. 134 of 375 copies signed by the author with the 30 flies "illustrating the various schools of Fly Dressing" With 250 tipped-in half-tone illustrations from photographs. With 30 hand-tied flies in mount on lower pastedown. 1 vols. 8vo. With 30 Hand-Tied Flies. Bruns T10; Litchfield 86; Hampton Modern Angling Bibliography p. 91 Seeley, Service &Co unknown books
1929260683New York: Privately Printed by Eugene V. Connett 3d at the Derrydale Press 1929. Models for Connett's edition of 21 copies with hand colored plates. Comprising 35 of 68 engraved plates proofs after letters after the original paintings by Stubbs Herring Hall Sartorius and others colored by hand most marked "Approved WW" in ink or pencil in margins with occasional notes to the colorists. 1 vols. 7 x 10 inches. Loose sheets. Custom red half morocco clamshell box. Models for Connett's edition of 21 copies with hand colored plates. Comprising 35 of 68 engraved plates proofs after letters after the original paintings by Stubbs Herring Hall Sartorius and others colored by hand most marked "Approved WW" in ink or pencil in margins with occasional notes to the colorists. 1 vols. 7 x 10 inches. "This was Connett's first major work in fine book production. It was contracted through Ernest Gee and Mr. Woodward spared no expense ." Siegel p. 52. The idea had come to Mr. Woodward whose Belair Stables bred some of the greatest racehorses of the 1920s and 1930s to do a book about the portraits he owned after listening to Mr. Vosburgh regale him with stories about them one Sunday afternoon. The portraits include Stubbs' 'Godolphin Arabian' and a vast stable of paintings by Herring Senior racing scenes and other works.<br /> "The twenty-one copy edition of Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses is one of the rarest works of its kind in America. . It was Connett's most amibitious project and if produced today would easily cost several thousand dollars per copy" Siegel p. 174.<br /> <br /> Unique survival of the production process for one of the great American sporting books of the interwar years and a testament to Woodward's close involvement with the book. For published book: Podeschi 373; Siegel 22; Frazier V-4-D; Decade p. 67. Provenance: Eugene V. Connett 3d; Don Frazier Privately Printed by Eugene V. Connett, 3d, at the Derrydale Press unknown
1903256990New York: Macmillan 1903. First Editions LARGE PAPER ISSUE no. 89 of 100 copies. Profusely illustrated by artists including A.B. Frost L.A. Fuertes Carl Rungius and others; and from photographs. 16 vols. Royal 8vo 9 x 6-1/4 inches 23 x 15 cm. Three quarter green morocco panelled spines gilt t.e.g. fore edges uncut by J.W. Meyer New York. Spines uniformly toned to brown else fine and attractive. Musk-Ox vol. is copy no. 3 of 100. First Editions LARGE PAPER ISSUE no. 89 of 100 copies. Profusely illustrated by artists including A.B. Frost L.A. Fuertes Carl Rungius and others; and from photographs. 16 vols. Royal 8vo 9 x 6-1/4 inches 23 x 15 cm. THE BEST SERIES ON AMERICAN SPORTS IN DELUXE FORMAT. The set comprises: <br/>- Bass Pike Perch by J.A. Henshall 1903<br/>- Big Game Fishes of the United States by C.F. Holder 1903<br/>- The Deer Family by Theodore Roosevelt T.S. Van Dyke D.G. Elliot and A.J. Stone 1903<br/>- The Water-Fowl Family by L.C. and L.B. Bishop and T.S. Van Dyke 1903<br/>- Photography for the Sporting Naturalist by L.W. Brownell 1904<br/>- Salmon and Trout by Dean Sage and others 1904<br/>- Trotting and Pacing Horse in America by H. Busbey 1904<br/>- Upland Game Birds by E. Sandys and T.S. Van Dyke 1904<br/>- Lawn Tennis by J.P. Paret 1904<br/>- American Yachting by W.P. Stevens 1904<br/>- The Sporting Dog by J.A. Graham 1904<br/>- Guns Ammunition and Tackle by Capt. A.W. Money Horace Kephart W.E. Carlin A.L.A. Himmelwright & J.H. Keene 1904<br/>- Musk-Ox Bison Sheep and Goat by Caspar Whitney and others 1904<br/>- Riding. by E. L. Anderson & Driving: Hints on the History Housing Harnessing and Handling of the Horse by Price Collier 1905<br/>- The American Thoroughbred by C.E. Trevathan 1905<br/>- Rowing and Track Athletics by S. Crowther 1905.<br/><br/>Biscotti writes "The Angling and hunting titles in this series are very important works that are much undervalued . the deluxe editions are seldom offered in the out-of-print trade".<br/>The most desirable issue of this classic American sporting and a cornerstone of a sporting library. Biscotti American Sporting Book Series pp. 77-85; Rittenhouse 19 Driving; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 195 for Sage on Salmon Macmillan unknown books
