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| by Keith Brockie. MacMillan, 1981. 1st edition. Olive green cloth hardcover, gilt lettering. D.J. Format: 8” x 10 ½”. 130 pp. Condition: About new. $15.00 |
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| by Todd Wilkinson. International Graphics, 1998. 1st edition. Lavishly illustrated text on the works of one of the major sculptors of wildlife in the 20th century. Black cloth hardcover, gilt title, D.J. Format: 10 ¼” x 12 ¼”. 133 pp. Condition: As new. $45.00 |
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| by Todd Wilkinson. International Graphics, 1998. Nice tribute to a great sculptor. Well-illustrated. Brown cloth hardcover, gilt title, D.J. Inscribed and signed by the artist. Format: 10” x 12 ¼”. 133 pp. Condition: As new. $150.00 |
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| by Tom Davis. Limited edition #391 of 750 copies, signed by both artist and author. Full brown leather, gilt stamped, no D.J. as issued. Format: 11 3/8” x 10 ¼” oblong. 168 pp. Condition: As new. $300.00 |
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| Text by seven different authors, edited by Errol Fuller, paintings and drawings by Ray Harris-Ching. Seto, 1990. 1st edtion. Monograph of a fascinating family of birds. Olive green cloth hardcover, embossed title, D.J. Format: 11” x 13 ½”. 189 pp. Condition: As new. $125.00 |
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| by Shortt & Cartwright. Sports Afield, 1948. 36 full-page color plates by Angus Shortt, artist – technician for Ducks Unlimited, Canada. Glasine protection sheet with distribution map over each color plate. Padded burgundy leatherette hardcover, No.D.J. Format: 12 ¼” x 14 ¼”. Unpaginated. Condition: Fine. $80.00 |
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| by Robert Murphy and Dean Amadon. McGraw – Hill, 1953. 1st edition. Red cloth hardcover, black cloth spine, gilt decoration. No D.J. Format: 9 ¼” x 12 ¼”. 240 pp. Illustrated with many color and black & white photos. Condition: Actually good +. Book has previous owner’s name (Bob Hines) inside front cover. Hines was staff artist for U. S. Dept. of Interior, so there are some paint splatters on front cover. $10.00 |
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| by John A. Livingston. Paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Arrowood Press, 1989. Brown cloth hardcover, D.J. Consolidated in one volume are Lansdowne’s “Birds of the Northern Forest” and both volumes of “Birds of the Eastern Forest.” 168 paintings plus sketches. Huge book. Format: 10 ¼” x 13”. 726 pp. Condition: As new. $60.00 |
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| Oxmoor House 1989. 1st edition. D.J. Pictorial endpapers, bonded leather spine, cloth boards. Text by Edward L. Bowen. Format: 15 ½” x 12” oblong. 143 pp. 90 full color reproductions of paintings by Reeves. Condition: As new. $125.00 |
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| designed by Joseph Wolf and engraved by J. W. and Edward Whymper. Alexander MacMillan, 1874. Hardback. Green cloth with gilt title and decoration. All edges gilt. Printed on heavy paper. Format: 10” x 13 ½”. 72 pp. Condition: Minor fraying at corners and ends of spine. Generally, very good. $200.00 |
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| designed by Joseph Wolf and engraved by J. W. and Edward Whymper. Harper & Bros. 1874. Hardback. Burgundy cloth with gilt title and decoration. All edges gilt. Format: 9 ¾” x 12 ¾”. Condition: Good +. $300.00 |
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| – from the parrots to the grackles by Charles Bendire. GPO, Washington, 1895. Originally bound in half leather, marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Spine is chipped about 2”, chip was saved and incl. General condition fair – good. Format: 9 ¼” x 12 ½”. 517 pp. $90.00 |
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| by A. H. Palmer. Longmans, 1895. First edition. Green cloth hardcover. Top edge gilt Format: 6” x 9”. 328 pp. Condition: First few pages light foxing, generally very good – fine. $175.00 |
