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British Museum. A guide to the processes and school of engraving -. British Museum, Uk, 1914.
Price: US$9.78 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 54 pages. 'exhibition of select prints'-inscription on cover
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Pembroke Arnold VAILE. THE TENNIS PRIMER. British Sports Publishing, 1914.
Price: US$30.79 + shipping
Description: No.1 in the Spalding's Primer Series. Includes a portrait frontispiece of Vaile. Paperback. 55pp. + [5]. Illustrations. Pictorial paper wrappers, spine sl chippped.
Seller: Sportspages, Farnham, United Kingdom
C.E.Benson:. British Mountaineering. London, George Routledge and Sons, 1914, 1914.
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Description: Second edition. Illustrated . Introduction to rock climbing, rambling, winter climbing, and medical hints. With a lit of British mountaineering clubs. 226pp. Red pictorial cloth with a picture of clim bers on teh front cover. Spine rather faded, no dj. VG.
Seller: PEND BOOKS, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom
Ray, Edward. INLAND GOLF. T. Werner Laurie, London, 1914.
Price: US$100.24 + shipping
Description: Pp. xii+234+[10](advertisements), frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 30 photographic plates, 1 full page diagram; red cloth, lettered in gilt, a trifle soiled and rubbed, edges slightly damp stained; bleeding of cloth colour to edges of pastedowns, inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, a few corners slightly creased, short closed tear to fore-edge pp. 209/10, scattered light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Werner Laurie, London, n.d.[c. 1914]. First edition. Donovan & Murdoch 31260. *Edward R. G. Ray (1877-1943) was a British professional golfer who won two major championships and contended in many others during the early years of the 20th century. He typically played with his pipe clamped between his teeth (as shown in most of the plates in this volume).
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$103.86 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 21 volumes; thin octavos, spines worn and torn, library markings, overall textually good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$109.03 + shipping
Description: A first edition of Julia Cartwright's study of Italian Renaissance gardens with illustrations. First edition in original publisher's cloth binding of 'Italian Gardens of the Renaissance and Other Studies' by Julia Cartwright Ady with illustrations and personal letter from the author inserted This study was written in memory of Cartwright's friend, Lady Enid Layard, and her love for Venice which she had made her home. The contents of the study includes not only the gardens of Venice, but also of Papal Rome, Florentine Humanists gardens, and more. Julia Cartwright was a late nineteenth and early twentieth century British historian and art critic. Her work mainly encompassed the Renaissance period in Italy. Her dedication was aided by her cousin, art collector and politician William Cornwallis Cartwright who shared his collections. She also read historical Italian texts from a young age, which instilled her fascination with the Italian Renaissance. Includes 16 monochrome plates. Collated, complete. No dust wrapper. Letter transcription: Dear ? Will you accept this little book of mine as a small token of affection & of all the happiness I hope you will have in [?] new life. I know how sadly you will be missed here. Forgive me by writing such a stupid letter & with my very best wishes & much love, Eva V. ? Julia M. Ady In original publishers binding. Externally, generally smart. No dust wrapper present. Very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some occasional spotting, particularly to the endpapers. Tissue guard to the front piece is present and intact. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler. Le Roy Phillips; T. N. Foulis, Boston; Edinburgh, 1914.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: The Phillips (Second Hankey) Edition. With frontispiece portrait by Jacob Huysman and color illustrations from watercolors by W. Lee Hankey. 1 vols. 8vo. Coigney 262 Original light green cloth titled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut. Spine toned, else almost fine With frontispiece portrait by Jacob Huysman and color illustrations from watercolors by W. Lee Hankey. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Casserly, Gordon (Major). Life in an Indian Outpost. T. Werner Laurie [1914], London, 1914.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gilt stamp of Otago Boys' High School on front board. Some fading and darkening to spine cloth. Otago Boys' High School prize label dated 1919 on front endpaper. Some foxing. ; No date [c1916?]. This appears to be a later issue without any illustrations, and without the "List of Illustrations" leaf (pp.xv-xvi in the first edition). The printed word "ILLUSTRATED" has been erased from the title page, with some abrasions. xiv, 320 pages. Blue cloth boards with black lettering and rule on spine, black lettering and border on front board. Page dimensions: 216 x 135mm. Contents: A Frontier Post; Life on Outpost; The Borderland of Bhutan; A Durbar in India; In the Jungle; Rogues of the Forest; A Fight with an Elephant; In Tiger Land; A Forest March; Through Fire and Water; In the Palace of the Maharajah; A Military Tragedy; In an Indian Hill Station; A Jungle Fort; Farewell to the Hills. "The fascination of a day's sport in the heart of the great forest is beyond words. Even if nothing falls to one's rifle the pleasure of roaming through the woodland is intense. Of the world nothing seems to exist farther than the eye can see