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Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 51 plates, numerous photographs and wood-engraved illustrations in the text and a double-page map in blue and black, some very light and largely neglible browning to a few leaves; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, back gilt with raised bands, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the fine nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Ashworth James on front paste-down, and 4pp publishers' catalogue bound in at end. A lovely copy of a field sports classic. Chapman and Buck describe in detail over two decades' field sports in a Spain long passed into history.
- Longsman and Cie, London 1889, 13,5x19,2cm, 481pp. et 448pp., 2 volumes reliés. - Mention de cinquième édition révisée, abondamment illustrée de gravures sur bois, in-texte et hors-texte. Cartonnage d'éditeur en pleine percaline marron. Dos lisse orné d'un poisson en queue, titre argent et noir, et doré. Plats illustrés d'une scène d'intérieur d'un gentleman pratiquant l'équitation, la chasse. Le premier volume sur les saumons comporte des petites rousseurs éparses. Bel exemplaire, le dos du volume consacré aux saumon légèrement éclairci, les coiffes portant des traces de frottements. The Badminton Library est un projet d'encyclopédie des sports et divertissements, conçu et réalisé par henry Somerset, 8e duc de Beaufort ; il développa ainsi une collection spécifique dédiée aux sports (pêche, équitation, chasse, patinage, football) en faisant appel aux spécialistes du genre à l'époque, constatant qu'il n'existait pas de livre pour celui qui voulait s'adonner à telle pratique. Les deux livres qui furent publiés à quelques mois d'intervalle détaillent absolument tout ce qui concerne la pêche au saumon et à la truite, et la pêche au brochet et autres poissons. L'Angleterre distinguait Game fish (saumon, truite) pratiqué par la noblesse et Coarse fish, pêche dont le poisson était considéré comme moins bon. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Chez Lécrivain, Paris 1822, In-12 (9,5x17,5cm), 402pp., relié. - Edition originale, rare, illustrée en frontispice d'une planche dépliante dotée de multiples figures sur le nouveau fusil de chasse, et 9 planches avec diverses figures sur les pièges, les armes, les différents types de chasse... Reliure en demi basane fauve d'époque. Dos lisse orné de 2 types de fers, dont un au palmier, roulettes dorées. Traces de frottement, notamment sur les plats. coins repliés. P. 381, déchirure en marge sans manque. Mors inférieur fendu en queue. Bon exemplaire. Sous-titre : Manuel aussi instructif qu'amusant, très nécessaire premièrement à MM. les employés de l'administration forestière, aux gardes-chasse, aux chasseurs, aux pêcheurs, aux oiseleurs de profession, aux armuriers [] offrant à la fois un abrégé de fauconnerie, un code de vénerie, et enfin l'explication de tous les pîèges et ruses du chasseur, ainsi que celle des qualités qui constituent un bon fusil de chasse. Ouvrage pratique qui dresse un portrait de tous les types de chasse (lièvre, loup, blaireau, oiseaux, poissons...). [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
12° pagine XVII, (510),(2) piena pergamena coeva. Ottimo esemplare. Le pagine iniziali sono in realtà XV - (1) per errore di numerazione. Prima edizione della prima traduzione italiana. Jouhart 360 Gamba 2377 "stimatissima edizione"
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (wanting original paper guard), title in red and black, 5 coloured plates (all original paper guards present) and 13 engravings in the text, frontispiece and title mildly spotted; original green cloth, upper board framed in blind and blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, primrose endpapers, corners lightly bruised, joints a little rubbed at head else a very good, bright, clean copy. With the nineteenth century engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Ashworth James on front paste-down and separately printed errata slip mounted facing Preface. Henry Ashworth James, of Herstmonceux Place Sussex, was father of aviation pioneer Wing Commander Sir Archibald James MC; this copy was formerly in the latter's library.
