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Published by Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, March 1992., 1992
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
Signed
#270 of a limited edition of 1000 copies SIGNED BY EDITOR JIM RIKHOFF. Issued as the twenty-seventh volume in Amwell Press' African Hunting Heritage Collection. No slipcase, i.e. lacking. No dust jacket as issued. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16.25cm. [2], i-xxiv, 1-637 pages plus unpaged plates. Bright red textured leather (imitating a game animal skin); vibrant gilt stamping to spine and both boards; slight rubbing/soiling to front board; stronger soiling and flaked gilt marks to rear board caused by previous light adhesion to an adjacent book on a shelf (henceforth called Easton Press adhesionitis as that was its unfortunate shelfmate). All edges gilt; red silk moire endpapers; sewn-in red silk ribbon page marker. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains crisp. Limitation statement, copy#, and ink signature of editor-compiler-publisher Jim Rikhoff on special unpaged leaf preceding frontispiece. Published by Amwell Press for The National Sporting Fraternity Limited as the twenty-seventh volume in its African Hunting Heritage Collection. Features contributions by Errol Trzebinski, Col. Richard Meinertzhagen, J.H. Patterson, Theodore Roosevelt, A. Blayney Percival [Arthur Blayney Percival], Arthur H. Neumann, Martin Johnson, J.A. Hunter, Elspeth Huxley, Beryl Markham, Kermit Roosevelt, Joy Adamson, Jack O'Connor, Craig Boddington, Gene Hill, et al. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 4 pounds (1.81 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {Amwell_Shelf#2}.
Published by Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, December 1989., 1989
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
#554 OF A LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY EDITOR JIM RIKHOFF. No slipcase, i.e. lacking. [4], xxii, 558, [4] pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16.25cm. No dust jacket (as issued). Muted brown faux-hide cloth binding; bright gilt stamping to spine and front board although with latter having white additional specks presumably adhered from a past shelf-mate; touch of scuffing at spine ends and board corner tips. All edges gilt; sewn-in page marker; brownish-pink silk moire endpapers. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. Limitation, copy#, and Rikhoff's black ink signature on special unpaged leaf preceding color frontispiece. Features a Foreword by Harry Tennison, original color plates and line drawings by Guy Coheleach, Introduction by editor Jim Rikhoff who is also President of the National Sporting Fraternity Limited and publisher/owner of Amwell Press, Acknowledgements, Epilogue by Gene Hill, and Appendix by Dr. Jeremy Anderson. Primary text comprised of 48 essays-stories by such lauded contributors as Anthony Dyer, F.C. Selous, Harry Wolhuter, J.H. Patterson, Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Johnson, Beryl Markham, John Taylor, Jack O'Connor, Bunny Allen [Frank Maurice Allen], Stevenson Hamilton, Charles Askins, Lionel A.H. Hartley, among others. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds (1.7 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.
Published by Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, September 1985., 1985
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
Signed
Publisher's limitation leaf (preceding frontispiece) noting book as Copy "Dunn #8" of 1000 copies SIGNED BY EDITOR JIM RIKHOFF and issued as the nineteenth book in Amwell Press' "African Hunting Heritage Collection." No slipcase present (i.e. lacking). [4], 688, [8] pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 16.25cm. No dust jacket as issued. Dark gray textured boards (presumably imitating elephant hide) with vibrant gilt stamping to front board and spine. All edges gilt. Sewn-in pale bluish-gray silk page marker. Silk more endpapers. Interior leaves are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 4 pounds (1.81 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.