Search Results: Hunting from Attic Books

Winchester Press, 1985. Hardcover. Very good/Good. 230 p. 24 cm. Brown leatherette in dustjacket. Chips, tears, soiling to jacket. Book is inscribed by author on half title.

2016. Softcover. Fine. 109 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex library - very good. 67 p. 22 cm. Bound in pretty half burgundy leather with marbled paper boards. Ex library with ink stamp on title and contents pages. Some foxing. Thomas Talbot was born in Ireland in 1818 and went to Newfoundland as a young man to teach at St. Bonaventure's College. He was later in the island's legislative council. In this volume he follows the course of his 45 years of experiences in Newfoundland, discussing topics such as the fisheries, seal hunting, geography, parliamentary elections, island politics, and Newfoundland as a field for emigration from Britain.

Boston: Meador Publishing Company, 1936. Hardcover. Very good. 232 p. 21 cm. 11 b&w plates. Faux leather hardcover with gold print. A few spots on spine. Chipped edge to p. 93. Topics include waterways, big game, game birds, hunting, Kennebec Valley, etc.

Toronto: Printed by Herbert H. Ball, 1932. Booklet. Fair. The Game and Fisheries Act R.S.O. 1927, Chapter 318 as amended by 1928, chapter 52; 1929, chapter 82; 1930, chapter 62; 1931, chapter 69; and chapter 41, 1932. 196 p. 16 cm. Map at centre, diagrams at rear. Blue paper covers. Dampstained. Chipped rear cover.

Toronto: Printed by Herbert H. Ball, 1933. Booklet. Good. The Game and Fisheries Act R.S.O. 1927, Chapter 318 as amended by 1928, chapter 52; 1929, chapter 82; 1930, chapter 62; 1931, chapter 69; 1932, chapter 41; 1933, chapter 19. 137 p. 16 cm. Map at centre, diagrams at rear. Blue paper covers somewhat soiled. Title and p. 125 marked by clipping.

Toronto: Printed by Herbert H. Ball, 1934. Booklet. Good +. The Game and Fisheries Act R.S.O. 1927, Chapter 318 as amended by 1928, chapter 52; 1929, chapter 82; 1930, chapter 62; 1931, chapter 69; 1932, chapter 41; 1933, chapter 19; 1934, chapter 19. 142 p. 16 cm. Map at centre, diagrams at rear. Blue paper covers somewhat soiled. Title and p. 125 marked by clipping.

Pekin, Illinois: Philip S. Olt, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. v, [3] 167 p. 20 cm. B&w illustrations. Burgundy cloth with mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Jacket has chips, tears and creases to edges and a little soiling to top of rear flap. Tucked inside is a flyer for Olt's Regular Pheasant Call. Company was associated with bird calls.

Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1989. 1000 copies published by Amwell Press for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited. This is no. 235, signed by Dickey, Rickhoff, and Livingston. . Hardcover. Near fine. xiv, 140 p. 26 cm. B&w line drawings. Green leather with gilt impressing. In green paper covered slipcase. Foreword by Jim Rikhoff.

Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1987. Hardcover. Near fine. WATSON, Mike. viii, 280 p. Peach cloth with gilt trim in matching slipcase. 23.5 cm with 24.5 cm slipcase. Attractive illustration on slipcase. A bit of wear to case edge.

Marshduck, 2015. Hardcover. Very good +/Fine. xiv, 173 p. 26 cm. Colour illustrations in centre section. B&w illustrations. Green hardcover in dustjacket. Dent in front fore-edge. Signed by authors on title. "History, Decoys, Nate Quillin, Punt Guns, Spring Hunting, Live Pigeon Shooting and Live Decoys."

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807. Hardcover. Very good. 3 vols.: [8], 535; 592, [8]; [6], 494, [8] p. 24 cm. Vol.I has 19 listed engraved plates plus one unnamed fold-out at p. 108. Vol. II has 18 plates but lacks Perch and Trout plate opposite p. 493 (p. 491-2 missing). Vol. III has 28 plates but lacks Covey of Partridges at p. 80 and Grey and Black Goose at p. 242. Full leather with gilt trim. Marbled text block edges. Corners bumped, boards rubbed and scuffed. Vol. II lacks title page. Other titles have ink signature from 1814. A few tears, minor stains, and light foxing. Supplement volume missing. A treatise on all aspects of hunting, shooting and fishing, focusing primarily on the game animals themselves as well as the animals used to catch them. William Barker Daniel (1753?-1833) was a clergyman but indulged in "sporting" to a degree which shocked even his own time period. A correspondent in the Gentleman's Magazine of 1802 wrote of him as "fitter to act the character of Nimrod… Read More

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +. xv, 336, [24] p. 20 cm. 9 b&w plates. Red cloth hardcover with black and gold impressing. Darkened spine with repaired ends. Some soiling to covers. Occasional foxing. Signed in pencil by A. Moray Brown on a front endpaper. P. 183 marked by offsetting from enclosures. 39 p. section with Indian sporting songs and 24 p. section at rear with publisher's advertising. Includes a folded short story, The Man-Eater, by G. B. Burgin, as well as letters to the author, one from Park Hall, Oswestry. The sporting memoirs of a soldier based in India in the late 1800s. Often shocking by today's standards, Brown's attitudes towards animals and the native population reflect his time period. Though he stresses he is no great sportsman ("There are many men...who have made bigger bags and seen more of shikar than your humble servant"), Brown's lack of experience shows how widespread big game hunting was; one didn't need great wealth or skill to… Read More

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1938. Hardcover. Good/Good. The Sportsman's Library Vol. 20. ix, 241 p. 19 cm. 8 b&w plates, 7 in-text illustrations. Green cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has chipped upper spine affecting lettering. Light wear and creasing elsewhere. Some spotting and offsetting to endpapers. Foxing to text block edge and title.

London: Roultedge, Warne, and Routledge, 1859. Hardcover. Good. xvi, 448 p. 19 cm. 100 engraved figures. 20 engraved plates. Some tissue guards missing. Respined in red faux leather with gold print. Black cloth boards. Corners and edges worn, some rubbing to cloth. New endpapers.

Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1988. Hardcover. As new. 1,000 copies published by The Amwell Press for The National Sporting Fraternity Limited, signed by Jerry A. Lewis, Dick Williams, and Jim Rikhoff, President, NSFL. This copy is no. 235. xx, 152 p. 24 cm faux leather hardcover in 25 cm green dustjacket. Colour frontispiece, b&w line drawings on title, and 7 other b&w drawings. 16 p. of b&w photos in centre section. Hunting cougars or mountain lions and bobcats.

New York: Forest and Stream" Pubishing Company, 1877. Hardcover. Good. 688; 208 p. 20 cm. Frontispiece portrait of author. 2 fold-out maps. A few diagrams in text. Brown cloth with black and gold impressing. Corners bumped, dent in bottom of front board, crease in spine, srn spine ends. Some signatures jutting out a bit. A few creases. Title continues: "The Game Animals, Birds and Fishes of North America: Their Habits and Various Methods of Capture. Copious Instructions in Shooting, Fishing, Taxidermy, Woodcraft, Etc. Together with a Directiory to the Principal Game Resorts of the Country; Illustrated with Maps." Second part "A Sportsman's Directory to the Principal Resorts for Game and Fish in North America." Arranged by state and province.

Middleport, OH, Vol. I nd. Vol. II 1997. Vol. III 2002. Vol. II a 5th printing. Softcover. Very good. 3 vols.: 103; B, 102; 82 p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Stapled. Light edge wear. Stains on spines from rusted staples.

Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1986. Hardcover. As new. FOLEY, Shepard H. . 1000-copy slipcased edition. This copy says no. CRT. xvii, 204 p. 21.5 cm in a 22.5 cm slipcase. Burgundy hardcover binding with gold gilt on front board and spine. Signed by David H. Henderson, Shepard. H. Foley and Jim Rikhoff, President, NSFL. Intro. by Charles F. Waterman. Features numerous illustrations by Shepard H. Foley throughout. No discernible wear.

Silver City, NM: High-Lonesome Books, 1991. Softcover. Fine. 209 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback.