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1880257893Merrimac Mass: H.C. & H.W. Stevens Co 1880. mounted on cards. 3-3/4 x 2-1/2 inches Image. Fine. mounted on cards. 3-3/4 x 2-1/2 inches Image. The Massachusetts Gazetteer of 1890 said of the town: "Merrimac is a thrifty and attractive manufacturing town situated on the north bank of the Merrimack River. The principle business is carriage making in the different departments of which in numerous shops some 500 men are engaged."<br/>The mid 1800s marked the peak of Merrimac's carriage-making and by 1888 there were nineteen carriage-making shops as well as other companies related to the carriage-making industry. Between 1881 and 1889 Merrimac's carriage factories were making 1500 quality carriages per year. Companies such as J.B. Judkins and Company Loud Brothers and H.G. & H.W. Stevens Carriage Works were just a few of those bringing prosperity and fame to this small town. H.C. & H.W. Stevens Co unknown books
1899303436Stevenson Conn: J.S. Stewart Printer and Bookbinder Middletown Conn 1899. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. 41 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Brown boards gilt. Corner and edge wear spine chipped front board discolored at upper left. Ownership stamp on front fly leaf verso. Somewhat tanned otherwise internally clean. Good plus. Laid into a quarter red morocco and cloth drop box. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. 41 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. A Western Hunting Rarity. A rare work privately printed listed by Eberstadt in 1953 at $300. "Isbell went to California as a young man by way of Cape Horn in 1852 and from that time until 1870 except for two trips back to his home in Connecticut he hunted or worked in the mines of California and Idaho. He learned fairly soon that hunting could often be more profitable than working as a miner though in the end he seems to have accumulated quite a stake from mining. He tells some great hunting stories and his account of life in Idaho where he went after hearing about the gold discoveries there in 1862 is most interesting" - Streeter. "One of the more sought of western narratives" - Eberstadt. Howes I 87 "b" G NYP Y; Eberstadt 132:361; Graff 2162; Streeter 4118; Kurutz 355a. Not in Heller or Phillips or Cowan [J.S. Stewart, Printer and Bookbinder, Middletown, Conn unknown books
1891245069Duduque Iowa: Hardie & Scharle 1891. 126 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Illustrated cream wrappers printed in black brown red and brown. Fine. 126 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Hardie & Scharle unknown books
1807239840London: Edward Orme Printseller to His Majesty Henri Merke was principal engraver 1807. from the First edition. 4 colored aquatint plates Number 25 by H. Merke after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 4 vols. Image 14-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches. Uiformly framed and glazed in curly maple. Some fading and browning. Howitt Samuel. from the First edition. 4 colored aquatint plates Number 25 by H. Merke after Samuel Howitt's Drawings. 4 vols. Image 14-1/2 x 18-1/2 inches. Williamson spent 20 years in Bengal. Howitt was the brother-in-law of Thomas Rowlandson. British Sporting Artists 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; Nissen ZBI 4416; Schwerdt vol. II p. 297; Tooley 1954 508 Edward Orme, Printseller to His Majesty Henri Merke was principal engraver unknown books
1900308880New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1900. First edition no. 81 of 102 copies on Van Gelder paper. Printed by the De Vinne Press in the Month of September 1900. Portrait of Walton as Frontispiece signed in pencil lower right "T. Johnson" engraved title leaf with 86 photo-engraved reproductions of title-pages in text. viii 204 pp.; 1 f. errata 1 f. imprint. First leaf is a blank. 1 vols. 4to. Original three quarter blind stamped vellum and drab boards spine titled in gilt upper board stamped in gilt lower board in blind uncut. Near fine copy lightly rubbed minor soiling to lower board; imprint leaf toned. First edition no. 81 of 102 copies on Van Gelder paper. Printed by the De Vinne Press in the Month of September 1900. Portrait of Walton as Frontispiece signed in pencil lower right "T. Johnson" engraved title leaf with 86 photo-engraved reproductions of title-pages in text. viii 204 pp.; 1 f. errata 1 f. imprint. First leaf is a blank. 1 vols. 4to. "to enjoy the pleasure to a collector of angling literature of recording the results of his investigations" <br/><br/>Wood's investigations into the Compleat Angler and the beautiful presentation of this information earn him a place alongside George Bethune and Thomas Westwood as perpetual votaries at the shrine of Walton. The illustrations of title pages remain of interest.<br/><br/>Scarce. Coigney p. 384 Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1885254686London: Longmans Green and Co 1885. Sixth Edition revised. 16 plates of which 6 are hand-coloured. xxxii 528 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full morocco with gilt emblematic tooling on spine. BVery Good. Sixth Edition revised. 16 plates of which 6 are hand-coloured. xxxii 528 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
