DESIGN FOR TENNIS.
A. S. Barnes: NY (1949). Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", cloth, 216 w/index, EX-LIBRARY, extremities frayed, covers well worn. More
SPORTS
THE GUNSMITHS MART.
Brownell Industries: Montezuma, Iowa. No. 2. 1949-1950. Illus, 10.5 x 8", wraps, 303pp, 3 x 1.5" corner piece of front page lacking, spine stained, covers worn. More
CHILDREN OF OLD MAN RIVER, The Life and Times of a Show-Boat Trouper.
Lee Furman, Inc: NY, 1936. Photos, folding facsimile poster, red cloth, 303 pp, covers worn and faded, extremities bumped, ex-lib with usual markings, inner hinges cracked, hinges loose, blue pencil name. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY CAPT. BILLY BRYANT, ALSO SIGNED BY BETTY, JOSEPHINE, SAM, VIOLET AND FLORENCE BRYANT, all in..... More
ROLAND WARD'S AFRICAN RECORDS, XIX Edition
Rowland Ward: San Antonio, TX, 1984. Color illustr, 11.25 x 8.75, gilt decorated simulated black leather, 640 pp, extremities a bit worn, bottom and top of spine torn at rear hinge, hinges loose, half title creased but still a good reference book, esp if you like illustrations of various antelope..... More
GUN AND CAMERA IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, A year of Wanderings in Bechuanaland, the Kalahari Desert and the Lake River Country, Ngamiland.
London 1893. Illus; map, 9x5.5", cloth, 544 w/index, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings, inner hinges loose. FIRST EDITION. More
MUSA PISCATRIX [The Bodley Anthologies].
John Lane: London, 1896. Frontis engraving by E. Philip Pimlott, 7.5 x 5.25, gilt lettered and gilt decorated blue cloth, 103 pp + pp + publisher's catalog, covers quite worn and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, inner hinges cracking, front fly missing, bookplate of former owner, half-title edge..... More
BLOOD LINES! Tales of Shooting and Fishing.
The Derrydale Press: NY, 1938. Photos 9.5 x 6, gilt ruled maroon cloth with circular pict front cover label, 250 pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities fraying, hinges loose, spine a little cocked, contents edgetoned else a nice copy. LIMITED TO 1250 NUMBERED COPIES. More
DE SHOOTINEST GENT'MAN and Other Tales.
The Derrydale Press: NY, 1934. Frontis photo, 9.5 x 6, gilt ruled blue cloth with front cover illust label, 240 pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities bumped, spine darkened and dull, circular label on front cover chipped, hinges loose, contents toned else a decent copy. LIMITED TO 950 NUMBERED COPIES..... More
MARK RIGHT! Tales of Shooting and Fishing.
The Derrydale Press: NY, 1936. Photos 9.5 x 6, gilt ruled maroon cloth with circular pict front cover label, 250 pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities fraying, hinges loose, remnants of old bookplate inside front cover, contents edgetoned else a decent copy. LIMITED TO 1250 NUMBERED COPIES. More
OLE MISS'.
The Derrydale Press: NY, 1937. Photos 9.5 x 6, gilt decorated cloth with circular pict front cover label, 242 pp, covers a little rubbed, spine darkened and dull, contents a bit edgetoned, faint remnants of old bookplate inside front cover else a nice copy. LIMITED TO 1250 NUMBERED COPIES... More
THE MODERN SHOTGUN (two volumes).
A.S. Barnes and Co:: NY, 1961. 2 volumes. Photos, illustr, 317 pp, 522 pp with index, covers a bit worn, extremities bumped and fraying, contents good, without slipcase. FIRST ED. More
THE IDENTIFICATION OF FIREARMS AND FORENSIC BALLISTICS.
A.S. Barnes & Co: NY, 1962. Illustr, 9.5 x 6.25, blue cloth, 217 w/index, minor shelf wear else a nice copy in edge-worn, edge-torn dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN ED. More
FINE AMERICAN & EUROPEAN FIREARMS AND SPORTING GUNS Featuring selections from the Smith and Wesson Museum Collection. Also bound with PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JAMES R. LOWENSTINE including Fine Antique and Modern Sporting Guns.
San Francisco 1996. Illus, 11x8.5", wraps, 1487 items with P-R., v.g. More
TWO AFRICAN TRIPS With Notes and Suggestions on Big Game Preservation in Africa,
London 1902. Photos; folding map, 9.5x6.5", pict. Cloth, 208pp, uncut, EX-LIBRARY, usual markings, covers worn, horizontal tears (heavy scretches) to spine. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED FROM THE AUTHOR (BUT NOT SIGNED). More
IN SEARCH OF TIGER, A Journey Through Golf with Tiger Woods.
Crown: NY (2003). 8.5 x 5.5", boards, 245 w/index, vg in dw. Bookplate of Golf Digest. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY CALLAHAN. More
DRIVES AND PUTS, A BOOK OF GOLF STORIES.
L. C. Page: Boston 1899. Frontis, 7 x 4.5", pict. Cloth, 243+catalogue, t.e.g, text slightly darkened, covers moderately rubbed, few pp. roughly opened. FIRST EDITION. More
FOOTBALL FOR THE SPECTATOR.
Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press: Boston. 1911. Photo frontis, 7.5 x 5, decorated cloth, 67 pp, covers lithely worn, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents toned else a nice copy in toned (esp spine) and edge chipped dust jacket. Scarce in dust jacket! More
GOLF FOR BEGINNERS.
Frederick A. Stokes Co: NY, nd (c 1920s). Illustr, 7.25 x 5, pict green cloth, 124 pp, covers a bit dull, extremities a little bumped, hinges a tad loose, ink-stamped name of former owner on ffep, contents a little edge-toned else a nice copy in worn, rubbed, edge-chipped and edge..... More
A MAN CALLED LION
Safari Press: Long Beach, CA, (1994). Hardcover. Photos; illus., 9.5 x 6.25", gilt-lettered dec red cloth, 330pp, a nice, clean copy in a rubbed slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. More
A HUNTER'S JOURNEY
PGI Publishing: Mt. Pleasant, MI, 2009. Photos, 9 x 6", boards, 282pp, bottom corners a little bumped, hinges a little loose else a nice, clean copy in a lightly rubbed dustjacket. Michigan hunter. More
AMERICAN FIREARMS MAKERS. When, Where and What They Made From the Colonial Period to the End of the Nineteenth Century.
NY (1953). Illus, 9x6", cloth, 146pp, nice copy in slightly yellowed but fresh dw. FIRST EDITION. More
CARPENTIER BY HIMSELF.
Hutchinson: London, 1955. Photos, 8.5 x 5.5, gilt decorated cloth, 208 pp with index, covers lightly rubbed, extremities worn and soiled, spine ends bumped, hinges loose, eps toned, edges spotted else a decent copy in edge-worn, edge-chipped, soiled and rubbed dust jacket. FIRST UK ED. More
YANKEE BATBOY.
Prentice-Hall: NY, 1955. Photos, 8.25 x 5.5, cloth backed boards, 202pp, covers worn and soiled around edges, upper fore corner of front cover with contusion, hinges loose, eps toned and spotted, text block edges soiled, in worn and edge torn (but scarce) dust jacket. FIRST ED, REVEW COPY with review..... More
ZEHN JAHRE UNTER DER ERDE: Hohlenforschungen eines Einzelgangers.
Leipzig 1936. Illus, 9.25x6.25", 176pp, 2 maps, light soiling to covers, couple of corners bumped, upper page edges bumped. Translated from the French, FIRST GERMAN EDITION. More
BASEBALL JOE, Champion of the League, Or the Record that Was Worth While.
Cupples & Leon: NY, 1925. Four full page illustr, 7.5 x 5, decorated cloth, 246 pp + ads, covers worn and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, contents toned and with scattered finger soil, a few little drip marks on foredge of text block else a nice copy. FIRST..... More