[London: Printed at the Army-Navy Cooperative Society Limited, 1890]. Presentation Copy. A signed presentation copy from the author, John Bell-Irving, to Douglas Jones. Bell-Irving was a Scottish businessman and partner in the Hong Kong trading firm Jardine Matheson, and a director of the Hong Kong Electric Company. Jones was Secretary..... Read More about Diary of the Ewo Party Up-Country Shooting Trips in the Yangtse Valley, China. From Season...

[London: T. McLean, 1834-1835]. First edition. 18 HAND-COLORED PLATES. A very fine series of humorous coaching scenes. Read More about Scenes on the Road]-cover title

N.p: [Privately printed by Tinlings of Liverpool], August 1964. First edition, signed by Freddie and Mar Lou (Guingand, Freddie's daughter). Rare privately printed memoir of the author’s friendship with Jane Engelhard (spanning three decades) and trips to Camp Chaleur on the Grand Cascapedia. The camp had been built by the..... Read More about "Camp Chaleur"

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1930. Deluxe Edition, Number 74 of 75 copies, with signed etching by Schaldach. Siegel notes, "Some of America's most knowledgeable sportsmen were contributing authors to this excellent and timeless work" and Frazier states, "Certainly one of the handsomest of the great big beautiful Derrydales that..... Read More about Upland Game Bird Shooting in America

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, 1926; 1928. First editions. Read More about Shires and Provinces by "Sabretache". [With] More Shires and Provinces

London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1765. Second edition, first edition with English text. First Edition with English Text of the Greatest English Fencing Manual. The second edition, and the first edition with English text, of the “chief work in the English literature of fencing” (Castle, p. 212). Angelo’s venerable School..... Read More about The School of Fencing, With a General Explanation of the Principal Attitudes and Positions...

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1928. Ross, Gordon. First edition, copy 18 of 50 copies of the deluxe edition on van Gelder paper (from a total edition of 750). An outstanding work, "the first of the big, beautiful Derrydale Deluxes. It was a model for many of the ones that..... Read More about Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages ... with an Introduction by the Earl of Lonsdale

[Portland, Oregon: Published by Champoeg Press, 1980]. The Archive of the Book. In mid-1978, George Grant and Champoeg Press editors Bob Wethem and Dick Abel entered into negotiations which culminated in the 1980 publication of a limited edition of Mr. Grant's book, The Master Fly Weaver. The archive of correspondence..... Read More about The Master Fly Weaver. [Editor's Archive of Correspondence and Galleys

[Norwood, Mass.]: Privately Printed [by the Plimpton Press], 1920. First Edition. Private sporting club on the Grand Cascapedia, initially limited to eight members, later reduced to seven. Griswold became a member in 1920. With distinguished provenance: Dr. Samuel W. Lambert (1859-1942) was a noted New York physician, bibliophile and angling..... Read More about The Cascapedia Club

London: Vinton & Co., Limited. 9, New Bridge Street, Ludgate Circus, 1902. The Halford Dry Fly Series No. 3. Inscribed to William Senior. This copy with a wonderful inscription to Halford's close friend "W. Senior Esq with kindest regards & many thanks from Frederic M. Halford". William Senior, editor of..... Read More about Making A Fishery

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, [1939]. Hunt, Lynn Bogue. Deluxe first edition, number 30 of 99 copies. The Fine Deluxe Edition. Read More about A Book on Duck Shooting

New York: Privately Printed for The Jockey Club, 1922-1980. First editions. Presentation from Vosburgh. A cornerstone of any racing library, including the now very difficult to find Vosburgh volume, and the final volume in the series by William H. Rudy. The Vosburgh volume, covering 1865-1921, is a presentation copy inscribed..... Read More about Racing in America 1665-1979

[Upper Dam, Maine: May 23-30, 1920]. Edition of 20 copies. Poem describing a fishing trip to Maine sponsored by the Oxford Paper Co. for a number of New York notables, among them George Semken and William Edwin Rudge. Siegel copy is signed Nathaniel R. Hopkins at the portait frontispiece; Yale..... Read More about “The Hoppiad” By A. Farfromhomer