Carpenter Rrm (35 results)

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. Limited Edition. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, aqua blue cloth boards with gilt on front and spine. Exterior shows some spotting and soiling, spine is darkened. Internal binding is good and text pages are tight. Paper is toned due to age and some minor spotting/spotting is present. There is what appears to be a dampstain present on the top exterior page textblock. This is the side that is dyed red. This may have also been caused when the book was created as the red dye can just barely be seen on the top edge of most of the pages. This is a limited edition, limited to 400 copies of which this is number 18. No signatures or bookplates present, no handwriting, no library markings found.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Limited to 400 Copies. 1940, 43 pp, ill. Elk, mule deer, grizzly and sheep and Idaho and Alaska. Carpenter was an active B&C club member and helped edit their 1939 record book. All three of his books were privately printed in limited editions, this one only 400 copies.Big sheep and bigger grizzlies. The area he hunted in Alaska is the area formerly operated by Lynn Castle. A Vg copy. The light green cloth the book is bound in is seldom found in nice condition as it soiled very easily. Contents fine and signed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Patterned brown flexible leather with cover titles in gilt; 12mo; 34pp; illustrated with frontispiece map plus 10 full-page captioned b/w photo plates; sewn-in ribbon book mark. Text finely printed on pressed rice paper, unopened along top edge. The story of Carpenter's 1936 safari to Africa where he hunted lion, buffalo and rhinoceros. Donald Ker and Sydney Downey were the professional hunters he employed. Carpenter worked for DuPont, helping develop fabrikoid, an artificial leather, which is perhaps the binding choice here. This copy is in near fine, collectible condition, bearing an uncommon signed presentation to a friend on the verso of frontispiece.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Brown faux leather boards with bright gilt printing on front. Light rubbing to spine ends and edges, top front corner. Light thin 1 1/2" surface scratch near back top edge. Interior looks untouched. Toning to edges. PO bookplate on ffep, undiscernible signature on verso of frontis map. photographs of Carpenter and hunting kill.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. 1939 RECORD BOOK 533 pp, ill. Second record book of the Boone & Crockett Club. Published with the cooperation of the National Collection of Heads and Horns. VG+ to near fine in like dj. A Super association copy: Copy given by Grancel Fitz (man who coined the phrase, Grand Slam of Rams) to his grandson with a great, moving SIXTY WORD inscription. Inscription dated Christmas 1944. Fitz signatures are uncommon but with the lengthy inscription this copy is indeed special.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Letter "A" below copyright information, indicating First Edition. No dust jacket. Small bit of wear to edges of spine. Light tanning to inside covers and page edges only. Otherwise, the printing is clean, tight, and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Preface by Captain Robert A. Bartlett. Quarto. Some modest staining on the boards, ink notes on rear endpaper, a sound, good only copy, issued without dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: G-vg. First Edition. 8533 pages. Light red binding with gold lettering on spine. Thirty or so B/W illustrations scattered through the book. Browing to gutter of front and rear endpapers. Some foxing to foredge. Pages 115-118 has four inch crease at bottom corner tip. 20 or so pages lightly creased at bottom corner tips. Photos of book on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. 8vo, 533 p., original red cloth with front board and spine stamped in gilt. A handsome copy of this big game book, illustrated with photographs, maps and line drawings throughout. Minor toning to text block; minor wear to spine and spine tips, else clean and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. Published with the cooperation of the National Collection of Heads and Horns of the New York Zoological Society and American Museum of Natural History. Clean, unmarked copy, cloth binding with gilt stamped decoration on front board and title in gilt on spine nice and bright, some discoloration on pastedowns, overall a very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 533 pages. Lean to the spine, light wear; pages yellowed with age; a good sound binding. The dust jacket has some staining, wear and tear; unclipped. A 1939 review slip from the publisher laid in. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sport, Fishing, Hunting, Guns; Inventory No: 230871.

