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The Formidable Game (Big Game Heritage Series; Signed Limited Edition) by Batten, John - 1983

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The Formidable Game (Big Game Heritage Series; Signed Limited Edition) by Batten, John - 1983

The Formidable Game (Big Game Heritage Series; Signed Limited Edition)

by Batten, John

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Light brown leather with gilt decorations to boards and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. In a simulated buckram slipcase. All edges gilt, yellow silk ribbon attached. 264pp, illus by Peter Darro. Limited Edition, signed by both the iillustrator and the author on limitation page. #128/1000. Very small and rather faint discolored spot to spine, else fine and unread. Slipcase very good with shelfwear / surface abrasions to top and bottom edges.
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  • Publisher Amwell Press
  • Place of Publication Clinton, NJ
  • Date Published 1983
  • Size 8vo
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Stories of the Wilds : True Experiences in the Jungles of Guyana
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Stories of the Wilds : True Experiences in the Jungles of Guyana

by Roy Paul; David A. Granger (Foreword)

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RARE! Phoenix Park, West Bank, Demerara, Guyana: Harpy Books, November 2002. Staple-bound pamphlet. First Edition (stated). Very Good. Stamp of Michael Forde Bookshop to title page, otherwise interior pristine. Rubbing and shelf-wear to covers. Not from a library. 40 pages. Contents: Encounter with a Tiger-Cat, The Year of the Wild Pig, A Night to Forget, Jungle Tug-O-War - Man vs. Beast, Trespasser in the Jungle, The Angry Bull, Bush-master!, Christmas in the Deep South, Diamonds are Fatal.
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Last Tales

Last Tales

by Dinesen, Isak

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Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X
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While The Clock Ticked (Hardy Boys, Book 11)
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While The Clock Ticked (Hardy Boys, Book 11)

by Franklin W. Dixon

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Franklin W. Dixon: While The Clock Ticked (1932, Grosset & Dunlap Hardy Boys), 1948 Printing Thus. BROWN BOARDS, ORANGE ENDPAPERS. QUITE RARE IN THE ORIGINAL RED DUST JACKET. HARDY BOYS #11. GROSSET & DUNLAP. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD- ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. DESCRIPTION: The book is in an original red kidnap jacket. That jacket is original, has an orange spine. Loss to top and bottom of spine. with a triangular divot out of the letter H in the word the. The front panel of the dust jacket is unclipped and has a 7575 priced front flap. Back flap a blurb for "Touchdown Pass", dating this copy to 1948. Back panel of the dust jacket states ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS BY ZANE GREY. BOOK: Brown boards with two boys in 30's period clothing at center. One wears a hat and scarf. Two sets of orange and white endpapers that show the boy with the hat up a tree with binoculars gazing at a cabin on a bluff across the way. Pages and endpapers are clean and bright. Black topstain. Copyright 1932 Grosset… Read More
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2

by W. B. Dixon

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EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000
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Laughing Boy
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Laughing Boy

by La Farge, Oliver

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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER. Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge (1929 Houghton Mifflin 1st. Edition) No date on title page. USED. 302 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 5/8. Green boards with maroon titling. Spine is sunned. / No DJ included.Summary: Laughing Boy is a 1929 novel by Oliver La Farge about the struggles of the Navajo in Southwestern United States.
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Stories of the Wilds : True Experiences in the Jungles of Guyana
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Stories of the Wilds : True Experiences in the Jungles of Guyana

by Roy Paul; David A. Granger (Foreword)

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RARE! Phoenix Park, West Bank, Demerara, Guyana: Harpy Books, November 2002. Staple-bound pamphlet. First Edition (stated). Very Good. Stamp of Michael Forde Bookshop to title page, otherwise interior pristine. Rubbing and shelf-wear to covers. Not from a library. 40 pages. Contents: Encounter with a Tiger-Cat, The Year of the Wild Pig, A Night to Forget, Jungle Tug-O-War - Man vs. Beast, Trespasser in the Jungle, The Angry Bull, Bush-master!, Christmas in the Deep South, Diamonds are Fatal.
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Last Tales

Last Tales

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Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X
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While The Clock Ticked (Hardy Boys, Book 11)
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While The Clock Ticked (Hardy Boys, Book 11)

by Franklin W. Dixon

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Franklin W. Dixon: While The Clock Ticked (1932, Grosset & Dunlap Hardy Boys), 1948 Printing Thus. BROWN BOARDS, ORANGE ENDPAPERS. QUITE RARE IN THE ORIGINAL RED DUST JACKET. HARDY BOYS #11. GROSSET & DUNLAP. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD- ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. DESCRIPTION: The book is in an original red kidnap jacket. That jacket is original, has an orange spine. Loss to top and bottom of spine. with a triangular divot out of the letter H in the word the. The front panel of the dust jacket is unclipped and has a 7575 priced front flap. Back flap a blurb for "Touchdown Pass", dating this copy to 1948. Back panel of the dust jacket states ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS BY ZANE GREY. BOOK: Brown boards with two boys in 30's period clothing at center. One wears a hat and scarf. Two sets of orange and white endpapers that show the boy with the hat up a tree with binoculars gazing at a cabin on a bluff across the way. Pages and endpapers are clean and bright. Black topstain. Copyright 1932 Grosset… Read More
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2

by W. B. Dixon

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EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000
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First EditionOUT OF PRINT and SCARCE. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in AS NEW condition still sealed in the Original Publishers Shrink Wrap. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of a RARE TITLE.226 pages. 9.25" x 12.25". Hardcover with a Dust Jacket. Volume Two covers all of the European Sporting Cartridges ( other than German and Austrian which are covered in Volume One ), including those from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium. There are also a number of patent drawings and descriptions of ammunition and magazine designs as well as photographs of a number of German-made double rifles and combination guns.
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Laughing Boy
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Laughing Boy

by La Farge, Oliver

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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER. Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge (1929 Houghton Mifflin 1st. Edition) No date on title page. USED. 302 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 5/8. Green boards with maroon titling. Spine is sunned. / No DJ included.Summary: Laughing Boy is a 1929 novel by Oliver La Farge about the struggles of the Navajo in Southwestern United States.
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The Formidable Game
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The Formidable Game

by Batten, John

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Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Darro, Peter. Foreword by Elgin Gates. 264 pp. ill. Tiger in India, the African big five, Bear in N America and a chapter on rifles for big game. The 4th in the Natl Sporting Fraternity African hunting heritage series. One of 1,000 signed numbered slipcased copies. Fine in like slipcase.
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Making Duck Decoys

Making Duck Decoys

by Captain A. de L. MacDonald

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Shephard Publishing Company, Montreal, 1941, Very Good Softcover, 31 pages, 5" x 7", sticker damage on front cover, short tear on title page, otherwise clean and tight.
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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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The Silence Of The North

The Silence Of The North

by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East

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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Encyclopedia of American Gun Design and Performance: Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols, Revolvers

Encyclopedia of American Gun Design and Performance: Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols, Revolvers

by Wallack, L. R

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USA: Winchester Press, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Second Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover with blue boards and pictorial dust jacket, second revised edition, 2000gms, 517 pages, blank endpapers. This single volume brings together three of the most significant and useful books covering the whole realm of American firearms. Book 1 is titled Rifles, Book 2 is titled Shotguns, and Book 3 is titled Pistols and Revolvers. Book and boards are in very good condition with only very minor general wear and tear. Dust jacket is in good condition with light shelf wear, scuffing and chipping. Front dust jacket shows old sticker partially removed, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Book weighs 2kg and may incur additional postage..
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Best Wing Shooting in Uruguay, The

