Search Results: Sporting from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Richmond Park, [South Australia]: July 12, 1913., 1913.. Good. - Approximately 300 words penned on 4 sides of a folded sheet of creamy white paper, with each page measuring 8 inches high by 5 inches wide. "Richmond Park" is printed at the top of the cover page. Aldridge has altered the partially printed date from "1903" to "1913". Started on the cover page, Aldridge has continued his letter on the last page to then conclude on the inner 2 leaves. Signed "J.H. Aldridge" on the inner leaf. Once apparently mounted along the inner edge with glue or tape, there are heavy stains with remnants of glue to the inner edge of the first and last page. There is a tiny tear along the fold with some light brown stains or foxing to all four pages. Good. A RARE LETTER REPLETE WITH HORSE RACING ASSOCIATIONS. Aldridge writes to the Marchioness of Londonderry praising the horse he purchased from her and the Marquis of Londonderry. "You will be pleased to hear Pistol is keeping his name well before the public....I think… Read More

London: The Travel Book Club, (1955)., (1955).. Good. - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth titled in black on the spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The covers are bumped and the head & tail of the book's spine are faded. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with small pieces out from the head & tail of the jacket's spine. 249 & [1] pages, illustrated with a map and 8 pages of photographs. There is offsetting to the endpapers with some slight creasing from humidity to the rear pastedown. Good.
Travel Book Club Edition.
Inscribed on a tipped in piece of paper by John Corcoran to "Bimbetta", the widow of Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh, Virginia and the 14 year partner of professional hunter Bill Ryan.
In a tribute to Bill Ryan (c.1908-1985) in Gamecoin Magazine, Chuck Ennis writes of him: "Bill was one of Kenya's best liked and well-known professional hunters". Bill Ryan arrived in Kenya from South Africa when he was 11 years old. He quickly became a crack shot… Read More

New York: Hastings House, Publishers, (1959).. (1959).. Very good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], tan cloth titled in black on the spine. The book is cocked. The binding is heavily soiled & lightly bumped with the spine somewhat darkened. There are some black stains to the front cover & its corners are slightly frayed. 256 pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. The contents are very good.

(Storrs-Mansfield, CT: Maurizio Martino Publisher), n.d. [circa 1996].. n.d. [circa 1996].. Fine. - Octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt. 180 pp. Fine. <p>Reprint, limited to 150 copies, of the 1896 Harvard University edition.

Monaco: Sotheby's, 1987.. 1987.. Very good. - Small quarto, green cloth titled in gilt. Very slightly warped & rubbed. 515 pp. Illustrated in B&W. Very good. <p>Sale catalogue for an important collection of books on hunting. 598 items are catalogued.

(Tacoma, WA: published by the author, June 1980).. June 1980).. Very good. - Quarto, stapled printed green wraps with image of a black bass on the front wrap. The wraps are lightly soiled with the extremities slightly faded. Title & pp. 47-78, pp. vii & viii & 1 plate in black & tan, plus blank pages with heading "Notes". Very good. <p>This publication supplements the second edition, which was published in in May 1979 and reprinted in February 1980.

London and NY: Hutchinson and Co. Ltd., 1951.. 1951.. Good. - Quarto, green cloth titled in gilt. The binding is spotted. 443 pp. The blanks are foxed. Illustrated with B&W plates. Good. <p>First edition.

London: Collins & Harvill Press, 1968., 1968.. Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in tan cloth titled in gilt on the spine, laid into a pictorial dust wrapper. The endpapers are illustrated with a map. The edges of the dust jacket are slightly creased and rubbed. 320 pages, Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 38 pages of photographs, including color plates. Very good.
First edition.
From the library of professional hunter Bill Ryan, signed by him on the half-title with his Nairobi address. In a tribute to Bill Ryan (c.1908-1985) in Gamecoin Magazine, Chuck Ennis writes of him: "Bill was one of Kenya's best liked and well-known professional hunters". Bill Ryan arrived in Kenya from South Africa when he was 11 years old. He quickly became a crack shot and an expert horseman. He spoke several African languages fluently. After serving in World war II h went into the saw milling business. In 1954 he took up professional hunting full time. He was eagerly… Read More

Storrs-Mansfield, CT: Maurizio Martino Publisher, n.d. [circa 1995].. n.d. [circa 1995].. Fine. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt. 138 pp. Fine. <p>Reprint, limited to 150 copies, of the limited edition privately printed in New York in 1901.