down the short vistas of soft green light between the giant trees. Lulled by the swaying motion of the elephant - not unpleasant when used to it - one's senses are nevertheless keenly on the alert; for every stride may disclose some strange denizen of the jungle either to be sought after or guarded against. And the beauty of it all. The fern-carpeted glades, the drooping trails of bright-coloured orchids, the tangled shadows of the dense undergrowth, the glimpses of never-endling woodland between the great boles. And always the hust, the intense silence of this enchanted forest." - pages 98-9. [References: Czech "Asian Big Game Hunting Books)" p. 46: "Stationed at an outpost in the Terai, Casserly enjoyed all manner of sporting activities. To battle boredom, he hunted bear and goral in the jungle. He also provides insights into why elephants go rogue, details of a roundup, and hunts after elephants in the wild [. . .]"; Marshall "Britain and Tibet 1751: "Casserly was appointed Political Agent at Buxa Duar on the borders of Bhutan in the early 1900's. His description of his stay in this area includes an account of the history of British relations with Bhutan."]
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Price: US$141.10 + shipping
Description: A very scarce and profusely illustrated volume by G. D. Armour presenting various scenes from a hunting trip. A very scarce work. This charming volume presents a series of illustrations of the sport of hunting, with numerous depictions of horses and animals throughout. Illustrated by G. D. Armour. G. D. Armour was a British painter who in throughout his artistic career and personal life had a deep in interest in horses, so much so that in 1910 he chose to study studied military equestrianism at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. There are 55 plate in total. Collated complete. With an introduction by Horace G. Hutchinson. Hutchinson was an amateur golfing champion who is noted from writing numerous sporting works. In a quarter cloth binding, with paper covered boards. Externally lightly bumped to the head and tail of the spine, with patches of loss to paper covered boards to the extremities. Handling marks to the front and rear boards, including a mark to the rear board and small ink spots towards the head of the front board. Age toning to the front and rear endpapers and pastedowns. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age toned. Several tissue guards are partially detached throughout the volume. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Description: Series 1 is the Sixth Edition, Revised of 1914. Series 2 is the Third Edition, Revised & Enlarged (with over 100 illustrations) of 1902. The 3rd Series: A Short Natural History of British Wildfowl and Complete Directions in Shooting Wildfowl on the Coast and Inland is the First Edition of 1896 with 200 illustrations by C. Whymper, J. G. Millais & others.3 volumes 8vo ( 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches), pages: xiv:278; xiii:544; & xxviii:630, original green cloth, some foxing to prelims. Contemporary gift inscriptions. Overall very good.
Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited edition, no.329/1000. Large Folio. xiii, 522pp. Illustrated. Original full red morocco, gilt. Spine with some uneven fading. Minor rubbing to extremities. Marbled end papers. Contents in good clean order. Overall a 'Very Good' copy. Heavy - additional shipping required.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Casserly, Gordon (Major). Life in an Indian Outpost. T. Werner Laurie [1914], London, 1914.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Creasing to rear board. Dampstain to lower corner of rear board and rear endpaper. Flecking and some staining to boards. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Overall a good copy. ; Uncommon. xvi, 320 pages + frontispiece + 31 illustrations on 19 plate leaves. Blue cloth boards with black lettering and rule on spine, black lettering and border on front board. Page dimensions: 216 x 137mm. Contents: A Frontier Post; Life on Outpost; The Borderland of Bhutan; A Durbar in India; In the Jungle; Rogues of the Forest; A Fight with an Elephant; In Tiger Land; A Forest March; Through Fire and Water; In the Palace of the Maharajah; A Military Tragedy; In an Indian Hill Station; A Jungle Fort; Farewell to the Hills. "The fascination of a day's sport in the heart of the great forest is beyond words. Even if nothing falls to one's rifle the pleasure of roaming through the woodland is intense. Of the world nothing seems to exist farther than the eye can see down the short vistas of soft green light between the giant trees. Lulled by the swaying motion of the elephant - not unpleasant when used to it - one's senses are nevertheless keenly on the alert; for every stride may disclose some strange denizen of the jungle either to be sought after or guarded against. And the beauty of it all. The fern-carpeted glades, the drooping trails of bright-coloured orchids, the tangled shadows of the dense undergrowth, the glimpses of never-endling woodland between the great boles. And always the hust, the intense silence of this enchanted forest." - pages 98-9. [References: Czech "Asian Big Game Hunting Books)" p. 46: "Stationed at an outpost in the Terai, Casserly enjoyed all manner of sporting activities. To battle boredom, he hunted bear and goral in the jungle. He also provides insights into why elephants go rogue, details of a roundup, and hunts after elephants in the wild [. . .]"; Marshall "Britain and Tibet 1751: "Casserly was appointed Political Agent at Buxa Duar on the borders of Bhutan in the early 1900's. His description of his stay in this area includes an account of the history of British relations with Bhutan."]
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Price: US$179.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 338/1000. Minor scuffs to leather. Gentle knocks to board edges. Gilt turn ins and marbled endpapers. Mild tanning and foxing.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Price: US$188.57 + shipping
Description: 290mm x 230mm (11" x 9"). xiii, 593pp + plates. 78 sepia plates + numerous b/w photographs. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. G: - in good condition. Cover rubbed. Slight damp-staining Brown hardback cloth cover with green cloth spine
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$192.41 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Elephant Folio (11.5 ins x 15.5 ins). Articles include 'Big Game Hunting in Africa' by F.C. Selous; 'Elephant Hunting in German East Africa' by James Sutherland; many others. A truly sumptious volume but postage will probably be excessive for overseas.; Binding: Orig. red leather gilt, bevelled edge boards, 5 raised bands, aeg; Condition notes: covers rubbed and spine ends worn and frayed, No. 527 of limited edition of 1000 copies, Good; Illustrations: 78 Photogravures and numerous B/W photos; Pages: xiii + 593; Edition/printing: 1st
Seller: Peter J. Ayre's Books, Somerset, United Kingdom
C E Moss; E W Hunnybun. The Cambridge British Flora. University Press 1914-1920, Cambridge, 1914.
Price: US$192.41 + shipping
Description: A comprehensive reference book on British plants, with over three-hundred and fifty illustrated plates. Volumes II and III of The Cambridge British Flora. Bound in four volumes, comprising of two illustrated volumes accompanyed by two text volumes. Originally part of a ten volume work. In total across both illustrated volumes there are 397 plates, illustrated by E W Hunnybun, a famed botanical artist. With an additional frontispiece and several vignettes in the accompanying text volumes. Ex libris 6th Duke of Portland as indicated by bookplate to front pastedown of three of the four volumes. William Cavendish-Bentinck was a British landowner, courtier and Conservative politician. He served as a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards and had a flourishing military career. Upon leaving his military career he pursued politics and sat on Conservative benches in the House of Lords. Written by Charles Edward Moss with the assistance of specialists in certain genera. Moss was an English born South African botanist, he edited this very high standard reference work which was unfortunately abandoned before it could reach its ten volumes. In original quarter cloth bindings. Externally, smart with bumping to the head and tail of spines. Some chipping to spine labels. Hinges are slightly strained but firm to all volumes. Bookseller's label 'Lupton Bros' to front pastedown of all volumes. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown of both volume IIs and to the text volume III, William Arthur Sixth Duke of Portland. Internally, all volumes are generally firmly bound. Some offsetting to endpapers. Otherwise, pages are bright with the odd spot throughout. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$192.41 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1914). 1914 1st edition. Folio (285 x 390mm). Pp593. Illustrated with photogravure & b&w photograph plates, including portraits, title-page printed in red and black. Binding B. Two-tone cloth binding (half-bound green buckram over beige buckram boards), spine & upper board titled in gilt, gilt rules, marbled endpapers with green cloth strip to hinges, bevelled edges. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. Some wear, inner hinges tender, frontispiece & title-page loose, minor damp-staining to a corner. Still a good copy - no. 308 of 1000. Very heavy and will entail extra postage if mailing overseas. The third volume in a lavish series of books by and about leading sportsmen of the day. The first 172 pages are on big game hunting; the following 166 pages are concerned with angling. There are a further 192 pages of short biographies of 186 "Celebrities With The Rifle," and 60 pages on 47 noted anglers, "Sportsmen With The Rod," most of which include a portrait photograph of the subject. Chapters on big game hunting by F.C. Selous, James Sutherland, J.C.B. Statham, H. Frank Wallace, J. Turner-Turner, C.R.E. Radclyffe, C. Phillipps-Wolley and others. Chapters on angling by R.B. Marston, F.G. Morgan, Col. R.F. Meysey-Thompson, Cecil Braithwaite, John Holt Schooling, J. Turner-Turner, J.C. Rokeby-Hallen, Rev. H.T. Adams, F.G. Richmond, Arthur R. Price and F.G. Aflalo. Brief biographies, usually with a portrait, of "Celebrities with the rifle" and "Sportsmen with the rod." This were mostly penned by the individual concerned and were presumably offered as an incentive to subscribe to the series. This is volume 3 in a 13-volume series (though bookseller Peter Harrington lists a set of 16 works in 17 volumes). .