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190031873London: Joseph Stern 1900. Sheet music. 4to pp. 5 including front. Arranged by G. L. Bryant. Cover in deep red yellow and white: Two cupids crowning a bride against a design of verticle bars ! with yellow roses. Slightly chipped and soiled VG. Joseph Stern unknown books
188699695London: The Graphic 1886. Four folio sheets in colors illustrating the title poem plainly removed from per a modern handwritten note on a post-it the Christmas number of The Graphic for 1886. 16 x 11 inches with an average eight vignette images per page; color process is unfamiliar to this cataloguer --not lithographed yet layered. Paperstock a little browned leaves quite edgeworn with 3/4 inch tears and a shallow crease none affecting images no fold-lines old or new item to be mailed safely rolled. A chubby old gent puts on his pinks and joins a society ride. Not so much about the fox as about human matrimony last image takes place at the altar. [The Graphic?] unknown books
189929173New York: Harper & Brothers 1899. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine. Small decorated clothbound volume. 300 pp. 1899 edition first published in 1881. With illustrations by the author. A superb near fine copy in dark green cloth covers ruled and decorated in reddish-brown and with bright gilt lettering. A superior copy of this early printing. Harper & Brothers unknown books
188560768Rugby England: Walding 1885. Trade card. 16mo 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. 3 pp. the two interior pages advertise the fox hunting clothier Walding with short testimonial statements all dated 1879 and the rear wrapper advertises and solicits subscriptions for the Hunt Servant's Benevolent Society." "Walding begs to inform Masters of Hounds and Gentlemen much in the saddle that he makes Hunting and Riding Garments his special study and supplies over fifty of the principal Hunts in the Kingdom." Very good. Original chromolithographic illustrated wrapper picturing vignettes from the hunt. #7955. <br/><br/> Walding hardcover books
187528461Burlington: Free Press Printing House 1875. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Illustrated library bookplate on verso front wrapper else a very good copy wrappers lightly soiled. 14 pp. 8vo. Hunting 1836-1901 was a native of Milton Vt. graduated from the University of Vermont in 1860; was appointed second lieutenant of the Third U. S. Artillery in February 1862; was promoted to first lieutenant resigned September 1863; studied theology became a Presbyterian clergyman and President of Alma College in Michigan. ".This is the word and we call it Vim. / 'Tis a little word but wondrous strong; / And its vital power for right or wrong / To shake the world till the world obey / Shall be the theme of my song to-day." Bibliography of Vermont: pp. 134-5. Free Press Printing House unknown books
189757510Caldwell TX: The Club 1897. Advertising circular. Printed invitation 6 1/2 x 4 inches printed on light card stock issued by the Hunting Fishing and Mounted Gun Club of Caldwell Texas for its annual hunt; below the invitation are listed members of various club committees"arrangement" "invitation" and "boat and fishing tackle" two camp managers and "Chaperons" to include the wives of five members. Horizontal fold rubbed some foxing including one dime-sized dark spot traces of mounting on verso. #4280. <br/><br/> The Club unknown books
1870D11031England 1870s. Hardcover. Very Good. England Kent and Norfolk counties: c. 1871-1874. 8vo 175 x 115mm; 61 numbered pages in the hand of Charles W. Prescott detailing his various hunting excursions around the Kent countryside. Prescotts ownership inscription on front free-endpaper is dated 1871. His entries are easily read and cover Prescotts adventures on hunting hares with a skulk of foxes writing Found another in the same field ran her straight back to Old Park round the pond and the pack hunted her beautifully . Dec. 16 1871. The hunts took place over sprawling village and countryside or as he describes hop-gardens hills and ploughs of land in the Herne Bay area of Kent England. Many entries are headed by recognizable locations; Stroud Park Broomfield Hilsborough Wolston Heath and Chislet Mill and are dated with month and sometimes year. Only a portion of the way full his entries span about three years the first dated: Oct. 19 71 Stroud Park and last March 25 1874. Contemporary black morocco marbled endpapers and marbled endpapers with original brass clasp faint splitting at lower hinge of first few leaves strengthened at endpapers corners rubbed otherwise in very good shape especially considering it was wielded around so much of the Kentish countryside. Prescott makes many personal anecdotes about his day noting things in his surroundings like scent moderate or adding his opinions we could not kill I think we should have but the sun was too hot. Prescott often ends the entries with jotting down the days weather as something like very indifferent but as good as could be expected with a very cold east wind or simply stating Frost. It is evident from Prescotts personal asides that he was a vigilant huntsman quite dedicated to the task. Further personal glimpses reveal a record of his horses charming names including Salt Fish and Molly Malone. At the time Prescott was taking these notes Herne Bay area and the Kentish villages would have been teeming with people. The Victoria era was one of prosperity when elite English folk flocked to popular destinations to partake in their favorite pastimes. From 1873 on in the journal Prescott notes he was hunting with Pytchley by writing their name in parentheses. The Pytchley hunt is an organization originally based in Northamptonshire in formation as early at the 1630s. The organization is still active today. Pytchleys website notes that from 1819-1873 right as Prescott began with Pytchley for one year the Althorp and Pytchley countries were hunted by one pack with a second pack established at Brigstock. Prescott was part of the famous hunt organization at a time when it was amid significant change and expansion. His notes may keep further clue of such growth. While the huntsman himself may be unknown to history the anecdotal evidence in Prescotts diary gives us a glimpse of the Victorian man fond of his sport. <br/><br/> hardcover books
180227104London: J. Debrette 1802. Fourth edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Three quarter burgundy leather over silk boards. Stated fourth edition of this classic volume on hunting. 360 pp. With a separate four page booklet tipped in at the rear of the volume. Marbelized endpapers. Illustrated frontis plus a second illustration plus diagram placed at the end of the preface to this volume. A strip of paper loss on page 137/38 not affecting any text. Otherwise a handsome well bound copy. Five raised bands at spine. Gilt horse and dog images along with title and date in gilt at spine. Overall a very good example. J. Debrette unknown books
188256744Paris: Firmin-Didot 1882. Second edition. Illustrated with steel engravings of various breeds. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Rebound in full olive-tan morocco t.e.g. others uncut; one or two marginal tears light waterstains to lower outer margins. Second edition. Illustrated with steel engravings of various breeds. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Nicely Bound Survey of French and English Sporting Dogs. An extensive survey of dogs of the field in French. Firmin-Didot unknown books
1896315329Hacienda Rosendal Tantojón Pánuco Vera.Cruz Mexico 1896. 2 pages; with original envelope featuring pen and ink portrait of a bear on the back; and with clipped article from the "Mexican Herald" of December 24 1895. 4to. Old folds. 2 pages; with original envelope featuring pen and ink portrait of a bear on the back; and with clipped article from the "Mexican Herald" of December 24 1895. 4to. In praise of three California huntresses. A charming tribute with subtle overtures from three Swedish bachelors living in Mexico to three California sisters whose hunting prowess was described in an article in the "Mexican Herald." Headlined "Three California Dianas. They Kill Bears and Panthers and Olive in Particular is an Expert Shot" the article describes the sisters who live in the "wilderness above Ukiah California" as "sportswomen of rare talent" and gives an account of their encounter with a bear which ends up with their treeing and killing the animal. The letter reads in part: ".we think it would interest you to know that your bravery and pluck are known even outside your own Country . We have read and reread the article and . we could not restrain ourselves from sending our respects. Down here you would find a great field for your guns. We have all kinds of big game . it is nothing unusual to meet an 8 or 9 feet sic tiger on the roads when we are out riding. We will described one of our hunting experiences that might interest you." The letter goes on to relate how after wounding and trailing a deer towards a lagoon "a big Puma jumped out from the jungle and pounced upon our poor wounded deer. A rifleshot and we had both deer and Puma." The letter continues: "We are three Swedes 26 28 & 31 years old and run a fruit plantation in partnership in the district of Huasteca on the shores of the beautiful Panuco river. We have been here only 5 months but we have found the prospects for the future very bright. We would greatly enjoy a few lines from you as to ascertain whether our epistle ever reached you . and if the article is a ghost-story or not." They close "With admiration for the 3 brave Dianas in California. unknown books
1870165341870. Watercolour and pencil signed "Phiz" and inscribed as title. 1 vols. 7 1/4 x 13 1/4. Browne or "Phiz" was a noted illustrator of Dickens and for Punch. The present work was probably engraved for Punch about 1870 when the artist specialised in sporting cartoons. Watercolour and pencil signed "Phiz" and inscribed as title. 1 vols. 7 1/4 x 13 1/4" Cf. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting pp. 64-5 unknown books
1870165361870. watercolour and pencil signed "Phiz" and inscribed as title. 1 vols. 6 3/4 x 10. Browne was a noted illustrator of Dickens and for Punch. The present work was probably engrvaed for Punch about 1870 when the artist specialised in sporting cartoons. watercolour and pencil signed "Phiz" and inscribed as title. 1 vols. 6 3/4 x 10 unknown books
18479675n.p. 1847. 1 vols. Folio. Sewn into original brown wrappers worn. 1 vols. Folio. 215 ORIGINAL SPORTING DRAWINGS. The artist from internal evidence seems to be Rev. H.L. Bennet--clearly an ardent and well-connected sportsman as most of his sketches are portraits and caricatures of well-known hunting men and women of the day many of whom are identified. These include a portrait of Lord Jersey who Nimrod called "perhaps the most elegant rider for hounds the world has ever seen" and many others. The drawings are skilfully executed and are often amusing. A unique production of one of the golden ages of British sport.<br/><br/>Including : Examples of 2 pages 7 images: Mrs. Rowley's Groom on his Compact Mare Rush Esq Farthgghoc Col. Joddsch Lord Anson's steward M-- Wyatt. J.H. Jr T.T.D.<br/><br/>Another: 2 pages; Rev. G. Loyd T.T Darke Esq. 2 others<br/><br/>Another: 2 pages; Col. Goodell 4 others Mr. Drakes Grey's horse. unknown books