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O'Connor, Jack. The Best of Jack O'Connor. Amwell Press, Clinton, N.J., 1977.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: Stated “First edition limited to 1,000 copies.” Very gently read. Couple of small smudge/stains to pp. 68 otherwise the interior is clean and unmarked. Brown linen boards (hardcover) are gently bumped and rubbed to extremities. Bright gilt titles to spine, gilt Ram stamped to the front board. Unclipped dustjacket is bumped, rubbed, lightly chipped and creased to extremities, small areas of loss to head & tail, 1.5cm x 1cm chip and sticker pull to rear panel, shelfwear to show. O’Connor was the grand master of outdoor writers spending three decades with Outdoor Life and held many big game trophy records.

Seller: Bailey Books, St.Albert, AB, Canada

O'Connor (Jack). (1902-1978).. THE BEST OF JACK O'CONNOR. By Jack O'Connor.. The Amwell Press. Clinton, New Jersey. 1977., 1977.

Price: US$75.37 + shipping

Description: (Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition. Large 4to (218 x 284mm). Ppx,192. B/w photograph plates. Brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Slight abrasion to head and tail of spine, slight insect damage to fore-edge of photograph plates else very good in slightly insect-damaged dust-wrapper. This is a nice collection of Jack O'Connor's accounts of his and his wife's exploits in Africa, India and America. Included are extracts from his books including three novels. A couple of the articles are from The Gun Digest in the 1970's, the rest are from Outdoor Life, published between 1940 and 1973. The chapters are arranged so: Part One - the books; Part Two - more fun; Part Three - the Southwest; Part Four - the High Country; Part Five - Africa; Part Six - Asia. .

Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom

O'Connor Jack & Rikhoff Jim.:. The Best of Jack O'Connor.. New Jersey The Amwell Press First edition limited to 1000 copies, 1977.

Price: US$77.97 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 4to. 192pp. With black & white photo plates. Brown buckram in pictorial dust wrapper. Very minor edge wear to wrapper, otherwise a near fine copy. Scarce in the UK.

Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom

O'Connor (Jack). (1902-1978).. THE BEST OF JACK O'CONNOR. By Jack O'Connor.. The Amwell Press. Clinton, New Jersey. 1977., 1977.

Price: US$80.57 + shipping

Description: (Hardcover, 1977). 1977 1st edition. Large 4to (218 x 284mm). Ppx,192. B/w photograph plates. Brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. This is a nice collection of Jack O'Connor's accounts of his and his wife's exploits in Africa, India and America. Included are extracts from his books including three novels. A couple of the articles are from The Gun Digest in the 1970's, the rest are from Outdoor Life, published between 1940 and 1973. The chapters are arranged so: Part One - the books; Part Two - more fun; Part Three - the Southwest; Part Four - the High Country; Part Five - Africa; Part Six - Asia. .

Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom

O'Connor, Jack. GAME IN THE DESERT REVISITED. Amwell Press: Clinton, NJ, 1977.

Price: US$172.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illus. by Rich Hauser, 10 x 7.25", gilt-pict green leatherette, minor shelf wear, former owner's bookplate on front fly, couple old catalogue slips affixed inside front cover, else a nice copy in a lightly worn slipcase. LIMITED TO 950 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #308), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JACK O'CONNOR, and the President of the NSFL.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

O'Connor, Jack (Foreword By Jim Rikhoff). Game in the Desert, Revisited. The Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, 1977.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 306 pages. Number 688 of a limited edition of 950 copies numbered and signed by Jack O'Connor and Jim Rikhoff (president of The National Sporting Fraternity Limited). Slight musty odor. Small smudge on lower edge of text block, and small inked dot on fore edge (a remainder mark?). Otherwise a tight and very clean copy. Housed in original slipcase that remains solid and clean, though shows a couple of small scuffs.

Seller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps, Chanute, KS, U.S.A.

O'Connor, Jack. GAME IN THE DESERT REVISITED. (AUTOGRAPHED). The Amwell Press, Clinton, New Jersey, 1977.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: This is number 665 of 950 copies published for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited. It is signed on the limitation page by Jack O'Connor and the president of the N. S. F. L. Foreword by Jim Rikhoff. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Rich Hauser. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Lacking the slipcase. Bound in green bonded leather. Near fine condition. This is a reissue of the 1939 Derrydale Press edition with two new sections. ; Black-and-white drawings; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; xxix, 306 pages; Signed by Author

Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc., Lexington, KY, U.S.A.

O'Connor, Jack. Game in the Desert Revisited. The Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, 1977.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Foreword By Jim Rikhoff. Number 789 of a limited edition of 950 copies. Signed by Jack O'Connor and Jim Rikhoff. Slipcase has very light rubbing and edge wear. Light crease down spine of book. Pages crisp and clean. A beautiful edition. #O/AB/B

Seller: This Old Book, Inc, Grayslake, IL, U.S.A.

O'Connor, Jack. Game in the Desert Revisited. Illustrated by Rich Hauser. Foreword by Jim Rikhoff. Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, 1977.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: First edition thus, a re-issue of the 1939 Derrydale Press original, with two new sections and illustrations, 1/950 copies signed by the author and by Rikhoff. Small 4to. xxix, (3), 306 pp. Line drawings, plates. Not in Casada (contains the chapter "Thanksgiving Gobblers: The Southwestern Wild Turkey"). Wegner, p. 199. Biscotti, p. 320. Wegner, p. 199: "Valuable and still pertinent information." Very good. Gilt-stamped decorated green bonded leather, publisher's slipcase. (7250).

Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.

O'Connor, Jack. Game in the Desert Revisited. Clinton NJ: Amwell Press, 1977.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: No. 278 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. 8vo. 334 pp. Illustrated with a few b/w drawings by Richard Hauser. Green leatherette. Gilt titling and designs on front cover and on spine; ribbon place-marker; in a fine slipcase. Signed by the author and by the president of National Sporting Fraternity Limited. In fine condition.

Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.

O'Connor, Jack. Game in the Desert Revisited. Clinton AMWELL PRESS 1977, 1977.

Price: US$322.21 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1st edition limited to 950 numbered and signed copies. xxix,306pp. Edition #911 signed by Jack O'Connor and Jim Rikhoff President of the NSFL with a frontispeice and illustrations by Rich Hauser. Bound in simulated green leather with green paper covered slipcase. fine A limited edition reprint of Game in the Desert originally published in 1939 of Jack O'Connor's first hunting book with all of Jack's original text plus two important new sections and illustrations.

Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada

O'Connor, Jack. Game in the Desert Revisited. Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, 1977.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 306 pp, ill. Ltd to 950 signed, numbered, slipcased copies. One of only three signed limited editions by OConnor for the National Sporting Fraternity. Desert and bighorn sheep, elk, antelope, mule deer and more. Fine in like fine orig slipcase.

Seller: Trophy Room Books, Agoura, CA, U.S.A.

O'Connor, Jack. GAME IN THE DESERT REVISITED. Amwell Press, Clinton, New Jersey, 1977.

Price: US$425.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 306 pages. Illustrated by Rich Hauser. Limited to 950 signed and numbered copies this being #732. Signed by Jack O'Connor and Jim Rikhoff. A very nice copy!

Seller: Thompson Natural History&Sporting Books, OAK RIDGE, NC, U.S.A.

O'Connor, Jack. GAME IN THE DESERT REVISITED. The Amwell Press, Clinton, New Jersey, 1977.

Price: US$431.25 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 306 pages in excellent condition. Limited edition. This copy is number 137/950. SIGNED by the author. Also signed by Jim Rikhoff, President of the N.S.F.L. Previous owner's book plate on fep. Green simulated leather with gilt titles and illustration. No wear on the covers. Enclosed in a green, paper covered slip case. No wear on the slip case, but for one tiny chip at head of spine. Beautiful copy. FINE/NEAR FINE

Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada

O'Connor, Jack [Signed]; Rikhoff, Jim [Foreword] [Signed]. Game in the Desert Revisited. The Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, U.S.A., 1977.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Signed, without inscription, by Jack O'Connor and Jim Rikhoff. Hand-numbered copy #43 of 950 issued for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited, of which Rikhoff was President. "A reissue of the scarce classic Game in the Desert, first published in 1939, with two additional chapters." - Biscotti p. 320, Wegner p. 199. pp. [iv], v-xxix, [3], 306. 9.8" x 7.5". Selected Bibliography. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear to publisher's forest green faux leather brightly adorned with gilt. Moderate wear to slipcase. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. A quality example of this excellent Jack O'Connor collectible.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Hunting - Southwest United States, Jack O'Connor; Signed by Author(s)

Seller: RareNonFiction, IOBA, Ladysmith, BC, Canada