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$192.41 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large hardback, 39 x 30cm, in quarter bound green and brown cloth boards, gilt lines and titles, top edge gilt, marbled inside covers, light shelfwear to the spine and corners, otherwise in Fine condition. Limited edition number 221 of 1000, pp xiii, 593 + plates. 78 sepia tissue guarded plates + numerous b&w photographs. Frontispiece photo of HM King George V with HH the Maharaja of Nepal. Compiled and edited by the Sportsman. THE PACKED WEIGHT OF THIS BOOK IS OVER 6KG, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE COSTS WILL BE REQUIRED. British Sports and Sportsmen: Big Game Hunting and Angling.
Seller: Deeside Books, Ballater, United Kingdom
Price: US$192.41 + shipping
Description: First edition (hardback), limited to 1000 copies, of which this is copy number 333. Folio (38cm by 30cm), xiii, 593pp. Numerous plates and text illustrations. Original two-tone cloth binding (green spine and corners, grey boards), gilt titling to the spine and the front board, top edge gilt. Light rubbing to the exttremities of the binding, bookplate to the front pastedown, browning to the tissue protectors of the plates. Overall, this copy is in good to very good condition.
Seller: Cornell Books Limited, Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 439 p. 24 cm. 2 maps and 219 b/w photos of mountains, rivers and glaciers throughout the Selkirk range. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and embellishments on spine. Bumped corners, tears in spine ends, spine faded, small ink stamp on lower edge of text block and front pastedown, library label rear pastedown, dents in fore-edges, some soiling to covers. Binding cracked at page 49. A fascinating account of the 35 + loftiest peaks climbed by the author and his friends over the course of five summers. They contributed over 40 official place names to the features that they found. Numerous appendices include surveys of vegetation, glaciers, rock specimens and a list of 10,000 peaks climbed before 1913.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$256.55 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1914). 1914 1st edition. Folio (285 x 390mm). Pp593. Illustrated with photogravure & b&w photograph plates, including portraits, title-page printed in red and black. Binding A. Original red full morocco, gilt titles and decoration to spine, gilt and blind rules to boards, inner dentelles gilt, titles, gilt crest to upper board, marbled endpapers with red cloth strip to hinges, all edges gilt, bevelled edges. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. Head & tail of spine rubbed but a good-plus copy - no. 52 of 1000. Very heavy and will entail extra postage if mailing overseas. The third volume in a lavish series of books by and about leading sportsmen of the day. The first 172 pages are on big game hunting; the following 166 pages are concerned with angling. There are a further 192 pages of short biographies of 186 "Celebrities With The Rifle," and 60 pages on 47 noted anglers, "Sportsmen With The Rod," most of which include a portrait photograph of the subject. Chapters on big game hunting by F.C. Selous, James Sutherland, J.C.B. Statham, H. Frank Wallace, J. Turner-Turner, C.R.E. Radclyffe, C. Phillipps-Wolley and others. Chapters on angling by R.B. Marston, F.G. Morgan, Col. R.F. Meysey-Thompson, Cecil Braithwaite, John Holt Schooling, J. Turner-Turner, J.C. Rokeby-Hallen, Rev. H.T. Adams, F.G. Richmond, Arthur R. Price and F.G. Aflalo. Brief biographies, usually with a portrait, of "Celebrities with the rifle" and "Sportsmen with the rod." This were mostly penned by the individual concerned and were presumably offered as an incentive to subscribe to the series. This is volume 3 in a 13-volume series (though bookseller Peter Harrington lists a set of 16 works in 17 volumes). .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$256.55 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1914). 1914 1st edition. Folio (285 x 390mm). Pp593. Illustrated with photogravure & b&w photograph plates, including portraits, title-page printed in red and black. Binding B. Two-tone cloth binding (half-bound green buckram over beige buckram boards), spine & upper board titled in gilt, gilt rules, marbled endpapers with green cloth strip to hinges, bevelled edges. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. Some rubbing & spotting to cloth but a very good copy - no. 280 of 1000. Very heavy and will entail extra postage if mailing overseas. The third volume in a lavish series of books by and about leading sportsmen of the day. The first 172 pages are on big game hunting; the following 166 pages are concerned with angling. There are a further 192 pages of short biographies of 186 "Celebrities With The Rifle," and 60 pages on 47 noted anglers, "Sportsmen With The Rod," most of which include a portrait photograph of the subject. Chapters on big game hunting by F.C. Selous, James Sutherland, J.C.B. Statham, H. Frank Wallace, J. Turner-Turner, C.R.E. Radclyffe, C. Phillipps-Wolley and others. Chapters on angling by R.B. Marston, F.G. Morgan, Col. R.F. Meysey-Thompson, Cecil Braithwaite, John Holt Schooling, J. Turner-Turner, J.C. Rokeby-Hallen, Rev. H.T. Adams, F.G. Richmond, Arthur R. Price and F.G. Aflalo. Brief biographies, usually with a portrait, of "Celebrities with the rifle" and "Sportsmen with the rod." This were mostly penned by the individual concerned and were presumably offered as an incentive to subscribe to the series. This is volume 3 in a 13-volume series (though bookseller Peter Harrington lists a set of 16 works in 17 volumes). .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Price: US$299.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pages 503-598, plus 28 pages of vintage ads. Features: Eight Days On a Capsized Ship - three seamen tough it out upon the overturned hull of the 'Anna Rebecca' in 1906 off Memel (with photos); My Adventures in Sarawak (part I) - Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak describes her experiences getting to know 'the loveable little people and their language' (with photos); The Girl Who Came to Copperfield, Oregon - Miss Fern Hobbs was sent at the head of a regiment of soldiers to restore order in the lawless town of Copperfield - article with photo of Miss Hobbs; Across Canada by Motor-Car (part II) - Photo-illustrated account of the second half of Mr. Wilby's arduous journey, ending in British Columbia; My Escape from Kelantan - a veteran pioneer of Malaya, W.E. Nash, relates how he took a frail stern-wheel river steamer across the China Sea in the teeth of a monsoon; The Case of "Jack Thompson" - an Englishman in a Bolivian prison; The Haunted Trees - The Malays believe evil spirits take up residence in certain 'hantu' trees; Pieter Erberfeld, Traitor - the story behind this man and a memorial tablet, bearing his skull, in Batavia, Dutch West Indies (Indonesia); The Hermit of Smith's Mountain - a strange character in San Diego County; Man-Eaters - the menace wild animals constitute to dwellers in less-favoured parts of the world; Sport in the Ukraine - with photos; Freshwater Pearl-Fishing - clam-fishing as carried out on the rivers of Illinois - with great photos; Wanted, A Wife - the amusing adventures of Dominick Forese of Butte, Montana; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada
Price: US$339.27 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First U.K. Edition, bound from the first U.S. sheets w. "The Knickerbocker Press, New York" printed at foot of c.p. and "1914" on c.p and t.p. Publishers green cloth w. title stamped in black onto spine, gilt crest stamped onto upper board, 8vo (9-1/4 inches tall), pp. xxvii, (xxviii - blank), 1-439, (440- blank), (4 - pub. ads *n.b. - same ads as 1st US edition), (2 - blanks), captioned tissue-guarded frontis, illustrated with B&W photo reproductions throughout, errata, indices, appendices and tables. All four maps and both diagrams (4 of the 6 being fold-outs w. 2 of the fold-out maps being colored) are fine. Bound in publisher's special gift binding with gilt crest stamped onto upper board and prize bookplate "Hertford Grammar School / A.E. Drewery" to front pastedown, else unmarked throughout. Volume with hairline cracks to both hinges, text block with scattered spotting and occasional browning, bottom corner of one leaf (p. 37/38) with a 3 inch closed tear and some creasing noted, with the three following leaves also having a faint sympathetic crease. Price intact dust jacket is toned with modest overall wear, sunning to spine panel and edges. DJ has title printed in black onto spine panel with publisher's ads for eleven titles and "Putnam, 24 Bedford St., London, W.C.2" printed on back panel. "The principal work on the Selkirk Range." Neate P07 ; "A classic of mountaineering history, thorough and beautifully written." Whale 1135 ; E&L 2716. Uncommon in a nice complete jacket.
