Published by New York, New York, 1937
Seller: High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, U.S.A.
24x16 cm. Original cloth with red morocco label. fine condition. One of 400 copies. 134, [2] pp, 12 plates. Lists 392 titles with different editions noted.
Barnes, New York, 1953, revised and enlarged edition, reprinted from the 1937, with a signed inscription from the compiler: "To Ronald Macdonald, New York's Best Bookbinder" - Macdonald owned the James Macdonald bindery. Illustrated with reproductions of title pages. 6" x 9.5". 234 pp. Grey cloth, bookplate of The Ronald Macdonald Memorial Room of the Rye Public Library. Very good.
Grolier Club, New York, 1937, one of 400 copies. Illustrated with a decorated title page and b&w plates. 6.25" x 9.5". 135 pp. Light brown cloth, red leather front cover label. A useful, annotated checklist. "The aim.is to include all sporting books printed in the United States and Canada prior to, but not including the year 1860. The major sports, hunting, shooting, fishing and horsemanship are naturally included.786 editions of 392 titles.this Exhibition.probably the largest group of early American sporting books gathered together.at one time.". Fine.