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Books and Manuscripts: A Spring Miscellany

Books and Manuscripts: A Spring Miscellany

Books and Manuscripts: A Spring Miscellany

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Books and Manuscripts: A Spring Miscellany

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ACKERMANN [PUBLISHER] — HENRY ALKEN |  [Ackermann's Sporting Scraps]. London: R. Ackermann, [ca. 1861]

1 ACKERMANN [PUBLISHER] — HENRY ALKEN | [Ackermann's Sporting Scraps]. London: R. Ackermann, [ca. 1861]

[AFRICA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING] | Shooting Excursions into the Zulu Country July & August 1866 - Or the Unparalled [sic] Adventures of Mancookiaane and Umdanda. [N.P.]: manuscript diary account, ca. 1866 

2 [AFRICA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING] | Shooting Excursions into the Zulu Country July & August 1866 - Or the Unparalled [sic] Adventures of Mancookiaane and Umdanda. [N.P.]: manuscript diary account, ca. 1866 

[AFRICA — TRAVEL & SPORTING PHOTOGRAPHY] — W.C. COCKBURN | Big Game Hunting in East Africa. Ca. 1906-1908 — A Sporting Tour Through Sudan and Southern Africa. Ca. 1912  

3 [AFRICA — TRAVEL & SPORTING PHOTOGRAPHY] — W.C. COCKBURN | Big Game Hunting in East Africa. Ca. 1906-1908 — A Sporting Tour Through Sudan and Southern Africa. Ca. 1912  

BADDELEY, JOHN T. | The Rugged Flanks of the Caucasus. Oxford: University Press, 1940

4 BADDELEY, JOHN T. | The Rugged Flanks of the Caucasus. Oxford: University Press, 1940

BARROW, JOHN | Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa… The Second Edition, with Additions and Alterations. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806

5 BARROW, JOHN | Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa… The Second Edition, with Additions and Alterations. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806

BARROW, JOHN | A Voyage to Cochinchina in the years 1792 and 1793. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1806

6 BARROW, JOHN | A Voyage to Cochinchina in the years 1792 and 1793. London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1806

BIGG-WITHER, THOMAS P. | Pioneering in South Brazil. Three Years of Forest and Prairie Life in the Province of Parana. London: John Murray, 1878

7 BIGG-WITHER, THOMAS P. | Pioneering in South Brazil. Three Years of Forest and Prairie Life in the Province of Parana. London: John Murray, 1878

BOSSU, JEAN BERNARD | Travels Through That Part of North America Formerly Called Louisiana. London: T. Davies, 1771

8 BOSSU, JEAN BERNARD | Travels Through That Part of North America Formerly Called Louisiana. London: T. Davies, 1771

BURROUGHS, JOHN, AND JOHN MUIR, GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, EDWARD CURTIS, LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES, ET AL | Harriman Alaska Expedition. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901-02 (Vols. I & II) ⁠— Harriman Alaska Expedition. Washington [D.C.]: Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1910-1914 (Vols. III-XIV)

9 BURROUGHS, JOHN, AND JOHN MUIR, GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, EDWARD CURTIS, LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES, ET AL | Harriman Alaska Expedition. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901-02 (Vols. I & II) ⁠— Harriman Alaska Expedition. Washington [D.C.]: Published by the Smithsonian Institution, 1910-1914 (Vols. III-XIV)

KIENBUSCH, CARL OTTO KRETZSCHMAR VON  | Jupitagan River. New York: Privately printed by De Ray, ca. 1966

10 KIENBUSCH, CARL OTTO KRETZSCHMAR VON | Jupitagan River. New York: Privately printed by De Ray, ca. 1966

CARVER, JOHNATHAN | Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. London: Printed for C. Dilly [et al], 1781

11 CARVER, JOHNATHAN | Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768. London: Printed for C. Dilly [et al], 1781

CATLIN, GEORGE | Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. London: Published by the Author, at the Egyptian Hall, Picadilly, 1841

12 CATLIN, GEORGE | Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. London: Published by the Author, at the Egyptian Hall, Picadilly, 1841

[COMBE, WILLIAM] — THOMAS ROWLANDSON [ILLUSTRATOR] | The English Dance of Death. London: J. Diggens at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1815, 1816

13 [COMBE, WILLIAM] — THOMAS ROWLANDSON [ILLUSTRATOR] | The English Dance of Death. London: J. Diggens at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1815, 1816

CORNELL, M[ILTON]. L. | The Cruise of the Roaring Tarpon Club. [N.P., but Baltimore?: privately printed, ca. 1924]

14 CORNELL, M[ILTON]. L. | The Cruise of the Roaring Tarpon Club. [N.P., but Baltimore?: privately printed, ca. 1924]

CRAYON, GEOFFREY [WASHINGTON IRVING] | "The Angler" [in]: 'The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon'. Number VII. New York: C.S. Van Winkle, 1820

