London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Alken, Henry. First edition in the royal octavo format with new plates. Schwerdt Copy. “This book differs from the folio edition … Alken himself seems ot have drawn in colours and engraved the plates, which like most of his book illustrations are particularly pleasing on account..... Read More about The National Sports of Great Britain, … Fifty Engravings, with Descriptions

Los Angeles: 1929. "It is proposed that a COMPLETE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS be opened to the public on a fifty cent admission basis, which is to be properly laid out as an attractive Zoological and Botanical Garden with the finest and largest private collection of animals, birds and reptiles to be..... Read More about Report on Horne Zoological Corporation

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. From an edition of 250 signed sets. Ordeman notes that “it is rare that one finds a complete set today”. Boyer’s Originals. An extremely handsome and decorative set of American sporting notables. The six portraits, each set in an appropriate background, are of: SAMUEL..... Read More about “FATHERS OF AMERICAN SPORT”. The ORIGINAL SIX WATERCOLORS of this famous Derrydale Press set,...

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. Each print is copy no. 1 of 250: THE PUBLISHER’S OWN COPY. Connett’s own copies of two of the great Derrydale Press series of foxhunting prints by Paul Brown, handsomely preserved and presented. Read More about “Hoick! Hoick! Hoick!” [and:] “Kennel Bound”

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1927-1939. Each print of a small limitation, as noted. A beautiful presentation of Roland Clark prints from the personal collection of Eugene V. Connett, III, publisher of the Derrydale Press. Comprising:1) “Home Waters” Drypoint etching, first proof impression of a scene of nine ducks in..... Read More about Album of 6 etchings and aquatint engravings from the personal collection of Eugene V. Connett, 3d

N.p: 1930s. Frost, John. A fascinating and frequently moving group of letters, in which Frost discusses his work (“I just finished a canvas from memory of that Maryland country...Everything I've done up to this has been a flop as I've been pressing and overworking--but I think I've gotten hold of..... Read More about A FINE GROUP OF 6 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (“JACK”) FROM A.B. FROST'S ARTIST SON JOHN TO...

N.p: Ca. 1942. J. Blan Van Urk, author of The Story of American Foxhunting and other scholarly books on the sport, had a lighter side, which is expressed in his delightful children's book, Little Charlie, The Fox. Included in this collection are the author's heavily corrected carbon typescript, plus six..... Read More about Little Charlie, The Fox: Corrected typescripts, original artwork, and collateral material for...

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1941. Edition of 250. Derrydale Yachting Prints. Gordon Grant’s fine yachting prints depict a sloop under sail (“The Weather Mark”) and a ketch under full sail (“Off Soundings”). Grant (1875-1962) “was considered America’s foremost marine artist when Eugene Connett commissioned him in 1941 to paint..... Read More about Off Soundings [And:] The Weather Mark

Aug 1-1924. Comprising the first half of Chapter 2, Giant Nova Scotia Tuna, pp. 12-63 in Tales of Swordfish and Tuna. Published: Harpers, 1927. After Bluefin Tuna in Nova Scotia. A substantial manuscript by Zane Grey, comprising the first half of Chapter 2, "Great Nova Scotia Tuna," pages 12 to..... Read More about Giant Nova Scotia Tuna.] Manuscript Section, from Tales of Swordfish and Tuna

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

[New York: The Derrydale Press, 1929]. Published print: edition of 250. These were, notes Ordeman, “the first aquatints depecting contemporary American foxhunting scenes ever published … ‘The First Flight’ was the first print published, and it was only after it had proven popular that Mr. Connett issued the three prints..... Read More about American Hunting Scenes. “The First Flight” [and:] “Well Away” [and:] “The Check”...

Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, 1830. First Edition, first issue before added explanatory text on p. viii and without the engraved portrait of former Governor Samuel Morris by St. Memin "which appears erratically in this book" (Bruns). Milnor served for a number of years as secretary of the Schuylkill Fishing Company, America's..... Read More about An Authentic Historical Memoir of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State of Schuylkill. From...

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...