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New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1917. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London -- so signed with a stamp in bright gold at the foot of the front inside cover. SEE PHOTOS. Full dark green crushed levant morocco, front and rear covers with triple gilt ruled borders and corner pieces. Spine with five raised bands decoratively gilt tooled/lettered within 6 compartments. Gilt ruled board edges. Handsome gilt inside dentelles (i.e. all 4 borders eloborately decorated with gilt lacy pattern at inner edges]. Spine with five raised bands and 6 compartments brightly gilt tooled/lettered. Near Fine condition (only lightly rubbed). Spine has uniformly mellowed to a pleasing brown. Outer pages with minor foxing. SEE PHOTOS. 4.75" wide by 6.25" tall. NO owner's name or bookplate. Sharp corners. Pages are clean and unmarked. The Hunting Alphabet, with many letters A - Z illustrated with a full page b/w plate after paintings by Richard Newton, Jr. 1917. Limited to 262 copies… Read More

Elsevier, 2015. BRAND NEW in PERFECT CONDITION. Flat spine. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Tables. Photios. Index. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. From the publisher: "According to Pinkerton -- the leading provider of risk management services in the world -- workplace violence is second only to cybersecurity as the top threat faced by organizations today. Incidents involving active shooters in the workplace are on the rise and becoming more violent and deadly. ACTIVE SHOOTER provides the tools necessary to identify potential violent individuals, along with the options and responses needed to save lives, reduce corporate liability, and recover from an active shooter event should it happen. ACTIVE SHOOTER begins with a brief history of active shooters and how they have changed over… Read More

Tulsa, Oklahoma: Winchester Press, 1981. 7" wide by 10" tall. A clean, square copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with diagrams, drawings, and photographs, including 29 in full color. Classic guide to design and construction of fishing rods including ultralight, fly, surf and offshore trolling rods. Dale Clemens, owner of Dale's Custom Tackle and editor of RODCRAFTERS JOURNAL, explains how to make custom tackle that is superior to anything off the rack. Abundant illustrations and step-by-step explanations allow rod builders to design, build and embellish rods to suit their specific needs. Tells how to build rods of all sorts, how to choose and make the best blanks, seats, handles, grips, and guides, plus gives details on finishing and sealing rods to make them as handsome and durable as possible. Index. Bound in the original dark brown boards, lettered in shiny silver on the… Read More

New York:: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1848. 5" wide by 7.5" tall. A tight copy of the first American printing of this classic -- one of the best travel narratives of the fur trade era. WITHDRAWN stamp, and other typical library markings. Bound in the original red cloth, with blindstamped rules and ornaments on the front and rear covers, and elaborate gilt decorations on the spine. Gilt is still bright and shiny. Spine ends chipped. Moderate edge wear. Light scattered foxing. Describes the adventures of the author, a British army officer. "Contains valuable accounts of pioneer life; the Indians; mines; beaver and buffalo hunting, etc. Describes the author's journey through Texas, New Mexico, along the Red River and the Arkansas; down the Missouri to St. Louis; by steamboat to Peoria, and thence by stagecoach to Chicago." Dobie remarks that this book is "vivid on Comanche raids." Rittenhouse SANTA FE TRAIL 499: "Ruxton had first gone to Mexico,… Read More

Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life Books, 1983. A beautiful copy. Fine condition. Bright, clean, square, and tight. No corner bumps. No owner's name. Not a remainder. Fresh and crisp, apparently never read. The binding on this copy is GENUINE LEATHER, superior to the cheaper leatherette (imitation leather) found on some later printings. Although at first glance, leatherette can look a lot like leather, it does not age as gracefully in the long run. Laid-in is the publisher's introductory letter, which says in part: "This leather-bound volume..." There is also a statement printed in the book on a preliminary page: "This volume is bound in leather." [These references to leather were later removed for the leatherette copies]. The binding is gilt stamped, and embossed with a handsome western motif (including rising sun, longhorn steer, tomahawk, and six shooter/bullets). A silk ribbon page-marker is sewn into the headband. All edges gilt. Attractive marbled… Read More

