Books – New, Old, Rare

Fellow lovers of sporting literature:

The list below offers a wide variety of books which I have been involved with as an author, co-author, editor, compiler, or contributor. In addition there are a number of other lists featuring books from my vast personal collection or in subject areas where I have accumulated items over the years. All the books cover an array of outdoor-related subjects which reflect my own diverse interests, and hopefully among the works you will find an item or two which intrigues you.

I always inscribe books I have been personally involved with unless otherwise instructed, and of course I would be delighted to personalize them in any way you suggest.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)


Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)

To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.

SPECIAL OFFER: I was delighted to have the opportunity to edit a gripping new book on one man’s hunting experiences in Africa. Facing the Charge: African Dangerous Game, relates the adventures of Michael J. Miller in dozens of safaris as told to Scott Longman. Fiona Capstick, the widow of noted raconteur Peter Capstick and a first-rate chronicler of African endeavors in her own right, wrote the Foreword to the book. In addition to editing the work, I also provided an Editor’s Note. The beautifully illustrated book is an exercise in storytelling of the kind seldom encountered, and for me what started out as just one more mundane editing job turned into an exercise in literary delight. I now have copies of the book available for $60 + $6 shipping and handling. If you have questions, feel free to contact me (803-329-4354) or jimcasada@comporium.net.

Book List for Jim Casada Outdoors

Over the years I have written, edited or in some way contributed to a number of turkey books. Here is a list of those books currently available with which I had some type of involvement. Alas, many others are now out of print and in some cases quite difficult to locate. However, if you are particularly interested in a book not listed below, contact me and I’ll make a search to see if I can locate one through my contacts.

All the items below are new and I’ll gladly sign and inscribe them. In each instance my specific contribution is noted and full details are given for each book in the main listing of numbered items offered in alphabetical order by the author’s name. These books are also included in the numerical listings and should be ordered using the number.

I always inscribe books I have been personally involved with unless otherwise instructed, and of course I would be delighted to personalize them in any way you suggest.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)

Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)


To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.


Lords of the Veldt & Vlei: Africa's Pioneer Hunters takes us back to the years 1837-1910 when the first English and European hunters were going into Africa. With Jim Casada as a guide, we follow now-legendary hunters into Africa's greatest gamefileds, where their adventures tested their survival as much as hunting skills.

"As an authority on African hunting and the authors who have published books on the subject, Jim has no peers." Lamar Underwood, former editor of Sports Afield and Outdoor Life and noted compiler of anthologies on subjects ranging from hunting and fishing to survival.

"Jim Casada exercises his able research and writing skills to bring to life many of the early hunting icons who dared to enter the dark world of mostly unexplored Africa in search of exploration fame, adventure, and fortune. This book brings the glory days of African hunting to the reader in an entertaining style and can be a springboard into deeper understanding of some of the most interesting and daring hunters in history." J. Wayne Fears, author of Hunting North America's Big Bear, The Complete Book of Outdoor Survival, Hunting Whitetails Successfully, and numerous other books.

Regular edition $45.


Limited numbered edition $75.



My newest book, Fishing for Chickens: A Smokies Food Memoir, was recently released by the University of Georgia Press. I’m quite pleased with how it turned out and the job the publisher did with it. The 330-page book features dozens of vintage black-and-white photographs, a glossary of Smokies’ food terms, an annotated bibliography of books on the region’s foodways, well over a hundred old- timey recipes, and both a general index and a recipe index. The heart of the book though, and certainly the part of it in which I take the greatest pride, is precisely what its sub-title suggests. It is narrative coverage, in twenty-four chapters, of how folks raised crops and livestock; gathered foodstuffs from nature’s rich larder; canned, cured, and preserved their edibles; and the folkways of food in general. $28.95.



A Smoky Mountain Boyhood: Memories, Musings, and More. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2019. Paperbound. Illustrated. xvi, 309 pages. A warm and wistful look back on the Smokies as I knew them when a boy--the grand characters, daily way of life, family, work and play, food, and the essence of a wonderful time and place. The book has won multiple awards so evidently I managed to convey the magic of my youth in meaningful fashion. $29.95.



As a sort of sequel to the well-received The Greatest Quail Hunting Book Ever, Jim’s latest work is The Greatest Deer Hunting Book Ever. It’s a hefty volume, running to well over 350 pages with 43 stories from some of the greatest whitetail writers ever—individuals such as William Faulkner, Archibald Rutledge, Jack O’Connor, Robert Ruark, and a host of others. The work also includes a substantial introduction by Jim Casada, his biographical profiles of all of the contributors, a bibliographical essay, fine art work, and more. The trade edition of the book is $40 plus $5 shipping and handling


And the limited, signed, and numbered edition, with special binding and all edges gilt, is $70 plus $5 shipping.



Jim Casada (Editor), The Greatest Quail Hunting Book Ever. Columbia, SC: Sporting Classics, 2016. A collection of some of the finest pieces ever written on birds and the canine companions which make hunting them such a joy, with selections from the likes of Babcock, Rutledge, Ruark, Buckingham, Hill, and a host of others. $35. OUT OF STOCK

Jim Casada, Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing. London: Barron’s, 2006, Paperbound. 96 pages. Lavishly illustrated, index. $15 new. This is, as the title suggests, a basic primer to introduce folks to the sport. OUT OF STOCK I also have some gently used copies at $10 OUT OF STOCK
Jim Casada, Fly Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: An Insider’s Guide to a Pursuit of Passion. Rock Hill, SC: High Country Press, 2009. Available in both hardbound and paperbound versions. viii, 440 pages, Illustrated (dozens of color photos), map of Park tucked in, graphs, and detailed information on every stream in the Park. I consider this massive work my “book of a lifetime” (at least to date) and it encompasses a lifetime of experience fishing in the Smokies. The book won two awards when published and has been widely praised by reviewers. Hardbound $75.00. 
Paperbound 50.00 

Jim Casada, Innovative Turkey Hunting. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001. Paperback. Illus. 204 pp. Paperbound. $20.
Jim Casada, The Literature of Turkey Hunting: An Annotated Bibliography and Random Scribblings of a Sporting Bibliophile. Hardbound in a slipcase. The book is a limited, signed, and numbered edition of 750 copies with all edges gilt, a ribbon marker, Skivertex cover, Skivertex slipcase, and all the attributes of a limited edition “done right.” A must for the serious turkey collector. $100 postpaid and insured. 
Jim Casada, Modern Fly Fishing. Minnetonka, MN: North American Fishing Club, 1993. Hardback, fully illustrated. 234 pp. This is an award-winning primer touching all aspects of the sport from equipment to tactics and techniques for specific species. It offers information for the beginner and advanced fly fisherman alike and is based on a lifelong passion which began with a marvelously misspent childhood in the Smokies and has continued to the present. $20.


Remembering the Greats: Profiles of Turkey Hunting’s Old Masters. Rock Hill, SC: High Country Press, 2012. Hardbound in dust jacket. xviii, 299 pages. Illustrated (color and black and white photos). This book offers detailed looks at 27 of the sport’s icons. The work won multiple awards when it was published. $35.

James A. Casada, Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston: A Bio-Bibliographical Study. Basel, Switzerland: Communications from the Basel Africa Bibliography, Vol. 18, 1977. Wraps (as new). 120 pages. Signed, and I will gladly inscribe if desired. This is a scholarly work which will be of interests primarily to specialists in African exploration. $30. Multiple copies available. 
James A. Casada, Sir Richard F. Burton: A Biobibliographical Study. London: Mansell, 1990. Hardbound. xii, 187 pages. Index. A detailed scholarly treatment of one of the great figures of the 19th century. You won’t find a figure of more diverse interests or accomplishments outside of the Renaissance era. 1st edition. $55. Multiple copies available.  

COOKBOOKS

Over the years Ann and I wrote a number of well-received cookbooks. The ravages of dementia have taken Ann to a place where joint efforts are a thing of the past, and I don’t know whether or not I’ll every do another cookbook although I’ve had one focusing on foods of the southern Appalachians in mind for years. I also have to acknowledge that while the words were mine in all the cookbooks, Ann was the culinary genius who made things work. Several of our joint efforts are now out of print, but I still have the ones listed below in stock.


Jim Casada and Tipper Pressley, Celebrating Southern Appalachian Food: Recipes & Stories from Mountain Kitchens. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2023. Paperbound. 254 pages. Illustrated (black and white images along with a 16-page color photo section), index. This joint effort with my dear friend and longtime webmaster, Tipper Pressley, brings together some 200 recipes from our families and friends together with all sorts of information about the folklore of mountain food. The book has received glowing reviews from many quarters. $23.99.



Venison Cookbook: From Field to Table. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Stackpole Books, 2023. Paperbound. xiv, 264 pages. 400 recipes from a lifetime of preparing venison. Most are simple and straightforward although there are more complex recipes as well. The book includes detailed information on handling and processing deer. $24.95.

Jim and Ann Casada, The Complete Venison Cookbook. Rock Hill, SC: High Country Press, 2012. Softbound 202 pages. Originally published by Krause Publications, this book did very well before they inexplicably took it out of print (if you want one on the comb-bound originals, I have half a dozen or so for $17). After some thought I had it reprinted and it continues to be a favorite with deer hunters and venison lovers. The work contains more than 250 scrumptious original recipes on the preparation of venison and our best-selling book ever. We tested every recipe and ate venison twice a day for six months while doing the book. A real bargain at $15. 
If you want the first edition, which was comb-bound to lie flat, I have a few copies at $17.50.

SOLD

Jim and Ann Casada, The Remington Cookbook. Columbia, SC: Sporting Classics for The Remington Company, 2006. Hardbound with wrap-around covers that let the book lie flat. xx, 185 pages. Illustrated (color wildlife art from the Remington art collection). A wide range of game recipes plus suggested full menus. $25.  OUT OF STOCK Jim and Ann Casada, Wild Bounty. Minnetonka, MN: North American Hunting Club, 2000. Hardback. 160 pages. Illustrated, index. This was our first cookbook to venture beyond venison, and it proved to be highly successful. The photography, coming not only from some of the country’s most talented wildlife photographers but also with studio food shots, is spectacular. There are scores of recipes in seven chapters—venison, wild turkey, upland birds, upland game, waterfowl, soups and stews, and “feasts and flavors from nature’s garden (wild fruit, nuts, berries, and vegetables), The book won a major award when published and has proved timeless. These copies are in fine shape but are not in “new” condition. $20.  
Jim and Ann Casada (Editors), Wild Fare and Wise Words. Columbia, SC, 2005. This collection of hundreds of recipes features favorite offerings from members of the S. C. Outdoor Press Association and others. Ann and I put it together and roughly half of the recipes are ours, and I wrote the introductory material for each section. The book also includes food-related quotations from great Palmetto sporting writers from yesteryear. Hardbound. 160 pages. Index. $20.  OUT OF STOCK

EDITOR THE RUTLEDGE QUINTET

Jim Casada (Editor), America’s Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge’s Great Turkey Hunting Tales. Columbia, SC: USC Press, Hardback in dust jacket. I would also note that I have an extensive collection of original Rutledge books as well. Visit the Rutledge list on my website for details. $30  
Jim Casada (ed.), Bird Dog Days, Wingshooting Ways. Columbia, SC: Bird Dog Days, Wingshooting Way: Archibald Rutledge’s Tales of Upland Hunting. Columbia, SC: USC Press, 2016. Hardback in dust jacket. xx, 180 pages. Includes my lengthy Introduction and a bibliographical essay. A collection of 23 of Rutledge’s finest stories on bird hunting and bird dogs. $30. 
Jim Casada (Editor), Carolina Christmas: Archibald Rutledge’s Enduring Holiday Stories. Columbia, SC: USC Press, 2010. Hardback in dust jacket. xviii, 225 pages. Illustrated. Thirty-seven selections, with a bonus concluding chapter, “Feasting at Hampton,” where my wife and me offer some three dozen recipes featuring items Rutledge mentioned in his writing and which were regular parts of holiday fare at Hampton Plantation. I guarantee you’ll find some recipes you will want to try. $30. 
Jim Casada (ed.), Hunting and Home in the Southern Heartland: The Best of Archibald Rutledge. Columbia, SC: USC Press, 1992. Hardback in dust jacket. xii, 263 pages. Thirty-five of Rutledge’s most beloved and enduring stories told as only he could relate a tale. Includes my detailed input on Rutledge the man, commentary on the stories, a full bibliography, and other information. Armchair adventure at its best. $30. 
Jim Casada (ed.), Tales of Whitetails: Archibald Rutledge’s Great Deer Hunting Stories. Columbia, SC: USC Press, 1994. Hardback in dust jacket. xii, 281 pages. Thirty-five of Rutledge’s great deer hunting stories with my editorial input similar to that noted above. A must for those who cherish great storytelling or deer hunting. $30.  

SPECIAL OFFER--All five books for $130 postpaid (a savings of $32.50)

Wayne Bailey, Wayne’s Turkey World: 60 Years of Hunting. Edited, with an Introduction and Bibliographical Essay by Jim Casada. Paperbound. $20. 
Jim Casada (editor), The Lost Classics of Jack O’Connor. Columbia, SC: Live Oak Press, 2004. Hardback in dust jacket. xxx, 329 pages. Illustrated. Includes my lengthy Introduction, a bibliographical note, and comments on each of the 40 selections. $30.  OUT OF STOCK Jim Casada (Editor), Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails. Birmingham AL: Palladium Press, 2001. I am sold out of the original, which was leatherbound and a thing of beauty, but I do have a dozen or so book blocks of this award-winning work if you want to obtain the material at a bargain rate or get your own copy bound. It’s all there, with gilt edges, except the binding. $5 a copy.
Jim Casada (editor), The Greatest Quail Hunting Book Ever. Columbia, SC: Sporting Classics, 2016. Hardbound in dust jacket. xxiv, 343 pages. Illustrated. Contains a wide-ranging selection of 34 stories, four short stories, introductory material, a guide for further reading on quail, notes on contributors, and my commentary introducing each selection. I didn’t choose the title and am frankly embarrassed by it, but I won’t deny for a moment that you can’t go wrong with selections from the likes of Babcock, Buckingham, Sheldon, Hill, Rutledge, and many more. $35. 
Jim Casada (editor), The Marksmanship Primer. Birmingham, AL: Palladium Press, 2004. Published in association with the National Rifle Association. Hardbound and softbound version. x, 467 pages. A collection of dozens of pieces from expert marksmen on how to be accurate with rifles and handguns. Among the contributors are Jack O’Connor, Townsend Whelen, E. C. Crossman, Charles Askins, Sr. and Jr., Jeff Cooper, and modern experts such as Bryce Towsley and Wayne Van Zwoll. Includes my introductory essay on “A Nation of Straight Shooters.” Hardbound $25. 
Softbound $15 
Larry Proffitt, Letters to My Grandsons: Wisdom to Pass on about Hunting the American Wild Turkey Spring and Fall (with a Foreword by Jim Casada). Elizabethton, TN: Privately published, 2018. Hardback in dj. 314 pages. Illustrated. Signed. $30.
Aaron Pass, Team Realtree Turkey Hunting Fieldbook. Edited and revised by Jim Casada. Paperbound. $15. 

Theodore Roosevelt, Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails. Edited and compiled by Jim Casada. Birmingham, AL: Palladium Press, 2001. xviii, 208 pages. A collection of hunting and conservation writings by Theodore Roosevelt that do not appear in his books. Includes my lengthy essay on the man as a hunter and conservationist along with other editorial input. This book was recognized as the outstanding outdoor volume written in the Southeast in 2001. The book is long out of print and quite difficult to find. I have a few copies of unbound book blocks (the full book ready for binding) that would serve fine as a reading copy or could be bound. Only $5 as opposed to $100 or more for the leatherbound original.  
Frederick C. Selous, Selous: A Hunting Legend. Edited and compiled by Jim Casada. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 2000. xiv, 188 pages. Illus., bibliography. A collection of material by and about the great African hunter. Includes considerable input by me. I’ll gladly sign. $30.  

CONTRIBUTOR—FOREWORD, INTRODUCTION, EDITOR’S NOTE, OR THE LIKE

Africa: 41 Adventures from the Dark Continent. Columbia, SC: Sporting Classics, 2010. Limited edition of 500 (this is copy #475) signed by the publisher, Chuck Wechsler. xvi, 399 pages. Illustrated. Bonded leather in a slipcase, all edges gilt and ribbon marker. Very fine. The lead story is by yours truly. $125.  
Samuel W. Baker, The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. xxxvi, 606 pages. Illustrated. New Introduction by Jim Casada. 1987. The DELUXE EDITION is out of stock but I have the REGULAR EDITION in stock for $70.  
Samuel W. Baker, Wild Beasts and Their Ways. xxxii, 455 pages. Illustrated. New Introduction by Jim Casada. 1987. The following copies of a limited edition of 500 are available—Publisher’s proof #6, 22, 343. DELUXE EDITION $140 
REGULAR EDITION $70
Nash Buckingham, Blood Lines. Charlotte, NC, Premier Press, 1989. With a new Introduction by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly sign and inscribe). A stated edition of 3000 but far fewer were actually printed. Fine copy of book with all the attributes of quality printing—all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, raised hubs, etc. $90. Available are copies #78, #117, #435, #1115, and #2135. I have so many copies because at this point, late in the existence of the Premier Collection, I served as Editor for a few volumes. $90. 
Nash Buckingham, De Shootinest Gent’man. Camden, SC: Premier Press, 1984. [xx], 240 pages. A limited, numbered, leatherbound edition of 3000. New Introduction by Jim Casada. I’ll gladly sign and inscribe if you wish. Very fine. Available are copies #176, #977, 1284, 2497, and 2536. $85. 
Nash Buckingham, Mark Right! The limited, numbered leatherbound edition from Premier Press (Camden, SC:, 1986, with a new Introduction by Jim Casada). xxx, 241 pages. Frontispiece of Buckingham. Fine copy of book with all the attributes of quality printing—all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, raised hubs, etc. A stated edition of 3000 but actually appreciably fewer were printed. I’ll gladly sign and inscribe if you wish. $85. Available are copies #78, #176, #977, #1029, and #1750. 
Charles Edward Chapel, Guns of the Old West (with an Editor’s Note by Jim Casada—I’ll gladly sign). Fairfax, VA” Odysseus Editions for the National Rifle Association’s Firearms Classics Series. [x], 306 pages. Leatherbound with ribbon marker, silk end papers, and all edges gilt. Illustrated, index. Fine. $30.
Eugene Connett, American Big Game Fishing. Camden, SC: The Premier Press, 1986. With a new Introduction by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly inscribe and sign). Xxxviii, 292 pages. Bound in full leather, folio size, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, and more. A lovely book. This one copy #5 (a really low numbered copy!) of a limited edition of 3000. $125. Also available is copy #10. 
Eugene Connett (Editor), American Big Game Fishing. 1986. xxxviii, 292 pages. Illustrated. New Introduction by Jim Casada. Folio size. Numbered copy of 3000 available. $75. 2 
Eugene Connett, Fishing a Trout Stream. 1990. Xviii, 138 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Paul Schullery. Numbered copy of 3000. $75. 1 
Eugene Connett, Random Casts. Camden, SC: The Premier Press, 1987. With a new Introduction by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly sign and inscribed). [xxviii], 196 pages. Illus. Bound in full leather, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, and more. This is copy #28 of a limited edition of 3000 copies. As new. $55. Also available is copy #343.
Dr. Bobby Dale, Bearded Rednecks: Showin’ Their Tails and Struttin’ Their Stuff. Privately published for the author, 2013. Hardback in dust jacket. xvi, 128 pages. Includes a Preface by Will Primos, a Foreword by Jim Spencer, and an Afterword by Jim Casada. More delightful telling of tales from the good Mississippi doctor. If you don’t smile at some points, chuckle aloud and others, and find a catch in your throat and mist in your eyes elsewhere, you ain’t got a turkey hunter’s soul. Read it. You won’t regret it. $23. 
Dr. Bobby Dale, Turkey Roost Tales. Hardback in dust jacket. With a Foreword by Jim Casada. Trade edition $23.  
Henry Edwards Davis, A Southern Sportsman: The Hunting Memoirs of Henry Edwards Davis. Edited by Ben McC. Moise and with a Foreword by Jim Casada. Columbia, SC: USC Press, 2010. Hardback in dust jacket. xxiv, 405 pages. Illustrated, index. $35.
F. R. N. Findlay, Big Game Shooting and Travel in Southeast Africa. xxviii, 313 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1990. DELUXE EDITION $155
REGULAR EDITION $70
Edouard Foa, After Big Game in Central Africa. xxxiv, 326 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1987. $140. DELUXE EDITION $140 and 
REGULAR EDITION $70
Jim Gasque, Hunting and Fishing in the Great Smokies (with a New Introduction and photos provided by Jim Casada). Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 2008. xxiv, 215 pages. Illustrated, index. Paperbound. $20. 
J. N. George, English Pistols and Revolvers. Birmingham, AL: Palladium Press, 1999 (with an Editor’s note by Jim Casada). A volume in the Firearms Classics Series. Hardbound in leather with all edges gilt and a ribbon marker. [viii], xiv, 256 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. I’ll gladly sign and inscribe if you wish. $45. 
George Bird Grinnell, American Duck Shooting (a volume in the Classics of American Sport reprint series with a Foreword by Jim Casada). Paperbound. 628 pages. Illustrated. Fine. I’ll gladly sign if you wish. A bargain at only $10. SOLD

Dorothy Stone Harmon, Archibald Rutledge: The Man and His Books. With a Bibliography by David Cupka and a Foreword by Jim Casada. Piedmont, SC: Bookquest, 2003. Hardback in dj. [xvi], 174 pp. Illus. Limited, numbered and signed edition of 224 copies, with an original items signed by Rutledge in a slip pocket at rear of book. This book is an interesting combination of a short biographical overview (pp. 1-82) featuring extensive use of quotations from Rutledge’s writings, a detailed descriptive bibliography of his books (pp. 83-100), and reproductions of selected materials such as letters and original poems, from the Dorothy Gaston collection of Rutledge material (pp. 101-175). Ms. Gaston was Rutledge’s longtime secretary and dear friend. A real treasure and a must for any serious fan of Rutledge. $125. Feel free to ask for details of the original item in the slip pocket. I have several copies with different items, and of course I’d be glad to sign and inscribe the book.
Bob Humphrey, New England Turkey Hunting: Strategies for Success. Paperbound. With a Foreword by Jim Casada. $20.
Samuel J. Hunnicutt, Twenty Years Hunting and Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains. With an Introduction by Jim Casada. Cullowhee, NC: The Hunter Library of Western Carolina University, 2017. Paperbound. xvi, 216 pages. Illustrated. This reprint makes available an exceedingly rare book that is of great interest to anyone interested in the sporting past in the southern Appalachians. I provide a detailed biographical appreciation of the author, who was a grand old mountain character. $20. 
F. Vaughn Kirby, In Haunts of Wild Game. Xviii, 567 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1989. $175. DELUXE EDITION $175 
REGULAR EDITION OUT OF STOCK. John C. Lee, Novice Wild Turkey Hunting in South Carolina. No place or publisher given, 2007. Introduction by Jim Casada. Paperbound. viii, 190 pages. Illustrated. Signed by author. $25. 
Denis D. Lyell, The African Elephant and Its Hunters (With an Introduction and Bibliographical Note by James A. Casada—I’ll sign if you wish). Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Books of Zimbabwe, 1994. Hardback in dust jacket. Volume 10 in the African Hunting Reprint Series. x, 221 pages. Illustrated. Book is very fine and dj fine. $85. Multiple copies available (It was impossible to transfer currency out of Zimbabwe when this work was published, so the publisher paid me in books).  
Denis D. Lyell, Memories of an African Hunter. xxx, 268 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1990. $150. DELUXE EDITION $150. 
REGULAR EDITION. OUT OF STOCK. Horace Lytle, Point! Camden, SC Live Oak Press, 1995. [xiv], 197 pages. With a new Introduction by Jim Casada. Copy #343 of a limited edition of 450 copies. Boxed, bound in full leather, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. As new. $75.  
Herbert W. McBride, A Rifleman Went to War. Birmingham, AL: Palladium Press, 2000. A volume in the Firearms Classics Library. Editor’s Note by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly sign). Hardback, leather bound, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. [xxiv], 398 pages. Fine. $22.
Roy McHenry and Walter Roper, Smith & Wesson Handguns. Birmingham, AL: Palladium Press, 1997. Hardback, leatherbound, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker. A volume in the Firearms Classics Series with an Editor’s Note by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly sign). [xviii], 233 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine. $28. 
Arthur Neumann, Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa. xxxvi, 320 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1987. $150. DELUXE EDITION $150
REGULAR EDITION $65.
W. H. Powell-Cotton, A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia. xxxvi, 521 pages. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1990. $175 (I don’t think, off the top of my head, that this book has been reprinted elsewhere). DELUXE EDITION $175 
REGULAR EDITION OUT OF STOCK. William Reichenbach, Sixguns and Bullseyes and Automatic Pistol Marksmanship (two volumes in one). Odysseus Editions for the National Rifle Association, 1996. Hardbound (leather, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, silk endpapers). Editor’s Note by Jim Casada. [xxiv], 145 pages; [xvi], 140 pages. Very fine. $45. 
Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunter. Numbered edition of 3000 in the Premier Collection, leatherbound, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, and other attributes of fine printing. xxxvi, 468 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly sign if you so desire). As new. Three copies--#78, #580, and #1217 available. $75.  
Archibald Rutledge, An American Hunter. 1991. xviii, 461 pages. Illustrated (by Lynn Bogue Hunt). New Foreword by Jim Casada. Numbered copy of 3000. $80. 3.
William Schaldach, Fish by Schaldach. Camden, SC: The Premier Press, 1993. With a new Introduction by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly sign and inscribe). No pagination. Lavishly illustrated (the bulk of the book consists of 60 full page illustrations by Schaldach). Fine (slight rubbing to front cover). Bound in full leather, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, etc. Copy #723 of a limited edition of 1850. $50. SOLD
F. C. Selous, African Nature Notes and Reminiscences. xxxviii, 348 pages. Illustrated. Introduction by Jim Casada, Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. I think this is the best of Selous’s books, and certainly it is underrated. 1988. $150. DELUXE EDITION $150. 
REGULAR EDITION $75.
F. C. Selous, A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa. xxxii, 455 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1986. $140. DELUXE EDITION $140. 
REGULAR EDITION $70.  
Harold P. Sheldon, Tranquility Revisited. Camden, SC: The Premier Press, 1992. With an Introduction by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly sign the book if you wish). xxiv, 130 pages. Illus. (several color illustrations pasted in). Bound in full red leather, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, and more. Copy #28 of a limited edition of 3000 copies. As new. $70. REGULAR EDITION $70.  
James Sutherland, The Adventures of an Elephant Hunter. xxxvi, 320 pages. Illustrated. Introduction by Jim Casada. $140. DELUXE EDITION $140
REGULAR EDITION $75
John Willoughby, East Africa and Its Big Game. xxviii, 303 pages. Illustrated, index. Foreword by Jim Casada. 1990. $130. DELUXE EDITION $130 
REGULAR EDITION $75

ANTHOLOGIES AND OTHER WORKS TO WHICH I CONTRIBUTED

Jay Cassell and the Editors of Lyons Press, Strategies of the Nation’s Top Turkey Hunters. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2003. Paperbound. Illus. xvii, 222 pages. Index. I wrote two of the twenty-three chapters and will gladly sign if desired. $25. 
Brian Lovett (Editor), The Turkey Hunters (With an Introduction and two chapters by Jim Casada). Hardback in dust jacket. $30. 
Mossy Oak, Adventures of the Camo Cameras. Brandon, MS: True Exposures Publishing, 2001. Folio size. Includes my chapter, “The Camo Cameras in New Zealand.” Hardback in dust jacket. $40. 
Sporting Classics’ Africa: Forty-One Adventures from the Dark Continent. Columbia, SC: Sporting Classics, 2010. Published in connection with the magazine’s 30th anniversary. Hardbound in dust jacket. xvi, 400 pages. Illustrated by Bob Kuhn. The first story in the book is “The Lunatic Express” that I wrote. $40

Theophilus Nash Buckingham (1880-1971) ranks as one of the great sporting scribes of the 20th century, and when it came to waterfowl and quail, along with mastery of dialect, he was at his best. Mr. Buck lived a wonderful life, basically burning through his inheritance, money he made in his younger years, and his wife’s inheritance before dying with the wolf of poverty howling at his back door. Yet his 90-plus years were filled with whirring wings, staunch points, wonderful companions, field trials in their glory years, and the heady aroma of burnt gunpowder. His was an existence most of us can only envy, and at his best he was a storyteller for the ages, and I would rank him among my top five favorites on the outdoors. Here is a list of books, many of them recently acquired from a longtime collector, by and about him. They are priced right and for anyone familiar with the writings of Mr. Buck they represent plenty of armchair adventure.


I always inscribe books I have been personally involved with unless otherwise instructed, and of course I would be delighted to personalize them in any way you suggest.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)

Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)


To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.

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  • Nash Buckingham. A complete, boxed set of all seven of Buckingham’s books—De Shootinest Gentman, Mark Right!, Tattered Coat, Hallowed Years, Ole Miss, Blood Lines, and Game Bag. Indianola, MS: Delta Arms Sporting Goods, 1980. Copies #41 of a numbered edition of 2,500. Includes a signed certificate of authentic from Douglas Mauldin, the publisher. Fine in fine slipcase. With all dust jackets present (this set is sometimes listed as being issued without dust jackets, but that was not the case, at least for the low numbered sets.) $325.SOLD
  • Nash Buckingham, Blood Lines. NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1947. Hardback in dust jacket. 192 pages. Foreword by Henry P. Davis. Illustrated. Fair (staining to cover—interior fine) with remnants of tattered and price-clipped dust jacket tipped in. $15.
  • Another copy, book good and price-clipped dust jacket fair. $35.
  • Another copy, this one of the 1948 version. Near fine. No dust jacket. $30.
  • Another copy, but this one the limited, numbered leatherbound edition from Premier Press (Charlotte, NC, 1989—with a new Introduction by Jim Casada—I’ll gladly sign and inscribe). A stated edition of 3000 but far fewer were actually printed. Fine copy of book with all the attributes of quality printing—all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, raised hubs, etc. $90. Available are copies #78, #117, #435, #1115, and #2135. $90.
  • Nash Buckingham, Blood Lines. NY: The Derrydale Press, 1938. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). xxii, 227 pages. Illustrated. Copy #652 of the limited edition of 1250 copies. First edition. Very good plus. The spine is slightly darkened. The front medallion of a mallard in flight is bright and the gilt edging is clear. Internally fine. A treasure, as are all the Buckingham Derrydales, and a really good buy at $250. SOLD
  • Nash Buckingham, De Shootinest Gent’man. NY: The Derrydale Press, 1934. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). [xviii], 240 pages. Copy #727 of a limited edition of 950 copies. First edition Good plus with front medallion bright, gilt on cover present, and binding tight. An attractive copy of the most desirable of all the Buckingham books. Copies are periodically offered at prices approaching or beyond four figures. A real buy at $475. SOLD
  • Nash Buckingham, De Shootinest Gent’man. Camden, SC: Premier Press, 1984. [xx], 240 pages. A limited, numbered, leatherbound edition of 3000. New Introduction by Jim Casada. I’ll gladly sign and inscribe if you wish. Very fine. Available are copies #176, 1284, 2497, and 2536. $85.
  • Another copy, but this one NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1941. This consists only of the title story and “Recessional” along with a Foreword by Russell Annabel. The artwork is by Robert Ball. Hardbound (no dj, possibly issued that way). Very good. $25.
  • Nash Buckingham, De Shootinest Gent’man and Other Hunting Tales. NY: Thomas Nelson, 1961. Hardback in dust jacket. xvi, 246 pages. This book varies from the original by the same title in a number of ways. These include an Introduction by Warner Nagel, illustrations by Hamilton Greene, and many different stories. Very good in very good dust jacket (some staining to bottom edge which is not readily noticeable). $35.
  • Another copy, this one very good in very good dust jacket, but with previous owner’s inked name stamp in four places. $35.
  • Nash Buckingham, Game Bag: Tales of Shooting and Fishing. NY: G. P. Putnam’s, 1945. xi, 186 pages. Illus. First trade edition. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (good). $65.
  • Nash Buckingham, Hallowed Years. Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Co., 1953. [x], 209 pages. 1st edition. Hardback in dust jacket. Book is very fine, dust jacket good slight tears at top and bottom, but is not price clipped). $60.
  • Another copy of the same printing. Lacks dust jacket but book is fine and encased in a heavy protective cover. $40. SOLD
  • Nash Buckingham, Ole Miss’ The limited, numbered leatherbound edition from Premier Press (Camden, SC:, 1986, with a new Introduction by Jim Casada). xxx, 241 pages. Frontispiece of Buckingham. Fine copy of book with all the attributes of quality printing—all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, raised hubs, etc. A stated edition of 3000 but actually appreciably fewer were printed. I’ll gladly sign and inscribe if you wish. $85. Available are 2 copies of #78, #176, #977, #1029, and #1750.
  • George Bird Evans (editor), The Best of Nash Buckingham. NY: Winchester Press, 1973. Near fine copy in fair dust jacket. $30. SOLD
  • Another copy. Similar in every sense. $30. SOLD
  • George Bird Evans (Editor), Dear John: Nash Buckingham’s Letters to John Bailey. Bruceton Mills, WV: Old Hemlock, 1984. Hardback in slipcase. v, 205 pages. Illustrated with period photographs. Copy #447 of an edition of 575 copies. Signed and inscribed. Book very fine and slipcase very good. $225. SOLD
  • George Bird Evans, George Bird Evans Introduces. Bruceton Mills, WV: Old Hemlock, 1990. Hardbound in slipcase.vii, 248 pages. Copy #447 of a limited edition of 1,150 copies. Includes a chapter on Buckingham. Signed and inscribed. Book and slipcase very fine. $140. SOLD
Anyone who has read much in the way of musings by this simple sporting scribe knows that I consider Robert Ruark our greatest American outdoor writer. Of course he was a masterful newspaper columnist and the author of several blockbuster novels as well. I’m proud to have had the opportunity to edit two books on him, The Lost Classics of Robert Ruark ($35) and the life of him by his longtime secretary Alan Ritchie, Ruark Remembered ($40). Along with those works, which are at the end of this list, here are a whole bunch of copies, in both paperback and hardback, of Ruark’s books. If you just want a readily available reading copy, the paperbacks or “lesser” hardbacks the way to go, but for serious bibliophiles or Ruark collectors, the hardbacks likely will have more appeal.

I always inscribe books I have been personally involved with unless otherwise instructed, and of course I would be delighted to personalize them in any way you suggest.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)

Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)


To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.

HARDBACKS

  • The Honey Badger. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1965. 535 pages. Book Club edition. Fine in very good dust jacket. $25. SOLD
  • Another copy of the Book Club edition. Fine in very good dust jacket. $25. SOLD
  • Another copy. This one the third impression of the English edition by Hamish Hamilton. About fine in a worn dust jacket. $22.50. SOLD
  • Horn of the Hunter. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1989. No dj. Book about fine. $20.SOLD
  • I Didn’t Know It Was Loaded. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1948. First edition. 255 pages. A collection of 40 of Ruark’s columns, showing his newspaper skills at their best. Fine copy in poor dust jacket (price clipped and taped). $35. SOLD
  • Jim Casada (editor), The Lost Classics of Robert Ruark. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1996. xxviii, 260 pages. Illus. A collection of 27 Ruark stories not previously published in books. Includes ten “Old Man and the Boy” pieces. New, and includes lengthy introductory material I provided and other information. I’ll gladly sign and inscribe. Limited, numbered edition. Copies #37 and #70 of an edition of 500 copies are available. Leatherbound, gilt edges and imprinting, linen slipcase, and ribbon marker. Very fine. $300. The only copy I found was on offer for a four-figure price.
  • Same book in the trade edition. $35. OUT OF STOCK
  • The Old Man’s Boy Grows Older. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961. First edition. 301 pages. Ex. lib. but with minimal markings (label neatly removed from spine and signs of where library card was present on back end paper. Otherwise clean and a nice copy. $30. SOLD
  • Another copy. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1962. Second impression. Fine. Lacks dust jacket. $45.  SOLD
  • Poor No More. NY: Henry Holt and Co., 1959. Hardback. First edition. 706 pages. One of Ruark’s bestselling novels. This one has distinct autobiographical overtones. Very good in fair dust jacket. $30. SOLD
  • Something of Value. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1955. [vi], 566 pages. Very fine copy, crisp and clean in every way. Dust jacket is good, fully intact but with some small tears at top and bottom. $55. SOLD
  • Another copy. Fine. Lacks dust jacket. $25.  
  • Another copy. This one the first edition. Good only, with small stain on front cover and spine beginning to weaken. $20.  
  • Another copy. Fair only. Lacks dust jacket and front spine cracked internally. Clean otherwise. $12.50.  SOLD
  • Another copy of the first edition. Fair (front spine cracked) in good, glassine-covered dust jacket. $17.50.  
  • Another copy of the first edition. Good. No dust jacket. $20.  
  • Another copy. Crisp and clean; overall fine +. No dust jacket. $27.50.  
  • Uhuru. NY: McGraw Hill, 1962. Second printing of first edition. Xii, 556 pages. Fair only. No dust jacket. $15. 
  • No edition stated but “W” on publisher page. Very good copy in somewhat ragged, price-clipped dust jacket. $25. 
  • Another copy of this printing. Book fine (does have bookstore stamp inside) in good dust jacket. $27.50. 
  • Another copy. This one the English edition from Hamish Hamilton. Almost fine copy, other than tape stains to both front and back endpapers, in near fine dust jacket. $20. 
  • Another copy. First NY edition with price clipped dj. Book and dj good. $30.
  • Another copy. Again the second printing of the first edition. No dust jacket but the inside folds from both the front and back of the dj are tucked in. Good (top corners bumped). $25.
  • Another copy. This one London: The Book Club, 1962. 444 pages. Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. $20.
  • Another copy as above, this one fine with a fine dust jacket. $25. SOLD
  • Another copy. This one the British edition by Hamish Hamilton. Fine in a good dust jacket. Inscription to previous owner. $27.50.
  • Use Enough Gun: On Hunting Big Game. New York: New American Library, 1966. 333 pages. Very fine in dust jacket. Only flaw is an amateurishly repaired tear on page 12. $80. SOLD
  • Another copy of the first printing. Fine in good plus dust jacket. $55. SOLD
  • Another copy. Stated first printing. Very fine in very fine dj. $85. SOLD
  • Another copy of the first printing. On this one the dust jacket is good. $75.  
  • Another copy. First printing. Very good in poor dust jacket (dj is dirty and has a piece missing). $50. 
  • Another copy. This one the undated reprint (circa 1990s) from Safari Press. Fine in good dust jacket. $35.  

PAPERBACKS

  • The Honey Badger. New York: Fawcett, 1966. 639 pages. Tight, crisp, clean copy. $12.  SOLD
  • Another copy, almost as good, but with cover showing slight wear. $11.  
  • Another copy. This one published by Corgi Books in England. 9th paperback printing. Very good. $11. 
  • Poor No More. NY: Fawcett, 1962. 4th paperback printing. 832 pages. Good condition. Cover shows wear. $10.  SOLD
  • Another copy, maybe slightly better cover but with bookstore stamp on bottom. $10.  
  • Something of Value. NY; Pocket Books, 1976. xii, 627 pages. Very good. $10.  SOLD
  • Uhuru. NY: Fawcett, 1963. 670 pages. Good. $10. SOLD
  • Robert Ruark, The Old Man and the Boy. NY: Henry Holt, 1993. Paperbound. [viii], 303 pages. Fine. Inexpensive copy of THE book on the outdoors, at least in my opinion. When the work first appeared a reviewer wrote: “May well be read as long as there are men.” I would amend that a bit to read “as long as there are men who hunt and fish,” but otherwise fully concur. $16. SOLD

OTHER ITEMS


Here are some Ruark connected items, two of which I was involved with in a significant fashion (and which I’ll gladly sign and inscribe).
  • Jim Casada (editor), The Lost Classics of Robert Ruark. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1996. xxviii, 260 pages. Illus. A collection of 27 Ruark stories not previously published in books. Includes ten “Old Man and the Boy” pieces. New, and includes lengthy introductory material I provided and other information. I’ll gladly sign and inscribe. $35. OUT OF STOCK
  • Hugh W. Foster, Someone of Value: A Biography of Robert Ruark. Agoura, CA: Trophy Room Books, 1992. xviii, 316 pages. Illustrated. Limited edition of 1000 copies. This one unnumbered but with publisher’s notation reading “Review Copy—Sporting Classics—Dr. Jim Casada.” Very fine in vf, glassine-protected dj. This was the first life of Ruark to be published. I’ve seen copies priced as high as $400—this one only $55 and I hope the association with yours truly isn’t a negative. SOLD
  • Bernardo Teixeira, The Fabric of Terror: Three Days in Angola. With an Introduction by Robert Ruark. NY: The Deven-Adair Company, 1965. xv, 176 pages. Illustrated. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Highly unusual in that Ruark normally didn’t do this kind of thing. Missing from most Ruark collections. $75. 
  • Alan Ritchie, Ruark Remembered: By the Man Who Knew Him Best. Edited and with an Introduction by Jim Casada and an Afterword by Harry Selby. Columbia, Columbia, SC: Sporting Classics, 2006. Hardback in dust jacket. X, 274 pages. Illustrated. A detailed biography of Ruark by the man who served as his personal secretary for the final decade of Ruark’s life. The manuscript, written shortly after Ruark’s death, languished in forgotten obscurity until being “discovered” in Spain by some Ruark fans early in the 21st century. You’ll learn a great deal about the man you didn’t know. This book is out of print but I have one copy, in very good condition with the dust jacket present (there is an inscription to a previous owner by a gift giver). It is $30. SOLD
  • Also available are several “as new” copies which, as a result of a printing error, left out a number of pages. I’ll gladly provide a photocopy of those pages and you can in effect have the whole book at a bargain price of only $10. OUT OF STOCK
One of our greatest presidents and without question the greatest sportsman ever to occupy the White House, Roosevelt lived what he styled “the strenuous life” to the fullest. Along with devoting his energies to politics and sport, TR was a prolific writer. Here’s a sampling of books by and about him.

I always inscribe books I have been personally involved with unless otherwise instructed, and of course I would be delighted to personalize them in any way you suggest.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)

Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)


To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.

BOOKS BY ROOSEVELT

  • African Game Trails. NY: Charles Scribner’s, 1910. xvi, 529 pages. Illus., appendices, maps, index. Front fly leaf present. Hardback (fair--cover worn, internally clean). Early copy. $25.
  • Another copy of the same edition. This one ex lib. with chip to top of spine. Internally very good plus. $25.
  • Another copy. This one badly worn and shaken. Reading copy. $10.
  • Another copy. This one the two-volume edition (NY: Scribner’s, 1922) which was a part of TR’s complete works. Good to very good (internally fine). $45.
  • Another copy. Volume 2 only of the 1924 Scribner’s reprinting. Very good. Only $5, and a great acquisition if you can acquire Volume 1.
  • Another copy, this one the trade edition in The African Collection (for full details on this 24-volume series from Briar Patch Press, see separate list for The African Collection). Leatherbound, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled end papers, etc. xxxviii, 539 pages. Illustrated. New Introduction by John D. Fair. Fine. $75.
  • Another copy of this same edition, but this one the deluxe, limited, and numbered edition of 500 copies. Full calf leather in attractive linen slipcase. A truly distinctive book. $100.
  • Cowboys and Kings (edited by Elting Morrison). Hardback without dj (as issued). Very fine. NY: Kraus Reprint, 1969. [xiv], 128 pages. Three long TR letters printed in full. $15.
  • Hunting in Many Lands (edited by TR and George Bird Grinnell). The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club. 1986 reprint of the 1895 edition. Paperbound. As new. 447 pages. Includes a TR story, “Hunting in the Cattle Country.” $15.
  • Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Camden, SC: The Premier Press, 1990. xxxvii, 347 pages, Illustrated. A volume in the Premier Collection series (see separate listing of the Premier Collection for coverage of all books in the series). As new, leatherbound, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, and other attributes of a top-rate printing effort. A lovely book. New Foreword by John D. Fair. Copies are numbered in an edition of 3000. Available is #78. $75.
  • Through the Brazilian Wilderness and Papers on Natural History. Two books in one (Volume V of The Memorial Edition of TR’s works). NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926. xxxii, 411 pages. With an Introduction by Frank Chapman. Good in fair dust jacket. $30. SOLD
  • The Wilderness Hunter. Numbered edition of 3000 in the Premier Collection, leatherbound, ribbon marker, marbled endpapers, and other attributes of fine printing. xxxvi, 468 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly sign if you so desire). As new. Two copies--#78 and #580 available. $75.

BOOKS ABOUT ROOSEVELT

  • David H. Burton, Theodore Roosevelt: Confident Imperialist. Philadelphia: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1968. Hardback in price-clipped dj (book fine, dj good). xii, 203 pages. $9.
  • Jim Casada (Editor), Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails. Birmingham AL: Palladium Press, 2001. I am sold out of the original but I do have a dozen or so book blocks of this award-winning work if you want to obtain the material at a bargain rate or get your own copy bound. It’s all there, with gilt edges, except the binding. $5 a copy.
  • Lord Charnwood, Theodore Roosevelt. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. Hardback. Good plus. xxii, 232 pages. 1st edition. $12.
  • William Harbaugh, “Theodore Roosevelt’s Retreat in Southern Albemarle: Pine Knot, 1905-1908.” In the 1993 Magazine of Albemarle County History, pages 1-50. Interesting sidelight from the presidential years. Paperback. $5
  • Logan Marshall, The Life of Theodore Roosevelt and the Story of His African Trip. No place or publisher given. 1910. Hardback. 424 pages. Good. Lavishly illustrated. $15.
  • Charles Morris, The Marvelous Career of Theodore Roosevelt and the Story of His African Trip. No place given: John Winston Co., 1910. Hardback. About good. 390 pages. Lavishly illustrated. $15.
  • Edmund Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. NY: Coward, McGann & Geoheagan, 1979. 1st edition. Hardback (no dj). Very good. 886 pages. Pulitzer Prize winning first volume of the massive and definitive three-volume life of TR. Great reading on a great man. $25.
  • George Mowry, The Era of Theodore Roosevelt. NY: Harper Torchbook, 1962. Paperbound. xvi, 330 pages. Good. $5.
  • Henry F. Pringle, Theodore Roosevelt. NY: Smithmark, 1995 (reprint of 1931 edition). Hardback in dj (both fine). x, 435 pages.$7.50.
  • Jacob Riis, Theodore Roosevelt. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1904. Hardback. xii, 471 pages. Very good. $25.
  • Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, My Brother Theodore Roosevelt. NY: Scribner’s, 1921. Hardback in dj (book near fine but some coloration to both endpapers, dj fair with pieces missing). First edition. $25.
  • Kermit Roosevelt, The Long Trail. Review of Reviews, 1921. 78 pages. Illustrated. Signed (this is noted on cover as “Autographed Edition”). Good. Interesting and unusual item. Covers various hunting experiences with his father. $40. SOLD
  • Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, Richard Derby, and Kermit Roosevelt, Cleared for Strange Ports. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1927. Hardback (very good). [xii], 254 pages. $12
  • Frederick William Unger, Roosevelt’s African Trip. NY: W. E. Scull, 1909. Hardback. 430 pages. Lavishly illustrated. 1st edition. Very good. $35. SOLD
  • Edmund Morris, Colonel Roosevelt. New York: Random House, 2010. Xiv, 767 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket. Covers the final decade of Theodore Roosevelt’s remarkable life. Deeply researched and beautifully written, it is, with the predecessor volumes by Morris, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Rex, the best biography of TR. $30
I’ve always been a collector-accumulator, with interests in stamps, coins, turkey calls, various types of sporting memorabilia, and especially books having held my interests for decades. One natural extension of my interest in books has been collecting magazines, annuals, and other printed material in fields of interest to me. Also, old outdoor magazines have been important to my researches as I edited and compiled anthologies devoted to great writers from yesteryear such as Robert Ruark, Archibald Rutledge, and Fred Selous. Those considerations, along with having been connected with a couple of magazines in an editorial capacity, have resulted in my building up a massive stock of old magazines, annuals, and other printed material. Here’s what I have available in stock. There will likely be more to come at a future date as I plow through literally thousands of old magazines and try to get them organized.

I always inscribe books I have been personally involved with unless otherwise instructed, and of course I would be delighted to personalize them in any way you suggest.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

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Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)

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To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.

TURKEY HUNTING ANNUALS OR SPECIAL ISSUES

Over the years a number of publishers, camo companies, and others have produced turkey hunting “Annuals.” These are a sort of hybrid – not exactly a book but not really a magazine either (although most come in a magazine format). They are often overlooked by collectors and I must admit there are quite a few gaps in my own collection in this particular area. I have a variety of these in stock, and they are listed below.
    • Aqua-Field Guide to Turkey Hunting. 1989. 78 pages. $15.SOLD
    • Aqua-Field Guide to Turkey Hunting. 1992. 78 pages. $15. SOLD
    • Aqua-Field Guide to Turkey Hunting. 1993. 78 pages. $15. SOLD
    • Aqua-Field Turkey Hunting Guide/Fall 1981. 62 pages. $15. SOLD
    • Barron’s Outdoor Turkey Guide—1995. 50 pages. $10. SOLD
    • Beards & Spurs. 1992. 80 pages. $20. SOLD
    • Beards & Spurs. 1993. 92 pages. $20. SOLD
    • Beards & Spurs. 1999. 80 pages. Includes an article I wrote, and I’ll gladly sign. $20.SOLD
    • Buckhunters Turkey Annual. 1994. 86 pages. Premier issue. $20. SOLD
    • Buyer’s Guide for Turkey Hunters. 1991. $20 SOLD
    • Elusive Camouflage’s Turkey Hunting Annual. 1997. 80 pages. $15. SOLD
    • Guns & Hunting Turkey Hunting. 1991. 98 pages. $15. SOLD
    • Guns & Hunting Spring Turkey Spectacular. 1992. 82 pages. $15. SOLD
    • Knight & Hale Ultimate Team Hunting. 1998. 144 pages. Includes an article I wrote. I’ll gladly sign if desired. $15. SOLD
    • Knight & Hale Ultimate Team Hunting. 1999. 80 pages. $15. SOLD
    • Knight & Hale Ultimate Team Hunting. 2002. 112 pages. $15.SOLD
    • Mossy Oak Hunting the Country. 1999. 128 pages. I wrote one of the articles and will gladly sign. $20. SOLD
    • Mossy Oak Hunting the Country. 2000. 128 pages. I wrote one of the articles and will gladly sign. $20. SOLD
    • Mossy Oak’s Hunting the Country. 2002. 112 pages. I wrote two of the articles and will gladly sign. $20. SOLD
    • Realtree Turkey Specila—2003. 66 pages. I wrote one of the articles and will gladly sign. $15. SOLD
    • Realtree Turkey Special—2004. 66 pages. I wrote one of the articles and will gladly sign. $15. SOLD
    • A8. Spring Turkey Hunting 2001. This is Realtree’s annual (the fourth one), published by Krause Publications. 72 pages. I wrote one of the dozen articles in it and will gladly sign. $15. SOLD
    • A3. Mossy Oak Full Strut Turkey Hunting. 1996. Published by Harris Publications. 146 pages. 26 articles from leading writers. I wrote two of these and will gladly sign them if so desired. $20. SOLD
    • Thicket’s Turkey Hunting Annual. 1995. 90 pages. $15. SOLD
    • Thicket’s Turkey Hunting Annual. 1996. 90 pages. I have an article (under the pen name Parker Fox) and will gladly sign. $15. SOLD
    • Turkey Hunting Strategies. 1997. Premier issue. By Harris Publications. 98 pages. $20. SOLD
    • Turkey Hunting Strategies. 1998. By Harris Publications. 98 pages. I wrote three of the pieces and will gladly sign. $15. SOLD
    • Turkey Hunting Strategies. 1999. By Harris Publications. 98 pages. $17.50. SOLD
    • Turkey Hunting Strategies. 2000. By Harris Publications. 98 pages. $17.50. SOLD
    • Turkey Hunting Strategies. 2002. 98 pages. $15. SOLD
    • Turkey Hunting Strategies 2004. Harris Publications. 98 pages. I contributed two articles (on woodsmanship and craftsmanship) and will gladly sign them. $15. SOLD
    • Turkey Hunting Strategies. 2006. Harris Publications. 98 pages. I contributed the back page article and will gladly sign if desired. $15. SOLD
    • A14. Turkey Hunting Annual. 1997. 80 pages. $15. SOLD
    • A15. Thicket’s Turkey Hunting Annual. 1995. The first annual from this company (no longer in existence although Grand View Media is their descendant, several “generations” removed). $15. SOLD
    • A16. Ultimate Team Hunting. 1998. By Vulcan Publications for Knight & Hale. 144 pages. I wrote one article and will gladly sign. $20. SOLD

OLD TURKEY MAGAZINES,

AMERICAN WILD TURKEY NEWS


This was the official publication of a group that competed, not very successfully, with the NWTF. I have a fairly extensive run of its house publication as listed below. All copies are $4.Please note which issue(s) you would like on your PayPal payment or by email.
    • Vol. 1, #3 SOLD
    • Vol. 1, #4 SOLD
    • Vol. 2, #1 SOLD
    • Vol. 2, #3 SOLD
    • Vol. 2, #4 SOLD
    • Vol. 2 (no number given) SOLD
    • Vol. 3, #2 SOLD
    • Vol. 3, #3 SOLD
    • Vol. 3, #4 SOLD
    • Vol. 4, #1 SOLD
    • Vol. 4, #2 SOLD
    • Vol. 4, #3 SOLD
    • Unnumbered issue (from 1998) SOLD
    • Unnumbered issue from 2002 SOLD

TAILFEATHERS

A newsletter produced by turkey book author Bill Privette. I have Issues #2 through #20. $4 each or the lot for $60. There’s some funny, irreverent stuff here, including no small amount of poking at yours truly. Please note which issue(s) you would like in your PayPal payment or by email. SOLD

TURKEY & TURKEY HUNTING

I have an extensive stock of back issues of this magazine, which I co-edited for a number of years and then served as its Editor-at-Large. I had at least one article in every issue. All copies are $5 each, and except for the final three or four years of the publication I have most everything. Let me know what you need.

TURKEY CALL

Although my stock of this NWTF publication is not as complete as that of Turkey & Turkey Hunting, I still have hundreds of magazines. Let me know what you need. Copies are $5 each.

TURKEY TALK

This is the newsletter of the Pennsylvania State chapter of the NWTF. It has been published for many years. I have scattered issues, a total of some 32 in all, mostly in the period from April 1981 to 1987 along with a few scattered issues later. $4 each or the entire lot for $100. If interested in specific issues, please inquire. SOLD

WADE BOURNE’S WILD TURKEY REVIEW

A short-lived but well done publication from a leading outdoor writer. I have Vol. 1, Issues 1, 5, and 6 along with an unnumbered issue. $15 for the lot. SOLD

AN ASSORTMENT OF TURKEY EPHEMERA

This includes a dozen items in all—single newsletters or brochures, two NWTF Annual Reports, three NWTF convention programs,from the 1990s, etc. The lot for $35. SOLD

LIMITED EDITION, MATTED AND FRAMED NWTF PRINTS

Framed and matted “Artist of the Year” NWTF prints. Each is signed by the artist, each includes a copy of the NWTF stamp for that year, and the matting and framing is top-level professional quality using acid-neutral materials. You can check major wildlife art galleries and discover that their prices for the print alone (without the stamp or the matting and framing) will be equivalent to or somewhat higher than my asking price. Matting and framing in comparable quality would come to at least $100 for each of these.
      • 1980—Walter Wolfe—“Explosion in Corn”—136/600 – $500
      • 1981—David Maass—“Majestic Trio”—136/3200 – $200
      • 1982—Robert Abbett—“Autumn Monarch”—136/1600 – $150
      • 1984—Richard Plasschaett—“Nature’s Legacy”—136/1300 – $250
      • 1985—Ned Smith—“Royal Domain”—136/1995 – $600 (this is the most desirable and collectible of all NWTF prints and perhaps of all wild turkey prints)
      • 1986—Ken Carlson—“Bearded Bronze”—136/1500 – $125
      • 1987—Jim Killen—“The Clearing”—136/1000 – $150
      • 1990—Arthur Anderson—“Spring Blossoms”—136/1000 – $250
        If you want the entire matched numbers set the price is $1800 and I’ll pay the shipping.

        OTHER FRAMED ITEMS

      • 2005—Matted and framed stamp print. Includes signed copy (by Melissa Ball) #161 of 2300 of Presidential Edition of the 2005 print, with two copies of the 2005 NWF stamp and a single copy of the stamp in gold below. Beautifully matted and framed. $175.

TURKEY HUNTING BOOKS NEW AND OUT OF PRINT

Books on turkey hunting continue to appear at a pace which would have been unthinkable a quarter of a century ago. Indeed, although I haven’t counted, I feel fairly certain there have been more turkey books published in the last fifteen years than had appeared in all the previous decades since the publication of E. A. McIlhenny’s The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting in 1914. Here’s an updated and greatly expanded list with numerous new items and many price changes, mostly reductions, as I valiantly endeavor to make some shelf space.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book up to a maximum of $15. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate-- please contact me for a postage quotation. Insurance is extra and recommended (I USE QUALITY BOXES IN PACKAGING, BUT I KNOW THROUGH HARD EXPERIENCE THAT THE USPS IS LESS THAN TOTALLY PREDICTABLE IN ITS PERFORMANCE) especially for scarcer items. I retain proof of shipment, insured or not, on all orders. Insurance is $3.50 for the first $100 of coverage and an additional $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. Books are shipped USPS Media Mail rate because it is far less expensive than alternative methods of shipping. Payment can be made by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal. I am a simple, one-man operation and do not accept credit cards.

To order or if you have questions, contact Jim Casada, 1250 Yorkdale Dr., Rock Hill, SC 29730; telephone 803-329-4354); e-mail jimcasada@comporium.net; or my website is www.jimcasadaoutdoors.com.

If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)


Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)


To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.

JIM CASADA’S TURKEY BOOKS



Over the years I have written, edited or in some way contributed to a number of turkey books. Here is a list of those books currently available with which I had some type of involvement. All are new and I’ll gladly sign and inscribe them. In each instance my specific contribution is noted and full details are given for each book in the main listing of numbered items offered in alphabetical order by the author’s name. These books are also included in the numerical listings and should be ordered using the number.

Jim Casada (Editor), America’s Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge’s Great Turkey Hunting Tales. Hardbound in dust jacket. xii, 211 pages. Bibliography. $30. I would also note that I have an extensive collection of original Rutledge books as well as others I have edited featuring his work. Visit my website for details.


Jim Casada, Innovative Turkey Hunting. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001. Paperbound. Illus. 204 pp. $20.


Jim Casada, The Literature of Turkey Hunting: An Annotated Bibliography and Random Scribblings of a Sporting Bibliophile. Hardbound in a slipcase. xviii, 171 pp. Illus. The book is a limited, signed, and numbered edition of 750 copies with all edges gilt, a ribbon marker, Skivertex cover and slipcase, and all the attributes of a limited edition “done right.” A must for the serious turkey collector. $100 postpaid and insured.


Jim Casada, Remembering the Greats: Profiles of Turkey Hunting’s Old Masters. Hardbound in dust jacket. xviii, 299 pp. Illustrated with over 100 vintage photos, this book profiles 27 of the sport’s icons. $35.


Wayne Bailey, Wayne’s Turkey World: 60 Years of Hunting (Edited with an Introduction and Bibliographical Essay by Jim Casada). Bismarck, ND: Richtman’s Printing, 2002. Paperback. xxxiv, 168 pp. Illus. A well-written and eminently informative work by one of the sports true pioneers as a hunter and a biologist. I’ll also gladly inscribe and sign if you desire. $20.


Jay Cassell and the Editors of Lyons Press, Strategies of the Nation’s Top Turkey Hunters. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2003. Paperbound. Illus. xvii, 222 pages. Index. I wrote two of the twenty-three chapters and will gladly sign if desired. $25.


Dr. Bobby Dale, Bearded Rednecks: Showin’ Their Tails and Struttin’ Their Stuff. Privately published for the author, 2013. Hardback in dust jacket. xvi, 128 pages. Includes a Preface by Will Primos, a Foreword by Jim Spencer, and an Afterword by Jim Casada. More delightful telling of tales from the good Mississippi doctor. If you don’t smile at some points, chuckle aloud and others, and find a catch in your throat and mist in your eyes elsewhere, you ain’t got a turkey hunter’s soul. Read it. You won’t regret it. $23.


Dr. Bobby Dale, Turkey Roost Tales. xvi, 135 pp. Illus. Hardback in dust jacket. With a Foreword by Jim Casada. Trade edition. Signed. $30.


Bob Humphrey, New England Turkey Hunting: Strategies for Success. 276 pp. Illus. Paperbound. With a Foreword by Jim Casada. $20.


John C. Lee, Novice Wild Turkey Hunting in South Carolina. No place or publisher given, 2007. Introduction by Jim Casada. Paperbound. viii, 190 pages. Illustrated. Signed by author. $25.


Brian Lovett (Editor), The Turkey Hunters (With an Introduction and two chapters by Jim Casada). 208 pp. Lavishly illustrated. Large format hardback in dust jacket. $30.


Mossy Oak, Adventures of the Camo Cameras. Brandon, MS: True Exposures Publishing, 2001. 142 pp. Lavishly illustrated. Folio size. Includes my chapter, “The Camo Cameras in New Zealand.” Hardback in dust jacket. $30.


Aaron Pass, Team Realtree Turkey Hunting Fieldbook. Edited and revised by Jim Casada. 96 pp. Illus. Paperbound. $15.


Larry Proffitt, Letters to My Grandsons. 314 pp. Illus. Hardback in dust jacket. I wrote the book’s Foreword. $35.


NEW AND USED BOOKS



1. Khabir Abdullah, Spring Gobbler Hunting Outside the Box: The Memoirs of a Virginia Master Turkey Hunter. Lexington, KY (self-published). Paperbound. [xiv], 38 pages. Illus. Very fine. $16. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

2. Dick Alford, Wild Turkeys from Shot to Pot. No place or date given (but privately printed, 2007). Paperbound. 56 pages. Illus. Another of Alford’s ongoing series of chatty, informative books. Lots of good stuff here on how to craft items for the inedible parts of the turkey, cooking, woodscraft, and more. $18.


3. Bill Askins (Editor), Turkey Hunter’s Guide. Washington, DC: NRA, 1979. Paperbound. 96 pp. Illus. Stories by veteran scribes such as Dalrymple, Harbour, John McDaniel and others. Unusual. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. $50. OUT OF STOCK

4. Wayne Bailey, 50 Years Hunting Wild Turkey. Delmont, PA: Penn’s Woods, 1983. Paperbound. [x], 132 pp. Good plus copy of a very rare book. Signed. Seldom offered. $70. SOLD

5. Another copy, unsigned. $50.


6. Wayne Bailey, Wayne’s Turkey World: 60 Years of Hunting (Edited with an Introduction and Bibliographical Essay by Jim Casada). Bismarck, ND: Richtman’s Printing, 2002. Paperbound. xxxiv, 168 pp. Illus. A well-written and eminently informative work by one of the sports true pioneers as a hunter and a biologist. I’ll also gladly inscribe and sign if you desire. $20.


7. Another copy. Not signed by Bailey. I’ll gladly inscribe and sign. $18.


8. Wayne Bailey and K. T. Rinell, West Virginia Wild Turkey. Charleston, WV: WV DNR, 1968. Paperbound. x, 60 pp. Illus., bibliog. Rare and important. Bailey says “this is the work of which I am proudest.” Very fine. $60.


9. Otha Barham, Spring Beckonings: Gobblers Call and We Must Go. Privately self-published, 2013. Softbound. Illus. 191 pages. A delightful collection of 38 tales from a veteran hunter and sporting scribe who is also a personal friend. Signed and inscribed. $25. OUT OF STOCK

10. Jace Bauserman, Turkey Hunting Tales, Tips and Tactics: Your Guide to Spring Success. Columbia, SC, 2019 (self-published). Paperbound. xii, 74 pages. Very fine. $12. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

11. Rick Black, The Wild Turkey Cookbook. Wever, IA: Black Iron Cookin’ Co., 2003. Comb bound (lies flat, which is what you want in a cookbook). 132 pages plus pp. 133-52 comprised of ads. Includes some oddball pieces of narrative but is mostly turkey recipes (and a few for veggies). Useful and practical. $10.


12. Gerry Blair, Turkey Hunting with Gerry Blair. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1991. Hardback. 280 pp. Illus. Insight from an old-time hunter who was associated in various editorial capacities with Turkey Hunter and Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazines. As new. $12.


13. Dwain Bland, Some Turkey Scratchings. Delmont, PA: Penn’s woods, 1983. [iv], 108 pp. Paperbound. Illus., bibliog. Near fine and quite rare. Probably less than 1000 in existence. Signed. $175. SOLD

14. Another copy, also near fine. Unsigned. Fine. $150. SOLD

15. Another copy, with some stain damage to the edge of several pages. Externally appears fine. $75. SOLD

16. Dwain Bland, Turkey Hunter’s Digest. Northbrook, IL: DBI Books, 1986. Paperbound, large format. Illus. 256 pp. Fine. A detailed “how to” treatment. $18.


17. Dwain Bland, Turkey Hunter’s Digest. Northbrook, IL: DBI Books, 1994. Paperbound. Revised edition of the above book with appreciably different coverage. Illus. 258 pp. Fine. $18. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


18. Frances Bloxam, Little Tom Turkey. Camden, ME: Down East Books, 2005. Hardback in dj. 32 pages. A delightful book in sing-song verse reminiscent of the great Dr. Seuss. I can’t wait until my granddaughter is old enough to appreciate it, and if you have kids or grandkids, share this book with them. Beautifully illustrated by Jim Sollers. $16.


19. Philip Bourjaily, The Field & Stream Turkey Hunting Handbook. New York: The Lyons Press, 1999. Paperbound. x,115 pp. Illus., index. A useful primer. As new. $10.


20. Wade L. Bourne, Harold Knight & David Hale’s Ultimate Turkey Hunting. Tabor City, NC: Atlantic Publishing Co., 1994. Paperbound. x, 182 pp. Illus. Detailed insight from two noted hunters and a fine writer. Signed by Bourne. As new. $27.50.


21. Another copy. Unsigned. $25.


22. Dr. Samuel P. Boyer, The Wild Turkey: A Survey. Johnstown, PA: The Wild Turkey Conservation Association, 1984. Paperbound. 26 pages. States this is “a limited reprint” but does not indicate the limitation. I have never seen a copy of the original. Rare even in this form. $25.


23. James F. Brady, Modern Turkey Hunting. NY: Crown Publishers, 1973. Hardback in dj. Illus. 160 pp. One of the early books of the modern restoration era, with an Introduction by Wayne Bailey. Fine. $12.50.


24. Toby Bridges, Hunting America’s Wild Turkey: Proven Techniques form the Experts. Accokeek, MD: Stoeger Publishing Co., 2001. Paperbound. 288 pp. Illus., index. New. $18.


25. Stewart J. Bristol, Hunting Wild Turkeys in New England. Thorndike, ME: North Country Press, 1986. Paperbound. 170 pp. Out-of-print now for many years. As new. $12.


26. Stewart J. Bristol, Stu Bristol’s Guide to . . . Making Your Own Turkey Calls. Self-published, 2010. Paperbound. 72 pages plus fold-out. Illustrated. Signed. $16.


27. Stu Bristol, Building Turkey Calls and Owl Hooters. Self-published, 2015. Comb-bound. 128 pages. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed. $20.


28. Jack Brobst (with Dr. David Samuel), Bowhunting for Turkeys. [Bangor, PA]: Blue-J, Inc., 1984. Paperbound. Xiv, 132 pp. Illus., bibliog. Unusual. As new. Signed by author. $30.


29. Monte Burch, Pocket Guide to Spring and Fall Turkey Hunting. Humansville, MO: Outdoor World Press, 1989. Paperbound. 80 pp. Illus. Interesting, informative, and inexpensive. New. $10.


30. Monte Burch with Brad Harris, Lohman Guide to Successful Turkey Calling. Humansville, MO: Outdoor World Press, 1995. Paperbound. 64 pp. Illus. Missing from many turkey libraries. New. $10.


31. Geoff Burden, Answer the Call: Wit, Wisdom and the Wild Turkey. Lexington, KY: StrutBuster (self-published), 2014. Paperbound. 110 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $10.


32. Cliff Butler and Doug Max, Hunting with J-Hook. No place, date, or publisher (self-published) given. Comb-bound. 80 pp. Illus. Part promotion for the authors’ guide service, part sharing of tales, with lots of photographs. Very fine. $25. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. OUT OF STOCK

33. Doug Camp, Turkey Hunting Spring and Fall. Nashville, TN: Outdoor Skills Bookshelf, 1983. Paperbound. 165 pp. Illus. A delightful book by an old-time callmaker who really knew his stuff. Getting very hard to find, and with Doug's passing has become a real in-demand item. Signed. $175.


34. Another copy, this one unsigned. $150.


35. Anthony Campbell, The Hunt for Old Scratch and Tales of Other Turkeys. No place or publisher (self-published) given, 2013. Paperbound. [vi], 214 pages. Illustrated. A collection of the author’s hunting experiences. $40. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


36. Jim Casada (Editor), America’s Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge’s Great Turkey Hunting Tales. Hardbound in dust jacket. xii, 211 pages. Bibliography. $30. I would also note that I have an extensive collection of original Rutledge books as well as others I have edited featuring his work. Visit my website for details.


37. Jim Casada, Innovative Turkey Hunting. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001. Paperbound. Illus. 204 pp. $20.


38. Jim Casada, The Literature of Turkey Hunting: An Annotated Bibliography and Random Scribblings of a Sporting Bibliophile. Hardbound in a slipcase. xviii, 171 pp. Illus. The book is a limited, signed, and numbered edition of 750 copies with all edges gilt, a ribbon marker, Skivertex cover and slipcase, and all the attributes of a limited edition “done right.” A must for the serious turkey collector. $100 postpaid and insured.


39. Jim Casada, Remembering the Greats: Profiles of Turkey Hunting’s Old Masters. Hardbound in dust jacket. xviii, 299 pp. Illustrated with over 100 vintage photos, this book profiles 27 of the sport’s icons. $35.


40. Jay Cassell and the Editors of Lyons Press, Strategies of the Nation’s Top Turkey Hunters. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2003. Paperbound. Illus. xvii, 222 pages. Index. I wrote two of the twenty-three chapters and will gladly sign if desired. $25. OUT OF STOCK

41. Gary Clancy, The Complete Hunter: Wild Turkey. Minnetonka, MN: Cowles Publishing, 1997. Hardbound. 128 pp. Illus. New. $35.


42. Bob Clark, Long Beards, Long Spurs and Fanned Tails. Boiling Springs, PA: Northwoods Publications, 1981. Paperbound. 107 pp. Illus. Signed and inscribed copy. Very good. $200.


43. Another copy. Unsigned. Good. $150.


44. Bob Clark, Bob Clark’s Cure for Turkey Fever. Privately published, 1987. Paperbound. 160 pp. Illus. About fine copy. Signed. Rare. $180.


45. Another copy. Unsigned. $160.


46. Yet another copy, this one in lesser condition with some fraying at bottom of spine. $95.


47. Ron Clough, One Man’s Close Calls. Brainerd, MN: Bang Printing (privately published for author), 2007. Signed and lengthy inscription to a previous owner. x, 208 pp. Illus. Hardbound in dust jacket. Very fine. Out of print and quite difficult to find. $100. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


48. Ron Clough, Close Calls II. Brainerd, MN: Bang Printing for the author, 2009. Hardbound in dust jacket. xi, 211 pages. Illustrated. Inscribed and signed. $70.


49. Chuck Collinge, Nutmeg Turkeys. Ansonia, CT: Housatonic Books, 1992. Paperbound. vii, 300 pp. Illus., bibliog. Fine. Signed. $50.


50. Another copy. Unsigned. $35.


51. Richard Combs, Turkey Hunting Tactics of the Pros. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2002. Hardbound in dj. viii, 200 pp. Illus. New. $15.


52. Richard Combs, Advanced Turkey Hunting. Bellvale, NY: Woods N’ Water, 2002. Hardbound in dj. viii, 165 pp. Illus., New. $15.


53. Neil D. “Gobbler” Cost (with Scott Branton and Ray Berryhill), The Last Hurrah. Mississippi State, MS: Branton Berryhill Publishers, 2002. Preface by Gene Smith and Prologue by Brian Lovett. Hardbound in dj. Limited edition of 1500. This one was not signed. Cost was near death and unable to sign the books. Illus., bibliog.., index. The third volume in the trilogy. I have a few single copies left. As new. $325 (the only copies I find listed—three of them—are offered at a much higher price).


53A. Neil D. “Gobbler” Cost (with Scott Branton and Ray Berryhill), Neil Cost Talks Turkey. Mississippi State, MS: Branton Berryhill Publishers, 2000. With a Preface by John McDaniel and a Foreword by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly sign if desired). xxiv, 216 pages. Illus., bibliog., index. Signed copy #970 of 1500. Highly collectible and almost impossible to find. Book and dust jacket are very fine. After considerable searching I located three copies, all priced at upwards of $1000. This copy only $700. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


54. Larry Dablemont, The Greatest Wild Gobblers: Lessons Learned from Old Timers and Old Toms. Barnabas Publishing Services, 1999. Paperbound. 172 pp. Illus. Interesting, little-known book. New. Signed and inscribed. $20. OUT OF STOCK

55. Another copy. Unsigned. $18. OUT OF STOCK

56. Larry Dablemont, The Greatest Wild Gobblers: Lessons Learned from Old Timers and Old Times. Bolivar, MO: Lightin’ Ridge Books, 2005. Paperbound. vi, 228 pages. Illustrated. New. An updated, revised and expanded version of the previous book. $25. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. OUT OF STOCK

57. Dr. Bobby Dale, Double Gobble: Reflections of a Turkey Hunter. Brandon, MS: True Exposures, 2003. Hardbound in dj. [xii], 108 pp. Illus. A collection of tales in the old-fashioned “read” style. Signed and inscribed copies. Out of print and very difficult to find. Very fine. $100. OUT OF STOCK

58. Another copy, unsigned. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. Very fine. $80. SOLD

59. Dr. Bobby Dale, Turkey Roost Tales. Brainerd, MN: Bang Printing for the author, 2006. xvi, 135 pp. Illus. Hardbound in dj. Signed (and I’ll sign the Foreword which I wrote if you wish). $25.


60. Another copy, signed but lacks dust jacket. $20.


61. Another copy. With dj but unsigned. $22.


62. Dr. Bobby Dale, Bearded Rednecks: Showin’ Their Tails and Struttin’ Their Stuff. Privately published for the author, 2013. Hardbound in dust jacket. xvi, 128 pages. Includes a Preface by Will Primos, a Foreword by Jim Spencer, and an Afterword by Jim Casada. More delightful telling of tales from the good Mississippi doctor. If you don’t smile at some points, chuckle aloud and others, and find a catch in your throat and mist in your eyes elsewhere, you ain’t got a turkey hunter’s soul. Read it. You won’t regret it. $25.


63. Henry Edwards Davis, The American Wild Turkey. Georgetown, SC: Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1949. Hardbound. First edition of the cornerstone of turkey literature. Book is fine with the bookplate of a previous owner. Includes the original dust jacket which is only fair with some fraying on the edges and a small strip (maybe three-quarters of an inch) missing from the spine area at the top of the dust jacket. Also of interest is a plate block of four of the lovely 1956 U. S. Postal Service three-cent stamp commemorating wild turkey conservation. The cornerstone of any turkey hunting library. $1000 SOLD

64. Henry Edwards Davis, The American Wild Turkey. Medon, TN: Old Masters, n. d. (circa 1985). Hardbound reprint of the 1949 edition. No dust jacket (as published). The best book, in my opinion, ever written on the subject. One major bookseller just offered this book at $2000 and called it affordable. $125. SOLD

65. Another copy. This one the lovely reprint in the Premier Collection series from Sporting Classics. A limited, numbered copy of a stated edition of three thousand (far fewer were actually printed) with a new Foreword by another legendary writer, the late Harry Middleton. Gilt edges, raised hubs, marble end papers, ribbon marker, leather binding. Very fine. $350 (all of the few copies of this printing I found on offer had prices at least $100 higher). OUT OF STOCK

66. Brad Day, Severe Gobbler Disorder: Reflections of a Grand Slam. Bloomington, IN: Author House, 2006 (self-published). Paperbound. x, 297 pages. Illus. Fine. $20. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

67. George Denka, Jr., 2013 Turkey Call Collectors’ Guide. Blythewood, SC: Privately printed for the author, 2013. Paperbound. Illustrated. xxii, 237 pages. Useful guide based on Internet research and sales. As new. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. $40. SOLD

68. Daniel A. Dia Paul, Turkey Hunting’s Finer Points. Bloomington, IN: 1st Books, 2000. Paperbound. 108 pp. Illus. New. Signed and inscribed. $15.


69. James G. Dickson (Compiler and Editor), The Wild Turkey. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books (for the NWTF), 1992. Hardbound in dj. 463 pp. Illus., extensive bibliog., index. New. A coffee table size book of great importance. A real bargain at $35. The lowest price I found for this book was $55.


70. Another copy, but this one the sumptuous limited edition. Leatherbound, gold embossing, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker, and all the attributes of a top-drawer book. Includes a signed, numbered print of a gobbler by Rob Keck (#409 of 550). Slipcased. Book very fine, slipcase near fine. A really handsome collector’s item. $400. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


71. Oak Duke, Springtime in the Turkey Woods. Privately published, 2003. Paperbound. Illus. viii, 145 pp. A collection of some 50 stories from a veteran turkey hunter. Signed and inscribed. New. $20.


72. Charlie Elliott, Field Guide to Wild Turkey Hunting. Delmont, PA: Penn’s Woods, 1984. Paperbound. 83 pages. Rare. $100.


73. Charles Elliott, Turkey Hunting with Charlie Elliott: The Old Professor Tells About America’s Big-Game Bird (with a Foreword by William E. Rae). New York: David McKay, 1979. Hardback. xii, 275 pages. Illus., bibliog., index. Fine. Great reading. $50.


74. Simon Everitt, Tales of Wild Turkey Hunting. Medon, TN: Old Masters, 1984. Hardback. A delightful collection of stories by an old-time North Carolina hunter who styled himself “The Kurnel” makes fascinating reading. The original is almost impossible to find and there is no other reprint. New. No dj (as issued). I recently saw this reprint advertised for $135! Only $50.


75. Ray Eye, Practical Turkey Hunting Strategies. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2003. Hardbound. xii, 257 pp. Illus., index. New and revised edition of the Pearce and Eye book (see below). New. $25.


76. Ray Eye, Ray Eye’s Turkey Hunter’s Bible: The Tips, Tactics, and Secrets of a Professional Turkey Hunter. NY: Skyhorse Books, 2012. Hardbound in dust jacket. xxv, 226 pages. Illustrated lavishly. Signed. New. A fine book by one of the sport’s true personalities. $25. OUT OF STOCK

77. Rich Faler, Urban Turkey: Hunting Spring Gobblers Close to Civilization. Greenville, PA: Beaver Pond Publishing, 1992. Paperbound. 96 pp. Illus. As new. $10.


78. J. Wayne Fears, On Target for Successful Turkey Hunting. Mequon, WI: Target Communications, 1983. Paperbound. 92 pages. Illustrated. Sound, useful “how to” information by a man who has been involved in the sport for a long time. Fine. $20.


79. J. Wayne Fears (editor), The Wild Turkey Book. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1981. Illustrated by Tom Hennessy. 274 pages. Hardbound. Limited, numbered edition of 1000 signed by the editor, artist, and publisher. Boxed with all edges gilt, gold embossing, ribbon marker, and other attributes of a fine book. Very fine copy of a collection of some of the finest tales every written about turkey hunting. $150.


80. Another copy, this one of the trade edition (2nd printing—lacks box and signature pages of limited edition). 1982. Good. $30.


81. Tom Fegely, Hunting Pennsylvania Turkeys. Cherryville, PA: B & T Outdoor Enterprises, 2004. With a Foreword by Rob Keck. Paperbound. ix, 304 pages. Illustrated. Fegely, one of the country’s leading outdoor writers, gives us a book on his home state which I wish could be duplicated for every state. Detailed, with lots of photos, the book touches all the bases. $20.


82. The same book, this time in a limited, numbered, and signed hardbound edition of 200 copies. Beautiful cover with a medallion-like inset of a gobbler in strut, gilt print on cover and spine, and ribbon marker. Tom, a grand friend and one of the true gentlemen of the outdoors world, died of Lewy Body Dementia. I miss him greatly. Expect the value of this work to rise because of his passing. $75. SOLD

83. Marty Fischer, Limbhangers and 4-letter Words: Trials and Tribulations of a Turkey Hunter. Chapel Hill, NC: Professional Press, 2007. Hardback in dj. viii, 208 pages. Illus. For those of you who love tale telling and misery sharing, this is one of those books you won’t want to miss. The author is known for his wingshooting expertise, but his true passion is turkey hunting. Signed, numbered edition (of 1,500). $50.


84. Jon L. Freis, Wild Turkey Dogs: Choosing, Training and Hunting. Oneida, WI: Turkey Dog Ridge Books, 2007. 2nd edition. Paperbound. 42 pages. Illustrated. Signed. Most notable for Parker Whedon’s essay “Training a Turkey Dog.” $20. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


85. Tom Gaskins, Tom Tells Tall Turkey Tales: 62½ Tips on Hunting Wild Turkey. Palmdale, FL: Privately Printed, 1965. Paperbound. 36 pages. Insightful and delightful wisdom from an old master. $40.


86. Tom Gaskins, Florida Facts and Fallacies. Palmdale, FL: Privately printed, 1978. Paperbound. 56 pages. Not turkey hunting, but mostly outdoors oriented and a must if you are a Gaskins fan. $40.


87. Tom Gaskins, We Talk Turkey. Palmdale, FL: Privately printed, 1983. Paperbound. 72 unnumbered pages. A collection of dozens of stories and/or anecdotes of turkey hunting, many containing a specific tip, solicited by Gaskins from hunters he had known. Enjoyable reading. $40.


88. Denny Geurink, Hunting the Wild Turkey in Michigan. Farmington Hills, MI: Michigan NWTF, 1989. Paperbound. [vi], 106 pp. Illus. About fine. Signed and inscribed. Very rare and missing from most collections. $70.


89. Another copy, unsigned. $55.


90. Yet another copy, signed and inscribed but with what appears to be staining or possibly foxing to the bottom of several of the early pages in the book. Clean and fresh cover. $30.


91. Bob Gooch, In Search of the Wild Turkey. Waukegan, IL: Great Lakes Press, 1978. Hardbound in dj. Pp. 182. Illus. A state-by-state look at turkey hunting by an old-time outdoor writer. $15.


92. Gesna Felts Griffith, Happy Times Hunting in Alabama’s Beautiful Woods. No date or place (privately printed). Paperbound. Illustrated. 58 pages. Very fine. Rare. Signed. This is a reprint of the original, and can be distinguished primarily by the paper stock. $25.


93. Chip Gross, Home, at Last, Is the Hunter. Fredericktown, OH: Wordsmith, 1993. Hardbound in dj. 224 pages. Illus. Quite difficult to find. Fine. Signed and inscribed. $100.


94. Another copy of the hardbound with the dj, but unsigned. $80.


95. Another copy. This one the paperbound version, signed and inscribed. $40.


96. Earl Groves, Talking Tomfoolery (with Expert Commentary by Ben Rogers Lee and a Foreword by H. Lea Lawrence). Privately printed, 1977. Paperbound. viii, 101 pages. Illustrated. Good plus copy of an extremely rare book that is almost impossible to find. Signed and inscribed. $150. SOLD

97. Another copy. Fair only (chipped spine, worn cover—inside clean). Signed and inscribed. $100.


98. Another copy. Fair (some crinkling to front cover and unsigned). $70.


99. Earl Groves, Talking Tomfoolery 2000. Wildwood Publications, no date (c. 2000). Paperbound. xiv, 347 pages. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed. $15.


100. Another copy, but unsigned. $12.


101. Michael Hanback, Spring Gobbler Fever: Your Complete Guide to Spring Turkey Hunting. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1996. Paperbound. 256 pp. Fully illustrated. Wisdom from a skilled hunter whom I consider one of the best modern writers on the sport. Covers all key areas of the sport. New. $10.


102. William F. Hanenkrat, The Education of a Turkey Hunter. NY: Winchester Press, 1974. Hardbound. 216 pp. Illus. Fine copy in fine dj. Difficult to locate, especially in this condition. $40.


103. Frank P. Harben, Hunting Wild Turkeys in the Everglades. Safety Harbor, FL: Harben Publishing Co., 1982. Paperbound. 341 pp. Illus. Very fine. Becoming increasingly difficult to find. Signed copy and a bargain at $22.


104. Another copy. Unsigned. $20.


105. Dave Harbour, Advanced Wild Turkey Hunting & World Records. NY: Winchester Press, 1983. 284 pp. Hardbound. Illus. Fine in dj. The best-known book from one of the sport’s best-known modern personalities. $30.


106. Dave Harbour, Hunting the American Wild Turkey. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Press, 1975. Hardbound. Very fine in dust jacket. 256 pp. $35.


107. Howard Harlan, Turkey Calls: An Enduring American Folk Art. [Nashville, TN]: Harlan/Anderson Press, 1994. Hardbound in dj. xxii, 170 pp. Illustrated, index. This carefully researched, lavishly illustrated work is a definitive treatment of the evolution of turkey callmaking. It includes highly useful chapters on key figures in the sport’s history including E. A. McIlhenny, Henry Edwards Davis, Tom Turpin, M. L. Lynch, and others. Highly recommended. Inscribed. This one is destined to become a classic $75.


108. Scott Haugen, Western Turkey Hunting: Strategies for All Levels. Self-published, 2013. Paperbound. Illustrated (mostly color), index. 203 pp. A nicely done book by an experienced writer and turkey hunter. Signed and inscribed. $21.


109. Bob Henderson, Jr., The Fire Tower. Bloomington, IND: 1stBooks, 2003. Hardbound in dj. x,100 pp. A collection of tales, each introduced with a quote from great turkey hunting writers of yesteryear. Signed and inscribed. $30.


110. The Ecstasy of Gold: Friendship, Honor and Turkey Hunting—A 34 Year Journey. Alabaster, AL: Montane Press, 2020. Paperbound. 148 pp. Illus. $30.


111. Tim Herald, Gobblers I Have Known . . . The Evolution and Ramblings of a Turkey Hunter. FirstBooks for the author, 2001. Paperbound. viii, 171 pp. A nicely done work by a guy who has since made a nice niche for himself in the hunting world through efforts as varied as booking hunts to hosting a TV show. Ex lib. but with minimal markings and corners and spine nicely reinforced with clear protective covering of a type I have never seen but which is a real plus for any paperback book. Rare. $70. OUT OF STOCK

112. Oliver H. Hewitt (ed.), The Wild Turkey and Its Management. Washington, D. C.: The Wildlife Society, 1967. Hardbound in dj xiv, 589 pp. Illustrated (including color plates), extensive bibliography, index. Very important and exhaustively detailed work. Exceptionally nice copy in the colorful dj showing a gobbler taking flight. $40.


113. Another copy. Lacks dj. $30.


114. John Higley, Hunting Wild Turkeys in the West. Stevensville, MT: Stoneydale Publishing Co., 1990. Paperbound. 154 pp. Illustrated. As new. $22.50.


115. Tom Hindman, Autumn Agendas and Affirmations: A Fall Turkey Hunting Clinic. Paperbound. 38 pp. Illustrated. Number and signed limited edition of 250 copies. As new. $50.


116. John D. Hood, II, Today’s Call Makers Keeping the Tradition Alive. Lexington, KY: Privately published, 2013. Paperbound. [ii], 184 pp. Illus. Very good. While this says “Volume 1” on the cover, to my knowledge there has not been a second volume. $25. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

117. D. B. Howard, Spring Gobbler Hunting Dilemma: Gobble Hang-Ups—Probable Causes; Possible Solutions. Published by West Virginia state chapter of the NWTF. No date or place given. Paperbound. 22 pages. Signed, as new. Rare item. $100.


118. Larry F. Hudson, Bearded Bird. Privately printed, 1981. Paperbound. 144 pp. Illus. As new. A rare item missing from most collections. Years ago Hudson told me that only 1,000 copies of this intriguing, folksy work were printed, and they are virtually all gone. Sure to be a choice item in the future. $50.


119. Another copy. This one a bit bent at spine but otherwise fine. $35.


120. Bob Humphrey, New England Turkey Hunting: Strategies for Success. (Foreword by Jim Casada—I’ll gladly inscribe if you wish). Pownal, ME: Sport-Ventures, 2003. Paperbound. 278 pp. Illus. A fine new book by a dedicated hunter. While its title and a portion of the book are region-specific, most of it has applicability all across the country. $20.


121. Bob Humphrey, Pro Tactics Turkey Hunting. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2009. Paperbound. xii, 132 pp. Illus. Signed. Very fine. $21.


122. Helen Hunter, Turkey Hunting with Grandpa (with illustrations by Grant Rozeboom). Kearny, NE: Hunter House Publications, 2000. Paperbound. 155 pp. New and signed by author. A delightful tale of the special relationship between a youngster and his turkey hunting grandfather which evokes pleasant memories of Robert Ruark’s timeless work, The Old Man and the Boy. While written with a youthful audience in mind, this is a book which will give every reader a chronic case of the “warm fuzzies.” Buy it, read it, and share it with a youthful friend or family member. You’ll be richly rewarded. $15. OUT OF STOCK

123. Matt Huntley, Old School in a Modern Age: Turkey Hunting Tales from the Central Carolinas. No place, publisher, or date given (self-published in 2015). Paperbound. Illus. 184 pp. Signed by author. $25.


124. Greg Humphreys, The Turkey Hunt. No place, publisher, or date given. Paperbound. 24 pp. Illustrated. A youth title. Large format. Very fine. $15. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


125. Joe Hutto, Illumination in the Flatwoods. NY: Lyons & Burford, 1995. Hardbound in dj. 240 pp. Illus., bibliog. A fascinating and delightful book on “A Season with the Wild Turkey” which focuses on the author’s interaction with a group of birds which imprinted on him. If you want deeper understanding of the turkey’s world, this beautifully written book is for you. As new copy of first edition (already hard to find). $125. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

126. Another copy, this one still in hardback format but the second printing. $75.


127. Same book in paperback. $20.


128. Bart Jacob with Ben Conger, The Grand Spring Turkey Hunt. Piscataway, NJ: Winchester Press, 1985. Hardbound in dj. 194 pp. Illus., index. Fine. An important work which is quite difficult to locate. $55.


129. M. D. Johnson, Successful Turkey Hunting. Iola, WI: Krause, 2002. Paperbound. Large format. Illus. 144 pp. $12.


130. Ron Jolly, Memories of Spring. Privately published, 2020. Paperbound. vi, 226 pp. Lavishly illustrated with photos by the author’s wife, Tes Jolly, a noted wildlife photographer. Signed and inscribed by both Ron and Tes. $25. OUT OF STOCK

131. Ransom Jones, Turkey Tracks: From Hatch to Harvest. Brookhaven, MS: Larsen’s Outdoor Publishing, 1995. Paperback. 288 pp. Illus. Inscribed copy of a detailed, insightful work, which the author calls “a complete textbook,” giving an old-time hunter’s insights on the sport he loves. Folksy and fun, this is a book missing from many turkey hunting libraries. New. $25.


132. Raymond B. Jones, Southern Turkey Hunting: A Family Affair. No place, publisher (self-published), or date (2008) given. Paperbound. 88 pp. Illustrated. Although fairly recent, difficult to find. $50. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


133. Mike Joyner, Grand Days in the Turkey Woods. McGraw, NY: Joyner Outdoor Media (self-published), 2014. Paperbound. [xiv], 217 pp. Illustrated. Very fine. $25. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. OUT OF STOCK

134. Mike Joyner, Hills of Truxton: Stories & Travels of a Turkey Hunter. N. Charleston, SC: BookSurge, 2005. Hardbound. x, 212 pp. Illus., index. Signed, numbered copies of the first printing of 120, with a business card tipped in. $35.


135. Same book, but in paperbound form. $25.


136. Mike Joyner, Tales from the Turkey Woods: Mornings of My Better Days. McGraw, NY: Joyner Outdoor Media (self-published), 2008. Paperbound. [x], viii, 204 pp. Illustrated, index. Very good plus. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. $25. SOLD

136A. Same book but hardbound in dust jacket. Signed. $40.


TOM KELLY

Long ago, in a review of one of Tom’s books, I dubbed him the “poet laureate” of the wild turkey. The moniker, a richly deserved one, stuck. By any standard of measurement—longevity of literary production, intellect, grasp of the myriad intangibles of turkey hunting, knowledge of history, amazing memory, or other traits I could list thanks to having spent some delightful times in Tom’s company, he’s one of a kind. Now a nonagenarian, he continues to churn out material with a degree of industry and ability most folks who are much younger can only envy. I’ve got a considerable stock of Kelly books, and many of the items listed below are offered at truly bargain prices thanks to some fortuitous purchases, overstocks, or the simple need to clear shelf space.

137. Tom Kelly, Absent Companions. Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, Inc., 2008. Hardbound in dust jacket. Signed. Another classic from the master of turkey hunting tales. We all have absent companions - human, canine, equine or others - and the concept inspired me to follow a similar thread in a newspaper column I write for the little weekly newspaper in the town where I grew up. Great stuff, as always. $20.


138. Tom Kelly, Around the Edges. Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, Inc., 2013. Paperbound (I have no idea why this book and the next one listed were done in paperback form). viii, 103 pp. Signed. Fine. $19. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. OUT OF STOCK

139. Tom Kelly, Around the Edges 2. Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, Inc., 2016. Paperbound. [x], 147 pp. Very fine. Signed. $21. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

140. Tom Kelly, The Best of Tom Kelly. Limited, numbered, and signed edition of 1,000 copies. Bound in full leather with all edges gilt, ribbon marker, gold lettering on spine, and other attributes of a top-quality book. Includes introductory comments from Jim Spencer and yours truly (we selected the pieces which are included in the book) along with some new material from the Colonel and more than 30 of his finest pieces. A long awaited book sure to be a classic. After a lot of prodding from my good buddy Jim Spencer and me, Tom Kelly agreed to let us select stories from his many books to make up a new work, “The Best of Tom Kelly.” The book, published in a limited, numbered, and signed edition of 1,000 copies, bound in full leather and with gold lettering on the spine, a ribbon marker, all edges gilt, etc., is a dandy. It contains 34 of Tom’s finest stories, Spencer and I wrote introductory comments, the Colonel added his witty preliminary remarks, and the end result was a book no Kelly fan can ignore. Get yours while it is still available and while I’ve got copies. Signed. $100. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

141. Tom Kelly, Better on a Rising Tide. NY: Lyons & Burford, 1995. Hardbound. 1st edition. Getting hard to find. [vi], 184 pp. New. Vintage Kelly in every sense. $50.


142. Second printing of same book. Again printed in a small press run. The only differences I have noticed are that the name of the publisher has changed to The Lyons Press and this shows on the dust jacket and title page. $45.


143. Tom Kelly, Dealer’s Choice. NY: The Lyons Press, (1998). Hardbound. xi, 116 pp. Reprint of the 1983 original. Signed. New in dj. $30.


144. Same book, but unsigned. $28.


145. Tom Kelly, Faces in the Crowd. Spanish Fort, AL: Privately printed, 2002. Hardbound in dj. 150 pp. 1st edition. Vintage Kelly in every sense, and one story, “An Afternoon on the Handles,” may be the finest thing he has ever written. Signed. Almost impossible to find, and you won’t find it cheaper anywhere. $150. OUT OF STOCK

146. Tom Kelly, A Few Loose Chapters. Spanish Fort, AL: Privately printed, 2003. [vi], Hardbound in dj. 131 pp. Signed. $20.


147. Tom Kelly, A Fork in the Road. Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, Inc., 2007. Hardbound in dj. Signed. Illus. Comes with a two-hour instructional DVD. This one is a dramatic departure for Tom, inasmuch as it is an instructional primer rather than just an exercise in storytelling. Still, he teaches in his inimitable fashion, and rest assured old Tom knows his stuff. Signed. $25. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. OUT OF STOCK

148. Tom Kelly, A Hat Full of Rabbits! Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, 2006. Hardbound in dust jacket. 12 rollicking tales, 150 pp, of the inimitable Colonel Tom’s stuff. Signed. $20.


148A. Tom Kelly, Infinite Variety. 2019. Hardbound in dust jacket. [viii], 128 pages. $25 OUT OF STOCK

149. Tom Kelly, Infirm Opinions. Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, Inc. 2009. Hardbound in dj with DVD tucked in. x, 166 pp. Very fine. $25. Signed. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. OUT OF STOCK

150. Tom Kelly, A Matter of Context. Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, Inc., 2013. Hardbound in dj. viii, 133 pp. Very fine. $25. OUT OF STOCK

151. Tom Kelly, Ol’ Tom & Laura. Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, Inc. 2008. Hardbound in dust jacket. 191 pp. Signed. $20.


152. Tom Kelly, Payback. Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, Inc., 2010. Hardbound in dust jacket. viii, 207 pp. Signed. New. $20.


152A. Tom Kelly, The T. H. Kelly Handbook. Hardbound. Signed. 58 pages. $10. OUT OF STOCK

153. Tom Kelly, Take Back in Fancy. Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, Inc., 2005. Hardbound in dj. 169 pp. Fourteen more timeless tales from the master. Signed. $20.


154. Tom Kelly, Tenth Legion. This one of the 7th printing of 1994 (there were seven printings before a new edition from Lyons & Burford appeared in 1998). Hardbound. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Signed. $70. SOLD

155. Same book but unsigned. $60.


156. Same book, this one the Lyons & Burford reprint of 1998. Includes a new preface by Kelly. Fine in fine dj. Signed. $30.


157. Same book but unsigned. $25.


158. Same book, this one the paperbound edition of 2005 from Lyons Press. Signed. $15.


159. Same book, this one the special 40th anniversary edition. Hardbound. Limited to 1000 numbered and signed copies. Copies 191 and 194 available. New in dust jacket with ribbon marker. $50. OUT OF STOCK

160. Tom Kelly, Their Old Inhabitants. Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, Inc. 2011. Hardbound in dj. x, 176 pages. Signed by author. $20.


161. Tom Kelly, The Season. NY: Lyons & Burford, 1996. First edition. Hardbound in dj. Fine. Second only to the first edition of Tenth Legion, Kelly’s rarest book. First copy I’ve had for quite a while. $250. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


162. Same book in reprinted form. $25.


163. Tom Kelly, With a Little Bit of Luck. Lakeland, FL: Tom Kelly, Inc., 2018. Hardbound in dj. Very fine. xvi, 111 pp. Illus. Signed. $25. OUT OF STOCK

THE SPECIAL TOM KELLY COLLECTION

164. This set consists of eight books in four volumes. The books are his first eight books, some of which are no longer available in print. These sets are part of a special edition of 1,000 signed, numbered copies. These are attractive books, with bright maroon binding, gilt on the spines, gilt edges, ribbon markers, and striking color photos, protected by a tissue sheet, at the start of each volume. Lacks the slipcases, which were poorly done and fell apart. Otherwise fine. An absolute must for the serious Kelly fan or collector. $200. ONLY ONE SET AVAILABLE SOLD

165. Wayne Kimble, Hunting the Eastern Wild Turkey. Louisville, KY: Four Colour Print Group (self-published), no date. Paperbound. [ix], 103 pp. Illustrated. Very fine. Signed. Obscure (I haven’t found any copies listed on the Internet). $35.


166. Same book but unsigned. $32.


167. Tim Knight, Bowhunting Turkeys A to Z with Tim Knight. No place given [Privately printed for the author, Dublin, Georgia], n. d. (circa 2006). Paperbound. 52 pages. Illustrated. Signed. Only the second book ever to deal exclusively with bowhunting for turkeys, and this one is a dandy. At the time of the book’s publication the author had taken 45 gobblers with a stick and string, and by any standards of measurement that qualifies him as an authority. New. $20.


168. Jay Langston, Turkey Hunter’s Tool Kit: Shooting Savvy. Accokeek, MD: Stoeger Publishing Co., 2002. Hardbound. 128 pp. Lavishly illustrated, index. The former editor of Turkey Call who also happens to be a long-time hunting buddy shares his considerable knowledge of the tools of the turkey hunter’s trade, with a special focus on guns, loads, scopes, choke tubes, and related items. There is also plenty of information on hunts and hunting. Great photography and a “must own” book. New. Signed. $14. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


169. Same book, but unsigned. $13.


170. Same book, but previous owner’s name and address written in heavy magic marker on inside front (otherwise very fine). $10.


171. Roger M. Latham, The Complete Book of the Wild Turkey. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1976. Hardbound. New, revised edition Illus. by Ned Smith. 228 pp. Illus., bibliog., index. Fine in dust jacket. Important and becoming difficult to find. $30.


172. Ben Rodgers Lee, The Turkey Hunting World of Ben Lee. Huntsville, AL: Resta Corp., 1983. Paperbound. Illus. 166 pp. Very good. A rare and much-in-demand item. Signed and inscribed. $200. ONLY ONE AVAILABLE.


173. Another copy, again very good, but unsigned. $175.


174. Same book, this one the 2003 reprint. Signed by Ben Lee, Jr. $20.


175. John C. Lee, Novice Wild Turkey Hunting in South Carolina. No place or publisher given, 2007. Introduction by Jim Casada. Paperbound. viii, 190 pp. Illustrated. Signed by author (and I’ll gladly sign as well if you wish). $25.


176. Andrew L. Lewand, The Turkey Chronicles. Charleston, SC: Bucksnort Publishing, 2010. Paperbound. Illustrated. 90 pp. Signed by author. $18.


177. James C. Lewis, The World of the Wild Turkey. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1973. Hardback in dj. Fine.158 pp. Illus., index. One of the earliest efforts of the modern hunting era. Getting difficult to find. Very good. $35.


178. Another copy but with dust jacket worn. $28.50.


179. J. Stokley Ligon, History and Management of Merriam’s Wild Turkey. Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1946. Paperbound. x, 84 pp. Illus., map. A rare early study, funded by Pittman-Robertson Funds, on the Merriam’s. Missing from most collections and very difficult to find. Fair ex. lib. copy. $25. SOLD

180. Brian Lovett, Hunting Pressured Turkeys. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2007. Paperbound. xii, 195 pp. Lavishly illustrated, index. A beautifully done, information-packed book from a good friend and the Editor of Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazine. New. Signed. $25. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


181. Another copy. This one unsigned. $23. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


182. Another copy, this one with the previous owner’s name and address written in heavy magic marker on inside front. Otherwise fine. $12. ONLYONE COPY AVAILABLE.


183. Brian Lovett, Hunting Tough Turkeys. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2010. viii, 200 pp. Paperbound. Lavishly illustrated (in color). Index. As new. Signed. $25.


184. Another copy but unsigned. $22.


185. Another copy, this one with the previous owner’s name and address written in heavy magic marker on inside front. Otherwise fine. $12. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


186. Brian Lovett (Editor), The Turkey Hunters (With an Introduction by Jim Casada). Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2003. Hardbound in dj. 208 pp. Illus. Anthology of the best of Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazine. Signed by the Editor and yours truly. $20.


187. Brian Lovett (Editor), Turkey Hunters’ Almanac—2005. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2005. Paperbound. 208 pp. Illustrated. As new. Signed. Although the date in the title might suggest that this was to be an annual publication, such was not the case. This is the only Almanac published. It is missing from most collections and is little known. $25.


188. Herb McClure, Native Turkeys and a Georgia Mountain Turkey Hunter. Self-published, 2012. Paperbound. Illustrated. 204 pp. A fine account by an old-time turkey hunter whose entire experience has been on public land. Interesting and informative. The man clearly knows his stuff. Signed. $20. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. OUT OF STOCK

189. Same book but unsigned. $18. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

190. John McDaniel, The American Wild Turkey: Hunting Tactics and Techniques. NY: The Lyons Press, 2000. Hardbound. 248 pp. Arguably the most important book on turkey hunting to appear in a generation, this is a must for every serious turkey hunter’s collection. Now out of print and already becoming difficult to locate. If you don’t have it, get it now. $20.


191. John McDaniel, Spring Turkey Hunting: The Serious Hunter’s Guide. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1986. Hardbound in dust jacket. 219 pp. Illus., index. Signed. Important work which is in considerable demand. $70.


192. John McDaniel, The Turkey Hunter’s Book. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1980. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Signed by author, illustrator, and publisher. Hardbound. 148 pp. Boxed edition with ribbon marker. Very fine and quite rare. $200.


193. Another copy. This one the paperbound trade edition. New. $15.


194. Kenny McDonald, You Might Be a Turkey Hunter If . . . 1st Books, 2001. Paperbound. Illus. 118 pp. A humorous collection of thoughts and comments which capture the essence of the collective character of turkey hunters. Inscribed and signed by the author, with a bookmark featuring the book’s cover tipped in. $14.


195. Ron McGaughey, The Book on Turkey Hunting. No place or publisher given, 2011. Paperbound (large format). 132 pp. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed. As new. $30.


196. Another copy, unsigned. $25. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


197. Edward A. McIlhenny, The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting. Medon, TN: Old Masters, 1984. Hardbound. xii, 245 pp. A true cornerstone of any turkey hunting library. The original sells for prices at or near four figures. Fine (no dj as issued). I regularly see this offered at more than twice my price of $70.


198. Edward A. McIlhenny, The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting. Camden, SC: The Premier Press, 1986. Hardbound. With a new introduction by John Randolph. From a limited, numbered edition of 3000 copies. As new. Leather bound (beautiful red binding), gold embossing, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, marbled end papers, indeed, all, the appurtenances of the finest in book binding. A truly lovely collector’s item. $120.


198A. Raymond M. Masciarella, II, “Most Perfect:” An Illustrated Guide to M. L. Lynch Turkey Calls. North Palm Beach, FL: Privately printed, 2013. xiv, 172 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Leatherbound limited, numbered edition of 500 copies signed by the author AND accompanied by a matching number Lynch box call with a matching number, embossed with the number, the words “Most Perfect,” Allen Jenkins name (he was M. L. Lynch’s successor in ownership of the company) , and signed by Jenkins. I have one set, #389, available. As new with calls in the original labeled and number box. $300 per set. OUT OF STOCK

199. John H. Mettler, Jr., Wild Turkeys: Hunting and Watching. Pownal, VT: Storey Books, 1998. Paperbound. viii, 167 pp. Illus., index. Particularly useful on the habits of turkeys and on dressing and cooking your bird. A straightforward “how to” book. New. $10.


200. Earl Mickel, Longbeards, Callmakers and Memories. Beach Lake, PA: Privately printed, 2005. Hardbound (issued without a dust jacket). xiv, 258 pp. Illus. (including a center portfolio of color photos). Large format. Very fine. The last of Mickel’s trilogy, published not long before his death. Much more readily available than the predecessor volumes. $35.


201. Earl Mickel, Turkey Callmakers Past and Present: Mick’s Picks. Privately printed, 1994. Paperbound. viii, 253 pp. Illus., index. Very good and signed. Virtually impossible to find in this condition and in great demand. $750.


202. Unsigned and is lesser condition. Good only (this book was poorly bound and is fragile, hence regular difficulties with condition, and with repeated usage and consultation the spines of some copies break apart). This copy full intact but shows wrinkle marks on cover. $400.


203. Earl Mickel, Turkey Callmakers Past and Present: The Rest of the Best. Beach Lake, PA: Privately printed, 1999. Hardbound. viii, 264 pp. Lavishly illustrated. The second volume of Mickel’s exhaustive look at callmakers. This one nicely done in hardback with color plates. Now out-of-print, and likely destined to become just as much in demand as Earl’s first book. I would advise getting the book while you can. As new. Signed. $350.


204. Earl Mickel, Longbeards, Callmakers and Memories. Privately printed for the author, 2005. Large format hardback. xiv, 258 pp. Illus., index. The final book of Mickel’s trilogy. The author covers another 100 or so callmakers and gives state-by-state accounts of hunts that led to killing a turkey in every state except Alaska (which has no turkeys). Sure to become a classic, as have Earl’s earlier works. Signed copies. New. $30.


205. Kitty Milbank, The Flighty Prince. New York: Privately printed, 1961. Hardbound. 66 pp. Illustrated. A lovely book, with gilt edges, gilt tile imprint and image of a gobbler on the front and lovely illustrations by John Henry Dick (there are also photographs). It deals with a quarter century of turkey hunting at South Carolina‘s Turkey Hill Plantation, which the Milbanks owned. The book consists of 25 episodes ranging from the author’s first hunt to “Pouring Rain” and “A Nervous Wreck.” Noteworthy for several reasons, including its rarity, the fact that I’m pretty sure it is the first turkey hunting book written by a woman (at least I don’t know of another one before it), and its lovely appearance. A very fine copy. $150. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


206. Another copy, very fine internally but with stains to the white portion of the external buckram binding. Otherwise would be fine. $50. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


207. James “Mitch” Mitchell, Situational Turkey Hunting. Sulphur, LA: Wise publications for the author, 2011. Paperbound. iv, 147 pp. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed. Almost two dozen chapters worth of tales. Each ends with a “situation and solution” section, so this book is both a primer and collection of stories. As new. $18.


208. Ken Morgan, Turkey Hunting: A One Man Game. Baton Rouge, LA: Moran Colorgraphic, 1987. Hardbound. xiv, 194 pp. Illus. Signed copy. Fine in dust jacket. Becoming quite rare. A delightful book. Fine. $200. You won’t find a better price, and the only first editions I located sold for more than twice this price (and they weren’t signed). ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


209. Same book but unsigned. Fine. $175.


210. Henry S. Mosby and Charles O. Handley, The Wild Turkey in Virginia. Richmond, VA: Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1943. Hardbound. xx, 281 pp. Illus., including a color frontispiece. A rare, early item. Very good. $75.


211. Mossy Oak, Adventures of the Camo Cameras. Brandon, MS: True Exposures Publishing, 2001. Hardbound. Illus. 144 pp. Includes my “The Camo Cameras in New Zealand.” Beautiful photos. I’ll gladly sign if you wish. $20.


212. Jim Nabors, Takin’ Spring Longbeards. Oklahoma City, OK: Wild-N-True Co., 1994. Paperbound. xiv, 88 pp. Illus. Tips and tactics of all sorts. Missing from most collections. Inscribed and signed. $30.


213. NWTF’s Wild Turkey stamps in special presentation folder with a first day of issue cover bearing the post office imprint of the town of Turkey, North Carolina. Each of these items includes a description of the year’s wild turkey stamp and the actual $5 stamp. I have these items for the years 1981, 1982 (2 of this year’s offering), 1983 (2 of this year’s offering), 1984, and 1985. These items are unusual and will likely become increasingly collectible with the passage of each year. All are in very fine condition. $30 each.


214. Robert Hitt Neill, The Flaming Turkey. Leland, MS: Mississippi River Publishing Co., 1986. Hardback in dust jacket. xiv, 178 pages. 1st edition. Illustrated by Bob Tompkins. Fine. Signed and inscribed. $100.


215. Another copy. This one signed by the artist but an inch of the preliminary page Tompkins signed is cut away. Otherwise book and dj are fine. $40.


216. Another copy, this one the 2nd edition, signed and inscribed to well-known outdoor writer John Phillips. Nice association copy. $85.


217. Another copy, unsigned. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


218. Robert Hitt Neill, The Jakes! Leland, MS: Mississippi River Publishing Co., 1990. Hardbound in dj. Fine. 331 pp. Illus. This book, along with its predecessor, The Flaming Turkey, has become quite desirable among collectors. There’s a bit of history here. The author, whom you will discover is an exceptionally talented writer, turned out to be a scoundrel as well. Some of his publishing activities got him permanently kicked out of a national outdoor writers’ group, saw him resign from a regional group in precipitous fashion to avoid being booted, and the Attorney General’s office in the state of Mississippi, after investigating his publishing business, issued a “cease and desist” order explicitly banning him from further publishing. Those developments, and some unpaid bills to printers, apparently resulted in short print runs. Hence these books, which are a delight for all the author’s sordid background, are in considerable demand. Signed. $95. SOLD

219. Another copy, unsigned. $80. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


220. Gene Nunnery, The Old Pro Turkey Hunter (with a Foreword by Ben Rodgers Lee). Meridian, MS: Portals, 1980. Hardbound in dj. viii, 144 pp. Illus. 1st ed. Very fine copy. A classic in every sense. $40. SOLD

221. Another copy, lacks dust jacket. $30. SOLD

222. Another copy, this one a 2018 reprint by the University Press of Mississippi with a new Foreword by Mike Giles. xiv, 137 pp. Illus. Very fine in dj. With a lovely bookmark with a drawing of a turkey feather tipped in, signed and inscribed by both of Nunnery’s daughters. $30. SOLD

223. Another copy, but lacks signed bookmark. $25.


223A. Gene Nunnery, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hills. Privately printed, 1986. vi, 144 pages. Illustrated. Hardbound in dust jacket. Book is very fine. The dust jacket is crisp and clean and enclosed in an archival protective cover. It has a small, carefully repaired tear of about an inch at the top. A really nice copy of Nunnery’s second book, which is far harder to find than The Old Pro Turkey Hunter. $165. SOLD

224. Tyler Omoth, Turkey Hunting for Kids. North Mankato, MN: Capstone Press, 2013. Paperbound. 32 pp. Illus. As new. $10.


225. Outdoor Life (Editors), Turkey Season. Minnetonka, MN: Cowles Creative Publishing, 2000. Paperbound. 224 pp. Illus. A collection of 28 pieces by various writers covering all aspects of the turkey hunting experience. New. $15.


226. Aaron Pass, Team Realtree Turkey Hunting Fieldbook (Edited and revised by Jim Casada). Columbus, GA: Jordan Outdoor Enterprises, 2001. Paperbound. 96 pp. Illustrated (includes a center portfolio of color pictures). A first-rate primer covering all aspects of the sport and with a selection of “memorable hunts” from Realtree pro staffers thrown in for good measure. I’ll gladly inscribe if desired. New. $15.


227. Jack Patterson, Confessions of a Turkey Hunter: Then and Now. 2nd printing. Marengo, IA: East Miller Print & Design (self-published), 2013. Paperbound. 100 pp. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. Obscure little work. $50. SOLD

228. Michael Pearce, Hunting Wild Turkeys with Ray Eye. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1990. Hardbound. 208 pp. Illus. Very fine in dj. Rare. Signed by the author. $75.


229. Tom Pero, Turkey Men. Volume 1. Mill Creek, WA: Wild River Press, 2017. Hardbound. xii, 211 pages. Lavishly illustrated in color. Large format. Covers six hunters (Jeff Budz, David Ellis, Tony Hudak, Rob Keck, Clyde Neely, and Randy Stafford) who have completed a U. S. Super Slam (killed a turkey in every state but Alaska, which doesn’t have them). As new. $40.


230. Tom Pero, Turkey Men. Volume 2. Mill Creek, WA: Wild River Press, 2018. Hardbound. x, 198 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Large format. Covers a further six hunters (James Hascup, Dave Owens, Jon Pries, Daniel Rorrer, Doc Weddle, and James Wilhelm) who have completed a U. S. Super Slam. Comes with a CD. As new. $40.


231. Another copy. Lacks CD. $35. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


232. Lyle E. Petersen and Arthur H. Richardson, The Wild Turkey in the Black Hills. Pierre, SD: SD Dept. of Game, Fish and Parks, 1975. Bulletin Number 6. Paperbound with a lovely color cover. x, 52 pp. Illus. Near fine. $40.


233. Troy Everett Peterson, Five Beards: Legend of the Ozark Hills. Oronogo, Missouri: TPeterson Publishing, 2007. Paperbound. Color illustrations. A delightfully told tale of a grand gobbler, good guys, greedy poachers, and more. Youngsters will love it, and I did too. Signed. $12.


234. Troy Everett Peterson, White Wing, the Merriam's Turkey: King of the Spanish Peaks. Peterson Publishing, 2008. 24 pp. Lavishly illustrated. Signed. $12.


235. John E. Phillips, The Masters’ Secrets: Turkey Hunting. Lakeland, FL: Larsen’s Publishing, 1991. Paperbound. 160 pp. Illus. $15.


236. John E. Phillips, Outdoor Life Complete Turkey Hunting. NY: Outdoor Life Books, 1988. Hardbound. 318 pp. Illustrated. Very fine in vf dj. Signed copy. $30.


237. Another copy, unsigned. $25.


238. John Phillips, PhD Gobblers. Cedar Rapids, IA: Hunter’s Specialties, 2005. Hardbound. 160 pp. Illus. Never mind the rather humorous failure to omit full stops in “Ph. D.” in the title, and rather more proofreading shortcomings than one would like, this is a delightful book. It features some of the finest turkey hunters around—members of the H. S. staff such as Eddie Salter, Matt Morrett, Alex Rutledge, and Ray Eye. I’ve hunted with these guys and to a man they know their stuff. You’ll learn a lot from them. $30.


239. John Phillips, Secrets of Successful Turkey Hunting. Chaska, MN: Publishing Solutions, 2003. Hardbound (no dj, as issued). [vi], 184 pp. Illus., index. Fine. $22.50. Only one copy available.


240. John Phillips, The Turkey Hunter’s Bible. NY: Doubleday, 1992. Paperbound. 176 pp. Illus. Fine. An obscure book which was, according to the author, pulled from the market shortly after publication. Missing from many collections. $30.


241. Same book in a so-called 2nd edition (it is actually in essence a reprint). Paperbound. ii, 208 pp. Very fine. $20. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


242. John Phillips, The Turkey Hunting Guides’ Bible. Middleton, DE: Self-published, 2016. Paperbound. 154 pp. Illustrated. Very fine. $15.


243. John E. Phillips, Turkey Hunting Tactics. Minneapolis, MN: North American Hunting Club, 1989. Hardbound. 182 pp. Illus., glossary, index. Inscribed copy. $20.


