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1810218043London: Dighton 6 Charing Cross 1810. Drawn Etched & Pubd. by Dighton. 1 vols. Image area 5 3/8" x 7 3/4" with ample margins. Fine in a simple but handsome wood and gold frame to an overall dimension of 17 1/8" x 14" with an inked signature "M. Baxter. Drawn Etched & Pubd. by Dighton. 1 vols. Image area 5 3/8" x 7 3/4" with ample margins. Robert Dighton 1750-1814 was a noted and popular cartoonist of his day. The present image shows Full figure portrait of Mr. Baxter. Dighton 6 Charing Cross unknown books
1842240702Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1842. First edition. Folding engraved map of Scotland by S. Hall and 21 engraved plates. xii 487; iv 461 14 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth gilt spines. Spines faded to brown inner hinges starting otherwise a lovely copy. Very good. First edition. Folding engraved map of Scotland by S. Hall and 21 engraved plates. xii 487; iv 461 14 ads pp. 1 vols. 8vo. " . complete angling guide round the North of Scotland" James Wilson was the brother of Professor John Wilson author of "Recreations of Christopher North" and professor of Natural History at Edinburgh. "This work contains an account of the various fishing stations in the Western Highlands and Islands and describes the fish flies etc. It forms a complete angling guide round the North of Scotland from the Clyde to the Forth" Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 242 Adam and Charles Black 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
1927314458n.p. 1927. Typescript with mounted photographs. 31 pp.; a double-page and a full-page hand-drawn map 29 mounted gelatin silver prints. 4to. in original black stiff binder. First leaf with minor glue residue near gutter one or two spots else fine. Typescript with mounted photographs. 31 pp.; a double-page and a full-page hand-drawn map 29 mounted gelatin silver prints. 4to. An anonymous narrative of a camping trip in the Adirondacks Moose River Mountain Black Bear Mountain Bald Mountain Limekiln Lake. The party fished for trout though sometimes ended up with shiners foraged for blueberries and raspberries and met some characters along the way including to the author's surprise a female fire warden whom he observes "must have been descended from sturdy stock." <br/>The two maps of double-page Little Moose Lake Fourth Lake and Limekiln Lake are carefully hand-drawn in black and red ink and upon close inspection the pencil lines are visible. The 1 page map is of rouite from Syracuse to Fulton Chain of Lakes.<br/><br/> A charming narrative and photographic record of roughing it in the Adirondacks in the 1920s. unknown books
1904304712Detroit: Herold Press for private circulation only 1904. Second edition. 12 mounted full-page colored photographs and 18 smaller black and white illustrations in text. 91 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Tan leather stamped in gilt t.e.g. Spine rubbed front red silk flyleaf with some losses offsetting to a few pages. Very good minus. Second edition. 12 mounted full-page colored photographs and 18 smaller black and white illustrations in text. 91 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An Outstanding Sporting and Western Title. Lavishly produced record of a sporting trip to Yellowstone takes the form of the diary of Detroit industrialist Carl Schmidt including a section on fishing. Chapter 9 pp. 63-72 is entitled "A Fishing Trip." The color pictures are photochrome prints after photographs by William Henry Jackson who as the official photographer of the Hayden Survey in the 1870s took the first photographs of Yellowstone. The photochrome process was invented in Switzerland and the American rights were purchased by the Detroit Publishing Company around 1895. Jackson served as a director of the newly-created Photochrome Company subsidiary and praised the photochrome process in his memoirs as a "process hardly improved today."<br/><br/>The uncommon second edition of this unusual western title with the black and white illustrations printed with the text. Streeter sale lot 4123; Howes S-170; Eberstadt 133:975 "extremely difficult to come by"; Taylor Traveling thru Wonderland pp. 40-41; Heller 2:480. Not in Bruns Litchfield Phillips Wetzel Herold Press,] for private circulation only unknown books
1872301949Toronto: Adam Stevenson & Co 1872. First Canadian Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Spine very rubbed. First Canadian Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Adam, Stevenson & Co unknown books
1970238405Barre Mass: Barre Publishers 1970. Firts Trade edition. 40 etchings. 91pp. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. Green cloth. Fine in VG/F dust jacket. Firts Trade edition. 40 etchings. 91pp. 1 vols. Oblong 4to. On flyleaf "Inscribed for my friend Emile Albert Berol with happy meories of his home his family his plantation and the dogs. Dana S. lamb 1970. Barre Publishers unknown books
