Grouse, G. (Gorham L. Cross). Partridge Shortenin': Being an Instructive and Irreverent Sketch Commentary on the Psychology Foibles and Footwork of Partridge Hunters. Privately Printed, NP:(Wellesley Hills, MA), 1949.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Green cloth with gilt titles and cover decoration; 8vo; unpaged (254pp); illustrated with drawings and b/w photos. printed in an edition limited to 100 copies. Tales of gunning for grouse and woodcock throughout New England with his favorite dogs and hunting partners such as H.G. Tapply and others. Also, reminiscences of bass and musky fishing in the St. Lawrence River, duck shooting at Cape Cod and landlocked salmon angling in Lake Sebago. This copy in VG condition with light rubbing along spine, gilt titles bright; internally clean with a slight crease to one page. The OCLC locates but 8 copies. An uncommon and desirable upland bird shooting title. Biscotti p174, Heller #648

Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.