Books - "sport"
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The Way of a Trout with a Fly
And Some Further Studies in Minor Tactics
Demy 8vo, pp. xviii + 271 + [1]; olive buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1949
KEYWORDS: G E M Skues fishing fish angling angler 20th century sport game trout fly flies method technique tactics
Tales of Tahitian Waters
First edition. Super royal 8vo, pp. vi + 303; blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in black; illus. eps, frontis., plates; G+ (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges; heavy soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; bookplate to front pastedown; moderate to heavy water damage & insect holes to prelims; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; water damage to top edge throughout); in facsimile d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1931
KEYWORDS: Zane Grey New Zealand Tahiti Tahitian fishing fish angling angler sea ocean saltwater game sport
Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing
Reprint. Super royal 8vo, pp. ix + 277; green cl bds, spine & front board lettered in green; top edge stained dark, illus. eps, frontis., plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; lg tear to cl at spine, peeling); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing, fading & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Grosset & Dunlap 1928
KEYWORDS: Zane Grey New Zealand fishing fish angling angler game sport
Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas
Super royal 8vo, pp. vii + 216; blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in blue; top edge stained dark, illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Grosset & Dunlap 1925
KEYWORDS: Zane Grey New Zealand fishing fish angling angler ocean sea saltwater game sport
Tales of Swordfish and Tuna
Reprint. Super royal 8vo, pp. [10] + 203; orange cl bds, spine & front board lettered in black; top edge stained dark, illus. eps, plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate soiling & foxing throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).
PUBLISHER: Grosset & Dunlap 1927
KEYWORDS: Zane Grey New Zealand fishing fish angling angler ocean sea saltwater game sport
The Sunlit Hours: A Record of Sport and Life
Super 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: Nisbet & Co. 1925
KEYWORDS: Theodore Andrea Cook sport game journalism journalist The Field
The Gamekeeper at Homes: Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life
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: Smith, Elder, & Co. 1906
KEYWORDS: 20th century game sport rural life natural history
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 Eldorardo
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