Boyer RalphABAA
21 869 résultats
1931267454New York: Derrydale Press 1931. Number 32 of 250 copies signed. Signed by artist lower left. image is 10 1/2" x 17 5/8. Matted. Number 32 of 250 copies signed. Signed by artist lower left. image is 10 1/2" x 17 5/8 Derrydale Press unknown books
2230971949. Signed lower right "Paul Brown '49. Fine. Brown Paul. Signed lower right "Paul Brown '49. 1949 unknown books
1936229931New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1936. First edition. Illustrated by Paul Brown. 1 vols. 4to. Yellow cloth. Fine in almost fine illustrated dust jacket. Brown paul. First edition. Illustrated by Paul Brown. 1 vols. 4to. With a fine sepia pencil portrait of War Paint's head with feather hanging down and a warm inscription "To Laura Adams sister of Frederick B. Adams Jr. May you count many co--- Very sincerely Paul Brown '36." Biscotti pp. 66-67 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
19503004911950. 8 x 12-3/8 inches. Framed. 8 x 12-3/8 inches. Provenance: Milton Weiler. Descended in the Weiler family unknown books
2230971949. Signed lower right "Paul Brown '49. Fine. Brown Paul. Signed lower right "Paul Brown '49. 1949 unknown
1936229931New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1936. First edition. Illustrated by Paul Brown. 96pp. 1 vols. 4to. Yellow cloth. Fine in very good illustrated dust jacket some tonign to back panel light wear to spine panel. Brown paul. First edition. Illustrated by Paul Brown. 96pp. 1 vols. 4to. With a choice sepia pencil remarque of War Paint's head with feather hanging down and a warm inscription "To Laura Adams sister of Frederick B. Adams Jr. May you count many coups Very sincerely Paul Brown '36." Biscotti pp. 66-67 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1931228749New York: Privately Printed for the Anglers' Club by the Derrydale Press 1931. First edition one of 500 copies. Frontispiece. 25 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original blue printed boards. Spine professionally repaired. In custom quarter dark blue morocco clamshell box with two red title labels gilt rules and elaborate blind stamping over marbled boards and blue cloth. First edition one of 500 copies. Frontispiece. 25 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. INSCRIBED WITH DRAWING. Frazier notes the book's "extreme" fragility and notes that it is "hard to find in fine unchipped condition."<br/><br/>Laid-in is TLS from "Knolly Brook"-Aug. 23 1950 regarding Burke's move to a new house in Norfolk Ct. his illness that forced his retirement and the end of his "fishing" days. Signed in hand addressed envelope<br/><br/>WITH TWO GOUACHES OF FLIES SIGNED "YOURS SINCERELY EDGAR BURKE M.D." on the front pastedown. Signed by John H. Foster on flyleaf. Siegel 46; Frazier B-24-a; Bruns B-299 Privately Printed for the Anglers' Club [by the Derrydale Press] unknown books
1911243577Great South Beach Long Island N.Y. 1911. Watercolor on paper signed "Edgar Burke" lower right and dated July 27th 1911 in pencil upper right title in pencil "Turnstone AS. Great South Beach L.I. July 26th 1911". 1 vols. Image 8 x 6-1/2 inches. Glazed and framed. Watercolor on paper signed "Edgar Burke" lower right and dated July 27th 1911 in pencil upper right title in pencil "Turnstone AS. Great South Beach L.I. July 26th 1911". 1 vols. Image 8 x 6-1/2 inches. Early Original Watercolor by Edgar Burke. A fine early watercolor drawing of the Turnstone an American shore bird by sportsman artist and physician Edgar Burke<br/>Edgar Burke MD 1889-1950 successfully combined the vocation of medicine he was a member of the American College of Physicians and Surgeons and the avocation of sport. He was an enthusiastic wildfowler and upland gunner an expert angler and fly tier he designed the flies "Doctor Burke" and "Family Secret" and was interested in pigeon racing and cock fighting it was he in the Jersey City cock-fights of the 1930s who sewed up the wounds of the injured birds. He was also a celebrated sporting artist illustrating two Derrydale Press classics Feathered Game 1929 and Upland Game Bird Shooting in America 1930 and producing front cover vignettes for seven more including Grouse Feathers and De Shootinest Gent'man. He was notes Siegel a childhood companion and lifetime friend of Derrydale proprietor Eugene Connett. Burke also illustrated Connett's Duck Decoys. How to Make Them How to Paint Them How to Rig Them Van Nostrand 1953. Siegel et al The Derrydale Press A Bibliography pp. 192-3. Provenance: Eugene V. Connett 3rd; his son Eugene V. Connett IV unknown books
186510745London: Joseph Reynolds & Sons 1865. 10 pp. 1 vols. 32mo. Original yellow printed wrappers foxed with a little cover wear. 10 pp. 1 vols. 32mo. Lavish Boxed Bésique Set. Accompanying the instruction booklet is an elaborate boxed set of four packs of bésique cards each accompanied by a movable dial-type marker/scorer the whole set into separate compartments in a purple moire silk-lined gilt bronze-trimmed box of a honey-colored exotic wood. The box cover is a trifle warped and there are minor signs of wear here and there but the overall condition is fine and the packs are complete.<br/>An unusual and attractive item.and a useable one! <br/>Your deal! Joseph Reynolds & Sons unknown books
1818244418Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co 1818. First edition with half-title. 12 hand-colored plates. vii i 1-128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full tan calf uncut. Rebacked in period style new endsheets. Signed on first blank "John Stocks/ Edin. 1828" and with original paper label tipped in. Very nice copy. First edition with half-title. 12 hand-colored plates. vii i 1-128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One hundred and ninety-four examples of flies arranged under the months from May to September and colored by hand. Westwood & Satchell p. 50; Heckscher 359 Printed for Archibald Constable and Co unknown books
1818244418Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co 1818. First edition with half-title. 12 hand-colored plates. vii i 1-128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full tan calf uncut. Rebacked in period style new endsheets. Signed on first blank "John Stocks/ Edin. 1828" and with original paper label tipped in. Very nice copy. First edition with half-title. 12 hand-colored plates. vii i 1-128 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One hundred and ninety-four examples of flies arranged under the months from May to September and colored by hand. Westwood & Satchell p. 50; Heckscher 359 Printed for Archibald Constable and Co unknown
1906262396London: Harrison and Sons 45 Pall Mall 1906. First edition. Numerous illustrations. Folding map. With 16 stereoscope cards at back. 73 2 pp. of text. 1 vols. 8vo. Light blue cloth upper cover with pictorial onlay. Staining to spine and covers else very good. Internally clean. First edition. Numerous illustrations. Folding map. With 16 stereoscope cards at back. 73 2 pp. of text. 1 vols. 8vo. Tarpon Classic. One of the great classics of tarpon fishing.<br/><br/>The author was Winston Churchill's cousin and their vital dates are the same 1876-1964. Bruns C.97; Wetzel p. 123; Dimock The Book of the Tarpon bibliography p. vi; Hampton's Angling Bibliography p. 68; Heller 2:834 Harrison and Sons, 45, Pall Mall unknown books
1920243190New York 1920. Proof impression. Single leaf folded. Drypoint etching signed by the artist in pencil lower right. With 2 pp. autograph note 16 lines from the artist on the conjugate. 2 x 4-1/4 inches on a larger sheet 3-3/4 x 10 inches. Some minor paper flaws at margins one trace of adhesion small wrinkle. Fine. Proof impression. Single leaf folded. Drypoint etching signed by the artist in pencil lower right. With 2 pp. autograph note 16 lines from the artist on the conjugate. 2 x 4-1/4 inches on a larger sheet 3-3/4 x 10 inches. Early Clark Proof with Autograph Note. Fine early Clark image prepared by the artist as a token of thanks to early supporters addressed to "Walter R-- Esq 23 Beaver St. N.Y. N.Y. My dear Mr. R-- won't you accept this little proof with my best wishes. I have been more than pleased with the success of my prints during the past six months & I should like all who have contributed to that success to be reminded in this small way of my appreciation Sincerely yours Roland H. Clark N.Y. Aug. 17th 1920"<br/><br/>The size of this proof corresponds to Three Broadbills published in 1920 in an edition of 30 from the list in Roland Clark's Etchings 1938 and in Ordeman. Ordeman To Keep a Tryst with the Dawn p. 104 unknown books
