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1919260476Chicago: printed by Magill Westheimer Co. Published by Santa Catalina Island Company 1919. First separate edition excerpted from Tales of Fishes 1919. Cover photograph of Avalon Harbor by P.V. Reyes as cover with 15 halftone reproductions of photos 3 by Reyes 12 by Zane Grey map. 32 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Pictorial wrappers. Fine copy with tipped in signature "Zane Grey" in ink on notebook leaf. Custom cloth folding case. First separate edition excerpted from Tales of Fishes 1919. Cover photograph of Avalon Harbor by P.V. Reyes as cover with 15 halftone reproductions of photos 3 by Reyes 12 by Zane Grey map. 32 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Scarce promotional pamphlet on the appeal of Santa Catalina as a deep sea fishing destination excerpted from Grey's Tales of Fishes published in the same year by Harpers.<br /> <br /> With two loosely inserted signed cheques from Zane Grey to photographer P.V. Reyes whose work illustrates this book endorsed by Reyes on verso. Not in Bruns printed by Magill Westheimer Co.] Published by Santa Catalina Island Company unknown
1982257509Twickenham: Honey Dun Press 1982. No. 89 of 120 copies signed by the editor. Tipped-in portrait and 3 plates 40 mounted specimen hackles. 1 vols. 4to. Publisher's morocco-backed marbled boards slipcase. Fine. No. 89 of 120 copies signed by the editor. Tipped-in portrait and 3 plates 40 mounted specimen hackles. 1 vols. 4to. Honey Dun Press unknown books
1982224184Twickenham: Honey Dun Press 1982. No. 45 of 120 limited edition copies signed by the editor. Tipped-in portrait and 3 plates 40 mounted specimen hackles. 1 vols. 4to. Publisher's morocco-backed marbled boards slipcase. Fine. No. 45 of 120 limited edition copies signed by the editor. Tipped-in portrait and 3 plates 40 mounted specimen hackles. 1 vols. 4to. Honey Dun Press unknown books
1846261270Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1846. First edition first issue. Engraved frontispiece pictorial title and 2 full page plates including the oft-missing "Tom Draw" plate. Pp. i-viii 9-179 180 blank. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf spine renewed. Some edgewear scattered foxing. Bookplate of Jeffrey Norton and another. Cloth slipcase. First edition first issue. Engraved frontispiece pictorial title and 2 full page plates including the oft-missing "Tom Draw" plate. Pp. i-viii 9-179 180 blank. 1 vols. 12mo. Unrecorded First Issue. The second of Herbert's classic tales of "Frank Forester" and his friends <br/><br/>With retained carbon typed letter December 4 1952 from Lindley Eberstadt to David Randall at Scribner's concerning the present copy noting the absence of pagination on the dedication p. iii and the absence of advertisements from p. 180 with Eberstadt's notes of his conversation "Mr. Randall states that he has seen no other copy in this state and can only conclude that it is a first issue preceding the regular first edition. Lindley Eberstadt" and "I discussed and showed this to Mr. Whitman Bennett also and he concurred in Mr. Randall's conclusions. L.E.". Van Winkle p. 14; BAL 8091 Carey and Hart unknown books
1846261270Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1846. First edition first issue. Engraved frontispiece pictorial title and 2 full page plates including the oft-missing "Tom Draw" plate. Pp. i-viii 9-179 180 blank. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary calf spine renewed. Some edgewear scattered foxing. Bookplate of Jeffrey Norton and another. Cloth slipcase. First edition first issue. Engraved frontispiece pictorial title and 2 full page plates including the oft-missing "Tom Draw" plate. Pp. i-viii 9-179 180 blank. 1 vols. 12mo. The second of Herbert's classic tales of "Frank Forester" and his friends <br /> <br /> With retained carbon typed letter December 4 1952 from Lindley Eberstadt to David Randall at Scribner's concerning the present copy noting the absence of pagination on the dedication p. iii and the absence of advertisements from p. 180 with Eberstadt's notes of his conversation "Mr. Randall states that he has seen no other copy in this state and can only conclude that it is a first issue preceding the regular first edition. Lindley Eberstadt" and "I discussed and showed this to Mr. Whitman Bennett also and he concurred in Mr. Randall's conclusions. L.E.". Van Winkle p. 14; BAL 8091 Carey and Hart unknown
