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A SPORTING PILGRIMAGE. RIDING TO HOUNDS, GOLF, ROWING, FOOTBALL, CLUB AND UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS. STUDIES IN ENGLISH SPORT, PAST AND PRESENT.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895.
397 pages. Frontispiece by Remington and otherwise profusely illustrated from photographs and drawings. Octavo, 9 x 6 inches. Red cloth with black and gilt pictorial design.
First edition. A bright copy, with only the head of the spine showing some wear. Whitney was a major proponent of the outdoors and sporting pursuits. He was a founding member of the Explorers Club (1904) and president of the American Olympic Committee in 1908.
Price: $150.00
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Corpus Christi, Texas: The Chamber of Commerce, circa 1945.
Folding brochure, opening to a large, colored map measuring 18 x 16 inches. A fine copy.
Shown are various regions for catching both deep see and "light tackle" fish. With insets for Port Arkansas, Corpus Christi and Laguna Madre & Baffin Bay.
Price: $45.00
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MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR. BY THE AUTHOR OF "HANDLEY CROSS," "JORROCKS'S JAUNTS" ETC. ETC.
London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co., Circa 1853.
408 pages. With 13 hand-colored steel-engravings by John Leech. Octavo, 9 x 5 1/2 inches. Publishers pale red cloth with gilt-pictorial design; head of spine torn, spine sun bleached; hinges weak. With the bookplate of Isaac T. Norris.
Price: $120.00
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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER; OR, THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION...
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1948.
316 pages. Illustrated with engravings and reproductions of wash drawings by Douglas W. Gorsline. Small folio (13 x 8 1/2 inches); vellum backed boards; board slipcase present but torn.
One of 1500 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator. A handsome production, printed in letterpress by the Aldus Printers.
Price: $150.00
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