1938238963New York: Published by The Derrydale Press 1938. No. 30 of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. Hand-colored sporting aquatint engraving signed by the artist in pencil lower right. 1 vols. 13-3/4 x 16-1/2 inches on a larger sheet. Fine condition old trace of adhesive on top margin well away from image. No. 30 of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. Hand-colored sporting aquatint engraving signed by the artist in pencil lower right. 1 vols. 13-3/4 x 16-1/2 inches on a larger sheet. A splendid image of a mallard drake above an autumn marsh scene. The coloring on the bird is exceptionally bright and fresh. Roland Clark 1874-1957 was known primarily as a etcher of wildfowl but he also worked in watercolors and oils. His works are some of the most sought-after in the field of American sporting art. Between 1931 and 1938 he wrote and illustrated three Derrydale Press books: "Stray Shots" "Gunner's Dawn" and a collection of his graphics "Roland Clark's Etchings". Siegel pp. 194-5; Ordeman Aquatints Drypoints and Etchings of the Derrydale Press pp. 29-31; Ordeman 2005 p. 104 Published by The Derrydale Press unknown books
1920243190New York 1920. Proof impression. Single leaf folded. Drypoint etching signed by the artist in pencil lower right. With 2 pp. autograph note 16 lines from the artist on the conjugate. 2 x 4-1/4 inches on a larger sheet 3-3/4 x 10 inches. Some minor paper flaws at margins one trace of adhesion small wrinkle. Fine. Proof impression. Single leaf folded. Drypoint etching signed by the artist in pencil lower right. With 2 pp. autograph note 16 lines from the artist on the conjugate. 2 x 4-1/4 inches on a larger sheet 3-3/4 x 10 inches. Fine early Clark image prepared by the artist as a token of thanks to early supporters addressed to "Walter R-- Esq 23 Beaver St. N.Y. N.Y. My dear Mr. R-- won't you accept this little proof with my best wishes. I have been more than pleased with the success of my prints during the past six months & I should like all who have contributed to that success to be reminded in this small way of my appreciation Sincerely yours Roland H. Clark N.Y. Aug. 17th 1920"<br /> <br /> The size of this proof corresponds to Three Broadbills published in 1920 in an edition of 30 from the list in Roland Clark's Etchings 1938 and in Ordeman. Ordeman To Keep a Tryst with the Dawn p. 104 unknown
182828746London: Firmin Didot 1828. First edition. 74pp. one facsimile plate of a Blaise Pascal autograph. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern half cloth and boards with the original printed wrappers bound in. Scattered light marginal foxing else a fine copy. First edition. 74pp. one facsimile plate of a Blaise Pascal autograph. 1 vols. 8vo. Pascal & the Origin of the Bus. Scarce treatise on the development of the omnibus in the 17th century containing relevant documents and letters including a facsimile letter in the hand of Pascal's sister docketed by him.<br/><br/>"The idea of a public transport service operating on fixed routes within a city was an invention of the fertile mind of Blaise Pascal. With associates who provided financial backing he proposed such a service in 1658 and put it in operation in Paris in 1662 under the name "carosses à cinq sols." The innovation seemed successful but lasted only a few years; the time was not yet ripe." - Foster M. Palmer The Literature of the Street Railway in "Harvard University Bulletin" Vol. XII No. 1 winter 1958 p. 117. Barbier I: 503 Firmin Didot unknown books
1934267531New York: The Derrydale Press 1934. First edition Number 7 of 950 copies. Vignette title frontispiece and 93 plates after photos by Lawrence B. Smith. 138 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue pictorial cloth Fine copy in openfaced slipcase. With the small bookplate of Eugene Connett tipped on to the front pastedown. First edition Number 7 of 950 copies. Vignette title frontispiece and 93 plates after photos by Lawrence B. Smith. 138 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED BY CONNETT TO FRANK LOWE. Inscribed on the flyleaf: "To Frank Lowe who plays such an important part in making it possible to publish Derrydale Books. Eugene V. Connett 3rd. Oct. 18 1934. "<br/><br/>A wonderful association copy. Siegel 77; Frazier C-12-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
1930253494New York: Derrydale Press 1930. First edition. One of 850 copies. 64 plates 5 colored by Lynn Bogue Hunt Blake Schaldach A.B. Frost et al. xxv iii 249 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original brown gilt decorated cloth about Fine. Bookplate of Robert Mallory. Laid into a half crimson morocco and cloth dropbox with leather label on the upper panel with Derrydale logo. First edition. One of 850 copies. 64 plates 5 colored by Lynn Bogue Hunt Blake Schaldach A.B. Frost et al. xxv iii 249 pp. 1 vols. 4to. One of the great and most sought-after books of the Derrydale Press with contributions from some of America's most knowledgeable sportsmen. It fully deserves Siegel's remark "an excellent and timeless work." Siegel 45; Frazier C-11-a; Biscotti p. 92 Derrydale Press unknown books
