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Feathers Preferred; A Sportsman's Soliloquy
by W. Austin Peters
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company, 1951 The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA. 1951. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light dust soiling to textblock top. DJ: Good; NOT Price Clipped; light chipping at head; closed tears to top of front panel; light soiling to panels. Wood grained boards and spine with brown lettering on the spine and front board. Laid in is a Wings for Richer Living by Louis Hlavecek brochure (1951). 198 pp 8vo. The first part of this book deals with the varied hunting experiences of the author in which he notices the decline in game birds, especially migratory waterfowl and wonders why and if they can be restored. The second part attempts to prove that by good management and practices that hunting can be enjoyed but that the sport is threatened by heavy pressure on the birds. His method is to raise and release game birds to replenish the stocks. His pleas is for a management program to support wildlife numbers. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009614
- Title
- Feathers Preferred; A Sportsman's Soliloquy
- Author
- W. Austin Peters
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Stackpole Company
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg, PA
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- game hunting, bird hunting, conservation, bird numbers, restocking bird numbers, ornithology, waterbirds, waterfowl, game breeding, deer, bird dogs, predators, Canada, Canadian hunting, Canadian waterfowl
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animal Stories;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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