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Cook Carolyn B
Ride Pennsylvania Horse Trails : Part II The Western Half of Pennsylvania
Cherryville Pennsylvania: Hit The Trail Publications LLC 2005. Very Good Condition would be Fine but for just a little light rubbing to the cover. NO chips. NO tears. A bright shiny clean tight copy. The spine is square and flat with NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp -- probably never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Detailed information on 40 Equestrian & Shared Use Trails. Includes Hiking Bike Snowmobile X-C Ski Carriage and Camping destinations. Photo-illustrated in b/w plus a 16-page section in full color. Bound in the original full-color pictorial wraps. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Softcover. Very Good condition. xx 268pp. Hit The Trail Publications, LLC Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016227 ISBN : 0972908013 9780972908016
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McEvoy John
Great Horse Racing Mysteries : True Tales from the Track
Lexington Kentucky: The Blood-Horse Inc. 2000. Fine condition in a bright shiny Near Fine dust jacket only lightly rubbed. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped $24.95. A clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. True FIRST PRINTING published by The Blood-Horse Inc. with "First Edition: August 2000" so stated on the copyright page. Illustrated with 16 pages of photos many in full color. Bound in the original reddish-brown leatherette imitation leather stamped in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. Includes dust jacket. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 264pp. The Blood-Horse, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016308 ISBN : 1581500521 9781581500523
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Messner Reinhold; Translated by Audrey Salkeld
The Big Walls : History Routes Experiences
New York: Oxford University Press 1978. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket would also be Fine but for just a tiny bit of yellowing to the white parts. NOT price clipped $19.95. NO chips. NO tears. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. All pages are fresh and crisp. 9" wide by 10.5" tall. A riveting account of the ascent of seven of the world's most challenging faces: Monte Agn�r North Face; Matterhorn North Face; Grandes Jorasses Walker Spur; Eiger North Face; Aconcagua South Face; Nanga Parbat South Face; Dhaulagiri South Face. Translated by Audrey Salkeld. Illustrated with photographs throughout many in full-color. Endpaper diagrams show the heights of peaks and length of routes for over 30 mountains from Vesuvius to Everest. First US Edition with "First published in USA by Oxford University Press� 1978" so stated on the copyright page. Neate M86. Bound in the original blue boards stamped in shiny gold on the spine. Includes dust jacket. First US Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 144pp. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016180 ISBN : 0195200624 9780195200621
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Yale Leroy M.; & JGA. Creighton; AR. Macdonough; A. Foster Higgins; Robert Grant; Alexander Cargill; Charles Frederick Holder J
The Out of Door Library : Angling
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1897. Very Good condition. A few tiny brown speckles light foxing on the endpapers. A square reasonably tight unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfectly sound. NO owner's name or bookplate. Hardcover. 1897 reissue of the 1896 original but First Printing in The Out of Door Library series. An angling collection with the following contributions: 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 Frederick Holder; TARPON FISHING IN FLORIDA by Robert Grant; AMERICAN GAME-FISHES by Yale; IZAAK WALTON by Alexander Cargill. Illustrated throughout with 66 engravings. Bound in the original green cloth. The spine is handsomely decorated with gilt design of fish on line being netted. Hand Y1. Bruns O-37. Wetzel 191. 1897 edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. xi 305pp. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015971
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Bowman Hank Wieand
Famous Guns from Famous Collections : More than 300 Prized Guns from 35 Outstanding Museums and Private Collections
New York: Arco Publishing Company Inc. 1957. This is the HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION -- moderately hard-to-find with a Dust Jacket as nice as this one. Very Good condition in a Very Good Dust Jacket. NOT price clipped $2.50. NOT a library discard. Square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean but starting to brown a little as usual. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 6.75" wide by 10" tall. Profusely photo illustrated. Has chapters on: Firearms of the Early American colonies; Firearms of the Revolution; The Flintlock Period Ends; Developments of Percussion Firearms; Guns of the Civil War; Firearms of the Reconstruction Period; Outlaw Guns; and Where to See and Study Famous Firearms. Bound in the original red boards lettered in black on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "More than 300 prized guns from 35 outstanding museums and private collections are illustrated and described.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. 143pp. Arco Publishing Company, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015437
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Kropp Goran; with David Lagercrantz
Ultimate High My Everest Odyssey
New York: Discovery Books 1999. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket The jacket would also be FINE but for very slight rubbing. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped $23.95. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are crisp and unmarked. Hardcover. "First U.S. Edition" is so stated with complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. Illustrated with 16 pages of full-color photos. Translated by Ola Klingberg. Kropp's account of his 14000-mile bicycle round-trip and quest to scale Mount Everest entirely under his own power without Sherpa support or bottled oxygen. Appendix Packing List; Distance List; Summiteer List; etc. Index. Bound in the original gray boards with a blue spine lettered in shiny gold. First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xii 228pp. 16 pages of photos. Discovery Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015486 ISBN : 156331830X 9781563318306
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Morris Desmond
Illustrated Horsewatching
no place: Prospero Books 1998. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dust Jacket only very slightly rubbed. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Oversize Hardcover. 9" wide by 10" tall. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name. NO bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Beautifully illustrated with full-color photos throughout. A fascinating glimpse into the lives of horses answering such questions as: How intelligent are horses Why do they toss their heads What makes them paw the ground Also discusses how they show affection what a horse's body language can tell you why a bad dream is called a nightmare etc. Bound in the original light brown boards lettered in shiny gold on the spine. Includes dust jacket. Third printing. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 144pp. Prospero Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015207 ISBN : 0886653452 9780886653453
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Horak Michael John
The Evil Side of a Racetrack : Based on the True Facts