15 CRAYON, GEOFFREY [WASHINGTON IRVING] | "The Angler" [in]: 'The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon'. Number VII. New York: C.S. Van Winkle, 1820

CREALOCK, HENRY HOPE | Among the Red Deer, Sketches from Nature in the Forest. London: George Hogarth Turner, [N.D. ca. 1870]

16 CREALOCK, HENRY HOPE | Among the Red Deer, Sketches from Nature in the Forest. London: George Hogarth Turner, [N.D. ca. 1870]

[DAVIES, HENRY EUGENE, GENERAL] | Ten Days on the Plains. New York: Crocker & Co., [ca. 1872]

17 [DAVIES, HENRY EUGENE, GENERAL] | Ten Days on the Plains. New York: Crocker & Co., [ca. 1872]

[DERRYDALE PRESS] | A Group of Three Titles

18 [DERRYDALE PRESS] | A Group of Three Titles

DOUGHTY, CHARLES MONTAGU | Travels in Arabia Deserta. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1888

19 DOUGHTY, CHARLES MONTAGU | Travels in Arabia Deserta. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1888

DOUGHTY, JOHN, AND THOMAS DOUGHTY | The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports. Philadelphia: Published by J. Doughty, 1830, 1832, 1833 

20 DOUGHTY, JOHN, AND THOMAS DOUGHTY | The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports. Philadelphia: Published by J. Doughty, 1830, 1832, 1833 

D’OYLY, SIR CHARLES, AND CAPT. THOMAS WILLIAMSON | The Costume and Customs of Modern India; from a Collection of Drawings by Charles Doyley. London: Edward Orme, [c. 1824, plates watermarked 1821]

21 D’OYLY, SIR CHARLES, AND CAPT. THOMAS WILLIAMSON | The Costume and Customs of Modern India; from a Collection of Drawings by Charles Doyley. London: Edward Orme, [c. 1824, plates watermarked 1821]

D'OYLY, CHARLES, SIR | Behar Amateur Lithographic Press Scrapbook. [Patna:] Behar Lithographic Press, [1828?]

22 D'OYLY, CHARLES, SIR | Behar Amateur Lithographic Press Scrapbook. [Patna:] Behar Lithographic Press, [1828?]

D'OYLY, SIR CHARLES | Indian Sports. [Patna:] Behar Amateur Lithographic Press, [1828?]; [And]: No. 2: Indian Sports. [Patna:] Behar Amateur Lithographic Press, [1829?]

23 D'OYLY, SIR CHARLES | Indian Sports. [Patna:] Behar Amateur Lithographic Press, [1828?]; [And]: No. 2: Indian Sports. [Patna:] Behar Amateur Lithographic Press, [1829?]

ELLSWORTH, LINCOLN | The Last Wild Buffalo Hunt. New York: Privately Printed, 1916

24 ELLSWORTH, LINCOLN | The Last Wild Buffalo Hunt. New York: Privately Printed, 1916

EMORY, WILLIAM H. | Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1857-1859

25 EMORY, WILLIAM H. | Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1857-1859

FRANKLAND, THOMAS, SIR | Cautions for Young Sportsmen. London: James Robson, 1801

26 FRANKLAND, THOMAS, SIR | Cautions for Young Sportsmen. London: James Robson, 1801

FROST, A.B., AND FRANK R. STOCKTON | Sports and Games in the Open. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1899

28 FROST, A.B., AND FRANK R. STOCKTON | Sports and Games in the Open. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1899

[GAMBLING] — [JAMES HILDRETH] | Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains; being a History of the Enlistment, Organization, and First Campaigns of the Regiment of United States Dragoons; together with Incident of a Soldier's Life, and Sketches of Scenery and Indian Character. By a Dragoon. New York: Wiley & Long, 1836

29 [GAMBLING] — [JAMES HILDRETH] | Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains; being a History of the Enlistment, Organization, and First Campaigns of the Regiment of United States Dragoons; together with Incident of a Soldier's Life, and Sketches of Scenery and Indian Character. By a Dragoon. New York: Wiley & Long, 1836

GORDON, T[HOMAS] E[DWARD] | The Roof of the World, Being the Narrative of a Journey Over the High Plateau of Tibet to the Russian Frontier and the Oxus Sources on Pamir. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1876

30 GORDON, T[HOMAS] E[DWARD] | The Roof of the World, Being the Narrative of a Journey Over the High Plateau of Tibet to the Russian Frontier and the Oxus Sources on Pamir. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1876

[GREY, ZANE] | Tarpon the Silver King. New York: New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co., [N.D., ca. 1906]

31 [GREY, ZANE] | Tarpon the Silver King. New York: New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co., [N.D., ca. 1906]

