SAMSON, JOHN G, EDITOR. THE WORLDS OF ERNEST THOMPSON SETON. 1976, STATED 1ST. OBLONG 4to, 204pp. ILLUS IN COLOR AND B/W. 57 OF HIS SPECTACULAR PAINTINGS FAITHFULLY REPRODUCED--36 IN COLOR--TOGETHER WITH MANY LINE DRAWINGS OF THE ANIMALS AND BIRDS HE LOVED AND HELPED US TO KNOW, TOGETHER WITH HIS OWN WORD DESCRIPTIONS. NEAR VF $55

Samson, Jack. The Bear Book. Amwell Press.1979. 1st. Deluxe Limited Edition. Signed by Samson, Al Barker, who did the artwork, color frontispeice and line drawings throughout, and Jim Rikhoff. 250p. Leatherbound, silk marker ribbon bound in, and slipcased. Covers all North American bears from Lewis and Clark to the present. Beautiful book with gold gilt bear tracks and other stamping on the spine. Pristine condition. Very Fine in very fine slipcase. hunting, nature, bear, bears, grizzly, brown, kodiak, polar, black, white, natural history. $80

SAMSON, JACK. HUNTING THE SOUTHWEST. Amwell Press. 1985. Limited edition #802/1000. Leatherbound, SIGNED, and slipcased . 172pp. FROM DOVE TO BEAR, THIS COVERS LARGE AND SMALL GAME AND WATERFOWL. AND SOME EXOTICS, TOO. ORIGINAL ART BY VICTORIA BLANCHARD. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ARTIST AND PUBLISHER. Very Fine in VF slipcase. hunting, doves, balck, bear, quail, bobwhite, mearn's, gambel's, scaled, ram, barbary, sheep, wild, elk, javelina, deer, coues, mule, lion, mountain, cougar, puma, sage, grouse, ibex, gemsbok, ducks, geese, goose, snow, pronghorn, blue, white-wing $65

ANOTHER. 1985. 1ST TRADE ED. VERY FINE IN SLIPCASE. $35

SAMSON, JACK. LINE DOWN! 1973, 1ST PRNTG. 177PP, LARGE 8vo. SWORDFISH, 3 MARLINS, SHARK, TARPON, BARRACUDA, DOLPHIN, MORE. THE FANTASTIC WORLD OF BIG GAME FISHING. FV in f dj. I HAVE 10 COPIES--BUY ONE FOR ALL YOUR FRIENDS. SPECIAL: $15 EACH.

SAMSON, JACK, EDITOR. MAN AND BEAR, ADVENTURES IN THE WILD. Amwell Press. 1982, 1ST TRADE ED OF "THE BEAR BOOK". 238pp. STORIES BY Ben LILLY, Ben EAST, Jack O'CONNOR, Warren PAGE, Elmer KEITH, Frank DUFRESNE, AND MANY MORE from Lewis and Clark to the present age. ILLUS BY AL BARKER. Fine in fine, clear plastic covered dj. $20

SAMSON, JACK, EDITOR. MAN AND BEAR, ADVENTURES IN THE WILD. 1982, 1ST TRADE ED. "THE BEAR BOOK". 238pp. STORIES BY LILLLY, EAST, O'CONNOR, PAGE, KEITH, DUFRESNE, AND MANY MORE. ILLUS BY AL BARKER. Near FINE IN VG+ DJ $18

SAMSON, JACK. WIND KNOTS AND NEAR MISSES. 1998, 1ST. LTD ED OF 1000. 347pp. DON'T LET THE TITLE FOOL YOU, JACK CAN HANDLE BOTH ROD AND GUN AND HAS HAD HIS FAIR SHARE OF HITS AND LANDINGS. ANOTHER TITLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN 'MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HUNTING AND FISHING'. I HAVE LIKED JACK'S WRITING SINCE I READ HIS EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHY ON LEE WULFF (SEE ABOVE). EVEN THOUGH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, JACK LEAVES US WITH A STORY NOT ABOUT HIMSELF IN A VERY SENSITIVE 'JOEL'S RAINBOW'. ILLUS W/ SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED ART BY VICTORIA BLANCHARD. GILT STAMPED LEATHER, NUMBERED, AND SIGNED BY AUTHRO, ARTIST AND PUBLISHER. VF IN SLIPCASE $65

