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Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fair condition. Full leather decorative binding is well worn on spine with back strip re-glued, but with front joint cracked. Bottom one inch of spine leather is missing. Cover corners are worn. Cover edges are rubbed
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$66.79 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1890 Rand, McNally & Co first edition hardback, no dj; good condition, gilt titling and illustration to front of red boards which have edge and corner wear; UK bookdealer, immediate dispatch
Seller: Simply Read Books, Boat Of Garten, United Kingdom
Price: US$103.50 + shipping
Description: 9.5 x 6, cloth, 581 pp, illustr, ads, black and gilt dec brown cloth, boards worn and scuffed, hinges cracked, owner's name, scattered insect damage, a fair copy. FIRST ED.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Shields, G.O. The Big Game of North America. Rand, McNally, 1890.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: THE BIG GAME OF NORTH AMERICA By Men Who Have Hunted it. It Habits, Habitat, Haunts, and Characteristics; How, When, and Where to Hunt It. Shields, G. O. (Editor) Published by Rand, McNally, Chicago & New York (1890) Rand, McNally, Chicago & New York, 1890. Handsomely bound in brown cloth with beveled edges. The front boards are stamped brightly in gold with a ram's head and two rifles. With gilt lettering and rules on the spine. A touch of rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine ends and light wear at the corners. Light library marks on fly leaf mild and light occasional foxing to verso of the plates very clean and tight. With Flower pattern end papers adorned with 2 newspaper clippings with very amusing little stories Just Wonderful Slight spine cockle. With 27 full-page plates, including the frontispiece; and 14 other illustrations of various animals, including a cougar, elk calf, and wolverine. A very attractive and collectible copy of this splendidly illustrated book on hunting big game. First Edition with matching dates of 1890 on the title and copyright pages; and no subsequent printings listed.
Seller: E.C. Rare Books., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Price: US$168.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good, clean, tight condition. Text free of marks. Fading/Spotting on top right corner of cover. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.
Seller: 3rd St. Books, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 582 page text page hardcover with illustrations. Subtitle: Its Habits, Habitat, Haunts, and Characteristics; How, When. and Where to Hunt It. Many contributors. Full brown cloth exterior with title and graphic of a Rocky Mountain Sheep and crossed rifles on front cover in gold, and title in gold on spine. Beveled edges all around. Very attractive. The interior is unmarked, tight and clean. Very good condition
Seller: G.J. Askins Bookseller, New Lebanon, NY, U.S.A.
G.O.Shields. The Big Game of North America. rand mcnally & company, chicago and new york, 1890.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hard cover,1890 first edition, very good condition, with only slight rubbing on edges.No dust jacket. Title- The Big Game of North America by men who have hunted it. Nice collectible copy with gold embossing of a mountain sheep head and rifles on the front cover.
Seller: pacific rim books, campbell river, BC, Canada
Price: US$185.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wear, rubbing and light bumping, along with light fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. The front inner hinge has a three inch crack There is a previous owner's private card pocket adhered to the front pastedown page.
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.53 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo. Orig. brown morocco, rocky mountain sheep and crossed guns device to front board, beveled edges. Inner edges dentelle. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. 581 pp., ads (incl. for Winchester Rifles and Smith & Wesson Revolvers).[27] B&W plates. Leather sunned to spine end edges, rubbed to extremities, a few stains. 1.5" tear to foot of gutter at t.p. Includes discussion of hunting moose, elk, caribou, deer, various bears, big cats, wolves, antelope, alligators, wolverines, and more.
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound in sturdy brown cloth with bevelled edges. The front boards are stamped brightly in gold with a ram's head and two rifles. With gilt lettering and rules on the spine. A touch of rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine ends and light wear at the corners. Internally very clean and tight; virtually unread. With clean chocolate endpapers with a color stamp of a Black Bear affixed to the rear paste-down. Slight spine slant. With 27 full-page plates, including the frontispiece; and 14 other illustrations of various animals, including a cougar, elk calf, and wolverine. A very attractive and collectible copy of this splendidly illustrated book on hunting big game. First Edition with matching dates of 1890 on the title and copyright pages; and no subsequent printings listed.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: a classic book on north american big game. shields edited the book many writers contributed chapters on various various animals and hunting them.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: Thick 8vo. 581 pp., plus 19 pp. illust. publ. ads. including those for Winchester rifles, Smith & Wesson revolvers, Lefever hammerless guns, and Parker Bros. Hammerless Shot Gun, the Northern Pacific Railroad, and more. Frontisp., 26 plates, numerous text illust. Publisher's brown pictorial cloth over beveled boards, gilt lettering & illust. of big horn sheep on front cover, gilt lettering on spine (minor shelfwear, very slight bumping to corners), NF copy. First edition of this fascinating anthology of accounts on big game hunting, including Elk Hunting in the Olympic Mountains, Moose hunting in the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia deer in the Pacific Northwest, the Grizzly Bear, the Polar Bear, Big Horn Sheep in the Rocky Mountains, Alligator hunting in Florida, and many more.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
G.O.Shields. The Big Game of North America. Rand McNally, 1890.
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy in Brown Decorative Boards. First Edition 1890/1890. Beautiful Fresh Copy. Many Illustrations of Big Game
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Plates and text Illustrations. 581pp. + ad pages. 8vo, original brown with gilt decoration, corners bumped and lightly worn, cloth lightly spotted and lightly soiled, very light foxing to margins of plates, foxing to first blank page, margin of title page, and last blank page. Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1890. First Edition Internally, a tight bright copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1890 1ed Big Game Hunting of North America Deer Polar Bears Caribou Wolves Goats G.O. Shields Big Game of North America is a rare, late 19th-century account of hunting, particularly deer hunting, in North America. This work includes impressive, full-page engravings and descriptions of animal characteristics, focusing on some of the most desirable game animals in North America mule deer, caribou, moose, grizzly and polar bears, buffalo, mountain goats, cougars, wolves, and wolverines! Item number: #12576 Price: $499 SHIELDS, George Oliver The Big Game of North America. Its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics; how, when, and where to hunt it Chicago : Rand, McNally & Co., 1890. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages 581, [19] 41 illustrations 27 full-page 14 in-text Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure Size: ~9.25in X 6.5in (23.5cm x 16.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 12576 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$499.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1890 1ed Big Game Hunting of North America Deer Polar Bears Caribou Wolves Hunter G.O. Shield s Big Game of North America is a rare, late 19th-century account of hunting, particularly deer hunting, in North America. This work includes impressive, full-page engravings and descriptions of animal characteristics, focusing on some of the most desirable game animals in North America mule deer, caribou, moose, grizzly and polar bears, buffalo, mountain goats, cougars, wolves, and wolverines! Item number: #30118 Price: $499 SHIELDS, George Oliver The Big Game of North America. Its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics; how, when, and where to hunt it Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1890. First edition. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o 581, [15] o 41 illustrations 27 full-page 14 in-text Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Red cloth Size: ~9.5in X 6.75in (24cm x 17cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30118 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.