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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 books
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 books
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
19243014191924. Comprising the first half of Chapter 2 Giant Nova Scotia Tuna pp. 12-63 in Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Published: Harpers 1927. 114 manuscript leaves ink and pencil mostly on rectos only on ruled hole punched paper irregularly paginated. First leaf with blindstamp "Zane Grey"; ff. 26 27 34 and 35 are blank no page 33; two added leaves between ff. 45-46 numbered "I" and "II" 61 has "62 1/2" on verso 62 has "62 3/4" on verso 63 has "62 3/4" on verso following 105 is a "105 1/2". 8vo. Half blue morocco slipcase and chemise. Fine. Comprising the first half of Chapter 2 Giant Nova Scotia Tuna pp. 12-63 in Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Published: Harpers 1927. 114 manuscript leaves ink and pencil mostly on rectos only on ruled hole punched paper irregularly paginated. First leaf with blindstamp "Zane Grey"; ff. 26 27 34 and 35 are blank no page 33; two added leaves between ff. 45-46 numbered "I" and "II" 61 has "62 1/2" on verso 62 has "62 3/4" on verso 63 has "62 3/4" on verso following 105 is a "105 1/2". 8vo. After Bluefin Tuna in Nova Scotia. A substantial manuscript by Zane Grey comprising the first half of Chapter 2 "Great Nova Scotia Tuna" pages 12 to 63 of the published edition of Tales of Swordfish and Tuna.<br/>Opening: "It seemed a far cry from Avalon California to Liverpool Nova Scotia. And at the beginning of the best Swordfish time in the Pacific to leave for the doubtful pursuit of giant Tuna off the Atlantic was something extremely hard to do." This is a stirring account and the anglers endure rugged conditions rough seas and lost fish. Zane Grey catches a 684-pound tuna; the last portion of the chapter not present includes his account of catching a record 758-pound bluefin tuna off Nova Scotia.<br/><br/>A classic Zane Grey fishing tale. unknown books
1820263794London: J. H. Burn 1820. Second edition reprinted from the original edition of 1657. PRINTED ON VELLUM. 2 title-pages dated 1657 and 1659 3-page publisher's catalogue at end. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in contemporary straight-grained green morocco tooled in gilt and blind maroon watered silk endpapers a.e.g. Fine. Preserved in morocco-backed solander box. Second edition reprinted from the original edition of 1657. PRINTED ON VELLUM. 2 title-pages dated 1657 and 1659 3-page publisher's catalogue at end. 1 vols. 12mo. Unique on Vellum. The only copy of this edition printed on vellum. "One copy of the reprint by Burn was on vellum and is now in the Denison collection" Westwood & Satchell. It reappeared in the Davis sale at Sotheby's on 26 November1900 lot 16 sold for £15.15.0 and again in the same rooms on 20 March 1967 where it was purchased by Thorp. According to an inserted note from John Simpson it was probably originally the Corser copy sold at Sotheby's in July 1868. For an extensive commentary on this work see Westwood & Satchell pp. 21-23 J. H. Burn unknown books
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
190117308n.p. 1901. Watercolor and ink over pencil signed "Cecil Aldin 1901" lower left. 1 vols. 13-1/2 x 20-1/2 in. Framed. Watercolor and ink over pencil signed "Cecil Aldin 1901" lower left. 1 vols. 13-1/2 x 20-1/2 in. Fine Coaching Inn Scene by Cecil Aldin. Cecil Aldin 1870-1935 remains one of the most talented and popular depictors of English life; his prints and paintings of sporting scenes dogs and old buildings and his regular appearance in books and magazines brought him worldwide fame and his work is widely sought after. He had an especial interest in English coaching inns the subject of several of his books and this scene is one of his finest renditions of this subject. Exhibited: The Kensington Fine Art Society South Kensington stamp verso unknown books
1928214599New York: The Derrydale Press 1928. Watercolor signed "Joel D. Barber / New York 1928" lower right. 1 vols. 11-1/2 x 18-3/4 in. framed to 16 x 22-1/2 in. overall. Fine condition. Watercolor signed "Joel D. Barber / New York 1928" lower right. 1 vols. 11-1/2 x 18-3/4 in. framed to 16 x 22-1/2 in. overall. Fine 1928 Original Duck Decoy Watercolor by Joel Barber. A fine large rendering very much reduced in the Derrydale Press and Windward House editions of Barber's classic book. It shows "a Stevens Widgeon . In this decoy the painting is original and still shows the work of a 'graining comb' on the back." The watercolor execution is meticulous.<br/><br/>Inscribed verso: "Amer. Widgeon Baldpate / No detailed history - just used in Currituck Sound North Carolina / the Currituck Club. / Reproduced through the Courtesy of H.F. Stone Esq. of New York 1928. / Note-- Undoubtedly a machine made decoy of the Eighties - a product of some early northern factory possibly a Stevens - Weedsport / Joel."<br/><br/>A UNIQUE AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE DERRYDALE DUCK RENDERING. Siegel 85. Provenance: From the private collection of Eugene V. Connett III. Literature: Barber's Wild Fowl Decoys plate 60 [The Derrydale Press] unknown books
1897229569London: Vinton & Co 1897. Edition De Luxe no. 60 of 100 copies numbered and signed by the author on the title page of each volume. With 18 wood engraved and 10 hand-colored etched plates plus numerous illustrations in text; Vol. II contains 100 flies in 12 recessed card mounts. 2 vols. 4to. Full green crushed morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut. Covers time-darkened and as usual spines uniformly faded to brown; second volume rebacked else a fine set with the flies in perfect condition. With an inserted fly at no. 54 with the manuscript notation "one of the flies tied by Halford in 1903. Edition De Luxe no. 60 of 100 copies numbered and signed by the author on the title page of each volume. With 18 wood engraved and 10 hand-colored etched plates plus numerous illustrations in text; Vol. II contains 100 flies in 12 recessed card mounts. 2 vols. 4to. One of 100 Signed Copies With an Added Fly Tied by Halford. Frederic M. Halford 1844-1914 author and angler of the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras whose writings and systematic approach to the dry fly profoundly influenced fly-fishing around the world. His books beginning with Floating Flies 1886 and Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice 1889 and culminating with Dry-Fly Entomology 1897 made a legendary figure of the somewhat reserved Halford and shaped the sport for decades. As Tony Hayter's recent biography demonstrates Halford's life and writings remain of perennial interest. Westwood & Satchell Supplement p. 246; Gee p. 92; cf. Hayter F. M. Halford and the Dry-Fly Revolution 2002 Vinton & Co unknown books
1889312698Battle England: Printed by Ticehurst and Co 1889. First edition. 30 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed wrappers. In quarter black morocco slipcase. First edition. 30 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Thomas Alnutt Brassey 2nd Earl 1863-1919 was educated at Eton and Balliol College Oxford. Brassey was an honorary Lieutenant in the London Brigade of Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers from 1888 to 1892. He acted as Assistant Private Secretary to Earl Spencer during the time the latter was First Lord of the Admiralty 1892-95 and in 1894 was Assistant Secretary of the Royal Commission on Opium that his father chaired. He was a benefactor of the Bodleian Library.<br/><br/>"This is the day-by-day journal of a wealthy Englishman's hunting trip for elk in southern Wyoming in August and September of 1888. He seems to have been the kind of man who knew or had letters to the 'best people' and was important enough to be given a special train from Marquette to St. Paul. " - TWS<br/><br/>The party camped near Battle Creek in south central Wyoming southwest of Saratoga. Streeter VII 4108; not in Sabin Phillips or Heller. OCLC: 34069497 Newberry; Field Museum. Provenance: Charles B. Wood III his sale 1986; F.P. Williamson Printed by Ticehurst and Co unknown books
1919312714Chicago: Privately Printed by Ralph Fletcher Seymour 1919. One of 50 copies printed. With 7 etched plates by Sturges each with lettered tissue guards numerous text illustrations. Frontispiece etching signed lower right in pencil. Unpaginated 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gray boards upper board titled in gilt and stamped in blind with fisherman on lower right of upper board. Tiny chip at head of spine else fine With a signed calling card of Mr. & Mrs Lee Sturges Elmhurst Illinois addressed "Mr. Solomon Sturges Merry Christmas from. Sturges Lee. One of 50 copies printed. With 7 etched plates by Sturges each with lettered tissue guards numerous text illustrations. Frontispiece etching signed lower right in pencil. Unpaginated 40 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Legendary Rarity With Signed Card To Solomon Sturges. A beautifullly produced volume the account of a weeklong canoe trip fishing for salmon with guide Harry Allen privately printed for Lee Sturges 1865-1954 a well known Chicago artist and industrialist. The book was designed and printed by Ralph Fletcher Seymour notable in the Chicago Arts and Crafts movement.<br/><br/>Bruns recounts a story told by the author's son that his father's house burned down and with it most of the edition. Bruns suggests that "four or five copies" survived; the actual number to have survived is perhaps a dozen copies. This copy with a small exterior paper repair at the head of the spine and a superficial stain at the center of the spine internally a very fresh copy. Unquestionably rare. Wetzel p. 220; Bruns S328; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 122; OCLC: 12357211 Newberry UNHvlt/W/2/4 Privately Printed [by Ralph Fletcher Seymour] unknown books
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
1931313016Brockton Mass: Harold C. Keith 1931. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. Text in two columns. 28 pp. 1 vols. 10-1/4 x 7 inches. Wood grain wrappers with pictorial onlay text gathered with cord. Cover onlay creased with a few old tape ghosts ink notation to front blank Goodspeed sales receipt 1957 bookplate of Stephen Ellsworth Clow and Ruth Hazen Clow. Green half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. Text in two columns. 28 pp. 1 vols. 10-1/4 x 7 inches. ONLY COPY. Well written and nicely illustrated privately printed account of an Alaska hunting expedition. The party of four organized by H. Wendell Endicott comprised Endicott George Perry Latham Reed and Harold C. Keith whose diary for 14 August to 7 October 1930 is printed here. Latham Reed Sr. and Gen. R. E. Wood joined the party for the first stage of the journey to Big Delta. <br/>The hunting began on 24 August when a herd of caribou passed across the road in front of their car. Mr. Collins assistant district attorney at Fairbanks" stepped out and showed us how to shoot by dropping a big caribou on the first shot."