244. Same book but with a different cover—logo of NAHC instead of paste-on art work. Signed. $20.


245. Phil Phillips, The Grand Obsession: A Half Century of Hunting the Wild Turkey in Florida. NY: Vantage Press, 2001. Hardbound. xvi, 176 pp. Illus. As new. This book wins my award for the finest title adorning any modern turkey book. It is a delightful work, full of storytelling of just the sort one encounters around campfires and in hunt camps. Highly recommended. Warmly inscribed and signed. $70. You won’t find it offered this low anywhere.


246. Another copy with dj good only. $60.


247. Preston Pittman (with John Phillips), How to Hunt Turkeys with World Champion Preston Pittman. Lexington, KY: Self-published, 2013. Paperbound. 94 pp. Illus. Very fine. $12. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

248. Rod Pope, Wind from the Cow Pens. Ocala, FL: Privately published, n.d. (2009). Hardbound in dust jacket. vi, 120 pp. Illustrated. A philosophical look at turkey hunting from a fine teller of tales. Signed, as new. Quite difficult to find and missing from many collections. $45.


249. Brenda Potts, Secrets of Turkey Ridge. Springfield, IL: Privately published, 2007. Paperbound. Illus. 86 pp. Not all turkey but all hunting and outdoors-related with turkeys being the prominent theme. Signed. Includes a CD. $12.


250. Bill Privette, Bend Over, Shake a Tail Feather! Jacksonville NC: Privately printed, 2005. Paperbound. 140 pp. Illus. Numbered edition of 500 copies. I have copies 304, 305, and 314. $27.50.


251. Bill Privette, Bend Over, Here It Comes! Kearney, NE: Morris Printing (privately published for the author), 2006. Paperbound. 198 pp. Illus. The sequel to Bend Over, Shake a Tailfeather. Limited, numbered edition. I have numbers 15, 21, 28, and 67. $23.


252. Another copy. This one without the limitation number but signed. Previous owner’s name, date of purchase, and amount paid ($19.95) on front endpaper in bold Magic Marker print. $15.


253. Bill Privette, Shake a Tailfeather One More Time. Paperbound. Signed and numbered copies of a limited, numbered edition of 500. 208 pp. The subtitle pretty well says it all: "Tale Tales & Folderol, Balderdash & Tomfoolery while Hunting Wild Turkeys." I have the following numbered copies: 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37. $21.


254. Bill Privette, Bend Over, Shake A Tail Feather: Tall Tales, Gibberish & Malarkey While Hunting Wild Turkeys. Jacksonville, NC: Tailfeather Press, 2006. Paperbound. Signed. Carries name of a previous owner in heavy magic marker on front end paper. Different from similarly titled books and different pagination (183 pages—it is apparently the second printing of the previous book. The author’s seeming compunction for confusing titles is vexing, as is true of signed, limited editions of paperbound books. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. $20.


255. Larry Proffitt, Letters to My Grandsons. 314 pp. Illus. Hardbound in dust jacket. As new. I wrote the book’s Foreword. $35.


256. Roger Raisch, Turkey Hunting Secrets. West Des Moines, Iowa: American Heritage Publishers, 1990. 2nd printing. Paperbound. 240 pp. Illus. $18.


257. Ted Rize, Haunted By the Gobble. No place or publisher given (self-published), 2019. Hardbound in dust jacket. viii, 144 pp. Illustrated. Limited, numbered, and signed edition of 150 copies. This is copy #17. As new. Unlike a great many self-published books, this one is aesthetically appealing and “done right.” Obviously rare given the limitation. As new. $200. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

258. Jerome B. Robinson, In the Turkey Woods. NY: The Lyons Press, 1998. Hardbound. 207 pp. Illus., index. $28.


259. Pete Rogers, So You Want to Hunt Turkeys? Taylors, SC: Pete Rogers Outdoors (self-published), 2018. Hardbound in dust jacket. 104 pp. Illustrated. Very fine. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. $35. SOLD

260. Mike Roux, If You Call Them They Will Come: Turkey Hunting with Mike Roux. No place given: InstaPublisher (self-published), 2005. Paperbound. Illus. No page numbers (circa 150 pages). Signed. Fine. $30.


261. Another copy. This one unsigned. $27.50.


262. Jim Casada (Editor), America’s Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge’s Great Turkey Hunting Tales. Hardbound in dust jacket. xii, 211 pp. Bibliography. $30. I would also note that I have an extensive collection of original Rutledge books as well as others I have edited featuring his work. Visit my website for details.


263. Bob Saile, The Sultan of Spring: A Hunter’s Odyssey Through the World of the Wild Turkey. NY: The Lyons Press, 1998. Hardbound. 163 pp. Illus. New in dj. $15.


264. Glen C. Sanderson and Helen C. Schultz (editors), Wild Turkey Management. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 1973. Hardbound. 355 pp. Illus. Very fine copy in dj. $40.


265. Another copy. Lacks dj. $30.


266. Glenn Sapir, Secrets of the Turkey Pros. Minnetonka, MN: North American Hunting Club, 1999. Hardbound (no dj, as issued). 176 pp. Illus., index. A lavishly illustrated volume (several of the photos are mine) written by a veteran of the sport who knows his stuff. $15.


267. Bill Schmidt, Reflections: Wild Turkeys & Public Lands. Unionville, NY: Royal Fireworks Press, 2012. Paperbound. 70 pages. Illustrated. Ruminations on public land experiences. Well done. Signed. $16.


268. A. W. Schorger, The Wild Turkey. Norman, OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1966. Hardbound. 624 pp. Massive bibliography. Quite rare. Fine in dj. $50.


269. Another copy. Lacks dj. $40.


270. Gary Sefton, Lessons Learned from the Magnificent Bird: A Collection of Turkey Hunting Tales, Tactics and Techniques. Privately published by the author, 2013. Paperbound. $15.


271. J. Van Sharpe, How to Successfully Hunt the Spring Gobbler. No place or publisher given (self-published), 2014. Paperbound. 30 pp. Illustrated. A rather strange reproduction of the original work, signed by the author with a fairly lengthy statement including noting that this is #15 of a “second publication.” The author also lists his phone number and pastes in a photo of a scratch box saying “I will make you the exact replica of this one for $35.” Obscure. $30. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

272. Harley Shaw, Stalking the Big Bird: A Tale of Turkeys, Biologists, and Bureaucrats. Tucson: Univ. of Arizona Press, 2004. Paperbound. xii, 146 pp. With the notable exception of Lovett Williams’ fine books, most offerings by biologist may serve best as an antidote to insomnia. Not this one – interesting, well-written, and informative. New. $20.


273. Lynn Shives, “In Pursuit” of Gobblers of the Mid-Atlantic: A Hunter’s Manual. Smithburg, MD: Published by the author, 2015. Paperbound. [xiv], 54 pp. Signed by author. Very small print run. $30.


274. Jim Spencer, Bad Birds (with an Introduction by Brian Lovett and a special contribution from Larry Dablemont). Bolivar, MO: Lightin’ Ridge Books, 2010. Paperbound. xii, 224 pp. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed. Great stuff from one of today’s best writers on the sport. $16.


274A. Jim Spencer, Bad Birds 2. Privately printed for the author. 2020. Paperbound. 298 pages. Illustrated with a Foreword by Ron and Tes Jolly. Really first-rate stuff from a first-rate writer. $20. OUT OF STOCK

275. Jim Spencer, Turkey Hunting Digest: Words of Wisdom on a Grand Spring Sport (with a Foreword by Tom Kelly). Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2003. Large format paperback. 336 pp, lavishly illustrated. Signed by both the author and Tom Kelly! As new copy of a grand book by a guy who really knows his stuff. $20.


276. Mike Strandlund and Earl Hower, Wild Turkey Hunting. Washington, D. C.: NRA, 1988. Paperbound. x, 182 pp. Illus. A volume, quite well done on the whole, in the NRA’s “Hunter Skills” series. About fine. $10.


277. Same book in hardback. Fine in dj. $15.


278. Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland, The Truth: About Spring Turkey Hunting According to “Cuz.” Brandon, MS: True Exposures Publishing, Inc., 2000. Hardbound. 116 pp. Illustrated. Signed. Cuz Strickland is one of the wisest, wittiest men in the turkey hunting field, and this book, the first in a trilogy (you guessed it, The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth are the scheduled sequels), is a pure delight. You’ll laugh and you’ll learn. $20.


279. Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland, The Whole Truth. With an Introduction by Jim Casada. Accokeek, MD: Stoeger Publishing, 2003. Hardbound in dj. 120 pp. Illus. Now out of print and increasingly difficult to locate. I'll gladly sign if you desire. $30. OUT OF STOCK

280. Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland, And Nothing But the Truth. Brandon, MSS: True Exposures Publishing, 2009. Hardbound in dust jacket. With a Foreword by Tom Kelly. 120 pages. Illustrated. Signed. $22. OUT OF STOCK

281. SPECIAL OFFER--SET of all three “Cuz” books. $60 (and I’ll pay the postage). NO LONGER AVAILABLE

282. John K. Terres, From Laurel Hill to Siler’s Bog. NY: Knopf, 1969. Paperbound. xx, 229 pp. Illus. Not all wild turkeys, but the story “The Black Gobbler of Willow Oak Swamp” is a pure delight, and one most hunters do not know. Paperbound. $20. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE.


283. Ben Thompson, Beginning Turkey Hunting. Enumclaw, WA: Litho Printers for CamoTurkey Outdoors, 2014. Paperbound. xiv, 31 pages. Illustrated. Very good. $22.50.


284. Ricky Thompson, Traveling Turkey Hunter II. Columbia, SC: Self-published, no date. Paperbound. Illustrated. 214 pp. Covers the author’s experiences in a number of states as well as Canada and Mexico. Very fine. $15. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

285. Butch Trahan, The Gobbler and the Looking Glass. No place or date (circa 2010) given. Comb-bound. Illustrated. 56 pp. Signed by the author. A collection of almost two dozen stories, many of which deal with turkeys. New. $15. OUT OF STOCK

286. John Trout, Jr., The Complete Book of Wild Turkey Hunting. NY: The Lyons Press, 2000. Paperback. 266 pp. Illus., index. Detailed coverage from a prolific writer on the sport. With the author’s signed business card tipped in. $20.


287. Ryan Tucker, Turkey Hunters and the People We Meet. No place given: 1st Books (self-published), 2002. Paperbound. Illustrated. xiv, 205 pp. Fine. Signed copy. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. $30. SOLD

288. Tom Turpin, Hunting the Wild Turkey (with an Introduction by Roger Latham). Delmont, PA: Penn’s Woods, 1966. Paperbound. Illus. The first reprint of the extremely scarce Turpin book, this reprint has become very elusive in its own right. Fine copy. $30.


289. Tom Turpin, Hunting the Wild Turkey (with introductory information by Lovett Williams). Cedar Key, FL: Real Turkeys, 2003. Paperbound. 74 pp. Illustrated. This is an exact reprint of the original Turpin book, complete with all the photographs and words just as they appeared. The Penn’s Woods reprint, which has become quite pricey in its own right (see it listed below), was “cleaned up” a bit in a misguided moment of political correctness. Here’s a chance to have the real thing as it originally appeared. Incidentally, the true first edition is worth $5,000 or more! $25.


290. Maurizio Valerio, Top Rated Bird Hunting: Upland, Turkey & Waterfowl in North America. Baker City, OR: Picked-By-You Guides, 1999. Paperbound. 156 pp. Illus. New. $10.


291. Oscar Vick, How to Make Your Own Turkey Callers. Charleston, SC: Privately published, no date. Comb bound. 50 pp. Illustrated. Although this is presumably a limited edition book, since the title page has “Book # followed by a blank space, that is somewhat misleading. It is a “self-produced” book (done at Kinko’s or a similar operation). Still, it is obscure and offers detailed diagrams (lost of them) and information on making various types of calls. The author is deceased so there won’t be more copies forthcoming. As new. $50. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

292. Curtis and Michael Waguespack, My First Turkey Hunt. No place given: Country Kid Publishing, 2011. Paperbound. Illustrated. Signed by both authors. $10.


293. William Byron Wales, III, Turkey Hunting Made Successful. No place (Elmira, NY) or date. Self-published. No pagination (16 pp.). Paperbound. Illustrated. Very fine. Signed, inscribed, and dated. A rare little work. $75. SOLD

294. John M. Weber, Stray Shot: Tales from the Turkey Blind and Beyond. Hayward, WI: Privately printed, 2014. Paperbound. [vi], 227 pp. Signed. $20.


295. Tom “Doc” Weddle, Turkey Tails and Tales from Across the USA. Indianapolis, IN: Dog Ear Publishing, 1913 (self-published). Hardbound in dust jacket. [iv], 200 pp. Illustrated. Stated as Volume I so the author obviously plans a sequel. A collection of the author’s hunting experiences. Very fine. $35. ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE. SOLD

296. Charles S. Whittington, Tall Timber Gabriels. No place or publisher given (privately printed for the author), 1971. Hardbound. 156 pp. No dj, as issued. Illus. A rare item. Interestingly, it is even rarer in the paperbound version, although the hardback is far more attractive with its color cover based on a painting. I have offered only three copies for sale in the last decade. Near fine. $625. ONLY ONE AVAILABLE.


297. Michael Widner, The Wild Turkey in Arkansas. Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, 1998. Paperbound. 112 pp. illus. $20.


298. Lovett E. Williams, Jr., After the Hunt. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1996. Paperback. 255 pp. Lavishly illustrated. An interesting, informative look at all sorts of details associated with hunting – making calls, trophy uses of your bird, cooking tips and recipes, and the like. Highly recommended. New. $10.


299. Lovett E. Williams, Jr., The Art & Science of Wild Turkey Hunting. Gainesville, FL: Real Turkeys, 1989. Hardbound. x, 331 pp. Illus., index. Signed by the author. Williams is the biological authority on wild turkeys, and he also happens to be a top-rate hunter. He writes as well as he researches, and this is one of the finest modern books on the subject. Very fine in dj. $100.


300. Another copy in dj but not signed. $90.


301. Lovett E. Williams, Jr., The Book of the Wild Turkey. Tulsa, OK: Winchester Press, 1981. Hardbound. 181 pp. Very fine. An early book by one of the most knowledgeable modern writers on the sport. Getting quite difficult to find. $40.


302. Same book in paperbound format. $25.


303. Lovett E. Williams, Jr., Erick H. Baur, and Neal F. Eichholz, The Ocellated Turkey in the Land of the Maya. Cedar Key, FL: Real Turkey Publishers, 2010. Hardbound in dust jacket. xxvi, 140 pp. Illus. Signed by Williams. As new. $40. OUT OF STOCK

304. Lovett E. Williams, Jr., Hunting the Gould’s Wild Turkey in Mexico. Cedar Key, FL: Real Turkey Publishers, no date (circa 2010). Paperbound. 160 pp. As new. $20.


305. Lovett E. Williams, Jr. and David H. Austin, Studies of the Wild Turkey in Florida. Gainesville: Univ. Presses of Florida, 1988. Paperbound. xxiv, 232 pp. Illus., bibliog., index. New. A groundbreaking study which should be read by every serious student of the wild turkey. $40.


306. Lovett E. Williams, Jr., The Voice & Vocabulary of the Wild Turkey. Gainesville, FL: Real Turkeys, 1984. Hardbound. x, 85 pp. Illus., index. No dust jacket. Fine. It is difficult to find this book in hardbound form. $45.


307. Same book in paperback. $40.


308. Lovett E. Williams, Jr., Wild Turkey Country. Minocqua, WI: NorthWord Press, 1991. Paperbound. 144 pp. A beautiful, lavishly illustrated book by one of the sport’s great authorities. $25.


309. Another copy, this one the hardbound edition. Very fine in dj. $30.


310. Lovett E. Williams, Jr., Wild Turkey Hunting & Management. Cedar Key, FL: Real Turkeys, 2006. Hardbound. 386 pp. New in dj. Includes a CD, “Real Turkeys VI.” $30.


311. Wade Wineman, Bird of Courage. Greenville, MS: OK Publishing, 2007. Hardbound in dj. xvi, 184 pp. Sequel to East of the Slash. Both are very difficult to find. Splendid storytelling. New. Signed. $155.


312. Same book, but not signed. $150.


313. Wade Wineman, East of the Slash. Greenville, MS: OK Publishing Co., n. d. Hardbound in dj. v, 220 pp. Illus. Signed. A delightful collection of turkey hunting stories by a veteran Mississippi hunter who chronicles his long, meaningful association with the OK Hunting Club. Interesting and informative. Difficult to find. $155.


314. Same book, but not signed. $150.


315. Larry W. Woods, Skillfully Hunting the Keen-Eyed Wild Turkey: A Practical Guide for Dedicated Hunters. Crossville, TN: Privately published, 2002. Paperbound. 122 pp. Large format with slick paper. Illus. The key word for this book is “practical.” The author shares his extensive knowledge in an easygoing, informative fashion. Signed by the author. $22.


316. Tom Yacovella, Turkey Guide: Scotch Guide for Successful Hunting and Calling. Cobleskill, NY: Scotch Game Calls, 1997. Paperbound. 28 pp. As new. Obscure and difficult to find. $30.


317. Rea Yarnall, Turkey Hunting (and Other Hunting) at Its Best. Nashville, TN: Little Jewel Enterprises, 1989. Hardbound in dj. 192 pp. Illus. Signed copy of a book which most serious students of the sport have somehow overlooked. New. $35.

THE PREMIER COLLECTION



The Premier Collection was an outgrowth of the early focus of Sporting Classics magazine. At the outset the books were chosen by an Advisory Committee of four individuals associated with the magazine. Later, when the magazine ran into financial trouble when John Culler was publisher, the venture capitalists behind Premier Press “pulled” the operation. This was sometime in late 1989 or 1990. From that point on for a time I chose the books, wrote most of the forewords, or when that was not the case selected the person who did write them. Ultimately, in 1995, John Culler and his son, Wade, managed to get the series back. At that point my involvement came to an end. They also began using slightly lower quality materials and the new material at the outset of the book, an important feature of every volume up to this point, disappeared. This was almost certainly a cost-saving measure. I feel fairly certain that the 50 titles listed below are all that were published, but given the fact I had no involvement in the final years of the series I cannot state definitively that such is the case.

As the second list which appears below reveals, there was not a great deal of consistency in the number of volumes published annually. The original goal had been four reprints per annum, but financial problems in the form of unpaid printers and binders intervened. Also, it should be noted that in virtually all cases fewer, often far fewer, than the stated 3,000 books of the specified limited edition were printed. In some of the later years the print run might not have been more than half or even a third of that number. This is the case despite some numbers which are much higher, because subscribers to the series got the same number each time. Thus, an individual who started with #2711, for example, would always get that number even if far fewer actual volumes were printed. Another anomaly with some books in the series involves variant bindings. A number of volumes appear with more than one binding color.

Here, first, is a listing, alphabetically by author, of all the books published in the series. It is intended in the first instance as a reference guide, because over the years I have realized there is considerable confusion connection with the series. I have many of the items for sale, and where that is the case the number(s) and with limitation numbers and my asking price are given. If you are interested in forming a complete set I would be happy to endeavor to put one together, and I have already been able to do so for two individuals.

Also, for further reference, this listing is followed by a complete chronological listing of all the books in the Premier Collection. It shows the volumes published in each year and, where applicable, the name of the individual who provided a new introduction. This was not done, probably as a way of cutting cost corners, for the final ten volumes which appeared after John Culler regained control of the series. If anyone is interested in a complete set, I would be willing to attempt to put one together. I’ve actually managed to do this twice in the past, and the full 50 books certainly make a visually attractive holding as well as providing some top-level reading. Just contact me by e-mail (jimcasada@comporium.net) if you are interested.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)

Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)


To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.
 

BOOKS ALPHABETICALLY BY AUTHOR THOSE I HAVE FOR SALE, WITH PRICE AND LIMITATION NUMBER, ARE SO NOTED



Unless otherwise mentioned, all books are very fine. They were issued without dust jackets but feature the normal qualities associated with premium binding—raised hubs, gilt edges, ribbon markers, marbled end papers, and the like.

1. TALES OF A BIG GAME GUIDE – RUSSELL ANNABELL. Copies #451, #977. $90.


2. AFTER BIG GAME IN THE UPPER YUKON – ARMSTRONG. #78, #343. $85.


3. MY HEALTH IS BETTER IN NOVEMBER – HAVILAH BABCOCK. Copies #76, #78, #230, #421, #554,#590, #977, #2135. $100.


4. GUNNERMAN’S GOLD – HORATIO BIGELOW. Copies #78, #267, #451,#1608. $100.


5. BASS BUG FISHING AND BERMUDA FISHING – JOE BROOKS.

6. BLOOD LINES - NASH BUCKINGHAM—Copies #78, #117, #252, #435, #115, #2135. $90.


7. DE SHOOTINEST GENT’MAN – NASH BUCKINGHAM. Copies #176, #230, #1284, #2497, #2535. $100.


8. OLE MISS – NASH BUCKINGHAM. Copies #78, #176, #608, #977, #1026, #1029, #1750. $90.


9. GUNNER’S DAWN – ROLAND CLARK. Copies #78, #977, #1608. $80.


10. STRAY SHOTS AND POT LUCK – ROLAND CLARK. Copies #78, #451, #1608, #2135. $75.


11. FISHING A TROUT STREAM – EUGENE CONNETT. Copies #431, #510, #1608. $70.


12. AMERICAN BIG GAME FISHING – EUGENE CONNETT. Copies #10, #78, #1731. $100.


13. RANDOM CASTS – EUGENE CONNETT. Copies #451, #758, #2135. $70.


14. UPLAND GAME BIRD SHOOTING IN AMERICA – EUGENE CONNETT. Copies #78, #451, #482, #977, #2135. $125.


15. WILDFOWLING ON THE MISSISSIPPI FLYWAY – EUGENE CONNETT. Copies #17, #61. $75.


16. FIFTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIER—JAMES COOK

17. WOODCOCK SHOOTING – EDMUND DAVIS. Copies #451, #1284. $80.


18. THE AMERICAN WILD TURKEY – HENRY DAVIS. Copies #129, #2011. $250.


19. CARIBOU SHOOTING IN NEWFOUNDLAND—S. T. DAVIS

20. WALL STREET AND THE WILDS – A. W. DIMOCK. Copy #78. $75.


21. CANADIAN NIGHTS – THE EARL OF DUNRAVEN Copy #1281. $80


22. AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING – GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL. Copy #977. $100.


23. ON THE HEADWATERS OF PEACE RIVER – HAWORTH

24. A BOOK ON DUCK SHOOTING – VAN CAMPEN HEILNER. Copies #977, #1608. $80.


25. TWO DIANAS IN ALASKA—AGNES HERBERT

26. TO FAR WESTERN ALASKA FOR BIG GAME – T. R. HUBBACK. Copy #1608. $85.


27. TROUT FLIES – PRESTON JENNINGS. Copies #6, #196, #1608, #2135, #2327, #2638. $75.


28. A. B. FROST – HENRY LANIER. Copies #78, #920, #1608, #2135, #2737, #2737. $80.


29. ALASKA BEAR TRAILS—HAROLD McCRACKEN

30. THE WILD TURKEY AND ITS HUNTING - EDWARD McILHENNY. Copies #156, #163, #176, #343, #379, #467, #647, #664, #2117.$100.


31. CAMP FIRE REMINISCENCES – DAVID MOORE

32. ATLANTIC SALMON FISHING – CHARLES PHAIR. Copies #78, #482, #1503, #2135. $110.


33. HUNTING TRIPS OF A RANCH MAN – THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Copies #78, #288. $100.


34. THE WILDERNESS HUNTER – THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Copies #580, #2070. $100.


35. AN AMERICAN HUNTER – ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE. Copy #2135. $90.


36. HUNTER’S CHOICE—ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE. Copy #1608. $80.


37. PLANTATION GAME TRAILS – ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE.

38. RECENT HUNTING TRIPS IN BRIT. N. AMERICA – F. C. SELOUS. Copies #78, #1608, #1099, #2135, #2367. $80.


39. WILDERNESS OF THE UPPER YUKON – CHARLES SHELDON. Copy #1189. With previous owner’s bookplate and blind stamp to front end paper. $60. Copies #343, #451, #2135. $70.


40. THE WILDERNESS OF THE NW PACIFIC COAST IS.—SHELDON

41. THE WILDERNESS OF DENALI – CHARLES SHELDON

42. TRANQUILITY – H. P. SHELDON. Copy #977.

43. TRANQUILITY REVISITED – H. P. SHELDON. Copies #28, #977, #1693. $80.


44. FIRELIGHT – BURTON SPILLER. Copy #977. $85.


45. GROUSE FEATHERS – BURTON SPILLER. Copies #78, #238, #664, #920, #977, #2135. #2610. $75.


46. THOROUGHBRED – BURTON SPILLER. Copy #1608. $75.


47. THE STILL HUNTER – THEODORE VAN DYKE. Copies #200, #301, #2135. $75.


48. UPSTREAM & DOWN --HOWARD WALDEN. Copies #88, #246, #1608, #1726, #2327. $75.


49. ON SNOW-SHOES TO THE BARREN GROUND – C. WHITNEY Copy #1284. $75.


50. ALASKAN YUKON TROPHIES WON AND LOST – G. O. YOUNG. Copies #977, #1608. $100.


BOOKS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE, WITH CONTRIBUTOR OF NEW MATERIAL LISTED



1983

1. Roland Clark, Gunner’s Dawn (Foreword by Paul Rundell)

1984

2. Havilah Babcock, My Health Is Better in November (Foreword by Lloyd Davis).

3. Nash Buckingham, De Shootinest Gent’man (Introduction by James A. Casada)

4. Eugene Connett, Wildfowling the Mississippi Flyway (Foreword by Charles L. Woodard)

5. Preston Jennings, A Book of Trout Flies (Foreword by Paul Schullery)

1985

6. Russell Annabel, Tales of a Big Game Guide (Foreword by Ellen Enzler-Herring)

7. Roland Clark, Stray Shots and Pot Luck (Foreword by Ernest S. Hickcock)

8. Eugene Connett, Upland Game Bird Shooting (Foreword by George Bird Evans)

9. Henry W. Lanier, A. B. Frost (Foreword by Charles Woodard)

10. Charles Phair, Atlantic Salmon Fishing (Foreword by Joseph Wilcox)

11. Burton Spiller, Firelight (Foreword by E. M. Saniga)

12. Howard Walden, II, Upstream & Down (Foreword by Paul Schullery)

1986

13. Nash Buckingham, Ole Miss’ (Introduction by Jim Casada)

14. Eugene Connett, American Big Game Fishing (Foreword by Jim Casada)

15. Edmund Davis, Woodcock Shooting (Foreword by George Bird Evans)

16. E. A. McIlhenny, The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting (Foreword by John Randolph)

17. Burton Spiller, Grouse Feathers (Foreword by George Bird Evans)

1987

18. Eugene Connett, Random Casts (Foreword by Jim Casada)

19. Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunter (Foreword by Jim Casada)

20. Frederick C. Selous, Recent Hunting Trips in British North America (Introduction by Charles A. Wechsler)

21. Charles Sheldon, The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon (Foreword by Jim Casada)

1988

22. Nash Buckingham, Blood Lines (Introduction by Jim Casada)

23. Henry Edwards Davis, The American Wild Turkey (Introduction by John Randolph)

24. Theodore Van Dyke, The Still Hunter (Introduction by Rob Wegner)

1990

25. Horatio Bigelow, Gunnerman’s Gold (Foreword by Jim Casada)

26. Eugene Connett, Fishing a Trout Stream (Foreword by Paul Schullery)

27. Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (Foreword by John D. Fair)

1991

28. Archibald Rutledge, An American Hunter (Foreword by Rob Wegner)

1992

29. Joe Brooks, Bass Bug Fishing and Bermuda Fishing—two books combined (Foreword by Jim Casada)

30. Van Campen Heilner, A Book on Duck Shooting (Introduction by Jim Casada)

31. G. O. Young, Alaskan Trophies Won and Lost (Foreword by Jim Casada)

32. Harold P. Sheldon, Tranquility Revisited (Foreword by Jim Casada)

1993

33. Archibald Rutledge, Hunter’s Choice (Foreword by Jim Casada)

34. A.W. Dimock, Wall Street and the Wilds (Foreword by Jim Casada)

35. Charles Sheldon, The Wilderness of Denali (Introduction by Jim Casada)

36. Burton Spiller, Thoroughbred (Foreword by Jim Casada)

1994

37. T. R. Hubback, To Far Western Alaska for Big Game (Introduction by Jim Casada)

38. Archibald Rutledge, Plantation Game Trails (Foreword by Philip Drennon Thomas)

39. Charles Sheldon, The Wilderness of the NW Pacific Coast Islands.

1995

40. Nevill Alexander Drummond Armstrong, After Big Game in the Upper Yukon (Foreword by Jared Lobdell)

41. Lord Dunraven, Canadian Nights (Foreword by Phillip Drennon Thomas)

42. George Bird Grinnell, American Game Bird Shooting.

43. Harold Sheldon, Tranquility.

1996

44. Paul Leland Haworth, On the Headwaters of the Peace River (no new material)

45. David Moore Lindsay, Camp-Fire Reminiscences (no new material)

46. Casper Whitney, On Snow Shoes to the Barren Ground (no new material)

1997

47. Harold McCracken, Alaska Bear Trails (no new Introduction)

48. James H. Cook, Fifty Years on the Old Frontier (no new Introduction)

49. S. T. Davis, Caribou Shooting in Newfoundland (no new Introduction)

50. Agnes Herbert and A Shikari, Two Dianas in Alaska (no new Introduction)
The best known of America’s 20th century gun writers, O’Connor was a prolific scribe whose life’s work included an impressive number of books. Here are the duplicates I have in stock, and note that some new items appear at the bottom as well.

I always inscribe books I have been personally involved with unless otherwise instructed, and of course I would be delighted to personalize them in any way you suggest.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)

Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)


To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.
 

UNIQUE O’CONNOR HOLDING


This collection consists of ephemera, notes, file folders holding research materials and photocopies of O’Connor stories, approximately 20 vintage magazines (mostly Petersen’s Hunting) with articles by or about O’Connor, two Hunting Annuals with O’Connor contributions, and material I used in connection with my efforts as editor of Classic O’Connor and The Lost Classics of Jack O’Connor. Altogether there is a 12-15-inch stack of items and this would make a nice addition to the holdings of any really serious O’Connor fan. $200. OUT OF STOCK

BOOKS



1. The Art of Hunting Big Game in North America. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. Hardback. No dust jacket. [viii], 404 pages. Very good. $15. SOLD

2. Another copy, with dust jacket but ex lib. Minimal markings. Book very good, dust jacket worn. $12.50. SOLD

3. The Big Game of North America. NY: E. P. Dutton, 1961. Folio size volume. About fine in a very poor, ragged dust jacket. Lovely book with loads of color plates and hundreds of black and white illustrations by Douglas Allen. Good buy at only $30.


4. Another copy in similar condition. $30.


5. Another copy, lacking dust jacket. Book fair (cover foxed, internally clean and crisp). A bargain at $10.


6. The Big-Game Rifle. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. Hardback in dj. 1st edition. Book fine, dj very good. A volume in the fame Borzoi Books for Sportsmen series. $125.


7. The Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns. NY: Outdoor Life, 1961 and 1965. Hardback. 477 pages. Illus., index. New edition, revised and updated (13th printing).Fine in good dust jacket. $25.


8. Another copy, this one the 17th printing. Fine in good, glassine-covered dust jacket. $25.


9. Complete Book of Shooting. NY: Harper & Row/Outdoor Life, 1965. Hardback in dj. [iv], 385 pages. Illus., index. Book fine, dj very good. $30. Two copies available.


10. Horse and Buggy West: A Boyhood on the Last Frontier. NY: Knopf, 1969. 1st edition. x, 303 pages. Book near fine in very good, price-clipped dj. $195.


11. Hunting in the Rockies. NY: Knopf, 1947. Hardback. xiv, 297 pages. Illus. Book fine in somewhat worn dj. One of the more difficult O’Connor titles to obtain. Internet listings run $200+. Only $150. SOLD

12. The Hunting Rifle. NY: Winchester Press, 1970. 1st edition. [iv], 314 pages. Illus., index. Hardback. Near fine in very good dust jacket. $40. SOLD

13. Another copy. This is the third printing from 1981. Fine in good dust jacket. $22.50. SOLD

14. Another copy. This one good in fair dust jacket. $15. SOLD

15. Another copy. Later edition. Good plus. No dust jacket. $12.50.


16. Jack O’Connor: An Outdoor Legend. Safari Press, 2010. A two-hour DVD produced from original film. As new. $20. SOLD

17. Jack O’Connor’s Big Game Hunts. NY: E. P. Dutton for Outdoor Life, 1963. Hardback in dj. 415 pages. Book very good, dust jacket good. $40


18. Another copy in similar condition. $40. SOLD


19. Another, slightly lesser copy. $35.


20. The Last Book. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. Trade edition. xviii, 247 pages. Illus. Fine in fine slipcase. $100.


21. The Rifle Book. NY: Knopf, 1949. First edition. Lacks dj. xii, 332 pages. In near fine condition and no markings. $30. SOLD

22. Another copy, again the 1st edition and in similar condition to the above listing. $30. SOLD

23. Another copy, second edition, revised and enlarged. Good with good dust jacket. $17.50. SOLD

24. Another copy, second No dust jacket. Good. $12.50.


25. Sheep and Sheep Hunting. NY: Winchester Press, 1974. Xii, 308 pages. Illus., index. 1st edition. Very fine in fine dj. $135. SOLD

26. Another copy. Book near fine but dust jacket only fair. $100. SOLD

27. The Shotgun Book. NY: Knopf, 1965. First edition. Hardback in dust jacket. viii, 332, ix pages. Book is fine; dust jacket is fair. $35.


28. Another copy. Again the 1st edition and this one has a better dust jacket. $37.50. SOLD

29. Another copy. Again the 1st edition. Book is fine and dust jacket very good. $37.50.


30. Another slightly lesser copy—book is fine but dust jacket only fair. $30.


31. Sportsman’s Arms and Ammunition Manual. NY: Outdoor Life/Popular Science, 1952. First edition. Hardback. Fine in fair dust jacket. 256 pages. Illus., index. $45.


NEW BOOKS



32. The Lost Classics of Jack O’Connor. Edited and compiled by Jim Casada. Camden, SC: Live Oak Press, 2005. Hardback in dust jacket. New. xxx. 329 pages. Illustrated. An extensive selection of O’Connor stories never previous published in book form. Includes contributions by his son, Bradford, one of his daughters, and extensive introductory material by yours truly. $35. Now out of print and I have only two copies left. OUT OF STOCK

33.Classic O’Connor. Edited and compiled by Jim Casada, with a Foreword by Brad O’Connor and an Afterword by Buck Buckner. Camden, SC: Live Oak Press, 2010. Hardback in dj. New. Xxxi, 400 pages. Limited, boxed, numbered edition of 1,000 copies (this is #281). The limited edition sold out almost immediately after publication. $200. OUT OF STOCK
North Carolina’s Great Smoky Mountains were the place of my birth and a wonderful boyhood. The region remains the home of my heart and I retain close ties to the little town of Bryson City, the surrounding area, and its history and folkways. A part of that link has involved reading on the place and its people, along with collecting literature associated with it, almost all my adult life. What follows is a list of duplicates I’ve accumulated that link, in one way or another, to the Smokies and southern Appalachia. This is an entirely new list covering a subject area where I have not previously offered books.
Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)

Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)


To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.

  • Paul J. Adams, Mt. LeConte. Knoxville, TN: Holston Printing Company, 1968. Paperbound. 63 pages. Illustrated. Good. Rare. $50. 
  • Felix E. Alley, Random Thoughts and the Musings of a Mountaineer. Salisbury, NC: Rowan Printing Company. Hardback. xxxii, 539 pages. Illustrated. Poor, ex lib. reading copy of an important and overlooked book on mountain life including important insight on Horace Kephart and Margaret Morley along with a decidedly different look at Abraham Lincoln’s origins. $12. SOLD
  • Juanitta Baldwin, Smoky Mountain Mysteries: Stories about Magnificent Mountains [and] Unique People. Kodak, TN: Suntop Press, 2002. Paperbound. 160 pages. Illustrated. Fine. $8. 
  • Fred Barick, Hunting in North Carolina. Raleigh, NC: N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission, 1973. Paperbound. [ii], 38 pages. Illustrated. Very good. $5. 
  • E. R. Beeson, In the Spirit of Adventure: A 1914 Smoky Mountain Hiking Journal (edited by Norma Myers, Ned Irwin, and Charles W. Maynard). Seymour, TN: Panther Press, 1994. Paperbound. xiv, 92 pages. Illustrated. About good. $12.  SOLD
  • Marcia Bonta, Appalachian Spring. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991. Paperbound. xvi, 187 pages. Index. Fine. A lovely evocation of the sights, sounds, and sensations of spring. $8. SOLD
  • Elizabeth Skaggs Bowman, Land Of High Horizons. Kingsport, TN: Southern Publishers, 1958. Hardbound. xiv, 212 pages. 5th edition (first revised one). A minor classic. Very good. No dust jacket. $10. SOLD
  • Another copy. This one the first edition, signed and warmly inscribed. About good with some darkening to the attractive linen-like cover. $15. 
  • H. H. Brimley, H. H. Brimley, a North Carolina Naturalist: Selections from His Writings (edited by Eugene P. Odum). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1949. Hardback in dust jacket. xvi, 205 pages. Index. 1st edition. Fine in good dust jacket. Difficult to find in hardbound form. SOLD
  • Ben Brouke, Hill Tauk. Mars Hill, NC: Whispering Hope, 1998. Paperbound. 123 pages. Consists primarily of a lengthy list of words as they are pronounced in what might be called "mountain English." Good plus condition. $10.
  • Carlos Campbell, William F. Hutson, and Aaron J. Sharp, Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1974. Comb bound. 3rd edition. 114 pages. Illustrated (many color photographs). Poor copy with lots of internal notes (many are helpful and informative). $3. SOLD
  • Chris Camuto, Another Country: Journeying Toward the Cherokee Mountains. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1997. Hardback in dust jacket. xiv, 351 pages. 1st edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. $10. Chris Camuto, A Fly Fisherman’s Blue Ridge. NY: Henry Holt, 1990. Hardback. xviii, 258 pages. Good (hints of foxing to edges) in find dust jacket. $10. 
  • Carlos C. Campbell, Memories of Old Smoky: Early Experiences in the Great Smoky Mountains (a volume in the Outdoor Tennessee Series edited and with a Foreword by Jim Casada—I’ll gladly sign). Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2005. Paperbound. xviii, 223 pages. Index. Very fine. Kaye Carver Collins, Angie Cheek, et al., Foxfire 12. NY: Anchor Books, 2004. Paperbound. xvi, 560 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine. $12. SOLD
  • Delmar Dennis (editor), The Great Smokies Yesterday and Today. Sevierville, TN: Nandel Publishing, 1988. Paperbound. 256 pages. Illustrated. Stories from many authors. $12. SOLD
  • Shepherd M. Dugger, The Balsam Groves of the Grandfather Mountain: A Tale of the Western North Carolina Mountains. Banner Elk, NC: Shepherd M. Dugger, 1895. Hardback. [iv], 187 pages. Illustrated. Fair (binding worn and there are two spots internally with foxing, apparently from newspaper clippings having been tipped in). Scarce. $70.  SOLD
  • Wilma Dykeman, Explorations. Newport, TN: Wakestone Books, 1984. Hardback. [vi], 265 pages. Book fine in good dust jacket. 1st edition. $6.  SOLD
  • Wilma Dykeman, Return the Innocent Earth. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1973. Hardback in dust jacket. 428 pages. 1st edition. Ex lib. copy. Fair only. $5. SOLD
  • William Elliott, Carolina Sports by Land & Water. NY: Arno Press, 1967. Hardbound in dust jacket. [x], 172 pages. A reprint of the 1846 edition as a volume in the Abercrombie &Fitch Library. Includes a new note by the publisher. Fine in good dust jacket. $25. 
  • Michael Frome, Strangers in High Places. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1966. Hardback. xiv, 394 pages. Ex lib. copy (about good) with unmarked dust jacket (good) of the 1st edition. A classic. $10. SOLD
  • Jim Gasque, Hunting & Fishing in the Great Smokies. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. Hardbound. xiv, 216 pages. Illustrated, index. A classic with a chapter on the legendary Mark Cathey. Book is near fine; dust jacket is poor. 1st edition. $30. SOLD 
  • Another copy. Book good (would be fine except a previous owner’s named is inked across the bottom) in poor dust jacket. $22. 
  • Another copy. Lacks dust jacket and fair only (stain, perhaps shellac, to rear cover). Tight and bright binding otherwise and internally clean and crisp. $18. 
  • Another copy. This one ex lib. Fair. $12. 
  • Jim Gasque, Hunting and Fishing in the Great Smokies (with a New Introduction and photos provided by Jim Casada). Chapel Hill, NC: UNC Press, 2008. xxiv, 215 pages. Illustrated, index. Paperbound. $20. 

  • Samuel J. Hunnicutt, Twenty Years Hunting and Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains (with a new Introduction by Jim Casada—I’ll gladly sign and inscribe copies). Cullowhee, NC: Hunter Library at Western Carolina University, 2017. xvi, 217 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound. A reprint of a true Smokies classic, originally published in 1926. Extremely rare in the first printing, this offering makes it available to a general reading audience for the first time. $20.
  • Joseph Hall, Smoky Mountain Folks and Their Lore. Asheville, NC: Gilbert Printing Company, 1964. Hardbound. 72 pages. Illustrated, index. Fair plus copy. Seldom found in hardcover form. $30. 
  • Ana Nez Heatherly, Healing Plants: A Medicinal Guide to Native North American Plants and Herbs. NY: The Lyons Press, 1998. Advance bound paper proofs. Xii, 235 pages. Bibliography. Cover spotted with foxing, internally clean. $3. SOLD
  • Barbara G. Hallowell, Mountain Year: A Southern Appalachian Nature Notebook. Winston-Salem, NC: John Blair, 1998. Paperbound. [xii], 289 pages. Illustrated, index. Good. $12. 
  • Harvey Broome Group of the Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club, Wilderness Trails of Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest (A volume in the Outdoor Tennessee Series with a Preface by the editor, Jim Casada—I’ll gladly sign—and a Foreword by Lamar Alexander). Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1992. Paperbound. xxvii, 323 pages. Illustrated. 1st edition. Fine. $15. 
  • Ross E. Hutchins, Hidden Valley of the Smokies: With a Naturalist in the Great Smoky Mountains. NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1971. Hardback in price-clipped dust jacket. x, 214 pages. Illustrated, index. Book near fine, dust jacket fair. $14.  
  • Another copy, very good but without a dust jacket. $10.  
  • Jimmy Jacobs, Trout Fishing in North Georgia. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers, 1996. 2nd edition. Paperbound. xx, 218 pages. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed copy. Fine. $10. SOLD
  • Jimmy Jacobs, Trout Streams of Southern Appalachia. Woodstock, VT: Backcountry Publications, 1996. Paperbound. 335 pages. Index. Fine except for a remainder mark across bottom.3rd printing. $10.  SOLD
  • Robert G. Johnsson, A Naturalist’s Notebook: Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Gatlinburg, TN: Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association, 1984. Comb bound, folio size. 130 pages. Lavishly illustrated by John D. Dawson. Made to be used in the field. Near fine. $25. SOLD
  • Horace Kephart, The Book of Camping and Woodcraft. NY: Outing Publishing, 1906. Hardbound. xxiv, 321 pages. Illustrated. 1st edition. Although the subject matter and the title are similar, this is a distinct book and less frequently encountered book than the two-volume (or two volumes in one) Camping and Woodcraft. Good. $35. SOLD
  • Horace Kephart, The Camper’s Manual. NY: Outdoor Life, 1937. Paperbound. [viii], 63 pages. Illustrated. This is a reprint, one of many, of a book first offered in 1923. It should not be confused with his much longer Camping & Woodcraft. It is dedicated to I. K. Stearns, a resident of Bryson City, NC and friend of Kephart’s who served as his literary executor after the untimely death of Jack Coburn. About good. $7.50.  SOLD
  • Horace Kephart, Camping. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Hardbound. 405 pages. Illustrated, index. A reissue of the 1917 version of this classic. Good. $17.50. SOLD
  • Horace Kephart, Camping and Woodcraft. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Hardbound. Two volumes in one. 405, 479 pages. A reprint of the new edition of 1921. Illustrated, index (separate index for each volume). Good. $25. SOLD
  • Horace Kephart, Our Southern Highlanders (with a new Introduction by George Ellison). Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1980. Paperbound. xlvii, 469 pages. Illustrated. Fair plus. $12. 
  • Joe B. Long, Papa Was a Fisherman: Memories of the Great Smokies. Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1969. Hardbound in dust jacket. viii, 98 pages. Signed copy of 1st edition. Book and dust jacket very good. $25. SOLD
  • Another copy, also signed. Book very good and dust jacket fine. $27.50.  
    Grace Lumpkin, To Make My Bread (with an Introduction by Suzanne Sowinska). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. Paperbound. xliii, 384 pages. A modern reprint of the herald novel on a mountain family driven to take jobs in textile mills. Very fine. $10. 
  • Robert R. Madden and T. Russell Jones, Mountain Home: The Walker Family Farmstead, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Washington, DC: National Park Service, 1977. Paperbound. viii, 55 pages. Illustrated. Very good. $10. SOLD
  • Ian Marshall, Story Line: Exploring the Literature of the Appalachian Trail. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1998. Paperbound. xiv, 284 pages. Index. Very good. $9.  SOLD
  • Hodge Mathes, Tall Tales from Old Smoky. Johnson City, TN: The Overmountain Press, 1991 (reprint of the 1952 edition). Hardback in dust jacket. x, 241 pages. Fine in fair dust jacket. $10. SOLD
  • W. Clark Medford, Great Smoky Mountains Stories and Sun Over Ol’ Starlin. Johnson City, TN: Overmountain Press, 2000. Paperbound. xii, 157 pages. Dozens of stories set in western North Carolina. Very good. $15. SOLD
  • Mary Judith Messer, Moonshiner's Daughter: Growing Up Poor in the Smokies. Waynesville, NC: Doing Well Now Publishing, 2010. Paperbound. [xii], 220 pages. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed copy of the first edition. Fine. $15.
  • Harry Middleton, The Earth Is Enough: Growing Up in a World of Trout and Old Men. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1989. Hardback in dust jacket. 269 pages. 1st edition. Book and dust jacket are very good. $55. SOLD
  • Harry Middleton, On the Spine of Time: An Angler’s Love of the Smokies. NY; Simon and Schuster, 1991. Hardback. 237 pages. Very fine in very fine, glassine-covered dust jacket. 1st edition. Has become rare thanks to the author, whom I knew well, emerging as something of a cult figure in the aftermath of his death. $75. SOLD
  • Johnny Molloy, the Best in Tent Camping: Smoky Mountains. Birmingham, AL: Menasha Ridge Press, 1997. Paperbound. xvi, 171 pages. Fine. $10. 
  • Warren Moore, Mountain Voices (with a Foreword by Sam Ervin). Chester, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1988. Hardback in dust jacket. [xiv], 320 pages. Illustrated in color and black and white. Near fine (dj is price-clipped ). $10.  SOLD
  • Mountain Makin’s in the Smokies: A Cookbook. Gatlinburg, TN: Great Smoky Mountains Association, 1957. Comb bound. vi, 54 pages. A passel (perhaps six score or more) old-timey mountain recipes from traditional mountain cooks. Fine. $6. SOLD
  • National Geographic Society, American Mountain People. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1973. Hardback in dust jacket. 200 pages. Lavishly illustrated in color. Index. Book fine in fair dj. $7.50. SOLD
  • John O’Brien, At Home in the Heart of Appalachia. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Hardback. x, 306 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket. Beautifully written. $7.50. SOLD
  • Linda Garland Page and Eliot Wigginton (editors), The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1992. Paperbound. xxii, 327 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine. $10. SOLD
  • John Parris, Mountain Bred. Asheville, NC: Citizen-Times Publishing, 1967. Hardbound (lacks dust jacket). [x], 372 pages. Illustrated. 2nd printing. Good. Signed and inscribed. $22.50. Two copies available. 
  • John Parris, Mountain Bred. Another copy, 1st edition, vg in vg dust jacket. A nice association copy signed and inscribed: "To Alice Carter--a long time friend who labored in the same vineyards with me. Best wishes. John Parris. Sylva, NC. Nov. 13, 1967." $40.
  • John Parris, Mountain Cooking. Hardback. Asheville, NC: Asheville Citizen-Times Publishing Company, 1979. Very good (inscription to previous owner) copy in very good, glassine-covered dust jacket. By far the most difficult of the Parris “Mountain” books to find. Illustrated. $27.50. SOLD 
  • John Parris, Mountain Cooking. (another copy). 1st edition. Very good in a fair, mylar-protected dust jacket. Signed and inscribed. Much more difficult to find than any of the other books by this beloved mountain author. $75 (listed on-line in some cases for well into three figures).
  • John Parris, My Mountains, My People. Asheville, NC: Citizen-Times Publishing Company, 1957. Hardback. [xii], 259 pages. Illustrated. Signed copy. 1st edition. Good. $35. Two available. 
  • John Parris, Roaming the Mountains. Asheville, NC: Citizen-Times Publishing Company, 1955. Hardback in dust jacket. x, 246 pages. 2nd printing. Book very good in fair dust jacket. SOLD
  • Another copy, this one the 4th printing of 1982. Hardbound. Very good. $20.  
  • John Parris, These Storied Mountains. Asheville, NC: Citizen-Times Publishing, 1972. Hardbound in dust jacket. [x], 372 pages. Illustrated by Dorothy Luxton Parris. Book is very good plus; dust jacket worn with a couple of tears and staining. $30.
  • John Parris, These Storied Mountains. Asheville, NC: Citizen-Times Publishing Company, 1972. Hardback. [xii], 372 pages. Illustrated. Fair (tape staining to front and rear end papers and to bottom of front cover. Signed and inscribed. 1st edition. SOLD
  • John Parris, These Storied Mountains. Asheville, NC: Citizen-Times Publishing Company, 1972. Hardback in dust jacket. [xii], 372 pages. Illustrated. Books and dust jacket good+. Warmly inscribed and signed. $35. SOLD
  • Marion Pearsall, Little Smoky Ridge: A Natural History of an Appalachian Neighborhood. Birmingham, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1959. Hardback. xiv, 205 pages. Fine in poor, price-clipped dust jacket. Unusual item. $35. 
  • Roderick Peattie, The Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge. NY: Vanguard Press, 1943. Hardback. x, 372 pages. Index. Poor ex lib. reading copy. $5. 
  • Ron Rash, The Risen. NY: Harper Collins, 2016. Hardbound in dust jacket. [viii], 255 pages. 1st edition. Book very fine, dust jacket good plus. $17.50.
  • T. W. Reynolds, High Lands: Stories of the Carolina Mountains. No place or publisher given (self-published). Copyright 1964. 178 pages. Paperbound. Good (spine faded). $18. SOLD
  • Jeff Samsel, Catfishing in the South. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2003. Paperbound. Unpaginated. A volume in the Outdoor Tennessee Series editor by Jim Casada (I wrote the Foreword and will gladly sign). Illustrated. As new. $20. 
  • Mark F. Sohn, Mountain Country Cooking: A Gathering of the Best Recipes from the Smokies to the Blue Ridge With a Foreword by John Egerton). NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1996. Hardback in dust jacket. xx, 364 pages. Index. 1st edition. Small stain to front end paper, otherwise book and dust jacket are fine. $20.  SOLD
  • W. E. Stone, Walton Stone: A Bunyan, Boone, Crockett, a Robinson Crusoe. Apex, NC: J. J. Little and Ives Co. for W. E. Stone, 1931. Hardbound. [ii], 345 pages. Good (gilt gone from spine), issued without a dust jacket. Unusual item in which a son pays glowing tribute to his outdoorsman father. $25
  • Arthur Stupka, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Washington, DC: Natural History Handbook Series No. 5, 1960. Paperbound. [iv], 75 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, folded map in pocket at back. Good. $15. 
  • Arthur Stupka, Notes on the Birds of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1963. Paperbound. xii, 242 pages. Species index. Fair (foxing to edges, well worn). $8 SOLD
  • Bob Terrell, Fun Is Where You Find It! Nashville, Tennessee: Harris Press, 1975. Hardback. [viii], 212 pages. Book near fine, dust jacket poor. Almost all the stories come from western North Carolina. The author wrote for the Asheville Citizen-Times for many years. $10.  
  • Laura Thornborough, The Great Smoky Mountains. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1937. Hardbound. xii, 147 pages. Illustrated, index. Fair (spine faded). $7.50. 
  • Another copy. This one the University of Tennessee reprint of the revised and enlarged edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. xii, 180 pages. Illustrated. Book is about fine, dust jacket very good. $10. 
  • Vic Weals, Legends of Cades Cove and the Smokies Beyond. Knoxville, TN: Olden Press, 2002. Paperbound. 192 pages. Illustrated. Very good. $10. SOLD
  • Henry McGilbert Wagstaff, Wiley Buck and Other Stories of the Concord Community (with an editorial note by Louis R. Wilson). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1953. Hardback. viii, 118 pages. 1st edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. $50.  
  • Donald C. Wenberg, Blue Ridge Mountain Pleasures. Chester, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1988. Paperbound. xii, 304 pages. Index. 2nd edition. Fair (top edge of rear cover gone, otherwise good. $4.  
  • Michael Ann Williams, Great Smoky Mountains Folklife. Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 1995. Paperbound. xvii, 216 pages. Index. A volume in the Folklife in the South Series. Fine. $12.  
  • Jerry Bledsoe, From Whalebone to Hot House: A Journey along North Carolina's Longest Highway (U. S. Highway 64). Charlotte, NC: East Woods Press, 1986. First printing. Hardback in dust jacket. Both fine. 223 pages. Illustrated, index. A well-written collection of dozens of tales about people and places along Highway 64. $12.
  • Anthony Ashley, Jr. (pen name of F. Gray Griswold), Plantation Days. Privately printed, 1935. x, 116 pages. Rebound in nice maroon buckram with gold imprinting on spine. Ex lib. but only indication of that is punched “New York Public Library” on title page and a withdrawn stamp on copyright page. Very good plus copy of a rare book, with the longest section, “Sport on the Plantation,” being of particular note. The setting is the Civil War era. $100.
  • Alice Daniel, Log Cabins of the Smokies. Gatlinburg, TN: Great Smoky Mountains Association, 2000. 16 pp., illustrated. Paperbound. Very fine. $4. SOLD
  • Edwin C. Epps, Literary South Carolina (with a Foreword by Thomas Johnson). Spartanburg, SC: Hub City Writers Project, 2004. xi, 204 pages. Illus., bibliog.. index. Paperbound. A highly useful and detailed look at South Carolina authors past and present. It even has coverage of this writer. Fine. $16.
  • Jim Mize, the Winter of Our Discount Tent: A Humorous Look at Flora, Fauna, and Foolishness Outdoors. Columbia, SC: Univ. of S. C. Press, 1995. Illustrated by Cliff Shelby. Hardbound in dust jacket. Both very fine. x, 171 pages. Outdoor humor is elusive and best, but this writer from upstate South Carolina is masterful. $20.
  • John Parris, Mountain Bred. Asheville, NC: Citizen-Times Publishing, 1967. Hardbound (lacks dust jacket). [x], 372 pages. Illustrated. 2nd printing. Good. Signed and inscribed. $22.50. Three copies available.
  • Another copy, this one paperbound. Fair only. Signed by Parris. Nice price for a reading copy. $7.50. SOLD
  • Christian Reid, The Land of the Sky: Adventures in Mountain By-ways (with a new Foreword by Ralph Roberts and a reprint of an 1877 article from Appleton’s Journal,”The Mountain Region of North Carolina”). Alexander, NC: Land of the Sky Books, 2001. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). xxvi, 130 pages. A reprint of a 19th century novel which gave the region its oft-used name. Good ex lib. copy with no external markings an minimal internal ones. $10.
  • Major Don Rose, Quill. Raleigh, NC: Ivy House, 2003. Hardback in dust jacket. Book and dj both fine. (iv), 158 pages. Fiction loosely based on the life of the noted moonshiner, fiddler, and rounder, Quill Rose. Set in the Great Smokies. Somewhat obscure. $25.
  • Richard M. Saunders, Carolina Quest. Toronto and Columbia: Univ. of Toronto Press and University of South Carolina Press, 1951. Hardbound (lacks dust jacket but clipped portions of the dj are tucked in). Very good ex lib. with normal markings. xii, 120 pages. Illustrated by Sylvia Hahn. Natural history (bird observation). $12.
  • Paula Steichen, My Connemara. Eastern Acorn Press, 1989. Paperback. Vi, 178 pages. Illustrated. Fine. Carl Sandburg’s granddaughter takes a loving look at growing up linked to the land on the famous poet and biographer’s North Carolina mountain farm. $10.
  • George Wuerthner, Southern Appalachian Country. Helena, MT: American Geographic Publishing, 1990. 104 pages. Illustrated. Paperbound. A beautifully illustrated work with scores of striking photos by the author and other photographers. Coffee table size. Very fine. $12.
  • Rob Simbeck, The Southern Wildlife Watcher: Notes of a Naturalist (with a Foreword by Jim Casada). Columbia, SC: Univ. of South Carolina Press, 2020. xiv, 164 pages. Illustrated, index. As new. I’ll gladly sign if desired. $14. SOLD
This list replaces all previous Africana lists and constitutes a complete listing of the Africa-related items I currently have for sale. Africana continues to be highly collectible, and there are many choice titles, not to mention plenty of obscure ones, offered below. This is a new, entirely revised list, with many added items along with some reduced prices.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

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SPECIAL OFFER: I was delighted to have the opportunity to edit a gripping new book on one man’s hunting experiences in Africa. Facing the Charge: African Dangerous Game, relates the adventures of Michael J. Miller in dozens of safaris as told to Scott Longman. Fiona Capstick, the widow of noted raconteur Peter Capstick and a first-rate chronicler of African endeavors in her own right, wrote the Foreword to the book. In addition to editing the work, I also provided an Editor’s Note. The beautifully illustrated book is an exercise in storytelling of the kind seldom encountered, and for me what started out as just one more mundane editing job turned into an exercise in literary delight. I now have copies of the book available for $60 + $6 shipping and handling. If you have questions, feel free to contact me (803-329-4354) or jimcasada@comporium.net.


1. F. G. Aflalo, A Book of the Wilderness and Jungle. London: S. W. Partridge, 1932. 188 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good). Portion of cover tipped in. $25.


2. Count G. Ahlefeldt Bille, Tandalla: A Danish Game Warden’s Study of Native and Wild Life in Kenya and Tanganyika. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1951. 1st English edition. xiv, 296 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (ex. lib. with typical markings—very good). $20.


3. Carl E. Akeley, In Brightest Africa. Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1923. Memorial edition (to Theodore Roosevelt). xviii, 267 pages. Illus. Hardback (good). $15. SOLD

4. Mary L. Jobe Akeley, Carl Akeley’s Africa. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1929. xx, 321 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good copy of second printing with some pages uncut. $27.50.


5. Mary L. Jobe Akeley, Carl Akeley’s Africa. NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1932. Hardback. xvi, 321 pages. Illus., index. Good (spine faded). $15.50. Two copies available.


