Lots
221 - 230
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#221: "VIEW OF PRAG (PRAGUE)
- WOODCUT, 1493. LEAF FROM THE "NUREMBERG CHRONICLE"
14 3/4 X 20 1/2" (sight), framed and matted.
Estimate: $ 300.00- $ 400.00 Sold at $200 |
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#222: (ETCHING) WHISTLER, JAMES A.M. "ROTHERHITHE" ETCHING
ON CREAM HANDMADE PAPER. 10 5/8 X 7 3/4". (PLATE MARK);
16 X 12" (OVERALL)
Fine impression of a good copy.
Estimate: $ 100.00 - $ 150.00 Sold at $200 |
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#223: (FALCONRY AND HUNTING) VALVASONE,
ERSMO "LA CACCIA" (THE HUNT) BERGAMO, 1593. SECOND
EDITION, 8VO
Rare treatise on hunting. Five plates depicting falconry,
hunting stags and boars with dogs and training of dogs.
Title page browned; some very light stains at corners of
some pages. Overall a very nice copy of a rare sporting
book. Full vellum.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $850 |
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#224: (MORGAN HORSES) BATTELL, JOSEPH "MORGAN
HORSE AND REGISTER", MIDDLEBURY, VT., 1894-1975. 14
VOLUMES, 8V0
Includes the very scarce volume 1. Vols. 1-3 bound in 1/2
morocco, remainder faux morocco. Volume 4 is a reprint. Two
copies of volume 3.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $350 |
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#225: MORGAN HORSE EPHEMERA, INCLUDES
(1) Bliss, D.W., "The Morgan Horse - An Essay" Middlebury,
1890. Wraps - rear wrapper missing. Six lithograph plates
of Morgans. (2) "History of the Morgan Horses" Hartford,
1885. Wraps illustrated. Ad for stud service of "Rogers
Idol". (3) Morgan Horse Catalogues -1911, 1916, 1921.
(4) Group of other Morgan ephemera.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $250 |
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#226: SHOOTING BOOKS - TWO RARE TITLES
(1) Baker, Ezekiel "Remarks on Rifle Guns; ...",
London, 1825. Ninth edition, 8VO. Includes 1/2 title, handcolored
dedication, six handcolored plates and three black and
white plates. First five leaves are loose. Contemporary
1/2 leather. Front board detached. Some browning. (2) Mayna
de Maralles, Gervaise (John Acton -Translator) "An
Essay on Shooting", London, 1791. Second edition,
8VO. 3/4 morocco. Rubs on spine.
Estimate: $ 600.00 - $ 800.00 Sold at $300 |
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#227: W. AND C. SCOTT AND SON "SPORTING BREECH
LOADERS" LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (1872), 8VO
A very rare gun catalogue with fourteen plates. Wear at
the tips else a very nice copy. Rust cloth with gold and
green lettering.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $100 |
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#228: ARMS AND SHOOTING - TWO EARLY TITLES
(1) Norton, Charles B. "American Inventions and improvement
in Breech - Loading Small Arms...", Springfield, 1880.
Three chromolithograph plates, three steel engravings and
numerous full and part page illustrations, bookplate of
U.S. Army Engineer School. Markings on dedication page
only. Rebound in red buckram. (2) Teasdale - Buckell, G.T. "Experts
on Guns and Shooting", London, 1900. Red cloth, chips
at top of spine.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $100 |
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#229: "SMITH AND WESSON", EARLY GUN
CATALOGUE - CIRCA 1880'S, 4TO
Catalogue has description of five pistols on thin paper
and lithograph plate of each weapon on heavy card stock.
Covers are pictorial card stock. Two hole punch tied with
ribbon (one ribbon missing). Pistols illustrated are (1)
New Model Army No. 3. (2) New Model Navy, No. 3. (3) New
Model 38, No. 2. (4) New Model 38, No. 2. (5) New Model
32, No. 1 1/2. Boards slightly soiled. Rear cover has chips
on one edge.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $75 |
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#230: SPORTING PRINTS - FOUR SCARCE REFERENCE BOOKS
(1) Sparrow, Walter S. "British Sporting Artists" London,
1922. First edition, 4TO. Color and black and white plates.
Green gilt pictorial cloth. (2) Nevil, Ralph "Old English
Sporting Prints and their History" London (Studio) 1923.
1 of 1500 copies, 4TO. (3) Nevil, Ralph "Old Sporting
Prints" London (Connoisseur magazine) 1908. 3/4 morocco,
gilt spine. (4) Crouse, Russell "Mr. Currier and Mr.
Ives" NY, 1930.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 |
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