Alexandria, Virginia: Time Life Books, 1983. A gorgeous, pristine copy. New condition. No previous owner's name. Not a remainder. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. Handsomely bound in full, brown leatherette that is gilt stamped, and embossed with a western motif/ longhorn design. A silk ribbon page-marker is sewn into the headband. All edges gilt. Attractive marbled endpapers. Illustrated with portrait and engravings. A volume in the Classics of the Old West series. Biography of William Alexander Anderson (Big-Foot) Wallace, who was born in Virginia in 1816. According to John H. Jenkins [Basic Texas Books 50]: "This is a well-written account of a fascinating Texas Ranger and hero... The work divides naturally into three parts: Wallace as hunter and Indian fighter; Wallace on the Mier Expedition; and Wallace's trip home to Virginia. The first part (28 chapters) contains Wallace's first-person narrative of… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. As New condition in bright, shiny As New Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No creases. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, and tight. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. Sharp corners. Illustrated with 8 pages of photos. Four accounts of adventure in Africa: Frederick Courtney Selous (British hunter, soldier and naturalist); Constantine "Iodine" Ionides (English game ranger who saved Tanganyikan villages from man-eating lions and leopards); Johnny Boyes (the Brit who became chief of the Kikuyu tribe); Captain James H. Sutherland (ivory hunter). Bibliography. Index. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "This long-awaited sequel to DEATH IN SILENT PLACES (1981) brings to life four turn-of-the-century adventurers and the savage frontiers they braved."… Read More

Mesilla, New Mexico: Nimrod and Piscator Press, 1997. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. PERFECT CONDITION. NO rubbing, chips, tears, or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. Crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. 1997. First Edition. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, this being #227. Full color frontispiece. Profusely illustrated, on glossy stock, with over 800 photos of book covers, spines, dust jackets, and title pages. 42 plates. Fully describes 759 titles of special interest, with voluminous and useful notes on contents, bindings, limited and variant editions, publication histories, etc. Chapters on "Big Game and Small Game Hunting Books," "Books with Both Hunting and Fishing," "Adirondacks," "Sportsmen's Clubs," and "Plates." Cross referenced to Bruns, Phillips, Riling, Streeter, etc. A valuable reference work. Published at $125. Bound in the original dark green boards,… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1910. Near Fine condition. Bright, clean, tight, unmarked copy. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Flat spine. No creases. No statement of edition or additional printings. Softcover. 5.75" wide by 9" tall. Bound in green wraps. See Bruns' Angling Books of the Americas (p.254).. 1910 edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. 39pp + 10 plates.

Mansfield Centre, Connecticut: Martino Fine Books, 1997. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. No date (but 1997, First Martino printing "Strictly Limited to 75 Copies"). Facsimile reprint of the scarce 1950 privately printed original. Illustrated. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth. Full title: "American Fishing Books, A Bibliography from the Earliest Times up to 1948 Together with a History of Angling and Angling Literature in America." Besterman 2211.. First Martino printing, Limited 75. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 235pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1904. Printed paper spine label is chipped. Occasional foxing. Light fraying at head of spine else Very Good condition. Inner hinges are sound. Illustrated with 7 full-color plates and numerous b/w vignettes by Henry Alken. "Probably one of the finest colored title pages ever designed." -- A. Edward Newton. Reprint of this famous book on hounds and fox-hunting, first published in book-form by Rudolph Ackerman in England in 1846 (with prefaces dated 1846 and 1847). These papers appeared a season earlier in the periodical, Bell's Life in London. The author, Robert Smith Surtees (1803-1864), a close friend of William Thackeray and John Leech, is not identified in this 1904 American Edition. "It is well known that he never wrote under his own name and, at the time of his death, a critic in The Times Literary Supplement wrote: 'It is hard to think that any modern author of equal merit is so unknown as a personality, so hidden behind his… Read More

Trenton, New Jersey: New Jersey State Museum, 1908. Very Good condition. Inner hinges are perfect. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated with 13 plates inserted in the text and another 69 plates at the end. Part II (pp. 33-110) of this volume contains THE MAMMALS OF NEW JERSEY by Witmer Stone. Part III (pp. 111-202) contains: THE KING CRAB FISHERIES IN DELAWARE BAY AND FURTHER NOTES ON NEW JERSEY FISHES, AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES by Henry W. Fowler. Index. Original blind-stamped green cloth. Gold titles on the front cover and spine are still bright and shiny. Full title reads: "Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum, Including a List of the Specimens Received During the Year, Financial Report, With a Report of the Mammals of New Jersey, and a Supplement to Former Reports, Fully Illustrated, 1907.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 211pp.

Phoenix Mill (UK):: Sutton Publishing, 2000. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (£19.99). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 16 pages of photos. Bound in the original black boards, lettered in gold. Sharp corners. An illustrated history that examines the development and use of artillery through the ages from its origin in China, the spread to Europe, the Hundred Years War, the Wars of the Roses, the English Civil War, the American War of Independence, the Napoleonic, American Civil, Crimean and Boer Wars, WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam, and other conflicts to the present. From the Dust Jacket: "Through detailed research , John Norris has traced the development of artillery through the ages and up to the dawn of the twenty-first century... From its earliest recorded use in battle almost a millennium ago, up to the recent Gulf… Read More

Lakewood, Colorado: Hugh Country Publishers, 2004. RARE HARDCOVER edition. New and unread in near PERFECT condition (with only a bit of mild shelfwear to the cover -- like you sometimes find in any new book store). Bright and shiny. Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. Square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are bright white, fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Photo illustrated. Bound in the original blue, red and black pictorial laminated boards. From the publisher: "A completely revised, expanded and widely-hailed version of author Dave Holt's best-selling earlier book BALANCED BOWHUNTING, which has been out of print for some time. Now Dave has put his great book back in print in this much-bigger and updated version. Dave Holt is recognized for taking a common sense 'what works' approach to the subject of bowhunting at a time when technology is rapidly changing this method of… Read More

New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc., 1966. Very Good condition. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Flat, uncreased spine. Softcover. 4.5" wide by 7" tall (a perfect size for the pocket or tacklebox). No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated by Nancy Lou Gahan with clearly marked drawings of various fish and equipment. Covers still fishing, dock fishing, freshwater bait, saltwater bait, bait casting, trolling, spin casting, fly casting, ice fishing, how to fight a fish, etc. Includes a description of every common fish, both freshwater and saltwater. Glossary. Index. Bound in the original pictorial wraps.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Gahan, Nancy Lou . 214pp.

New York and Los Angeles:: Vantage Press, 1990. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (15.00). No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Bound in the original brown boards, lettered in gold. Sharp corners. Autobiography, with much on the author's family life in Putney, Vermont, his business, hunting trips, his travels throughout the world in search of American artifacts (which now fill two museums), and the unforgettable characters he met. From the Dust Jacket: "In 1941, at the age of twenty-two, Mr. Wilson bought his first basket manufacturing company. We follow the author as he turns Basketville into a multimillion-dollar operation, with offices in the states as well as the Far East.". First Edition (so stated). Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine dust jacket.. 8vo. (viii), 181pp..

Montgomery, Alabama: B.A.S.S., Inc. / Helen Sevier, 1990. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of photos, many in full-color. Glossary of terms. Topical index. From the rear cover: "Editor Colin Moore scoured the pages of 23 years' worth of BASSMASTER Magazines to select representative stories on the best bass-fishing techniques ever devised. Included here are illustrated mini-manuals on everything from flipping and pitching to stream-fishing strategies. the reader will learn to 'shake' a worm for suspended bass, how to work spinnerbaits in deep water, how to set a hook more effectively, how to use tackle to best advantage, and more." Bound in the original glossy, pictorial blue cloth. The handsome cover features a fishnet pattern surrounding a photograph of a large bass (who is eyeing the camera with suspicion).. First Edition? (No Additional Printings). Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine… Read More

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1977. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($11.95). Sharp corners. Square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. Photo illustrated throughout. Bound in the original gilt-stamped brown boards. From the publisher: "Expert instructions in the training method of Delmar Smith, winner of ten national championships, are supplmented with photographs of the fine points and problem situations.". 12th printing. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xviii, 186pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Far Hills, New Jersey: Meadow Run Press, 1997. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW slipcase. Perfect Condition. Never opened. Still sealed in the publisher's clear plastic shrinkwrap. NO rubbing. NO fading. NO shelfwear. NO chips, tears or creases. Bright and shiny. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. Fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. 1997. First Edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Intended as a continuation of Phillips. Approved by the Boone and Crockett Club. A useful tool that describes 5,000 titles about hunting, American game animals and birds, bow hunting, hunting dogs, fox hunting, children's books on these subjects, use and collecting of firearms, Derrydale Press, etc. Contains a wealth of bibliographical detail, notes on content, scarcity, variant editions, printing history, etc. Illustrated with paintings by John Rice. Foreword by Gene Hill.. First Edition, Limited 1000 copies. Hardcover. New/New slipcase & shrinkwrap. Illus. by Rice,… Read More

Lyon, Mississippi: Derrydale Press, 1994. Brand New in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh and crisp. Obviously never read. First Edition Thus. 1994 Derrydale reissue in their LEGENDS OF THE LONGBOW series. Limited to 1,250 copies, signed by Glenn St. Charles, Commissioner of the Legends of the Longbow Library and Founder of the Pope and Young Club. This annotated catalogue describes 5,000 works on the use of the bow for hunting, war, and recreation, from the earliest times to the present. It identifies U. S. and British library locations for the rarer books. All edges gilt. Bound in the original full dark green leather (possibly imitation leather), stamped in shiny gold. Full title: "A Bibliography of Archery : An Indexed Catalogue of 5,000 Articles, Books, Films, Manuscripts, Periodicals and Theses on the Use of the Bow for Hunting, War, and Recreation, from the… Read More