Ole Miss'

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1946. A square, tight copy. Light cover soil. Inner hinges are perfectly sound. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Text pages are unmarked. First Putnam printing after the 1937 Derrydale Press limited edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece painting (Mississippi Mallards) by Richard E. Bishop and 10 photographic plates. Bound in the original brown cloth, stamped in gold on the spine and with an image of ducks in flight on the front cover. From the foreword by Paul A. Curtis: "Some years ago, I shot with Nash Buckingham in the cypress swamps along the Mississippi. I watched him rake mallards out of the air high above the tallest timber, with a skill no other man has shown me in a lifetime of wandering for sport. And, as we lay in camp at night, listening to the river's roar, I learned to know the man; his quaint whimsies, his sensitiveness to the beauty of his surroundings and the characters and moods of his companions. I realized then his rare gift for portraiture... the urge to express himself for others, so that they may fully realize... the real charm and wealth and beauty of those old American shooting days passing so rapidly beyond recall.". First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Bishop, Richard E. 8vo. xii, 178pp.. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.