Kouba Bush (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 2nd printing. A couple short tears to jacket. Price-clipped. Kouba, Les (illustrator).

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd printing. 223pp. Comments by Jimmy Robinson. Former owner's name in ink on ffep, along with an inscription about how the cover picture looks like a day he had on Lake Minisinakkwa. And his blindstamp. At the top corner of the ffep, it's chipped a bit. Corners a little bumped, spine a bit cocked, else very good in dust jacket with some edgewear. Leslie C Kouba (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by author and Leslie Kouba (color reproductions) on title-page : 1st printing; xvii, 223 pp.; ill., plates (some color); original DJ, 8vo.: Bright, sharp copy. One short ownership inscription, else unmarked. DJ in Mylar wraps, not clipped, chipping/closed tears to edges of DJ. Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, in dustjacket. NAP. Signed by Bush & Kouba on title page. Very light bumping to bottom front corner; else binding clean. Pages clean. Bumping, some light rubbing to DJ corners. 1" closed tear to bottom edge of rear DJ panel, and a 1/4" closed tear at the DJ spine head. . A bit of light surface rubbing to front panel. Else DJ clean.; B&W and Color Illustrations; FHH9C; 8.75 x 11.25; 223 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator. Illustrated by Leslie C. Kouba (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. Condition: Very Good; Hardcover in dustjacket. Signed on the title page by Walter Bush, Illustrator Les Kouba and the consultant, well-known sportsman Jimmy Robinson. Condition is Very Good in a Good- dustjacket. Book has clean covers and pages, sharp corners and a tight, square binding. Jacket is clean and bright with closed tears and wrinkles at bottom front of jacket. First Edition. Photos upon request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover; Hardcover in dust jacket. SIGNED by author Walter Bush and illustrator Leslie Kouba on title page. Very nice tan cloth boards with title in gold on spine. Light edge wear. Foredge foxing. Title page lightly foxed. Text pages are clean. Beautiful color illustrations. Maroon color illustrated dust jacket is chipped and creased along upper edges. Light edge wear and rubbing. Looks nice when placed in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. ; B/w,color Ills; 4TO.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Covers have a few very small edge tears, some light edge wear, and is now in a mylar cover. ; Signed by Bush and Kouba on the title page. Illustrated by Kouba, Leslie C. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Gray cloth boards w/ gilt titling on spine. Mylar protected unclipped, pictorial DJ w/ light soiling/rubbing and crumpling/small tears/ chipping along periphery and one 3" tear on back. Square tight binding w/ square corners and the lightest soiling/rubbing to boards. A couple pencil notes to ffep, SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR on Title Page that does nic date, 1978 date on verso w/ no later prtg noted, otherwise text clean bright and unmarked throughout on lightly read pg. Presumed 1st ed, Pp 223, frontis, profusely illustrated w/ color and b/w plates and photos. Written and illustrated by two men who started hunting waterfowl in the market days with detailed discussions of guns, gun fit, decoys, calling, identification and tips and tricks. Kouba, Leslie C (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by author and artist on title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. In Near Fine condition, in price clipped dustjacket with some light edgewear. Signed on title page (signature only) by Walter Bush, Les Kouba, and Jim Robinson. Copies signed by all three contributors are quite scarce. "Never before has so much information on how to hunt ducks and geese been contained in one book. All phases of the sport are covered in detail by two men who have had more than a century of experience between them from the market hunting days to the present.This is a post graduate course in wildfowl hunting leading to a masters degree.Guns, gun fit, decoys, duck and goose calling, duck identification and pages of useful information.". Bush shot trap with and hunted each year with Jimmy Robinson at the Duck Camp on the Delta Marsh and other fine waterfowling destinations for over 50 years. He was a National Trustee of Ducks Unlimited for many years and a long time member of the Outdoor Writers Association. Jimmy Robinson