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three old books sitting on top of each other on a white surfacean old book with a deer ' s head on top of itan old book sitting on top of a table on a gray surfacean old book with a gold deer head on the covera book with a picture of a bear in the middle of itan open book on a blue surface with a picture of a person holding a knifean open book with a black and white photo of a mountain rangean open book on a table with a blue backgrounda red book sitting on top of a white tablea red book sitting on top of a white tablea red book sitting on top of a white tablean open book with a picture of a man hunting in the southwestan open book with a picture of a man and a woman on ita red book sitting on top of a table next to a white wallan old book sitting on top of a table next to a white wallan old book sitting on top of a white tablean open book with a drawing of a deer on itan open book with a picture of a bird on itan old green book with a gold design on the covera green book sitting on top of a table next to a white wallan old book with a picture of a bird on itan open book with a drawing of a man holding a knifean open book with a drawing of a bird on itan open book with a black and white image of a forest
Maître Cyril DUVAL

605 - BOOKS IN ENGLISH.— HUNTING IN AMERICA.
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Estimate €300 - €350
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BOOKS IN ENGLISH.— HUNTING IN AMERICA. Set of 4 books in the publisher’s cardboard binding. From the hunting library of J. López de Ceballos (ex-libris), comprising: - HUBBACK (T. R.). To Far Western Alaska for Big Game: An Account of Two Journeys to Alaska in Search of Adventure. London, Rowland Ward; New York, Scribners, 1929. In-8, publisher’s green percaline cloth binding, gilt decoration on the front cover, 232 pp. First edition of one of the finest works on the subject. Accounts of hunting Dall’s sheep, moose, grizzly bears, etc., in Alaska (Rainy Pass, Kenai). Illustrated with 67 black-and-white photographs and 2 maps. Index. Publisher’s catalogue at the end. With a third loose-leaf colour map of Alaska, folded several times. Never published in French. Very good copy. Spine sun-faded. Ex-libris. - O’CONNOR (J.). Hunting in the Southwest. New York, Knopf, 1939. In-8, publisher’s brick-red percaline cloth binding, 282 pp. First edition of these hunting accounts from the south-western United States, from Arkansas to southern California. Illustrated with black-and-white plates. Colour frontispiece. Never published in French. Very good condition. - ROOSEVELT (T.). *Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains*. London, Paul & Trench, 1886. In-8, publisher’s cardboard binding, 348 pp. The first hunting book by Th. Roosevelt, the future US President, who was one of the greatest hunters of his time. In it, he recounts his hunting memories from around his ranch in Dakota. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings. Never published in French. Good condition. Spine sun-faded. Caps rubbed. Small tear at the top joint. Ex-libris of Lord Berkeley Paget. - WHITEHEAD (C. E.) *The Camp-Fires of the Everglades or Wild Sports in the South*. Edinburgh: Douglas, 1891. In-4, publisher’s green percaline cloth binding, decoration on the front cover, gilt lettering, 298 pp. First edition of these tales of hunting and fishing in the Everglades, the Florida marshes. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 plates. Not published in French. A fine copy on laid paper. Ex-libris of the Scottish philanthropist James Cowan Smith (1843–1919) depicting his hunting dog. Provenance: The hunting library of the late Don Javier López de Ceballos
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About the sale 📚🦓🦋 LA FLÈCHE Sale 2 – HUNTING: BOOKS, TROPHIES, TAXIDERMY & CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
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