Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red hardcover shows soil to covers and spine. Edges have light wear. Pages are lightly tanned. #431/1275. This is missing 18 of 31 plates. SEE PHOTOS. Oversized book may require additional postage.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Schaldach, William J.. CARL RUNGIUS, BIG GAME HUNTER. Countryman Press: West Hartford, 1945.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illus., 9.5 x 12", light red cloth, silver spine lettering, green slipcase, 117pp. Covers have light soiling, bumped corners, a few lightly creased page corners else very good condition, slipcase splitting, worn but fair. "Of this limited edition twelve hundred and seventy-five copies have been printed of which twelve hundred fifty are numbered and for sale", this is number 995.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
SCHALDACH, WILLIAM J.. Carl Rungius, Big Game Painter. , 1945.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: CARL RUNGIUS, BIG GAME PAINTER. The Countryman Press, West Hartford, VT, 1945, copy #717 of the limited edition of 1275 copies, 117 pages, folio, profusely illustrated in color and B & W. Has a previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown. Also has his name on an interior endpaper and an inscription on the rear pastedown. Contents are otherwise clean and tightt. Has a new replacement slipcase matching the original, with the original labels placed on front and back. Very Good Plus.
Seller: Theodore J. Holsten Jr., Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
William J. Schaldach. Carl Rungius; Big Game Painter. The Countryman Press, Vermont, 1945.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. Orange cloth with gilt design to front cover and gilt lettering at spine. 117pp This is copy #197/1275 copies. Many illustrations by this great sporting artist. A nice copy in a damaged slipcase.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Silver titles on vermilion cloth. 117pp. No. 1021 of 1250-copy limited edition. Slipcase is poor, with rear (narrow) panel missing and damp stain along edge (book not affected). A very nice example of this scarce title. Size: Quarto
Seller: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: #267 of 1250 copies. As new copy in publisher's slipcase.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 1275 numbered copies. In publisher's original rust cloth, stamped in gilt, t.e.g. Illustrated with photographs, with color and black and white reproductions of Rungius's work.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited FIRST edition, second printing. #610 of 1,275 copies. Issued with a slipcase. Not the later reprint. Original vermilion/orange cloth stamped in silver. In the publisher's green paper-covered slipcase. Oversize with illustrations and plates. Exceptional paintings of wildlife of the American West. Very slight use. Little age toning. A copy suitable for gift giving. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; OVERSIZE; 117 pages Numbered limited edition; Second Printing.
Seller: Uprights, northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 1/1250 copies. 4to. (16), 117 pp. Illustrated, portrait, plates. Original silver-stamped rust cloth, publisher's slipcase with printed paper label on upper board (rear edge cracked). Very good.
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red hardcover shows light wear to spine. Bottim corners have small bumps. #94 of 1250 copies. The pages are clean, tight and unmarked with all illustrations present. Green paper covered slip case is worn with fraying, rubbing, and tears at edges. Paper is missing from one side. SEE PHOTOS
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Folio [12 1/4" x 9 1/2"] illus. by Carl Rungius. 1st Lmt. Ed. No. 121 of 1275 Copies. Cat. #35-325 -Slight external waterstain on lower left of cover & spine; some spotting on covers; o/w Very Good extern. & VG-Fine internally no slipcase.
Seller: ADAMS ANGLING BOOKS, BERKELEY, CA, U.S.A.
Schaldach, William J.. Carl Rungius, Big Game Painter. , 1945.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: CARL RUNGIUS, BIG GAME PAINTER. The Countryman Press, West Hartford, Vermont 1945, copy #580 of the limited edition of 1275 copies,117 pages, folio, illustrated with many of the artist's paintings in full color as well as drawings in B & W and photographs relating to Rungius' career. "Fifty Years with Brush and Rifle.". A lovely copy bright and clean. There are no internal marks or inscriptions. Contained in a slipcase that has intact original labels on front and back, Fine. $600.00
Seller: Theodore J. Holsten Jr., Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: #807 of 1275 copies. Illustrated with photographs, and with color and black and white plates by Rungius. 117pp. 1 vols. 4to. Biscotti p. 386 Illustrated with photographs, and with color and black and white plates by Rungius. 117pp. 1 vols. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Large 4to. 117 pp. Illustrated, color plates. Silver-stamped cloth; bookplate, else very good in worn slipcase. First edition, 1/1275 copies. Consummate painter of animals in their habitats, insightfully profiled by a fellow artist.
