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189019745<p><strong>Charming and curious album by a butterfly hunter containing 76 pairs of finely arranged and glued wings completed with the body of each butterfly in gouache.</strong><br />The colors are very well preserved with iridescent hues rendered brilliant by the glue used. This is the same glue used to fix the colors of enhanced engravings from this period.<br />The last page features 11 butterflies made from natural leaves and flowers.</p>
18985520London: Rowland Ward 1898. First. Hardcover. VG. being the narrative of an eight months' trip in Baltistan and Ladakh.together with hints for the guidance of sportsmen. 506 pp ill publ ads in rear. 2 pull out folding maps in rear pockets. Extremely desirable and fairly scarce Asian sheep hunting book. This one in surprisingly nice condition with all silver lettering present corners sharp and spine tips nice. Collectible condition. VG to not quite near fine hinge firm but zebra end papers show cracking. Binding firm which is unusual for this thick heavy book. Rowland Ward hardcover
18479675n.p. 1847. 1 vols. Folio. Sewn into original brown wrappers worn. 1 vols. Folio. 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
18566922London: Hurst and Blackett Publishers 1856. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG. 546 pp ill fold out map. Four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa. Sporting adventures and notes on devices for destroying wild animals. A fine account in pen and pencil of great hunting adventures. VG copy bound in half leather. See website image showing marks on cover. This is an extremely scare title as we have not had a fist edition for 35 years. Hurst and Blackett Publishers hardcover
18996191London: W Thacker 1899. First. Hardcover. VG. Being a record of sport and travel in Baltistan and Ladakh. 286 pp ill fold out map in rear. A great Asian sheep hunting book for all the game of highest Asia. Especially good on ibex hunting but also for several sheep species as well. 1899 London FIRST edition. Orig. tan cloth picture of ibex printed on cover ram & rifle on spine. Original snakeskin patterend endpapers. Solid tight vg condition copy of a rare and sought after Asian hunting title. PLUS laid inside front cover is a note that this is a review copy presented by the publisher dated 1899 same year as publication and requesting notice when review appears. A great piece of ephemera. Review copies were uncommon 123 years ago! $ 2750.00Very nice vg to near fine condition in original scene stamped cloth. W Thacker hardcover
19007105London: F E Robinson 1900. First. Hardcover. Fine. being an account of two expeditions into the far interior together with a complete list of every animal and bird known to inhabit that country and a list of reptiles collected by the author. With notes on equipment needs to complete a big game shooting expedition and notes as well on sporring wild game. 345 pp profuse ill. Folding map. Many hunting adventures including the big five as well as plains game. Bound in full morocco with raised spine bands. A lovely vg copy of a highly collectible book. F E Robinson hardcover
186121757Boston: Charles H. Crosby. Very Good. 1861. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Inscription on the fep states "J. H. McClelland received from the author July 25 1861." bound in the original fragile black cloth. Rubbed at the corners and along the spine. Some minor repair has been done in the gutter at the top of the spine appears to be a glue. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 308 pages . Charles H. Crosby hardcover
18884187London: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. VG to vg. From original photographis taken by J. Turner-Turner author of Three Years Hunting and Trapping. 84 pp consisting of a full page photograph on one page and opposite and description of it. Beautiful photos The photos consist selections form nine months of hunting during autumn winter and spring in the Rocky Mountains. Oblong folio. Internally clean and fine. Bound in gilt vellum boards over leather no spine gilt. The leather shows wear at corners and top third of spine is split but held firm inside by binding. The Vellum is soiled see picture. Still a VERY scarce item. INSCRIBED B A Widnell from T.T. London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company hardcover
183712677Rudolph Ackermann 1837. Roy. 8vo. Second Edition with coloured aquatint frontispiece elaborately engraved and printed titles and 17 fine coloured aquatint plates some plates with original tissue guards present a few lightly age-soiled at fore-margins only ALL AQUATINT PLATES FINELY COLOURED BY HAND printed title and fore-margins lightly age-soiled C6 frayed at outer margin not affecting text lateral tear in J7 repaired with slight misalignment of text; handsomely bound in mid-nineteenth century green half morocco marbled boards ruled in blind back gilt with five raised bands tooled in gilt second compartment lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments elaborately framed and tooled in gilt to a floral design all edges marbled marbled endpapers joints lightly rubbed else a very good bright clean copy. With the large nineteenth-century engraved armorial bookplate of Frederick W. Disney on front paste-down. The plate 'Stand and Deliver' is placed opposite p.50 rather than p.26 as called for. Apperley's classic account was first published in 1835 with only twelve plates; here three of the original plates are replaced by new ones and six new plates added. This copy has all the earlier state points: plate 1 aquatinted by H. Alken the spelling 'filly' in plate 9 and correct page numbers on plates 17-18. This copy is bound without the final printer's leaf and publisher's advertisements at end. Abbey Life 385; Hardie pp.185-6 & 320; Prideaux p.326; Tooley 67. Rudolph Ackermann, hardcover
189314220London: Sampson Low. Very Good. 1893. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Owner's bookplate on the fep. Covers lightly soiled. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 318 pages . Sampson Low hardcover
189213068Henry Sotheran 1892. Folio First Edition with portrait frontispiece of Bewick; original guard present 16 fine coloured plates all original guards present 18 plates in autotype all original guards present and 30 wood-engraved illustrations by the author and George Lodge in the text neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original red straight-grained half morocco red coarse-grain cloth sides blocked and lettered in gilt gilt back gilt top blue-grey endpapers uncut joints and corners very faintly rubbed else a near fine crisp copy. Bright copy of Millais' well-known monograph on the four primary species: Capercaillie Blackgame Grouse and Ptarmigan. A number of the text-illustrations are by George Lodge. Freeman 2583; Jackson p.25; Mullens & Swann p.405; Tate p.247. Henry Sotheran, hardcover
18935953London: Richard Bentley 1893. Third Impression. Hardcover. VG. Lynn Bogue Hunt. 455 pp ill. One of the best most widely read quoted and reprinted books. Only the first four editions of this book have the green cloth with the three gold animal heads on the cover. Corners showing some wear but better than a vg copy. A classic that should be in every collection hopefully in an early edition. Richard Bentley hardcover
184659006450London: Rudolph Ackermann 1846. Bound in 3/4 dark green leather stamped in gold with five raised bands over decorative boards that match the endsheets and the page edges. Handsome early reprint the original was published four years earlier. xxvii 548 pp. Illustrated with a steel-engraved frontispiece by T.A. Prior; wood engravings throughout text from sketches by the author including an additional pictorial title page. 8vo. Handsome copy. Early Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /No Jacket. Rudolph Ackermann Hardcover
18966496London England: Rowland Ward 1896. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1896 London. Second and one of the two rarest editions. VG to near fine in orig printed beige cloth zebra end papers. Perhaps the hardest in the series to obtain. 325 pp ill. ads & sample measurement sheet in back. Front zebra pattern endpapers split but hinges firm. Typical spotting of buckram cloth on covers. Near fine. The second edition is actually rarer than the first edition. Nice collector condition copy. Laid inside is a copy of an obituary for Rowland Ward and a list of all Ward publications up to 1977. Rowland Ward hardcover
18936421London: Rowland Ward 1893. First. Hardcover. VG. 503 pp ill folding map. The last 11 years spent by the author on the Zambesi and its tributaries. Selous' longest and best work. Incl. his final hunting years with memories and stories from earlier days. This is the desirable Rowland Ward published edition in original cloth with two gilt lions on cover and gilt native on spine. This is a heavy thick book VG to vg rear endpaper separating but hinge firm slight bumping on corners Much better than it sounds. Rowland Ward hardcover
