Sale 23SP01 | Lot 17

[ALASKA - BEAR HUNTING] A group of five books about hunting bears in Alaska,

Catalogue: Sporting & Travel Books
[ALASKA - BEAR HUNTING]  A group of five books about hunting bears in Alaska,

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Lot 17
[ALASKA - BEAR HUNTING] A group of five books about hunting bears in Alaska,
comprising EDDY, JOHN W. Hunting the Alaska Brown Bear. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition, humorously inscribed by the author to George Van Waters on the title page. Publisher's scarlet cloth gilt, map endpapers. 8 3/4 x 6 inches (22 x 15 cm); xv, 253 pp.; folding maps, frontispiece and plates after photographs, in-text illustrations. Light wear to cloth, slight spine lean, contents clean and bright; together with FINTON, WALTER L. Alaskan Bear Adventures. New York: Daniel Ryerson Inc, 1937. First edition. Publisher's pictorial green cloth, gilt. 167 pp., frontispiece and plates after photographs. Wear to extremities, small ink stain to rear board, very slight spine lean; HOLMAN, JOHN P. Sheep and Bear Trails. A Hunter's Wanderings in Alaska and British Columbia. New York: Frank Walters, 1933. First trade edition. Publisher's dark blue cloth in dust jacket. 211 pp., frontispiece and plates. Minor wear to cloth at edges, jacket with fading, soiling, rubbing and a few very minor tears, old tape reinforcements to head and tail of jacket spine and at head of front fold; McCRACKEN, HAROLD. Alaska Bear Trails. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1931. First edition. Publisher's cloth, dust jacket. 260 pp., frontispiece and plates. Light wear to cloth, spine ends softened, soiling and wear to jacket, creasing and tears at edges and a few chips at folds, old gift inscription; and WOODWORTH, JIM. The Kodiak Bear. Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company, 1958. First edition. Publisher's pictorial cloth in dust jacket. [x], 204, [1] pp.; plates after photographs. Edgewear to boards and spine, wear and soiling to jacket with a few chips and creases, old tape repairs along jacket folds, bookplate. Together five books, sold as is. (5)


C Collection of John Valle Sporting Books

Estimate: $500 - $700
Sold for $756 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $500 - $700
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Sporting & Travel Books

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