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| by Ernest Thompson Seton. Doubleday, Doran, 1929. Four volumes, each volume has two books. Therefore, eight books in all. D.J. Green cloth hardcover. Each volume has different animal in gilt on cover. 1,500 illustrations, 50 maps. Format: 7” x 10”. Vol. 1, 640 pp., Vol. 2, 746 pp., Vol. 3, 780 pp., Vol. 4, 949 pp. Condition: Fine. D.J. on Vol. 1 has tear, others okay. Very fine, clean set. $800.00 |
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| by Roland C. Clement. Ridge Press, 1974. Audubon bird plates plus photos of same species. Blue cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 9 ¼” x 12 ¼”. 272 pp. Condition: Very close to as new. $10.00 |
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| by Robert Elman. Ridge Press, 1976. Audubon mammal plates plus photos of same species. Brown cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 9 ¼” x 12 ¼”. 272 pp. Condition: Very close to as new. $10.00 |
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| by W. L. McAtee. G. P. O., 1923. Unusual publication listing all the known local names of ducks, geese, swans, marsh birds, and shorebirds. Softcover. Format: 6” x 9 1/8”. 96 pp. Condition: Corners a bit dog-eared, but still a good copy. Somewhat rare item. $50.00 |
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BEAUTY OF BIRDS edit. by Frederick George Marcham. Harper and Row, 1971. 1st edition. Great bird art by the legendary Fuertes. Ivory cloth hardcover, embossed, D.J. Format: 11 ¼” x 14 ¼”. 220 pp. Condition: Finest I’ve seen for this book. ½” tear in D.J. which is now protected with mylar sleeve, all else almost as new.$85.00 |
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BEAUTY OF BIRDS edit. by Frederick George Marcham. Harper & Row, 1971. 1st edition. Great bird art by the legendary Fuertes. Ivory cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 11 ¼” x 14 ¼”. 220 pp. Condition: bookplate, D.J. slightly frayed on edges. Book is very fine.$75.00 |
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| by R. J. G. Savage and M. R. Long. Facts on File Publications, 1986. Ex-library. Easy to understand explanation of how our animals today evolved from animals of the past. Black cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 9” x 12”. 258 pp. Condition: Fine. $30.00 |
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| by Victor Cahalane. Macmillan, 1961. Illustrated by F. L. Jaques. 5th printing. Tan cloth hardcover, decorated, D.J. Format: 6 ½” x 9 ½”. 682 pp. Condition: About as new. $40.00 |
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| by J. Doutt, et al. Pennsylvania Game Comm. 1966. 1st edition. Illustrated by Ned Smith. Dark green cloth hardcover. No D.J. Accompanied by letter from M. Graham Netting, Dir., Carnegie Museum, stating that this is one of a small number of copies that were specially bound for attendees of the 12th North American Big Game Competition in tribute to the Boone & Crockett Club. Format: 6 ¼” x 9 ¼”. 273 pp. Condition: Very fine. $20.00 |
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| by J. K, Doutt, C. A. Heppenstall, J. E. Guilday. Pennsylvania Game Comm., 1966. Illustrated by Ned Smith with photos. Softcover. Format: 6” x 9”. 273 pp. Condition: Fine. $15.00 |
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AND MESAS by George Olin. Illustrated by Edward Bierly. Southwest Monuments Assn., 1961. Blue cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 6 ¼” x 9 ¼”. 126 pp. Condition: Very close to as new.$5.00 |
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| by David Shepherd. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1975. First edition. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Autobiography of David Shepherd – one of the most recognized artists of African and Indian big game. Both color and black & white illustrations compliment a very interesting and well-written text. Format: 6 ½” x 9 ¼”. 164 pp. Condition: Very fine, almost as new. $50.00 |
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| by David Shepherd. David & Charles, 1989. 2nd edition, revised. Autobiography of one of the world’s top painters of wildlife. Blue cloth hardcover. D.J. Format: 7 ½” x 9 ½”. 192 pp. Condition: As new. $35.00 |
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| by Wilhelm Kuhnert. Reimar Hobbing, 1925. 1st edition. Reproductions of 115 etchings by Kuhnert. Yellow cloth hardcover with black lettering and brown embossed lion’s head on cover. No D.J. Text in German. Format: 9” x 11”. SCARCE. Condition: Good – very good. $300.00 |
