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DICKEY, Charley; LIVINGSTON, Jonathan (illus.). Outdoors. The Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, 1989.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: xiv, 140 p. 26 cm. B&w line drawings. Green leather with gilt impressing. In green paper covered slipcase. Foreword by Jim Rikhoff. 1000 copies published by Amwell Press for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited. This is no. 235, signed by Dickey, Rickhoff, and Livingston.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
Dickey, Charle; Livingston, Jonathan [Illustrator]. Outdoors [Signed]. Amwell Press, Clinton, 1989.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto; VG- Hardcover in G+ Slipcase; Green spine with Gilded text; Slipcase has some edgewear, some shelfwear, red stains on rear cover; Boards strong, slight edgewear, slight shelfwear, rubbing to corners; Textblock clean; 140 pp; Signed by author, Illustrator, and National Sporting Fraternity Limited president Jim Rikhoff; Limited Edition #44 of 1000. 1333930. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Dickey, Charley. Outdoors. The Amwell Press, Clinton, New Jersey, 1989.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: 26 x 21.5 cm. Royal octavo. 140pp. Hardcover copy in grey cloth slipcase. Limited to 1000 copies signed by the author, Charley Dickey, the author of the foreword, Jim Rikhoff, and the illustrator, Jonathan Livingston. This is copy 515. The slipcase seems a bit large for the book and may not have been the slipcase it was issued with.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Dickey, Charley. Outdoors. Amwell Press for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited, 1989.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by author, illustrator (Jonathan Livingston) and Jim Rikhoff (president of NSFL) on second page. Number 263 out of 1000 copies. Dark green leatherette covers with gilt design and border on front, gilt lettering and designs on spine, and gilt border on back. Covers are slightly bowed. Dark green bookmark ribbon is attached to headband. Side edges of pages are slightly wavy. Book is in good plus condition. Light green slipcase is in very good condition. Small 4to, 140 pages, 1.9 lb.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 140 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Inside the Covers, Lancaster, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$33.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: LEATHER. LIMITED. NUMBERED (#831 OF 1000). SIGNED. Beautiful edition: gilt decorations, full leather: beautiful shade of turquoise, slightly marbleized end papers, sewn-in ribbon. Has 6 Parts, each with several chapters: Upland Game Bird Shooting, Waterfowl Hunting, Deer Hunting, Trout and Bass Fishing, The Leapers (Salmon), For the Love of It (trout, bear, spinning). Ends with An Indian Prayer. Many illustrations, many full page including four in full color. Book and leather covers as new. The matching slipcase has a scratch, some rubbing and an inch that is loose that is easily glued. Scans available. Complementary USPS tracking number sent to your email address. (Ask for accurate international mailing cost.) No hassle, full refund if book returned in same condition within 30 days of purchase. Thanks for looking. Requests, comments, questions welcome and answered typically within hours.
Seller: Bilbofbaggins Books, Magdalena, NM, U.S.A.
Ovington, Ray. A Sportsman-Artist's Game Bag [Signed]. Amwell Press, Clinton, 1989.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo; VG- Hardcover in G+ Slipcase; Blue spine with Gilded text; Slipcase has some edgewear, some shelfwear, small faint white marks on both covers; Boards strong, slight edgewear, slight shelfwear; Textblock clean; 335 pp; Signed by Author and National Sporting Fraternity Limited president Jim Rikhoff; Limited Edition #43 of 1000. 1333928. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Ovington, Ray. A Sportsman-Artist's Game Bag. , 1989.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A SPORTSMAN ARTIST'S GAME BAG. Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ 1989, copy #524 of a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the author and Jim Rikhoff, 4to, 336 pages, illustrated in color and B & W with the author's own specially commissioned original art, special preface by by Jim Rikhoff. Upland hunting adventures. Leatherbound in slipcase. Very Fine. $50.00
Seller: Theodore J. Holsten Jr., Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Brown leather in a snakeskin pattern, just a hint of edge rubbing, but dampmarked and slightly rippled at lower spine. This copy is the publisher's proof, with no number on limitation line. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND JIM RIKHOFF. In slipcase, dampstained inside slipcase. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 224 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Liberty Book Shop, Avis, PA, U.S.A.
