Hunting & Fishing

Elinskas, Robert J. A Deer Hunter's History Book. Pure Adirondack Reading from the Regions of Indian Lake, Blue Mountain Lake & Raquette Lake, NY. New York: The Author, 2005. xii, 316 pages. Bibliography. Photographs. Signed by the author. 'The guides, residents, seasonal hunters, businesses that cater to hunters, all have their story to tell. This book describes 'What went on' in and around the Blue Ridge Wilderness area in the 20th century.' - Rear cover. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0977101703. #26485. $65
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Grey, Zane. Tales of Southern Rivers. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. 1st edition. 249 pages, plus 2 pages of advertising. Photographs. Frontispiece. Contents: The Great Rivers of the Gulf, Rivers of the Everglades, Down an Unknown Jungle River. Very good hardcover, with photographic label pasted on front cover; spine title and author faded. #27796. $50
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Gusey, William F. The Fish and Wildlife Resources of the Gulf of Alaska. Houston, Texas: Environmental Affairs, Shell Oil Company, 1978. 4to (large book). xxix, 580 pages. Bibliography. Illustrations. Folding maps. Dated April 1978. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). #25485. $75
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Heilner, Van Campen. Adventures in Angling: A Book of Salt Water Fishing. Illustrated from paintings by Frank Stick. Photographs by the author. Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd Company, 1922. 233 pages. Photographs. Color illustrations. Frontispiece. Good hardcover, spine slightly worn and faded. #26397. $70
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Hunt, Lynn Bogue. Fishing in America. Six Paintings: Largemouth Bass, Muskalonge, Rainbow Trout, Sailfish, Striped Bass, Tarpon. New York?: Gunning and Fishing Prints Pub. Co. Inc., 1946. Elephant folio (very large). Title leaf and 6 color plates. The Field & Stream Portfolio. Very good original wrappers (soft cover). 7 single leaves in original blue-grey portfolio, slightly torn at top of spine. Lacks the Descriptive Text by Ted Trueblood and S. Kip Farrington, which is noted on the title leaf. #26588. $110
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Kalman, James M., illustrations, and text by C. Meade Patterson. A Pictorial History of U.S. Single Shot Martial Pistols. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. Copy 2050 of an edition of 2500, of which 2375 are for sale. Oblong folio (very large book). [4], 44 colored plates with text on facing pages. Bibliography. Signed by both illustrator and author. Good hardcover in worn and frayed dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: Spine labels, bookplate on front flyleaf, blind stamp on lower corner of title page and rear leaf; stamps, barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. Lower corner of front jacket flap missing, not affecting text; lower third of rear jacket flap missing, affecting some text. #24028. $30
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Ripley, A. Lasall (Aiden Lasall). Gunning in America. Six Paintings: Ducks, Geese, Grouse, Pheasant, Quail, and Woodcock. New York?: Gunning and Fishing Prints Pub. Co. Inc., 1947. Original elephant folio (very large). Contains a title leaf and 6 color plates. The Field & Stream Portfolio. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). In original grey paper portfolio, edges slightly worn. #26590. $300
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Roosevelt, Theodore. Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. 1st printing. xi, 369 pages. Photographs. Fair hardcover, brown cloth with gilt title and lion's head device, front and rear hinges quite weak, spine partially chipped and repaired with tape, top and bottom of backstrip chipped, some dampstains along top margin and out margins of first 63 pages. #25482. $70
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Virgines, George E. Famous Guns and Gunners. Illustrated by Tom Berger. Foreword by Jerome Rakusan. West Allis, Wisconsin: Leather Stocking Books, in association with Pine Mountain Press, 1980. 4to (large book). 113 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Part I: Guns and Gunners That Made the West; Part II: Guns and Gunners That Sold the West. Very good large pictorial trade paperback (soft cover). ISBN 0897690095. #25496. $15
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