242898Etching. Titled lower left and signed by the artist in pencil lower right. 1 vols. 5 x 7 inches. Framed and glazed 7-3/4 x 9-3/4. Fine. Etching. Titled lower left and signed by the artist in pencil lower right. 1 vols. 5 x 7 inches. Fine sailing scene two moored sailboats in the foreground with other moored boats visible against the shoreline behind.<br/><br/>By Eugene V. Connett Jr father of the founder of the Derrydale Press who was himself a keen sportsman and sailor.<br/><br/>A pleasing image with choice American sporting provenance. Provenance: collection of Eugene V. Connett 3rd; by descent to his son Eugene V. Connett IV unknown books
1924267615Massachusetts etc. 1924. 11 pages. Holograph manuscript lists of common and Latin names some marginal corrections and notes one leaf docketed on verso with accounts 1922-1924; Nassau Fishes with prices of specimens. 4to. Old folds some stains. Very good. Portraits near fine and fine. 11 pages. Holograph manuscript lists of common and Latin names some marginal corrections and notes one leaf docketed on verso with accounts 1922-1924; Nassau Fishes with prices of specimens. 4to. Sherman Foote Denton 1856-1937 a Massachusetts native and the child of an abolitionist and a radical feminist was an accomplished artist from his youth. He travelled the world collecting and illustrating natural history specimens. Denton was adept at preserving specimens especially butterflies and fish. He was author of As Nature Shows Them. Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains 1900 and is most widely known now for his ichythological work some of which appeared in the important series of annual reports of the New York State Fisheries Game and Forest Commission 1895-1905; and in publications of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.<br/><br/>The list of "West Coast fishes collected" includes a note "For a good many of the fishes I have neither a common nor a scientific name as yet S.F.D." The list of "Fishes of the East Coast" includes many of the species he illustrated. Both show signs of revisions and additions.<br/><br/>The two portraits depict Sherman in early adulthood by F.J. Williams Natick Mass. and some years later by Partridge Studios Boston Brookline.<br/><br/>A choice group of material from a noted American illustrator. Reuter p. 195 unknown books
1924267615Massachusetts etc. 1924. 11 pages. Holograph manuscript lists of common and Latin names some marginal corrections and notes one leaf docketed on verso with accounts 1922-1924; Nassau Fishes with prices of specimens. 4to. Old folds some stains. Very good. Portraits near fine and fine. 11 pages. Holograph manuscript lists of common and Latin names some marginal corrections and notes one leaf docketed on verso with accounts 1922-1924; Nassau Fishes with prices of specimens. 4to. Sherman Foote Denton 1856-1937 a Massachusetts native and the child of an abolitionist and a radical feminist was an accomplished artist from his youth. He travelled the world collecting and illustrating natural history specimens. Denton was adept at preserving specimens especially butterflies and fish. He was author of As Nature Shows Them. Moths and Butterflies of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains 1900 and is most widely known now for his ichythological work some of which appeared in the important series of annual reports of the New York State Fisheries Game and Forest Commission 1895-1905; and in publications of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.<br /> <br /> The list of "West Coast fishes collected" includes a note "For a good many of the fishes I have neither a common nor a scientific name as yet S.F.D." The list of "Fishes of the East Coast" includes many of the species he illustrated. Both show signs of revisions and additions.<br /> <br /> The two portraits depict Sherman in early adulthood by F.J. Williams Natick Mass. and some years later by Partridge Studios Boston Brookline.<br /> <br /> A choice group of material from a noted American illustrator. Reuter p. 195 unknown
