Quail and the Quail Dog by Ozark Ripley - 1939

Sportsman's Digest Publishing Co, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. This Original 1924 Printing is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a smaller style hardcover book with 114 pages including some photos. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. There is a bookplate and light foxing on the first end paper. The pages are otherwise clean with no writing or tears. The title page shows 1924 as the published date. This is definitely Not a former library book. The green cloth covers are clean with just a hint of edgewear. This old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!

Columbus, Ohio: The Hunter-Trader-Trapper Co, 1939. Small octavo, 110 pages. FIRST EDITION. Nice little guide to the subject, with thoughts on maintenance of territory for quail, modern farming's effect on quail, the best quail gun, etc. Near fine in publisher's printed green wrappers.

The Hunter-Trader-Trapper Co, 1939. First edition. Softcover. New. New Old Stock. First edition. With discussion on the maintenance of territory for quail, modern farming's effect on quail, the best quail gun, and much more. In publisher's original printed green wrappers. A scarce title by Ozark Ripley, pseudonym of John Baptiste de Macklot Thompson. Thompson was born in St. Louis of French parentage and was sent to France to attend school, but returned to this country early and moved to the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, then an unsettled wilderness. "While acting as guide for hunters and fisherman, Thompson became acquainted with three noted novelists, James Oliver Curwood, Emerson Hough and Jack London. The trio encouraged young Thompson to write and London gave him the pen name which he has made famous. Thompson was a professional trainer of bird dogs and was an authority on fly and bait casting. Hunters and anglers from all parts of the world had been his guests at his summer home in… Read More