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ref. ria9781506739601_inpPaperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A paperback
1952ref. 63021Paris: Imprimeurs L.I.E.S.A. 174 Quae de Jemmapes 1952. Oblong 4to. 9.25 x 7.75 in. 2 24 pp. colour-lithograph illustrations throughout 10 leaves unnumbered. consisting of 4 colour lithograph boards to cut out alphabet letters for playing 2 black & white lithograph letter pages for colouring cutting out themselves and playing word games 1 thick instruction leaf 3 printed leaves on blue- salmon- and green-tinted thin paper instruction sheets. Flexible boards colour-lithographed front cover rear board with model figures on verso to be cut out to create paper-engineered toys spiral metal comb binding as issued minor edgewear age toning still a VG and complete copy. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated and charming alphabet game/book featuring anthropomorphic letters in the “Kingdom of the Alphabet” set against the adventures of a Medieval/Renaissance Country of Vowels and the Isle of Consonants uniting over a banquet ball to form an alphabet. Marquet 1892-1984 and Desnoyer 1901-1988 were illustrators and miniaturists noted for their inventive games and illustrations who had originally designed this game/book in 1939. They were married to the well known painters Albert Marquet and Francois Denoyer respectively. Desnoyer a Russian-Ukrainian emigre from Kiev had originally landed in Bohemia by 1906 where she learned the Western alphabet and later settled in France. This particular copy not only features the four colour lithograph boards for children to cut out and play the suggested alphabet game but also the 2 additional boards for an adult word game and back board to create toys which are typically missing as are often the colour-tinted instruction sheets. Worldcat locates 4 copies U of WA & Princeton Incomplete Bibliotheque Nationale FR & Bibliotheque des Chiroux BE -- complete; See: Robert Bolick Books on Books Collection -- Souza Desnoyer and Marcelle Marquet Il etait une fois un alphabet 1951-2009 Dec. 22 2022. Imprimeurs L.I.E.S.A., 174, Quae de Jemmapes, hardcover
1959ref. 62583London: Robert Hale Ltd. 1959. 8vo. 191 1 pp. Numerous photo plates. Burgundy-coloured publisher’s boards gilt lettering on spine minor foxing & dustsoiling to upper fore-edge of textblock occasional light foxing w/ d.j. cover art of Tiger by Val Biro slight dustsoiling shelfwear still a VG/NF copy. Second printing of this authoritative work on tiger hunting in the Game Departent of Gwalior State Madyhya Pradesh and Jaipur Rajasthan relating his sagas of tiger hunts hunting and killing cattle-stealing tigers man-eating tigers terrorizing villages as well as organizing hunts of the Maharaja’s along with King George V Lord Reading and Lord Mountbatten. Robert Hale, Ltd., hardcover
1938ref. 62095London: Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd. 1938. Tall 8vo. 287 1 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates with 56 photo illustrations. Scarlet-coloured publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear minor bumping to couple corners slight foxing to fore-edges 1 sunned spot from d.j. tear on spine w/ d.j. cover art of tribesman hunting with bow & arrow by R.W. Bellmer edgewear minor tear to spine lower fore-edge front cover minor creasing still VG-/G copy from the library of J.R. Brocklebank The United Africa Co. Ltd. and was member of the Royal African Society with printed card laid-in. First edition of this rousing anthology of reminiscences from the prolific author on his hunts and travels through South Africa West Africa and Zanzibar. Included here are sections on lion hunting in Northern Rhodesia diamond hunting on the Vaal River driving across the Kalahari and more. Uncommon in dustjacket. Stanley Paul and Co., Ltd., hardcover