6. Mary L. Jobe Akeley, Congo Eden. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1961. xxvi, 356 pages. Illus., map, index. Hardback (very good) in dust jacket (poor—pieces torn away). $10. Two copies available.


7. Mary Jobe Akeley, Rumble of a Distant Drum. London: George Harrap, 1948. 271 pages. Fair only. Cover damp marked although the dust jacket does not show this nor does the book’s interior. Dust jacket is work. $8.


8. Doug Allan, Facing Danger in the Last Wilderness. NY: Rolton House, 1962. 1st edition. x, 214 pages. Hardback (very good) in dust jacket (good). $10.


9. Charles Allen (Editor), Tales from the Dark Continent. London: Andre Deutsch, 1979. xviii, 166 pages. Illustrated. Very good in dj. Top corners bumped or else very fine. $27.50.


10. Evelyn Ames, A Glimpse of Eden. London: Collins, 1968. 1st edition. 224 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good—possible ex lib., since there are several penciled dates on back endpaper, but no other markings or stamps). $7.50.


11. Charles J. Andersson, Lake Ngami: Explorations and Adventures in Southern Africa. NY: Dix, Edwards, 1857. 1st U. S. edition. xxiv, 433 pages. Illustrated. Fair copy of a rare book. Tight but cover quite worn. Internally generally sound. Could be rebound to make a little gem. $100.


11A. Africa: 41 Adventures from the Dark Continent. Columbia, SC: Sporting Classics, 2010. Limited edition of 500 (this is copy #475) signed by the publisher, Chuck Wechsler. xvi, 399 pages. Illustrated. Bonded leather in a slipcase, all edges gilt and ribbon marker. Very fine. The lead story is by yours truly. $125.


12. N. D’Anvers, Heroes of North African Discovery. London: Marcus Ward, 1880. 392 pages. Illus. Hardback (fair—cover stained and spine shaken). $10. SOLD

13. Thomas S. Arbuthnot, African Hunt. NY: W. W. Norton, 1954. x, 269 pages. 1st edition. Fine. Desirable and seldom found title. $75. SOLD

14. Robert Ardrey, African Genesis. London: Collins, 1967. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (very good). $8.


15. Robert Ardrey, The Territorial Imperative. London: Collins, 1967. 1st edition. xiv, 390 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (fine) in price-clipped dust jacket (good). $7.50.


16. Another copy. This one very good in fair dust jacket. $6.50.


17. Another copy, this one the 1st U. S. edition from Atheneum in 1966. Fine in good dust jacket. $7.50.


18. Robert Arkwright, Sport and Service in South Africa: The Diary of Lt. Robert Arkwright, 1843-1846. Edited by Edward C. Tabler. Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1971. [iv], 98 pages. Hardback. Very fine (no dust jacket, as issued). Difficult to find. $40. Four copies available.


19. F. S. Arnot, Missionary Travels in Central Africa. London: Alfred Holness, 1914. xx, 159 pages. Illus., map, index. Hardback (good). $15.


20. Charles Askins, Asian Jungle—African Bush. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1959. Hardback, near fine. [xii], 258 pages. Folio size. Illus. $45.


21. Another copy with partial dust jacket (most of front missing). $35.


22. Eric Axelson, Congo to Cape: Early Portuguese Explorers. NY: Barnes and Noble, 1973. Hardback in dj (both very good). 224 pages. $20.


23. Lord Baden-Powell, Birds & Beasts in Africa. London: Macmillan, 1938. xiv, 169 pages. Color plates. Very good. $45.


24. (Baden-Powell). E. K. Wade, The Piper of Pax: The Life Story of Sir Robert Baden-Powell. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1924. 184 pages. Illus. Hardback (good—spine darkened, as usual). Difficult to find. $32.50. Two copies available.


25. Mrs. W. W. Baillie, Days and Nights of Shikar. London: the Bodley Head, 1921. vi, 241 pages. Frontispiece. Hardback (fair—damp damage to cover and foxing to preliminaries—good candidate for rebinding). $25.


26. Thomas Baines, The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa. London: Edward Stanford, 1877. 1st edition. xxiv, 240 pages. Illus. Hardback. Fair only—original cover has been used atop rebinding. Some staining to preliminaries. Quite rare. Listed elsewhere for prices in excess of $1000. Good buy at $150.


27. Thomas Baines and W. B. Lord, Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life, Travel and Exploration. With a new Foreword by Frank R. Bradlow. Johannesburg: Africana Book Society, 1975 (Vol. 3 in the Africana Reprint Library). xvi, vi, 734 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (good). $85.


28. (Thomas Baines). Russell Braddon, Thomas Baines and the North Australian Expedition. Sydney: Collins, 1986. 160 pages. Not an African-related title, but because of Baines connection with the continent still of interest. Beautiful color illustrations. Folio. Very fine in vf dj. $75.


SAMUEL W. BAKER


Sir Samuel W. Baker was one of the great hunter/explorers of the Victorian era, and his personal life was as fascinating as his public one with its myriad of exploits. He was a good friend of the Prince of Wales, an immensely strong man with daredevil propensities, and a writer of great power and charm. Along with Fred Selous, I consider him the most readable of all the 19th century hunters.

29. Samuel W. Baker, The Albert N’yanza. London: Macmillan and Co., 1870. xxviii, 499 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Beautifully bound in quarter leather and ornately decorated spine with gilt and raised hubs. Marbled end papers. Some edge wear but overall tight and bright. A lovely item. $100.


30. Another copy of the same edition. This one in the original green cloth. Binding shaken and spine worn, internally clean although there is a one-inch tear to the folding map. Great candidate for rebinding. $50.


31. Another copy. This one the 1898 printing. Good. $75.


32. Samuel W. Baker, In the Heart of Africa. New York: Negro Universities Press, 1970. 286 pages. Map, index. Reprint of an 1884 work which combined extracts of the most important material from The Albert Nyanza and The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. Very fine (no dj, as issued—three copies available). $32.50.


33. Samuel W. Baker, The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs. London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. xxiv, 596 pages. Illustrated, folding map, index. Newly rebound copy in red buckram. Text shows some foxing but is generally clean. Highly desirable book. $125.


34. Another copy, this one the 1868 U. S. Edition. Ex lib. Good. $75.


35. Another copy, this one of the 1869 U. S. Edition. Spine and edges of boards faded, and rubbed with chip gone from top. Preliminaries foxed, otherwise internally sound with color map present. Good copy for rebinding, and cheap at $30.


36. Samuel W. Baker, Wild Beasts and Their Ways. London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. xvi, 455 pp. Illus. Hardback. About fine (slight fading to spine but gold cover bright—internally very fine). A classic. $115 (and you won’t find it this cheap elsewhere).


37. Samuel W. Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon. Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., n. d. (circa 1860). 303 pages. Frontispiece. Hardback (good). $25.


38. Samuel W. Baker, Wild Beasts and Their Ways; Reminiscences of Europe, Asia,, Africa and America. London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. xvi, 455 pages. Illus. Hardback (good—a bit loose and spine somewhat darkened). $145.


39. Another copy, second printing. Missing title pages and frontispiece, otherwise intact. $70.


40. Samuel W. Baker, Wild Beasts and Their Ways. Prescott, AZ: Wolfe Publishing, 1988. Limited edition of 1000. xvi, 455 pages. Facsimile reprint of the 1890 edition. Hardback (new) without dust jacket, as issued. $30. Four copies available.


41. (Samuel Baker) Michael Brander, The Perfect Victorian Hero. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1982. Hardback in dj (both fine). 184 pages. $20.


42. (Samuel Baker). Richard Hall, Lovers on the Nile. NY: Random House, 1980. 1st U. S. edition. 254 pages. Hardback in dj (both fine). Illustrated, bibliography, index. On Sam and Florence Baker. I served as Research Associate for this book and will gladly sign if desired. $35.


43. (Samuel Baker). Another copy, this one of the Readers Union version. Good in dj. $20. Two copies available.


44. (Samuel Baker). Alfred E. Lomax, Sir Samuel Baker: Hunter, Explorer, Administrator. London: National Sunday School Union, no date (circa 1895). 155 pages. Hardback (near good—internal foxing). In the Splendid Lives Series. Unusual Baker item. $30.


45. (Samuel Baker). Dorothy Middleton, Baker of the Nile. London: The Falcon Press, 1949. Hardback. 280 pages. Illus., two folding maps, bibliog., index. Very good copy (lacks dj). $27.50 (two copies available).


46. William Charles Baldwin, African Hunting from Natal to the Zambesi. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. 1st U. S. edition.397 pages. London: Richard Bentley, 1894. Illus., folding map, index. Hardback (binding torn at bottom spine and rubbed at top, internally very good plus). Rebound would be a beauty. $175.


47. Another copy. London: Richard Bentley, 1894. 3rd edition. x, 428 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Color plates protected by tissue paper. Hardback (binding poor because of what appears to be gnawed section at bottom back; internally very good plus. Needs to be rebound. $125.


48. Another copy. This one the 1967 reprint by Arno Press. x, 451 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Hardback (very good with parts of dust jacket tipped in and front attached to book’s linen cover). $100.


See also listings of books by Baker in The African Collection list on this website.

49. R. M. Ballantyne, The Gorilla Hunters; a Tale of the Wilds of Africa. London: James Nisbet & Co., n. d. 310 pages. Illustrated. One of literally dozens of thrillers Ballantyne wrote. Good. $15.


50. Another copy, this one published in London by Dean & Son (n. d.). Spine faded. Good. $10.


51. Elizabeth Balneaves, Elephant Valley: The Adventures of J. McGregor Brooks, Game and Tsetse Officer, Kariba. London: Lutterworth Press, 1962. 179 pages. Illustrated. Very good. $22.50.


52. T. Alexander Barns, An African Eldorado: The Belgian Congo. London: Methuen & Co., 1928. xvi, 229 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (fair (covered badly stained, internally clean and near fine). $35. SOLD

53. Alfred Batson, African Intrigue. Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1933. x, 307 pages. 1st edition. Very good but with twin marks on rear cover. $30.


54. Peter Beard, The End of the Game. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1965. 1st edition. 256 pages. Illus., bibliog. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (good). Large size with loads of color photos. Lists for as high as $1200. Much more reasonable at $195.


55. Another copy. This one a later paperback. Fine. $40.


56. (Peter Beard). Jon Bowermaster, The Adventures and Misadventures of Peter Beard in Africa. NY: Little, Brown, 1993. 200 pages. Illus. Large format hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). Hard to find. $60. Three copies available.


57. K. de P. Beaton, A Warden’s Diary. Nairobi: East African Standard, Ltd., 1949. 114 pages. Illus. Hardback (good). $40.


58. Peter Becker, Rule of Fear: The Life and Times of Dingane, King of the Zulu. London: Longmans, 1964. xix, 283 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, maps, index. 1st edition. Very good plus, but with some pencil notes scattered throughout. $17.50.


59. W. D. M. Bell, Karamojo Safari. NY: Harcourt Brace, 1949. 1st edition. xii, 298 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good plus copy of a true classic). Rare. $150. SOLD

60. Another copy of the first edition. Good plus. Lacks dust jacket. $100.


61. Newell Bent, Jr., Jungle Giants. Norwood, MA: Plimpton Press, 1936. xii, 255 pages. Illustrated. Story of a one-man safari. Good. Difficult to find. $45.


62. (Bror Blixen). G. F. Kleen (Editor), Bror Blixen: The Africa Letters. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1988. Hardback in dust jacket. Fine. 1st edition. xxvi, 198 pages. Illus. Two copies available. $22.


63. Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), Out of Africa. London: Century Publishing, 1985. Hardback. 288 pages. Beautifully illustrated in color. Large format. Very fine, no dj (as issued?). An impressive book in every sense. $55. SOLD

64. Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), Out of Africa. New York: Random House, 1938. 1st U. S. edition. Very good. $30. Out of Africa

65. Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), Out of Africa. NY: Modern Library, 1983. Hardback (without dust jacket, as issued). x, 391 pages. Fine. $15.


66. Karen Blixen, Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass. NY: Vintage Books, 1983. Paperbound. $8. Fine. Three copies available.


67. Another copy, this one from Penguin Books. Paperbound. Good. $6.


68. (Karen Blixen). Thorkild Bjornvig, The Pact: My Friendship with Isak Dinesen. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press, 1974. Hardback in dj (book fine, dj good). [iv], 169 pages. $7.50.


69. (Karen Blixen). Aage Henriksen, The Work and the Life of Isak Dinesen. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1988. Hardback in dj. As new. First edition. 187 pp. $20. Multiple copies available.


70. Georges Blond, The Elephants. London: Andre Deutsch, 1962. Hardback in dj (book fine, dj good). 180 pages. Illus. $6.


71. John Boyes, King of the Wa-Kikuyu. With a new Introduction by Mike Resnick. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993. 240 pages. New in dj. Cheap way to acquire a classic piece of Africana. $25. Three copies available.


72. Another copy. Paperbound. Fine. $10.


73. Denis Boyles, African Lives. NY: Ballantine, 1988. Paperbound. Fine. $10.


74. Denis Boyles, Man Eaters Motel. NY; Ticknor & Fields, 1991. xvi, 253 pp. Illus., index. Hardback (vf) in dj (vf). $20. Three copies available.


75. Michael Brander, The Big Game Hunters. London: Sportsman’s Press, 1988. Hardbound. 192 pages. Illustrated. About fine in fine dust jacket. $20.


76. Michael Brander, Hunting & Shooting: From Earliest Times to the Present Day. NY: G. P. Putnam’s, 1971. 255 pages. Lavishly illustrated, bibliog., index. Hardback (fine) in poor dust jacket (tears). $10.


77. Mary Hastings Bradley, Caravans and Cannibals. NY and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1926. Hardback (good plus with gilt of front cover bright). [x], 318 pages. Illus. $45. SOLD

77A. Mary Hastings Bradley, On the Gorilla Trail. NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1922. Hardbound ex lib. copy with call number on spine. Good copy. $12.50


78. (Pierre S. de Brazza). Richard West, Congo: An Account of European Exploration. NY: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1972. 1st U. S. edition. 304 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (fine). $10.


79. Adam Breede, Adventuring. NY: Frederick Hitchcock, 1926. Hardback (good—missing one plate). 1st edition. [viii], 322 pages. Illus. $25.


80. Peter Brent, Black Nile. London: Gordon & Cremonsi, 1977. 200 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback. Very good in price-clipped dust jacket. The story of Mungo Park’s search for the Niger. $15.


81. Ellis O. Briggs, Shots Heard Round the World: An Ambassador’s Hunting Adventures on Four Continents. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1958. 1st English edition. [vi], 149 pages. Illustrated. Very good. $17.50. Three copies available.


82. Same book with dust jacket. $20.


83. John L. Brom, The Pitiless Jungle. NY: David McKay, 1955. 1st edition. viii, 309 pages. Illus. Hardback (fine) in price-clipped dust jacket (good). $10.


84. Another copy, this one ex lib. in dust jacket. $5.


85. John L. Brom, 20,000 Miles in the African Jungle. London: Popular Book Club, 1938. 216 pages. Illus. Hardback (good). $12.50.


86. Sidney Spencer Broomfield, Kachalola; or the Early Life and Adventures of Sidney Spencer Broomfield. London: Peter Davies, 1930. Hardback. viii, 310 pages. Maps. Fair only with top corners bumped and spine worn. $15.


87. Another copy. This one the U. S. edition. NY: William Morrow, 1931. Near good with spine label intact but fragile. $22.50.


88. Leslie Brown, Ethiopian Episode. London: Country Life, 1965. 160 pages. Illustrated, maps, index. Very fine in vf dj. A quest for nyala. $10.


89. Robert Brown, The Story of Africa and Its Explorers. 4 volumes. London: Cassell & Co., 1895. viii, 312 pages in each of the four volumes. Lavishly illustrated, index. Well researched and all in all a fine overview with much on hunting as well as discovery. Hardback. Overall about good. All volumes tight. Volume 1 has stains to front cover. Green pictorial boards with gilt on spine and front. Desirable set, and seldom found with all volumes offered together. Usually offered as individual volumes. $200.


90. Robert Brown, The Story of Africa and Its Explorers. London: Cassell and Co., n. d. (circa 1900). Hardback. viii, 312; viii, pages. Special edition, two volumes bound as one. Good. Lavishly illustrated. $40.


91. H. A. Bryden, Enchantments of the Field: Chronicles of Sport & Wild Life. London: Seeley Service, 1930. 286 pp. Illus., index. Hardback. Good. $25.


92. H. A. Bryden, Gun and Camera in Southern Africa. London: Edward Stanford, 1893. 1st edition. xiv, 544 pages. Illus., index, folding map. Hardback (Good—spine darkened and two letters of black title on front partially worn away, internally clean). Quite rare and seldom offered. $300.


Another copy rebound in black buckram—about fine. Rare. $150.


93.H. A. Bryden, Kloof and Karroo in Cape Colony. London: Longmans, Green, 1889. 1st edition. xvi, 435 pages. Illus. Hardback (fair, internally very good—should be rebound).Very rare. $300.


94. H. A. Bryden, Nature and Sport in South Africa. London: Chapman and Hall, 1897. 1st edition. xvi, 314 pages. Frontispiece, index. Hardback (fair stained and front and back endpapers foxed—internally clean). $95.


95. H. A. Bryden, Wild Life in South Africa. London: George Harrap & Co., 1936. 1st edition. 283 pages. Frontispiece. Hardback (good) in dust jacket (poor). $20.


96. Another copy. This one without a dj. Good. $15.


97. Frank Buck, Bring ‘Em Back Alive. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1930. Hardback. vi, 294 pages. Illustrated. Good. $20.


98. William Buckley, Big Game Hunting in Central Africa. London: Cecil Palmer, 1930. 1st edition. Viii, 268 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (good ex lib. copy—no internal markings but gold stamp of Donington Grammar School on front cover). Rare. $120.


99. William Buckley, Big Game Hunting in Central Africa. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1988. x, 268 pages. Illustrated, index. Hardback in dust jacket. A volume in the Capstick Library, with an Editor’s Note by Capstick. As new. Multiple copies available. $20.


100. Bartle Bull, The White Rhino Hotel. NY: Signet Books, 1993. Paperback. Fair. $4. Great novel.


101. T. V. Bulpin, The Hunter Is Death. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1987. viii, 348 pages. Illus. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (fine). $25.


102. John F. Burger, African Buffalo Trails. London: Robert Hale, 1957. 221 pages. Illustrated. 1st edition. Good copy of a modern classic. Light staining to front cover. $80.


103. F. R. Burnham, Scouting on Two Continents. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. xii, 370 pages. Great autobiography of a man intimately involved in events in the early days of Rhodesia. Good copy. $40.


104. F. R. Burnham, Scouting on Two Continents. Los Angeles: Ivan Deach, 1934. xxiv, 370 pages. Illus. Signed and inscribed by the author. 1st thus. Hardback (fair—ex lib. and spine weak). $45.


105. E. N. Buxton, Short Stalks. London: Edward Stanford, 1893. 1st edition. xii, 405 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good—spine darkened as usual). $85.


106. W. Byford-Jones, Africa: Journey Out of Darkness. London: Robert Hale, 1962. 1st edition. Hardback in price-clipped dj. 190 pages. Illustrated, index. Book fine, dj good. $10.


107. Charles A. Cabell, III and David St. Clair, Safari: Pan Am’s Guide to Hunting with Gun and Camera Round the World. Pan Am, 1968. 1st edition. 320 pages. Illus, index. Hardback (good—though some fool cut away a portion of the title page). Unusual item. $7.50.


108. A. W. Cardinall, In Ashanti & Beyond. London: Seeley, Service, & Co., 1927. 1st edition. Hardback (good). 288 pages. $90.


109. Kenneth Cameron, Into Africa: The Story of the East African Safari. London: Constable, 1990. Hardback in dj (both fine). 1st edition. 230 pages. Illus. $20.


110. Verney Lovett Cameron, Across Africa. London: George Philip & Son, 1885. New edition. xxviii, 569 pages. Illus., index, folding map in pocket in back. Hardback (good copy of a rare book). Includes material and a map not found in the two-volume first edition. $250.


111. Verney Lovett Cameron, Across Africa. New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. 508 pages. Illustrated, folding map, index. Reprint of the 1877 edition of a key work of early exploration. Cameron was the first European to cross the heart of the continent from east to west. Very fine (without dj as issued). $40.


PETER HATHAWAY CAPSTICK


Peter Capstick was a literary phenomenon. He had an uncanny ability to make African hunting and the continent’s landscape come alive, and his works became immensely popular.

112. Peter Capstick, Death in the Dark Continent. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1983. xiv, 238 pages. Illus. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). $35. Multiple copies available.


113. Peter Capstick, Last Horizons: Hunting, Fishing & Shooting on Five Continents. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1989. xxvi, 277 pages. Illus. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). $15.


114. Peter Capstick, Maneaters. Los Angeles: Petersen Publishing, 1981. 1st edition. Xii, 178 pages. Illus. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). Unobtrusive remainder mark tight against spine on bottom. $35.


115. Peter Capstick, Peter Capstick’s Africa: A Return to the Long Grass. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1987. 1st edition. xxii, 213 pages. Illus. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (fine). $25. SOLD

116. Peter Capstick, Safari: The Last Adventure. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1984. xx, 291 pages. Illustrated. 1st edition. find in fine dj. $15 SOLD

117. Another copy. Book fine but dust jacket poor. $9


118. Peter Hathaway Capstick, Sands of Silence: On Safari in Namibia. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991. 1st ed. xx, 214 pages. Illustrated. As new in similar dj. $35. Two copies available.


See also entries below under Finaughty, Foran, Letcher, and Lyell.

119. Archie Carr, Ulendo: Travels of a Naturalist in and Out of Africa. NY: Knopf, 1964. 1st edition. Xviii, 258, vii pages. Illus., maps, index. Hardback (near fine) in poor dj. $7.50.


120. Norman Carr, The White Impala: The Story of a Game Ranger. London: Collins, 1971. Hardback in price-clipped dj. Book fine, dj good. Seldom offered. $50.


121. Patrick Chalmers, Sport and Travel in East Africa: An Account of Two Visits, 1928 and 1930. New York: E. P. Dutton Co., 1934. xii, 273 pages. Illustrated, folding maps, index. Good copy of 1st edition of a book covering two sporting trips by the Prince of Wales. $40. Two copies available.


122. W. S. Chadwick, Giants of the Forest. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. 1st edition. [x], 326 pages. Illus. Hardback (good ex lib. copy with normal markings). $30. Even the softcover reprint costs more.


123. George Agnew Chamberlain, African Hunting Among the Thongas. NY: Harper and Bothers, 1923. 1st edition. Hardbound. xii, 286 pages. Fair (spine and outside show considerable wear, inside much better). $22.50.


124. James Chapman, Travels in the Interior of Africa (Edited by Edward C. Tabler). 2 vols. Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1971. xiv, 258; xiv, 244 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). Number 10 in the South African Biographical and Historical Series. $200. Two sets available.


125. Abel Chapman, Memories of Four Score Years Less Two, 1851-1929. With a memoir by George Bolam. London: Gurney and Jackson, 1930. xxviii, 256 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good plus. Autobiography of an African “great.” Rare. $100. SOLD

126. Abel Chapman, On Safari. London: Edward Arnold, 1908. xvi, 340 pages. Illustrated, index. Hardback. One of the key titles on big game. Highly desirable, and currently listed for as high as $1,900. Good copy of a true African hunting classic. $500.


127. Abel Chapman, Retrospect: Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist in Three Continents, 1851-1928. xix, 353 pages. Illustrated, index. Earlier version of Memories of Four Score Years Less Two. Very good. $95. Two copies available.


128. F. Spencer Chapman, Lightest Africa. London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. 288 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good plus in dj, although a small piece of frontispiece (not touching the photo) has been clipped away. $20.


129. Another copy with frontispiece intact. $30. Two available.


130. Rehna “Tiny” Cloete, The Nylon Safari. London: Arthur Barker, 1957. x, 276 pages. Illustrated. Fourth impression. Good copy of a “honeymoon” safari with her husband, noted writer Stuart Cloete. $25.


131. J. L. Cloudsley-Thompson, Animal Twilight: Man and Game in Eastern Africa. London: G. T. Foulis & Co., 1967. x, 204 pages. Illus., appendices, bibliog.., index. Hardback (fine). $7.50. Two copies available.


132. Douglas Collins, Tales from Africa. Nairobi: Kenway Publications, 1995. Paperbound. 310 pages. Very good. Quite rare. $90.


133. Douglas Collins, A Tear for Somalia. London: Jarrolds, 1960. 192 pages. 1st edition. Illustrated. Hardback (Very good). $95.


134. Norman Collins, The Governor’s Lady. London: Collins, 1968. 1st edition. 384 pages. $25.


135. Mrs. Arthur Colville, 1,000 Miles in a Machilla. London: Walter Scott, 1911. xii, 311 pp. Illus., folding map, index. Hardback. Nicely rebound in buckram. Near fine. Rare and desirable book. $200. 136. Another copy. This one with the covers damp stained but internally clean and crisp. Prime candidate for rebinding at $65.


137. Ian D. Colvin, Introduction to Africana. Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1979. Biographical Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow. viii, 72 pages. Originally published as the lengthy Introduction to the Sidney Mendelssohn’s famous South African Bibliography. A must for every serious collector of Africana. Very fine. $30. Two copies available.


138. P. H. Combe, Hunting Beasts and Men. London: Robert Hale, 1937. 288 pages. Illus. Hardback (fair). Rare. $75. Two copies available.


139. Carleton S. Coon, The Hunting Peoples. London: Book Club Associates, 1974. Hardback in dj. [xvi], 413 pages. Illus., index. Interesting look at primitive hunting cultures across the world. Fine in good dj. $10.


140. Lewis Cotlow, Zanzabuku (Dangerous Safari). New York: Rinehart and Co., 1956. x, 370 pages. Illustrated, index. Good. 1st edition. $15. Multiple copies available. SOLD

141. Reginald Coupland, The exploitation of East Africa, 1856-1890. London: Faber and Faber, 1968. 2nd edition with a new Introduction by Jack Simmons. Hardback in djs (both very good). xvi, 507 pages. Map, illustrations. A classic scholarly work. $25.


142. Another copy, book very good, dj price clipped and only fair. $20.


143. Mervyn Cowie, I Walk with Lions. NY: Macmillan, 1961. 1st printing. Hardback (no dj).[viii], 245 pages. Good. $7.50.


144. D. C. E. Ff. Comyn, Service & Sport in the Sudan. London and New York: John Lane, 1911. xxiv, 331 pages. Illustrated, folding map, index. Very good copy of a rare and important book. $225.


145. Joseph Cradd, African Odyssey. London: The Travel Book Club, 1939. 286 pages. Maps. Very good copy in worn dj. Story of the Matabele Pioneer Force. Much on Selous. Overlooked book. $17.50. Three copies available.


146. Lord Cranworth, A Colony in the Making. Or Sport and Profit in British East Africa. London: Macmillan, 1912. xvi, 359 pages. Illus., folding map, appendices, index. Hardback (fair—exterior grubby, interior fine except for a bit of marking). $55.


147. Gretchen Cron, The Roaring Veldt. NY and London: Putnam’s, 1930. 1st edition. x, 286 pages. Illus., map. Hardback (good—ex lib). $20.


148. Adrian Darter, The Pioneers of Mashonaland. Bulawayo: Box of Rhodesia, 1977. xii, 214 pages. Vol. 17 in the Rhodesiana Reprint Library, with a new Foreword by Robert Cary. Illus., folding map. Hardback in dust jacket. Badly damp stained. Reading copy only. $5


149. J. Wentworth Day, Sport in Egypt (with a Foreword by King Farouk). London: Country Life, 1938. 1st edition. xviii, 151 pages. Illustrated. Good (some foxing). One of only a few books which cover this area of Africa. $20. Two copies available.


150. Frank Debenham, Kalahari Sand. London: G. Bell, 1953. 189 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good (spine faded, as usual). $20


151. Adolphe Delegorgue, Travels in Southern Africa. Volume I (only volume published). Translated by Fleur Webb and Introduced by Stephanie J. Alexander and Colin de B. Webb. Durban: Killie Campbell Africana Library, 1990.xxxii, 360 pages. Illustrated, index. Wraps. As new. $27.50.


152. Armand Denis, On Safari. London: Collins, 1963. 320 pages. Illustrated, maps. 1st edition. Very good in worn dust jacket. $17.50. Three copies available.


153. Another copy without dust jacket. Very good. $12.50. Two available.


154. Another copy, this one the U. S. edition. $10.


155. Michaela Denis, Leopard in My Lap. London: W. H. Allen, 1955. 252 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good—some foxing to page edges). $10.


156. Michaela Denis, Ride a Rhino. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1960. 215 pages. Illus. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (good). $7.


157. Philippe Diole, Okapi Fever. NY: The Viking Press, 1965. 277 pages. Hardback (fine) in dj (very good). A novel. $10.


158. M. Douglas, In Lion Land: The Story of Livingstone and Stanley. London: Thomas Nelson, no date (circa 1890). 274 pages. Fair only (foxed, cover grubby). $10.


159. Robert D. Douglas, Jr., David R. Martin, Jr., and Douglas L. Oliver, Three Boy Scouts in Africa; On Safari with Martin Johnson. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s, 1928. Hardback. $20.


160. Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton, Among the Elephants. New York: Viking Press, 1975. 284 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. About fine in fine dust jacket. $22.50.


161. Another copy is lesser dust jacket. $20.


162. Kenneth G. Dower, The Spotted Lion. Boston: Little Brown, 1937. x, 328 pages. Illustrated, folding map. Very good plus. $30.


163. J. Morewood Dowsett, Big Game and Big Life. London: John Bale, 1925. xii, 242 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Hardback. Internally in good shape but spine worn, covers badly faded. Needs rebinding. Chance to get a desirable book at a bargain. $30.


PAUL BELLONI DU CHAILLU



The first man to report the existence of gorillas, du Chaillu was ridiculed by many leading intellectuals of the day. He was a prolific and popular writer although he is rather overlooked in today’s world.

164. Paul Belloni du Chaillu, Adventures in Equatorial Africa. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1861. First edition. 535 pages. Lacks map at end. Worn and shaken. Needs rebinding. $35.


165. Another copy. This one the first English edition from John Murray, 1861. xviii, 480 pages. Illus., folding maps. Hardback (very fine rebound copy which incorporates most of original title and all of gold illustration of a gorilla). $200.


166. Paul Belloni du Chaillu, The Country of the Dwarfs. NY and London: Harper & Brothers, 1898. 314 pages. Illus. Hardback (fine). $30.


167. Paul Belloni du Chaillu, Exploration and Adventures in Equatorial Africa. London: T. Warner Laurie, 1945. In the Live Book Resurrected Series. With a new Introduction by L. S. Jast. xxviii, 480 pages. Illus., map. Hardback (very good) in dust jacket (poor (frayed and worn). $35.


168. Paul Belloni du Chaillu, A Journey to Ashango-Land. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1874. Hardback. xxiv, 501 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Cover shows signs of damp of mold and book probably should be rebound. Internally clean and unaffected. Good price on a very rare book. $60.


169. Paul Belloni du Chaillu, My Apingi Kingdom. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1875. 354 pages. Illus. Hardback (good—top and bottom of spine worn, cover rather grubby, internally clean). $25.


170. Paul Belloni du Chaillu, Stories of the Gorilla Country. NY: Harper and Brothers, 1875. 292 pages. Illus. Hardback (fair). $12.50.


171. Another copy. Poor (spine flaking and shaken). $5.


172. (du Chaillu). Michel Vaucaire, Paul Du Chaillu: Gorilla Hunter. NY and London: Harper & Bros., 1930. 1st edition. X 322 pages. Frontispiece. Hardback (very good). $40.


173. Kevin Duffy, Black Elephant Hunter. London: Travel Book Club, 1961. 208 pp. Hardback. Very good (spine faded). $12.50. Two copies available.


174. A. Radclyffe Dugmore, Camera Adventures in the African Wilds. London: William Heinemann, 1910.xviii, 231 pages. Illustrated, maps, list of game found in East Africa. Important work which, the title notwithstanding, includes some activity with gun as well as camera (such as when a charging rhino had to be dispatched at 12 paces!). Cover damp-stained, internally sound and clean. 1st edition. $25.


175. Another copy, this one of the first U. S. Edition bound in quarter leather. Ex lib. But minimal markings (none external). Good. $20.


176. A. Radclyffe Dugmore, Through the Sudan. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1938. x, 101 pages. Illus., map. Hardback (good). $25.


177. A. Radclyffe Dugmore, The Vast Sudan. NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1924. Hardback. 312 pages. Illus., index. Very good plus (spine a bit darkened and light foxing). Hard to find. $55.


178. Another, lesser copy with appreciable foxing, some wrinkled pages, and dark spot at bottom of spine. $25.


179. Radclyffe Dugmore, Camera Adventures in the African Wilds. NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1910. 1st edition. Hardback (good ex lib. copy with minimal markings—holdings number embossed on spine). [xx], 233 pages. Lavishly illustrated and folio size. $30.


180. Lawrence Earl, Crocodile Fever. London: Collins, 1954. 2nd impression. 255 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good) in dust jacket (good). $25.


181. Lawrence Earl, Crocodile Fever. NY: Knopf, 1954, 1st edition. x, 294 pages. Illus. About good; lacks dust jacket and spine is darkened. A Borzoi book. $14.


182. Another copy. 2nd impression Fair, lacks dust jacket. $10.


183. George Eastman, Chronicles of an African Trip. NY: Privately printed, 1927. Hardback (about good--internally clean and fine, but cover rubbed and grubby). 86 pages plus many plates. Illus. Good buy at $27.50. Three copies available.


184. Robert B. Edgerton, Like Lions They Fought: The Last Zulu War. Bergvlei, South Africa: Southern Book Publishers, 1988. 1st edition. xii, 242 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). $15.


185. Sam Fadala, Great Shooters of the World. South Hackensack, NJ: Stoeger Publishing, 1990. Paperbound (as new). 1st edition. 287 pages. Illus. $12. Multiple copies available.


186. Negley Farson, Behind God’s Back. NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1941. xii, 555 pages. Good. $10. Two copies available.


187. Another copy, this one ex lib. Good. $5.


188. Another copy, this one the British edition. $10.


189. Byron Farwell, Queen Victoria’s Little Wars. NY: Harper & Row, 1972. 1st ed. Fine in fine dj. xx, 394 pages. Illustrated, index. With copies of two reviews tipped in. $25.


190. Byron Farwell, The Great War in Africa (1914-1918). NY: W. W. Norton, 1986. Hardback in dj (both book and dj very fine). 382 pages. 1st edition. Illus. $20. Multiple copies available.


191. William Finaughty, The Recollections of William Finaughty. New York: St. Martin’s, 1991. [x], 242 pages. A volume in the Capstick Library with a new Foreword by him. New in dj. $25. Multiple copies available. 192. Helen Fischer, Peril Is My Companion. London: Robert Hale, 1957. 186 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine in taped and torn dj. $30.


193. Another copy, this one lacking dj. Very good. $23.


194. Edouard Foa, After Big Game in Central Africa. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989. xviii, 330 pages. Illustrated, index. Bound proofs of text of book which was one of reprints in the Capstick series. Captstick’s Introduction is not present. $5.


195. W. R. Foran, A Hunter’s Saga. London: The Adventurers Club, 1963. 192 pp. Illus. Hardback (very good). Quite difficult to find despite fairly recent publication date. $50. SOLD

196. W. R. Foran, Kill or Be Killed: The Rambling Reminiscences of an Amateur Hunter. A volume in the Capstick African Reprint Series with an Editor’s Note by Capstick. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1988. 320 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (as new) in dust jacket (as new). For some reason this particular volume in this series is very difficult to find, unlike most, and the original is rare indeed. $100. Two copies available.


197. Peter Forbath, The River Congo. London: Secker & Warburg, 1978. Hardback in dj. Xii, 411 pages. Illus. Fine in fine dj. $10.


198. Another copy, this one the 1st U. S. edition of 1977 from Harper & Row. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. $12.50.


199. Another copy. Good and lacks dust jacket. $7.50.


200. Vernon S. Forbes, Pioneer Travellers in South Africa. Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1965. [iv], 176 pages. Illus. (scores of them), folding maps, appendices, bibliog.., index. Hardback (very good) in dust jacket (good). Covers ten different individuals in carefully researched detail. Very difficult to find. $145.


201. Marius Fortie, Black and Beautiful: A Life in Safari Land. Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1938. xiv, 344 pages. Illustrated. 1st edition. Very good. $25.


202. Another copy. Similar condition but a bit shaken. $20.


203. (Charles de Foucauld). Rene Bazin, Charles de Foucauld: Hermit and Explorer. London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1931. 2nd edition. Viii, 339 pages. Illus., fold map, index. Hardback (fair). $12.


204. Lorne F. Fox, Africa Safari. 174 pages. Wraps. Illustrated. Very good. Unusual item. $15.


205. Hermann Freyberg, Out of Africa. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1935. First British edition. 288 pages. Illus., map. Hardback (fair—cover sunned and last page stained). Rare. $40.


206. Constance Fripp and V. W. Hiller (Editors), Gold and the Gospel in Mashonaland, 1888. London: Chatto & Windus, 1949. x, 246 pages. Illus., folding maps, appendix, index. Hardback (very good ex. lib copy with normal markings). $50.


207. Francis Galton, The Art of Travel, or, Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries. With a new Introduction by Dorothy Middleton. Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1971. Fine in dj (spine of dj is faded ). $17.50.


208. Francis Galton, Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa. 3rd edition. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1890. xx, 320 pages. Map, illus. Hardback (fair). $30.


209. Brian Gardner, The African Dream. London: The History Book Club, 1970. [xii], 331 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. Fine in dj. $30.


210. Brian Gardner, The Quest for Timbuctoo. London: Readers Union, 1969. x, 212 pages. Illus., maps, bibliog., index. Hardback (very good) in dust jacket (good). $12.


211. Lilian Gask, True Stories of Big Game and Jungles. London: George G. Harrap, 1933. 1st edition. Illus. 236 pages. Hardback (good). $20.


212. Another copy, this one the 1937 reprint. Good. $17.50.


213. Attilio Gatti, Africa Is Adventure. London: Frederick Muller, 1960. Hardback in dj (good and good). 1st edition. 240 pages. Two copies available. $15


214. Attilio Gatti, Great Mother Forest. NY: Scribner’s, 1937. 1st edition. Hardback. 335 pages. Illustrated. Good. $20.


215. Attilio Gatti, Killers All! London: Travel Book Club, 1951. 219 pages. Good. $17.50. Two copies available.


216. Another copy. This the 1st edition from Robert Hale. Good. $19.


217. Attilio Gatti, Sangoma. London: Frederick Muller, 1962. 229 pages. Illustrated. Fine in dj. $25.


218. Another copy. Fine in grubby dj. $20.


219. Attilio Gatti, South of the Sahara. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1946. 1st edition. Hardback (no dj). Good (cover stained). $6.


219A. Attilio Gatti, The King of the Gorillas. Garden City, NH: Doubleday & Co., 1932. Hardbound copy of first edition. Ex lib. with call number on spine. Good copy. $12.50.

220. Prosser Gifford and William Roger Louis (Editors), The Transfer of Power in Africa. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 1982. Hardback. xiv, 654 pages. Fine but no dj. $10.


221. Parker Gillmore, Gun, Rod & Saddle. London: W. H. Allen, 1893. viii, 341 pages. Hardback (very good). $45.


222. Parker Gillmore (“Ubique”), Leaves from a Sportsman’s Diary. London: Gibbings & Co., 1896. vi, 341 pages. Illustrated. Second edition. Much, but not all, on Africa. Desirable. Good. $45.

223. (Chinese Gordon). Life of General Gordon. Glasgow: John McGready, no date (circa 1885). viii, 369 pages. Frontispiece. Hardback (fair—internally clean but cover worn and apparently affected by mildew at edges). $15.


224. (Chinese Gordon). Richard Garrett, General Gordon. London: Book Club Associates, 1974. Hardback. Fine in ragged dj. 240 pp. Maps, index, illus. $20.


225. (Chinese Gordon). Peter Johnson, Gordon of Khartoum. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens, 1985. 1st edition. 272 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). $20.


226. (Chinese Gordon). Roy MacGregor-Hastie, Never to Be Taken Alive: a Biography of General Gordon. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985. xii, 196 pages. Illus., bibliog., index. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). $20.


227. (Chinese Gordon). Charles Chenevix Trench, The Road to Khartoum: A Life of General Charles Gordon. 320 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Paperback. A full, rich life of a fascinating character. Very fine. $10.


228. (Chinese Gordon). John H. Waller, Gordon of Khartoum: The Saga of a Victorian Hero. New York: Atheneum, 1988. xiv, 504 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. Very fine in good dj. The best life of Gordon. 1st edition. $35.


229. Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming, The Lion Hunter. London: John Murray, 1911. xii, 497 pp. Illus. Hardback. Good. A one-volume edition of the book first published in 1851 under the title Five Years’ Adventures in the Far Interior of South Africa. $35.


230. Another copy, this a U. S. reprint from 1924 in the Outing Adventure Series edited by Horace Kephart. Spine shaken and worn. Fair only. $7.50


231. Heinrich Gortz, Beyond the River Bend: Life in the West African Bush. London: Cassell, 1979. x, 159 pp. Hardback (fine) in price-clipped dj(fine). First English edition. $22.50. Multiple copies available.


232. B. N. Gordon Graham, Hunter at Heart. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1950. 1st edition. Illus., appendices, index. Hardback (good-spine faded). Hard to find. $65.


233. Sanche de Gramont, The Strong Brown God: The Story of the Niger River. London: Hart, Davis, MacGibbon, 1975. 1st edition. 350 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (near fine) in price-clipped dust jacket (fine). $8.


234. Another copy, this one Book Club Associates, London. Fine in near fine dust jacket. $7.50.


235. Prentiss N. Gray, African Game-Lands: A Graphic Itinerary. Boston, MA: Office of “The Sportsman,” 1930. Special supplement to The Sportsman, Vol. VIII, No. IV. 34 pages. Illustrated, map. Wraps. Cover ragged, internally fine. Rare and unusual item. $37.50.


236. E. S. Grogan, From the Cape to Cairo. London: Thomas Nelson, n. d. (circa 1900). 379 pages. Illus., folding map. Hardback (good). Rare. $125.


237. Bernhard Grzimek, Among Animals of Africa. London: Collins, 1970. 1st British edition. 368 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (good plus). $7.50.


238. H. Rider Haggard, The Private Diaries of Sir H. Rider Haggard, 1914-1925. Edited by D. S. Higgins. NY: Stein and Day, 1980. First American edition. xx, 299 pages. Bibliog., index. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (very good plus). $10.


239. H. Rider Haggard, The Classic Adventures: Ayesha and Benita. NY: New Orchard Editions, 1986. 335 pages. Illus. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (fine). Two of Haggard’s African novels in one. $20.


240. (H. Rider Haggard). Lilias Rider Haggard, The Cloak that I Left. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1951. 288 pages. Hardback (fair) in dust jacket (fair). A biography of H. Rider Haggard. $12.


241. (H. Rider Haggard). Peter Berresford Ellis, H. Rider Haggard: A Voice from the Infinite. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978. Hardback in dj. xiv, 291 pages. Very fine in vf dj. $12. Two copies available.


242. Jean-Pierre Hallet, Congo Kitabu. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett-Crest, 1967. 448 pages. Illus. Paperback (good). $4.


243. Ronald Hardy, The Iron Snake: The Story of the Uganda Railway. NY: G. P. Putnam’s, 1965. 1st edition. 318 pages. Illus., bibliog. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (fine). $20.


244. Another copy. This one ex lib. Good. $10.


245. William Cornwallis Harris, Wild Sports of Southern Africa. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1987. Hardback. xvi, 359 pages. Illustrated (including color plates). Very fine in vf dj. Quality reprint. $30.


246. William Harrison, Three Hunters. New York: Random House, 1989. [vii], 250 pages. A novel of Africa hunting by the author of Burton and Speke. Very fine in very fine dj. $15. Multiple copies available.


247. Lt. Co. A. H. W. Haywood, Sport & Service in Africa. London: Seely, Service & Co., 1926. 285 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good with spine faded as usual. Rare. $85.


248. John Heminway, No Man’s Land: The Last of White Africa. NY: Harvest/HBJ, 1983. xvi, 298 pages. Illus. Paperback (very good). $12.50.


249. Ian Henderson (with Philip Goodhart), The Hunt for Kimathi. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. First edition. 266 pages. Illus. Hardback (near fine) in price-clipped dust jacket (fair—rubbed and torn). Lists for as high as $600. Only $95.


250. Another copy. Lacks dust jacket. Good. $60.


251. Another copy, this one the 1st U. S. edition under the title Man Hunt in Kenya (NY: Doubleday & Co., 1958). Illus. 240 pages. Hardback (near fine) in dust jacket (very good). $65.


252. R. O. Hennings, African Morning (with a Foreword by Sir Philip Mitchell). London: The Travel Book Club, n. d. (c. 1951). 240 pages. Map, bibliography, index. Good. $27.50.


253. Frank C. Hibben, Hunting in Africa. London: Robert Hale, 1962. 191 pages. Illustrated. One of the best books on the subject in the days when the likes of Ruark hunted Africa. About fine (one corner slightly bumped). $35.00.


254. Another copy. Slightly better. $37.50.


255. Christopher Hibbert, Africa Explored. London: Allan Lane, 1982. First edition. 336 pages. Illus., bibliog., index. Hardback (good). $17.50.


256. A. Barton Hepburn, The Story of an Outing. NY and London: Harper & Brothers, 1913. Hardback. 110 pages. Illus. Good plus. With a slip containing the author’s signature pasted in. The story of an East African hunt. Quite rare. $125. Two copies available.


257. Another copy. This one good and lacking the author’s signature. $100


258. Agnes Herbert, Two Dianas in Somaliland. London and NY: John Lane, 1908. Hardback. [viii], 306 pp. Illus. Ex. Lib. Copy with pasted holdings number on spine and card in back. Spine is cracked and has small pieces missing at top and bottom. Internally clean and crisp. With rebinding (front and rear covers are clean and solid) to repair spine, this quite rare book could be quite handsome. Very rare. The cheapest copy I found was $175 and prices went up to $450. Prime candidate for rebinding. Only $95.


259. Brian Herne, Uganda Safaris (With a Foreword by Tony Dyer). Tulsa, OK: Winchester Press, 1979. 1st trade edition. xx, 236 pages. Illus. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). A modern classic. $25. Multiple copies available.


260. John Hillaby, Journey to the Jade Sea. NY; Simon and Schuster, 1964. 1st edition. Hardback in dj (both fine). [iv], 234 pages. $10.


261. Peter Hirsch, The Last Man in Paradise. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Co., 1961. 239 pages. Illus. $15.


262. Paul L. Hoefler, Africa Speaks: A Story of Adventure. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1931. Hardback (fair—cover worn and rubbed). 469 pages. Illus. $15.


263. Dennis Holman, Inside Safari Hunting. London: W. H. Allen, 1969. 1st edition. 296 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (fine—but ex lib. with number on spine and stamps on front and back end papers). In considerable demand. $20.


264. Another copy. Spine a bit faded. $30.


265. F. Ratcliffe Holmes, Through Wildest Africa. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1925. First edition. 318 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (good plus—some foxing). $55.


266. William Holmes, Safari R. S. V. P. London: W. H. Allen, 1961. 166 pages. Illus. First British edition. Hardback (good) in dust jacket (fair). $30.


267. Hilary Hook, Home from the Hill. London: The Sportsman’s Press, 1987. Hardback in dj, fine. $15. Two copies available.


268. Alfred Aloysius Horn, The Life and Works of Alfred Aloysius Horn (Edited by Ethelreda Lewis with a Foreword by John Galsworthy). NY: The Literary Guild, 1927. 320 pages. Illus. Hardback. Very good. The adventures of “Trader” Horn in the Ivory Coast region in the 1870s. $30.


269. Alfred Aloysius Horn, Trader Horn and Trader Horn In Madagascar. London: Jonathan Cape, reissued by Florin Books, 1932. Two-volume set, linen bound. Hardback (good). $20.


270. Alfred Aloysius Horn, The Waters of Africa; Being the Further Adventures of Trader Horne (Edited by Ethelreda Lewis). London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. 318 pages. Illus. hardback (good—spine sunned). $25.


271. Kathryn Hulme, Look a Lion in the Eye: On Safari Through Africa. Boston: Little Brown. Hardback in dj (book fine, dj fair). 1st edition. [xvi], 223 pages. Illus. $15.


272. Another copy. This one signed by Hulme. Very good in fair dj. $20.


273. J. A. Hunter, Hunter. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1952. Hardback in dj (book near fine, dj price-clipped and worn). 1st edition. $15.


274. Another copy, this one also the New York edition of 1952. Good. Lacks dj. $12.50. Three available.


275. J. A. Hunter, Hunter’s Tracks. NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1957. x, 240 pages. Illus. Hardback in dj. Book fine, dj poor. Two copies available. $15.


276. Elspeth Huxley, The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood. London: The Reprint Society, 1960. 285 pages. Hardback (good) in dust jacket (fair). $10.


277. Elspeth Huxley, The Flame Trees of Thika. NY: William Morrow, 1959. Hardback. 288 pp. About fine in a frayed and worn dj. $10.


278. Elspeth Huxley, Nine Faces of Kenya. NY: Viking, 1990. xxvi, 451 pages. Hardback (very fine) in dj (very fine). Illus., index. As new except for remainder mark on bottom. $20. Two copies available.


279. Elspeth Huxley, Out in the Midday Sun: My Kenya. NY: Viking, 1987. 1st American edition. Hardback in dj. Very fine but does have remainder mark. x, 262 pages. Illus., index. $10. Two copies available.


280. Elspeth Huxley and Hugo van Lawick, Last Days in Eden. NY: Amaryllis Press, 1984. 1st edition. 192 pages. Lavishly illustrated, bibliog.., index. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). $6. Multiple copies available.


281. Juliette Huxley, Wild Lives of Africa. London: Quality Book Club, 1964. 2nd impression. Hardback in price-clipped dj (book fine, dj very good). 255 pages. $15.50.


282. Hammond Innes, The Big Footprints. London: Collins, 1977. Hardback in price-clipped dj (both near fine). 348 pages. Fiction but a grand read on elephant hunting. 1st edition. $10.


283. Another copy, this one from Book Club Associates. 1977. 286 pages. Hardback in dj (both near fine). $7.50. Two copies available.


284. (Ionides). Margaret Lane, Life with Ionides. London: Readers Union, 1964. 1st edition. x, 180 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good in good dj). $10.


284A. (Ionides). Alan Wykes, Snake Man: The Story of C. J. P. Ionides. London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. 1st edition. xiv, 226 pages. Illus., appendices. Hardback. $17.50. Two copies available.


285. James Jameson, The Story of the Rear Column. NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardback. xxxii, 452 pages. Illustrated, map. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine copy of the controversial group left behind by Stanley in his mission to rescue Emin Pasha. $25. Two copies available.


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286. Osa Johnson, I Married Adventure. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1940. 376 pp. Illus., index. Hardback (zebra-striped linen). Good. First edition. $15.


287. Osa Johnson, I Married Adventure. NY: William Morrow, 1989. 1st Revised edition. x, 420 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (as new) in dust jacket (as new). $75. The revised edition, which includes lots of new photographs, is much more difficult to find than the original. $45 (listings I found were from $90 to $150). Five copies available.


288. Martin Johnson, Congorilla: Adventures with Pygmies and Gorillas in Africa. NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1931. 1st U. S. edition. vi, 281 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good). $15.


289. Martin Johnson, Safari: A Saga of the African Blue. NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1928. x, 294 pages. Illus., Hardback. Good. Presumably 1st edition. $20. Two copies available.


290. Another copy. 5th impression. Fair only with boards worn and stained. Internally near fine. $8.


291. (Martin Johnson). Fitzhugh Green, Martin Johnson: Lion Hunter. NY: & London: G. P. Putnam’s, 1929. 5th printing. viii, 266 pages. Illus. Hardback (good). $20.


292. (Martin and Osa Johnson). Pascal and Eleanor Imperato, They Married Adventure: The Wandering Lives of Martin & Osa Johnson. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992. xx, 314 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. New in dj. Fine biography. $30. Three copies available.


293. Harry Hamilton Johnston, British Central Africa. NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969. xx, 544 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Hardback (very fine) issued without dust jacket. $30. Two copies available.


294. Harry H. Johnston, Pioneers in West Africa. London: Blackie and Son, n. d. (circa 1910). 336 pp. Illus. (some in color from paintings by the author). Hardback. Good only with internal foxing. $15.


295. Another copy. This one ex lib. $7.


296. Harry H. Johnston, The Story of My Life. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1923. 504 pp. Illus., bibliog., index. Hardback. Fair only (tear to top of spine) The autobiography of one of the most interesting of all the African explorers. Good buy at only $12.


297. Harry H. Johnston, The Uganda Protectorate. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1902. Volume 1 only of a two-volume edition. [xx], 470 pages. Hardback (very good with color plate of okapi by author and dozens of other illustrations). 1st edition. Bargain for someone who can find matching second volume. The set sells for $600 or more. $45.


298. (Harry H. Johnston). James A. Casada, Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston: A Bio-Bibliographical Study. Basel, Switzerland: Communications from the Basel Africa Bibliography, Vol. 18, 1977. Wraps (as new). 120 pages. Signed, and I will gladly inscribe if desired. $30. Multiple copies available.


299. (Harry H. Johnston). Roland Oliver, Sir Harry Johnston and the Scramble for Africa. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1958. xvi, 368 pages. Illustrated, index. Excellent life of the great explorer and man who discovered the okapi. Very good in shabby dj with pieces missing. Hard to find. $35.


300. Charles H. Jones, Africa: The History of Exploration and Adventure. NY: Negro Universities Press, 1970. x, 496 pp. Illus., maps, index. Hardback fine). Covers travels of all the major African explorers in some detail. $25.


301. J. A. Jordan, The Elephant Stone. London: Nicholas Kaye, 1959. 1st edition. 128 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good) in dust jacket (good). $45.


302. J. A. Jordan, Mongaso: Man Who Is Always Moving. London: Nicholas Kaye, 1956. 1st edition. 248 pages. Map, illus. Hardback (very good). $35. Three copies available.


303. Ada Kearton, On Safari. London: Robert Hale, 1956. Second reprint. Hardback (lacks dj). 192 pages. About good (cover a bit grubby and hints of foxing). $10. Two copies available.


304. Another copy with price-clipped dj. Book about good, dj fair. $12.


304A.Cherry Kearton, Adventures with Men and Animals. London: Longmans, 1935. 1st edition. xvi, 292 pages. Illus. Hardback (fair—sound binding but internal foxing). $15.


305. Cherry Kearton, In the Land of the Lion. London: Arrowsmith, 1933. 256 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good. $22.


306. Another copy. Fair (some foxing). $14.


307. Another copy. Fair. This of the 1929 edition. $15. Two copies available.


308. Another copy. NY: Travel Book Club, 1929. Good. $24.


309. Another copy of the 1929 NY edition. Poor. $6.


310. John Keay, Explorers Extraordinary. Los Angeles: Jeremy Tarcher, 1986. Paperback (very fine). 195 pages. Illus. $5.


311.Kenneth Kemp (Editor), Tales of the Big Game Hunters. NY: St. Martin’s, 1986. Hardback in dust jacket. xii, 211 pages. Selous, Sutherland, Baker, Neumann, and a bunch of others. As new in similar dj. First edition. $15. Good reading. Multiple copies available.


312. Joseph Kessel, The Lion. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. 208 pages. An acclaimed novel. Hardback (near fine) in dust jacket (good). $5.


313. Mrs. E. L. King, Hunting Big Game in Africa. Winona, WI: Privately printed, 1926. Hardback. vi, 315 pages. Illustrated. Good copy of a rare book (slight red stain to front cover; internally very clean. $175.


314. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. King, African Game Trophies. Winona, MN: Privately printed for the authors. This is the fourth edition, 1941. Paperbound. Notable for illustrations by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Fair copy of an obscure item. $55.


315. George H. Kingsley, Notes on Sport and Travel. London: Macmillan, 1900. x, 544 pages. Frontispiece, index. Hardback. Good. $35.


316. Another copy, fair (spine shows some specks). $22.


317. (Mary Kingsley). Katherine Frank, A Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsley. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1986. xviii, 333 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Paperback (very fine). $5. Two copies available.


318. Another copy, this one the 1st edition in hardback. Fine in very good dust jacket. $15.


319. (Mary Kingsley). Valerie Grosvenor Myer, A Victorian Lady in Africa: The Story of Mary Kingsley. Southampton: Ashford Press Publishing, 1989. Hardback in price-clipped dj (both fine).x, 221 pages. Illus. $25. Three copies available.


320. W. H. G. Kingston, In the Wilds of Africa. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, n. d. 464 pages. Illus. Hardback (poor—missing frontispiece, shaken, chip gone from spine at top). Reading copy. $6.


321. Bruce Kinloch, Sauce for the Mongoose. London: Harvill Press, 1964. Hardback in dj (fine and good). 1st edition. 126 pages. Illus. $10. Two copies available.


322. Another copy, this one the U. S. edition from Knopf. Very good in very good dj. $9.


323. Bruce Kinloch, The Shamba Raiders: Memories of a Game Warden. London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1972. 1st edition. 384 pages. Illus., index. Hardback. Very good). $25.


324. G. W. H. Knight-Bruce, Memories of Mashonaland. Volume 13 in the Rhodesiana Reprint Library. Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1970. vi, 242 pages. Frontispiece, folding map. Hardback (very good) in dust jacket (good). $30.


325. Oskar Koenig, Pori Tupu. NY: McGraw Hill, 1954. Hardback in dj. 236 pages. Illus. Book near fine, dj fair. $22. Two copies available.


326. Another copy, this one of the British edition. Lacks dj. Fair only. $10.


327. J. L. Krapf, Travels, Researches, and Missionary Labors During and Eighteen Years’ Residence in Eastern Africa. Box: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. xl, 464 pages. Folding map. Hardback (good—spine rubbed through a bit at top and bottom, otherwise sound and tight). First American edition. Very rare. $350.


328. Alexander Lake, Hunter’s Choice: True Stories of African Adventure. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1954. 254 pages. Illustrated. 1st edition. Fair. $15. SOLD

329. Another copy of 1st edition, this one with dj present. Book near fine, dj fair. $20.


330. Another copy. No dj but book fine. $17.50.


331. Alexander Lake, Killers in Africa. NY: Doubleday, 1953. 1st U. S. edition. 190 pages. Illus. Hardback (fair—front cover wrinkled). $7.50.


332. Another copy, this one the British 1st edition with a portion of dust jacket tipped in. Fair. $7.50.


333. E. G. Dion Lardner, Soldiering and Sport in Uganda. London: Walter Scott Publishing, 1912. xxii, 290 pages. Illus. Hardback (fair plus—cover shows considerable wear and there is some foxing throughout). 1st edition. Very rare. $195.


334. (Louis Leakey). Sonia Cole, Leakey’s Luck: The Life of Louis Leakey, 1903-1972. London: Collins, 1975. 1st edition. 448 pages. Illus., bibliog., index. Hardback (fine) in price-clipped dust jacket (very good). $10.


