Books - "sport"
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Game Pie: An Anthology of Shooting
8vo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Philip Allan & Co. 1925
KEYWORDS: Eric Parker 20th century game sport shooting essays The Field
Tales of Southern rivers
Super 8vo, pp. viii + 249; illus. light card covers, french flaps; illus. prelims, frontis., plates, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; sl bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: The Derrydale Press 2000
KEYWORDS: 20th century Zane Grey fish fishing angling angler game sport
Pacific Game Fishing
FIRST EDITION. Super royal 8vo, pp. xii + 290; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, fish motif in gilt to board; top edge stained blue, illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to hinges); in d/w, G+ (heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with heavy chipping; heavy tearing; extensive archival repairs).
PUBLISHER: Coward-McCann 1942
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler sea pacific ocean sport game
Tales of the Angler's Eldorado
FIRST EDITION. Super royal 8vo, pp. viii + 228; navy blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind to front board; illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; Zane Grey lettered in an embossed gothic to ffep); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing, fading & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; in plastic wrapper); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1926
KEYWORDS: Zane Grey fish fishing New Zealand angling angler sport game
Tales of the Angler's Eldoraro
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION. NO. 1067/2500. SIGNED BY AUTHOR'S SON. Super royal 8vo, pp. viii + 228; black leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; spine ruled & illus. in gilt; roll-tooled border & fish motif centerpiece in gilt to front board; aeg, illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Derrydale Press 1953
KEYWORDS: Zane Grey fish fishing New Zealand angling angler sport game
Fishing: Pike and Other Coarse Fish
Crown 8vo, pp. xvii + 458 + [2 (advts)] ; brown buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt & black, front board lettered & illus. in black & brown; illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1896
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler game sport 19th century
Florida Enchantments
FIRST EDITION. Medium 8vo, pp. x + 318; green cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, & spine front board illus. in brown; fore & bottom edge deckled, frontis., plates; G- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front & rear gutters & heavy cracking to central gutters, bdg sloppy; bookplate taped to ffep verso; moderate soiling & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: The Outing Publishing Company 1908
KEYWORDS: A W Julian Dimock United States America Florida sport game wildlife adventure
Sea & Coast Fishing: With Special Reference to Calm Fishing in Inlets and Esturaries
FIRST EDITION. Crown 8vo, pp. 228 [4 (advts)]; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered & illus. in black; teg, advt eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; prev ownership inscription to ht in blue ink; light cracking to front hinge; heavy cracking to central & rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: Grant Richards 1901
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler sea ocean coastal sport game
The Log of a Sea Angler: Sport and Adventures in Many Seas With Spear and Rod
FIRST EDITION. Post 8vo, pp. x + 385; green buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. to front board in gold & black; teg; G+ (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ffep & ht; moderate cracking to front, central gutters & heavy cracking to rear gutters; moderate foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Houghton, Mifflin and Company 1906
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler sea ocean saltwater game sport
Everybody's Book on Angling: Showing the Habits and Haunts of Fish, How to Catch Them and What Tackle and Baits to Use; Thames Angling Described; And Hints Given as to the Fishing on the Broads and Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk; With Useful Informati
12mo, pp. 170 + [14 (advts)]; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; publisher's device to front board in gilt; advt eps, illus.; G- (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges with heavy chipping; heavy tearing to joints, front board loose; leather to spine cracked; heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ht & tp; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges).
PUBLISHER: W. R. Russell & Co. n/d
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler game sport England Saxon's Everybody Series
American Big Game Fishing
LIMITED FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. xxii + 251; blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered & decorated in gilt, teg, fore & bottom edge deckled, illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: The Derrydale Press 1935
KEYWORDS: fish fishing game sport angling angler big United States America first edition
Sea Level: Adventures of a Saltwater Angler
Super 8vo, pp. 187; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; in black heavy card slipcase; F (in original plastic packaging, unopened).
PUBLISHER: Meadow Run Press 2002
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler sport game sea ocean saltwater
The Cruise of the Fisherman: Adventures in Southern Seas
FIRST EDITION. Crown 8vo, pp. viii + 268; red cl bds, spine & front board lettered in yellow; frontis., plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in facsimile d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate creasing & curling to front & rear flaps).
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1929
KEYWORDS: Romer Grey fishing fish angling angler sport game ocean sea saltwater adventure first edition
The Fisherman Under the Southern Cross: A Story of Adventure in New Zealand
FIRST EDITION. Crown 8vo, pp. viii + 274; green patterned buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in red; frontis., plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges, eps, prelims & terminals); in facsimile d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1930
KEYWORDS: Romer Grey fishing fish angling angler sport game ocean sea saltwater adventure New Zealand first edition
Songs and Ballads of Sport and Pastime
12mo, pp. xxiv + 294 + [10 (advts)]; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; arabesque border in blind & wreath ornment enclosing title in gilt to front board; teg; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscripton in black ink to front pastedown; heavy cracking to front hinge, light to moderate cracking to rear hinge; moderate cracking to central & rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: Walter Scott 1895
KEYWORDS: 19th century sport game songs poetry poems verse ballad pastime fishing hunting
An Old Man's Holidays
Foolscap 8vo, pp. [16] + 140 + [4 (advts)]; green buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, roll-tooled borders in gilt & illus. in black to front board; teg, frontis., plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep; heavy cracking to hinges; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1901
KEYWORDS: E Marston angling angler fish fishing river stream sport game travel
Big Game at Sea
LIMITED EDITION. UNNUMBERED. imp. 8vo, pp. xv + 352; blue leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, gilt rules to spine, double roll-tooled border in gilt & illus. to front board; aeg, marbled eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; two lg closed tear to front joint, one from head, one from tail; prev booksellers stick to rear board).
PUBLISHER: The Derrydale Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Charles Frederick Holder fish fishing angling angler sea ocean saltwater game sport
Fly Patterns: Tie Thousands of Flies
Dry, Nymph, Emerger, Streamer, Steelhead, Saltwater, and Warmwater
FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHORS. Imp. 8vo, pp. 478; black cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. prelims, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning to edges).
PUBLISHER: Western Fisherman's Press 2008
KEYWORDS: fish fishing fly angling angler flies tying dressing sport game pattern insect imitation
The Contemplative Man's Recreation: A Bibliography of Books on Angling and Game Fish in the Library of British Columbia
8vo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Library of the University of British Columbia 1970
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fish game sport bibliography book history books list handlist guide
Win Without Boasting: The Derek Jones Story
Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, boards sl warped, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Don Wright 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand harness racing horse horses sport Derek Jones biography biographies memoir