Babcock, H. The Best of Babcock

1974 First Edition. Very Good in very good slipcase. Indentation top edge of rear cover (see photo). Havilah Babcock was the chairman of the English department at the University of South Carolina. But, as he would readily admit, he was mostly a bird hunter. He was one of the foremost outdoor writers of the mid-twentieth century, ranking with Buckingham, Ruark, and Corey Ford. Many of his stories are humorous, others instructional. This book contains his best stories from Field and Stream, My Health Is Better In November, Tales of Quails and Such, Jaybirds Go To Hell On Friday, I Don't Want To Shoot An Elephant, and The Education Of Pretty Boy. Copies offered on-line for in excess of $103.

Price: $50

Buckingham, Nash. Complete Works

1986. Limited Edition, #694/5000. Fine in fine slipcase. Seven volumes in slipcase. Published by Buckingham Mint. An opportunity to own all of Nash's books: Ole Miss, Mark Right!, De Shootinest Gentman and Other Stories, Blood Lines, Tattered Coat, Game Bag, and Hallowed Years. ONLY TWO OTHER SETS FOUND ON LINE (I guess the owners of the other 4,997 sets are holding on to them.)

Price: $225 FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

Buckingham, Nash. Tattered Coat

1944 First Edition, Third Impression. (The first printing was a signed, limited edition.) Near fine in very good dust jacket. Only one other copy one line and that in only good condition with fair jacket. Nash was a great story teller, an avid upland bird and waterfowl hunter, and field trial judge.

Price: $75

Clark. Roland. Gunner's Dawn

1995 Leather bound Special Limited Edition of 1937 first edition. 1012/2300. Fine in fine slipcase. Gilt text block. 14 illustrations and 125 pages. Clark was a noted artist of wildfowl and upland game birds. 

Price: $50

Grinnel, George. American Game Bird Shooting

1995 reprint of 1910 first edition. Leather bound limited edition. Unnumbered one of 3000. 558 pages with 50 illustrations of which 4 are in color (by Audubon, Osthaus, Hunt). Near fine. Marbled endpapers and gilt text block. Blind stamp on front endpaper Excellent reading on game birds and hunting. Illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt.

Price: $40

Hill, Gene and Maass, David A Gallery of Waterfowl and Upland Birds

1983 Second Printing of 1978 First Edition. Very good. Fair DJ with chipping along edges, small tears at top and bottom of spine panel and rubbing of rear panel. 120 pages with fifty-three full page color plates and numerous in-text drawings. A large book: 12 inches by 11 inches. Written by one of the most beloved outdoor writers of the last 50 years and illustrated by one of the premier wildlife artists of the late 20th century.

Price: $20

Holland, Ray. Shotgunning in the Lowlands

Price: $45

Holland, Ray. Shotgunning in the Uplands

1944 First Edition. First Printing. Very good. Holland was a great writer of dog and bird hunting stories. His books are still very popular. Very good condition inside and out. Beautiful black and white sketches and eight color plates by noted wildlife artist Lynn Bogue Hunt. 213 pages.

Price: $60

Ruark, R. The Old Man and the Boy

1957 First edition. Poor (and priced accordingly). 303 pages with drawings. Some staining of front cover and top of text block. Some rippling of cloth of front cover. Text is clean. The pages are "wavy" on top possibly from liquid which struck top of text block, but there is no staining of pages. Crimping of back cover at spine (as seen in photo of top of text block). Tightly bound. Lacks dust jacket. The only reason that I am listing this is because it's such a darn good book and it's my favorite by Ruark. Stories of his relationship with his maternal grandfather with whom he spent a lot of time. His grandfather taught him to hunt and fish and taught him the code that makes a man. The last line in the book is " 'I promise you', the Old Man said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the first day of the bird season'. He kept his promise."

Price: $10

Ruark, R. The Old Man's Boy Grows Older

1961 First Edition. Near fine. Signature on FFEP. Minimal bumping of head and tail of spine. Lacks dust jacket. 302 pages. Illustrated with drawings.  Upon his grandfather's passing Ruark reminisces on their adventures and also on the adventures he has had as an adult. Almost as good as The Old Man and the Boy. 

Price: $35

Spiller, B. Thoroughbred

1989 Special Edition of 1936 first edition. Fine. Bound in leather with gilt titles and inlay of bird dog in front cover. Gilt upper edge of page block. Short stories of a black fox (the Sable King), bird dogs, and a special horse. Spiller was one of the best upland bird dog and bird hunting authors of the mid-twentieth century.

Price: $55