Sandberg, Walt. The Turn in the Trail, Northwoods Tales of the Upper Great Lakes. 1980, 1ST. LTD ED OF 1000 SIGNED AND NUMBERED, LEATHERBOUND COPIES. Amwell Press. 215pp. Illus. by Gordon Allen. SIGNED by Sandberg, Allen and Jim Rikhoff. Very fine in very fine slipcase. hunting, fishing, great lakes, fly, trout, brown, woodcock, whitetail, deer, grayling, rainbow, brook, flies, wet, dry, speckled, perch, bamboo, flyfishing, steelhead, salmon, duck, mallard, waterfowl, goose, canada, ruffed, grouse. $65

Sanchez-Arino, Tony. Ivory. 1981. 1st ed. Ltd ed Amwell Press. 252pp. #887/1000. Elephant hunting, as you might guess. Bound in ivory colored leather, SIGNED, numbered and slipcased with bound in slik marker ribbon. Original line drawings and color frontispiece by Bob Kuhn. Photos from author's private collection. Mr Sanchez-Arino is known world wide as an expert on elephant hunting. And he writes well! He relates stories about the old elephant hunters, the last frontiers and a few personal experiences. As New in as new slipcase, Very Fine/very fine. Extremely difficult to find, especially in this condition. SIGNED by Sanchez, and Jim Rikhoff. $450

Sanchez-Arino, Tony. Ivory. 1981. 1st ed. Ltd ed Amwell Press. #62/1000. 252pp. Elephant hunting, as you might guess. Bound in ivory colored leather, SIGNED, numbered and slipcased with bound in slik marker ribbon. Original line drawings and color frontispiece by Bob Kuhn. Photos from author's private collection. Mr Sanchez-Arino is known world wide as an expert on elephant hunting. And he writes well! He relates stories about the old elephant hunters, the last frontiers and a few personal experiences. Spine has turned like old ivory, o/w as New in as new slipcase. Fine/very fine. Extremely difficult to find, especially in this condition. SIGNED by Sanchez, and Jim Rikhoff. $350

SANKHALA, KAILASH. TIGER! 1977,1ST. 220pp, DRAWINGS, PHOTOS, SOME COLOR. THE STORY OF THE INDIAN TIGER. VF W/O DJ $30

SAULTS, DAN, MANAGING EDITOR. SPORT FISHING USA. 1971, 1ST. U.S. DEPT OF THE INTERIOR. HARD COVER. FINE $15

SAVAGE, CHRISTOPHER. THE MANDARIN DUCK. 1952, STATED 1ST. 78pp, 4to. FRONTISPIECE AND FOREWORD BY PETER SCOTT. OTHER ILLU PHOTOS AND DRAWINGS BY AUTHOR. NIFTY BOOK ON A WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL DUCK. VF IN NR F DJ $40

ANOTHER. SAME. HAS BEEN WET, SO WE'LL CALL IT AN INFORMATION COPY, ALTHOUGH IT'S BETTER THAN MINE. ALMOST VG $20

Savage, Stevens, Fox. Savage,Stevens,Fox Shotguns and Rifles and Handguns Catalog. 1962. 28 page color catalog of the full line of firearms from the companies of Savage Arms, Stevens, and Fox companies. An extra copy of front and back covers add 4 more pages and have kept it protected all these years. Shows full color pictures of all their rifles, center fire and .22. The ledgendary model 99 level and their bolt action, autos, and single shot break opens. Full line fo shotguns, single shot, rifle/shotgun over/unders, autos, pumps and bolt actions, and double barrel shotguns by Stevens and their top of the line Fox. Even bolt action shotguns! And the 101 Savage Single action single shot pistol. This copy Mint! $27

SCHAEFER, HENRY. OUT IN THE OPEN. 1988, 1ST. FOREWORD BY VIN SPARANO; BIOGRAPHY BY HOWARD BRANT. 20 STORIES FROM THE NEWARK EVENING NEWS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO NJ: MOOSE, ELK, SALMON, AS WELL AS THE MORE USUAL. GOOD STUFF. PHOTOS FINE $14

SCHARP, CAPT HAL. FLORIDA'S GAME FISH AND HOW TO LAND THEM. 1968, 1ST. 244pp. LOTS OF PHOTOS. NO DJ. NR FINE $15

SCHROEDER, ROGER. HOW TO CARVE WILDLIFE. 1989. 4to, 255pp "9 NORTH AMERICAN MASTERS REVEAL THE CARVING AND PAINTING TECHNIQUES THAT WIN THEM BLUE RIBBONS." 800 B/W PHOTOS!!! 16 IN COLOR. MINT $39.95

SCOTT, JACK DENTON. ALL OUTDOORS. 1956, 1ST. A READABLE BOOK ON THE HOWS AND WHYS OF HUNTING AND FISHING. FINE $12

SCOTT, PETER. THE EYE OF THE WIND. 1961, 1ST AMERICAN ED. 679pp, DECORATED END PAPERS. ILLUS OF COURSE BY PETER AND ALSO W/ PHOTOS. THE STORY OF HIS LIFE AS HUNTER, ARTSIT, ADVENTURER, NATURALIST. F W/O DJ $30

SHELDON, COL HAROLD P..TRANQUILLITY 1936. 1st, DERRYDALE PRESS. LIMITED EDITION of 950 numbered copies. HAL, 'THE CAPTAIN' IN THIS BOOK, CAN BE COMPARED TO BURT SPILLER, GORDON MacQUARRIE, WILLIAM HARNDEN FOSTER, ETC. WELL WRITTEN IN A SOFT, EASY MANNER. FEELS COMFORTABLE. COME ALONG, YOU'LL LIKE WHAT YOU READ. INTRO BY HIS FRIEND NASH BUCKINGHAM. ILLUS BY RALPH BOYER. RED LEATHER WITH GOLD GILT DECORATION AND STAMPING. CLASSIC BOOK. Good tight, clean copy with only minor edge rubs and interior spotless. Slightly darkened spine. FINE. $250

SHELDON, COL HAROLD P. TRANQUILLITY REVISITED. 1989, DERRYDALE REPRINT. THIS WAS THE 2ND OF HAL'S THREE BOOKS. ILLUS BY A. LASSELL RIPLEY, W COLOR PLATES. LARGER FORMAT THAN THE FIRST BOOK. GILT DECORATED RED CLOTH. AS GOOD AS THEY COME. VF $40

Sheldon, William G. Exploring for Wild Sheep in British Columbia in 1931 and 1932. Amwell Press. 1981. SIGNED limited edition of leatherbound, slipcased copies, this being #853/1000. 246pp. Color frontispiece by Carl Rungius, and photos from the private collections of Wm Sheldon and Richard Borden. Amazingly this story of exploration was completed by two young men, Sheldon and his partner Richard Borden. At the time of these adventures they were 18-20 and 20-22 years old, respectively! Think about that. On their own in unknown wilderness, collecting specimens and data on wild shhep (and other animals and birds) for the scientic world of Washington, DC. What a grand adventure they had. Luckily Sheldon wrote it down for us to enjoy all these years later. A.e.g., silk marker ribbon. SIGNED by William Sheldon and Jim Rikhoff. Book and slipcase are Mint, very fine, as new. $195

SILVERBURG, ROBERT. THE AUK, THE DODO, AND THE ORYX; VANISHED AND VANISHING CREATURES. 1967, 1ST. WELL WRITTEN AND INTERESTING. ILLUSTRATED. FINE $20

Sisley, Nick. Hunting the Ruffed Grouse. Private printing. 1970. Spiral bound with stiff card covers, front with English Setter on point, back with picture of a very young author and info about him. 136p. Illus w/ photos. This was Nick's first book and must have been a small printing, as it is very difficult to find. This copy near fine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Scarce. $80

SMITH, ART. WATER'S EDGE. Amwell Press. 1986, 1ST LTD TO #868/1000 COPIES. EDITED BY PAT SMITH. THESE ARE STORIES ART WROTE FOR THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE FROM 1964-1967. 221pp. SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED ARTWORK BY TOM HENNSEESY. TALES OF HUNTING AND FISHING. THOSE TIMES DON'T SEEM SO LONG AGO... SIGNED BY EDITOR, ARTIST AND PUBLISHER. LEATHERBOUND. Mint in mint slipcase. hunting, woodcock, crow, goose, trout, fly fishing, fishing, wet, dry, streamers, flys, lake trout, lakers, northern pike, smallmouth bass, bass, deer, rabbit, ruffed, grouse, pheasant, ringneck, ring-necked, quail, bobwhite, Lee Wulff, crappie, nymph. $40

Smith, Edmund Ware. A Tomato Can Chronicle. Derrydale Press. Lyon, Ms. 1991. Leatherbound in dark green with gilt decoration and lettering, a.e.g. This was the first book written by this author with a wry, downeaster sense of humor. When you read it you will be glad it is not his only book. Illustrated by Ralph Boyer. Edition was limited to 2500 copies. NEW, still in publishers shrinkwrap. Don't be confused with the cheaper cloth covered edition Derrydale put out in 2000. $35

