Sale 23SP01 | Catalogue

Sporting & Travel Books

Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 10am EST | New York

Sporting & Travel Books | Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 10am EST

Lot 62

[BENSON, FRANK] PAFF, ADAM E.M. Etchings and Drypoints by Frank W. Benson.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $756 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 63

[BOOK PLATES - FEARING, DANIEL B.] A Catalogue of an Exhibition of Angling Book Plates Forming the Collection of Daniel B. Fear...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $100 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 64

CLARK, ROLAND Etchings.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 65

CLARK, ROLAND Stray Shots.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $378 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 66

COBB, BERT Hunting Dogs. With an Article by Freeman Lloyd

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $100 - $150

Sold for $189 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 67

HOCHBAUM, H.[ANS] ALBERT The Canvasback on a Prairie Marsh.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $220 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 68

Carl Kauba Austrian/American, 1865-1922 Side-Shot

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $500 - $800

Unsold

Lot 69

[WILDFOWL ART] JONES, HENRY and others. The Wildfowl Paintings of Henry Jones.

C Property from the Collection of Alistair Bradley Martin

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $126 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 70

RIPLEY, ALDEN LASSELL Original drawings for the 1942-1943 Federal Duck Stamp, American Widgeon

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $504 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 71

[RUNGIUS, CARL] SCHALDACH, WILLIAM J. Carl Rungius. Big Game Hunter. Fifty Years with Brush and Rifle.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold for $1,260 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - RUNGIUS, CARL MORNING MIST (CROUCH 12)

Lot 72

RUNGIUS, CARL MORNING MIST (CROUCH 12) Etching and drypoint, 1925, signed in pencil, framed. Plate 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. A number of...

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $945 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 73

SCHALDACH, WILLIAM Fish by Schaldach. Collected Etchings, Drawings and Water Colors of Trout, Salmon and other Game Fish.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $100 - $150

Sold for $63 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - SEEREY-LESTER, JOHN Original painting titled Departure at Daybreak.

Lot 74

SEEREY-LESTER, JOHN Original painting titled Departure at Daybreak. Oil on panel depicting Roosevelt on horseback being led...

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold for $2,394 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - SEEREY-LESTER, JOHN Original painting titled The Bear-Slayer.

Lot 75

SEEREY-LESTER, JOHN Original painting titled The Bear-Slayer. Acrylic on board. Signed lower right. 9 x 12 inches (23 x 30 c...

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Unsold

Lot 76

[FEDERAL DUCK STAMPS] WILLIS, ARTHUR , Jr. The Federal Duck Stamp. 1934-1953/1954-[1970s].

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $409 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [HUNTING - AFRICA] ALEXANDER, BOYD, Lieutenant [and TALBOT, PERCY A.]. From the Niger to the Nile.

Lot 77

[HUNTING - AFRICA] ALEXANDER, BOYD, Lieutenant [and TALBOT, PERCY A.]. From the Niger to the Nile. London: Edward Arnold, 19...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $819 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 78

[HUNTING- HIMALAYAS] BAIRNSFATHER, PETER ROBERT.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $409 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 79

BARCLAY, EDGAR N. Big Game Shooting Records. Together with biographical notes and anecdotes on the most prominent big game hunt...

Estimate: $30 - $40

Sold for $37 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [BIG GAME HUNTING--AFRICA] Three works.

Lot 80

[BIG GAME HUNTING--AFRICA] Three works. Comprising FOÀ, EDOUARD. After Big Game in Central Africa. London: Adam & Char...

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $378 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 81

[BIG GAME HUNTING--EPHEMERA] Two ephemeral items.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 82

[BIG GAME HUNTING--EPHEMERA] Nine pieces of ephemera dealing with various aspects of big game hunting, including competitions, taxid...

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $409 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 83

[BIG GAME HUNTING] Three titles.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $1,197 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 84

[HUNTING - AFRICA] BRYDEN, H. A. Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend, and Natural History in Cape Colony, with a notice of the game bird...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - CHURCHILL, WINSTON My African Journey.

Lot 85

CHURCHILL, WINSTON My African Journey. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First edition. Publishers pictorial red cloth. 7...

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $220 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [HUNTING] CARPENTER, R. R. M. Two limited edition hunting memoirs by the author.

Lot 86

[HUNTING] CARPENTER, R. R. M. Two limited edition hunting memoirs by the author. Comprises Game Trails from Alaska to Afr...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold for $598 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [AFRICA - BIG GAME HUNTING] CARPENTER, R. R. M. My African Safari.

Lot 87

[AFRICA - BIG GAME HUNTING] CARPENTER, R. R. M. My African Safari. New York:

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $250 - $350

Sold for $378 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 88

COBBOLD, RALPH P. Innermost Asia. Travel & Sport in the Pamirs.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $283 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [SPORTING] DAVY, G. BURTON. Saga of the Rockies.

Lot 89

[SPORTING] DAVY, G. BURTON. Saga of the Rockies. Manchester, N. H.: Lew A. Cummings Co., [circa 1944]. Inscribed by the auth...

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $378 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [HUNTING - NEW ZEALAND] DONNE, CAPT. T.E. The Game Animals of New Zealand.