1933260739New York: The Derrydale Press 1933. First Edition first issue one of 950 copies. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of Frost's work. xvi 154 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original tan cloth titled in gilt on upper cover and printed brown label on spine. Almost fine pastedown with trace of bookplate removed. In half brown morocco slipcase and chemise. Frost A.B. First Edition first issue one of 950 copies. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of Frost's work. xvi 154 pp. 1 vols. 4to. An important book. Siegel 67; Frazier L-1-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
1933242869New York: The Derrydale Press 1933. First edition one of 950 copies. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of Frost's work. 1 vols. 4to. Original tan cloth gilt printing on upper cover and printed brown label on spine. Spine a bit darkened some light rubbing to head and tail of spine. First edition one of 950 copies. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of Frost's work. 1 vols. 4to. A nice copy of an important book. Siegel 67; Frazier L-1-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
1930245403New York: Privately Printed by The Derrydale Press 1930. First edition one of 500 copies. 47 pp. 1 vols. Thin 8vo. Original black boards yellow marbled endpapers. Spine with some wear and loss at head of spine else fine. Bookplate of Frederick T. Holliday. First edition one of 500 copies. 47 pp. 1 vols. Thin 8vo. Memorial volume of verse privately printed by Connett and never intended for sale. "An extremely rare Derrydale book . very scarce . and very hard to come by" Frazier. Siegel 34; Frazier B-8-aMike's Alley Privately Printed by [The Derrydale Press] unknown books
1913301245New York: Abercrombie & Fitch 53-55-57 W. 36th Street 1913. Illustrated. 547 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth with onlay illustration on upper cover "The Red Gods Call" by Phillip R. Goodwin. Stamped E.E. Vreeland on upper cover. Minor rubbing. Illustrated. 547 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Everything for the Sporting Set: the Printer's Copy. Copy of printer E.E. Vreeland whose firm Vreeland Adverising Press printed this sumptuous Sales Catalogue.<br/><br/>In 1913 after moving into Reade Street which was not a convenient shopping location for women the store relocated to a more fashionable and easily accessible midtown address near Fifth Avenue at 55/57 West 36th Street expanding its inventory to include sportswear. Abercrombie & Fitch 53-55-57 W. 36th Street unknown books
193953772Hot Springs Virginia 1939. First edition. Photographic Frontispiece with the author shooting and his dog. 91 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Japan vellum spine and gray brown boards Very Fine. Bookplate of Rodney S. Jarvis Wheelbarrow Hill Farm. First edition. Photographic Frontispiece with the author shooting and his dog. 91 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rare. With a presentation on flyleaf "R.J. If the dogs could have written this it would have been better. Fay Ingalls." Heller 2:686 unknown books
177324712Amsterdam: Aux Depens de la Compagnie 1773. Nouvelle edition. viii 384; 3-321 3 pp. LACKING pp. 1-2 of part 2 supplied in facsimile. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf worn some pages torn and loosening but without loss. Nouvelle edition. viii 384; 3-321 3 pp. LACKING pp. 1-2 of part 2 supplied in facsimile. 1 vols. 8vo. Chapters on Billiards Court Tennis Chess Backgammon. Aux Depens de la Compagnie 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
1869240759London: Chapman and Hall 193 Piccadilly 1869. First edition. Frontispiece vignette title Illustrated with other plates. xii 336 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth. Very good spine faded and with a little rubbing at top and bottom of spine. First edition. Frontispiece vignette title Illustrated with other plates. xii 336 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Trout fishing wild fowl in Illinois Woodcock Moose Deer Black Bear Salmon fishing in Labrador. Chapter 6 is on buffalo hunting. Phillips p. 136 Chapman and Hall 193, Piccadilly unknown books
19999840Golden: American Alpine Club. Near Fine. 1999. Paperback. 0930410858 . Paperback. Near fine in pictorial wraps. . American Alpine Club paperback books
191156599London: Constable 1911. First edition. Photographic illustrations and map. 437 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth. Very slight rubbing at edges corners bumped hinges weakening; ex-library with stamps and label on rear endpaper. Very good. First edition. Photographic illustrations and map. 437 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An interesting narrative focusing mainly on shooting the horned game of the mountains of Central Asia with much discussion of the geography and natives of the various regions. Scarce. Constable unknown books
