London: "Field" Office, 1913. Second edition (first published 1909). 4to. xii, 310, (8, related ads) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Czech Africa, p. 156: "A handsome volume that examines wild game, its habitat, and spoor within Kenya, Uganda, and the eastern Congo regions. Stigand observes game traits on the plains..... More
New York: Macmillan Co., 1913. First American edition. 8vo. xv, (1), 379 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Czech Africa, p. 156: "A pre-eminent hunting title, this details Stigand's big game hunting efforts primarily in British East Africa, North Eastern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and the Lado Enclave. He includes chapters on hunting..... More
New York: Macmillan Co., 1913. First American edition. 8vo. xv, (1), 379 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Czech Africa, p. 156: "A pre-eminent hunting title, this details Stigand's big game hunting efforts primarily in British East Africa, North Eastern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and the Lado Enclave. He includes chapters on hunting..... More
NY: Macmillan, 1913. First American edition. 8vo. xv, 379 pp. Plates; publisher's ads (full-page for Sutherland's Adventures). Czech African Big Game Hunting, p. 156: "A pre-eminent elephant hunting title." Original gilt-stamped decorated navy cloth, t.op page edges gilt. Damaged letter "H" in the first word of the title, rear hinge..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854. First edition in book form. 8vo. viii, (2), 550 pp. Hand-colored plates. Angling book collector John G. Heckscher's copy, with his bookplates on front endpapers. Later three-quarter purple leather (joints rubbed, corner's bumped), marbled boards and endpapers, spine richly gilt with title and ornaments between..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. First edition. 8vo. (8), 329 pp. Plates; ad leaf. One of Surtees' series of sporting novels involving the adventures afield of country gentlemen, their associates, and employees. Joints a little rubbed, but an attractive copy. Later polished tan calf, spine richly gilt with..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1865. First edition in book form. 8vo. vi, (2), 391 pp. Hand-colored plates. Angling book collector John G. Heckscher's copy, with his bookplates on front endpapers. Later three-quarter purple leather (joints rubbed, corner's bumped), marbled boards and endpapers, spine richly gilt with title and ornaments between..... More
Denver, CO: Jonas Brothers, (c1958). Revised edition, 50th anniversary issue. 4to. (48) pp. Profusely illustrated, comprehensive catalogue and promotional for one of the world's leading taxidermy firms; includes images of mounts, a description of taxidermy methods, instructions for the care of trophies in the field, a 6-page pictorial essay on..... More
1911-1920, from as many taxidermists, seeking from or offering to the firm of H.J. Lesser and Son (Later Geo. H. Lesser), a taxidermist and taxidermy supply company located in Johnstown, N.Y., various materials and services. VP: 1911-1920. The correspondence is from (1) R.A. Bonnell / Taxidermist (White House Station, N.J.)..... More
New York: A.S. Barnes, (c1959). First edition. 8vo. 200 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. "The adventures of a professional hunter in pursuit of Africa's most dangerous big game." Library blindstamp on title page and two other leaves, else very good. Green cloth (tape shadows on boards), gilt spine title, illustrated..... More
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Company, (c1948, but published 1951). Reprint of the 1948 original. 8vo. (10), 431 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, line drawings. Czech Africa, p. 163: "Sought-after classic in the field and has been reprinted several times. Taylor explores all facets of African rifle shooting … considered the bible..... More
(Chicago, IL): Privately printed (at the Lakeside Press), 1924. First edition. 8vo. ix, (2), 155 pp. Foreword: "Articles which I have written at different times during the past forty years, descriptive of some of my hunting and fishing trips." Heller 639: "Chapters on deer hunting and trout fishing in the..... More