1945225468New York: Derrydale Press; Frank Lowe 1945. A total of 25 blocks some with proofs pasted on back plus a copper plated zinco of Lowe's order form. Accompanied by three catalogues in which the images appeared. Various sizes from 1-3/4 inches square to 5-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches. Blocks in fine condition; catalogues somewhat crumpled with annotations by an earlier owner. A total of 25 blocks some with proofs pasted on back plus a copper plated zinco of Lowe's order form. Accompanied by three catalogues in which the images appeared. Various sizes from 1-3/4 inches square to 5-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches. Original Half-Tone Electroplate Blocks for Derrydale Catalogues. A nice sampling of electroplate catalogue blocks from the estate of Frank J. Lowe who carried on the production and sale of Derrydale sporting prints after the Press closed at the start of WWII. They comprise: Paul Brown: foxhunting scenes: "Hoick! Hoick! Hoick!" 2 sizes; "Pressing Him" and "Kennel Bound" 2 sizes; A.B. Frost: "Coming Ashore" and "October Woodcock Shooting"; Edwin Megargee: "Staunch" and "Steady"; Gordon Grant: "The Weather Mark"; Franklin B. Voss: "On a Fresh Line" "Over the Open" and "Working It Out"; Ralph Boyer: "An Anxious Moment"; J.D. Knap: "Reflections"; Roland Clark: "Dropping In" "Taking Off" "A Straggler" "Calm Weather" "Open Water" "Seclusion" and two untitled one of which does not appear in the catalogues. Also present is the block used on the cover of Lowe's Catalogue 46 Ca. 1945 bearing the Derrydale Press logo.<br/><br/>Provenance: Don Frazier.<br/><br/>A UNIQUE AND INTERESTING COLLECTION OF DERRYDALE MARKETING IMAGES. Derrydale Press; Frank Lowe unknown books
237202Published in "A Tomato Can Chronicle" 1937 at p. 132. Charcoal and ink on stiff paper signed lower right "R L Boyer". 1 vols. 9 x 12 inches on 10 x 13 sheet with margins ruled in pencil. Titled in pencil in another hand beneath. Some tape stains on verso discoloration along top margin not affecting image. Fine. Published in "A Tomato Can Chronicle" 1937 at p. 132. Charcoal and ink on stiff paper signed lower right "R L Boyer". 1 vols. 9 x 12 inches on 10 x 13 sheet with margins ruled in pencil. Titled in pencil in another hand beneath. Ralph L. Boyer was one of the small group of artists most closely associated with the Derrydale Press. He was educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and his work as an illustrator was widely published. Connett published several series of prints by Boyer including the celebrated Fathers of American Sport and fly-fishing prints; Boyer illustrated four books published by the Derrydale Press including Connett's own Random Casts and A Tomato Can Chronicle by Edmund Ware Smith where this drawing appears. Siegel p. 190; Ordeman 2005 pp. 27-8 unknown books
237200Published in "A Tomato Can Chronicle" 1937 at p. 121. Charcoal and ink on stiff paper signed lower right "R L Boyer". 1 vols. 9 x 12 inches on 10 x 13 sheet with margins ruled in pencil. Titled in pencil in another hand beneath. Some tape stains on verso discoloration at top corner margins short closed tear not affecting image. Fine. Published in "A Tomato Can Chronicle" 1937 at p. 121. Charcoal and ink on stiff paper signed lower right "R L Boyer". 1 vols. 9 x 12 inches on 10 x 13 sheet with margins ruled in pencil. Titled in pencil in another hand beneath. Ralph L. Boyer was one of the small group of artists most closely associated with the Derrydale Press. He was educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and his work as an illustrator was widely published. Connett published several series of prints by Boyer including the celebrated Fathers of American Sport and fly-fishing prints; Boyer illustrated four books published by the Derrydale Press including Connett's own Random Casts and A Tomato Can Chronicle by Edmund Ware Smith where this drawing appears. Siegel p. 190; Ordeman 2005 pp. 27-8 unknown books
237199Published in "A Tomato Can Chronicle" 1937. Charcoal and ink on stiff paper. 9 x 12 inches on 10 x 13 sheet with margins ruled in pencil. Titled in pencil in another hand beneath. Some tape stains on verso pinhole and discoloration at top corner margins not affecting image. Fine. Published in "A Tomato Can Chronicle" 1937. Charcoal and ink on stiff paper. 9 x 12 inches on 10 x 13 sheet with margins ruled in pencil. Titled in pencil in another hand beneath. Ralph L. Boyer was one of the small group of artists most closely associated with the Derrydale Press. He was educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and his work as an illustrator was widely published. Connett published several series of prints by Boyer including the celebrated Fathers of American Sport and fly-fishing prints; Boyer illustrated four books published by the Derrydale Press including Connett's own Random Casts and A Tomato Can Chronicle by Edmund Ware Smith where this drawing appears as the frontispiece. Siegel p. 190; Ordeman 2005 pp. 27-8 unknown books
