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New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1895. 1st. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Decorative green hardcover with illustration of two lions by trees. Cover with some soiling and edgewear/corner bumps. Spine with a lean and wear to ends. Boards lightly showing at corners. Decorative two-toned (brown and white) floral endpapers. Pages age toned with some edge wear and smudging and age spots. Text and illustrations clean. Pages intact. Some weakness to hinges and spine. Small area of insect damage to lower inside of last 5 leaves and rear endpapers (a small cut bored in from the bottom, less than a quarter by less than one inch). 248 pages.
Quotation for Five Best Quality 12 Gauge Shotguns for Ducks Unlimited by Westley Richards & Co. Ltd.; Brown, Alan (A.M.) - 1981
by Westley Richards & Co. Ltd.; Brown, Alan (A.M.)
Quotation for Five Best Quality 12 Gauge Shotguns for Ducks Unlimited
by Westley Richards & Co. Ltd.; Brown, Alan (A.M.)
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Birmingham: Westley Richards & Co. Ltd, 1981. Archive of eighteen items housed in clear sleeves in flexible, blue portfolio, 31 x 26cm. Wonderful archive of quotation material including original art, from Westley Richards & Co. Ltd., gun and rifle makers of appointment to the Royal Family. The quotation is for five best quality 12 gauge shotguns for Archie D. Walker Jnr. of Ducks Unlimited, Bliss, ID, to be delivered in 1982/1983, the basic price of each gun coming in at £7,500. Includes (all typed sheets on company letterhead):
1. Single sheet advertisement for Westley Richards fine sidelock shotguns.
2. Typed quotation cover sheet.
3. Typed description of gun including price.
4. Typed description of engraving options including prices.
5. Six original drawings of engraving options on four sheets by A.M. Brown, artist for Westley Richards and "the finest engraver to emerge for many years," this being Alan Brown of the Brown Brothers. Incredibly detailed, featuring examples of ducks, London Scroll and Rose, and Acanthus style scroll.
6. Five beautiful photographic reproductions of Brown's previous work.
7. Typed description including price of casing, for which Westley Richards used Casecraft Designs of Kingston.
8. Single sheet printed advertisement from Casecraft Designs.
9. Sample sheet of four pieces of colored felt as options for case lining.
10. Typed terms sheet from Westley Richards.
11. Blank Order form from Westley Richards.
A unique collection from one of the oldest traditional handmade gun and rifle makers in England, founded in 1812.
1. Single sheet advertisement for Westley Richards fine sidelock shotguns.
2. Typed quotation cover sheet.
3. Typed description of gun including price.
4. Typed description of engraving options including prices.
5. Six original drawings of engraving options on four sheets by A.M. Brown, artist for Westley Richards and "the finest engraver to emerge for many years," this being Alan Brown of the Brown Brothers. Incredibly detailed, featuring examples of ducks, London Scroll and Rose, and Acanthus style scroll.
6. Five beautiful photographic reproductions of Brown's previous work.
7. Typed description including price of casing, for which Westley Richards used Casecraft Designs of Kingston.
8. Single sheet printed advertisement from Casecraft Designs.
9. Sample sheet of four pieces of colored felt as options for case lining.
10. Typed terms sheet from Westley Richards.
11. Blank Order form from Westley Richards.
A unique collection from one of the oldest traditional handmade gun and rifle makers in England, founded in 1812.
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Hunters Three: Sport and Adventure in South Africa
by Knox, Thomas W., illustrated by William M. Cary
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Coltelli d'autore: I capolavori dei maestri americani (Collana I Grandi libri) (Italian Edition)
by Roberto Allara
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Priuli & Verlucca, 1998. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Priuli & Verlucca, 1998. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", 214pp., lavishly illustrated with full color plates. Text in Italian. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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Horning Into Africa (Signed)
by W. S. Van Dyke
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Privately Printed for W. S. Van Dyke by California Graphic Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition, first printing of legendary American film director W. S. Van Dyke's journal written during the filming of Trader Horn in central Africa, a film, in turn, based on the book Trader Horn by celebrated ivory trader Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn. "First Printing" so stated on copyright page. Inscribed and signed by W. S. Van Dyke on front free endpaper thus: "To you Tyler - | and don't be too hard | on it! | W. S. Van Dyke | L. A. | 1-22-35." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. Bound in dark blue linen with gilt lettering to front and spine panels and gilt water buffalo to front panel. Includes 26 full-page photos of natives, big game animals and more, taken on location. 219 pp. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. An exceptionally presentable copy of an important African safari collectible.
