1930. THE SPORTSMAN'S COMPANION or An Essay on Shooting.... New York: Ernest R. Gee, 1930. ix, [1], 52, [2] p. Paper-covered boards, paper labels. Small repaired split at bottom of spine, else fine in damaged glassine and nice publisher's slipcase. Bookplate. One of 200 copies privately printed at the Derrydale..... Item #14564
1792. THE SPORTSMAN'S DICTIONARY; or, The Gentleman's Companion for Town and Country. Containing Full and Particular Instructions for Riding, Hunting, Fowling, Setting, Fishing, Racing, Farriery, Cocking, Hawking, &c. ... By Experienced Gentlemen. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1792. 4to. 16 engraved plates. Late 19th-century sprinkled calf, in period style. Front..... Item #13107
1847. (ANGLING). [Anderdon, John L.]. The River Dove. With some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling. London: William Pickering, 1847. iv, 296, [2] p. Later half green morocco. Front hinge just beginning to crack, tips scuffed, else a very nice copy. First trade edition. An extremely rare edition..... Item #6266
1906. ANDREWS, WILLIAM LORING. An English XIX Century Sportsman Bibliopole and Binder of Angling Books. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1906. xvii, [1], 59, [11] p. Engraved title page and engraved plates. Japan vellum over boards. A fine, fresh copy in a fine just jacket. One of 125 copies of a...... Item #14650
1714. (ANGLING). The Whole Art of Fishing. Being a Collection and Improvement of all that has been Written upon this Subject: with many New Experiments. Shewing the Different Ways of Angling, and the Best Methods of Taking Fresh-Water Fish.... London: For E. Curll, 1714. 8vo. [8], 111, [1] p. incl..... Item #14997
1831. [APPERLEY, CHARLES JAMES]. Remarks on the Condition of Hunters, the Choice of Horses, and their Management ... By Nimrod. London, 1831. vii, 503 p. Half calf (worn at extremities, front hinge cracking at ends). First collected edition. Item #773
1802. BECKFORD, PETER. Thoughts on Hunting: in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend. London: For J. Debrett, 1802. 4to. [iii]-xiv, [1], 16-56, 43-56, 57-360 p. 3 engraved plates. Early 20th-century calf, spine gilt in compartments with sporting motif. Preface leaf misbound, hinges a bit scuffed, small chip at..... Item #14632
1879. BECKFORD, PETER. Thoughts upon Hunting in a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend. London: James Toovey, 1879. xi, [1], 269 p. Engraved frontis. by Bartolozzi after Cipriani in two states (uncolored and sepia), 8 engraved plates and a double-page plan of a kennel. Contemporary dark red half morocco..... Item #14637
1804. (ANGLING). Best, Thomas. ... A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling, Confirmed by Actual Experience.... London, 1804. 185, [7] p. Engraved frontis. Later period-style calf-backed marbled boards. Frontispiece and title foxed, else a very nice copy. Sixth edition, revised, of this popular angling treatise first published in 1787..... Item #6265
1801. (ANGLING). Brookes, Richard. The Art of Angling in Two Parts ... The Whole Forming a Sportsman's Magazine Comprising all that is Curious and Valuable in the Art of Angling.... London, 1801. [2], viii, 268 [i.e., 269] p. Frontis. 135 text woodcuts. Skillful modern calf-backed boards, in period style. First..... Item #6254
1860. CHARLES I. King Charles the First's Declaration to his Subjects Concerning Lawful Sports to the Used on Sundays. 1633. [London]: Bernard Quaritch, 1860. [4], 17 p. Calf-backed cloth (spine ends worn and chipped). Very light foxing. One of 100 [?] copies reprinted by the Chiswick Press from the 1633..... Item #788