335. Robert M. Lee, Safari Today: The Modern Safari Handbook. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1960. [viii], 225 pages. Illustrated, map. Ex lib. But with glassine-covered dj present. About fine. $17.50. 336. W. R. Leigh, Frontiers of Enchantment. NY; Simon & Schuster, 1938. 1st edition. [xii], 300 pages. Hardback (no dj). Good. Illus. by Leigh, a noted artist. $15. Multiple copies available.


337. Owen Letcher, Big Game Hunting in North-Eastern Rhodesia. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1987. A volume in the Capstick Library. Hardback in dj (both as new). 266 pages. 1st edition. $22.50. Multiple copies available.


338. Richard U. Light, Focus on Africa. NY: American Geographical Society, 1941. Hardback (near fine). [xvi], 228 pages. Signed and warmly inscribed. Illus. $18.50.


DR. DAVID LIVINGSTONE



Livingstone was one of the most famous of the early African explorers, and he earned richly deserved plaudits in that field. As a missionary, on the other hand, he was an abject failure, making precisely one convert (who subsequently backslid) during his entire career. He was a man of great highs and lows in terms of his outlook, and his drive to discover was matchless. He remains a somewhat enigmatic and much-studied figure.

339. David Livingstone, Travels and Researches in South Africa. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1858. 1st U. S. edition. xxiv, 732 pages. Illus., folding maps. Hardback (good--front and back insides darkened, otherwise tight and in quite nice shape for a book of this vintage). One of the great exploration classics. $175.

340. (Dr. David Livingstone). Rev. J. E. Chambliss, The Life and Labors of David Livingstone. Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1875. Hardback. 805 pages. Illustrated, map. Fair copy of an early and exhaustive biography. $25.


341. (Dr. David Livingstone). Reginald Coupland, Livingstone’s Last Journey. London: Readers Union, 1947. 271 pages. Maps, index. Hardback (fair). $10.


342. Another copy. Good. $12.


343. (Dr. David Livingstone). Dan Crawford, Back to the Long Grass: My Link with Livingstone. NY: George H. Doran Co., no date (circa 1918). 375 pages. Illus. Hardback (good plus). $20.


344. (Dr. David Livingstone). Frank Debenham, The Way to Ilala: David Livingstone’s Pilgrimage. London: Longmans, Green, 1955. 1st edition. 336 pages. Illus., folding maps. Hardback (very good—scattered foxing) in dust jacket (fair). $15.


345. (Dr. David Livingstone). Thomas Hughes, David Livingstone. London: Macmillan, 1893. viii, 208 pages. Frontispiece, folding map. Hardback (fair—exterior a bit grimy and top of spine cracked—internally clean). $17.50.


346. (Dr. David Livingstone). Tim Jeal, Livingstone. NY: G. P. Putnam’s, 1973. xiv, 427 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. Fine in dj. 1st American edition. The best life of Livingstone. $30.

347. (Dr. David Livingstone). Another copy, this one by Book Club Associates in London, 1974. Fine in dj. $26. Two copies available.


348. (Dr. David Livingstone). Harry H. Johnston, Livingstone. London: George Phillip & Son, n. d. (circa 1913). viii, 372 pp. Illus., map, index. Hardback. About fine, although some hints of foxing. An early life of Livingstone. $20. Two copies available.


349. (Dr. David Livingstone). B. W. Lloyd (Editor), Livingstone, 1873-1973. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1973. x, 100 pages. Illus. Ten contributions on the Livingstone centenary. Hardback (very fine) in good dust jacket. $20.


350. (Dr. David Livingstone). James I. Macnair, Livingstone the Liberator. London and Glasgow: Collins, no date. 384 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Hardback (good). $10.


351. (Dr. David Livingstone). George Martelli, Livingstone’s River: The Story of the Zambezi Expedition, 1858-1864. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1969. 1st U. S. Edition. 256 pages. Illus., bibliog., index. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (good). $10.


352. (Dr. David Livingstone). A. Montefiore-Brice, David Livingstone: His Labors and His Legacy. London: Pickering & Inglis, Ltd., no date (circa 1950). 160 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good) in price-clipped dust jacket (very good). $10.


353. George Seaver, David Livingstone: His Life and Letters. NY: Harper & Bros., 1957. Hardback in dj. Both good. 650 pages. Illus. Difficult to find. $75.


354. (Dr. David Livingstone). Jack Simmons, Livingstone and Africa. New York: Collier Books, 1962. Wraps. 160 pages. Bibliography, index. $8.


355. (Dr. David Livingstone). Henry Walton, Livingstone: Fifty Years After. London: Hutchinson and Co., n. d. (circa 1923). 188 pages. Illus. hardback (good—some foxing). $20.


356. A. B. Lloyd, In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1907. 318 pages. Illus., maps. Hardback (good plus). $110 (one copy I found listed for a whopping $740!).


357. Christopher Lloyd, The Search for the Niger. London: Collins, 1973. 220 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (good ex lib.) in dust jacket (good). $7.50.


358. Another copy, this one from Readers Union, 1974. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (very good). $10.


359. Nicholas Luard, The Last Wilderness: A Journey Across the Great Kalahari Desert. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. 222 pages. Illustrated, map. Very fine in good dj. $30. Three copies available.


360. T. J. Lucas, Camp Life and Sport in South Africa. Johannesburg: Africana Book Society, 1975. Hardback in dj. Volume Two in the Africana Reprint Library series. With a new Foreword by H. C. Hummel. xiv, 260 pages. Color frontispiece, index. Very fine in fine dj. $80.


361. Denis D. Lyell, African Adventures: Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters. NY: St. Martin’s, 1988. A reprint in the Peter Capstick Library with a Capstick note. Fine in fine dj. $22.50.


362. B. G. Lynn-Allen, Shot-gun and Sunlight: The Game Birds of East Africa. London: The Batchworth Press, 1951. 416 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. Fair in faded and worn dj. Unusual subject. Often listed in the $100+ range. Only $25. SOLD

363. Thomas McIntyre, Augusts in Africa: Safaris into the Twilight—Forty Years of Essays and Stories. Foreword by Craig Boddington. NY: Skyhorse Press, 2016. Paperbound. Advance reading copy. xxiv, 271 pages. Illustrated by Andrew Warrington. Fine. $5. SOLD

364. Peter MacQueen, In Wildest Africa. Boston: L. C. Page & Co., 1910. 2nd impression. Hardback (rebound in brown buckram). Good ex lib. copy. [xiv], 402 pages. Rare. $75.


365. Rory Macaulay, Crocodile Trader. London: Jarrolds, 1960. 208 pages. Illus. Hardback (fair ex lib. with some foxing but tight and externally clean—no external marks). $17.50.


366.Albert Mahuzier, Tragic Safari. London: Elek Books, 1956. 1st British edition. 144 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good plus). $15.


367. (John Speke). Alexander Maitland, Speke and the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. London: Constable, 1971. [viii], 245 pages. 1st edition. Illustrated, maps, bibliography, index. Although not entirely satisfactory, this is a well-researched biography (the only one) of the discoverer of the source of the Nile as well as a great if overlooked hunter. Fine in dj. Becoming very difficult to find in 1st edition. $45.


368. Another copy. This a book club edition. Hardback in dj. Very good. $25. Two available.


369. Jeremy Mallinson, Okavango Adventure. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1973. 1st English edition. 208 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (very good—some foxing) in price-clipped dust jacket (fine). $7.50.


370. Another copy, this one the 1st U. S. edition from W. W. Norton. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket (also fine). $9.50. SOLD

371. (Beryl Markham). Mary Lovell, Straight on Till Morning: The Biography of Beryl Markham. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1987. Paperbound (as new). Xxiv, 408 pages. Illus. $4. Two copies available.


372. Stuart A. Marks, Large Mammals and a Brave People: Subsistence Hunters in Zambia. Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1976. 1st edition. Hardback in price-clipped dj (book fine and dj very good). xx, 254 pages. Illus. $14.


373. Edison Marshall, The Heart of the Hunter. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1956. Hardback (no dj). Very good. [vi], 328 pages. 1st edition (presumably, although not so indicated). $7.50. Two copies available.


374. Another copy with worn dj. $10.


375. Michael Mason, The Wild Ass Free. London: John Murray, 1959. Hardback in price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 180 pages. Illus., index. About fine except a big piece is torn from the back page (it is a blank page). Dust jacket is worn. Rare. $125.


376. Peter Matthiessen, Sand Rivers (with 64 pages of color photos by Hugo van Lawick). NY: Bantam Books, 1982. 214 pages. Illus. Paperback (very fine). $20.


377. (Karl Mauch). F. O. Bernhard (Editor), Karl Mauch: African Explorer. Cape Town: Struik, 1971. Hardback in dust jacket. [xiv], 247 pages. Illus., index. Copy 957 of a limited edition of 1,500 copies. Fine in good dj. Difficult to locate. $65.


378. R. C. F. Maugham, Africa as I Have Known It. London: John Murray, 1929. 1st edition. xii, 372 pages. Illus., folding maps, index. Hardback ( about good—cover worn). $50.


Marcuswell Maxwell, Big Game Photographs from The Times. London: The Times, N. d. (c. 1930). No pagination. Hardback (good) in folio size. Striking black-and-white photographs taken in Kenya and Tanganyika. $20. Two copies available.


379. Madge Mayall, Safari. No place or date. vi, 118 pages. Hardback. Illus. $25.


380. Another copy, this one with dj. $30.


381. Mecklenburg, Duke of. From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile. 2 volumes. London: Duckworth & Co., 1913. xvi, 241; xiv, 285 pages. Illus. (including color frontispieces), index, folding map. Hardback (good plus—some foxing, externally shows wear but still solid and attractive). Rare and desirable. $225.


382. C. J. Melliss, Lion Hunting in Somaliland. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991. [x], 186 pages. Illustrated. A volume in the Peter Capstick Library with a short Introduction by him. New in dj. $22.50. Multiple copies available.


383. Fred G. Merfield, Gorilla Hunter: The African Adventures of a Hunter Extraordinary. NY: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. Hardback in dj (both very fine except for a few small marginal markings in text). X iv, 238 pages. 1st edition. $15.


384. Another copy in similar condition. No markings but dj price-clipped. $15.


385. George Michael, African Fury: The Record of a Hunting Career. London: The Travel Book Club, 1955. 220 pages. Hardback (very good) in dust Jacket (worn and frayed). $15.


386. Another copy, this one the 1954 1st edition from Michael Joseph. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket (good). $17.50.


387. Marjorie Michael, I Married a Hunter. London: Odhams Press, 1956. 1st edition. 224 pages. Illus. Hardback (near fine). $12.50.


388. Another copy, this one in a price-clipped dj (good). $14.


389. Another copy, this one the 1st U. S. edition of 1957 from Putnam’s. Good in fair dust jacket. $12.50.


390. Another copy. This one paperbound. Good. $3.


391. John Guille Millais, Far Away Up the Nile. London: Longmans, Green, 1924. xii, 254 pages. Lavishly illustrated. A classic item of Africana by a great artist and the biographer of Selous. Ex lib. copy with minimal markings (call # on spine and discard stamp on title page; no other markings). Cover is fraying at spine. Good buy at $85.


392. John Guille Millais, Wanderings and Memories. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1919. Hardback. 2nd impression. xii, 298. Good. $35.


393. Charles Miller, The Lunatic Express. New York: Macmillan, 1971. xii, 559 pages. Illustrated, maps, bibliography, index. Very good in vg dj. Grand storytelling including much on J. H. Patterson and the Tsavo man-eaters. $25. Multiple copies available.


394. Another. Fine in dj. $27.50. Two copies available.


395. Another, this one ex lib. Dust jacket present. $10.


396. W. T. Miller, Wild Life of Southern Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter, n. d. Very good. $30.


397. Alfred Milner, England in Egypt. London: Edward Arnold, 1892. Hardback. First edition. viii, 448 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Good. $45.


398. Alan Moorehead, The Blue Nile. NY: Dell, 1962. Paperback. 318 pages. Index. Grand saga which was a bestseller. Fine. $5.


399. Another copy, this one the first U. S. edition from Harper & Row, 1962. xii, 308 pages. Hardback. Very good. $10.


400. Alan Moorehead, The Blue Nile. London: Book Club Associates, 1973.. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (very good). $10.


401. Alan Moorehead, No Room in the Ark. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1959. Hardback in dj (book fine, dj fair). [xvi], 227 pages. Illus. $5.


402. Bill Morkel, Hunting in Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1980. 252 pages. Illustrated. Fine in vf dj. $30.


403. Donald R. Morris, The Washing of the Spears: The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965. 655 pages. Illustrated, maps, bibliography, index. 3rd printing. Fine in fine dj. Massive tale which makes gripping reading. $20.


404. Another copy, this one the 1965 2nd printing by Simon & Schuster. Fine with portions of dj tipped in. $17.50.


405. Another copy, this one the Simon & Schuster Book of the Month Club edition. Lacks dust jacket. Fine. $15.


406. Geoffrey Moorhouse, The Fearful Void. Philadelphia and NY: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1974. 1st U. S. edition. 288 pages. Illus., appendix. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (good). $7.50.


407. Geoffrey Moorhouse, The Missionaries. Philadelphia and NY: J. B. Lippincott, 1973. 1st edition. 368 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (fine). $15.


408. David Mountfield, A History of African Exploration. London: Hamlyn, 1976. 1st edition. 160 pages. Illus., appendices, bibliog.., index. Hardback (very fine, folio size) in price-clipped dust jacket (very fine). $10


409. Farley Mowat, Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey. London: Futura, 1989. Paperbound [xviii], 380 pages. Very good. Mowat is a masterful writer and has a grand subject. $9


410. Robert H. Nassau, In an Elephant Corral and Other Tales of West African Experiences. NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969. 180 pages. Hardback (very good—would be fine except for internal markings near spine on front and rear endpapers characteristic of all books from this publisher). $25.


411. Charles Norman (Editor), Fresh and Saltwater Fly Fishing in Southern Africa. Johannesburg: Chris van Rensberg, 1987. 1st edition. 144 pages. Illus. (many in color). Hardback (very fine—issued without a dust jacket). $15.


412. Heinrich Oberjohann, Wild Elephant Chase: Adventure in the Lake Chad Region. London: Dennis Dobson, 1953. 2nd impression. 189 pages. Illus. About good. $15. SOLD

413. Another copy. 1st edition. Fair only. $12.


414. Roland and Caroline Oliver (Editors), Africa in the Days of Exploration. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1965. [vi], 152 pages. Map, bibliog.. Paperback (very good). $5.


414. A. Richard Owen, Saga of the Niger. London: Travel Book Club, 1961. 188 pages. Map, index. Hardback (very good—spine faded). $12.50.


415. Roderick Owen, Roddy Owen’s Africa. Berkshire: Marcham Manor Press, 1967. 234 pages. Illus. Hardback in dust jacket—both fine. $15.


416. Delia and Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. vii, 337 pages. Maps, illus., appendices, index. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (fine). $10.


417. Another copy, this one in paperback. Very fine. $5. Two copies available.


418. Valerie Pakenham, Out in the Noonday Sun: Edwardians in the Tropics. NY: Random House, 1985. 1st U. S. edition. 255 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (about fine) in dust jacket (fine). $10.


419. Another copy, this one the 1st English edition with the title The Noonday Sun. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). $12.50.


420. Eric Parker (Editor), The Lonsdale Anthology of Sporting Prose & Verse. Vol. XII in the Lonsdale Library. London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1932. 376 pages. Illus., index. Good. Great reading. $20.


421. Frederick Patterson, African Adventures. NY and London: G. P. Putnam’s, 1928. viii, 83 pages. Illus. Hardback. Good. $40.


422. J. H. Patterson, In the Grip of the Nyika. NY: Macmillan, 1909. xvi, 391 pages. Illustrated. The 1st U. S. edition. About good (some wear to top and bottom of spine. $85. SOLD

Another copy. J. H. Patterson, In the Grip of the Nyika. London: Macmillan and Co., 1910. Hardbound copy of the second reprint after the November, 1909 first edition. Good copy. Some foxing to front and rear endpapers; otherwise tight and clean. Corners bumped and rubbed a bit. A classic. $30.


423. J. H. Patterson, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo. With a Foreword by F. Selous. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1966. xvi, 351 pages. Illus. Hardback--fine in a fair dust jacket. $25.


424. Another copy of the same printing. This one good and lacks dust jacket. $15.


425. Another copy, this one an early printing from Macmillan and Co. of London, 1908. Illus., appendix, maps. Hardback in blue with gold embossing (ex. lib.—good). $50.


426. Nigel Pavitt, Kenya: The Early Explorers (with a Foreword by Wilfred Thesiger). New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989. 208 pages. Illustrated, maps, index. 1st ed. Fine in fine dj. $25. Multiple copies available.


427. John Pearson, Hunters of the Plains. London: William Allen, 1979. 1st edition. Xii, 172 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (fine). $12.50.


428. John Pearson, Wildlife & Safari in Kenya. Nairobi: East African Publishing House, n. d. (1970s). Hardback (good) in worn dust jacket. 384 pages. Lavishly illustrated. $20.


429. Sir Alfred E. Pease, The Book of the Lion. London: John Murray, 1914. 2nd edition. xx, 293 pages. Illus., maps, index. Hardback (good--spine a bit sunned and missing frontispiece). Quite rare. $200.


430. Margery Perham and Jack Simmons, African Discovery: An Anthology of Exploration. London: Faber and Faber, 1967. 2nd edition. 280 pages. Illus., bibliog.., folding map, index. Hardback (good). $25.


431. Another copy, 6th impression. Hardback (good). $22.50.


432. Another copy, 3rd impression (Hardback (good) in dust jacket (poor). $17.50.


433. Carl Peters, The Eldorado of the Ancients. NY: Negro Univ. Press, 1969. x, 447 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Hardback (about fine except for inside glue signs to front and rear endpapers NUP books always show) without dust jacket as issued. $15.


434. Clive Phillipps-Wolley, Big Game Shooting. 2 volumes. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895. xvi, 453; x, 443 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. An exhaustive anthology of the typical late Victorian type, but what makes this one special is that it includes major contributions from Sir Samuel Baker and Fred Selous along with virtually the only things Cotton Oswell ever wrote on his extensive African experiences. A truly important and rare work. The binding is badly worn although still tight. Internally everything is crisp and clean. Very rare and desirable. $175.


435. Serpa Pinto, How I Crossed Africa. 2 vols. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1881. xxx, 377 pages; viii, 388 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Hardback. Fair (top of both spines rubbed). Ex. lib. but nice and tight inside. A highly desirable classic. Rare. $300.


436. J. du Plessis, Thrice Through the Dark Continent. London: Longmans, Green, 1917. viii, 350 pages. Illus., folding map. Hardback Good. Ex lib. with minimal internal markings, back slip nicely removed, and no external markings (although there are faint signs a label has been removed). Overall Good to very good. $75.


437. Colonel Pollok, Incidents of Foreign Sport and Travel. London: Chapman & Hall, 1894. viii, 427 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good copy rebound in quarter leather, ex lib. the Rittenhouse Club in Philadelphia, marbled end papers). Quite rare. $190.


438. P. J. Pretorius, Jungle Man (with a Foreword by Jan c. Smuts). NY: E. P. Dutton, 1948. 256 pages. Illus., index, map. Hardback (ex lib., good). Remarkable autobiography of a man who was one of Africa’s great characters. $20. SOLD

439. Another copy. 1948 reprint. 232 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (near fine) in dust jacket (fair). $25.


440. Another copy. 1948 reprint. Spine darkened. $20.


441. Frank L. Puxley, In African Game Tracks: Wanderings with a Rifle Through Eastern Africa. London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1929. 320 pages. 1st edition. Illustrated, index. Decent copy of a very rare item. Cover dirty and spine shaken; if rebound could be really nice. The cheapest original I could find was listed at $505. A fine buy at $125.


442. Peter W. Rainier, My Vanished Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1945. 5th printing. Hardback (near fine—no dj). [x], 307 pages. $12.50.


443. Oliver Ransford, Livingstone’s Lake: The Drama of Nyasa, Africa’s Inland Sea. NY: Crowell, 1967. 1st U. S. edition. x, 313 pages. Illus., maps, bibliog.., index. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (very good). $15.


444. James Riddell, In the Forests of the Night. London: Robert Hale, 1948. 1st edition. Hardback (very good, no dj). [xii], 230 pages. Illus. $12.50.


445. Another copy. This one with a ragged dj, book near fine. $14.


446. Charles Richards (Editor), Some Historic Journeys in East Africa. London: Oxford University Press, 1971. x, 134 pages. Illus., bibliog.., maps. Paperback (very good). Selections from the accounts of ten early travelers/explorers. $10.


447. Another copy. This one hardback (fine) in dust jacket (fine). $15.


448. (Cecil Rhodes). Sir T. E. Fuller, The Right Honourable Cecil John Rhodes: A Monograph and Reminiscence. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1910. Hardback. xii, 276 pp. Illus. Good. Page edges foxed. $20.


449. Peter Rhyiner, The Wildest Game (as told to Daniel P. Mannix). London: Cassell, 1959. 320 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good). $10. Two copies available.


450. Peter Riddell, In the Forests of the Night. NY: A. S. Barnes, 1946. Hardback in dust jacket. Good. $10.


450A. Another copy, this one lacking the dust jacket. $10


451. E. A. Ritter, Shaka Zulu: The Rise of the Zulu Empire. London: (London: Longmans, 1955). . xvi, 383 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback. Good. $20.


452. Another copy. Paperback. $3.


453. Bradley Robinson (Editor), World’s Great Stories of Hunting and Adventure. NY: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1947. 1st edition. 384 pages. Hardback (very good). Collection of some three dozen great moments. $25.


454. Jimmy Robinson and Barney Lamm, African Safari. Ontario, Canada: Alex Wilson Publications, 1965. 1st edition. Paperback (only way published). Very fine. 40 pages. Illus. Rare (I could not find a copy on offer anywhere). $75.


455. Ronald Robinson and John Gallagher, Africa and the Victorians: the Climax of Imperialism in the Dark Continent. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1961. Hardback in dj (book near fine, dj vg—previous owner’s stamp inside front). xii, 491 pages. $15.


456. Robert H. Rockwell, My Way of Becoming a Hunter. NY: W. W. Norton, 1955. x, 285 pages. Illus. Hardback (near fine) in dust jacket (about good). $18.


457. William J. Roome, Tramping Through Africa. London: A. C. Black, 1930. xiv, 330 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Hardback. Good $25.


458. Another copy. Fair (cover shows signs of dampness). $17.50.


459. Eric Rosenthal, Stars and Stripes in Africa. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1938. xiv, 305 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (about good—foxing throughout). $20.


460. Robert I. Rotberg (Editor), Africa and Its Explorers. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press, 1973. Paperback. [viii], 351 pages. Illus. Collection of nine essays on noted explorers. $10.


461. Kathaleen Stevens Rukavina, Jungle Pathfinder: The Biography of Chirupula Stephenson. London: Hutchinson, 1952. 2nd printing. 252 pages. Illus. Hardback (good) in dust jacket (fair). $17.50.


462. Another copy. Good only and lacking dj. $10.


463. Franklin Russell, The Hunting Animal. London: Hutchinson, 1984. 1st British edition. [vi], 211 pages. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). $15.


464. Another copy. This one the first U. S. edition of 1983. Hardback (fine) in glassine-covered dust jacket (fine). $15. Two copies available.


465. Frank Savile, The River of the Giraffe. London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1925. 217 pages. Illus. Hardback. Fair copy only. Considerable foxing. $60.


466. Heinrich Schiffers, The Quest for Africa. London: Odhams Press, n. d. 352 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (near fine) in dust jacket (good). $15.


467. C.G. Schillings, Flashlights in the Jungle (with an Introduction by H. H. Johnston). NY: Harper & Brothers, 1915. xiv, 421 pages. Illus. Hardback (good). $30.


468. Another copy, this one with preliminary page loose. $20.


469. Another copy, this one the 1906 1st edition. Good. $40.


470. C. G. Schillings, With Flashlight and Rifle. NY: Harper, 1906. Hardback. xiv, 421 pages. Illustrated. Good. $15. Two copies available.


471. (Olive Schreiner). Ruth First & Ann Scott, Olive Schreiner. NY: Schocken Books, 1980. Hardback (fine) in dj (good). 1st edition. 383 pages. $30.


472. Emil Schulthess, Africa. London: Collins, 1964. Hardback without dj (as issued). Illustrated. Fair. General overview. $5


473. Alastair Scobie, Adventurer’s Paradise. London: the Travel Book Club, 1953. 249 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (very good). $15. Two copies available.


474. Another copy. Dj fair only.


475. Robert L. Scott, Between the Elephant’s Eyes. London: Longmans, Green, 1955. Hardback. 180 pages. Good. $12.50. SOLD

476. Another copy. Fine in very good dj. $20. Two copies available.


477. Another copy. Very good in good dj. $17.50. Three copies available.


478. William B. Seabrook, Jungle Ways. NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1931. 1st edition. 308 pages. Illus., map. Hardback (good). $10. Two copies available.


FREDERICK C. SELOUS



Of all the great hunter/explorers, I personally reckon Selous to be at the top. He started out as a teenager (without European companions and not all that much equipment), spent the better part of a decade back of beyond before returning to civilization, played a key role in European settlement in Rhodesia, made important geographical discoveries, was a fearless and highly skilled hunter, understood conservation, was a mighty patriot, and lived about as adventure-filled a life as could be imaginable.

479. Frederick C. Selous, Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia. A reprint of the 1896 edition by Rowland Ward in the Rhodesiana Reprint Library. Very good in very good dj. $60.


480. (F. C. Selous). Brenthurst Archives, Volume 2, No. 2 of Footnotes to South African History. Most of this issue, which is hardbound and was limited to 1,650 copies, deals with “Selous: Letters to Henry Anderson Bryden, 1889-1914,” edited by Jane Carruthers. Very fine and missing from most Selous collections. $200.


480A. Jim Casada (Editor), Africa’s Greatest Hunter: The Lost Writings of Frederick C. Selous. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1998. Limited, slipcased, numbered, and signed edition of 1000 copies (this is copy 569). Xxvi, 276 pages. Illustrated, annotated bibliography, lengthy biographical introduction. As new copy in a slipcase which is also pristine. Almost impossible to find in this limited first edition; even the trade edition is difficult to locate. I find no Internet listings at all. $300.


481. (F. C. Selous). Jim Casada (Editor), Frederick C. Selous: A Hunting Legend. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 2000. xiv, 188 pages. Illustrated, bibliography. New in dust jacket. $35. I’ll gladly inscribe if desired. Multiple copies available.


482. (F. C. Selous). Stephen Taylor, The Mighty Nimrod: A Life of Frederick Courteney Selous (with a Foreword by Wilfred Thesiger). London: Collins, 1989. 1st edition. xvi, 312 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). Exceptionally nice copy in mylar-protected dj for only $75. SOLD

483. (F. C. Selous). W. A. Wills and L. T. Collingridge, The Downfall of Lobengula. NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969. xii, 335 pages. Illus., folding maps. Hardback (very fine except for the staining where front and back endpapers meet spine as is found in all NUP books). Includes a contribution by Selous. $40. Two copies available.


See also an entry for Selous in the Premier Press list and two for him in the African Collection list.

484. Timothy Severin, The African Adventure. NY: E. P. Dutton, 1973. 288 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. First U. S. edition. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (fine). One of the best general treatments of the exploration of Africa. $30.


485. Frank Sheardown, A Man of the Field. Brookland, Kent: Huddleston Publications, 1988. Hardback in dj (both fine). 159 pages. Illus. A white settler’s account of Kenya. $30.


486. Mary French Sheldon, Sultan to Sultan. Boston: Arena Publishing, 1892. vi, 392 pages. Illus. Hardback. Cover poor and spine shaken. Internally clean (needs rebinding). An extremely rare and desirable book. Frontispiece of the author is present. $175.


487. Capt. W. T. Shorthose, Sport and Adventure in Africa. London: Seeley, Service, 1933. 316 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Hardback in good-minus condition (spine darkened and some foxing—book is tight). Very rare. $225.


488. Another copy. This one in better condition other than a bit of staining to spine. $245.


489. G. C. Shortridge, The Mammals of South West Africa (with a Foreword by Viscount Allenby). 2 volumes. 780 pages. Illustrated, bibliography. 1st edition. Very good ex lib. set (spines faded, as usual). $140. Two sets available.


490. A. R. Siedentopf, The Last Stronghold of Big Game. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1946. 202 pages. Illustrated. 1st edition. Good. Cheap at $15. Two copies available.


491. Another copy, also the 1st English edition. Lacks dj. $15. Two copies available.


492. Another copy, front stained. $8.


493. Alyse Simpson, The Land That Never Was. Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska Press, 1985. With a Foreword by Dane Kennedy. Paperback reprint of the 1937 edition. x, 271 pages. Very fine. $5. Three copies available.


494. Col. Sir. R. Slatin Pasha, Fire and Sword in the Sudan: A Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes, 1879-1895 (Translated by Lt. Col. Sir F. R. Wingate). London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1922. xx, 415 pages. Illus. Hardback (good—some foxing). Later printing. $50.


495. Colonel Sir James L. Sleeman, From Rifle to Camera. London: Jarrolds, 1947. 200 pages, Illustrated, index. About fine. $25. Two copies available.

496. Anna H. Smith (Editor), Africana Curiosities. Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, 1973. 148 pages. Illus., index. Seven contributions on collecting various types of Africana. Hardback (near fine) in dust jacket (good). $30.


497. Stephen J. Smith, The Hunter and the Go-Away Bird. Johannesburg: SJS&A, 1992. vi, 274 pages. Illus. Hardback (as new) in dust jacket (as new). Rare. $85. Two copies available.


498. T. Murray Smith, Safari Trail. London: Robert Hale, 1965. 1st edition. 192 pages. Illus. Hardback (near fine ) in dust jacket (very good). $65.


WILBUR SMITH



Prolific, powerful, consistently entertaining, and impeccably accurate, Smith weaves a story as well as anyone alive today. Virtually all of his novels have an African setting, and he seamlessly weaves his characters into a historical tableau where real characters from yesteryear—hunters, explorers, soldiers, and adventurers—interact with his protagonists is a believable fashion. If you haven’t read Smith, a real treat awaits you, and anyone who cherishes the history of Africa and especially the European presence in Africa will find themselves enchanted. The list which follows, while not complete, offers an extensive cross-section of his work, mostly at bargain basement prices. On the paperbacks, buy three and get the fourth one free; on the hardbacks, buy four and get the fifth one free.

499. Wilbur Smith, The Burning Shore. London: Book Club Associates, 1985. 435 pages. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very good). $12.50.


500. Another copy. London: Heinemann, 1985. 435 pages. Ex lib. Hardback. Very good in dj, no external markings. $15.


501. Wilbur Smith, Cry Wolf. Paperback. $5. Two copies available.


502. Wilbur Smith, Eagle in the Sky. Paperback. $5.


503. Wilbur Smith, Elephant Song. London: Book Club Associates, 1991. 451 pages. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (fine). $12.50.


504. Another copy. Paperback. $5 (three available).


505. Wilbur Smith, Golden Fox. London: Guild Publishing, 1990. 466 pages. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (very good). $12.50.


505A. Wilbur Smith, Golden Fox. Anstey, England: F. A. Thorpe (a Charnwood large print edition), 1991. Hardbound. 737 pages. Near fine. No dj, as issued. Very good plus. $11.


506. Another copy. This one Macmillan, 1990. Hardback (good ex lib.) in dust jacket (fair). $10.


507. Wilbur Smith, Hungry as the Sea. London: Pan Books, 1979. Paperback. 432 pages. Very good. $7.50.SOLD

508. Wilbur Smith, Hungry as the Sea, The Sound of Thunder, and The Eye of the Tiger. Three complete and unabridged books in a single volume. London: Book Club associates, 1982. 843 pages. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (fine). $17.50.


509. Wilbur Smith, The Leopard Hunts in Darkness. London: Book Club Associates, 1985. 367 pages. Hardback (very good). $8.


510. Another copy. Paperback. $5.


511. Wilbur Smith, Men of Men. London: Book Club Associates, 1982. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (fine). $8.50. Two copies available.


512. Wilbur Smith, Men of Men. Paperback. $4.


513. Wilbur Smith, Power of the Sword. London: Book Club Associates, 1986. 618 pages. Hardback (near fine) in dust jacket (very good). $10. Two copies available.


514. Another copy. Paperback. $4.


515. Wilbur Smith, Rage. London: Heinemann, 1987. [iv], 627 pages. Hardback (fine). $19. Two copies available.


516. Another copy. Book Club Associates, 1987. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (fine). $12.50.


517. Another copy. Paperback. $5.


518. Wilbur Smith, River God. London: Book Club Associates, 1993. 534 pages. Hardback (very good) in dust jacket (good). $10.


519. Another copy. Paperback. $5. Two available.


520. Wilbur Smith, Shout at the Devil. Paperback. $5. Two available.


521. Wilbur Smith, The Sound of Thunder. London: Pan Books, 1968. Paperback. 430 pages. Fine. $5.50.


522. Wilbur Smith, A Sparrow Falls. London: Book Club Associates, 1977. 539 pages. Hardback (very good). $10.


523. Wilbur Smith, The Sunbird. Paperback. $5.


524. 1988 reprint. London: Wm. Heinemann. Hardback (ex lib.—very good) in dust jacket (fine). $7.


525. Wilbur Smith, A Time to Die. London: Guild Publishing, 1989. 461 pages. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (fine). $12.50.


526. Wilbur Smith, A Time to Die. Paperback. $5.


527. Wilbur Smith, When the Lion Feeds. London: Heinemann, 1964. 459 pages. Hardback (very good). $15. SOLD

527A. Wilbur Smith, War Cry. NY: William Morrow, 2017. Hardback in dust jacket. 1st edition. 497 pages. Book and dj both very good. $16.


528. Another copy (When the Lion Feeds). Paperback. $5 (three copies available).


529. Another copy (When the Lion Feeds). London: Reprint Society, 1964. Hardback very good) in dust jacket (very good). $10.


530. Wilbur Smith, Wild Justice. London: Book Club Associates, 1979. 370 pages. Hardback (near fine) in dust jacket (good). $12. Two available.


531. Another copy (Wild Justice). Paperback. $5.


532. Francois Sommer, Man and Beast in Africa (with a Foreword by Ernest Hemingway). New York: The Citadel Press, 1954. 206 pages. Illustrated, index. 1st edition. Very good copy (spine slightly faded, otherwise fine) of a highly desirable book. The Hemingway link just adds to its interest. $30.

533. H. J. Southam, Blind Safari. London: Robert Hale, 1961. 1st edition. 173 pages. Illus. Hardback (good). $12.


HENRY MORTON STANLEY



Brash, bold, and fearless, Stanley was an illegitimate Welsh waif who managed, through sheer determination, to carve out a remarkable career as an explorer, public speaker, and ultimately, member of Parliament. His career, with all its vicissitudes and hidden corners, continues to fascinate a century after his death. Here is a fine selection of books by and about Stanley.

534. Henry Morton Stanley, The Autobiography of Henry Morton Stanley. London: Sampson, Low, Marston, n. d. (1909). xvi, 551 pages. Illustrated, folding map, index. A beautifully rebound (in maroon buckram with gold lettering) copy of this important work, which was edited by Dorothy Stanley after her husband’s death. Fine. $70.


535. Another copy, this one of the 1st U. S. Edition. Unfortunately, water damage, mainly to cover. Rebound could be quite nice. A bargain at $20.


536. Another copy, this one of the 1st English edition. Cover heavily worn, internally all right. Needs rebinding. $20.


537. Henry Morton Stanley, The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State. 2 volumes. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885.xxviii, 528; x, 483 pages. 1st edition. Illustrated, folding maps in rear pockets of each volume, index. Very good with ornate front covers still bright, spines starting to crack (internally only), clean. One of the great exploration classics. $200. SOLD

538. Henry M. Stanley, In Darkest Africa. 2 volumes. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1890. xiv, 547; xvi, 540 pages. Folding maps in pockets, illus., index. Hardback (poor quarter leather binding with spine gone from Vol. 2, but contents clean and crisp, and with maps present a prime candidate for rebinding to make a lovely set). At $60 you won’t beat the price for an original set.


539. Another set, this is the 1st U. S. Edition. Good and exceptionally bright for a set over a century old. End pocket maps present in both volumes. $200.


540. Another set, again the 1st U. S. Edition. Good and with maps present. $160.


541. Another set, this one the 1891 edition. Very good with maps present. $160.


542. Henry M. Stanley, My Kalulu: Prince, King and Slave. NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969. xvi, 432 pages. Illus. Hardback (near fine) with dust jacket as issued. Four copies available. $20.


543. Henry M. Stanley, Through the Dark Continent. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890. New and cheaper edition in one volume. xx, 658 pages. Illus., folding map, index. Hardback (fair—tight and cover still attractive with gilt). $45.


544. (Henry M. Stanley). John Bierman, Dark Safari: The Life Behind the Legend of Henry Morton Stanley. NY: Knopf, 1990. Hardback in dj (both fine). 1st edition. [vi], 401 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. $27.50. Two copies available.


545. (Henry M. Stanley). Byron Farwell, The Man Who Presumed: A Biography of Henry M. Stanley. NY: W. W. Norton, 1989. xvi, 334 pages. Illus., bibliog., index. Paperback (as new). $7.50. Two copies available.


546. (Henry M. Stanley). Tony Gould, In Limbo: The Story of Stanley’s Rear Column. Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1979. xviii, 269 pages. Map, illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (near fine) in dust jacket (very good—sunned a bit). $10.


547. (Henry M. Stanley). Richard Hall, Stanley: An Adventurer Explored. London: Collins, 1974. Hardback in dj. 400 pages. 1st edition. Illus., bibliog., index. Fine in good price-clipped dj. I served as the research associate for this book and probably deserved more credit than I was given, although it wasn’t the author’s fault. The publisher failed to include my name on the title page acknowledging my contribution. I am duly recognized in the introductory material and I’ll gladly sign if you wish. Two copies available. $25.


548. Another copy, dj fair only. $20.


549. Another copy, this one the 1st U. S. edition. Fine in fine dj. $25.


550. Another copy, find in good price-clipped dj. $22.50.


551. (Henry M. Stanley). James S. Jameson, The Story of the Rear Column of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardback (without dj as issued). Xxxii, 455 pages. Folding map. Fine except for the interior stain at the spine which is standard for all books from this reprint firm. Difficult to find. $35. Two copies available.


552. (Henry M. Stanley). Henry W. Little, Stanley’s Life, Travels and Explorations. London: Chapman, Hall, 1890 1st edition. Xvi, 456 pages. Hardback (fair)—internally sound but spine a bit shaken). $125.


553. (Henry M. Stanley). Livingstone’s Explorations and the Herald-Stanley Expedition. Philadelphia: Hubbard, 1872. xvi, 598 pages. Illus. Hardback (good, all edges gilt). $40.


554. (Henry M. Stanley). Frank McLynn, Stanley: The Making of an African Explorer. Chelsea, MI: Scarborough House, 1990. 1st U. S. edition. Hardback in dj (both fine). 411 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. $27.50. Multiple copies available.


555. Another copy without dj. $17.


556. (Henry M. Stanley). Frank McLynn, Stanley: Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1992. viii, 499 pages. Map, bibliog.., index. Paperback (very good plus). $7.50.


557. (Henry M. Stanley). Oliva Manning, The Remarkable Expedition: The Story of Stanley’s Rescue of Emin Pasha. NY: Atheneum, 1985. 1st U. S. edition. xii, 275 pages. Map, bibliog., index. Hardback (near fine) in dust jacket (near fine). $10.50.


558. (Henry M. Stanley). Another copy. Lacks dust jacket. $7.50.


559. (Henry M. Stanley). Dorothy Middleton (Editor), The Diary of A. J. Mounteney Jephson: Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-1889. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1969. xii, 455 pages. Illus., bibliog., maps, index. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (very good plus). $55.


560. (Henry M. Stanley). Thomas H. Parke, My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa. New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. xxviii, 526 pages. Illustrated, folding map, index. Very fine reprint (without dj as issued) of the story of the medical officer of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. $37.50. 3 copies available.

561. (Henry M. Stanley). Fredrika Shumway Smith, Stanley: African Explorer. Folkestone: Bailey Brothers and Swinfen, 1972. 240 pages. Illus, index. Hardback (near fine ex lib. but only a single internal stamp to indicate this) in dust jacket (very good). $10.


562. (Henry M. Stanley). A.J. Wauters, Stanley’s Emin Pasha Expedition. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1890. xviii, 378 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (ex lib. rebound in blue buckram—about good). $20.


563. Another copy. NY: John Alden, 1890. 207 pages. Folding map, index. Hardback (good plus). $25.


564. Col. J. C. B. Statham, With My Wife Across Africa. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.,1924. 324 pages. Illus. Hardback (good--spine sunned). $45. Four copies available.


565. Another copy. This the U. S. edition. $40


566. Nick Steele, Bushlife of a Game Warden. Cape Town: T. V. Bulpin, 1979. 1st edition. viii, 240 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (very good). $27.50.


567. Nick Steele, Game Ranger on Horseback. Cape Town: Books of Africa, 1968. viii, 141 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (about fine) in price-clipped dust jacket (fair). $32.50.


568. G. W. Steevens, From Capetown to Ladysmith. NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969. iv, 198 pages. Frontispiece, folding map. Hardback (very fine) issued without dust jacket. $15. Three copies available.


569. J. Stevenson-Hamilton, Wild Life in South Africa. London: Cassell, 1947. Hardback. Ex lib. 364 pages. Fair. $15.


570. James Stewart, Zambesi Journal (edited by J. P. R. Wallis). London: Chatto and Windus, 1952. Hardbound in dust jacket. Volume 6 in the Oppenheimer Series. Fine in good dj. $65.


571. P. M. Stewart, Travel and Sport in Many Lands. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1928. Hardback rebound in buckram (fair only—foxing throughout and ex lib.). 1st edition. 320 pages. Illus. Rare. Inexpensive copy at only $37.50.


572. C. S. Stokes, Sanctuary. Cape Town: The Sanctuary Production Committee, 1944. 4th edition. viii, 474 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (very good). $20.


573. C. T. Stoneham, Big Stuff. London: John Long, Ltd. 1st edition. 191 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (good plus). $45.


574. Another copy. This one the first reprint. Ex lib. Very good plus. $25.


575. C. J. Stoneham, From Hobo to Hunter. London: John Long, 1956. 1st edition. 222 pages. Illus. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (fair). Autobiographical. $60.


576. C. T.Stoneham, Out of Barbarism. London: Museum Press, 1955. Hardback. 190 pages. Fair (foxing scattered throughout). $10. Two copies available.


577. C. T. Stoneham, Wanderings in Wild Africa. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1932. 4th impression. Hardback (rebound in pebble-grained green imitation leather). 286 pages. Illus., index. Has label of author F. A. Waldock inside front cover. Good. $50.


578. Daniel W. Streeter, Denatured Africa. NY and London: Putnam’s, 1926. 1st edition. xii, 338 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good plus). $15.


579. Robert Briggs Struthers, Hunting Journal, 1852-1856. In the Zulu Kingdom and the Tsonga Regions (Edited by Patricia L. Merrett and Ronald Butcher). Durban: Killie Campbell Africana Library, 1991. 150 pages. Illus., folding map, bibliog., index. Paperback (very fine). Only form in which the book was published. . Not easy to find. $35. Multiple copies available


580. Richard L. Sutton, An African Holiday. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, 1924. 180 pages. Illus. Hardback. Very good. Signed and warmly inscribed. First edition. Listed as high as $600. This copy only $150.

581. H. G. C. Swayne, Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland. London: Rowland Ward, 1900. 2nd edition. xxii, 385 pages. Illus., folding map, index, 10 pages of ads for Rowland Ward books. Hardbound (lovely red quarter leather with marbled boards encasing original (typical zebra end papers present). About fine (and rebinding is very fine). A genuine classic and real rarity from the cherished Rowland Ward imprint. $450.


582. Frank W. Sykes, With Plumer in Matabeleland. NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969. viii, 296 pages. Illus., folding maps. Hardback (very fine) issued without dust jacket. $30. Two copies available.


583. Patrick M. Synge, Mountains of the Moon: An Expedition to the Equatorial Mountains of Africa. London: Lindsay Drummond, 1938. 3rd edition. xxiv, 221 pages. Illus. (color and black-and-white plates, appendices, folding map, index. Hardback (good ex lib. copy with no external markings. $30.


584. Wallace Taber, Safari-Mzuri-Sana. Denver, CO: Wallace Taber, 1955. 1st edition. Paperback (fine). [iv], 92 pages. Illus. Signed and warmly inscribed. $27.50.


585. E. C. Tabler, Pioneers of Rhodesia. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1966. viii, 185 pages. Illus., bibliog.. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (good—some tears and wear). With prospectus for the book tipped in. Important reference source which is difficult to find. $60.


586. E. C. Tabler (Editor), Travel and Trade in Early Barotseland. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1963. xii, 125 pages. Illus., folding maps, bibliog.., index. The diaries of George Westbeech (1885-1888), Capt. Norman MacLeod (1875-1876) and illustrations by Lt. William Fairlie. Hardback (very good). Quite difficult to find (an Internet search found no copies). $75.


587. E. C. Tabler (Editor), To the Victoria Falls via Matabeleland: The Diary of Major Henry Stabb, 1875. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1975. xii, 278 pages. Illus., bibliog.., index. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (good). $45.


588. John Taylor, Pondoro: Last of the Ivory Hunters. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. xxviii, 354 pages. 1st edition. Illustrated. Good copy in a fair dust jacket. A key book. $40. Three copies available.


589. Another copy. Book very good plus but dj grubby and missing pieces. $25. Two copies available.


590. Another copy. Very good. No dj. $22.50.


591. E. A. Temple-Perkins, Kingdom of the Elephant. London: Andrew Melrose, 1955. 271 pages. Illustrated, index. 1st edition. Very good plus. $50.


592. Another copy. Very good. $47.50.


593. H. B. Thomas and Robert Scott, Uganda. Oxford University Press and London: Humphrey Milford, 1935. xx, 559 pages. Illus., bibliog.., folding maps, index. Hardback (good). Important, detailed study, now difficult to find. $60.


594. George Thompson, Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa (Edited by Vernon S. Forbes). Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1968. Vol. 49 in the Society’s publications. Xiv, 277 pages. Illus., folding map, bibliog.., index. Hardback (very good). $45.


595. (Joseph Thompson). Roland Young (Editor), Through Masailand with Joseph Thomson. Evanston, IL: Northwestern Univ. Press, 1962. xviii, 218 pages. An abridgement of Thomson’s original Through Masailand. Thomson was the first European to travel the area unscathed. Fine. $27.50.


596. (Alexine Tinne). Penelope Gladstone, Travels of Alexine. London: John Murray, 1970. xii, 247 pages. Illus, maps, bibliog.., index. Hardback (very fine) in price-clipped dust jacket (very fine). On the noted female explorer. Unusual. $45. Two copies available.


597. Stella Court Treatt, Cape to Cairo. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1928. 247 pages. Illus., color folding map. Hardback (good). $25.


598. Laurens van der Post, The Hunter and the Whale: A Tale of Africa. New York: William Morrow, 1967. 350 pages. Fine in worn dj. $20. Two copies available.


599. Laurens van der Post, The Heart of the Hunter. NY: William Morrow, 1961. 1st U. S. edition. xvi, 270 pages. Illus. Hardback (very good) in dj (fair). $15.


600. Another copy. This one from The Companion Book Club in London. Hardback (very good). $12.50.


601. Laurens van der Post, The Lost World of the Kalahari. London: The Hogarth Press,1958. 256 pages. Map. Hardback (good) in dust jacket (fair). $10.


602. Laurens van der Post, Venture to the Interior. London: Hogarth Press, 1952. xiv, 240 pages. Hardback (good) in tatty dust jacket. $10.


603. Tromp van Diggelen, Worthwhile Journey. London: William Heinemann, 1955. 256 pages. Illus. Hardback (good) in dust jacket (good). An autobiography. $40.


604. H. F. Varian, Some African Milestones. With a Preface by Ewart S. Grogan. Oxford: George Ronald, 1953. xvi, 272 pages. First edition. Illus. Hardback (very good). $30.


605. Theodore Waldeck, Treks Across the Veld. London: Museum Press, n. d. 160 pages. Illus. Hardback (good). Ex. lib. $7.50. SOLD

606. Eric Sherbrooke Walker, Treetops Hotel. London: Robert Hale, 1962. Hardback.190 pages. Illus., index. Fair plus. $15.


607. Frank Wallace, Big Game: Wanderings in Many Lands. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1934. 288 pages. Illustrated. Ex. lib. But with minimal markings. Very fine condition. $42.50.


608. Another copy. Very good. $35.


609. Another copy, good condition. $32.50.


610. Frank Wallace, Hunting Winds. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1949. Hardback in price-clipped dust jacket. 351 pages. Illustrated. Very good in fair dust jacket. $30.


611. J. P. R. Wallis, Thomas Baines: His Life and Explorations in South Africa, Rhodesia and Australia, 1820-1875. Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1976. xx, 223 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. Beautiful book, with color plates, copy of a Baines’ water color tipped in, and sound scholarship. As new (without dj, as issued). $100. Two copies available.


612. (Herbert Ward). Sarita Ward, A Valiant Gentleman: Being the Biography of Herbert Ward. London: Chapman and Hall, 1927. xvi, 276 pages. Illus., index. Signed and inscribed copy. Hardback (Very good—ink stamps inside front and back but no other markings). Rare and collectible, especially in signed form. $200.


613. Fred A. Wardenburg, Operation Safari. No place given. Privately printed for the author, 1948. Limited edition of 250 copies. Hardback. xvi, 191 pages. Lacks dust jacket but I’ve never seen a copy with one, so possibly printed this way. Signed and inscribed (to Fred Pardee). Very rare. Slight stain on front otherwise very good plus. There was also a second edition of 100 copies. $125.


614. Vivienne de Watteville, Out in the Blue. London: Methuen, 1937 (2nd edition). Hardback. Fair ex lib. (no external markings). $12.50.


615. Vivienne de Watteville, Speak to the Earth. London: Methuen, 1936. 2nd edition. Hardback. Fair only. $12.50.


616. Galbraith Welch, The Unveiling of Timbuctoo. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1991. 351 pages. Illustrated. Wraps. Inexpensive reprint of a 1939 work. Very fine. $12.50.


617. Carvath Wells, In Coldest Africa. NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. Hardback. xxii, 254 pages. Illus. Unusual item set in Tanganyika. Fair. $20.


618. Townsend Whelen, Hunting Big Game. 2 volumes. Prescott, AZ: Wolfe Publishing, 1989. Reprint of a fine anthology featuring the writings of the likes of Selous, Baker, Oswell, Neumann, and Kirby. Hardback. Very fine (without dj, as issued). $85. Two sets available.


619. Stewart Edward White, The Land of Footprints. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, n. d. 462 pages. Illus. Hardback (about good--spine splitting internally and darkened externally). $22.50. Two copies available.


620. Another copy, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1913. x, 440 pages. Illus. Hardback (fair). $20.


621. Another copy. Later printing from Nelson. 380 pages. Hardback (good). Two copies available. $15.


622. Carl Wiese, Expedition in East-Central Africa, 1888-1891. Edited with an Introduction by Harry W. Langworthy. Norman, OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1983. xvi, 383 pages. Illus, bibliog.., index. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (fine) with review slips and copy of actual review tipped in. $27.50.


623. Lt. Co. J. H. Williams, Elephant Bill. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950. 250 pages. Illus. Hardback (fine) in dust jacket (good). $12.50. SOLD

624. W. A. Wills, The Downfall of Lobengula. London: Greenwood Press, 1969. Hardback (issued without a dj). 347 pages. Near fine. $35. Two copies available.


625. Derek Wilson and Peter Ayerst, White Gold: The Story of African Ivory. NY: Taplinger Publishing, 1976. 1st U. S. edition. [vi], 184 pages. Illus. Hardback(very fine) in dust jacket (fine). $17.50.


626. Harry Wolhuter, Memories of a Game Ranger. Johannesburg: Wild Life Protection and Conversation Society of South Africa, 1970. [xiv], 316 pages. Illustrated. Very fine copy of the 10th edition in a good dj. $30. SOLD

627. Another copy, this of the second edition without dj. Good. $20.


628. Allan Wright, Valley of the Ironwoods. Cape Town: Privately printed, 1972. viii, 397 pages. Illus. A personal account of a District Commissioner’s service in Rhodesia. Hardback (fine) with pictorial cover (issued without dust jacket). $60.


629. Alan Wykes, Nimrod Smith: A Profile of T. Murray Smith, M. C., Professional Big Game Hunter. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. 2nd impression. Illus. Very fine in shabby dj. Becoming difficult to find. $50.


630. Another copy, this the 1st edition and bearing stamp of Mount Kenya Safari Club on inside front cover. Good. Top edges bumped. $30.


631. Another copy, without dj and foxing to page edges. $25.


632. Norman Wymer, The Man from the Cape. London: Evans Brothers, 1959. 236 pages. Hardback in dust jacket. Good. $10.


633. Richard Wyndham, The Gentle Savage. London: Cassell and Co., 1936. 1st edition. 245 pages. Hardback (fair (internally very good but cover shows moisture effects). $10.


634. Philip Ziegler, Omdurman. New York: Dorset Press, 1987. 1st American edition. Illustrated, bibliog., index. Hardback (vf) in dj (fine). Story of the avenging of Gordon’s death at Khartoum. Well written. $27.50. Two copies available.


635. Ernst A. Zwilling, Jungle Fever. London: Travel Book Club, 1956. 216 pages. Illus. Hardback (good) in dust jacket (good). $15.


636.Delia and Mark Owens, The Eye of the Elephant. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. xiv, 305 pages. Illustrated, index. $22.50. Two copies.


637. May French-Sheldon (Bebe Bwana), Sultan to Sultan: Adventures Among the Masai and Other Tribes of East Africa. Boston, MA: Arena Publishing Co., 1892. (viii), 435 pages. Hardbound. Illustrated. Very good plus copy of the first edition of an interesting and fairly obscure work by an intrepid American explorer who ventured into one of the most dangerous parts of Africa essentially on her own (she had native bearers but no American or European companions or support). $105.

SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON



Sir Richard F. Burton was without question a Renaissance man cast out of time. He spoke and wrote more than 40 languages and dialects, was a masterful explorer, a swordsman of the first water, a falconer, translator of classic Arab and Portuguese literature, the author of scores of books, had a consuming interest in anything forbidden, and possessed a questing mind which acknowledged no boundaries and seemed singularly out of place in the staid Victorian era. He remains something of a man of mystery, and at least some of the enigma revolves around his brilliance. It was of a magnitude to pose almost impossible barriers to any and all biographers (and there have been a bunch of them).

The extensive list which follows comes from decades of research on Burton which produced one book, a contribution to a second one, and a number of articles. Mostly though, I was simply interested in a man of powerful and probing intellect, and anyone who has read much by or about Burton has to realize that he was a fascinating figure.



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A SPECIAL BURTON-RELATED ARCHIVE



While researching on Burton over a period of almost three decades (he figured significantly in both my M. A. thesis and my Ph. D. dissertation, I wrote various articles on him, and was the author of the book, Sir Richard F. Burton: A Biobibliographical Study, published in the centennial year of his death), I accumulated literally thousands of pages of notes and other material on him. These are offered as a single lot for someone who is keenly interested in the man and his incredible career. Included are hundreds of bibliographical citations; photocopies of a great many obscure articles by and about him; and extensive correspondence with archives, libraries, and other students of the man). The correspondence files include carbons of my letters as well as the replies from those whom I wrote. There is other material of a wide variety such as a copy of Matilda Pine-Coffin’s handwritten “Memoir of J. H. Speke” from the archives of the Royal Geographical Society (can you imagine a more bizarre last name than hers?), and much more. I really have no firm grasp on the value of this holding other than to say it is one-of-a-kind, weighs 15-20 pounds, and stacks about 18 inches high. My asking price of $500 may be way too low, but I’m anxious to see this in the hands of a serious Burton collector rather than donating it to an academic library (which is what I will do if it remains unsold). $500.



BOOKS BY BURTON



1. Richard F. Burton (translator), Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. NY: Delacorte Press, 1982. Hardback in dust jacket. 40 pages, with art work by Leonard Lubin. Book fine, price-clipped dj about good. $10.


2. Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights. London: Bracken Books, 1985. Hardback in dust jacket. vi, 600 pages. Centenary edition. Book and dj fine. $30.


3. Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Sword. With a new Foreword by J. G. Cluff. NY: Barnes & Noble, 1972. Hardback in dust jacket. xxxix, 299 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine in glassine-covered dj which is also fine. $50.


4. Richard F. Burton (translator), The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. 17 volumes. No place or date given (circa 1905). One of several reprinting by the Burton Club, this one a limited, numbered edition of 1,000 copies (this set #625). Private printing for subscribers only. See pages 114-49 of Penzer’s bibliography and pages 58-59 of mine for fuller details. Uniform brown buckram with past-down labels on spine. Set as a whole is near fine with all labels fully intact. $350.


5. Richard F. Burton (translator), The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night. 12 volumes. London: H. S. Nichols, 1897. Bound in quarter leather, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, gold lettering and decoration on the leather spines. Set in good to very good condition and one of the most attractive of the many versions of the translation, thanks in considerable measure to Albert Letchford’s 71 original illustrations used for this set. $900.


6. Richard F. Burton (translator), The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. NY: The Heritage Press, 1934. Six volumes in three. Hardbacks in slipcases. Xx, 1335; [viii], 1336-2650, [vi], 2651-3975 pages. Illustrated, index. Books good (some fading to spines, otherwise near fine) and slipcases fair. Nice set. $50. OUT OF STOCK

7. Richard F. Burton, The City of the Saints (edited with an Introduction and notes by Fawn Brodie). NY: Knopf, 1963. Hardback in dust jacket. xliv, 654, xxii pages. Book good (some foxing to page edges only and a few internal pencil notes), dj poor. $35.


8. Richard F. Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa (edited with an Introduction and additional material by Gordon Waterfield—a volume in the “Travellers and Explorers” series). London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1966. Hardback with portions of the dust jacket tipped in. xii, 320 pages. Map, illustrated, index. Very good with my bookplate on front inside board. $25.


9. Richard F. Burton, Goa, and the Blue Mountains; Or, Six Months of Sick Leave (with a new Introduction by Dane Kennedy). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991. Hardback in dust jacket. xxiv, 368 pages. Book and dj fine. $30.


10. Richard F. Burton, The Gold Mines of Midian (edited with an Introduction by Philip Ward). Cambridge, England: Falcon-Oleander, 1979. Hardback in dust jacket. xxxviii, 244 pages. $35.


11. Richard F. Burton, The Hindu Art of Love: The Classic Companion to the Kama Sutra. NY: Castle Books, no date (circa 1950). Hardback in dust jacket. 124 pages. Book very good and dj good. $10.


12. Richard F. Burton and F. F. Arbuthnot (translators), The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana. Ware, England: Wordsworth editions, 1995. Paperbound. 173 pages. Unexpurgated version. $5.


13. Another copy, this one edited by W. G. Archer and with an Introduction by K. M. Panikkar. London: Book Club Associates, 1963. Hardback in dust jacket. 296 pages. Book and dj about fine. $12.50.


14. Another printing of the above book, this one by George Allen and Unwin. Good. $10


15. Another copy, this one a lavish reprint of 1988 from Bibliophile Books with 48 color illustrations. Fine in fine dj. $35.


