4to 11" - 13" tall; 210 pages; Jacket with large piece missing around the bottom. Jacket is price clipped. Embossed stamp on lower front free endpaper.
BOOK IS VERY CLEAN, NO MARKINGS, SOLID BINDING. EXCELLENT BOARDS. WOULD RATE PRACTICALLY NEAR FINE IF THE COLOR FRONTIS WAS NOT TORN NEARLY OFF. A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF HUNTING STORIES FROM THE SOUTH WITH SPLENDID ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAUL BRANSOM INCL SPLENDID COLOR FRONTIS AND NUMEROUS OTHER ILLUS, MANY FULL PAGE. LIMITED EDITION TO 5 000 COPIES. SCANS ON REQUEST. THANKS.
1946, A. S. Barnes, A Countryman Press Book, over-sized HB (no dj, brown boards) 210pp, of this book 5000 copies were printed in October 1946, illustrated by Paul Bransom, VG ( interior clean and unmarked, binding tight, covers and their titles bright, corners lightly bumped)
HUNTER'S CHOICE. By Archibald Rutledge. Illustrated by Paul Branson.
Rutledge (Archibald).
HUNTER'S CHOICE. By Archibald Rutledge. Illustrated by Paul Branson.
Rutledge (Archibald).
Publisher: A.S. Barnes and Company. New York. 1946.
Date published: 1946
Format: Hardcover
(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. .
Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. RF tag removed from the back of the book which took some paper with it. No dust jacket. Some corner and edge wear. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.
Brown Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Not a First; 5000 Copies. Hardback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 210 pages; illustrated by Paul Bransom; 27 hunting stories from Archibald Rutledge's own experience; from the page following p. 210: "Of this book five thousand copies were printed in October, 1946." Book condition: Cover corners are a bit bent; Cover corners and spine ends have minor rubbing; top edge is dyed green, other two have darkened slightly to a light tan tone; top edge has a good number of faded spots in the green.
Publisher: The Premier Press, Camden, South Carolina
Date published: 1993
Format: Hardcover
29 x 22 cm. Quarto. 210pp. Bound in full teal leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 5 raised bands to spine. Illustrated by Paul Bransom. Limited to 3000 copies printed for the Premier Collection, of which this is copy 12. Gilt foredge is scratched.
No. 558 of a limited edition of 3,000 copies. Full green leather with gilt titles and decorations.; all edges gilt; faux marbled endpapers; ribbon page marker. Illustrated. Light rubbing to corners.
4TO, 210 pgs., B/W,Color Ills, Hardcover Hardcover: Previous owners bookplate on first paste-down. Light brown cloth binding with title in gold, boxed in green on frontboard and on spine. Limited edition of 5,000 unnumbered copies. Color frontispiece. Title page is lightly foxed. This is a collection of the best of the author' s tales. Many beautiful drawings in B/W by Paul Bransom. Nice tight binding. Jacket: Edgewear and chipping all across lower edge and all corners and spine ends. Faded spine. Covers are soiled and slightly rubbed.Illustrated front cover. Desirable copy in protective mylar.
Publisher: A. S. Barnes and Company/A Countryman Press Book, New York
Format: Hardcover
(1946) 212 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Limited to 5,000 copies. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece and b/w drawings.
Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. RF tag removed from the back of the book which took some paper with it. No dust jacket. Some corner and edge wear. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.
No. 558 of a limited edition of 3, 000 copies. Full green leather with gilt titles and decorations.; all edges gilt; faux marbled endpapers; ribbon page marker. Illustrated. Light rubbing to corners.
Hardcover: Previous owners bookplate on first paste-down. Light brown cloth binding with title in gold, boxed in green on frontboard and on spine. Limited edition of 5, 000 unnumbered copies. Color frontispiece. Title page is lightly foxed. This is a collection of the best of the author' s tales. Many beautiful drawings in B/W by Paul Bransom. Nice tight binding. Jacket: Edgewear and chipping all across lower edge and all corners and spine ends. Faded spine. Covers are soiled and slightly rubbed. Illustrated front cover. Desirable copy in protective mylar.
Publisher: A. S. Barnes and Company/A Countryman Press Book
Format: Hard Cover
(1946) 212 pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends bumped. Limited to 5, 000 copies. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece and b/w drawings.
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.
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.
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uncorrected proof: Released prior to the general release, and prior to final editing, generally plainly bound and distributed for promotional purposes.