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Price: $45.00
Publisher: London, Seely, Service & Co. Ltd: 1936
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 45816
Condition: Very Good
Mustard cloth boards with gilt Lonsdale crown insignia show a light dust mard on cover ends. Matching mustard buckram cloth spine with gilt titles straight as are board tips. 255 pp heavy stock text clean and tight with 45 b/w photographs. Prize dedication handwritten on fep states: Baker Memorial Prize presented by the Buckram Beagles to Barbara Bush April 1953. Unclipped dj in new mylar has two chips at head of backstrip but title still clearly legible. Former owner has made some small ink notes on dj flaps and one on rear cover. Section 1 on Beagling written by C.B. Shepherd, Master... View more info
By: Bise, Gabriel after Gaston Phoebus; Translated by J. Peter Tallon
Price: $17.00
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 46168
Condition: Very Good
Lovely first edition hardcover in white textured paper covered boards with sharp tips and spine ends. Strip of light discoloration along frt board foot. 109 pp glossy illustrated text is in mint condition. Unclipped illustrated white background dj is slightly yellowed bit displays well in new mylar. Suitable for gift giving. No names or tears. More than a beautiful visual book, this is a true how-to manual for medieval methods of hunting wild boar, deer, wolves, otters and more in 14th century France. View more info
By: Darwin, Bernard, Foreword by Herbert Warren Wind, Afterword by Ben Crenshaw
Price: $7.00
Publisher: Classics of Golf: 1985
Seller Id: 45806
ISBN: 0940889048
Condition: Near Fine
Nice hardcover in light blue cloth covered boards with navy spine and titles. 234 pp text crisp and unmarked. No dj, Not exlib. Gift quality volume with publisher's bulletin laid in. Golf Between Two Wars is a history and also a story. It tells how and why Great Britain lost its dominant position in golf to America. It's not a simple story. It took more than Jones, Hagen, and Sarazen to subdue Britain. Ti took the fading of Vardon, Taylor, and Braid from the scene; it took a new swing; it took a different work ethic. Only Henry Cotton was able, for a while, to stem the tide. Along t... View more info
By: Ford, Emma
Price: $17.00
Publisher: England, Shire Publications: 1995
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller Id: 45845
ISBN: 0852636679
Condition: Near Fine
Reprint stapled booklet all about training, handling and caring for your falcon. Signed in pencil on fep: Emma Ford. Includes: A Brief History, Falconry Today, The Equipment, The Birds, Conservation, Useful Information. View more info
By: Ford, Richard: Essay Selection and Introduction
Price: $17.00
Publisher: CA, Chronicle Books: 1996
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 46227
ISBN: 0811811220
Condition: As New
Gift quality first edition hardcover in black paper covered boards with bright gilt titles. Not exlib, no names, tears or soil. 127 pp profusely illustrated glossy text is flawless as is the photo illustrated dj, save for a price clipped frt flap but original $29.99 price sticker is present a little to the left of the clip. Of the press sports photographers of the '30s, '40s and '50s, Charles Hoff was considered far and away the best for his ability to bring out the visual drama of an athletic event. Seething with the raw dynamism of the boxing ring, the stunning, classic black and white p... View more info
Price: $27.00
Publisher: PA, Privately Printed: 1993
Edition: First Edition
Seller Id: 43935
Condition: Very Good
Weird & wild privately published 56 pg b/w illust magazine. Photos & line drawings throughout. Many contributors writing on skateboarding, trick bicycle riding, rock and roll bands, guns, partying etc. Truly rare volume with some light red surface soil on cover. View more info
By: Hallberg, William; Foreword by James Dodson
Price: $17.00
Publisher: NY, SPORTS - POETRY IN MOTION: 1999
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: Signed by Photographer
Seller Id: 46115
ISBN: 0967193303
Condition: Near Fine
First edition, first printing hardcover in black paper covered boards with bright silver titles on cover and backstrip. Tips lightly bumped but not rubbed, spine ends sharp. Book slightly canted but stands straight on the shelf. Laid in are two review sheets with synopsis of the book from the publisher/photographer = Gerald Sprayregen along with another paper signed in ink by Sprayregen, sent to "Henry", describing the books attributes and seeking orders. Book itself not signed by anyone. Unclipped dj shows no damage, and is in mylar that has some surface scratches but displays we... View more info
Price: $25.00
Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1897
Seller Id: 45631
Condition: Near Fine
Handsome volume in pine green cloth boards showing lightly bumped spine ends, tips remain sharp. Book now protected in removable, clear mylar sleeve. 305 pp text is crisp and bright, front hinge partially cracked but page block holding fine. Nicely illustrated with 66 b/w engravings. More than suitable for gift giving. Includes: GETTING OUT THE FLY BOOKS [by Leroy Milton Yale]/ THE LAND OF THE WINANISHE [by Yale & J. G. A. Creighton]/ NEPIGON RIVER FISHING [by A. R. MacDonough]/ STRIPED BASS FISHING [by A. Foster Higgins] THE HAUNTS OF THE BLACK SEA-BASS [by Charles FrederickHolder]/ ... View more info
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Arizona, Wolfe Publishing Co.: 1993
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 46150
ISBN: 1879356201
Condition: Very Good
First edition glossy paperback in black background card covers with white crossed rifles and titles on frt cov and backstrip. No names, tears or soil in the 122 pp text. Chapters include: A Few Basics, Lubrication and Lubricants, The Grease Cookie, Bullets and Bullet Moulds, Casting the Bullet, Care of the Cartridge Case - Before and After, The Powder Charge - Black, Pyrodex, or Duplex, Loading the Black Powder Rifle Cartridge, Developing and Testing the Load, The "Tragedy" of it All, What It's All About. View more info
By: McClane, A. J.
