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Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Publications, Inc., 1946. Very Good condition. Bright, square, and reasonably tight. Corners are NOT bumped. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in bright green and shiny silver on the spine and front cover. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Photographic endpapers. Illustrated with some 200 photos and line drawings. Riling 2551: "On rifles, their sights and ammunition, and on the large game for which they are designed, with accent on the arm." Contains eighteen chapters: 1) Selecting the Rifle; 2) Killing Power; 3) Metallic Sights; 4) The Hunting Scope; 5) Sighting-In at Effective Ranges; 6) Anatomical Killing Points; 7) Rifles for Dangerous Game; 8) Brush and Timber Rifles; 9) The Double Rifle; 10) Game Shooting Positions; 11) The Trigger Pull; 12) The Stalking Rifle; 13) Bullet Design and Characteristics; 14) Actions and Barrels; 15) Stock Design and Bedding; 16) Handloading Game Cartridges; 17) Saddle Scabbard Positions; 18) Rifle-Care and Safety. Index. Probably the scarcest book by legendary author, outdoorsman, and firearms innovator Elmer Keith (1899-1984). Keith played a major role in development of the first magnum revolver cartridge, the .357 Magnum. He was also responsible for the .44 Magnum and .41 Magnum cartridges, as well as a family of bullet designs, with a distinctive semi-wadcutter shape, that are today known as "Keith style" bullets. . INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 406pp.
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
Keith, Elmer. KEITH'S RIFLES FOR LARGE GAME. Standard Publications Inc., Huntington, WV, 1946.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 8vo; 406 pages; Large closed tear to lower, left front of jacket. Light rubbing and edgewear to rest of jacket. Inscribed by Keith on half-title page. ; Signed by Author
Seller: Circle City Books, tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Elmer Keith. Keith's Rifles for Large Game (1946). Standard Publications Inc., 1946.
Price: US$694.95 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Has 406 pages and a black cover which is illustrated in both silver and green ink. Heavy edgewear especially at the top and bottom of spine area. Corners bumped. There is a crack along the spine at both the front and back of book, but the binding itself is tight. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Can e-mail photos upon request. .
Seller: Loyal Oak Books, Norton, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edited by Ellis Christian Lenz. Frontispiece, with numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Publications, Inc., 1946. First edition. The author's second book about hunting rifles, preceded by Big Game Rifles and Cartridges (1936). Keith (1899-1984) discusses rifles and calibers for various hunting scenarios, including hunting in timber, long range stalking, and hunting dangerous game, as well as how to care for the rifle once the hunt is complete. Inscribed and dated by Keith on a prefatory blank leaf. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with silver and green stamping. A bit of foxing to the top edge, with some general minor edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Riling 2551.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.