Condition: Very Good. SIGNED! Place Unknown: Privately Printed 1938. Presumed 1st edition. NOT the limited edition. Hardcover 8vo 180 pgs. B/w frontis and plates. Signed by author on front endpaper 'Sincerely RMM Carpenter Mar 1, 1939', no recipient name. Near fine in a fair cello type dust jacket. Aqua cloth with brown square and gilt title on front cover and gilt on spine. Contents clean and binding sound. Old cello type clear jacket is toned, edgeworn and has some large chips. (Hunting, Game Birds, Carpenter Alaska Expedition) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Preface by Captain Robert A. Bartlett. Spine a bit toned, else near fine. Issued without dustwrapper. Copy number 204 of 400 numbered copies Signed by the author.

8vo. blue-green cloth, brown title panel on front cover. (vi), 43 pages. Limited to 400 numbered copies (Heller 51). Illustrated. Sequal to Game Trails from Alaska to Africa. Only a touch of sunning to the spine, else near fine. blue-green cloth, brown title panel on front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 180 pgs, photo illustrations, blue linen lettered in gilt and with leather gilt titled front cover label. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper.CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Spine a bit yellowed and soiled, light edge rubbing; interior is clean and tight. Now with clear, mylar outer wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Carpenter (1877-1949) was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and became prominent industrialist and executive for DuPont Co. He was also an avid big game hunter, and a member of the Boone and Crockett Club. As a director of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences he went on many trips to Africa to collect big game animals for the museum's dioramas. Game Trails from Alaska to Africa covers Carpenter's hunting trips from 1933 to 1938. He includes hunting Pronghorn in Wyoming, Mountain Lion in Arizona, mountain goats in British Columbia, and Jaguar in Mexico, as well as big game in Africa. Excellent narrative; rather scarce.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Scuffing/minor damage to top and bottom of spine cloth boards, some soiling to covers and browning to edges of endpapers, elsewise a tight, clean text copy. Inked name of original or former owner (also named Carpenter (family member??) on the front endpaper. Scarce LIMITED EDITION of 400 copies of which this is no. 165. ILLUSTRATED in full-page, black-and-white photography with accompanying descriptive captions. Book is the sequel to the author's "Game Trails From Alaska to Africa". CONTENTS (2 Chapters/Sections): I. Hunting in the Salmon River Canyon, Idaho 1939: II. Expedition of 1940 to the Wood River of Alaska. Blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering encased in burgundy background. 43 pages. LMBC3.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Preface by Captain Robert A. Bartlett. One of 800 copies. Fine. Issued without dustwrapper.

First edition. 8vo. xxii, (2), 533 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, line drawings, maps. Record book for the largest species of various North American big game animals. Contributors to the text include John C. Phillips, Henry Shoemaker. Grancel Fitz, James L. Clark, Jack O'Connor, Carl Rungius, Belmore Brown, and Kermit Roosevelt, among others. Ownership signature of Heyward Cutting on the front endpaper and with his pencil markings in the rear section, noting his three recorded trophies of American brown bears, taken in Alaska in 1917; Cutting (1890-1926), from a well-to-do New York family, earned an early reputation as an explorer and sportsman, but was killed in an automobile crash at 35. Very good copy with an excellent association. Original gilt-stamped decorated rust cloth. (6908).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First. Condition Very Good+. First edition. SIGNED. Textured cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Minor wear to hinges. Beautiful high-end pressed rice paper, rough-cut on fore and bottom edge and uncut on top edge. Wonderful wildlife photographs throughout. 35 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Bound in publisher's cloth. 34 pages (on double leaves) : illustrations, map ; 18 cm. Light marginal dampstaining. A scarce African safari account, printed in an edition of about 25 copies at the Roycroft Shop. Carpenter was a noted big game hunter and an influential member of the Boone and Crockett Club. Written by the former owner of the Phillies and member of the DuPont board of directors, this recounts his trip to Kenya to hunt exotic animals, complete with map frontispiece and ten photographic illustrations. Czech African Hunting p. 32.

