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New York: The Derrydale Press, 1936. Published in an edition of 150 (unnumbered). Colorist’s Model for ‘Maryland Marsh’... Read More about Maryland Marsh] Original Colorist’s Model of the Derrydale Press Sporting Print
Price: $5,000
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
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
[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. 79 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: 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
[1883-1884]. An extensive and outstanding manuscript account of travel and exploration in southern Africa during late 1883 and early 1884 by Abraham Anscher, a Polish Jewish immigrant to Chicago. The manuscript is composed in the form of a letter addressed to Edith Delia Rogalski, but really comprises a travelogue or..... Read More about Detailed Narrative of an 1883-1884 Expedition Through Southern Africa, Written by Exploring Party...
Price: $8,750
[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
Montreal: Consolidated Paper Corporation Limited, Anticosti Division, [n.d., ca. 1937]. Sixth edition. Anticosti, “the treasure island of the Saint Lawrence,” was maintained as a private hunting preserve by French chocolate manufacturer Henri Menier from 1896 until 1926. It was bought by a Canadian paper consortium and this brochure is evidence..... Read More about The Salmon Streams of Anticosti Island
Price: $750
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 great..... Read More about The Settler and Sportsman in Anticosti
Price: $1,500
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
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
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
London: Keagan Paul, nd. Read More about Memoirs of the Life of John Mytton
Price: $250
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
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
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