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Scott, Peter . EYE OF THE WIND
Boston 1961 Houghton Mifflin. The autobiography of a great naturalist, sportsman, nature artist and adventurer. 8vo., 679pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Owner signed. VG in Good DJ. (a10829)
$20.00 Saddle and Song . SADDLE AND SONG A COLLECTION OF VERSES
Philadelphia 1905 1st Lippincott. Made at Warrenton, VA., during the winter of 1904-1905. Hardcover. Octavo, 200pp., frontis, hardcover. Good plus, no DJ. (a20714)
$22.00 E. S. . BRITAINES BUSSEE WITH THE STATES PROCLAMATION CONCERNING HERRING-FISHING
NY 1974. Johnson reprint of original London 1615 edition. The English Experience No. 690. thin hardcover. Small octavo, about 39pp., red cloth with blue label. Near Fine, slight spot on front cover, no DJ. (a28378)
$45.00 Waters, Robert S. (editor) . NORTH AMERICAN BIG GAME
PIttsburgh 1973 (1971) Boone and Crockett Club. Containing tabulations of outstanding trophies compiled by the committee on records of North American Game. 8vo., 403pp., photo illus. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a37582)
$30.00 (hunting) . RECORDS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIG GAME 1964 BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB
NY 1964. Hardcover. Lg.8vo., 398pp., photo illustrations on glossy stock. Owner signed (by hunter Len Milton). VG, light soiling on fore-edges, no DJ. (a37815)
$35.00 Nesbitt, Wm. H. and Jack Reneau (editors) . RECORDS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIG GAME 9TH EDITION
Dumfries 1988 Boone and Crockett Club. Sm.4to., 498pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a37835)
$45.00 Cranworth, Lord . PROFIT AND SPORT IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA
London 1919 Macmillan. Being a second edition, revised and enlarged, of A Colony in the Making. Large octavo, 503pp., all maps present, illustrations, index, hardcover. Top edge gilt. Good, cover worn, a few tiny snags along outer hinge, corners bumped. (a38123)
$65.00(korea). REPORT OF THE RESULTS OF EXPLORATORY FISHING IN SEA EAST OF KOREA
Pusan 1969 Fisheries Research & Development Agency. In Korean. 4to., 100pp., diagrams, wraps. VG. (a40444)
$35.00 (korea) . REPORT OF EXPLORATORY FISHING IN THE SOUTHWSTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Pusan 1968 Fisheries Research & Development Agency. In Korean. 4to., 173pp., diagrams, wraps. VG. (a40450)
$50.00 (korea) . REPORT OF EXPLORATORY FISHING IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
Pusan 1968 Fisheries Research & Development Agency. In Korean. 4to., 287pp., diagrams, wraps. VG. (a40451)
$60.00 (korea) . REPORT OF STICK HELD DIP-NET FISHERY FOR SAURY IN NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
Pusan 1968 Fisheries Research & Development Agency. In Korean. 4to., 106pp., diagrams, wraps. VG. (a40452)
$35.00 (hunting) . WITH GUN AND ROAD IN INDIA
New Delhi 1956 Tourist Traffic Branch. 8vo, 136pp. photo illustrations, wraps. Good, very slight yellowing of all margins. (a45854)
$40.00Francis, Francis . HOT POT: OR MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS (1880)
London 1880 first edition. Field Office. Hardcover. sm octavo. Essays on Fishing; much on trout and salmon fishing. 316pp., original green cloth with black and gilt trim. Good, inner hinges cracking, cover somewhat worn. Text clean but toned; owner bookplates (W. Keith Rollo and O. M.Reed) (a48583)
$50.00 Roper, Donna C. (editor) . PROTOHISTORIC PAWNEE HUNTING IN THE NEBRASKA SAND HALLS. ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT TWO SITES IN THE CALAMUS RESERVOIR
Billings 1989. 4to., 536pp., many foldout charts or maps, wraps. Depository library stamp and a few ink numbers on front blank. A few numbers and date stamped on first page, no spine numbers, no pocket. VG. (a50405)
$140.00 Snaffle (Robert Dunkin) . IN THE LAND OF THE BORA OR CAMP LIFE AND SPORT IN DALMATIA AND THE HERZEGOVINA 1894-5-6
London 1897 1st Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. Hardcover. Octavo, 406pp., illustrations by Harry Dixon from sketches by the author, cloth. VG, cover somewhat worn and soiled. (a50658)
$140.00 Audubon, James . A MOOSE HUNT
NY 1837. Article in The Family Magazine, or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge (1837). 4to., 3pp., removed and bound in later wraps. Good, some foxing, closed tear along lower margin of first leaf (not affecting text) (a56861)
