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1891249682London: William Blackwood and Sons 1891. New edition with index. Photographic frontispiece of "Himalayan and North Indian Game" illustrated by photographs and text drawings. xviii 362 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt with mountain goat on upper cover. Extremities a bit rubbed front inner hinge cracked. Very good. New edition with index. Photographic frontispiece of "Himalayan and North Indian Game" illustrated by photographs and text drawings. xviii 362 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A scarce and classic work of big game hunting in the mountains of Central Asia. Yakushi M23 William Blackwood and Sons unknown books
192061926Cascade Mountains and Spokane Washington and Montana 1920. Photograph album. Oblong 4to photograph album 7 x 10 inches "Photographs" gilt-stamped on upper board all of the photographs captioned in white ink on the album leaves below the images the captions have been taken from identical notes on the verso of each of the photographs. Almost all of the photographs were taken in the Cascade Mountains in Washington and Oregon; two picturing the elk were taken in Montana and another was taken in northern California. An excellent photograph album built around the hunting trips of Spokane Washington businessman Percy Powell from his teenage years to adulthood; Powell was general manager of the Powell-Sanders Wholesale Grocers in Spokane Washington from the late 1910s. The photos are affixed to the album leaves by two corners one is badly worn several others are a little chipped or creased the images mostly dark and sharp. Contemporary gilt-stamped black photograph album tied. 8879. <br/><br/> unknown books
1935232905London: Putnam Covent Garden 1935. First Edition in English. Illustrated with photographs. 208 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original grey cloth. First Edition in English. Illustrated with photographs. 208 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Putnam, Covent Garden unknown books
04338Paris: H. Duru 1840. A Remarkable Survival<br/><br/>FRENCH BOARD GAME. Le Jeu Du Portier The Doorman's Game Par H. Duru. France ca. 1840. <br/><br/>Original hand colored lithographed board depicting 'The Five Story House" 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches; 222 x 172 mm. with the right hand top corner beveled as issued. Six original hand colored lithographed figures each on a wooden base average size 3 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches; 80 x 32 mm. Complete in the original card box with the top showing a hand colored lithograph of "the Five Storey House". The Board and the Figures in near fine condition the box a little soiled on the top and the corners strengthened with cloth tape.<br/><br/>The Board is lettered from top to bottom: "No. 6 "/ "No. 5 / Locart Fnt Lunetier au 3 mp" / "No. 4 / F. Sonnet M.De Dentelles" / "No.3 Clagmann Et Cie. Banquiers" / "No. 2" / "No. 1 Loge du Portier." The lid of the box is titles "Le Jeu Du Portier Par H. Duru."<br/><br/>The six figures are titled: Le Portier The Doorman; "2 Proprietaire" Owner; "3 Banquier" Banker; <br/>"4 Marchand" Trader; "5 Fabricant" Maker and "6 Ouvrier" Worker.<br/><br/>A remarkable survival. We have searched OCLC and can find no records of this game in any libraries and institutions worldwide - not surprising!!!<br/><br/>H. Duru was an early to mid-nineteenth century Parisian publisher of children's books games toys and movable books. <br/><br/>According to OCLC their other publications include:<br/><br/>Nouvelle méthode de lecture progressive ou Lecture apprise en quarante jours <br/>3 editions published between 1841 and 1851.<br/>Syllabaire universel en action 2 editions published between 1840 and 1857.<br/>Progressive Spelling Book illustrated in French and English published 1810<br/>Les homonymes illustrées published in 1835.<br/>Grammaire illustrée published in 1841.<br/>Quelques mots sur l'organisation du travail published in 1848.<br/>Alphabet chantant no date. Paris: H. Duru, 1840 unknown books
189941810Wynkoop Hallenback Crawford Co. State Printers 1899. First edition. Cloth with gilt titles stamped in blind string tied. Maps very good with small splits at corner folds colors bright in very good portfolio with small soiled spot on front and some sunning to spine. 