The Derrydale Press was the preeminent publisher of outdoor books in North America in the first half of the 20th century. Established in 1927 in New York City by Eugene V. Connett, III, Derrydale’s original 169 titles are the most collectible sporting books in today’s rare book market. Original Derrydales, now selling for hundreds and thousands of dollars each, are so highly sought after because Connett was a genius at designing and manufacturing spectacularly beautiful books printed on imported rag paper and bound in the finest cloth and leather.

We are in the process of reviving Derrydale in order to return it to its glory days. High-quality books in fields such as hunting, fishing, horse sports, hiking, sporting art, and the outdoors in general are being sold in limited editions and in more accessible cloth and paper editions to experts and enthusiasts new to these fields alike. The Derrydale Press Foxhunters’ Library alone has already published twelve new books.

Derrydale is also in the process of reviving its fine printmaking business with a limited edition hand colored stone lithograph of a brook trout by Connecticut artist James Prosek. Prosek has been described as “the James Audubon of Trout” by The New York Times.

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