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Amwell Press. 1984. AMWELL, 1ST LTD ED OF 1000. ILLUS BY PETER DARRO AND SIGNED BY BATTEN, DARRO AND RIKHOFF. BOUND IN GILT STAMPED BROWN LEATHER. BIG GAME IN NORTH AMERICA, INDIA, AFRICA, EUROPE. BATTEN WAS AN AMAZING PERSON AND AN EXCELLENT WRITER. NUMBERED, SLIPCASED. VF in vf slipcase, excellent, as new condition.. Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover. ... more information

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Amwell Press, 1989. 1989, 1ST TRADE ED, LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. AMWELL. ILLUS BY PETER DARRO. HUNTING DANDEROUS GAME AROUND THE WORLD. JOHN HAS BEEN THERE AND TELLS IT WELL. SLIPCASED W/ TIGER ON COVER AND SLIPCASE. NEW in slipcase. I have multiple copies available.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New. ... more information

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Amwell Press, 1989. 1989, 1ST TRADE ED. AMWELL Press. HUNTING THE HIGH COUNTRY. ILLUS BY GORDEN ALLEN,JR. AND W/ PHOTOS FROM AUTHOR'S PRIVATE COLLECTION. SLIPCASE W/ SHEEP; COVER GILT DECORATED. As NEW, very fine, exc in like slipcase.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. ... more information

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1926, STATED 1ST. IN 2 VOLUMES, TOTALING 566pp, 4to A MONUMENTAL WORK. 64 PLATES, BUT SADLY, THIS EX-LIBE HAS HAD THE COLOR ONES PILFERED. SPINES DINGY, GREEN GILT DECORATED COVERS CLEAN. HINGES INTACT. VG EXCEPT AS NOTED. SCARCE!. F. Hardcover. ... more information

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1972, 1ST. 206pp, ILLUS W/ PLANS, PHOTOS, DRAWINGS, AND A SUPER TWO PAGE CENTERPIECE OF GEESE IN FLIGHT BY LES KOUBA. COVERS BLINDS, DECOYS, THES DUCKS AND GEESE, SPECIES BY SPECIES, BRANT, CALLS, DOGS, EQUIPMENT, EVEN RECIPES! AND MORE. FINE IN F DJ W/ ANOTHER OF KOUBAS PAINTINGS REPRODUCED ON DJ. A VERY GOOD, AND UNDERVALUED, BOOK. Several copies available.. ISBN: 0875640087. F. Hardcover. ... more information

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1989 (1939) LTD ED DERRYDALE REPRINT. 246pp, ILLUS W/ PHOTOS. FOREWORD BY HAL SHELDON (AND W/ A PHOTO OF THAT GREAT WRITER!) BIGELOW HAS SOME INTERESTING THINGS TO SAY. SOME ARE DATED, SOME TIMELESS. GUESS THAT'S TRUE OF EVERY WRITER. STORIES OF TURKEY, QUAIL, DUCKS, AND PEOPLE. CHAPTER AND PHOTO OF ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE! A WORTHWHILE BOOK. VF IN fine SLIPCASE, as new, excellent condition.. ISBN: 1564160076. ... more information

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1971, 1ST. 401pp; ILLUS. ARMS & ARMOUR SERIES. VF in vf dj. F. Hardcover. ... more information

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1989. 197pp, WELL ILLUS W/ PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS. WELL WORTH HAVING AND READING. S/C. F. ... more information

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Amwell Press. 1980. LTD ED OF 1000 COPIES PUBLISHED BY MACDONALD PUBLISHERS INA A SPECIAL EDITION FOR THE NATIONAL SPORTING FRATENITY. SIGNED BY THE SECOND BARON TWEEDSMUIR AND JIM RIKHOFF. FRONTIS PIECE MAP. Very Fine without slipcase. SIGNED.. Signed by Author(s). ... more information

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Winchester Press--Amwell Press. 1976 LTD ED BY NATIONAL SPORTING FRATERNITY LTD. SIGNED, SLIPCASED. THIS IS A SPECIAL PUBLISHER'S PRESENTATION COPY, AND SO STATED. VF W/O SLIPCASE. Signed by Author(s). ... more information

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Garden City Pub. 1937. Garden City Pub. 2nd ed. 151pp. Barber stands alone as the pioneer in decoy books, his being the first by many years. As in any pioneering adventure, some mistakes were made, but all in all this book has stood the test of time. No decoy library should be without it. Photos and drawings. Blue colth ever so slightly faded at spine, and showing minor edge wear. Some foxing to some interior pages. Still better than very good, fine-.. ISBN: 0844615900. ... more information

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Amwell Press, 1980. 1st ed. Ltd ed of only 1000 copies by Amwell Press for The National Sporting Fraternity Limited. 2 volume set; vol 312pp, vol 272pp, plus 11pp of guns and 1p of sheep rifle ballistics. Illus by Gordon Allen and w/ color frontispieces by Carl Rungius and Henry Adamson. Edited by John Batten, himself a world class sheep hunter, these volumes contain stories by the who's who of sheep hunting from around the world, including but not limited to, Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt, Hornaday, O'Conn... more information

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1981. 1st edition, Limited to 1000, SIGNED, numbered and slipcased copies with leather binding and silk marker ribbon sewn in. Amwell Press. HUNTING THE HIGH COUNTRY. ILLUS BY GORDEN ALLEN, JR. AND W/ PHOTOS FROM AUTHOR'S PRIVATE COLLECTION. This copy a special presentation copy from the author to a friend, signed again by Batten and dated March 21, 1982, @ Racine. John lived in Racine, Wi. As NEW, very fine, exc in fine+ slipcase. ... more information

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1930. A whopping 24pages! Color covers, front and back. Front cover shows a large trout throwing the hook at the net. What else is new? Some light browing of white areas due to age. Overall exc with original order form. ... more information

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1959. 100pp., 4pp color. Cover shows a rainbow trout wrapped around an impossible downed tree with fisherman in background. He soesn't have a chance at landing this one. Catalog is mint in original mailer with order form intact. ... more information

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1935. Wonderful color cover of three old coots in the general store. Two are listening spellbound while the other tells how he shot the red fox lying on the floor. 56pp, 4 in color. Shows live duck and goose straps! Other vintage items and some still offered. Condition is unbelievablely exc with minor foxing along white boarder of cover.... more information

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1st ed. 146pp. The first, and still one of the best, book devoted to training these two superb game birds. Grouse in particular offer challenges to dogs and training methods. Still pertinent today. And a good read at that. Nice tight, clean, square copy, nr Fine... more information

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Penn Publishing, 1940. 1940. 1st ed., 2nd prntg. Penn Publishing. 450pp. Covers most species of upland game: snipe, upland plover, band-tailed pigeon, bobwhite, praririe chicken, mountain and scaled quail, ptarmigan, ruffed grouse, ring-necked pheasant, wild turkey, woodcock, mourning dove, rabbit, and many more. Drawings and paintings (color plates) by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Hinges tender, edge of cloth cover is lighened. Light edge wear, ffep stained. Rest of interior very clean. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcov... more information

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2003, Stated 1st ed. 215pp, large 4to format. Artwork by Laurie O'Keefe. Natural history, how to hunt and where to shoot each North American big game animal. Wonderful photos of game in the field with another of same showing where the vital areas are to aim at. A spectacular book by one of our best current outdoor writers. Very fine in very fine dj. ISBN: 1571572678. F. Hardcover. ... more information

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1st trade ed. Many color photos. Craig has been hunting Africa for decades and has had many successful hunts behind him. He will share some of them with you if you buy this book. You won't be disappointed, as he is a great writer. New in new dj. ISBN: 1571573542 ... more information

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