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SOME EARLY AMERICAN HUNTERS, BEING STORIES FROM THE CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY AND AMERICAN RURAL SPORTS PUBLISHED IN 1830; LIMITED EDITION 275 OF 750 by COMPILED STORIES BY EUGENE V. CONNETT - 1928

by COMPILED STORIES BY EUGENE V. CONNETT

SOME EARLY AMERICAN HUNTERS, BEING STORIES FROM THE CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY AND AMERICAN RURAL SPORTS PUBLISHED IN 1830; LIMITED EDITION 275 OF 750 by COMPILED STORIES BY EUGENE V. CONNETT - 1928

SOME EARLY AMERICAN HUNTERS, BEING STORIES FROM THE CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY AND AMERICAN RURAL SPORTS PUBLISHED IN 1830; LIMITED EDITION 275 OF 750

by COMPILED STORIES BY EUGENE V. CONNETT

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NEW YORK: THE DERRYDALE PRESS, 1928 VERY NICE LOOKING GRAY TEXTURED COVER WITH WHITE LABEL FRONT AND SPINE. INSIDE IS TIGHT AND CLEAN. FORMER OWNERS LABEL INSIDE FRONT. LIMITED EDITION 275 OF 750. FRONTISPIECE IS A ART HAND COLORED OF A COUGAR-PANTHER. THE FOREWARD IS BY CONNETT EXPLAINING HOW HE CAME ABOUT THE STORIES FROM A MAGAZINE ON SPORTING. CONNETT LIKES TO THINK PRESENT DAY HUNTERS OWE MUCH OF THEIR NERVE, STAMINA AND SKILL FROM SUCH MEN IN THE STORIES. WONDERFUL STORIES SUCH AS WOLF HUNT, ENCOUNTER WITH A PANTHER AND A PENNSYLVANIA HUNTER. Princeton University graduate Eugene V. Connett III (1891–1969). GREAT BOOK FOR THE HUNTER OUTDOORSMAN AND LOVER OF HISTORY. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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  • Date Published 1928
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The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game
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The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game

by Lyell, Denis D.

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London: Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd, 1929. Cloth. Good. 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.
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Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland
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Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland

by Rogers, Sir John

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Toronto: Musson, 1912. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good, with some wear to extremities, and sunned spine and top of front cover. The front pastedown bears the owneship signature of William M. Halliday, the author of Potlatch and Totem. The Canadian edition is scarce..
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A Portrait of Shooting
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A Portrait of Shooting

by Marchington, John

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Limited edition. Number 974/1100. Antony Atha Publishers and The Game Conservancy. Rugby. 1979. Quarto. 252pp. 12 colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations. Original quarter green morocco, gilt. In original green cloth slipcase. A lovely copy.
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A Tear for Somalia

A Tear for Somalia

by Collins, Douglas

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London, The Adventurers Club, 1960, hardcover, 192 pp, Very Good in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean, tidy name and date to front endpaper, spine-end and corner bumps, foxing to top and fore-edge of textblock. Dustjacket, light edge nicks to spine-ends and corners, spine slightly darkened, in new Brodart sleeve, the best example of this dustjacket I've ever seen. The British-born soldier, administrative officer, and professional hunter's first book about his adventures in northern Africa beginning in 1941 when he was just 22 years old. Illustrated with 16 full-page drawings by Bruno De Sopra.
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DOC BLAKESLEY, ANGLER; LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 59, SIGNED BY AUTHOR
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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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DOC BLAKESLEY, ANGLER; LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 59, SIGNED BY AUTHOR
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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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JULES GERARD, THE LION KILLER OF ALGERIA; THE ADVENTURES OF GERARD, THE LION KILLER, COMPRISING A...
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JULES GERARD, THE LION KILLER OF ALGERIA; THE ADVENTURES OF GERARD, THE LION KILLER, COMPRISING A HISTORY OF HIS TEN YEARS' CAMPAIGN AMONG THE WILD ANIMALS OF NORTHERN AFRICA

by TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY CHARLES E. WHITEHEAD

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NEW YORK: DERBY & JACKSON, 1860 RARE BOOK, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH. BROWN COVER WITH HEAVIER BINDING ON THE SPINE. GOLD PRINT SPINE, OHIO SCHOOL LIBRARY REFERENCED. WEAR ON THE COVER, SPINE SHOWS 2 NICKS MIDWAY AND BOTTOM. MARBLING INSIDE FRONT AND BACK, TIGHT INSIDE, DRAWING OF HEAD IN PENCIL FIRST BLANK PAGE- NO OTHER MARKINGS. FADED MARBLING ON PAGE EDGES. TOWARDS BACK PAGES AND FRONT PAGES SOME LIGHT STAINING DUE TO LIQUID SPILLED. WHITEHEAD DEDICATES THE BOOK TO HIS TRUE FRIEND, CAPTAIN JAMES MC MCINTOSH- UNITED STATES NAVY, A TRUE HUNTER. WONDERFUL BOOK DETAILING INFORMATION ON THE LION, HUNTING AND LIFE OF GERARD. ARTWORK IS GOOD A DETAILED HELP TAKING YOU INTO THE STORIES. GREAT PIECE OF HISTORY FOR THE AVID HUNTER. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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Peacemaker Evolution and Variations
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Peacemaker Evolution and Variations

by Keith. Cochran

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Cochran Publishing, 1997. Paperback. Used- Fine condition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows very light shelf wear. Book looks brand new. No markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Last Tales

Last Tales

by Dinesen, Isak

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Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X
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Bar-20
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Bar-20

by Mulford, Clarence E.

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Mulford,Clarence Edward: Bar-20, 1907 First Edition, The Outing Publishing Company, New York. Title page states MCMVII. HOPALONG CASSIDY #1. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth and F.E. Schoonover. Used. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Red boards with Large gilt titles. Black titling on spine. Hinges cracked. N.C. Wyeth Illustration at center front shows Hopalong "Hoppy" Cassidy sitting on a barn wall. Plot summary: "In Bar-20, the first Hopalong Cassidy novel by Clarence E. Mulford, Cassidy could fan a gun like a Billy the Kid... Six rounds in three seconds was his slowest time. No one in the state of Texas could beat him. Until he met Slim Travennes, head of the Sandy Creek Vigilante Committee. Slim was snake-fast. No man could go up against him and live. No man. Hoppy could stand or die. He had no other choice. None at all".
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Making Duck Decoys

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
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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

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

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

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
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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

Dead-Eye Dick

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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
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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., 2000
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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

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

Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making

by Gibson, W. Hamilton

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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;… Read More
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