A River Runs Through It and Other Stories -
Norman Maclean
1976 - The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London - First Edition
‘In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing’
A freshly landed first edition of Maclean’s beautiful first book and the first work of fiction to be published by the University of Chicago Press, where he had been a professor for many years. Maclean had told versions of these stories, over the years, to a number of people who encouraged him, finally, to write them down at the age of eighty.
‘We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen.’
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1976 - The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London - First Edition
‘In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing’A freshly landed first edition of Maclean’s beautiful first book and the first work of fiction to be published by the University of Chicago Press, where he had been a professor for many years. Maclean had told versions of these stories, over the years, to a number of people who encouraged him, finally, to write them down at the age of eighty.
‘We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen.’
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Heroes and Heroines of the Grand National -
Finch Mason
1911 - The Biographical Press, London - Second Edition (Revised with Addenda)
‘Embellished with illustrations of Winners where procurable, portraits of owners, trainers, jockeys, etc., and six colour plates from original drawings by the author.’
Second and best edition, in the publisher’s deluxe morocco leather binding, with an additional six colour plates no included in the trade edition, together with 61 black and white plates, 27 in-text illustrations, and one folding plate of the ‘Liverpool Grand National’ course (opposite page 121).
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1911 - The Biographical Press, London - Second Edition (Revised with Addenda)
‘Embellished with illustrations of Winners where procurable, portraits of owners, trainers, jockeys, etc., and six colour plates from original drawings by the author.’Second and best edition, in the publisher’s deluxe morocco leather binding, with an additional six colour plates no included in the trade edition, together with 61 black and white plates, 27 in-text illustrations, and one folding plate of the ‘Liverpool Grand National’ course (opposite page 121).
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Glimpses of China. A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating Chinese life and surroundings -
Donald Mennie
Circa 1920 - A. S. Watson &, 16 Nanking Road - First Edition
A clean and superior example of this work by the Scottish born Donald Mennie, published by A. S. Watson in Shanghai.
Presenting thirty large photogravure plates tipped onto a dark brown background each with Mennie’s personal descriptive text.
In the publisher’s original card wrappers, without soiling, stains, chips or foxing, scarce as such.
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Circa 1920 - A. S. Watson &, 16 Nanking Road - First Edition
A clean and superior example of this work by the Scottish born Donald Mennie, published by A. S. Watson in Shanghai.Presenting thirty large photogravure plates tipped onto a dark brown background each with Mennie’s personal descriptive text.
In the publisher’s original card wrappers, without soiling, stains, chips or foxing, scarce as such.
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China North & South. A Series of Vandyck Photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings -
Donald Mennie
Circa 1920 - A. S. Watson &, 16 Nanking Road - First Edition
A clean and superior example of this work by the Scottish born Donald Mennie, published by A. S. Watson in Shanghai.
The first edition, in the publisher’s original card wrappers, without chips or foxing, scarce as such.
Presenting thirty large photogravure plates tipped onto a dark green background each with Mennie’s personal descriptive text.
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Price HK$ 18,000
Circa 1920 - A. S. Watson &, 16 Nanking Road - First Edition
A clean and superior example of this work by the Scottish born Donald Mennie, published by A. S. Watson in Shanghai.The first edition, in the publisher’s original card wrappers, without chips or foxing, scarce as such.
Presenting thirty large photogravure plates tipped onto a dark green background each with Mennie’s personal descriptive text.
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The History and Romance of the Derby -
Edward Moorhouse
1911 - The Biographical Press, London - Second Edition, with Addenda dealing with the years 1908-1911
Two large heavy volumes of this comprehensive work, whose title explains what lies within.
Wonderfully and profusely illustrated with twelve engraved plates and one hundred and sixty photogravures.
First published as ‘The Romance of the Derby’ in 1908, and then expanded into this second edition with volume II adding the years 1908-1911, together with a list of horses which have run in the Derby from 1780-1907.
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1911 - The Biographical Press, London - Second Edition, with Addenda dealing with the years 1908-1911
Two large heavy volumes of this comprehensive work, whose title explains what lies within.Wonderfully and profusely illustrated with twelve engraved plates and one hundred and sixty photogravures.
First published as ‘The Romance of the Derby’ in 1908, and then expanded into this second edition with volume II adding the years 1908-1911, together with a list of horses which have run in the Derby from 1780-1907.
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The History of Java -
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
1817 - Printed for Black, London - First Edition
A beautiful first edition set of this landmark work one of only 900 copies, formerly from the library of Lord Grenville in his contemporary armourial bindings.
A magnificent survey of the customs, dress, language, religion, culture, and history of the Javanese people as written by Thomas Stamford Raffles, British colonial agent cum Imperial statesman and later founder of modern Singapore. Illustrated throughout.
