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1938259603London: Constable 1938. First edition. 56 pp. interleaved. 1 vols. 12mo. Original orange cloth. Fine copy with the bookplate of Eugene V. Connett 3rd. First edition. 56 pp. interleaved. 1 vols. 12mo. One of a series "Aspects of Book-Collecting" this work contains chapters on early references to golf bilbiographies none of any consequence had yet appeared poetry and various categories of golfing books: Rules Instruction Histories Annuals Fiction etc. plus a section on Americana. The book was also issued in paper covers.<br/><br/>Here with choice provenance from the library of the founder of the Derrydale Press Eugene V. Connett 3rd. Donovan and Murdoch 21420 Constable unknown books
261152N.p. n.d. The horse of compact configuration with heavy shoulders possibly a hunter stands facing to the right with all four legs showing wearing single rein and a simple bridle. 1 vols. Plate 4 x 6 inches framed to 7 x 9 inches overall. Fine condition. Custom black morocco backed slipcase and matching cloth chemise. The horse of compact configuration with heavy shoulders possibly a hunter stands facing to the right with all four legs showing wearing single rein and a simple bridle. 1 vols. Plate 4 x 6 inches framed to 7 x 9 inches overall. Eugene Connett founder and proprietor of The Derrydale Press had two major personal sporting interests: angling and wildfowling both of which are depicted in the scant handful of original watercolors he made for his own amusement. These while most appealing are obviously products of an amateur hand. This etching by all indications the only one he ever did differs both in subject matter and degree of skill: despite a certain stiffness in delineating the contours of the animal's body it is a near professional piece of work and it seems almost incredible that knowing what we do about Connett's artistic penchant he rose to such heights. Something about the etching suggests that it may be the portrait of a specific horse--in which case the accomplishment is even greater. Connett as publisher writer and sportsman comes with this unique example into the realm of sporting artist--an unexpected distinction up to now. unknown books
1947249367New York: William Morrow & Company 1947. First Edition copy number 3 of 147 Deluxe copies. With color plates by Dr. Edgar Burke and Lynn Bogue Hunt. xii 308 p. 1 vols. 4to. Full red publisher's morocco emblematic gilt tooling t.e.g. marbled endpapers. Spine slightly darkened owner name on colophon page in original red paper over boards slipcase somewhat rubbed. Hunt Lynn Bogue. First Edition copy number 3 of 147 Deluxe copies. With color plates by Dr. Edgar Burke and Lynn Bogue Hunt. xii 308 p. 1 vols. 4to. WITH WATERCOLOR BY EDGAR BURKE. With portfolio laid in and with a fine signed watercolor of flying duck by Edgar Burke on the front flyleaf. Biscotti p. 92; Heller 2:626 William Morrow & Company unknown books
1947239995New York: William Morrow 1947. First edition deluxe issue no. 60 of 149 copies signed by the editor with the extra suite of prints. With color plates by Dr. Edgar Burke and Lynn Bogue Hunt. 1 vols. 4to. Full red morocco emblematic gilt tooling t.e.g. Faintest trace of rubbing along front joint. Fine copy in publisher's slipcase. Rare. Hunt Lynn Bogue. First edition deluxe issue no. 60 of 149 copies signed by the editor with the extra suite of prints. With color plates by Dr. Edgar Burke and Lynn Bogue Hunt. 1 vols. 4to. Biscotti p. 92; Heller 2:626 William Morrow unknown books
1947249367New York: William Morrow & Company 1947. First Edition copy number 3 of 147 Deluxe copies. With color plates by Dr. Edgar Burke and Lynn Bogue Hunt. xii 308 p. 1 vols. 4to. Full red publisher's morocco emblematic gilt tooling t.e.g. marbled endpapers. Spine slightly darkened owner name on colophon page in original red paper over boards slipcase somewhat rubbed. Hunt Lynn Bogue. First Edition copy number 3 of 147 Deluxe copies. With color plates by Dr. Edgar Burke and Lynn Bogue Hunt. xii 308 p. 1 vols. 4to. With portfolio laid in and with a fine signed watercolor of flying duck by Edgar Burke on the front flyleaf. Biscotti p. 92; Heller 2:626 William Morrow & Company unknown