1938318520DAF Zentralbüro BWK 1938. Hardcover kartoniert Mit den theoretischen und praktischen Aufgaben aller Wettkampfgruppen 1 bis 22. Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen mit Kennungen einer Klosterbibliothek. Rücken Ecken Kanten gut. Der Rücken ist vorne repariert hinten intakt. Die Bünde sind intakt. Die Registerlaschen sind alle vorhanden eselohrig. DAF Zentralbüro BWK, hardcover
1931224186London: Seeley Service 1931. First Edition Number 129 of 275 copies printed on hand-made 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. Spine a bit dull mount very slightly wrinkled with skilful early repair. Near fine copy. First Edition Number 129 of 275 copies printed on hand-made 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. Deluxe Edition with Hand-Tied Flies. 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. Bruns T9; Litchfield p. 88; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 166 Seeley, Service unknown books
1930259369New York: The Derrydale Press 1930. Deluxe Edition no. 74 of 75 copies with signed etching by Schaldach. 64 plates 5 in color by Lynn Bogue Hunt Edgar Burke William Schaldach A.B. Frost Bert Cobb et al. xxiv iii 249 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original brown morocco gilt with decorative running border on both covers featuring birds and dogs and enclosing title on upper cover panelled spine gilt with game bird vignettes and title t.e.g. by Stikeman N.Y. Some faint traces of rubbing to front joint. Fine. Brown half morocco clamshell box. Deluxe Edition no. 74 of 75 copies with signed etching by Schaldach. 64 plates 5 in color by Lynn Bogue Hunt Edgar Burke William Schaldach A.B. Frost Bert Cobb et al. xxiv iii 249 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Siegel notes "Some of America's most knowledgeable sportsmen were contributing authors to this excellent and timeless work" and Frazier states "Certainly one of the handsomest of the great big beautiful Derrydales that Connett produced . one of the most ambitious projects that he attempted". One of the most highly sought-after of Derrydale titles and magnificent in this deluxe edition. Siegel 45; Frazier C-11-D; Biscotti p. 92 The Derrydale Press unknown
1911316178Columbus Ohio: F.H. Toothaker 1911. First edition. 8 photographic plates. 48 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers cloth backstrip. Wrappers lightly stained and worn small typed title label on spine. Very clean internally. Very good plus. Custom cloth box. First edition. 8 photographic plates. 48 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A rare and engaging account of a hunting trip to northwest Canada in the summer of 1910. Ohioans Arthur Bannon and his companion James Blair went in over the White Pass and Yukon Railway down the Lewis to Selkirk at the beginning of the Yukon proper up the Pelly River to the mouth of the Macmillan and up that river to country about 275 miles east of Selkirk. They hunted mountain sheep black bears grizzlies caribou moose and more assisted by a cook and guide named Grant Jennings a veteran of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Â Bannon relates their hunting experiences and also describes their travels the scenery and the history of the region.<br/>"A superb hunting narrative" - Midland Notes.<br/>"This is a plain straightforward and most interesting account of a hunting trip mainly for mountain sheep in Yukon Territory.Bannon gives a good picture of the country through which he passed and his hunting experiences are quite absorbing" - Streeter. Â The Streeter copy was bound in original cloth; the present copy is in original printed wrappers. <br/>OCLC locates only six copies of Bannon's work at the New York Historical Society Library Yale the Newberry Library the Ohioana Library Association the University of Washington and the University of Toronto. <br/>We are able to locate only one other copy at auction since the Streeter copy. Streeter 4126 $70 which copy was bound in cloth; Howes B106 "a"; OCLC 34500872; Midland Notes 60:21 F.H. Toothaker unknown books
