A Game Ranger's Note Book (African Collection) by Percival, A. Blayney - 1987

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

U.S.A.: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Briar Patch Press, Slipcased Limited Edition. Number 78 Of 500 Such Numbered And Slipcased Copies. Brown Leather With Gold Lettering And Gilt Page Ends. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. .

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Briar Patch Press. 1987, 1987-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. Brown leather boards with gilt lettering and cloth covered slipcase. Brand new, multiple copies available.

London: Nisbet & Co Ltd.. Very Good. 1927. Hardcover. 3rd Printing. Frontispiece photograph of the author, 31 additional full page photographs, 1 fold-out map. Bound in publisher's green cloth with blind cover titles and gold spine titles. Bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown. Spine sun faded and bumped on both ends. Corners very gently rubbed, top page edges have some minor soiling and spotting. Front cover has 4 spots of faded color. Fold-out map has a 3 inch tear in the left margin that does affect the map. Four pages in the table of contents unopened. Arthur Balyney Percival (1874-1940) spent almost 30 years in Africa. He worked for the Game Department of the British East Africa Protectorate (Kenya) for 22 of those years. This book is a result of his vast knowledge of the game and country of the area and includes important descriptions of the terrain and of his many hunts after game animals. The book contains 7 chapters on lions, 1 on leopards, 1 on cheetahs, serval,… Read More

Camden: Briar Patch, 1987. hardcover. fine. Illustrations from photographs by the author and Martin Johnson. 409 pages, rust leather, a.e.g. Camden, S.C.: Briar Patch Press, (1987). Fine.<br/><br/>

Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited [NSFL], 1985. Limited edition, number 678 of 1000 copies printed, signed by the author's daughter and the president of NSFL. Volumes originally published in 1924 and 1928 with this special printing authorized by author's daughter. Bright burgundy reptile textured bonded leather/leatherette printed in gilt, all edges gilt, silk moire endleaves, attached ribbon bookmark, black slipcase with a compartment for each book. The books are in fine condition, look and feel new and unread, tight bindings, clean pages, no names or othr markings. The slipcase has just a trace of shelfwear, otherwise fine condition. Includes publisher leaflet for this book laid in loosely af the front of the first volume.. Signed. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Slipcase. Illus. by A Search for the Apex of America. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Briar Patch Press. 1987., 1987. 409p. Photos. Brown leather. Gilt lettering & decoration. Gilt edged. Heavy. As New with glassine jacket. As New Copy. Hardcover. As New. Book.

London: George H. Doran Company. Fine with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition; First Printing. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 375+map pages .

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.

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.

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.

USA: Winchester Press, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Second Revised Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover with blue boards and pictorial dust jacket, second revised edition, 2000gms, 517 pages, blank endpapers. This single volume brings together three of the most significant and useful books covering the whole realm of American firearms. Book 1 is titled Rifles, Book 2 is titled Shotguns, and Book 3 is titled Pistols and Revolvers. Book and boards are in very good condition with only very minor general wear and tear. Dust jacket is in good condition with light shelf wear, scuffing and chipping. Front dust jacket shows old sticker partially removed, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Book weighs 2kg and may incur additional postage..

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

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."

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."

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., 2000
Seattle, Washington USA 98155
Printed in the United States of America by
Publishers Press / Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
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.

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.

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;… Read More