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| by George E. Lodge. Gurney & Jackson, 1946. First edition. Green cloth hardcover. D.J. 24 plates by Lodge, 16 of which are in color. Format: 7” x 10”. 96 pp. Condition: both D.J. and book, fine +. SCARCE. $150.00 |
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- SOLD by Athos & Sara Menaboni. Rinehart & Co., 1950. Limited edition #B268 signed by both artist and author. Thirty loose color plates in separate folder. Book has 31 bound color plates plus many black & white plates. Green cloth hardcover on book, green hardboards and cloth spine on print folder. Both housed in one slipcase. Format: 9 ½” x 12 ¼”. 132 pp. Condition: Fine. |
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| August 15, 1916 by W. T. Hornaday. Softcover booklet published by the Mentor Assoc. This issue has several black & white reproductions of paintings by Carl Rungius. Twelve pages plus six plates. Format: 7” x 10”. Condition: Extra fine. $15.00 |
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& SPORT by J. N. P. Watson. Sportsman’s Press, 1988. Biographical material and examples of works by John Everett Millais, John Guille Millais, and Raoul Millais. Well-illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 8 ¾” x 11”. Condition: Fine.$40.00 |
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| The Studio, 1925. Twelve reproductions of etchings by Benson. Eight pages of text. Number six in a series on etchers. Blue-green hardboard, label title, no D.J. Format: 12” x 10” oblong. Condition: Spine heavily damaged, but book still rates good. $40.00 |
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| The Studio, 1925, Frank W. Benson. Number six in the etchers series. Twelve tipped in full page reproductions of etchings by Benson. Hardcover. Paper boards with label on cover. Format: 12 ¼” x 9 ¾” oblong. Condition: Spine badly torn, but book is good. $60.00 |
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| by William Beebe. Dover Publications, 1953. Reprint of the 1926 edition. Original four volumes published in two volumes. Many full color plates plus black & white. Brown cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 9 ½” x 12 ½”. Vol. 1, 198 pp.; Vol. 2, 269 pp.; Vol. 3, 204 pp.; Vol. 4, 242 pp. Condition: As new. $950.00 |
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| by William Beebe. Four volumes. New York Zoological Society, 1918-22. First edition. Condition: Fine. Limited to 600 copies, this is #422. Format: 12” x 16”. Original burgundy cloth. 90 color plates by Thorburn, Grönvold, Lodge and others. Mengel wrote of this work: “Perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century, notable not only for its beauty and wealth of information it contains, but also for the unusual grace of its prose.” Outstanding work in every respect. Inscribed by the author to William Seward Webb, a surgeon and philanthropist, who was wealthy in his own right, married Eliza Vanderbilt, heiress to the Vanderbilt fortune. He then entered the railroad business and became president of several railroads and other ventures. He donated 200,000 acres to the state of New York to become part of the Adirondack State Park. The two Webb-Vanderbilt properties are now Shelburne Farms and Shelburne Museum. $6,500.00 |
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| by Samuel Merrill. E. P. Dutton, 1916. Illustrated with photos, paintings, and drawings by Carl Rungius. Assumed first edition, Green cloth hardcover, gilt stamped, D.J., top edge gilt. Format: 7” x 9 ½”. 366 pp. Condition: Excellent. D.J. has mylar protector. The only flaw is a spot on the inside back cover where a newspaper article stuck to the paper and when removed, left residue on the paper. $125.00 |
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| by Samuel Merrill. Illustrated by Carl Rungius and others. E. P. Dutton, 1920. 2nd edition. Burgundy cloth hardcover, gilt stamped. No D.J. Format: 6 ¾” x 9 ½”. 399 pp. Condition: 2” tear at top of spine, courtesy of new puppy. Interior clean. $30.00 |
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| More Game Birds in America, 1931. An effort to educate the public about making the natural environment more friendly to waterfowl. Blue cloth decorative hardcover, no D.J. Format: 5” x 7 ½”. 106 pp. Condition: Good. $8.00 |