Seller: Harropian Books, IOBA, Nelson, BC, Canada
Price: US$432.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One of 1000 copies bound in the publisher's duo-tone cloth over boards. Spine and cover stamped and ruled in gilt. Top edge gilt. Front hinge cracked but holding. Illustrated with over 70 photogravures and many in text illustrations throughout.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$437.50 + shipping
Description: Second edition, 8vo, pp. 317, [1], [2] ads; folding map printed in color, 1 other full-page map in the text, 32 plates; a near fine copy in original pictorial green cloth stamped in green. Czech, Africa, p. 51: "Dracopoli explored the region from Kismayu on the coast, then westward to the Lorian Swamp in British East Africa. In the Joreh district, he bagged oryx, gerenuk, hartebeest, zebra, and topi. Upon reaching the Lorian district, the author collected waterbuck and gazelle. His descriptions of the terrain and climate are especially interesting."
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Darling, Sam.. Sam Darling's Reminiscences. (Signed, Limited ed.). Mills & Boon, 1914.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [British Horse Racing] Rare Large Paper Edition. Limited to only 75 copies, signed by Darling. Rebacked, with renewed spine. 3/4 leather over green boards. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xi, [1], 248 p., [51] leaves of plates : ill., ports. Loder 654. *Autographed by author.*
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 4 full page color plates of landscapes by the author, with line drawings in text. 116pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. RARE. This is the log Blomfield, an English artist, kept on this trip which started in Chicago on Sept. 13, 1914. He was the guest of Mr. Wroe and during the trip painted "23 studies in oil and water color besides a book full of pencil sketches." First camp was made on Tuesday the 15th on the Madison River, eight miles from Yellowstone. Not in Graff; Phillips p. 46; Bruns, Fly Fisher, volume 5, no. 3, p.32 - "Less than 25 printed for the participants;" Bruns B-180 - "Wroe, the publisher, invited Blomfield on this trip, and was probably host. Sketches of the participants are in the book, the text is in the form of a log kept by Blomfield, Rare."; Streeter 4129 Original three quarter pigskin, upper board titled in gilt. Spine partly perished, rubbing to extremities, repair to bottom corner of page 7, a few marginal paper flaws, else very good. Bookplate of Col. Henry Siegel and another 4 full page color plates of landscapes by the author, with line drawings in text. 116pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$833.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A beautiful limited edition copy of the famed 'British Sports and Sportsmen' volume on hunting and angling, complete with many plates throughout. A limited edition, limited to one thousand copies, of which this is numbered six hundred and seventy three.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and seventy-eight plates.Collated, complete.A sporting volume delving into the sports of big game hunting and angling. Both of these sports are thoroughly examined in this volume, looking into the habits of those who pursue the sports, and exciting tales relating to hunting and fishing.This volume discusses big game hunting across the world, and fishing different breeds.'British Sports and Sportsmen' was a commanding series, containing many volumes on a wide variety of sporting subjects. Each volume was an extensive and vivid study into sport, and were popular library acquisitions of the day.With contributions by F. C. Selous, James Sutherland, Lord Charles Conyngham, Cecil Braithwaite, and more. In the original morocco binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. Light rubbing to the spine and extremities. A very small amount of loss to the head of the spine. Label remnant to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$2145.00 + shipping
Description: One of 1000 numbered copies specially bound and numbered. Illustrated with a profusion of full page photogravures and vast number of photographic illustrations. Folio, bound in full burgundy morocco, covers beveled with gilt and blind stamped borders. Upper cover gilt lettered, full gilt dentelle turnovers, and full red and gilt marbled endpapers. The spine elaborately decorated with gilt ornamental devices between raised bands with gilt lines, a.e.g. xiii, 593, Index. A fine copy, spine panel lightly mellowed, there is some slight rubbing to the extremities and a tiny split to a joint, text-block is fresh and clean, hinges are strong and tight. THIS IS A VERY ELABORATELY ILLUSTRATED AND IMPRESSIVE BOOK, WITH NUMEROUS PERSONAL NARRATIVES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM VARIOUS BIG GAME HUNTERS, ANGLERS, ETC. The work contains numerous biographies of celebrity sportsmen of the day accompanied by some really outstanding portraits.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.