NEW & USED BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
AUTHORS N thru P
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. THE ANIMALS OF EAST AFRICA.
1969. 200pp W/ INDEX. EVER WONDER WHAT THOSE AFRICAN
ANIMALS YOU READ ABOUT IN SAFARI BOOKS LOOK LIKE? THIS WILL
SHOW YOU. WELL DONE; LOTS OF GREAT PHOTOS AND DRWAINGS.
FINE $15
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. WILDERNESS U.S.A. 1973,
STATED 1ST. 344pp. FOLIO. TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE WHENEVER THE
MOOD COMES OVER YOU WITH THIS CHARMING WORK--CLASSIC GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
PHOTOS AND IN DEPTH TEXT. SUPER REFERENCE FOR PLANNING A TRIP OFF THE
BEATEN PATH... VF IN F+DJ. $22.50
Nelson, Norm. Hunting Whitetail Deer. 1981, 1st. 206pp. Illus
w/ photos. How to bring home North America's No. 1 big game
animal. Coffee stain on back cover and minor spotting to last 11pp at
lower corner, otherwise Fine in nr fine dj. $14
NELSON, NORM. HUNTING THE WHITETAIL DEER. 1980,
1ST. "HOW TO BRING HOME AMERICA'S NO. 1 BIG-GAME ANIMAL". SILVER
STAMPING ON BROWN SIMULATED LEATHER. VF $15
O'Connor, Jack (edited by Jim Rikhoff). The Best of Jack O'Connor. Amwell Press. 1977 (2006), 1st trade ed, 3rd prntg. 4to (Large 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" format.) 192pp. Edited by his friend and publisher Jim Rikhoff. What can I add that the titles doesn't say? The 34 stories of the best of the best! Special photo section. Red faux leather cover with gold gilt spine lettering. NEW, not used. New in new dj. hunting, deer, mule, whitetail, elk, big, stone, sheep, Africa, lion, leopard, gemsbok, India, wild, boar, tiger, rams, wild, sheep, bighorn,stone, desert, mule, deer, bear, grizzly, brown, black, polar. $45
O'Connor, Jack. Game in the Desert Revisited. 1977. 1st ed. Amwell Press. #531/950 SIGNED, numbered, leatherbound, slipcased copies. One of the early and more difficult to find Amwell titles. Jack O'Connor's fans are many. You are probablly one of them. Very Fine in Very Fine slipcase, as new/as new, mint/ mint deer, mule, whitetail, big, horn, desert, hunting, Jack O'Connor, javelina, turkey, elk, quail, bob white, masked, mearn's, Gambel's, Gambel, mearns, blue, scaled, jaguar, mountain lion, cougar, puma, dove, white-wing, pronghorn, antelope, southwest. $400
O'Connor, Jack (edited by Jim Casada). The Lost Classics of Jack O'Connor. Live Oak Press. 2005. 329pp. Forty stories from the pages of Outdoor Life, most, if not all, have never been published in book form before. Included is perhaps the only fishing story Jack ever wrote--fly fishing for trout in the Grand Canyon! Illus by Dan Burr, who also illustrated the dj. Photo section spanning 40 years. New in New dj. ISBN: 0966021231. $37.50
O'CONNOR, JACK. THE SHOTGUN BOOK. Knopf. A Borzoi Book for Sportsmen. 1965, STATED 1ST. 332PP PLUS INDEX. Covers all aspects of shotguns, their design, and uses. Begins with a brief history and then goes in American and European doubles, pumps autos, shotgun barrels, chokes, patterning, stock, fit, various purposes--hunting, game specific, skeet, trap, etc--Loads for specific game, shotshells, components, elements of shooting, hitting, learning trap, skeet, handloading ;and more. Very complete and still pertinent. Fine in vf, edgeworn at spine and top front, but intact vg dj. shotguns, hunting, shooting, trap, skeet, shotgun, clay targets, auto, pump, double, barrel, over, under. $30
O'Connor, Jack. The Rifle Omnibus. 1976. 1st ed. Winchester Press for National Sporting fraternity Limited. SIGNED. This is three complete books in one: The Modern Rifle by Jim Carmichael, 342pp; The Hunting Rifle by Jack O'Connor, 314pp; and The Accurate Rifle by Warren Page, 238pp. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS AND JIM RIKHOFF, PUBLISHER. Limited edition of only 750, SIGNED, numbered, leatherbound and slipcased copies with silk marker ribbon sewn in. Very Fine in vf slipcase. $575
O'CONNOR, JACK. THE RIFLE BOOK. 1978,3RD ED. 337PP OF RIFLE INFO. ILLUS W/ PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS. NO DJ, F $25
ORDEMAN, JOHN. TO KEEP A TRYST WITH
THE DAWN: AN APPRECIATION OF ROLAND CLARK. 1989. LTD ED OF 1000, SIGNED
AND NUMBERED. THIS COPY ALSO INSCRIBED BY JOHN. MANY
ILLUS, SOME IN COLOR. 4to, 118pp NEAT TO BROWSE THRU OR AS
A REFERENCE. VF IN F DJ $65
Olsen, Larry Dean. Outdoor Survival Skills. Brigham Young U. Press. 1973, later edn. Hardcover. 188pp w/ index. Light edgewear to pictorial hard cover, nr. Fine. outdoor,survival. $4
ORDEMAN, JOHN. WILLIAM SCHALDACH, ARTIST, AUTHOR,
SPORTSMAN. 1988, 1ST. LTD ED OF 1150 NUMBERED COPIES.
4to, 118pp. SCHALDACH AND CLARK WERE TWO OF NOT many MORE THAN
THAT WOULD COULD paint with WITH ART AND WORDS. This copy also inscribed by Ernie Hikock, who collaborated with Ordeman, and wrote the Foreword. WOULDN'T YOU
LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS MAN? VF $70
Ormond, Clyde. Hunting Our Medium Size Game. Stackpole. 1958. 1st ed. 219pp. Photos and range maps. Species covered include Mule Deer, whitetails, black bear, pronghorn antelope, coyotes, bobcats, cougar. Also chapters on how to hunt, how to hit, rifles, shotguns, bows, pistols, care of meat, care of trophy. Another book with much info that is undervalued. Cloth cover has beautiful drawing of a whitetail buck by Ned Smith, itself worth the price of the book. Vg+ copy is clean and collectilbe. Mule,Deer,whitetails,black,bear,pronghorn,antelope,coyotes,bobcats,cougar,hunting,big,game,small,varmints,vension,rifles,shotguns. $5
ORMOND, CLYDE. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF HUNTING. 1964, NOT
1ST. 467pp W/ INDEX. YOU TRY TO WRITE THAT MANY! AN
UNDER VALUED BOOK THAT HAS LOTS OF GOOD INFO FOR BEGINNER OR
VETERN HUNTER. WELL ILLUS. FINE INTERIOR IN SOILED COVER
W/O DJ. $6
ORMOND, CLYDE. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF HUNTING. 1968, NOT 1ST. 467pp W/ INDEX. AN UNDER VALUED BOOK THAT HAS LOTS OF GOOD INFO FOR BEGINNER OR VETERN HUNTER. Covers big game, upland game, waterfowl, rifles and cartirdges, shotguns and shells, care of heads and skins, how to lead with a shotgun, apendix has reproductions of Boone and Crocket scoring charts for big game animals, phots and drawings by Douglas Allen. Unusual page between ffep and title page has corner torn off, else FINE INTERIOR IN very good+ cloth cover w/ gilt deer head on spine. COVER W/O DJ. hunting,big,game,upland,birds,waterfowl,moose,elk,deer,bears,brown,grizzly,black,white-tailed,black-tailed,mule,mallards,goose,geese,canada,brant,shotguns,rifles,guns,ballistics,shotshells,cartridges,pronghorns. $5
OUR LIVING WORLD OF NATURE. 1967, 1ST. THESE
BOOKS WERE DEVELOPED JOINTLY WITH THE US DEPT OF THE INTERIOR. ALL ARE
VERY COMPLETE AND WELL ILLUS W. COLOR PHOTOS, DIAGRAMS, AND
APPENDICES A T THE END. 4to, EACH ABOUT 110-125PP. COLOR
PICTORIAL HARD COVERS; NEVER HAD DJ'S. WE OFFER THESE:
THE LIFE OF THE MOUNTAINS. PLANTS AND ANIMALS OF THE HIGH
PLACES. Fine $10
THE LIFE OF THE DESERT. TELLS ALL. Fine $10
DON'T BE PUT OFF BY THE LOW PRICES, THESE ARE VERY USEFUL
BOOKS.