1664245585Paris: chez Jacques le Gras au Palais à l'entrée de la Gallerie des Prisonniers 1664. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece and 5 engraved folding plates. xii 320; 152 4 pp. 8vo. Bound in contemporary full mottled French calf spine gilt small worming at back inner margin of 3 leaves not affecting text. Bookplate of Bibliothèque Fournier-Sarlovèze. Signed "Reynaud" on ffep. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece and 5 engraved folding plates. xii 320; 152 4 pp. 8vo. Beautiful copy in contemporary binding of the second edition of this popular manual of horsemanship. The second edition is enlarged with a second part on the treatment of horse maladies. Huth p. 22; Wells 1871 chez Jacques le Gras, au Palais, à l'entrée de la Gallerie des Prisonniers unknown books
1927249439New York: Privately Printed by The Derrydale Press for Ernest R. Gee 1927. First edition thus the original was published in 1830; No. 114 of 375 copies. Two reproductions from old prints. xii 47 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full reddish brown morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with foxhunting tools to upper board gilt stamped dog's heads at upper corners and fox masks at lower corners central gilt stamped running fox t.e.g. Some slight rubbing. Near fine. First edition thus the original was published in 1830; No. 114 of 375 copies. Two reproductions from old prints. xii 47 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. UNRECORDED DELUXE BINDING. A reprint of a rare work with a foreword by the sporting bookseller and authority on early American sport Ernest R. Gee. This binding is similar to those executed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for the great Derrydale production of Woodward's Cherished Portraits and may be counted as an unrecorded Deluxe binding. <br/><br/>Gee advertised copies bound in this style as item 46 in his Catalogue number 10 1927/1928 and it is probable that only a very small number of this edition were bound thus. The handful of copies we have seen including Connett's own bore numbers from 113 to 119. Siegel 4; Frazier M-7-a describing copies in pink boards; Biscotti Six Centuries p. 256 Privately Printed [by The Derrydale Press] for Ernest R. Gee unknown books
1927249439New York: Privately Printed by The Derrydale Press for Ernest R. Gee 1927. First edition thus the original was published in 1830; No. 114 of 375 copies. Two reproductions from old prints. xii 47 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full reddish brown morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with foxhunting tools to upper board gilt stamped dog's heads at upper corners and fox masks at lower corners central gilt stamped running fox t.e.g. Some slight rubbing. Near fine. First edition thus the original was published in 1830; No. 114 of 375 copies. Two reproductions from old prints. xii 47 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A reprint of a rare work with a foreword by the sporting bookseller and authority on early American sport Ernest R. Gee. This binding is similar to those executed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for the great Derrydale production of Woodward's Cherished Portraits and may be counted as an unrecorded Deluxe binding. <br /> <br /> Gee advertised copies bound in this style as item 46 in his Catalogue number 10 1927/1928 and it is probable that only a very small number of this edition were bound thus. The handful of copies we have seen including Connett's own bore numbers from 113 to 119. Siegel 4; Frazier M-7-a describing copies in pink boards; Biscotti Six Centuries p. 256 Privately Printed [by The Derrydale Press] for Ernest R. Gee unknown
1790314880London: J. F. and C. Rivington.et al. 1790. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in modern quarter leather retaining both title pages and subscriber lists. Occasional minor spotting; very good. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. The most significant work on suicide of the eighteenth century. <br/><br/>Together with dueling the author devotes a separate treatise to suicide's relationship to gambling. A "most frequent source of suicide" writes the author gambling is "often the last stage and completion of a vicious character." The second chapter of the treatise deals with the universality of gambling with histories of play in China Sumatra North America Africa and ancient civilizations.<br/><br/>The substantial "Treatise on gaming" at the end of vol. II discusses the vices of gambling covering dice cards "the pursuits of the turf" lotteries and stock-jobbing all "notoriously productive of either direct or indirect self-murder." Among those in the lengthy "List of Subscribers" in volume one and an additional one in volume 2 are the Archbishop of Canterbury William Heberden who attended the melancholic Samuel Johnson and was called in to advise in the case of George III's indisposition William Hawes of the Humane Society and Samuel Whitbread reformist MP who ironically committed suicide himself in 1815. ESTC T111258; Fedden Suicide: a social and historical study p. 348; Hunter & MacAlpine pp. 528-31 J. F. and C. Rivington,...[et al.] unknown books
