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.
New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1856. First edition. Full Gilt Binding : RARE. Van Winkle notes, “This ‘Complete... Read More about The Complete Manual for Young Sportsmen … Prepared for the Instruction and Use of the...
Price: $1,750
No. 26 of 100 copies. Read More about Angling print: “Hen & Cockfish”
Price: $300
Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, Printers, 1881. First edition. Hijinks and fishing in the Delaware Bay. The humorous folding map bears the legend Map of the Bottom of Delaware River and Bay. Compiled from Explorations by the 2nd Presbyterian Fishing Club, on their 11th Annual Cruise, 1881. Uncommon. Read More about Log of the Eleventh Annual Cruise of the Second Presbyterian Fishing Club of Philadelphia, July...
Price: $350
London: G. Routledge, 1846. “New Edition”. A diminutive, popular treatise, first published in 1838; this is the 4th edition, according to Westwood & Satchell. The delightful hand-colored plates display a total of 24 flies. Read More about The Angler's Hand-Book containing Concise Instructions for Every Department of the Art
Price: $800
London: Van Voorst, 1851. First edition. Read More about Fly-Fishing in Salt and Fresh Water
Price: $1,250
Alnwick, England: Hardy Bros., LTD, 1930. 52nd edition. Forms part of the annual catalog series. Read More about Hardy's Angler's Guide
Price: $150
N.p: n.d. Pleissner et al. Guest book from the studio of the great fly tier, Helen, Shaw, with just a handful of names — but what legendary visitors have signed here: artist Ogden Pleissner, distinguished fly fisherman and author Sparse Grey Hackle, angling illustrator Charles De Feo! Read More about The Helen Shaw Collection. Trout and Salmon Flies. Limited Editions. Guest book signed by Alfred...
Price: $400
Stockbridge: published by and for the Members, [30 November] 2019. One of 60 copies. The Houghton Club, which holds the fishing rights to more than a dozen miles of the river Test, was founded in 1822, with five members joining at the dissolution of the Longstock Club (an association dating..... Read More about The Houghton Club Commonplace Book 1827 - 1902. A facsimile
Price: $8,250
[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
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
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
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
Bombay: Conservator of Forests, 1945 (with renewals to 1948). A rare piece of ephemera; licenses such as this dictated the range that could be hunted, as well as the species (Bison, Sambhar and Cheetah) and the number of animals and their sex (bulls or stags only). Read More about Hunting License of Dr. H.B. Martin, District Medical Officer, MJSM Railway
Price: $500
[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
London: Morris & Co., 8 Philpot Lane, 1885. First Edition. The rarest of the Anticosti books. Only copy we have seen. "...gives a concise and interesting account of the physical features, public works, natural resources, industries, minerals, and general condition of this island, which lies in the mouth of the..... Read More about The Settler and Sportsman in Anticosti
Price: $1,500
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1836. First American edition. Read More about Nimrod's Hunting Tours, Interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes, Sayings, and Doings of...
Price: $500
London: Walter Spiers, New Sporting Magazine Office, 309, Oxford Street, 1838. First edition. Read More about Nimrod's Northern Tour, Descriptive of the Principal Hunts in Scotland and Northern England
Price: $300
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
Price: $150
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
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
London: John Murray, 1870. Alken, Henry. New Edition. Read More about The Chace, The Turf, and The Road by Nimrod
Price: $200
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
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
Price: $150