Authors starting with O from Dale's Decoy Den

NY: Dutton, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Hardcover. Fine/ Dutton. 1st edn. 415pp. Hunt around the world, literally, with Jack--elk, bear, rams, moose, tiger, kudu,oryx, red sheep, caribou, sable, and lots more. Book cover has some white spots from the dj, but interior is fine or better. DJ shows wear, with small piece missing from spine foot, still very good in clear protective cover. ... more information

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Amwell Press. 1985 (1977) 2nd trade printing. One of the early and more difficult to find Amwell titles. Jack O'Connor's fans are many. You are probablly one of them. Revisits the classic Derrydale edition done in 1939, plus three new chapters. Illus by Rich Hauser. Mule deer, whitetails, desert big horn sheep, elk, bobwhite, quail, havelina, turkeys, cougar, doves, and others are hunted and discussed as only Jack could tell it. Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase, as new/as new, mint/ mint ... more information

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O'CONNOR, JACK. THE SHOTGUN BOOK. Knopf. A Borzoi Book for Sportsmen. 1965, STATED 1ST. 332PP PLUS INDEX. Covers all aspects of shotguns, their design, and uses. Begins with a brief history and then goes in American and European doubles, pumps autos, shotgun barrels, chokes, patterning, stock, fit, various purposes--hunting, game specific, skeet, trap, etc--Loads for specific game, shotshells, components, elements of shooting, hitting, learning trap, skeet, handloading ;and more. Very complete and still p... more information

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1st edn. 314pp w/ index.  illus w/ photos.  Jack covers calibers, shooting, technical stuff, even varmint rifles.  But my favorite chapter is his first--Picking Your Expert--where he fans the flames of the big bore guys a little.  Just a little...  Nice clean copy, nr.fine in vg, pictorial dj. ISBN: 087691007x bibliofind... more information

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1977. 1st ed. Amwell Press. #531/950 SIGNED, numbered, leatherbound, slipcased copies. One of the early and more difficult to find Amwell titles. Jack O'Connor's fans are many. You are probablly one of them. Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase, as new/as new, mint/ mint ... more information

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4to (Large 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" format. 192pp. Edited by his friend and publisher Jim Rikhoff. What can I add that the titles doesn't say? The 34 stories of the best of the best! Special photo section. Red faux leather cover with gold gilt spine lettering. New in New dj, not used. ... more information

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Brand New. 1977 (2006), 1st trade ed, 3rd prntg. 4to (Large 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" format.) 192pp. Edited by his friend and publisher Jim Rikhoff. What can I add that the titles doesn't say? The 34 stories of the best of the best! Special photo section. Red faux leather cover with gold gilt spine lettering. NEW, not used. New in new dj.... more information

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Live Oak Press. 2004. 329pp. Forty stories from the pages of Outdoor Life, most, if not all, have never been published in book form before. Included is perhaps the only fishing story Jack ever wrote--fly fishing for trout in the Grand Canyon! Illus by Dan Burr, who also illustrated the dj. Photo section spanning 40 years. New in New dj. ISBN: 0966021231 ... more information

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Castle. 1986,1ST. 469PP OF THE BEST FISHING, ALL FISHES, ALL AREAS, WRITTEN BY THE MEN WHO DID THE FISHING. AS NEW in protected as new dj. ISBN: 1555211240 ... more information

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1ST. LTD ED OF 1150 SIGNED and NUMBERED COPIES, this being #516. 4to, 118pp. SCHALDACH AND Roland CLARK WERE TWO OF NOT many MORE THAN THAT WOULD COULD paint WITH ART AND WORDS. This copy also inscribed by Ernie Hikock, who collaborated on the book and wrote the Foreword. WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS MAN? VF. F. ... more information

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1989. LTD ED OF 1000, SIGNED AND NUMBERED. THIS COPY ALSO INSCRIBED BY JOHN. MANY ILLUS, SOME IN COLOR. 4to, 118pp NEAT TO BROWSE THRU OR AS A REFERENCE. VF IN F DJ. Signed by Author(s). F. Hardcover. ... more information

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1968, NOT 1ST. 467pp W/ INDEX. AN UNDER VALUED BOOK THAT HAS LOTS OF GOOD INFO FOR BEGINNER OR VETERN HUNTER. Covers big game, upland game, waterfowl, rifles and cartirdges, shotguns and shells, care of heads and skins, how to lead with a shotgun, appendix has reproductions of Boone and Crocket scoring charts for big game animals, photos and drawings by Douglas Allen. Unusual page between ffep and title page has corner torn off, else FINE INTERIOR IN very good+ cloth cover w/ gilt deer head on spine. C... more information

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1968, NOT 1ST. 467pp W/ INDEX. AN UNDER VALUED BOOK THAT HAS LOTS OF GOOD INFO FOR BEGINNER OR VETERN HUNTER. Covers big game, upland game, waterfowl, rifles and cartirdges, shotguns and shells, care of heads and skins, how to lead with a shotgun, apendix has reproductions of Boone and Crocket scoring charts for big game animals, phots and drawings by Douglas Allen. Unusual page between ffep and title page has corner torn off, else FINE INTERIOR IN very good+ cloth cover w/ gilt deer head on spine. COV... more information

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1959, 1ST. FOLIO, 172pp. FROM THE INDIANS TO THE PRESENT. WELL ILLUS IN COLOR AND B/W. FINE IN FRAYED DJ. F. Hardcover. ... more information

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Stackpole. 1958. 1st ed. 219pp. Photos and range maps. Species covered include Mule Deer, whitetails, black bear, pronghorn antelope, coyotes, bobcats, cougar. Also chapters on how to hunt, how to hit, rifles, shotguns, bows, pistols, care of meat, care of trophy. Another book with much info that is undervalued. Cloth cover has beautiful drawing of a whitetail buck by Ned Smith, itself worth the price of the book. Vg+ copy is clean and collectible. ... more information

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Amwell Press. 1989. 1st ed. limited to 1000 SIGNED, numbered and slipcased copies, this being #838/1000. larger format--8vo. Illustrate with the author's own specially commissioned original art. 335pp. Color plates and b&w. Relates the author's experiences hunting and fishing for upland game birds, waterfowl, deer, trout, bass, salmon, and bear. Includes chapters on American water spaniels, curly-coated, flat-coated and labrador retrievers. Fine in fine slipcase. SIGNED by author/illustrator and by Jim Rikh... more information

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