Books of the Day: The Dr. Walter Palmer Big Game Books Sale

In honor of the celebrated American hunter, Henry Bemis Books is offering its inventory of game hunting books at 60% off. Enjoy some narratives of responsible hunting, and avoid all the notoriety!

Corbett, Jim, The Corbett Collection (Safari Press, 6 volumes slipcased, 1991). ISBN 0-940143-54-2. Legendary British/Indian hunter /conservationist James Edward Corbett (1875-1955) devoted much of his life to hunting down and killing man-eating tigers and leopards. Between 1935 and 1954 he wrote six books on his experiences: My India; Jungle Lore; Man-Eaters of Kumaon; Temple Tiger/Tree Tops; and Leopards of Rudraprayag. Attractive five volume set, hardcover, very good condition. A prize for the big game enthusiast and pre-independence India fans. HBB price: $150. Dr. Walter Palmer Sale Price: $60.

Housholder, Bob, editor, Grand Slam of North American Wild Sheep (Imperial Lithographers/Roswell Bookbinding, 2nd printing, May 1974). A collection of tales by ten members of the Grand Slam Club of the North American Sheep Hunters Association, describing what it was like to be among the fifty or so hunters to bag all four North American rams. Hardcover with gold lettering/ram’s head on cover and spine, no dust jacket, very good condition, affectionately inscribed by contributor Dr. Roy A. Schultz,DVM to Russ Reid, “one of the best sheep outfitters and sheep guides on the North American Continent!!!” in September, 1977. HBB price: $100. Dr. Walter Palmer Sale Price: $40.

O’Connor, Jack, Hunting in the Southwest (Alfred A. Knopf, 2nd ed., 1945; originally published in limited ed., as Game in the Desert, 1939). Arizona native Jack O’Connor (1902-78) was the longtime firearms editor of Outdoor Life and created the journalism department at the University of Arizona. By 1945 he could support himself in conservation, hunting and firearms journalism, and moved to Idaho for the rest of his life. Hunting in the Southwest was the fourth of his 16 books. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket with a few small nicks along the top, good condition. 8.5” x 5.75 inches, 

280 pp. Rare. HBB price: $100. Dr. Walter Palmer Sale Price: $40.

Proper, Datus C., Pheasants of the Mind:  A Hunter’s Search for A Mythic Bird (Prentice hall Press, 1st ed., 1st printing, 1990). ISBN 0-13-662750-1. A Montana naturalist philosopher (“It is impossible to read this without being reminded of Garrison Keillor at his best,” famed food writer M.F.K. Fisher wrote), contemplates nature and the challenges of hunting for pheasant. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good 

condition, autographed. HBB price: $75. Dr. Walter Palmer Sale Price: $30.

Rinella, Stephen, The Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine, (Miramax Books, 1st ed., 1st printing, 2005). ISBN 1401135237-5. A bracing account of one man’s attempt to assemble all the ingredients required to produce the 45-course feast laid out in Escoffier’s 1903 book, Le Guide Culinaire). Praised as “part memoir, part cookbook, and a love song to hunting, fishing and the American wild.” Hardcover, octavo, 319 pp. Fine condition. Rare. HBB price: $100. Dr. Walter Palmer Sale Price: $40.

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