Old Alaska books: Alaska hunting & fishing.

Alaska Magazine. ALASKA FISHING GUIDE: 1978-1979. Alaska Northwest. 1978. 174pp.+ ads. softcover. Very good. INV#1087. $10.00 plus $2.00 postage & packing for this book, $1 for each additional book.

Alaska Magazine. ALASKA HUNTING GUIDE: 1975-1976. Alaska Northwest. 1975. 200pp. softcover. Very good. INV#1086. $10.00 plus $2.00 postage & packing for this book, $1 for each additional book.

Annabel, Russell. ALASKAN DAYS, MEXICAN NIGHTS. Amwell. 1987. 455pp. Fine, as new, in slipcase. INV#1104. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Annabel, Russell. HUNTING AND FISHING IN ALASKA. Knopf. 1948. First edition. 341+ pages. Annabel's many years hunting moose, sheep, brown & black bear, goats, and game birds, and fishing for salmon and trout. Slight dampstain at top edge affecting most pages by causing red dye on top edge to bleed into pages an average of 1/16 inch to 1/4 inch, for about 1 inch of the top right of each page. Some spots on front cover. Otherwise, Very good. INV#1040 SOLD

Annabel, Russell. HUNTING AND FISHING IN ALASKA. Knopf. 1948. First edition. 341+ pages. Annabel's many years hunting moose, sheep, brown & black bear, goats, and game birds, and fishing for salmon and trout. Good, no dust jacket. Uneven sun fading on front & back cover. INV#1208. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Auer, Harry. CAMP FIRES IN THE YUKON. Stewart & Kidd. 1916. First edition. 205 pp. Big game hunting in the Saint Elias Range, Yukon Territory. Sheep, caribou, moose, goat. Very good. INV#1051. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Barnett, Dave. THE UPPER YUKON: ANOTHER LOOK AT WILDERNESS HUNTING. Amwell Press. 1983. First edition, limited to 1000 copies, signed by the author. Fine, as new, in slipcase. INV#1079. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Batten, John H. SKYLINE PURSUITS. Amwell Press. 1989. First trade edition. Mostly sheep hunting. Fine, as new in slipcase. INV#1116. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Beach, Rex. OH, SHOOT! Confessions of an Agitated Sportsman. Harper. 1921. First edition. Includes a bear hunt on the Copper River. Some insect damage to one corner of cover, one page roughly opened, otherwise very good. INV#1107. $32.00 plus $4 postage & packing for first book, $1 for each additional book.

Beach, Rex. OH, SHOOT! Confessions of an Agitated Sportsman. Harper. 1921. First edition. Includes a bear hunt on the Copper River. Light foxing, binding a bit loose, otherwise very good. INV#1108. $45.00 plus $4 postage & packing for first book, $1 for each additional book.

Beach, Rex. OH, SHOOT! Confessions of an Agitated Sportsman. Harper. 1921. First edition. Includes a bear hunt on the Copper River. Fair to good. INV#1119. $32.00 plus $4 postage & packing for first book, $1 for each additional book.

Beach, William N. IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT McKINLEY. Derrydale Press. 1931. 289 pp. Limited edition of only 750 copies. Illustrated by Carl Rungius. Beach hunted the north slope of the Alaska Range on four trips, 1922, 1925, 1926, and 1930. Fine, spine very slightly faded. INV#1070. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Beach, William N. IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT McKINLEY. Derrydale Press. 1992. 289 pp. Limited edition of 2500 copies. Illustrated by Carl Rungius. Beach hunted the north slope of the Alaska Range on four trips, 1922, 1925, 1926, and 1930. Fine, as new. INV#1071. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Bond, James H. FROM OUT OF THE YUKON. Binfords & Mort. 1948. First edition. 220 pp. Big game hunting in the Mayo region, Wind River, Ogilvie Range, and Mackenzie Mountains. Very good/very good. INV#1088.

Bond, James H. FROM OUT OF THE YUKON. Binfords & Mort. 1948. First edition. 220 pp. Big game hunting in the Mayo region, Wind River, Ogilvie Range, and Mackenzie Mountains. Signed by the author. Very good/very good. INV#1119.