SPARANO, VIN T.. TALES OF WOODS AND WATERS. AMWELL PRESS, USA, 1989.
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Amwell Press, USA, 1989, hardcover, limited special signed edition #835 of 1,000 , SIGNED by author and Jim Rikhoff President USFL, leather binding with gold embossed lettering and design, satin ribbon, mint (as new/unread) in matching slipcover, not remaindered, bookclub or library, beautiful and collectible
Seller: MySEAbooks, Harlingen, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Description: Signed. Limited Edition #236 of 1000 copies. An African Hunting Heritage Book. With a foreward by Jim Rikhoff. Signed by A.M.H. Henley on the limitation page as well as by Jim Rikhoff, President of the National Sporting Fraternity Limited; Bound in black bonded leather with gilt lettering and decoration; housed in Near Fine slipcase; no markings of any kind. Fine binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: #48 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER. No slipcase present (i.e. lacking). [2], xiv, 187, [7] pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 16cm. No dust jacket as issued. Black textured boards; vibrant gilt stamping to spine and boards; touch of scuffing at board corner tips. Sewn-in maroon silk ribbon page marker. Light foxing to text block's top edge. Limitation, copy#, author's signature ("Tony Henley"), and publisher's signature ("Jim Rikhoff") on special unpaged leaf preceding half-title/frontis. Interior leaves are otherwise bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. Published by Amwell Press for The National Sporting Fraternity Limited as the twenty-fifth book in its African Hunting Heritage Collection (series).
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1/1000. Quarto. XIV, 187, [7]pp. Original textured black leather with gold antelope on front cover and gold African animals on spine. Book housed in a burgundy paper covered slipcase. Ribbon marker. Limitation page numbered and signed by both the author and the publisher. Frontispiece. This 25th book in the African Hunting Heritage Collection tells the extraordinary story of Tony Henley, a professional hunter for Donald Ker and Sidney Downey. Tony also served in the Kenya Game Department as an elephant control offer. Here is his life story as a hunter and game officer. Photos from the author's collection. One of 1000 copies, of which this is No. 512. Previous owner's book plate on inside of front cover, and signature on upper front free endpaper. Slipcase, binding and interior in near fine to fine condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Octavo, xiv, 187pp. Bound in full black leather, title in gilt on spine. Silk bookmark. Housed in publisher's cardboard slipcase. Book is in fine condition, free of any marks or notations. From a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the author, this being number 80. National Sporting Fraternity Limited Edition.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Amwell Press, USA, 1989, hardcover, limited special signed edition #835 of 1,000 , SIGNED by author, and Jim Rikhoff, President of NSFL, leather binding with gold embossed lettering and design, satin ribbon, mint (as new/unread) in matching slipcover, not remaindered, bookclub or library, beautiful and collectible
Seller: MySEAbooks, Harlingen, TX, U.S.A.
Jim Rikhoff (ed.). Hunting the African Lion: An Anthology. Amwell Press, Clinton, New Jersey, 1989.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Patterned leatherbound covers are mostly clean, with gilt illustration. Boards show some edgewear. Corners are sharp. Spine has gilt text and is a bit rubbed at base, with firm ends. See photos. Binding is tight. Paper backed moiré end papers show a faint stain at front corner. See photos. Illustrations are bright and clear. Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges have All Edges Gilt. Slip case absent.** PS2024.0320** 557 pages. 6 x 9 inches** A handsome luxury volume, featuring color plates by American wildlife artist Guy Coheleach (b. 1933) and many accounts by big game hunters including Theodore Roosevelt. This book is an African Hunting Heritage Book, authorized and for the benefit of Game Conservation International.** James Cornwall Rikhoff (b.1931) is an American editor and publisher of sport hunting books. He is the founder of The National Sporting Fraternity and its publishing section, Amwell Press. He is a renowned conservationist and big-game hunter.** Limited edition of 1000 copies, of which this is #210. Signed by the editor on title page.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #009923"**
Seller: Panoply Books, Lambertville, NJ, U.S.A.
Rikhoff, Jim [Editor]. Hunting the African Lion [Signed]. Amwell Press, Clinton, 1989.
Price: US$262.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo; G+ Hardcover in G+ Slipcase; Brown spine with Gold text; Slipcase has some edgewear, some shelfwear, rubbing to corners, surface tear to head edge; Boards strong, slight edgewear, slight shelfwear, rubbing to corners, small open tear along head edge of spine; Textblock clean; 557 pp; Signed by Jim Rikhoff on Second page; Limited Edition for National Sporting Fraternity Limited #433 of 1000 NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2. 1333964. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
William Negley. Archer in Africa. Amwell Press, New Jersey, 1989.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An African Hunting Heritage Book. Limited edition of 1000 copies, of which this is #400. Signed by Negley and Jim Rikhoff, president of The National Sporting Fraternity, Ltd, for which it was published. Foreword by Harry Tennison. Special photographic section from the author's private collection. In the book Negley recounts his adventures hunting elephants as well as Africa's Big Five with bow and arrow. Negley (b. 1914) was apparently the only person who ever successfully hunted all Big Five with only conventional bow and arrow and no rifle back-up. Many photographic illustrations including frontispiece of Negley with two huge tusks. Very handsome hardcover, bound in full animal-textured brown leather with gilt illustration of an elephant on the front and gilt rules. Gilt titles and small vignette illustration on the spine.235 pages, with attached brown silk ribbon bookmark. Fine condition in fine slipcase. An especially handsome volume.
Seller: Timbuktu Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Rikhoff, Jim. Hunting the African Lion. Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, 1989.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 557 pp, ill. This is the 26th title in the African hunting heritage series and the third title in the big five series. Arguably one of the best anthologies compiled on hunting lions, the King of Beasts, throughout Africa. Selections from the best books written combined with new special articles commissioned from noted hunters for this book. Near fine in vg+ orig. slipcase. A good value.
Seller: Trophy Room Books, Agoura, CA, U.S.A.
Rikhoff, Jim. Hunting the African Lion. Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, 1989.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 557 pp, ill. This is the 26th title in the African hunting heritage series and the third title in the big five series. Arguably one of the best anthologies compiled on hunting lions, the King of Beasts, throughout Africa. Selections from the best books written combined with new special articles comissioned from noted hunters for this book. Fine in orig fine slipcase.
Seller: Trophy Room Books, Agoura, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$742.67 + shipping
Description: (Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 4to (186 x 262mm). Ppxiv,235,i + 5pp notes pages. B/w photographs. Full textured brown leather, gilt elephant head and border to upper board, spine titled in gilt, silk marker ribbon. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Fine in slipcase. Number 698 of 1000 copies. Signed by the author, William Negley, and NSFL President, Jim Rikhoff. "Negley recounts his adventures hunting the Big Five as well as other game in various African venues, all with bow and arrow. He also notes the experiences of other archers such as Howard Hill, Fred Bear, Bob Swinehart, et at." (Czech). Published by The Amwell Press for The National Sporting Fraternity Limited as the twenty-fourth book in its African Hunting Heritage Collection. Contents include:- Part One - The world's first elephant taken with bow and arrow: Would it really be the first? What about Howard Hill?; Preparation and training, mental and physical; The press and public reaction; Lion episode, with rifle; The elephant hunt; Safari news and media reaction; Part Two - The world's first Big Five taken with bow and arrow: Why hunt the Big Five?; The rhino and the leopard; The buffalo; The lion - a "first" on the Big Five; What about Bob Swinehart?; Part Three - More from Africa: Adversity and defeat in the land of plenty; Quality rhino and a disqualified lion; World record elephant and world record buffalo; The last hunts and Bwana Mishali; Reflections - Something of value. .
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom