Raising Game Birds by Mitchell, Horace - [c1936]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Reprint . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Roland V. Shutts. 313 pp. Second printing. Some moisture staining to the covers. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

Philadelphia, PA: Penn Publishing Company, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Roland V. Shutts. 315 pp. Tightly bound. Text free of markings. No ownership markings. No dust jacket. PLEASE NOTE: (1) On the second and third page in there is a small stain to the paper from an old paper clip that left a rusty mark. (2) There is foxing to the page edges. (3) The top corners are lightly bumped. This is an "acceptable to good" reading copy of the original 1936 publication. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

Penn Publishing Company, 1936. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt titles. Bumped and rubbed at spine ends and corners. Ink name, front hinge cracked, else interior clean and secure. Color plates. . Color Illustrations. 8vo Professional bookseller for twenty years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds.

NY, Knopf, 1945, stated 2nd printing, 5-1/2""x8-1/2"" hardcover, red cloth, very good sound tight copy, very nice color illustrations (8) by Roland V. Shutts, also some b&w, fair attractive mostly unchipped untorn dj that is slightly sunned, 315pp. hfxx

Alfred A Knopf, NY, 1945. First Edition; Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Illustrator: Shutts, Roland V. 315pp. 8 color plates. Dust jacket edge worn & chipped along upper edge. FHANT2 Size: 8vo. Illustrator: Shutts, Roland V.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sports; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1750. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. 318 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Faint discoloration to binding. Light foxing to endpapers. DJ lightly soiled and foxed w/ light chipping and few short tears to edges. Price clipped. Illust. w/ color plates and b/w text drawings. Contents nice.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good. Illus. by Roland V. Shutts. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. Second printing. Illustrated by Roland V. Shutts. Octavo. xiii, 315pp. Tiny ink markings on endpapers and first couple pages (not affecting text), tiny stains on page edges with a sunned spine, about very good.

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner name on front endpaper, . endpapers foxed.. 1936. First Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth. Illustrated endpapers, black and white and color illustrations, and foreword. Illustrations and color plates by Roland V. Shutts. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 315 pages .

Penn, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. book in Fine condition illustrated brown decorated boards

The Penn Publishing Company, 1936. First edition. Hard cover. Very Good/No dustjacket. Part of front flap of Dustjacket glued to inside front cover, else in Very Good+ condition (some light wear at edges). Color plates by Roland V. Shutts. With chapters on mallard ducks, pheasants, quail, bantams, ornamental fowl, geese, and more. A classic work in the field. Scarce in this edition.