group-of-five-sporting-books
Lot 1214
Group of Five Sporting Books
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include:

Herbert L. Stoddard. The Bobwhite Quail: Its Habits, Preservation and Increase (Quincy, FL: David A. Avant III, 1992. Hardcover in cloth-covered boards with gilt. Thick 4to; 559pp.); Dr. William "Chubby" Andrews. Nash Buckingham, Beaver Dam and Other Hunting Tales (Germantown, TN: Chubby Andrews & Co., 1993. First printing. Hardcover. Green leather with gilt lettering and design, in illustrated jacket. 4to; 272pp. Signed by the author on the title page.); Pete Hamilton. The Randall Chronicles (Privately printed, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Black boards with silver lettering and decoration, in photographic jacket. 4to; 160pp. Signed, inscribed, and dated by the author on the front free endpaper: "To / Capt. Bob Gordon (U.S.A. Ret.) / Best wishes and keep um sharp / Pete Hamilton / 4-28-03."); Thomas R. Pero, ed. A Passion for Grouse: The Lore and Legend of America's Premier Game Bird (Mill Creek, WA: Wild River Press, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt design and lettering, photographic endpapers, in photographic jacket. Thick 4to; 549pp.); William Harnden Foster. New England Grouse Shooting ([Mill Creek, WA]: Wild River Press, 2017. Special anniversary edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth-covered boards with brown design and lettering, in illustrated jacket. Large 4to; 193pp. Laid in loose, as issued, is the commemorative photo portfolio The Magic of "The Little Gun".)

Largest 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.; smallest 10 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.

Books range from good to near fine condition; boards with occasional minor scuff, mark, grime/soiling, light edgewear, bumped corners, and slight wear to spine ends, one with some separation from text block; occasional foxing; one volume with small areas of foxing and grime to interior, otherwise pages are very clean; one with book award stickers on front, one with date in ink; light wear to jackets; several with name or blind stamp of North Carolina sportsman and conservationist J. Robert Gordon.