Lighthouse Point Florida: Privately Published 1994. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO fading. NOT price clipped $30.00. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- probably never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with photographs. Bound in the original black imitation leather lettered in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "Never before has a firsthand account been written that substantiates the magnitude of the corruption cruelty and drug abuse which permeates the horse racing industry. For thirty-five years author Michael John Horak has been a witness.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 515pp. Privately Published Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015244 ISBN : 1568250142 9781568250144
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Littauer Vladimir S
The Development of Modern Riding : The Story of Formal Riding from Renaissance Times to the Present
New York: Howell Book House 1991. Appears unread. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dust Jacket price-clipped. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. First published in 1962 under the title HORSEMAN'S PROGRESS by D. Van Nostrand Co. This 1991 edition adds a new forward by William C. Steinkraus. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original egg-shell color boards with a dark red cloth spine lettered in shiny gold. From the Dust Jacket: "Vladimir S. Littauer has an international reputation as one of this century's most outstanding horsemen. The system of riding he taught based on Federico Caprillis 'forward riding' influenced generations of American riders among them Bernie Traurig Kathy Kusner and Joe Fargis yet his primary concern was for the needs of the average rider and the average horse. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODEM RIDING Littauers personal favorite among the eleven books he wrote is the distillation of a lifetime of study of formal or educated riding. Drawing on the literature of the last four hundred years and illuminating his observations with nearly seventy illustrations Littauer takes readers from the Renaissance to the present -- 'an equestrian March of Time' in the words of one reviewer. The book is divided into four parts in order to show how the customs and ways of life in different periods affected the horse man's progress. Court cavalry and sport all have had definite and provable influences. Littauer also discusses modern riding in Italy France Germany England and the United States and each country's contribution to the development of riding. The panorama that unfolds in THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODEM RIDING will fascinate those who ride teach or compete especially in dressage and show jumping. But more than that they will be reading a remarkable gracefully written work of scholarship that enriches equestrian literature.". Reprint with New Introduction. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xviii 302pp. Howell Book House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015107 ISBN : 0876058977 9780876058978
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Bauer Nona Kilgore
The World of the Golden Retriever : A Dog for All Seasons
Neptune City New Jersey: T.F.H. Publications Inc. 1993. Near Fine condition. Bright shiny clean square and remarkably tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 12.25" tall by 1.75" thick. Pages are fresh crisp and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Lavishly illustrated with over 700 photographs -- most in beautiful full-color. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original glossy laminated white pictorial boards. Shipping for this very large heavy book is most economical by MEDIA MAIL. Priority and International shipment are also available but ONLY by special arrangement and at significantly greater cost. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket as issued. 480pp. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015125 ISBN : 086622694X 9780866226943
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Ritz David
The Man Who Brought the Dodgers Back to Brooklyn
New York: Simon & Schuster 1981. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dust Jacket protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped $12.95. Bright shiny clean square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh crisp and unmarked. Baseball novel for adults. Illustrated with endpaper photos of Ebbets Field. Bound in the original purple boards with a cream-color cloth spine lettered in bright metallic red. First printing with complete number row 123456789 10 on the copyright page. "A fantasy of the rebuilding of Ebbets Field the discovery of a female Koufax and the return of the Dodgers." -- McCue p. 93. From the Dust Jacket: "Back in the 50s when the Dodgers belonged to Brooklyn Daniel 'Squat' Malone and his best friend Bobby Hanes spent every spare moment at Ebbets Field dreaming of their futures with the Dodgers. Then everything changed. Now it's 1986. With Squat's help millionaire Bobby buys the team. Ebbets Field has to be rebuilt.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Bacon Paul jacket design. 8vo. 288pp. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015102 ISBN : 0671253565 9780671253561
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Dravecky Dave signed; with Tim Stafford
Comeback
Grand Rapids Michigan / San Francisco CA: Zondervan / Harper & Row Publishers 1990. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper as follows: "Bill All my best! God Bless! signed Dave Dravecky." Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with 24 pages of photographs most in full color. Chronology of Events. Bound in the original gray boards with a black cloth spine. Stamped in shiny red metallic on the spine and front cover. Inspirational autobiography of major league baseball pitcher and cancer survivor Dave Dravecky who starred for the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants. Selected for the All-Star game in July 1983 Dravecky pitched two scoreless innings for the National League. In October 1984 Dravecky made five relief appearances for the Padres in the National League championships and the World Series pitching ten and two-third scoreless innings. After being traded to the San Francisco Giants he beat the St. Louis Cardinals by a score of 5-0 on October 7 1987 in the National League championship series. From the Dust Jacket: "The story of. Dave Dravecky stands out as one of the greatest comebacks of all time. When his doctors removed a cancerous tumor from his pitching arm in October of 1988 they removed muscle as well and gave him near-zero chances of ever pitching again. On August 10 1989 Dravecky pitched again. He won going 8 innings and beating the Cincinnati Reds.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Dave Dravecky. Second printing. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 253pp. 24 pages of photos. Zondervan / Harper & Row, Publishers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015169 ISBN : 0310528801 9780310528807
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Girsham Jack; with Lowell Thomas
Burma Jack
New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc. 1971. Near Fine condition in a bright shiny Near Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. Lower corner of jacket's front inner flap clipped inexplicably but price $5.95 still present on its upper corner. A square tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean crisp and unmarked. Bound in the original beige cloth stamped in brown and burgundy on the spine. First printing with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row 1234567890 on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "Jack Girsham is a legendary figure in his native Burma and in the neighboring Indian province of Assam. In his long career as a game ranger and jungle man Jack has faced every kind of danger from the rouge elephants and man-eating tigers to enemy commandos during World Ware II. This is Burma Jack's own story.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Gaydos Tim jacket design. 8vo. 156pp. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015150 ISBN : 039308647X 9780393086478