1951154h4449Toronto: The Copp Clark Co. Limited. Fair in Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and generically inscribed by Lloyd Percival 1913-1974 upon front free endpaper. A rare first edition copy of this the first comprehensive compilation of authoritative details of playing and coaching the fastest game on ice. The product of nearly six years of research with thousands of players and coaches of all levels. x 320 pages. Index. Black and white diagrams and photos of NHL stars of the day. Above-average wear and soiling to publisher's pale green cloth. Contents moderately toned with age. Prior owner signatures upon front free endpaper. Professionally paper rebacked utilizing the remaining original portions. Average wear to dust jacket now in glossy new archival-grade protection. A very special signed first edition example of this internationally acclaimed hockey classic. Thom p.29.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Hockey Handbook Hockey Guidebook Hockey Manual; Signed by Authors . The Copp Clark Co. Limited hardcover
1974236054London: The Honey Dun Press 1974. One of 55 Edition de Luxe copies on large paper signed by the fly dressers and the editor. Hand-colored facsimile of the frontispiece used in the first edition with 30 flies hand dressed to Scotcher's patterns by Thomas Tegg Jack Heddon and Terry Griffiths in 4 sunken mounts. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's full crushed red morocco gilt a.e.g. by Aquarius cloth slipcase. Spine ever so slightly faded. Fine. One of 55 Edition de Luxe copies on large paper signed by the fly dressers and the editor. Hand-colored facsimile of the frontispiece used in the first edition with 30 flies hand dressed to Scotcher's patterns by Thomas Tegg Jack Heddon and Terry Griffiths in 4 sunken mounts. 1 vols. 8vo. Superbly produced reprint of one of the earliest English works on fly-fishing and tying "a rare local work which preceded Bainbridge 1816 Carroll 1818 and Ronalds 1836.". Westwood and Satchell p.190 for first edition The Honey Dun Press unknown books
1930239131New York: The Derrydale Press 1930. First edition no. 4 of 75 large paper copies signed by the author on half-title and here inscribed. Illustrated by Paul Brown including 14 color plates. With an original signed drypoint frontispiece by Brown. 60 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original half green morocco gilt by James MacDonald raised bands a.e.g. Hinges are worn and colored else fine. Custom green cloth slipcase. Brown Paul. First edition no. 4 of 75 large paper copies signed by the author on half-title and here inscribed. Illustrated by Paul Brown including 14 color plates. With an original signed drypoint frontispiece by Brown. 60 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. A beautifully book with Paul Brown's distinctive illustrations in the deluxe issue finely bound by Macdonald.<br/>This copy is inscribed by the author on the half-title "To Mrs. E.M. Grinnell Through who's sic interest and courage I came to write this book."<br/>And on the Publisher's Note page below the printed statement. "P.S. I want to express my appreciation to Mrs. E.M. Grinnell for her good offices in arranging with the author to permit me to publish his work and for the splendid way in which she saw the matter to a successful conclusion. Eugene V. Connett." Siegel 38; Frazier S-22-D; Podeschi 387; Biscotti p. 103 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1907313787N.p. Minneapolis 1907. Illustrated with 12 plates from photographs. Unpaginated 46 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Stitched self wrappers title page verso with repair at spine new blank lower wrapper. Morocco backed slipcase and chemise. Illustrated with 12 plates from photographs. Unpaginated 46 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Privately printed account of a Texas hunt in late December 1906 and early January 1907 out of Houston organized by oilman John S. Bonner dedicatee of the book; J.D. Fry B. & O. railroad; J.C. Weaver Dallas engineer & "machinery man"; J.F. McDonough Murray Manufacturing Dallas; R.H. Nevitt trusted lieutenant of McDonough. The guest Platt B. Walker was a Minneapolis lumberman and businessman. The party travelled by rail from Houston to Victoria and thence by wagon and pony towards the coast to the lands of the "Rathbone Sporting Club". This was the fourth annual outing of the club formed by Capt. Harry Rathbone Bonner Weaver Fry and friends including Henry Crawford and Billy Lanier who were already at the tent camp. They hunted deer prairie chicken duck and geese with incidental forays after squirrel and fishing for crab for the pot.<br/>The seventh member of the club Joe Johnson southwestern representative of Westinghouse joined the party for a time. They met with rancher T.P. Traynor and one of the duck shoots occurred at his pond; the goose hunt took place at Green Lake.<br/>Lanier was official toddy maker and all told stories of alligators stampedes and other matters.Weaver was official photographer and one of the plates captures the author Walker among the camp tents with Spanish moss hanging in heavy clusters from the trees. The narrative is clearly written and engaging.<br/>RARE. OCLC: 48707632 Yale. Not in Heller unknown books
1927260691New York: Privately Printed for Donald Perkins M.F.H. 1927. First edition. 27 pp. printed on Suede Laid book paper. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in blue pebbled cloth with original green printed wrappers bound in. Quarter red morocco slipcase with gilt stamped Derrydale logo on spine and on upper cover and chemise. First edition. 27 pp. printed on Suede Laid book paper. 1 vols. 12mo. With a tipped in Typed Letter signed to Churchill Newcomb from Thomas asking him to review his work and a loosely inserted secretarial letter to Churchill on Thomas' letterhead signed by N.S. Bell thanking him for reading it. Frazier T-4-a; Siegel 15 note. Not in Biscotti. Provenance: Frazier Collection Privately Printed for Donald Perkins, M.F.H. unknown books
1929238306New York: Privately Printed Ernest R. Gee 1929. First edition. One of 300 copies designed and printed by Eugene V. Connett at The Derrydale Press signed by William Woodward. With 68 engraved plates and three charts. vii 297 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. Original full red morocco paneled spine with raised bands t.e.g. by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Front joint with slightest traces of rubbing. Fine copy in original folding box with printed label one outer flap perished. First edition. One of 300 copies designed and printed by Eugene V. Connett at The Derrydale Press signed by William Woodward. With 68 engraved plates and three charts. vii 297 pp. 1 vols. Large 4to. "This was Connett's first major work in fine book production. It was contracted through Ernest Gee and Mr. Woodward spared no expense ." Siegel. The idea had come to Mr. Woodward to do a book about the portraits he owned after listening to Mr. Vosburgh regale him with stories about them one Sunday afternoon. <br/><br/>The most beautiful of the Derrydale titles. Siegel 22 cf. also p. 234; Frazier V-4-a; Podeschi 373 Privately Printed, Ernest R. Gee unknown books
181930588London: Printed for H.R. Young 1819. Second Edition. With 40 of 42 hand-colored plates mostly aquatints after Samuel Howitt; lacking the two frontispieces; and lacking the Dedication leaf to George III in volume I. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary black calf covers with gilt rules and floral devices panelled spines gilt inner dentelles a.e.g. occasional foxing to text and some marginal spotting to plates; leaf S2 of volume II repaired with cellotape. Second Edition. With 40 of 42 hand-colored plates mostly aquatints after Samuel Howitt; lacking the two frontispieces; and lacking the Dedication leaf to George III in volume I. 2 vols. 4to. With 40 Handcolored Plates After Howitt. One of the most interesting color-plate books on Eastern sport; it originated with Williamson's oblong folio edition of 1807. Williamson spent 20 years in Bengal and his work covers a large amount of sporting--and other--information. Tooley 510; Schwerdt II p. 299 Printed for H.R. Young unknown books
