6 vols. (Leech, John, Illustrator) : Mills, John. The Flyers of the Hunt. London: Ward & Lock, 1859. 12mo, contemp. gilt-ruled mottled calf, gilt spine compartments, red morocco spine label by Wallis; front bd detached, scuffed. With original cloth bound in rear. With 6 hand-colored plates (incl. frontis) . Internally generally clean. * A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott. The Comic History of England. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co. , [c1881]. Later issue. 8vo, gilt-pictorial red cloth; extremities worn, spine frayed and faded. Shaken. With 19[of 20] hand hand-colored plates & numerous other woodcuts. Half-title loose. * A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott. The Comic History of Rome. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co. , [c1881]. Later issue. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco & marbled bds; extremities worn, corners bumped. With 10 hand hand-colored plates. Very occasional light scattered foxing, mostly to endpapers. * Punch's Pocket Book for 1857. London: Punch Office, [1857]. 16mo, orig. leather pocket cover; scuffed. With hand-colored fold frontis plate & hand-colored title page. Illustrated by John Leech and John Tenniel. Some pasted clippings, old notes etc. * Maxwell, W. H. The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran. London: William Tegg & Co. , 1850. 8vo, contemp. 3/4 morocco & marbled bds; extremities very scuffed, joints stressed. With b/w illus; moderate scattered foxing. * Leech, John. Pictures of Life & Character. London: Bradbury, Evans & Co. , [c1880. ] Third & Forth Series. Oblong. folio, contemp. gilt-pictorial two-tone morocco; corners bumped, scuffed, joints stressed. Some creasing and small edge tears. With b/w illus.
Rickman, Philip A Bird-Painter's Sketch Book. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Limited / New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. 4to, frontispiece, 9 colour plates, some very slight, light foxing; [Idem] Bird Sketches and Some Field Observations. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1938. 4to, colour frontispiece, 24 plates, a little light foxing towards rear; uniformly bound in quarter green morocco with gilt bird devices to spines; Edwards, Lionel My Hunting Sketch Book. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Limited / New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. 4to, colour frontispiece, 14 colour plates, original cloth with paper label to cover, gift inscription to paste-down endpaper (3) Estimate £ 200-300. Sold for £125 (buyer's premium included)
"PARKER GUNS", ED MUDERLAK SPECIAL LTD. 1ST ED.For your consideration is the Classic Special Limited First Edition, "Parker Guns, Shooting Flying and the American Experience" by Ed Muderlak. Richly illustrated with 500 photographs, 300 of them being color, plus a fine selection of historic black and white photos and a wealth of nineteenth century prints and advertisements. One appendix even has a price inflation calculator (1810-2006) and dated serial numbers. It's a must-have for any American shotgun enthusiast. This book explains the evolution of sport hunting with a shotgun and how Parker guns fit into the picture. Readers will learn the history of the breech-loading shotgun, the development of the shotgun cartridge, the details of Parker's competitors, the history of live pigeon and trap shooting, and a survey of early shooting literature. Muderlak compares and contrasts the 'Old Reliable' Parker gun with the guns of Ethan Allen, Sylvester Roper, Dan Wesson, Whitney Arms, N. R. Davis, Boyd & Tyler, Dr. Maynard, E. Remington-Whitmore, William Baker, George H. Fox, Ansley H. Fox, Colt, and Winchester. This brown cloth bound textured gold gilt illustrated hardcover is in very nice overall condition, intact pages appear clean and crisp, slight moisture stain observed on fore edge. No other marring noted. Measures 9.25"W x 12.25"L x .75"D
128 vols. Anthony Trollope. Trollope, Anthony: Le Vendee. London: H. Colburn, 1850. 1st ed. 3 vols. * The Warden. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, 1855. 1st ed. * Barchester Towers. London: Longman, etc. , 1857. 1st ed. 3 vols. * The Three Clerks. London: R. Bentley, 1858. 1st ed. 3 vols. * Doctore Thorne. London: Chapman & Hall, 1858. 3 vols. * The Bertrams. London: Chapman & Hall, 1859. 1st ed. 3 vols. * The West Indies and The Spanish Main. London: Chapman & Hall, 1859. 1st ed. Map. * Castle Richmond. London: Chapman & Hall, 1860. 1st ed. 3 vols. * Tales of All Countries. London: Chapman & Hall, 1861-1863. 1st eds. 2 vols. * Fremley Parsonage. London: Smith & Elder, 1861. 3 vols. 6 plates. * Orley Farm. London: Chapman & Hall, 1862. 1st ed. , bound from orig. parts. 2 vols. 40 plates. Orig. parts wrappers & adverts bound at back. * North America. London: Chapman & Hall, 1862. 1st ed. 2 vols. Fold. map. * Rachel Ray. London: Chapman & Hall, 1863. 1st ed. 2 vols. * The Small House at Allington. London: Smith, Elder, 1864. 1st ed. 2 vols. 18 plates. * Can You Forgive Her? London: Chapman & Hall, 1864-1865. 1st ed. in book form. 40 plates. Light foxing. * Miss Mackenzie. London: Chapman & Hall, 1865. 1st ed. 2 vols. * Hunting Sketches. London: Chapman & Hall, 1865. 1st ed. 2 vols. * Belton Estate. London: Chapman & Hall, 1866. 1st ed. 2 vols. * Travelling Sketches. London: Chapman & Hall, 1866. 1st ed. * Clergymen of The Church of England. London: Chapman & Hall, 1866. 1st ed. * The Claverings. London: Smith, Elder, 1867. 1st ed. 2 vols. * The Last Chronicle of Barset. London: Smith, Elder, 1867. 1st ed. , bound from orig. parts, parts wrappers & adverts preserved, scattered darkening & foxing, scattered cellotape repairs to part wrappers & adverts. 2 vols. * Lotta Schmidt. London: Strahan, 1867. 1st ed. Some internal creasing. * Nina Balatka. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1867. 1st ed. 2 vols. * Linda Tressel. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1868. 1st ed. 2 vols. in 1. * British Sports and Pastimes. London: Virtue, 1868. 1st ed. * Phineas Finn, The Irish Member. London: Virtue, 1869. 1st ed. 2 vols. 20 plates. Light foxing. * He Knew He Was Right. London: Strahan, 1869. 1st ed. , bound from orig. parts, orig. parts wrappers & adverts preserved. 2 vols. 32 plates. Light foxing. * The Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson. London: Smith, Elder, 1870. 1st ed. Frontis. & vignette title. * The Commentaries of Caesar. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1870. 1st ed. Translated. * The Vicar of Bullhampton. London: Bradbury, Evans, 1870. 1st ed. , bound from orig. parts. , orig. parts wrappers & adverts. preserved. 30 plates. Light foxing. * An Editor's Tales. London: Strahan, 1870. 1st ed. * Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1871. 1st ed * Ralph The Heir. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1871. 1st ed. 3 vols. * The Golden Lion of Granpere. London: Tinsley, 1872. 1st ed. * The Eustace Diamonds. London: Chapman & Hall, 1873. 3 vols. * Australia and New Zealand. London: Chapman & Hall, 1873. 1st ed. 2 vols. 5 maps (4 fold - 3 in cover pocket). * Harry Heathcote of Gangol. London: Sampson, Low & Hall, 1874. 1st ed. * Lady Anna. London: Chapman & Hall, 1874. 2 vols. * Phineas Redux. London: Chapman & Hall, 1874. 2 vols. 24 plates. Orig. cloth covers bound in. * The Way We Live Now. London: Chapman & Hall, 1875. 1st ed in book form. 2 vols. 40 plates. * The Prime Minister. London: Chapman & Hall, 1876. 1st ed. in book form 4 vols. * The American Senator. London: Chapman & Hall, 1877. 1st ed. 3 vols. * Is He Popinjoy. London: Chapman & Hall, 1878. 1st ed. 3 vols. * How The Mastiffs Went to Iceland. London: Virtue, 1878. 1st ed. Map + 14 plain litho plates + 2 mounted photos. 4to. * South Africa. London: Chapman & Hall, 1878. 1st ed. 2 vols. Fold. map. * John Caldigate. London: Chapman & Hall, 1878. 1st ed. 3 vols. * An Eye For An Eye. London: Chapman & Hall, 1879. 1st ed. 2 vols. * Cousin Henry. London: Chapman & Hall, 1879. 1st ed. 2 vols. * Thackeray. London: Macmillan, 1879. 1st ed. * The Duke's Children. London: Chapman & Hall, 1880. 1st ed. 3 vols. * The Life of Cicero. London: Chapman & Hall, 1880. 1st ed. 2 vols. * Ayala's Angel. London: Chapman & Hall, 1881. 1st ed. 3 vols. * Dr. Wortle's School. London: Chapman & Hall, 1881. 1st ed. 2 vols. * The Fixed Period. Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1882. 1st ed. 2 vols. * Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices. London: Wm. Isbiter, 1882. 1st ed. * Kept in The Dark. London: Chatto & Windus, 1882. 1st ed. 2 vols. * Marion Fay. London: Chapman & Hall, 1882. 1st ed. 3 vols. * Mr. Scarborough's Family. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. * An Autobiography. Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1883. 1st ed. 2 vols. Portrait. * The Landleaguers. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. 1st ed. 3 vols. * An Old Man's Love. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1884. 1st ed. 2 vols. * Thompson Hall. London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1885. 1st ed. 12mo. Full-page illus. * Escott, T. H. S. Anthony Trollope, His Work... London: J. Lane, 1913. Frontis. Includes descriptive bibliography.
