Books – New, Old, Rare

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.

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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  OUT OF STOCK

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.  

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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. SOLD
• 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.

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.

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. OUT OF STOCK

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. OUT OF STOCK

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. OUT OF STOCK

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. OUT OF STOCK

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. OUT OF STOCK

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. SOLD

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. SOLD

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. SOLD

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. SOLD

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

157. Same book but unsigned. $25. SOLD

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

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. SOLD

162. Same book in reprinted form. $25. SOLD

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. OUT OF STOCK

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. SOLD

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

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. OUT OF STOCK

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. SOLD

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.

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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.
 

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. OUT OF STOCK

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)