Search Results: Hunting and Fishing from Old New York Book Shop

(Charleston,SC): History Press, (2009). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 253p octavo,illustrated. 1/12 copies bound in cloth. Signed by Hart on the colophon. A fine copy in green cloth enclosed in a cloth slipcase. Scarce

Hot Springs, Virginia: Privately Printed, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 91p octavo. A near fine copy in a lightly soiled slipcase. Photographic frontispiece with author and his dog. Scarce.

Columbia SC: State Co Printers, 1928. First Edition. Original wraps. Fine. 45p 12mo A fine copy in the original brown printed wraps. Author's first book. Very scarce

New York: Derby & Jackson, 1858. Later priting. 3/4 leather. Very good. 432p octavo. A very nice copy bound in later handsome 3/4 calf and marbled boards

New York: E P Dutton and Co, (1935). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. 270p + ads, illustrated, A very good copy in a good dust jacket, chipped on the front panel and the spine. Price clipped

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1899. First Edition. 3/4 leather. Very good. 330p octavo, illustrated. A very good copy bound in 3/4 red marocco and marbled boards with raised bands. Wearing at the corners. Engraved bookplate of Clarence Arthur Comstock. A nice copy

England/Africa, 1917. Hardcover. Very good. 32p octavo, 32 pages of news clippings of obituaries from the UK and Africa. Selous, author of books on hunting he's most famous for "Travel & Adventure in South-East Africa...(1893). He hunted with Teddy Roosevelt. On Jan 4 1917 at the age of 65 he was killed fighting the Germans in East Africa. The octavo album is bound in green cloth and labeled "Press Cuttings" on the spine. Laid in is an a.l.s. ( hand written letter) from Selous to Mr Coplles Dec 31st 1900. In the letter Selous tells the reader that he doesn't want to discuss his hunting trip in Newfoundland because it was sopoor. "only saw one good Stag". "The westher was nearly always bad and very few of my photographs came out". "I now know where to go..." He wants to write about Newfoundland after his next trip. 12mo, fine, folded. WITH Dollman, J G ., Catalogue of the Selous Collection of Big Game in the British Museum(Natural History). London, British Museum 1921. First edition, octavo, 112p… Read More

New York: Galahad Books, (1973). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 243p quarto, illustrated, A very good copy in brown cloth

Philadelphia: J B Lippincott & Co, 1863. Later edition. 3/4morocco. Very good. 510p + index, illustrated. A very good copy in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards, inner hinges cracked. Bookplate of Boies Penrose II (Senator from Pennsylvania ) Also belonged to Charles B Penrose with his ownership signature on the title page. Penrose 1862-1925 was a physician who got caught up in the Johnson County War.

Santa Ana, CA: G. Robert Lawrence, (1960). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 184p + errata page octavo, illustrated. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket

Exton: Schiffer Publishing Co, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. 240pp, 4to. Illustrated. A near fine copy in a very good + jacket. Green boards have minor wear to extremities. Green dust jacket has creasing and small closed tears at spine ends and corners.

London: (East Africa Ltd), (1933). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 195p octavo, illustrated. Covers very spotted otherwise a very good copy in brown cloth, 5 maps enclosed in rear pocket. Tape ghosts on endpapers.

(Mechanicsburg,PA): Stackpole Books, (2008). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 264p quarto, illustrated A fine copy in a fine dust jacket

Atlanta,Ga: Appalachian Publisher, 1965. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. 48p octavo. illustrated. Soiled on the front cover otherwise a very good copy in red white and blue printed wraps.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1894. Hardcover. Very good. 453p octavo, illustrated. A very good copy in brown decorated cloth, wearing along the base of the spine and corners.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 286p + ads.octavo illustrated. Faint stain to the front panel otherwise a very good copy in the original green cloth

Tallahassee: Rose Printing Co, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 314pp +index, illustrated. foldout in rear. Inscribed by Kaplan on the inside panel and then additionally on the front fly leaf stating "rule #810 for best fishing. A very good copy in gray cloth . Laid in is a long mimeographed piece by Kaplan with his name stamped at the base. It is a tongue in cheek describing the affliction of the sickness or condition of deep sea fishing. Inscribed By Author

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 271pp A very good copy in green cloth without dj. Inscribed by Wylie to Walter Sturdivant Atlanta author of "The Trip Back" and signed by "Capt Crunch Adams and Des" fictional characters in this book partially modeled on Harold Schmidt and John Smedburg with whom Wylie often fished out of Miami's Pier 5 and probably signed by them. Wylie wrote Crunch and Des stories in the Saturday Evening Post for years. Inscribed By the Author

(Gallatin Gateway, MT): Wilderness Adventures Press, (1996). Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good. 177p quarto, illustrated. A very good copy in brown cloth. Jim Casada has inscribed the book (11 lines) to Mike Rose boasting of Faulner's skills and mentioning Craig Stripling's admiration for the book. Craig Striling further inscribes the book (13 lines) to Mike Rose comparing Faulkner's hunting books with Archibald Rutledge. Very good in brown cloth

No Place: No Publisher, no date circa 2000. First edition?. Original wraps. Fine. 32p oblong quarto, illustrated. A fine copy in black and white printed wraps.