Lots
181 - 190
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#181: HILL, JOHN, "A GENERAL
NATURAL HISTORY _ _ OF THE ANIMALS, VEGETABLES, AND MINERALS
_ _", LONDON, 1748,1751, AND 1752
1st edition, folio. One of a few large paper copies with
all plates colored by hand. 56 handcolored plates of animals
(28), plants (16), and fossils (12). Folding tables of fossils,
Very rare in large paper with colored plates. Full contemporary
gilt calf. Needs rebacking. Some spotting but text and plates
in good order.
Estimate: $ 4000.00 - $ 6000.00 Sold at $2500 |
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#182: (GOLF) CAMP, WALTER AND BROOKS, LILIAN, "DRIVES
AND PUTTS - A BOOK OF GOLF STORIES", BOSTON (PAGE),
1899
1st edition, 12 mo. Frontispiece and pictorial title. Color
pictorial green cloth. Minor flaws, otherwise a better copy
of a scarce golf book.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $325 |
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#183: BROOKES, RICHARD, "THE ART
OF ANGLING, ROCK AND SEA FISHING _ _", LONDON, 1740
1st edition, 12 mo. Embellished with 133 woodcuts of fish.
Minor browning and a few foxing spots. Title page loose.
An angling classic. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco. Spine with
4 gilt creels.
Estimate: $ 600.00 - $ 800.00 Sold at $400 |
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#184: "NEW YORK STATE FISH AND
GAME - SEVENTH REPORT", ALBANY, 1902
Portfolio volume with 90 chromolithograph plates loose in
a green cloth case. 59 of the plates are fish (2 lobster),
most by Denton. 31 plates are birds, game and flora by Fuertes,
Denton, and others.
Estimate: $ 600.00 - $ 800.00 Sold at $750 |
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#185: TWO FISH AND OUTDOOR BOOKS
Barton W. Evermann, "Investigation of the Aquatic
Resources and Fisheries of Puerto Rico _ _ 1899",
Washington, 1899. 1st edition, small 4to. 49 chromolithograph
plates of exotic fish and 3 large folding maps. And Verplanck
Colvin, "7th Annual Report _ _ Topographical Survey
of the Adirondack Region in NY to the Year 1879",
Albany, 1880. 2nd, 8vo. Numerous folding views and maps.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $300 |
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#186: (1 OF 150) LORD RIBBLESDALE, "THE QUEENS HOUNDS
AND STAG HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS", LONDON, 1897
1 of 105 copies on large paper. Nicely illustrated. Bound
in 1/2 vellum over grey paper covered boards. This item is
along with a two volume book on the flowers of Kashmir.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $175 |
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#187: (SIGNED ETCHING) KIRMSE, MARGUERITE, "DOGS",
NY (DERRYDALE PRESS), 1930
1 of 750 copies with an original signed etching as a frontispiece.
75 plates. 3/4 cloth over paper covered boards. Paper spine
label. Slight fade on the front board, otherwise fine.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $700 |
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#188: (SIGNED ETCHING) KIRMSE, MARGUERITE, "DOGS
IN THE FIELD", NY (DERRYDALE PRESS), 1935
Oblong 4to. 1 of 685 copies with a signed original etching.
3 (of 4) extra plates laid-in. Small stain on corner of first
board. Together with a copy of "Wuthering Heights",
NY, 1931. 1 of 450 copies signed by Clare Leighton. 12 wood
engravings.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $300 |
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#189: (GYMNASTICS) MERCURIALIS, HIERONYMIUS, "DE
ARTE GYMNASTICA", VENICE, 1587
3rd edition, small 4to. Third edition of the first illustrated
book on gymnastics (1st edition was not illustrated).
23 full page illustrations and 1 text illustration.
Title page has a small circular book plate, a small
stamp and some pen marks. Bound in full contemporary
vellum. A beautiful copy of a rare and important book.
Estimate: $ 1500.00 - $ 2000.00 |
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#190: LYTTELTON, R.H., ET AL., "FIFTY YEARS OF SPORT
AT OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE AND THE GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS",
LONDON, 1922
Large thick 4to. Illustrated with photo plates. Binding is
Cedric Chivers' full wine embossed morocco. Hand-painted
vellucent insert on front board with coat of arms of Eton,
Harrow and Winchester. Fine Copy.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $425 |
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