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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
14976Inventor of the landmark computer game Pong. Type Script Signed by Higinbotham 3 page -1990 "Invention and Technology Magazine" article by Frederic D. Schwartz about Higinbotham's role in the origin of computer games. <br/><br/>Schwartz's article begins "Remember Pong In 1972 it became the first succesful video-arcade game.In reality though it was invented in 1958 in a laboratory in then-rural Upton New York by a man named William Higinbotham." According to this article Higinbotham was integral to the birth of successful modern video games as the article explains that "Higinbotham was in charge of instrumentation design at Brookhaven National Research Laboratory BNL a government supported nuclear-research facility.To assure people that they were in no danger and that their crops would not mutate the laboratory ran tours to show how useful important and safe its research was." Higinbotham's contribution based on his desire " to liven things up" was computer based "tennis game with the court displayed on an oscilloscope's screen. For a man who had helped develop the first radar systems and designed timing devices for the Manhattan Project's atomic bomb it was a simple matter to plan the necessary circuitry and within a couple of days the game was finished." So Pong was born. As the article explains however Higinbotham was in a difficult position regarding the game's ownership. As a government employee he could not register a patent in his own name as "Uncle Sam would have owned it." <br/><br/>Higinbotham who had "witnessed the first test detonation at Los Alamos" and was "determined to reduce the awesome threat that nuclear weapons posed to the world" had attempted to create a game of non-violence. He lobbies and speaks against violent games and nuclear weapons and as the article concludes "It's nice to be the patriarch of Pong. But if current trends continue and his scientific efforts end up leading to a peaceful world Willy Higinbotham will have accomplished something much greater." The typescript is signed on page 3 by Higinbotham in his hand: "Best Wishes William A. Higinbotham Feb.8 1991." An interesting association piece which reveals how work on global issues such as nuclear energy intersected with the invention of peaceful computer technologies designed for diversion and entertainment. Stapled on upper left corner. In very good condition. unknown books
1930857New York: Bibo & Lang Exclusive Distributors 1930 First edition second issue. Quarto 12" x 9" 15 & 1 pages plus covers. Original pictorial stapled paper wraps.<br /><br /><p>Moderately soiled & rubbed wraps beginning to separate about 3 inches brief wear at edges & corners light foxing a Very Good copy of a fragile book. </p><p>The second issue of the first Mickey Mouse book which adds Bobette Bibo's age on the title page revises the lyrics of The Mickey Mouse Song removing "Kill Him" & adds two comic strips. The game board & adjacent perforated sheet with the games pieces so often lacking are present & uncut.<br /></p> Bibo & Lang paperback books
1890379561890. 24 x 9 1/2 inches. 1 vols. Wooden frame with chromolithographic panels on front lid and lower panel. Printed on inside as well with skating rink. 24 x 9 1/2 inches. 1 vols. unknown books
189037920np 1890. Box 7 3/4/ x 5 x 2 1/4 inches. Lid is split at joint else a fine set. Box 7 3/4/ x 5 x 2 1/4 inches. unknown books
187537921Paris: M.J. & Cie 1875. 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 5 inches. Some minor wear. 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 5 inches. M.J. & Cie unknown books
192846832Asheville/ Madison: Game Fowl News 1928-63. Paperback. Good. 74 issues all complete with moderate to heavy wear with serious defects noted. Older issues are heavily darkened at the edges with some minor to moderate paper loss with the latter moderately tanned and lightly rubbed with some wear at the extremities. <br/><br/>Volume Four: November 1928 Number 4 December 1928 Number 10 January 1929 Number 11 February 1929 Number 12; Volume Five: March 1929 Number One to Eight front wrap of two detached numbers 10 and 11 December 1929 and January 1930; Volume Six: March 1930 Number One. April 1930ink stamp on front Number 2 September 1930 Number 7 October 1930 Number 8 front wrap detached rear lacking November 1930 Number 9 front wrap detached February 1930 Number 12; Volume Seven: May 1931 Number 2 June 1931 Number 4 front wrap detached July 1931 Number 5 January 1932 Number 11 February 1932 Number 12 wraps separated; Volume Eight: March 1932 Number 1 tear to edge; Volume Nine: January 1934 Number 11 wraps split at spine; Volume Ten: Numbers 1-4 March 1934-June 1934; Numbers 6-8 August 1934-October 1934; Number 9 and 10 November-December 1934; Volume 15: Number 9 November 1939 wraps detached Number 8 October 1939 Number 10 December 1939; Volume 16: Number Three May 1940 dampstained Number 6 August 1940 Number 7 September 1940 Number 11 January 1941; Volume 18: Numbers 9-12 November 1942-February 1943; Volume 19: Number 1 March 1943 Numbers 3-5 May 1943-July 1943; Volume 23 Number 2 April 1947; Volume 29: Number 3 May 1953; Volume 33: Number 4 June 1957 Number 5 July 1957 Number 10 January 1958 Number 11 February 1958; Volume 35: Number 2 April 1959 Number 4 June 1959 Number 7 October 1959; Volume 36: Number on March 1960 Number 2 April 1960 Number 8 November 1960 front wrap damaged and detached Number 9 December 1960; Volume 37: Number 2 April 1961 Number 5 July 1961 Number 8 November 1961 Number 11 February 1962; Volume 38: Number 2 April 1962 Number 9 December 1962 Number 11 February 1963; Volume 39: Number 1 March 1963 Number 3 May 1963 Number 6 August-September 1963. Game Fowl News paperback books
259146np nd. Blank unused game book with each page marked for Upland Game shot pheasant grouse hare partridge etc. Over 200 pages. Oblong folio. Bound in full brown pigskin a.e.g. by Zaehnsdorf 1913. about fine. Blank unused game book with each page marked for Upland Game shot pheasant grouse hare partridge etc. Over 200 pages. Oblong folio. unknown books
193037748Sterling Illinois: Hustler Toy Corporation 1930. Condition almost fine in working order. Hustler Toy Corporation unknown books
1931702151931. DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FRESH WATER FISH ed. FLORIDA BIRDS. Biographies of Selected Species of Birds and Compiled List of All Species Occurring in Florida. Quarterly Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture July 1931. Volume 41 Number 3. Tallahassee FL: Department of Game and Fresh Water Fish 1931. Wrappers. Ex-library. Illustrated in color. Very good. unknown books
1989119990Rancho Cordova. : Department of Fish and Game. 1989. Softcover black comb binding blue covers. . Light soiling to covers otherwise very good. 4to. Department of Fish and Game. paperback books
191237750Guthrie: Co-Operative Publishing Co 1912. 1st edition. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to cover. Minor shelfwear to spine and board edges. Light soiling to back cover. A VG copy. 3 159 4 blank pp. Frontis inserted plates/ intratextual images. 10-1/2" x 7" <br/><br/>"Being the 1912 Annual Report of the State Fame and Fish Warden John B. Doolin to the Governor of the State of Oklahoma the Honorable Lee Cruce". Co-Operative Publishing Co hardcover books
198025308Leipzig: Edition Leipzig 1980. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 280 pp. Text in English by Hobusch. Illustrated history of hunting and shooting with both color and black and white illustrations. Very good condition in very good unclipped dustwrapper. Edition Leipzig unknown books
195760736Tulare CA 1957. 12mo. 2 volumes: 16 368 32; 16 368 32 pp. with entries on 306 pages of the 1955 diary and 260 pages of the one for 1957 a total of approximately 7500 words unused pages were generally marked "vacation" or "day off"; expenses were noted on the daily entry pages rather than in the separate "accounts" section at the rear; laid into the 1955 diary are three photographs from an arrest. Many of the daily entries are simple statements of areas patrolled but many also report hunting and fishing prospects in the area e.g. "The few anglers that were willing to work for their trout were successful in catching limits in Bear Creek upstream from the Mtn. Home Road. A few newly hatched quail were observed in Yokohl Valley near Milton Fire Station" "Checked 35-40 hunters & no deer" "200 pheasants were released on the Tipton open pheasant area after shooting hours on Nov. 21 and Nov. 22 76 46 males and 30 females of the leg bands were recovered from hunters mostly on the morning of the 22nd. There were about 200 hunters in the area" hunting violations including illegal clam digging at Pismo Beach arrests general observations on the wildlife in the area meetings with other wardens and fish and game officials training etc. An excellent representation of the daily activities of a game warden in Tulare California and its surroundings in the mid-1950s. Well used diaries but the entries quite legible. Gilt- stamped green cloth well worn spine ends frayed and joints split hinges cracked etc. #7978. <br/><br/> hardcover books
