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195332210London and New York: Collins and Van Nostrand 1953. First edition Number 127 of 295 Copies. 16 color plates one folding and 22 full-page uncolored reproductions. 1 vols. Folio. Bound in half publisher's red morocco gilt marbled boards. In slipcase. Spine slightly sunned slipcase worn. First edition Number 127 of 295 Copies. 16 color plates one folding and 22 full-page uncolored reproductions. 1 vols. Folio. Collins and Van Nostrand unknown
1800220994London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees 1800. First edition. Added engraved frontispiece. xv 298 pp. 6 pp. publisher advertisements. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf new period spine. With three-page manuscript index bound in after text. Front flyleaf perished. G.E.M. Skues' copy with his ownership signature on half-title. Cloth folding box. First edition. Added engraved frontispiece. xv 298 pp. 6 pp. publisher advertisements. 1 vols. 8vo. Skues' copy. Westwood & Satchell pp. 205-6 T.N. Longman and O. Rees unknown books
1923313637Madrid: E. Gonzalez y Cia Fototipia 1923. Pochoir title page and back wrapper by Larraya plate of posters in full color ornamental dedication leaf 28 illustrations from photographs 1 folding. 15 leaves with text in Spanish and English. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Cloth spine glazed yellow pictorial boards preserving wrappers. Some minor soiling chips at edges of back wrapper generally fine. Pochoir title page and back wrapper by Larraya plate of posters in full color ornamental dedication leaf 28 illustrations from photographs 1 folding. 15 leaves with text in Spanish and English. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Sport & Wine in Jerez Spain. "The merchant the sportsman the man of business or the man of leisure will always find a welcome in Jerez." Lavishly produced album of the sherry wine and brandy house of Marqués del Mérito in Jerez documenting in equal parts the wine-making activities of the firm and the sporting traditions of the lands around Jerez de la Frontera including pigsticking in the swamps stag and ibex hunting waterfowling and bird shooting with numerous pictures of the bag of princely hunting parties. Uncommon and striking. E. Gonzalez y Cia, Fototipia unknown books
1938261419New York: The Derrydale Press 1938. First editions each limited to 950 numbered copies. Each illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. 4 vols. 8vo. Original decorated cloth third title in blue others in burgundy with vignettes mounted on upper covers. Very good to near fine copies some light tape ghosts to endsheets minor traces of rubbing. Custom half morocco slipcase and chemise. Hunt Lynn Bogue. First editions each limited to 950 numbered copies. Each illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. 4 vols. 8vo. Choice set of the four Burton Spiller Derrydale titles. Notes Frazier: "All four of these Spiller Derrydales are truly fine examples of Eugene Connett's genius in producing magnificient sporting books.". Siegel 92 106 116 136; Frazier S-15-a S-16-a S-17-a S-18-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
1769252533London: printed for the author: and sold by E. and C. Dilly in the Poultry 1769. First edition one of two issues in same year the other is an anonymous issue dated 1769 known in a single copy at Reading ESTC T160335. iv1-48pp. 8vo. Mid-19th century cloth spine gilt. Some faint spots and light stains crease to title spine chipped at the head. Bookplate of Dean Sage. First edition one of two issues in same year the other is an anonymous issue dated 1769 known in a single copy at Reading ESTC T160335. iv1-48pp. 8vo. Rare. No copy appears in last 30 years in trade that we can find. ESTC T67828; Westwood & Satchell p 202; Sage p 192 this copy printed for the author: and sold by E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry unknown books
1769252533London: printed for the author: and sold by E. and C. Dilly in the Poultry 1769. First edition one of two issues in same year the other is an anonymous issue dated 1769 known in a single copy at Reading ESTC T160335. iv1-48pp. 8vo. Mid-19th century cloth spine gilt. Some faint spots and light stains crease to title spine chipped at the head. Bookplate of Dean Sage. First edition one of two issues in same year the other is an anonymous issue dated 1769 known in a single copy at Reading ESTC T160335. iv1-48pp. 8vo. Rare. No copy appears in last 30 years in trade that we can find. ESTC T67828; Westwood & Satchell p 202; Sage p 192 this copy printed for the author: and sold by E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry unknown