1947239995New York: William Morrow 1947. First edition deluxe issue no. 60 of 149 copies signed by the editor with the extra suite of prints. With color plates by Dr. Edgar Burke and Lynn Bogue Hunt. 1 vols. 4to. Full red morocco emblematic gilt tooling t.e.g. Faintest trace of rubbing along front joint. Fine copy in publisher's slipcase. Rare. Hunt Lynn Bogue. First edition deluxe issue no. 60 of 149 copies signed by the editor with the extra suite of prints. With color plates by Dr. Edgar Burke and Lynn Bogue Hunt. 1 vols. 4to. Biscotti p. 92; Heller 2:626 William Morrow unknown
1881223900Colophon: "Newe Castle upon Tine: by Andro Reid for ye author 1881. Second Edition one of 100 copies printed. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts etchings hand-colored ornaments etc. by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Publisher's black blind-stamped calf spine titles in gilt boards with gilt rule border t.e.g. by A. Reid Newcastle. Joints tender front joint starting corners with slight traces of wear original recipient's name skillfully effaced. In calf-backed clamshell box. Second Edition one of 100 copies printed. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts etchings hand-colored ornaments etc. by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Presentation Copy. The much enlarged edition of one of the most curious and beautiful books in all of angling literature printed for "those who have in vain searched for the Edition of 1859" of which only 40 copies were printed. "With one or two exceptions the volume contains all the old plates and nearly as many new ones all displaying the humorous feeling and the artistic skill which give Mr. Crawhall's works 'a place apart' among angling books." Westwood & Satchell. <br/>INSCRIBED with a flourish on the title-page "from his friend the Author". Rare and beautiful. Westwood & Satchell p. 70 by Andro Reid for ye author unknown books
1953239530New York 1953. Fine large original pen-and-ink cartoon drawing by Mullins. 1 vols. 17-1/ x 15 inches aprox. Rolled and laid into a tube addressed to Mr. Frank Graham Jr Publicity Director of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Fine large original pen-and-ink cartoon drawing by Mullins. 1 vols. 17-1/ x 15 inches aprox. SIGNED By MULLIN. <br/><br/> Willard Mullin September 14 1902 - December 20 1978 was an American sports cartoonist. He is most famous for his creation of these "Brooklyn Bum" the personification of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. He received the Reuben Award for 1954 for his work as well as the National Cartoonist Society Sports Cartoon Award for each year from 1957 through 1962 and again in 1964 and 1965. unknown books
1846311478Charleston South Carolina: Burges & James 1846. First edition. 172 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Later mottled calf. Bookplate of Edward Sands Litchfield. Fine. First edition. 172 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Litchfield Copy. William Elliott 1788-3 Feb. 1863 was a third-generation South Carolina planter writer and sportsman. He served in the state senate for nearly two decades and was respected as one of the most gifted planters of the old South producing large crops of rice and sea island cotton. He wrote frequently on agricultural and outdoor topics in newspapers and in the American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine. The sporting sketches were collected and published as Carolina Sports by Land and Water Including Incidents of Devil Fishing Etc. 1846. "The charm of these tales lies in the animation and gusto with which Elliott communicates his experiences. . Theodore Roosevelt who became fascinated with harpooning the devilfish in later years paid tribute to Elliott's book: 'Killing devil-fish with the harpoon and lance had always appealed to me as a fascinating sport since as a boy I had read Elliott's account of it in his Field Sports of South Carolina'"ANB.<br/><br/>A landmark of American sporting literature and an uncommon antebellum Charleston imprint here in a fine binding. Sabin 22286; Phillips p. 111; Howes E112; Gee Sportsman's Library p. 136; Henderson p. 108; Five Centuries of Sport Maclay Sale lot 208; Podeschi 176; Litchfield p. 41; Bruns E20; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 129; Heller 1:480 Burges & James unknown books
