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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
1992259408Market Drayton: The Tern Press 1992. Number 61 of 175 copies signed by Nicholas and Mary Perry. With etchings by Nicholas Parry. The Caslon type arranged in the style of the original was set by Bill Hughes on Arches paper. 1 vols. 12mo. Cloth and bopards fine. Number 61 of 175 copies signed by Nicholas and Mary Perry. With etchings by Nicholas Parry. The Caslon type arranged in the style of the original was set by Bill Hughes on Arches paper. 1 vols. 12mo. With seven pages of publisher's ads. Westwood & Satchell p. 31 The Tern Press unknown books
1787239927London: Printed for C. Stalker . H. Turpin 1787. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece by Wooding. xii 112 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in later full polished tan calf. Fine. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece by Wooding. xii 112 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Begins with a chapter on the natural history of fish goes on to the best manner of making and choosing rods lines hooks etc. Chapter IV provides a description of flies. "Best was Keeper of His Majesty's Drawing-room in the Tower of London" Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 31 Printed for C. Stalker ... H. Turpin unknown books
1787220773London: Printed for C. Stalker 1787. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece. 112 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Modern half calf and marbled boards perforated stamp of Field Museum on title page by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Handsome copy. First edition with half-title. Frontispiece. 112 4 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Begins with a chapter on the natural history of fish goes on to the best manner of making and choosing rods lines hooks etc. Chapter IV provides a description of flies. "Best was Keeper of His Majesty's Drawing-room in the Tower of London." Westwood & Satchell. Westwood & Satchell p. 31 Printed for C. Stalker unknown books
1937241265New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. First edition no. 801 of 950 copies. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth spine titled in gilt upper board with Derrydale logo in gilt. Fine copy. Bookplate of M.L. Biscotti. Laid into custom red half morocco clamshell box. First edition no. 801 of 950 copies. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Very bright fresh copy. Frazier D-3-a; Siegel 133 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1937255125New York: The Derrydale Press 1937. No. 698 of 950 copies. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth. Fine copy in the original glassine jacket slightly chipped. Bookplate. No. 698 of 950 copies. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Frazier D-3-a; Siegel 113 The Derrydale Press unknown books
1902262469Princeton NJ: Privately printed 1902. One of 60 copies "LX Exemplarum in Usum Amicorum. Photographic frontispiece of the former President fishing red vignette of fish on title page. Title page and first page of text printed in red and black. 6 13 7 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Short tear in margin of one leaf else fine. Bookplate. Custom half morocco clamshell box. One of 60 copies "LX Exemplarum in Usum Amicorum". Photographic frontispiece of the former President fishing red vignette of fish on title page. Title page and first page of text printed in red and black. 6 13 7 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The text of this essay by President Cleveland originally appeared as an article in The Saturday Evening Post. Wetzel p. 124 "a sumptuous edition"; Bruns C-123 from Wetzel Privately printed 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
1914239960Cleveland Ohio: Printed for the Writer by The Bryan Printing Company 1914. First edition no. 35 of 150 copies. Presented to Mr. Thomas E. Price. Illustrated. 35 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Original gilt-stamped cloth. Almost fine. Rare. First edition no. 35 of 150 copies. Presented to Mr. Thomas E. Price. Illustrated. 35 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. The St. Bernard Fish and Game Club was founded by Gen. George P. Foster and other Burlington Vermont sportsmen. Bruns N20; Wetzel p. 187 Printed for the Writer by The Bryan Printing Company 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
196038046New York: Henry Holt 1960. First edition in English. Deluxe Issue. #202 of 250 copies signed. Foreword by Ernest Hemingway. Introduction by A.J. McClane. Translated from the German by Humphrey Hare. Illustrated with photographs 32 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue blue pebbled morocco slipcase. Light rubbing. Bookplate of Colonel Henry Siegel and inscribed to him by the author. First edition in English. Deluxe Issue. #202 of 250 copies signed. Foreword by Ernest Hemingway. Introduction by A.J. McClane. Translated from the German by Humphrey Hare. Illustrated with photographs 32 plates. 1 vols. 8vo. DELUXE ISSUE INSCRIBED TO HENRY SIEGEL. Hemingway's introduction appears at p. 11 and is dated: On board the Pilar December 12 1954. Opposite p. 16 appears a photo of Hemingway with Ritz. Hanneman B57 Henry Holt unknown books