Smith, Steve. Hunting Ducks and Geese. 1984, 1st. 150pp. Illus w/ photos and line drawings. Vf, no dj. $10

Smith, Steve. Hunting Upland Gamebirds. 1987. 1st ed. Stackpole. 176pp. What the wingshooter needs to know about the birds, the guns, and the new clay games. Covers ruffed grouse, woodcock, quail, pheasants, doves, chukars, sage grouse, prairie chickens, sharptails, Hungarian partridge, guns, clays, and the future. As new in as new dj. $19

SOMMER, FRANCOIS. MAN AND BEAST IN AFRICA. 1954, STATED 1ST AMERICAN ED. TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH BY EDWARD FITZGERALD. FOREWORD BY ERNEST HEMINGWAY. 206pp, PHOTOS. BEEN SOAKED; GOOD READING COPY $9

SPARANO, VIN, EDITOR. TALES OF WOODS AND WATERS AMWELL PRESS. 1989. 1st ed limited to 1000 SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ARTIST AND PUBLISHER. A typical Amwell rendering--366p with originally commissioned artwork by Mike Watson. AN ANTHOLOGY INCLUDING SUCH VARIED writers as Pat McMANUS and Theodore ROOSEVELT! Other authors included are Jack Atcheson, Sr., Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Jack O'Connor, Jim Carmichael, Lee Wulff, Russell Annable, Robert Ruark, Bob Elman, Havilah Babcock, Joel Vance, Ray Eye, Vin Sparano, and many more! Subjects run the gamit from turkey, grouse, quail, bears, caribou, Jack O'Connor's last hunt, fishing, trout, salmon, muskellunge, Gene Hill, to and including leopard and elephant with many others in between. SIGNED, numbered and slipcased limited edition of 1000, this being #655. Leatherbound with silk marker ribbon sewn in, and gilt decorated. AN ANTHOLOGY INCLUDING SUCH VARIED TOMES AS Pat McMANUS AND Theodore ROOSEVELT! ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED artwork BY MIKE WATSON. Very Fine in vf SLIPCASE, as new/as new. hunting, muskellunge, grouse, upland, game, bird, trout, bass, sunfish, salmon, deer, turkey, ruffed, grouse, pheasant, ringneck, ring-necked, wild, bear, black, brown, grizzly, dove, fishing, turkey, leopard, elephant, africa, caribou, antelope, dogs. $75

SPARANO, VIN, EDITOR. TALES OF WOODS AND WATERS. AMWELL PRESS. 1989. 1st trade ed. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. A typical Amwell rendering--366p with originally commissioned artwork by Mike Watson. AN ANTHOLOGY INCLUDING SUCH VARIED writers as Pat McMANUS and Theodore ROOSEVELT! Other authors included are Jack Atcheson, Sr., Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Jack O'Connor, Jim Carmichael, Lee Wulff, Russell Annable, Robert Ruark, Bob Elman, Havilah Babcock, Joel Vance, Ray Eye, Vin Sparano, and many more! Subjects run the gamit from turkey, grouse, quail, bears, caribou, Jack O'Connor's last hunt, fishing, trout, salmon, muskellunge, Gene Hill, to and including leopard and elephant with many others in between. Fine in fine pictorial slipcase. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. hunting, muskellunge, grouse, upland, game, bird, trout, bass, sunfish, salmon, deer, turkey, ruffed, grouse, pheasant, ringneck, ring-necked, wild, bear, black, brown, grizzly, dove, fishing, turkey, leopard, elephant, africa, caribou, antelope, dogs. $45

Spencer, James B. Hup! Training Flushing Spaniels the American Way. 1992. 1st ed. 276pp. Covers, acquiring you flushing sapniel, traing your puppy, obedience, quartering, retrieving, steady to wing and shot, brace work, force-breaking, gently, blind retrieve, keeping your spaniel, hunting, field trials, hunting tests, glosssary, pedigrees, index and more. Pictorial hardcover, w/o dj as issued. Book is as new, very fine, exc+! Sold (ol) Looking for more

Spiller, Burton. Grouse Feathers, Again Derrydale. Press. 2000. 1st ed, stated Derrydale 1st printing. 181pp., 8vo. This is an original volume, NOT a reissue of the older books. 20 Spiller stories never printined in book form before! 2 were never printed before this and the others only in magazines. The grouse gods smiled once more for us. More original Burton Spiller stories for us to enjoy for the very first time. New in new dj. ISBN: 1586670417 grouse, shooting, hunting, ruffed grouse, woodcock, burton, spiller, burt spiller, game birds, upland, game, setters, pointers, pointing, dogs, training $45

Spiller, Burton. Grouse Feathers. 1947. Macmillian. 207pp, 4to. Illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Spiller is in a league alone when it comes to ruffed grouse prose. No one has written better on this subject. If you have not read him, you have a treat in store for you. What he wrote all those years ago is still true today. Fancy that. Very good binding with front of dj inside. Interior is very fine. $45

Spiller, Burton. Grouse Feathers. Premier Press. 1986. #685/3000, leatherbound, gilt stamped and aeg with marker ribbon. The Premier Press books were splendidly made with fancy endpapers, raised hubs, pigskin leather, the works. 207pp, 4to. Illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Spiller is in a league alone when it comes to ruffed grouse prose. No one has written better on this subject. If you have not read him, you have a treat in store for you. What he wrote all those years ago is still true today. Fancy that. Mint. $45

Spiller, Burton. More Grouse Feathers. 1972. 238pp, 4to. ILLUS BY LYNN BOGUE HUNT AND W/ INTO BY TAP TAPPLY. BURT WRITES ABOUT THOSE DAYS AFIELD WITH GUN AND DOG THAT ARE THE REASON WE KEEP GOING BACK, EVEN IF ALL DAYS ARE NOT PERFECT. WE KNOW SOME WILL BE… Diagonal piece off ffep, rest of interior squeaky clean. Slight bump to top of spine. Simulated leather cover Vg+, nr fine. $34

Spiller, Burton. Fishin' Around. Amwell Press, National Sporting Fraternity Limited. 1974. #852/1000. 1st ed and one of the very first Amwell Press titles. This is one of the transitional titles Jim Rikhoff took with him from Winchester Press when he started the National Sporting fraternity Limited and then Amwell Press. A sleeper for collectors of Amwell Press books, as this ususally gets listed as Winchester Press. Spine has neither Amwell nor Winchester, but rather the N.S.F.L. logo. The book itself is well worth having too, as Spiller is a great story teller. In here he hunts big game and fishes for trout and salmon in New England and eastern Canada. Artwork by Milton C. Weiler, Foreword by H. G., Tap, Tapply. Bound in green leather with gold gilt, SIGNED by Jim Rikhoff and numbered. Previous owner wrote his last name and the date on ffep, else as new, very fine. fishing, fish, hunting moose, big game, beavers, milton c. weiler, Nova Scotia, Chet, Maine, Kennebago, cooking, trout, Quebec, salmon, black salmon, bear, black $55

Spiller, Burton. Fishin' Around. Amwell Press, National Sporting Fraternity Limited. 1974. #336/1000. 1st ed and one of the very first Amwell Press titles. This is one of the transitional titles Jim Rikhoff took with him from Winchester Press when he started the National Sporting Fraternity Limited and then Amwell Press. A sleeper for collectors of Amwell Press books, as this ususally gets listed as Winchester Press. Spine has neither Amwell nor Winchester, but rather the N.S.F.L. logo. The book itself is well worth having too, as Spiller is a great story teller. In here he hunts big game and fishes for trout and salmon in New England and eastern Canada. Artwork by Milton C. Weiler, Foreword by H. G., Tap, Tapply. Bound in green leather with gold gilt, SIGNED by Jim Rikhoff and numbered. Slipcase has top rear seam split about 3 inches, else nr fine. Book is Fine. $50

Spiller, Burton. Firelight. Derrydale Press Reprint. Limited edition. Glit decorated, leatherbound, with color medalion of woodcock on the front cover. Spiller's tales flow and his observations are as accurate today as they were over 60 years ago. As new. $50

Spiller, Burton. Thoroughbred. 1936. 1st ed. Derrydale Press. 199pp. Limited edition of 950. Blue cloth with white setter on cover. Illus by Lynn Bogue Hunt. Tales by a classic story teller. Minor edge rubs, and top of spine. Better than vg. Interior vf. $165

Sports Afield, editors. Survive! 150 Tips, Tactics, & True Tales. 2003. 1st ed. Willow Creek Press. Just off the presses, this book could save your life. At least it will be interesting and pleasurable reading. And maybe the many tips will make some of your time outdoors safer more enjoyable. The stories will take you back to some of the "good old days" of Sports Afield as it used to be. 143pp. Illus. with many line drawings. Colorful stiff card covers. Very Fine, exc, new. $15.95

SPORTSMAN'S WILDERNESS, THE 1974, 1ST. 253pp, 4to. AN UNDER-VALUED BOOK THAT COVERS OUTDOOR SPORT FROM THE EVERGLADES TO THE ARTIC, FROM QUAIL TO MOOSE, AND MOST IN BETWEEN. FABULOUS PHOTOS BY SUCH AS ERWIN A. BAURER. SOME OF THE WRITERS ARE JACK DENTON SCOTT, LEE WULFF, ANGUS CAMERON, BOB HAGEL, CHARLEY DICKEY, CHARLIE WATERMAN, NELSON BRYANT, MORE. GOOD STUFF. VF $30

SQUIRE, LORENE. WILDFOWLING WITH A CAMERA. 1938, 1ST. IN WORDS AND PHOTOS. INCLUDES SOME SHOREBIRDS. 4to, 217pp. SCARCE. TWO HOLES IN CLOTH SPINE, BURN MARK ON BOTTOM OUTSIDE EDGES OF COVER AND PAGES. DOESN'T EFFECT INTERIOR AT ALL. ELSE FINE. (I'VE SEEN THIS BOOK OFFERED AT $150!) NO DJ $45

ANOTHER. SAME. VF W/O DJ $85

Sternberg, Dick and Simpson, Jeff. Duck Hunting. 1997. 4to, 144pp. Tall book with much info in words and pictures. Useful for beginners and for those with experience for brushing up before the season. Cover techniques for all types of hunting ducks, all species. Calls, decoys, jump shooting, boats, potholes, sea ducks, divrs by species, puddle ducks by species, weather, blinds, dogs, shotguns. Everything! Covers all aspects of waterfowling, by species and by type of hunting method. Fine in pictorial hard cover.$19.95

STILLMAN, DON. THE OUTDOOR TRAIL OF DON STILLMAN. Stackpole. 1952, 1ST. STILLMAN WROTE THE ROD AND GUN COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE FROM 1930 TO 1949. THESE STORIES ARE SELECTED FROM THEM. Good stories, short and to the point, there must be about 100, maybe more, or them. DECORATED CLOTH COVER. LINE DRAWINGS. Fine in chipped vg dj. hunting, fishing,trout,deer,whitetails,beaver,birds,vireo,red-eyed,heath,hen,coopers,hawk,snakes,rattlers,coyotes,dogs,bear,bobcats,copperheads,raccoons,trapping,squirrles,caribou,ringnecks,rabbits,woodcock,grouse,pike,walleye,marlin,salifish,fly,rod,musky, more. $20

Stout, William, (Bill). Saginaw Bay Waterfowl Hunting and Decoy Carvers. 2007. Stated First Edition. 373pp, 4to. Really well done book about the great hunting and decoy carving that share their past in this fabled waterfowl area of Michigan. Contains info on Private clubs, waterfowl populations, conservation efforts, ninety decoy makers' works shown, over 400 pictures, maps, 32 biographies of carvers, chronicles of hunts gone by. Has been nonimated as book of the year in Michigan! SIGNED, new in new dj. ISBN: 0978756401 hunting, waterfowl, ducks, geese, swans, canvasbacks, redheads, scaup, mallards, black ducks, divers, puddle, ducks, conservation, game management, hunting, clubs, decoys. $59.95

STRUNG, NORM. THE ART OF HUNTING. 1984, 1ST. THE HUNTING AND FISHING LIBRARY. 100'S OF SUPERB PHOTOS AUGMENT TEXT. COVERS RABBITS TO MOOSE, MORE. VF $17.50

STRUNG, NORM. DEER HUNTING. 1973, STATED 1ST. 236pp, PHOTOS, DRAWINGS. NR F $14

STRUNG, NORM. THE HUNTER'S ALMANAC. 1971, STATED 1ST. "WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO HUNT THE MAJOR SPECIES OF UPLAND GAME, WATERFOWL, BIG GAME, AND VARMITS OF THE UNITED STATES". 240 pp, 12mo. LINE DRAWINGS, TABLES. FINE $10

SURTEES, R.S. THE ANALYSIS OF THE HUNTING FIELD. 1966, ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH, CO. FACSIMILE OF "ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST VALUABLE OF SPORTING BOOKS." ILLUS IN COLOR AND B&W BY HENRY ALKEN. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1846, IT'S AN INSIGHT INTO ENGLISH LIFE THRU FOX HUNTINGS TRADITIONS. AS NEW $40

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