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Modern Masters by Susan Rayfield. Watson – Guptill, 1996. Blue cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 8 ½” x 11 ¼”. 144 pp. Well illustrated. Condition: As new.$35.00 |
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| by Peter Scott. Country Life, 1936. Trade edition. Good insight to waterfowl and nice art by Peter Scott. Blue cloth hardcover, no D.J. Format: 9” x 11 ½”. 138 pp. plus illustrations. Condition: Good +. $30.00 |
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| by John Madson. Illustrated by Charles Schwartz. Winchester Press, 1978. Softcover. Covers all aspects of the mourning dove and has a chapter on the passenger pigeon. Format: 6” x 9”. 114 pp. Condition: Fine. $10.00 |
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| by Caspar Whitney and others. American Sportsman’s Library, McMillan, 1904. 1st edition. Illustrated by Carl Rungius. Frontis by Philip Goodwin. Format: 5 ¾” x 8 1/8”. 284 pp. Condition: exceptionally fine. Top edge gilt. $60.00 |
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| by David Shepherd. David & Charles, 1995. 1st edition. Many reproductions of paintings by a very accomplished artist. Gray-blue cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 14 ½” x 11 ½” oblong. 112 pp. Condition: As new. $70.00 |
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| by William O. Douglas. Illustrated by F. L. Jaques. Doubleday, 1961. 1st edition. Narrative of a wilderness trip from Colorado to Maine. Gray cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 6 ¼” x 9 ½”. 290 pp. Condition: D.J. has a little shelfwear, book is fine. $4.00 |
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| by William O. Douglas. Illustrated by F. L. Jaques. Doubleday, 1960. 1st edition. Narrative of a wilderness trip from Alaska to California. Gray cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 6 ¼” x 9 ½”. 206 pp. Condition: Fine +. $4.00 |
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| by J. G. Millais. Longmans, 1909. First edition. Condition: Good +. Occasional minor foxing on endpapers. Original buckram and cloth covers show some shelf wear. Limited to 550 copies, this is #346. Gilt top edge. Format: 12” x 16”. 142 pp. 18 full color plates and black & white plates by A. Thorburn and J. G. Millais. Very important work. $800.00 |
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| by John C. Phillips. Dover Publications, 1986. Unabridged reprint of the classic four volume set published from 1922-1926. This reprint is four volumes bound into two. Illustrated by Frank W. Benson, Allan Brooks, L. A. Fuertes, Henrik Gronvold, and S. Kobayashi. 176 plates, 74 in full color. Tan cloth hardcover, D.J. Vol. 1, 264 pp.; Vol. 2, 409 pp.; Vol. 3, 383 pp.; Vol. 4, 489 pp. Format: 8 ¾” x 11 ½”. Condition: As new. $90.00 |
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| by Dorcas MacClintock. Scribner’s, 1976. 1st edition. Black cloth spine, paper boards. Illustrated by Ugo Mochi. D.J. Format: 6 ¼” x 9 ½”. 134 pp. Condition: D.J. has tear, book fine. $20.00 |
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| by Alfred H. Miles. Dodd, Mead and Co., 1895. Decorative green cloth hardcover. Top edge gilt. No D.J. Format: 5 ¾” x 8”. 385 pp. Condition: Near fine. $45.00 |
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| by Archibald Thorburn. Longmans 1919. Condition: Generally, fine. Sporadic foxing on blank front pages. Format: 10” x 12 ½”. 72 pp. and 60 plates, 24 in full color, 36 in collotype. Bound in half red morocco, raised bands, gilt bird motifs. Handsome binding. $775.00 |
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| Massachesetts Audubon Society. Illustrated by Lars Jonsson. Addison – Wesley, 1996. 1st printing. Descriptions and paintings of all nature in Massachusetts: plants, mammals, birds, and fish. Ivory hardboards, white cloth spine, D.J. Format: 8 ¾” x 11 ¼”. 226 pp. Condition: As new. $30.00 |
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| Abrams, 1994. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Gray cloth hardcover, embossed titles, D.J. Format: 10 ½” x 10” oblong. Unpaginated. Condition: As new. $60.00 |