1 colored map on 2 joined sheets 102 x 121 cm. Each map is 32 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches. Issued in portfolio 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches with cover title: Map of the Catskill Preserve. Engraved by J.Y. McClintock and W.L. Lawton. Over four feet if joined scale is 1 inch to 2 miles. Shows patents lots names of landowners and town boundaries subdivided into tracts. Shows street names and railroads. Compiled from "Official Maps and Field Notes on file in the State Departments at Albany N.Y. by Authority of the Fisheries Game and Forest Commission." The first meeting of the Forest Preserve Commission was held on September 23 1885 and a tabulation of the state ownership did not exist yet; in 1892 the State provided $250 the Forest Commission "for completing the public path leading to the summit of Slide mountain Ulster County included within the preserve." and in a 1893 budget bill Chapter 726 the State provided $1000 "For the expenses of examination of title and survey of lands owned by the state on Slide Mountain in Ulster County and other parts of the Catskills." which lead to the creation of this first map of the Catskill Forest Preserve. Quite detailed and in remarkably good condition. Wynkoop Hallenback Crawford Co. State Printers hardcover books
19376251Jersey City N.J.: C.F. Mueller Co 1937. Board game 17.5 x 17 cm. with promotion text for Mueller's products on the verso; printed thick card with six pre-punched "hares and hounds" for game pieces; original unprinted envelope. Fine and unused condition. Scarce. C.F. Mueller Co unknown books
188639050New York: F. M. Lupton 1886. Early printing. Printed self-wrappers. Age toning to paper. Two stab holes in margin along spine. A VG copy. 16 pp text triple column. Ornamental masthead. Folio. 11-5/8" x 8-3/8" <br/><br/> F. M. Lupton unknown books
1874246686London: Chapman and Hall 1874. First edition secondary binding. vi 337. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth spine titled in gilt. Very good minor rubbing. First edition secondary binding. vi 337. 1 vols. 8vo. Tiger hunting in Central India with notes on leopard. The author "also relates numerous stories from other sportsmen focusing on hunting bear rogue elephant and the like" Czech. Czech Asia p. 2 Chapman and Hall unknown books
191260725London: Rowland Ward 1912. Price list. Four different examples of this publication from Rowland Ward two with the title above one from 1904 with the caption title "Stuffed Animals: Museum Specimens All Mounted in Standing Positions" and one from 1912 with the caption title "Price List of Mounted Specimens for Museums". 4to. The lists vary from three to ten pages rectos only two include a full page illustration of a stuffed elephant one torn three include a Rowland Ward decorated cover sheet. Animals from Africa predominate but there are also specimens from India Asia Europe North and South America and Australia; prices seem to top out at $500 for an African elephant typically an entry would include common name of the animal its genus and species its sex country of origin and price. Apparently none of these lists are located on OCLC. Folded for mailing one with a receipt stamp two with ink docketing. Very good lot of scarce Rowland Ward ephemera. Brad-bound in an upper corner. #7966. <br/><br/> Rowland Ward unknown books
171313149Montpellier 1713. Woodcut head piece of the royal arms. 1 vols. 8 1/4 x 11 1/8. Fine. Woodcut head piece of the royal arms. 1 vols. 8 1/4 x 11 1/8. French 18th Century Posting Notice. An interesting and handsome document forbidding hunting in the regions of Montredon & Saint Amans in the southwest of France. "by Order of the King.In the interest of conserving Hunting in those regions.we forbid anyone of any rank whatsoever to hunt throughout the extent of aforesaid regions.". unknown books
182518320French: n.p. 1825. Very good. 11 engraved cut-out figures or objects including ferryman three couples wolf goat cabbage and boat to be slotted into boat original box with engraved pictorial label colored by hand A rare children's game possibly printed by the Parisian publisher Nepveau. Contained in the box measuring 14cm x 7cm x 1cm is a complete set of figures for the two river crossing puzzles known as the 'Jealous Husbands Problem' and 'Goat Wolf and Cabbage'. The earliest account of these puzzles is in the 9th century manuscript "Propositionnes ad Acuendos Juvenes" Problems to Sharpen the Young attributed to Alcuin. In both puzzles there are only two places in the boat. In the Jealous Husbands Problem no woman can be with another man unless also accompanied by her husband. In Goat Wolf and Cabbage the wolf will eat the goat and the goat will eat the cabbage unless they are guarded by the boatman. Originally accompanied by counters and an instruction sheet now lost. The box is lightly worn else in very good condition; the figures are in fine condition except the boat which has been repaired and the cabbage which lacks the lower part of its insertion tab and one female figure lacks a hand. Rare. n.p. unknown books
189937624London: Rowland Ward and Co. Limited "The Jungle" 166 Piccadilly W. 1899. Fourth edition. Illustrated. 495 12. 1 vols. 4to. Green blue cloth some wear else very nice. Fourth edition. Illustrated. 495 12. 1 vols. 4to. Rowland Ward and Co., Limited, "The Jungle," 166 Piccadilly, W. unknown books
