New York: Derrydale Press, [1933]. First edition, no. 111 of 250 copies printed for the Boone and Crockett Club by Eugene V. Connett. The seventh book of the Boone and Crockett Club, with Preface by Grinnell, articles by Roosevelt, Prentiss Gray, Henry Shoemaker, Charles P. Curtis, et al., on a...... Read More about Hunting Trails on Three Continents

Worcester: Printed by M. Olivers, [ca. 1747]. First edition. The Rare First. 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 the most..... Read More about The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts, Especially Fly-Fishing: Containing A particular...

Paris: Connaissance de la Peche, octobre 1978-avril 1987. Read More about Connaissance de la Peche. Vol. I Number 1-No. 103

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1936. No. 46 of 200 copies. Connett published two drypoints by Boyer in 1929, and this colored trout-fishing print in 1936, followed by a salmon fishing print in 1937. The Derrydale catalogue noted: “This is the only colored, modern trout-fishing print available. It was carefully..... Read More about “After a Big One” [Trout-fishing scene of an angler casting into a shaded pool

New York: D. Appleton, 1860. First edition. Pioneer of Sporting Journalism. The biography of Porter, who in 1831 founded the American sporting periodical 'spirit of the Times," and served as its editor from 1835 to 1850. He also edited the American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine from 1840-1844, and the..... Read More about Life of William T. Porter

London: Printed by and for John Watts at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1740. First edition. The true first edition of this popular work, arranged alphabetically, which went into numerous regular and pirated editions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Read More about The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea Fishing: with the Natural History of River, Pond & Sea Fish

Manchester, Vermont: The American Museum of Fly Fishing, 1990. First edition, number 3 of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author. A beautiful and authoritative work, here in the deluxe edition. Read More about A Treasury of Reels. The Fishing Reel Collection of the American Museum of Fly Fishing

Manchester, Vermont: The American Museum of Fly Fishing, 1990. First edition, one of 100 numbered copies, signed by the author. A beautiful and authoritative work, here in the deluxe edition. Read More about A Treasury of Reels. The Fishing Reel Collection of the American Museum of Fly Fishing

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857. Fourth Edition, revised, corrected, and greatly improved (i.e., fifth edition by Bruns’ reckoning). A scarce book, (“seldom offered”--Bruns) one of several editions by Brown, a New York City tackle dealer whose shop, Anglers' Depot, was one of the few such then existing in..... Read More about The American Angler's Guide; or, Complete Fisher’s Manual for the United States: containing the...

[New York: The Derrydale Press, 1930]. Proofs of Paul Brown’s distinctive illustrations for the Derrydale steeplechasing classic Gentlemen Up, by William B. Streett. The plates depict scenes of the great American steeplechases: the Meadow Brook Cup, Wissahickon, Brookline, My Lady’s Manor, the New Jersey Hunt Cup at Far Hills, Millbrook..... Read More about Gentlemen Up] Proofs of the illustrations by Paul Brown

New York: Scribner's, 1936. Brown, Paul. First edition, number 748 of 750 numbered copies, signed by Brown. Signed by the Master. A splendid collection of Brown's captioned pencil drawings of horses, racing, and polo, four of the images feature mounted polo players. Read More about Ups and Downs

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New York: Derrydale Press, 1929. First edition, unnumbered copy of the deluxe issue, signed by the author (75 numbered large paper copies printed on Van Gelder Book paper). Read More about The Horse of the Desert. Introduction by Major-General James G. Harbord and Professor Henry...