Resultados de búsqueda: Hunting And Fishing from Aquila Books

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1954. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 288pp. Octavo. Illustrated with drawings in text. Original decorative blue cloth with black lettering on spine in dust jacket. Board edges sun faded. Price clipped. Large chips and tears to edges of dust jacket. Jacket also has some wear. very good Cave A 134. Scarcest of the season's books. This copy previously owned by jazz musician and composer Artie Shaw. His notations can be found on the back endpaper. 1954

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1943. Hardcover. very good. 1st American Edition. 310pp. Octavo. Original red cloth with green decoration on front and lettering on spinee. Dust jacket price clipped with chipped and tears to edges. Sun fading to spine. Jacket has several pieces missing: approx 1" long triangular corner on front, 2 approx 2" pieces to crown and tail of spine, and one thin piece approx 1" long along back of jacket. A couple small holes missing to jacket as well. very good A story for boys set in British Columbia. With illustrations by Charles DeFeo. 1943

London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1932. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. [viii],239pp. + 1 leaf (advetisement for "Silver")pp. Small Octavo (approximately 20cm tall) in original green cloth with titles in gilt on spine and green top edge with one illustration (frontispiece - map). Some fraying to bottom of spine and a bit of shelf wear to crown. Corners bumped. Included is a summary of the book affixed to the front pastedown, likely a piece of the dust jacket. very good Cave A 9. The very scarce first UK edition of Pool and Rapid in very nice collectable condition. Comes with a prepaid postcard from A&C Black inviting individuals to receive their Spring and Autumn Lists and general announcements for new books. 1932

London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1922. Undetermined. very good. 8th Edition. xiii,527pp. + [4]pp. (ads)pp. Octavo in original gilt lettered maroon cloth and zebra endpapers with illustrations in text from photos. Spotted discolouration to boards. Wear to corners. Front hinge starting. Tape to front hinge. very good The 8th edition of Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game. 1922

Long Beach: Safari Press Inc., 1994. Undetermined. fine. 1st Edition. ix,300pp. Octavo with blue cloth boards and matching slipcase. Silver lettering and decoration on front and lettering on spine. With green patterned endpapers and attached blue silk bookmark. With B&W photos. Slipcase has some rubbing to extremities, else a fine copy. fine Hunting throughout Africa, in Liberia, Camaroon, Sudan, Botswana, Benin and Zimbabwe. Numbered 542 of 1000 and signed by the author. 1994

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. Undetermined. very good. 1st U.K. edition. xxi,354pp. Octavo. Original illustrated blue cloth. Gilt lettering on front and spine. Top edge gilt, with four colour plates from illustrations by Carl Rungius. B&W plates from photos, 4 maps (including 1 folding partly coloured). Minor bumping to corners, boards are sllightly bowed and have shelfwear to lower edge and spine. very good A record of field experiences while studying the colour variations of wild sheep in the Yukon. Written for the hunter with a interest in Natural History. Wonderful coloured plates from paintings by Carl Runguis. Included a photo of Runguis sketching a ram. A hunting classic. 1911

New York: Lyons and Burford Publishers, 1991. Undetermined. fine. 1st Edition. xiv,494pp. Quarto black one quarter cloth with black paper boards. Blind stamped title on front and gilt on spine. Textured endpapers. B&W illustrations and photos throughout. Slight tilt to spine, else a clean copy. fine Tackle and techniques to steelhead fly fishing. Chapters on famous rivers, fly fishermen, and the fish itself. With a nice presentation inscription "To Harold Honer Who taught Bob Clay all he knows about fishingin Trey Combs 11/28/91" 1991

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1946. Undetermined. very good. 2nd Edition. 95pp. 12 mo. Original grey cloth. Silver lettering on front and spine in a red band. Six B/W illustrations, including frontispiece. Slight rippling on endpapers. Dust jacket is illustrated, priced clipped, rubbing on back cover with tape repairs at spine heads. very good Haig-Brown's love of nature comes through in this delightful book written in prose. From the Silver's beginnings to its end, a wonderful story of the life of the Salmon. 1946

Alnwick, Northumberland: Hardy Bros., Ltd., 1957. Undetermined. very good. 63rd Edition. 248pp. Octavo with original grey wrappers. Green and black illustration on front and black lettering on front and spine. Filled with B&W photos and illustrations, and 10 colour plates. Wrappers have light wear to edges and some spotting at the back. Text block has mild foxing to edge. very good Hardy's 63rd trade catalogue. Full of various equipment, including clothing, hooks, rods, reels, tackles and flies. Also has a few guides to fishing, such as dry-fly fishing for trout and grease-line fishing for salmon. 1957

Washington, D. C.: United States Patent Office, 1846-1892. Undetermined. very good. [164]pp. Oblong folio album (17" X 11") containing 60 leaves of sized cotton. 164 pages of patents (each measuring 10" X 7"), comprising 60 individual patents, mounted side-by-side on album leaves. When a patent leaf has text on the verso it has been tipped on, otherwise, it is pasted to the larger cotton page. Of the 164 printed pages, 62 are full-page illustrations. The leather album is lightly chipped with some discreet professional restoration to edges. First patent a bit grubby. Edges of remaining patents with a few occasional marks and small closed tears to margins (one margin archivally reinforced), else a clean collection of patents. Very good. A large collection of patents detailing the technological development of whaling during the latter half of the 19th century. Each of 60 patents contains the description of the invention or improvement and is accompanied by at least one full-page… Leer más

New York: the MacMillan Company, 1909. very good. 1st American Edition. xiv, 389, [7]pp. Octavo. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Head of antelope stamped in gilt to front board within double gilt oval. Light shelfwear and bumping to boards and corners. Bookplate on front pastedown. A very attractive clean copy. An attractive copy of the American first edition of this African hunting title by the author of the Man Eaters of Tsavo. Patterson was an Irish soldier, author, hunter and eventual game warden in East Africa. He was portrayed by Val Kilmer in the Academy Award winning film, the Ghost in the Darkness, a tale of man eating lions in Kenya. The book offered here gives accounts of Patterson's time in Africa, including a return to Tsavo, hunting for a variety of African Big Game, and interactions with the local Masai. A very interesting bookplate from the Bohemian Club on the front pastedown. This and Patterson's other classic, " Man-Eaters of Tsavo"… Leer más

London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1909. Undetermined. very good. 1st British Edition. xiv, 389, [5]pp. Octavo. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Gilt vignette on front board of a man leading a camel. Slight lean to spine. T.e.g. Endpapers age-toned and lightly toned throughout. Previous owner's dated signature (1909) to f.f.e. very good An attractive copy of the British first edition of this African hunting title by the author of the Man Eaters of Tsavo. Patterson was an Irish soldier, author, hunter and eventual game warden in East Africa. He was portrayed by Val Kilmer in the Academy Award winning film, the Ghost in the Darkness, a tale of man eating lions in Kenya. The book offered here gives accounts of Patterson's time in Africa, including a return to Tsavo, hunting for a variety of African Big Game, and interactions with the local Masai. 1909

Tucson, Arizona: Safari Club International, 1991. Undetermined. fine. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. 228pp. Quarto. Publisher's paper-covered boards imitating leather. Gilt titles and designs to spine. Gilt design of lion, shield, and spears to front board. Just the faintest touch of shelfwear to corners. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, this being #162. fine A beautiful copy of the fist non-record book published by Safari Club International. A collection of some of the most popular stories printed in Safari Magazine in the 1970s, including hunts in Africa, Alaska, India, and others. With an introduction by Warner Parker and a foreword by William "Bill" Quimby. Limited to 1000 copies. 1991

Port Angeles, Wa: The Evening News, Inc., 1926. Undetermined. near fine. 1st printing in wrappers. 227pp. Octavo. Original illustrated wrappers. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Printed on brown paper. Internally clean. A tight, attractive copy. near fine The soft cover issue of this scarce book on trout and salmon fishing in Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts of fish and fishing. (Wetzel 229) 1926

New York: New York Sporting Goods Co., 1913. Undetermined. good to very good. 2nd Edition. 418pp. 16mo. Original colour illustrated wrappers. Wrappers rubbed and creased with some discrete professional restoration to spine and hinges. Two small closed tears to first few pages. Pages lightly wrinkled with old dampstain to first 20 or so pages and pink discolouration to part of front wrapper and foredge of some pages. Handstamp of Alberta outfitter and guide F.H. Riggall to front wrapper and third page. Else, a tight copy of a scarce catalogue. good to very good A scarce, heavily-illustrated catalogue from the New York Sporting Goods Company. Includes hundreds of illustrations of products as well as 32 short articles on hunting, fishing and camping topics such as "Fly Fishing for Bass," "Nova Scotia Moose and Trout," "Newfoundland Caribou and Salmon", and "The Call of the West." Also with extensive sections of sporting goods for golf, baseball, basketball,… Leer más