16. Richard F. Burton, The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. Hardback in dust jacket. 135 pages. Fair (book and dj foxed). 2nd printing. $8.


17. Another copy, this one the 1st edition. Lacks dj and cover is worn; internally clean and crisp. $5.


18. Richard F. Burton, The Lake Regions of Central Africa. Two volumes. NY: Horizon Press, 1961. Hardback. xxiv, 412; viii, 468 pages. Illustrated, index. Reprint of one of Burton’s most important works. Fair (spines a bit faded, no dust jackets, and a bit of spotting—internally clean and sound). $50.


19. Another set. This one in good condition and Volume 2 has the dust jacket. $65.


20. Another copy, this one the one-volume 1860 edition from Harper. Rebound hardback. 572 pages. Ex lib. copy from Germantown Friends Free Library with checkout card still present. Fair (probably rebound) with binding tight and internally clean. $35.


21. Richard F. Burton, The Land of Midian. Two volumes. NY and Cambridge: The Oleander Press, 1984. Hardback in dust jackets. xxviii, 338; x, 319 pages. Folding map, index. Fine in very good dust jackets. A reprint of the 1879 edition. $75.


22. Richard F. Burton, The Lands of Cazembe. NY: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardback (without dust jacket as issued). viii, 271 pages. Folding map, index. About fine—shows staining internally along spine on front and rear endpapers (as do all books from Negro Universities Press—they clearly used some type of inappropriate glue). $35. Two copies available.


23. Another copy, this one the 1st edition from the Royal Geographical Society. Fair only. $30.


24. Richard F. Burton, Minor Writings of Sir Richard Burton: 22 Letters to “The Times.” Collected by Eric John Alston. Lancashire, England: Privately published for Alston, 1999. Paperbound. Limited edition of 200 copies, Fine. Based primarily on my Burton bibliography and that of Norman Penzer. $25.


25. Richard F. Burton, A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome (edited and with an Introduction by C. W. Newbury—a volume in the “Travellers and Explorers” series). NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. Hardback in dust jacket. [viii], 372 pages. Illustrated, index. Book fine, dj good. $20.


26. Another copy. This one the two-volume set published in 1864 by Tinsley Brothers of London. Ex lib. copies with backs gone and boards loose, but the pages are clean. A prime candidate for rebinding of a rare book. Only. $80.


27. Richard F. Burton, The Nile Basin and Captain Speke’s Discovery of the Source of the Nile by James Macqueen. New Introduction by Robert O. Collins. NY: Da Capo Press, 1967. Hardback. xxxvii, 195 pages. Fine with bookplate of Jim Casada and clippings of dust jacket flaps tipped in. Difficult to find reprint (with original being quite rare). $50.


28. Richard F. Burton, Of No Country: An Anthology of the Works of Sir Richard Burton (edited and compiled by Frank McLynn, with an Introduction and extensive commentary). London: Scribers, 1990. Hardback in dust jacket. 211 pages. Very fine in very fine dj. $10.


29. Richard F. Burton (translator), Il Pentamerone: Or the Tale of Tales (by Giovanni Basile). NY: Liveright Publishing, 1945 (Black & Gold edition). Hardback. xxvi, 456 pages. Very good copy. Lacks dj. $30.


30. Another edition, this one from Spring Books of London with a new Introduction by E. R. Vincent, 1970. Hardback. 404 pages. Good. $15.


31. Richard F. Burton (translator), The Perfumed Garden of the Shaykh Nefzawi (with an Introduction by Alan Hull Walton). London: Nevill Spearman, 1963. Hardback in dust jacket. 271 pages. About good in fair, price-clipped dj. $10.


32. Richard F. Burton, A Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. With an Introduction by J. M. Scott. Printed in Switzerland and distributed by Heron Books, 1969.. Hardback with highly decorative gilt front cover of faux leather, ribbon marker, and gilt on spine. xv, 518 pages. Fine, without dust jacket, apparently as issued. A lovely item. $20.SOLD

33. Richard F. Burton, Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel and Exploration. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Norman M. Penzer. NY: Robert M. McBride and Co., 1924. Hardback. 240 pages. Index. Poor (water damage to top edge of four preliminary and four final pages; cover badly worn and faded. If rebound would be a nice item because except for the noted stains the work is clean internally. 1st U. S. edition. $12.


34. Richard F. Burton, Tales from the Gulistan. London: Phillip Allen, 1928. Hardback in dust jacket. x, 256 pages. Illustrated. Book about good (some foxing) in poor dust jacket. 1st edition. $25.SOLD

35. Richard F. Burton (translator), The Uruguay (by Jose Basilio da Gama—edited with an Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography by Frederick C. H. Garcia and Edward F. Stanton). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1982. Hardback in dust jacket. [iv], 264 pages. Index. Fine in fine dj. $15.


36. Richard F. Burton, Voyages du Capitaine Burton a la Mecque aux Grands Lacs d’Afrique et Chez les Mormons (translated by H. Loreau). Parish: Librairie Hachette & Co., 1872. Hardback. xvi, 336 pages. Illustrated, map. French compilation and translation covering three of Burton’s epic journeys. Heavily foxed and with a chip out of the top front portion of the cover. $5.


37. Richard F. Burton, Wanderings in Three Continents. With a Preface by W. H. Wilkins. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1901. Hardback. xiv, 313 pages. Illustrated. 1st edition. Poor (cover grubby and worn, although pages are clean with minimal foxing only to two or three preliminary and final pages. $25.



BOOKS ABOUT BURTON



38. Achmed Abdullah and T. Compton Pakenham, Dreamers of Empire. London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1930. Hardback. 277 pages. Vignettes of five fascinating figures including Burton (pages 59-108) and Cecil Rhodes. Fair plus (some foxing to preliminary pages). 1st edition. $10.



39. Another copy. This one with dust jacket present. 1st edition. Foxing but otherwise tight and sound. $11.


40. Thomas J. Assad, Three Victorian Travellers: Blunt, Doughty, Burton. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964. Hardback in dust jacket. x, 154 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good in fair dj. $20.


41. Albert Bercovici, That Blackguard Burton! Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs Merrill, 1962. Hardback in price-clipped dust jacket. 284 pages. Book good, dj fair. $10.


42. Lesley Blanch, The Wilder Shores of Love. Hardback. London: John Murray, 1954, xii, 324 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. Pages 7-130 deal with Richard and Isabel Burton. Good. $12.


43. Frederick Bradnum, The Long Walks: Journeys to the Sources of the White Nile. London: Readers Union, 1970. Hardback. 271 pages. Illustrated, index. Covers the Burton-Speke, Speke-Grant, and Baker expeditions. Very good copy in comparable dust jacket. $6


44. Another copy, Similar but the inner flaps of the dust jacket have been cut away. $5


45. Peter Brent, Far Arabia: Explorers of the Myth. Newton Abbott, UK: Readers Union, 1978. Hardback. [x], 239 pages. Illustrated, index. Burton figures prominently in the coverage. About fine in very good dust jacket. $7.50.


46. Fawn Brodie, The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton. NY: W. W. Norton, 1967. Hardback in dust jacket. 390 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. Near fine in fine glassine-enclosed dj. 1st edition. $24.


47. Another copy, also the 1st edition. Book and dj fair. $12.


48. Another copy (not a 1st edition). Book good, price-clipped dj fair. $9.


49. Reading copy (lack dj). $5. Two available.


50. Glenn Burne, Richard Burton (a volume in the Wayne’s English Authors Series). Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1985. Hardback. [xiv], 168 pages. Bibliography, index. Issued without a dust jacket. Fine copy. $15.


51. Burton ephemera. Seven items related to Burton—Copy of British History Illustrated for Feb./Mar., 1979 with an article on Burton by Gerald Rawling; publicity materials for “The Search for the Nile,” a 1972 Emmy Award-winning docu-drama; No. 37 in the BBC’s The British Empire series entitled “The Men Who Found the Source of the Nile” (30 pages); auction catalog of Sotheby’s June 25-26, 1992 auction in which lots 371-423 were Burton items (and all are described in detail); brochure from a Burton symposium held at the Huntington Library in 1990 along with a 1992-93 list of Huntington Library Publications ; and a hardbound copy of The Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts ‘Private Papers of British Diplomats 1782-1900 (covers Burton’s official papers when he was British Consul at Fernando Po, Santos, Damascus, and Trieste. Unusual group of items. $100.


52. Isabel Burton, The Life of Sir Richard F. Burton. Two volumes. London: Chapman & Hall, 1893. xxiii, 606; viii, 664 pages. Illustrated, index. Quarter leather binding with boards completely broken away on Volume 1 and about to break on Volume 2. Internally clean and in good shape. Prime candidate for rebinding, and a real buy at $75.


53. Jean Burton, Sir Richard Burton’s Wife. London: George Harrap & Co., 1942. Hardback. 230 pages. Illustrated. Ex lib. copy with all the usual markings and the book is quite worn. Reading copy. $5.


54. Another copy, this one a stated first edition from Alfred A. Knopf. Very good. $12.50.


55. James A. Casada, Sir Richard F. Burton: A Biobibliographical Study. London: Mansell, 1990. Hardbound. xii, 187 pages. Index. A detailed scholarly treatment of one of the great figures of the 19th century. You won’t find a figure of more diverse interests or accomplishments outside of the Renaissance era. 1st edition. $55. Multiple copies available.



56. Catalogs. A group of 15 catalogs which contain listings (most of them extensive) of Burton books and manuscripts. These include three from Richard Adelson (Spring, 1983,Winter 1992-93, and Spring 1996 with correspondence tipped in one of them); one from The Book Block; three from Voyager Press (one is a printout of an on-line catalog devoted exclusively to Burton); six from Maggs Brothers, 1992-2002); and two from Sotheby’s (June 25-26, 1992 and Dec. 10-11, 1893). A most useful reference collection. All very good to fine. $125.



57. Seton Dearden, The Arabian Knight. London: Arthur Barker, 1936. Hardback. 334 pages. Illustrated, index. 1st British edition. About good. $15.



58. Seton Dearden, Burton of Arabia. NY: National Travel Club, 1937. Hardback. 334 pages. Illustrated, index. Good. $15.



59. Another copy, this one published by Robert McBride, 1937. Stated 1st U. S. edition. Fair—spine darkened and internal foxing. $10.



60. Fairfax Downey, Burton: Arabian Nights Adventurer. New York and London: Scribner’s, 1931. Hardback. xvi, 300 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good copy (no dj). 1st edition. $25.



61. Another copy. Reading copy only with spine missing. $5.


62. Another copy. This one ex. lib. Cover worn, stained. $5.


63. John Dunning, The Bookman’s Promise. NY: Scribner, 2004. Hardback in dust jacket. 369 pages. A first-rate novel about the “lost period” when Burton came to the United States, Most readable and solid in terms of historical information. Book and dj very fine. 1st edition. Print-out of an e-mail exchange with the author tipped in. $20


64. Byron Farwell, Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton. New York: Viking, 1988. [xiv], 431 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. 2nd edition. Very good (remainder mark at top) fine dust jacket. $10. 65. Another copy, this one the 1964 U. S. edition from Holt, Rinehart & Winston with the bookplate of Jim Casada (yours truly) pasted in on the front and rear endpapers. Good in good just jacket. $10.


66. Another copy, this one of the 1963 1st edition. Ex lib. Tape stains to front and rear boards, minimal internal markings. $5.


67. Another copy, this one the 1963 English 1st edition from Longmans. Book very good in fair dust jacket. $8.


68. Another copy, this one the 1988 reprint from Viking. Book and dust jacket very fine but with a remainder mark on the book. $6. Multiple copies available.


69. Zahra Freeth and Victor Winstone, Explorers of Arabia from the Renaissance to the Victorian Era. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1968. 308 pages. Hardback in price-clipped dust jacket. Maps. 1st edition. Fine in good dj (fine except price-clipped). $25.


70. William Harrison, Burton and Speke. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1982. Hardback in dust jacket. x, 420 pages. Fiction. Fine in fine dj. 1st edition. $60.


71. Michael Hastings, Sir Richard Burton: A Biography. NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghagen, 1978. Hardback in price-clipped dust jacket. 288 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. Book fine, dj good. $12.


72. Alan Jutzi (editor), In Search of Sir Richard Burton: Papers from a Huntington Library Symposium. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1993. [viii], 142 pages. Paperbound. I contributed the final chapter, “Concluding Remarks,” which covers pp. 133-41 and sort of sums up the state of Burton studies at the time of the symposium. Fine. $15. Multiple copies available.


73. Dane Kennedy, The Highly Civilized Man: Richard Burton and the Victorian World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. Hardback in dust jacket. [vi], 354 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine in very fine dj. 1st edition. $20.


74. Mary S. Lovell, A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard & Isabel Burton. NY: Norton, 1898. Hardback. xviii, 910 pp. Book good in very good dust jacket). 1st American edition. $5


75. Frank McLynn, From the Sierras to the Pampas: Richard Burton’s Travels in the Americas, 1860-69. London: Century, 1991. Hardback. x, 262 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine in fine dust jacket. $10.


76. Frank McLynn, Burton: Snow Upon the Desert. London: John Murray, 1990. Hardback in dust jacket. xvi, 428 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good plus in fine dust jacket. 1st edition. $10.


77. Edison Marshall, Gypsy Sixpence. NY; Farrar, Strauss & Co., 1949. Hardback in dust jacket. [vi], 371 pages. A work of fiction based on Burton. Book very good, dj fair. $6


78. J. Leslie Mitchell and Lewis G. Gibbon, Nine Against the Unknown: A Record of Geographical Exploration. London: Jarrolds, 1934. Hardback. 319 pages. Pages 264-87 deal with Burton. Fair—considerable foxing. $20.


79. Edward Rice, Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton. New York: Scribner’s, 1990. xxii, 572 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. Full, carefully researched biography. Fine in fine dj. $25.00. Multiple copies available.


80. Charnan Simon, The World’s Great Explorers: Richard Burton (Research Consultant, Dr. James A. Casada). Chicago, 1991. 128 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. New. I’ll gladly sign. $25.


81. Sir Richard F. Burton (1821-1890): A Centennial Conference.” Folding brochure for a conference held at the Huntington Library. $5. Multiple copies available. As one of the participants I will sign if you wish.


82. Georgiana M. Stisted, The True Life of Capt. Sir Richard Burton. NY and London: D. Appleton, 1897. Hardback. xvi, 419 pages. Frontispiece. Fair (spine going internally). Written by Burton’s niece as a corrective or counter to Isabel Burton’s life of her husband. $20.


83. Another copy. Similar condition. $20. Two available.


84. Another copy. This one a 1970 reprint. Good in price-clipped dj. $20.


85. Iliya Troyanov, The Collector of Worlds: A Novel of Sir Richard Francis Burton. NY: Ecco (a division of Harper Collins), 2009. 453 pages. Hardback in dust jacket. 1st U. S. edition. Book and dj fine. $10. 86. Thomas Wright, The Life of Sir Richard Burton. Two volumes in one. NY: Burton Franklin, 1968. Hardback. 290, 286 pages. Illustrated, index. Good. Internally shows hints of exposure to moisture (slight wrinkling of pages, but no staining). Book binding is applied upside down. Inexpensive reprint of the much-in-demand original. $12.

THE AFRICAN COLLECTION FROM BRIAR PATCH PRESS



Beginning in late 1986, and building on the positive reception accorded early books in the series known as the Premier Collection (see separate list), Sporting Classics magazine launched another set of reprints. This time the focus was classic works on African sport. If anything I was even more intimately involved in this effort than with the Premier Collection. I selected the books, personally wrote the introductory material for almost half of them, assisted in obtaining originals of the books for reprinting (some, most notably Count Josef Potocki’s Sport in Somaliland and William Finaughty’s Recollections, were extremely rare), and in general was a integral part of the undertaking.

There was one significant difference in the African Collection and those for the earlier Premier Collection. Books in the African Collection were reprinted in two formats—an unnumbered edition bound in leather with most of the hallmarks of a fine book such as marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, ribbon markers, gold embossing, and raised hubs. There was also a limited, numbered edition of 500 copies. The latter were truly “done right” in every sense of what constitutes a sterling example of the book publishing art. They featured full leather binding, sturdy linen slipcases in an attractive beige color, lovely gold inlay work on the titles and front cover by Kay Jackson, and of course the original illustrations. In my view, in the deluxe version the 24 books comprising the African Collection represent as fine an effort in the reintroduction of timeless sporting literature as we have ever seen. They are reminiscent of the acclaimed Derrydale Press imprints but with finer materials and of higher quality.

Even the trade edition is truly attractive, with all of the attributes of the deluxe editions except the slipcase, numbering, and bonded rather than full leather. The two dozen books in the African Collection are listed below in alphabetical order by author, with full bibliographical information including the name of the individual who contributed new material specifically for the reprint. I have copies of most of them, in both the limited and trade editions, for sale. You can see prices (and in the case of the limited edition versions, the number) with each of the listings below. I also would be glad to search if you are seeking a particular volume.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)

Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)


To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.

All copies and slipcases are fine or very fine.

1. Charles J. Andersson, Lake Ngami. xl, 545 pages. Illustrated, index, folding map. Lengthy new Foreword by Dorothy Middleton. 1988. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available—Publisher’s proof #4, 6, 22, 343, and an unnumbered copy. $195.


Same book in trade edition. $85. Two copies available.


2. Samuel W. Baker, The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. xxxvi, 606 pages. Illustrated. New Introduction by Jim Casada. 1987. Unavailable in limited edition.
Same book in trade edition. $70. Two copies available.


3. Samuel W. Baker, Wild Beasts and Their Ways. xxxii, 455 pages. Illustrated. New Introduction by Jim Casada. 1987. The following copies of a limited edition of 500 are available—Publisher’s proof #4, 6, 22, 343. $140.


Same item in trade edition. $70. Two copies available.


4. W. D. M. Bell, The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter. xxviii, 188 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Thomas Altherr. 1987. Unavailable in limited edition. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available Publisher’s Proof #4. $150

Same item in trade edition. $100. One copy available.



5. Abel Chapman, On Safari. xxxiv, 336 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Mary Zeiss Stange. 1988. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available—Publisher’s proof #4, 6, 22, 343. $175.



Same book in trade edition. Currently unavailable.

6. William Finaughty, The Recollections of William Finaughty, Elephant Hunter, 1864-1875. xxviii, 272 pages. Illustrated by noted artist W. R. Leigh, author of Frontier Enchantment. New Foreword by Paul Rundell. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available--#4, 22, 38, 63, 343. $150.


Same book in trade edition. Four copies available. $70.


7. F. R. N. Findlay, Big Game Shooting and Travel in Southeast Africa. xxviii, 313 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1990. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 copies are available--#22, 343. $155.


Same book in trade edition. One copy available.$70


8. Edouard Foa, After Big Game in Central Africa. xxxiv, 326 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1987. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available—Publisher’s proof #4, 6, 22, 324, 343. $140.


Same book in trade edition. $70. Two copies available.


9. Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming, A Hunter’s Life in S. Africa. 1987. xxvi, 352 pages. New Introduction by Gary Clendennen. Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming, A Hunter’s Life in S. Africa. 1987. xxvi, 352 pages. New Introduction by Gary Clendennen. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available. Publisher’s proof #4, 6, 324, 343, 391. $150.


Same book in trade edition. Three copies available. $70.


10. William Cornwallis Harris, The Wild Sports of Southern Africa. xxxii, 359 pages. New Foreword by Tom Ofcansky. 1987. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available—Publisher’s proof #6, 22, 343. $150.


Same book in trade edition. $75. Three copies available. $75.


11. F. Vaughn Kirby, In Haunts of Wild Game. xviii, 567 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1989. The following copy of the limited edition of 500 is available--243. $175.


Same book in trade edition. Currently unavailable.

12. Denis D. Lyell, The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game. xxxvi, 225 pages. Lengthy new Foreword by John MacKenzie. 1987. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available—Publisher’s proof #4, 6, 22, 343. $150.


Same book in trade edition. Five copies available. $75.


13. Denis D. Lyell, Memories of an African Hunter. xxx, 268 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1990. The following copies of the deluxe edition of 500 are available—#4, 22, 343. $150.


Same book in trade edition. $70. One copy available.


14. John Guille Millais, A Breath from the Veldt. xxviii, 345 pages. New Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow. Book in its original folio size. A gem, with the artwork by Millais being truly striking. 1987. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 copies are available--#22, 175, 343. $350.


Same book in trade edition. $175. Five copies available. $175.


15. Arthur Neumann, Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa. xxxvi, 320 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1987. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available— #4, 22, 335. $150.


Same book in trade edition. Five copies available. $65.


16. J. H. Patterson, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo. xlii, 351 pages. New Introduction by Tom Ofcansky, Foreword by Frederick C. Selous. 1986. DELUXE. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 copies are available--#3, 126 and an unnumbered copy. $150.


Same book in trade edition. One copy available. $70.


17. A. B. Percival, A Game Ranger’s Notebook. [xxvi], 409 pages. New Introduction by John Mackenzie. 1987. The follow copies of the limited edition of 500 are available—Publisher’s proof #6 (also a second copy marked Publisher’s proof #6 but lacking the slipcase and in a different colored binding—probably a variant or error although I am not sure; anyway $100), #22, 137, 343. $140.


Same book in trade edition. $70. Three copies available. $70.


18. Count Josef Potocki, Sport in Somaliland. xx, 136 pages. Folding map. New Foreword by F. Phillips Williamson. Full folio size of original. 1988. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available—Publisher’s proof #6, 22, 343. $400.


Same book in trade edition. Three copies available. $200.


19. W. H. Powell-Cotton, A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia. xxxvi, 521 pages. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1990. (I don’t think, off the top of my head, that this book has been reprinted elsewhere). The following copy of the limited edition of 500 is available--#4, 343. $175.


Same book in trade edition. Currently unavailable.

20. Theodore Roosevelt, African Game Trails. xl, 559 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by John Fair. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available #4, 22. $155.


Same book in trade edition. Two copies available. $75.


21. F. C. Selous, African Nature Notes and Reminiscences. xxxviii, 348 pages. Illustrated. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt, new Introduction by Jim Casada, I think this is the best of Selous’s books, and certainly it is underrated. 1988. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available—Publisher’s proof #4, 6. $150.


Same book in trade edition. Five copies available. $75.


22. F. C. Selous, A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa. xxxii, 455 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1986. The following copy of the limited edition of 500 is available-243. $140.


Same book in trade edition. Two copies available. $70.


23. James Sutherland, The Adventures of an Elephant Hunter. xxxvi, 320 pages. Illustrated. New Introduction by Jim Casada. 1990. Copy #487. $160.


24. John Willoughby, East Africa and Its Big Game. xxviii, 303 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 1990. The following copies of the limited edition of 500 are available--#22, 343. $130.


Same book in trade edition. Three copies available. $75.

HIGHLY DESIRABLE BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF A SPORTING GENTLEMAN

 

Recently I agreed to help a sometime customer dispose of a portion of his carefully accumulated sporting library. Once I had the first group of books in hand I realized that he had put great emphasis on top-quality books, those with some special appeal (such as being signed, being limited editions, having letters of historic significance tipped in, and the like), and the legendary Nash Buckingham. The list which follows offers a number of truly obscure and highly desirable items, including a couple of examples of things I’ve never seen in decades of collecting and dealing in sporting books. Also included are a few special items from my own holdings. I’ve tried to offer especially detailed descriptions, and I think you’ll find the prices reasonable and realistic. That isn’t always the case in today’s world of books. Every day I see items offered at prices far beyond their worth. Sometimes it is almost ridiculous, such as books I have written an which are currently in print and available at list price being offered for two or three times what I get (and I can sign them on top of that).

You won’t find any price gouging here.--just fair offers for some exceptional items not likely to come your way again and certain to hold a place of grace and prominence on the shelves of any sporting bibliophile. My usual terms apply as noted below.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)

Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)


To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.

William “Chubby” Andrews, Nash Buckingham, Beaver Dam and Other Hunting Tales. Germantown, TN: Privately published by the author, 1993. Hardbound in dust jacket. [ii]. 272 pages. Profusely illustrated with photos from the author’s collection. Folio size. This is the first printing of the first edition, a limited, numbered edition of 400, with the regular trade edition being a printing of 3300 copies. This copy is warmly inscribed, and at length, to Robin Mitchell, with the inscription covering most of the title page. It is copy #110 of 400. Very fine composite leather binding with all edges gilt, gilt decoration on front cover and gilt on spine, ribbon marker, and slipcase. Unusually for slipcased books, it also has a dust jacket (likely added after the fact) which, while a bit wrinkled, is in very good shape. Matching green slipcase is very fine. Andrews was a dear friend of Mr. Buck’s and, in many senses, cared for him and his financial situation in the great writer’s later years. $425. SOLD

Russell Annabel, Tales of a Big Game Guide. NY: Derrydale Press, 1938. [xii], 198 pages. Illustrated (photos). Copy #460 of 950. Fair copy. Previous owner’s red stamp on front endpaper, title page, and rear endpaper. Front spine cracked, linen corners worn, and spine label has a tiny chip missing. Internally clean. $200.


Havilah Babcock, My Health Is Better in November. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1947. [iv], 284 pages. Illustrated with drawings by Augusta Rembert Wittkowsky. Very good copy of the first edition. No dust jacket. $60.


Havilah Babcock, Tales of Quails ‘n Such. NY: Greenberg, 1951. xii, 237 pages. Illustrated by William Schaldach including a frontis plate of a covey of quail settling down for the night and a decorative cover to the quarter leather binding showing a hunter and a dog on point on the front and Canada geese in flight on the back. Copy #97 of a limited edition of 299 copies. Signed “Best wishes, Havilah Babcock” on the blank front sheet preceding the limitation page. Book is in very good plus condition and of fine appearance externally. The only flaws are remnants of a previous owner’s return address label on the front endpaper and slight bleeding from the green edged top paper to two preliminary pages. The gilt lettering on the spine, which features raised hubs, is bright, the binding is tight, and the corners crisp. Babcock did not sign a lot of books, and this is arguably the most elusive of all Babcock items. First edition, first printing. No dust jacket, as issued. $350. SOLD

Philip H. Babcock, Falling Leaves: Tales from a Gun Room. NY: Derrydale Press, 1937. [x], 201 pages. Illustrated by Aiden Ripley. Copy #34 of a limited edition of 950 copies. Good copy. Some rubbing to exterior and lower front hinge is beginning to crack. $95.


D. M. Bell, Bell of Africa (with an Introduction by Townsend Whelen). Suffolk: Neville Spearman, 1984. xvi, 236 pages. Hardback in dust jacket. Illustrated. 4th impression. Book fine and dust jacket very good. $80.


Nash Buckingham, Blood Lines: Tales of Shooting & Fishing (with a Foreword by Henry P. Davis).  NY: The Derrydale Press, 1938. xxii, 227 pages. Illustrated (photographs). Copy #1238 of an edition of 1250. Good plus copy. Front medallion of a duck in flight is nice, spine is darkened, as usual and edges show slight wear. Short presentation to a previous owner on front endpaper.  $300.


Another copy. This one #683, in comparable condition. $300.


Nash Buckingham, Game Bag: Tales of Shooting and Fishing (“Fo’word” by Paul Flowers). NY: G. P. Putnam’s, 1945. Hardback. xvi, 185 pages. Illustrated by H. P. A. M. Hoecker. Signed copy #1195 of 1250 copies. Good copy. Spine label bright and fully intact. Some wear to edges and corners and slight foxing to a few pages in the latter part of the book. $125.


Nash Buckingham, Mark Right!: Tales of Shooting and Fishing. NY: Derrydale Press, 1936. xvii, 250 pages. Illustrated (including a grand photo of Horace, Nash’s oft-described Negro sidekick, as the frontispiece). Copy #1066 of 1250. Book would be near fine except the front hinge is broken. Medallion of a pair of quail is bright, as is gilt on spine. For some reason that is inexplicable, given the print runs being similar, this is the most difficult of the Buckingham Derrydales to locate. Fine copies sell for $600 or more. $275.


Nash Buckingham, “Mr. Buck: The Autobiography of Nash Buckingham. Traverse City, MI: Countrysport Press, 1990. 287 pages. Hardbound in slipcase. Executive edition of 250 copies signed by Irma Buckingham O’Fallon (there was also a limited edition of 1500 copies and a trade edition). Illustrated, signed and numbered original etching by Herb Booth for this edition only, ribbon marker, raised hubs on spine, gilt decorative front cover and gilt on spine. Copy #95. Bonded leatherette. Very fine in very fine maroon slipcase (which has a facsimile and Buckingham’s distinctive signature in his beautiful handwriting on its front) matching the color of the book’s cover.  A must for the Buckingham collector. $250. SOLD

Nash Buckingham, Ole Miss’ (with a Foreword by Paul Curtis). NY: Derrydale Press, 1937.xx, 242 pages. Illustrated. Copy #673 of 1250 copies. Very good copy. Front medallion is bright; gilt of title and other information on the spine is dull. Shows wear at the top and bottom of the spine and to corners. The book is warmly inscribed and signed to J. Darby Taylor, a resident of Birmingham, Michigan and a friend of Nash’s who for many years worked for Western Cartridge Company: The inscription reads: “Dear Darb, With the author’s hopes that somehow some day we’ll renew gunning days together along Ole Miss. Faithfully, Nash Buckingham. At home, Memphis, Tennessee 11-27-’39. Tipped in, and this even more than the inscription, are Buckingham letters (and other material) which make this a treasure.   The first is dated Mar. 1, 1928 and is written from The American Wild Fowlers, 508 Lenox Bldg., Washington, D. C. In the typed, two-page letter, signed by Buckingham at the end, he mentions hunting, having left his position with Western Cartridge Company, notable acquaintances, and more. Then come carbon copies of two letters Taylor wrote to Buckingham, dated Jan. 6, 1939 and Oct. 24, 1939.There’s an envelope from Buckingham to Taylor dated Jan. 9 (presumably a reply to the Jan. 6 missive), but the letter is missing. Then there are two more typed letters from Buckingham, dated April 28 and May 27, 1941. Both are fairly long, chatty, and touch everything from the war in Europe to memories of some marvelous biscuits. Altogether a really special group of items for the Buckingham fan. $1000.


Another copy, this one with a nice inscription by Buckingham on the front endpaper which reads: “For Dr. Fisher Foulke with the author’s assurances of the most profound consideration and hope that you will shoot muchly and long. Nash Buckingham. At home. Memphis.” Copy #174 of 1250. Very good plus with medallion of feeding Canada geese bright and spine gilt only slightly dulled. Minimal wear to edges. $450. SOLD

Nash Buckingham, De Shootinest Gent’man and Other Tales (with an Introduction by Col. Harold P. Sheldon). NY: Derrydale Press, 1934. [xviii], 240 pages. Illustrated. Copy #898 of 950. About good. The front hinge is broken and a new owner would likely want to repair it, the spine is darkened (as is usual), and the book shows wear. The front medallion of a pair of canvasbacks in flight is bright. A previous owner’s name and a gift inscription are on the front endpaper. $400. SOLD

Another copy, this one the 1961 edition from Thomas Nelson and Sons. The title notwithstanding, this is a dramatically different book from the Derrydale Press version. Most of the stories are different and the Sheldon Introduction is not included. The illustrations are by Hamilton Greene. The book has a fairly nice dust jacket but the buckram is worn through at the corners and there tape stains on the front and rear endpapers. The work’s greatest appeal is a nice inscription and signature on the title page: For Playton Horshall (?), with the author’s every good wish that you will know the pleasures reveal in these gleanings from yesterday. Good luck & God bless you. Nash Buckingham.” $75


Nash Buckingham, Tattered Coat (with a Foreword by Edward Cave). NY:  G. P. Putnam’s, 1944. Hardback. xiv, 210 pages, Illustrated with photos and artwork by Arthur Fuller. Limited, signed edition of 995 copies of which this is copy #172. Good copy with spine a bit darkened and front hinge starting to crack. Lacks dust jacket but paste-on title and front cover label of Fuller artwork are present. $150.


Roland Clark, Stray Shots. NY: Derrydale Press, 1931. [viii], ii, 125 pages. Illustrated with drypoints by the author. Printed in a limited edition of 535 copies. Only the deluxe edition of 35 (of the 535 copies) was numbered. Good copy only of one of the most desirable Derrydale. There is some water damage to the top front and back cover, although the light has to be right for it to be noticeable and three of the preliminary pages show very slight water stains at the top. The front hinge is beginning to crack internally. Corners a bit bumped. Cover illustration of two Canada geese highlighted against a background moon is nice and bright. Even with the described problems a nice copy of a book which is extremely difficult to locate. Top quality copies sell for as much as $2500. $525.


Eugene Connett, Random Casts. NY: Derrydale Press, 1939. xxii, 195 pages. Illustrated by Ralph L. Boyer and Milton C. Weiler. Copy #811 of 1075 copies. A lovely copy with the front cover illustration of a fly and line on the water (cover is made to appear like water) along with the author’s name and the title, all it gilt which is exceptionally bright. As a plus, the book comes with a really nice slipcase (this was done later—the book was not issued with one). Fine copy with just hints of wear to top and bottom of spine and with an unobtrusive label from The Sporting Gallery and Bookshop on the front endpaper. It is unread as is indicated by some pages being uncut. $300.


Demidoff, Prince San Donato, After Wild Sheep in the Altai and Mongolia. Encino, CA: Trophy Room Books, n. d. (1983). xii, 324 pages. Illustrated, index. Hardbound in slipcase and with a folded map in rear pocket. A facsimile reprint of the 1900 edition, limited to 275 copies, signed by Timothy Best of Rowland Ward and Ellen Enzler Herring, the publisher. This copy #190. Book is fine with a small slightly off color spot on the spine and slipcase is very good. $150.


Early American Hunters. NY: Derrydale Press, 1928. [vi], 41 pages.  Hand painted frontispiece of a cougar. Copy #51 of an edition of 375. One of the early Derrydales, this one is in exceptionally nice condition with the original glassine protective cover still present. Both the front and spine labels are present and the book is crisp, showing minimal wear. Overall about fine.  $175. SOLD

Lou Hallamore and Bruce Woods, Chui! A Guide to Hunting the African Leopard. Agoura, CA: Trophy Room Books, 1994. Xiv, 238 pages. Illustrated. Copy #424 of the limited, numbered, and signed edition of 1000. Signed by Woods on the limitation page and a second signature with a brief inscription on the front endpaper. Very fine in a fine dust jacket. $250.


Bob Housholder, Hunting and Guiding for Desert Bighorn Sheep. Mesilla, NM: Wild Sheep and Goat International, 1989. 147 pages. Illustrated. Copy #14 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Signed and inscribed by the author. No dust jacket (issued thus?). Grained leatherette and gilt title on spine. Very fine.  $300.


Gordon MacQuarrie, Stories of the Old Duck Hunters, More Stories of the Old Duck Hunters. and Last Stories of the Old Duck Hunters (all compiled and edited by Zack Taylor). Oshkosh, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1985. 223, 198, 151 pages. A trilogy, all in deep burgundy binding with a matching slipcase. Gilt titles on spine and gilt decoration to front of each book. The books and slipcase are very fine. $200. SOLD


Rutherford G. Montgomery, High Country. NY: Derrydale Press, 1938. xii, 248 pages. Illustrated with photographs. One of a printing of 950 copies, this one unnumbered but with “R” (presumably a review copy). About fine with front and spine clean and bright. Unread because a number of pages are uncut. The nicest copy I’ve seen of this book. You can find in cheaper but not in anything approaching the condition of this one. $200. SOLD

H. Patterson, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo (with a Foreword by F. C. Selous). London: Macmillan and Co., 1934. xvi, 351 pages. Illustrated. A later and smaller edition of this very popular book, but it is SIGNED. I’ve only seen two signed Pattersons ever, and both were in public collections. The inscription on the front end paper reads: “to Mr. Simmons Welles (?) with admiration and regards from the author, J. H. Patterson.” Book is in very good condition in original blue cloth. $600.


Archibald Rutledge, Home By the River. Indianapolis and NY: Bobbs-Merrill, 1941. Hardback in dust jacket. 167 pages plus suite of black-and-white photos at end. 1st trade edition with the map of Hampton as endpapers.  Book is very good plus, dust jacket, enclosed in glassine, is poor. $50. SOLD

A.S. Salley, Jr., The Happy Hunting Ground. Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1924. Xii, 83 pages. Ilustrated (vintage photographs). Ex lib. copy, with front label removed, rear pocket still in place, and marking on spine. Fair only condition, with front corners rubbed through. Internally clean other than a hand-written library holding number on the dedication page, and the binding is tight. An exceedingly rare item.  $250. SOLD

Col. Harold P. Sheldon, Tranquillity: Tales of Sport with the Gun (Introduction by Nash Buckingham). NY: Derrydale Press, 1936. xxii, 216 pages. Copy #861 of 950. Illustrated by Ralph L. Boyer. Very good copy (gilt title on spine fade a bit, signs of wear to edges and corners) of one of the most readable of all the Derrydales. $175.


Raul Valdez, Lords of the Pinnacles: Wild Goats of the World. Mesilla, NM: Wild Sheep and Goat International, 1985. Vi, 212 pages. Illustrated, index. Hardback in dust jacket. Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is #136. Signed by the author. Book and dust jacket very fine. $200.


Facing the Charge: African Dangerous Game (by Michael J. Miller as told to Scott Longman). If you enjoy stirring tales of adventure in the “Dark Continent,” this book is an irresistible “must read.” It includes a Foreword by Fiona Capstick, lots of striking photos, and is beautifully laid out and designed. Copies of the folio-size book are $60

AMWELL PRESS BOOKS



Books from the Amwell Press were the brain child of Jim Rikhoff, who had worked for the Lin Corporation (owners of Winchester firearms and ammunition at the time), and who also established a solid track record as a writer and editor. The Winchester Press was his idea and served as a forerunner of the Amwell Press. In the mid 1970s, in conjunction with Monica Sullivan, he formed the National Sporting Fraternity (NSF) with an underlying concept of making fine sporting literature available to the membership. The books, a total of 62 in all, were to be produced in limited editions of 1,000 copies (many subsequently appeared in less expensive trade editions). In addition to the NSF titles, the Amwell Press offered other series including the High Country Heritage Series, Big Game Heritage Series, Asian Heritage Series, African Hunting Heritage Series, and Angling Heritage Series. These ranged from only a couple of titles in the Asian field to 29 in the highly prized African one. Rikhoff also co-published more than a dozen limited edition titles with others.

The publishing history of the various Amwell titles can be complex, especially since a number of books saw fewer than the stated 1,000 copies actually appear. Also, trade edition volumes are often misrepresented. If the limitation page isn’t there, signed and numbered, it’s a trade edition. Duke Biscotti has solid coverage of the Amwell titles in his American Sporting Books Series, although there are a couple of omissions an incorrect print run numbers for at least one title. Still, his was a prodigious and important effort well worthy of the attention of any serious sporting bibliophile. Below is a listing of a large number of Amwell titles, with the coverage in the African Hunting Heritage Series being particularly good.

Prices are net. S.C. residents will be charged 7 percent tax.

In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3 for each subsequent book. There are no shipping charges on domestic orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all orders, and sender cannot be responsible for lost books. Accordingly, I recommend insurance $3.50 for the first $100 and $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. I have had enough problems with the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) to come to the reluctant conclusion that insurance is very important. If a shipment which is uninsured doesn’t make it, I will provide proof of shipment.

Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards directly, although you can use them with a PayPal account. If you need help using PayPal, please contact PayPal Customer Service at 1-888-221-1161.

To order online with PayPal utilize the add to cart buttons found below each book entry and if insurance is desired please use the add to cart buttons below to purchase. NOTE: After placing an item in your cart, the PayPal cart can be seen on this page just above the book lists.

Insurance up to $100 ($3.50)

Additional insurance $100 ($1.50)


To pay by personal check, cashier’s check, or money order please contact Jim Casada at 1250 Yorkdale Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730-7638; Phone 803-329-4354; E-mail jimcasada@comporium.net.

AFRICAN HUNTING HERITAGE SERIES



Volumes in this series, which saw 29 books published under the Amwell Press imprint and a long-promised, much-delayed 30th and final volume on Rhino hunting published by Safari Press, have become highly collectible. With two exceptions, all were published in limited, numbered, and signed editions of 1,000 copies. All featured slipcases and ribbon markers, although the quality of the binding and the slipcases varied considerably. It would appear that as the series progressed the quality of the materials went downhill a bit, although every volume in the series is nicely done. Here’s an extensive listing, and I’ll be happy to accept wants requests for volumes not listed. I also have a document giving full bibliographical details on the entire series for anyone who might be interested.

Bunny Allen, First Wheel: A White Hunter’s Diary 1927-47 (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. x, 294 pages. Illustrated with photographs from the author’s collection. The ninth volume in the series. Bright red leatherette binding with gilt title on spine and decoration on spine and gilt elephant head image on front cover. Very fine in good slipcase (slipcase has a small production bubble and the limitation page has a previous owner’s blind stamp). Copy #247. $150.


Bunny Allen, Second Wheel (with a Foreword by Frates Seeligson). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1985. The seventeenth volume in the series. viii, 234 pages. Illustrated with photos from the author’s collection. Dark green leatherette with gilt decoration to front cover and gilt spine. Very fine in very fine slipcase. Copy #503. $200.


Another copy, this one #975. Very fine in very fine slipcase. $200.


Douglas Collins, A Tear for Somalia (new Foreword by Wilfrid Thesiger and original Foreword by Lt. Col. Humphrey French with illustrations by Bruno di Sopra) and Another Tear for Africa (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff and line drawings by Bob Kuhn). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1980. 192 and 182 pages. The third and fourth books in the series. Bright red leather with all edges gilt and gilt on the front of the books and their spines. Books and slipcase (holds both books) very fine. Set #847. $225.


Another set, #407. Very fine (but with blind stamp of previous owner on title page and the last page of each book). $200.


W. R. Foran, The Elephant Hunters of the Lado (with a Foreword by Anthony Dyer and a Preface by C. R. S. Pitman). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1981. xxii, 313 pages. Original artwork by Bob Kuhn, map, bibliography. The sixth volume in the series. Copy #816. Book and slipcase very fine (book has blind stamp of previous owner on limitation page). $150.


Elgin Gates, Trophy Hunter in Africa (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1988. xviii, 315 pages. Illustrated with photos from the author’s collection. The twenty-first volume in the series. Very fine in very fine slipcase. Copy #714. $175.


Another copy. #454. Fine in fine slipcase. $160.


Another copy. #854. About good (some wear to spine and front) in fine slipcase. $95.


Lionel A. H. Hartley, Hunter’s Heartbeat, Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1985. xii, 241 pages. Illustrated with original photographs. The eighteenth volume in the series. Very fine in very fine slipcase. Copy #247. $120.


Another copy. #65. Very fine in very fine slipcase. $120.


Tony (A. M. H.) Henley, Round the Campfire (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1989. Illustrated with photos from the author’s collection. The twenty-fifth volume in the series. Black grained leather with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt spine. Very fine in very fine slipcase. Copy #929. $100.


Another Copy. This one Copy #664. Book and slipcase very fine. $100.


Another Copy. This one Copy #454. Book and slipcase new (still in wrapper). $105. SOLD

Brian Herne, Tanzania Safaris (with a Foreword by Erwin A. Bauer). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1982. xi, 259 pages. Illustrated. The seventh volume in the series. Burgundy leatherette with gilt decoration on front cover and on spine. Very fine in fine slipcase. Copy #119. $250.


Another copy. #281. Book and slipcase fine to very fine. $235.


Angus MacLagan, A White Hunter’s Life (with a Foreword by Jim Rikoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. xxx, 284 pages. Illustrated with photos from the author’s collection. The tenth book in the series. Brown leatherette with gilt decoration on the front cover and spine. Very fine in fine slipcase. Copy #647. $125.


Another copy, book and slipcase very fine but with previous owner’s blind stamp to limitation page. Copy #247. $110.


Harry Manners, Kambaku! With a Foreword by Tony Sanchez-Arino, photos from the author’s collection, and original artwork by the author). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1986. xii, 458 pages. The twentieth book in the series. Leatherette with gilt cover illustration and gilt spine. Very fine in very fine slipcase. Copy #855. $200.


Another copy. #637. Book and slipcase very fine. $200.


William Negley, Archer in Africa (with a Foreword by Harry Tennison). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1989. xiv, 235 pages. Illustrated. The twentieth-fourth book in the series. Pebbled brown leather with gilt cover and spine illustrations. Very fine in very fine slipcase. Copy #247. This is one of the most desirable (and beautiful) books in the entire series. Extremely difficult to find. $650.


A.Blayney Percival, A Game Ranger’s Notebook (with a Foreword by Margaret Kummerfeldt) and A Game Ranger on Safari (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1985. xviii, 374; xviii, 305 pages. The fifteenth and sixteenth volumes in the series. Both are illustrated, indexed, and have a folding map at the end. Burgundy morocco with all edges gilt, gilt decoration on cover, gilt title and decoration on spine, and silk endpapers. Two-volume set in a divided black slipcase. Books very fine, slipcase fine. Set #247. $325.


Maurice Randall, Game, Glory and Bitter Blood (with a Foreword by Vincent Glenday). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1990. xiv, 220 pages. Illustrated. The twenty-eighth volume in the series. Red leatherette with gilt decoration on front cover and spine. Book very fine and slipcase fine. Copy #166. $65.


Another copy, this one #856. Book and slipcase very fine. $65.


Jim Rikhoff (editor and compiler), Hunting Africa: Kenya (with a Foreword by Harry Tennison and artwork by Coheleach). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1992. xxiv, 636 pages. The twenty-seventh book in the series. The title suggests that there were plans for similar anthologies on other African countries, but that did not occur. Red leather with all edges gilt, silk endpapers, and gilt front cover and spine. Book and slipcase fine. Copy #979. $150.


Jim Rikhoff (editor and compiler), Hunting the African Buffalo: An Anthology (with a Foreword by Harry Tennison and color plates and line drawings by Guy Coheleach). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. xxvi, 599 pages. The thirteenth book in the series. Brown pebbled leather with all edges gilt, gilt illustration on cover and gilt spine, silk endpapers. Book very fine and linen slipcase fine. Copy #855. $450.


Jim Rikhoff (editor and compiler), Hunting the African Elephant: An Anthology (with a Foreword by Harry Tennison and original color plates and line drawings by Guy Coheleach). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1985. xxiv, 688 pages. The nineteenth book in the series. Blue leather with all edges gilt, gilt decoration on front cover and spine, silk endpapers. Book and slipcase (which is high-quality linen) very fine. Unquestionably one of the most important an d striking books in the entire series Copy #855. $325.


Another copy. This one #934. Book and slipcase very fine. $325.


Harry Tennison, An African Affair (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1988. xiv, 236 pages. Illustrated with photographs from the author’s collection. The twenty-second book in the series. Grained brown morocco in slipcase with gilt title on spine and decoration on front cover. Very fine in fine slipcase. Copy #247. $135.


Another copy. #454. Book very fine and slipcase good (shows some sign of wear and one spot). $100.

Ada and Laddy Wincza, Bush and Plains (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. xvi, 411 pages. Illustrated with photographs from the authors’ collection. The eleventh book in the series. Brown leather with ribbon marker. Copy #247. Previous owner’s blind stamp to limitation page. Very fine in very fine slipcase. $150.


Another copy. #954. Book and slipcase very fine. $155.

BIG GAME HERITAGE SERIES



Another, shorter Amwell Press series basically designed to cover big-game hunting outside of Africa along with works encompassing Africa and other continents. As with the African Hunting Heritage Series, the volumes were slipcased and limited to 1,000 numbered, signed copies.

Bradford Angier (editor), The Best of Colonel Townsend Whelen (with a Preface by Ken Warner). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. xx, 404 pages. Illustrated with photographs from Whelen’s collection. All edges gilt, pebbled red leather binding, gilt front cover and spine. This is the fifth volume in the series. Book (has blind imprint of previous owner on limitation page) and slipcase very fine. Copy #247. $100.


John Batten, The Forest and the Plain (with a Foreword by Richard Borden and artwork by Peter Darro). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. xvi, 243 pages. All edges gilt, leatherette, linen slipcase, silk endpapers. This is the sixth volume in the series. $80.


Jim Rikhoff (editor and compiler), Hunting the Big Cats: An Anthology (with a Foreword by Prince Alfred von Auersperg and color plates and line drawings by Bob Kuhn). Two volumes. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1981. xxiv, 438; 470 pages. All edges gilt, silk endpapers, leatherette, linen slipcases. Volume 1 covers cheetah, leopard, and lion while Volume 2 deals with cougar, jaguar, and tiger. Fine in fine slipcase. Set #88. $275.


Another set, Fine in good slipcase (worn and cracking a bit at the top). Previous owner’s bookplate in each volume. Set #137. $200.


HIGH COUNTRY HERITAGE SERIES



This series, although much shorter than Amwell’s African one, brought both original works and reprints of scarce books into print. Strangely, one of the titles for the National Sporting Fraternity, Duncan Gilchrist’s Journal of a High Country Hunter, was not part of this series. Chronology is not an explanation, because volumes in the High Country Heritage Series appeared both before and after its 1992 publication date.

Robert H. Bates, Mountain Man: The Story of Belmore Browne (with special Forewords by Bradford Washburn and John H. Batten). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1988. xx, 424 pages. Illustrated with photos and original artwork from the Browne family. Teal leatherette with silk endpapers and gilt front cover and spine. This is the tenth books in the series. Very fine BUT LACKS SLIPCASE. Priced accordingly. Copy #855. $50.


John Batten, Skyline Pursuits (with a Preface by James Duke, Jr., a frontispiece by Carl Rungius, and artwork by Gordon Allen, Jr.). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1981. xiv, 317 pages. All edges gilt, silk endpapers, etc. Very fine in very good slipcase. Blind imprint of previous owner on limitation page. Although not so specified, this was either volume three or four in the series (two books were published in 1981). Copy #247. $140. SOLD

Jim Rikhoff (editor and compiler), Hunting the World’s Mountains : An Anthology (with a Foreword by John Batten and illustrations by Gordon Allen and Peter Skirka). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. Volume 1 ONLY of the two-volume set, and lacks slipcase. xviii, 478 pages. Book is fine with all edges gilt and silk endpapers. Bargain at $25 because of broken set.


Jim Rikhoff (editor and compiler), Taking Your Chances in the High Country (with a Foreword by Gene Hill and artwork by Joe Vance). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1994. xx, 411 pages. Blue bonded leather in faux linen slipcase. All edges gilt and silk endpapers. The eleventh volume in the series. Book and slipcase very fine. Copy #997. $65. SOLD

Another copy. This one #247. Book and slipcase very fine. $65. SOLD

Charles Sheldon, The Wilderness of the North Pacific Coast Islands, The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon (with a new Introduction by William G. Sheldon), and The Wilderness of Denali with an Introduction by C. Hart Merriam). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. xvi, 246; xxv, 364; xxvi, 412 pages. All illustrated and with indices. Good (some wear to edges) in very good varnished linen slipcase. Signed by Jim Rikhoff and William G. Sheldon (the author’s son). Stated as the fifth, sixth, and seventh volumes in the series, but in truth they were the seventh, eighth, and ninth volumes, at least if one goes by date of publication. Set #856. $300.


Lamar Underwood (editor and compiler), Hunting the North Country (with a Foreword by Angus Cameron and artwork by Carl Rungius). Two volumes. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1981. xxii, 497; 498-1102 pages. Very fine in good varnished linen slipcase (cracking to one of the two slip entries at the top). Although not so specified on the limitation page, these were volumes five and six in the series, at least if one considers the date of publication. Set #74. $150.


ANGLING HERITAGE SERIES



Cecil E. Heacox, The Compleat Brown Trout (with a Foreword by Ernest Schwiebert). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. xxii, 182 pages. Illustrations by Wayne Trimm, index. Very fine in very find slipcase. Silk endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Blind stamp of previous owner on limitation page. Copy #247 of 1000 copies. $40.


NATIONAL SPORTING FRATERNITY BOOKS



There were dozens of books published for members of the National Sporting Fraternity Limited. The publishing history is complex, thanks to some being done under the umbrella of Winchester Press (an arm of Winchester, for whom Rikhoff worked at the time the series was launched in 1976), many being done not only in the limited and signed editions of 1,000 copies but also in one or more trade printings, some of the trade editions being done without slipcases, etc. The books below are all limited signed editions, but trade copies are also offered under “TRADE EDITIONS.” All limited editions had ribbon markers, signed limitation pages, and slipcases.

Russell Annabel, Alaskan Days, Mexican Nights: The Best of Russell Annabel (edited and with an Introduction by Drew Holl, Preface by Angus Cameron, and Foreword by Ted Kesting). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1987. xvi, 455 pages. Illustrated by William Gamradt. Copy #247 of 1000. Book very fine and slipcase fine. $150.


Another copy, this one #855. Book and slipcase very fine. $160.


Charles Askins, Unrepentant Sinner (with a Foreword by George W. Parker). San Antonio, TX: Tejano Publications for the National Sporting Fraternity, 1985. xii, 322 pages. Illustrated. Signed by Askins and Jim Rikhoff but not Parker. Red leather with marbled endpapers and a black slipcase. The autobiography of a rough-and-tumble gun writer. Very fine in very fine slipcase. Copy # S. B. 1 (I’m not sure what this means but it is some type of special designation and is occasionally encountered in this series). $175.


Bud Branham, Sourdough and Swahili: A Professional Hunter on Two Continents (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff and Mike Branham and artwork by Bob Kuhn)). Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1989. Xiv, 224 pages. Copy #854 of 1000. Deep magenta bonded leather with animal skin appearance and gilt imprint on cover and spine. Slipcase tan. Book very fine and slipcase (which has been expertly repaired at top) near fine. $65.


Charley Dickey, Opening Shots and Parting Lines. Place and publisher not given but limitation page states Winchester Press for Amwell Press while the copyright page indicates all inquiries should go to New Century Publishers in Piscataway, NJ. 1983. xii, 208 pages. Illustrated. Green leatherette in slipcase with the Fraternity’s symbol, a hunting horn enclosed a deer head, in gilt on front cover and spine gilt. Signed by the author and Jim Rikhoff. Book and slipcase very fine. Copy #855. $40.


Another copy, this one #247. Book and slipcase very fine but with previous owner’s blind stamp on limitation page. $35.


Another copy. #854. Book very fine; slipcase shows some wear. $35.


Charley Dickey, Outdoors (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff and artwork by Jonathan Livingston). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1989. xiv, 140 pages. Very fine book (previous owner’s bookplate present) and slipcase. Copy #137. $30.


Another copy. #854. Book and slipcase very fine. $32.50.


Bob Elman (editor and compiler), Timber and Tide: Hunting Tales of the Northeast(with artwork by Roger Cruwys). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 2000. xxviii, 545 pages. Ribbon marker and gold embossing to cover and spine of the book. Very fine simulated leather in almost good slipcase (two small splotches). Copy #838. $80.


George Bird Evans, Recollections of a Shooting Guest. With a Preface by Jim Rikhoff and an Introduction by Kay Evans. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1978. Leatherbound in slipcase. xviii, 186 pages. Illustrated by Gordon Allen. Copy #538 of 1,000 for the National Sporting Fraternity. Book and slipcase very fine. $250.


Another copy, this one #734. Book and slipcase very fine. $250.


Another copy, this one #447. $250.


George Bird Evans (editor), The Ruffed Grouse Book (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff and illustrated by Donald Shoffstall). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1977. Linen bound in slipcase. xvii, 258 pages. Copy #779 of a limited edition of 1000. Very fine in vf slipcase. $200.


Another copy, this one #463. Book and slipcase very fine. $200.


George Bird Evans (editor), The Woodcock Book (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff and illustrated by Donald Shoffstall). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1977. Linen bound in slipcase. xviii, 286 pages. Copy #779 of a limited edition of 1000. Very fine in vf slipcase. $200.


Another copy, this one #463. Book and slipcase very fine. $200.


Duncan Gilchrist, Journal of a High Country Hunter (with a Foreword by Jack Atcheson, a Preface by Rick Furniss, and artwork by Dick Williams). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1992. xviii, 269 pages. Maps. Blue bonded leather in blue slipcase. Book and slipcase very fine. Copy #931. $75. SOLD

Another copy. #854. Book and slipcase very fine. $75. SOLD

Duncan Gilchrist, On Bears and Bear Hunting (with a foreword by Jack Atcheson, Preface by Charles Jonkel, and artwork by Dick Williams). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. xviii, 268 pages. Maps. Blue bonded leather in faux linen slipcase. Book and slipcase very fine. Copy #247. $80. SOLD

Another copy. #854. Book fine and slipcase fine. $70.


Joseph Greenfield, A Quail Hunter’s Odyssey(with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 2003. xviii, 187 pages. Illustrated. Decorative gilt cover and spine with green bonded leather binding. Book and slipcase very fine. Copy #247. $70. SOLD

David Henderson, Covey Rises and Other Pleasures (with an Introduction by Gene Hill). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. xviii, 155 pages. Illustrated by Shep Foley (the author’s daughter). Copy #247 of 1000. Has previous owner’s blind stamp on limitation page. Book and slipcase very fine. $45.


David Henderson, On Point. A Bedside Reader for Hunters and Fishermen (with a Foreword by Stephen Bodio and original illustrations by Shep Foley). Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1990. Xx, 328 pages. Decorative gilt cover in green bonded leather binding; slipcase light green. Copy #854 of 1000. Book and slipcase very fine. $45.


Tom Hennessey, Feathers ‘n Fins (with an Introduction by Bob Elman and a Foreword by Gene Hill). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1989. xviii, 352 pages. Illustrations by the author. Copy #855 of 1000. Very fine in very fine slipcase. $40.


Gene Hill, Hill Country. viii, 167 pages. Illustrated. Brown leatherette with brown slipcase. Printed by E. P. Dutton in a special edition for the National Sporting Fraternity, 1978. Signed by Hill and Jim Rikhoff. Very fine (previous owner’s blind stamp to limitation page) in very fine slipcase. Copy # R. R. 1 (I’m not sure what this means but it is not unusual to encounter limited edition copies with this type of special designation). $75. SOLD

Gene Hill, A Listening Walk . . . and Other Stories. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1985. viii, 230 pages. Illustrated by Tom Hennessey. Green bonded leather with ribbon marker. Copy #913. Book and slipcase very fine. $100.


Another copy. #854. Book very fine and slipcase fine. $95.


Gene Hill, Sunlight and Shadows: Essays and Stories on the Out-of-doors (illustrated by Herb Strasser). Los Angeles, CA: Petersen Publishing Company, 1990. 173 pages. While not published by Amwell (even though the spine carries “Amwell” below the title, this was a book for National Sporting Fraternity members. Copy #854 of 1000. Black bonded leather with gilt imprint on cover and gray slipcase. Book and slipcase very fine. $90.


John E. Howard (editor and compiler), Strayed Shots and Frayed Lines: Being Classics of American Sporting Humor (with an Introduction by Gene Hill and artwork by Anthony Hillman). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1982. xviii, 407 pages. Brown leatherette in brown slipcase. Gilt stamping on front cover and spine. Very fine in a very fine slipcase. Copy #549. $50.