In 8, pp. 571 + (3) con 8 tavv. f.t. inc. all'acq. Qualche lieve alone d'umido all'ang. inf. est. delle cc. con indebolimneto della carta. Legatura in mz. tl. novecentesca. Annata completa di questa rivista scientifica diretta da Brugnatelli costituita da 6 fascicoli bimestrali. Fra i contributi: Analisi chimiche fatte sopra diverse specie di calcoli: calcoli di cavallo; calcoli di porco; calcolo del rabarbaro; Pezzi di calza trovati nello stomaco di un bue e vestiti di singolare materia; Calcoli della vescica orinaria del cane; Alcuni dettagli sopra la pesca delle perle; Maniera di costruire un letto a telaio elastico, di un prezzo modico, ed opportuno a facilitare il trasporto delle persone malate o ferite inventato dal Sig. Patrick Chricton; Memoria sopra le ardesie di Lavagna del sig. G. A. Mongiardini; Sul veleno della vipera. Discorsi due del sig. G. Mangili;Ccatalogo per ordine cronologico delle meteore in seguito delle quali sono cadute delle pietre o masse di ferro; Osservazioni sopra la pietra Yu dei Cinesi; Fine della memoria sulle ardesie di Lavagna; Osservazioni e scoperte. Sostanza cristallina ritrovata nell'olio di trementina; ecc...
193 pages. Black and white photos. Numerous line drawings. Chapters in first paper include: The Evolution of the Fishing Method by Light Attraction; Fishing Unit M.F.V. France (a Greek purse seiner on Lake Tanganyika); The Cycle of Fishing Operations; Landing Facilities at Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania); Fishing Areas in Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania) for Industrial Fishing; Insurance of the Fishing Unit. Chapters in second paper include: Existing Fishing Methods and Gear for Small-Scale Fisheries - Advantages and Limitations; A Small-Scale Seine Fishing Unit; The Cycle of Fishing Operations; The Results obtained from Experimental Unit; Conclusions and Recommendations. Chapters in third paper include: An Outline of the Problem; The Fishing Unit; Seasonal Availability of Fishing Grounds; Choice of Fishing Grounds; The Results of Beach Seine Experimental Fishing; Beach Seining by Local Fishermen; Comparing Catches of BS-2 with Local Fishermen; Prototype Beach Seining Unit; Conclusions and Recommendations plus appendices. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper else clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. Nice copy. Book
Features: The Shwebo Dacoities; The Oldest Industry in England; The Doctor's Escape; Travel and Adventure on the 'Roof' of the World - II; The "Freshmen's Banquet"; On the High Seas - I; A Narrow Shave; Fortune-Tellers of Many Lands; The Secret of Hadfield House; District Life in India; "Held Up" by a Shark; A Feast of Blankets; "Black Jack"; The Man-Hunting Dogs of America; A Modern Free-Lance - I; Eventful Engagements; The Ordeal of Malek Chand; My Adventures on Suwarrow; A Modern Free-Lance II; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - I; The Love of Count Erbach; Showing Him Round; On the High Seas - II; Some Fishing Experiences; A Ten-Thousand-Mile Race; The Woman in Black; Across Mexico on Horseback - I; The Gasparini Mystery; A Snake Hunt in Florida; On the High Seas - III; The Baron's Wooing; An African Slave-Market; A Modern Free-Lance - III; Among Insurgents and Brigands in Crete - II; The Tragedy of Manipur; The Last Buffalo Hunt; The New Hand at the Creek; The Sturgeon Fishers of Russia; My Two Days' Holiday - I; Our "Home from Home" in Rhodesia; The Captain's Bride; Across Mexico on Horseback - II; An Interrupted Tour; In the Service of the Sultan; Unique in the Annals of Crime; Through Arctic Seas; The Kidnapping of Eddie Brathwaite; A Village of Basket-Makers; My Two Days' Holiday - II; Some Sporting Experiences - I & II; The Chief's Bow; Across Mexico on Horseback - III; The Long Arm of Coincidence; Hunting the Great Sea-Slug; A Motor-Car Holdup; On the High Seas - IV; The "Mecca" of China; Three in a Tree; The Festival of the "Whale Guest"; The Director's Peril; Witches and Witchcraft in Brittany; On the High Seas - VI; In the Swirl of the Pentland; The "Luck" of the Lozinsky's; The Smuggler's Paradise; The Conversion of Dodge City; Untrodden Paths - II; My Adventure in Germany; A Doctor in the Bush - II; The Abduction of Eva Carson; A Motor-Car Hunting Trip; Down the River; Where Walking-Sticks Grow; The "Yellow Devil"; and more. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: My Greatest Air-Thrill - A British airman 'blinds' a German sub with his revolver; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - Part III - Mary Gaunt continues her amazing travels in China, with many photos; The Bulging Wall - a scary story from outside Havana; The Cry of the Lioness - a nurse in the South African bush is confronted by armed Kaffirs and calls upon lions for help; Hiding in a Fly-Wheel Pit - a negro burglar in a Cincinnati power-station attempts to evade capture; Adventures of a Newspaper-Man - Part I - Trips to the Underworld by Frederic Martyn; Fishing as a New Vocation - How to run your own Smack - article with nice photos; Those Russian Eggs - attempting to dispose of a shipload of rotten eggs; Romance of the World's Largest Buffalo Herd - Buffalo National Park, at Wainwright, Alberta; How the Horse-Stealers Were Outwitted - a story from Charleville, Queensland's great droving centre; My Adventures With the Hippopotamus - John Aldred Jordan relates thrilling experiences; The Ship of Misfortune - Canada Steamship Lines' Vessel "Turret Chief" was unlucky; Tracking the Diamond Smugglers - a fascinating mystery is solved in Uruguay; The Mysteries of Rhodesia - Photo-illustrated account of Vera F. Raffalorich's trip to the ancient ruins of Zimbabwe, in Rhodesia; A Tortoise Farm - curious farm at Lurais in Central France - article with photos; Lures; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 88, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Covers detached as one but present. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Terrorists - High-powered motor cars confront U.S. authorities with a new problem of desperadoes racing about the countryside, robbing and murdering almost with impunity - a report from Iowa and Kansas; Murchison's Mine - A lost mine is re-discovered beneath the noses of claim-jumpers at Chillagoe in North Queensland - with photos; In Search of the Lost Oases - Part II of a wonderful expedition across the Sahara from Sollum to El Obeid through much unexplored territory - with many interesting photos; A "Cant. Mag." On Trek - a humorous tale; Lost in the Heart of Peru - Part II of G.M. Dyott's adventure in the upper Amazon after he was abandoned by his guide; "On Safari" - F. Ratcliffe Holmes describes the joys and sorrows of life on the march in the heart of Africa - with nice photos; The Passing of the Texas Rangers - A brief account of some of the activities of the Rangers by Alistair Paterson, a man who knew them well; Kruger's Millions - A tale about hidden treasure; The Hut in the Jungle - Chinese detective Ning Wo solves the mystery of a series of apparently purposeless murders on the Malay Peninsula; Revolution A La Mode - An amusing description of a comic opera revolution in a South American Republic; Photo of two Roitscheggen, or "Smoke Men" of the Lotschenthal Valley in Switzerland; Thompson's "Tapu" - A cunning Maori seeks revenge on a white debt collector; Big Game Fishing in New Zealand - Nicely photo-illustrated article on the fighting giants caught in the beautiful Bay of Islands off the New Zealand coast. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Book
152 pages. Large oblong book measuring 10" x 14.5". "Because war censorship forbade publicity there is a widespread lack of knowledge of the outstanding production job for the war effort done by British Columbia industry... Few British Columbians - certainly very few Eastern Canadians, United States business men or British Empire industrialists - realize the extent of the accomplishments and the facilities that are now available here for manufacturing of all kinds. This survey has been prepared to place on record the information that is felt should be known. It is in two parts: First, an illustrated news section graphically telling the story of leading manufacturing developments; second, a concise factual compilation of statistics giving complete authoritative basic data." - from title page. The section on leading manufacturers is profusely illustrated with glorious black and white photos. Companies presented include: West Coast Shipbuilders Ltd.; Western Bridge and Steel Fabricators Ltd.; Vivian Engine Works Ltd.; Vivian Diesels and Munitions Ltd.; Arrow Transfer Co. Ltd.; Canada Western Cordage Co. Ltd.; Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd.; Boyles Bros. Drilling Company Ltd.; Canadian Mixermobile Company; United Distillers Ltd.; The H.R. Macmillan Export Company Limited; Industrial Engineering Ltd. (power/chain saw manufacturer); British Columbia (B.C.) Packers; W.R. Carpenter (Canada) Ltd. - crushers of copra and oil seeds; Edward Lipsett Ltd - commercial fishing supplies; Vancouver Iron Works Limited; British Columbia Telephone Company The Canadian Fishing Company Ltd; British Columbia Distillery Company Limited; Hammond Furniture Company Ltd; American Can Company Limited; Empire Sheet Metal Works Ltd; Canada Chain and Forge Company; Vancouver Engineering Works Ltd; Dominion Bridge Company Limited - including a grand photo of their new Pattulo Bridge looking toward the barrens of Surrey, plus a photo of the Hotel Vancouver's underlying steel structure during construction; Smith Bros. & Wilson Ltd - General Contractors; Heaps Engineering (1940) Limited; Marwell Construction Company; Canadian Sumner Iron Works; McDonnell Metal Manufacturing; Jones Tent and Awning Limited; Leek & Company Limited; McCarter & Nairne - Architects and Structural Engineers; Stewart-Lovick Ltd - Advertising; Terminal City Iron Works; Westland Foundries; British American Paint