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| by Bruce Henry Davis. Paintings by Charles Fracé. American Masters Foundation, 1992. 1st edition. 92 color plates. Gray cloth hardcover, silver titles. D.J. Format: 11 ¼” x 10 ¼” oblong. 154 pp. Condition: Fine. $70.00 |
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| Foreword by George H. Harrison. National Wildlife Federation, 1988. Pictorial softcover. Many, many black & white drawings by well-known nature artist, Ned Smith. Format: 11” x 11”. 75 pp. Condition: As new. $45.00 |
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| Reader’s Digest, 1982. Virtual encyclopedia of everything in nature. Green cloth hardcover, gilt decoration, leatherette spine, gilt lettering, D.J. Format: 6 ½” x 9 ¼”. 559 pp. plus index. Condition: Embossed seal of private library on D.J. and title page, otherwise about as new. $3.00 |
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| by Sara Machetanz. F. Lewis, Pub. 1980. 1st edition. SIGNED BY BOTH ARTIST AND AUTHOR. Only 750 copies printed. Nice book on a painter of Alaskan life and wildlife. Blue cloth hardcover, gilt title, D.J. Format: 9” x 11 ½”. 71 pp. of text plus color and black & white plates. Condition: As new. $450.00 |
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| by Keith Brockie. Dent, 1985. 1st edition. D.J. Gray cloth hardcover, gilt stamping. Format: 8 ½” x 11”. 150 pp. Condition: Almost new. $20.00 |
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| by Keith Brockie. Paintings and sketches from the River Tay in Scotland. Harper & Row, 1988. Gray cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 8 ½” x 11 ¾”. 150 pp. Condition: As new. $45.00 |
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| by Rodger McPhail. Airlife, 1986. All paintings and sketches of whatever was in season…fish, mammals, game birds, etc. Very nice book. Green cloth hardcover, D.J. Format: 8 ½” x 12”. Unpaginated. Condition: New. $45.00 |
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| by Robert S. Lemmon. Paintings by Don R. Eckelberry. Doubleday, 1952. Odd and interesting facts about 102 birds. Gray cloth hardcover, green cloth spine, D.J. Format: 7 ¼” x 10 ¼”. 239 pp. Condition: D.J. has a few small tears, book is fine. $4.00 |
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| A Handbook to the North American Game Birds. Scribner’s, 1903. 1st edition. Decorated green cloth hardcover with gilt title. Inscription to previous owner. Format: 6” x 8”. 396 pp. No D.J. Condition: Very good. $30.00 |
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- SOLD Ducks Unlimited. No date but probably circa 1950. Softcover, linen slipcase. Illustrated by Richard E. Bishop. Limited to 1,000 copies printed – eight tipped in color plates plus 12 black & white reproductions of etchings. VERY, VERY SCARCE. Format: 8 ¼” x 11”. 45 pp. Condition: Almost as new. |
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GAME by various authors. Outdoor Life, 1946. Thirty essays on 30 different game animals along with a full-page reproduction of a painting by F. L. Jaques. Red cloth spiral-bound hardcover, D.J. Format: 10 ½” x 14 ¾”. 142 pp. Condition: D.J. torn and repaired, bookplate from library of American Museum of Fly Fishing. Book good ++.$40.00 |
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GAME by various authors. Plates by F. L. Jaques. Outdoor Life, 1957. New printing. Blue cloth hardcover, gilt title and decoration, no D.J. 31 full page plates by Jaques. Format: 10” x 13 ½”. 142 pp. Condition: Frontis loose, all else fine.$15.00 |
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GAME Outdoor Life, 1946. 1st edition. Padded leather hardcover, gilt and black decorations. Spiral-bound on interior. 31 reproductions of paintings by Francis Lee Jaques. Text with each painting. Format: 11” x 15”. 142 pp. Condition: Very good – fine.$100.00 |
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| by Allan W. Eckert. Paintings and drawings by Karl E. Karalus. Doubleday, 1974. Limited edition #109 of 250 copies signed and numbered by both the author and artist. Full green leather, marbled endpapers, gilt on spine, all edges gilt, slipcased. 59 full-page color plates of the owls of North America. Format: 9 ½” x 12 ½”. 278 pp. Condition: As new. $350.00 |
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