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Rare American Boxing Champions Signed Photograph Collection; signed by James J. Braddock, Max Baer, James 'Red' Burman, Sixto Escobar, and Bob Pastor
BRADDOCK, James J.; Max Baer; James "Red" Burman; Sixto Escobar; Bob Pastor.
American Boxing Champions Signed Photograph Collection.
c. 1937.
Collection of six original photographs signed and inscribed by five 1930s American boxing champions, including: “Cinderella Man” James J.Braddock, World Heavyweight Champion Max Baer, James ‘Red’ Burman, Sixto Escobar, and top-ranked heavyweight Bob Pastor. In near fine condition. An exceptional collection.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 119265
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Ice Axe Signed by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
HILLARY, Edmund and Tenzing Norgay.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Signed Ice Axe.
Ice axe boldly signed by both Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Circa 1955. Wood and steel shaft measures 35 inches; steel blade measures 12 inches.
Price: $8,800.00 Item Number: 104783
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"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives": Rare Black and White Photograph of Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson; signed by him
ROBINSON, Jackie.
Jackie Robinson Signed Photograph.
Rare black and white photograph signed by the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era, Jackie Robinson. Inscribed by the baseball legend in the bottom left corner of the photograph, “To John, best wishes, Jackie Robinson.” In near fine condition. The photograph measures 7 inches by 8.25 inches. Double matted and framed. Photographs signed by Robinson are scarce.
Price: $3,200.00 Item Number: 107856
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First Edition of Moving: Norman Foster On Art; Signed by Norman Foster
FOSTER, Norman.
Moving: Norman Foster On Art.
2013: Ivorypress, London.
First edition of this work on the Pritzker Prize-award winning architect. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Signed by Norman Foster on the half title page. In fine condition. No dust jacket was issued for this work.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 33081
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Rare Signed Photograph of Howard Hughes
HUGHES, Howard.
Howard Hughes Signed Photograph.
Silver gelatin photograph signed and inscribed by Howard Hughes standing with his H-1 racing airplane. It was in this Hughes H-1 aircraft, designed by Hughes himself with Richard Palmer, that the aviator broke the world airspeed record in 1935 and the transcontinental airspeed record in 1937. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 15.25 inches by 13.25 inches. Signed and inscribed photographs of Hughes are rare.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 102564
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"The home of golf": Rare folding plan and full-color map of the St. Andrews Links; including the old course, eden course, new course and jubilee course
ST. ANDREWS GOLF LINKS,.
Guide and Plan of the St. Andrews Golf Courses.
Scotland: W. C. Henderson & Son, Ltd, c. 1960.
Two rare folding plans of St. Andrews Golf Links. The Guide to St. Andrews Golf Courses contains a folding map of the Old, Eden, New and Jubilee Courses tipped into an official St. Andrews Links scorecard. The Plan in Colour of St. Andrews Old Course contains a full color lithograph of the Old Course printed with compliments of the Dundee Courier and Evening Telegraph. Both guides are in near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 92495
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Bobby Jones Signed Photograph
JONES, Bobby (Robert Tyre Jones.
Bobby Jones Signed Photograph.
Black and white photograph of Bobby Jones swinging a wood on the fairway. Boldly inscribed by Jones in his earlier signature, “For Art With best wishes Robert T. Jones, Jr.” Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 16.25 inches by 18.25 inches.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 102464
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Rare first edition of one of the Earliest Books on the Game of Chess
TARSIA, M. Gio Domenico.
Il Giuoco De Gli Scacchi Di Rui Lopez, Spagnuolo; Nuovamente tradotto in lingua Italiana de M. Gio Domenico Tarsia.
Venice: Presso Cornelio Arriuabene, 1584.
Rare first edition of one of the earliest books published on the game of chess. Octavo, bound in contemporary vellum, gilt titles to the spine, burgundy spine label, with 7 woodcut illustrations throughout the text. This translation by M. Gio Domenico Tarsia became the source for all later translations of the Ruy Lopez chess opening. In very good condition, with a small part of the label lacking.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 95823
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Rare first edition of one of the earliest chess manuals; Pietro Carrera's Game of Chess
CARRERA, Pietro.