Co. Ltd; Bloedel Stewart & Welch Ltd.; Straits Towing and Salvage Co. Ltd.; Island Tug and Barge Ltd.; Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Limited; The Vancouver Sun; The Vancouver Daily Province; A-1 Steel and Iron Foundry Ltd.; A-1 Pattern Shop & Brass Foundry Ltd; Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd.; Canadian Forest Products Limited; Alaska Pine Co. Ltd; Newcastle Ship Building Co. Ltd; Bennett & White Construction Co. Ltd; Evans Coleman & Evans Ltd; Falconer Marine Industries Limited; Yarrows Ltd.; Victoria Daily Times; The Daily Colonist; The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited. Also included in this section are photo illustrated features on power generation, brewing, the pulp industry, technical education, tourism, mining, highways, mining, printing, the British Columbia Police Force, New Westminster, Victoria, and Prince Rupert. A very uncommon and informative publication which proudly and abundantly presents the bold industrial might of Canada's pacific province in the immediate aftermath of the second world war. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important record of British Columbia's industrial history. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Hypnotist Detective - Dr. Leopold Thoma of Vienna is a new kind of detective; Knocking at the Cannibals Door - a very dramatic story of the "white man's burden" near the Kunimaipa River in British New Guinea; My Misadventures in Finistere - an amusing account of a holiday sojourn on a little island off the northern coast of Brittany; Through the East by Air - Part III - The adventures of Richard and Sydney Carline who were commissioned by the National War Museum to paint scenes in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, and Persia; The Tiger Calls - an account of what befell two Indian teaplanters; Our Little Outing - An exciting story from a P. Burns and Co. beef camp southeast of Olds, Alberta; The Man Who Turned Thief - Part III - the remarkable story of a man who conducted the most mysterious one-man robberies to ever occur in America; The Ship That Disappeared - The perilous adventure of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine steamer "Canadian Importer"; The "Human Leopards" - A Terrible secret society in Sierra Leone, West Africa; The Blue Spot Theory - a funny story about checking for birthmarks on Burmese babies; Five Thousand Miles on Foot in Central Africa - Part I - Oscar Olsson's aim was to shoot big game with a film camera; My Fishing Trip - a British Officer's touch and go experience in Sopor, a village in Kashmir; and more. 86 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A high-quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
520 pages. Index. Many black and white illustrations. Chapters include: Early History, The Fishing Industry, Lumbering, Agriculture, The War Years, Education, Winnipegosis News Reports from the Dauphin Herald; Local Government, Sports, Churches, Organizations, Family Histories, Mini Histories, Reminiscences and Diary Excerpt. Attractive silver decoration and lettering upon dark blue front board. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. An attractive copy of this substantial work. Book
ST-BRIEUC, L. Prud'homme - In-16 en feuilles à relier dans le format originel - Annuaires expurgés comprenant exclusivement les articles concernant les Monographies - Très propres à l'exception de quelques années RARES.
ottima copia
in-4, pp. XV, (1), 859, superbamente illustrate da 1110 illustrazioni n.t. in silog. e 50 tavole litogr. a colori protette da velina. Legatura coeva in m. pelle verde, titolo e fregi in oro su dorso a nervi, tagli dorati. Edizione originale di questa vasta opera dedicata alla pesca. Ottimo esemplare.. .
Prima edizione italiana dell'opera di Oppiano, dedicata dal Salvini al Principe Eugenio di Savoja. Frontespizia a stampa bicolore con piccola stampa allegorica raffigurante un leone, un falco ed un pesce. Ottimo esemplare fresco con tagli marmorizzati, piatti e dorso con fregi in oro, risguardi decorati, qualche vecchio restauro alle cerniere. Tutta pelle coeva, pp. VII, 510, in 8°
First Edition, viii,60pp., recent quarter calf, marbled boards. The first three poems are translations from the Latin, with a further three additional poems by Silvester. Foxon, p.732; Westwood and Satchell, p.96.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 11 coloured plates (several of flies and hackles; all with original tissue guards present), 3 plates in monochrome with original tissue guards, and a double-page plate and 9 illustrations in the text, contemporary signature and address on front free endpaper; original pictorial ivory buckram, upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, covers moderately age-stained as usual, corners lightly bruised else a firm, clean copy. A second edition of this angling classic appeared in 1894; both editions are scarce in any condition. Westwood & Satchell (Supp), p. 252.