OUTDOOR LIFE. DEER HUNTER'S YEARBOOK. HARD COVER, 4to.
WELL ILLUS. ABOUT 180pp. I HAVE 1990 AND 1985. BOTH FINE.
EACH $10
OUTDOOR LIFE, EDITORS OF. THE STORY OF AMERICAN HUNTING AND
FIREARMS. 1959, 1ST. FOLIO, 172pp. FROM THE INDIANS TO
THE PRESENT. WELL ILLUS IN COLOR AND B/W. FINE IN FRAYED
DJ $25
Ovington, Ray. A Sportsman-Artist's Game Bag. Amwell Press. 1989. 1st ed. limited to 1000 SIGNED, numbered and slipcased copies, this being #838/1000. larger format--4to. Illustrated with the author's own specially commissioned original art. 335pp. Color plates and b&w. Relates the author's experiences hunting and fishing for upland game birds, waterfowl, deer, trout, bass, salmon, and bear. Includes chapters on American water spaniels, curly-coated, flat-coated and labrador retrievers. Fine in fine slipcase. SIGNED by author/illustrator and by Jim Rikhoff, President NSFL. hunting, fishing, deer, whitetails, salmon, atlantic, landlocked, bass, smallmouths, largemouths, trout, bear, black, waterfowl, wildfowl, wood duck, wigeon, goose, geese, canada, decoys, collecting, water spaniel, dogs, woodcock, grouse, pheasant, turkey. $55
PAGE, LAWRENCE AND BURR, BROOKS. ROGER TORY PETERSON FIELD
GUIDE TO FRESHWATER FISHES. 1991. SPECIAL LEATHERBOUND
50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. AS NEW. $30
Page, Warren. The Rifle Omnibus. 1976. 1st ed. Winchester Press for National Sporting fraternity Limited. SIGNED. This is three complete books in one: The Modern Rifle by Jim Carmichael, 342pp; The Hunting Rifle by Jack O'Connor, 314pp; and The Accurate Rifle by Warren Page, 238pp. SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS AND JIM RIKHOFF, PUBLISHER. Limited edition of only 750, SIGNED, numbered, leatherbound and slipcased copies with silk marker ribbon sewn in. Very Fine in vf slipcase. $575
Parker, Eric, editor. Colonel Hawker's Shooting Diaries. Derrydale Press. 1990. Ltd ed. 300p w/ index. Bound in redcloth with gold gilt lettering and shooter on front cover and spine, a.e.g., marker ribbon bound in and in red slipcase. Covers the shooting of the well known Col. Parker from 1802-1853. He sure had some good times, and you can share them with him. Book and slipcase are As New. hunting, woodcock, grouse, pheasants, wildfowling, waterfowling, ducks, geese, snipe, shore birds, rails, birds, shooting, shotguns, brant, swans, Manton, Joe, Lancaster, Charles, Greener, guns, makers. $35
PEPER, ERIC AND RIKHOFF, JIM EDITORS. HUNTING MOMENT OF
TRUTH. 1973, 1ST. ANTHOLOGY OF SOME WONDERFUL STORIES TOLD
BY THE LIKES OF ZERN, CARMICHAEL, RUTLEDGE, PAGE, BRISTER,
O'CONNOR, JOBSON, GATES, WATERMAN, HILL...GOOD BOOK! ILLUS
BY THE IMCOMPERABLE MILT WEILER. HAVE 7, VF IN DJ'S THAT
ARE MOSTLY F. EACH $25
Petzal, David. The Experts' Book of Upland Bird and Waterfowl
Hunting. 1975, 1ST. 315pp W/ INDEX. PHOTOS. Twelve EXPERTS--Woolner,
Dalrymple, Waterman, Carmichael, Evans, Reiger, and others tell
all. Extra chapter about the authors! GOOD REFERENCE. Fine in fine
mylar protected dj hunting upland game birds waterfowl wildfowl
ducks geese goose ruffed grouse woodcock pheasant turkey guns bird
dogs gun dogs pointing dogs flushing dogs retrievers $14
PETZEL, DAVID. THE EXPERT'S BOOK OF THE SHOOTING SPORTS. 1972, 1ST. 320pp
W/ INDEX. PHOTOS. SIXTEEN EXPERTS--WATERMAN, CARMICHEAL, HAGEL, PAGE,
BAUER, AND OTHERS TELL ALL ON HANDGUN, RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS AS WELL AS
OPTICS. GOOD REFERENCE. Fine $14
PHAIR, CHARLES. ATLANTIC SALMON FISHING. 1985, PREMIER
PRESS. REPRINT OF ORIGINAL DERRYDALE. FOLIO, LEATHERBOUND, GILT
DECORATED. NUMBERED LTD ED. ILLUS BY OGDEN PLEISSNER, ROBERT NESBIT
AND W/ PHOTOS, DRAWINGS AND MAPS.. AWESOME!! very fine. $55
Peterson, Brian, R, Complier. The Great Duck Misunderstanding, and
Other Stories. 2005. 1st ed. 352pp. Like to laugh? This compilation
is the best of American fishing and hunting humor. About 100 stories
of wit and fun in the outdoors by American sportsman--Ed Zern, Steve
Mulak, Ted Nugent, Milton Berle (?!?), Buck Peterson, Bruce Cochran,
Nelson Bryant, Homer Circle, George Reiger, and a host of others.