‘The marriage of a scientifically original text with beautiful illustrations by an accomplished aquatint engraver resulted in a book about Indonesia of outstanding quality; indeed a masterpiece.’ - Bastin and Brommer.
Those illustrations include a large folding engraved Map of Java outlined in colour, ten finely hand coloured aquatint costume plates engraved by William Daniell who visited the island in 1785 and 1793, two soft-ground etched frontispieces, nine engraved vignettes, and fifty six black and white plates which include one map, seven of temples (one of which is double page), two musical scores, ten of alphabets and inscriptions, eight of weapons and tools, two of musical instruments and masks, and twenty six others.
‘In 1817 appeared the monumental work of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826). He was interested in every aspect of his subject, and devotes whole sections to Javan ethics, literature, poetry, music and musical instruments, drama, games of skill and methods of hunting, besides the more ordinary matters of interest, population, natural history, religion, antiquities, and the military system. At the end of the second volume a hundred and fifty pages are given up to the comparative vocabularies of Java and the neighbouring islands, and the whole is a unique monument erected by a great ruler to those over whom he rules, and incidentally, to his own honour, stands very high in its own class and the aquatint plates are full of interest’ - Prideaux.
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1817 - Printed for Black, London - First Edition
A beautiful first edition set of this landmark work one of only 900 copies, formerly from the library of Lord Grenville in his contemporary armourial bindings.A magnificent survey of the customs, dress, language, religion, culture, and history of the Javanese people as written by Thomas Stamford Raffles, British colonial agent cum Imperial statesman and later founder of modern Singapore. Illustrated throughout.
‘The marriage of a scientifically original text with beautiful illustrations by an accomplished aquatint engraver resulted in a book about Indonesia of outstanding quality; indeed a masterpiece.’ - Bastin and Brommer.
Those illustrations include a large folding engraved Map of Java outlined in colour, ten finely hand coloured aquatint costume plates engraved by William Daniell who visited the island in 1785 and 1793, two soft-ground etched frontispieces, nine engraved vignettes, and fifty six black and white plates which include one map, seven of temples (one of which is double page), two musical scores, ten of alphabets and inscriptions, eight of weapons and tools, two of musical instruments and masks, and twenty six others.
‘In 1817 appeared the monumental work of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826). He was interested in every aspect of his subject, and devotes whole sections to Javan ethics, literature, poetry, music and musical instruments, drama, games of skill and methods of hunting, besides the more ordinary matters of interest, population, natural history, religion, antiquities, and the military system. At the end of the second volume a hundred and fifty pages are given up to the comparative vocabularies of Java and the neighbouring islands, and the whole is a unique monument erected by a great ruler to those over whom he rules, and incidentally, to his own honour, stands very high in its own class and the aquatint plates are full of interest’ - Prideaux.
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History of the British Turf. From The Earliest Times To The Present Day -
James Rice
1879 - Sampson Low, London - First Edition
An appropriately bound set, of this comprehensive work on the history of British horse racing, retaining the original gilt illustrated covers.
Race tracks, famous horses, famous races, peppered with anecdotes, betting, successful jockeys, owners, pedigrees, race tracks. Entertaining and comprehensive.
Penned by James Rice, a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn, educated at Queens’ College Cambridge. Illustrated with frontispieces, a plan of Newmarket Heath, enhanced with tables listing winners, and a bibliography.
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1879 - Sampson Low, London - First Edition
An appropriately bound set, of this comprehensive work on the history of British horse racing, retaining the original gilt illustrated covers.Race tracks, famous horses, famous races, peppered with anecdotes, betting, successful jockeys, owners, pedigrees, race tracks. Entertaining and comprehensive.
Penned by James Rice, a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn, educated at Queens’ College Cambridge. Illustrated with frontispieces, a plan of Newmarket Heath, enhanced with tables listing winners, and a bibliography.
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Venus in Furs -
Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch Von Lemberg
1947 - Privately printed for the Sylvan Press, New York - The First American Trade Edition
First trade edition in English of Von Sacher-Masoch’s classic novel. Although not approved of by Sacher-Masoch, the terms Masochism and Sadomasochism (together with the Marquis de Sade) are derived from his name.
‘Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now bleed for me’ [Venus in Furs – The Velvet Underground, 1967]
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1947 - Privately printed for the Sylvan Press, New York - The First American Trade Edition
First trade edition in English of Von Sacher-Masoch’s classic novel. Although not approved of by Sacher-Masoch, the terms Masochism and Sadomasochism (together with the Marquis de Sade) are derived from his name.‘Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now bleed for me’ [Venus in Furs – The Velvet Underground, 1967]
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