1931ref. 62097New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. 1931. Tall 8vo. 288 pp. Photo frontisp. 45 photos on plates 1 map. Orange publisher’s cloth black lettering front cover & spine very minor shelfwear slight foxing at fore-edges w/ d.j. striking Art Deco cover art of Lioness on front cover minor chipping head & foot of spine wear at corners couple minor nicks & closed tears old tape repairs on verso still NF/G copy. First American edition stated of this well-written narrative devoted primarily to the hunting of African Elephants spears and firearms Hippo’s lion hunting along with chapters on African Witchcraft the Dinka peoples Sudan and night photography. The pair are perhaps best-known for their 1927 Cape to Cairo automobile travel memoir by Stella Court Treatt who with her then husband Major Chaplin Court Treatt headed the Court Treatt Expedition the first to drive a motor vehicle from Cape Town South Africa to Cairo Egypt. Traveling in two Royal Flying Corps surplus Crossley BGT1 Light Trucks from Sept. 13 1924 to Jan. 24 1926 they covered 12732 miles in sixteen months across the African continent through South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe Kenya Uganda Sudan and Egypt. Scarce in original dustjacket. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., hardcover
1957ref. 62102New York: Oxford Univ. Press 1957. Three works in one vol. 8vo. xiii 1 233 1; 188; 197 1 pp. With illust. title photo plate tables charts. Orange tweed boards tiger paw print on front cover pictorial map endpapers minor shelfwear slight rubbing w/ d.j. cover art of tiger stalking minor scuffing edgewear price-clipped still VG/VG copy. First American omnibus edition of this extraordinary trilogy recounting Corbett’s experiences as big game hunter of Man-Eating Tigers in his lifetime career in India. He hunted down eight man-eating tigers and two man-eating leopards and in The Chowgarh Tigers he records his year-long quest from 1929-1930 to hunt and ill a female tiger that killed over 64 people in her five-year rampage. Corbett was a meticulous hunter expert tracker and persistent in preparation and often carried his favorite rifles - an M98 bolt-action Rigby-Mauser and a .450-400 Double Barrel Nitro Express. Oxford Univ. Press, hardcover
1913ref. 62084London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1913. Thick 8vo. xvi 2 216 1 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 23 photo plates. Pictorial green linen publisher’s cloth gilt illustration front cover of tiger attacking elephant and hunter gilt lettering front cover & spine very slight bumping to couple corners minor shelfwear slight foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. dark gray-green paper illust. repeated on front cover in blue blue lettering VG/NF copy w/ “Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge” prize bookplate on front pastedown to F.H. Giltrap of Mountjoy School in 1914. Second edition of this informative memoir drawn from personal interviews experiences and notebooks of big game hunter and late Inspector General of Police Bombay Digby Davies as well as the author’s own sporting experiences. At the time he had been specifically requested to eliminate all personal names and references in the incidents with Davies whom Gouldsbury would specifically mention in the follow-up “Tiger Slayer by Order” 1915. Gouldsbury writes of numerous encounters with tigers in his own adventures hunting from elephant back and machans as well as leopards and maruading elephants with additional references to bison ibex and others. Davies relates his time serving during the Sepoy Mutiny work as a sporting inspector and specifically hunting down tigers elephants and others endangering villagers and livestock. One chapter specifically mentions hunting a 419 lb. tiger stretching over 10 feet 7 inches from nose to end of tail and standing 3 1/2 feet which had terrorized villagers killing cattle across Bengal. Very rare in original dustjacket. Chapman & Hall, Ltd., hardcover
1938ref. 62103New York: William Morrow & Co. 1938. 8vo. 352 pp. Photo frontisp. photo plates throughout 1 map. Blue publisher’s cloth blue lettering & decoration on spine very minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art photo scuffing & rubbing to foot of spine edgewear still a NF/VG copy. First American edition issued undated using the Collins sheets of this outstanding account of hunting lions & leopards and exploration across Darfur Sudan and Libyan desert with his wife Vi Henriques prior to World War II. Henriques 1905-1967 had completed an earlier Big Game hunting expedition from the Blue Nile to Dinder River in 1928 as well and later during World War II was lent to General Patton’s staff participated in the Casablanca North Africa Campaigns and the landing assaults on Sicily with the US armed forces. Scarce in original dustjacket. William Morrow & Co., hardcover
1910ref. 60826New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1910. Tall thick 8vo. xv 1 529 1 pp. Photogravure frontisp. numerous plates photos some photogravures maps text photos & illusts. Khaki-coloured publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on front cover & spine gilt elephant silhouette profile decorations t.e.g. very slight sunning to spine also very slight bumping to foot of spine NF mostly uncut & unopened copy. First edition of this famed work on African big game hunting chronicling the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition to collect specimens for the new Natural History Museum. The 11400 specimens shipped back from the expedition took Smithsonian naturalists over eight years to catalogue. Charles Scribner’s Sons, hardcover
1915ref. 57029Helena MT: Independent Publishing Co. 1915. 8vo. 88 pp. Photo illustrations tables historiated vignettes at upper fore-edges of text pages throughout. Beige-printed softcovers salmon-coloured outline map of Montana on front cover border in burgandy minor chipping head & foot of spine & to couple corners minor dustsoiling still VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original and well illustrated report. The Montana Legislature in 1913-1914 codified a number of fish and game laws and established the Game and Fish Commission in order to adjust hunting seasons bag limits license hunters and fishermen who were rapidly decreasing the numbers of game animals and fish as well as try and legislate against water pollution through cyanide and other pollutants introduced by mining interests in the State. Montana had established a number of fish hatcheries to feed many of the small landlocked lakes & ponds which were rapidly being depleted by intrepid sportsmen dynamiting the habitats and harvesting the fish. There are descriptions of hunting bear in Flathead County with a photo of the “Famous Lady Hunter” standing over her trophy; descriptions of deer hunting and remonstrations against poachers especially with those continuing to kill the “Bull Moose” which had been barred by State law. Of additional interest are the photos and detailed description of the Montana State “Fish Car ‘Thymallus’” featuring banks of specially fitted aerated aquariums for transporting hatchery fish for license paying sportsmen followed by tables of the 10s of 1000s of fish released. Also included are statistics on poaching arrests jail sentences and fines. Worldcat locates copies UCLA NOAA Woods Hole Yale holds an edition issued in 1914 for the Northern Pacific Railway with 75 pp.; See: Diann Ericson The Legislative and Political Development of the Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks 1895-1921: A Case of Cultural Heritage 1994. Independent Publishing Co., paperback
1904ref. 55454London: Rowland Ward Ltd. 1904. Tall 8vo. xvi 292 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 44 photos and plates 1 large folding map in rear pocket. Green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine simulated Zebra skin endpapers minor bumping to corners edgewear slight spotting on the spine still VG copy. First edition of this excellent early account of hunting on the Kenai Peninsula including descriptions of Alaskan Native Americans salmon cannery operations and more. Radclyffe had acquired a permit from the Bureau of Biological Survey with the USDA in order to collect big game specimens for the British Museum and the account was dedicated to a longtime fellow hunter and friend Theodore Roosevelt. The author details his experiences with hunting Alaskan Brown Bears Grizzly Bears Moose Dall Sheep and running afoul of the zealous US Deputy Marshal Sexton a stickler for the new game regulations instituted on the Kenai in 1903 not to mention destroying the distilling operation of Alaskan hunter & miner Andrew Berg. He managed to survive a charging bear sow after being abandoned by his guide as well as the Alaskan courtroom but his companions were not so lucky as the judge ruled that the permit did not extend to the hunting party. Radclyffe returned later to hunt Alaska on the Kenai in August 1910 employing Andrew Berg as his head guide. See: Catherine Cassidy Alaska’s No. 1 Guide: The History and Journals of Andrew Berg 1869-1939 pp. 28-29 38. Rowland Ward Ltd., hardcover
1927ref. 53798New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1927. 8vo. xi 3 239 1 pp. Colour-tinted frontisp. 7 colour-tinted plates. Orange cloth silver lettering front cover & spine very minor shelfwear very slight bumping to corners w/ d.j. vivid Art Deco cover art of stalking Tiger silhouette on front cover by Reynolds in black silver and orange slight chipping head of spine minor creasing edgewear still NF/VG- copy. First edition of this anthology of big game stories of the Indian jungle set on the North Eastern frontier near Bhutan. Casserly 1869-1947 joined the 22nd Bombay Infantry in 1892 served in China during the Boxer Rebellion and later with the 120th Rajputana Infantry with about 200 sepoys in a small fort in Cooch Behar. Frederick A. Stokes Co., hardcover