1843313824London: Rudolph Ackermann Eclipse Sporting Gallery 191 Regent Street 1843. First edition with Alken's plates second edition of text. 15 hand-colored illustrations drawn and etched by Henry Alken. 1 vols. 8vo. Full red morocco stamped in gold on spine and cover gilt edges. Original dark green publisher's cloth binding spine front and back covers bound in at rear by Bayntun Riviere spine slightly sunned. An exceptionally clean and bright copy with brilliant coloring. Alken Henry. First edition with Alken's plates second edition of text. 15 hand-colored illustrations drawn and etched by Henry Alken. 1 vols. 8vo. Hand-colored sporting plates. The book first appeared in the New Sporting Magazine Vols. I-VII then in book form in America in 1838 and 1839 with 12 Phiz illustrations then here in 1843 with the incomparable Alken illustrations. Widely considered the best edition this copy preserves the original dark green publisher's cloth binding spine and all in three leaves at the end of the volume giving a look at its original format. Tooley 471; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 358-59 Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street unknown books
1903314014Miami: The Florida East Coast Hotel Company 1903. First edition. Vignette title page illustrations from photographs. 20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's pictorial wrappers all edges gilt. Removed. First edition. Vignette title page illustrations from photographs. 20 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "How would a tarpon weighing 185 pounds suit you. the plain unvarnished truth is more startling than anything you'd care to risk telling."<br/><br/>Exceedingly scarce tarpon fishing pamphlet issued by the Royal Palm Hotel for the 1904 season from January to April. Bruns p. 154 "Rare"; Callahan p. iii 'Not seen entry from listing in Bruns"; Servies 13518 "Separate issue not located". OCLC: 21308602Univ. Miami Duke The Florida East Coast Hotel Company unknown books
1804235757London: Vernor and Hood 1804. First edition. 16 engraved plates by Medland Peltro and others after Garrard and Barrett. xxviii 312 iv pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary calf rebacked to style with morocco label. Some foxing to the plates. Bookplates of John Arden dated in ink 1804 and Robert Cutlar Ferguson of Craigarroch. Signed by Arden on flyleaf dated 1804. First edition. 16 engraved plates by Medland Peltro and others after Garrard and Barrett. xxviii 312 iv pp. 1 vols. 4to. Thornton in the Highlands. " . an enjoyable account of this famous sportsman's hawking shooting and fishing experiences in Scotland" Schwerdt; and with superb engraved views of the Highlands as well 4 plates of particular sporting interest: p. 36 "Duck-Shooting"; p. 105 "Deerforest"; p. 161 "Pike-Fishing"; and p. 310 "The Heath Cock". Colonel Thornton was a notable falconry enthusiast a sport never far from his thoughts; but the narrative of his adventures includes bird shooting hawking seal-killing salmon-fishing deer hunting etc. etc. as well as entertaining accounts of local customs. Schwerdt II pp. 259-60; Harting 58 Vernor and Hood unknown books
194940136Saugus Calif "Barracks 19" 1949. 1-1/2 pp. in pencil on single sheet of ruled paper. 1 vols. 5 x 8 inches. With accompanying envelope addressed in Tilden's hand postmarked Aug 22 1949. 1-1/2 pp. in pencil on single sheet of ruled paper. 1 vols. 5 x 8 inches. From Prison to his "Only Family". A touching letter from the 56-year-old Tilden the greatest tennis player of the first half of the twentieth century then recently incarcerated for a second offense on charges of stemming from his homosexual encounters with young boys. Tilden writes from prison to his closest friends Marrion and her son Arthur Anderson a young tennis player whom Tilden had adopted as his protégé and pupil. According to Frank Deford in BIG BILL TILDEN Tilden actually lived with the Andersons twice for an extended period and "The Andersons truly loved him. Many times he said to Marrion 'You know Arthur's the only real son I ever had.' And to Arthur 'You and your mother are the only close family I ever had.'" The Andersons never deserted Tilden even in this his darkest hour. <br/>Tilden writes: "Dear Marrion and Bratto Just to tell you how much I enjoyed the visit today . Next Friday is Bratto's birthday & since I have no hope of being with you then please Marrion even if the car is his present give him $10 out of my money with my love and see he gets something he wants ." Tilden then turns to Arthur with tennis advice: "Now Bratto Pal remember all we talked about today to play cool intelligent mixed tennis not to rush and to return service. This is only to let you know I am thinking of you and love you both very much & I'll be seeing you Sunday if not before. Always & ever Your Bill."<br/>According to Deford Tilden was released on December 18 1949 just a few days before the Associated Press poll of the half-century voted Bill Tilden "the greatest athlete in his sport by a margin larger than any other - Babe Ruth Jack Dempsey Bobby Jones Red Grange. Of them all Tilden was voted the most dominant .". unknown books