London: John Major, 1823, 1825. Undetermined. fine. 1st John Major Editions. lx,411; xviii, 503pp. Octavo. Two volumes. Finely bound in full black morocco by Riviere & Son with discrete professional restoration to external hinges. Triple gilt fillet to boards. Double gilt fillets to edges of boards. Spine in 6 compartments; gilt titles in second compartment with remaining stamped elaborately in gilt. Date in gilt to foot of spine. Turn ins stamped elaborately in rulled and rolled gilt designs. Engraved bookplate of Augustine Healy to front pastedowns. Gift inscription on flyleaf of Angler. Some foxing, age-toning and offsetting from engravings internally, else tight with only light shelfwear to corners and edges of boards. A beautiful uniformly bound set of Walton's Angler and Lives, comprising the first John Major edition of each work. This is the large paper edition with numerous copper engravings on India paper and wood engravings throughout the text. Sumptiously bound in full black… Leer más

London: George Bell & Sons, 1880. Undetermined. near fine. 3rd Edition. [iv], 57, [2] list of subscriberspp. Octavo. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Discrete professional restoration to spine. A few small bubbles in cloth on front board. Front board slightly bowed. Corners very lightly bumped. Engraved armorial bookplate of Dermot, Earl of Mayo and old catalogue description to front pastedown, with some offsetting to ffep. Ownership signature of John Garland to ffep. Internally tight and clean, with only the occasional spot of foxing. An attractive copy. An attractive little guide to fly fishing for grayling with 10 hand-coloured, engraved plates. Each plate depicts natural flies and their tied imitations, with a guide to which flies should be effective in each month from March - October. This copy is from the collection of Edward Joseph "Ted" Garland, the Canadian ambassador to Iceland and Norway. Garland was an avid angler and also an influential founding… Leer más

Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1903. Undetermined. near fine. edition limited to 150 copies, 125 of which are for sale. [2], 48pp. Octavo. Full vellum with gilt titles to spine. Vellum has dried a bit since binding, resulting in some bowing of boards and a slight waviness to text block. Bookplate of E Bernulf Clegg to front pastedown, else internally tight and clean. near fine A gorgeous example of fine letterpress printing from the Ashendene Press, founded and operated by Charles Henry St. John Hornby in Chelsea, England, from 1895 - 1915 and 1920 - 1935. This edition is a faithful reprint of Berners' Treatyse of Fysshynge Wyth an Angle from the Boke of St. Albans of 1496. With seven woodcuts, including the famous scene of an angler catching a fish. The bookplate is likely of the same Bernulf Clegg known for his correspondence with Oscar Wilde about Wilde's famous "all art is quite useless" quotation from the Picture of Dorian Grey. A beautiful, fine press edition of the first… Leer más

Beaverton, Oregon: The Touchstone Press, 1974. Undetermined. near fine. edition limited to 1200 copies. xii, 195pp. Small quarto. Cream-coloured dust jacket with manuscript title over quarter green leatherette and cloth boards. Gilt titles to spine. Jacket with small chips and rubbing to corners and head and tail of spine. Inscription to Lee Straight from H.R. MacMillan on title page. Signed by Lee Richardson on dedication page. Limited to 1200 numbered copies, this being # 291. near fine A fantastic association copy of this limited fishing title with a small archive of correspondence between Lee Richardson (the author), Lee Straight (fishing author and long-time Outdoor Editor of the Vancouver Sun) and H.R. MacMillan (fisherman, Canadian lumber magnate and Companion of the Order of Canada). The correspondence beings with a letter from Lee Straight to H.R. MacMillan thanking him for the book, followed by three letters back and forth from Lee Richardson to Lee Straight. Straight inquires about the… Leer más

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1964. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition (stated). xvii,398pp. Octavo in original cloth, photo illustrated endpapers and dust jacket with coloured frontispiece (from photo by Grancel Fitz) and B&W illustrations from photos and drawings. Edges and corners of boards have a bit of wear. Price-clipped jacket is rubbed and creased with some chips missing from edges. Old price crossed out on half title. very good The 1964 edition of the Big Game Record Book from the venerable Boone and Crockett club. With tables of records for species and subspecies and photographs throughout of notable trophies. Also with stories behind some of the successful hunts. 1964