1954ref. 53794London: William Kimber 1954. 8vo. ix 1 282 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Green cloth gilt lettering on spine minor dustsoiling & slight foxing to fore-edges of textblock minor shelfwear w/ d.j. vivid cover art by Sanford with depicting elephants zebras giraffes and more in grays black white & yellow minor dustsoiling slight foxing still VG/VG copy. First edition of this scarce big game hunting memoir with the author documenting his experiences in hunting lions elephants the dik-dik buffalo rhinoceros leopard zebras and more. William Kimber, hardcover
1994ref. 52970Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1994. 8vo. xiii 1 238 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo illustrations plates maps. Blue simulated leather boards gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. NF/NF copy signed on limitation page by Woods and again on ffep. to John P. Archer Jr. 1924-2016 noted Maryland farmer big game hunter and a member of the Safari Club International. First edition signed & numbered 76 of 1000 copies presented to John P. Archer. This work offers excellent details on tracking and hunting the African leopard as well as shooting advice skinning details and more. Trophy Room Books, hardcover
ref. 614952885Sage Publications . Papeback. New. pp. 192 Sage Publications unknown
ref. K13E-01167Catalyst Game Labs. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Catalyst Game Labs unknown
ref. 10626-8176225673Paperback. New. Book Condition is in New Paperback Eastern Economy Edition/Indian Edition textbook with identical content as the US version. May have been Printed in India with cover stating Not for sale in US. Fast shipping through the DHL FedEx Aramex And Delivered In 8-12 Days to all worldwide. paperback
ref. 2847896171.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2016ref. 1-1942487541Catalyst Game Labs 2016. Hardcover. New. 10.70x8.60x0.60 inches. Catalyst Game Labs hardcover
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ref. MLU634380191New. ¡VIVE AL MÃXIMO DURANTE TODO EL CURSO CON LA AGENDA DE ARTA! 12 pasos para que este curso sea MÃXIMO. 1. ¡Tener esta agenda!-> Bien esto ya lo has conseguido. 2. No perderla. 3. Garabatearla como quieras. 4. Anotar las fechas de los exámenes.-> ¡Importante! 5. Descubrir un nuevo hobby ¡prueba tantos como te apetezca! 6. Apuntarte a un plan improvisado. 7. Diviértete a tope. -> Puedes ver alguno de mis vídeos. 8. ¡Monta un plan que te apetezca máximo! 9. Hacer algo que te guste cada día.-> Algo como leerte alguno de mis libros jeje. 10. Ir escribiendo los momentos más TOP del año. 11. Reírte cada día un poco. 12. Cumplir los retos MÃXIMOS y compartirlos conmigo. Autor: Arta Game. Idioma: Spanish. Materia: Manga y cómic / Manga Comics Graphic Novels. ISBN: 9788418949326. Ejemplar nuevo. Referencia: MLU634380191. Spanish-language edition. Ships from Uruguay with full tracking. Every book is individually wrapped with care and securely packed so it reaches you in excellent condition. Looking for a title you can't find We source books on request. Thank you for letting us serve you. Amado Libros Montevideo. Edición en español. Enviamos desde Uruguay con seguimiento completo. Cada libro va envuelto con cuidado y bien protegido para que llegue a sus manos en excelentes condiciones. ¿Busca un título que no encuentra Conseguimos libros por encargo. Gracias por permitirnos servirle. Amado Libros Montevideo. unknown
ref. 2130459986.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 100158093Messine. Bon état couvertures défraîchies intérieurs propres circa 1990. in4. Sans date. Cartonné. 3 volumes. Messine unknown
1998ref. SKU2010027207Northwest Big Game Inc 1998. Hard cover. New/New. 9x6x1. New Old Stock. Photos throughout; 334 pages. Contents include a history of the Record Book and Committee rules and requirements official measurers of Oregon annual awards historical photos big game records by species and more. Uncommon in this condition. Northwest Big Game, Inc hardcover
ref. 1638611580.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover