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1928311536New York: Harper & Brothers 1928. First edition. Frontispiece portrait 7 plates from photographs. vii 56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cream wrappers printed in green. Some minor soiling and shelfwear to wrappers better than very good. First edition. Frontispiece portrait 7 plates from photographs. vii 56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed. Promotional pamphlet issued by Harpers at the height of Zane Grey's fame wrappered issue signed on the front cover by Grey in purple ink. Comprising:<br/>My Own Life by Zane Grey<br/>Zane Grey and the American Spirit by John Farrar<br/>American Sagas by T.K. Whipple<br/>The Epic Spirit by Rupert Hughes<br/>What the Open Means to Me by Zane Grey<br/>"Never Lay Down Your Pen" by John Wanamaker<br/>His Many Readers by L.H. Robbins<br/>and a Bibliography. Biscotti p. 170 Harper & Brothers unknown books
1928238819New York: Harper & Brothers 1928. First edition. Frontispiece portrait 7 plates from photographs. vii 56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cream wrappers printed in green. Some exterior soiling marginal chipping of wrapper. Very good with loosely inserted leaf inscribed by the author "Sincerely Yours Zane Grey" in purple ink. First edition. Frontispiece portrait 7 plates from photographs. vii 56 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed. Promotional pamphlet issued by Harpers at the height of Zane Grey's fame and seen in both wrappers and in the more commonly seen flexible leatherette binding. Comprising:<br/>My Own Life by Zane Grey<br/>Zane Grey and the American Spirit by John Farrar<br/>American Sagas by T.K. Whipple<br/>The Epic Spirit by Rupert Hughes<br/>What the Open Means to Me by Zane Grey<br/>"Never Lay Down Your Pen" by John Wanamaker<br/>His Many Readers by L.H. Robbins<br/>and a Bibliography<br/><br/>With a fine signature in his characteristic hand. Biscotti p. 170 Harper & Brothers unknown books
1974243735Beaverton Oregon: The Touchstone Press 1974. First edition No. 228 of 1200 copies; signed by the author on dedication page. Illustrated with color photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cream cloth green rexine spine. A fine copy in plain paper dust jacket. First edition No. 228 of 1200 copies; signed by the author on dedication page. Illustrated with color photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Fly Fishing Around the World. The author's adventures fly fishing around the world nicely illustrated. Bruns R-59 The Touchstone Press unknown books
1966303154np: Privately printed for the author 1966. First edition. Frontispiece & 16 full page illustrations. viii 146 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine. Original red buckram spine and upper board gilt. Presentation inscription to front free endpaper TLS laid down to rear free endpaper. First edition. Frontispiece & 16 full page illustrations. viii 146 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. AN EARLY REPORT ON KIWI HERMIT TOM NEALE. Inscribed to Percy Chubb by the author Parkinson has also signed his name to the title-page. The TLS dated March 29 1970 concerns sailing matters relating to his crossing of the Atlantic.<br/><br/>Parkinson spent a good deal of his life at sea and relates numerous anecdotes here including some from serving in the Pacific in the closing stages of World War Two and another witnessing the atomic tests at Bikini Atoll. Of special interest is the chapter devoted to Surrarow Island which came as part of a cruise he made with his wife and others in 1963. The schooner Westward was completing a circumnavigation and they joined her at Tahiti before proceding to Bora Bora and then laying a course for American Samoa.<br/><br/>Suvarov Suwarrow Island was discovered in 1814 by Mikhail Lazarev. It is half a mile long and 400 yards wide with one of the finest lagoons in the South Pacific. Parkinson spent three days there in 1963 with his wife and Mr and Mrs Drayton Cochrane who were circumnavigating in stages on the Westward.<br/><br/>Parkinson and his crew were surprised to find the island was inhabited. Unknown to all but very few people Tom Neale the New Zealand sailor and survivalist had been living on the island since 1960 and "it was not surprising he talked almost incessantly chiefly about his experiences on Suvarov." It transpired that this was his second stint on the island having previously lived there 1952-4. In between visits "he married a Tongan woman and had two children but" Parkinson states "his return to Suvarov without her is not unusual by South Pacific standards." He remained on the island until 1964. Parkinson's description of their encounter with Neale is one of great admiration and fascination and accordingly filled with details of his life and notes the people who'd visited him over the years.