173410071Boston 1734. Woodcut of Royal Arms. 1 vols. 4to. Disbound; slight browning and minor imperfections near fine. Woodcut of Royal Arms. 1 vols. 4to. Removing Obstructions to Fish in the Merrimack. Includes an act to supply the treasury 27371 pounds for enumerated disbursements; an act to prevent encroachments on highways and private streets; an act for the ease of prisoners for debt; an act to prevent unnecessary law suits; an act to exempt anabaptists from being taxed for the support of ministers; an act to regulate the choice of town officials; an act to prevent the obstruction of the passage of fish in the Merrimack River; an act for erecting the new town of Halifax in the county of Plymouth; an act for dividing the town of Enfield and erecting a new town called Somers; an act creating the town of Litchfield at a place called Naticook near the Merrimack. Shipton and Mooney 3792 unknown books
1975307782San Onofre California 1975. Fine. Bruce Brown born December 1 1937 an American documentary film director known as an early pioneer of the surf film. unknown books
195341950Harrisburg: Stackpole 1953. First edition Deluxe Issue Number 28 signed by Burns. Color frontispiece by Fred Everett photos by Clyde Childress drawings by Firman Bradway. 1 vols. 8vo. Padded calf worn. First edition Deluxe Issue Number 28 signed by Burns. Color frontispiece by Fred Everett photos by Clyde Childress drawings by Firman Bradway. 1 vols. 8vo. Deluxe Issue. Bruns E 302 ordinary edition only Stackpole unknown books
1953226067Harrisburg: Stackpole 1953. First edition number 40 of a limited edition signed by the author. Color frontispiece by Fred Everett photos by Clyde Childress drawings by Firman Bradway. xiii 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Padded brown calf a.e.g. About fine. First edition number 40 of a limited edition signed by the author. Color frontispiece by Fred Everett photos by Clyde Childress drawings by Firman Bradway. xiii 268 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Deluxe Issue. Bruns E 302 ordinary edition only Stackpole unknown books
199727002Evergreen: Chockstone Press. Fine. 1997. Paperback. 1575400758 . Part of the How to Rock Climb Series. Black and white photographs. First edition paperback. Fine in pictorial wraps. . Chockstone Press paperback books
1949315651London: Walker & sons 1949. Sole edition. Map 30 3-D images. 24 pp. 8vo. Original color pictorial wrappers original 'Wonder Spectacles' 3D glasses included. Sole edition. Map 30 3-D images. 24 pp. 8vo. TO BE VIEWED WITH 'WONDER SPECTACLES'. By turn horrifying and hilarious this lurid publication shows the "strangely fascinating world of Central Africa that calls for 3rd Dimension Pictures without which you cannot behold the thrilling wild life of that region in its overpowering spell." These images provide an admirable and novel complement the text. This is the only big game book we've seen to include 3D images.<br/><br/>Burns' expedition departed Mombasa for Nairobi then travelled by train across the Rift Valley to Londiani less than forty miles from Lake Victoria. They took 80 porters with them on their march into the Eldama Ravine to mount Sirgoit and Elgeyo forest. Burns relates several close calls with leopards and lions and recounts bagging zebra elephant waterbuck giraffe and rhino. <br/><br/>Rare. OCLC locates copies only at BL and NLS. Czech Africa p. 47 Walker & sons unknown books
193213184London: John Murray 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition in English translated from the third German edition by Erwin and Pleasaunce von Gaisberg; edited and with additional chapters by H.E.G. Tyndale. Edges of text block dust-soiled spine ends sunned. Binding tight and square text unmarked. No dust jacket. Neate K33 says: "Memoirs of a great guide. In 1890 he made several difficult new climbs with Norman-Neruda and in 1893 he participated in the first traverse of the Peuterey Arete on Mont Blanc. Overall he made dozens of new ascents and continued climbing until he died." John Murray hardcover books
1854240522London: Richard Bentley 1854. Later edition first published by Bentley in 1848. Frontispiece portrait of author and 8 vignettes in text. xii 322 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in three-quarters green calf gilt spine edges marbled. Slight toning to text. About fine. Later edition first published by Bentley in 1848. Frontispiece portrait of author and 8 vignettes in text. xii 322 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fishing in New York State Canada and Maine. Not in Bruns; Westwood & Satchell p. 130 first ed. Richard Bentley unknown books