Il Gioco De Gli Scacchi Di D. Pietro Carrera Diviso in Otto Libri. (The Game of Chess).
Militello: Giovanni de' Rossi, 1617.
Rare first edition of one of the early chess manuals, and the first book printed in Militello at Prince Francesco Branciforte’s private press. Octavo, bound in full contemporary vellum with ink titles to the spine, large engraving of the Branciforte coat of arms opposite the dedication page, woodcut illustrations throughout the text. In near fine condition. First editions are of exceptional rarity, with only three appearing at auction in the past 90 years.
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 96172
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"A Pike is a Prince of his own liquid country, and like a universal monarch, can command all the regiments of the scaled army": Scarce first edition of the art of trolling from the library of Alfred Dennison
NOBBES, Robert.
The Compleat Troller, or, The Art of Trolling.
London: Printed for T. James for Tho. Helder, 1682.
Rare first edition of Nobbes’ authoritative work on the history and methods of trolling. First issue with the engraved hook on page 37 pointing to the right and two woodcut illustrations in the text. Small octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers. Lord Spencer’s copy with his ownership inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper, “From Lord Spencer’s Library 18/”. From the library of renowned angling collector Alfred Denison with his gilt leather bookplate to the verso of the front panel. Denison’s angling collection of over 3,000 books was the basis of Thomas Westwood’s historic and distinct library of English angling books, the Bibliotheca Piscatoria. In very good condition. A nice example with noted provenance.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 89160
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First Edition of Dr. Jeffries A Narrative of Two Aerial Voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard; Inscribed by Him
JEFFRIES, Doctor John.
A Narrative of Two Aerial Voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard; with Meteorological Observations and Remarks.
London: Printed for the Author and Sold by J. Robson, 1786.
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on title-page, “Presented to Mrs. Morton by The Author.” Quarto, bound in contemporary three quarters morocco over marbled boards, with engraved frontispiece, portrait and one engraved plate printed in brown. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing’s most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation’s highest award, the Gold Medal of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3, 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert, between Nevada and California. Also bookplate of Lord Kings Norton, Wooton Underwood, President of the Royal Aeronautical Society. In very good condition, repair to the half-title page, edges darkened.
Price: $8,200.00 Item Number: 111469
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Rare first edition of James Bolton's magnificently illustrated Harmonia Ruralis; containing eighty copper-plates of life-size male and female songbirds drawn, engraved, and coloured by the author
BOLTON, James.
Harmonia Ruralis; or, An Essay Towards A Natural History of British Songbirds.
London: Printed For and Sold By the Author, 1794.
Rare first edition of Bolton’s magnificently illustrated work on British songbirds. First issue with the original plates 7 and 13 which differ in later issues. Quarto, two volumes bound into one in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, illustrated with eighty copper-plates of life-size male and female songbirds drawn, engraved and colored by the author, index. In near fine condition. First editions are rare, with only a handful appearing at auction in the last 100 years.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 111071
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Finely bound example of Berchoux's classic poem La Gastronomie ou L'Homme Des Champs A Table
BERCHOUX, J.
La Gastronomie ou L’Homme Des Champs A Table. Poeme Didactique En IV Chants.
Paris: Chez Giguet et Michaud, 1805.
Finely bound example of Berchoux’s epic gastronomical poem. 12mo, bound in one quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Engraved frontispiece and other engravings throughout. In near fine condition. Tasteful bookplate to the front free endpaper. A charming example.
Price: $100.00 Item Number: 96179
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Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville; Finely Bound
CADET DE GASSICOURT, Charles-Louis.
Cours Gastronomique, ou Les Diners de Manant-Ville, Ouvrage Anecdotique, Philosophique et Literature.
Paris: Imprimerie de Brasseur Aine, 1809.
First edition of this work on French Gastronomy, containing its history throughout the country’s various regions. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in. In very good condition. Rare.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 96186
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Scarce first edition of Antoine Simon Duportal's Recherches Sur L'état Actuel de la Distillation du Vin en France, et Sur Les Moyens d'Améliorer la Distillation des Eaux-De-Vie
DUPORTAL, Antoine Simon.
Recherches Sur L’état Actuel de la Distillation du Vin en France, et Sur Les Moyens d’Améliorer la Distillation des Eaux-de-vie. (Research on the Current State of Wine Distillation in France, and on Ways to Improve the Distillation of Eaux-de-vie).
Paris, Saint Petersbourg: Klostermann, 1811.
Scarce first edition of early work on the distillation of wine and eau-de-vie. Octavo, bound in full period tree calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, red morocco spine label, five folding maps of distillation apparatus, rebacked retaining the original spine. Stamps and previous owner inscriptions. In very good condition. Scarce and desirable. Works on the distillation of eau de vie are rare.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 95242
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Viart's Cuisinier Royal; Finely Bound
VIART,.
Le Cuisinier Royal Par Viart.
Paris: Gustave Barba, 1840.
Rare early printing of this book on French cuisine, containing an exceptional selection of recipes. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards. In very good condition.
Price: $150.00 Item Number: 96184
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First Editions of each volume of Lewis' Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, The Panjab, & Kalat; from the library of Adventurer and Aviator Steve Fossett with his bookplate to each volume
MASSON, Charles [James Lewis].
Narrative of Various Journeys in Balochistan, Afghanistan, The Panjab, & Kalat, During a Residence in those Countries.
London: Richard Bentley, 1842.
First edition of this narrative of Lewis’ travels between 1826 and 1838 through Balochistan, Sind, the Hazara, Afghanistan and the Punjab. Octavo, four volumes. Bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine labels, gilt ruled, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings, folding map. From the library of James Stephen “Steve” Fossett with his bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. American businessman and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in 2002 in his 10-story high balloon Spirit of Freedom. He completed the 2002 trip in 13 days, 8 hours, and 33 minutes and set records for both the Longest Distance Flown Solo in a Balloon and Fastest Balloon Flight Around the World. Fossett was also one of sailing’s most prolific distance record holders set the Absolute World Speed Record for airships with a Zeppelin NT in 2004. He received numerous awards and honors throughout his career including aviation’s highest award, the Gold Medal of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which he was awarded in 2002. Fossett disappeared on September 3, 2007 while flying a light aircraft over the Great Basin Desert, between Nevada and California. Provenance: from the library of John Archibald Shaw Stewart with a gift inscription to him on the front free endpaper of volume one, “from his sincere friends William Thomas Markham and Charles Henry Mills on his leaving Eton, Xmas 1845.” An exceptional association with noted provenance.
Price: $5,500.00 Item Number: 95145
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"The First Angling Book Written in America": First Edition of the John J. Brown's The American Angler's Guide
BROWN, John J.
The American Angler’s Guide.
New York: Burgess, Stringer & Co, 1845.
First edition of the first angling book written in America. Small octavo, three quarters morocco bound over marbled boards, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, two engraved plates of hooks, original cloth bound at rear. Ownership signature of American entomologist Townend Glover, “Townend Glover, New York, 1845,” and from the extensive fishing, sporting and ornithological library of John Gerard Heckscher of New York with his three bookplates. Heckscher’s collection was the second largest collection of its type in mid-19th century America with a particular focus on Walton’s Complete Angler, of which he had numerous editions as is illustrated in his bookplates. In very good condition. A rare piece of American angling literature with exceptional provenance.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 88000
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"The First Angling Book Written in America": First Edition of the John J. Brown's The American Angler's Guide
BROWN, John J.
The American Angler’s Guide.
New York: Burgess, Stringer & Co, 1845.
First edition of the first angling book written in America. Small octavo, original brown cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spin and front panel. In very good condition. Period name to the front free end paper. A rare piece of American angling literature.
Price: $2,150.00 Item Number: 88015
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Rare First Edition of Spooner's The Cultivation of American Grape Vines and Making of Wine
SPOONER, Alden.
The Cultivation of American Grape Vines and Making of Wine.
