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Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 1275 copies of which 1250 were numbered. This is one of the numbered copies. INSCRIBED, SIGNED and dated 1946 by Carl Rungius on the blank FFEP and SIGNED by Schaldach, the author, on the same page. Copies signed by Rungius are very uncommon. Very good condition with slight fraying spine ends, usual light browning of pages, very tips lower corners rubbed, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages other than the signed inscription and author signature. Original slipcase has 1cm deep loss of cover paper at spine ends, complete cover labels (front and back) that are not chipped, some splitting along one spine edge but connections holding well. The book measures 318mm tall x 245mm, and has 117 numbered pages of text (illustration leaves are not numbered), b/w sketch of bull moose frontispiece, b/w portrait painting of Rungius, 10 full-page color paintings, 18 b/w in-text illustrations (a couple of these have multiple images, ie, several animal heads in one sketch -- most are single heads), 8 half-page b/w illustrations, 1 full-page b/w illustration, 11 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BEING OFFERED.
Seller: JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS, PORTLAND, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Quarter green cloth with gilt spine titles and terra cotta cloth with moose skull decoration in gilt; green end sheets; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; folio; 117pp; illustrated with pencil-signed original etching with tissue guard as frontispiece, 1 b/w plate, 10 tipped-in color plates, reproductions of 8 etchings, 20 text figures and 1 b/w photo; green paper-over-board slipcase with paste-on cover label; limited to 160 numbered (#146) copies, signed by author & artist. This copy is particularly nice while the publisher's inferior slipcase shows the usual wear with chipping of the paper covering, especially along back panel with the upper 2" missing. The cardboard beneath is present, however. Cover label is fine. Perhaps, one of the nicest sporting art books ever produced. Difficult to find intact as the etching was often excised.
Seller: David Foley Sporting Books, Dallas, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$5046.04 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition. 117pp. Folio in original two tone decorated cloth with 10 tipped in colour plates after paintings by Rungius. Portrait of Rungius by Louis Betts. And illustrations in text from drawings by Rungius and photos. A very nice copy with only a touch of wear at the corners. 115/160 copies of the special limited edition signed by Rungius and Schaldach. Also included as the frontispiece is an original etching of a moose signed by Rungius. Very scarce in this special edition. laid in loosely is a vintage black and white photo of Rungius working on one of his very large canvas's. Signed by Russ Aitken the phtographer
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$5232.93 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition. 117pp. Folio in original two tone decorated cloth with 10 tipped in colour plates after paintings by Rungius. In original dark green slipcase with title/author on cream pastedown on front. Some wear on slipcase edges. Illustrations in text from drawings by Rungius and photos. Portrait of Rungius by Louis Betts. A very nice copy with only a touch of wear at the corners. #43/160 copies of the special Limited Edition signed by Rungius and Schaldach. Also included as the frontispiece is an original etching of a moose signed by Rungius. Very scarce in this special edition.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada