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Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gilt-stamped maroon cloth; 8vo; 302pp; illustrated with frontispiece photograph plus 14 other b&w photos. The first trade edition, as the book was simultaneously published by the Derrydale Press the same year. As with all Boone & Crockett publications (this being their 7th book), the content is made up from contributions from members of the club. Sporting adventures in Asia, Europe and North America with Kermit Roosevelt, Prentiss Gray, Madison Grant, Henry Shoemaker, Frederick Burnham, Charles Curtiss and others. This copy in VG condition with spine lightly sunned and titles dulled; a tad of light foxing to preliminary pages only; period inked name and date to front free endpaper o/w internally clean with all plates bright.
Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xi, 302 p. 21 cm. Frontispiece photo and 14 other b&w plates. Burgundy cloth with silver impressing. Some rubbing to cloth on rear board, tiny tear in spine head, some softening to spine tail, slight discolouration to spine and part of front. Corners a bit bumped. Inscribed by one author, Henry Bannon, to his grandson on the half title. An early record of the views of people who fought to advance the causes of conservation and preservation of game and wilderness. Some of the most influential sportsmen and conservationists of the day contributed to this album: The editors: George Bird Grinnell: the founder of the National Audubon Society and longtime editor of Field & Stream magazine. Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Theodore, explored the wilderness of several continents with his father. W. Redmond Cross was an investment banker and onetime president of the New York Zoological Society. Prentiss N. Gray was an avid outdoorsman whose journals about hunting and fishing were published as "From the Peace to the Fraser."Some of the authors: Madison Grant is credited with the saving of many different species of animals, founding environmental and philanthropic organizations, and developing much of the discipline of wildlife management. Lincoln Ellsworth was a polar explorer and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History. Frederick Russell Burnham, world-traveling adventurer, taught woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell and helped inspire the international Scouting Movement. Henry Wharton Shoemaker was a prominent American folklorist, historian, diplomat, writer, publisher, and conservationist.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition (after the Derrydale edition of 250 copies). 15 half-tone plates. xi, [i], 302 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The seventh book of the Boone and Crockett Club, with Preface by Grinnell, articles by Roosevelt, Prentiss Gray, Henry Shoemaker, Charles P. Curtis, et. al., on a wide variety of game in Europe, America, and Africa. Biscotti, p. 172 Original gilt-stamped burgundy cloth. Fine in half crimson morocco dropbox with leather label on upper cover 15 half-tone plates. xi, [i], 302 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First trade edition (after the Derrydale edition of 250 copies).
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardbound w/ Dust Jacket. First Edition. Published in a Limited Edition of 250 copies, of which this is # 208.A Book of The Boone and Crockett Club. Dust Jacket shows some wear to its edges, including some light chipping and small tears. Book shows light shelf wear and signs of use including some small bumping and abrasions to its corners and some board edges. Interior pages are clean with no writing or similar marks. Binding sound. RARE!”
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xi, 302 p. 21 cm. Frontispiece photo and 14 other b&w plates. Burgundy cloth with silver impressing in mylar-covered tan dustjacket. Spine of jacket is missing; panels and flaps held on by mylar cover.Stain and scuff on rear panel. Some small chips and tears to jacket edges. Very slight foxing to top of text block. Foxing to first pages inside. Small mark on fore-edge. Inscribed by Henry T. Bannon, one of the authors, to his grandchild Marion Ferguson on the half title. An early record of the views of people who fought to advance the causes of conservation and preservation of game and wilderness. Some of the most influential sportsmen and conservationists of the day contributed to this album: The editors: George Bird Grinnell: the founder of the National Audubon Society and longtime editor of Field & Stream magazine. Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Theodore, explored the wilderness of several continents with his father. W. Redmond Cross was an investment banker and onetime president of the New York Zoological Society. Prentiss N. Gray was an avid outdoorsman whose journals about hunting and fishing were published as "From the Peace to the Fraser." Some of the authors: Madison Grant is credited with the saving of many different species of animals, founding environmental and philanthropic organizations, and developing much of the discipline of wildlife management. Lincoln Ellsworth was a polar explorer and a major benefactor of the American Museum of Natural History. Frederick Russell Burnham, world-traveling adventurer, taught woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell and helped inspire the international Scouting Movement. Henry Wharton Shoemaker was a prominent American folklorist, historian, diplomat, writer, publisher, and conservationist.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. No. 147 of 250 copies. 15 half-tone plates. xi, 302 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The seventh book of the Boone and Crockett Club, with Preface by Grinnell, articles by Roosevelt, Prentiss Gray, Henry Shoemaker, Charles P. Curtis, et. al., on a wide variety of game in Europe, America, and Africa. Siegel 72; Frazier B-12-a; Biscotti, p. 172 Original burgundy cloth stamped in silver. About fine copy without the very scarce dust jacket 15 half-tone plates. xi, 302 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Number 2 of 250 copies printed for the Boone and Crockett Club by Eugene V. Connett. 15 half-tone plates. xi, 302 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-3/8 x 5-7/16 inches). The seventh book of the Boone and Crockett Club, with Preface by Grinnell, articles by Roosevelt, Prentiss Gray, Henry Shoemaker, Charles P. Curtis, et. al., on a wide variety of game in Europe, America, and Africa. Siegel #72; Frazier B-12-a "very rare in Derrydale; Heller 1:134 Original gilt-stamped red cloth. Fine copy 15 half-tone plates. xi, 302 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-3/8 x 5-7/16 inches) First Edition, Number 2 of 250 copies printed for the Boone and Crockett Club by Eugene V. Connett.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, no. 111 of 250 copies printed for the Boone and Crockett Club by Eugene V. Connett. 15 half-tone plates. xi, 302 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-3/8 x 5-7/16 inches). The seventh book of the Boone and Crockett Club, with Preface by Grinnell, articles by Roosevelt, Prentiss Gray, Henry Shoemaker, Charles P. Curtis, et al., on a wide variety of game and natural history topics ranging across Europe, America, and Africa. This copy with the ownership signature of Benjamin Chew, Jr., dated 1934, on the flyleaf; the volume contains Benjamin Chew's account of his 1909 hunting trip with George L. Harrison (also a contributor) to the Tien Shan after ibex and ovis poli. Siegel 72; Frazier B-12-a "very rare"; Heller 1:134; Biscotti p. 172 Original silver-stamped maroon cloth. Ownership signature of Benjamin Chew, Jr., on front flyleaf. Very good copy, without the rare printed dust jacket 15 half-tone plates. xi, 302 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-3/8 x 5-7/16 inches) First edition, no. 111 of 250 copies printed for the Boone and Crockett Club by Eugene V. Connett.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.