Brooklyn: A Spooner & Co, 1846.
First edition of one of the earliest American books on wine making. Small octavo, original cloth. In very goo condition condition with 12 page corners torn. Rare; the last example at auction was in 1984.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 102334
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First Edition of John Leech Mills' The Life of a Foxhound; Bound in Full Morocco by Zaehnsdorf
MILLS, John.
The Life of a Foxhound.
London: H. Hurst, 1848.
First edition of Mills’ story detailing the everyday life of a foxhound. Octavo, bound in full red straight grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, inner dentelles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. With seven full-page engraved illustrations including frontispiece portrait of John Leech Mills with facsimile signature. Original cloth bound at rear. In fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 100801
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Charles Roger's History of St. Andrews; in the rare original cloth
ROGER, Rev. Charles.
History of St. Andrews, with a Full Account of the Recent Improvements in the City.
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1849.
Second edition of Reverend Charles Roger’s overview of the history of Saint Andrews. Octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map of St. Andrews, illustrated with engravings. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 95899
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"In order to consult the oracle with advantage, the enquirer must state the nature of his question to and Lady in the company": Rare first edition of Madame le Normande's The Oracle of Human Destiny
LE NORMANDE, Madame Victorine.
The Oracle of Human Destiny; Or, Book of Fate: Being an Unerring Fortune-Teller and Accurate Interpreter of Mystical Signs & Heavenly Bodies.
London: Printed for the Wholesale Booksellers, 1854.
Rare first edition of this early book of fortune telling and divination through card reading. Octavo, bound in original cloth, folding hand colored chart of a card spread, hand-colored frontispiece portrait of Madame Le Normande, wood engraved pictorial borders. In very good condition. Scarce.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 92800
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"the first book of golf instruction": Exceptionally Rare First Edition of The Golfer's Manual
FARNIE, Henry Brougham (A Keen Hand).
The Golfer’s Manual: Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the National Game of Scotland; with an Appendix. By A Keen Hand.
Cupar, Scotland: Whitehead and Orr, 1857.
First edition of the first book of prose written on golf and the first book of golf instruction. Small octavo, original blindstamped red cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the front panel, all edges gilt. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise. Rare, with only a handful of copies appearing at auction in the last 80 years.
Price: $9,800.00 Item Number: 84030
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Rare Subscriber's Edition of Poems on Golf
CLARK, Robert (Printer).
Poems on Golf.
Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation, 1867.
First edition, Subscriber’s edition of this rare work containing some of the earliest poems on golf. Small quarto, original green cloth with gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, all edges gilt, illustrated with wood-engraved head and tailpieces throughout. In near fine condition.
Price: $2,600.00 Item Number: 90413
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Rare Subscriber's Edition of Poems on Golf
CLARK, Robert (Printer).
Poems on Golf.
Edinburgh: Printed for Private Circulation, 1867.
First edition, The Subscriber’s edition. Small quarto, original green cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine and front panel, all edges gilt, illustrated with wood-engraved head and tailpieces throughout. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 79468
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"I WILL FIRST ENDEAVOR TO GIVE SOME INFORMATION AS TO THE MANNER OF STRICTLY KEEPING A JEWISH HOUSE": Rare First Edition of The First Jewish Cookbook Printed in America
LEVY, Esther.
Jewish Cookery Book, on Principles of Economy, Adapted for Jewish Housekeepers, with the Addition of Many Useful Medicinal Recipes, and Other Valuable Information, Relative to Housekeeping and Domestic Management.
Philadelphia: W.S. Turner, 1871.
Rare first edition of the first Jewish cookbook published in America, with extensive instructions on keeping a kosher household in addition to recipes. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition, rebacked. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are exceptionally scarce of this milestone in American Jewish history.
Price: $22,000.00 Item Number: 74060
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Rare First Edition of Richard Burton's A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry
BURTON, Richard F.
A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry.
London: William Clowes and Sons, 1876.
First edition of this classic text. Small octavo, bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards, illustrated. In near fine condition.
Price: $3,000.00 Item Number: 119468
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Burnaby's On Horseback Through Asia Minor
BURNABY, Frederick Gustavus.