Best Wing Shooting in Uruguay, The

by Vigano, Galeazzo; Vigano, Diego

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South End Publishing, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New. Illustrator: Bedeschi, Francisco (Photographs). 160pp; Loaded with fantastic hunting and landscape photographs from Uruguay; Text written in both English and Spanish; Gift inscription on fep; Otherwise, as new condition; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Bedeschi, Francisco (Photographs). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Non-English Language::Spanish; ISBN: 9872192723. ISBN/EAN: 9789872192723. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 100703. . 9789872192723
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The Man In The Brown Suit
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The Man In The Brown Suit

by Christie, Agatha

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703 ChristieBrownSuit The Man In The Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1958, Stated Fourth Impression Thus,1970. ISBN 0370006720. Please see our stock photos. EXLIB. Good Condition/Good Original Shakel & Ryder Dust Jacket with Yellow spine, black titling, woman and ship cover art. Protected in mylar wrap. "States new and redesigned Edition, Fourth Impression, 80p. Blue boards with black titling. Our book spine has skinned spot at the word "brown" from removal of scotch tape. Plot Summary: Who is he, the man in the brown suit? He says he is a doctor; but Anne Beddingfield, who witnesses the fatal accident at a London tube station, is quick to notice some curious features about him when he comes to the scene. Her investigation of the accident leads her into the thick of mystery. This novel is more than an ingenious puzzle: It is a gripping suspense story."
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Dead-Eye Dick

Dead-Eye Dick

by Vonnegut, Kurt

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Vonnegut, Kurt. Dead-Eye Dick. 1982, DELACORTE PRESS/SEYMOUR LAWRENCE . FIRST EDITION. Used. VG/G+ Condition. Back DJ photo of author taken by Jill Krementz. Plot Summary: "Deadeye Dick is a tragic tale of "gun nuts and nukes," Vonnegut tells Miller Rudy Waltz, the protagonist, while playing around as a child in his father's upstairs gun room, fires off a round from a high-powered rifle and accidentally kills a pregnant woman as she vacuums her apartment several blocks away."
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2

by W. B. Dixon

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EUROPEAN SPORTING CARTRIDGES, VOLUME TWO: THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN SPORTING CENTERFIRE AMMUNITION FROM 1870 TO 1998Author: Dixon, W.B.Published by Armory Publications, Inc., 2000
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First EditionOUT OF PRINT and SCARCE. Both the Book and the Dust Jacket are in AS NEW condition still sealed in the Original Publishers Shrink Wrap. An opportunity to own a beautiful copy of a RARE TITLE.226 pages. 9.25" x 12.25". Hardcover with a Dust Jacket. Volume Two covers all of the European Sporting Cartridges ( other than German and Austrian which are covered in Volume One ), including those from Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium. There are also a number of patent drawings and descriptions of ammunition and magazine designs as well as photographs of a number of German-made double rifles and combination guns.
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The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys

The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys

by Engers, Joe, Editor

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NY: Modern Publishing, 1990. Hard cover in dust jacket. Folio. 10 3/4" x 14 5/8." 320 pp., illus hundreds of color photographs. A beautifully produced book, printed on bright, heavy coated stock. Fine in fine dj.. Hard. As New/Fine. Illus. by Buckner, Bill - Photography. Folio. Coffee Table.
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Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making

Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making

by Gibson, W. Hamilton

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New York, New York, U.S.A: Harper & Brothers, 1881. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6. Green cloth with red stamped decorations and gilt titles. Boards are heavily rubbed and edge worn with scuffing and fraying at extremities. Red decoration has darkened and faded, along with some of the gilt. Previous owner's name and address written in pencil in front and rear end papers. Pages are toned from age with scattered foxing and spotting throughout. Binding is sound. 300 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white by the author. Comprehensive hints on camp shelter, log huts, bark shanties, woodland beds and bedding, boat and canoe building, and valuable suggestions on trappers' food, etc. With extended chapters on the trapper's art, containing all the "tricks" and valuable bait recipes of the profession; Full directions for the use of the steel trap, and for the construction of the traps of all kinds; detailed instructions for the capture of all fur-bearing animals;… Read More
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