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100+ Sniper Exercises
by Abril De Fontcuberta, Eduardo
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Boulder, Colorado, Usa: Paladin Press, 2013. Soft cover. Fine. In Very Good Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ A Professional Sniper Needs To Accomplish Three Things To Do His Job: Be Predictable, Repeatable, And Precise! To Help Achieve That Goal, Veteran Sniping Instructor And Competitive Long-Range Shooter Eduardo Abril De Fontcuberta Has Collected Dozens Of Exercises From Elite Military And Police Sniping Programs And Organized Them Into A Complete Training Course. Now, Snipers, Instructors, And Even Civilian Long-Range Target Shooters Can Develop And Assess Their Performance, Individually Or As A Unit, And Meet The Standards Of The Best Snipers In The World.
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Winchester's Finest, the Model 21
by Ned Schwing
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Hard Cover. First Edition. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket: Near Fine. Binding is solid; pages are clean and unmarked except for one small stray pen mark on the table of contents page and a price written in pencil on the inside end page. Dust jacket is wrapped in clear mylar for protection. Please see photos for more on condition.
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Hunters Three: Sport and Adventure in South Africa
by Knox, Thomas W., illustrated by William M. Cary
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New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1895. 1st. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Decorative green hardcover with illustration of two lions by trees. Cover with some soiling and edgewear/corner bumps. Spine with a lean and wear to ends. Boards lightly showing at corners. Decorative two-toned (brown and white) floral endpapers. Pages age toned with some edge wear and smudging and age spots. Text and illustrations clean. Pages intact. Some weakness to hinges and spine. Small area of insect damage to lower inside of last 5 leaves and rear endpapers (a small cut bored in from the bottom, less than a quarter by less than one inch). 248 pages.
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Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters.
by Alfred Mayer
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Mayer. Alfred M., Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters, Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1884, 1st English ed. 2 volumes, 4to. Quarter morocco on paper covered boards, gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Pp448, pp440. Both volumes have tipped in vignette wood engraved proofs on Japan on to title page and 10 others throughout, as called for. Many wood engraved images within text and full page, throughout both volumes. Binding bumped at edges, hinges skillfully strengthened. Some light foxing to prelims, all illustrations and text in clean, strong order. The Japan prints are in excellent condition. A very good illustrated commentary on a variety of country sports including Trout Fishing in the Rangeley Lakes, American Sporting Dogs, North American Grouse, Hunting the Mule Deer in Colorado and Fox Hunting in New England.
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Gunmakers of Indiana
by Lindert, Albert
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Homewood, IL: The Author, 1964. SCARCE. Near Fine, light rubbing at spine edges, old tape mend top edge spine. 284 pp. with black and white photographs and drawings by James A. Wuellner. . Limited Edition, Revised. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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DOC BLAKESLEY, ANGLER; LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 59, SIGNED BY AUTHOR
by ARTHUR R. MACDOUGALL, JR.
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PORTLAND, MAINE: FALMOUTH PUBLISHING HOUSE, 1949 BEAUTIFUL BOOK WITH A WHITE TEXTURED FRONT AND BACK WITH GREEN SPINE. GOLD PRINT ALONG SPINE. BLACK SLIP COVER WITH NICE TEXTURE ON OUTSIDE. BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. CLEAN AND TIGHT. LIMITED EDITION 59 OF 500. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE FRONT. GOOD ARTWORK THROUGHOUT BY STANLEY GREENE. SIX STORIES WRITTEN BY MACDOUGALL RELATING TO HIS CHILDHOOD. STORIES WERE FIRST PUBLISHED IN FIELD AND STREAM, SPORTS AFIELD AND OUTDOORS. GREAT BOOK FOR THE FISHERMAN, LOVER OF THE OUTDOORS AND LIFE. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man
by Siegfried Sassoon
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Keswick, Virginia, United States
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This book has some discoloration inside front cover on first page and same at rear of book. otherwise clean. Pages have deckled edge. Dust jacket is here except for spine area which is totally missing. Slip case has some wear to corners and some fading to front of case. Please see photos.
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Making Duck Decoys
by Captain A. de L. MacDonald
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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.
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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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.
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The Silence Of The North
by Olive A. Fredrickson with Ben East
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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.
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Encyclopedia of American Gun Design and Performance: Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols, Revolvers
by Wallack, L. R
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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..
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Best Wing Shooting in Uruguay, The
by Vigano, Galeazzo; Vigano, Diego
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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
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The Man In The Brown Suit
by Christie, Agatha
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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."
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Dead-Eye Dick
by Vonnegut, Kurt
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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."
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European Sporting Cartridges Volume 2
by W. B. Dixon
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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., 2000Seattle, Washington USA 98155
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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.
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The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys
by Engers, Joe, Editor
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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.
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Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making
by Gibson, W. Hamilton
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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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;…
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