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Hunting the Hard Way
by Hill, Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Robert Hale. Good in Fair dust jacket. (1956). First Edition. Hardcover. Quite heavy foxing to page edges. Dampstain to rear endpaper. Slight bowing to rear board. Staining and dampstain to spine and rear panel of dust-jacket. 15mm chips at head and tail of dust-jacket spine and corners of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First UK edition. 224 pages + 34 illustrations on 11 plate leaves. Maroon boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 217 x 139mm. "A fearless huntsman, he has repeatedly risked his life in pursuit of buffalo, bear, panther, jaguar, wild boar, alligator, and shark. Always his knowledge of these wild creatures, plus his strong right arm, keen eye, and swift arrow, have won the encounter. Never has there been a book on archery that combines so much adventure with step by step instructions on how to make bows and arrows and a brief history of the sport itself." - from dust-jacket blurb. Dust-jacket front panel has an artist's illustration of a scene in a snowy forest with a Howard Hill drawing a longbow against a large standing bear. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25230
- Title
- Hunting the Hard Way
- Author
- Hill, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1956)
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Gilt
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- Blurb
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- Fair
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- Edges
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