<br/><br/>This is one of the earliest reports on Neale published in the same year as Neale's autobiography. Royalties from Neale's book funded his final and longest stay on Suwarrow 1967-77 and only illness forced him to leave. Neale was born in Wellington in 1902 though moved to Greymouth and then Timaru as a child. He joined the New Zealand navy as an apprentice engineer though bought himself out after four years and commenced his peripatetic life.<br/><br/>Rare. OCLC locates just five copies. Privately printed for the author unknown books
199328847Harrisburg: Stackpole Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0811716333 . Black and white photographs - collected by S. Peter Lewis. First printing. Fine in a near fine sun fading along the spine dust jacket. . Stackpole Books hardcover books
1933239235New York: The Derrydale Press 1933. First edition. Log book of 140 pages providing data for 70 races. 8vo. Original white canvas cloth with blue printing and ornaments. Laid into a half blue morocco and cloth slipcase with chemise. Bookplate of M.L. Biscotti. First edition. Log book of 140 pages providing data for 70 races. 8vo. Derrydale Yachting Log "Extremely Rare"--Frazier. An extraordinarily difficult Derrydale to find Siegel believes the low survival rate is due primarily to "a high rate of water-damaged copies" and the fact that those used as diaries have not come onto the market. Siegel 75; Frazier D-5-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
196541452Barre MA: Barre Publishers 1965. First edition No. 136 of 200 copies specially bound and signed by the author from an edition of 1500 printed by The Stinehour Press. 1 vols. 8vo. Decorated paper over boards tan calf spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Spine slightly sunned else fine in original publisher's slipcase. First edition No. 136 of 200 copies specially bound and signed by the author from an edition of 1500 printed by The Stinehour Press. 1 vols. 8vo. An engaging collection of sporting anecdotes and reminiscences by the beloved angling writer. Bruns L17 Barre Publishers unknown books
1965240483Barre MA: Barre Publishers 1965. First edition No. 82 of 200 copies specially bound and signed by the author from an edition of 1500 printed by The Stinehour Press. SIGNED. 89 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Decorated paper over boards tan calf spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Fine in original publisher's slipcase. First edition No. 82 of 200 copies specially bound and signed by the author from an edition of 1500 printed by The Stinehour Press. SIGNED. 89 3 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An engaging collection of sporting anecdotes and reminiscences by the beloved angling writer. Bruns L17 Barre Publishers unknown books
1978575221978. 8-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches sight. Matted framed and glazed. Signed in pencil by the artist "Robert Seaman 1978" Fine. 8-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches sight. Robert Seaman is a painter teacher and free-lance illustrator whose work in published form has been distributed internationally. His original paintings and drawings are held in private collections throughout the country and he was artist-in-residence at Vermont's Hawk Inn and Mountain Resort and The Legacy Publishing Group. He currently teaches at and is represented by the Sharon Arts Center in Peterborough and the Chaffee Art Center in Rutland VT. He has illustrated for Gray's Sporting Journal Fly Fisherman Magazine Massachusetts Audubon Society's Sanctuary Magazine Lady Bug and Cricket Magazines and a number of books in the hunting and fishing fields-most recently "The History of the Grand Cascapadia River. unknown books
1975575211975. Epreuve d'Artiste. 11-3/4 x 9-1/4 inches sight. Matted framed and glazed. Signed in pencil by the artist "F. Beriue 1975. Epreuve d'Artiste. 11-3/4 x 9-1/4 inches sight. unknown books
194456888New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1944. First edition No. 145 of 275 copies on Rives Liampre All-Rag Paper signed containing an extra color plate. Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161 ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green boards gilt tan cloth spine with lettering piece very fine in slightly worn board slipcase. First edition No. 145 of 275 copies on Rives Liampre All-Rag Paper signed containing an extra color plate. Frontispiece and 4 color plates from paintings by Dr. Edgar Burke 10 photographic plates in black & white. 161 ii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A beautiful copy of a handsome book signed by author and illustrator on limitation page. Biscotti p. 242; Heller 2:693 Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