Minneapolis, MN: Publication Service, (1953). First edition, a reproduced typescript. Small 4to (8 1/2 x 7 inches). (32) pp.; includes a two-page foreword by the author, signed by him on the title page. Siegel, pp. 183- 184: "Thompson's publication remained the most nearly complete of its day and was used..... More
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El Paso, TX: W.R. Weaver Co., nd [ca. 1940?]. First edition (?). Narrow 16mo. (7) pp. Illustrated. Instructions on positioning and using the scope. Not located on OCLC. Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Very good. More
Boston, MA: G.W. Simmons & Son, nd [ca. 1880]. Advertising circular. Broadside, 14 x 8 1/2 inches. An advertisement featuring a 'heliotype" from a camp-scene line-drawing of two well-attired hunters and a fisherman, their day's bag, and an African-American attendant, all standing by their tent, behind them a lake full..... More
(Philadelphia, PA): The company (printed Franklin Printing Co.), 1911. First edition. Small 4to. 48 pp. Illustrated from photographs, facsimiles, portraits. Comprehensive history of the business, in the early years one of the major manufacturers of muskets and other guns in the United States, in the later years one of the..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1917. First edition. 8vo. x, 705 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, diagrams, large folding chart. "This text is designed for the use of the senior class at the U.S. Military Academy or for students who have had an equal amount of mathematical training." Riling..... More
Memphis, TN: Tom Turpin, nd (1920s?]. First edition (?). 8vo. (4) pp. Illustrated with a schematic drawing of the call, showing proper placement of the reed, three pages of dense text. Turpin (1872-1957) made wonderful turkey, duck, goose, and crow calls, helping develop the metal reed call; all of his..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1980. First edition, 1/1000 copies signed by the editor and illustrator. Large 8vo. xix, (1), 460 pp. Line drawings. Contributors include Jack O'Connor, Larry Benoit, Robert Ruark, Archibald Rutledge, William Faulkner, Gordon MacQuarrie, and Theodore Roosevelt, among others. Very good. Gilt-stamped decorated green faux-leather, a.e.g., silk..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1982. First edition, 1/1000 copies signed by the editor, illustrator, and the publisher, Jim Rikhoff. 8vo. 609 pp. Plates. Contributors include Russell Annabel, Robert Ruark, Nash Buckingham, Gene Hill, Gordon MacQuarrie, and Archibald Rutledge, among others. Very good. Gilt-stamped decorated green faux leather, all edges gilt..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1982. First edition, 1/1000 copies signed by the editor and illustrator. 8vo. 609 pp. Plates. Contributors include Russell Annabel, Robert Ruark, Nash Buckingham, Gene Hill, Gordon MacQuarrie, and Archibald Rutledge, among others. Very good. Gilt-stamped decorated green faux leather, all edges gilt., slipcase. (#4841). More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, (1982). First edition, 1/1000 copies signed by the editor and the publisher, Jim Rikhoff. 8vo. 2 volumes: xxii, 497; (4), 501-1102 pp. Plates, some in color, color frontispiece to each volume. Among the contributors to this anthology of North American big game hunting are Jack London..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1980. First edition, 1/1000 copies signed by the editor and illustrator. Large 8vo. xix, (1), 460 pp. Line drawings. Contributors include Jack O'Connor, Larry Benoit, Robert Ruark, Archibald Rutledge, William Faulkner, Gordon MacQuarrie, and Theodore Roosevelt, among others. Very good. Gilt-stamped decorated green faux-leather, a.e.g., silk..... More
New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1886. First edition. 8vo. 233, (4, ads) pp. Phillips, p. 385: "Contains chapters on the game birds and animals." Bruns V-23: "Invaluable for reference and scarce." Very good untrimmed copy. Original decorated green cloth, gilt spine title, floral endpapers. (#7876). More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, (c1983). First edition, 1/1000 copies signed by the author, illustrator, and the publisher, Jim Rikhoff. 8vo. xix, (1), 210 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, plates, color frontispiece. Hunting and fishing stories gathered from various magazine appearances. Very good. Gilt-stamped burgundy bonded leather (lacking publisher's slipcase). (7263)..... More