On Horseback Through Asia Minor.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877.
Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in original publisher’s green cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, spine vignettes in black, illustrated with 3 folding maps and a mounted photographic portrait frontispiece. In near fine condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 105843
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“As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler": Finely bound facsimile edition of Izaak Walton's The Complete Angler with a fore-edge painting
WALTON, Izaak.
The Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. [Fore-Edge Painting].
London: Elliot Stock, 1877.
Finely bound facsimile reprint of the first edition of this classic of English literature. Octavo, bound in full mottled calf with gilt titles and ruling to the spine, elaborate gilt ruling to the panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With a fore-edge painting of Walton and an angling scene. In near fine condition. A unique example.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 121046
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Archibald F. Barron's Vines & Vine-Culture: A Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine
BARRON, Archibald F.
Vines & Vine-Culture: A Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine: with Descriptions of the Principal Varieties.
London: Journal of Horticulture, 1883.
Rare example of Barron’s authoritative work on viticulture. Octavo, original publisher’s cloth richly decorated in gilt with gilt titles to the spine, central grape bunch motif to the front panel within double gilt ruling with grape leaf cornerpieces. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts and illustrations of thirty grape varieties. In near fine condition. Armorial bookplate to the pastedown.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 109253
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Detaille s'est fait remarquer à la fois par l'ampleur de ses compositions et par le soin dont il témoigne dans l'exactitude des détails."" (Bénézit) "
DETAILLE, Eduoard; Text by Jules Richard.
L’Armee Francaise. Types et Uniformes.
Paris: Boussod et Valadon, 1885-89.
First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work. Large folios, 3 volumes. Elegantly bound in full red morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt. Limited to 100 sets with the 2 volumes suite of 150 plates on Japanese paper.
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 4161
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"one of the earliest books on golf instruction and the impetus for all other books of instruction on the game": First edition of Hutchinson's Hints on the Game of Golf
HUTCHINSON, Horace G.
Hints on the Game of Golf.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1886.
First edition one of the earliest books on golf instruction and the impetus for all other books of instruction on the game. Small octavo, original cloth, publishers advertisements before the half title page for Peile’s Lawn Tennis as a Game of Skill and four books on angling. From the library of O.M. Leland with his ownership signature and library markings on the verso of the front free endpaper. O.M. Leland of Minneapolis, Minnesota assembled one of the world’s finest golf libraries and collection of golf memorabilia which he donated to the USGA Golf Museum and Library, or “Golf House”, in New York in 1958. In near fine condition. An exceptional example of this scarce, important, and influential work.
Price: $3,250.00 Item Number: 95902
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First Edition of Charles E. Chambers' Golfing: A Handbook to the Royal and Ancient Game
CHAMBERS, Charles E. S.
Golfing: A Handbook to the Royal and Ancient Game, with List of Clubs, Rules, &c. Also Golfing Sketches and Poems.
Edinburgh & London: W. & R. Chambers, 1887.
First edition of this early golfing handbook, informed by three generations of the Scottish Chambers family. Small octavo, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, pictorial endpapers, chromolithographic frontispiece portrait of Tom Morris from a drawing by Thomas Hodge at St. Andrews with tissue guard, illustrated by Ranald M. Alexander and others. In very good condition.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 95901
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First Edition of Halford's Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice
HALFORD, Frederic M.
Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1889.
First edition of this classic angling work. Quarto, bound in original green cloth, gilt titles to the spine, 25 inserted lithographed plates, a few in color. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities. Housed in full custom calf clamshell box with marbled interior.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 77002
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Signed Limited First Edition of Frederic Halford's Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice
HALFORD, Frederic M.
Dry Fly-Fishing In Theory and Practice.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1889.
Signed limited first edition, one of a 100 large paper copies, signed by Frederic Halford. Quarto, bound in the publisher’s full green morocco, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, top edge gilt, with 26 mounted plates, five of them in color, and many illustrations on tissue in text. In near fine condition, bookplate.
Price: $2,200.00 Item Number: 86343