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THE DEER BOOK Lamar Underwood AMWELL PRESS ltd ed SIGNED hunting Al Barker ill THE DEER BOOK Lamar Underwood AMWELL PRESS ltd ed SIGNED hunting Al Barker ill Click images to enlarge Description THE DEER BOOK is edited by Lamar Underwood, was published by the AMWELL PRESS in 1980. ********************************************** The AMWELL PRESS is the publishing arm of THE NATIONAL SPORTING FRATERNITY founded in March, 1976 by Jim Rikhoff. He was know and liked throughout the sport publishing industry as a result of his early founding of the Winchester Press. Because of his popularity with the industry he was able to get a who's who of international big game hunters and sport hunters as authors. The titles in the series would include original works by professional hunters, books by active sport hunters, anthologies that contained selections from both contemporary hunters and classic works and reprints of sought after titles. The titles are limited to 1000 copies with beautiful leather bindings and slipcases. These titles are all signed by the author or editor or both and by Jim Rikhoff. In many editions you will find great photographs from the authors personal collections while in others you will find illustrations from artists that capture the feel of the stories. ********************************************* THE DEER BOOK by Lamar Underwood is an anthology of 39 deer hunting adventures in North America by a number of well-known authors including Jack O'Connor, Theodore Roosevelt, Ted Trueblood, Larry Koller, Robert Ruark, Warren Page, Archibald Rutledge, and Gene Hill, among others. ********************************************* Illustrated throughout with ORIGINAL black and white drawings and a color frontispiece by Al Barker. ********************************** Beautiful dark GREEN leather, spine lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt, front cover giltstamped with an image of a deer, covers double-gilt-ruled, in a light GREEN slipcase. ************************** THE BOOK IS IN FINE CONDITION. THE SLIPCASE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME LIGHT FADING ALONG THE EDGES. THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAS A NEAT EMBOSSED SEAL AT THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE LIMITATION PAGE. ********************************* LIMITED EDITION OF #604/1000 COPIES, SIGNED BY LAMAR UNDERWOOD (THE EDITOR), AL BARKER (THE ILLUSTRATOR) AND JIM RIKHOFF (PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL SPORTING FRATERNITY). ********************************* - 6 1/4" by 9 1/2". - 460 pages. - foreward by John Madson. - introduction by Lamar Underwood. - type for this volume was set by the American-Stratford Graphic Services, Inc. - printed on acid-free paper, and Smythe-sewn and custom bound by Haddon Craftsmen, Scranton, Pennsylvania. - Edited by Lamar Underwwod. - Designed by Monica Sullivan. ********************************************* THE DEER BOOK is a unique collection of deer hunting stories. The real question is not why we hunt deer, but rather why we enjoy it. The tree most common reasons , I suppose, are the meat reason, the trophy reason and the companionship reason. It was over a century ago that James Fenimore Cooper lamented on the impact of civilization on the wilderness and was deeply concerned over the tragic clash between wilderness and civilization. The genuine deer hunter is among the men best equipped to see this, for he has one foot in the woods and the other in town and understands the value of both places, more than most men. If you're like me, you're probably be reading these stories in front of a fire, when the day's work or week's work is finished and the drink's have been poured and you're ready to let your mind slip away for a while to other days, other hunts. Your companions in THE DEER BOOK, in the pages ahead, will be men you will like, that I promise, enjoy. ********************************** During the next few weeks, in plenty of time for Christmas, I will be offering a number of additional AMWELL PRESS, leather, signed, slipcased, LIMITED EDITIONS, each sold seperately. NOTE: any glare is from my camera, not the book. Images sell! Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting Create your brand with Auctiva's Customizable Templates. Attention Sellers - Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter