CANOEING IN KANUCKIA Or Haps and Mishaps Afloat and Ashore of the Statesman, the Editor, the Artist and the Scribbler by The Commander and The Cook (C. I. Orton and John Habberton) - 1878

London: Jack, 1902:. Two volumes in one 1902 First Edition, 184 pages, gilt edges, 7 colour illustrations and 180 black & white liiustrations. Browning on endpapers, inscription, 9" x 11", fascinating book, lovely black cover. Postage & Packaging at cost. .

Limited edition. Number 974/1100. Antony Atha Publishers and The Game Conservancy. Rugby. 1979. Quarto. 252pp. 12 colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations. Original quarter green morocco, gilt. In original green cloth slipcase. A lovely copy.

"NEWCASTLE FISHERS' GARLANDS" - A Collection of Right Merrie Garlands for North Country Anglers, edited by Joseph Crawhall. 1864; George Rutland; Newcastle-on-Tyne, United Kingdom. The book is a compilation of content from past publications of "The Fisher's Garland" from 1820 to 1864. At the back of the book is a Memorial to Izaak Walton, best know as the author of "The Compleat Angler.""Dedicated to the Members of the Coquet-Dale Angling Club, with an earnest hope that the lines herein cast may perchance rise some stray Roxby or Doubleday of that honourable body, and induce an attempt to resume and continue the Newcastle Fishers' Garlands, so charmingly set forth by the spirits of a former generation."Condition:Some areas of bubbling under the cloth on the front cover; sharp corners; bright gilt lettering on the spine; light soiling to front and back covers. Tight binding. No cracks. No loose pages. Occasional foxing to a handful of random pages...otherwise, the pages are clean and white with no… Read More

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917, hardcover, 295 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean, slight spine-end and corner wear, tiny nick to bottom edge of front board and interior front hinge, page edges and endpapers age-toned, tidy original owner's name to front pastedown, in clear, glassine dustwrapper. A collection of turn of the century sports stories featuring the teams and students of Yale University. Illustrated with drawings on 4 black-&-white plates.

Signed on the dust jacket cover. Display with your other Sports memorabilia. Book Like New with the exception of wear to the top of the boards at spine, covered by the dust jacket. Dust jacket has some movement marks and a slight crinkle at top of spine. Ships in a box with tracking.

New York: American Lawn Tennis 1922, 2nd edition. (Hardcover) 399pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Gilt decorated green cloth. Top edge gilt, frontispiece with facsimile signatures of William T. Tilden, 2nd and Wm.W. Johnston, numerous illustrations and plates. The head and foot of the spine and corners are lightly worn. With Opinions on Disputed Points of Technique from Many Expert Players. Edited by S. Wallis Merrihew. (Sports, Lawn Tennis, Tennis).

Australia, 1952. Card Menu (4 sides). Farewell Dinner to Members of the Rowing Section of the Australian Rowing Team at The Hermitage Sydney, Friday May 30, 1952. Given by Members of earlier Crews to have rowed at Henley on Thames. 27 handwritten signatures on Menu, including those of previous Australian Rowing crews. Menu also contains the signatures of 13 members of the Australian Olympic Rowing Team for the Helsinki Games. Notable signatures include Mervyn Wood, who was the flagbearer for Australia at the Games and who also won a Silver medal in the Mens Single Skulls Event. Also, signatures of David Anderson, Philip Cayzer, Ernest Chapman, Thomas Chessel, Mervyn Finlay, Robert Tinning and Geoffrey Williamson who were part of the Bronze medal winning Australian eights. Front of menu features handwritten name of W. J. Dixon (Bill) who was one of the hosts, having competed for Australia at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Card. Very… Read More

UKRAINIA Tolstoi, Count Lyof N.: The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in the Year 1852. First English Edition, 1888 Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, London. Translated from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole. Summary: A novel of the Caucasian War 1817-1864. Used. Good- Condition/ No DJ. Blue Boards gold titling and ornamentation. Imperial Russian crest stamped in gilt at center front. A solid copy. Light foxing to endpapers. Toning. Fabric at top of spine missing. RARE/SCARCE.

Birmingham, AL: New Life Art. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780967596303 . Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edgewear; Signed and inscribed by Chris Fowler and Payne Stewart ; Color Illustrations; 200 pages .

NY: The Outing Company Limited, 1895. First edition. Half-bound morocco and boards. Containing issues 6 issues, January through June. Published NY: The Outing Company Limited, 1895. 4to., 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Ribbed black morocco with raised bands and gilt titles, pebbled black cloth, brown endpapers. Athletics, Canoeing, Football, Equestrian, Fishing and Boating. Articles include: Greco-Roman Games in California; Cycling in the Jersey Pines; Bear Hunting in Japan; the National Guard of New York State; A Kangaroo Hunt. Wear at the spine, outer hinges and edges, binding tight. Very good minus. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.