1790314880London: J. F. and C. Rivington.et al. 1790. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in modern quarter leather retaining both title pages and subscriber lists. Occasional minor spotting; very good. First edition. 1 vols. 4to. The most significant work on suicide of the eighteenth century. <br /> <br /> Together with dueling the author devotes a separate treatise to suicide's relationship to gambling. A "most frequent source of suicide" writes the author gambling is "often the last stage and completion of a vicious character." The second chapter of the treatise deals with the universality of gambling with histories of play in China Sumatra North America Africa and ancient civilizations.<br /> <br /> The substantial "Treatise on gaming" at the end of vol. II discusses the vices of gambling covering dice cards "the pursuits of the turf" lotteries and stock-jobbing all "notoriously productive of either direct or indirect self-murder." Among those in the lengthy "List of Subscribers" in volume one and an additional one in volume 2 are the Archbishop of Canterbury William Heberden who attended the melancholic Samuel Johnson and was called in to advise in the case of George III's indisposition William Hawes of the Humane Society and Samuel Whitbread reformist MP who ironically committed suicide himself in 1815. ESTC T111258; Fedden Suicide: a social and historical study p. 348; Hunter & MacAlpine pp. 528-31 J. F. and C. Rivington,...[et al.] unknown
23888217 x 12 inches and smaller most approx. 8 x 10 inches or smaller. Old pin holes some soiling or wear occasional losses generally very good. 17 x 12 inches and smaller most approx. 8 x 10 inches or smaller. Gardner Marsh - 'the great Atlantic caster from Nantucket'. Interesting group of photographs of Nantucket angler Gardner D. Marsh "the first great surf caster. Dressed in killer black hip boots and foul weather jacket Gardiner sic despite the primitive bamboo rod and heavy braided nylon line practically invented modern surf casting could lay his drail in the mouth of a bluefish 100 yards off Smith Point in the face of a 20-knot sou'westerly. He taught us all but peccadilloes did him in and he was deported from the island ended up in Florida much to our loss" C.S. Lovelace Memoirs of a Lost Island 2007 pp. 35-6.<br/><br/>Gardner Duane Marsh was a graduate of St. Albans School and Dartmouth College class of 1941 a veteran of the Army Air Corps and a long-time fixture in Nantucket. His renown extended to other waters for Kip Farrington called him "the great Atlantic caster from Nantucket" Fishing the Pacific Offshore and on 1953 p. 113.<br/><br/>- Portrait of GM and George Heinold inscribed "To Gardner Marsh if there is a better surf caster I haven't met him. Many thanks for teaching me how to handle the long sticks I never used one that long before George Heinold" Heinold 1916-1982 was a columnist for Outdoor Life.<br/><br/>- GM holding "Striped Bass from the Surf Nantucket Island" 42 & 35 lbs. <br/><br/>- GM holding two striped bass 41-1/2 and 35 pounds before a hardware store window with display of tackle.<br/><br/>- GM with S. Kip Farrington on the beach beside a parked station wagon with the notation "World's no. 1 Angler any fish any water" Farrington holding a rod the two men holding a large lure between them.<br/><br/>- GM with Chisie Farrington on the beach beside a parked station wagon both holding rods with the notation "only woman in world who ever caught 2 Broadbill in one day & 1 world record she holds now" with a worn and torn example of the same photograph similar notation.<br/><br/>- GM with three striped bass hanging from the sign of the Eel Point Anglers Club with losses at top and bottom right.<br/><br/>- GM with large striped bass noted 62-3/4 pounds and dated 1950 on the mount.<br/><br/>- GM with trophies for catching most game fish on the Atlantic coast during the 1950 season surfcasting from Nantucket Island 600 fish bass and blues 6131 lbs.