Bond, James H. FROM OUT OF THE YUKON. Binfords & Mort. 1948. First edition. 220 pp. Big game hunting in the Mayo region, Wind River, Ogilvie Range, and Mackenzie Mountains. Fine. INV#1118. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Bovet, Louis A. MOOSE HUNTING IN ALASKA, WYOMING, AND YUKON TERRITORY. Dorrance. 1933. 143 pp. Slight waterstains, otherwise, very good. INV#1103. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Branham, Bud. SOURDOUGH AND SWAHILI: A Professional Hunter on two Continents. Amwell. 1989. Bear. caribou, moose, etc. Fine, as new in slipcase. INV#1112. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Caras, Roger. MONARCH OF DEADMAN BAY: The Life and Death of a Kodiak Bear. Bantam paperback. 1972 (1969). Good. INV#1081. $2.50 plus $1 postage & packing for this book, $1 for each additional book.

Christy, Harry. THE PRACTICAL TRAPPER: SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRAPPING FUR ANIMALS. 1923. Cordova Daily Times Press, Cordova, Alaska. 6-1/4” by 9-1/8”, 85 pages. Chapters include: The Trapline, Beaver, Mink, Weasel, Muskrat, Lynx, Bear, Snares & Deadfalls, etc. Very good. RARE Alaska imprint. [shelf locator: Hunting glass case] $195 plus $5.00 postage & packing & insurance (international orders extra) for this book. To order this item email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Coffey, Leora S. WILDS OF ALASKA BIG-GAME HUNTING. Adventure Press. 1963. Third edition. softbound. Dog-eared, otherwise very good. INV# 1116. $15.00 plus $3 postage & packing for this book, $1 for each additional book.

DeHart, Don. OH, FOR THE LIFE OF A GUIDE. Johnson Publishing. 1968. softbound. DeHart's guiding experiences in Alaska. good. INV#1092. $15.00 plus $3 postage & packing for this book, $1 for each additional book.