1884240376London: W. Satchell and Co. 19 Tavistock Street 1884. One of 200 intended copies Elkin Mathews in ad in Dodd's "Fishing Rhymes" says a fire destroyed many. 12 illustrations from woodcuts in the text. x ii 52 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter brown morocco and brown cloth some minor rubbing to spine and front joint else fine. One of 200 intended copies Elkin Mathews in ad in Dodd's "Fishing Rhymes" says a fire destroyed many. 12 illustrations from woodcuts in the text. x ii 52 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Westwood & Satchell p. 137 citing the 1590 edition; Albee p. 107; Heckscher Sale Catalogue Part II lot 1344 W. Satchell and Co. 19, Tavistock Street unknown books
1864219361London: Chapman & Hall 193 Piccadilly 1864. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's rose-madder dot and line grain cloth horizontal split across spine of each volume large portion of spine head missing on Vol. I; internally fine; in cloth slipcase. Bookplate of Blairholme. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Clarke was the private chaplain to the Earl of Stamford and used his leisure time to write sporting novels. This is a rolicking sporting novel concerning the adventures of Tom Crackenthorpe whose observations and adventures could have come out of one of Dickens's lighter works. By the author of such titles as Charlie Thornhill or the Dunce of the Family; The Flying Scud a Sporting Novel; and Myra Gray or Sown in Tears Reaped in Joy. Wolff 1238 Chapman & Hall 193, Piccadilly unknown books
1864240545Newcastle-on-Tyne: George Rutland 22 Blackett Street. Printed by Ballantyne & Company Edinburgh 1864. First edition. xv i 312 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in Publisher's quarter green morocco and crimson cloth. Bookseller label of Holde Liverpool. Fine. Bookplate of Arthur E. William-Browne. First edition. xv i 312 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. George Rutland, 22 Blackett Street. Printed by Ballantyne & Company, Edinburgh unknown books
18429773Newcastle: Printed for Emerson Charnley 1842. Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Bewick vignettes by Bewick and others. 1 vols. 8vo. Later green cloth portion of one flyleaf cut away else fine. Frontispiece portrait of Thomas Bewick vignettes by Bewick and others. 1 vols. 8vo. A series of individually issued pamphlets of angling verse here collected and provided with frontispiece and title page: there are 25 of these by various authors each embellished with a vignette by or largely in the style of Thomas Bewick; the first "The Angler's Progress" is dated 1820 the last "The Angler's Adieu for the Season" 1842. Westwood & Satchell pp. 157-160; Hugo The Bewick Collector 3812 Printed for Emerson Charnley unknown books
1845235768Newcastle: Printed for Emerson Charnley; William Garret 1845. Vignettes by Bewick and others. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary green polished calf gilt morocco spine label. Some rubbing about fine. Vignettes by Bewick and others. 1 vols. 8vo. A series of individually issued pamphlets of angling verse by various authors Richard Roxby William A. Chatto and others here in the collected form with Charnley's title page dated 1836 and the later Garlands printed in 1842 and thereafter: this volume includes 28 of the 29 titles cited by Westwood and Satchell all save "Auld and Young" for 1842 and the title leaf for the 1846 Garland. Each work is embellished with a vignette by or largely in the style of Thomas Bewick. Westwood & Satchell pp. 157-160; Hugo The Bewick Collector 3812 Printed for Emerson Charnley; William Garret unknown books
1862250889London 1862. Exrtracts printed from the Sixth Edition. 13 pp. Printed on vellum. Interleaved with six double sided vellum fly pockets and two felt fly holders. With 14 neat manuscript vellum slips tipped in. Approx. 25 specimen flies and leaders some damage to flies. 1 vols. 12mo. Burlap with clasp. Some soiling to leaves. Very good. Exrtracts printed from the Sixth Edition. 13 pp. Printed on vellum. Interleaved with six double sided vellum fly pockets and two felt fly holders. With 14 neat manuscript vellum slips tipped in. Approx. 25 specimen flies and leaders some damage to flies. 1 vols. 12mo. Handsome example of a mid-Victorian fly wallet. Provenance: Swann 3/25/84 lot 287 unknown books
