Sports (hunting, Fishing) from Augustine Funnell Books

Sackville: Privately Published, 2004. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. "By 1890 moose and caribou were becoming scarce in the northeastern United States, due to overhunting and deforestation." When the New England Sportsmen's Show was held in Boston in 1898, an exhibit by the New Brunswick Guide Association made the… Read more about this item

Birmingham: Parker-Hale Limited Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Large octavo. "Being a reference book of shooting equipment and knowledge, presented in catalogue form." 242 pages (including index), illustrated. Some moderate surface wear, 1/4" tear to bottom right spine edge, previous owner's name stamp to first page, about half-a-dozen turned corners, notations in ink to back cover, moderate… Read more about this item

Sackville: Privately Published, 2005. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Third printing (August 2005) of the first edition (September 2004). "By 1890 moose and caribou were becoming scarce in the northeastern United States, due to overhunting and deforestation." When the New England Sportsmen's Show was held… Read more about this item

Memphis: Ducks Unlimited, Inc., 2012. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collects 36 stories of members of Ducks Unlimited, published to commemorate 75 years of the organization's existence. Foreword by John W. Newman, president, with an introduction by Jeff Churan. Brown cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine/back cover, tipped-on illustration to… Read more about this item

Woodstock: Privately Printed, 1986. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stewart details "his early life, logging and logging camps, log drives in the Streams (sic), guiding and outfitting fishing and hunting parties." 303 pages, illustrated. A bit of wear to corners/spine ends, thin reading crease to… Read more about this item

Woodstock: Privately Printed, 1986. Book. Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stewart details "his early life, logging and logging camps, log drives in the Streams (sic), guiding and outfitting fishing and hunting parties." 303 pages, illustrated. Moderately cocked, some edgewear, bottom left corner of back cover creased, reading… Read more about this item

Doaktown: Central Miramichi Historical Society, 2014. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Green. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Contains 128 brief profiles of renowned fishers, flytiers, guides, and others who have contributed to the Miramichi area's well-deserved reputation in the salmon-fishing world. Among those inducted into the Atlantic Salmon Museum's Hall of Fame during the 30-year span… Read more about this item

Dieppe: Dieppe Fly Tying Club, 2012. Book. Illus. by Lloyd Lutes (cover illustration). Very Good. Spiral Bound Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Contains both English and French text. "A total of 219 flies representing the five common fly categories are included in this book," the categories being dry flies, wet flies, bombers, bugs,… Read more about this item

Toronto: MacLean Publishing Company Limited, 1936. Magazine. Illus. by F. Sands Brunner (cover illustration). Fair to Good. Side-stapled wraps. First Printing.. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Contains a variety of stories and articles, among them short fiction by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding ("Pink Soap Princess"), Borden Chase ("The Runt"), and James Francis Dwyer ("The Red Ape of Pontianak"), and… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1894. Book. Illus. by Illustrations from photographs by Colonel Paget. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An account of Wolverton's hunting adventures in Somali Land, where he and Arthur Colonel Paget bagged lions, gazelles, crocodiles, and a variety of other animals. Beige cloth w/small lion illustration/lettering in gilt to front cover… Read more about this item

Toronto: Jardine & Young Limited, 1966. Magazine. About Very Good. Magazine. 1st printing.. Small quarto. Features articles on a wide variety of subjects, including a moose hunter's tall tales, ice fishing, the best weapons for hunting rabbits, beer-and-game recipes, suggestions for building an ice hut, and more, by the editors, James Alverton, David Proulx, Marily Cooper, Jordan Hill, Ian Paterson,… Read more about this item

New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1952. Book. Illus. by Clyde Childress (photographs). Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A title from the Barnes Sports Library. The "main purpose in this book is to get the casual reader and fisherman excited about spinning -- explains the sport of spinning and tells why spinning with fine… Read more about this item

New York: Oliver Durrell, Inc., 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. a complete guide to spinning reels and spinning tackle for the fly-caster, bait-caster, surf or lake fisherman; brown cloth, 72 pgs., illustrated; light wear to corners/spine ends, small/faint soil mark to first end paper; price-clipped dj w/edgewear, 2" x 1" piece missing from top edge of front panel, 1/2" x… Read more about this item

London: H.F. & G. Witherby, 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the killing of African and Asiatic elephants to buffaloes, tigers, boar, wapiti, and most things in between, the author records for posterity the hunting exploits of a number of big game hunters. Brown cloth, 288 pages, illustrated. Bumped/worn corners/spine… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. Map. Illus. by Jaxon. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. No date (circa 1973). 30" x 40" folded map w/full colour illustrations, locations for river and sea fishing, and general information on fishing records. Some edgewear, uneven 1.5" tear to bottom edge, moderate general wear. .