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Philadelphia: Press of H.W. Shaw, c1897. First edition. 8vo. 148 pp. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Hunting in Maine. Original red and gilt-stamped decorated gray cloth. Very good. More
Philadelphia: Press of H.W. Shaw, c1897. First edition. 8vo. 148 pp. Illustrated. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. Hunting in Maine. Original red and gilt-stamped decorated gray cloth. Very good. More
Philadelphia, (PA): George W. Jacobs & Co., (c1913). First edition. 8vo. (10), 320 pp. Illustrated from photos, plates, map. Phillips, p. 253: "Hunting experiences in Kluane Lake region and beyond at White River." Heller, p. 60: "Chapters on hunting moose, caribou, grizzly, and mountain sheep." Ink mark on front endpaper..... More
London: John Murray, 1906. First edition. 8vo. xii, 340 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, folding map. Czech Africa, p. 108: "Detailed description of the terrain and peoples of what is now Mozambique, as well as his hunting experiences lion-stalking ... elephant was bagged on the Cheringoma Plateau, with rhinoceros, buffalo..... More
London: Seeley, Service & Co., (1951). Reprint of the 1932 original, part of the "Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes" series. 8vo. 445 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, endpaper maps. Contributors include Denis Lyell, Burrard, Powell-Cotton, and Gordon-Cumming. Czech Africa, p. 110 (for the first edition): "An essential title..... More
Lexington, VA: Liberty Hall Press, Washington & Lee U., c2000. First edition, James G. Leyburn Papers in Anthropology, Volume III. 8vo. ix, 2-105 pp. Six color plates from paintings by Daly. Mostly fishing, especially trout fishing in the Appalachians, but includes some upland game hunting, and two of the plates..... More
NP: The author, c1962. First edition. 4to. 64 pp. (rectos only). Illustrated from photographs, four maps, one large folding. Inscribed by the author in 1963. Czech, p. 139: "McCaughey was granted special permission to hunt mountain game in Pakistan. He bagged urial in the Khar Mountains and procured a trophy..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1980. First edition, 1/1000 copies (this # 116) signed by the author and illustrator. 8vo. 147 pp. Plates, line drawings, color frontispiece. "The research upon which the book is based involved many hours of field observation and detailed analysis." Soup-to-nuts approach to hunting the wild turkey..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press for the National Sporting Fraternity, 1980. First edition, 1/1000 copies signed by the author and illustrator. 8vo. 147, (1) pp. Plates, line drawings. Sporting author Keith Russell's copy, with his bookplate. Gilt-stamped brown bonded leather, slipcase. Fine. More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1980. First edition, 1/1000 copies signed by the author and illustrator. 8vo. 147 pp. Plates, line drawings. Sporting author Keith Russell's copy, with his bookplate. Casada 139. Fine. Gilt-stamped decorated brown faux leather, slipcase. (#4896). More
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, (c1981). First edition. 8vo. (6), 185 pp. Illustrated from photographs and old advertising. Profiling Parker, L.C. Smith, Ithaca, Lefever, A.H. Fox, Remington Model 32, and Winchester Model 21. Blue boards, silver spine title, color illus. dust jacket. Very good. More
New York: E.P. Dutton, (c1916). First edition. Large 8vo. xii, (2), 366 pp. Plates, in-text line drawings, folding map. Phillips, p. 260: "An ambitious attempt to give life history, habits, etc., of the moose … on the whole it is a contribution to the literature of the animal, particularly that..... More
New York: Outing Publishing Co., 1907. First edition. Tall 8vo. xii, (2), 235 pp. Illustrated, plates, color frontispiece. Phillips, p. 260: "Refers principally to the bird in Michigan." Riling 1638: "Composed of articles and reminiscences on the passenger pigeon by various authors." Fine copy and uncommon in the dust jacket..... More
Boston, MA: Stratford Co., 1923. First edition. Tall 8vo. (10), iv, (2), 259 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Turkey, deer, upland game, and waterfowl hunting, and trout, grayling, and salmon fishing, most of it in Michigan. Phillips, p. 260: "Game and game-birds of Michigan." Heller 574: "Mostly on sport in..... More
London: R.H. Porter, 1890. First edition. 8vo. xvi, (2), 368 pp. Plates from Whymper drawings. Howes M-558. Graff 2762. Rader 2387. Phillips, pp. 260-261: "An excellent book on hunting in the West and North-West Canada. Messiter hunted with Col. Pickett (see Boone & Crockett 'Hunting at High Altitudes')." Heller 243..... More
London: R.H. Porter, 1890. First edition. 8vo. xvi, (2), 368 pp. Plates from Whymper drawings. Howes M-558. Graff 2762. Rader 2387. Phillips, pp. 260-261: "An excellent book on hunting in the West and North-West Canada. Messiter hunted with Col. Pickett (see Boone & Crockett 'Hunting at High Altitudes')." Heller 243..... More
(Beach Lake, PA: The author, c2005). First edition. 4to. xiv, 258 pp. Illustrated from color and black-and-white photographs, plates, portraits. Signed by the author in the year of publication. Casada 149: "It covers the author's successful quest to kill a gobbler in the forty-nine states having turkeys with a call..... More
(Beach Lake, PA: The author, c1999). First edition. 4to. viii, 264 pp. Illustrated from color and black- and-white photographs, plates, portraits. Inscribed by the author to a family member in 2000. Casada 148: "A continuation of Mickel's first volume [published in 1994], with coverage again featuring profiles of callmakers, usually..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1918. First edition. 8vo. xi, (3), 387 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portrait frontispiece. Czech Africa, p. 115: "Written as a tribute to Selous, who was killed in action against German forces in East Africa during the Great War … includes numerous passages from his..... More
Greenough, MT: L.T. Cahoon, nd [ca. 1950]. Trade card, 2 1/2 x 4 inches, printed on light card stock and employing several sizes and styles of type. Lee Cahoon, of Greenough, Montana, served as a director of the Western Montana Outfitters and Guides Association in the early 1950s. Very good..... More
New York: Derrydale Press, (c1938). First edition, 1/950 copies. 8vo. (14), 248 pp. Plates. Siegl 132. Biscotti, p. 300: "Fictionalized account of hunting in the Rockies for mule deer, cougar, etc." Gee "Sportsman's Library," p. 78. Wegner, p. 191. Very good. Tan cloth (spine faded), leather labels on upper board..... More
[Montgomery, AL]: Alabama Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Dept. of Conservation, Alabama, 1941. First edition. 8vo. 35, (1). Illustrated from photographs, tables. Very good. Original illustrated wrappers, stapled. (8848). More
New York: Ronald Press, (c1962). First edition. 4to. vii, 258 pp. Illustrations from photographs, plates, distribution maps. Natural history and range for the game animals on five continents, with illustrations of trophy mounts. Very good. Blue cloth (spine faded), gilt spine title. (7373). More
Denver, CO: Range Press, 1951. First edition, No. 29 of 325 copies signed by the author. 8vo. 192 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, plates, marginal vignettes and ornaments. "The many facts relating to the habits of the bighorn have been gleaned from different sources: hunting with a camera, oberving them..... More
Leland, MS: Mississippi River Publishing Co. for the Mississippi Wildlife Federation, (c1990). First edition, 1/100 copies signed by 25 contributors to the book, the compilers, most of the writers and illustrators, and some of the production staff. Oblong 8vo. ix, 197 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, color plates from photographs..... More
Cleveland, OH: Printed for the author by the Bryan Printing Co., (c1914). First edition, 1/75 copies (this is copy #2, presented to the author's daughter, Winifrid Newberry Hooker, by her mother, the author's widow). Small 4to. 280 pp. Illustrated from photographs, one in color, frontispiece portrait of the author, line..... More