Highland Park, NJ: Gun Room Press, 1972. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). xviii, 95 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with a small bump to a lower corner and minimal shelfwear. Previous owner's bookplate is affixed neatly to the front flyleaf. The price-clipped dustjacket is slightly rubbed at..... More
Moscow: The Fizkultura Sport Publishing House, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (4to). Approximately 200 pages of text, in English. Decorative white hardcover cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear to extremities; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated by color and black & white photographs by various photographers, and many drawings..... More
Lexington, Kentucky: Cromwell Bloodstock Agency, 1968. Reprint edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). 64 pages of text. Paperback binding with minor browning to spine and extremities. Illustrated by photographs. More
Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxi, [i] blank, 288 pages of text. Original hardcover cloth binding in new condition. Slipcase with minimal shelfwear in almost new condition. Number 393 of 1000 copies of this limited edition signed by Capt. John Brandt on a special..... More
London: British Horse Society, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 95 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Illustrated with black & white photographs. The text is clean and unmarked. July 23-28, 1962: White City Stadium, London. First edition. More
North Hollywood, CA: Beinfeld Publishing, Inc., 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). [x], 258 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Dark blue leatherette hardcover binding in almost new condition. The unclipped dustjacket has one small tear and minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed by..... More
Marina del Rey, CA: California Yacht Club, 1931. First Edition. Paperback. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 13 pages, giving the officers of the club, schedule for the season through the end of October, and a roster of boats and their owners. Minor foxing to covers; front cover illustrated..... More
Chicago, IL: E.E. Eaton, 1883. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). 158 pages of text, incomplete, lacking the rear wrapper and the index which would have extened to at least 164 pages (total). The original printed front wrapper is torn, chipped, and discolored from several strips of clear adhesive tape. The..... More
Allenhurst, NJ: Walter Feldkamp, 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). 96 pages of text. Paperback binding moderately shelfworn and soiled, with several small chips and creases. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Minor soiling to closed page edges, and a few creases to last page of text. More
Becker, MN: Whitewater Publications, Inc., 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xviii, 339 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacekt with slight rubbing to extremities, and a few tiny creases and tears; protected in archival mylar. Inscribed by author on front endpaper "To Bill + Billy. My..... More
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 432 pages of text. Hardcover binding: rebound in brown cloth with black leather spine label. Illustrated a frontispiece, a portrait illustrated half-title page, and by six black & white plates. Minor to moderate foxing and/or tiny spots of..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 259 pages of text. Original manoon morocco spine with minimal shelfwear, with gilt lettering and spine decoration remaining fine and bright; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Number 84 of 520 signed by Haig-Brown and De Feo. Lacks..... More
New York, NY: W. A. Townsend Publisher, 1864. Early reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Vol. I: xlvi, 11-366 pages of text. Vol. II: 383 pages including an index. Original red cloth (hardcover) bindings decorated with hunting motif on spine and front cover; moderately sunned and flecked on..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Early reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). vi, 218 pages of text. Hardcover binding with moderate shelfwear and rubbing including fraying to the top of the spine, fading to the spine, and numerous tiny spots of discoloration to the boards. No dustjacket. One page with..... More
London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 221 pages of text including an index. Red hardcover cloth binding is slightly sunned on the spine and top edge; spine gilt is thoroughly rubbed, but remains readable. The bottom corners are lightly bumped, with moderate rubbing to the extremities..... More
New York: David McKay Company, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xiv, 168 pages of text. Hardcover binding moderately sunned on the spine. No dustjacket. Illustrated. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. More
Dayton, KY: Biplane Productions, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong octavo (8vo). xxi, [2]-331 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket has minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. A complete catalogue of the firearms in the exhibition "It Never Failed Me: the Arms & Art of the..... More
Dallas, TX: published by the author, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 368 pages of text. Beautiful simulated leather binding with raised gold colored lettering; new condition. Contains hundreds of black-and-white photographs, reproductions of historic advertisements, catalog entries, specifications, price lists, etc. The text is clean and unmarked. This is..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1878. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). 71 numbered pages of text, complete with one folding table and 21 folding plates that when unfolded meansure 14-1/8 inches long, 9 inches high showing 19 of the submitted rifles plus a modification and some testing equipment. Paperback binding..... More
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1980. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [x], 500 pages of text including an index. Hardcover leatherette binding with a small bump to a corner. The unclipped dustjacket has minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated in black-and-white. The text is clean and unmarked. Reprint edition. More
London: Walter Spiers, New Sporting Magazine Office, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [iv], 427 pages, of text, followed by [i] page of errata, [iv] pages of index, and 8 pages of publisher's advertisement. Bound in the original dark green publisher's cloth, with moderate rubbing and wear to the spine..... More
New York: Outdoor Life Books, 1969. First edition, 2nd printing. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 126 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition, with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket has one small tear and crease, is moderately soiled, with minor staining in small spots; protected in archival..... More
New York: Sagamore Press, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 136 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor to moderate shelfwear, and minor sunning to spine. No dustjacket. Illustrated by numerous black & white photographs. Previous owner's name neatly on front endpaper. More
Aldershot, U.K. Gale & Polden Limited, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xii, 68 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with minor shelfwear, rubbing and soiling. No dustjacket. Contains 10 black & white photographs, and six diagrams. The text is clean and attractive. First edition. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 301 pages of text including an index. Original hardcover binding with minor shelfwear and moderate soiling. No dustjacket, but the inner flaps are affixed to the inside covers. Illustrated. Old bookseller stamp on front endpaper. Several pages have..... More