Portland, ME: Chisholm Brothers, 1917. 8vo. A handsome WW I-Era Guide to the White Mountains of New Hampshire complete with original folding maps. Trade paperback. Profusely illustrated with historic black-and-white photos. 174pp. plus ads. The three maps are: 1. Bird's Eye View of the White Mountains... More
Boston, MA: The Appalachian Mountain Club, 1968. 2nd Edition. 16mo. 1968 2nd Edition of this Maine Hiking classic, complete with all folding and page maps. Tan cloth with titling stamped in dark brown. Square tight binding. Clean interior, Complete with all seven maps, including all five folding maps..... More
Bridgeport, CT: The Bridgeport Standard, 1903. A lot of seven original 1903 newspapers covering then very first World Series, between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates. These issues feature inside-page headline reports covering the likes of Hall of Fame All-Timers Cy Young, Honus Wagner, Jimmy Collins, Fred..... More
Pinehurst, NC: Pinehurst Resort, 1996. A strikingly beautiful presentation of scorecards from two of Pinehurst's celebrated courses, including #1, the first of the resort's courses, opened in 1898. The cards, both of which feature colorful maps of the links as they were in 1996, the year that #8..... More
Macks Inn, Idaho: 2002. 1st Edition. 8vo. An oblong trade paperback devoted to telling the history of this private Idaho Fly Fishing club. "The North Fork Club is a private fishing club that has been in existence for over 100 years. It is located in the township of Island..... More
North Conway, NH: Mountain Pond Publishing, 1993. 1st Edition. Quarto. A RARE five-volume set, one of just 15 copies of the 'Author's Edition' published, this being set #2, Farrow Allen's own set, presumably set #1 having gone to Stewart. Handwritten on the front endpaper of each volume is..... More
London: A & C Black, 1926. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1926 presumed 1st Edition Golf tutorial from one of Britain's leading professional golfers of the early 20th century. 189pp, plus ads. Blue cloth with titling stamped in gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for a very..... More
Oxford University Press, 2020. 1st Edition. 8vo. Charcoal grey cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. 300pp. Binding and dust jacket in as-new condition. Black and white illustrations. Presents handsomely in a clear, archival mylar dust jacket. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1901. 1st Edition. Duodecimo. A beautiful turn-of-the-last-century golf history. Citing an ever-growing number of serious treatises on the game of golf, Bantock here provides a mixed variety of shorts on the "romance, follies, and foibles of the pastime and its players." 167pp..... More
New York: Penguin Press HC, 2005. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Edition copy in brand new condition, signed in black marker by the NBA Hall of Famer on the title page. Quarter red cloth. Square tight binding. 236pp. Clean interior. Dust jacket Fine. Presents handsomely in archival mylar. More
Cambridge, Maryland: Tidewater Publishers, 1977. 1st Edition. Quarto. A vibrant narrative of the Ward brothers' lives and their achievements, increasingly difficult to find. This copy signed on the front endpaper by all three authors. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine with large gilt duck illustration..... More
Herff Jones University Publications, 1981. 1st Edition. Quarto. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Mild to moderate soiling to boards. Light foxing to outer pages. Presents handsomely in a clear, Archival mylar dust jacket. More
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, Ltd, 1926. 1st Edition. 8vo. A Darwin 1st Edition classic in a beautiful fine binding. A wonderful anthology covering all things all things sporting, such as golf, football, hunting, fishing, dogs, etc...from acclaimed writers such as Surtees, Nimrod, Dickens, Stevenson, Pepys, Darwin and many..... More
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1935. `1st Edition. Quarto. A spectacular collection of 1930s Great Depression Era Polo drawings, this 1935 Signed Limited Edition is housed in a custom clamshell box of half red morocco, with five-sided folding portfolio enclosure. Printed on unwatermarked vellum finished paper with 50 black..... More
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1986. 8vo. A nice seven-volume set from one of America's most beloved outdoors authors. Gilt-stamped maroon faux leather. Illustrated with photos and drawings by various artists of the time. Gilt-stamped slipcase. Bindings and slipcase in Near Fine condition, with some of the..... More
Edinburgh: R. & R. Clark Limited, 1912. 1st Edition. 8vo. A very nice 1st edition of a scarce Scottish Golf book, illustrated with turn of the century black and white plates. Red cloth, with titling and front-board seal in black. 68pp. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Spine lightly sunned..... More
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1937. 1st Edition. 8vo. A scarce and desirable Limited edition from the Derrydale Press on the selection and training of horses. This edition was limited to just 1250 copies, this being number 834. Quarter smooth black elastic over green cloth. Titling..... More
A colorful Fine Art Limited Edition Print of three fishing buddies walking along the beach back to their pontoon plane with their catch for the day. This piece is number 24 of 450 published. Signed by Clarke in pencil in the lower right corner... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1928. 1st edition. 8vo. A sublime 1928 1st Edition of this Darwin masterpiece, widely regarded as his most beloved work. This was the first of three autobiographies by the preeminent golf writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and one of the..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1934. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1934 1st Edition in a gorgeous Fine Binding of 3/4 black morocco over marbled paper. Widely credited with creating the vocation of Golf Writing, Darwin was a grandson of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, a world-class amateur golfer..... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1936. 1st Edition. 8vo. A lovely 1936 1st Edition in the extremely scarce original colorfully-illustrated dust jacket. Widely credited with creating the vocation of Golf Writing, Darwin was a grandson of the British naturalist Charles Darwin, a world-class amateur golfer, and is a member..... More
Concord, NH: Edson C. Eastman, 1872. 10th Edition. Duodecimo. A very early hiking and travel guide to the iconic White Mountains of New Hampshire, complete with two original fold-out maps. Published shortly after the end of the Civil War, when America, in its post war recovery haze, was just..... More
Schiffer, 1980. 1st Edition. Quarto. A lovely 1st Edition copy, signed and inscribed by Fleckenstein on the title page in blue ink, and dated 1980. Burgundy leather with titling in gilt. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Profusely illustrated with full-color and black-and-white photographs. 144pp. Outer pages and text block..... More
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1927. 1st Edition. 8vo. A beautiful 1st Limited Edition of this Eastern Pennsylvania Fishing classic, this being number 22 of just 423 printed. 41pp. Quarter cream cloth over patterned paper-covered boards. Square tight binding. Clean interior. title pastedowns on front and spine. Upper..... More
New York: MacMillan and Co., 1937. 1st Edition. 8vo. A handsome 1937 1st Edition, scarce in original dust jacket. Green cloth with titling stamped in gilt. 411pp. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous owner signature to front pastedown. Black and white photos. Illustrated dust jacket with mild..... More