GEE, Ernest R. Early American Sporting Books 1734-1844. A Few Brief Notes. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1928. Archive housed in red quarter morocco slipcases. Comprising: ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT. 112 pages in ink in a legible hand on recto only, 2 typed pages. (A few stains.) -- [With:] ORIGINAL CORRECTED TYPESCRIPT. 53 typed pages with extensive corrections by the author, 2 pages in a legible hand, and 7 pieces of ephemera relating to plates to be published in the book. (A few stains, punch holes on edge.) -- [With:] ORIGINAL GALLEY PROOFS. 19 pages dated 30 October 1928. -- [With:] A copy of the book. 8o (240 x 160 mm). Numerous plates and reproductions. Original cloth-backed boards. Provenance: William Mitchell Van Winkle (presentation inscription from the author, bookplate). PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GEE on free endpaper: "Inscribed to W.M. Van Winkle at a Forester dinner celebrating the publication of the finest bibliography of Frank Forester by W.M.V.W. May 27th 1936. Ernest R. Gee." -- [With:] Another copy of the book. 8o (293 x 158 mm). Numerous plates and reproductions. Brown morocco gilt [by Sangorski and Sutcliffe]. Presumably one of two copies bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for the other. The other copy is the Eugene V. Connett III copy now at Princeton. (4)