193053353New York: A.S. Barnes 1930. 95 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and printed wrappers. Fine. 95 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An Early Publication on Women's Sport in America. Among the contributors to this collection of articles and opinions is the popular author John R. Tunis who deplores the increasing commercialization of women's sport. In strangely prophetic words he writes in 1929 'soon we shall begin to have Vassar-Smith basket ball games with the scramble for seats the vast sums coming in at the box office the eligibility rulings the amateur-professional tangle and all the other absurdities."<br/><br/>RARE. A.S. Barnes unknown books
190836371London: Rowland Ward 1908. With 32 full-page illustrations from photographs and 174 illustrations in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Original light brown cloth. Minor wear at extremities else very good. With 32 full-page illustrations from photographs and 174 illustrations in text. 1 vols. 8vo. Rowland Ward unknown books
1947245860New York: William Morrow 1947. First edition no. 173 of 240 copies signed by the author. With six color plates of flies by Dr. Edgar Burke and drawings by Ivin Sickels 2nd. vi ii 640 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original 3/4 green morocco t.e.g. Fine copy. With the accompanying portfolio containing copies of the six Burke plates. Custom cloth slipcase. First edition no. 173 of 240 copies signed by the author. With six color plates of flies by Dr. Edgar Burke and drawings by Ivin Sickels 2nd. vi ii 640 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine copy With the Suite of Burke Plates. A beautiful copy of Bergman's classic with the additional suite of plates by Edgar Burke. Bruns B135 William Morrow unknown books
1947237899New York: William Morrow 1947. First edition One of 249 copies. This copy marked "Presentation Copy." SIGNED BY BERGMAN. With six color plates of flies by Dr. Edgar Burke and drawings by Ivin Sickels 2nd. vi ii 640 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original 3/4 green morocco t.e.g. some very minor rubbing else fine. Without the accompanying portfolio containing copies of the six Burke plates. Burke Edgar. First edition One of 249 copies. This copy marked "Presentation Copy." SIGNED BY BERGMAN. With six color plates of flies by Dr. Edgar Burke and drawings by Ivin Sickels 2nd. vi ii 640 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED TO THE GREAT EDGAR BURKE THE ILLUSTRATOR. Inscribed on the half-title :"To Edgar Burke in appreciation & deep friendship Sincerely Ray Bergman Mar. 1947." Bruns B135 William Morrow unknown books
190662465London 1906. First edition. Illustrated. xxviii 376; viii 377-782 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Green cloth. Boards spotted extremities rubbed hinges of Vol. I cracked binding loose. Internally clean. First edition. Illustrated. xxviii 376; viii 377-782 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. unknown books
1910312901Shanghai China: The "Shanghai Mercury" Office 1910. Second Edition. Tipped in errata after page 108. Illustrations and full-page maps. 284 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original green cloth. Fine copy. Second Edition. Tipped in errata after page 108. Illustrations and full-page maps. 284 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Beautiful copy. A volume of articles on various aspects of wildfowl shooting chiefly pheasant duck. and geese and travel in rural turn-of-the-century China. A work of compelling sporting and cultural interest a much enlarged version of the first edition 1895 with 6 new articles by different authors and a record of a vanished world. The "Shanghai Mercury" Office unknown books
199238480Ossining:: Breakthrough Publications. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0914327453 . First edition. Gift inscription on front free endpaper else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Breakthrough Publications, hardcover books