London: Cassell, (1959)., (1959).. Good. INSCRIBED BY SYD DOWNEY, THE SUBJECT OF THE BOOK, TO PROFESSIONAL HUNTER BILL RYAN & ALSO SIGNED BY RYAN - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in wine-red cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in the original pictorial dust wrapper. The corners and head and tail of the book's spine are slightly bumped. The dust jacket is creased and chipped with pieces out from the head and tail of the jacket's spine. xviii & 168 pages, illustrated with a map and 10 pages of photographs. There is some offsetting to the front and rear endpapers. Good.
First edition.
Inscribed by Syd Downey to Bill Ryan in the year of publication: "14/11/59 To Bill Ryan - one of the few who knew the 'old' Kenya, and who helped to make it. / From his friend Sydney Downey".
Sydney Downey (1905-1983), "Downey is a white hunter; some say, the greatest since Selous. Like his brethren, he is as much a naturalist as a hunter. He loves East Africa and its wild life with a… Read More

Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, (1979)., (1979).. Very good. LIMITED EDITION, NOT ONLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR BUT ALSO SIGNED BY BILL RYAN AND OVER 20 MEMBERS OF THE EAPHA - Octavo, 9 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in faux brown leather with the EAPHA seal stamped in gilt on the front cover and titled in gilt on the spine, housed in the original plain marbled tan slipcase. There is some minor wear to the edge of the slipcase's spine. vi, [2] & 146 pages, illustrated with a color frontispiece, full page black and white drawings by Bob Kuhn and a section of 24 pages of photographs of professional hunters. There is some slight moisture damage to the bottom of the rear endpaper & pastedown. Very good. <p>Number 87 of a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the author Anthony Dyer and by the President of Amwell Press Jim Rikhoff. The first book in the African Hunting Heritage Collection.<p>Following are the names of the members of the East African Professional… Read More

NY: Winchester Press, 1974., 1974.. Very good. - Large octavo, cloth backed boards, in dust wrapper. There are 3 tiny holes in the cloth of the rear joint. 344 pages, with black & white illustrations throughout. Light foxing to the top edge & the fore-edge of the book. Very good.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1961).. (1961).. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth. The spine & extremities are faded. The covers are lightly rubbed with some tiny white marks & with some light staining to the front cover. 156 pages. Color frontispiece, 4 pages of black-and-white illustrations & diagrams in the text. The contents are very good. <p>Later printing.

Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company, (1954).. (1954).. Good. - Octavo, tan cloth titled in brown with vignettes in brown on front cover. The covers are soiled & lightly bumped. ix & 270 pp. There is an owner's stamp on the front pastedown. Full-page & textual illustrations by Jack Hogg. Good.

New York: Huntington Press, (1930).. (1930).. Fair. - Quarto, 10-7/8 inches high by 7-5/8 inches wide. Cream cloth backed with a red buckram spine, with a printed title label on the spine and illustrated with vignettes in red on both covers. The covers are soiled and stained and there are some short green crayon lines on the rear cover. 147 & [144] pages plus the colophon, illustrated with a color frontispiece and 33 black & white aquatone plates. THE BOOK IS LACKING THE COLOR FOLDING MAP AT BACK. The front hinge is starting to crack and the endpapers are slightly foxed. A bookplate of a sailing ship is mounted at the bottom of the front pastedown. A good working copy. <p>Limited edition of 501 numbered copies printed by the printing house of Williman Edwin Rudge.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1948.. 1948.. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is rubbed, soiled & chipped with part of the surface of the front panel rubbed away. There are tears to the head of the jacket spine & the top corner of the front panel & the corners of the front flap have been clipped. [xi] & 115 pages. Illustrated in black & white with tables, graphs & diagrams. Very good in a fair dust wrapper. <p>First edition.

Philadelphia/NY: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1952).. (1952).. Good. - Octavo, light blue cloth titled in dark blue with vignette of fisherman in dark blue on front cover, in a pictorial tan dust wrapper. The covers are spotted and the edges rubbed. The dust jacket is chipped along the edges with a couple of small pieces out. The jacket's spine & extremities are darkened with light stains to the rear panel. xi, [iii] & 272 pages, with illustrations by Marshall W. Joyce. There is a small owner's stamp & a date penned in ink on the front endpaper. The rear endpaper is partially stuck to rear blank. There is scattered foxing and a stain to the bottom edge of the book. Good. <p>"New Revised Edition".

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1930).. (1930).. Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is very lightly rubbed & bumped & the spine is sunned. 667 pages. Illustrated by John Leech with 17 color plates, including a frontispiece, & with profuse black-and-white textual illustrations. Very good. <p>Number 447 of a limited edition of 1,050 copies for England. The introduction is by Siegfried Sassoon.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. (1931).. (1931).. Very good. - Octavo, red cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is very lightly rubbed & bumped & the spine is sunned. xiii, [ii] & 519 pages. 12 color plates, including a frontispiece, by Wildrake, Heath and Jellicoe. The rear hinge is starting, else very good. <p>Number 647 of an edition of 1,000 copies for England. The introduction is by Siegfried Sassoon.

New York: Outdoor Life Books, (1981).. (1981).. Very good. - Quarto, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are bumped. The top edge of the dust jacket is lightly chipped with a tear & creasing to the rear panel. viii, [i] & 341 pages. There is very light creasing to the top page corners. Illustrated in black & white. Very good. <p>Second edition, revised and updated.