191441080London: Rowland Ward and Co. Limited "The Jungle" 166 Piccadilly W. 1914. Seventh edition. Illustrated. 532 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original beige cloth pictorial patterned endpapers. Lovely copy. With the publisher's accompanying "Note Book" bound in patterned paper wrappers matching the endpapers laid in. Seventh edition. Illustrated. 532 4 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rowland Ward and Co., Limited, "The Jungle," 166 Piccadilly, W. unknown books
189937623London: Rowland Ward and Co. Limited "The Jungle" 166 Piccadilly W. 1899. Third edition. Illustrated. 504 12. 1 vols. 4to. Green printed cloth some wear else very nice. Third edition. Illustrated. 504 12. 1 vols. 4to. Rowland Ward and Co., Limited, "The Jungle," 166 Piccadilly, W. unknown books
1929302295Los Angeles 1929. 100 pp of typed documents and an additional 50 album leaves mounted with approximately 50 photographs various sizes and processes and various documents. Folio. Limp leatherette with title and recipient name stamped in gilt to upper cover. Large black quarter morocco clamshell box gilt. 100 pp of typed documents and an additional 50 album leaves mounted with approximately 50 photographs various sizes and processes and various documents. Folio. "It is proposed that a COMPLETE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS be opened to the public on a fifty cent admission basis which is to be properly laid out as an attractive Zoological and Botanical Garden with the finest and largest private collection of animals birds and reptiles to be seen anywhere on the continent."<br/><br/>The advent of the motion picture industry in California had many wide-ranging ramifications on the business world and one was that it created a new market for firms who traditionally supplied animals to circuses and zoos both public and private owned by the likes of William Randolph Hearst. <br/><br/>This archive is a report by the Investment Auditors of California for the Horne Corporation that was looking to expand by establishing a zoological garden in the environs of Los Angeles. The Horne Corporation was the largest and most successful of its type at the time apparently the only company in the US that could completely outfit a circus with both animals and show equipment. They were to purchase the Los Angeles Zoological Garden and Jungle Studio for $250000 and thereby sought to provide a similarly complete service to the film studios with both animals and suitable locations for film sets.<br/><br/>The head of the company I.S. Horne for whom this report was compiled commenced trading in animals from Kansas City MO around 1914. The range of animals at the their disposal included big game birds reptiles and many of the documents concern the prospect of importing reindeer from Alaska.<br/><br/>The material is held in a presentation album and includes the certificate of incorporation in Wilmington Delaware May 13 1929 as well as the by-laws of the corporation minutes of the first meeting the proposal for Los Angeles Zoological Garden and Jungle Studio and a balance sheet. At this stage the company had total assets of $57700 & liabilities of $625388.46; an enumeration of the various animals in inventory including wildebeest sables leopard lynx Rhodesian baboons bushbaby and a large aardvark.<br/><br/>Of real interest are the plans for the park including artist's impressions which would be furnished with circus attractions "Monkey Island" jungle setting for motion pictures and an acknowledgment that "before the introduction of the motion picture industry the art of showmanship was not quite so highly developed as it is today." In fact one of the first pictures they supplied animals for was - appropriately enough - Trader Horn which was nominated for the 1931 Academy Award for Best Picture. <br/><br/>On a more practical level there is a "Descriptive Classification of Principal Commercial Wild Animals" which lists 340 different animals in some details. There is also an account of hunting wild animals in East Africa as well as a section on animals that have been trained to hunt by man. Furthermore there is also much correspondence which provides much insight into the game industry its clients and the prospects for its future.<br/><br/>Horne's venture subsequently became known as the World Jungle Compound in Thousand Oaks California eventually being acquired by 20th Century Fox studios. This archive is a record of a new phase of the entertainment industry. unknown books
198853438San Antonio: Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International 1988. First edition one of 3000 copies. Illustrated. 626 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Full red cloth with gilt stamp set in front cover a.e.g. Fine. First edition one of 3000 copies. Illustrated. 626 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International unknown books