Lot 90

[HUNTING - NEW ZEALAND] DONNE, CAPT. T.E. The Game Animals of New Zealand. London: John Murray, 1924. First edition. Publish...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $157 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 91

[BIG GAME] DOWSETT, J. MOREWOOD Big Game and Big Life.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for $189 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 92

[HUNTING - AFRICA] DRUMMOND, W. H. The Large Game And Natural History of South and South-East Africa. From the Journals of the...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $189 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 93

[HUNTING] [EASTMAN, GEORGE]. Chronicles of an African Trip.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $100 - $200

Unsold

Lot 94

FERNANDES DAS NEVES, D[IOCLECIANO]. A Hunting Expedition to the Transvaal.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $220 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 95

[HUNTING - AFRICA] FOA, EDOUARD After big game in Central Africa; records of a sportsman from August 1894 to November 1897, whe...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $220 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 96

FORAN, W. ROBERT Kill: Or Be Killed. The Rambling Reminiscences of an Amateur Hunter.

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $100 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - HEMINGWAY, ERNEST Green Hills of Africa.

Lot 97

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST Green Hills of Africa. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1935. First edition, first issue with A to cop...

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $882 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [HUNTING - HIMALAYAS] A group of three books about hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet,

Lot 98

[HUNTING - HIMALAYAS] A group of three books about hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet, including: HAUGHTON, H. L. Sport &...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 99

[INDIA - HUNTING] Four works.

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $200 - $400

Sold for $189 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 100

MAXWELL, MARIUS Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $598 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [HUNTING] MOCHI, UGO and DONALD T. CARTER Hoofed Mammals of The World.

Lot 101

[HUNTING] MOCHI, UGO and DONALD T. CARTER Hoofed Mammals of The World. New York: Scribners, 1953. First edition, signed by...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for $50 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 102

[SPORTING] NIEDIECK, PAUL. [PLOETZ, R.A.-trans.] Two books.

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $189 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - SELOUS, FREDERICK COURTENEY Signed card, framed, together with a collection of nine books by the author.

Lot 103

SELOUS, FREDERICK COURTENEY Signed card, framed, together with a collection of nine books by the author. The lot comprises,...

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $693 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 104

SELOUS, PERCY and H. A. BRYDEN Travel and Big Game.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $60 - $80

Sold for $113 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [HUNTING - AFRICA] STIGAND, C. H. Hunting the Elephant in Africa and Other Recollections of Thirteen Years Wanderings.

Lot 105

[HUNTING - AFRICA] STIGAND, C. H. Hunting the Elephant in Africa and Other Recollections of Thirteen Years Wanderings. New...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $441 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 106

STIGAND, CAPT[AIN] C[HAUNCEY] H[UGH] The Game of British East Africa.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $63 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 107

[AFRICA - BIG GAME HUNTING] Two works by C. H. Stigand.

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 108

SWAYNE, C. Lake Victoria. A Narrative of Explorations in Search of the Source of the Nile compiled from the memoirs of Captains Spek...

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $113 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 109

[HUNTING] WARD, ROWLAND. Records of Big Game, Containing an Account of Their Distribution, Descriptions of Species, Lengths, an...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $80 - $120

Sold for $56 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 110

[SPORTING - TAXIDERMY] WARD, ROWLAND. The Sportsmans Handbook to Practical Collecting, Preserving, and Artistic Setting-Up of...

C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $60 - $80

Sold for $37 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 111

[WOMAN TRAVELLER] FRENCH-SHELDON, M., BEBE BWANA. Sultan to Sultan. Adventures among the Masai and Other Tribes of East Africa.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for $126 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 112

[ANGLING] Fishermans Verse.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $70 - $100

Sold for $252 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [ANGLING] Two nineteenth century angling books,

Lot 113

[ANGLING] Two nineteenth century angling books, including: OLIVER, STEPHEN [=CHATTO, WILLIAM ANDREW] Scenes and Recollect...

C Property from the Collection of Alistair Bradley Martin

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $126 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 114

[ANGLING - FINE BINDINGS] A group of five finely-bound nineteenth century angling and hunting books.

C Property from the Collection of Alistair Bradley Martin

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $283 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 115

[ANGLING] Two eighteenth century angling works.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $315 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 116

[ANGLING] Five 19th century works on angling.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $315 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 117

[ANGLING] The Whole Art of Fishing; Being a Collection and Improvement of All that Has Been Written upon This Subject, with Many New...

C Property from the Collection of Alistair Bradley Martin

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $283 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [ANGLING] Four fly fishing manuals.

Lot 118

[ANGLING] Four fly fishing manuals. Comprising MOSELY, MARTIN E. The Dry-Fly Fishermans Entomology. London: George Routledge and So...

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $94 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 119

[ANGLING] NEWBERRY, ARTHUR ST. JOHN. Another Catch: More Fugitive Notes on Sport and Other Things.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $315 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 120

[ANGLING] Seven titles in eight volumes on angling and related matters, all in fine bindings.

C Property from the Collection of Alistair Bradley Martin

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $378 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 121

[ANGLING] Four 19th century works on angling.

C The Property of a New England Family

Estimate: $150 - $250

Sold for $189 (includes buyer's premium)