194940136Saugus Calif "Barracks 19" 1949. 1-1/2 pp. in pencil on single sheet of ruled paper. 1 vols. 5 x 8 inches. With accompanying envelope addressed in Tilden's hand postmarked Aug 22 1949. 1-1/2 pp. in pencil on single sheet of ruled paper. 1 vols. 5 x 8 inches. A touching letter from the 56-year-old Tilden the greatest tennis player of the first half of the twentieth century then recently incarcerated for a second offense on charges of stemming from his homosexual encounters with young boys. Tilden writes from prison to his closest friends Marrion and her son Arthur Anderson a young tennis player whom Tilden had adopted as his protégé and pupil. According to Frank Deford in BIG BILL TILDEN Tilden actually lived with the Andersons twice for an extended period and "The Andersons truly loved him. Many times he said to Marrion 'You know Arthur's the only real son I ever had.' And to Arthur 'You and your mother are the only close family I ever had.'" The Andersons never deserted Tilden even in this his darkest hour. <br /> Tilden writes: "Dear Marrion and Bratto Just to tell you how much I enjoyed the visit today . Next Friday is Bratto's birthday & since I have no hope of being with you then please Marrion even if the car is his present give him $10 out of my money with my love and see he gets something he wants ." Tilden then turns to Arthur with tennis advice: "Now Bratto Pal remember all we talked about today to play cool intelligent mixed tennis not to rush and to return service. This is only to let you know I am thinking of you and love you both very much & I'll be seeing you Sunday if not before. Always & ever Your Bill."<br /> According to Deford Tilden was released on December 18 1949 just a few days before the Associated Press poll of the half-century voted Bill Tilden "the greatest athlete in his sport by a margin larger than any other - Babe Ruth Jack Dempsey Bobby Jones Red Grange. Of them all Tilden was voted the most dominant .". unknown
1927265821Mt. Vernon NY: Privately printed by William Edwin Rudge 1927. One of 500 specially bound copies of a total edition of 900. With 30 color plates of fish by William E. Belanske folding map and numerous photographic illustrations. 1 vols. Lg 4to. Original blue handmade paper over boards blue levant morocco spine t.e.g. Fine copy lacking box. One of 500 specially bound copies of a total edition of 900. With 30 color plates of fish by William E. Belanske folding map and numerous photographic illustrations. 1 vols. Lg 4to. Beachcomber Bill's copy. A fascinating account of this social and scientific expedition and a monumental example of fine book production.<br/><br/>William E. Belanske's copy with two photographs aboard the Ara one of which is used in the present work:<br/>The Ara at Tagus Cove p. 56 in the published book.<br/>"Beachcomber Bill" and Charlie "Whale shark" Thompson Galapagos I'd's Pacific Ocean 1926 "Some Dolphins"<br/><br/>Belanske accompanied Vanderbilt on many of the cruises and painted dozens of ichthyological watercolors to illustrate the books. A great association. Privately printed by William Edwin Rudge unknown books
1800305322Japan 1800. 5 pen and ink studies of the anatomy of the horse. 32pp. 8vo 250 x 200 mm. With some light worming affecting text original paper covers worn new sewing. 5 pen and ink studies of the anatomy of the horse. 32pp. 8vo 250 x 200 mm. unknown books
1842307613London: Henry Washbourne 1842. Extra-illustrated with numerous plates including 23 portraits 8 hand-colored 13 views 2 hand-colored and 12 natural history plates 4 finely hand colored illustrations of raptors and a peahen 9 aquatint plates by Daniell and 2 leaves of music; with woodcut illustrations in text. lxxii 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full crushed russet morocco gilt turn-ins spine and boards tooled with angling motifs in gilt a.e.g. by Bayntun. Fine. Extra-illustrated with numerous plates including 23 portraits 8 hand-colored 13 views 2 hand-colored and 12 natural history plates 4 finely hand colored illustrations of raptors and a peahen 9 aquatint plates by Daniell and 2 leaves of music; with woodcut illustrations in text. lxxii 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A handsomely bound and richly extra-illustrated copy of the uncommon Washbourne edition of the classic Compleat Angler of Walton and Cotton. Coigney 51 Henry Washbourne unknown books