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: One of 1275 copies. Illustrated with photographs, and with color and black and white plates by Rungius. 1 vols. 4to. A fine exposition of this celebrated artist's work, with rich biographical detail. Biscotti p. 386 Original terracotta cloth. Faintest rubbing at spine ends, else fine in publisher's slipcase (some wear to slipcase) Illustrated with photographs, and with color and black and white plates by Rungius. 1 vols. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: 117p. An oversize, brick-red cloth hardcover book in fine condition with original slipcase, which is rubbed though at the corners and splitting along the spine edge, but still sturdy. The book is clean and tight. Limited edition; #461 of 1,275 copies. Illustrated with numerous plates, some in color and some black and white. Measures approx. 13" x 10" in the slipcase.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 1275 copies of which 1250 were numbered. This is one of the numbered copies. INSCRIBED, SIGNED and dated 1946 by Carl Rungius on the blank FFEP and SIGNED by Schaldach, the author, on the same page. Copies signed by Rungius are very uncommon. Very good condition with slight fraying spine ends, usual light browning of pages, very tips lower corners rubbed, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages other than the signed inscription and author signature. Original slipcase has 1cm deep loss of cover paper at spine ends, complete cover labels (front and back) that are not chipped, some splitting along one spine edge but connections holding well. The book measures 318mm tall x 245mm, and has 117 numbered pages of text (illustration leaves are not numbered), b/w sketch of bull moose frontispiece, b/w portrait painting of Rungius, 10 full-page color paintings, 18 b/w in-text illustrations (a couple of these have multiple images, ie, several animal heads in one sketch -- most are single heads), 8 half-page b/w illustrations, 1 full-page b/w illustration, 11 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Quarter green cloth with gilt spine titles and terra cotta cloth with moose skull decoration in gilt; green end sheets; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; folio; 117pp; illustrated with pencil-signed original etching with tissue guard as frontispiece, 1 b/w plate, 10 tipped-in color plates, reproductions of 8 etchings, 20 text figures and 1 b/w photo; green paper-over-board slipcase with paste-on cover label; limited to 160 numbered (#146) copies, signed by author & artist. This copy is particularly nice while the publisher's inferior slipcase shows the usual wear with chipping of the paper covering, especially along back panel with the upper 2" missing. The cardboard beneath is present, however. Cover label is fine. Perhaps, one of the nicest sporting art books ever produced. Difficult to find intact as the etching was often excised.
Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$5030.81 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition. 117pp. Folio in original two tone decorated cloth with 10 tipped in colour plates after paintings by Rungius. Portrait of Rungius by Louis Betts. And illustrations in text from drawings by Rungius and photos. A very nice copy with only a touch of wear at the corners. 115/160 copies of the special limited edition signed by Rungius and Schaldach. Also included as the frontispiece is an original etching of a moose signed by Rungius. Very scarce in this special edition. laid in loosely is a vintage black and white photo of Rungius working on one of his very large canvas's. Signed by Russ Aitken the phtographer
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$5217.14 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition. 117pp. Folio in original two tone decorated cloth with 10 tipped in colour plates after paintings by Rungius. In original dark green slipcase with title/author on cream pastedown on front. Some wear on slipcase edges. Illustrations in text from drawings by Rungius and photos. Portrait of Rungius by Louis Betts. A very nice copy with only a touch of wear at the corners. #43/160 copies of the special Limited Edition signed by Rungius and Schaldach. Also included as the frontispiece is an original etching of a moose signed by Rungius. Very scarce in this special edition.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada