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Paul Bunyan and Resinous Rhymes of The North Woods.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934. First edition, first state, No. 222 of 332 copies, signed by the author on the title page. Superior Copy. The mythic lumberjack (and Babe, his blue ox) in picture and poetry. Read More
Price: $350
Paul Bunyan and Resinous Rhymes of The North Woods.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1934. First edition, second state, no. 25 of 166 copies [first state, signed by author on title, consisted of 332 copies]. The mythic lumberjack (and Babe, his blue ox) in picture and poetry; very scarce. Read More
Price: $375
Tales of a Big Game Guide.
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
Price: $500
Tales of a Big Game Guide.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. First edition, no. 16 of 950 copies. An attractive late Derrydale production. Read More
Price: $375
In Dust Jacket
The Practical Dog Book. With Chapters on the Authentic History of All Varieties…A Comprehensive Work dealing with the Buying, Selling...
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1931. First American Edition, one of 500 copies. In Dust Jacket. Fine and very scarce Derrydale import, for which Connett tipped in a new title-page bearing the Derrydale imprint. With invoice from Mayfair Bookshop, George Stair, Proprietor. Read More
Price: $2,500
Falling Leaves: Tales from a Gun Room.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. Ripley, Aiden. First edition, one of 950 copies, this copy unnumbered, "FOR REVIEW PURPOSES ONLY" Read More
Price: $300
EMERSON TUTTLE'S COPY
Falling Leaves: Tales from a Gun Room.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. Ripley, Aiden. First edition, No. 681 of 950 copies. EMERSON TUTTLE'S COPY. With the bookplate of Nantucket Artist Emerson Tuttle and the inscription "Emerson Tuttle Dec 42 from AFT" Read More
Price: $250
Falling Leaves: Tales from a Gun Room.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. Ripley, Aiden. First edition, No. 950 of 950 copies (Frank Lowe's copy, he always took the last number). Well-told recollections of grouse, woodcock, geese, ducks, and other quarry. Read More
Price: $300
Superb Copy, Inscribed
'Long Shore. Foreword by Gordon Grand.
New York: The Derrydale Press, [1939]. Fuller, Arthur D. Limited Edition. Number 276 of 750 numbered copies, signed by the author. Superb Copy, Inscribed. Inscribed "Joel Barber with kindest regards to David Wagstaff." Read More
Price: $750
Superb Copy
'Long Shore. Foreword by Gordon Grand.
New York: The Derrydale Press, [1939]. Fuller, Arthur D. Limited edition. Number 488 of 750 numbered copies, signed by the author. Superb Copy. Read More
Price: $750
Abdul. An Allegory.
[New York]: Privately Printed by [The Derrydale Press], 1930. One of 500 copies. Memorial volume of verse privately printed by Connett and never intended for sale. "An extremely rare Derrydale book ... very scarce ... and very hard to come by" (Frazier). Read More
Price: $900
Abdul. An Allegory.
[New York]: Privately Printed by [The Derrydale Press], 1930. First edition, one of 500 copies. Memorial volume of verse privately printed by Connett and never intended for sale. "An extremely rare Derrydale book ... very scarce ... and very hard to come by" (Frazier). Read More
Price: $750
Breeding Your Own: How to Raise and Train Colts for pleasure and profit.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939. First edition, no. 667 of 1250 copies. Read More
Price: $400
INSCRIBED BY EVC III TO EVC IV
Breeding Your Own: How to Raise and Train Colts for pleasure and profit.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939. First edition, no. 1049 of 1250 copies. INSCRIBED BY EVC III TO EVC IV. Inscribed by the publisher on front free endpaper: "To my son Eugene IV from Eugene Connett III." Read More
Price: $600
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“After a Big One” [Trout-fishing scene of an angler casting into a shaded pool].
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
Price: $1,500
"An Anxious Moment - Salmon Fishing"
New York: Derrydale Press, 1931. Number 32 of 250 copies, signed. Read More
Price: $1,250
CONNETT’S COPY
Life of William T. Porter.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860. First Edition. CONNETT’S COPY. 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
Price: $800
UNIQUE BINDING
Hits and Misses.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1935. Brown, Paul. First Edition, written in pen "Printer's copy" of 950. UNIQUE BINDING. Read More
Price: $800
In Dust Jacket
The Horse of the Desert. Introduction by Major-General James G. Harbord and Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn.
New York: Derrydale Press, 1929. First Edition, one of 750 copies on Aureian paper. In Dust Jacket. Read More
Price: $1,500
Blood Lines. Tales of Shooting & Fishing ... Foreword by Henry P. Davis.
New York: The Derrydale Press, [1938]. First edition, copy No. 1130 of 1250 printed. Read More
Price: $450
Mark Right! Tales.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1936. First edition, no. 789 of 1250 copies. The second Derrydale book of this popular author. Read More
Price: $600
Ole Miss' ... Foreword by Paul A. Curtis.
New York: The Derrydale Press, [1937]. Bishop, Richard. First edition. Number 264 of 1250. Read More
Price: $325
American Dry Flies and How to Tie Them.
New York: Privately Printed for the Angler's Club [by the Derrydale Press], 1931. First edition, one of 500 copies. Frazier notes the book's "extreme" fragility and notes that it is "hard to find in fine unchipped condition." Here is as good a copy as you could hope to find. Read More
Price: $1,000
In Dust Jacket
The Belvidere Hounds.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1935. First edition, one of 1250 copies. In Dust Jacket. A splendid copy of this book of indescribably delightful cartoons of an old-guard pack of hounds, originally appearing in the pages of The Sportsman magazine. Read More
Price: $500
Training Hunters Jumpers & Hacks.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. Brown, Paul. First Edition, No. 423 of 1250 copies. Read More
Price: $350