Brand new, just off the presses. Get yours first and be the life of
the party. New in pictorial wraps. $24.50
Phair, Charles. Atlantic Salmon Fishing. Derrydale Press. Lyon, Ms 1993. Hardcover 4to.193p. Color plates by Ogden Pleissner, b/w plates, illustrations, maps, gilt decorated bonded-leather binding. Edition limited to 2500 copies. A scarce and sought-after American book on salmon fishing. First published by The Derrydale Press in 1937. NEW in original shrink wrap. $35
PHAIR, CHARLES. ATLANTIC SALMON FISHING. 1985, PREMIER
PRESS. REPRINT OF ORIGINAL DERRYDALE. FOLIO, LEATHERBOUND,
GILT DECORATED. NUMBERED LTD ED. ILLUS BY OGDEN PLEISSNER,
ROBERT NESBIT ANDW/ PHOTOS, DRAWINGS AND MAPS.. AWESOME!!
AS NEW $30
POPE, DUDLEY. GUNS. 1972. 256pp, LARGE 4to. OVER 300
ILLUS, 39 IN COLOR. FROM DERRINGERS TO HOWITZERS, THIS BOOK
IS ABOUT "GUNS"! FINE $25
Potter, Charles S., Jr. Following the Flight. 1999. 1st ed. 145pp,
8vo. Follow the migrating waterfowl south as they migrate from Hudson
Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. One man's oddessy. Art work by David Maass,
with over 20 of his prints and other skethes. Beautiful book. Scarce.
As new in as new dj. $85
PULLING, PIERRE. GAME AND GUNNER. 1973, 1ST ED.
OBSERVATIONS ON GAME MANAGEMENT AND SPORT HUNTING. COVERS
BIG GAME AND SMALL, WATERFOWL. GOOD AMMUNTITION AGAINST
"ANTI-HUNTERS". WHAT WE SHOULD ALL KNOW. FINE $15
Queeny, Edgar M. Prairie Wings. Ducks Unlimited. 1947, folio, 256pp. Classic flight studies and much more. Color frontispiece and sketches by Richard E. Bishop. A cornerstone book for any wildlife, ornithology, waterfowl library. Fine with very fine interior. A very nice copy in all respects. hunting,waterfowl,ducks unlimited,richard bishop,waterfowling,wildfowl,wildfowling,ducks,geese,mallards,pintails,ornithology,natural history,flight,birds,flying. $125
QUINN, TOM. THE WORKING RETRIEVERS, THE CLASSIC BOOK FOR THE TRAINING, CARE, AND HANDLING OF RETRIEVERS FOR HUNTING AND FIELD TRIALS. 1998, REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION. 257pp, 4to. ILLUS W/ PHOTOS, DIAGRAMS, DRAWINGS. QUINN IS ONE OF AMERICA'S TOP BREEDERS AND TRAINERS OF RETRIEVERS--LABS, GOLDENS, CHESSIES, AND OTHERS. GREAT BOOK! Very fine very fine dj. hunting, retrievers, gun, dogs, waterfowl , upland, game $40
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