<br/><br/>Twenty-one miles up the road from Big Delta the party left Mr. Collins' car and joined their crew of 8 and 24 horses and began their trip. They hunted bear and moose and caribou and sheep near the Gerstle River and Elting Creek and Jarvis encountered heavy snow saw the northern lights and completed a large loop back to Twenty-Six Mile Cabin during their stay.<br/><br/>Endicott 1880-1954 was author of Adventures with Rod and Harpoon in the Florida Keys. Harold C. Keith Amherst class of 1908 and Endicott were both shoe manufacturers in Massachusetts. Keith was president of the George E. Keith Co. in Brockton<br/><br/>The only other copy of this book recorded is a photocopy in the Candace Waugaman Collection at the Rasmuson Library University of Alaska Fairbanks<br/><br/>RARE. Not in OCLC not in Heller Biscotti Harold C. Keith unknown books
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. One of 25 Copies Inscribed to His Wife. 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 books
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 books
1939261129New York: The Derrydale Press 1939. Each print of a small limitation as noted. 3 etchings 3 aquatint engravings colored by hand each signed or inscribed by the artist. 1 vols. Folio. Recent half red morocco album printed title leaf each print window matted in heavy card mounts by Aquarius. Fine. Each print of a small limitation as noted. 3 etchings 3 aquatint engravings colored by hand each signed or inscribed by the artist. 1 vols. Folio. A beautiful presentation of Roland Clark prints from the personal collection of Eugene V. Connett III publisher of the Derrydale Press. Comprising:<br/><br/>1 "Home Waters" Drypoint etching first proof impression of a scene of nine ducks in flight used as the frontispiece to the large-format Derrydale retrospective of Roland Clark's Etchings with the title "The Morning Flight". The published etching includes Clark's monogram in lower left added subsequent to this proof. Ordeman does not note a proof impression in his discussion of the published book. This print is signed and inscribed by the artist "First Proof - to Gene Connett June 10 1938"; in the foreword to the book Connett writes "My friend Roland Clark has asked me to write a short foreword to this book of his etchings and as I obviously admire his work it is a great pleasure for me to accede to his request. . That his art has received widespread recognition in this country is common knowledge; but it is not so well known that a large number of his etchings have been sold abroad where the quality of his work is highly appreciated." The foreword is dated June 14 1938. A unique state of this print with a fine and meaningful association.<br/><br/>2 "Bluebird Weather" Drypoint etching first proof impression 1938.<br/><br/>3 "The Alarm" hand colored aquatint 1937. Edition of 250. Copy no. 1.<br/><br/>4 "The Scout" hand colored aquatint 1938. Edition of 250. Copy no. 1.<br/><br/>5 "Winter Marsh. Canvasback" hand colored aquatint 1937. Edition of 250. Copy no. 1.<br/><br/>6 "A Memory". Drypoint etching of twelve ducks in flight above a marsh 1928. Edition of 75. Inscribed to Mrs. Connett. Roland Clark's Etchings 1938 no. 29. Ordeman To Keep a Tryst with the Dawn pp. 107-8; Siegel 139; Frazier C-7 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1937261112New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. First edition no. 23 of 50 numbered Deluxe copies signed by Clark on the half-title and frontispiece. Hand-colored etched frontispiece 14 plates in black and white and 5 plates in color by Roland Clark. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original three quarter brown crushed morocco gilt panelled spine with black leather lettering pieces marbled sides and endpapers t.e.g. others untrimmed by James Macdonald. Repairs to head of spine and upper corners small trace of insect damage to upper corners of text block. In half brown morocco slipcase and chemise. Clark Roland. First edition no. 23 of 50 numbered Deluxe copies signed by Clark on the half-title and frontispiece. Hand-colored etched frontispiece 14 plates in black and white and 5 plates in color by Roland Clark. 1 vols. Small 4to. Siegel 118; Frazier C-6-D; Biscotti p. 85 The Derrydale Press unknown books
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. The Florida Frontier 1887. 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 books
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 books
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
191051624New York: E.F. Dutton 1910. Edition De Luxe no. 4 of 50 copies for the USA plus another 75 for the UK signed by the author. Illustrated with 27 color halftone plates 18 photogravures on mounted India proof paper and numerous text illustrations; Vol. II contains 33 flies in 9 recessed card mounts. 2 vols. 4to. Original red 3/4 calf matching cloth sides t.e.g. others uncut. A little rubbed spines sunned else fine. Edition De Luxe no. 4 of 50 copies for the USA plus another 75 for the UK signed by the author. Illustrated with 27 color halftone plates 18 photogravures on mounted India proof paper and numerous text illustrations; Vol. II contains 33 flies in 9 recessed card mounts. 2 vols. 4to. A lavish example of book production superbly illustrated and with the complete set of 33 actual flies mounted in Vol. II. Hampton 45; Kerridge 80; Gee 93; Litchfield 73 E.F. Dutton unknown books