GREY, ZANE  | Tales of Fishes. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1919

32 GREY, ZANE | Tales of Fishes. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1919

GREY, ZANE | Tales of Fishes. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1919

33 GREY, ZANE | Tales of Fishes. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1919

GREY, ZANE — BESSIE BETHAL CRANK [ILLUSTRATOR] | The Bonefish Brigade. [N.P.]: Privately Printed for the author, 1922

34 GREY, ZANE — BESSIE BETHAL CRANK [ILLUSTRATOR] | The Bonefish Brigade. [N.P.]: Privately Printed for the author, 1922

GREY, ZANE | Three Variant Copies of Tales of Swordfish and Tuna

35 GREY, ZANE | Three Variant Copies of Tales of Swordfish and Tuna

GREY, ZANE  |  Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928

36 GREY, ZANE | Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928

GRAY, ZANE | Autographed manuscript draft, signed, of "Australia's Big Game Fishing," published as "Australian Angling". [N.P.: N.D., ca. 1937] 

37 GRAY, ZANE | Autographed manuscript draft, signed, of "Australia's Big Game Fishing," published as "Australian Angling". [N.P.: N.D., ca. 1937] 

GREY, ZANE | A Pair of Titles Inscribed to His Wife, Dolly

38 GREY, ZANE | A Pair of Titles Inscribed to His Wife, Dolly

GREY, ZANE | A pair of Titles from His Personal Library

39 GREY, ZANE | A pair of Titles from His Personal Library

HALL, BASIL | Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Loo-Choo Island. London: John Murray, 1818

40 HALL, BASIL | Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Loo-Choo Island. London: John Murray, 1818

HAMILTON, DOUGLAS | 14 Lithographs by General Douglas Hamilton [c. 1865] 

41 HAMILTON, DOUGLAS | 14 Lithographs by General Douglas Hamilton [c. 1865] 

HEBER, REGINALD, LORD BISHOP OF CALCUTTA | 10 engraved proofs from Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India. London: John Murray, 1827

42 HEBER, REGINALD, LORD BISHOP OF CALCUTTA | 10 engraved proofs from Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India. London: John Murray, 1827

ABBOTT, HENRY  | A complete collection of Abbott's "Birch Bark" Christmas gift books, with 17 duplicate volumes. New York: Privately Printed, 1914-1932

43 ABBOTT, HENRY | A complete collection of Abbott's "Birch Bark" Christmas gift books, with 17 duplicate volumes. New York: Privately Printed, 1914-1932

[HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM (FRANK FORESTER)] | Fishing With Hook and Line: A Manual for Amateur Anglers. Containing Descriptions of Popular Fishes and Their Habits, Preparation of Baits, &c. &c. New York: Published at the Brother Jonathan Office, [1858]

44 [HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM (FRANK FORESTER)] | Fishing With Hook and Line: A Manual for Amateur Anglers. Containing Descriptions of Popular Fishes and Their Habits, Preparation of Baits, &c. &c. New York: Published at the Brother Jonathan Office, [1858]

HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM [FRANK FORESTER] | The Warwick Woodlands, or Things as They Were, Ten Years Ago. By Frank Forester. Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co., 1845

45 HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM [FRANK FORESTER] | The Warwick Woodlands, or Things as They Were, Ten Years Ago. By Frank Forester. Philadelphia: G.B. Zieber & Co., 1845

[INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING SKETCHBOOK] — LIEUT. THOMAS EDEN BLACKWELL | Lieut. Blackwell 13th Light Infantry. Indian, Burmese, and Swiss Sketches. Various Places: ca. 1826-1830

46 [INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING SKETCHBOOK] — LIEUT. THOMAS EDEN BLACKWELL | Lieut. Blackwell 13th Light Infantry. Indian, Burmese, and Swiss Sketches. Various Places: ca. 1826-1830

[INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING SKETCHBOOK] — CHARLES F. GILBERT | 47 Original Watercolors of Kashmir and Burma. [N.P.: N.D., ca. 1880-1890] 

47 [INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING SKETCHBOOK] — CHARLES F. GILBERT | 47 Original Watercolors of Kashmir and Burma. [N.P.: N.D., ca. 1880-1890] 

[INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING SKETCHBOOK] — D.H.S | Over the Hills and Far Away. [Kashmir: 1890]

48 [INDIA — TRAVEL AND SPORTING SKETCHBOOK] — D.H.S | Over the Hills and Far Away. [Kashmir: 1890]

[INDIA — ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS] — LIEUT. J. F. IRWIN | An journal account with 36 original watercolors and pen and ink drawings. Kashmir: ca. 1875-1876

49 [INDIA — ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS] — LIEUT. J. F. IRWIN | An journal account with 36 original watercolors and pen and ink drawings. Kashmir: ca. 1875-1876