London: Stanley Paul, 1933. Cloth Hard Cover. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 288p. Carl Akeley was not only the father of modern taxidermy but noted for his contributions to the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum. His specialty was the gorilla and the elephant. In 1909 he..... More
New York: Derrydale Press, 1938. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to 950 copies. The present copy is # 479. 198 pages, illustrated with photographs. Whether it was a Kenai Moose Hunt or hunting big horn sheep, Russell Annabel brings color and excitement in a world of hunting that before World War..... More
London: M.A. Pittan, Warwick-Square, 1835. First Edition. Octavo. xvi, 598pp., handsomely bound by Riviere in 3/4 brown morocco over light brown cloth, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gil, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, internally fresh and bright. The author contributed to The Sporting Magazine, eventually his stories..... More
Buffalo, New York: Mark Hubbell Printing Company, 1930. First Edition. Octavo. No pagination. Illustrated. Printed for the Masters of Foxhunting Association of America. 32 unnumbered pages. William H. Barr who had been the Master of Foxhunting at the Lake Short Hunt Club at Derby, New York supervised the search for..... More
College Station; (1985): Texas A & M University Press. First Edition. Octavo. Signed by the author. 122(1)pp. illustrated by Elizabeth Hughes. The deer pasture is a place where family meet to camp, hunt and just to get together. This area is in the heart of white tailed deer country and..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Watkins-Pitchford, D. J. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 244pp. Chapters on game and game birds, and the finest hunting in Great Britain. Illustrated with 16 (mostly color) plates. Bound in grey cloth boards, with illustrated dust jacket (closed tears, lightly soiled..... More
New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock/The Grafton Press, 1926. First Edition. Octavo. 322pp., photo-illustrated. A true story of a trip around the world and the author's big game hunting in Africa and India. Bound in dark blue pictorial cloth lettered in gilt, photograph of author standing on a giraffe mounted to..... More
London: W.H. Allen, 1884. Octavo. viii, 136pp. illustrated by the author with 6 plates of engravings. His long service in India involved both military and hunting adventures. Besides his engraving of an Indian camp and one of quail hunting in India, there are four showing rifles with detailed information. In..... More
Tucson: Bowhunting in Arizona, Inc., 1985. Octavo. Second edition. 220pp., A book written for those who would like to hunt using a bow and arrow rather than guns. Bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt, Spine lettring gilt. A near fine copy in very good pioctorial dust jacket. More
Clinton, NJ. (1981): Amwell Press. Limited Edition. Octavo. ) Limited to 1000 copies. The present copy is # 111 signed by Anthony Dyer who also wrote the foreword and by President of Amwell Press Jim Rikhoff. xxi, 312pp. (with Original Preface By C.R.S. Pitman) .illustrated with line drawings and color..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Thick Quarto. Grey consider the fishes of the South Seas to be the most fiercest in the world. He tells his stories of the tuna, sailfish, the wahoo and swordfish which would make any fisherman envious. Mr. Grey caught a 618 pound..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton/Harper and Brothers, 1927. First Edition. Quarto. From the library of Zane Grey with his library sticker and a signed photographic card. It is also inscribed by his daughter to Norma Shine and her husband Bob who was occasionally a fishing companion to Zane Grey. Illustrated with..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. First Edition. Thick Quarto. First printing with (I-F) code. Grey consider the fishes of the South Seas to be the most fiercest in the world. He tells his stories of the tuna, sailfish, the wahoo and swordfish which would make any fisherman envious. Mr..... More
New York: The Anglers Club of New York, 1954. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 591 copies. 149 pages, plus epilogue, illustrated by Charles De Feo. This classic remains one of the finest writing on the love of angling. Each chapter is preceded by one of Charles De Feo's illustrations of..... More
London: Vinton & Co., 1903. First Edition. Octavo. 286 pages. Frontispiece of author, with 43 leaves of plates each with their tissue guards. Halford is most noted for his development and promotion of the dry fly technique on English chalk streams. He is generally accepted as "The Father of Modern..... More
London, [1924]: P. Allen. Limited Edition. Quatro. 198p. An uncut and unopened copy signed by the author and limited to 300 copies, the present copy is number 13. Clean throughout with all 12 dry-points beautifully done by Norman Wilkinson present with tissue guards and in perfect condition with each image..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Large Octavo. 417 pages, index. Title page adds: with 84 illustrations from Photographs and a map. This book belonged to Robert L. Coates who was with the 131st Signal Radio Intelligence Company. In the maps on the endpapers in the back of..... More
New York; (1936): Derrydale Press. First Edition. Quarto. Limited to 225 copies. The present copy is number 586. no pagination. Profusely illustrated with Hunt's fine drawings of game in color and in black and white. An ex-library copy bound in brown cloth centrally stamped in gilt depicting a turkey, letter..... More
New York: Anglers Club of New York, 1972. First Edition. Small Quarto. Limited to 1000 copies. xiv, 168 pages, illustrations. Articles by its members that have been referred to over the past century. Includes Eugene V. Connett's essay: "Random Thoughts on Nymph Fishing" as well as many other illustrious members..... More
(Boiling Springs, PA, 2013): Headwater Books;. First Edition. Octavo. 199pp., Inscribed by the author "Extravaganza 2014/Montana Matters!/Enjoy..../Jerry Kustich. The author's third book in a trilogy that spans the author's life spent fly fishing and working in the fly fishing business. He is a fly-fishing story teller. A fine copy bound..... More
Helena, Montana; (1993): Greycliff Publishing. First Edition. Quarto. Signed by the author. 260pp., Trout Flies presents the most carefully tested series of proven fish-takers available to fly fishermen. These are the flies of legend (62 of them) nationally acclaimed patterns, such as the Emergent Sparkle Pupa, and completely new innovations..... More
London; (1950): Faber and Faber Liited. First Edition. Octavo. First American importation 1951 stamped above publishing date. 157pp., This is a book about the wilds of Canada, camping, and fishing. A fine story of Mr. Luard's account of the long canoe journey over the Height of Land, magic name, with..... More
London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, 1929. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 234p. Ex-library copy; illustrations throughout including life-size illustrations of most of the game tracks; The last generation of great African hunters when without restrictions hunters tracked their game with determination. More
Gatlinburg, Tennessee: Joe F. Manley, 1938. First Edition. Small Octavo. ix, 79pp. The Great Smoky Mountain National Park has drawn fly fisherman for its trout and bass as well as several other of the sixty species native to the region. This was the first book written exclusively on fishing in..... More
London: H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1967. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 153 pp. 12 photographs, color photo frontispiece. in dust jacket. More