1795259602Verona 1795. Printed broadside with hand-colored border and ornaments. 85.5 x 47.5 mm. Creased from prior folding small tape-repair to verso. Printed broadside with hand-colored border and ornaments. 85.5 x 47.5 mm. Exceedingly rare advertisement broadside for a fencing performance organized and directed by Benedetto Lauberg fencing teacher. The broadside lists the attendants and notes that there will be a dance interlude. unknown books
1934300422Japan 1934. Pen and ink on long folded sheet of paper. 36 x 7 in. Fine. Pen and ink on long folded sheet of paper. 36 x 7 in. Presented to Lou Gehrig from the Children of Japan. Gehrig barnstormed around Japan in 1934 joined by Babe Ruth his manager Connie Mack and a dozen other players. Gehrig brought his wife Eleanor intending the trip to be the first leg of their delayed honeymoon. Gehrig and Ruth were no longer on speaking terms and an encounter between Eleanor and Ruth involving prodigious amounts of champagne and caviar in the slugger's cabin further cemented the estrangement. <br/>The present letter written in Japanese and presented to Gehrig from "the children of Japan" is a touching note offering good wishes to Gehrig's mother with whom he was very close.<br/>Translation of the presentation letter:<br/>Dear Mr. Gehrig: <br/>"I am very happy to learn that you are a good filial son to your Mom. I hear that fact from someone and read about it in a magazine. I like and respect my own Mother very much. So I would like to give something from Japan to your Mom. I was thinking and thinking but I could not know what was a good and appropriate gift.After much consideration and thought I decided it might be good to send your Mom the Nippon Shichi Fukujin or Japan's Seven Lucky Gods. It is close to Christmas - your country. So these Seven Lucky Gods will bring many happinesses to your Mom. This is really a 'tsumaranai mono' not-so-fine a thing a trifling thing of no major importance whatsoever. I wish some Japanese person in the US to explain to you about the Seven Lucky Gods. I hope you and your Mom will have a good fortune. I ask the Seven Lucky Gods to bring this gift to you. I am afraid the gift for your Mom is not so fine. Japanese children said to you Mr. Gehrig 'yoroshiku' to say 'hello' to you and your Mom. For a long time you have been active and working hard. Please come to Japan again. With your Mom! To have sightseeing. The children of Japan. November."<br/>With: 3 books on Japanese culture and tourism from Gehrig's library.<br/>From the collection of Ruth Martin Quick a former girlfriend of Gehrig who later became a very close friend of Gehrig's mother Christina. The collection included Gehrig's jersey worn on the 1934 Japan trip which sold for over $500000 at auction in 2011 a signed baseball and other memorabilia. Provenance: Jeffrey Quick of Whippany N.J. son of Ruth Martin Quick a friend of Lou Gehrig unknown books
1869233969New York: H.D. McIntyre & Co. 201 William Street 1869. First edition. 141 2 ads pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Brick cloth gilt stamped on upper cover only. Slightly rubbed. Near fine. First edition. 141 2 ads pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Fishing in Minnesota 1869. A series of letters on the glories of Minnesota fishing from this former Civil War officer to Gen. Francis E. Spinner 1802-1890 who served as Treasurer of the United States under Presidents Lincoln Johnson and Grant. First printed in Porter's Spirit of the Times to meet a growing post-war market of tourists and travelers eager to find the best fishing spots Gibbs' little book spread the word about the joys of fishing Minnesota's lakes and rivers. It has never been re-printed and is now rare on the market.<br/><br/>"And many learned about Minnesota fishing in the late 1860s when ex-Civil War Officer Oliver Gibbs wrote a series of letters to General Spinner then United States treasurer that were printed in The Spirit of the Times and later collected into a volume called Lake Pepin Fish-Chowder . Railing against the 'pot fishers' who netted fish by the wagonload Gibbs promoted fishing with rod and reel" Sheehy. <br/><br/>Great content and fine story-telling a neglected work from a formative time in American sport. Bruns G45 "Rare"; Phillips 135; Litchfield 46; Cf. Colleen J. Sheehy "American Angling: The Rise of Urbanism and the Romance of the Rod and Reel" in Hard at Play. Leisure in America 1840-1940 ed. K. Grover 1992 H.D. McIntyre & Co., 201 William Street unknown books
