London: Hutchinson & Co, [1935]. First English edition. A gathering of several previously published works, including Magic Hours, as well as some new material dealing with trout fishing, Any Luck?, to quote Siegel, "became Connett's most successful title and went through several printings including a British edition which also sold..... Read More about Any Luck? Introduction by Rafael Sabatini
Price: $200
New York: Derrydale Press, [1939]. Boyer, Ralph L. First edition, no. 990 of 1075 copies. Spectacular Copy. A spectacular, unopened copy of this collection of fishing lore by Connett. Read More about Random Casts
Price: $350
New York: Windward House, 1933. First edition. A gathering of several previously published works, including Magic Hours, as well as some new material dealing with trout fishing, Any Luck?, to quote Siegel, “became Connett's most successful title and went through several printings including a British edition which also sold well”..... Read More about Any Luck?
Price: $150
New York: Privately Printed [at Derrydale Press] … for the Anglers’ Club of New York, 1927. First edition, one of 100 [actually 79 or 89] copies, this being copy No. 25 and signed by the author on the colophon page. Connett Family Copy. The first work to bear the Derrydale..... Read More about Magic Hours. Wherein we cast a fly here & there As we wade along
Price: $27,500
![Item #261778 American Big Game Fishing. [Introduction by Mrs Oliver C. Grinnell]. Eugene V. Connett](https://jamescumminsbookseller.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/261778.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1669651991)
New York: The Derrydale Press, (1935). Hunt, Lynn Bogue. First edition, one of 850 copies. A splendid compilation, with contributions from S. Kip Farrington, Van Campen Heilner, and others, including Ernest Hemingway who wrote "Marlin Off Cuba", which had appeared in a slightly different version as "Marlin Off the Morro"..... Read More about American Big Game Fishing. [Introduction by Mrs Oliver C. Grinnell
Price: $500
N.p: n.d. Eugene Connett, founder and proprietor of The Derrydale Press had two major personal sporting interests: angling, and wildfowling, both of which are depicted in the scant handful of original watercolors he made for his own amusement. These, while most appealing, are obviously products of an amateur hand. This..... Read More about Horse in profile: original etching, signed on the back of the frame in Connett's hand,...
Price: $2,500
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1929. The original copper plates used to print Dr. Burke's superb series of illustrations to Connett's highly prized work, 'Feathered Game. From a Sporting Journal': Bobwhite Quail, Ruffed Grouse, Pheasant, Woodcock, Snipe, Canada Goose, Black Duck, Canvasback Duck, Widgeon, and Mallard. Included is the original..... Read More about Feathered Game From a Sporting Journal: The original printing plates for Edgar Burke's color...
Price: $2,500
written at sea, out of Bellport, Long Island: 1941-47. Connett's records, in pencil, of some 40 trips made along the eastern seaboard in his single-masted sloop, indicating dates, locations/destinations, weather, sailing conditions and events, and numerous remarks concerning happenings on board and on shore. Included are a small snapshot of..... Read More about Original Log Book of the White Swan, Connett's sloop, kept by him 1941-47
Price: $1,500
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1930. DeLuxe Edition, no. 15 of 75 copies, with signed etching by Schaldach as frontispiece. ‘this excellent and timeless work’. Siegel notes, "Some of America's most knowledgeable sportsmen were contributing authors to this excellent and timeless work" and Frazier states, "Certainly one of the handsomest..... Read More about Upland Game Bird Shooting in America
Price: $4,500
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934. Smith., Lawrence B. First edition, No. 681 of 950 copies. INSCRIBED. Inscribed on the flyleaf: "To R. McCormicK Shields with the good wishes of Eugene Connett." Read More about Fishing a Trout Stream
Price: $750
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934. Smith, Lawrence B. First edition, Number 883 of 950 copies. CONNETT FAMILY COPY. Eugene V. Connett IV, the dedicatee of the book, has signed this copy “Eugene Connett” on the front free endpaper. Read More about Fishing a Trout Stream
Price: $800
New York: William Morrow, 1947. First trade edition. In Dust Jacket. Handsome copy of one of Connett’s finest postwar book. Read More about Duck Shooting Along the Atlantic Tidewater. Chapters by Frederick C. Lincoln, Lynn Bogue Hunt,...
Price: $250
New York: Windward House, [1933]. Boyer, Ralph L. First edition. A gathering of several previously published works, including Magic Hours, as well as some new material dealing with trout fishing, Any Luck?, to quote Siegel, “became Connett's most successful title and went through several printings including a British edition which..... Read More about Any Luck? with an introduction by George M. La Branche
Price: $200
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. No. 698 of 950 copies. Read More about A Decade of American Sporting Books and Prints by The Derrydale Press 1927-37
Price: $250
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1929. Burke, Edgar. Deluxe Edition, Number 3 of 50 Copies Printed on Large Paper, Signed by Burke and Connett. One of 50 copies. Includes illustrations of the Quail-Bobwhite, Ruffed Grouse, Ring Necked Pheasant, American Woodcock, Wilson's Snipe, Canada Goose, Black Duck, Canvasback, Widgeon, and Mallard..... Read More about Feathered Game from a Sporting Journal
Price: $8,500
New York: Derrydale Press, 1930. First edition, one of 850 copies. One of the great and most sought-after books of the Derrydale Press, with contributions from some of America's most knowledgeable sportsmen. It fully deserves Siegel's remark, "an excellent and timeless work." Read More about Upland Game Bird Shooting in America. Introduction by Colonel Lewis S. Thompson
Price: $900
New York: Derrydale Press, 1930. First Edition, one of 850 copies. One of the great and most sought-after books of the Derrydale Press, with contributions from some of America's most knowledgeable sportsmen. It fully deserves Siegel's remark, "an excellent and timeless work." Read More about Upland Game Bird Shooting in America. Introduction by Colonel Lewis S. Thompson
Price: $500
Fine sailing scene, two moored sailboats in the foreground with other moored boats visible against the shoreline behind. By Eugene V. Connett, Jr, father of the founder of the Derrydale Press, who was himself a keen sportsman and sailor. A pleasing image with choice American sporting provenance. Read More about Dead Calm
Price: $1,250
Rare etching by the father of the founder of the Derrydale Press. Read More about Etching, "Down to the Sound"
Price: $850
New York: Windward House, 1933. First edition. Read More about Any Luck? Introduction by G.M.L. La Branche
Price: $200
New York: Derrydale Press, [1939]. First edition, no. 713 of 1075 copies. Read More about Random Casts
Price: $250
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. First Edition, No. 110 of 950 copies. Read More about A Decade of American Sporting Books and Prints by The Derrydale Press 1927-37
Price: $150