1809315829Lewes: Sussex Press; Printed and Published by J. Baxter 1809. First edition. 38 pp. Lacking the frontispiece plate supplied in photocopy facsimile. 1 vols. 8vo. Untrimmed. Disbound remains of blue paper along gutter some soiling and dog-earing of corners. Good. Yale duplicate stamp at foot of last page. Blue morocco backed clamshell box. First edition. 38 pp. Lacking the frontispiece plate supplied in photocopy facsimile. 1 vols. 8vo. Rare Lewes Imprint. A straightforward account of the qualities of 21 kinds of fish including flounder eel perch salmon pike trout and others less well known bleak guinead and brief instructions as to how to catch them; the sixpenny pamphlet ends with a three-page discussion of various worms and how to obtain them. Westwood and Satchell list this work similiar to that of Thomas Best's A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling London 1787 without authorial attribution. The words "but Comprehensive" in the title suggest that this was intended as a sequel to Best a popular work which went into numerous editions. <br/>The words "embellished with a frontispiece" have been effaced from the title page suggesting that for a long time this copy has been lacking the plate as also in the copy retained at Yale. The frontispiece is ornamental not didactic.<br/><br/>Uncommon title. Westwood & Satchell p. 18 Sussex Press; Printed and Published by J. Baxter unknown books
1898260274Philadelphia 1898. First edition. Two vignettes of flies on front wrapper and on title-page. Pp. iii 1-37. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. Brown printed wrappers. Spine repaired wrappers backed with paper mending marginal losses; first and last leaves rehinged at gutter. Owner signature in bottom corner of title page. Bookplate. Custom red morocco backed folding box. Uncommon. First edition. Two vignettes of flies on front wrapper and on title-page. Pp. iii 1-37. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. The Language of Trout Flies. Wetzel p. 211; Bruns S148 from a Goodspeed catalogue; Heller 2:494 unknown books
1894266755London: Henry Graves 1894. Hand-coloured print. Image 24-1/2 x 15-1/2 Framed size 33-1/2 x 35 inches. Framed and glazed. Fine. Hand-coloured print. Image 24-1/2 x 15-1/2 Framed size 33-1/2 x 35 inches. Henry Graves unknown books
1892235997Manchester N.H.: S.C. & L.M. Gould 1892. Second edition first edition in 1743. Pp. 192-208. 1 vols. 4to. Half black morocco comprising volx IX & X original orange printed wrappers bound in. Joints rubbed with loss at center of spine. Internally fine. Second edition first edition in 1743. Pp. 192-208. 1 vols. 4to. Business and Diversion Inoffensive to God. The first book on fishing printed in America the sermon preached by Joseph Seccombe 1706-1760 here reprinted for the first time with a page of notes on the historical background of Seccombe's sermon and its connections to Manchester N.H. and the derivation of the name Ammauskeeg-Falls. <br/><br/>Of particular interest is the remark by the editor "Copies of the printed discourse have become very scarce only five perfect ones being known to exist. It has been thought advisable to reprint the same as an appendix to this number of Notes and Queries and preserve it from oblivion." Phillips records a 16-pp. separate issue presumably issued from the same setting of type. Phillips p. 338 citing a separately paginated issue of this ed.; for first ed.: Gee pp. 36-38; Bruns S105; Henderson p. 219; Heller 2:487 noting limitation of 75 copies; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 212 S.C. & L.M. Gould unknown books
1880315111Park St. Church. Boston Mass 1880. 4 pp. 12mo. Printed wrappers. 4 pp. 12mo. "Do I preach against cards I simply let cards preach against themselves unknown books
1886225411New York: Printed at the Gilliss Brothers & Turnure The Art Age Press 75-79 Fulton Street 1886. First edition. With three illustrations. 63 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cream cloth side sewn with a angling fly embedded in front cover hackles worn away back cover with tangle of hooks in gilt minor foxing. First edition. With three illustrations. 63 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fishing and the Battle of the Sexes. Whimsical look at Boston courtship in angling metaphors ranging from the Nova Scotia fisheries to Izaac Walton's gentle art being the adventures of Mrs. Hackle Brown widow as she goes fishing along "the sacred limits of these precincts called the 'Diamond rock' for here the ladies do all the wooing. Many a dainty rod lands many a foolish fish -- flapping its ineffectual gills and gasping to its fishy death in the dank weeds at the feet of Izaak's fair disciples." Bruns W170 "Rare" Printed at the Gilliss Brothers & Turnure The Art Age Press 75-79 Fulton Street unknown books