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Thomas Henry W
Walter Johnson : Baseball's Big Train
Washington D. C.: Phenom Press 1995. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dust Jacket only lightly rubbed. NOT price clipped $24.95. NO chips. NO tears. A bright shiny clean square copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. "First printing 1995" is so stated on the copyright page with NO indication of any other printing. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 48 pages of old photos on glossy stock. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original dark green cloth lettered in white on the spine. Foreword by Shirley Povich. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xiii 458pp. Phenom Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014941 ISBN : 0964543907 9780964543904
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Calvert Patricia
The Money Creek Mare
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1981. Near Fine condition in a Very Good Dust Jacket. NOT a library discard. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Horse story for young readers ages 12 by the award-wining author of THE SNOWBIRD. Set in Missouri. Bound in the original blue boards stamped in black on the spine and front cover. Complete with dustjacket. Summary: "Sharing her father's dream of having a champion horse farm Ella Rae secretly takes his crippled red mare to mate with a famous stallion but she nearly loses her freedom when her crime is discovered.". Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Sanderson Ruth jacket art. 8vo. 135pp. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015009 ISBN : 0684172232 9780684172231
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Houston Charles S.; & Owen Tudor; John W. Webber; William Lowell Putnam; Robert Underhill & Miriam Underhill; Charles B. Fobes
Appalachia New Series Volume XVII 17 December 1951 Number 12 Magazine Number 112
Boston: The Appalachian Mountain Club 1951. Moderate cover wear and soil to white rear cover else Very Good condition. Near Fine internally. NO owner's name or bookplate. Softcover. 6" wide by 9" tall. Illustrated with photographs. Maps. Includes articles: THRU NEPAL TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF EVEREST by Charles S. Houston; A MOUNTAINEER IS BORN by Owen Tudor; THE DRAKENSBERG AND BASUTOLAND by John W. Webber; LEADERSHIP SCHOOL ON THE HERMIT RANGE by William Lowell Putnam; CLIMBS IN THE MONTANA ROCKIES by Robert Underhill and Miriam Underhill; RATTLESNAKE MOUNTAINS IN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE by Charles B. Fobes; etc. Keywords: Mountain Climbing. First Edition. Softcover. Near Very Good condition. pp. 497-624. The Appalachian Mountain Club Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014851
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Forbes Thomas A
New Guide to Better Archery 2nd Edition Revised
Harrisburg Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company 1960. Near Fine condition. A bright clean square tight copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated by Ned Smith. Covers target archery field archery bow hunting etc. Includes All-Time Archery Records. Glossary. Bibliography. Bound in the original beige pictorial cloth stamped in green on the spine and front cover. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. Illus. by Smith Ned. 8vo. 343pp. The Stackpole Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014813
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Anderson Gary L
Marksmanship An Illustrated Guide to Better Shooting
New York: Simon and Schuster 1972. Very Good condition. Bright shiny clean and tight. The spine is square and flat. Softcover. 6" wide by 9" tall. First printing with complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrations by Simon Pavkov. The author won the Olympic Gold Medal 300-Meter Rifle Event in both 1964 and 1968. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good condition. Illus. by Pavkov Simon. 79pp. Simon and Schuster Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014909 ISBN : 0671230816 9780671230814
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Prime W. C
Along New England Roads
New York: Harper & Brothers 1892. Very Good condition. A few tiny brown speckles minor foxing on the endpapers. A square tight copy of the First Printing with 1892 on both the title and copyright pages. Bound in the original light green cloth with an elaborate silver-stamped pattern. Top edge gilt. Inner hinges are perfect. Pages are clean and crisp. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 4.5" wide by 7" tall. This is a collection of 20 letters written by the author to the New York JOURNAL OF COMMERCE daily newspaper while he was traveling through New England. It includes a chapter on trout fishing entitled AN ANGLER'S AUGUST DAY. Prime also wrote "I GO A-FISHING" Wetzel 199. Keywords: New England. New Hampshire. Vermont. Country life. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 200pp. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014908
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Braun Anne; revised by Claude Blair; Translated from the German by M. O. A. Stanton
Historical Targets
London: Roydon Publishing Company 1983. Fine condition in a Very Good price-clipped Dust Jacket one tiny chip at the top of the jacket's rear panel. NO tears. NO creases. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 7.75" wide by 9" tall. This is a study of shooting targets through the ages. Looks at colorful painted archery and firearm targets from England America France Denmark Germany Austria Czechoslovakia Switzerland and Yugoslavia. Much interesting material about shooting grounds weapons shooting regulations prizes superstitions crossbow English bow etc. Beautifully illustrated with 110 photos of decorated targets and related objects many in full-color. Previously available only in the German edition of 1981. Bound in the original dark green cloth. From the Dust Jacket: "The author introduces painted targets from central Europe targets from England and the USA and links them with the cultural history of shooting societies of archers and firearms which extend from their beginnings in medieval times until the present day." illustrations are primarily from the 17th 18th and 19th centuries. Keywords: Archery. Hunting. Archers. Firearms. 1st US ed No other printings listed. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good jacket price clip. xii 260pp. Roydon Publishing Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014930
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Dobie J. Frank
The Mustangs
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1952. Near Fine condition. Bright square and tight. Bound in the original two-tone pictorial cloth blue lower beige at top. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. Top edge tinted blue as issued. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page with NO indications of any other printing. Illustrated with frontispiece in full-color endpapers and interior drawings by Charles Banks Wilson. List of chapter notes/sources. Index. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No jacket. Illus. by Wilson Charles Banks. 8vo. xvii 376pp. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014770
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Koricich Jim signed
Undercover The Ultimate in Concealment : Human Scent Camouflage Noise
Irwin Pennsylvania: Outdoor Enterprises Inc. 1998. AS NEW condition. INSCRIBED/ SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. The spine is square and flat. NO creases. 6" wide by 9" tall. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Index. From the rear cover: "Discover the Secrets of Concealing Human Scent; Successful Techniques for Eliminating Noise; Proven Methods for Selecting Effective Camo camouflage; also; Successful Ladies of Archery Hunting; Secrets of Keeping Warm; Obtaining Permission to Hunt Private and Posted Property; The Ultimate in Hunting Trophy Whitetailed Deer.". SIGNED by the AUTHOR. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Trade Paperback. As New condition. x 214pp. Outdoor Enterprises Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014505 ISBN : 096650190X 9780966501902
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Busbey Hamilton
The Trotting and the Pacing Horse in America
New York: The Macmillan Company 1904. Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's pictorial green cloth lightly soiled. Inner hinges are sound. NO owners' name or bookplate. Illustrated with 49 photos of famous horses and portraits of influential breeders. Tissue-guarded frontispiece photo of Lou Dillon in 1903. A volume from the "American Sportsman's Library" series edited by Caspar Whitney. Includes chapters on the history of horse racing gradual improvements in speed several famous horses and their blood lines great producing mares era of high prices dawn of systematic breeding horse shows amateur driving clubs tracks and sulkies road riding movements the pacing horse breeding and breeding establishments etc. Index. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. xii 369pp. The Macmillan Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014566
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Preble Dave
The Fishes of the Sea : Commercial and Sport Fishing in New England
Dobbs Ferry New York: Sheridan House 2001. FINE condition in a NEAR FINE dust jacket. NOT price clipped $27.50. NO chips. NO tears. Bright shiny clean and tight. Sharp corners. NO owners' name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gray cloth lettered in shiny gold on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "In this wide-ranging book Captain Dave Preble who has spent a lifetime fishing the waters of the East Coast provides a fascinating overview of the history and nature of both commercial and sport fishing in New England waters. He has done both and brings to life the glory days when fish were plentiful and new technology made huge catches commonplace. But these record harvests carried their own seeds of destruction. Preble hauntingly describes the havoc wrought by overfishing in the 1980's. In his conclusion the author expresses the hope that a new ethical approach to nature and strict adherence to quotas will combine with the fortuitous resurgence of species believed near extinction. The book offers a scientific and technical discourse about the major species -- cod stripers bluefish tuna sharks and many more. The author has interspersed this study with exciting tales reminiscent of THE PERFECT STORM. Through it all we experience firsthand a unique highly dangerous lifestyle always on the brink of disaster.". First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xii 242pp. Sheridan House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014540 ISBN : 1574091328 9781574091328
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Stone Witmer; & Henry W. Fowler
Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum 1907 with a Report of the Mammals of New Jersey and The King Crab Fisheries in Delaware Bay
Trenton New Jersey: New Jersey State Museum 1908. Very Good condition. Inner hinges are perfect. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated with 13 plates inserted in the text and another 69 plates at the end. Part II pp. 33-110 of this volume contains THE MAMMALS OF NEW JERSEY by Witmer Stone. Part III pp. 111-202 contains: THE KING CRAB FISHERIES IN DELAWARE BAY AND FURTHER NOTES ON NEW JERSEY FISHES AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES by Henry W. Fowler. Index. Original blind-stamped green cloth. Gold titles on the front cover and spine are still bright and shiny. Full title reads: "Annual Report of the New Jersey State Museum Including a List of the Specimens Received During the Year Financial Report With a Report of the Mammals of New Jersey and a Supplement to Former Reports Fully Illustrated 1907.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. 8vo. 211pp. New Jersey State Museum Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014577
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Bjarkman Peter C
The New York Mets Encyclopedia Second Edition
Champaign Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC 2003. Second Edition Updated and Expanded. Near Fine condition in a Very Good Dust Jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NOT price clipped $39.95. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owners' name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. This is a large heavy book that will be sent by MEDIA MAIL. Priority and International shipment are also available but ONLY by special arrangement and at significantly greater cost. Illustrated with photographs throughout. This 2003 updated edition includes a full-color panoramic foldout 4 pages wide of Shea Stadium. Bound in the original black boards lettered in shiny gold on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "THE NEW YORK METS ENCYCLOPEDIA provides the full and exciting story of modern baseball's most popular expansion franchise. From those lovable losers of 1962 and 1963 to the Miracle Mets of 1969 to the world champs of 1986 to the subway series of 2000 New York's National League Mets have written some of the most exciting and colorful pages of major league history. This is the team that captured the hearts of New Yorkers and fans everywhere with their often laughable antics under colorful and celebrated manager Casey Stengel and then only half a dozen years later climbed to baseball's pinnacle under gifted but tragic manager Gil Hodges. Overhauling and supplanting all previous Mets histories this colorful volume combines detailed and highly readable narrative history with archival photographs rich statistical data and intimate portraits of the team's most memorable on-field and off-field personalities.". Second Edition Updated and Expanded. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. vi 330pp. Sports Publishing LLC Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014545 ISBN : 1582616345 9781582616346
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Asinof Eliot
Eight Men Out : The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series Advance Copy First Edition
New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1963. This copy has the publisher's "Advance Copy for Examination Only" ink stamp on the front free endpaper. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page. Very Good condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Illustrated with 8 pages of photos. Classic account of the 1919 World Series fix and trial involving: Shoeless Joe Jackson. Buck Weaver. Chick Gandil. Swede Risberg. Eddie Cicotte. Lefty Williams. Happy Felsch. Fred McMullin. Charles Comiskey. Kid Gleason. Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Index. Bound in the original two-tone cloth lettered in green and white. The upper part of the binding is covered in green cloth with black cloth at the bottom. Shannon pp. 155-160 DIAMOND CLASSICS ESSAYS ON 100 OF THE BEST BASEBALL BOOKS EVER PUBLISHED. . First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. Illus. by Reichl Ernst designer. 8vo. xiv 302pp. Holt, Rinehart and Winston Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014544
