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BATTEN, John.. The Best of Sheep Hunting.. Amwell Press, 1980.
Price: US$132.59 + shipping
Description: Preface by Jim Rikhoff. 2 Vol. Clinton, Amwell Press 1980. 584 S., OLeather with gilted edges. One of 1000 numbered and signed copies. Without slipcase, boards a little rubbed.
Seller: Antiquariat Dorner, Reinheim, Germany
BATTEN, JOHN H.. THE BEST OF SHEEP HUNTING, VOLUMES 1 & 2. AMWELL PRESS, USA, 1980.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Amwell Press, USA, 1980, hardcover, limited special signed edition #835 of 1,000 , SIGNED by author, leather binding, satin ribbon, mint (as new/unread) in matching slipcover, all edges gilded, not remaindered, bookclub or library, beautiful and collectible
Seller: MySEAbooks, Harlingen, TX, U.S.A.
Batten, John; Rikhoff, Jim. The Best of Sheep Hunting, Vol. I-II. Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, 1980.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, two volume hardcover set in deep red faux leather with gilt titling, decorations and edges, first volume is signed by Batten, Allen and Rikhoff, limited no. 821/1000, both volumes have a tiny skew to their binding, and a very faint bump to base of spine with a hint of wear to board corners. Vol. I additionally has a tiny smudge to fore edge of text block at lower corner, otherwise a solid, tight, clean VG+ two volume set in like slipcase, which has a slight bump to lower corners of opening, faint shelfwear to other corners and edges, and a touch of rubbing.
Seller: Fahrenheit's Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
John Batten. The Best of Sheep Hunting (Two Volumes). Amwell Press, Clinton, New Jersey, 1980.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Two volumes; Limited & Signed by the Author; Burgundy leatherette, gold spine titles, gold covers vignettes, all edges gold, & decorative pale endpapers / pastedown; A near fine set in slipcase; 596 pages.
Seller: White Raven Books, Ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A.
Batten, John. The Best of Sheep Hunting. Amwell Press, 1980.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: This 2 Volume set limited to 1,000 copies. Signed on the limitation page of Volume I by John Batten, Gordon Allen, the illustrator, and Jim Rikhoff, President of NSFL. Bibliography: v. 2, p. 567-575. All edges gilt, with gilt spine titles and cover decoration. The books are New Old Stock, which are bright, tight, and unread; the slipcase box is in Near Fine condition. A total of 596 pages including a 9 page bibliography. An anthology of 40 sheep hunting stories by 35 authors, including James L. Clark, William Hornaday, Charles Sheldon, Jack O'Connor, Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt, William Morden, H.F. Wallace, J. Wong-Quincy, Elgin Gates, R.L. Kennion, Prince Demidoff, W.A. Baillie-Grohman, John C. Phillips, Frantz Rosenberg, John Cudahy, J.H. Kidder, H.P. Highton, E.N. Buxton, Clive Phillipps-Wolley, Rashid Jamsheed, F.E.S. Adair, D. MacIntyre, J.S. Stone, Hugh Whistler, C.S. Cumberland, Art and Dick Carlsberg. Hunting all species of wild sheep in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America, plus appendix on "Some notes on sporting rifles and calibers used by the authors of this anthology".
Seller: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.