1836261094London: John Van Voorst 1836. First edition. Illustrated by nearly 400 woodcuts. xxxvii i 408 iv 48pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary three quarter black morocco and cloth rebacked to style. Light rubbing to corners else near fine. Ticket of Marcus Ward Bookbinder & Stationer Belfast on front paste-down. First edition. Illustrated by nearly 400 woodcuts. xxxvii i 408 iv 48pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell pp. 243-4 "Indispensable John Van Voorst unknown books
1893315080London: Leadenhall Press Ltd. 50 Leadenhall Street 1893. First edition of the first book on the history of the lottery in England. 28 inserted facsimiles as well as numerous illustrations in the text. xi i 359pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half brown leather. Very Good. First edition of the first book on the history of the lottery in England. 28 inserted facsimiles as well as numerous illustrations in the text. xi i 359pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Leadenhall Press, Ltd. 50 Leadenhall Street unknown books
1834252264Gillingham: Printed by E. Neave; and Sold by J. Hatchard Piccadilly 1834. First edition. Pp. viii 132 1 errata 1 blank; 2 Appendix. 1 vols. 8vo. Black morocco spine and drab boards. Minor traces of rubbing at extremities else fine. Bookplate. First edition. Pp. viii 132 1 errata 1 blank; 2 Appendix. 1 vols. 8vo. History of Cranborn Forest or chace deer preserve in Dorsetshire and the laws pertaining to the herd of fallow deer in the region.<br/><br/>WIth a two-page Appendix inserted at end dated 1834 and bearing the imprint of Bastable Printer Shaftesbury and recording the circumstances of the book's composition by "a retired Agriculturalist" and how in the year following its publication a legal action between a landowner and "the noble proprietor of the deer" came to trial; the decision resulted in the disenfranchisement of Cranborn Chace and "At this period Midsummer 1834 the deer are almost wholly extirpated - the full use of the lands is restord to the proprietors of the soil - and the country is released from many grievances formerly incident to the system of forest or chace."<br/><br/>Uncommon. Upcott 608 Printed by E. Neave; and Sold by J. Hatchard, Piccadilly unknown books
1866316668London: Longmans Green 1866. First edition. 359 pp. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. Open faced cloth slipcase. Neatly recased preserving original spine spine slightly sunned Very Good bookplate of Frederick W. Skiff to front pastedown. First edition. 359 pp. 8vo. Skiff Copy. "The outstanding merit of this rare and fascinating book is the author's meticulous attention to detail based upon his wide range of activity and his particular flare for recording realistically and vividly his pursuit of the fauna of the American South" - Clark. Sabin 24639; The Edward S. Litchfield Collection p. 45; Clark III 314. Howes F-168 Longmans, Green unknown books
1853244465Ripon: Printed and Published by W. Harrison 1853. First edition. 8 plates printed verso and recto and another. 154 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Slightly cocked head of spine slightly chipped spine sunned else very good. Bookplate of Joseph Delaplaine Bates. First edition. 8 plates printed verso and recto and another. 154 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed and Published by W. Harrison unknown books
1872262391N.p.: Privately Printed for Alfred Denison 1872. Limited to 25 copies. Illustrated with woodcuts. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary red morocco-backed marbled boards gilt lettered spine t.e.g. In felt-lined morocco-backed solander box by Aquarius. Limited to 25 copies. Illustrated with woodcuts. 1 vols. 4to. Westwood & Satchell p.78 Privately Printed for Alfred Denison unknown books
182533191London: James Duncan and Thomas Tegg and Son 1825. Two folding engraved maps two engraved views some offsetting to maps and plates. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Later maroon morocco-backed cloth. some rubbing of extremities library stamp on contents page and a few other leaves bookplate on pastedown else a very good copy. Two folding engraved maps two engraved views some offsetting to maps and plates. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. James Duncan and Thomas Tegg and Son unknown books