Eddy, John W. HUNTING ON THE KENAI PENINSULA. Lowman & Hanford. 1924. First Edition. 90 pp. ANDY SIMONS' copy! Inscribed "To Andy Simons. From John W. Eddy" on first free end page. On the page following the copyright page is: To "Andy Simons" With the hope that these letters will convey to you something of what a hunting trip means to me. "John W. Eddy". Andy Simons was the legendary guide who held ALASKA GUIDE BADGE #1. The book is about a hunting trip guided by Andy Simons, who guided a whose-who list of famous early hunters. For more on Andy Simons see Morgan Sherwood's BIG GAME IN ALASKA, pages 12 and 122, and the photos after page 102. A highspot for any Alaska hunting collection! Very good. INV# 1046. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Eddy, John W. HUNTING THE ALASKA BROWN BEAR. G.P.Putnam's Sons. 1930. First edition. 253 pp. Hunting on the Alaska Peninsula, and bear behavior. Very good. INV#1069. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Endicott, Wendell. ADVENTURES IN ALASKA AND ALONG THE TRAIL. Stokes. 1928. First edition. 344. Hunting trip from Big Delta up the Tanana River to the Little Gerstle River, Daugherty Creek, Boulder Creek, Lyon Creek, Johnson River, Haley Creek, and Berry Creek, of the Alaska Range. Very good. INV#1058. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Endicott, Wendell. ADVENTURES IN ALASKA AND ALONG THE TRAIL. Stokes. 1928. First edition. 344. Hunting trip from Big Delta up the Tanana River to the Little Gerstle River, Daugherty Creek, Boulder Creek, Lyon Creek, Johnson River, Haley Creek, and Berry Creek, of the Alaska Range. Fine. INV#1072. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Endicott, Wendell. ADVENTURES IN ALASKA AND ALONG THE TRAIL. Stokes. 1928. First edition. 344. Hunting trip from Big Delta up the Tanana River to the Little Gerstle River, Daugherty Creek, Boulder Creek, Lyon Creek, Johnson River, Haley Creek, and Berry Creek, of the Alaska Range. Xlibrary,(no external markings), loss to rear end paper, spine slightly soiled, otherwise cover is fine, interior very good. INV#1101. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Endicott, Wendell. ADVENTURES IN ALASKA AND ALONG THE TRAIL. Stokes. 1928. First edition. 344. Hunting trip from Big Delta up the Tanana River to the Little Gerstle River, Daugherty Creek, Boulder Creek, Lyon Creek, Johnson River, Haley Creek, and Berry Creek, of the Alaska Range. Xlibrary reading copy. INV#1120. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Gordon, George. IN THE ALASKAN WILDERNESS. Winston. 1917. First edition. 247 pp + maps. Gordon, with his brother, made a canoe and boat journey in 1907 from Whitehorse down the Yukon River, up the Tanana and Kantishna, and down the Kuskokwim. They collected specimens for the Univ. of Penn. Museum. Slightly soiled and faded spine, otherwise fine. INV#1062. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Grant, Norman B. RECORDS OF ALASKA BIG GAME. Alaska Big Game Trophy Club, Inc. 1971. 111pp. Fine, in torn & repaired dust jacket. INV#1120. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Herbert, Agnes. TWO DIANAS IN ALASKA. Nelson. 1909. 256pp. First British edition. Two women big-game hunters, the author and her cousin, fresh from a big-game hunt in Africa, hunt big-game on Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula. "My last book, which was a record of a shooting trip in Somaliland, was just returned to me by a lady...as she said she 'didn't like so much killing'...We went to Alaska to shoot, and- we shot." Very good in good dust jacket. INV#1170. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Hibben, Frank C. HUNTING AMERICAN BEARS. Lippincott. 1950. First edition. 247pp. Hibben dedicates the book (all the books, not this copy)"To Allen Hasselborg, of Admiralty Island, the one human who has come the closest to knowing all there is to know about bears, this book is affectionately dedicated". Very good in partial dust jacket. INV#1114. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Holman, John. SHEEP AND BEAR TRAILS: A Hunter's Wanderings in Alaska and British Columbia. Walters. 1933. First edition. 211 pp. Signed and inscribed by John Holman, December 25, 1942. Very good. INV#1054. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Holzworth, John M. THE TWIN GRIZZLIES OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND. Lippincott. 1932, second impression. 252 pp.Very good/very good. INV#1090. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Holzworth, John M. THE TWIN GRIZZLIES OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND. Lippincott. 1932. First edition. 252 pp. Inscribed by Holzworth. Spine soiled and faded, otherwise fine. INV#1075. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Holzworth, John M. THE TWIN GRIZZLIES OF ADMIRALTY ISLAND. Lippincott. 1932. First edition. 252 pp. Very good to fine. INV#1102. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Holzworth, John M. THE WILD GRIZZLIES OF ALASKA: A Story of the Grizzly and big Brown Bears of Alaska, their Habits, Manners and characteristics, together with Notes on Mountain Sheep and Caribou, Collected by the Author for the United States Biological Survey. G.P.Putnam's Sons. 1930. First edition (the TRUE first edition with BLUE boards, and a COLOR frontis of an Alaska brown bear). 