$35.00 (japan) . BOOK IN JAPANESE ON FISHING AND USING FISH TO MAKE PAINTINGS AND WATERCOLOR DRAWINGS
1955 Japan Publications, Inc. In Japanese. Sm.4to., monochrome and color photo illustrations, stiff wraps with dust jacket. VG in VG DJ. (a57166)
$22.00 Roosevelt, Theodore . AFRIKANISCHE WANDERUNGEN EINES NATURFORSCHERS UND JAEGE
Berlin 1910. In German. Sm.4to., 464pp., photo illustrations, original decorated hardcover. VG, very light wear to head of spine, some light stains on cover. (a57601)
$45.00 Norris, Thaddeus . AMERICAN FISH-CULTURE, EMBRACING ALL THE DETAILS OF ARTIFICIAL BREEDING AND REARING OF TROUT; THE CULTURE OF SALMON, SHAD, AND OTHER FISHES
Philadelphia 1868 Porter & Coates. Sm.8vo., 304p., frontis, illustrations, original cloth hardcover. Label ar heel of spine. Fair, inner hinges cracking, part of spine re-attached, top part of front outer hinge is worn and chipped. Scarce. (a59292)
$29.00Durand, E. R.. AN AUTUMN TOUR IN WESTERN PERSIA (signed presentation copy)
NY no date (1906?) Dutton. Hardcover octavo. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering in English on spine and in Farsi on front cover panel. Much on Lur Tribes of Western Persia. Author's husband was hoping to hunt lions but seems to have only shot birds. 266p., photo illustrations, foldout map. Top edge gilt. ***Presentation copy dated Oct 1906 and signed by Ella Durand. near VG, moderate foxing throughout; closed page ends foxed, hinges not cracked; binding secure. Pictures available on request. (a61119)
$140.00Hubbard, Wilbur Ross; Mason Houghland, Sherman Haight, Jr et al . ORGANIZED HUNTS OF AMERICA 1955
Baltimore 1955 Sporting Press. Octavo, 180pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a65439)
$44.00 Crawhill, Joseph . THE COMPLEATEST ANGLING BOOKE THAT EVER WAS WRIT, BEING OUT OF YE AND OTHER TONGUES BY A PERSON OF HONOR
Rockville Centre 1970. Freshett Press reprint of 1881 edition. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 239pp., printed on Nideggen paper, gilt patterned end papers, cloth. Fine in VG plus gilt paper- covered slipcase. (a65972)
$25.00 Bergman, Ray . WITH FLY PLUG AND BAIT
NY 1947 1st William Morrow. Large octavo, 640pp., color illustrations, index, original hardcover. Owner bookplate on verso of front free flyleaf. VG, no DJ. (a66677)
$25.00 Venables, Colonel Robert . THE EXPERIENCED ANGLER: OR ANGLING IMPROVED
London 1969 Antrobus Press. Facsimile of 1662 edition. 12mo., lx (introduction), 61pp., original hardcover. Fine. (a66684)
$25.00Boxberger, Daniel L.. TO FISH IN COMMON: THE ETHNOHISTORY OF LUMMI INDIAN SALMON FISHING
Lincoln 1989 University of Nebraska. Hardcover. Octavo, 212pp., index, cloth. Fine, like NEW (some light residue from price tags on front end paper) . no dj as issued. no owner marks. (a67126)
$20.00Arkwright, Robert ; Edward C.Tabler (editor). SPORT AND SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE DIARY OF LIEUTENANT ROBERT ARKWRIGHT 1843 - 1846
Original typescript of book published in Capetown in 1971. Final Draft, edited by Edward C. Tabler. Original typescript. 4to., 135 leaves (rectos only), in student folder. VG. (a68128)
$50.00Simpson, Charles. LEICESTERSHIRE AND ITS HUNTS: THE QUORN, THE COTTESMORE & THE BELVOIR
NY 1926 1st Knopf. Introduction by Major A. Burnaby. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 256pp., 28 color illustrations, 55 monochrome illustrations, large detailed foldout map, original cloth. A few pages uncut. VG PLUS, slight amount of foxing sprinkled here and there in text, light glue stain inside front cover. no dj. no owner marks. In removable protective glassine jacket. (a71052)
$50.00Brookes, R. (Richard). THE ART OF ANGLING, ROCK AND SEA-FISHING: WITH THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RIVER, POND AND SEA-FISH ILLUSTRATED WTIH 133 CUTTS
London 1740 first edition John Watts at the Printing Office in Weild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields. Hardcover. 12mo., (14), 249pp., (11), title page in red and black. full leather with 5 raised spine bands and mounted leather spine label. Small text engraving illustrating each of the fish described. Owner signed neatly in ink on front end paper (Arthur Duff). VG, occasional light spotting in text. An Excellent copy of an Essential work for any serious collection of fishing books. (a71062)
