Tales of the Angler's Eldorado: New Zealand
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1926. First edition, so stated on copyright page (with publisher's... Read More about Tales of the Angler's Eldorado: New Zealand
Price: $2,500
Sports & Games
Rare books, first editions, prints and original art related to sports and leisure. Specializing in angling/fishing, fencing, golf, polo, hunting/shooting and the Derrydale Press.
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DEAN SAGE COPY
My First Touch of Angling by A Biggish Boy [in Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas and New Year's present for...
[London: W. Kent, 1865]. Extract bound seperately. DEAN SAGE COPY. Read More about My First Touch of Angling by A Biggish Boy [in Peter Parley's Annual: A Christmas and New Year's...
Price: $150
Tales of a Big Game Guide.
New York: Derrydale Press, 1938. First edition, no. 79 of 950 copies. An attractive late Derrydale production, in better condition than usually encountered. Read More about Tales of a Big Game Guide
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Tales of a Big Game Guide.
New York: Derrydale Press, 1938. First edition, no. 341 of 950 copies. An attractive late Derrydale production, in better condition than usually encountered. Read More about Tales of a Big Game Guide
Price: $500
Tales of a Big Game Guide.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. First edition, no. 16 of 950 copies. An attractive late Derrydale production. Read More about Tales of a Big Game Guide
Price: $375
The Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette; a Magazine, entirely appropriated to sporting subjects and fancy pursuits; containing every thing...
London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1822-28. Alken, Henry. First Edition, with rare Number for June 1828 and the leaf of Errata in Volume II. One of the great appeals of this journal is the breadth of subjects covered. The primary emphasis is on hunting, shooting, and the turf, but..... Read More about The Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette; a Magazine, entirely appropriated to sporting subjects...
Price: $15,000
Though Memory Plays Me False. A Story of Anticosti. The St. Lawrence River Isle of Enchantment, the life of William...
[Southbury, CT: Gretchen E. Engel], 1971. First Edition. Very unusual in hardcover. Inscribed to Bill Wigton by the author. Read More about Though Memory Plays Me False. A Story of Anticosti. The St. Lawrence River Isle of Enchantment,...
Price: $300
Presentation Copy to his Patron
The Chace, The Turf, and the Road. By Nimrod.
London: John Murray, 1837. First edition. Presentation Copy to his Patron. Apperley had been obliged to resign himself to residence in France to escape debts following the sale of the Sporting Magazine in 1830, but he continued to write from his exile near Calais and produced some of his finest..... Read More about The Chace, The Turf, and the Road. By Nimrod
Price: $1,500
The Horse and the Hound their various uses and treatment, including practical instructions in Horsemanship and Hunting etc. etc. By...
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1848. Third edition. Read More about The Horse and the Hound their various uses and treatment, including practical instructions in...
Price: $300
Nimrod's Hunting Tours, Interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes, Sayings, and Doings of Sporting Men … To Which are Added Nimrod's Letters...
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1836. First American edition. Read More about Nimrod's Hunting Tours, Interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes, Sayings, and Doings of...
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My Life and Times By Nimrod (Charles James Apperley) edited with additions by E.D. Cuming.
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1927. First Edition, one of 250 deluxe copies, #206. Read More about My Life and Times By Nimrod (Charles James Apperley) edited with additions by E.D. Cuming
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The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod.
London: Edward Arnold, 1898. New Edition with Illustrations by Henry Alken. A Portrait by D. Maclise, R.A. and other Portraits. Read More about The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod
Price: $200
The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod.
London: Edward Arnold, 1898. New Edition with Illustrations by Henry Alken. Portrait by D. Maclise, R.A. and other Portraits. Read More about The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod
Price: $175
The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod.
London: John Murray, 1870. Alken, Henry. New Edition. Read More about The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod
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Present from a Prince
The Life of a Sportsman. By Nimrod.
London: Kegan Paul, 1914. Present from a Prince. Handsome standard edition of this classic sporting work, with the small engraved card of Prince Dimitri de Russie (1901-1980, nephew of tsar Nicholas II), and his handwritten birthday wishes, “Many happy returns of the day, and best wishes Dimitri” [with a flourish]..... Read More about The Life of a Sportsman. By Nimrod
Price: $375
The Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq...by Nimrod.
London: Keagn Paul Trench, nd (c. 1900). Fourth Edition. A late but attractive edition of Nimrod's classic, handsomely bound and with excellent coloring. Read More about The Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq...by Nimrod
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Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton.
London: Keagan Paul, nd. Read More about Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton
Price: $250
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq....by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author...
London: Rudolf Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street, 1851. Alken, Henry. Third edition, third issue, with both engraved and printed titles dated 1851. Desirable edition, as it is the first to include The "Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author of 'Handley Cross'"[Surtees]. Read More about Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq....by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by...
Price: $600
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.…by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author...
London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1851. Alken, Henry. Third edition, third issue, with both engraved and printed titles dated 1851. Desirable edition, as it is the first to include The “Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author of ‘Handley Cross’”[Surtees]. Read More about Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.…by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by...
Price: $475
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.…by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author...
London: Rudolf Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street, 1851. Alken, Henry. Third edition. Desirable edition, as it is the first to include The “Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author of ‘Handley Cross’” [Surtees]. Read More about Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.…by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by...
Price: $450
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.…by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author...
London: Rudolf Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191 Regent Street, 1851. Alken, Henry. Third Edition. Desirable edition, as it is the first to include The “Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by the Author of ‘Handley Cross’” [Surtees]. Read More about Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq.…by Nimrod. With a Brief Memoir of Nimrod, by...
Price: $750
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton...with notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits...
London: Rudolph Ackermann 191, Regents Street, 1837. Alken, Henry. Second Edition, Reprinted (With Considerable Additions) From The New Sporting Magazine. Read More about Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton...with notices of his Hunting, Shooting, Driving,...
Price: $1,150
In Boards
Remarks on the Condition of Hunters, the Choice of Horses, and their Management: In a Series of Familiar Letters, originally...
London: Printed and Published by M.A. Pittman, 18, Warwick Square, 1831. First edition. In Boards. Read More about Remarks on the Condition of Hunters, the Choice of Horses, and their Management: In a Series of...
Price: $600
In Board
Remarks on the Condition of Hunters, the Choice of Horses, and their Management: In a Series of Familiar Letters, originally...
London: Printed and Published by M.A. Pittman, 18, Warwick Square, 1831. First edition. In Board. Read More about Remarks on the Condition of Hunters, the Choice of Horses, and their Management: In a Series of...
Price: $400
The Chace, The Turf, and the Road. By Nimrod.
London: John Murray, 1837. With an “Extract from The Road” for September 1st, 1892, laid in the back containing a notice on the spread of Glanders (some spotting). Read More about The Chace, The Turf, and the Road. By Nimrod
Price: $500