Mitchell Shutts (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Original Cloth. Ex-library. First Ed. Lacks frontispiece; spine cloth coming loose; back cover hanging precariously by the threads of the bottom half of the hinge; binding worn, especially at extremities, with some soil; spine tips and corners worn; interior has soil, mostly in margins; reading copy. 315 p., with black and white illustrations and seven charming color plates. Shutts, Roland V. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Dust Jacket. 315 pp. Tightly bound. Text free of markings. No ownership markings. No dust jacket. PLEASE NOTE: (1) On the second and third page in there is a small stain to the paper from an old paper clip that left a rusty mark. (2) There is foxing to the page edges. (3) The top corners are lightly bumped. This is an "acceptable to good" reading copy of the original 1936 publication. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding. Roland V. Shutts (illustrator).…

Third printing (as stated upon copyright page). i-xiv, [2], 15-315, [2] pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.75cm. Lacks dust jacket other than remnant of front flap now laid-in. Maroon cloth with gilt stamping to spine; light rubbing to boards with spine ends bumped. Faintly speckled muted dark purple top edge; some toning to fore-edge; light foxing/toning to illustrated endpapers; a few scattered instances of foxing to interior pages which, overall, remain clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. With Introduction by Clayton H. Ernest, Foreword by Richard Danielson, and eight color plates (including frontispiece) on unpaged leaves plus b/w vignette illustrations amongst text all by Roland V. Shutts. Features thirteen chapters titled as: "Raising Game Birds," "Mallard Ducks," "The Little Ducks Go Onto the Brood Coops," "Ring-neck Pheasants," "The Breeding Season for Ring-neck Pheasants," "Quail," "Bantams," "Raising Bantams," "Ornamental Fowl," "More About Ornamental Fowl," "Wild Geese," "Vermin," and "Business Management.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Printing. 318 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Faint discoloration to binding. Light foxing to endpapers. DJ lightly soiled and foxed w/ light chipping and few short tears to edges. Price clipped. Illust. w/ color plates and b/w text drawings. Contents nice. Roland V. Shutts (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Clean first edition. Unfaded brown boards pressed with feather design, gold mallard rising from water; gold lettering on cover and spine. Light surface wear to spine ends, no fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with red top-stained upper page edges; clean illustrated endpapers; previous owner name neatly penned on half-title page. Full color frontispiece illustration; many lovely full color and b&w illustrations by Roland V. Shutts. 315 pages. All about breeding and raising game birds, including ducks, pheasants, quail, wild geese and more. Roland V. Shutts, Illustrator (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Like New.