KEITH'S RIFLES FOR LARGE GAME
by Keith, Elmer
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Publications, Inc, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Edited by Ellis Christian Lenz. Frontispiece, with numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Publications, Inc., 1946. First edition. The author's second book about hunting rifles, preceded by Big Game Rifles and Cartridges (1936). Keith (1899-1984) discusses rifles and calibers for various hunting scenarios, including hunting in timber, long range stalking, and hunting dangerous game, as well as how to care for the rifle once the hunt is complete. Inscribed and dated by Keith on a prefatory blank leaf. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with silver and green stamping. A bit of foxing to the top edge, with some general minor edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Riling 2551.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65180
- Title
- KEITH'S RIFLES FOR LARGE GAME
- Author
- Keith, Elmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Standard Publications, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Huntington, West Virginia
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- Hunting, Sporting Books, Shooting, Rifles, Big Game
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About the Seller
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Covina, California
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...