Upland Game Bird Shooting in America.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1930.
Price: $4,500.00
About the item
Deluxe edition, No. 32 of 75 copies, with original signed etching by Schaldach. 64 plates (5 in color) by Hunt, Burke, Schaldach, Frost, et al. xxiv, [iii], 249 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original brown morocco, gilt with decorative running border on both covers featuring birds and dogs and enclosing title on upper cover, panelled spine gilt with game bird vignettes and title, t.e.g., by Stikeman, N.Y. Upper joint and small portion of headcap professionally conserved with highest quality invisible repair. Fine. Siegel 45; Frazier C-11-D; Biscotti p. 92.
Item #244562
Siegel notes, "Some of America's most knowledgeable sportsmen were contributing authors to this excellent and timeless work" and Frazier states, "Certainly one of the handsomest of the great big beautiful Derrydales that Connett produced ... one of the most ambitious projects that [he] attempted". One of the most highly sought-after of Derrydale titles, and magnificent in this deluxe edition.
