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A.C. Gould (editor) Sport. or Fishing and Shooting . Boston: Bradlee Whidden, 1889[-1890]. Large 2° (603 x 450mm). Letterpress title with tinted vignette. 15 fine chromolithographic plates after Frederic Remington (2), A.B. Frost (1), Henry Sandham (4), Frank H. Taylor (1), Fred. S. Cozzens (2), R.F. Zogbaum (2), S.F. Denton and Edward Knobel (1), printed by the Forbes Co. (Some old marginal staining to first and last few leaves.) Modern morocco-backed cloth, spine with gilt-lettered section from original spine laid-down, original patterned endpapers, top edge gilt. A RARE LARGE-FORMAT WORK ON SPORT IN LATE 19TH-CENTURY AMERICA, INCLUDING FREDERIC REMINGTON'S FIRST TWO PUBLISHED PRINTS IN COLOUR. The two plates by Frederic Remington 'Hunting Antelope' (Hassrick & Webster 434) and 'Goose Shooting' (Hassrick & Webster 435) are also listed by Peggy and Harold Samuels ( Remington The Complete Prints , New York, 1990, pp.152-153) with the comment that they are the first and second published Remington colour prints (they were preceded only by a series of four monochrome photogravures for John Muir's Picturesque California [1888] and two other individually published prints, both black and white). A.B. Frost is now perhaps best known for his sporting pictures and prints, but an aversion to deer-hunting meant that he rarely pictured shooting scenes that featured anything other than small game. His image, 'Hunting the Deer', is recorded, and illustrated, in Henry M. Reed's The A.B. Frost Book (Charleston, 1993, pp.101, 104-5) but the author was unaware that it was issued as part of the present work, which is not included in the extensive index of books illustrated by Frost. the present work includes six angling plates (three of fly-fishing), four plates of game-bird hunting and five of hunting larger game. Each of the fifteen subjects is first described in general terms on a single leaf of text, followed by a second leaf giving a first-hand account of catching or shooting the subject, followed by a chromolithograph illustrating the first-hand account. According to Gould's preface, the plates are all from water-colours especiially commissioned for the work and were subjected to the critical scrutiny of a group of anglers/sportamen, who judged them for technical accuracy. The plates (with titles taken from the preceeding text leaf) are as follows: 1. Killing the Salmon. Henry Sandham 2. A Moose hunt, Henry Sandham 3. Trout fishing. Henry Sandham 4. Fly-fishing for Black Bass. S.F. Denton. 5. Hunting Antelope [i.e. Prong-horn]. Frederic Remington 6. Catching a Tarpon. Fred. S. Cozzens. 7. Mallard shooting. S.F. Denton. 8. Catching a Mascalonge. Frank H. Taylor. 9. A wild Turkey hunt. R.J. Zogbaum. 10.Sailing for Bluefish. Fred. S. Cozzens. 11.Hunting the [Virginia] Deer. A.B. Frost. 12.A day with the [Prairie] Chicken. R.F. Zogbaum. 13.A hunt above the timber-line [Big-horn]. Edward Knobel. 14.[Canada] Goose shooting. Frederic Remington 15.Stalking the Wapiti. Heny Sandham. Burnett p.48; not in Reese Stamped with a National Character ; Tyler Prints of the West pp.127 & 174.