417 pp. Holzworth spent 1927-1929 on Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof Islands in Southeastern Alaska (These 'ABC Island' bears have been found, genetically, to be more closly related to polar bears, than other Alaska brown bears). Holzworth dedicates the book to Allen Hasselborg. Inscribed by Holzworth. Fine in very good dust jacket. INV#1073. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Holzworth, John M. THE WILD GRIZZLIES OF ALASKA: A Story of the Grizzly and big Brown Bears of Alaska, their Habits, Manners and characteristics, together with Notes on Mountain Sheep and Caribou, Collected by the Author for the United States Biological Survey. G.P.Putnam's Sons. 1930. First edition (the TRUE first edition with BLUE boards, and a COLOR frontis of an Alaska brown bear). 417 pp. Holzworth spent 1927-1929 on Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof Islands in Southeastern Alaska (These 'ABC Island' bears have been found, genetically, to be more closly related to polar bears, than other Alaska brown bears). Holzworth dedicates the book to Allen Hasselborg. Corners bumped, otherwise fine & bright. INV#1092. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Holzworth, John M. THE WILD GRIZZLIES OF ALASKA: A Story of the Grizzly and big Brown Bears of Alaska, their Habits, Manners and characteristics, together with Notes on Mountain Sheep and Caribou, Collected by the Author for the United States Biological Survey. G.P.Putnam's Sons. 1930. First edition (the TRUE first edition with BLUE boards, and a COLOR frontis of an Alaska brown bear). 417 pp. Holzworth spent 1927-1929 on Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof Islands in Southeastern Alaska (These 'ABC Island' bears have been found, genetically, to be more closly related to polar bears, than other Alaska brown bears). Holzworth dedicates the book to Allen Hasselborg. Spine slightly faded, owner's name lightly rubberstamped to top edge, owner's name writted on ffep, otherwise fine & bright. INV#1094. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Holzworth, John M. THE WILD GRIZZLIES OF ALASKA: A Story of the Grizzly and big Brown Bears of Alaska, their Habits, Manners and characteristics, together with Notes on Mountain Sheep and Caribou, Collected by the Author for the United States Biological Survey. G.P.Putnam's Sons. 1930. Binding variant of the first edition (the TRUE first edition with BLUE boards, this copy with lighter blue cloth, and a COLOR frontis of an Alaska brown bear). 417 pp. Holzworth spent 1927-1929 on Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof Islands in Southeastern Alaska (These 'ABC Island' bears have been found, genetically, to be more closly related to polar bears, than other Alaska brown bears). Holzworth dedicates the book to Allen Hasselborg. Fine & bright. INV#1095. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Holzworth, John M. THE WILD GRIZZLIES OF ALASKA: A Story of the Grizzly and big Brown Bears of Alaska, their Habits, Manners and characteristics, together with Notes on Mountain Sheep and Caribou, Collected by the Author for the United States Biological Survey. G.P.Putnam's Sons. 1930. Stated first edition, but this is the second printing in rust boards with black & white frontis. 417 pp. Holzworth spent 1927-1929 on Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof Islands in Southeastern Alaska (These 'ABC Island' bears have been found, genetically, to be more closly related to polar bears, than other Alaska brown bears). Holzworth dedicates the book to Allen Hasselborg. Very good. INV#1093. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Hornady, William T. CAMP-FIRES IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES. Scribners. 1907 (1906). Some insect damage to a couple of inches of the lower front hinge and succeeding few pages, otherwise fine with illustration of a goat pasted on cover. INV#1078. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Hubback, T. R. TO FAR WESTERN ALASKA FOR BIG GAME: Being an account of two Journeys to Alaska in search of Adventure. Rowland Ward/Scribners. 1929. 232 pp. Hunting sheep and moose on the Kenai, brown bear on the Alaska Peninsula, and moose, sheep, and caribou in the Suitna and Kuskokwim regions. Spine faded as usual, otherwise FINE with the map. INV#1061. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Hubback, T. R. TO FAR WESTERN ALASKA FOR BIG GAME: Being an account of two Journeys to Alaska in search of Adventure. Rowland Ward/Scribners. 1929. 232 pp. Hunting sheep and moose on the Kenai, brown bear on the Alaska Peninsula, and moose, sheep, and caribou in the Suitna and Kuskokwim regions. Moderate foxing. Someone has gone over the lettering on the cover with a gold marker(?) and mucked it up. Lacks map. Otherwise very good. INV#1098. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Hubback, T. R. TEN THOUSAND MILES TO ALASKA FOR MOOSE AND SHEEP. Shorey reprint of Outdoor Life articles of March, April, May and June, 1921. 1974. softbound. 19pp. Very good. INV#1099. $8.00 plus $1.50 postage & packing for this book, $1 for each additional book.

