Venice: Baldassar di Costantini; [Comin de Tridino de Monferrato], 1544; 1540. First Italian edition of Alciati; later (?7th) Italian edition of Puteo. Two Important Sixteenth-Century Works on Duelling. Two early works on duelling bound together. The Alciati was first published in Latin as De Singulari Certamine (1543) and appears here... Read More about Duello … Fatto di Latino Italinao à commune utilità [Bound with:] [PUTEO, Paris de]. Duello....

London: printed by S[amuel] R[oycroft] and are to be sold by Edward Gough at Cow-Cross, 1682. First edition. The Glory of the English Bow. One of the more important archery books of the period after Ascham’s TOXOPHILUS (1545), written by Wood who was "Marshall to the Regiment of Archers." It..... Read More about The Bow-Mans Glory; or, Archery Revived. Giving an account of the many signal favours vouchsafed...

Wrexham: Reprinted by R. Marsh, 1788. Fourth edition. Joseph Haslewood’s Copy. “Not only is this the most renowned work on the subject of archery in English, or for that matter in any language, but its publication marked the beginning of the decline of the prejudice in favour of Latin as..... Read More about Toxophilus, The Schole, or Partitions of Shooting contayned in II bookes. And now newly perused....

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. First edition. Inscribed "To Robert Howard Russell/ with affectionate regards/ John Kendrick Bangs/ May 16, 1896. " Publication date March, 1896. Rusell was Bangs's publisher for "Emblemland." and a famous publisher in the 1890s and beyond. A nice association. Read More about The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces

11 Dec 1808. Br;low was a poet, politician and a Hartford Wit. Read More about Autograph Letter, signed. About fencing. "Dear Madam. I would be much obliged to you to...

Worcester, Mass: Isaiah Thomas, 1787 [i.e., 1944]. Facsimile of the first Worcester edition issued by F. G. Melcher in celebration of the 200th anniversary of its first publication. Fine facsimile of the first of the children’s books produced by John Newberry, originally published in 1744. The first American edition was... Read More about A Little Pretty Pocket-Book Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master Tommy and...

London: Elliot Stock, n.d. [1905]. A fine reprint of the first English sporting book. Read More about The Boke of Saint Albans Containing Treatises on Hawking, Hunting, and Cote Armour. With an...

Madison, Ohio: Sunrise Publishing Company, 1994. Duncan, T. O. First Edition, one of 300 copies. A highly useful bibliography, this is also a leaf book containing tipped-in leaves gathered from imperfect copies. Read More about American Sporting Book Series. [Introduction by F. Phillips Willamson

Lanham [Maryland] and New York: The Derrydale Press, [2001]. Brown, Paul. No 25 of 25 deluxe copies, signed by the author on the title page. Short biography and detailed bibliography of the great equine artist Paul Brown (1893-1958) by noted sporting dealer and bibliographer Duke Biscotti.Warmly inscribed on the title... Read More about Paul Brown Master of Equine Art … with a chapter “Paul Brown as a Book Illustrator” by...

Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. One of ten copies, specially bound. One of Ten Copies. Finely bound issue of this new and already indispensable bibliography. Read More about Six Centuries of Foxhunting. An Annotated Bibliography

New York: [Moore Printing Company, 1937]. First edition, Number 14 of 100 copies, signed by the author, with tipped in photograph of author. RARE, ONE OF 100. Read More about Willy Boeckl on Figure Skating

Philadelphia: J.W. Pepper, S.W. Cor. 8th & Locust Sts, 1884. A collection of music to accompany roller skaters. Marvellous 19th century illustration of skaters at play, including falls and wipe-outs. Read More about The New Skating Rink Journal