19535004904NY: Putnam 1953. Bound in gray boards stamped in red in matching dust jacket. This is the scarce first edition of this rare Putnam team history -- signed by 18 "Whiz Kids" three of them in the HOF on the front free endpaper including: Richie Ashburn Jim Constanty Del Ennis Stan Lopata Curt Simmons Robin Roberts Bobby Schantz et al. For the serious Phillies collector. 246 pp. The perfect gift for the Philly fan who has everything. From the library of a sports writer who knew the co-author Stan Baumgartner an Inquirer sports writer and had him take the near fine first edition into the clubhouse. The book is amazing because it shows no sign of being handled by a bunch of "rough and tumble" Philly players. . Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good . Putnam Hardcover
1854314022Buffalo: Published for the Author 1854. First edition. Woodcut frontispiece by Wightman. viii 238 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Very good plus. Bookplate of Samuel Webb. Blue morocco backed slipcase and chemise. First edition. Woodcut frontispiece by Wightman. viii 238 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Webb Copy. "A remarkable and accurate account of hunting elk deer bears wolves trapping and fishing from 1791 to about 1825 in the counties of Lycoming and those adjacent and in Warren County Pa. Much Indian material in the book" Phillips. "Tome's association with Cornplanter was particularly interesting; his volume is an important account of pioneer life in the Old West" Storm p. 622. "Charles Sheldon had a note in his copy reading: 'This is one of the prize books of my library. At present June 10 1914 it is the only known copy'" Streeter.<br/><br/>Handsome copy of this classic with distinguished provenance. Howes T288 "b"; Graff 4162 "Important account of Pioneer life in the Old West"; Streeter Sale 4088 $200; Henderson p.91; Phillips American Sporting Books p.377; Siebert Sale 243 Published for the Author unknown books
1901312713New York: privately printed 1901. First edition perhaps 100 copies printed. 75 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 7-1/2 x 4-5/8 inches. Drab boards new spine preserving original printed spine label. First edition perhaps 100 copies printed. 75 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 7-1/2 x 4-5/8 inches. "Hunting big game in the Similkameen country." Philips. Philips p.113; Heller 1:97. Streeter VII 417;OCLC: 21359443 Yale Central Conn. State; U.B.C. Toronto [privately printed] unknown
1697240722London: Printed by J. Dawks for N. Rolls in Petty-Canons-Hall in St. Paul's Church-yard 1697. Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece and 4 folding plates. 10 138 91 2-78 71 90; 8 tables 101. 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full 18th-century panelled calf with new spine and red leather lettering piece. Very good copy. Bookplates of William Pinkerton ink signature G.M. Rivington Wilson on bottom and of Charles Dunlap. Fourth edition. Engraved frontispiece and 4 folding plates. 10 138 91 2-78 71 90; 8 tables 101. 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "Cox's book is well composed comprehensive and compact. It fills a space in the not overcrowded list of old English hunting and hawking books and certainly compares favourably with John Ray's additions to the 'Ornithology' which deal with fowling and hawking" Schwerdt I p. 123. As for the angling section "Nicholas Cox is of the superstitious astrological necromantical order of angling writers. He makes us acquainted with divers miraculous streams and unaccountable fishes." See long note in Westwood & Satchell pp. 68-69. Wing C-6706; Schwerdt I pp. 122-23; Westwood & Satchell pp. 68-69; Sherwin 1946 lot 146 part; Maclay Sale lot 173 Printed by J. Dawks, for N. Rolls, in Petty-Canons-Hall, in St. Paul's Church-yard unknown books
