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Item #232778 ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES. Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences ... depuis...

ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES. Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences ... depuis son établissement en 1666 jusqu'à 1686. Paris: Gabriel...

Paris: vd. Together 44 volumes, 4to. Woodcut vignettes, engraved frontispieces in some volumes, numerous engraved plates, some folding. (Vol. I of Table lacking title-page.) The Académie des Sciences was founded in Paris in 1666 by Colbert as an informal gathering of scholars, who met twice-weekly in the King's library. In..... Read More about ACADÉMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES. Histoire de l'Academie Royale des Sciences ... depuis son...

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Item #214470 A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings....

Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford

A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.

London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1814. First edition. Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford. An early copy. The list of plates in vol. I is the first state (it does not list the portraits of Founders; this copy does not include the Founders). Plate 1, vol.1, is mislabeled “History of Cambridge” and..... Read More about A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings

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Item #230508 The River Dove; With Some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling, near to...

One of 25 Copies, Inscribed to His Wife

The River Dove; With Some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling, near to the Seat of Mr. Charles...

[N.p: Privately Printed, 1845]. First edition, one of 25 large paper copies printed. One of 25 Copies, Inscribed to His Wife. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED on half-title “To the most beloved from John L. Anderdon, 7th Nov. 1845”, of this colloquy on angling after the fashion of Izaac Walton and..... Read More about The River Dove; With Some Quiet Thoughts on the Happy Practice of Angling, near to the Seat of...

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Item #32368 Mr. Henry Arthur Jones. Max Beerbohm

The Playwright Henry Arthur Jones, by Max Beerbohm

Mr. Henry Arthur Jones.

n.p: 1907. The Playwright Henry Arthur Jones, by Max Beerbohm. Henry Arthur Jones was an English playwright who, without reaching the heights of Wilde or Shaw, enjoyed three decades of almost unbroken successes, beginning in 1882 with “The Silver King,” the most celebrated melodrama of its day. He was brilliant..... Read More about Mr. Henry Arthur Jones

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Item #220773 A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience, and Minute...

A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience, and Minute Observations...To Which is Added The Compleat...

London: Printed for C. Stalker, 1787. First edition, with half-title. Begins with a chapter on the natural history of fish, goes on to the best manner of making and choosing rods, lines, hooks, etc. Chapter IV provides a description of flies. "Best was Keeper of His Majesty's Drawing-room in the..... Read More about A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling. Confirmed by actual Experience, and Minute...

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Item #242295 The Earl of Castlehaven's Review; Or, His Memoirs of His Engagement and Carriage in...

Large Paper in Signed Mullen Binding

The Earl of Castlehaven's Review; Or, His Memoirs of His Engagement and Carriage in the Irish Wars. with Lord Anglesey's...

Dublin: Printed for George Mullens, Temple-Bar, 1815. Large Paper Copy. "The present very limited impression of Lord Castlehaven's Memoirs-is taken from the edition of 1684." Large Paper in Signed Mullen Binding. Read More about The Earl of Castlehaven's Review; Or, His Memoirs of His Engagement and Carriage in the Irish...

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Item #220279 Further Notes on the Pursuit of Salar. Alfred E. Bissell, in collaboration, Charles...

Inscribed to His Brother

Further Notes on the Pursuit of Salar.

Wilmington, Delaware: (Privately Printed), 1972. First edition, one of 50 copies. Inscribed to His Brother. Privately printed and second in the series of books on Salmon fishing done by Sportsman Alfred Bissell in a very limited edition This copy is inscribed on the half-title "For my brother John who may..... Read More about Further Notes on the Pursuit of Salar

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Item #220775 Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c...with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies. William...

Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c...with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies.

London: Blacker of 54, Dean St. Soho, 1855. Third edition, "Rewritten & revised by the author", later issue with three inserted pages of reviews. Best edition. An important and much sought-after volume, an expanded version of two smaller editions, the first published in 1842; the plates are remarkable, and of..... Read More about Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c...with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies

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Item #13779 Japanese Street Vendor Carrying Her Child. Katie Blackmore

Original Watercolor by Katie Blackmore

Japanese Street Vendor Carrying Her Child.

Ca. 1930. Blackmore, Katie. Original Watercolor by Katie Blackmore. An exquisite and highly decorative sudy of a kimono-clad woman against a black india ink background. Katie Blackmore, R.B.A., (fl. 1920-1950) was noted for the delicacy of her detail as well as her keen sense of design, and both are amply..... Read More about Japanese Street Vendor Carrying Her Child

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Item #230553 The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts, Especially Fly-Fishing: Containing A...

The Rare First, Taverner's Copy

The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts, Especially Fly-Fishing: Containing A particular Account of the several Sorts of...

Worcester: Printed by M. Olivers, [ca. 1747]. First edition. The Rare First, Taverner's Copy. Westwood & Satchell note that although only Richard Bowlker's name appears in the first edition, in the second, his son Charles seems to lay claim to the work. At his death in 1779, Charles "was considered..... Read More about The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts, Especially Fly-Fishing: Containing A particular...

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Item #215604 The Interior of the Fives Court, with Randall and Turner Sparring. Engraved by...

The Interior of the Fives Court, with Randall and Turner Sparring. Engraved by C[harles] Turner after T. Blake.

London: W. Sams, Book & Printseller, to the Royal family opposite St James's Palace, 1825. Third state, the first being produced in 1818. A large and important depiction of an exhibition sparring match held in Fives Court, in London's Little St. Martin's Street, a tennis and fives court hired for..... Read More about The Interior of the Fives Court, with Randall and Turner Sparring. Engraved by C[harles] Turner...

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Item #238957 "FATHERS OF AMERICAN SPORT" The complete set of six hand-colored aquatint portraits,...

"FATHERS OF AMERICAN SPORT" The complete set of six hand-colored aquatint portraits, with engraved titles, each signed in pencil "R.L....

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. First (and only) edition, limited to 250 proofs only. An extremely handsome and decorative set of American sporting notables. The six portraits, each set in an appropriate background, are of: SAMUEL MORRIS, ESQ., Foxhunter, first president of the Gloucester Foxhunting Club, America's oldest; COL..... Read More about "FATHERS OF AMERICAN SPORT" The complete set of six hand-colored aquatint portraits,...

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Item #12221 THE COMPLETE SET OF 4 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FOR THE FIRST TRADE EDITION OF THE SILVER...

The Original Drawings

THE COMPLETE SET OF 4 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FOR THE FIRST TRADE EDITION OF THE SILVER HORN.

[New York?]: 1937. Done for Grand, Gordon, The Silver Horn. Published in the first Windward House edition. The Original Drawings. ALSO INCLUDED ARE 2 DRAWINGS NOT USED: a 7 x 1 1/2 inch pen drawing of a hunting horn, unsigned, and a beautifully executed 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inch..... Read More about THE COMPLETE SET OF 4 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FOR THE FIRST TRADE EDITION OF THE SILVER HORN

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