[Rarebooks] fs: Hunting & Fishing (8 books)

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(No. 6303 )  Blogg, Percy Thayer. THERE ARE NO DULL DARK DAYS.
Baltimore: H. G. Roebuck & Son, (1944). First printing, Full cloth, Octavo, 
92 pages, black & white photographs, drawings. Very Good.
      Memories of trout fishing and hunting duck, goose, swan, and upland 
game birds along the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland's Eastern Shore. Perce 
Blogg was an expert waterfowl hunter and long time member of the Miller's 
Island Ducking Club and the Seneca Ducking Club. HAND #B370. Bound in green 
cloth over boards with black stamped spine and upper board titles, color 
illustration laid onto upper board. A few shallow edge wrinkles and tiny 
rubs at spine ends. No prior ownership marks, hinges sound.    $200.00
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(No. 9056 )  [Cheever, Byron]. WARD BROS..
[Heber City, UT]: North American Decoys, [1971]. Full cloth, Quarto, [x], 31 
pages, [plus 33 leaves of plates], color & black & white photographs, 
sketches. Very Good.
      The story of Lemuel T. Ward and Stephen Ward, the famous wildfowl 
counterfeiting brothers of Crisfield, Maryland. Nicely illustrated, some 
photographs of the decoys in color. PRATT, EASTERN SHORE #900. Bound in 
light green cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt and upper board 
titled and illustrated in gilt. Minor edge wear at spine ends, faint 
browning along spine.    $65.00
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(No. 7228 )  Harris, William C. THE ANGLER'S GUIDE BOOK AND TOURISTS' 
GAZETTEER OF THE FISHING WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 1885.
New York: The American Angler, (1884). First printing, Full cloth, 
Duodecimo, 250, xxx, [viii] pages. Good.
      Guide to over 7,000 angling waters, giving information on the cost of 
guides, boats, and accommodations, best months for fishing, favored methods 
used by locals, how best to reach the sites, and more. Nice section of 
advertisements at rear featuring tackle, rubber waders, railroad lines, 
hotels, etc. HAND #H161. Bound in dark green pebbled cloth over boards with 
gilt-stamped spine and upper board. Mild rubs to cloth, some fraying at 
extremities. Both front and rear endpapers split along hinges, textblock 
still secure in binding. Some age toning and a few finger soil marks inside. 
$100.00
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(No. 9053 )  McKinney, J[oseph]. Evans. DECOYS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA FLATS AND 
THEIR MAKERS.
Hockessin, DE: Holly Press, (1978). First printing, Paperback, Quarto, viii, 
9-96 pages, color and black & white photographs. Very Good.
      History of waterfowling and decoy use in this specific area of 
Maryland, followed by the biographies of 36 known local decoy makers. There 
is also discussion of sink boxes, bushwhack rigs, guns, and modern decoy 
making as well. The author grew up in Elkton, made decoys (he includes 
himself herein), and was a recognized authority on the subject. SIGNED by 
McKinney on title page. PRATT, EASTERN SHORE #899. Bound in glossy pictorial 
covers with some fading along spine and top edges of covers, minor bump at 
head of spine, slight edge rubs to covers. Prior owner stamp at top edge of 
half title.    $50.00
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(No. 7229 )  Orvis, Charles F. and A. Nelson Cheney. FISHING WITH THE FLY: 
SKETCHES BY LOVERS OF THE ART, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF STANDARD FLIES.
Manchester, VT: C. F. Orvis, 1883. First printing, Full cloth, Duodecimo, 
[iv], 302 pages, Colored plates. Good.
      Collection of 22 fishing stories, including F. E. Pond on the Poetry 
of Fly Fishing; Seth Green on How to Cast a Fly; L. A. Beardslee on the 
Salmon and Trout of Alaska; Fred Mather on the Grayling; A. Louis Miner, Jr. 
on Fly-Fishing in the Yosemite; and much more. Illustrated with 15 color 
plates lithographed by Milton Bradley and showing flies made by Charles 
Orvis. BRUNS #O18; HAND #O97. Bound in original mustard-colored decorated 
cloth over boards. Title page illustration by Vedder. Some mild bumps and 
rubbing to cloth at spine ends, with slight fraying at top fore corners of 
boards. Cloth is splitting along bottom 1.25" of lower joint. Front hinge 
cracked, a couple of signatures beginning to pull. Overall an attractive 
copy but with the mechanics of the binding weakening.    $350.00
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(No. 7352 )  Queeny, Edgar M., with sketches by Richard E. Bishop. PRAIRIE 
WINGS: PEN AND CAMERA FLIGHT STUDIES.
New York: Ducks Unlimited, Inc., 1946. First printing, Full cloth, Folio, 
xiv, 256 pages, black & white photographs, sketches. Fine, No dust jacket.
      A wonderful study of the migratory birds hunted in Arkansas' Grand 
Prairie. Of great interest here are the detailed photographs and Bishop's 
sketches analyzing the mechanics of these birds' flight. Also has chapters 
on hunting, retrievers, hunting with the camera, etc. Addenda include camera 
notes, and an interesting piece titled "Rudiments of Flight," by aviation 
pioneer Glenn Martin. Good bibliography. HAND #Q5. Bound in brown cloth over 
boards with dark brown spine and upper board lettering, gilt embossed 
medallion on upper board, pictorial endpapers, tissue-guarded color 
frontispiece painting by Bishop. Beautiful copy.    $125.00
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(No. 9058 )  Richardson, R[ichard]. H[arvey]. (Editor). CHESAPEAKE BAY 
DECOYS, THE MEN WHO MADE AND USED THEM.
Cambridge: Crow Haven / Tidewater Publishers, (1973). Revised and Corrected 
Edition, Hardcover, Quarto, vi, 200 pages, black and white photographs, 
drawings, maps. Near Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket, Jacket in Mylar 
protector.
      History of counterfeit wildfowl in a region that fathered more decoys 
than all other areas combined. Includes swans, hawks, hanners, and 
scissorbills in addition to ducks and geese, and covers the Susquehanna 
Flats, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and Kent, Talbot, Dorchester, and 
Somerset Counties in Maryland. There is a chapter on sporting yachts by 
Henry Fleckstein. PRATT, EASTERN SHORE #902. Bound in dark green textured 
paper over boards with spine titled in gilt. Minor extremity rubs, a few 
specks of foxing to top edge of textblock. Jacket has minor edge wear and 
some light soil to rear panel.    $75.00
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(No. 8445 )  Seth, John B. and Mary W. Seth. RECOLLECTIONS OF A LONG LIFE ON 
THE EASTERN SHORE.
(Easton): (Press of the Star-Democrat), [1926]. First printing, Hardcover, 
Duodecimo, 82 pages, Black & White photographs. Fine.
      Uncommon memoir of life in Talbot County from pre-Civil War days to 
the early 20th century. Seth reminisces about hunting, fishing, gardens and 
houses, technological changes in his lifetime, and the general pleasantness 
of life on the Eastern Shore. His family owned slaves before the Civil War 
and he gives several interesting anecdotes about them and the effects of the 
War on this lifestyle. PRATT, EASTERN SHORE #148. Bound in paper over boards 
with gilt title on upper board, decorative endpapers. Minor rubs at 
extremities.    $75.00
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