Two Well-Illustrated Limited Edition Books From The Derrydale Press

Burton L. Spiller; Lynn Bogue Hunt, illus. THOROUGHBRED. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1936. Limited edition; no. 85 of 950 copies. Hardcover. Original blue cloth imitating leather and stamped in gold and white, with top edge trimmed and others uncut. 4to; [xii], 199, [1]pp. With frontispiece and numerous plates. (Rubbing to extremities, heaviest at spine; endpapers with slight foxing and front free endpaper with writing, including some erased and with associated indentations; pages lightly toned with rare finger grime and occasional minor edge wear; cracking at gutter at p. 162 with loss of a tissue guard; many leaves still unopened; very good/lacking scarce glassine dust wrapper.)

Paul A. Curtis; Marguerite Kirmse, illus. SPORTSMEN ALL. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. Limited edition; no. 873 of 950 copies. Hardcover. Publisher's gilt-decorated and lettered black cloth. 8vo; xvii, [3], 160pp. Foreword by Freeman Lloyd; with frontispiece and numerous plates featuring dogs. (Boards with rubbing to gilt and mild wear to extremities; small area of damp staining and wear on fore-edge impacting the outer margin of several leaves; interior with toning, foxing on endpapers, and occasional spotting to gutters and offsetting.)

10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.; 9 3/8 x 6 1/8 in.