$500.00 An Angler (Humphry Davy) . SALMONIA: OR DAYS OF FLY FISHING
London 1829 2nd John Murray. In a series of conversations with some account of the habits offishes belonging to the genus Salmo. Hardcover. 12mo., 335pp., 6 fine engraved plates by Finden (collated complete), text illustrations, modern rebinding in 3/4 leather, raised spine bands, gilt spine lettering. The plates show: Denham, Loch Maree, Downton, Fall of the Traun, Hallstatt Lake and Town, Grundtl Lake. Old ink owner inscription on front blank and once in one outer text page margin. Fine. A Fishing Classic. (a71064)
$345.00 (books) . THE LIBRARY OF NORMAN JAMES, BALTIMORE, MD, NATURAL HISTORY, AMERICANA SPORT 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1928 Anderson Galleries. Two volumes. 4to., 149pp., 136pp., monochrome illustrations, original wraps. Good, light wear, chipping on spine. 2 volumes. (a71078)
$27.00 Hull, Denison Bingham; John Paul Scott and John L. Fuller . HOUNDS AND HUNTING; THE EVOLUTION OF DOGS AND MEN
1964 University of Chicago. Two articles in one issue of Midway, pp. 22-44; pp70-80. Included in a complete issue with several additional articles. Small octavo, original wraps. VG, light soiling. (a71570)
$35.00 Johansen, A. C. . AALBORG HERRING AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE DANISH HERRING FISHERY FROM XVIth CENTURY UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY; MORTALITY AMONG PORPOISES, FISH AND THE LARGER CRUSTACEANS IN THE WATERS AROUND DENMARK IN SEVERE WINTERS
Copenhagen 1929 Report of Danish Biological States XXXV. Two articles by Johansen in the same Report. 4to., pp.3-48; 63-98, original printed wraps. Owner signed on front. VG. (a72719)
$85.00 Poulsen, Erik M. and Aage F. C. Jensen . BIOLOGY OF THE DAB IN DANISH WATERS; THE DAB IN DANISH WATERS, INVESTIGATIONS ON STOCK AND GROWTH; THE RACES OF DAB IN THE DANISH WATERS
Copenhagen 1933, 1938 Report of Danish Biological States XXXVIII, XLIII. Two articles in two separate Reports. 4to., pp. 9-30; pp. 33-63, original printed wraps. Near VG, light wear, some chipping and closed tears on rear wrap of 1938 Report. Two articles in two Reports. (a72721)
$115.00Kinloch, Alexander A. A.. LARGE GAME SHOOTING IN THIBET AND THE NORTH WEST - 2ND SERIES
London 1876 first edition. Harrison. Hardcover. 4to., 64pp., 11 full page fine photo illustrations by photographer Arthur Lucas of the hunted animals (according to author these photographs are finer than those in First Series ) . (According to an old catalogue these are "photo-tint" photographs.) Cover of green cloth with head of yak in full gilt in center of front board. Good, inner hinges beginning to crack but binding still secure, cover worn at spine ends and corner tips; a few page corner tips creased. Interesting text including a chapter on "Directions for the Preservation of Skins, Horns and all other Trophies" . Kinloch lived 1838-1919. (a73056)
$275.00 Niblock, Robert W. . ESTABLISHING A 200-MILE FISHERIES ZONE
Washington 1977. OTA. 4to., 132pp., original wraps. Depository Library name and numbers on cover and title page. Near Fine. (a75150)
$50.00 Kerr John Law . THE LEGEND OF USEPPA
c. 1939. Brochure promoting the Useppa Inn, beloved by big-time fishermen in Florida. Hardcover. Small octavo, 35pp., photo illustrations including two page photo centerpiece of the Inn, cloth. VG, slight foxing on initial and final pages, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a75205)
$600.00(fish). REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHEREIS RESPECTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FISH-CULTURAL STATIONS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION AND GULF STATES
Washington 1892 GPO. Senate Report 52nd Congress 1st Session, Doc No. 65. Hardcover. 4to., 88pp., photo illustrations, 36 plates and maps, some foldout, tan buckram. Bound with: Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries Relative to the Salmon Fisheries of Alaska, 51pp., 9 plates of salmon illustrations. pictures. A few university library markings. Near Fine. (a75562)
$85.00 Kortright, Francis . DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMERICA A VADE MECUM FOR THE NATURALIST AND THE SPORTSMAN
Harrisburg 1967 1st Stackpole. 8vo., 476pp., color illustrations by Schortt, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a9126)
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