1936255378New York: The Derrydale Press 1936. First Edition No. 55 of 950 copies. 83 photographic plates by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Original tan cloth gilt fine in dust jacket. Bookplate. First Edition No. 55 of 950 copies. 83 photographic plates by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Siegel 109; Frazier S-7-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
193633456New York: The Derrydale Press 1936. First Edition No. 2 of 950 copies. 83 photographic plates by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Original tan cloth gilt. Near fine in very good pictorial dust jacket price clipped some marginal chipping tape repairs to verso. Simmons Albert Dixon. First Edition No. 2 of 950 copies. 83 photographic plates by the author. 1 vols. 4to. In Dust Jacket. Siegel 109; Frazier S-7-a The Derrydale Press unknown books
1988259860Saint Petersburg: privately printed for the author at the Schneidereith Press 1988. First edition one of 150 copies signed by the author with an original Schaldach etching. With an original etching by Schaldach initialled in the plate and printed posthumously. Numerous illustrations in text. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter green morocco and natural linen in matching cloth slipcase. As New. First edition one of 150 copies signed by the author with an original Schaldach etching. With an original etching by Schaldach initialled in the plate and printed posthumously. Numerous illustrations in text. 1 vols. 4to. privately printed for the author at the Schneidereith Press unknown books
1988210181Saint Petersburg: privately printed for the author at the Schneidereith Press 1988. First edition one of 150 copies signed by the author with an original Schaldach etching. With an original etching by Schaldach initialled in the plate and printed posthumously. Numerous illustrations in text. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter green morocco and natural linen in matching cloth slipcase. As New. First edition one of 150 copies signed by the author with an original Schaldach etching. With an original etching by Schaldach initialled in the plate and printed posthumously. Numerous illustrations in text. 1 vols. 4to. privately printed for the author at the Schneidereith Press unknown books
192813135New York: The Derrydale Press 1928. St. Paul device on front cover. 1 vols. Four pp.; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Fine condition. From the estate of Eugene V. Connett III proprietor of The Derrydale Press. St. Paul device on front cover. 1 vols. Four pp.; 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Unrecorded Derrydale Press Printing. A beautifully designed and printed piece of letterpress printed on fine deckle-edge laid paper the text enclosed within a border of double rules. Connett a faithful alumnus of St. Paul's School had preserved this example in a folder containing other Derrydale Press ephemeral material only and the condition of this unrecorded Press item is superb. [The Derrydale Press] unknown books
1921238160Chicago: Hazelton 1921. First edition. Printed by Eastman Bros. 542 South Dearborn Street. Photographic frontispiece by Edgar A. McIlhenny. Illustrated with Drawings by Joseph W. Day. 6 vii 120 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Burgundy cloth spine and upper board titled in gilt. Publisher's prospectus for this book tipped in at half-title. Sporting bookplate of Harry Worcester Smith. About fine. First edition. Printed by Eastman Bros. 542 South Dearborn Street. Photographic frontispiece by Edgar A. McIlhenny. Illustrated with Drawings by Joseph W. Day. 6 vii 120 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With fine provenance from the library of American sporting author and collector Harry Worcester Smith. Phillips p. 166; Heller 2:658 Hazelton unknown books
1919227846London: T.N. Foulis 1919. First edition thus. With 50 illustrations including 30 tipped-in color plates by G. Denholm Armour and Edwin Alexander. 4to. Publisher's tan cloth lettered in gilt and brown top edge tan others uncut and unopened minor toning to front and rear free endpapers and very faint shelf wear else fine. With the engraved Gloucester book plate on front pastedown. First edition thus. With 50 illustrations including 30 tipped-in color plates by G. Denholm Armour and Edwin Alexander. 4to. Inscribed to H.R.H. Prince Henry by His Sister Princess Mary. INSCRIBED TO H.R.H. PRINCE HENRY DUKE OF GLOUCESTER BY HIS SISTER PRINCESS MARY: "To darling Harry from his devoted sister / Mary / Xmas 1919" on front free end paper. The fact that Prince Henry did not read this unopened copy is probably due to the press of other affairs: in 1919 he matriculated at Trinity College Cambridge and in 1920 joined the 10th Royal Hussars. T.N. Foulis unknown books
