Feathered Game Sporting Journal by Connett Eugene (9 results)

Very good. Gilt on spine a tiny bit rubbed away.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited edition, no. 124 of 500 copies. In very solid , tight condition. Bookplate affixed to front endpaper, no markings otherwise; many interior pages are uncut. Slight amount of fraying to edges and outer corners of boards. Black cloth spine is moderately sunned, gilt typeface remains vivid.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Tall 8vo, unpaginated, #430 / 500 copies printed for the author by The Derrydale Press. Title page vignette and ten color plates by Edgar Burke. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Original simulated mottled calf boards, black cloth spine with gilt title. Interior pages are partially uncut, as published. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The author, Eugene V. Connett, III was a sportsman all his life and wrote sporting themed articles for Field and Stream, The American Angler and The Sportsman. At the age of 34, he began working for a printer so he could learn the trade and business. Two years later he started The Derrydale Press. This is a fine example of his great sporting books.

Illustrated in color. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards. First edition; No. 55 of 500 copies. Ink inscription; spine moderately rubbed; some damage to rear board and fore-edge; just very good.

First edition, number 463 of 500 copies. Burke, Edgar. First edition, number 463 of 500 copies. Title page vignette and ten color plates by Edgar Burke. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by Eugene Connett on front flyleaf to John Hotchkiss for his kindess to Connett while in Los Angeles. Siegel 24; Frazier C-10-a; Biscotti, p. 91 Original simulated mottled calf boards, black cloth spine. Some minor fading, almost fine. Bookplate Title page vignette and ten color plates by Edgar Burke. 1 vols. 8vo.

Burke, Edgar. Deluxe edition, Number 22 of 50 Copies Printed on Large Paper, signed by Burke and Connett. Printed at the Harbor Press. Paper by Worthy. Plates by the Beck Engraving Company. Hand-colored frontispiece, colored title-page vignette, and 10 colored illustrations of various birds by Edgar Burke. 1 vols. 4to. Includes illustrations of the Quail-Bobwhite, Ruffed Grouse, Ring Necked Pheasant, American Woodcock, Wilson's Snipe, Canada Goose, Black Duck, Canvasback, Widgeon, and Mallard. Siegel 24; Frazer C-10-D; Biscotti, p. 91 Three-quarters maroon morocco gilt, unopened at top edge. Fine. Bookplate of William Van Winkle. Custom slipcase Hand-colored frontispiece, colored title-page vignette, and 10 colored illustrations of various birds by Edgar Burke. 1 vols. 4to Deluxe edition, Number 22 of 50 Copies Printed on Large Paper, signed by Burke and Connett. Printed at the Harbor Press. Paper by Worthy. Plates by the Beck Engraving Company.

CONNETT, Eugene V. Feathered Game: From a Sporting Journal. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1929. 1st ed. [Unpaged]. Illus. Orig. cloth-backed marbled boards. Light edgewear, else very good. One of 500 numbered copies. Siegel 24.

Burke, Edgar (illustrator). Burke, Edgar. CONNETT, EUGENE V. Feathered Game from a Sporting Journal. New York: Derrydale Press, 1929. Illus. by Edgar Burke. Green paper-covered boards, green cloth spine, green paper label. Cellotape residue on rear cover, spine a bit rubbed. Bookplate. One of 500 numbered copies printed for the author's Derrydale Press. This copy is in a trial binding, and the sheets are 5/8 in. taller than the sheets in what would become the trade binding. Marked "out of series" on the colophon. Siegel 24; Frazier C-10-a.

The Derrydale Press, New York, 1929, #456 of 550 copies. Illustrated with color illustrations as chapter headings and title page decorations. 7.5" x 10.5". Brown paper covered boards (marbled to imitate leather), black cloth spine, lower portion of the spine on the front cover is lightly damp marked - this sounds bad, but it isn't. Unpaged, 33 pp, printed on one side of the leaf only, unopened, printed on rag paper. Made up of excerpts from Connett's shooting diaries - hunting and natural history of quail, grouse, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, duck and goose. "For thirteen years I have kept a record of each day's sport in the field; these notes have now run into three volumes. Several years ago my good friend Burke was perusing parts of these records and offered to embellish the pages with coloured sketches of American game birds, waterfowl and fish.The text under each picture consists of actual excerpts from the diaries." (Connett). Very good.