<br/><br/>- GM with two striped bass captioned on mount "A fine November day on 'The Point' at Hatteras - before the bridge & the people".<br/><br/>- Group of nine photographs of a trip to Cape Hatteras November 1950 captioned on the glass cracked.<br/><br/>- Home made plaque with relief sculpture of two whales logo of Cabo Blanco Fishing Club Peru and medallion of St. Francis signed Gardner Duane M- on back<br/><br/>- Group photograph of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity Dartmouth GM fifth from right top row captioned on back "I am 21 years old here just prior to going to 2nd World War for 4-1/2 years"<br/><br/>- St. Albans School baseball team GM fifth from left seated note on back of frame "I am 18 years old here unknown books
1682239930London: Printed by T. James for Tho. Helder at the Angel in Little Britain 1682. First edition. Two woodcuts in text at pp. 37 & 38. 10 prelim leaves 1- 78 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 5-3/8 x 3-1/2 inches. Bound in full tan calf gilt spine a.e.g. by Bedford. Back hinge off else fine. Bookplate of Nell Rose Wheeler and Charles Van Cise Wheeler. First edition. Two woodcuts in text at pp. 37 & 38. 10 prelim leaves 1- 78 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo 5-3/8 x 3-1/2 inches. Nobbes was the first to write extensively on the subject of trolling and has come to be called "the father of trolling" although Walton and others had mentioned it before. Westwood & Satchell p. 156; Heckscher 1445; Wing N-193 Printed by T. James for Tho. Helder at the Angel in Little Britain unknown books
1933239231New York: The Derrydale Press 1933. First edition no. 151 of 199 copies. With illustrations by Donald Gardner. 78 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original pink paper over boards printed labels on upper cover and spine a notoriously fragile book split as usual at top and base of spine "to find any one of them in fine condition is not only rare but practically unheard of"--Frazier. Laid into a quarter blue morocco drop box. First edition no. 151 of 199 copies. With illustrations by Donald Gardner. 78 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Harold G. Pickering was a past president of the Anglers' Club of New York and editor of The Anglers' Club Bulletin; this was his second book. Siegel 70; Frazier P-7-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
1938311439N.p.: Printed on board the U.S.S. Houston 1938. Illustrated from photographs by R.B. Thompson. 75 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original printed wrappers printed in gold. Fine copy in custom blue cloth clamshell box. Illustrated from photographs by R.B. Thompson. 75 pp. 1 vols. 4to. FDR's visit to the Galapagos with Sailfishing at Cocos Island. The very scarce printed memorial printed on board the ship of FDR's Third Presidential Cruise on the USS Houston from the July 14 to August 9 1938 on his way to the Galapagos Islands FDR was the first U.S. President to visit them. In the introduction to the booklet one of the editors records that "Shortly after the cruise commenced certain members of the HOUSTON personnel conceived the idea of publishing a book which would relate graphically all of the interesting incidents happening on board our ship. We trust that the following pages will keep alive fond memories of a happy cruise with as grand a shipmate it has ever been our privilege to meet." There are numerous photos of Roosevelt with the crew and the Presidential party shots of the Galapagos and its strange fauna and a good deal of wit and raillery in the text and photos directed toward the "pollywogs" on the part of the "shellbacks" in anticipation of the approaching traditional ceremony of "crossing the line." The ship called at Cocos Island and the log records successful sport fishing for sailfish in those waters. The U.S.S. Houston was sunk during the war. A wonderfully light-hearted and very scarce piece for the FDR collector at a time when the clouds of a world war were gathering on the horizon. OCLC 11563735 3 copies; not in Halter Printed on board the U.S.S. Houston unknown books
1941249785n.p. Washington D.C. 1941. With frontispiece group photo of Harry Hopkins Attorney General Jackson President Roosevelt Major General Watson Secretary Ickes and Rear Admiral McIntire captioned "Port Everglades Florida Sunday 30 March 1941"; 8 20 pp. Text planographed from typewritten copy. 1 vols. 4to 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Original stapled blue wrappers with crossed fishing poles on upper cover. Fine. Preserved in custom cloth clamshell box. With frontispiece group photo of Harry Hopkins Attorney General Jackson President Roosevelt Major General Watson Secretary Ickes and Rear Admiral McIntire captioned "Port Everglades Florida Sunday 30 March 1941"; 8 20 pp. Text planographed from typewritten copy. 1 vols. 4to 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Rare log of the Presidential cruise from Port Everglades to the Bahamas in 1941. "Having had a desire for some time to get away from Washington for a few days of restful diversion including some hoped for fishing in southern waters. the President had instructed Captain Callahan his naval aide to have the POTOMAC available at Port Everglades Florida for a projected cruise to the Bahamas ." Halter p. 192 unknown books
1938249787N.p.: Printed on board the U.S.S. Houston 1938. Illustrated from photographs by R.B. Thompson. 75 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original printed wrappers printed in gold. Fine copy in custom blue cloth clamshell box. Illustrated from photographs by R.B. Thompson. 75 pp. 1 vols. 4to. FDR's visit to the Galapagos with Sailfishing at Cocos Island. The very scarce printed memorial printed on board the ship of FDR's Third Presidential Cruise on the USS Houston from the July 14 to August 9 1938 on his way to the Galapagos Islands FDR was the first U.S. President to visit them. In the introduction to the booklet one of the editors records that "Shortly after the cruise commenced certain members of the Houston personnel conceived the idea of publishing a book which would relate graphically all of the interesting incidents happening on board our ship . We trust that the following pages will keep alive fond memories of a happy cruise with as grand a shipmate it has ever been our privilege to meet." There are numerous photos of Roosevelt with the crew and the Presidential party shots of the Galapagos and its strange fauna and a good deal of wit and raillery in the text and photos directed toward the "pollywogs" on the part of the "shellbacks" in anticipation of the approaching traditional ceremony of "crossing the line." The ship called at Cocos Island and the log records successful sport fishing for sailfish in those waters. The U.S.S. Houston was sunk during the war. A wonderfully light-hearted and very scarce piece for the FDR collector at a time when the clouds of a world war were gathering on the horizon. OCLC 11563735 4 copies; not in Halter Printed on board the U.S.S. Houston unknown books
19401002711940. Signed by both Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Matted laid down. Signed by both Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. SIGNED BY BABE RUTH AND TY COBB. unknown books
1914240357New York: Dutton 1914. First edition no. 85 of 100 deluxe copies signed by the author. 20 color plates by H.H. Leonard. xv 288 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Three quarter dark green morocco over green cloth t.e.g. About fine. Leonard H.H. First edition no. 85 of 100 deluxe copies signed by the author. 20 color plates by H.H. Leonard. xv 288 pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. An early and authoritative work finely illustrated. An essential part of an American angling library here in the deluxe issue. Bruns S229; Hampton p. 87 1915 London ed.; Sherwin sale lot 464 trade ed. only Dutton unknown books
1888314447London: London Stereoscopic & Photo Company Limited 106 and 108 Regent Street 1888. First edition. With 40 photogravure illustrations with printed captions opposite. 84 pp. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Original half brown morocco and decorated white paper covered boards upper cover titled in gilt and gilt stamped animals a.e.g. Some soiling of endsheets title a little spotted else fine. First edition. With 40 photogravure illustrations with printed captions opposite. 84 pp. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Caribou wild sheep and bear hunting trapping ice-fishing and outdoor life in the Rocky Mountains in Kootway British Columbia by J. Turner-Turner author of Three Years Hunting and Trapping 1888 whose wife accompanied him on his travels and who figures in several of the photographs. He later wrote The Giant Fish of Florida 1902.<br/><br/>Uncommon. Phillips p. 381. OCLC: 767797842 9092733 London Stereoscopic & Photo Company, Limited 106 and 108 Regent Street unknown books
1885262437London: John C. Nimmo 14 King William Street Strand W.C. 1885. First Nimmo edition Number 67 of only 120 copies for the English market. Extra-Illustrated with 50 steel plates 6 original etchings 2 portraits 74 engravings on wood 10 handcolored engravings of flies. Printed by the Ballantyne Press. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Contemporary navy blue morocco spines emblematically stamped in gilt raised bands marbled endpapers a.e.g. by Zaehnsdorf. Booklabel of William M. Martin Petersburg Virginia. Handsome copy tiny trace of scuff on spine. First Nimmo edition Number 67 of only 120 copies for the English market. Extra-Illustrated with 50 steel plates 6 original etchings 2 portraits 74 engravings on wood 10 handcolored engravings of flies. Printed by the Ballantyne Press. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. The publisher's note on the verso of the half title begins: "This extra-illustrated edition of 'The Compleat Angler' is specially designed for collectors of this famous work . the illustrations consist of Fifty Steel Plates.Six Original Etchings and Two Portraits as well as Seventy-four Engravings on wood by various eminent artists. " The publisher ends almost casually "To this is added Ten Steel Plates coloured representing 120 Flies natural and artificial.". Coigney 127 ; Horne 123 John C. Nimmo 14, King William Street Strand, W.C. unknown books
1885262437London: John C. Nimmo 14 King William Street Strand W.C. 1885. First Nimmo edition Number 67 of only 120 copies for the English market. Extra-Illustrated with 50 steel plates 6 original etchings 2 portraits 74 engravings on wood 10 handcolored engravings of flies. Printed by the Ballantyne Press. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Contemporary navy blue morocco spines emblematically stamped in gilt raised bands marbled endpapers a.e.g. by Zaehnsdorf. Booklabel of William M. Martin Petersburg Virginia. Handsome copy tiny trace of scuff on spine. First Nimmo edition Number 67 of only 120 copies for the English market. Extra-Illustrated with 50 steel plates 6 original etchings 2 portraits 74 engravings on wood 10 handcolored engravings of flies. Printed by the Ballantyne Press. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. The publisher's note on the verso of the half title begins: "This extra-illustrated edition of 'The Compleat Angler' is specially designed for collectors of this famous work . the illustrations consist of Fifty Steel Plates.Six Original Etchings and Two Portraits as well as Seventy-four Engravings on wood by various eminent artists. " The publisher ends almost casually "To this is added Ten Steel Plates coloured representing 120 Flies natural and artificial.". Coigney 127; Horne 123 John C. Nimmo 14, King William Street Strand, W.C. unknown
184037897London: Privately Printed by C. Whittingham Printer for William Pickering 1840. First Edition. One of only 33 copies. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Decorative borders printed in red historiated initial letters. 24 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary Roxburgh red morocco-backed boards. Owner signature of J.W. Rivington Wilson. Bates bookplate. Some external wear loose in binding internally very good. First Edition. One of only 33 copies. Frontispiece. Illustrated. Decorative borders printed in red historiated initial letters. 24 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. One of 33 copies. Distinguished copy of a scarce book.<br/>James Wilson Rimington-Wilson 1822-1877 of Broomhead Hall Yorkshire was a strong amateur chess player and a noted collector of books on chess and other sports. The library was dispersed in 1928: Jerome Kern owned a manuscript poem on chess by Oliver Goldsmith from the Rimington Wilson library; and a manuscript hand list of his sporting books 1866 is at the University of Virginia.<br/>The Joseph Bates copy from his sale lot 231. With his bookplate. Westwood & Satchell pp.180; Coigney p.402; Keynes 95; Porter 409 Privately Printed by [C. Whittingham, Printer for William Pickering] unknown books
1912244486Ravenhead St. Helens England: Published by the Author 1912. Pen and ink on paper. 15 pp. total. 1 vols. 12mo. Green buckram portfolio. Letters generally fine. Book: original olive cloth a trifle worn spine faded else fine. Pen and ink on paper. 15 pp. total. 1 vols. 12mo. West to Marston on producing and selling The Natural Trout Fly. Fascinating clutch of letters from Leonard West discussing the production and early sales of The Natural Trout Fly and Its Imitation now recognized as one of the classic works of pre-war English angling literature with information on the deluxe edition containing hand-tied flies. The recipient R.B. Marston author of Walton and the Earlier Angler Authors and the 1901 Supplement to the Bibliotheca Piscatoria was the influential editor of the Fishing Gazette for many years.<br/><br/><br/><br/>- The first letter 3 pp. is dated 14 August 1912 and begins "Herewith I have the pleasure in enclosing review copy of my book 'The Natural Trout Fly & Its Imitation' & hope you will find the volume worthy of a favorable review . I think the printers deserve a good word for the way they have turned out the plates ." Docketed with a note in Marston's hand "See my note in FG Aug. 24 1912 RBM."<br/><br/>- The second letter dated 23 August thanks Marston for a "very handsome" Note in the Fishing Gazette see clipping inserted in the book and discusses other early notices: "The 'Scotsman' gives me a good word shot but quite O.K. The Sporting & Dramatic 'have given instructions for it to be well reviewed & request permission to reproduce one of the plates' That for an outsider seems going it pretty strong - does it not . I have unloaded 100 up to now & sent for more." West also details progress on the edition de luxe "My leisure at present is occupied in dressing flies & trying to get others up to concert pitch . I have booked 19 E. de luxe"<br/><br/>- The third letter 2 pp. dated 21 October notes that West is sending Marston "the edition de luxe of my book & hope you will like the get up & also the flies therein. The demand has been much greater than the supply so there will be little difficulty in disposing of a copy if desired at a premium. Other copies should all be sent out in the next fortnight . The ordinary edition is quietly going out all the time & hosts of appreciative letters are received not only from English customers but from France & America also." Docketed see F.G. note Oct. 26/12.<br/><br/>- the fourth letter 4 pp. dated 12 December 1912 discusses sales of the book: "Sales are moving all the time lowest number sent off in any week being 10 & the average being 31.76 per week. I do no know if a "proper" publisher would consider this satisfactory but possibly he might not talk to his customers in the blunt way I do to some of mine!" West also discusses two flies Orange Partridge and Snipe & Purple: "but what is a snipe & purple It is over thirty years since old Joe Moses a well known North country catcher of fish shewed me how to make it . but not dressed as now sold but thusly details & sketch follow keep it thin both in body thorax & legs." West adds a note at the top "P.S. What about the Hon. D. Fearing - his copy - of the Ed. de luxe"<br/><br/>With a copy of the printed book Marston's Occasional Note "Send Your Money!" from the Fishing Gazette for 24 August 1912 clipped and tipped in to front pastedown.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Choice group of letters with substantial content and an important association. Published by the Author unknown books
1883256562London: W. Satchell 1883. First edition Large Paper Issue. xxiv 397 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches; 285 x 220 mm. Original green cloth spine titled in gilt. Bookplate of Walter LeRoy Heiberg and his pencil ownership signature dated 1932. Annotated in pencil chiefly records of bibliographical points or auction prices circa 1900. With a pencil notation opposite title "100 copies on large paper of which 50 were for sale." Spine ends bumped else fine. First edition Large Paper Issue. xxiv 397 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches; 285 x 220 mm. The essential classic angling reference work in its rarest state. Walter L. Heiberg was a career naval officer and served as U.S. Naval attaché in Sweden during World War II. W. Satchell unknown books
1883256562London: W. Satchell 1883. First edition Large Paper Issue. xxiv 397 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches; 285 x 220 mm. Original green cloth spine titled in gilt. Bookplate of Walter LeRoy Heiberg and his pencil ownership signature dated 1932. Annotated in pencil chiefly records of bibliographical points or auction prices circa 1900. With a pencil notation opposite title "100 copies on large paper of which 50 were for sale." Spine ends bumped else fine. First edition Large Paper Issue. xxiv 397 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/2 x 9-1/4 inches; 285 x 220 mm. The essential classic angling reference work in its rarest state. Walter L. Heiberg was a career naval officer and served as U.S. Naval attaché in Sweden during World War II. W. Satchell unknown