Wonderful vintage brochure in brown decorated card covers. Measures 23 cm x 10.5 cm when closed. Opens to reveal six large double-side leaves, each measuring 30.5 cm x 23 cm when folded-out. Includes twenty-three black and white reproductions of photos plus a map, all supported by considerable text. Rates for cottages and tents provided inside back cover. A plaque located near the former site of the inn states it closed in 1928 and burned down in 1936. It was purchased in 1910, a year before this brochure was printed, by Toronto feminist Flora MacDonald Denison who, inspired by the philosophy of Walt Whitman, set out to build a wilderness retreat for the avant-garde. Guests were offered painting lessons, amateur theatre, and poetry readings. Many well-known Canadian artists, including members of the Group of Seven, painted and sketched in this area, drawn by the strking landscape. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A marvelous piece of Canadiana. Book
In-folio, pagine (8), 316; 97 incisioni di cui il frontespizio, 15 tavole fuori testo, 5 carte. Legatura originale in mezza pella rossa, dorso a nervi con decorazioni, strappo all'ultimo scomartimento, titolo e tagli dorati, piatti in tela rossa.
In-12, plein maroquin aubergine, dos à 5 nerfs guillochés or, richement garnis de caissons ornés d'un décor d'encadrement et fleuron central dorés, double filet doré en encadrement des plats, coupes et tranches filetées, dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées sur marbrures (reliure du XIXe), viij, 326 p. et (1) f. d'approbation. Edition originale. Les quinze premiers chapitres sont consacrés à la description et aux soins à apporter à quinze différents oiseaux de volière. Les trois derniers chapitres sont réservés à l'alimentation, aux maladies et à l'équipement de la volière. Originaire de Metz, Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz (1731-1807) était avocat et médecin. Devenu médecin du roi Stanislas, il quitta son emploi pour se consacrer à la botanique et aux sciences naturelles. Membre du Collège royal de médecine de Nancy et de nombreuses académies, à partir de 1776, il s'autoédita, distribuant lui-même à ses domiciles parisiens sa prolifique production éditoriale dans l'esprit encyclopédique du temps. (Thiébaud, 'Bibliographie de la chasse', col. 134). De la bibliothèque cynégétique d'A. Mercier, avec son ex-libris gravé (vente 1889, n°81). Belle reliure de maroquin de maître.
Bulletin d'information et de documentation de l'Institut scientifique et Technique des pêches Maritimes - Format In-4 - 1961 à 1984, des N° 89 à 350 - 10 volumes reliés toile, années 1982 à 1984 en fascicules - Soit 262 numéros -Nombreuses photographies, cartes, plans et figures - très propre. - exceptionnelle collection Revue traitant de tous les sujets de la pêche maritime, et ce dans le monde entier
Pages 289-382, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: When the Water Came Down - the author and his Gurkha orderly are fishing in the Himalayas when a sudden 'spate' rages down through the mountains; "Washing-Day" All Over the World - article with many fantastic photos of (mainly) woman washing their clothes in outdoor waters in many countries around the world; In Search of Adventure - Part 1 - the story of a chequered cruise to the South Sea Islands by "The Firm", "Freckles", and "The Spinster"; A Woman Alone in China - Part 3 - photo-illustrated travels of Mary Gaunt and her Peking cart travels in China - with photos; Adrift on a Raft - the crew of the sinking Liverpool barque "Cordillera" built a raft to survive; The Native Festivals of Java - article with many great photos; The Story of My Chinese God - how a collector finally got his God curio in China; The Forest Hermit - a Moose- Hunting Story - they camped on the shore of Lady Evelyn Lake in Canada - article with interesting photos; The Man Who Understood Natives - a story of the rinderpest epidemic in Pondoland in 1897; The "Wide World" (this publication) being read in unusual places; Amazing photo of men handling the minute hand of "Big Ben", the largest clock in the world; Emblem Motorcycle ad; Nice Red Cross Line ad inside back cover; Back cover features interesting B.V.D. men's underwear ad with illustration of scene in what appears to be the New York Yankee's dressing room. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book