First edition. 12mo. 34 pp. Illustrated from photographs, ten plates, map. Carpenter's 1936 Kenyan safari, led by white hunters Donald Ker and Sidney Downey, hunting buffalo, rhinoceros, lion, and other game. Czech African Hunting, p. 32: "This privately printed work was undoubtedly published in a very small quantity." Original gilt-stamped patterned brown boards, ribbon marker. Front joint a little rubbed, but a very good untrimmed copy, mostly unopened. (2817).

First edition. 8vo. xxii, (2), 533 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, line drawings, maps. Record book for the largest species of various North American big game animals. Contributors to the text include John C. Phillips, Henry Shoemaker, Grancel Fitz, James L. Clark, Jack O'Connor, Carl Rungius, Belmore Brown, and Kermit Roosevelt, among others. Inscribed in the year of publication by Bob Bartlett who contributes the 6-page essay "Hunting the Polar Bear" and the 3-page essay "Hunting the Walrus"; Bartlett (1875-1946) was an award-winning artic explorer who commanded the SS Roosevelt on Robert Peary's attempts to reach the North Pole (cf. Wikipedia for a short biography). Very good copy with an excellent association. Original gilt-stamped decorated rust cloth, illustrated dust jacket. (11266).

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Limited. 10 photographic illustrations, text printed on rice paper. Thin 16mo, (5.2 x 7 inches), flexible faux leather. East Aurora: Roycrofters, 1937. Limited Edition. Presentation copy. Very scarce, as only a few copies were privately printed for the author to give as gifts.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a fine, like new, copy in faux leather binding privately printed for the author by Roycrofters, 34pp; illustrated with frontispiece map plus 10 full-page captioned b/w photo plates; sewn-in ribbon book mark, pressed rice paper, unopened along top edge. With the Season's Greeting card by the Carpenters laid in. All in the publisher's brown box which has kept the book as new. A very limited edition for his friends by the author who wisely married the sister of Pierre S. Du Pont.

1938 (no place) 180pp, illus. Hunting big game in the Western U.S. and British Columbia for bighorn, pronghorn, wapiti, and puma. Then to Kenya for a safari after buffalo, lion, and rhino. Finally a Mexican jaguar hunt. Very good, SIGNED and inscribed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Privately printed, no place, 1940, #235 of 400 copies, with a signed inscription by the author. Illustrated with b&w photographs. 6.5" x 9.25". 43 pp. Blue-green cloth, covers darkened. "About half of this book details the author's 1940 hunt for Dall sheep in Alaska's Wood River basin" (Czech & Valdez). Hunting elk and mule deer, grizzly bear and bighorn sheep. Scarce. Very good.

1940 (no place), 43pp, illus, limited to 400 numbered copies. Carpenter was a long-time member of the Boone & Crockett Club. Here he chases bighorn sheep in Idaho and big grizzlies in Alaska. Very good plus. In addition inscribed/signed by the author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. published with the cooperation of the National Collection of Heads & Horns of the N.Y. Zoological Society and American Museum of Natural History. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1939. Illustrated with b&w photographs and b&w plates by Carl Rungius. 6.75" x 9.25". 544 pp. Decorated brown cloth. "A prodigious amount of work produced this highly informative, authoritative volume.the list of contributors is most impressive.out of print for many years, and when available fetches a fancy price" (Baker). Articles on natural history, hunting and records of all of the North American big game animals by Frick, Shoemaker, John C. Phillips (on "The Conservation Of Big Game"), Anthony, Fitz, Colby, Chanler, Coolidge, Clark, Webb, Brooks, O'Connor, Harriman, Murie, Rungius, Cabot, Walcott, Beach, Jackson, Seton, Browne, Freuchen, Goodwin, Carpenter, Roosevelt, Anthony and others. Scarce. Very good.

1937 New York, 34pp, illus, marker, map. Rare, small book on Carpenter's African hunt, privately printed for him. Certainly the rarest of all his titles. Very hard to get and a fine addition to an Africana library. A very good plus copy in original dark brown binding.