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(Hardcover, 1946). 1946 1st edition. 4to (222 x 287mm). Ppviii,211. Colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations by Paul Branson. Brown cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 5,000 copies. Some browning, hinges tender, cloth stained. Good. Lacks dust-wrapper. American deer stalking, upland bird hunting and waterfowling. "A Countryman Press book." Chapters include: The lady in green; Oh, these hunters!; My Colonel's last hunt; Great misses I have made; Tall man of the twilight; Magic on Mound Ridge; Strange stalks; Footsteps in the forest; The buck with the palmated horns; Serpents and game; Fancy meeting you here!; Patsy and the princess; Sancho's buck; The rogue of Orquic Valley; Steve knows how; It's the Scotch in them; Blue's buck; The lady was kind; The wrong gobbler; Boll-weevil bores in; Paddling them up; Stalking game; Dangerous beasts; Strange enemies of game; Dog or no dog; An adventurous day; My last grouse hunt. .

Hardcover first Edition missing its dust jacket. Externally shows minimal wear. Internally clean, unmarked pages except for Authorial INSCRIPTION, as follows: " Sincerely your friend, Archibald Rutledge Hampton, 25 January 1947" on the half-title page. Even though missing the dust jacket, this is a nice collectible copy. Professional packaging and prompt shipping.

The limited, numbered edition SIGNED by Rutledge and Paul Bransom, the illustrator. Mild spine fade else a clean copy in a somewhat worn and cracked slipcase. Uncommon. ; 210 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator