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New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1895. 1st. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Decorative green hardcover with illustration of two lions by trees. Cover with some soiling and edgewear/corner bumps. Spine with a lean and wear to ends. Boards lightly showing at corners. Decorative two-toned (brown and white) floral endpapers. Pages age toned with some edge wear and smudging and age spots. Text and illustrations clean. Pages intact. Some weakness to hinges and spine. Small area of insect damage to lower inside of last 5 leaves and rear endpapers (a small cut bored in from the bottom, less than a quarter by less than one inch). 248 pages.
The Hampshire Hunt in a series of five plates dedicated to all friends of the HH. by Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard) [1862-1939] - 1929
by Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard) [1862-1939]
The Hampshire Hunt in a series of five plates dedicated to all friends of the HH.
by Schwerdt, C. F. G. R. (Charles Francis George Richard) [1862-1939]
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Hunters Three: Sport and Adventure in South Africa
by Knox, Thomas W., illustrated by William M. Cary
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Coltelli d'autore: I capolavori dei maestri americani (Collana I Grandi libri) (Italian Edition)
by Roberto Allara
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Priuli & Verlucca, 1998. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Priuli & Verlucca, 1998. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", 214pp., lavishly illustrated with full color plates. Text in Italian. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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Nimrod's Hunting Tours; Interspersed with characteristic anecdotes, sayings, and doings of sporting men, including notices of the principal crack riders of England, to which are added Nimrod's letters on riding to hounds, with analytical contents and general index of names
by Nimrod [Apperley, Charles J.]
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London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrations by Numerous Contemporary Artists. The author contributed to The Sporting Magazine, eventually his stories would be published in book form depicting themes related to fox hunting & horses. First Edition, Thus. A New Edition with an Introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow and Twenty-Four Illustrations in Colour and Half-tone after Ben Marshall, Henry Alken, Wolstenholme, R. B. Davis. Wm. Webb, H. D. Chalon, James Ward, R.A., etc. [First Published in 1838]; 25.5cm.; 10.25 inches tall; v-xx, 294 pages with index of principle names; 1 page of publisher adverts. color frontispiece, plates (some color) folded map. Publisher's Red cloth. Titles in stamped guilt. Top edge stained red, others deckled. Printed on Laid-paper, Illustrated with 24 color plates, additional b/w plates and drawings. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Spine has moderate sun-darkening. REF:…
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Horning Into Africa (Signed)
by W. S. Van Dyke
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Privately Printed for W. S. Van Dyke by California Graphic Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition, first printing of legendary American film director W. S. Van Dyke's journal written during the filming of Trader Horn in central Africa, a film, in turn, based on the book Trader Horn by celebrated ivory trader Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn. "First Printing" so stated on copyright page. Inscribed and signed by W. S. Van Dyke on front free endpaper thus: "To you Tyler - | and don't be too hard | on it! | W. S. Van Dyke | L. A. | 1-22-35." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Bound in dark blue linen with gilt lettering to front and spine panels and gilt water buffalo to front panel. Includes 26 full-page photos of natives, big game animals and more, taken on location. 219 pp. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. An exceptionally presentable copy of an important African safari collectible.
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The Sporting Novels of Frank Forester. The Hitchcock Edition; 4 Volumes Complete [Derrydale Press]
by Herbert, Henry William (1807-1858)
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New York: Derrydale Press, 1930. Limited Edition, number 417 of 750 copies. Fine Hardcovers in a Weak Slipcase. Fine/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Publisher's azure ribbed-cloth gilt; original card slipcase worn with edge wear with some crude repairs; Top edge gilt, Black spine labels with gilt titles. Books are in Fine condition with no loss on spine labels as is typical. Facsimiles of the original illustrations. Limited Edition, number 417 of 750 copies. 4 volumes, 4to. 9.5 inches tall; 200, 187, 145, and 185 pages.. Frank Forester is the pseud. of Henry William Herbert and is regarded the father of American sporting Literature. The set consists of: Vol. 1: The Warwick Woodlands; Vol 2: My Shooting Box; Vol. 3: The Quordon Hounds; Vol. 4: The Deerstalkers. Provenance: Jeffery Norton; book label; Walter Rutherford Peterson; bookplate. Ref: Frazier H10a; Biscoitti, 145
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Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters.
by Alfred Mayer
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Mayer. Alfred M., Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters, Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1884, 1st English ed. 2 volumes, 4to. Quarter morocco on paper covered boards, gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Pp448, pp440. Both volumes have tipped in vignette wood engraved proofs on Japan on to title page and 10 others throughout, as called for. Many wood engraved images within text and full page, throughout both volumes. Binding bumped at edges, hinges skillfully strengthened. Some light foxing to prelims, all illustrations and text in clean, strong order. The Japan prints are in excellent condition. A very good illustrated commentary on a variety of country sports including Trout Fishing in the Rangeley Lakes, American Sporting Dogs, North American Grouse, Hunting the Mule Deer in Colorado and Fox Hunting in New England.
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Gunmakers of Indiana
by Lindert, Albert
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Homewood, IL: The Author, 1964. SCARCE. Near Fine, light rubbing at spine edges, old tape mend top edge spine. 284 pp. with black and white photographs and drawings by James A. Wuellner. . Limited Edition, Revised. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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DOC BLAKESLEY, ANGLER; LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 59, SIGNED BY AUTHOR
by ARTHUR R. MACDOUGALL, JR.
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PORTLAND, MAINE: FALMOUTH PUBLISHING HOUSE, 1949 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH A WHITE TEXTURED FRONT AND BACK WITH GREEN SPINE. GOLD PRINT ALONG SPINE. BLACK SLIP COVER WITH NICE TEXTURE ON OUTSIDE. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. CLEAN AND TIGHT. LIMITED EDITION 59 OF 500. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE FRONT. GOOD ARTWORK THROUGHOUT BY STANLEY GREENE. SIX STORIES WRITTEN BY MACDOUGALL RELATING TO HIS CHILDHOOD. STORIES WERE FIRST PUBLISHED IN FIELD AND STREAM, SPORTS AFIELD AND OUTDOORS. GREAT BOOK FOR THE FISHERMAN, LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS AND LIFE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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Argali Cacerias De Alta Montana [Wild Sheep: High Mountain Hunting]
by Medem, Ricardo
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Madrid: Aldaba Ediciones, 1994. Limited Edition. Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Limited Edition: # 2378. Signed with an inscription by the author. Small folio; 12.25 inches tall; 316 pages. Text in Spanish. Foreword, Camilo José Cela; Introduction, C.J. McElroy; Appendix Paulino Fandos Pari Illustrated with full color photography, charts and maps. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has a repaired closed tear at the bottom of the spine.. Hunting in the mountains of Afghanistan, the Italian Alps, Nepal, Mongolia, North America, Pakistan, and Kazakhstan for wild sheep. Ricardo Medem is the leader in the field and an expert mountaineer.
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Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
by Siegfried Sassoon
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This book has some discoloration inside front cover on first page and same at rear of book. otherwise clean. Pages have deckled edge. Dust jacket is here except for spine area which is totally missing. Slip case has some wear to corners and some fading to front of case. Please see photos.
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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
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
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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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
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
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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
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., 2000Seattle, Washington USA 98155
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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
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
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;…
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Laughing Boy
by La Farge, Oliver
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Laughing Boy by Oliver La Farge (1929 Houghton Mifflin 1st. Edition) No date on title page. Green boards with maroon titling. Spine is sunned. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included.Summary: Laughing Boy is a 1929 novel by Oliver La Farge about the struggles of the Navajo in Southwestern United States to reconcile their culture with that of the United States. It won the Pulitzer Prize in 1930. It was adapted as a film of the same name, released in 1934."
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