1959254999London: Max Reinhardt 1959. First Edition in English. Illustrated with photographs 32 plates. 230 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarters blue morocco and matching cloth t.e.g. with dustjacket tipped in at back by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Fine. First Edition in English. Illustrated with photographs 32 plates. 230 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Hemingway's introduction appears at p. 11 and is dated: On board the Pilar December 12 1954. Opposite p. 1 appears a photo of Hemingway with Ritz. Hanneman B57 Max Reinhardt 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
1924316809Oxford: Oxford University Press 1924. First edition one of 800 copies. Profusely illustrated after photographs old engravings etc. 106 plates on 80 leaves in volume I and 54 plates on 47 leaves in Volume II. xv 281; viii 282-580 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Publisher's blue buckram. With front pictorial dust wrapper for each volume laid in. First edition one of 800 copies. Profusely illustrated after photographs old engravings etc. 106 plates on 80 leaves in volume I and 54 plates on 47 leaves in Volume II. xv 281; viii 282-580 pp. 2 vols. 4to. IN PARTIAL DJS. The standard work on the history of court tennis. The archive of the Oxford University Press reveals that in 1932 some 380 sets of the edition were pulped. The true limitation is therefore nearer to 420. Whitman p. 28 Oxford University Press 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
1932252337Philadelphia: Published by the Members of the State in Schuylkill; Published by the Citizens of the State in Schuylkill 1932. First edition. Illustrated with frontispieces portraits facsimiles maps. 446; 517 1 pp. 2 vols. 4to. First work stitched somewhat shaken with remains of upper wrapper chipped at margins; second work in stiff sage-green wrappers fine. First edition. Illustrated with frontispieces portraits facsimiles maps. 446; 517 1 pp. 2 vols. 4to. As Issued. History of the oldest sporting club in north America the Schuylkill Fishing Company founded in 1732 and still in existence. Bruns S74; Howes M636 Published by the Members of the State in Schuylkill; Published by the Citizens of the State in Schuylkill 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
1911316178Columbus Ohio: F.H. Toothaker 1911. First edition. 8 photographic plates. 48 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers cloth backstrip. Wrappers lightly stained and worn small typed title label on spine. Very clean internally. Very good plus. Custom cloth box. First edition. 8 photographic plates. 48 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A rare and engaging account of a hunting trip to northwest Canada in the summer of 1910. Ohioans Arthur Bannon and his companion James Blair went in over the White Pass and Yukon Railway down the Lewis to Selkirk at the beginning of the Yukon proper up the Pelly River to the mouth of the Macmillan and up that river to country about 275 miles east of Selkirk. They hunted mountain sheep black bears grizzlies caribou moose and more assisted by a cook and guide named Grant Jennings a veteran of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Â Bannon relates their hunting experiences and also describes their travels the scenery and the history of the region.<br/>"A superb hunting narrative" - Midland Notes.<br/>"This is a plain straightforward and most interesting account of a hunting trip mainly for mountain sheep in Yukon Territory.Bannon gives a good picture of the country through which he passed and his hunting experiences are quite absorbing" - Streeter. Â The Streeter copy was bound in original cloth; the present copy is in original printed wrappers. <br/>OCLC locates only six copies of Bannon's work at the New York Historical Society Library Yale the Newberry Library the Ohioana Library Association the University of Washington and the University of Toronto. <br/>We are able to locate only one other copy at auction since the Streeter copy. Streeter 4126 $70 which copy was bound in cloth; Howes B106 "a"; OCLC 34500872; Midland Notes 60:21 F.H. Toothaker unknown books
193653669Privately Printed 1936. First edition. Plates map of Ireland Hunts on endpapers. 99 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. About fine. First edition. Plates map of Ireland Hunts on endpapers. 99 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed: "For Doris and Terry hoping this may amuse them even though they don't hunt. Margaret Colt Feb. 1937" Higginson British and American Sporting Authors p. 407; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 87 Privately Printed unknown books
1713242392London: A. Baldwin 1713. First edition. 18 pp. 2 pp. ads. 1 vols. Sm 4to. Modern full brown morocco red morocco label gold patterned endpapers trimmed at top edge but otherwise uncut light browning ex-library with stamp on verso of title page. Very good in a handsome binding. First edition. 18 pp. 2 pp. ads. 1 vols. Sm 4to. An account of the causes of the sword duel between the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mohun at which both parties lost their lives. Thimm p. 173 A. Baldwin unknown books
1983244472London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd 1983. First edition number 32 of 35 specially bound copies signed by the author. With black-and-white illustrations in text after drawings by Ted Andrews and 4 plates of color photographs. 240 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter tan polished calf and cloth t.e.g. Pictorial endpapers by Ted Andrews. Fine in cloth slipcase. First edition number 32 of 35 specially bound copies signed by the author. With black-and-white illustrations in text after drawings by Ted Andrews and 4 plates of color photographs. 240 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 35 Copies. H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd unknown books