Hunting - Somerville (Edith) Slipper's ABC of Fox Hunting, 20 coloured plates, loose, title slightly soiled, original decorated cloth, upper hinge broken, rubbed, folio, 1930
Hunting - Somerville (Edith). Slipper's ABC of Fox Hunting, 20 coloured plates, endpaper brown, torn and with ink inscription, original decorated cloth, slightly rubbed, folio, 1903
AN IMPORTANT REPUBLIC OF TEXAS MAP, "MAP OF TEXAS," NEW...AN IMPORTANT REPUBLIC OF TEXAS MAP, "Map of Texas," NEW YORK, 1839, hand colored engraving on paper, "Compiled from surveys on record in the General Land Office of the Republic, to the year 1839," by Richard S. Hunt and Jess F. Randel, published by J.H. Colton, engraved by Stiles, Sherman & Smith, with original cloth covered gilt tooled front board, "Guide to Texas with a Map, Published by J.H. Colton, 1839," a lower view, "Map of the Rio Grande and the Country west to the Pacific," signed in plate by James Web (1792–1856), Secretary of State, John Woodward, Consul General of Texas in New York from 1836-1840, Francis Moore (1808–1864), Editor Telegraph Houston, and John Petit Borden (1812–1891), Commissioner, General Land Office, with General Land Office seal used 1838-1842. 31 1/2" x 24" Note: The map showing early Texas Colonies divided by red hand colored lines: McMullen & McGloin's Colony, Power's Colony, Dewitt's Colony, Austin's Small Colony, Robertson's Colony, Milam's Colony, Leon's Colony, and an unnamed colony between Austin's Colony and Zavala Colony in the east. Counties are hand colored respectively in yellow, orange, green and blue, and include Fannin, Red River, Nacogdoches, Robertson, Harrisburg, Milam, Harrison, Shelby, San Augustine, Houston, Liberty, Jefferson, Galveston, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Bastrop, Austin, Washington, Fayette, Matagorda, Victoria, Refugio, Goliad San Patricio, and Bexar Counties. The map details major waterways, mentioning Comanche Ranches, Herds of Buffaloes, Cado villages burned by Gen. Rush in January 1839, Enchanted Rock and other topographical elevations expressed in hachur, the Old Spanish road from Santa Fe to Bexar, and telegraph lines. In plate signers serving the Republic of Texas acknowledge, "We, the undersigned, have inspected the above map and give it our approval as being a compilation from the best and most recent authorities...I hereby Certify that the compiler of this map has had access to the records of this office and that the map was compiled from them." The Sabine and portions of the Red River serve as an eastern border to the United States.
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Creasing as issued, waving, some buckling, mild shifting within frame, yellowing, foxing, crinkles, surface debris, but overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS."
John Cooper THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT FROM 1795 TO 1836 1837 First Edition Antique Hunting English Country Life Frontispiece Vignettes Chemise Title: The Warwickshire Hunt, from 1795 to 1836; Describing Many of the Most Splendid Runs with These Highly Celebrated Hounds under the Management of Mr. John Corbet, Lond Middleton, Mr. E. J. Shirley, Mr. Hay, Mr. R. Fellowes, Mr. J. Russell, and Mr. W. P. Thornhill; From Authentic Documents, Mostly Original; With Numerous Notes, Anecdotes, &c. To These Are Added, Supplementary Pieces, Connected with the Chase, the Turf, and the TriggerAuthor: John CooperPublisher: Henry Harris, J. Cooper, and All Other BooksellersCity: LondonYear: 1837Printing Information: First EditionBinding Style: HardcoverPagination: x/407 pages plus 1 page of advertisementWidth: 6.25" Height: 9.25"Book Details: An important record of the hunt, of country life in England at the turn of the 19th century and an important source of biographical information on the time. The text offers a mixture of straight-forward reportage of individual 'runs' during "a period of 40 successive seasons", interspersed with anecdotes and verse.Condition / Notes: This volume is bound in contemporary red straight-grained half morocco over embossed paper-covered boards. The flat spine is divided into six compartments by a decorative roll and gilt lettered in the second compartment. The binding is firm. Previous owners' names appear on the front endpaper, with the name of H. J. Bromfield of Causton, Warwickshire, at the top of the front flyleaf. The endpapers and pages exhibit light foxing. This work is illustrated with an engraved frontispiece entitled "Mr. Corbet, and His Fox Hounds," as well as with a number of vignettes.This volume is preserved in a later morocco-backed cloth chemise, with the spine tooled in gilt with the title and hunting motifs (small neat old repairs to spine). For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $4.50
(BIBLE .) Dalziel's Bible Gallery. 62 wood engraved plates after illustrations by T. Dalziel, G.F. Watts, Edward Burne-Jones, S. Solomon, Holman Hunt, F. Madox Brown, F. Sandys, E.J. Poynter, and others, printed on India paper and mounted on card; half-title, title, introductory leaf, contents, and final leaf with the Dalziel Brothers' plate. Folio, 420x342 mm; 16 1/2X13 1/2 inches, publisher's 1/2 vellum over boards decoratively stamped in red and gold, calf spine label; scattered foxing, occasionally affecting images; modern blue cloth slipcase. London: Routledge and Sons, 1881copies. This specially-commissioned bible took roughly twenty years to create and is one of the greatest illustration projects of the Victorian era. The plates were engraved by the Dalziel brothers at their Camden Press in London.
Sabretache SHIRES & PROVINCES 1926 Antique English History Fox Hunting Narrative Color Plates Lionel Edwards Illustrations & Plates Albert Stewart Barrow Title: Shires and Provinces by "Sabretache" Illustrated by Lionel EdwardsAuthor: Albert Stewart Barrow (Sabretache)Publisher: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited/Charles Scribner's SonsCity: London/New YorkYear: 1926Printing Information: First EditionBinding Style: HardcoverPagination: x/195 pagesWidth: 10.5" Height: 14"Book Details: Condition / Notes: This is a scarce first edition of "Shires and Provinces," an antique British fox hunting text. This volume is bound in green cloth over beveled boards with stamped gilt lettering and ornamentation on the front cover and spine. Light rubbing and staining is visible along the edges of the covers and spine. The binding is sound, and the top of the text block features gilt edges; the other page edges are deckled.The title page is in black and red, opposite a full-color frontispiece depicting "The Duke of Beaufort's Hounds." The pages show some age toning with moderate foxing on individual pages. Sixteen mounted color plates are included, along with some uncolored illustrations, all after Lionel Edwards. The publisher's device appears on the final page.For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $10.50
Hunting - Wallace (Harold Frank). British Deer Heads, limited edition, no.310 of 600 copies, illustrations, endpapers peppered with foxing, original cloth, gilt, slightly soiled, 4to, [1913]; Hart-Davis (H) Stalking Sketches, plates, original decorated cloth, 4to, 1904 - and one other similar. (3)
Hunting - Surtees, Robert Smith
[Sporting novels]. London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., [c.1890]. 8vo, 3 of 6 volumes only, to include Mr Facey Romford's Hounds, Mr Sponge's sporting tour and Handley Cross, illustrated by John Leech, et al., colour plates, contemporary half red calf gilt, t.e.g., some fading to backstrips; Armour, G. Denholm Young Tom Hall... Edinburgh and London, [no date]. 8vo, 4 colour plates, original decorative red cloth gilt; Pennell-Elmhirst, Capt. The cream of Leicestershire. London, 1883. 8vo, illustrated by John Sturgess, original decorative red cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, previous ink inscription on endpaper; Surtees, Robert Smith Hillingdon Hall. London, [c.1880]. 8vo, illustrated by Wildrake, Heath and Jellicoe, 12 colour plates, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded, some foxing; Beckford, Peter Thoughts on hunting. London, 1922. Fifth edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded, frontispiece loose (7)
5 vols. Fox Hunting & Other Equestrian & Hunting Pursuits - 19th-Century Imprints Gelert. A Guide to The Foxhounds and Staghounds of England. London, 1849. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial red cloth corners & spine ends frayed, other scattered wear. Occasional light foxing. * Everhart, James Bowen. The Fox Chase. Philadelphia Porter & Coates, 1874. 12mo, orig. gilt pictorial green cloth light edge wear. 6 plates + vignette. * Another copy of the preceding in mustard cloth occasional wear. * Pease, A. E. The Cleveland Hounds as A Trencher-Fed Pack. London Longmans, Green, 1887. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. two-tone blue & red cloth, gilt, gilt-lettered spine some edge wear, occasionally slightly dusty. Color frontis. , fold. map, 2 fold. facs. Some offsetting from facs. Untrimmed. * O'Donoghue, Mrs. Power (Nannie Lambert) . Ladies on Horseback. Learning, Park-Riding and Hunting, With Hints Upon Costume. London W. H. Allen, 1888. 3rd ed. Sm. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial red cloth moderate wear. Photo frontis. portrait. Adverts.
