New York: McCall Publishing Co. 1973. Hardcover. 10 x 13, 188 pgs, color photos throughout. Travels and fine photos in Northern Alaska, with observations of Eskimo life and lore. The last chapter has some blue ink underlining. Previous owner's stamp on front flap of dust jacket, on the half title... More
Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado, 2013. Hardcover. 9 x 12, 176 pgs, color photos throughout. Offers an intimate portrayal of this remarkable animal through the eyes and lens of field biologist and photographer Bruce Smith.Color photographs and accounts of the author's personal experiences living in Montana's Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area... More
Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1977. Revised. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 10 1/2, 192 pgs, b&w and color photos and illustrations. Comprehensive history of Ancient Egypt. More
New York: New York Graphic Society, 1964. Third printing. Hardcover. 7 1/2 x 10, 312 pgs, index, b&w and color photos and illustrations. "Here, in an impressive combination of provocative text and superlative color plates, is the disclosure of indeed a strange and wonderful truth. The art objects from Tutankhamen's... More
Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company, 1953. Hardcover. 6 x 8 1/2, 347 pgs, index, b&w photos. "This highly collectible book is a comprehensive and thoroughly authoritative handbook for handgunners and covers every phase of pistol shooting as a sport." Top inch of front fly has been cut away. Ex-library with minimal markings. More
Phoenix: North American Sheep Hunters Association, 1974. Second printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 220 pgs, b&w photos. Previous owner's stamp on inside front cover, front fly and title page, previous owner's sticker on title page. 10 contributors tell their experience in "taking" the four North American rams legally... More
Canada: Collector Grade Publications Inc. 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 833 pgs, bibliography, b&w and color photos and illustrations, decorated endsheets. Every chapter and topic covered in the author's critically acclaimed 1996 title Thompson: The American Legend has been expanded, and some new ones have been added... More
Brownsboro, TX: Art and Reference House, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 655 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. A comprehensive reference regarding all models of Winchester rifles. There are chapters on The Forerunners, The Lever Action rifles, The Bolt Action models, the Slide Action models, and a section with... More
Newport Beach, CA: Graphic:Publishers, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 304 pgs, b&w photos. Described, in intricate detail, the many variations of Colt revolvers with especial emphasis on "Custer Colts". Previous owner's sticker on half title page. More
Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books, 2006. Hardcover. 11 x 8 1/2, 309 pgs, color photos throughout. The book chronicles the entire history of Sam Colt's developments in handguns from the first Paterson revolvers through the legendary 1860 Army, and from the time of his death in 1862, the evolution of cap... More
New York: Scribners, 1952. Hardcover. 10 1/2 x 7, 128 pgs, b&w cartoons by the author. James Robert Williams was a cartoonist who signed his work J. R. Williams, and was best known for cartoons that show an uncanny understanding of human nature. More
New York: Scribners, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. 11 x 7, 103 pgs, b&w cartoon drawings by the author. Foreword by J. Frank Dobie. James Robert Williams was a cartoonist who signed his work J. R. Williams, and was best known for his long-run daily syndicated panel, Out Our Way. More
Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company, 1961. Second edition. Hardcover. 8 1/2 x 11, 335 pgs, index, b&w photos. Inscribed and signed by the author. The standard work on sixguns by this well-known gun afficionado. Large piece of original dust jacked taped inside front cover. Previous owner's stamp on front fly... More
Los Angeles: Peterson Publishing, 1979. Hardcover. 9 x 12, 308 pgs, b&w photos. Dean of the gun writers, Elmer tells his story. Writing vividly of his experiences, Keith takes you along as he rides wild broncos, hunts big game or follows a frozen trail in the dead of winter. Inscribed... More
New York: Chartwell Books, 2004. Hardcover. 11 x 9, 392 pgs, index, color photos throughout. Beautiful coffee table style book looks at the guns, Bowie and other knives, tomahawks, and a myriad of other weaponry of the West, plus the people who used the weapons. More
New York: William Morrow, 1999. First edition. Paperback. 6 x 9 1/2, 275 pgs, section of b&w photos, mapped endsheets. Chronicles the deadly 1994 Colorado forest fire that took the lives of fourteen men and women expert firefighters. Inscribed to previous owner. Previous owner's sticker on half title page. More
New York: St Martin's Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 340 pgs. he Thompson submachine gun has gone by many names, and for nearly a century the gun's image has been indelibly marked on the popular consciousness. In this broad-reaching cultural and military history, Bill Yenne charts the... More
New York: Delacorte, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 495 pgs, index, notes, b&w photos. A colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the rifle. Draws on the words of soldiers, inventors, and presidents, based on extensive new research, and encompasses the Revolution to the present day. A balanced... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 433 pgs, index, b&w photos. Mostly a collection of Rhodes' letters, with biographical commentary by Hutchinson. Previous owner's sticker on title page. More
Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, 1979. Limited edition, First edition, #360/1000. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 177 pgs, index, b&w photos. Field notes of the famous naturalist-hunter Charles Sheldon. The Preface contains a summary of Sheldon's life. Previous owner's name stamped on page edges and limited edition page and... More
New York: Madison Books, 1961. Volume One, Number Three. Hardcover. 10 x 13, 96 pgs, color & b&w photos/illustrations. This issue has an article called "Why I Like Real Meat" by J. Frank Dobie, "Deception at Bushy Run" by Paul I. Wellman and "Brant:Harvest on the Marsh" by Van Campen... More
New York: Madison Books, 1961. Volume One, Number Two. Hardcover. 10 x 13, 96 pgs, b&w and color photos/illustrations. Described as a "magazine" about guns in history and in sport, really a book published quarterly. This issue has articles on sharpshooters, target guns, Frank Hamer-Texas Ranger, the Rugged Grouse and more. More
New York: Winchester Press, 1970. Hardcover. 6 x 9, 314 pgs, index, section of b&w photos. A piece by piece examination of rifles from the lightest .22 to the heavy .458, interspersed with hunting techniques, hunting lore, controversial opinions and good arguments to support them. Previous owner's stamp on title page. Cover cloth faded. More
New York: St Martin's Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, 213 pgs, color photos throughout. The photo story of Capstick's 1985 safari in the African bush. Former owner's sticker on half title page. More
New York: Bramhall House, 1961. Hardcover. 7 x 10, 262 pgs, blk & wht photos. One of the classic handgun volumes, with interesting chapters on hunting big game, and comparisons of handguns vs. long-guns and bow and arrow for hunting. Previous owner's name inside front cover. More