[Rarebooks] FS: Hunting Books (5)

[Clare Murphy]

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1.  CLARK, JR, MARVIN. H.  PINNELL AND TALIFSON: LAST OF THE BROWN 
BEAR MEN. Anchorage: Great Northwest, 1980. First edition. Signed by 
Pinnell and Talifson. Octavo. [224 pgs] Very good/Good. The rigors of 
nature, the excitement of the stsalk, and the total thrill of the 
hunt are recorded in this book written by one who has experienced 
many hunts with Bill Pinnell and Morris Talifson. This book tells how 
they becaume the last great vestiges of a bygone era left on Kodiak 
Island.  $125.00 {95747}

2.  MADIS, GEORGE.  WINCHESTER BOOK, THE. Brownsboro, TX: Art and 
Reference House, 1985. Eighth edition. Simulated leather. Signed by 
Author. 4to. [654 pgs] Near fine. Edition limited to 1000. The author 
discusses each early Winchester model and its variations. The 
information has been culled from factory records, the patent office, 
and war department records. Published without a dust jacket.  $75.00 
{95739}

3.  O'CONNOR, JACK.  HUNTING RIFLE, THE. New York: Winchester Press, 
1970. Inscribed by the author. Octavo. [463 pgs] Near fine/Near fine. 
The author takes apart the hunting rifle and its accessories and lays 
them out--piece by piece--for the reader's examination.  $350.00 
{95772}

4.  SHELDON, CHARLES.  WILDERNESS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST ISLANDS, 
THE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First edition. 
Pictorial green cloth gilt. Octavo. [354 pgs] Very good. A hunter's 
experiences while searching for wapiti, bears, and caribou on the 
larger coast islands of British Columbia and Alaska. Light spotting 
to back board, minor foxing to first few pages.  $135.00 {95791}

5.  SHELDON, CHARLES.  WILDERNESS OF THE UPPER YUKON, THE. New York: 
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First edition. Octavo. [354 pgs] Very 
good. A hunter's explorations for wild sheep in sub-Arctic mountains, 
many photos. TEG, gilt-decorated front board. Former owner's 
blindstamp and two ink numbers. Rebacked with spine laid-down. 
$150.00 {95790}


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