West Hartford, VT: The Countryman Press, 1946. Limited ed. Hardcover. One of 475 numbered copies (of which this is No. 375) signed by Rutledge and illustrator Paul Bransom. Oversized volume in maroon buckram cloth decorated in gilt, black and white. 210 pp. Illustrated with striking full page illustrations. Fine with.....
New York: Macmillan, 1946. Second edition. Hardcover. Harcover. Pale blue cloth lettered and beautifully decorated in black. 165 pp. Illustrated with drawings. Fine in the remarkably scarce dust jacket with woodblock illustration of a hunter and dpog (different from the cover which is a more art deco stylized hunting design).....
Field & Stream, (1925). Softcover. Illustrated heavy stock softcovers. No date (circa 1925). 120 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Very good, couple small ink marks front cover, small corner crease front cover and first two pages. Collection of instructional essays on bird hunting and a final chapter on texidermy by foremost.....
Richmond, VA: Rev. M. D. Hart, 1960. Reprint. Softcover. Softcover in illustrated covers. 57 pp. Fine. Cover shows light use. Reprint of the 1878 version.
Phila: David McKay, 1900. Hard Cover. Oversized in forest green cloth stamped in silver. xiv + 359 pp. with index. With 90 full-page illustrations. The second edition and first in this format. Classic work in the field of taxidermy. Includes sections on collecting specimens in season, preservatives, poisons and compounds.....
Brattleboro: Durrell, 1953. Later printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 116 pp. with index. Illustrated with drawings and with color and black and white photos by Dr. Edgar Burke and the author. Later printing. Fine (ownership signature front free endpaper) in dust jacket with wear at the spine ends and tips. The firts.....
Battle Creek, Mich. The Dog Fancier. Hard Cover. Cloth, 86 pps. plus section of ads.Illustrated. The fourth edition, revised. Very good. Issued without dust jacket.
NY: F.J. Huntington & Co, 1838. First. Cloth. First edition. Blindstamped brown cloth with spine lettering gilt. 396 pps. Treatise on the value of education in children in relation to physical, intellectual and moral development of the young. The author, S.G. Goodrich, was, under the nom-de-plume of Peter Parley, one.....
Minneapolis: Jimmy Robinson, 1942. Hardcover. Hardcover. Tight, near fine condition with a bit of spine fade. Issued without a dust jacket. 224 pages.
Phila: George W. Jacobs, 1901. First. Hard Cover. First edition. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER BY THE AUTHOR TO FORMER PHILADELPHIA MAYOR JOHN WEAVER AND DATED 12/19/1904. Maroon cloth lettered in gilt and decorated with a 3-color silhouette of an elk walking in the woods. 346 pps.....
NY: Nason, 1915. First. Cloth. First printing. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt; 471 pps. with index; illustrated. Biography of English dramatist and poet James Shirley, contributor to the romantic school and comedy of manners during the reign of Charles I. A near fine copy.
NY: Dutton, 1926. First. Hardcover. First ediiton. Large quarto in ribbed blue cloth lettered in gilt. 327 pps., profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Beautifully produced illustrated guide to wildlife and outdoor photography which provides practical as well as technical advice. Includes sections on the various branches and tecniques of.....
McCurdy, 1909. Hard Cover. Scarce salesman's dummy or prospectus copy. Maroon cloth lettered in gilt and with tipped on plate of TR and two companions riding on the cow-catcher of a locomotive. Aprox. 68 pps. including two color litho plates, numerous photographic illustrations, drawings and maps, two lined sheets at.....
NY: Cooper Square, 1971. Reprint. Cloth. First edition thus, facsimile reprint of the very scarce 1929 edition. Green cloth stamped in gilt; 316 pps. with index; illustrated. The classic study of the fur trade and its effect upon the setlement and economic growth of colonial North America and later the.....
Philadelphia: J.W. Bradley, 1851. First. Hard Cover. First edition. Recased in black leather spine lettered in gilt, retaining the original pebbled dark brown original cloth-covered boards and leather tips filleted in gilt. 610 pps. With 10 color lithos(Howes W196 calls for 9 only; this volume contains the color plate of.....
