Real Indian Fox Trapping Methods by Bill Hoffman

Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1957. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt, facsimile signature to upper board gilt, top edge dyed yellow. With the original glassine jacket. Portrait frontispiece, five plates and an illustration within the text. Ownership ink stamp of Rudolph W. Preisendorfer with manuscript phone number on the front free endpaper. Minor bumps to corners, free endpapers partially toned. An excellent, fresh copy in the jacket that is a little rubbed and yellowed with a white spot on the lower panel. First edition, first printing. A very attractive copy in the uncommon glassine jacket. Hendrik Lorentz (1853-1928) was a theoretical physicist at the University of Leiden who made important contributions to our understanding electromagnetism and relativity, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1902 for his explanation of the Zeeman effect. Lorentz laid much of the groundwork for Einstein's theory of special relativity, and he was supportive of the younger… Read More

Privately Printed, 1976. Softcover. Good. Detailed history of Shackelford County, Texas - a West Texas ranching community. Includes histories of businesses, churches, ranches, schools, many family histories and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. Rare. No copies in WorldCat database and no copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 72 pp. 11 1/4" x 9". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Small oil stain to back panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

No dust jacket; Front and back covers show some wear with discoloration and a couple of bent corners; Inside front cover has a previous owner's name in ink center of page; Pages are clean; Binding is tight.

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, a few small tears.. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Recased in dark green cloth with original decorated front boards and backstrip. xxi, 428pp. Color map of Amazulu, Amatonga, and Amaswazi (now parts of South Africa, Eswatini, and Mozambique) bound at rear. Color frontispiece and title page vignette, 12 lithograph plates and numerous other illustrations by Edward Hodges. The author relates his years hunting big game in South and South-East Africa from 1867-1872, including water buffalo, lions, rhinoceros, elands, elephants, leopards, antelopes, and ostrich. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

In the original dust sheet. Blue cloth binding.

Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1957. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt, facsimile signature to upper board gilt, top edge dyed yellow. With the original glassine jacket. Portrait frontispiece, five plates and an illustration within the text. Ownership ink stamp of Rudolph W. Preisendorfer with manuscript phone number on the front free endpaper. Minor bumps to corners, free endpapers partially toned. An excellent, fresh copy in the jacket that is a little rubbed and yellowed with a white spot on the lower panel. First edition, first printing. A very attractive copy in the uncommon glassine jacket. Hendrik Lorentz (1853-1928) was a theoretical physicist at the University of Leiden who made important contributions to our understanding electromagnetism and relativity, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1902 for his explanation of the Zeeman effect. Lorentz laid much of the groundwork for Einstein's theory of special relativity, and he was supportive of the younger… Read More

Privately Printed, 1976. Softcover. Good. Detailed history of Shackelford County, Texas - a West Texas ranching community. Includes histories of businesses, churches, ranches, schools, many family histories and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. Rare. No copies in WorldCat database and no copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 72 pp. 11 1/4" x 9". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Small oil stain to back panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

No dust jacket; Front and back covers show some wear with discoloration and a couple of bent corners; Inside front cover has a previous owner's name in ink center of page; Pages are clean; Binding is tight.

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. Good with no dust jacket; Pages toned, a few small tears.. 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Recased in dark green cloth with original decorated front boards and backstrip. xxi, 428pp. Color map of Amazulu, Amatonga, and Amaswazi (now parts of South Africa, Eswatini, and Mozambique) bound at rear. Color frontispiece and title page vignette, 12 lithograph plates and numerous other illustrations by Edward Hodges. The author relates his years hunting big game in South and South-East Africa from 1867-1872, including water buffalo, lions, rhinoceros, elands, elephants, leopards, antelopes, and ostrich. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

In the original dust sheet. Blue cloth binding.