Jerry A. Lewis, Silent Crossings (with a Preface by Ronald Ruchong and a Foreword by Sherman Hayes). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1988. xx, 152 pages. Artwork by Dick Williams. LACKS SLIPCASE. Copy #855 of edition of 1000. Very fine copy of one of the few books devoted to hunting mountain lions. $40. SOLD

Another copy. #854. This one with the slipcase present. Book and slipcase very fine. $60 SOLD

John I. Merritt, Baronets and Buffalo: The British Sportsman in the American West, 1833-1881. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1987.x, 217 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. Brown bonded leather with ribbon marker and all edges gilt. Copy #855. Book and slipcase very fine. $60.


Another copy. #854. Book very fine in fine slipcase. $57.50.


Michael McIntosh (Editor), Classics of American Sporting Fiction (with a Foreword by Joel Vance and original artwork by Shep Foley). Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1984. Xvi, 310 pages. Copy #854 of 1000. Brown bonded leather with gilt imprint on cover, brown slipcase. Book and slipcase very fine. $40. SOLD

Jack O’Connor, Game in the Desert Revisited (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff and artwork by Rich Hauser). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1977. xxxii, 306 pages. Signed by O’Connor and Rikhoff but not Hauser, and the limitation is 950 copies instead of the usual 1,000. Green leatherette with green slipcase. Very fine (blind stamp of previous owner on limitation page and last page) in very fine slipcase. Copy #778. $250.


Jack O’Connor, The Last Book(with a Foreword by Brad O’Connor and an Introduction by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. xviii, 248 pages. Illustrated. Maroon bonded leather with ribbon marker in red slipcase. Copy #855. Book and slipcase very fine. $180.


Ray Ovington, A Sportsman-Artist’s Game Bag (preface by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1989. Xx, 335 pages. Copy #854 of 1000. Blue bonded leather with gilt imprint on cover and spine; blue slipcase. Book and slipcase very fine. $25.


Arthur Popham, Jr., Stalking Game from Desert to Tundra (Introduction by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1985. xxiv, 166 pages. Bonded blue leather with ribbon marker. Copy #855. Book and slipcase fine. $60.


Another copy. #854. Book Very fine; slipcase fine. $55.


Kenneth Roebuck, Where Spaniels Spring (with a Foreword by John Heminway and artwork by David G. Roebuck. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1993. xvi, 176 pages. Brown leatherette in a brown slipcase. Gilt stamping on front and spine. Very fine in very fine slipcase. Copy #247. $40.


John Roush, Antlers Afield (with a Foreword by Bernard Minarik and photos from the author’s collection). Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1988. Xii, 225 pages. Copy #854 of 1000. Brown bonded leather with gilt on cover and spine. Tan slipcase. Book and slipcase fine. $30.


Archibald Rutledge, Fireworks in the Peafield Corner (edited and compiled by Irvine Rutledge). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1986. xviii, 357 pages. With an Introduction by Irvine Rutledge, a Foreword by Lamar Underwood, and original artwork by Steve Thomas. Hardback in slipcase. Leatherbound, gilt on spine and front cover, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, silk endpapers, raised hubs. Signed by Irvine Rutledge, Steve Thomas, and the publisher, Jim Rikhoff. Copy #61 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Book very fine, slipcase fine. A real treasure and a grand job of bringing together some of Rutledge’s finest writing. $175.


Another copy, this one #137. Previous owner’s bookplate on front endpaper. Book very fine, slipcase fine. $170.


Another Copy. #852. Book very fine; slipcase fine. $170.

Jack Samson (editor and compiler), The Bear Book (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff and illustrated by Al Barker). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1979. xvi, 250 pages. Black leatherette in red slipcase with gilt on front cover and spine. Copy #275. Contains a previous owner’s name and address on front inside cover and, notably, is signed and inscribed to that individual by George Bird Evans. In all likelihood Evans, who did several books for the Fraternity, got free copies and passed them on. Very fine in fine slipcase. Copy #275. $45.


Another copy, this one an unnumbered copy stamped “Publisher’s Presentation” on the limitation page. Fine (slight hint of a bump to one corner) in very fine slipcase. $40.


Jack Samson, Hunting the Southwest (with an Introduction by Jim Rikhoff and original art by Victoria Blanchard). Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1985. Xv, 172 pages. Gilt cover image of elk with brown bonded leather and brown slipcase. Copy #854 of 1000. Book and slipcase very fine. $45.


Another copy, this one #375. Book and slipcase very fine. $45.


Jack Samson, Wind Knots and Near Misses (with an Introduction by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1998. xii, 347 pages. Illustrated by Victoria Blanchard. Copy #425 of a limited edition of 1000. Unlike most works in this series, this one does not have the National Sporting Fraternity emblem on the front cover. Very fine in very fine slipcase. $35.


Burton Spiller, Fishin’ Around (with a Foreword by ”Tap” Tapply). NY: Winchester Press for the National Sporting Fraternity, 1974. x, 245 pages. Illustrated by Milton Weiler. Green bonded leather in green slipcase. Copy #620. Book very fine, slipcase fine. $55.


Tory Taylor, Hunting on Big Game Trails. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1988. Xvi, 188 pages. Illustrated by Dick Williams. Red bonded leather with all edges gilt in red slipcase. Copy #931. Book very fine, slipcase very good (some fading to edges). $45.


Lamar Underwood (editor and compiler), The Bobwhite Quail Book (with a Foreword by Gene Hill). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1980. xx, 443 pages. Illustrated by Donald Shoffstall. Copy #396 of a special limited edition of 400 done to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Grand National Quail Hunt. This differs from the limited edition of 1000 copies in the color of the binding (red leatherette) and slipcase (red). There is also a gilt embossed label of the Grand National Quail Hunt Shooters Council on the front cover rather than the National Sporting Fraternity label. Book is very fine and slipcase good plus (a half inch of the slipcase is faded from sun exposure). $75.


Lamar Underwood (editor and compiler), Hunting the Southlands (with artwork by Jere Williamson). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1986. xiv, 550 pages. Signed by Underwood, Williamson and Jim Rikhoff. Green leatherette in a green slipcase. Book and slipcase very fine. Copy #855. $125.


Joel Vance, Confessions of an Outdoor Maladroit (with a Foreword by Michael McIntosh and artwork by Anthony Hillman). Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1983. Xx, 210 pages. Brown bonded leather with gilt on cover and spine; tan slipcase. Book very fine, slipcase good (shows some wear). $25.


Charles F. Waterman, Ridge Runners and Swamp Rats (with a Foreword by Charley Dickey). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. xiv, 347 pages. Illustrated by Shep Foley. Copy #247 of 1000 (blind stamp of previous owner on limitation page). Book very fine; slipcase fine. $80.


Dick Wolff, Parting Shots: A Collection of His Columns from Guns & Ammo Magazine. Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1987. With specially commissioned artwork by Mike Watson. Copy #854 of 1000. Book very fine and slipcase about fine. $45.


TRADE EDITIONS



Once many of the limited edition Amwell Press publications had been sold out, Jim Rikhoff reprinted many of them in trade editions. One exception was books in the African Hunting Heritage Series. Although a few of those were reprints of previously published books, most were original and none were reprinted in Amwell trade editions. The books offered below are all trade editions, and they come in various formats—with and without slipcases, books by the same author combined in a single slipcase, illustrated slipcases (something not found in the limited editions), and the like. The binding is almost always brown buckram, and where this is not the case it is so noted. I have tried to describe each item with care, and it is vitally important that anyone dealing with Amwell Press books recognize the difference between the limited and the trade editions. The limitation page, signed and numbered, is THE key. Just because a slipcase is present does not mean the book is a limited edition.

John Batten, The Formidable Game (with a Foreword by Elgin Gates). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1989. xii, 264 pages. Illustrated with original photos. First trade edition (limited to 1,000 unnumbered copies) after the 1983 limited, numbered edition. Very fine in very fine slipcase. $30.


John Batten, Skyline Pursuits (with a Preface by James Duke, Jr., a frontispiece by Carl Rungius, and artwork by Gordon Allen, Jr.). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1989. xiv, 317 pages. The first trade printing. Gilt decorated blue buckram in slipcase with a decorative artwork pastedown. Very fine in very fine slipcase. Two copies available. $50.


Bud Branham, Sourdough and Swahili: A Professional Hunter on Two Continents (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff and Mike Branham and artwork by Bob Kuhn)). Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1989. Xiv, 224 pages. Red buckram in red slipcase. Both fine. $32.50.


Charley Dickey, Backtrack (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1990. Xiv, 150 pages. Blue buckram in a blue slipcase. Both very fine. $20.


Duncan Gilchrist, On Bears and Bear Hunting (with a Foreword by Jack Atcheson and Preface by Charles Jonkel). Xviii, 268 pages. Illustrated by Dick Williams. Signed on the title page by the author. The slipcase has a pastedown illustration. Book and slipcase near fine. $60. Two copies available.


David Henderson, Covey Rises and Other Pleasures (with a Foreword by Gene Hill—xviii, 156 pages--1984) and Sundown Covey (with a Foreword by Charles Waterman—xviii, 204 pages—1986). Both books are in a single slipcase with a paste-down illustration and both are illustrated by Shep Foley (the author’s daughter). Both are signed on the inside cover by the author and the illustrator, with one of them being warmly personalized to Jim Casada (I knew Henderson and did a bit of hunting with him). Books and slipcase fine. $125.


Another set of the trade edition. One book good, the other fine and slipcase fine. $75.


Tom Hennessey, Feathers ‘n Fins (with an Introduction by Bob Elman and Foreword by Gene Hill). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1989. Xviii, 352 pages. Illustrated. Blue buckram in blue slipcase. Book very fine, slipcase very good. 1st trade edition of 1000 copies. $30.


John Howard, Strayed Shots and Frayed Lines; Being Classics of American Sporting Humor (with an Introduction by Gene Hill and artwork by Anthony Hillman). Clinton, NJ: The Amwell Press, 1982. Xviii, 418 pages. Good copy in brown buckram. $15.


Michael McIntosh (editor), Classics of American Sporting Fiction (with a Foreword by Joel Vance). xvi, 310 pages. Illustrated by Shep Foley. October, 1984 and presumably the first trade edition although this is not stated. Very good (no slipcase). $30.


Jack O’Connor, Game in the Desert Revisited (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff). xxx, 306 pages. Illustrated by Rich Hauser. Second printing (trade edition) of March, 1984. There is art work on the front cover of the book and a pastedown on the slipcase. Book and slipcase near fine. $40.


Jack O’Connor, The Last Book: Confessions of a Gun Editor (with a Foreword by Brad O’Connor and edited and with a special Introduction by Jim Rikoff). xviii, 247 pages. Illustrated (original photos from the O’Connor family). Near fine in a fine slipcase (which is illustrated with a pastedown portrait of O’Connor). $120.


Jim Rikhoff, Fair Chase (with a Foreword and artwork by Tom Hennessey). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. Xiv, 323 pages. Gilt decoration on front cover and spine with pastedown illustration on the slipcase. Book and slipcase fine. $25.


Archibald Rutledge, Fireworks in the Peafield Corner (edited and compiled by Irvine Rutledge). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1986. xviii, 357 pages. With an Introduction by Irvine Rutledge, a Foreword by Lamar Underwood, and original artwork by Steve Thomas. Hardback in slipcase. Book has some splotches on spine, otherwise very fine. Slipcase is fine. $55.


Lamar Underwood (editor), The Deer Book (with a Foreword by John Madson). xviii, 460 pages. Illustrated by Al Barker. Fourth edition of May, 1986. Very good copy (no slipcase). $10.


Lamar Underwood (editor), The Duck Hunter’s Book. xx, 607 pages. Illustrated by Tom Hennessey. There is no information on the printing other than a copyright date of 1982. Presumably this was the first trade edition. Very good (no slipcase). $35.


F. Phillips Williamson (editor and compiler), The Waterfowl Gunner’s Book: An Anthology (with a Foreword by William Steinkraus and artwork by Donald Shoffstall). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1986. xiv, 282 pages. Brown cloth in brown slipcase. Both very fine. $25.

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1. American Gun. Vol. 1, No. 3 (Summer, 1961). Copies of this short-lived but lovely quarterly were individually bound and contained writing by some of the finest sporting scribes of the time. This one includes Larry Koller, Frank Dobie, Van Campen Heilner, Jim Rikhoff, and others. Ex. library but with no internal markings (label has been removed from spine). $10.

2. Bradford Angier, Skills for Taming the Wilds. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1967. Hardback. 280 pages. Illustrated. Good. By one of the great authorities in the field. $8.

3. Charles Askins, Game Bird Shooting. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1931. Hardback in dust jacket. xxii, 312 pages. First edition. Illustrated. Good in tape-stained dj. From library of one-time American Motors president Roy Chapin, Jr. $35. SOLD

4. Charles Askins, Rifles & Rifle Shooting. NY: Macmillan, 1919. Hardback. 244 pages. About good. $5.

5. Another copy, this one published in 1942. Hardback. 244 pages. About good. $5.

6. Major Charles Askins, Wing and Trap Shooting. NY: Macmillan, 1931. Hardback. 168 pages. Illustrated. A classic treatment. Fair. $10.

7. Another copy. This one a 1948 printing. Hardback in dust jacket. Book near fine, dust jacket good. $10.

8. Havilah Babcock. Deluxe boxed set of four of his books—The Best of Babcock, The Education of Pretty Boy, I Don’t Want to Shoot an Elephant, and Jaybirds Go to Hell on Friday. Reprinted in 1985 by Gunnerman Books. This is set #457 of 1025. Books are nicely bound in linen and the slipcase matches. Gold imprinting and nicely done in every way. Very fine. $150. SOLD

9. Havilah Babcock, The Best of Babcock Auburn Hills, MI: Gunnerman Press, 1985. Hardback (reprint issued without a dust jacket). Very fine. 262 pages. Fine. $25. Two copies available.

10. Havilah Babcock, My Health Is Better in November. Columbia, SC: Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1950. 3rd printing. Fine in good dust jacket (one inch section of dj missing at top of spine). $30.

11. Havilah Babcock, My Health Is Better in November. Columbia, SC: Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1952 (4th printing). Hardback—no dust jacket. iv, 284 pages. Illustrated by Augusta Rembert Wittkowsy. About good. $20.


12. *Havilah Babcock, Tales of Quails ‘n Such. NY: Greenberg, 1951. First edition. xii, 237 pages. Fine copy of the first trade edition. $35.

13. A.R. Beverley-Giddings (Editor), Frank Forester on Upland Shooting. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1951. Hardback in dust jacket. 276 pages. Illustrated. Book very good plus; price-clipped dust jacket poor. $10.

14. Another copy, similar in all ways except the dj is not price clipped. $10. SOLD

15. Horatio Bigelow, Flying Feathers. Richmond, VA: Garrett and Massie, 1937. With an Introduction by Archibald Rutledge. Hardbound. Xiv, 95 pages. The linen binding is frayed half way down the spine (although the paste-on spine label is intact. Internally very good. Rare item and the Rutledge connection makes it more desirable. Good buy at $30.

16. Craig Boddington, Shots at Big Game. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1989. Paperbound. First edition. x, 198 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine. $12. SOLD

17. Stephen Bodio, Good Guns Again. Comb-bound pages proofs. 184 pages. $5. SOLD

18. Adam H. Bogardus, Field, Cover, and Trap Shooting. NY: J. B. Ford & Co., 1874. Hardback (poor condition with spine worn and pages shaken—ideally should be rebound). 343 pages. An obscure item and one of the earliest U. S. imprints in its subject field. The book has been reprinted but even the reprints sell in the $75 range. Chance to get an original cheap. $20.

19. William F. Brown, How to Train Hunting Dogs. NY: A. S. Barnes, 1942. Hardback in dust jacket. xx, 228 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine in fair dust jacket. Former owner’s bookplate present. $10. SOLD

20. Call of the Quail: a Tribute to the Gentleman Game Bird. Traverse City, MI: Countrysport Press, 1989. Hardback in dust jacket. xviii, 188 pages. First edition. Illustrated. Seven fine essays by noted writers/personalities in the world of the quail. Fine in good dj. $30. SOLD

21. Jim Carmichael, The Modern Rifle. NY: Winchester Press, 1975. Hardback in dust jacket. First edition. x, 342 pages, Illustrated, index. Fine in fine glassine-covered dj. $45.

22. Jimmy Carter, An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections—A Personal Memoir. NY: Bantam Books, 1998. Paperbound. [viii], 275 pages. Index. Fine. While I’m no fan of President Peanut, I’ll go with the wisdom of Ruark (at least I think it was him) to the effect that no one who hunts quail can be all bad. $10.

23. Jim Casada, Remembering the Greats: Profiles of Turkey Hunting’s Old Masters. Damaged copy (1/4-inch tear to dust jacket and top of spine; otherwise very fine). Bargain at $5. SOLD

24. Charles Edward Chapel, Guns of the Old West (with an Editor’s Note by Jim Casada—I’ll gladly sign). Fairfax, VA” Odysseus Editions for the National Rifle Association’s Firearms Classics Series. [x], 306 pages. Leatherbound with ribbon marker, silk end papers, all edges gilt. Illustrated, index. Fine. $30.

25. “Mr. Chips,” A Hound Bays in Ellsworth. NY: Vantage Press, 1991. Hardback in dust jacket. xiv, 66 pages. Book and dj fine. $10.


26. Roland Clark, Pot Luck. NY: The Countryman Press, 1945. Hardback (very fine) in slipcase (shoddy and coming apart). 101 pages. One of 5000 copies. SOLD


27. Arthur L. Cone, Jr., The Complete Guide to Hunting. NY: Macmillan Publishing, 1970. Hardback in dust jacket. xiv, 335 pages. Illustrated, index. Book near fine, dj good. $10.

28. Eugene V. Connett, 3rd, (editor), Duck Shooting Along the Atlantic Tidewater. NY: Bonanza Books, 1947. Hardbound (large format) in dust jacket. xii, 308 pages. Illustrated (color plates by Dr. Edgar Burke and Lynn Bogue Hunt). Book very good, price-clipped dj fair. $15. SOLD

29. Eugene V. Connett, 3rd, Wing Shooting and Angling. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922. Hardbound is glassine cover (as issue, without dust jacket). 226 pages. First edition. Illustrated. Near fine. $50.

30. E. C. Crossman, Military & Sporting Rifle Shooting. Marines, Onslow County, NC: Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1932. Hardback. xxii, 500 pages. Illustrated. An early volume from Thomas Samworth’s famed publishing operation. Good. $25.

31. Another copy, cover quite worn. $17.50.

32. Byron W. Dalrymple, Complete Guide to Hunting Across North America. NY: Outdoor Life, 1970. Hardback in dust jacket. [xii], 848 pages. Illustrated, index. Massive. Book good, dj fair. $10.

33. William R. Davidson and Victor F. Nettles, Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases in the Southeastern United States. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1997. Softbound. xiv, 417 pages. Index. Very fine. Definitive manual for the landowner or land manager. $10.

33A—Guy de la Valdene, Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock. Oshkosh, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1985. Hardbound (no dust jacket was issued with the first edition of this book). 202 pages. Illustrated. About good (foxing? spots to top and first four or five preliminary pages). An elegantly written book which is already a minor classic. $30.


34. Charley Dickey, Charley Dickey’s Bobwhite Quail Hunting. Birmingham, AL: Oxmoor House, 1974. Hardback in dust jacket. Illustrated by Ralph Mark. Second edition. x, 189 pages. Very fine in fine price-clipped dj. $15.

35. Chris Dorsey, The Grouse Hunter’s Almanac. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1990. Hardback in dust jacket. xii, 244 pages. Illustrated. Book and dust jacket fine. $25. Two copies available.

36. William B. Edwards, Civil War Guns. Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company, 1962. Hardback in dust jacket. [xii], 444 pages. Illustrated, index. A definitive study, beautifully done (folio size). Fine in fine dust jacket. $20.

37. Richard Eggert, Fish and Hunt the Backcountry: A Sportsman’s Guide to Exploring the Wilderness. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Press, 1978. Hardback in dust jacket. 223 pages. Illustrated, index. Book fine in good dust jacket. $10.

38. Daniel Giraud Elliot, Game Birds of North America. NY: Francis Harper, 1897. Hardback. 220 pages. Illustrated, index, fascinating end paste-in of bird colors. Very good. Rare in original edition. $100.

39. William Elliott, Carolina Sports by Land and Water. Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1918. Hardback. 200 pages. Rare. $75.

40. Sam Fadala, Great Shooters of the World. South Hackensack, NJ: Stoeger Publishing, 1990. Paperbound (as new). 1st edition. 287 pages. Illus. $12. Six copies available.

41. Corey Ford, The Trickiest Thing in Feathers (compiled and with an Introduction by Laurie Morrow). Gallatin Gateway, MT: Wilderness Adventures Press, 1996. Hardback in dust jacket. First edition. xxii, 184 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $40. SOLD

42. Frank Forester (H. W. Herbert), Field Sports in the United States and the British Provinces of America. London: Richard Bentley, 1848. 2 vols. Viii, 344; viii, 344 pages. Hardback—rebound, it would appear, with most of the spine from the original binding pasted on. Very good copies of a rare early set. Corners bumped, internally clean with some pages unopened. At $150, you won’t find a better price. $150.

43. Mike Gaddis, Jenny Willow. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2002. Hardback in dust jacket. 280 pages. Card signed by author tipped in. Very fine. $15. SOLD

44. J. N. George, English Pistols and Revolvers. Birmingham, AL: Palladium Press, 1999 (with an Editor’s note by Jim Casada). A volume in the Firearms Classics Series. Hardbound in leather with all edges gilt and a ribbon marker. [viii], xiv, 256 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. I’ll gladly sign and inscribe if you wish. $45.

45. Dr. Joseph C. Greenfield, A Quail Hunter’s Odyssey. San Marino, CA: Safari Press, 2009. Hardback in dust jacket. 200 pages. New (still in shrink wrap). $25. SOLD

46. George Bird Grinnell, American Duck Shooting (a volume in the Classics of American Sport reprint series with a Foreword by Jim Casada). Paperbound. 628 pages. Illustrated. Fine. I’ll gladly sign if you wish. A bargain at only $10. Multiple copies available. SOLD

47. Gordon Gullion, Grouse of the North Shore (with photography by Tom Martinson). Oshkosh, WI: Willow Creek press, 1984. Hardback (no dust jacket; presumably issued that way). [x], 144 pages. Beautiful large format book. Fine. $75 (uncommon in hardbound format).

48. S. T. Hammond, My Friend the Partridge: Memories of New England Shooting. Auburn Hills, MI: Gunner Press, no date (circa 1990). Reprint of the scarce 1898 edition. Hardbound (#318 of a limited, numbered edition of 1025). [vi], 148 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $45

49. David H. Henderson, On Point: A Bedside Reader for Hunters and Fishermen. Clinton, NJ: New Win Publishing, 1990. Hardback in dust jacket. xx, 328 pages. First edition. Foreword by Stephen Bodio. Very fine. $25.

50. John Hightower, Pheasant Hunting. NY: Knopf, 1946. x, 250 pages. Hardback good in shabby dust jacket. A volume in the Borzoi Books for Sportsmen Series. Illustrated. $15.

51. Gene Hill, A Hunter’s Fireside Book. NY: Winchester Press, 1972. Hardback in dust jacket. Illustrated. First edition. [x], 162 pages. Book fine; dust jacket good. $20. SOLD

52. Gene Hill, A Listening Walk . . . and Other Stories. NY: Winchester Press, 1985. Hardback in dust jacket. [viii], 230 pages. Book fine, dust jacket very good. $25. Two copies available. SOLD

53. Gene Hill, Mostly Tailfeathers. NY: Winchester Press, 1975. Hardback in dust jacket. [viii], 162 pages. Illustrated. First edition. Fine, dj good. $13. SOLD


54. Gene Hill, Shotgunner’s Notebook. Traverse City, MI: Countrysport Press, 1989. Hardback in dust jacket. Second printing. 190 pages. Illustrated. Fine. $20. SOLD

55. Gene Hill and Steve Smith, Outdoor Yarns and Outright Lies. 1st edition. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1983. [vi], 183 pages. Hardback in dust jacket. Book very fine, dust jacket good. Illustrated. 50 delightful tales. $17.50. SOLD

56. Another copy, this one the Live Oak Press reprint of 1994 combined with Nip and Tuck (two books in one). With a new Introduction by Jim Casada. Limited, numbered, slipcased edition of 450 copies. Full leather, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. $75. SOLD

57. John Hightower, Pheasant Hunting. NY: Knopf, 1946. A Borzoi Books for Sportsmen book. Hardback in dust jacket. x, 236 pages. Illustrated (by Lynn Bogue Hunt), index. Reading copy only. Lower spine water damaged. $6.

58. Terry Hodges, Sworn to Protect. Oroville, CA: T & C Books, 1999. Hardback in dust jacket. iv, 317 pages. Illustrated. A fine collection of game warden adventures. Very fine in very fine dj. $25.

59. Ray P. Holland, Now Listen, Warden. NY: A. S. Barnes, 1946. Hardback in dust jacket. xii, 130 pages. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis. A delightful collection of warden tales. Very good in poor, price-clipped dj. $15. SOLD

60. Ray P. Holland, Scattergunning. NY: Knopf, 1951. Hardback in dust jacket. xiv, 380 pages. Illustrated by William Schaldach. Book near fine, glassine-enclosed dj (a beautiful image of a covey rise) is fair. I think this is Holland’s finest book. $35.

61. Another copy. Book and dj are about fine. $37.50. SOLD

62. Ray P. Holland, Shotgunning in the Lowlands. NY: Countryman Press, 1945. Hardback in dust jacket. xiv, 213 pages. Illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Second printing (2500 copies). Book is very fine, dust jacket (usually missing from this large volume) is fair. $30. SOLD

63. Ray P. Holland, Shotgunning in the Uplands. NY: A. S. Barnes, 1944. Hardback. xiv, 214 pages. Illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Very good plus, no dust jacket. $25.

64. Bob, Dan and Ray Holland, Good Shot!: A Book of Rod, Gun, and Camera. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Hardback in dust jacket. No pagination. Book very good, dust jacket fair. $20.

65. Tom Huggler, Grouse of North America. Minoqua, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1990. Hardback in dust jacket. First trade edition. 160 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Very fine in very fine dj. $30.

66. Tom Huggler, Quail Hunting in America. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1987. Hardback in dust jacket. 287 pages. Illustrated, index. Book and dj about fine. $10. SOLD

67. The Hunter’s Journal: A Diary for the Outdoor Experience. Brandon, MS: True Exposures Publishing, 2000. Hardback. No pagination. Very fine with letter from publisher tipped in. No markings and ready to be used to record hunting trips. $10.

68. Dwight W. Huntington, Feathered Game: A Handbook of the North American Game Birds. London: Bickers and Son, 1903. Hardback. xiv, 396 pages. Illustrated. Very good. Unusual item. $50.

68A—Edward C. Janes, Hunting Ducks and Geese. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1954. Limited edition copy #699 of 1000 signed by the author. [vi], 186 pages. Illustrated. Book good (would be fine except a kid took a crayon to the inside back cover and endpaper—the is no printed material on these pages), dust jacket quite worn but fully intact. $20.


69. Peter H. Johnson, Parker: America’s Finest Shotgun (Foreword by Ned Schwing). Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1961. Slick cover hardback reprint of 3rd edition from 2008. xii, 260 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $20. SOLD


70. Horace Kephart, Sporting Firearms. NY: Outing Publishing, 1912. Hardback. 153 pages. Presumably a 1st edition though not so stated. Illustrated. Good. $15.

71. Another copy. Fair only. $7.

72. Another copy. This one The Macmillan Company, 1928. Hardback. 153 pages. Fair. $8.

73. Another copy. This one from The Macmillan Company, 1933. Hardback in dust jacket. 153 pages. Book near fine, dj good. With a period list of books for sportsmen tipped in. $15.

74. Joseph Kitchens (text) and Hank Margeson (photography), Quail Plantations of South Georgia & North Florida. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1991. Hardback in dust jacket. xiv, 110 pages. Illustrated. Book and dj very fine. A coffee table book of striking photographic images of the geographical heart of quail hunting’s heritage. $20. SOLD

75. John Alden Knight, Ruffed Grouse. Auburn Hills, MI: Gunnerman Press, 1989. Hardback in dust jacket. xii, 275 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine in fine dj. $50.

76. Kenneth Fuller Lee, Big Game Hunting and Marksmanship. Onslow County, NC: Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company, 1941. Hardback. x, 220 pages. Illustrated. First edition. Very good. $35.

77. Ellis Christian Lenz, Rifleman’s Progress. Huntington, WV: Standard Publications, 1946. First edition. Hardback. [xiv], 162 pages. Illustrated. Much on Africa. Fine. $25.

78. Merrill Lindsay, Miniature Arms. NY: Winchester Press, 1970. 112 pages. Illustrated. Good. $5.

79. Richard Lydekker, Sportsman’s British Bird Book. London: Rowland Ward, 1908. Hardback. xviii, 620 pages. Illustrated. Notable because it comes from arguably the most famous of all sporting book presses. Fair copy of first edition. $25.

80. Horace Lytle, Bird Dog Days. Camden, SC: LiveOak Press, 1994. [viii], 191 pages. Special limited edition of 450 numbered copies with a new Introduction by James A. Casada. This is copy #343. Boxed, bound in full leather, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. As new. $65.

81. Horace Lytle, Point! Camden, SC: LiveOak Press, 1995. [xiv], 197 pages. With a new Introduction by Jim Casada. Copy #343 of a limited edition of 450copies. Boxed, bound in full leather, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. As new. $75.

82. W. L. McAtee (Editor), The Ring-Necked Pheasant and Its Management in North America. Washington, DC: The Wildlife Institute, 1945. Hardback in dust jacket. xii, 320 pages. Illustrated, index. Book fine, price-clipped dj good. $10. SOLD

83. Herbert W. McBride, A Rifleman Went to War. Birmingham, AL: Palladium Press, 2000. A volume in the Firearms Classics Library. Editor’s Note by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly sign). Hardback, leather bound, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. [xxiv], 398 pages. Fine. $22.

84. Roy McHenry and Walter Roper, Smith & Wesson Handguns. Birmingham, AL: Palladium Press, 1997. Hardback, leatherbound, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, ribbon marker. A volume in the Firearms Classics Series with an Editor’s Note by Jim Casada (I’ll gladly sign). [xviii], 233 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine. $28.

85. Michael McIntosh, Best Guns. Revised and updated edition. Camden, ME: Countrysport Press, 1999. xii, 418 pages. Very fine in very fine dj. $100. Two copies available.

86. Michael McIntosh, More Shotguns and Shooting. Camden, ME: Countrysport Press, 1998. Hardback in dust jacket. xii, 262 pages. Illustrated by Bruce Langton. Book and dj very fine. $30.

87. Michael McIntosh, Shotguns and Shooting. New Albany, OH: Countrysport Press, 1995. Hardback. xiv, 266 pages. Special Orvis limited edition of 50 copies, signed. This is copy #47. Top edge gilt, ribbon marker. Illustrations by Eldridge Hardie, Foreword by Gene Hill. Index. Very fine. $125.

88. Michael McIntosh, Shotguns & Shooting—Three. No place: Shooting Sportsman, 2008. Hardback in dust jacket. 240 pages. Book and dj vf. $25.

89. Michael McIntosh, Traveler’s Tales: The wanderings of a Bird Hunter and Sometime Fly Fisherman. Camden, ME: Down East Books, 1997. Hardback in dust jacket. [viii], 302 pages. Foreword by Robert F. Jones. Very fine in very fine dj. $20. SOLD

90. Michael McIntosh and Bill Headrick, Gamefield Classics. Columbia, SC: Sporting Classics, 2009. First edition. Hardback in dust jacket. [xii], 132 pages. Lavishly illustrated (Headrick photos). Large format. Book and dj very fine. $30. SOLD
91. Michael McIntosh and David Trevallion, Shotgun Technicana. Camden, ME: Countrysport Press, 2002. Hardback in dust Jacket. x, 193 pages. Illustrated, index. Perhaps the most difficult McIntosh title to locate. Book and dj very fine. $125. SOLD

92. John Madson, Ruffed Grouse. East Alton, IL: Winchester, 1969. Illus. by Maynard Reece. Paperback (only way published). Fine. 101 pages. $22.50. SOLD

93. George Malcolm and Aymer Maxwell, Grouse and Grouse Moors. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1910. Hardback. xii, 286 pages. Illustrated (includes color plates by Charles Whymper). Fair. $25

94. Michael S. Marsh, Quest for the Limit: Carolina Hunting Adventures. Tabor City, NC: Atlantic Publishing, 1995. Paperbound. xii, 262 pages. Illustrated. Fine. $10.

95. Harold A. Murtz (Editor), Gun Digest Book of Sporting Clays. 2nd edition. Paperbound. 254 pages. Illustrated. Includes two articles I wrote and I’ll gladly sign. $15.

96. Geoffrey Norman, The Orvis Book of Upland Bird Shooting. NY: Nick Lyons Books, no date (c. 1995). Hardback in dust jacket. vi, 155 pages. Illustrated. Fine. $20.

97. Charles C. Norris, Eastern Upland Shooting. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, 1946. Hardback. First edition. 408 pages. Poor ex lib. copy but internally clean—it’s just the cover and endpapers that have problems. Chance to buy a true classic (and perhaps rebind it) at a bargain price. $7.50.

98. Same book. This one a nice 1989 reprint from Countrysport Press. 408 pages. Hardback with ribbon marker and top edge gilt. Limited edition #461 of 500 copies, signed by the publisher, Lon W. Deckard. Foreword by George Bird Evans. Illustrated. Fine. $60. SOLD

99. Clyde Ormond, Small Game Hunting. NY: Outdoor Life Books, 1969 (2nd printing). vi, 126 pages. Hardback in price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated, index. Book fine, dj fair. $10.

99A—Tom Pero (Editor), A Passion for Grouse. Mill Creek, WA: Wind River Press, 2013. Xx, 549 pages. Illustrated, index. A massive, heavily (and beautifully illustrated), award-winning book with chapters on most of the great writers on grouse hunting (I wrote the chapter on George Bird Evans and will be glad to sign the book). Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Destined to become a classic in its field. $75. SOLD

100. Jonathan R. Phillips, Where the Dirt Road Ends: Ruminations by a Yankee Bird Hunter. Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher, 2008. Xiv, 98 pages. Hardback in slipcase. Limited edition of 300 signed copies. Two signed letters (to me) tipped in. Very fine in vf slipcase. Very rare. I cannot find a copy listed anywhere, and it was only done in this limited edition. $200.

101. Ron Rau, Sage Lake Road. Oshkosh, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1983. Hardback. xviii, 97 pages. Very fine (apparently issued without a dust jacket). $25.

102. William Reichenbach, Sixguns and Bullseyes and Automatic Pistol Marksmanship (two volumes in one). Odysseus Editions for the National Rifle Association, 1996. Hardbound (leather, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, silk endpapers). Editor’s Note by Jim Casada. [xxiv], 145 pages; [xvi], 140 pages. Very fine. $45.

103. Julius M. Reynolds, Jr., Sunrise on the Santee: A Memoir of Waterfowling in South Carolina. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2002. First edition. Hardback in dust jacket. Signed. [xvi], 224 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $25.

104. Lee Richardson, Those Were the Days: Bird-Hunting Memories. No place given: Privately published, 1985. Number 278 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Leatherbound hardback in glassine wrapper (issued with a dust jacket). 227 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. Unusual. $100.

105. Ben C. Robinson, Woodland, Field and Waterfowl Hunting. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1946. Hardback. Illustrated. Good copy (lacks dj). $12.

106. William L. Robinson, Fool Hen: The Spruce Grouse on the Yellow Dog Plains. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1980. First edition. Hardback in dust jacket. xviii, 221 pages. Illustrated. Book fine and dj very good. $10. SOLD

107. Walter Rosene, The Bobwhite Quail: Its Life and Management. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1969. Hardback in dust jacket. xxvi, 418 pages. First edition. Illustrated, index. One of the cornerstones of quail studies and a must for any serious quail library. Fine in fair dj. Large format. $75. SOLD

108. John D. Rucker, The Barney Years. Minocqua, WI: NorthWord Press, 1992. Hardback in dust jacket. 142 pages. Signed and inscribed. Very fine. $15.

109. Archibald Rutledge, Hunting and Home in the Southern Heartland (edited by Jim Casada). Water damage to back cover and back of dust jacket. Bargain way to get a fine read. Only $5. SOLD

110. Jack Samson (Editor), The Best of Corey Ford. NY: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1975. Hardback in dust jacket. First edition. xviii, 266 pages. Illustrated. Fine. $35.

111. Edwyn Sandys and T. S. Van Dyke, Upland Game Birds. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1902. xii, 420 pages. Hardback. First edition. Illustrated. Good. $25. SOLD

112. William J. Schaldach, Upland Gunning: Collected Etchings & Watercolors of Sport in the Field and Allied Subjects. NY: A. S. Barnes, 1946. 1st edition. Beautiful coffee table-sized book. No pagination. Illustrated with black-and-white and color plates. Absolutely stunning. Book near fine, dj fair. $40. SOLD

113. Todd Sedgwick and Roy Kroll, Winous Point: 150 Years of Waterfowling and Conservation. Lanham, NY: The Derrydale Press, 2010. Hardback in dust jacket (both fine+). Folio size and sumptuously illustrated. Signed and warmly inscribed by both authors. A lovely and important book. As new. $75.

114. Francis E. Sell, Small Game Hunting. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1957. 2nd printing. Hardback in dust jacket (both fine). [viii], 158 pages. Illus. $15. SOLD

115. Philip B. Sharpe, The Rifle in America. NY: William Morrow and Co., 1944 (with an Introduction by Julian Hatcher). Hardback, xii, 641 pages. Illustrated, index. Third printing (“Victory Edition”). Large format. Very good. $20.

116. Harold P. Sheldon, Tranquility, Tranquility Revisited, and Tranquility Regained. NY: A. S. Barnes, 1945. 3 volumes. Printed in an edition of 5,000, this trilogy opens with an Introduction by Nash Buckingham, includes a story of hunting with Mr. Buck, but mostly involves a wonderful exercise in old-time storytelling. Truly grand stuff. The books are hardbound in dust jackets, with the books being fine and the dust jackets good (all are faded on the spine, as is invariably the case). $45. SOLD

117. Er M. Shelley, Bird Dog Training Today and Tomorrow. With an Introduction by Nash Buckingham. NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1947. Fifth printing. Hardback in dust jacket. 140 pages. Illustrated. Book near fine; dust jacket fair. $30. SOLD

118. Shooter’s Bible. 2004 edition. Paperbound. 576 pages. Illustrated. Includes my article on Nash Buckingham on pages 62-67 (and I’ll gladly sign). $10. SOLD

119. Nick Sisley, Hunting the Ruffed Grouse. No place or publisher (privately printed by author), 1970. Comb-bound. 136 pages. Illustrated. Signed copy. Very good. Unusual item. $40. SOLD

120. Edmund Ware Smith, For Maine Only. NY: Frederick Fell, 1959. Hardback in glassine-covered dj (both good plus). 295 pages. Smith must rank as one of our greatest sporting teller of tales, and his books are in considerable demand. 1st edition. $42.50.

121. Edward S. Spaulding, The Quails. NY: Macmillan, 1949. Hardback in dust jacket. Illustrated with lovely color plates. Xvii, 123 pages. 1st printing. Book fine in good dj. $20. SOLD

122. Lawrence B. (Lon) Smith, Fur or Feather: Days with Dog and Gun. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1946. Illustrated by Paul Brown. Hardback in dust jacket. xii, 144 pages. First edition. Book is very fine, dust jacket is price clipped and shows a bit of wear and has two repaired tears. $22.50.

123. Burton Spiller, Drummer in the Woods. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1980. Hardback in dust jacket. xii, 239 pages. Illustrated. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. One of the classic grouse books. $25.

124. Burton Spiller, Firelight. Auburn Hills, MI: Gunnerman Press, 1990. Hardback in dust jacket. [x], 197 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $45.

125. Burton L. Spiller, Grouse Feathers. NY: Crown Publishers, 1972. Hardback in dust jacket. [x], 207 pages. Illustrated. With an Introduction by H. G. Tapply. Fine. $20. Two copies available. SOLD

126. *Another copy. This one lacks dj. Good. $16.

127. Burton L. Spiller, More Grouse Feathers. NY: Crown Publishers, 1972. Hardback in dust jacket. [x], 238 pages. Illustrated. With an Introduction by H. G. Tapply. Fine. $20. Two copies available.

128. Another copy, dust jacket faded at spine. Otherwise as above. $18.

129. Jack Stuart, Bird Dogs and Upland Game Birds. Fairfax, VA: Denlinger’s Publisher’s, 1983. Hardback with the “soft” kind of cover sometimes found in high school annuals. Issued without a dj but has an illustrated cover. Deluxe edition of 500 numbered and signed copies. This is copy #53. Illustrated. Fine copy of a quite unusual item (only copy of deluxe edition I’ve ever seen). $100. SOLD

130. Ruth S. Tate (as told to Suzanne Tate), Duck Tales: Folk Tales and Anecdotes from . . . the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Nags Head, NC: Nags Head Art, 1986. Paperbound. 52 pages. Illustrated. Fine. Seldom offered. $35.

131. Lamar Underwood (Editor), The Duck Hunter’s Book. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1982. Xii, 610 pages. A mammoth collection of waterfowling tales by many of the best writers ever on the sport. Book is in a slipcase and both it and the book are fine. $50

132. Lamar Underwood (Editor), The Bobwhite Quail Book. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1981. Hardback (issued without a dj). First trade edition. xx, 443 pages. Illustrated by Donald Shoffstall. Very fine. $45.

133. Another copy. This one the limited, numbered edition of 1,000 copies, signed by the editor, publisher, and artist. This is copy #551. Very fine in very fine slipcase. $85. SOLD

134. Lamar Underwood (Editor), Hunting the Southlands. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1986. Hardback (issued without dust jacket). Illustrated by Jere Williamson. First trade edition. xiv, 550 pages. Very good. $55.

135. Guy De la Valdene, Making Game: An Essay on Woodcock. Oshkosh, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1985. Hardback (issued without a dj). Illustrated by Russell Chatham. 202 pages. Very fine. Exquisitely written and quite collectible. $95. SOLD

136. Joel M. Vance, Upland Bird Hunting. NY: E. P. Dutton, 1981. An Outdoor Life book. Hardback in dust jacket. [viii], 311 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good in fair, price-clipped dj. $12.

137. Stewart J. Walpole, Scrapbook Selections. Book II. Chicago: American Field, no date (circa 1940s). Hardback in blank paper wrapper. 86 pages. Very good. $15.

137A. Mark Jeffrey Volk, Pages from a Mountain Journal. Volume 2. Pittsburg, PA: Winding Ridge Press, 2003. Hardbound in dust jacket. 220 pages. Signed. First edition. Very fine except for small stains to front and rear endpapers where either the author or printer (the book was self-published) foolishly used some type of glue to get the dust jacket to adhere. Volk has become something of a cult figure in upland game and fly fishing circles thanks to books such as this one and The Hickory Wind. I’ve seen this book offered at prices as high as $900. Here it is only one-tenth of that at $90. SOLD

138. Stewart J. Walpole, Scrapbook Selections. Book III. Chicago: American Field, no date (circa 1945-46). Hardback in original clear wrapper. 104 pages. Very good. $15.

139. Harry M. Walsh, The Outlaw Gunner. Cambridge, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1971. xiv, 178 pages. Illustrated. Hardback in dust jacket. Well-researched and lavishly illustrated book on a fascinating subject. $20.

140. Charles F. Waterman, Gun Dogs & Bird Guns: A Charley Waterman Reader. South Hamilton, MA: GSJ Press, 1986. Hardback in dust jacket. 220 pages. Illustrated by Fred W. Thomas. Book and dj very fine. $30.

141. Charles F. Waterman, The Part I Remember. NY: Winchester Press, 1974. First edition. Hardback in dust jacket. Illustrated by J. M. Roever. Viii, 200 pages. Very fine in very fine dj. $15.

142. Tom E. Waters, Timberdoodle Tales: Adventures of a Minnesota Woodcock Hunter. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1993. Hardback in dust jacket. 220 pages. Illustrated by Charles J. Johnson. Book and dj as new. $30. SOLD

143. Robert G. Wehle, Wing & Shot: Gun Dog Training. Scottsville, NY: The Country Press, 1971. Fourth printing. Hardback in dust jacket. xvi, 190 pages. Illustrated. Fine in poor dust jacket. $15.

144. Ben O. Williams, Western Wings. Gallatin Gateway, MT: Wilderness Adventures Press, 1998. Foreword by Tm McGuane, illustrations by Russell Chatham. Specially bound hardback with all edges gilt and ribbon marker. Copy #225 of 250 of limited, numbered edition signed by author and publisher. Xviii, 238 pages, plus special story of seven pages for the limited edition only. Very fine. $125. SOLD

145. R. L. Wilson, Winchester: An American Legend. NY: Random House, 1991. Hardback in dust jacket. xii, 404 pages. Illustrated, bibliography, index. Folio size. Very good in very good dust jacket. $20.

146. Wingshooter’s Autumn. Oshkosh, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1986. First edition (of 3,000 copies). Hardbound. 256 pages. Lavishly illustrated. A lovely book featuring short pieces of sterling writing on upland game along with striking photographs. Signature and dedication from previous owner, otherwise very fine. $15. SOLD

147. Frank Woolner, Grouse and Grouse Hunting. NY: Crown Publishers, 1970. Hardback in dust jacket. 192 pages. Book is fine, price-clipped dj is fair. $15.

148. Another copy. Similar in all ways. $15.

148A—Another copy. Book is fine, the dust jacket is very good and not price clipped. $17. SOLD

149. Frank Woolner, Timberdoodle! NY: Crown Publishers, 1974. Hardback in dust jacket. xviii, 168 pages. Illustrated, index. Near fine in similar dust jacket. $17.50. SOLD
150. Another copy, slightly better condition. $18.


151. Pat Wray, A Chukar Hunter’s Companion. Privately published by author, 2003. Softbound. 175 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine. $15.


152. Bruce S. Wright, High Tide and an East Wind: The Story of the Black Duck. Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company, 1954. Hardback in dust jacket. xiv, 162 pages. Illustrated, index. First edition. Book fine in good dj. $15. SOLD

153. Stephen Bodio, Good Guns: A Celebration of Fine Sporting Arms. NY: Nick Lyons Books, 1986. Hardbound in dj. 128 pages. Very good plus. $20.

ADDENDA

154. Stephen Bodio, Good Guns Again. Bozeman, MT: Wilderness Adventures Press, 1994. 184 pages. Illustrated. Fine copy in fine dj. Warmly inscribed and signed. $20.


155. Michael McIntosh, A. H. Fox: “The Finest Gun in the World.” Traverse City, MI: Countrysport Press, 1994. Revised and enlarged 2nd edition. 407 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine. No dust jacket. $55. SOLD

DEER HUNTING



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DEER HUNTING



Books on deer hunting continue to appear at a pace which would have been unthinkable a quarter of a century ago. Indeed, although I haven’t counted, I feel fairly certain there have been more deer books published in the last three decades than had appeared in the entire span of American history prior to that point. Here’s an extensive list of books on the sport.

Chuck Adams, ABC’s of Bowhunting: The Ultimate Hunting Challenge. Lancaster, PA: SGMA, no date. Paperbound. 30 pages. Illustrated. Very good. $8. SOLD

Advanced Whitetail Details. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, no date. Combound. 24 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $15.


Charles J. Alsheimer, Hunting Whitetails by the Moon. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1999. Paperbound. 256 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. Rare and in considerable demand. $110.


Charles J. Alsheimer, Quality Deer Management: The Basics and Beyond. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002. Hardbound in dust jacket. 208 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press material tipped in. Difficult to find. $80.


Charles J. Alsheimer, Strategies for Whitetails. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2006. Paperbound. 192 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $17.


Charles J. Alsheimer, Whitetail Behavior Through the Seasons. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1996. Hardbound in dust jacket. 208 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine signed copy. $17.50. SOLD

Charles J. Alsheimer, Whitetail Rites of Autumn. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2003. Hardbound in dust jacket. Illustrated. Very fine. A lovely, coffee-table size book. $17.50. SOLD

Adrian Benke, The Bowhunting Alternative. San Antonio, TX: B. Todd Press, 1989. Paperbound. 110 pages. Illustrated. Fine with extra material tipped in. $20. SOLD

R. G. Bernier, On the Track (with a Foreword by Rob Wegner). Standish, ME: Big Whitetail Consultants, 2002. Paperbound. xii, 363 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press release tipped in. $80.


Dan Bertalan, Bowhunting’s Whitetail Masters: The Techniques, Secrets and Successes of the Most Skilled Whitetail Bowhunters in America. East Lansing, MI: Envisage Unlimited, 1992. Hardbound (no dust jacket as issued). 348 pages. Illustrated. Profiles of a dozen masters including Gene and Barry Wensel. Very fine with press release material tipped in. $15. SOLD

Mike Biggs, Amazing Whitetails. Fort Worth, TX: T. P. W., Inc., 1996. Hardbound in dust jacket. 192 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $7.50. SOLD

Mike Gibbs, Whitetails in Action. Ft. Worth, TX: Jumpin’ Buck Enterprises, 1996. Hardbound in dust jacket. 192 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press material tipped in and signed. $12. SOLD

Rick Black, Bag ‘Em and Tag ‘Em: All About Deer Huntin’. Wever, IA: Black Iron Cookin’ Co., 2002 (self-published). Paperbound. 166 pages. Includes a section of recipes. Illustrated. Very fine. $20.


Hal Blood, Hunting Big Woods Bucks: Secrets of Tracking and Stalking Whitetails. Bellvale, NY: Woods ‘n’ Waters, 2003. Hardbound in dust jacket. viii, 168 pages. Illustrated. First edition. Very fine with press release tipped in. $35.


Hal Blood, Hunting Big Woods Bucks. Volume 2. Bellvale, NY: Woods ‘n’ Waters, 2009. Paperbound. vi, 138 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press release tipped in. $40.


Craig Boddington and Bob Robb, Deer Hunting Coast to Coast. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1990. Second edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. ix, 246 pages. Illustrated. Very fine copy but with “Review Copy” stamped on title page. Letter from the publisher tipped in. $8.


Jim Bond, The Mule Deer. Portland, OR: Privately published, no date. Paperbound.103 pages. Illustrated. Fine. $12.


Tom Brakefield, Big Game Hunter’s Digest. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1977. Paperbound. 288 pages. Illustrated. Covers not only deer but other North American big game. Illustrated. Very good. $10.


Toby Bridges, Complete Book of Whitetail Hunting. Accokeek, MD: Stoeger, 2000. Paperbound. 320 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine. $6.


Monte Burch, Antler, Bone, Horn & Hide: Projects You Can Make at Home. Bellvale, NY: Woods ‘n’ Waters, 2004. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). vii, 184 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. Press release tipped in. $15. SOLD

Monte Burch, Pocket Guide to Bowhunting Whitetail. Humansville, MO: Outdoor World Press, 1989. Paperbound. 80 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $5.


Monte Burch, Wildlife & Woodlot Management: A Comprehensive Handbook for Food Plot & Habitat Development. Florida, NY: Woods ‘n’ Waters, 2004. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). vi, 328 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $12.


Arthur Cadman, Dawn, Dusk and Deer. N. Pomfret, VT: David & Charles, 1989. Hardbound in dust jacket. 138 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $15.


Arthur Carhart, Hunting North American Deer. NY; Macmillan, 1946. Hardbound in dust jacket. 1st edition. viii, 232 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good in fair dust jacket. $6.


Tom Carpenter, Images of the Hunt: Big Game. Minnetonka, MN: North American Hunting Club, 1998. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). 174 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $8.


Jim Casada (editor), Tales of Whitetails: Archibald Rutledge’s Great Deer-Hunting Stories. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1992. Hardbound in dust jacket. xiv, 275 pages. Includes a bibliographical essay. New (and I’ll gladly sign and inscribe if so desired). $29.95.


Another copy. This one is faulty in that some of the pages are in the wrong order (they are all there, just misbound). Very fine in dust jacket. $6.


Another copy. This one advance page proofs. Paperbound. $4.


Steve Chapman, A Look at Life from a Deer Stand. Eugene, Or: Harvest House, 1998. Paperbound. 144 pages. Illustrated. $4 SOLD

Steve Chapman, What a Deer Hunter Brings Home. Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2000. Paperbound. 169 pages. Illustrated. $4.


Steve Chapman, With God on a Deer Hunt. Eugene, OR: harvest House, 2001. Paperbound. 126 pages. Fine with various press materials tipped in. $5


Gary Clancy, Hunting the Whitetail Rut. Accokeek, MD: Stoeger, 2004. Hardbound (no dust jacket as issued). 160 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with press release tipped in. $5.


Bruce Cochran, Buck Camp: Deer Camp Cartoons. Minocqua, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1990. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). No pagination. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $7.50.


Bobby Cole, The Dummy Line. Las Vegas, NV: AmazonEncore, 2008. Paperbound. [iv], 322 pages. A novel with a hunt camp setting. Fine. $3


Mert Cowley, The Ultimate Stand: Poetic Tales of Deer Hunting from the Pearly Swamp Camp. Chetek, WI: Banksiana Publishing, 1990. Paperbound. xiv, 141 pages. Illustrated. Fine copy with personal letter from the author tipped in and book signed and inscribed. $15.


Daniel J. Cox, Whitetail Country (test by John Ozoga). Wautoma, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1988. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as published). 146 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Very fine with press release tipped in. $5


E. H. Creeth, Deer-lover. Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 1987. 1st edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. 290 pages. A work of fiction focused on an animal activist killing deer hunters. Very fine. $6.


Jim Crumley, Jim Crumley’s Secrets of Bowhunting Deer. Roanoke, VA: Treebark, 1994. Paperbound. 160 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with press materials tipped in and warmly signed and inscribed by the author. $30. SOLD

Byron Dalrymple, The Complete Book of Deer Hunting. NY: Winchester Press, 1973. Hardbound in dust jacket. [iv], 247 pages. Illustrated. Fine in good dust jacket. $7. SOLD

Byron Dalrymple, Fresh Looks at Deer Hunting. Clinton, NJ: New Win Publishing, 1992. Hardbound in dust jacket. [xiv],252 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press material tipped in. $8. SOLD

Jerry Daniels, Hunting the Whitetail. Seagoville, TX: Hunting Adventures, 1990. Hardbound (issued without a dust jacket). [vi], 197 pages. Illustrated. $7.50. SOLD

Deer & Deer Hunting. Special 10th anniversary issue. 1987. 192 pages. $5.


Deer & Deer Hunting, Trailing Techniques. Appleton, WI: Stump Sitters, no date. Paperbound. 32 pages. Good. $4.


Neil and Craig Dougherty, Grow ‘em Right: A Guide to Creating Habitat and Food Plots. Fairpoint, NY: North Country Whitetails, 2003. 256 pages. Paperbound. Illustrated. Very fine. Difficult to find. $40.


Mark and Terry Drury, Giant Whitetails: A Lifetime of Lessons. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2003. Hardbound in dust jacket. 235 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. Warmly inscribed and signed by both authors. $35 SOLD

Michael Duarte, Autumn Moons & Whitetail Dreams. Huntington Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1998. Combound page proofs with advertising material tipped in. $5.


Ken Dunwoody (editor), Great Whitetail Hunts and the Lessons They Taught. Bigfork, MT: Venture Press, 1995. Hardbound in dust jacket with various press materials tipped in. Very fine. $7.50.


Patrick Durkin (editor), The Deer Hunters. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1997. Hardbound in dust jacket. 208 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine. Signed and inscribed copy with press materials tipped in. $10.


John and Chris Eberhart, Precision Bowhunting. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2005. Paperbound. xxvi, 214 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $15.


John and Chris Eberhart, Bowhunting Pressured Whitetails. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2003. vi, 184 pages. Paperbound. Illustrated. Fine with press release tipped in and signed and inscribed by John Eberhart. $17.50.


Editors of Voyageur Press, Majestic Whitetails. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1997. Hardbound in dust jacket. 160 pages. Beautifully illustrated. Very fine. $8.


Dave Ehrig, Black Powder Whitetails. York, PA: Celtic Moon Publishing, 1998. Paperbound. v, 168 pages. Illustrated. Very fine, signed and inscribed copy. $50.


Kathy Etling, The Art of Whitetail Deception. Bellvale, NY: Woods ‘n’ Waters, 2002. Hardbound in dust jacket. x, 214 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press release materials tipped in. $7.


Kathy Etling, Hunting Superbucks. NY: The Lyons Press, 2001. Paperbound. 400 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press release tipped in. $10.


Sid Evans (editor), The Deer Hunter’s Almanac. NY: Atlantic Monthly, 1996. Paperbound. xx, 250 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $5.


Sam Fadala, Successful Deer Hunting. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1983. Paperbound. 288 pages. Illustrated. Fine. $5.


J. Wayne Fears and Larry Weishuhn, Hunting Whitetails East & West. Accokeek, MD: Stoeger, 2003. Hardback (no dust jacket as issued). 160 pages. Very fine with press release tipped in. $5.


Tom Fegely, A Guide to Hunting Pennsylvania Whitetails. Coopersburg, PA: B & T Enterprises, 1994. ix, 300 pages. Paperbound with press release tipped in. Illustrated. Very fine. $6.


Tom Fegely, A Guide to Hunting Pennsylvania Whitetails. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000. Second edition. Paperbound with press release tipped in. Illustrated. Very fine. $6.


Peter Fiduccia and Jay Cassell, North America’s Greatest Whitetail Lodges & Outfitters. Minocqua, WI: Willow Creek Press, 2001. Paperbound. viii, 296 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $5


Rich Fletcher, Chronicles of a Western Archery Season. Paradise, CA: Towhee Publishing, 1988. Vi, 114 pages. Paperbound. Illustrated. With a press release and the author’s business card tipped in, signed and inscribed by the author. Near fine. $25.


Jay M. Gates, III, Bucks I Have Taken. Kingman, AZ: Deer Hunter Enterprises, 1988. Hardbound without dust jacket (as issued). xii, 174 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press release material and a signed note from the author tipped in. Very fine. $10.


Duncan Gilchrist, Successful Big Game Hunting. Stevensville, MT: Stoneydale Press, 1987. Paperbound. 176 pages. Fine with press materials tipped in. $10.


G. Howard Gillelan, Complete Book of the Bow and Arrow. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1971. Hardbound in dust jacket. 320 pages. Illustrated, index. Good. $7.


Ryan Gilligan (editor), Deer Hunting Almanac—2003. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2003. Paperbound. 208 pages. Illustrated. $5.


Don Groves, Stalking Deer. Central Islip, NY: Don Groves Books, 1986. Hardbound in dust jacket. 281 pages. Illustrated. Very good plus. $15.


Don Groves, Trophy Bucks: Through the Use of New and Proven Wildlife Management Techniques. Islandia, NY: Don Groves Publications, 1995. Paperbound. 136 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press release materials tipped in. Unusual (I can’t find the item listed anywhere). $15.


Larry Grupp, The Great American Deer Hunt. Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1992. Hardbound in dust jacket. x, 226 pages. Illustrated. Fine with various press materials tipped in. $7.50


Gregg Gutschow, Life at Full Draw: The Chuck Adams Story. Chanhassen, MN: iHunt!, 2002. Hardbound with no dust jacket (as issued). 304 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press materials tipped in and warmly inscribed and signed by the author. $20.