348221 vols. 13 x 9 inches. Fine. 1 vols. 13 x 9 inches. unknown books
1932251064New York: The Derrydale Press 1932. First Edition one of 950 copies. With 6 drawings by J. Alden Twachtman. WITH FINE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF A RACE OVER TIMBER SIGNED BY F.R. CROSS. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red boards gilt spine. THE ONLY COPY WE HAVE EVER SEEN WITH ALL EDGES GILT. This must be a unique copy but done by the original edition binders because the pastedown and endpapers are the same as the regular edition. Bookplate. Laid into quarter crimson morocco slipcase and chemise. CROSS F.R. First Edition one of 950 copies. With 6 drawings by J. Alden Twachtman. WITH FINE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF A RACE OVER TIMBER SIGNED BY F.R. CROSS. 1 vols. 8vo. WITH SIGNED FORE-EDGE PAINTING UNDER GILT EDGES. One of the most successful Derrydale titles and though a collection of stories a leading candidate for The Great American Sporting Novel. We know of no other Derrydale book with fore-edge painting; it was possibly done at the behest of Eugene V. Connett III the proprietor of the Press perhaps as a gift. The painting appears to illustrate the climatic racing scene from the story "Enid Ashley's Knight Errant" which appears in the book. <br/>UNIQUE. Siegel 65; Frazier G-6-a; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 161 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1941261132New York: The Derrydale Press 1941. Edition of 250. 2 Hand colored aquatint engravings each signed in pencil by the artist lower right. 2 vols. 18-3/4 x 14-1/4 plate mark on a larger sheet. Fine. Spot of foxing near imprint of Off Soundings. Edition of 250. 2 Hand colored aquatint engravings each signed in pencil by the artist lower right. 2 vols. 18-3/4 x 14-1/4 plate mark on a larger sheet. Derrydale Yachting Prints. Gordon Grant's fine yachting prints depict a sloop under sail "The Weather Mark" and a ketch under full sail "Off Soundings". Grant 1875-1962 "was considered America's foremost marine artist when Eugene Connett commissioned him in 1941 to paint two pictures of sailboat races" Ordeman. Sportsman and proprietor of the Derrydale Press Connett was himself a keen yachtsman and a member of the Bellport L.I. Yacht Club.<br/><br/>With the colorist's model for Off Soundings and an uncolored state of the print. Ordeman The Derrydale Prints 2005 pp. 53 105 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1937246478New York: Harper & Brothers 1937. First edition. Illustrated with 35 photographic illustrations including frontispiece. 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Minor shelf wear some toning to endsheets very good plus in dust jacket minor chipping at edges. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. First edition. Illustrated with 35 photographic illustrations including frontispiece. 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns B173 not seen "scarce" Harper & Brothers unknown books
1926239971New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1926. First edition so stated on copyright page with publisher's code "G-A". With over100 photographs by the author and illustrations by Frank E. Phares. viii ii 228 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original dark blue cloth gilt title on spine and upper cover. Fine copy in clipped pictorial dust-jacket which is fine with only the slightest sunning to the spine. First edition so stated on copyright page with publisher's code "G-A". With over100 photographs by the author and illustrations by Frank E. Phares. viii ii 228 pp. 1 vols. 4to. A scarce and desirable Zane Gray work and very much so in a really top dust-jacket. Bruns G181 Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
1937246478New York: Harper & Brothers 1937. First edition. Illustrated with 35 photographic illustrations including frontispiece. 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Minor shelf wear some toning to endsheets very good plus in dust jacket minor chipping at edges. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf. First edition. Illustrated with 35 photographic illustrations including frontispiece. 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Zane Grey's last fishing book written after an eight-month stay fishing off the coast of Australia in 1936 aboard the Tin Hare soon nicknamed the Tin Horn. Grey was based out of Bemagui near Montague Island and near Bateman's Bay through May and then moved to Hayman Island off the Great Barrier Reef.<br /> Uncommon signed. Bruns B173 not seen "scarce" Harper & Brothers unknown