1670262585London: Printed by Thomas Newcomb for Richard Marriott 1670. First edition. With four copperplate portraits of the subjects; and with three individual title pages for Wotton Hooker and Herbert. 16 88; 79 1 56 77-140 104 pp. Bound without blank A1 blank A8 present. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep rebacked. Loose in binding spine worn. Ink signature dated 1740 on free endpaper leather label of Estelle Doheny. Internally clean and with generous margins. Half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. With four copperplate portraits of the subjects; and with three individual title pages for Wotton Hooker and Herbert. 16 88; 79 1 56 77-140 104 pp. Bound without blank A1 blank A8 present. 1 vols. 8vo. Walton on the English Poets. First collective edition of Walton's essential biography of seventeenth century English divines and poets. The biography of Wotton was published as part of Reliquae Wottoniane 1651; Walton's Elegy of Donne was first published in the 1635 edition of Donne's Poems and the Life in the edition of Donne's LXXX Sermons in 1640; separately in 1658; the biography of Hooker was first published in 1665. The Life of George Herbert has was first published separately in the same year as this edition. The irregular pagination in the life of Herbert is a printer's error; the text is complete.<br/><br/>An important work with distinguished provenance. Wither to Prior 955; ESTC R15317; Wing W671; Pforzheimer 1056; Keynes G. Donne 4th ed. 61; Coigney p. 386 Printed by Thomas Newcomb for Richard Marriott unknown books
1887232026New York: Published by Private Subscription "Press of John C. Franklin Jr. 34 Cortlandt St." - Printer's device and imprint on verso of title 1887. First edition. With 10 phototype plates; vignette head- and tailpieces. vi 134 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Evergeen silky cloth upper board stamped in black and gilt floral endpapers. One corner rubbed else a fine fresh copy. First edition. With 10 phototype plates; vignette head- and tailpieces. vi 134 pp. 1 vols. Folio. A look at resort life on Lake George with occasional mentions of trolling for trout pp. 96 & 103 camping canoeing etc. Beautifully illustrated with fine early photo-mechanical collotype plates. Plum Adirondack Bibliography 578 Published by Private Subscription ["Press of John C. Franklin, Jr., 34 Cortlandt St." - Printer's device and imprint on verso o unknown books
1932242674New York: Derrydale Press 1932. First edition one of 450 copies on Van Gelder hand-made paper designed by William Dana Orcutt at the Plimpton Press. Illustrated. 258 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth and boards paper label. Very fine copy partly unopened in original glassine. Brown cloth clamshell box with white paper label. First edition one of 450 copies on Van Gelder hand-made paper designed by William Dana Orcutt at the Plimpton Press. Illustrated. 258 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Lovely Copy. A classic work of enduring significance. Siegel 66; Frazier W-8-a; Phelps and Sabine p. 217 Derrydale Press unknown books
1806215633London: Edward Orme Printseller to His Majesty 59 Bond Street 1806. First edition. Colored aquatint plate no. 34 actually 36 by J. Hamble after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 1 vols. Oblong folio 18-3/16 x14 inches to plate mark. Framed and matted. Howitt Samuel. First edition. Colored aquatint plate no. 34 actually 36 by J. Hamble after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 1 vols. Oblong folio 18-3/16 x14 inches to plate mark. Williamson spent 20 years in Bengal. Howitt c. 1756-1823 was the brother-in-law of Thomas Rowlandson. Drawings are on watermarked J. Whatman paper dated 1804 letterpress title dedication preface 150 pp. text and index list of plates leaf. British Sporting Artists p. 165: "The most beautiful book on Indian Sport in Existence. Another edition was published in 1808. It is greatly inferior to the First Edition." Abbey Travel 427; Archer 7; Nissen ZBI 4416; Schwerdt vol. II p. 297; Tooley 1954 508 Edward Orme, Printseller to His Majesty 59, Bond Street unknown books
1937260719New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. First Edition No. 2326 of 950 copies. Illustrated. xvi iv 189 pp. 1 vols. Sm 4to. Original sea-green cloth gilt. Fine bright copy in about fine original printed dust jacket. Laid into a half green morocco slipcase and chemise. First Edition No. 2326 of 950 copies. Illustrated. xvi iv 189 pp. 1 vols. Sm 4to. Unuusual in such a fine dj. Siegel 125; Frazier W-11-a The Derrydale Press unknown
1940614DGca. 1940. Tuschzeichnung auf Pergamin. Blattgrösse: 27 x 21 cm.
