george bird evans editor (9 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Acceptable. Winchester Press, Published 1973. Hardcover, 320 pp.; 26 cm; First Edition; illustrated with black-and-white photographs; pictorial endpapers. In Good condition with an Acceptable dust jacket. Tan-brown linen cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, mild to moderate shelf and edge wear with scuffing and some fading to the edges and heavier fading along the top edges. Binding tight. Light spotting and toning to the edges of the text block; pages mildly toned but clean and unmarked. Pictorial waterfowl and bobwhite endpapers. Pictorial jacket, a duck decoy and shooting still life on the front and a portrait of Nash Buckingham on the back, not price-clipped; several chips and short tears of an inch or less with creasing along the edges, heavier chipping and paper loss along the top edge front and back, tape repair to the flap folds, and mild to moderate overall scuffing, toning, and fading. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. An anthology of the sporting writer Nash Buckingham (1880-1971), selected, edited, and annotated by his friend George Bird Evans, gathering thirty of Buckingham's best stories and articles on wildfowl, bobwhite quail, guns and shooting, and bird dogs from a shooting career of some eighty years. Illustrated with archival photographs of Buckingham, his companions, and his dogs, and closing with a full bibliography of his books. A Tennessean who helped found the modern conservation movement, Buckingham is among the most collected of American sporting authors. Contents: Foreword (Portrait of Nash); Part One: Wildfowl; Part Two: Bobwhites; Part Three: Guns and Shooting; Part Four: Dogs; Bibliography.

hardcover. Condición: Good. No DJ. NOT the signed/limited. 1986 second edition. Clean text. Shelving code NW shlff GA.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Large 8vo., 330 pp. Illustrated with black and white photos. Later print. A collection of the author's best stories on quail, waterfowl, dogs and guns culled from his nine books and numerous articles. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket that has a touch of wear at the spine extremities.

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. Some slight edgewear to dustjacket. Gathered here are many of the finest contemporary sporting writers: George Bird Evans, Charles Waterman, Gene Hill, Michael McIntosh, Jim Fergus, and many others. Each offers a unique story of his singular relationship with the dog (or dogs) that shaped his life. The anthology is completely original with none of the stories previously published. Well produced and finely illustrated by the famous artist Bruce Langton.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, 1986. 8vo. Book is in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards and bindings are strong with very minor shelf and edge wear. No DJ.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Signed and inscribed by editor, George Bird Evans, on half title page. Book is in Fine condition. Clean, brown cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. A tight, solid binding and clean, unmarked pages. Full of great black and white hunting photos of Buckingham and friends. Dust jacket in Near Fine condition. A couple of tears to jacket edges have been tape repaired from jacket's interior and barely visible from the exterior. Dust jacket in protective mylar wrap. Book will be carefully packaged to ensure safe delivery. See photos. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gilt-stamped brown cloth; 8v0; 330pp; illustrated with b/w photos; color photographic dust jacket; later printing with the plain endsheets. A collection of the author's best stories on quail, waterfowl, dogs and guns culled from his nine books and numerous articles. Plus an entertaining, "Portrait of Nash" by the editor. Book is in VG condition while the jacket has a vertical band of sunning along spine of front panel This copy uncommonly inscribed & dated by Evans on the half title page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tan and green cloth; 8vo; 258/286pp; sewn-in ribbon bookmarks; illustrated with drawings by Donald Shoffstall; plain paper-covered slipcases; each volume limited to 1000 numbered copies (both # 896); signed by author, artist & publisher; the true 1st editions. A collection of stories written about America's favorite upland subjects dating from 1783 to date of publication. Authors include: Forester, Bumstead, Hallock, Seton, Hammond, Mershon, Phillips, Rutledge, Sheldon, Norris, Holland, Foster, Spiller, Woolner, and others. Perhaps the most popular of all Amwell upland shooting titles. Quite hard-to-find as a set, especially with matching limitation numbers. Both books are in VG condition, internally bright & clean. The slipcases show light wear primarily to bottom edges. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gilt-stamped brown cloth; 8v0; 330pp; illustrated with decorated endpapers plus b/w photos; color photographic dust jacket. A collection of the author's best stories on quail, waterfowl, dogs and guns culled from his nine books and numerous articles. Plus an entertaining, "Portrait of Nash" by the editor. Book is in VG condition while the jacket has a chip or two along top edge. This copy of the 1st printing (with pictorial end sheets) additionally contains a signed presentation from John Olin, publisher and owner of Winchester Press.