Price: $10.00
Publisher: NY, Prentice-Hall: 1955
Seller Id: 45595
Condition: Very Good +
Beige cloth 3rd printing hardcover, no dj. Third printing. Lightly bumped tips and spine ends, small grease spot on lower right edge near gutter. 280 pp. B/W frontis shows the author holding up a 44lb Barracuda caught in the Bahamas. Includes: History/ The Reel/ The Rod/ The Line/ First Casts/ Lures/ Panfish/ Pacific Salmon and Steelhead/ Trout/ The Black Bass/ The Pike Family/ Live Bait/ Salt Water/ Index. View more info
By: Simmons, Richard F. (Dick)
Price: $10.00
Publisher: NY, Bonanza Books: 1955
Edition: Reprint
Seller Id: 45842
Condition: As New
Reprint hardcover in light cream colored cloth on boards. Tips and spine ends sharp, 346 pp text is crisp and unmarked. Unclipped (and unpriced) jacket shows light color and bit of wrinkling at head of spine. No names, tears or soil. Gift quality offering. Chapters include: Made to Order, Barrels, Engraving on Firearms, Scope Sights and Scope Mounts, Rifle Actions for Conversion, Placing an Order, Specialties and Innovations, Stock Woods, Target, Bench Rest and Free Rifles, Foreign Custom Built Rifles, Appendices: Individuals and Companies Mentioned, Trade Directory. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Glasgow, Scotland, Collins: 1969
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 46100
ISBN: 0004105966
Condition: Fine
First edition hardcover in green paper covered boards lightly sunned at head and foot of book, Spine ends and tips fairly sharp. 256 pp text is crisp, unmarked, and wonderfully illustrated with sketches by Biro. Unclipped dj is complete, shows a tad of sunning on backstrip and has a full poem by Mary W. Scott entitled Sunday Train on the rear panel of the dj. Frt dj flap states: This book is a 'must' for all country people, and for the thousands who live in cities but still turn to the out-of-doors for recreation. Contents are arranged into twelve chapters representing the 12 months of the ... View more info
By: Tennant, Alan
Price: $8.00
Publisher: NY, Alfred A. Knopf: 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 45659
ISBN: 0375415513
Condition: Fine
1st edition hardcover in mint, unclipped dj in new mylar. 304 p. Crisp and unmarked. Gift quality volume, sharp tips, barely bumped spine ends, no names, tears or soil. "On The Wing is a narrative that focuses on the matchless migratory birds of prey we call peregrine falcons. But it is also a self portrait of the author, in his intelligence, his sensitivity, his friendships and antipathies, and his wide comprehension of the natural world. Tennant is so attuned to that world that he comes across not just as an eloquent observer but as a participant. A lovely and moving book." - ... View more info
By: Where the Trout are all as Long as your Leg
Price: $7.00
Publisher: NY, Simon and Schuster/ Fireside: 1991
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller Id: 45781
ISBN: 0671754556
Condition: Near Fine
First edition, 1st printing paperback without names, tears or soil, one faint crease at foot of spine cover, still more than suitable for gift-giving. 84 pp text crisp and unmarked. Not exlib. From the irrepressible author of Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing, Trout Bum, and Even Brook Trout Get the Blues, comes a jewel of a book about those secret places that are the soul of fishing. In his earthy, vivid prose, John Gierach, "the Bohemian equivalent of a country gentleman," takes us from a nameless stream on a nameless ranch in Montana to a secret pool off a secret creek where he secre... View more info
By: Yapp, Nick
Price: $20.00
Publisher: England, Ravette Books Ltd: 1988
Seller Id: 45841
ISBN: 1853040452
Condition: Fine
Crisp glossy, uncreased, unmarked paperback. Tips and spine ends sharp. gift quality offering includes: Origins, What Happens in Cricket, Kinds of Cricket, Styles of Cricket, Attending a Match, Talking About Crickett, Glossary View more info
