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One of 297 copies only (of which this is Number. 226). INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT PASTEDOWN "To my angling friend/ ____________/ H.G. Pickering". Slim 8vo in black cloth with blindstamped design and title stamped in gilt. Edges uncut. 25 pp. with first title page in early 19th century design with engraved vignette; frontispiece pen and ink engraving and six additional plates from photographs. Charmingly whimsical and humorous account of the author's journey to England to fish the Test River. One of the most beautifully produced Derrydale Press books. A generally fine example, gilt stamping bright, a mere touch of wear at the spine tips. Quite scarce and particularly so signed.
Angling of the Test or, True Love Under Stress: Being a Diurnal Postulation of Problems of Connubial Infelicity which will bring No Comfort to any married Male Angler (Limited edition and signed by the author)
Pickering, H.G.
New York: Derrydale Press, 1936.
Price: $550.00
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One of 500 copies only privately printed for the Anglers' Club of New York by the Derrydale Press in January 1931. Slim 12mo. in blue- paper covered boards printed in dark blue. Errata slip tipped in at verso of copyright page. 25 pp. with photographic frontis and one additional plate of examples of dry flies. Quite scarce, as are all the early editions of the Anglers' Club. This is a tight, internally clean example, some light discoloration to the upper portion and bottom edge of the front board and some discoloration also to the rear board. Narrow tidemarking to the upper edge of both plates. Very slight wear at the lower extremities. In all, a very presentable example.
American Dry Flies and How to Tie Them
Burke, Edgar
Anglers' Club of New York, 1931.
Price: $475.00
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The Game of Squash
Miles, Eustace
New York: J.F. Taylor, 1901.
Price: $320.00
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The Science of Lawn Tennis
Dewhurst, Edward B.
Phila: Innes & Sons, 1910.
Price: $300.00
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First edition (correct, with no statement of edition or additional printings). Hardcover, 166 pp. with black and white instructional photographs. Near fine, offsetting to the front endpapers from a still-present old newspaper clipping regarding Hogan. In correct first edition dust jacket with no statement of printing and price of $3.00 (this price remained for the first several printings); some rubbing at edges, folds and extremities, spine faded and chipped at the haed and foot of spine. Scarce in first edition and particularly so in dust jacket.
Ben Hogan's Power Golf (first edition in dust jacket)
Hogan, Ben
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1948.
Price: $295.00
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Olive green cloth ornately lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt and black. Top edge gilt. 328 pp. WITH 15 SPECTACULAR FULL COLOR CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PLATES , EACH DEPICTING SEVERAL FLIES. The second edition. Collection of short pieces on the art of fly fishing by such noatable anglers as Orvis, Hallock, Henshall, Pinckney, etc and encompassing many aspects of the sport from its poetry, skills, geographic regions (Florida, St. Ignace Island, Alaska, etc.) Very good, all gilt quite clear, some darkening to the outer 2" of the front cloth, modest wear at the spine ends. Outer edge of the text block is darkened but this does not affect the interior. Vintage 19th century bookplate front pastedown.
Fishing With the Fly: Sketches by Lovers of the Art , with Illustrations of Standard Flies...
Orvis, Charles F.; Cheney, A. Nelson
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1886.
Price: $225.00
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First edition (stated). Grey-green cloth lettered and decorated in black with a drawing of a tackle box. 151 pp. plus supplemental section of black and white skeyches by R. Kruse; index; illustrated with photographs. Very scarce collection of fishing anecdotes and "tackleology" with short histories of American reelmakers from the early 19th century to the mid-20th. With additional fully illustrated section of flys. Very fine, fresh, unused example, some darker lines across the upper cloth (as published). Issued without dust jacket.
Old Fishing Tackle and Tales
Munger, Albert J. (Al)
Privately Printed, 1987.
Price: $175.00
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The Special Kinesiology of Educational Gymnastics
Posse, Baron Nils
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1894.
Price: $150.00
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Cabinet photograph of four tennis players, including two women, with equipment, 1885
(tennis)
Huntingdon, Pa: Kline Photographer, 1885.
Price: $150.00
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First edition. Forest green cloth lettered in gilt with small gilt design of a dry fly on front cover. xvii+216 pp. with appendix of "Proper Equipment for a Dry-Fly Angler Described Briefly" including a section describing the parts, colosr and appearance of a number of flies. Illustrated with drawings in the text. The first American full-sized work on dry-fly fishing, a work that resulted from a request to the author by Field and Stream Magazine in 1911 for a series of articles on American dry-fly fishing. A tight, very good example, front cover gilt bright with spine lettering just a touch less so. Minor wear at upper spine tips. Previous owner's signature front free endpaper. A small newspaper fishing poem clipping is affixed to the front endpaper with another affixed to the rear endpaper. Bit of faint tidemarking at the corners of the pages in the middle of the text block. A very acceptable example.
Practical Dry-Tie Fishing
Gill, Emlyn M.
New York: Scribners, 1912.
Price: $150.00
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First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED BY JACK DEMPSEY ON THE COLOPHON (FIRST LIGHT COLORED) PAGE WITHOUT PERSONALIZATION OT INSCRIPTION. 249 pp. with index. Illustrated. A generally fine example, hint of fade to the spine. In dust jacket worn and rubbed about the edges, split to the front gutter fold archivally repaired. The "autobiography" of one of ther greatest of all heavyweight boxing champs, Jack Dempsey, far more revealing than the 1940 version.
Dempsey: By The Man Himself (Signed by Jack Dempsey)
Dempsey, Jack; (as told to) Considine, Bob and Slocum, Bill
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960.
Price: $135.00
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Athletic Games in the Education of Women
Dudley, Gertrude; Kellor, Frances A.
New York: Henry Holt, 1909.
Price: $125.00
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Annual of the Grand National Curling Club of America 1885-1886
NY: Privately Printed, 1886.
Price: $100.00
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Swinging Into Golf (in original dust jacket)
Jones, Ernest; Brown, Innis
New York: McBride, 1946.
Price: $100.00
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The Horsewoman: A Practical Guide to Side Saddle Riding
Hayes, Alice M.
New York: Scribners, 1903.
Price: $100.00
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Streamside Guide to Naturals and Their Imitations
Flick, Art
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1947.
Price: $99.50
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Ping-Pong: The Game Its Tactics and Laws
Shaad, Cornelius G
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930.
Price: $95.00
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The Kingdom of Shivas Irons (Signed limited leather bound edition)
Murphy, Michael
New York: Broadway Books, 1997.
Price: $88.95
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Fencing (with) Typed Letter Signed By Joseph Vince
Vince, Joseph
NY: A.S. Barnes, 1937.
Price: $85.00
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Pale green cloth lettered in dark green and with front cover design of a bass. 448 pp. with index. First edition thus, the reviseds and enlarged edition, updated from the original version which appeared some 16 years earlier. Frontis photographic portrait of the author holding is rod and reel; illustrated with drawings in the text. Classic work on fresh-water fishing gear, including chapters on "Fish-hooks, and the Principles which Govern their Efficiency", "How Fish Hooks Are Made", lines, leaders, reels, rods and rod material, rod-making, repairs, "Casting The Fly", "Flies and Fly Fishing", and miscellaneous suggestions. A tight, internally clean example, very good, some darkening to the spine and also along the oute edge and bottom edge of the front cover.
Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle: Suggestions as to Their Manufacture and Use
Wells, Henry P.
New York: Harper & Bros., 1901.
Price: $75.00
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