Stevenson, Conn: [J.S. Stewart, Printer and Bookbinder, Middletown, Conn, n.d., 1899]. First edition. A Western Hunting Rarity. A rare work, privately printed, listed by Eberstadt in 1953 at $300.  "Isbell went to California as a young man by way of Cape Horn in 1852 and from that time until 1870..... Read More about 1852-1870. Mining and Hunting in the Far West

[Cleveland, Ohio: Alastair Johnston, 1993]. First edition, Number 96 of 900 copies, signed by the authors. Colossal and compendious, finely illustrated, chronological survey of the early history of golf, which is in part a history of Scotland and Scottish literature during the same period. Read More about The Chronicles of Golf: 1457 to 1857

Leipzig: Mainzer Presse, 1929-30. Kredel, Fritz. First trade edition. Koch and Kredel's Botanical Masterpiece. A superb collection of wildflower woodcuts by the noted artist and engraver Fritz Kredel, whose graver has caught perfectly the delicate beauty of Koch's original depictions. This is the first trade edition, preceded by a special..... Read More about Das Blumenbuch

Cambridge, MA and Norfolk, CT: May 4 - August 24, 1939. Laughlin to fellow young publisher Charles A. Pearce, on Henry Miller, New Directions, etc. A small but rich group of letters from James Laughlin at the outset of his influential publishing career, to Charles A. Pearce, himself about to..... Read More about A collection of 4 typed letters signed ("Jay"), one typed postcard signed and one...

c. 1910. A handsome album documenting missionary work in a little-known area. The party, almost certainly attached to the Church of Scotland Mission, evidently enjoyed their time in Africa as they proceeded from Tanganyika into Central Africa. Among the photographs are shots of a native witch doctor, women preparing food..... Read More about Album of Photographs of British Central Africa

Paris: Chez L. Ch. Soyer, Libraire-Editeur, rue du Doyenné, no 2, 1810. Handsome copy of this compendium of beautiful line engravings of the architectural and decorative elements of the celebration of the wedding of Napoleon with Marie Louise of Austria on 1 April 1810. From the library of the descendants..... Read More about Fêtes à l'occasion du Mariage de S.M. Napoléon, Empereur des Français, Roi d'Italie, avec...

London: A.W. Webster, 156, Regent Street, 1835. First Edition. “In 1829, frustrated by the lack of progress [in search of a northwest passage], a philanthropic gin distiller, Felix Booth, sponsored John Ross’s second expedition. With his nephew James Clark Ross as second-in-command, Ross sailed down Prince Regent Sound in search..... Read More about Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage and of a Residence in the Arctic...

New York: D. Appleton, 1894. First Appleton edition. Mint in Original Plain Dust Jacket. One of the earliest and most important books on the game by the "grand old man" of American Football, athletic pioneer and legendary coach, Amos Alonzo Stagg. This Appleton edition of 1894 is revised from the..... Read More about A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleges ... Revised to...

Zürich: Keller & Fussli, [ca. 1825-1830]. Fine aquatint views of the most scenic regions of Switzerland, as issued in the publisher’s elaborate album. The list of plates here corresponds largely to that recorded by Longchamps with some variations in scenes and titles. The views include: Vue de l'Isle de Meinau..... Read More about Promenade par les Lieux les plus interessants de la Suisse

[Yeadon, W. Yorks]: Ken Smith, 2008. Copy ii of 10 for presentation (from an edition of 65 copies), signed by all contributors in volume I and in volume II by the author and Tim Thorpe. One of Ten Copies. A superbly illustrated history of regional angling traditions, here in a...... Read More about Angling with the Fly. Flies & Anglers of Derbyshire and Staffordshire

Philadelphia: Bradford & Inskeep, 1808-14. First edition. The Classic American Ornithology Before Audubon, and One of the First American Color Plate Books. Wilson's work was the most important work on American ornithology before Audubon and the most elaborate color plate book published in America up to its time. Wilson, a...... Read More about American Ornithology, Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with...

[Krems, Austria: 1943-1945]. STALAG 17B. Identity documents and ephemera of American Air Force tail gunner Sgt. Gerald McDowell (1923-2002). McDowell and the flight crew of the B17 nicknamed Hell’s Belle survived being shot down over Germany in 1943 and were interned at Stalag 17B in Austria. At the war’s end..... Read More about Identity documents and ephemera of Sgt. Gerald McDowell, U.S.A.F. as prisoner of war in...