was one of the world?s most famous hunting writers and sportsmen, editor for Sports Afield magazine, and the hunting partner of some of the biggest names in entertainment, politics, and business. He was also a close friend of Ernest and Mary Hemingway and hunted with Hemingway's son, Pat. Robinson was one of the original members of Ducks Unlimited, a waterfowl conservation organization. Jimmy joined the Amateur Trapshooting Association as a statistician in 1922, an association that he maintained for the next fifty years. In 1926, he began writing for Sports Afield magazine, with his first article about his good friend, Annie Oakley. Renowned as a hunter, fisherman and conservationist, his writing career spanned 45 years. He wrote fourteen books on shooting and hunting. Each year since 1935, his duck survey of Western Canada was awaited eagerly by hundreds of newspapers all over North America. His contributions in building Ducks Unlimited were so great that they named him an honorary trustee in 1970, along with Bing Crosby and Andrew Mellon. Several times he tried to retire, but could not ? his editors would not accept his resignation and no one could replace him. Sometimes called the ?Sportsman of the Century,? Jimmy is the only man inducted into five Halls of Fame: Fishing, Minnesota, Skeet, Trapshooting, and Waterfowl. Jimmy founded his first lodge at Delta Marsh in 1935 in a farmhouse near Portage Creek. Its more luxurious successor, dubbed the ?Sports Afield Lodge? in honor of Jimmy?s long-time employer, was built in 1958 on the east side of the marsh, south of St. Ambroise. The ?Sports Afield Duck Club? had numerous, well-heeled members from a broad cross section of the American business community. Les Kouba (1917-1998) was Internationally known as one of the world?s foremost master painters of wildlife. He is recognized as the founder of the wildlife art revival in the 1970s, and as such, inspired many other wildlife artists. His deep understanding of wildlife stems from growing up on a Minnesota farm which afforded him ample opportunity to observe and study wildlife in their natural habitat. Kouba said, ?Because I actually hunted and fished, I developed an early understanding of all of the background skills necessary for my future career as a wildlife artist.? Kouba gained fame as the painter of over 20 Conservation Stamps, including two Federal Duck Stamps (1958 and 1967), as winner of the 1982 Wildlife Heritage Foundation Artist of The Year , and for his Canadian Ducks Unlimited 50 Year Commemorative Stamp. ?Ducks Unlimited is the world?s largest and most effective private waterfowl and wetlands conservation organization. In no small way, we are able to say that because of Les Kouba and his art. He raised many millions of dollars for DU and played an integral role in our growth. His 1976 DU print, Bluebills in Lifting Fog, established a new record for fundraising. Because his images of waterfowl and habitat are so authentic, they instantly capture the atmosphere of what Ducks Unlimited is all about.. Signed by Author. …

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Good to Very Good. First Edition. Study of hunting and shooting wild ducks and geese. Text by Walter L. Bush ; color reproductions of paintings by Leslie C. Kouba ; editorial consultant, Jimmy Robinson. Signed by all three, in ink, on the title page. xvii, 223 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Bright, clean interior, unmarked. Tight, square binding, no wear to cloth. Unclippeed dustjacket shows some edge wear, 2 or 3 margin tears, tiny chips etc., but is otherwise bright and clean. Heavy book weighing 1.422kg. Size: Quarto. Les C. Kouba (illustrator). Singed by Authors and Artist. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. Signed by Bush, Kouba, and Jimmy Robinson. Les Kouba (illustrator). By Author and Illustrator.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. ] Hardback, quarto, xvii + 223 pages, Fine in VG or better dj (dj in new protective mylar). Book itself tight & very clean, essentially flawless. DJ price-clipped, nice color, very mild rubbing wear, small corner split & 2 tiny edge splits (all lower edge front panel) + one-inch closed tear adjacent heel of spine up the front panel spine fold. Title page SIGNED neatly "Walt Bush" & "Les C. Kouba" next to their printed names. Color plates appx 55 in number incl frontispiece + a few additional b&w works reproduced + a few b&w photographs. RWR5 Sports Recreation Hunting Natural History Wildfowl Wildlife Art Signed. Signed by Author.…