The Best of Sheep Hunting
by Batten, John
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Amwell Press, 1980. Hard cover. New. Signed by Author. This 2 Volume set limited to 1,000 copies. Signed on the limitation page of Volume I by John Batten, Gordon Allen, the illustrator, and Jim Rikhoff, President of NSFL. Bibliography: v. 2, p. 567-575. All edges gilt, with gilt spine titles and cover decoration. The books are New Old Stock, which are bright, tight, and unread; the slipcase box is in Near Fine condition. A total of 596 pages including a 9 page bibliography. An anthology of 40 sheep hunting stories by 35 authors, including James L. Clark, William Hornaday, Charles Sheldon, Jack O'Connor, Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt, William Morden, H.F. Wallace, J. Wong-Quincy, Elgin Gates, R.L. Kennion, Prince Demidoff, W.A. Baillie-Grohman, John C. Phillips, Frantz Rosenberg, John Cudahy, J.H. Kidder, H.P. Highton, E.N. Buxton, Clive Phillipps-Wolley, Rashid Jamsheed, F.E.S. Adair, D. MacIntyre, J.S. Stone, Hugh Whistler, C.S. Cumberland, Art and Dick Carlsberg. Hunting all species of wild sheep in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America, plus appendix on "Some notes on sporting rifles and calibers used by the authors of this anthology".
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010030354
- Title
- The Best of Sheep Hunting
- Author
- Batten, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Amwell Press
- Date Published
- 1980
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- shooting|guns|sheep hunting
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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