(HUNTING.) Crealock, Henry Hope. Among the Red Deer, Sketches from Nature in the Forest. 80 albumen photograph reproductions of Crealock drawings with printed numbered captions mounted on 28 card sheets, additional image on lithographed title-page. Folio, original pebbled cloth, gilt lettered "Among the Red Dear" [sic] on upper cover, faded, a bit worn, rebacked and re-cornered in modern brown morocco, endpapers renewed; plates generally clean, light surface soiling and a few with light foxing toward the rear, small chip to lower corner of title-page. London: George Hogarth Turner, circa 1870having earned the rank of Lieutenant General. During his life and travels he was continually accompanied by his sketchbook. His drawings reproduced here illustrate an expediton in pursuit of prize stags throughout the Scottish highlands together with the chief of the Clan Cameron Lochiel, several companions, and their essential dogs. This visual story suggests they undoubtedly had an eventful and successful hunt.
Lot. English Sporting Publications & Prints: Alkin, George. Casualties of Hunting. Nos. 1 & 2, London: Rowney and Forster, Lithographic Press, (1822-1823) . 2 vols, oblong 4to, orig. printed wrappers. With 8 hand-colored lithographs. Scattered light foxing. In custom gilt-lettered red morocco & cloth portfolio. With the book plate of Joseph Widener. * Smith, Loraine. [Pychely Hunt. ][London], [c1880s]. Collection of 8 hand-colored aquatints (approx. 9 x 10 inches; 230 x 255mm. ) by Jukes after Smith. All corner mounted in 19th-century gilt-paneled green straight grained morocco. Sm. folio with gilt-lettered spine, by Zaehnsdorf. Scattered light foxing, short margins. With bookplates of Clarence S. Bement & Joseph Widener.
CAROLINA SPORTS, BY LAND AND WATER; INCLUDING INCIDENTS......Wild-Cat, Deer and Bear Hunting, etc. by William Elliott, New York: Derby and Jackson, 1859, with six illustrations, original brown cloth, gilt spine
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moderate overall wear, bumped corners, foxing, some gilt loss, noticeable cloth tears at spine
Somerville (Edith Oe.) Slipper's ABC of Fox Hunting first edtion 20 colour plates K with slight surface abrasion light marginal soiling original pictorial cloth rubbed spine ends worn 1903; and another by the same folio (2)
Munnings (Sir Alfred J.) The Second Burst [vol.2 of the autobiography] first edition signed and merrily inscribed by the author to ".Margaret Peacock after some champagne." with sketch of a champagne bottle illustrations original cloth rubbed and marked spine faded 1951; The Tale of Anthony Bell: A Hunting Ballad first edition foxed from the library of John Masefield with label on inside front wrapper original printed green wrappers a little rubbed privately printed [1921]; Larkbarrow Farm: A Ballad of Exmoor corrected proof copy with the author's alterations in ink and pencil and an additional typed stanza on loose sheet for insertion at end sheet attached with paper clip causing slight rust marks original printed wrappers [c.1944] the last two each preserved in modern red morocco-backed cloth drop-back boxes with morocco label on lids 8vo (3)
Hunting - Barrow, Albert Stuart
Shires and provinces. London, 1927. Second impression, 4to, 16 colour plates [inc. frontispiece], original blue cloth gilt, torn dustwrapper, fading to cloth along upper edge, previous owner's ink stamp on front endpaper; Armour, G.D. Humour in the hunting field. London, [no date]. 4to, 20 tipped in colour plates, original cloth backed boards, torn dustwrapper, some foxing to endpapers, previous owner's ink stamp to endpaper; Aldin, Cecil Hunting scenes. London, 1936. 4to, orignal cloth gilt, some light foxing to endpapers, previous owner's ink inscription to endpaper; [Payne, Charles J.] 'Osses and obstacles. London, 1935. Second impression, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, wrapper chipped at edges, previous ink inscription and ink stamp to front endpaper; Meads, Frank They meet at eleven. London, 1956. First edition, signed by the author on the title, illustrated by Lionel Edwards, original cloth gilt, lacking dustwrapper, previous ink inscription to front endpaper; Lyne, Michael A parson's son. London, 1974. Oblong 8vo, number 250 of 750 copies, signed by the author, colour plates, original morocco gilt, upper board dustmarked; Lyle, R.C. Royal Newmarket. London, 1945. 8vo, colour frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, upper board faded and damp stained; Frederick, Sir Charles Foxhunting. London, 1947. 8vo, volume VII of Lonsdale Library, colour frontispiece; Parker, Eric Shooting by moor, field and shore. London, 1951. 8vo, volume III of Lonsdale; Taverner, Eric Trout fishing from all angles. London, 1950. 8vo, volume II of Lonsdale; [Idem.] Salmon fishing. London, 1948. 8vo, volume X of Lonsdale; Lytton, The Hon. Neville Winter sports. London, 1951. 8vo, volume VIII of Lonsdale; Wethered, Joyce & Roger, et al The game of golf. London, 1948. 8vo, volume IX of Lonsdale, all Lonsdale volume in original cloth gilt, dustwrappers (13)
1 vol. [Apperly, Charles James.] Hunting Reminiscences:... Memoirs of Masters of Hounds; Notices of The Crack Riders,... Characteristics of The Hunting Countries of England by Nimrod. London: R. Ackermann, 1843. First edition. Tall 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered spine; worn, frayed & occasionally chipped, re-backed, orig. spine laid down. With 32 illus., incl. partly hand-colored hunt maps, plates & vignettes by H. Alken, et al. Scattered light foxing & spotting. Tall, untrimmed copy, bookplate on front paste-down. NUC NA
Lyne (Michael) Horses Hounds and Country: number 3 of 25 specially-bound copies and signed by the author with an original pencil sketch light foxing modern pictorial crimson morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe spine gilt with hunting motifs g.e. 1938; A Parson's Son: Sporting Artist one of 750 copies signed by the author/artist original rexine gilt 1974; The.Sketch Book number 306 of 550 copies signed by the author/artist reproduction of watercolour signed by Lyne in pencil loosely inserted original cloth dust-jacket slighlty soiled Cherington 1979 colour plates illustrations 4to & oblong 4to (3)
Harry T Peters AMERICA ON STONE 1931 Vintage Art History Lithography Color & Black & White Plates & Illustrations Native American Indians George Washington Title: America on Stone: The other printmakers to the American people A chronicle of American lithography other than that of Currier & Ives, from its beginning, shortly before 1820, to the years when the commercial single-stone hand-colored lithograph disappeared from the American scene. A Prologue being a survey of the field as a whole; Followed by The Alphabetical List of the Artists, Lithographers, Publishers and Craftsmen who built up America on Stone in lithographs, being a collector's notes on their lives, times and activities, gather together as much as possible of their stories from all sources; Illustrated with 18 colored and 136 black and white plates, together with numerous other illustrations showing examples of the work of more than 100 different craftsmen from every part of AmericaAuthor: Harry T. Peters - A chance encounter with an old print of the famous Long Island trotting horse Lady Suffolk led Harry T. Peters to become a collector of American lithographs and one of the leading authorities in his day on the firm of Currier & Ives. Peters' early collecting focused on English color-plate books, but as Master of Fox Hounds at the Meadow Brook Hunt on Long Island for many years, he also had strong interests in horses, dogs, and hunting. At first he collected prints of those subjects, but later he developed a more comprehensive group of historical graphic works.In the early 20th century these images were not in fashion, and Peters' advocacy of their content and charm helped interest a new generation of collectors. He was presented with the New-York Historical Society's gold medal for achievement in history for his contributions to the field of graphic arts in 1947.Peters appreciated the historical importance and visual appeal of American lithographs at a time when few others recognized their value. He began collecting before World War I, and he amassed several groups of prints later donated to museums. His books document the importance of this democratic medium that offered "cheap, popular pictures" serving both art and commerce. Smithsonian exhibitions and publications have included prints from the Peters Collection, and his books have been reprinted in several editions. Peters also published California on Stone (1935) to document lithography's coverage of the Gold Rush period. His research identified many early prints and printmakers from across the U.S. [Information courtesy the Smithsonian Institution.]Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, IncCity: New YorkYear: 1931Printing Information: Limited EditionBinding Style: HardcoverPagination: 415 pagesWidth: 9.5" Height: 12.5"Book Details: A standard work on American lithography. "The introduction to this monumental volume provides an excellent survey, discussing business methods, aesthetics, and subject matter. The alphabetical list of lithographers is tremendously helpful in documenting prints."-Karpel, Arts in America (139)Condition / Notes: This is a scarce first edition, limited to 751 copies, of which this is numbered 140. This vintage volume is bound in the original silver/gray cloth and features reflective silver and black lettering on the spine and front cover. Moisture markings are visible at the lower margins of the covers. The binding is sound. Rippling occurs at the bottom edge of the rear endpaper and the final pages of the text. Faint tide markings appear in the lower right corner of the front flyleaf and the following two blank preliminaries. The pages are clean and bright.A full-color frontispiece appears opposite the monochrome title page. Seventeen colored and 136 uncolored plates are included, as well as many illustrations (some of which are mounted). The limitation notice appears on the final page.For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $10.50
[Natural History]. Stearn. William T. The Australian Flower Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer. folio. 416 of 500 numbered copies. introduction by Wilfrid Blunt. tipped in col plates. quarter morocco. marbled boards. tipped in publisher's prospectus. Basilisk Press. London. 1976. linen covered solander box foxed. with Thorpe. Adrian. ed. The Birds of Edward Lear. folio. no. 685. edition not stated. col plates. ocb. illus d/w shelf worn particularly at edges. The Ariel Press. London. 1975. slip case well used. with Gould. J. A Monograph of the Macropodidae or Family of Kangaroos. part one. folio. facsimile of the 1841 edition. no. 313 of 750 numbered copies. signed by Joan M. Dixon Curator of Mammals at the National Museum of Victoria. col plates. ocb discoloured. mounted photograph of John Gould on front cover. Lansdowne Press. Melbourne. 1981. with Krefft. G. The Mammals of Australia. folio. facsimile of the 1871 edition by Thomas Richards. no. 52 of 350 numbered copies. signed by Basil J. Marlow Curator of Mammals at the Australian Museum. 15 b/w plates by Harriett (sic) and Helena Scott. tipped in publisher's prospectus. Lansdwone Press. Melbourne. 1979. with Hunt. F. P. Orchidaceae. folio. no. 349 of 600 numbered copies. signed by the author and the artist on reverse of title page. 40 col plates by Mary A. Grierson. vellum boards bumped at corners with some discolouration. The Bourton Press. London. 1973. red cloth slip case marked in places. (5).
Eleven books, sporting titles: Russell Annabel, Tales of Big Game Guide , 1938, Derrydale Press, 630/950; William Beach, In the Shadow of Mount McKinley , 1931, Derrydale Press; Harold Sheldon, Tranquility , 1936, Derrydale Press, 208/950; Harold Sheldon, Tranquility Revisited , 1940, Derrydale Press, 282/485, maroon cloth, 11-1/4 x 9 in., slight spine wear ; Ray Holland, Shotgunning in the Uplands , 1944, The Countryman Press, illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt; Ray Holland, Shotgunning in the Lowlands , 1945, The Countryman Press, 236/350, signed by author and Lynn Bogue Hunt (illustrator), good condition, slight edge toning ; William Foster, New England Grouse Shooting , 1942, first edition, Charles Scribner & Sons, front papers with light foxing, spine slightly stained ; William Schaldach, Upland Gunning , 1946, The Countryman Press, 115/160, frontis etching signed by author, spine soiled ; Richard Danielson, Martha Doyle and Other Sporting Memories , 1938, Derrydale Press, 954/1250, slight stain lower left affecting most of book ; Albert Simmons, W ing Shots , Derrydale Press, 809/950, frontis with photocopy of two ducks and signed by author ; Herbert Manchester, Four Centuries of Sport in America , 1931, Derrydale Press. Most in good condition except as noted. Property of a Charleston Lady.
HUNT, TIMOTHY DWIGHT. 1821-1895.
The Past and Present of the Sandwich Islands. San Francisco: Whitton, Towne & Co., 1853. 189 pp. 16mo. Original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Light foxing, several leaves browned, library stamp to p 51, front endpapers replaced, covers with light shelfwear, head and tail of spine rubbed, joints somewhat rubbed.
First edition of the first book printed in California on Hawaii. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to fellow author William Speer on the front flyleaf. Hunt was a missionary in Hawaii who delivered a series of popular lectures on the Islands in San Francisco in 1852-3. Apparently 500 copies were issued. Forbes 1946; Greenwood, California Imprints 388.
19TH C. LAKOTA BEAVER TOP HAT + BOX, TIMOTHY W. AUDISSNorthwestern Europe, England, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE; Timothy W. Audiss (Lakota Sioux, 1961 to present). This is an interesting commentary piece: a 19th century beaver fur top hat manufactured by a British company, the silk lining is stamped in gilt "ED. THURMANN RONNEBURG" with a crown emblem, and the inner sweatband is hand signed in ink by 20th to 21st century Lakota artist Timothy W. Audiss with a fish symbol. The cardboard hat box is also antique but is painted by Audiss with stylized imagery and signed by the artist. The lid depicts a fox in a top hat with antlers, the sides contain a rider in a top hat and traditional clothing hunting a buffalo, and another pair of figures opposite also are dressed traditionally, again, one wears a top hat. This piece is a combination of antique artifacts meets modern artist, European style meets Lakota Native American culture. Size (box): 13.75" L x 11.5" W x 8.5" H (34.9 cm x 29.2 cm x 21.6 cm) Size: 10.5" L x 9" W x 6" H (26.7 cm x 22.9 cm x 15.2 cm); hat: 10.5" L x 9" W x 6" H (26.7 cm x 22.9 cm x 15.2 cm)
Timothy W. Audiss (Lakota Sioux, 1961 to present) is a self-taught artist specializing in traditional Lakota crafts. He was awarded the American Indian Artist Fellowship in 2001 and runs the "Thin Elk's Visions" gallery. He specializes in recreating past artifacts, honoring his ancestors and highlighting cultural changes and adaptions. Lakota craftsmen of the 19th century absorbed the items that traders and settlers brought; umbrellas and top hats were decorated with beads, feathers, fur, and quills.
Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010
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Fraying and tearing to box as well as staining and discoloration to surface as shown. Hat has signs of wear to interior band, but overall excellent. Box does not match hat. Painted motifs are modern; box and hat are antique. Clearly signed by artist on box and hat.
Maxwell, Marius
Stalking big game with a camera in equatorial Africa. London, 1925. 4to, folding frontispiece, folding map, 112 plates, original cloth gilt, faded, some water staining to edges of boards; Dugmore, A. Radclyffe Camera adventures in the African wilds. London, 1913. New edition, 8vo, frontispiece, photographic plates, original cloth gilt, some rubbing at edges, previous ink inscription on front endpaper; [Idem] The wonderland of big game. London, 1925. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original red cloth gilt, rubbed, some foxing; Johnson, Martin Over African jungles. London, 1935. 8vo, plates, original green cloth gilt; [Idem] Safari, a saga of the African Blue. New York, 1929. Eleventh impression, 8vo, plates, original orange cloth gilt, backstrip, sunned; [Idem] Lion, African adventures with the king of the beasts. London, 1929. First edition, 8vo, plates, original red cloth gilt, rubbed; Owen, T.R.H. Hunting big game. London, 1960. 8vo, plates, original red cloth gilt (7)
3 Derrydale Press sporting books: 3 Derrydale Press sporting books- 1. ) Gee, Ernest, ''The American Shooter's Manual'', Derrydale Press, 1928, #284 of 375, dark green cloth spine, green paper boards, printed paper labels. (Siegel 8) 2. ) Milnor Jr. , William, ''Memoirs of The Gloucester Fox Hunting Club Near Philadelphia'', Derrydale Press, 1927, #256 of 375, pink paper over boards, printed paper labels. (Siegel 4) 3. ) Lloyd, Anne, ''Antiques and Amber'', Derrydale Press, 1928, edition of 400, red paper over boards, printed paper labels, spine splitting and fraying, board sun faded, stains.
5 HUNTING AND FISHING BOOKS, 19TH C.1st item: STRETTON, Charles. Sport and Sportsmen: A Book of Recollections. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1866. 8 3/4" H x 6 1/8" W (Octavo). 319 pages. First Edition in original marbled boards with leather spine and tips. Five raised hubs to spine. Overall good condition. Scuffing and foxing. 2nd item: FISHER, P.; DAVIES, Christopher (Editor). The Angler's Souvenir. London: Frederick Warne & Co., circa 1877. 5 3/4" H X 7 3/4" W (Octavo). 311 pages. First Thus Edition in original rust boards featuring elaborate gold and black embossed tooling and title work. All Edges Gilt. Original illustrations retain tissue guards. Overall very good condition. A nice specimen with slight rubbing and foxing. 3rd item: WARNER, Charles Dudley. In the Wilderness. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1886. 4 1/2" H X 6" W (Sextodecimo). 226 Pages. Early edition. Chapters include; "How I Killed a Bear" and "A Fight with a Trout" among others. Overall good condition. Front endpaper torn. Rear blank pages torn (no text). 4th item: YALE, Leroy; et al. The Out of Door Library: Angling. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. 5 1/2" H X 8" W (Octavo). 305 Pages. Second Edition. Original olive green cloth. Overall very good condition. Slight scuffing and a bit of staining to boards. 5th item: MAYER, Alfred (Editor); BEARD, James; WALLACE, Lew; MUIR, John; et al. Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters. New York: The Century Co., 1883. 8" H X 11" W (Octavo). 888 Pages. First Edition. Large compendium of hunting and fishing stores in the original highly embossed leather binding. Blind tooling work to covers and spine. Overall very good condition. Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. Note: Mrs. Green's grandfather, Edward Dickson Hicks II, was appointed Fish Commissioner for Middle Tennessee in 1862. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
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4V Harry T Peters CURRIER & IVES / AMERICA ON STONE / CALIFORNIA ON STONE 1976 Vintage American Art & Lithography Set In Slipcase With Illustrations & Plates Title: Currier & Ives: Printmakers to the American People, 2 vols.; America on Stone: The Other Printmakers to the American People...; California on Stone; 4 vol. setAuthor: Harry T. Peters - A chance encounter with an old print of the famous Long Island trotting horse Lady Suffolk led Harry T. Peters to become a collector of American lithographs and one of the leading authorities in his day on the firm of Currier & Ives. Peters' early collecting focused on English color-plate books, but as Master of Fox Hounds at the Meadow Brook Hunt on Long Island for many years, he also had strong interests in horses, dogs, and hunting. At first he collected prints of those subjects, but later he developed a more comprehensive group of historical graphic works.In the early 20th century these images were not in fashion, and Peters' advocacy of their content and charm helped interest a new generation of collectors. He was presented with the New-York Historical Society's gold medal for achievement in history for his contributions to the field of graphic arts in 1947.Peters appreciated the historical importance and visual appeal of American lithographs at a time when few others recognized their value. He began collecting before World War I, and he amassed several groups of prints later donated to museums. His books document the importance of this democratic medium that offered "cheap, popular pictures" serving both art and commerce. Smithsonian exhibitions and publications have included prints from the Peters Collection, and his books have been reprinted in several editions. Peters also published California on Stone (1935) to document lithography's coverage of the Gold Rush period. His research identified many early prints and printmakers from across the U.S. [Information courtesy the Smithsonian Institution.]Publisher: Arno PressCity: New YorkYear: 1976Binding Style: HardcoverNumber of Volumes: 4 Full Set: YesWidth: 9.5" Height: 12.5"Book Details: "[Peters's] first book, Currier & Ives, Printmakers to the American People (1929), covered the country's best-known firm, but Peters also gathered prints representing the work of other lithographers, and he published 'America on Stone: the Other Printmakers to the American People' in 1931.The collection donated to the Smithsonian in 1960 includes examples of the prints and printmakers identified in that book." [Courtesy the Smithsonian Institution.]Condition / Notes: These four vintage volumes on American lithography are bound in the publisher's cream cloth covers with gilt stamped lettering on the spine and front covers. These books feature well-preserved exteriors with some light rubbing and soiling to the edges on volume I of "Currier & Ives." The bindings are firm. The interiors are clean and bright and feature numerous plates and textual illustrations. These works are housed in a thick cardboard slipcase with light age toning.For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $20.50
A stuffed toy of the Fantastic Mr Fox in hunting clothes..
1 vol. (Alken, Henry, illustrator.) [Surtees, Robert Smith.] The Analysis of The Hunting Field. London: R. Ackermann, 1846. First edition. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial green cloth, spine gilt; edge wear, spine ends frayed, head of spine deeply chipped. With 6 hand-colored plates (incl. frontis. & vignette title), 43 wood-engraved vignettes. Scattered light foxing. Slightly shaken. Untrimmed. 4 pp. adverts. at back.
IMPORTANT INSCRIBED SWORD, UNIFORM ITEMS, IMAGES, AND PERSONAL MEMORABILIA OF COLONEL JOHN B. BATCHELDER, HISTORIAN OF THE GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD. This significant lot of material is all directly related to John B. Batchelder, whose life was devoted to the study, survey, and documentation of the Battle of Gettysburg and the topographical features on the battlefield and the surrounding countryside. His sword is a French Infantry Foot Officer’s sword marked "Horstmann/Bros. & Co./New York" on the ricasso with a 32" curved, sgl-edged blade, having etched designs over 40% of its surface. The etching includes scrollwork, floral embellishments, and stands of military flags and trophies. The opposite side of the ricasso is marked "K & C" within a trapezoidal cartouche. The cast brass hilt is of two-branch design with floral castings on the quillon, the branch terminus, and in the center of the knuckle bow. The pommel cap is of cast brass with a deeply engraved laurel leaf decoration. The grip is of wood covered in leather with dbl strand twisted brass wire. The scabbard is of steel, having two carrying rings with a silver oval presentation plaque mounted between the top and middle scabbard mounts. The plaque is engraved, "Presented to/Prof. J.B. Batchelder,/by the friends of the/Penna. Military Institute,/Reading July 4th 1851". CONDITION: Very good. Blade is bright, etching is frosty with light areas of surface staining. Hilt is fine. Grip is good with slight wear to the high spots. Scabbard is bright, undented, with minor surface rust scattered throughout the body. Attached to the sword is a gold wire officer’s sword knot in very good condition. 2) Batchelder’s uniform frock coat dating between 1875-1885 is a part of this lot. A custom made, non-regulation military style frock coat, dbl-breasted, being made of dark blue wool broad cloth with a standing collar measuring 1-1/2" high at the front and 2" high in the rear. The front is in cut-away style with a sgl buttonhole on the left side. The short tailed Chausseur type jacket has two U-shaped exterior pockets sewn from the bottom hem and rising about 6" high on each side. There are two rows of 7 buttons each, which are 3-pc brass buttons with a lined background and the intertwined fancy letters "BSR". They are back marked "Scovill Mf’g Co./Waterbury". The sleeves are constructed in 2-pcs, each having two looped strips of 1/4" gold braid rising from the cuff 4" and returning with a cuff sized button mounted at the top of each loop. Three small buttons are mounted on the cuff adjacent. On each shoulder are mounted a non-regulation stylized Russian-type shoulder knot being made of two strands of thick gold roping, having a third strand which surrounds an oval shaped pillow with a blue center and an embroidered numeral "1" in the center of each. The shoulder knots are terminated at the collar with a cuff-sized eagle "I" button. The knots are sewn to the uniform shoulders. The entire jacket is unlined. Also included is the orig. fiber-board box that contained Batchelder’s epaulettes.. It is inscribed on the bottom in old ink ""worn by J. D. Batchelder Reading, Pennsylvania on Governor’s staff of Governor of Pennsylvania". CONDITION: Very good. Scattered mothing, particularly on the backside of the jacket with a couple of holes on the front right side. An interesting non-regulation, perhaps military school, uniform coat. 3) Batchelder’s kepi is included. In relic condition, the body being made of dark blue wool dating from the same period of the jacket. The front rises approx. 2-1/2", the back about 5-1/2", and the crown 4-1/2" in diameter. A sgl line of dark green braid is present on the band of the kepi and running up the front, back, and each side. There is a sgl line forming a circle on the top of the crown and a sgl line of twisted braid forming a quatrefoil on top. Attached to the front is a silver wire braid embroidered wreath surrounding the Old English letters "B.L.S". There is a tarred leather chinstrap with two cuff-sized buttons, 2-pc variety having a lined background and the letters "BSR". The visor is missing. The interior is lined in dark green polished cotton with a drawstring and a tarred canvas crown. A tarred canvas rain cover is folded inside but stuck to the crown of the kepi and there is a 1-1/4" leather sweatband. CONDITION: Poor. Tattered, moth eaten. Sweatband is loose. One of the chinstrap buttons is separated but accompanies the lot. Visor is missing. 4) Accompanying the kepi is a boxed pom-pom having a cream-colored rnd wool pom-pom mounted on a brass wire having a gold oval ball and a gilt embroidered "Jeff Davis" eagle hat badge affixed. Pom-pom is accompanied by its orig teardrop shaped pasteboard box covered in black paper with a light blue edge and a white spattered decoration. Printed paper label on the front reads "I U.S. POMPOM/with Gold Ring & Eagle-" (and handwritten) "Aid/de/Camp". Accompanying are a pair of full dress regulation epaulets for a field grade officer being made of gilt wire cloth, rolled gilt braid terminating in two convex gold-plated brass crescents. Fringes of medium width. Each epaulet has a Civil War period cuff-sized eagle "R" button. The undersides are lined in bright yellow silk and to each button is tied a brown cotton tape on the bottom side for attachment. In old ink written on the undersides is "John B. Batchelder/Reading Military Inst. Principal, _____ Penn." with a similar, but mostly indiscernible, legend on the other epaulet. CONDITION: Very good. Epaulets show light wear with minor fraying to the undersides. 5) Pair of Lt. Col.’s shoulder straps. A pr being embroidered on a rectangular pc of unbleached cotton with dark blue wool top and a light blue paper backing. Sgl gilt wire border enclosing a pr of silver oak leaves on each. CONDITION: Fair. Paper undersides are intact. Each end of the rectangle has evidence of old stitching. Blue background of each is heavily moth eaten. 6) Belgian pin fire revolver, about 7mm, having a 6" rnd bbl with cartridge ejector mounted on the right side. Iron frame, trigger guard, and back strap all heavily engraved with scrolls and a floral decoration. The cylinder is engraved with scrollwork. 2-pc grips of walnut heavily checkered. A dbl action pin fire revolver which is completely unmarked but likely of Belgian manufacture. CONDITION: Very good. Traces of orig blue exist behind the recoil shield. Remainder of the gun is uncleaned with a dark plum/brown patina. 7) Letters and photographs. There are 7 small orig photographs of Batchelder in uniform in two different poses. The photographs were taken , around 1875, one view shows him in a military frock coat (similar to, but not the one included in this lot) and wearing the kepi, which is included in this lot. There are two photographs, probably taken on the same day, showing Batchelder in the same coat, but without wearing the kepi. Two of the latter exist, one cut and two in oval. Five of the others exist, one in a frame. There is a large framed photograph of a group of officers, all in full dress uniform with belts and swords, one row seated, one row standing, presumably from the Pennsylvania Military Institute. Batchelder is pictured in the standing row, third from the right. They all wear dbl-breasted, officer’s frock coats, generally conforming the 1872 pattern with shoulder knots. Belts, sashes, a variety of swords, most of non-regulation style, rest in their laps. And they all are holding their kepis, which are identical to the one included with this lot. A large format albumen, the image measures 13-1/4" x 7". It appears to be in its original frame with wide line decorated mat, however the antique frame has been re-backed. There is a large and important albumen photograph by Tipton of Gettysburg, PA, illustrating a group of ladies and gentlemen in Devil’s Den. On the lower right hand corner, the photograph is titled "R.I. Exc. Devil’s Den./Oct 14th ’86". A label on the back states that this is a photograph of Elisha Hunt Rhodes and Gettysburg Historian J.B. Batchelder at Devil’s Den, 1886. Photograph measures 17" x 14" and the image size is 15-1/2" x 12-3/4". All of the sitters wear ribbons and/or veterans badges. The rocks in the background are decorated with graffiti. CONDITION: Small portraits of Batchelder are all very good. One has been trimmed to an oval. Group photograph is in superb condition. Devil’s Den image is very good with one light water stain to the mat in the upper right hand corner. 8) Framed state military commission, partially printed document having PA. state seal. The commission reads "To John B. Batchelder of the County of Bucks Esquire:/Sends greeting: Reposing Especial trust and confidence, in your zeal, Valor, patriotism, and fidelity I have appointed you the said John B. Batchelder, to be one of my Aids-de-Camp with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Militia of this Commonwealth…". The certificate is signed by Gov. William F. Johnston and A.L. Russell, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and is dated September 4, 1851. CONDITION: Excellent. In an old period frame which has been re-backed. 9) Three letters, first dated October 1849 from Pembroke. Three pages from Batchelder to his sister, he speaks of the end of the school year and anexhibition, inviting his sister to attend, along with other personal news, signed "Yours Truly, B" in very fancy script, below which he has penned a flying fanciful bird holding a letter in its beak. Second letter, dated March 1852 Pembroke from Batchelder to "Lizzie", 4-pgs of romantic poetry signed "From your devoted lover, B". Third is an artistically penned card to "Miss Meribal Philbrick with the kind regards of your friend, J.B. Batchelder, Nottingham, NH August 26, 1879". All done in very fancy and artistic penmanship with a three line poem, at the bottom signed "Mrs. Lizzie B. Batchelder". The group also includes a wood framed heavy glass mirror measuring 5" x 3-1/2" with an old handwritten tag on the reverse "shaving mirror used by John B. Batchelder during the Civil War with the Army of the Potomac and at Gettysburg 1864-5." Small notebook, leather and brass bound with a closing clasp and its original pencil titled "Noticeable Things" by (signed) John B. Batchelder. The little booklet has a series of very small notes, drawings, and watercolors depicting interesting subjects. One depicts a window flowerpot from the Chicago Exposition, 1878, another a billiard table, flower stand. The booklet includes a few pencil sketches, some notes, and is approx. half full. The little sketchbook measures 2-1/4" x 3-1/2". CONDITION: Letters are very good. Mirror shows a great deal of use. Sketchbook is very nice, edges are worn on the outside. 