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And There We Played at Shovel-Board Half the Day from "The Compleat Angler" (Original artwork)

And There We Played at Shovel-Board Half the Day from "The Compleat Angler" (Original artwork) by Rackham, Arthur (artist); Izaak Walton

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
And There We Played at Shovel-Board Half the Day from "The Compleat Angler" (Original artwork)
Author
Rackham, Arthur (artist); Izaak Walton
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
1931. Fine. Original watercolor and pen and ink drawing on paper, mounted onto card (drawing measures approximately 278 x 190 mm). Signed and dated by Arthur Rackham in 1931 (lower left). Matted, framed and glazed. Image coming a bit loose in mount, some minor soiling on matte. From The Compleat Angler, printed tissue guard with: "And There We Played at Shovel-Board Half the Day," facing p 182. Last sold at Heritage Auctions, 2019. Before that at Swann Galleries, 1996 making $9,200. A rustic scene of several young men playing shovel-board in a pub designed for Rackham's version of Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler (1653)-the quintessential pastoral work on fishing. Structured as a dialogue between a fisherman, huntsman, and fowler, the book is a celebration of the natural world and the thrills of fishing as a pastime. In this edition the text is visualized with Arthur Rackham's unparalleled illustrations, making it a delight for fishing enthusiasts and collectors alike. Despite Rackham's illness and personal struggles during the project, it was seen as an opportunity to revitalize his career. "No fewer than six plates have landscape backgrounds, plates which should remind us of Rackham's very serious reputation as a landscape painter, with a fine vision of natural forms" (Gettings). A lovely example of Rackham's more traditional artistic hand. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) is perhaps the most acclaimed and influential illustrator of the Golden Age of Illustration. A prolific artist even from his youth, Rackham got his start as an illustrator working for the Westminster Budget Newspaper (1892). Over the next few years, he took on more and more commissions for children's books, hitting his career high in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rackham turned his imaginative pen to every classic-from Shakespeare to Dickens to Poe. Fine.
THE CITY OF THE SAINTS, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California. [with A.L.s.]

THE CITY OF THE SAINTS, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California. [with A.L.s.] by (Mormon) Burton, Richard F.

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Seller: Sumner & Stillman
Title
THE CITY OF THE SAINTS, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California. [with A.L.s.]
Author
(Mormon) Burton, Richard F.
Seller
Sumner & Stillman (United States)
Description
1862. [with a relevant A.L.s.] With Illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1862. 2 pp undated ads. Original blind-stamped dark brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine. First American Edition, published in the same year as the UK edition. Burton is best-known for his travels in the Middle East and (1855-1859) in Central Africa, especially searching for the sources of the Nile, but in April 1860 he sailed to America, primarily to visit Salt Lake City: "I had long determined to add the last new name to the list of "Holy Cities"; to visit the young rival, soi-disant, of Memphis, Benares, Jerusalem, Rome, Meccah" [from the first page of text]. On August 25th of that year, he boarded a stagecach on the Emigrants' route west from "St. Jo" to Salt Lake City -- recording here his itinerary, his interactions with native Americans, and his impressions of Mormonism and the Mormons (including Brigham Young, whom he met); thence he continued west, embarking (on November 15th) from San Francisco back to England, where he wrote up his notes to create this book. Included are full-page plates showing for example native American peoples and scenes of SLC, several foldout maps (of the route, also of the SLC street layout) -- and numerous illustrations within the text. This copy is in very good condition, albeit re-backed with the original cloth spine laid back down; the endpapers are original, though reinforced at the gutters. Affixed to the front free endpaper is a highly-relevant two-page autograph letter signed, on a Royal Geographic Society bifolium, dated "14 Jan / 61" and addressed to "My dear Captain" (unknown, but to whom Burton had Harper send this copy). As best we can decipher Burton's hand, the text of the letter reads: I have just returned to my [?] and [?] after a longer trip through the states than was first intended. The Doctor left me at St. Jo. and returned to his appointment at [Aden?] whilst I went westward without the Brigham Youngites, the silver "diggers" and the gold "diggers" and other [?] between the Mississippi and the Pacific. [?] then it has been a most satisfactory affair. With respect to writing about it I am not at ease. Zion people are [somewhat?] touchy and self interest as well as [feeling?] and gratitude make me chary of "[ryling?] them up." The fact is I shall soon be back in the [Sudanese?] States to [?] an exploration of the Nile Sources. Of course the present troubles must be allowed to blow over -- what do you think is going to happen in the south, hold out or "cave in"? I have sent a copy of my late work to you and Capn McFarlane through Messrs Harper of New York: it is fearfully dry reading, but treats of an unknown theme, somewhat a novelty in this day. I sincerely hope to hear better news of Capn McFarlane. The Doctor if he were here would I doubt not join me in kindest remembrance to you and yours and in best wishes for their continued welfare. So believe me [?] my dear Capn Yours very truly Richd F. Burton We cannot definitely identify "Capn McFarlane," but such a person captained the barque "Dragon of Salem," which had recently (March 1859) carried Burton from Zanzibar to Aden. An interesting side-note: if Burton is (likely) referring to the Sudan when he speculates about "the south," he is forecasting what would befall George Gordon and his troops in Khartoum in 1885. Another interesting side-note: on 22 January 1861, eight days after penning this letter, Burton married Isabel Arundel.
Nine lives

Nine lives by Zimmerman, Kent

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Seller: Rulon-Miller Books
Title
Nine lives
Author
Zimmerman, Kent
Seller
Rulon-Miller Books (United States)
Description
Iowa City, Iowa: Ocotillo Press, 1975. Edition limited to 200 copies in Impress and another 40 copies "on another paper," with Bembo types; 12mo, pp. [26]; printed in gray and black; 9-color silkscreen by Brad Harvey on upper wrapper; fine copy.. From the library of Kim Merker.
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Blood Lure. by Barr, Nevada.

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Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA
Title
Blood Lure.
Author
Barr, Nevada.
Seller
Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Putnam, 2001. First Edition. Signed by the Author. Octavo, boards (hardcover), gilt letters, map illus. endpapers, 320 pp. Fine, in a Fine dust jacket. From jacket: Anna Pigeon returns to the West, where she is sent on a training assignment to study grizzly bears in Waterton/Glacier National Peace Park, straddling the border between Montana and Canada...Anna must find the beast stalking the trails -- and enter deep into a gripping wilderness life-or-death mystery.

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