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Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine; no jacket; 271 pages plus index; 4 pages with color illustrations; b&w illustrations otherwise; first edition stated on copyright page. Very good condition: spine faded; a couple of very slight flaws otherwise. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: The Old Sage Bookshop, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Ruffed Grouse. Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Maroon embossed cloth boards, minor fading to spine, 271pp name and a touch of foxing to front endpaper, else contents clean, tight and unmarked.
Seller: Harbor Books LLC, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. RUFFED GROUSE. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1947.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 271 pages; Copy #204 of 210 signed by Knight. Gift inscription and name on front free endpaper. The extra plate is laid in. ; Signed by Author
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Ruffed Grouse. Alfred A. Knopf, 1947.
Price: US$480.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by author on limitation page. Limited edition of 210 of which this is NO. 164. xii, 271, iii p, ill, pl. Bound in publishers 3/4 black Moroccan leather. Gilt spine. 4 raised bands. Off-white cloth boards. Extra plate laid in (same as frontis). TEG. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Biscotti, pp. 112-114
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Ruffed Grouse. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, 1947.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: LIMITED TO 210 COPIES (#147) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND INCLUDES AN EXTRA COLOR PLATE. A natural history of the Ruffed Grouse, raising grouse for sport hunting, and hunting Ruffed Grouse. Many black and white photographs. Bound in 3/4 leather with a cardboard slipcase. SCARCE.
Seller: Sea Fever Books, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Ruffed Grouse. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1947.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: [Limitation], [frontis], xii, 271 pp., [1], i-iii (index), [1], [colophon] This being number 22 of 210 copies TEG, ribbon marker, with extra loose plate lain in, in numbered slipcase. Book: a few light fox spots on extra plate, Size: Royal Octavo 6.5 x 10"
Seller: Fireside Angler, Smithtown, NY, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Ruffed Grouse. Alfred A Knopf, 1947.
Price: US$745.06 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Bound in 3/4 black morocco over linen, this number 145 of 210, signed limited edition with extra plate laid in. Book is unread, other than the front and back covers have been opened to check the copyright information and colophon. Slipcase with some scuffs, faint water spots, minor wear. Slipcase and book with the same number. Exceptionally nice copy of a scarce and desirable edition in a very good slipcase. "Ruffed Grouse. was the first work devoted entirely to this game bird".
Seller: Kerkhoff Books DIV KSI, Warsaw, IN, U.S.A.
Knight, John Alden. Ruffed Grouse. Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi, New York, 1947.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Burke, Edgar. First Edition, No. 150 of 210 copies, signed by the author and with an extra loose plate inserted. Illustrated with 16 black and white photographs, and six color plates by Dr. Edgar Burke. xii, [1]-271, [1], iii, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BISCOTTI'S COPY. The natural history of the grouse, with methods of hunting and the author's experiences with guns, dogs and people. An important, very scarce, and very sought-after volume, in fine condition. "Ruffed Grouse, like its companion volume Woodcock, was the first work devoted entirely to that game bird. Both titles enjoy high demand from hunters, naturalists and collectors.The deluxe edition is the most sought after of the four Knopf titles produced with deluxe editions. This is the case not just because of its content, or from a supply standpoint; the deluxe edition of Ruffed Grouse is a magnificent example of bookbinding.Sales records indicates only 165 copies of this limited edition were actually sold." [Biscotti]. Biscotti p. 242; Heller 2:694 Three quarterlack morocco, gilt spine, tan cloth sides, t.e.g. A FINE COPY, in original numbered slipcase. Bookplates of Alan L. Harvie and M.L. (Duke) Biscotti Illustrated with 16 black and white photographs, and six color plates by Dr. Edgar Burke. xii, [1]-271, [1], iii, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo First Edition, No. 150 of 210 copies, signed by the author and with an extra loose plate inserted.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.