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Horak Michael John
The Evil Side of a Racetrack
Lighthouse Point Florida: Privately Published 1994. Appears unread. Fine condition in Very Good dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NOT price clipped $30.00. A clean tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. The spine of the dust jacket shows moderate sun-fading of its maroon background color. However the lettering remains bright and distinct. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with photographs. Bound in the original black imitation leather lettered in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. From the Dust Jacket: "Never before has a firsthand account been written that substantiates the magnitude of the corruption cruelty and drug abuse which permeates the horse racing industry. For thirty-five years author Michael John Horak has been a witness.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 515pp. Privately Published Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014338 ISBN : 1568250142 9781568250144
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Garvey Steve signed; with Skip Rozin
Garvey signed
New York: Times Books 1986. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by Steve Garvey on the front endpaper. Near Fine condition in Near Fine very lightly rubbed dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped $16.95. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. Corners are NOT bumped. NO remainder mark. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Autobiography of the star first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. Garvey was the National League's MVP in 1974. He also twice won MVP honors in the National League Championship Series 1978 and 1984 and in two All-Star Games 1974 and 1978. His batting average in ten career All-Star Games was .393. With sixteen pages of black & white photographs. Appendix: Career Stats. Bound in the original red boards with a black cloth spine lettered in shiny silver. INSCRIBED/SIGNED by Steve Garvey. First Edition so stated. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. viii 231pp. Times Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014371 ISBN : 0812912721 9780812912722
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Goodwin Lt. Gen. Sir John
Making a Shoot
London: Philip Allan 1935. Near Very Good condition. Light cover soil/rubbing. Spine is mildly sun-faded. Bound in the original red cloth. Silver lettering on the spine and front cover is still bright and shiny. A square reasonably tight copy. Hinges are sound. NO owner's name or bookplate. "First Published in 1935" is so stated on the copyright page with no later printings listed. The Sportsman's Library Vol. 5. Illustrated with 8 photographic plates. Contains 15 chapters on: gamekeepers; foxes; improving the ground; the partridge; pheasant; grouse and black game; duck woodcock snipe; ground game; vermin; poaching; game laws; shooting arrangements; etc. Index. Not in Hand. Not in Riling. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good condition/No jacket. 255pp 8 plates. Philip Allan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014439
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Smith W. H. B
Smith's Standard Encyclopedia of Gas Air and Spring Guns of the World
New York: Castle Books 1957. Very Good condition in Near Very Good lightly rubbed/soiled dust jacket. NOT price clipped $12.50. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. A square reasonably tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs and line drawings. Tables. Graphs. Contains 16 chapters: 1 The Blowgun; 2 The Air Gun; 3 Other Patterns of Gas and Spring Guns; 4 Cocking Systems; 5 Modern Pneumatic Arms; 6 Carbon Dioxide Arms; 7 History of Air-Rifle Ammunition; 8 Shooting with Spring-Air Guns; 9 British Spring-Air Rifles and Pistols; 10 German Spring-Air Rifles and Pistols; 11 Other Foreign Spring-Air Guns; 12 Current Compressed Pneumatic Air Arms; 13 American Spring-Air Arms; 14 Carbon Dioxide CO2 Powered Arms; 15 Other Gas Systems; 16 Air- and Gas-Gun Test Results. Index. Bound in the original red boards with a brown cloth spine lettered in black. Includes a brief section on the Picatinny Arsenal Air Gun with its 102 foot-long barrel Dover New Jersey. From the Dust Jacket: "This giant encyclopedia is the first American text dealing with high power high precision air and gas weapons which at short ranges equal or excel in accuracy some of the finest powder cartridge arms. Photographs operational drawings specifications and test results are given for representative samples of every major world manufacturer plus historical and background information." Keywords: Air rifles. Air pistols. Pellet guns. Gunsmith. Reprint of the Stackpole edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near VG DJ lightly soiled. Illus. by Danzig Riva jacket design. vii 279pp. Castle Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014422
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Equine Research Publications research staff of; & M. M. Vale DVM. research editor D. V.
The Illustrated Veterinary Encyclopedia for Horsemen
Tyler Texas: Equine Research Inc. / Don M. Wagoner 1977. Near Fine condition. 7.25" wide by 10.25" tall by 2" thick. A bright shiny clean square copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are clean. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. 1977. Second Edition Revised & Enlarged with exact same content as the 1994 reprint edition. Illustrated with hundreds of diagrams figures and photographs. Bibliography. Appendix 4 parts. Glossary. Index. Bound in the original black pebble-grained imitation leather lettered in shiny gold on the spine and front cover. From the Introduction: "This book has been designed to fill the gap in equine literature between the highly technical books intended for use only by the veterinarian and the non-technical less informative ones that are commonly available to the horseman. A major objective of this book is to aid in increasing communication between the horseman and the veterinarian. For this reason the book does not shy away from the use of medical terms for which there is no common name. Of course common names are given where possible as an aid in simplifying the material. Frequent definitions explanations photographs and illustrations are also used throughout the text and both a glossary and an index are provided. For ease in reading a format was used dividing the material into questions and answers. The text poses important questions about the subject matter much like the horseman might ask then gives immediate answers to those questions. In essence every effort has been made to offer scientifically accurate data in a form that will be of optimum usefulness to the horseman. This was done because the single most important purpose of this book is to aid the horseman in giving his horses the very best care possible.". Second Edition Revised & Enlarged. Oversize Hardcover heavy. Near Fine condition/No jacket probably as issued. xvi 728pp. 744 total pages. Equine Research Inc. / Don M. Wagoner Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014107 ISBN : 0935842039 9780935842036
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McClane A. J. editor
McClane's Standard Fishing Encyclopedia and International Angling Guide
New York Chicago San Francisco: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1965. Near Fine condition in Very Good dust jacket. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. A clean square tight copy. The dust jacket is bright and shiny with only a few short 1/4 inch closed tears. NOT price clipped $19.95. NO fading. 7.75" wide by 10.25" tall by 2" thick. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. All text pages and plates are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This is a very large heavy book that will be sent by MEDIA MAIL. Priority and International shipment are also available but ONLY by special arrangement and at significantly greater cost. First printing with "First Edition" so stated on the copyright page and no indication of any other printings. Illustrated throughout with over 700 drawings and photographs including many in beautiful full color. With contributions from 141 angling authorities and marine scientists. Bound in the original cloth featuring full wrap-around artwork which is duplicated on the dust jacket. From the Dust Jacket: "Covering the life histories of over 1000 species each cross-referenced with common and even local names the encyclopedia describes the anatomy size color spawning habits food growth age and young of freshwater and saltwater fish throughout the waters of the world. These detailed biographies describe all types of fish -- from the steelheads of Oregon to the bluefin tuna of the Virgin Islands� There are 1072 pages more than 1200 main entries and over 5000 secondary entries -- nearly a million words -- over 700 handsome illustrations� Arie de Zanger has photographed over 250 flies also reproduced here in full color� Of particular interest are a bibliography of books that fills over 20 double-column pages on every subject of concern to fisherman and scientist and a comprehensive section on Stonefly and Mayfly Keys never before published.". First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Younger Richard Evans; & Francis Davis. xiv 1057pp. Holt, Rinehart and Winston Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013946
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Reiger George
Floaters and Stick-Ups A Personal Survey of Wildfowl Decoys
Boston: David R. Godine 1986. Fine condition in Near Fine dust jacket. Gift note and previous owner's blind stamp. A bright shiny clean square tight copy. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. "First edition" is so stated on the copyright page. Pages are fresh and crisp. Beautiful photographs by Kenneth Garrett. Illustrated with 150 photos 100 in full-color. Bibliography. Bound in the original cream-color cloth lettered in bright blue on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "Handcarved wooden duck goose and shorebird decoys once used to draw their wary live counterparts within range of hunters' guns are now equally successful at luring collectors. FLOATERS AND STICK-UPS is a paean to those counterfeit wildfowl and to the men who made and make them combining a lucid text with more than 150 stunning photographs 100 in color. George Reiger first came to decoy collecting as a sportsman rather than as an aesthetician and his text reflects that bias. His primary line of questioning concerns what makes one decoy more effective as a lure than another not what makes it an artistic success. He discusses among many other topics the current market and prices; the art of acquiring and collecting; the predominantly American history of decoys; regional specialization and hunting techniques; factory decoys; and specific carvers from Miles Hancock and Ira Hudson of Chincoteague Virginia through the Massachusetts master A. Elmer Crowell and the Ward brothers of Crisfield Maryland to contemporary decoy makers like Grayson Chesser Jr. and Mark McNair. Kenneth Garrett's splendid photos are the perfect complement to Reiger's passion: a guiding principle behind their composition was both men's firm belief that the decoys should be shown in their original milieus -- that is on ponds beaches and open water always outside always being used as they were intended to be used. This concept makes for photographs that are without doubt among the most beautiful and authentic of their kind ever taken portraying decoys that range from typical working 'blocks' to sublimely meticulous decorative carvings. FLOATERS AND STICK-UPS is the result of Reiger and Garrett's inspired collaboration -- a magnificent and highly readable monograph on decoys and the carving tradition and a book that will surely seduce collectors gunners and American folk-art enthusiasts of all stripes. George Reiger is conservation editor for FIELD & STREAM and the author of several books. Kenneth Garrett is a professional photographer who has had assignments in Mexico Colombia South Africa and Alaska. Both live in Virginia.". First edition so stated. Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Garrett Kenneth. 190pp. David R. Godine Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013866 ISBN : 0879236434 9780879236434
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Phillips John E
How to Make Extra Profits in Taxidermy Practical Money-Making Ideas for Both Pros and Amateurs
Piscataway New Jersey: Winchester Press New Century Publishers Inc 1984. Cover in Very Good condition. Internal condition is Fine. A square tight copy. Bound in the original pictorial wrappers lightly rubbed/soiled. Flat uncreased spine. 6" wide by 9" tall. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh crisp and unmarked -- apparently never read. Photo illustrated. Appendix. Index. Later printing. Softcover. Very Good condition. xiv 134pp. Winchester Press, New Century Publishers, Inc Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014021 ISBN : 0832903450 9780832903458
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Ullman James Ramsey
Straight Up The Life and Death of John Harlin
Garden City New York: Doubleday & Company Inc 1968. Near Fine condition in Very Good dust jacket lightly soiled. A square tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NOT price clipped $5.95. "Biography of this outstanding climber 1935- 66 who was killed during the first ascent of the Eigerwand." -- Neate U04. Illustrated with 32 pages of photos. Original beige cloth gilt-stamped. Glossary of Mountaineering Terms. From the dust jacket: "Harlin was perhaps the greatest American mountaineer of his generation. Climbing was his life - and his death in 1966; but his thirty years were like a brilliant kaleidoscope of places and images and he himself was a man of many faces. STRAIGHT UP is his biography telling how he came to be what he was and how he lived triumphed and fell. It is a frank sometimes frankly critical look at a complex and complicated man." Keywords: Mountains Mountaineering Mountain Climbing John Harlin Biography. . First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/VG jacket light soil. 8vo. 288pp 32 pages of photos. Doubleday & Company, Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013976
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Seton Ernest Thompson
Wild Animals at Home
Garden City New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1913. Very Good condition. Inner hinges are perfect. Bookplate of Cyrus Day on the pastedown endpaper. Pages are clean and crisp. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original red cloth decorated with a large black paw-print on the front cover. Illustrated "with over 150 sketches and photographs by the author." 48 full-page half-tone plates. Stories included are: The Cute Coyote; The Prairie-dog and His Kin; Famous Furbearers - Fox Marten Beaver and Otter; Horns and Hoofs and Legs of Speed; The Well-Meaning Skunk; Old Silver-grizzle - the Badger; Ghosts of the Campfire; Bears of High and Low Degree; & four others. Appendix: Mammals of Yellowstone Park. Phillips 339: "Incidents of hunting deer and moose.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. Illus. by Seton Ernest Thompson. 8vo. 226pp 48 full-page half-tone plates. Doubleday, Page & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014093
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Neill Robert Hitt
Don't Fish under the Dingleberry Tree And Other Philosophies of Life
Leland MS: Mississippi River Publishing Company 1991. Fine condition in bright shiny Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped $19.95. A clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Dust Jacket and interior illustrations by Cliff Ruminer. Bound in the original blue cloth lettered in bright green on the spine. First printing with complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "In the traditions of Robert Ruark's OLD MAN AND THE BOY series outdoor uncles and elders have eternally stopped to share their wisdom with youngsters -- any youngster who will stand still long enough to be shared with. However when an elder gets one of the younger generation cornered in a boat for a day's fishing it creates a captive audience so to speak. Wisdom then pours forth like unto the water when Moses whanged the rock. Some such wisdom may be found in this book albeit like needles in the literary haystack -- or more appropriately like pearls in the hogpens of life. Onward Dear Reader! Search for those Pearls within!". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Ruminer Cliff jacket and interior art. 8vo. 263pp. Mississippi River Publishing Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014022 ISBN : 0961759194 9780961759193
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Richards Carl
Prey Designing and Tying New Imitations of Fresh and Saltwater Forage Foods
New York: Lyons & Burford Publishers 1995. Fine condition in Near Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped $24.95. 7.25" wide by 9.5" tall. A clean square tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This book presents 15 innovative techniques that the fisherman can use to imitate thousands of different baitfish crab shrimp and crayfish found in fresh and salt water throughout the world. Gives step-by-step instructions for tying flies. Illustrated with hundreds of b&w photos and line drawings by Mike Gouse plus 16 pages of full-color photographs. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original gray boards with a black cloth spine lettered in bright yellow. First printing with complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Gouse Mike. 132pp. 16 pages of color photos. Lyons & Burford Publishers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014017 ISBN : 1558213325 9781558213326
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Murray W. H. H
Daylight Land : The Experiences Incidents and Adventures Humorous and Otherwise which Befel Judge John Doe Tourist of San Francisco; Mr. Cephas Pepperell� Colonel Goffe� and Divers Others in Their Parlor-Car Excursions over Prairie and Mountain
Boston: Cupples and Hurd 1888. An unusually bright and tight copy. Very Good condition. Publisher's elaborate pictorial black-stamped yellow gold cloth gilt decorated. Gilt-stamping is still quite shiny. Light wear/rubbing to extremities. Inner hinges are perfectly sound. 6.25" wide by 9.25" tall. Previous owner's name and date Christmas 1888 on a preliminary blank page. Original full-color lithographed wraps are bound-in as called for in this deluxe edition. Illustrated with 140 "designs in colors under the supervision of J. B. Millet." A humorous somewhat fictionalized account of the travels and adventures of three men on a Railroad Car excursion through British Columbia. Includes descriptions of trout fishing and big game hunting. Phillips p. 27. Peel 1068. Wright III 3906. Full title: "Daylight Land: The Experiences Incidents and Adventures Humorous and Otherwise which Befel Judge John Doe Tourist of San Francisco; Mr. Cephas Pepperell Capitalist of Boston; Colonel Goffe the Man from New Hampshire and Divers Others in Their Parlor-Car Excursions over Prairie and Mountain.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by Millet J. B. 8vo. 338pp. Cupples and Hurd Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013994
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Seton Thompson Grace Gallatin Mrs. Ernest Seton Thompson
A Woman Tenderfoot
New York: Doubleday Page & Co 1900. Front free endpaper neatly removed else Very Good condition. 21 full-page drawings by Ernest Seton-Thompson G. Wright and E. M. Ashe. Dozens of marginal illustrations by S. N. Abbott. Gilt top edge. Original green pictorial cloth. Gilt is still bright and shiny. From the author's Mrs. Ernest Seton-Thompson preface: "This book is a tribute to the West. I have used many Western phrases as necessary to the Western setting. I can only add that the events related really happened in the Rocky Mountains of the United States and Canada; & this is why being a woman I wanted to tell about them in the hope that some going-to-Europe-in-the-summer-woman may be tempted to go West instead." Phillips 340: "Big game hunting in West and Northwest Canada." Elk Antelope Rattlesnakes Mountain Sheep. Hand S222. Keywords: Travel Americana American West Women Travel Rocky Mountains Tetons Dakotas. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. Illus. by Seton-Thompson Ernest; & G. Wright; E. M. Ashe. . 8vo. Unpaginated but circa 300 pages. Doubleday, Page & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014091
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Tygiel Jules
Baseball's Great Experiment : Jackie Robinson and His Legacy Expanded Edition
New York: Oxford University Press 1997. Fine condition. Bright clean tight square unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Not price clipped $18.95. No remainder mark No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. Trade Paperback. 5.25" wide by 8" tall. Photo illustrated. From the rear cover: "Examining the social and historical context of Robinson's introduction into white organized baseball both on and off the field Tygiel also tells the often neglected stories of other African-American players - such as Sachel Paige Rpy Campanella Willie Mays and Henry Aaron� Drawing on dozens of interviews with players and front office executives contemporary newspaper accounts and personal papers Tygiel provides the most telling and insightful account of Jackie Robinson's influence on American baseball and society." List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. . Expanded Edition. Softcover. Fine condition. xii 413pp . Oxford University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013280 ISBN : 0195106202 9780195106206
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Sporting News
Batting and Pitching Averages at a Glance : Part I Tables of Batting Fielding and Pitching Percentages; Part II Tables of Earned-Run Averages
St. Louis Missouri: The Sporting News 1967. Very Good condition. Bright clean tight square unmarked copy. Flat spine. Not price clipped $3.00. No remainder mark No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Trade Paperback. 5" wide by 6.5" tall. Illustrated with a few photos. Tables allow determination of baseball stats e.g. 151 hits in 450 at bats is a .336 batting average. There are similar tables for calculating a pitcher's ERA e.g. 49 earned runs in 176 innings pitched is a 2.505 or rounded to 2.51 earned run average per 9 innings. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 288pp 95pp. The Sporting News Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013397
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Mercurio John A
Chronology of New York Yankee Records : A Year-by-Year Collection of Baseball : Statistics Analysis and Lore
New York: Perennial Library Harper & Row 1989. Near Fine condition. 5.25" wide by 8" tall. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Flat uncreased spine. Illustrated with old photographs of Yankee stars and superstars. A Year-by-Year Collection of Baseball : Statistics Analysis and Lore. Question and Answer format. Bound in the original blue pictorial wrappers with a front cover photo of Mickey Mantle taking a mighty swing. "First Edition" is so stated with complete row of numbers 10 987654321 on the copyright page. . First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. xii 107pp. Perennial Library, Harper & Row Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013189 ISBN : 0060963344 9780060963347
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Thomas Lowell
Rolling Stone the Life and Adventures of Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore
New York: Doubleday Doran & Co. Inc 1931. Very Good condition. A clean square reasonably tight copy. NO owner's name or bookplate. All text is clean and crisp. No foxing. Bound in the original green cloth lettered in black. Background color on the spine has uniformly mellowed a shade or two. However all red stamped iamges lions palm tree camera on the spine and front cover are still bright. "First Edition" is so stated. Frontispiece. "Illustrations from Photographs and Paintings by Arthur Radclyffe Dugmore� a mariner a naturalist the author of 16 books a big-game hunter who was the first to stalk lions with a cinema camera in central Africa. He has done more than anyone else to stop the wholesale slaughter of big game. An explorer a brilliant lecturer a soldier. and one of the ablest artists of our day� Africa Labrador Russia No-Man's Land were way stations to this great artist scientist and adventurer. In an Irish castle on the edge of the great bog to the Mediterranean the Aegean North Africa the Florida land boom wherever the wind of chance would blow him Arthur Dugmore spent a childhood that would fill a dozen adventure books.". First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No Jacket. 8vo. viii 311pp 28 pages of photos. Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013712
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Herter George; & Russell Hofmeister
Professional and Amateur Archery Tournament and Hunting Instructions and Encyclopedia
Waseca Minnesota: Herter's Inc 1963. Very Good condition. A square tight copy. Bound in the original white boards which are lightly finger soiled. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. "First Edition -- 1963" is so stated on the copyright page. Well illustrated with over 100 photos and drawings. Includes chapters such as: historical notes on archery; the modern composite bow; 4 chapters on arrows including arrow velocities and their importance; layout of a field range; target archery; broadhead points; bow stabilizers; how to make bow strings; bowhunting for big game deer moose calling arrow wounds and trailing big game; predator hunting; mount your own trophies; use of poison arrows; the archer in present day Africa; African lion stalking; plus separate chapters on hunting rabbits squirrels coons pheasant turkey and muskrat; etc. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No Jacket. 8vo. iv 227pp. Herter's Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013799
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Delmonico Rod
Hit and Run Baseball : Hitting/Running/Bunting/Sliding
Champaign Illinois: Leisure Press / A division of Human Kinetics Publishers 1992. 6" wide by 9" tall. Appears unread. Bright shiny clean tight square unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Not price clipped 15.95. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and hundreds of photos. How to manufacture runs without the need for power hitting. The author was head baseball coach University of Tennessee. Index. First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. As New condition. xv 168pp . Leisure Press / A division of Human Kinetics Publishers Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012557 ISBN : 0880113278 9780880113274
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Kendall William Converse
American Catfishes Habits Culture and Commercial Importance : Bureau of Fisheries Document No 733
Washington: Government Printing Office 1910. Near Fine condition. Bright clean tight unmarked copy. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Flat spine. No creases. No statement of edition or additional printings. Softcover. 5.75" wide by 9" tall. Bound in green wraps. See Bruns' Angling Books of the Americas p.254. 1910 edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. 39pp 10 plates. Government Printing Office Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012542
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Schiffer Don; Introduction by Ford Frick Commissioner of Baseball
1963 Major League Baseball Handbook
New York: Pocket Books A Giant Cardinal Edition 1963. 5.25" wide by 8" tall. Tight and square. Pages a bit age-toned as usual. Not price clipped 95 cents. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with photos diagrams and drawings. "1st printing. February 1963" is so stated. A Paperback Original PBO. Has official rosters; over 300 thumbnail biographies of players and managers; position-by-position analysis of every ball club; complete game schedules for 1963; a look back at the 1962 season including where each team finished and why; statistics; records; etc . First Printing of the First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 218pp. Pocket Books, A Giant Cardinal Edition Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012685
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Truby J David
Silencers Snipers & Assassins : An Overview of Whispering Death
Boulder Colorado: Paladin Press 1972. A beautiful pristine copy -- bright shiny clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. Obviously never read. 8.5" wide by 11" tall. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated throughout with 196 diagrams photos and technical drawings. Unknown Edition. No date on title page. Copyright 1972. No printing or edition satement. Handbook of silencers and their application with patent information. Includes interviews with Marine snipers ex-CIA agents and U.S. Army Special Forces operatives. From the rear cover: "SILENCERS SNIPERS & ASSASSINS reveals the functioning and use of small arms silencers - among the most devastating devices of intelligence agencies and hush-hush special-mission military units that strike at one another in the misty areas of espionage clandestine operations and secret war. The author has uncovered previously unknown and shocking facts on these deadly accessories to terror and their use. He traces their development from their invention by Hiram Maxim in 1908 through their use by English and German snipers in WWI American gangsters of the 1930s Skorzeny's elite Nazi commando units OSS agents and resistance groups in WWII; U.S. snipers during the Korean conflict; VC assassins in Vietnam Cambodia and Laos; Mafia hit men; the West German Gehlen Intelligence Bureau; anti-Castro Cuban exiles; and U.S. Law enforcement agencies who employ them in a countersniper role." Bibliography. Index. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Oversize Softcover. As New condition. 209pp. Paladin Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012755 ISBN : 0873640128 9780873640121
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