10) Finally, the group includes a copy of the color lithograph completed by Batchelder and published in 1863, titled "Gettysburg Battle-field." The lithograph 28" x 39" and shows a birds eye panoramic view of the battlefield of Gettysburg looking north from the Baltimore Turnpike. Facsimile signatures of Gens. Mead, Dblday, Newton, Hancock, Birney, and others all attest to the accuracy of the presentation. CONDITION: Fair. Image is foxed and stained, particularly around the borders. Fracture through the image measuring the entire height of the print about 11" from the right margin. 11) Copy of battle reports of Gen. John Gibbons and his subordinate commanders – "The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-July 3, 1863".John B. Batchelder, an instructor and later principal at the Pennsylvania Military Institute and with an intense interest and talent in art, geography, topography, and military history, never served in US Volunteer or Federal Forces during the Civil War, but rose to become one of the most significant and influential 19th C. military historians whose interpretations of the Battle of Gettysburg are studied to this day. Batchelder was born in September 1825 in Gilmanton, NH and by the 1850’s, was commissioned to paint various views in NJ, PA, NH, and NY City. From 1863-1865, he was listed as a print publisher in Boston and completed an oil painting "The Death of Lincoln," now in the collection of Brown University. He died at Hyde Park, MA. on December 22, 1894. A copy of an undated broadside advertisement for "Batchelder’s School of Design" lists his curriculum as "practical geometry, mensuration, mechanical and architectural drafting, the principles of shades and shadows, sketching from nature, using pencil crayon, India ink and sepia, and drawing". Immediately following the conflict of Gettysburg, he started from home for the scene of the battle and spent nearly 90 days carefully surveying and sketching its territory across a 10-sq mile area. He also collected oral histories from participants and followed inquiries from both sides of the conflict for years after the war had ended. His obituary states "Colonel Batchelder knew more about the Battle of Gettysburg than any other man ever knew about any great battle that was ever fought". Batchelder served as the most high profile and capable battlefield guide when dignitaries, veterans, and generals returned to the scene. Batchelder escorted Maj. Gen. Windfield Scott Hancock, veteran commander of the Army of the Potomac’s Second Army Corps. on his last tour of the Gettysburg battlefield on November 19 and 20, 1885. In 1880, the United States Congress appropriated $50,000 for one man to write a history of a sgl Civil War battle- Gettysburg. That congressional appropriation was a remarkable endorsement, particularly in light of the fact that many Civil War veterans controlled Congress during those years, many of them heroes of Gettysburg from both sides. In its day, and even now, this was a hefty sum to bestow on the artistic and literary work of one individual. Even more remarkable was that this prize was given to Batchelder, who was not a veteran of the Civil War, or even of the US Military. They chose a man who was not present at the battle and had never before produced a sgl historical work. Nevertheless, Batchelder’s expertise, artistic and historical talents had made such a profound impression on the nation that he was given this commission. His writings and his remarkably done landscapes of the battlefield have had a lasting effect on this historic battle. He is responsible for the placement of many monuments, the labeling of many sites on the battlefield, including the High Water Mark, an area of exhibition that he virtually created. He also documented many of the accounts of the battle passed to him from veterans of both north and south. Batchelder may well be the most influential historian of a sgl battle in world military history. This significant group of uniform, documentary, and personal objects are of great importance to the story of how all America has perceived this pivotal battle of the American Civil War. 4-57389, 4-57367 CW105 (10,000-15,000)
16 books, mixed titles, most sporting, all Derrydale Press: H.A. Gosnell, Before the Mast in the Clippers , 1937, 402/950; Frank Forester, My Shooting Box , 1941, 208/250; Charles Cox, John Tobias, Sportsman , 1937, 631/950; Ben Williams, The Happy End , 1939, 1053/1250; Eric Parker, Colonel Hawker's Shooting Diaries ; William Harkness, Temples and Topees , 1936, limited edition of 250; Watson Frederick, Hunting Pie , 1931, front paper with foxing ; Thomas Alvord, Paul Bunyan and Resinous Rhymes , 1934, 143/166; A Decade of American Sporting Books and Prints , 1937, 236/950; Charles Harris, Memories of Manhattan , 1928; Rutherford Montgomery, High Country , 1938, 174/950; Marguerite Bayliss, Bolinvar , 1937, 383/950; The Hitchcock Edition of Works by Frank Forester , four volumes in blue cloth. Most books in good condition except as noted, some with slight corner and spine wear, slight edge toning, none in poor condition. Property of a Charleston Lady.
[Browne (Hablot Knight)] "Phiz". Hunting Bits proof copy 12 chromolithographed plates modern guards light foxing mostly marginal Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester's copy with his bookplate original pictorial boards marked "Proof Copy" rubbed knock to lower edge rebacked and cornered in morocco gilt modern red morocco-backed cloth slip-case with gilt-stamped morocco label on upper board [Schwerdt I p.83; Tooley 115] oblong folio [1862].
RARE COPY OF "A MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY" BY ROBERT HUNT, FOURTH EDITION, 1854. Illustrated by ~90 Engravings.Published by Richard Griffin and Company, London and Glasgow. Issued in the series ENCYCLOPAEDIA METROPOLITANA.Significance:Robert Hunt (1807-1887) was librarian and keeper of mine records at the Museum of Practical Geology and professor of mechanical engineering of the Royal School of Mines at London. He carried on numerous photographic and chemical experiments, and was one of the greatest contributors to the early literature of photography.In 1841, Hunt published the first English treatise on photography, A POPULAR TREATISE ON THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY. This book, "A MANUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY," is the fourth, revised and enlarged edition of his 1841 treatise.In 1853, Hunt was one of the founders of the Photographic Society of London. His experiments with organic and inorganic light-sensitive substances were most influential in the development of photo chemistry.This history/manual includes detailed procedures and formulae and is comprehensive to its date.Details:The book has three parts: "History of Discoveries in Photography," "Scientific Investigations on Photography," and "Practice of Photography." It includes chapters on "Heliography - The Process of M. Niepce," "Daguerreotype - The Discovery of M. Daguerre," "The Photographic Processes on Paper of Sir John Herschel," "Miscellaneous Processes" (e.g., the Ferrotype and Chromatype), "Portraiture by the Daguerreotype," and "The Theory of the Daguerreotype."Hardcover. Original red cloth with blind-stamped decoration.5 1/4" x 7 3/8". Front and rear endpapers (4 pages total) are publisher's advertisements; chromolithograph frontispiece, pp. xii, 3-329, 87 b&w engraved figures, 1 b&w engraved chapter vignette, 2 pages of ads for series followed by 32-page illustrated "Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus Sold by John Joseph Griffin," dated April 1854. The last 8 pages are "New Works in Science and General Literature, Published by Richard Griffin and Company," dated April 1854.RESERVE AUCTION Condition:Some wear front and back. Worn upper left corner of front with 1/2 inch separation between front cover and spine. Back cover and spine separation all the way down so the spine needs some tending to. Pages inside good without foxing.
HARRIS, William Cornwallis; Sir.The Wild Sports of Southern Africa; Being the Narrative of a Hunting Expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, Through the Territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the Tropic of Capricorn. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1852. Large 8vo (9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches; 235x165 mm). Hand-finished tinted lithographed additional title, 25 hand-finished tinted lithographed plates (including the frontispiece) and a small folding map. Later 3/4 crimson crushed morocco over cloth covered boards by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, covers ruled in gilt, spine in six compartments with raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt, a.e.g. Original publisher’s cloth gilt covers and spine bound in. Condition : Very minor foxing to the frontispiece and title, else quite clean internally; worn at extremities, front joint partially split.an important and early work on African game, wonderfully illustrated with handsome color plates . Stated on the title as the Fifth Edition, the work was first issued in 1839 but with fewer plates.
2 fox hunting volumes, Hawbuck Grange, Subscription Edition, illust by "Phiz", gilt and black embossed red cloth cover, Fox Hunting Formalities, J. Stanley Reeve, Derrydale Press, 1930, illus by Paul Brown, 1/4 leather, marbleized boards, sign ed by the author Estimate $100-200
Sternberg (Philipp Graf) Pardubitzer Skizzen chromolithographed pictorial title and 12 plates of horse-racing hunting etc. light marginal foxing to title and some plates ex-Donaueschingen Library copy with faint ink stamp in lower outer corner of title loose as issued in original cloth-backed pictorial board portfolio a little rubbed and spotted oblong folio Vienna 1887.
Hunting - Cuming, E.D.
Squire Osbaldeston, his autobiography. London, 1926. First edition, 4to, 16 colour plates, original buff cloth, bookplate; Beckford, Peter Thoughts on hunting. London, [1911]. 4to, 25 tipped in colour plates, original red cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip; Ross, Martin & E. Somerville A Patrick's day hunt. Westminster, [c.1900]. Second impression, oblong folio, 8 colour plates, original decorative boards, some tearing to hinges, rubbed at edges, light foxing; Armour, G. Denholm Hunts with Jorrocks. London, 1908. Second edition, 8vo, 25 tipped in colour plates, original red cloth gilt, backstrip faded, torn at head of backstrip, ink inscription on half title; Houghland, Mason Gone away. Virginia, 1933. 8vo, presentation copy from the author to Mary Ausley, illustrated by Oliver Whitmore, original suede covered boards, some small stains to boards; Nimrod Hunting reminiscences. London, 1926. 8vo, colour plates, original green cloth gilt, faded; and 17 others on hunting (23)
Gee- Gee's Hunting Diary: Gee, Ernest R. , ''Gee's Hunting Diary'', Derrydale Press, 1937, printed red paper over boards, cloth spine, covers carry Henry Alken's designs of a fox, some sun fading, oblong 8vo. (Siegel 117)
Armour (George Denholm) Bridle and Brush: Reminiscences of an Artist Sportsman first edition with 2 signed original pen and ink drawings (of a fox and head & shoulders of a man) tipped in at beginning original scarlet morocco gilt by Bayntun-Rivière spine gilt with hunting motifs g.e. [Loder 1582] 1937; A Hunting Alphabet light spotting original buckram-backed cloth a little rubbed 1929 § Surtees (R.S.) Hunts with Jorrocks one of 350 copies signed by the artist modern brown morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe spine gilt with hunting motifs g.e. [1908] § Beckford (Peter) Thoughts on Hunting original pictorial red cloth gilt with the publisher's original box (rubbed and faded small splits to joints) 1911 § Anderson (T.Scott) Holloas from the Hills first edition original pictorial cloth ink ownership signature to upper cover stain on lower Jedburgh 1899 all with plates and/opr illustrations by G.D.Armour some colour some mounted; and 4 others illustrated by the same 8vo & 4to (9)
Big Game Hunting - Schillings, C.G.
With flashlight and rifle. London, [no date]. Second edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, ownership inscription on front endpaper; Dowsett, J. Morewood Big game and big life. London, [no date]. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, plates, original blue cloth gilt, some damps staining to backstrip; Pitman, Captain C.R.S. A game warden among his charges. London, 1931. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, inner hinges weak; [Idem] A game warden takes stock. London, 1942. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original green cloth gilt, sunned; Cranworth, Lord Profit and sport in British East Africa. London, 1919. 8vo, colour frontispiece, folding map, plates, original green cloth gilt, faded backstrip; Kearton, Cherry Photographing wild life across the world. London, [no date]. 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt; Treves, Sir Frederick The elephant man and other reminiscences. London, 1923. Reprint, 8vo, original cloth gilt, some foxing to edges, ownership inscriptions; Leatham, A.E. Sport in five continents. Edinburgh, 1912. 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt, rubbed; Sweden, Prince William of Wild African animals I have known. London, 1923. 4to, frontispiece, plates, original blue cloth gilt; White, Stewart Edward African camp fires. London, 1914. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original green cloth gilt; and 8 others (18)
Provenance: From the library of the late R. Campbell-Hewson, specialist bookseller in Africana.
Books - [Sassoon (Siegfried)], Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, first edition, second impression, London: Faber & Gwyer Limited, 1928, red cloth only, 8vo, (1); Falkner (J. Meade), Moonfleet, Popular Edition, London: Edward Arnold, n.d. [?1920], publisher's cloth, 8vo, (1); further early 20th century and later modern literature, non-fiction, fiction, and poetry, some with pictorial dustjackets, late Victorian/early Edwardian pictorial cloth bindings, various; etc., [6 shelves]
2 vols. Sporting Subjects - Hunting. Fishing & C: Mayer. Alfred M. . editor. Sport With Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters. London: F. Warne. (1883). 4to. modern 1/2 morocco & buckram. Full page & text illus. Scattered light foxing. * Aflalo. F. G. The Sports of The World. London. etc. : Cassell. 1905. 4to. orig. gilt-lettered purple-brown pebbled cloth. gilt pictorial spine. t. e. g. ; light wear. Frontis. . many full-page & text illus. (incl. numerous 1/2 tone photo illus. ). Generally clean & bright.
Thomas Thacker THE COURSE'S COMPANION OR A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE LAWS OF THE LEASH 1829 First Edition Antique Sports Hunting Greyhounds Title: The Courser's Companion; Or, A Practical Treatise on the Laws of the Leash; With the Defects of the Old Laws Considered; And a New Code, with Notes of ExplanationAuthor: Thomas ThackerPublisher: Printed and Sold by T. Richardson; and for Hurst, Chance, and Co.City: LondonYear: 1829Printing Information: First EditionBinding Style: HardcoverPagination: ix, [2], 200 pagesWidth: 4" Height: 6.25"Book Details: This is a work on coursing, the sport of hunting game animals, such as hares, with dogs, particularly greyhounds, using sight rather than scent.Condition / Notes: This antique volume is bound in publisher's paper-covered boards, with a primitive cloth cover to the spine. Black lettering and a vignette appear on the front cover (vignette reappears on the title page). The frontispiece illustration depicting a hound is repeated on the rear board. The book shows light soiling to the covers and minor loss of material at the outside corners of the boards. The hinges are cracked. The pages exhibit a small amount of light foxing. A seven-page listing with a "summary of winners and seconds for cups and other plate, and winners of sweepstakes, from the Courser's Manual, or Stud-Book, to February, 1828" appears at the end of the volume, together with a list of "Coursing Societies, when established." A list of subscribers appears at the front of the volume.Schwerdt I. p122For lots which include only books, our shipping charge applies to any address within the fifty United States. For lots which are not books, the stated shipping cost in this listing will apply only to addresses within the continental 48 states. Within those parameters, the shipping cost for this lot will be: $4.50
Downman (J.T.) Private Plates from Original Sporting Sketches Part I [all published] 6 tinted lithographed plates finished by hand and mounted on large leaves no title dedication signed by the artist a little foxed original cloth-backed printed boards [Schwerdt I p.149] Norwich [c.1860] § Frankland (Sir Robert) Indispensable Accomplishments engraved throughout with title and 6 etched plates with an additional 4 similar plates bound in at end dated 1814 contemporary half roan rubbed spine worn and defective [Schwerdt I p.186] [1811] § Schwerdt (C.F.G.R. editor) The Hampshire Hunt one of 200 copies signed by the editor portrait and 4 mounted colour plates original wrappers uncut 1929; and another similar to the last folio & oblong folio (4)
[Surtees (Robert Smith)] The Analysis of the Hunting Field first edition second issue with second preface dated 1847 additional pictorial title and 6 plates by Henry Alken all hand-coloured aquatints illustrations lightly browned bookplates of Oliver Belmont and W.A.Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey and of Lewis Fox Blumberg at end later calf gilt by Rivière & Son rebacked preserving old gilt spine t.e.g. rubbed with original pictorial cloth binding bound in at end preserved in modern cloth slip-case [Podeschi 177; Schwerdt II p.232; Tooley 470] 8vo 1846.
Greenaway, Kate - Taylor, Jane & Ann
Little Ann and other poems. London, [c.1882]. 8vo, illustrated throughout by Kate Greenaway, original decorative boards, worn, lacking front endpaper, pages loose, chipping to page edges; Crane, Walter The baby's bouquet. London, [no date]. 8vo, original decorative boards, rubbed at edges, previous owner's ink inscription on front endpaper; Grahame, Kenneth Dream Days. London: John Lane, 1899. 8vo, original decorative yellow cloth, interior clean, bookplate; Dulac, Edmund Picture book for the French Red Cross. London, [no date]. 4to, 20 tipped in colour plates, original decorative cloth, some tearing to hinges at head of backstrip, foxing to first few leaves, previous owner's ink inscription; Harcourt-Smith, Simon & Rex Whistler The last of uptake. London, [1942]. 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, chipped at edges, previous owner's ink inscription; Carroll, Lewis The hunting of the Snark. London, 1876. 8vo, illustrated by Henry Holiday, original decorative grey cloth, previous owner's ink inscription, inner hinges weak and another later copy in red cloth gilt; Sowerby, J.G. & Thomas Crane At home. London, [no date]. 8vo, original decorative boards, rubbed at edges, inner hinge weak; and 29 other childrens and illustrated volumes (37)
Sassoon, Siegfried
Memoirs of a fox-hunting man. London: Faber & Faber, 1929. 8vo, number 107 of 300 copies, signed by the author and illustrator William Nicholson, original vellum with red and black decoration, original illustrated dustwrapper, some fading to backstrip and rubbing to head of wrapper, interior very clean; Ibid. Memoirs of an infantry officer. London, 1931. First illustrated edition, 8vo, illustrated by Barnett Freedman, original decorative cloth, dustwrapper, title lacking from backstrip of wrapper and torn along upper hinge, interior clean and bright ; Blunden, Edmund Undertones of war. London, 1928. Second impression, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper [torn, lacking large section of backstrip] (3)