18916199New York: Charles Scribner's 1891. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1891. Two volumes: 548 & 540 pp. Ill. Elaborate deco stamped covers both volumes. Classic work on Stanley's African explorations and his quest rescue and retreat of Emin governor of Equatoria. Lovely colletor condition set. Former owner name & year acquired written small and neat on front free endpapers. Crisp sharp looking copy in original gilt and stamped cloth. Charles Scribner's hardcover
1898HUNTING028727Rowland Ward London. 1898. First edition. Royal octavo. pp xviii 506 9 adverts. 52 illustrations from photographs; 2 folding maps in rear pocket. Original red burgundy cloth lettered in silver and gilt. The author shot an enormous range of animals.Spine and cover edges a little faded. Very good. Scarce. Rowland Ward, London. hardcover
1893HUNTING028683Thacker Spink and Co Calcutta. 1893. First edition. Small octavo. pp viii 128. Eight folding maps. Original mustard cloth lettered in black.Early 1905 ownership signature on front pastedown. Flecks of ink on page v. Covers slightly dusty and marked. Very good. Very scarce. Thacker, Spink and Co, Calcutta. hardcover
188021752Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good. 1880. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Rubbed at the top of the spine. The only xlib marks are a small stamp on the title page and penciled numbers at the top of same. Inside the back cover is a bookplate of ownership by company G of the 12th U. S. Infantry. ; Ex-Library; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 242 pages . J. B. Lippincott hardcover
1841g7432London: Ackermann and Co. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed with some edge fading. Foxing to prelims and some light scattered foxing elsewhere. Repaired tear to edge of plate 4. With three neat ownership signatures on prelims and two elsewhere. Illustrations bright. 1841. First Edition. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 380mm x 290mm 15" x 11". 15pp plates. Views and vignettes with 15 numbered plates with 16 hand coloured illustrations. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Ackermann and Co hardcover
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. 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
187620071London: Henry S. King & Co. Very Good. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. In the original decorated green cloth. Rubbed at the corners and spine ends. Owner's bookplate on the fep and name on the half-title. Endpapers and the very outside edges of the pages are foxed. All hinges are tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 380 pages . Henry S. King & Co. hardcover
1804r9334London: Vernor & Hood. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover with staining on lower edge with some light internal impact. Contents bright. 1804. First Edition. Quarter-leather red cloth cover. 290mm x 230mm 11" x 9". 312pp index. 16 engravings by Medland Pouncy Landseer Peltro etc. . Vernor & Hood hardcover
1899HUNTING010305George Redway London. 1899. First edition. Octavo. pp viii 336. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Green pictorial cloth with bevelled edges. Pieces by Sir Courtenay Boyle Capt. R. Bird Thompson Terence Le Smythe T.H.S. Escott et al.Contemporary 1903 ownership inscription on verso of frontispiece. Edges spotted. Tail of spine and corners slightly scuffed. Very good. Very scarce: Copac lists no copy in any of the deposit libraries in the U.K. George Redway, London. hardcover
19002436London: Stanford 1900. 1899/1900. No Binding. VG. Stanford's New Map of the Orange Free State the southern part of the South African Republic the northern frontiers of the Cape Colony Natal Basutoland and Delagoa Bay in Portuguese East Africa. 1899. Cover title: Stanford's new large scale map to illustrate the crisis in South Africa Oct 1899 WITH Southern Extension of Stanford's New Map of the Orange Free State and the Southern Tip of the South African Republic. Cover title: Stanford's new large scale map of the seat of war in South Africa. sheet 2. Folding linen backed maps in orig board covers & labels. Each sheet 27 x 39 in. 16 mi to the in. Both maps vg w. slightly faded cover. Sheet two shows both the Eastern Cape and all British controlled southern Africa on a scale of 94 mi to the in. Sheet on Oct 10 1899 and sheet 2 Jan 9 1900. Both Stanford London. Stanford unknown
