Evans george bird editor (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Winchester Press, Published 1973. Hardcover, 320, [8] pp.; 26 cm; illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates; sepia pictorial endpapers of wildfowl and bobwhites. Selected, edited and annotated by George Bird Evans; foreword by John M. Olin. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine with Winchester Press device at foot; mild shelf and edge wear. Binding tight. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; mild toning to endpapers and mild foxing to edges of text block; pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Pictorial dust jacket (photograph by William F. Andrews and Frank Braden of Buckingham's Burt Becker duck gun, shooting hat, decoy and books) has a 1/4-inch tear at head of rear panel, a few other small nicks and tears, and light creasing along edges; mild to moderate toning, heavier on spine panel and rear panel, and mild shelf and edge wear. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Thirty stories and articles by Nash Buckingham (1880-1971), the Tennessee wildfowler, bird-dog man and field-trial judge best known for De Shootinest Gent'man. George Bird Evans, a grouse and woodcock writer and friend of Buckingham's, chose them from 111 stories and articles and grouped them in six parts, adding editor's notes and a biographical "Portrait of Nash." Olin, who wrote the foreword, hired Buckingham in 1925 as Western Cartridge Company's Director of Game Restoration, the first such post in American industry. Photographs include pictures of him as a young weightlifter and football captain, his wife Irma shooting, dogs and companions from the stories, and his guns, among them the Burt Becker magnum "Bo Whoop," lost in 1948 and recovered in 2005. Includes a bibliography of his books and magazine pieces. Contents: Foreword; Portrait of Nash; Part One: Wildfowl (Minutes and Years; Great Day in the Morning!; Comin' Twenty-One; How Come?; Jump-Shooting's Joys; De Shootinest Gent'man; Opportunity Flies But Once; Recall to Eden); Part Two: Bobwhites (Editor's Note: Brick House; The Harp That Once . . .; Pipeline "Pottiges"; Amid Whirring Wings; Play House; After All These Years); Part Three: Guns & Shooting (Editor's Note: Mr. Buck's Guns; Are We Shooting 8-Gauge Guns?; Long-Range Duck Shooting; Here's How in Quail Shooting; The Dove); Part Four: Dogs (Point! Judges; Given Only to the Honored; What Really Happens Out Quail Shooting; Not Unsung; The Great Reprisal; The Family Honor); Part Five: Possibles Bag (The Neglected Duck Call; Hail and Farewell; The Ropes and Tools of Goose Shooting; Thou and Thy Gun Bearer; Wax and Wane; The Prodigal Years); Part Six: Star at Evening (A la Belle Etoile); Bibliography.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. No DJ. NOT the signed/limited. 1986 second edition. Clean text. Shelving code NW shlff GA.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Large 8vo., 330 pp. Illustrated with black and white photos. Later print. A collection of the author's best stories on quail, waterfowl, dogs and guns culled from his nine books and numerous articles. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket that has a touch of wear at the spine extremities.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Some slight edgewear to dustjacket. Gathered here are many of the finest contemporary sporting writers: George Bird Evans, Charles Waterman, Gene Hill, Michael McIntosh, Jim Fergus, and many others. Each offers a unique story of his singular relationship with the dog (or dogs) that shaped his life. The anthology is completely original with none of the stories previously published. Well produced and finely illustrated by the famous artist Bruce Langton.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Amwell Press, Clinton, NJ, 1986. 8vo. Book is in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards and bindings are strong with very minor shelf and edge wear. No DJ.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Signed and inscribed by editor, George Bird Evans, on half title page. Book is in Fine condition. Clean, brown cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. A tight, solid binding and clean, unmarked pages. Full of great black and white hunting photos of Buckingham and friends. Dust jacket in Near Fine condition. A couple of tears to jacket edges have been tape repaired from jacket's interior and barely visible from the exterior. Dust jacket in protective mylar wrap. Book will be carefully packaged to ensure safe delivery. See photos. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gilt-stamped brown cloth; 8v0; 330pp; illustrated with b/w photos; color photographic dust jacket; later printing with the plain endsheets. A collection of the author's best stories on quail, waterfowl, dogs and guns culled from his nine books and numerous articles. Plus an entertaining, "Portrait of Nash" by the editor. Book is in VG condition while the jacket has a vertical band of sunning along spine of front panel This copy uncommonly inscribed & dated by Evans on the half title page. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Fifteenth Printing. Mylar-wrapped dust jacket; not price-clipped; white lettering and color photograph of an arrangement of Nash Buckingham's hunting possessions, including a magnum duck gun, shooting hat, gloves and duck call, duck decoy, and more; dust jacket in fine condition; signed and inscribed by editor George Bird Evans on half-title page: "For Charles Johnston - with the hope that you will feel the touch of hand from Nash Buckingham to me to you. George Bird Evans, Old Hemlock, November 1983"; one caption below a B&W photograph of Nash Buckingham with a Burt Becker magnum gun and a dog has been partially crossed out in black ink, but the text is still visible beneath; presumably this was done by the editor, Evans, as the ink appears to be crossing out a possibly incorrect dog name; else interior book clean and like new; tight binding; numerous B&W photographs printed in between pgs. 20 and 21. George Bird Evans (1906 - 1998) was an American author, artist, dog breeder, and sportsman, recognized widely as one of the world's leading authorities on upland gunning and bird dogs. Nash Buckingham (1880 - 1971) was an American sportsman, prolific writer, and outspoken conservationist, widely renowned and beloved as an outdoor writer during his time. Evans - with whom Buckingham was friends - selected, annotated, and edited some of Buckingham's best writing, creating The Best of Nash Buckingham. ; B & W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 320 pp.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tan and green cloth; 8vo; 258/286pp; sewn-in ribbon bookmarks; illustrated with drawings by Donald Shoffstall; plain paper-covered slipcases; each volume limited to 1000 numbered copies (both # 896); signed by author, artist & publisher; the true 1st editions. A collection of stories written about America's favorite upland subjects dating from 1783 to date of publication. Authors include: Forester, Bumstead, Hallock, Seton, Hammond, Mershon, Phillips, Rutledge, Sheldon, Norris, Holland, Foster, Spiller, Woolner, and others. Perhaps the most popular of all Amwell upland shooting titles. Quite hard-to-find as a set, especially with matching limitation numbers. Both books are in VG condition, internally bright & clean. The slipcases show light wear primarily to bottom edges. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gilt-stamped brown cloth; 8v0; 330pp; illustrated with decorated endpapers plus b/w photos; color photographic dust jacket. A collection of the author's best stories on quail, waterfowl, dogs and guns culled from his nine books and numerous articles. Plus an entertaining, "Portrait of Nash" by the editor. Book is in VG condition while the jacket has a chip or two along top edge. This copy of the 1st printing (with pictorial end sheets) additionally contains a signed presentation from John Olin, publisher and owner of Winchester Press.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. An anthology of prose pieces about hunting woodcock published between 1788 and 1975 and selected by George Bird Evans. Limited to 1000 copies signed by Evans; Jim Rikhoff, who wrote the introduction; and Donald Shoffstall, the illustrator. [ii], [limitation leaf], iii-xviii, 286 pages. Bound in tan book cloth stamped in brown on the spine and front board. In a brown paper-covered slipcase. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a near fine slipcase. Not issued in a dust jacket. This is copy 505 of 1000 signed by Evans, Rikhoff, and Shoffstall. The book is additionally inscribed (but not signed again), "For Neil Sheehan-Time-the land where these things happen. Old Hemlock Christmas 1977." A nice association copy. Neil Sheehan wrote the foreword to Evans's book Opus 10. He won a Pulitzer Prize for A Bright and Shining Lie. Neil and his wife Susan, who also won a Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, had a rural retreat, Wrong Way Flowing River Farm, at the headwaters of the Youghiogheny River, about 30 miles from the Evans' homestead, Old Hemlock. Evans's manuscript "Shooting Notes" for 1982 at West Virginia University includes an account of hunting with Sheehan on October 28, 1982.…