1884. Bowers, G. [D'AVIGDOR, ELIM H.] Fair Diana. By "Wanderer." London, 1884. Lg. 8vo. viii, 360 p. 22 chromolithographed sporting plates by G. Bowers. Half brown crushed morocco, spine gilt in a sporting motif, by Stikeman. Cloth cover and spine bound in at rear. Just a hint of rubbing at..... Item #12491
1932. GRAND, GORDON. The Silver Horn and other Sporting Tales of John Weatherford. New York: Derrydale Press, 1932. [12], 228, [3] p. Illus. Red paper-covered boards. Extremities rubbed, as usual, but very good. Bookplate. Cloth slipcase. One of 950 copies. Siegel 65; Frazier G-6-a. Item #14574
1809. M'DOWELL, JOHN. Sermon on Horse Racing; Preached in the Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth-Town, September 17, 1809. Elizabeth-Town: Isaac A. Kollock, 1809. 16 (of 20) p. Removed. Lacking last two leaves. Stain on title page. Thus, On the evils of horse racing, which event had come to Elizabethtown the previous day..... Item #12041
1926. MEYNELL, HUGO. The Meynellian Science or Fox Hunting upon System. [New York], 1926. [4], 24, [2] p. Port. Paper-covered boards, cloth spine. Light overall soiling, particularly of the white spine. Bookplate. One of an unstated number of copies privately printed for Ernest R. Gee. Gee was the leading American..... Item #14560
1859. Leech, John. MILLS, JOHN. The Flyers of the Hunt. London: Ward, Lock, & Co., [after 1859]. [10], 114, [2] p. 6 handcolored plates after John Leach. Modern half goatskin. Corners of two leaves chipped off, not affecting type, else a near fine copy. Bookplates. Later printing of this popular..... Item #14629
1846. MILLS, JOHN. The Sportsman's Library; or, Hints on the Hunter, Hunting, Hounds, Shooting, Game, Sporting, Dogs, Fishing, &c. &c. Philadelphia, 1846. xxiii, [19]-341 p. Cloth. Covers quite worn at the extremities, a few signatures slightly pulled, some pencil markings. A good copy only. First American edition. Henderson p. 178;..... Item #830
1819. (BOXING). [Moore, Thomas]. Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress. With a Preface, Notes and Appendix. By one of the Fancy. New York: For Kirk and Mercein [etc.], William A. Mercein, pr., 1819. 120 p. Later half morocco. A nice tight copy, with the half title. First American edition of Moore's..... Item #8813
1790. (ANGLING). [Nobbes, Robert]. The Compleat Troller, or, The Art of Trolling. With a Description of all the Utensils, Instruments, Tackling, and Materials Requisite Thereto: with Rules and Directions How to Use Them.... London: By T. James for Tho. Helder, 1682 [i.e., ca. 1790]. [20], 78, [2] p. Two woodcuts..... Item #13649
1939. O'CONNOR, JACK. Game in the Desert. New York: Derrydale Press, [1939]. xx, [2], 298 p. Illus. by T. J. Harter. Cloth (in imitation of snakeskin). Spine lettering a trifle dull, else a very good copy. Bookplate. One of 950 numbered copies. Hunting game in the American Southwest. Siegel 146;..... Item #14634
1853. SABINE, LORENZO. Report on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas. Washington, 1853. 317 p. Cloth (worn and lightly chipped along extremities and at spine ends). First edition. An important history of American fisheries, prepared for the United States Treasury Department. Item #894
1804. SOMERVILLE, WILLIAM. The Chase; to which is Annexed Field Sports. [London]: Albion Press, by James Cundee, for T. Hurst, 1804. 16mo. [2], xxxix, [1], 135 p. Illus. Engraved added title and 8 engraved plates. Bound without advertisements. Later cloth. Some foxing, at the fore-edge and on the plates. Very..... Item #14624
1844. [WATMOUGH, EDWARD C.]. Scribblings and Sketches, Diplomatic, Piscatory, and Oceanic. By a Fisher in Small Streams. Philadelphia, 1844. 189 p. Cloth (extremities worn). Foxed and a bit waterstained. Second edition, with additions. "Mainly a series of letters which have little to do with fishing."--Wetzel p. 228. Henderson p. 249;..... Item #261