Group of Hunting Books By or About George Bird Evans, With Most Inscribed by Evans

(12) titles, most 8vo, all with jackets or slipcases, to include:

The Upland Shooting Life (Alfred A. Knopf, 1971, first edition); The Bird Dog Book (Amwell Press, 1979, signed by Evans and Jim Rikhoff, no. 619/1000); An Affair with Grouse (Old Hemlock, 1982, first edition); Dear John-:, Nash Buckingham's Letters to John Bailey (Old Hemlock, 1984, first edition, inscribed, signed, and dated by Evans); The Best of Nash Buckingham (Winchester Press, later printing, inscribed, signed, and dated by Evans); Troubles with Bird Dogs and What to do About Them (Old Hemlock, 1985, inscribed, signed, and dated by Evans, no. 57/1500); The Upland Gunner's Book: An Anthology (NJ: The Amwell Press, 1986, inscribed, signed, and dated by Evans); A Dog, A Gun, and Time Enough (Old Hemlock, 1987, inscribed, signed, and dated by Evans, no. 67/1250); October Fever (Old Hemlock, 1989, inscribed, signed, and dated by Evans, no. 67/1250); George Bird Evans Introduces (Old Hemlock, 1990, inscribed, signed, and dated by Evans, no. 67/1150); Living with Gun Dogs (Old Hemlock, 1992, inscribed, signed, and dated by Evans, no. 67/1500); Catherine A. Harper. George Bird Evans: Life of a Shooting Gentleman (Iowa: Prairie Wind Press, 1999, signed by Harper, no. 57/1500).

Largest 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.

All very good to near fine with occasional light wear and scuffing to boards; some interiors with occasional light mark or writing, most with name or blind stamp of North Carolina sportsman and conservationist J. Robert Gordon, with pages generally extremely clean; several volumes with some foxing; slipcases with occasional light scuffing and jackets with occasional light toning, edgewear, scuffing, foxing, and small tears; boards of The Upland Shooting Life with some additional wear including sunning, scuffing, and small tear.