Grinnell George Bird Charles Sheldon (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket. 1st edition. Age toning to pages. Titles badly faded. Wear to board corners & edges, otherwise very good.

1st Edition. Hardbound 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 548 pages. Appendices, officers, constitution and list of members. Description: Includes a double page photo frontis, with several additional black and white plates. The title page is printed in red and black. The following is from Heller's American Hunting and Fishing Books (number 133): ''Includes 'Conservation of our Mammals and Birds' by J C Phillips; 'An Encounter with a Grizzly Bear' by C B Penrose; 'The Big Game of Chihuahua, Mexico' by Charles Sheldon; 'Hunting in the Nutzotins' by John B Burnham and others.'' Note: this first edition has same date on title page and copyright page, but the title page date is expressed in Roman numerals and is improperly written ( MDCCCC XXV -- should be MCMXXV). BINDING/CONDITION: dark plum cloth with silver text and vignette; embossed address stamp on the contents page (stamp of the Audubon Society); paper spine labels have been affixed; the title is mostly rubbed from the front cover; Good condition. ISBN: B001YZ3UY8.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BOONE & CROCKETT CLUB - The Acorn Series published by the Boone and Crockett Club beginning in 1895, complete set of seven. The Boone and Crockett Club s publishing history began in 1893 with the release of its first Acorn series book, American Big Game Hunting . The Acorn Series, its chronology designated by a corresponding number of tiny acorns appearing on the spines. Each of the Acorn Series is an anthology of hunting adventures written by Club members and their contemporaries, and while the Club s conservation efforts are specifically focused on North America, Acorn Series chapters provide fascinating accounts of old time hunting worldwide. Seven individual titles of the Acorn series books were published until the Club s first records book premiered in 1932. Encountering a complete set of Acorn Series books is a rarely offered opportunity. GENERAL CONDITION: Overall all VG with vols 1-6 with dulled spines as is normal for these books. Vol. 7 is near fine. SPECIFIC DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH VOLUME: 1) "American Big Game Hunting"; Edited by Theodore Roosevelt & George Bird Grinnell, Forest & Stream, 1901, later printing of trhe 1893 edition. 345 pgs, photo illustrations. Contains numerous hunting stories, Club history, constitution & bylaws of Boone & Crockett Club as well as list of members. Burgundy cloth binding. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Shelf rubbed, spine faded and dull with small tear on spine. Interior clean. 2) "Hunting in Many Lands"; Edited by Theodore Roosevelt & George Bird Grinnell, Forest & Stream, 1914, later printing of 1895 edition. 447 pgs, photo illustrations. Contains hunting in East Africa, India, Russia, Mongolia, and elsewhere including North America, plus Boone & Crockett Club information & member list. Burgundy cloth binding. Has former owner name and stamp on free endpaper. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Shelf rubbed, spine faded and dull, rear cover with small tear to cloth. Interior clean. 3) "Trail and Campfire" Edited by Theodore Roosevelt & George Bird Grinnell, Forest & Stream, 1897, First edition, 355 pgs, photo illustrations. Hunting anthology with Boone & Crockett Club information, and more. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Shelf rubbed, spine faded and dull with small tear on spine. Front hinge cracked but intact. Interior clean. 4) "American Big Game In Its Haunts", edited by George Bird Grinnell, Forest & Stream, 1904. First edition. 497 pgs, photo illustrations. Primarily North American hunting, with Club information and member list. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Cloth covers rubbed with spine dulled, minor edge wear. Interior clean. 5) "Hunting at High Altitudes", edited by George Bird Grinnell, Harper & Bros. 1913. First edition, 511 pgs, photo Illustrations. Memoirs of a Beart Hunter by Col. Wm. Pickett (pgs 15-241), additional hunting stories, with Club information including list of members. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Shelf rubbed, spine dulled, corner bumped, spine ends worn; interior with former owners inked names, else clean and tight. 6) "Hunting & Conservation", edited by George Bird Grinnell and Charles Sheldon, Yale University Press, 1925. First edition. 548 pgs, photo illustrations. Hunting and conservation anthology with Club information and member names / addresses. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Minor shelf rubbing, spine dulled, interior is clean and tight. 7) "Hunting Trails on Three Continents" , edited by George Bird Grinnell, Kermit Roosevelt, W. Redmond Cross, and Prentiss N. Gray, The Derrydale Press, 1933. Limited to 250 copies, this being #56. First edition, 302pgs, photo illustrations. 13 chapters of hunting adventures. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Covers clean and bright; interior is clean and tight. Near fine condition. NOTE: Additional shipping for international orders on this multi-volume set.