Gregg Gutschow (editor), Whitetail Wisdom. Minnetonka, MN: North American Hunting Club, 1998. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). 160 pages. Lavishly illustrated, index. Contributions by numerous writers. I did one of the chapters and will be glad to sign it. Very fine. $15.


Michael Hanback, Modern Whitetail Hunting. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2003. Paperbound. 222 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine with press release tipped in. $5.


Tom Hayes, How to Hunt the Whitetail Deer. 2nd edition, revised. NY: A. S. Barnes, 1977. Paperbound. 280 pages. Illustrated. Very good. $6


Dave Henderson, Shotgunning for Deer. Accokeek, MD: Stoeger, 2003. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). 128 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $7.


Dave Henderson, White Tales: A Modern Look at Deer Hunting. Endicott, NY: Outdoors Today, 1995. Paperbound. 256 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press materials tipped in and signed and inscribed by author. $10.


Brad Herndon, Mapping Trophy Bucks: Using Topographic Maps to Find Deer. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2003. Softbound. 192 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine. $25.


Mark Hicks, Hunting Ohio’s Trophy Whitetails. Millfield, OH: Big River Press, 1997. Paperbound. 130 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $20.


Al Hofacker (editor), Deer & Deer Hunting: A Hunter’s Guide to Deer Behavior and Hunting Techniques. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1993. Hardbound in dust jacket. 208 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine. $7.50.


Dick Idol, Legendary Whitetails. Big Fork, MT: Venture Press, 1996. Hardbound in dust jacket. 220 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with various press material tipped in. $50.


Tom Indrebo, Growing & Hunting Quality Bucks. South New Berlin, NY: Woods ‘n’ Water, 2008. 1st edition. Paperbound. xii, 212 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press materials tipped in and a 60-minute CD. $25.


M. R. James, 45 Unforgettable Bowhunters! Amherst Junction, WI: iHunt!, 2007. Hardbound. 464 pages. Illustrated Very good with press materials tipped in and warmly inscribed and signed by the author. $65.


Norm Jolliffe and Ben Lee, Whitetail X 2. Unity, ME: North Country Press, 1991. Paperbound. [vi], 175 pages. Illustrated. Fine. $10.


Another copy, this one very fine with press material tipped in and signed and inscribed by Jolliffe. $16.SOLD

Kent Kammermeyer et al, Quality Food Plots: Your Guide to Better Deer and Better Deer Hunting. Bogart, GA: QDMA, 2006. Paperbound with press release tipped in. 310 pages. Illustrated. Very fine and quite rare—I’ve seen multiple listings for several hundred dollars and a couple of over $1000. Only $90.

Joe Kelly and Terry Madewell, Joe Kelly’s Tactics for Trophy Whitetail. Spartanburg, SC: Ray Johnson, 1988. Paperbound. 140 pages. Fine with personal letters tipped in and warmly signed and inscribed by both authors. Rare. $100.


Jay Langston, Tennessee Whitetails. Accokeek, MD: Stoeger, 2004. Hardback (no dust jacket, as issued). 302 pages. Illustrated, bibliography. Very fine, signed, and warmly inscribed. $65.


Don Laubach and Mark Henckel, Deer Talk. Helena, MT: SkyHouse Publishers, 1992. Paperbound. xiv, 199 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $6.


Ben Lee, Ben Lee’s Formula for Deer Hunting. No place or publish er given (Madison, GA: Wellington Outdoors), 1986. Paperbound. 140 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. Very difficult to find. $75. SOLD

J. Scott McDonald and Karl V. Miller, A History of White-tailed Deer Restocking in the United States 1878 to 2004. Athens, GA: Univ. of Georgia Press, 2004. Paperbound. 112 pages. Fine with various press-related materials tipped in. Quite rare. $275.


Bob McNally, Fail-Proof Tactics for Whitetail Bowhunting. Florida, NY: Woods ‘n’ Water Press, 2006. Hardbound (without dust jacket as issued). xx, 188 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press materials tipped in. $7.50.


George Mattis, Whitetail: Fundamentals and Fine Points for the Hunter. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002. Hardbound in dust jacket. 236 pages. Fine with press materials tipped in. $10.


Greg Miller, Aggressive Whitetail Hunting. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1994. Paperbound. 206 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $5.


Greg Miller, Bowhunting Forests & Deep Woods. Chanhassen, MN: iHunt!, 2004. Hardbound (no dust jacket as issued). 240 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $15. SOLD

Greg Miller, Greg Miller’s Greatest Whitetail Adventures. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001. Paperbound. 207 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $7.50.


Greg Miller, Greg Miller’s Rub-Line Secrets. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1999. Softbound. 208 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $20.


John M. Miller, Deer Camp: Last Light in the Northeast Kingdom. Middlebury, VT: Vermont Folklife Center, 1992. Hardbound in dust jacket. xiv, 128 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press material tipped in. $30.


Karl Miller and Larry Marchinton (editors), Quality Whitetails. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 1995. Hardbound in dust jacket. xii, 332 pages. Illustrated. Bibliography. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by six of the contributors. $15. SOLD

David Morris, Hunting Trophy Whitetails. Big Fork, MT: Venture Press, 1992. Xxiv, 484 pages. Hardbound in dust jacket. Illustrated. Book very fine, dust jacket fine. Signed and warmly inscribed with press materials tipped in. $22. SOLD

Jeff Murray, For Big Bucks Only. Minneapolis, MN: North American Hunting Club, 1989. Hardbound without dust jacket (as issued). {vi], 216 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine. $5.


William H. Nesbitt and Philip L. Wright, Measuring and Scoring North American Big Game Trophies. Boone and Crockett Club, 1985. Paperbound. 176 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $7


Dr. Ken Nordberg collection. A total of nine books by Nordberg including editions 1-9 of his Whitetail Hunter’s Almanac (different material in each Almanac). Paperbound, all fine, signed, and inscribed with press materials tipped into one volume. These items have become quite rare and here is a chance to get a complete set. The two listings I found for the first volume alone were above $500 and others ran $50 and up (mostly up). A rare opportunity to get the complete set for $700.


Dr. Ken Nordberg. The first volume only of his collection. Very good, signed and inscribed, and with press materials tipped in. Rare. $400.


Ted Nugent, Blood Trails II: The Truth about Bow Hunting. Florida, NY: Woods ‘N’ Waters, 2004, Hardbound with no dust jacket (as issued). xvi, 240 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press release materials tipped in. $6.


John J. Ozoga, Whitetail autumn: Seasons of the Whitetail: Book One. Minocqua, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1994. Hardbound in dust jacket. 160 pages. Illustrated, Very fine with a nice letter from the author, along with press materials, tipped in. Book is warmly inscribed and signed to me. $25.


John J. Ozoga, Whitetail Winter. Seasons of the Whitetail: Book Two. Minocqua,WI: Willow Creek Press, 1995. Hardback in dust jacket. 160 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press material tipped in. $10.


John J. Ozoga, Whitetail Spring: Seasons of the Whitetail: Book Three. Minocqua, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1996. Hardbound in dust jacket. 160 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press material tipped in. $10.


John Ozoga et al., Ecology & Management of White-tailed Deer in Michigan. Detroit, MI: Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources, no date. Paperbound. 73 pages. Illustrated. Very fine copy signed by Ozoga. $20.


Buck Peterson, Buck Peterson’s Complete Guide to Deer Hunting. Berkeley CA: Tenspeed Press, 1989. Paperbound. [xii], 152 pages. Illustrated. Humor. Very fine. $5. SOLD

David Petersen, Racks. Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1991. Paperbound. 180 pages. Illustrated, bibliography. Very fine with press release materials tipped in. $5.


Walt Prothero, Mule Deer Quest. Huntington Beach, CA: Safari Press, 2002. Hardbound in dust jacket. xii, 293 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $40.


J. J. Reich, Deer Dad. No place given: Outdoor Originals, 2006. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). 32 pages. Press material tipped in. A children’s book. Very fine. $5.


David Richey, Hunting Fringeland Deer. NY: Outdoor Life Books, 1986. Hardbound in dust jacket. xiv, 204 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with a letter from author tipped in and inscribed and signed by author. $18


David Richey, Hunting Michigan Whitetails. Grawn, MI: Published by author, 1991. Paperbound. 102 pages. Illustrated. Fine except for small stain on title page. Signed, warmly inscribed, and with letter from author tipped in. $25


Jerome B. Robinson, The Field & Stream Deer Hunting Handbook. NY: The Lyons Press, 1999. X, 116 pages. Paperbound. Illustrated. Fine. $6.


Jerome B. Robinson, In the Deer Woods. NY: Lyons Press, 2000. Hardbound in dust jacket. viii, 216 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $6. SOLD

Randall Rogers, Guide to Abundant Wildlife. Auburn, AL: privately printed, no date (1990s). Paperbound. iv, 126 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. Signed letter from author tipped in. $12.


Leonard Lee Rue, III, The Deer Hunter’s Encyclopedia. NY: Lyons Press, 2000. Hardbound in dust jacket. x, 283 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with press release tipped in. $14.


Leonard Lee Rue, III, The Deer of North America. NY: Outdoor Life Books, 1983. Hardbound in dust jacket. 10th printing. xiv, 462 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine in good dust jacket. Signed and inscribed. $12. SOLD

Another copy. This the 1989 updated and expanded edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. 544 pages. Illustrated, index. With a press release letter AND a personal letter from Rue on his letterhead and with his stationery tipped in. Book fine and dust jacket very good. $25.


Another copy. This one the 1997 Lyons & Burford reprint. Hardbound in dust jacket. 544 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine. $12.


Leonard Lee Rue, III, The Encyclopedia of Deer. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2003. Hardbound in dust jacket. 160 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press release tipped in. $50.


Leonard Lee Rue, III, Leonard Lee Rue III’s Whitetails. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1991. Hardbound in dust jacket. x, 275 pages. Illustrated, index. 1st edition. Very fine with press material tipped in. $10.


Leonard Lee Rue, III, Way of the Whitetail (with a Foreword by John Ozoga). Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2000. Hardbound in dust jacket. Illustrated. Very fine with press material tipped in. $20.


Leonard Lee Rue, III, The World of the White-tailed Deer. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1962. Hardbound in dust jacket. x, 134 pages. Illustrated. Book fine, dust jacket fair. $4.


Rick Sapp, The Bowhunter’s Digest. South New Berlin, NY: Woods ‘n’ Waters Press, 2009. Paperbound. [iv], 218 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $12.


Dan Schmidt (editor), 25 Years of Deer & Deer Hunting. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2002. Hardbound in dust jacket. Very fine. $10.


Rick Sapp, The Complete Bowhunting Journal. Florida, NY: Woods ‘N’ Water Press, 2005. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). x, 198 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $6.


Dan Schmidt, Whitetail Wisdom. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2005. Paperbound. 224 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author and with his business card tipped in. $15.


Michael Schoby, Hunter’s Guide to Whitetail Rifles. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2007. Paperbound. x, 182 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with press release tipped in. $5.SOLD

Pete Schoonmaker, Successful Muzzleloader Hunting. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2004. Paperbound. 144 pages. Illustrated. Press materials tipped in. Very fine. $5


Dwight Schuh, The Bowhunter’s Guide. Accokeek, MD: Stoeger, 2004. Hardbound (no dust jacket as issued). 160 pages. Illustrated. Good plus (bottom corners bumped a bit). $4.


Keith C. Schuyler, Archery: From Golds to Big Game. NY: A. S. Barnes, 1970. Hardbound in dust jacket. 569 pages. Illustrated. Book fine in fair, price-clipped dust jacket. $6.


Webb Smathers, Jr., Melissa Smith, and Garland Wilkie, III, Final Report; Causal Factors and Possible Solutions to Reduce Highway Accidents Cause by White-Tailed Deer in South Carolina. Clemson, SC: Clemson University Public Service Activities, 2001. Combound. 88 pages. Illustrated. Unusual item. Very fine with materials tipped in. $7.50.


Richard P. Smith, Michigan Big Game Records. 2nd edition. Marquette, MI: Published by author, no date (1980s). Paperbound. 256 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press material and a letter from the author tipped in. $5.


Toad Smith, Toad’s Tricks to Take Whitetails in the Corn . . . and Everywhere Else. Detroit Lakes, MN: Detroit Lakes Publishing, no date (c. 1991). Paperbound. [vi], 114 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press release tipped in. $6. SOLD

Brian J. Sorrells, Beginner’s Guide to Traditional Archery. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2004. Paperbound. vi, 106 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $11.


Brian J. Sorrells, Traditional Bowhunting for Whitetails. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2006. Xii, 193 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $6.


Southern Outdoors, 100 Ways to Better Deer Hunting. Montgomery, AL: BASS, 1985. Paperbound. 112 pages. Illustrated. Very good. $3.


Ron Spomer, The Rut. Minocqua, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1996. Hardbound in dust jacket. 155 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $6.


Ron Spomer and Gary Clancy, Advanced Whitetail Hunting. Minnetonka, MN: Hunting & Fishing Library, 1996. Hardbound (without dust jacket as issued). 128 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Very fine. $15.


Mike Strandlund et al., Whitetail Deer Hunting (a book in the NRA Skills Series). Washington, DC: NRA, 1988. X, 262 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press materials tipped in. $10.


Odie Sudbeck, Awesome Antlers of North America. Seneca, KS: Privately published, 1993. Hardbound (no dust jacket as issued). 280 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Very fine. $5


Michael Swartz, Camouflage Diaries. Deerfield, IL: Pancho Press, 2005. Paperbound. vi, 214 pages. A light-hearted look at a deer hunter’s first experience. Material tipped in. $5.


Russell Thornberry, Bucks, Bulls and Belly Laughs. Montgomery, AL: Buckmasters, 1989. Paperbound. 176 pages.


Bryce Towsley, Benoit Bucks: Whitetail Tactics for a New Generation. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2003. Hardbound in dust jacket. 224 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with letter from author tipped in. $30.


Bryce M. Towsley, Big Bucks the Benoit Way. Second edition. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2008. Hardbound in dust jacket. 240 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with e-mail and letter from the author tipped in. $30. SOLD

Another copy. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $27.50.


Julie Tripp (editor), Big Trophies, Epic Hunts: True Tales of Self-Guided Adventures from the Boone and Crockett Club. Missoula, MT: Boone and Crockett, 2014. Paperbound. 280 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press release tipped in. $15.


Jim Van Norman and Tom Carpenter, Mule Deer: Pursuing the Gray Ghost. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1998. Paperbound. 224 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $15.


H. R. Wambold, Bowhunting for Deer (revised by Doug Kittredge). Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1978. Hardbound in dust jacket. 224 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine in fair dust jacket). $12.


Larry Weishuhn, Mr. Whitetails’ Trailing the Hunter’s Moon. Accokeek, MD: Stoeger, 2003. Hardbound (no dust jacket as issued). 160 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine. $6.


John Weiss, The Advanced Deer Hunter’s Bible. NY: Doubleday, 1993. Paperbound. 190 pages. Illustrated. Fine and signed and inscribed with a signed letter from the author tipped in. $15.


John Weiss, Advanced Deer Hunting. NY: Outdoor Life, 1987. Hardbound in dust jacket. xiv, 334 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press release material tipped in. $5.


John Weiss, The Whitetail Deer Hunter’s Almanac. NY: The Lyons Press, 2000. Hardbound in dust jacket. 1st edition. x, 254 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $7.50.


G. Kenneth Whitehead, Hunting and Stalking Deer Throughout the World. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1982. Hardbound in dust jacket. 1st edition. 336 pages. Illustrated. Near fine. $8 Two copies available.


G. Kenneth Whitehead, The Whitehead Encyclopedia of Deer. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 1993. Hardbound in dust jacket. [x], 597 pages. Illustrated, bibliography. Very fine. A massive, comprehensive, and beautifully done book. $55.


Gordon Whittington (editor), Best of Dick Idol’s Whitetail World: Hunting the Four Periods of the Rut. Big Fork, MT: Venture Press, 1995. Hardbound in dust jacket. 244 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $18.


Gordon Whittington, World Record Whitetails. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1998. Hardbound in dust jacket. 246 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $14.


John H. Williams, The Deer Hunter’s Field Guide: Pursuing Michigan’s Whitetail. Ann Arbor, MI: Momentum Books, 1990. Paperbound. Illustrated. Fine. $10.


Marjorie Williams, The Bucks Camp Log 1916-1928. Wautoma, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1974. Hardbound (no dust jacket as issued). 105 pages. Very fine with press release tipped in. $10. SOLD

Walter Winans, Deer Breeding for Fine Heads. London: Rowland Ward, 1913. Hardbound. xii, 105 pages. Good (some foxing to prelims, spine faded, and slight spotting on cover). Still, an elusive item from the famed British publisher. $175.


Larry W. Woods, Skillfully Hunting the Elusive Whitetail. Crossville, TN: Privately published by author, 2002. Paperbound. 107 pages. Illustrated. Very fine copy, signed and inscribed. $12.


John Wootters, Hunting Trophy Whitetail. Revised edition. NY: Lyons and Burford, 1997. Hardbound in dust jacket. x, 262 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine. $10. SOLD

Dr. Frederick Zeh, Stories for the Grandsons and a Few Old Men: Fifty-Four Seasons of Deer Hunting. No place or date (early 1990s). Privately published. Bound typescript. 414 pages. Illustrated. Lengthy letter from author and other material tipped in. Rare (I can find no copies listed on the Internet). $125.


Jim Zumbo and Robert Elman (Editors), All-American Deer Hunter’s Guide. Piscataway, NJ: Winchester Press, 1984. Hardbound in dust jacket. x, 340 pages. Very good+. $10.


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Charles J. Alsheimer, Whitetail: The Ultimate Challenge. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1995. Paperbound. 224 pages. Illustrated. Inscribed and signed copy. Very fine. $10.


Charles J. Alsheimer and Larry C. Watkins, A Guide to Adirondack Deer Hunting. Dolgevill, NY: Beaver Creek Press, 1987. Paperbound. xviii, 218 pages. Illustrated. With a personal letter from Alsheimer and press materials tipped in. Very fine. $50.


Todd Amenrud, Details for Whitetail. No place, publisher, or date given. Paperbound. 112 pages. Illustrated. Warmly signed and inscribed. Fine. $20


R. G. Bernier, The Deer Trackers. Standish, ME: Whitetail Consultants, 2000. Paperbound. xviii, 264 pages. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed with press material tipped in. Fine. $50.


Richard H. Blow, Tales of a Vermont Deer Hunter. Barre VT: L. Brown and Sons, 2002. Paperbound. 100 pages. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed. Fine. $10


Paul Brunner, Tree Stand Hunting. Ovando, MT: Eco Enterprises, 1988. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as published). 198 pages. Illustrated. Warmly inscribed and signed, with a personal letter on the author’s letterhead tipped in. Very fine. $17.50. SOLD

David Richey, The Ultimate Guide to Deer Hunting. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2002. Hardbound in dust jacket. xx, 360 pages. Illustrated. Warmly inscribed and signed. Very fine. $10.


ADDENDA 2



Pennsylvania Game News. Three pamphlets from this publication of the Pennsylvania Game Commission—“Venison Needn’t be ‘Pot Luck,’” “Weigh Your Deer with a String,” and “Why Check the Deer Kill?” $5.


John E. Phillips, How to Take Monster Bucks. Lakeland, FL: Larsen’s Outdoor Publishing, 1995. Paperbound. 160 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials and a letter from the author tipped in. $10.


John E. Phillips, The Masters’ Secrets of Bowhunting Deer. Lakeland, FL: Larsen’s Outdoor Publishing, 1993. Paperbound. 160 pages. Illustrated. Very good with letter from author tipped in and book signed and inscribed. $10.


John E. Phillips, The Masters’ Secrets of Deer Hunting. Lakeland, FL: Larsen’s Outdoor Publishing, 1991. Paperbound. 160 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press materials tipped in. $5.


John E. Phillips, The Science of Deer Hunting. Lakeland, FL: Larsen’s Outdoor Publishing, 1992. Paperbound. 160 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press materials tipped in and signed and inscribed by the author. $10.


J. J. Reich, Snort, Wheeze, Rattle & Grunt. No place given: Outdoor Adventures, 2006. Hardbound (with no dust jacket, as issued). No pagination. A children’s book. $4.


Ernest Richardson, Bowhunting the Prairie Whitetail Deer of the Midwest. Part 1. Williamsport, IN: Whitetail Products, 1988. Paperbound. 116 pages. Illustrated. Good (small tear to front) with a catalog from Whitetail Products tipped in along with a note from the owner(?) of that firm with a really quirky message: “Sending Ernie’s book. If you don’t do a book report I would like my book back. If you are sincere & do a report you can keep it. There seems to be a lot of writers that want a free book but some how (sic) I never get a report.” I would note that this came unsolicited! Anyway, $5 for the lot.


David Richey, The Ultimate Guide to Deer Hunting. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2002. Paperbound. xx, 360 pages. Press release tipped in. Fine. $7.


Rub-lines, Family Memories and Traditions. Dec., 2003. 88 pages. Paperbound. $3.


Mike Sajna, Buck Fever: The Deer Hunting Tradition in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, PA: Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1990. Hardbound in dust jacket. 230 pages. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $15. SOLD

Joe Shead (Editor), The Little Book of Big Bucks. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2003. Paperbound. 208 pages. Fine with press materials tipped in. $5.


Joe Shead (Editor), Deer Hunters’ Almanac 2004. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2003. Paperbound. 208 pages. Illustrated. Fine. $5.


Nick Sisley, Secret Strategies from North America’s Top Whitetail Hunters. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1995. Paperbound. 256 pages. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed copy with press materials tipped in. Near fine. $7.


John Sloan, Bowhunting Whitetail Deer. Capistrano Beach, CA: Gallant/Charger Publications, 1995. Paperbound. 208 pages. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed copy. Fine. $10.


Richard P. Smith, Deer Hunting. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2003. Paperbound. 3rd edition. x, 326 pages. Illustrated. Fine with a press release tipped in. $6.50.


Another copy, this one the 2nd edition. Paperbound. 1991. Xii, 260 pages. Illustrated. Fine with press release tipped in. $6.


Richard P. Smith, Tracking Wounded Deer. Grawn, MI: Smith Communications, 1996. Paperbound. 159 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine with press materials tipped in. $6.


Odie Sudbeck, Mammoth Monarchs of North America: Secret Elusive Bucks. Manhattan, KS: Ag Press, 1995. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). 288 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials and personal letter from author tipped in. $7.50.


Philip Tome, Pioneer Life or Thirty Years a Hunter (with a Foreword by Robert Wegner). Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2006. Paperbound. xviii, 173 pages. Fine with press release tipped in. $6.


John Trout, Jr., Finding Wounded Deer. Bellvale, NY: Woods ‘N Water, 2001. Hardbound in dust jacket. x, 163 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press release tipped in. $7. SOLD

John Trout, Jr., Hunting Farmland Bucks. Boonville, IN: Mid-West Productions, `1993. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as published). 228 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with press materials and a signed letter from the author tipped in. $7.50.


John Trout, Jr., Trailing Whitetails. Thorndike, ME: North Country Press, 1987. Paperbound. 208 pages. With a letter from author and press materials tipped in. Fine. $10. SOLD

John Trout, Jr., Hunting Rutting Bucks. Florida, NY: Woods ‘N Water, 2004. Hardbound (without dust jacket, as issued) viii, 216 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $7.


Lamar Underwood (editor), Whitetail Hunting Tactics of the Pros. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2002. Paperbound. xii, 297 pages. Illustrated. Press release tipped in. Very fine. $9


Brenda Valentine and Tommy Garner, Hunting Misadventures with the “First Lady of Hunting” Brenda Valentine. No place: Deer Run Publications, 2003. Paperbound. [xvi], 172 pages. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed copy. Very fine. $15


Mark Vancas (Editor), Bowhunting in Arizona. 4th edition. Tucson, AZ: Arizona Record Book Committee, 2000. Hardbound in dust jacket. vi, 262 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $11.


Theodore S. Van Dyke, The Still-Hunter (with a Foreword by Rob Wegner). Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2004. Paperbound. xx, 390 pages. Fine with a press release tipped in. $7.50


Another copy. This one the new edition of 1904, hardbound, from The Macmillan Company. Viii, 390 pages. Illustrated. Really nice copy with the gilt of the spine and front cover bright. Rare. $100. SOLD

Another copy. This one the 1987 reprint by Gunnerman Books. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). xxviii, 390 pages. Illustrated. Includes a lengthy new Introduction by Rob Wegner, a Van Dyke bibliography, and more. Very fine with a lengthy letter from Larry Barnes of Gunnerman Books tipped in. $25.


Wayne van Zwoll, Deer Rifles & Cartridges. Florida, NY: Woods ‘N Water, 2005. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). viii, 232 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press release tipped in. $7.50. SOLD

Bill Vaznis, Still-Hunting Trophy Whitetails. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2007. Paperbound. vi, 242 pages. Lavishly illustrated (color). Very fine with press release tipped in. $6.


Dennis Walrod, Antlers: A Guide to Collecting, Scoring, Mounting, and Carving. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 2005. Paperbound. xii, 212 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press release tipped in. $8.


Dennis Walrod, Making the Most of Your Deer. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2004. Paperbound. iv, 252 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine with press release tipped in. $6.


Michael M. Warren, Deer Dad: A Hunter’s Guide. Galveston, TX: Ledero Press, 1990. Paperbound. [xii], 188 pages. Fine with a letter from the author tipped in and the book is signed and inscribed. $10. Larry Weishuhn, Hunting Mature Bucks. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1995. Paperbound. 213 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $7.


Robert Wegner, Classic Deer Camps. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2008. Hardbound in dust jacket. 222 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $17.50.


Robert Wegner, Legendary Deer Camps. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001. Hardbound in dust jacket. 208 pages. Illustrated. Very fine copy with press materials tipped in. $10.


John Weiss, Butchering Deer. Bellvale, NY: Woods “N Water, 2002. Hardbound in dust jacket. xviii, 190 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press material tipped in. $10.


John Weiss, Planting Food Plots for Deer and Other Wildlife. Bellvale, NY: Woods ‘N Water, 2002. Hardbound in dust jacket. viii, 164 pages. Illustrated. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $8.


John Weiss, Sure-Fire Whitetail Tactics. Bellvale, NY: Woods ‘N Water, 2001. Hardbound in dust jacket. [vi], 200 pages. Very fine with press materials tipped in. $10.


Gene Wensel, One Man’s Whitetail. Hamilton, MT: privately published by author, 1988. Hardbound without dust jacket as issued. 218 pages. Illustrated. Fine copy, signed and inscribed with photos and press material tipped in. A choice collector’s item. $175.


Dexter Whelchel and Ken Smith, Deer Hunting: Proven Tips for Bagging Whitetail. No place given: Times Printing Co., 1992. Combound. 39 pages. Fine copy signed by both authors with press material and a letter tipped in. $8.


Larry Wise, Bow & Arrow. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1992. Paperbound. vi, 278 pages. Fine with press release tipped in. $8

DEER HUNTING BOOKS


ADDENDUM 3



Abstracts of Technical Papers present at the Third Annual Meeting of the Southeast Deer Study Group. Nacogdoches, TX: Texas Parks and Wildlife, 1980. Paperbound. 28 pages. Fair. $3


Chuck Adams, ABC’s of Bowhunting. North Palm Beach, FL: American Archery Council, no date. Paperbound. 32 pages. Illustrated. Good. $5.


Ralph H. Allen, Jr., History and Results of Deer Restocking in Alabama. Birmingham, AL: Dept. of Conservation, 1965. Paperbound. iv, 50 pages. Illustrated, Good+. $15.


Charles J. Aslheimer, Whitetail: The Ultimate Challenge. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1995. Paperbound. 224 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine. $4.


Boone and Crockett Club, Field Guide to Measuring and Judging Big Game. Missoula, MT: Boone and Crockett Club, 2003. Combbound. 288 pages. Illustrated. Very fine. $7.50


Boone and Crockett Club, Records of North American Whitetail Deer. Missoula, MT: Boone and Crockett Club, 2003, Paperbound. xvi, 656 pages. Illustrated. $7.50


Toby Bridges, Muzzleloading for Whitetails and Other Big Game. Mequon, WI: Target Communcations, 1995. Paperbound iv, 148 pages. Illustgrated. Very good. $7.50.


John O. Cartier, Best Venison Ever. Grawn, MI: KLR Publications, 1995. Paperbound. 112 pages. Basic recipes with considerable background information on prepping meat, skinning, etc. About fine. $5.


Gary Clancy, Hunting the Whitetail Rut. Accokeek, MD: Stoeger, 2004. Hardbound (no dust jacket as issued). 160 pages. Illustrated, index. Very fine. $5.


Gary Clancy and Larry Nelson, White-Tailed Deer. Minnetonka, MN: Hunting & fishing Library, 1991. Hardbound without dust jacket (as issued). 128 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good. Two copies available. $7.50.


John N. Coulbourn, Practical Trophy Nutrition: A Hunter’s Guide. Foglesville, PA: US Analytic, 1992. Paperbound. 128 pages. Illustrated. $8.


Joe DeFalco, The Complete Deer Hunt. North Baldwin, NY: Madison Publising, 1981. Paperbound. x, 118 pages. Illustrated. Very good. With press material tipped in. $8.


Kathy Etling, Hunting Superbucks. Danbury, CT: Grolier Book Clubs, 1989 . Hardbound. 444 pages. Illustrated. Good. $10.


J. Wayne Fears, The CVA Muzzleloading Hunter’s Handbook. Norcross, GA: CVA, Inc, 1980. Paperbound. 104 pages. Illustrated. Very good. $5.


J. Wayne Fears, How to Hunt Clear Cuts Successfully. Pottstown, PA: Pro Tool, 2010. Paperbound. 134 pages. Illustrated. Good. $4.


J. Wayne Fears, Hunting Whitetails Successfully. Minneapolis, MN: North American Hunting Club, 1986. Hardbound (without dust jacket, as issued). 204 pages. Illustrated, index. Poor copy (corners bumped, cover grubby). $3.


Noel Feather (with Glenn Helgeland), Battling Bucks: Antler Rattling Techniques that Work! Mequon, WI: Target Communications, 1985. Hardbound in dj. iv, 124 pages. Illustrated. Book fine, dj good. Signed and inscribed by Feather. $7.50.


G. Howard Gillelan, Complete Book of the Bow and Arrow. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1977. Revised second edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. 328 pages. Illustrated, index. Good. $7


Bob Gooch, Big Game on a Budget. Tabor City, NY: Atlantic Publishing, 1997. Paperbound. vi, 124 pages. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed. $7.50.


Lowell K. Halls (Editor), Whitetail Deer Ecology and Management. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books for the Wildlife Management Institute, 1984. Hardbound in dust jacket. xxvi, 872 pages. Illustrated, index. Massive book. Reading copy only (dust jacket torn and battered, top of spone torn and bottom of spine heavily worn. $5.


M. R. James, Of Blind Pigs and Big Bucks. Powder Springs, GA: Blue Jay Publishers, 2002. Paperbound. x, 232 pages. Illustrated. About good (some page corners folded). Inscribed and signed. $5.


George Laycock, The Deer Hunter’s Bible. NY: Doubleday, 1986. Fourth edition. Paperbound. [viii], 168 pages. Illustrated. Very good. $5.


George Mattis, Whitetail Fundamentals and Fine Points for the Hunter. NY: Grolier Book Clubs, 1980. Second edition, revised. Hardbound in dust jacket. xiv, 248pages. Illustrated, index. Book near fine in good dust jacket. $5.


Outdoor Life Deer Hunter’s Handbook—1984. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1984. Hardbound (no dust jacket, as issued). vii, 184 pages. Illustrated, index. Articles by a number of major writers including John Madson, Jim Carmichael, Jim Zumbo, and others. Good. $12.50.


Pope and Young Club, Bowhunting: Big Game Records of North America. 4th edition. Chatfield, MN: Poper and Young, 1993. Hardback in dust jacket. 510 pages. Illustrated. $12.50.


Bob Robb, The Field & Stream Bowhunting Handbook. NY: The Lyons Press, 1999. Paperbound. vi, 120 pages. Illustrated, index. Fine. $5.


Keith C. Schuyler, Bow Hunting for Big Game. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1974. Paperbound. 224 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good. $5.


John Sloan, Bowhunting Whitetail Deer. Capistrano Beach, CA: Charger Books, 1995. Paperbound. 208 pages. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed. Very good. $7.50


Richard P. Smith, Deer Hunting. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1978. Hardback in price-clipped dust jacket. 256 pages. Illustrated, index. Book and dj very good. $7.50. Richard P. Smith, Tracking Wounded Deer. Marquette, MI: Smith Publications, 1996. Paperbound. 160 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good with press materials tipped in. $6.


Bryce Towsley, Big Bucks the Benoit Way. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1998. Hardbound in dust jacket. 208 pages. 1st edition. Very good. $10.


Doug Walker, Let’s Go Bowhunting. Squaw Valley, CA: Western Bowhunter Publications, 1989. Paperbound. 185 pages. Illustrated, index. Fair copy, inscribed and signed. $5.


Greg K. and Deborah T. Yarrow, Managing Wildlife. Montgomery, AL: Alabama Wildlife Federation, 1999. Hardbound in dust jacket. xii, 588 pages. Illustrated, index. A big, impressive, and important book of coffee table size.$40.

PETER HATHAWAY CAPSTICK



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Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the USPS , and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day they are received. If I do not respond immediately I am out of town. Please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

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Peter Capstick was a literary phenomenon. He had an uncanny ability to make African hunting and the continent’s landscape come alive, and his works became immensely popular.

1. Peter Capstick, The African Adventurers: A Return to the Silent Places. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1992. Hardbound in dust jacket (both very fine). xii, 244 pages. Illustrated, index. Covers four truly great adventurers—Fred Selous, C. J. P. Ionides, John Boyes, and James Sutherland. $22.50.


2. Peter Capstick, Death in a Lonely Land: More Hunting, Fishing, and Shooting on Five Continents. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1990. Hardbound in dust jacket (book and dj very fine). First edition. xx, 284 pages. Illustrated. A collection of Capstick magazine pieces. $15.


3. Peter Capstick, Death in the Dark Continent. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1983. xiv, 238 pages. Illus. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). First edition. $35.


4. Same book, later edition. Book and dust jacket very fine. $20.


5. Same book, later edition. Book fine, dust jacket good. $15


6. Peter Capstick, Death in the Long Grass: A Big Game Hunter’s Adventures in the African Bush. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1977. Hardback in dust jacket (both very fine). xvi, 297 pages. Illustrated. $20. SOLD

7. Peter Capstick, Death in the Silent Places. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1981. Hardback (very good with previous owner’s name and a bit of writing on front endpaper) in fair dust jacket. xvi, 216 pages. Illustrated. Sketches of J. H. Patterson, C. H. Stigand, P. J. Pretorious, Sasha Simel, Karamojo Bell, and. Jim Corbett. $15. SOLD

8. Another copy. Book fine in very good dj. $17.


9. Another Copy. Book very good, in good dj. $15.


10. Peter Capstick, Last Horizons: Hunting, Fishing & Shooting on Five Continents. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1989. xxvi, 277 pages. Illus. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). $15.


11. Peter Capstick, The Last Ivory Hunter: The Saga of Wally Johnson. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1988. Hardback in dust jacket (both very fine). xx, 220 pages. Illus., index. First edition. $20.


12. Another copy. Similar to above in all respects except a date stamp (not a library one) on front endpaper. $16.


13. Another copy. Book fine, dust jacket fair with repairs and piece missing on back. $10.


14. Peter Capstick, Maneaters. Los Angeles: Petersen Publishing, 1981. 1st edition. Xii, 178 pages. Illus. Hardback (very fine) in dust jacket (very fine). Unobtrusive remainder mark tight against spine on bottom. $35. SOLD

15. Peter Capstick, Safari: The Last Adventure. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1984. xx, 291 pages. Illustrated. Fine in fine dj. $18.


16. Another copy. Book fine but dust jacket poor. $9


17. Peter Hathaway Capstick, Sands of Silence: On Safari in Namibia. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991. 1st ed. xx, 214 pages. Illustrated. As new in similar dj. $35. Two copies available.


THE PETER CAPSTICK LIBRARY



There were 14 volumes reprinted in this series. Some were remaindered and are readily available; others are quite difficult to find. The authors included Bror Blixen, Buckley, Finaughty, Foa, Foran, Kittenberger, Letcher, Lyell (two volumes), Meliss, Patterson, Pease, Roosevelt, and Stigand. In addition to the volumes offered below, I will gladly search for others in the series.

18. William Finaughty, The Recollections of William Finaughty. New York: St. Martin’s, 1991. [x], 242 pages. A volume in the Capstick Library with a new Foreword by him. New in dj. $25. Multiple copies available. Book and dj vf.


19. W. R. Foran, Kill or Be Killed: The Rambling Reminiscences of an Amateur Hunter. A volume in the Capstick African Reprint Series with an Editor’s Note by Capstick. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1988. 320 pages. Illus., index. Hardback (as new) in dust jacket (as new). For some reason this particular volume in this series is very difficult to find, unlike most, and the original is rare indeed. $100. Two copies available.


20. Owen Letcher, Big Game Hunting in North-Eastern Rhodesia. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1987. A volume in the Capstick Library. Hardback in dj (both as new). 266 pages. 1st edition. $22.50. Multiple copies available.


21. Denis D. Lyell, African Adventures: Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters. NY: St. Martin’s, 1988. A reprint in the Peter Capstick Library with a Capstick note. Fine in fine dj. $22.50.

ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE ITEMS


As a student and admirer of Rutledge, as well as a longtime collector of his books, for years I have tried to obtain copies of his writings and material related to his career whenever possible. He’s clearly popular, as such items are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Here’s my current list, one which has just been appreciably expanded thanks to having acquired a number of items from his descendants and from a family who knew Rutledge well. A goodly number of the books, including many of the recent additions, are signed. The list also includes a number of truly obscure Rutledge items, and I think you’ll find the prices highly competitive.

I continue to work on my biography of Rutledge and am, to borrow from Winston Churchill, if not at the beginning of the end at least well beyond the end of the beginning. If you want to be notified when this work appears, just send me an e-mail (jimcasada@comporium.net).

Prices are net. S.C. residents please note that you must add 7 percent tax. In the U.S., shipping is $6 for first book and $3.0 for each subsequent book up to a maximum of $12.00. Shipping is free on orders over $200. Postage and handling charges are appreciably higher for foreign/international buyers because such shipments can only go by priority mail rate – please contact me for a postage quotation.

Insurance is extra and is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED ($3.50 for first $100 and an additional $1.50 for each subsequent $100 in value. Unless you wish to pay for a faster rate, books are shipped via book rate through the U. S. Postal Service (USPS), and delivery generally takes seven to ten days from the date you submit your order. I try to mail orders out the day after they are received. However, if I do not respond immediately, you may want to check my schedule page on my web site. If I am out of town, please be assured that I will contact you as soon as I return.

Payment by personal check, cashier’s check, money order, or through PayPal is accepted. I do not handle credit cards. I prefer direct payment, as opposed to PayPal, simply because PayPal takes a bite out of my financial hide.

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To order or if you have any questions or problems, contact Jim Casada, 1250 Yorkdale Dr., Rock Hill, SC 29730, tel. 803-329-4354, e-mail jimcasada@comporium.net, or visit www.jimcasadaoutdoors.com.

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1. An American Hunter. NY and Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1937. xii, 461 pages. Hardback first edition. Lacks dust jacket Illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. 1st edition. Signed. Book generally good. The spine is a bit darkened and the paste-down label on the spine is partly gone. The front paste-down is full and bright Internally clean. $185.


1A. Another copy, this one with the dust jacket, in a mylar protective cover, present. The book is good with both spine and front labels fully intact. The dust jacket has some edge wear and small pieces gone at the top. Overall an attractive copy. $230.


2. Jim Casada (Editor), America’s Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge’s Great Turkey-Hunting Tales. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. xii, 212 pages. Hardback. New in dust jacket. I will gladly inscribe. $29.95.


3. Carolina Christmas: Archibald Rutledge’s Enduring Holiday Stories (edited and compiled by Jim Casada). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2010. Hardback. xviii, 225 pages. Illustrated. $29.95. New. I will glad inscribe.


4. Claws (with an Introduction by Jim Casada, Afterword by Ben Moise, and illustrations by Stephen Chesley). Columbia, SC: USC Press, 2014. xiv, 40 pages. The first in a planned series of five chapbooks featuring obscure but important Rutledge stories which appeared in the scarce Eddy Press edition of Old Plantation Days but not the later trade version. Beautifully illustrated. Folio size. Leatherbound limited edition (limitation was 200 copies) #20, signed on limitation page at back of book by Casada, Moise, and Chesley). The leather binding in black, with gold imprinting, is lovely. New. $200.


5. Another copy of the limited edition. This is #21. New. $200.


6. The same book in the trade edition. As new in dust jacket. Signed by all three contributors on the title page. $30 (two copies available).


7. The same book in new condition but lacking signatures. Of course I’ll gladly sign. $25 (four copies available).


8. Collected Poems. Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1925. First edition without dust jacket. xiv, 302 pages. About fine (a bit of foxing to blank preliminary pages). The inside front cover has the name and address of a Mercersburg Academy alumnus printed on it. Frontispiece is a nice image of Rutledge as a young man (probably in his thirties).The gilt is bright as is the blue cover and the book is protected by a clear mylar cover. $125.


8A. Another copy. This one with the dust jacket and signed below the frontispiece (a photo of Rutledge). The dust jacket, which is enclosed in a mylar protective cover, is a bit faded and shows slight wear at the edges. The book is bright, the gilt of the front and spine full and shiny, and overall it is fine. A truly nice copy. $185.


9. The Egret’s Plumes. Columbia, SC: USC Press, 2016. Xiv, 40 pages. Hardbound in dust jacket. Illustrated by Stephen Chesley, Introduction by Jim Casada, Afterword by Jacob Rivers, III. As new (see information above on Claws for the series of which this book was a part). As new and I’ll gladly sign. $25.


10. The Everlasting Light and Other Poems. Athens, GA: Univ. of Georgia Press, 1949. Hardback. xii, 115 pages. 1st edition. Good in a dust jacket which shows wear at corners. Book is signed on title page by Rutledge and inscribed on the front endpaper “With love to our precious Bebe from Eleanor and Arch” (the latter is in the handwriting of Eleanor Rutledge, the second wife of Arch, Jr.—Bebe was a family member). Nice double association copy. $100.


11. Another copy, signed and inscribed to “Jim Vinson, beloved friend” and dated Christmas, 1949. Lacks dust jacket and the binding of the book, unfortunately, has completely cracked and pulled away. Could be repaired quite easily. $25.


12. The Flower of Hope. NY: Fleming H. Revell, no date. Hardbound in dust jacket. 30 pages. Dust jacket is badly worn and with a piece torn away at bottom. Book is foxed and worn. Reading copy of one of Rutledge’s little books of inspiration. $5.


12A. Another copy, this one near fine in a very good dust jacket. $50.


13. From the Hills to the Sea: Fact and Legend of the Carolinas. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1958. Hardback. 201 pages. Illus. First (and only) edition. A good copy with a somewhat worn, price-clipped dust jacket enclosed in a protective cover. $125.


14. Another copy in price-clipped dust jacket encased in protective sleeve. Dust jacket shows considerable wear. Book is good plus (would be fine except for a bit of bumping to lower front corner). Signed. $150.


15. Another copy, fair only with badly worn dust jacket present. The redeeming feature is that it is an important association copy with two Rutledge signatures--signed on the title page and the front endpaper bears the signature of Fain Edwards, who married a relative of Eleanor Rutledge (the bard’s daughter-in-law) and the following inscription in Eleanor’s hand: “With all of the best wishes and love, from your cousins, Eleanor and Arch Rutledge” (the son and daughter-in-law of Rutledge). $75.


16. Another copy. Near fine in fair, price-clipped dust jacket. Previous owner’s label on front endpaper and blind stamp on first blank page. $90.


17. Another copy in a worn, price-clipped dust jacket. Book is about good. $45.


18. Another copy, ex. lib. with worn dust jacket present. Tape stains to front, library markings and card holder, etc. Basically a reading copy although the book is tight and internally clean. $20.


19. Another copy, also ex lib. with worn dust jacket. Tape markings front and rear. $20.


19A. Another copy. Lacks dust jacket but book is very good. $50


20. Heart of the South. Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1924. viii, 391 pages. First edition. Hardback (lacks dust jacket). Near fine copy with bookplate of James S. Vinson, a good friend of Rutledge’s. Rare—one of Rutledge’s more obscure and rarer hunting titles. $300.


20A. Another copy, also lacking dust jacket. Quite nice internally and externally, with gilt on front and spine bright and complete. The only detraction being what appears to be a flaw that occurred in binding, leaving slightly puffed up material at two places on the front cover. $300.


21. The Heart’s Citadel & Other Poems. Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press, 1953. xiv, 176 pages. Hardback (near fine) with dust jacket in glassine sleeve (a bit of chipping at top front). Book is good plus (would be fine except for a bit of foxing to two front pages). Signed. $50.


21A.Another copy in similar condition with both the dust jacket being somewhat better. Signed. $65.


22. Home By the River. Indianapolis and NY: Bobbs-Merrill, 1941. Hardback 167 pages plus black-and-white photos at end. First trade edition. There were at least three special editions—a South Carolina edition, a Governor’s edition, and a Publisher’s edition—with a limitation or signature page preceding the title page. Otherwise they are identical to the 1st edition. It can be identified by the map on the endpapers and is also slightly larger than later printings. A later printing had the map tipped in while other later printings did not include the map. The various editions of this book are complex and confusing. David Cupka does a sound basic job of sorting them out in his bibliographical section in Dorothy Harmon, Archibald Rutledge: The Man and His Books (see offers for limited and trade edition below). Good copy, signed, with tattered, price-clipped dust jacket in glassine sleeve. Rutledge’s most popular book. $55.


23. Another copy (lacks dust jacket) of the first trade edition. Previous owner’s interesting book plate present on front inside. Good copy—spine is darkened a bit but otherwise cover is crisp and bright and inside is clean. Signed.$55


24. Another copy. This one the 1955 reprint (previous reprints all bore the same date as the 1st edition, without any indication of being a later printing). Slightly larger in size. Ex lib. with all the typical markings. Book internally is crisp and clean. $7.50.


25. Another copy, not the 1st edition and issued with folding map. Fair minus copy (grubby outside but generally clean inside) of a later printing with the folding map present. Slightly smaller than the first edition. $15.


26. Another copy of the 1955 reprint. Very good. $22.50.


26A. Another copy of the first trade edition. Book is near fine in a rather edgeworn dust jacket. $45.


27. Hunter’s Choice. NY: A. S. Barnes, 1946. viii, 210 pages. Hardback. Edition of 5000 copies. Illustrated by Paul Brandreth. Good copy with poor, price-clipped jacket. $45.


28. Another copy. Very good. $40.


29. Another copy. Good. $35.


30. Another copy. About good. $30.


31. Hunting & Home in the Southern Heartland: The Best of Archibald Rutledge (edited and compiled by Jim Casada). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1992. x, 263 pages. Hardback. New in dust jacket. I will gladly inscribe. $29.95


32. It Will Be Daybreak Soon. NY: Fleming H. Revell, 1938. Hardback. 129 pages. Illustrated by B. Hay Gilbert. Fine copy (no dust jacket) of the first, and rarest, printing. The first printing is distinguishable by the fact that the book is thicker. Also, when present, the dust jacket is different. David Cupka states that later printings are so indicated on the dust jacket, but that is only true for some of them. Rare. $100.


33. Life’s Extras. Westwood, NJ: Fleming Revell Co., 1941. 64 pages, Hardback. Poor ex lib. copy with portions of dust jacket pasted in. Reading copy for $5.


Another copy. This one almost certainly the first edition. It is dated 1928 and offers no indication of being a reprint. Hardback. 25 pages. Good. $20.


34. Love’s Meaning. NY; Fleming H. Revell, 1953. 42 pages. Worn, tattered, and with water damage. Its redeeming feature is that the book is signed by Rutledge. $6.


35. My Colonel and His Lady. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1937. 189 pages. Hardback. First edition (stated). Good plus with lettering of spine and decorative front cover bright. Lacks dust jacket. Signed on the front endpaper. $225.


36. Old Plantation Days. NY: Frederick A Stokes, 1921. Hardback in dust jacket. vii, 344 pages. Illustrated. Very good. Slight tear to cloth binding at the top of the spine. Front label fully intact, internally clean and crisp. No dust jacket. $130.


36A. Another copy. Fair plus. Small stain on front and some internal foxing, mainly to front endpaper and title page. Front label fully intact. $105.


36B. Another copy, but this is the earlier version, with five stories not found in the 1921 edition, from The Eddy Corporation in Cumberland, MD. Rutledge likely self-published this volume, probably in a quite small edition (I would guess 500 to a maximum of 1000 copies). It probably appeared five or six years before the Stokes version and possibly as much as a decade earlier. This copy shows wear to the top and bottom of the green buckram spine, the corners are bumped, and there is residual glue on the front inside where apparently a bookplate was removed. The binding is tight and internally the book is quite clean. A real rarity—second only to Bolio and Other Dogs the most difficult of Rutledge’s outdoor books to locate. Prices I have found range form $1000 to $3000. $875.


37. Santee Paradise. Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1956. 232 pages. Hardback. 1st edition in poor (tattered and missing small pieces) covered dust jacket. Book is very good. Collection of 14 Rutledge stories–some of his best. Illustrated (group of photos at back). Becoming difficult to find. $55.


38. Another copy. Book very good, lacks dust jacket. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. $35.


39. Another copy, near fine but lacks dust jacket. $60.


39A. Another copy. Book is fair (stain to edge of several pages) in a worn dust jacket. $20.


40. Jim Casada (Editor), Tales of Whitetails: Archibald Rutledge’s Great Deer-Hunting Stories (edited and compiled by Jim Casada). Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1995. xii, 281 pages. Hardback. New in dust jacket. I will gladly inscribe. $29.95.


41. Those Were the Days. Richmond, VA; The Dietz Press, 1955. Hardback. xiv, 462 pages. Near fine without dust jacket but with “Withdrawn” stamped across top. Since there is no other indication whatsoever of this being an ex lib. copy, the stamp is a bit of a mystery. $80.


41A. Another copy, this one with a repaired, badly worn dust jacket with chips missing at the top. The book itself is generally tight and bright although there are hints of foxing to some page edges. $85


42. A Wildwood Tale. NY: Fleming H. Revell, 1950. 48 pages. Fair in poor dust jacket. The front endpaper has “Inscribed for dear Bob Kennerley with the affection of his friend, Hampton, 30 May, 1961.” The writing is unquestionably in Rutledge’s hand—I’ve seen enough of it, including hundreds of letters and well as untold numbers of signed and inscribed books, to be perfectly confident on that score—but for some reason he failed to add his name. $70.


43. Another copy. Fair in poor dust jacket. $20.


44. Jim Casada (Editor), America’s Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge’s Great Turkey-Hunting Tales. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1994. xii, 212 pages. Hardback. New in dust jacket. I will gladly inscribe. $29.95.


45. The Angel Standing; Or Faith Alone Gives Poise. NY: Fleming H. Revell, 1948. Hardback in mylar covered dust jacket. First edition. 48 pages. Book and djust jacket good plus. $15.


46. Banners of the Coast. Columbia, SC: The State, 1908. Hardback. First edition. 48 pages. Fair copy of one of Rutledge’s rarest books. While tight and solid, the grey buckram cover is stained and there is internal foxing. An opportunity to obtain a true Rutledge rarity and one of his earliest books (almost certainly the second although there are some questions in that regard). $275.


47. Beauty in the Heart. Westwood, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1953. Hardbound in mylar-covered dust jacket. 64 pages. Includes an introductory essay, “Meet Archibald Rutledge,” by Frank S. Mead. Some foxing to endpapers, otherwise book is fine, as is the dust jacket. On of Rutledge’s popular inspirational titles. $25.


48. The Beauty of the Night. NY: Fleming H. Revell, 1947. Hardback. 44 pages. Good plus but blank front endpaper has been cut away. One of Rutledge’s inspirational titles. $15.


49. Bolio and Other Dogs. NY; Frederick A. Stokes, 1930. Hardback. Iv, 250 pages. First and only edition. This is the rarest of Rutledge’s books on the outdoors, at least based on my experiences in studying the man and his writing for almost a half century. Possibly its appearance at the point the Great Depression was seizing the nation in a stranglehold meant paltry sales, because content-wise it is a superb book. This copy has multiple problems including a stained front cover and spine along with foxing throughout. The binding is tight. An opportunity to own a real rarity (I could not find a single copy offered for sale in a fairly detailed search) at a comparatively modest price. $750.


50. Days Off in Dixie. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1924. Hardbound. xiv, 298 pages. Externally sound although somewhat faded. Front spine is cracked but binding remains tight. Pages are clean and crisp. Overall a nice copy of one of his early collections of outdoor tales. Rare. $275 (most on-line prices are in four figures).


51. Peace in the Heart. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1930. First edition. Hardback. Xvi, 316 pages. Externally quite nice although the spine has faded a bit. Internally sound and tight but scattered foxing throughout. This is, in my view, one of Rutledge’s finest works and it was instrumental in him winning the John Burroughs Medal. $35. 50. Plantation Game Trails. Boston and NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1921. Hardback. Xiv, 300 pages. Good. $300.


52. Rain on the Marsh. Columbia, SC: Bostick & Thornley, Inc., 1940. Hardbound. 236 pages. Lacks dust jacket. A good copy, tight and solid, but there are small signs of wear to cover and both the front and rear endpapers, along with a few preliminary pages, have foxing. You’ll find better copies of this rare work listed as high as $3,000. This one only $115.


53. The Sonnets. Spartanburg, SC: The Williams Company, 1938. 40 pages. Bound in suede. The book is about good, with wear to the edges and a bit of fading. This is a unique association copy because it is inscribed to the author’s oldest son: “Dear Arch, with the devotion of” then, instead of his name, Rutledge draws a flintlock (his sons and close acquaintances called him “Old Flintlock”). A newspaper clipping on his poem, “With Us Forever,” from the Sept. 10, 1944 edition of The State, is tipped in. A rare item with a special cachet. $250.


54. Tom and I on the Old Plantation. NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1918. Hardbound. x, 214 pages. Illustrated. Sixteen stories of youthful adventures with his ill-fated and beloved brother Tom. One of his earliest prose works. Fair only with considerable wear to cover. Quite rare. $210.


55. Another copy. This one in better overall condition with the pastedown and front cover bright and internally generally tight. $250.


56. Under the Pines and Other Poems. Winchester, VA: The Eddy Press, 1906. Hardbound. 44 pages. Rutledge’s first (and very rare) book. Externally the book shows considerable wear. Internally, other than slight staining to front endpaper, nice and clean. I found four listings, ranging from a couple hundred dollars above this asking price to $4500, for this book. $750.


57. Veiled Eros. NY: Henry Harrison, 1933. Hardbound. 95 pages. A rather obscure Rutledge item, possibly because it was published in the depths of the Depression and didn’t sell well.Book (no dust jacket present) is good, with wear at top of spine and a small pencil or pen mark to front cover. Internally clean and bright. $55.


58. Voices of Long Ago: Bible Stories Retold. Columbia, SC: R. L. Bryan, 1973. First (and presumably the only) edition. Hardback in dust jacket. viii, 96 pages. Book and dust jacket fine. $35.


59. The World Around Hampton. Indianapolis and NY; Bobbs-Merrill, 1960. 1st edition. Hardbound in mylar-protected dust jacket. 192 pages. Illustrated. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. $95.

BOOKS ABOUT RUTLEDGE


1. Jim Casada, Remembering the Greats: Profiles of Turkey Hunting’s Old Masters. Rock Hill, SC: High Country Press, 2012. Xviii, 300 pages. Illustrated. New in dust jacket. Includes a lengthy chapter, with photos and a bibliography of writings by and about Rutledge relating to turkey hunting. $39.95.


2. Dorothy Stone Harmon, Archibald Rutledge: The Man and His Books. With a Bibliography by David Cupka and a Foreword by Jim Casada. Piedmont, SC: Bookquest, 2003. Hardback in dj. [xvi], 174 pp. Illus. Limited, numbered and signed edition of 224 copies, with an original items signed by Rutledge in a slip pocket at rear of book. This book is an interesting combination of a short biographical overview (pp. 1-82) featuring extensive use of quotations from Rutledge’s writings, a detailed descriptive bibliography of his books (pp. 83-100), and reproductions of selected materials such as letters and original poems, from the Dorothy Gaston collection of Rutledge material (pp. 101-175). Ms. Gaston was Rutledge’s longtime secretary and dear friend. A real treasure and a must for any serious fan of Rutledge. Signed by Harmon and Cupka. Feel free to ask for details of the original item in the slip pocket. I have several copies with different original Rutledge items in the slip pocket, and of course I’d be glad to sign and inscribe the book. Three copies, all with numbers under 100, available. $125.


3. Mary Bray Wheeler and Genon Hickerson Neblett, Hidden Glory: The Life and Times of Hampton Plantation, Legend of the South Santee. Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1983. Hardback. [xviii], 186 pages. Illus., bibliog., index. First edition. Limited, signed and numbered edition of 1,000 copies. I have copies #250 (double signatures with inscription to a previous owner) and #334 available. Both are near fine in fine dust jackets. $50.


4. A copy of the trade edition. Very fine but lacks dust jacket. $25.


5. See also the five Rutledge anthologies I have edited. Most if not all are listed above and cover his “Best,” deer hunting, turkey hunting, bird dogs and bird hunting, and Christmas tales. $29.95 each or the quintet, postage paid, for $125.


6. Idella Bodie, A Hunt for Life’s Extras: The Story of Archibald Rutledge. Orangeburg, SC: Sandlapper Publishing, 1980. First edition. Hardback in mylar-protected dust jacket. 176 pages. Illustrated. Book and dust jacket are fine. A very general popular biography with emphasis on Rutledge’s youth and largely written for an adolescent audience. Seldom found in hardbound form. $95.

RUTLEDGE EPHEMERA


1. I have a number of copies of the program from the South Carolina Academy of Authors, together with the accompanying memento printed at the time (1999), mementoes for the other two inductees, etc. The lot $10


2. Copy of the Rutledge memento only, printed on card stock with a photo of him and one of his deer hounds, $3.


3. Two images of Hampton—one of the South Santee River and the second of a family of the blacks resident at the Plantation standing in front of the home. They are in a small folding frame made by Rutledge. I will provide full provenance to the buyer. The frames highlight Rutledge’s ability as a wood worker. $30.


4. A lovely oval image of Florence Hart Rutledge, made in 1878 when she was eight years old. Image behind glass in a beautifully made (by Archibald Rutledge) wooden frame. I will provide full provenance. $125.


5. A large arrowhead in a lovely wooden frame made by Rutledge. The arrowhead is loose and the glass quite dirty. Needs to be rematted behind the existing frame. I will provide full provenance. $40. 53. Image of Archibald Rutledge, Jr. as a small boy (perhaps two or three years old) in a solid wood circular frame made by his father. Behind circular glass in middle of frame but probably should be rematted with the existing frame. I will provide provenance to the buyer. $125.


6. Image of Archibald Rutledge, Jr. as a small boy (perhaps two or three years old) in a solid wood circular frame made by his father. Behind circular glass in middle of frame but probably should be rematted with the existing frame. I will provide provenance to the buyer. $125.

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