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AbeBooks Seller since 1 September 2011
Green cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt and black. 9.25 inches tall; xviii, 415 pages; Errata slip; illustrated with 60 color plates and line drawings by Clement B. Davis; color decorated endpages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with a faded spine; previous owner's name in pencil on the half-title page. . While navigating the pages, you will be guided through a collection of 60 color plates and 47 black-and-white drawings by Clement B. Davis. These illustrations not only showcase the majestic waterfowl but also depict various types of boats, blinds, and decoys employed in the sport. The glossy pages, featuring vibrant plates of different species, are truly stunning, providing a captivating glimpse into the natural elegance of the game birds. The author was the editor of Forest and Stream and here gives descriptions of duck, geese, brant, and swans, and the use of dogs and decoys in hunting them. Ref: Heller 2:612. Seller Inventory # 17809
Title: American Duck, Goose, and Brant Shooting
Publisher: G. Howard Watt, New York
Publication Date: 1929
Illustrator: Illustrations by Clement B. Davis
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller: Friends of the Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Covers have faded at edges, shelfwear and light scratches; top edge coloring slightly faded as well; former owner's name in ink on ffep; former bookseller's bookplate on rear pastedown; hinge slightly visible at p 237. Otherwise clean and sound. Proceeds from this sale benefit the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon. This is not an ex-library book. Seller Inventory # 8.26.22.1
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Clement B. Davis (illustrator). First Edition. 416 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled; spine sunned. Small, faint splatters to top edge of text block. Rear inner hinge cracked. Includes many illustrations in line and color. Seller Inventory # 10364HUNT
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Antiques & Art, Piedmont, SD, U.S.A.
hc. Condition: very good, fon. 415 Guide to wildfowl shooting. Seller Inventory # 27328
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Sandra L. Hoekstra Bookseller, Thomaston, ME, U.S.A.
Boards. Condition: Very good. Clement B. DAVIS (illustrator). First Edition. First edition. 8vo; xviii,415pp; acknowledgement to Abercrombie and Fitch company inserted after xviii; gilt-stamped green cloth over board, black and gilt stamped vignette to front; color pictorial endpapers; ownership bookplate to verso ffep and recto frontispiece; color frontispiece + 20 color plates; b&w line drawings in text; spine sunned, light age-toning, some foxing, no odors; very good minus. The author, Dr. William Bruette, was the editor of Forest and Stream Magazine which published from 1873 to 1930. The text sets out to identify water fowl into six categories, and to be a guide for the hunter. Seller Inventory # 1390
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Fireside Angler, Smithtown, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xviii, [1], 415pp. Book: Spine slight fading with lettering dulled. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 660003
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Fireside Angler, Smithtown, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. xviii, [1], 415pp. Book: Previous owner's gift inscription on a blank leaf. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 660020
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Clement B. Davis (illustrator). First Thus. Fine clean first reissued edition of this study of hunting the wild fowl of America. Book is clean throughout with the exception of a previous owner's name on the FEP. Jacket is price clipped and does show some wear and soiling. There are some water stains on the spine of the jacket that do not affect the boards.Jacket is housed in a Brodart cover for shipping. A nice copy overall of a hard to find book. Seller Inventory # 001827
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Thompson Natural History&Sporting Books, OAK RIDGE, NC, U.S.A.
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 415 pages. Illustrated with line drawings and color paintings. The scarce dust jacket is NOT PRICE clipped and is now protected in Brodart protective cover. A very nice copy!. Seller Inventory # 002354
Quantity: 1 available