1908303460Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin printed at The Riverside Press 1908. First edition no. 276 of 440 copies. Printed in red and black. 152 2 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Original cloth-backed decorated paper over boards. Fresh clean copy just about fine. Bookplate small neat inkstamp Bruce Rogers Coll. at foot of flyleaf. First edition no. 276 of 440 copies. Printed in red and black. 152 2 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. A Rare Bruce Rogers--On Ye Game of Golfe! Donovan and Murdoch 20420; The Work of Bruce Rogers 176 Houghton Mifflin, printed at The Riverside Press unknown books
1908303460Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin printed at The Riverside Press 1908. First edition no. 276 of 440 copies. Printed in red and black. 152 2 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Original cloth-backed decorated paper over boards. Fresh clean copy just about fine. Bookplate small neat inkstamp Bruce Rogers Coll. at foot of flyleaf. First edition no. 276 of 440 copies. Printed in red and black. 152 2 pp. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Donovan and Murdoch 20420; The Work of Bruce Rogers 176 Houghton Mifflin, printed at The Riverside Press unknown
1879265830London: William Mackenzie 69 Ludgate Hill 1879. First Edition. With 41 color-printed wood-engraved plates by A.F. Lydon numerous wood engravings in text. Pp. i-xxvi 1-92; 2 93-204. 2 vols. Folio. Original brick textured cloth over bevelled boards stamped in black and gilt and in blind piscatorial vignettes and motifs on boards a.e.g. Corners slightly bumped some foxing. First Edition. With 41 color-printed wood-engraved plates by A.F. Lydon numerous wood engravings in text. Pp. i-xxvi 1-92; 2 93-204. 2 vols. Folio. Litchfield 52; Nissen ZBI 2009; Westwood & Satchell supplement 247; Thacher p. 269 William Mackenzie, 69, Ludgate Hill unknown books
1926238029New York: Privately printed for The Anglers' Club of New York 1926. First edition no. 24 of 150 copies on Fabriano hand made paper signed by the author. Illustrated. xvi 139 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original greenish-gray boards cream cloth spine printed paper labels uncut. Fine label slightly chipped. First edition no. 24 of 150 copies on Fabriano hand made paper signed by the author. Illustrated. xvi 139 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Although it pre-dates the use of the Derrydale imprint this book is considered the first book of the Press. This issue of 150 copies on Fabriano paper and signed by the author is quite uncommon.<br /> <br /> With 2 TLSs to Prescott D. Perkins about the book The Tuscarora Club and Mill Brook. Adding "I hope that the cost of the book has diminished in price from the inordinate amount of days of yore." Apparently not! Siegel 1; Frazier I-1-a Privately printed for The Anglers' Club of New York unknown
1915313793V.p. 1915. 10 duplicated typewritten requests for information accomplished in ink usually signed; 5 autograph letters signed; 3 typed letters signed; and 4 retained carbons of letters from Kunz: totaling 26 pp. 1 vols. 4to and smaller. Old folds minor wear condition generally fine. Blue morocco backed folding box. 10 duplicated typewritten requests for information accomplished in ink usually signed; 5 autograph letters signed; 3 typed letters signed; and 4 retained carbons of letters from Kunz: totaling 26 pp. 1 vols. 4to and smaller. A superb collection of primary documents used by George Frederick Kunz in preparation of chapter XI of his monumental work Ivory and the Elephant in Art in Archaeology and in Science 1916. This archive comprises 15 individual responses to a request for information about hunting elephant in Africa distributed by Kunz with related correspondence and covers hunts from 1899 through 1913. Highlights of the data are summarized at pp. 415-418 in the published book. <br/> - James Barnes author of Through Central Africa from Coast to Coast 1915 a dense two-page typed letter signed describing several hunts in Uganda and British E. Africa in 1913-14. <br/>- William Fitz Hugh Whitehouse recordign 12 kills on expeditions to Lake Rudolph in 1899-1900 and 1902-3 with a four-page A.L.S. dated 17 September 1915 from Southampton Long Island concerning hunting for the Emperor Menelik Arthur H. Neumann "My diaries & game books are in my home in N.Y. & I should be more than pleased to give you any information possible ." Whitehouse was author of "To Lake Rudolph and Beyond" published in Grinnell's Hunting and Conservation 1925. <br/>- Gerrit Forbes 48 elephants 1907-1913 in British E. Africa Uganda Congo & Sudan with long addendum on regional variations in ivory on verso of circular.<br/>- W. Sewall records hunts in N.W. Rhodesia German E. Africa Uganda Somaliland Abyssinia etc. from 1905 onwards "The Elephant's head in the Harvard Club N.Y. was shot by me the tusks of which are unusually graceful although not over 80 lbs. ." <br/>- W.S. Rainsford author of The Land of the Lion 1909 describing three elephant kils during travels in east Africa 1905 1908-9 1911-12 with a short A.L.S. <br/>- E.J. Honor of Pittsburgh Pa. giving brief details of one kill from a hunt north and west of Mt. Kenya 1905-6. <br/>- E.M. Wheeler on behalf of Alexander Wheeler. "Mr. Wheeler has gone with his regiment to the Dardanelles with the form completed by Rowland Ward Ltd. describing a trophy taken at Mohoroni British East Africa 1903. <br/>- James L. Clark taxidermist and sculptor and later author of Trails of the Hunted 1928 reported one kill in British East Africa 1909-1910. This would have been with the McCutcheon/Roosevelt expedition.<br/>Several correspondents reported not having hunted elephant such as H. Lloyd Folsom of the H. & D. Folsom Arms Co. who wrote that the illness of a travelling companion obliged his party to give up the idea. 10 September 1915; Benjamin Chew reported similarly "I have never had the luck to get a shot at Elephant". P. C. Madeira of Philadelphia author of Hunting in British East Africa 1909 saw only fresh tracks; Benjamin Miles of Cleveland O. reported that Mr. Painter has not hunted Elephants. <br/>With a later TLS to Kunz from T. Alexander Barns author of Across the Great Craterland to the Congo 1923 etc. 17 November 1924 attempting to interest Kunz in a shipment of Congolese ivory carvings. unknown books
1935239120New York: The Derrydale Press 1935. First edition no. 50 of 685 numbered copies with an etched frontispiece signed by Kirmse and with the extra suite of six plates. With an original drypoint etching signed by Kirmse and 24 full-page plates. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Original tan boards maroon cloth corners and spine paper labels. Fine copy. Kirmse Marguerite. First edition no. 50 of 685 numbered copies with an etched frontispiece signed by Kirmse and with the extra suite of six plates. With an original drypoint etching signed by Kirmse and 24 full-page plates. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. With original etching signed by Kirmse. "A magnificient Derrydale art book that keeps increasing in value" - Frazier.<br/><br/>A beautiful copy in superior condition. Siegel 91; Frazier K-6-a; Jones Bibliography of the Dog 176 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1631243598London 1631. Reissue various editions see below. 28 188 2; 12 118 2; 12 252; 4 24; 12 158; 8 133 3 p. : ill. woodcuts. WITHOUT GENERAL TITLE PAGE. 4to. Contemporary speckled calf blind french fillet with early manuscript waste-paper. Handsome copy. Reissue various editions see below. 28 188 2; 12 118 2; 12 252; 4 24; 12 158; 8 133 3 p. : ill. woodcuts. WITHOUT GENERAL TITLE PAGE. 4to. A reissue with added general title page here missing of "Cheape and good husbandry" 5th ed. 1631; "Country contentments" 4th ed. 1631; "The English house-vvife" 4th ed. 1631; "The Inrichment of the vveald of Kent . revised inlarged and corrected" 1631; "Markhams farewell to husbandry" 3rd ed. 1631; all by or edited by Gervase Markham; and "A Nevv Orchard and Garden" 2nd ed. 1631 by William Lawson.<br/><br/><br/><br/>One of the most popular general household books of the 17th century with 15 separate editions before 1700. Poynter 34.5 unknown books