183463116Liverpool: Printed for the Author by G.F. Harris' Widow and Brothers 1834. Third Edition. Hand-colored frontispiece and 7 hand-colored plates "representing upwards of forty of the most useful flies accurately copied from nature.". 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth printed label on spine somewhat soiled. A few gatherings sprung else a clean very good copy. Third Edition. Hand-colored frontispiece and 7 hand-colored plates "representing upwards of forty of the most useful flies accurately copied from nature.". 1 vols. 8vo. Among the earliest books with colored plates of flies. "One of the text books of the fly-fisher." Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell pp. 20-21 Printed for the Author by G.F. Harris' Widow and Brothers unknown books
41534nd. Pencil on paper. 1 vols. Approximately 10-1/4 x 15-1/4 inches. Fine laid down on bristol board. Pencil on paper. 1 vols. Approximately 10-1/4 x 15-1/4 inches. Paul Brown is best known for his illustrations of horses and equestrian sports as well as some of his books published with The Derrydale Press Dodd and others but he also illustrated Brooks Brothers catalogs for decades. <br/><br/>Brown's pencil sketches relied on his keen powers of observation and he was known for his photographic memory which allowed him to accurately recreate scenes long after the fact. unknown books
193316184Near Fine. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Slight rubbing at the corners. One of 100 copies. No author or date is listed in the book. Hand L246 & Bruns Pg. 283. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 129 pages . hardcover
2003311526Cambridge Massachusetts: Privately Printed for Charles Wood III 2003. Deluxe edition no. 10 of 50 copies printed by the Ascensius Press on handmade paper. Frontispiece illustrations folding map. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter green oasis and paste paper boards spine titled in gilt by Gray Parrot. As new in matching slipcase. Deluxe edition no. 10 of 50 copies printed by the Ascensius Press on handmade paper. Frontispiece illustrations folding map. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Reprints Lady Agnes Macdonald's account of fishing the Restigouche from Murray's Magazine 1887 with an introductory essay by Peter Thomas author of Lost Land of Moses: The Age of Discovery on New Brunswick's Salmon Rivers. An engaging fishing story and a superbly produced book. Privately Printed for Charles Wood III unknown books
2003255176Cambridge Massachusetts: Privately Printed for Charles Wood III 2003. Deluxe edition one of 50 copies printed by the Ascensius Press on handmade paper. Frontispiece illustrations folding map. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in quarter green oasis and paste paper boards spine titled in gilt by Gray Parrot. As new in matching slipcase. Deluxe edition one of 50 copies printed by the Ascensius Press on handmade paper. Frontispiece illustrations folding map. 60 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Reprints Lady Agnes Macdonald's account of fishing the Restigouche from Murray's Magazine 1887 with an introductory essay by Peter Thomas author of Lost Land of Moses: The Age of Discovery on New Brunswick's Salmon Rivers. An engaging fishing story and a superbly produced book. Privately Printed for Charles Wood III unknown books
