Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, 1937. Partly printed license for the 1937-1938 season, 2 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches, completed in manuscript, with a physical description of the hunter. Hunting and fishing license pins have been widely used in the United States since at least the 1920s..... More

New York: Madison Books, Inc., 1961. First edition, Nos. 1-3 (all published). Folio. 104; 96; 96 pp. Illustrated from photographs, old paintings, drawings, and prints, plates, many in color, maps. Includes big game, upland game, and waterfowl hunting, historical essays that involve guns (e.g., concerning incidents in various American wars..... More

Pinehurst, NC: Archers Co., 1931. Sale catalogue. Small 8vo. 32 pp. Illustrated from photographs, line drawings; ad for "Ye Sylvan Archer," a magazzine, laid in. 1931 sale catalogue from the archery supply company, with articles on the sport's history, instruction, and upcoming competitions. OCLC locates two copies (North Carolina, Virginia)..... More

Pinehurst, NC: Archers Co., 1932. Sale catalogue. Small 8vo. 32 pp. Illustrated from photographs, line drawings. 1932 sale catalogue from the archery supply company, with articles on the sport's history, instruction, and upcoming competitions. Cover title: "The Archers Company 1932." Lake & Wright, p. 45 (locating two copies: Denver Public..... More

NP: np, nd [1930s]. Promotional for this camp on Attean Lake (due west of Moosehead Lake). 8vo. (24) pp. Illustrated from photographs, detailed map of the area (apparently issued separately) laid in. Trout and salmon fishing, hunting for moose, deer, and grouse. Not recorded on OCLC. Very good. Original birch-bark..... More

Norfolk, MA: W. E. Mosher for Flagg’s Kennels, 1930. Printed handbill, 7 x 5 7/8 inches, employing several sizes of type, all bold. Very good. More

Atlanta, GA: The club, 1934. First edition (?). 16mo (16 cm). 15 pp. “The object of this organization shall be the encouragement of organized rifle and pistol shooting by civilian citizens of the United States.” We were unable to locate any publications for this club; several items are marked through..... More

(Corpus Christi, TX: Chamber of Commerce), nd [1940]. First edition (?). Broadsheet, 18 1/4 x 16 inches, folded to narrow 8vo, an 8-panel illustrated promotional, emphasizing fishing and hunting opportunities on recto and a detailed local hunting and fishing map on the verso, with areas between Corpus Christi and Port..... More

NY: Derrydale Press, 1931. 8vo. 16 pp. Four plates illustrating 13 prints from the 19 offered lots, many including multiple prints in a series (i.e, “American Shooting Scenes”); unused order form laid in. Original decorated light green wrappers, stapled. Very good. More

NY: South Pub. Co., (1890). 5 3/4 by 4 1/2 in. Printed salmon paperwraps. 8pp., illus. Creased in center, else very good. No listings in OCLC or Servies. More

Wilmington, DE: Hercules Powder Co., (c1923). First edition. 8vo. 56 pp. Illustrated from photographs; 8 full-page ads for the company at the rear. Individual chapters devoted to upland game, wild fowling, and trapshooting, all richly illustrated. Phillips, p. 636. OCLC locates seven copies (Library of Congress, Hagley Museum, Michigan, Wyoming..... More

NY: Herzig Brothers, 1883. Broadside, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type. In addition to animals one might expect to be represented, the company would pay ten cents each for house cat skins from New York, Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and..... More

York: Printed and sold by J. Kendrew, nd [ca. 1820]. 10 cm. 16 pp. Osborne, p. 96 (suggesting a date circa 1820): “An extended chapbook version of the rhyme ‘There was a little man, he had a little gun.’” Original printed self-wrappers (detached); small marginal tears and some soiling and..... More