198442908San Antonio: Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International 1984. One of 250 copies signed by the Editor Edward R. Bryant. This is copy 159. Illustrated. 640 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Full black leather with gilt plaque set in front cover a.e.g. in matching slipcase. Fine. One of 250 copies signed by the Editor Edward R. Bryant. This is copy 159. Illustrated. 640 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International unknown books
198453435San Antonio: Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International 1984. First edition. Illustrated. 640 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Full black leather with gilt plaque set in front cover a.e.g. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. 640 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Rowland Ward Publications. A Division of Game Conservation International unknown books
1902WRCAM37243Albany 1902. 534pp. including in-text illustrations plus numerous color and black and white plates. Quarto. Publisher's cloth lettered in gilt. Hinges cracked cloth water-damaged. Marginal dampstain in first thirty leaves else clean internally. Good. State of New York Forest Fish and Game Commission report for 1901 profusely illustrated. The notable color plates include twelve birds by Louis Agassiz Fuertes eight fish by Sherman Foote Denton unsigned eight leaves in autumn foliage and various large mammals. hardcover books
199746197n.p.: Activistion 1997. 1st Printing. Illustrated wrappers gray leaves with black lettering. A VG copy light soiling and creasing to wrappers edges rubbed internally clean and bright. 136 pp. Illustrated. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/>This is the guide that came with the computer game Shanghai: Dynasty which is a collection of mah-jongg tile games. This game still exists though this manual is from 1997 and explains installation for Windows 95! Activistion unknown books
192524468Montgomery AL: Dept. of Game & Fisheries Birmingham Printing Co. 1925. First edition. 8vo. 152 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings and photographs and paintings map. Good copy only. Original illustrated tan wrappers soiled edges somewhat chipped. 10717. <br/><br/> Dept. of Game & Fisheries (Birmingham Printing Co.) unknown books
1898247238London: Rowland Ward 1898. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and two folding maps in back pocket. 506 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Mulberry cloth titled in silver. Lower inner hinge cracked spine ends rubbed. Very good. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and two folding maps in back pocket. 506 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Presentation Copy. A lively account of the author's adventures during an eight-month shooting trip in Baltistan Ladakh and Kashmir.<br/><br/>Very scarce.<br/><br/>A presentation copy inscribed on the half title: "Robert Frazer from his old schoolfellow the writer February 1898". Czech Asia 58 Rowland Ward unknown books
1898249679London: Rowland Ward 1898. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and one folding map of two in back pocket. 506 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Mulberry cloth titled in silver. Hinges cracked. Lacking one map. Good only. First edition. Illustrated with photographs by the author and one folding map of two in back pocket. 506 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A lively account of the author's adventures during an eight-month shooting trip in Baltistan Ladakh and Kashmir.<br/><br/>The map of Jummoo and Kashmir with the author's travel route is present; the map of The Great Bend of the Indus is lacking. Czech Asia 58 Rowland Ward unknown books
1938UGAMSPO00mmRoy Wrigley 1938. Very Good. Game Commission British Columbia. Sportsmen's Guide to British Columbia. Vancouver: Roy Wrigley 1938. 224pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 16mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with creasing rubbing and bumping. Small loss in bottom right corner of front cover and small area of abrasion on front cover. Missing first page. Roy Wrigley paperback books
1901240301New York: Press of T.A. Wright 1901. First edition. Frontispiece and plates from photographs. 26 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Gray printed wrappers wear to yapp edges else near fine. First edition. Frontispiece and plates from photographs. 26 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Established in the 1870s by Gen. William Henry and friends and incorporated 1899 with a list of forty-eight members and two honorary members with a camp on Lake Saccacoma Quebec.<br/><br/>RARE. Not in Heller or Bruns. OCLC: 49142501 Bib. & Arch. Nat. du Quebec Press of T.A. Wright unknown books