Kaniut, Larry. ALASKA BEAR TALES. Alaska Northwest. 1988 (1983). softbound. Over 200 accounts of bear attacks, bear encounters, etc. New. INV#1084. $10.95 plus $2 postage & packing for this book, $1 for each additional book.

Kaniut, Larry. ALASKA BEAR TALES. Alaska Northwest. 1991 (1983). softbound. Over 200 accounts of bear attacks, bear encounters, etc. New. INV#1085. $12.95 plus $2 postage & packing for this book, $1 for each additional book.

Lombard, Laurence. FLIGHT TO ALASKA-1930: The Journey of Flit, an open cockpit biplane, and two young men who flew her from Boston to Alaska- and backagain- for a holiday, in the earlier days of aviation. Lombard, privately printed. 1966. First Edition. 139pp. Contains chapters on bear hunting with Allen Hasselborg. Very good. INV#1029. $45.00 plus $3 postage for first book, $1 for each additional book.

Martindale, Thomas. HUNTING IN THE UPPER YUKON. Jacobs. 1913. First edition. Big game hunting near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Very good. INV#1049. SOLD

McCracken, Harold. ALASKA BEAR TRAILS. Doubleday, Doran. 1931. First edition. 260 pp. The Stoll-McCracken expedition, hunting walrus in the Chukchi Sea, and hunting brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula.Very good; spine faded. INV#1047. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

McCracken, Harold. ALASKA BEAR TRAILS. Doubleday, Doran. 1931. First edition. 260 pp. The Stoll-McCracken expedition, hunting walrus in the Chukchi Sea, and hunting brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula. Inscribed to Harold Noice, the polar explorer, from Harold McCracken. Good; spine faded. INV#1048. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

McCracken, Harold. ALASKA BEAR TRAILS. Doubleday, Doran. 1931. First edition. 260 pp. The Stoll-McCracken expedition, hunting walrus in the Chukchi Sea, and hunting brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula. Library rebound, otherwise good. INV#1349. $45.00 plus $4 postage & packing for first book, $1 for each additional book.

McGuire, J. A. IN THE ALASKA-YUKON GAMELANDS. Stewart Kidd. 1921. First edition, more scarce than the later Appleton binding. Hunting goat, sheep, caribou, and moose, by pack horses from McCarthy to the White River region. Very good, inner hinges separated. INV#1052. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

McGuire, J. A. IN THE ALASKA-YUKON GAMELANDS. Stewart Kidd. 1921. First edition, more scarce than the later Appleton binding. Hunting goat, sheep, caribou, and moose, by pack horses from McCarthy to the White River region. Fine & bright. INV#1053. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

McGuire, J. A. IN THE ALASKA-YUKON GAMELANDS. Stewart Kidd. 1921. First edition, more scarce than the later Appleton binding. Hunting goat, sheep, caribou, and moose, by pack horses from McCarthy to the White River region. Owner's name on ffep. Very good to fine. INV#1093. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Mitchell, B. W. TRAIL LIFE IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES. Macmillan. 1924. 269pp. Xlibrary reading copy; hole cut out of title page. INV#1121. $20.00 plus $4 postage & packing for first book, $1 for each additional book.

Mixter, George. HUNTING THE GREAT BROWN BEAR OF ALASKA. in National Gergraphic Magazine, April, 1909. A brown bear hunt to the Alaska Peninsula in 1908, with 35 illustrations. Whole issue. Very good. INV#1121. SOLD

Murdoch, W.G.Burn. MODERN WHALING & BEAR-HUNTING: A Record of Present-day Whaling...and of Bear and Seal Hunting in the Arctic Regions. Lippincott. 1917. Very good. INV#1064. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Niedieck, Paul. CRUISES IN THE BERING SEA. Rowland Ward/Scribners. 1909. Very scarce. Only account of sheep hunting on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Bookplate roughly removed. 1/4 inch tear in top of cover. Small, light stain at bottom of a few pages around page 107, otherwise very good. INV#1057. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Niedieck, Paul. CRUISES IN THE BERING SEA. Rowland Ward/Scribners. 1909. Very scarce. Only account of sheep hunting on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Worn reading copy. INV#1111. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Powell, Addison. TRAILING & CAMPING IN ALASKA. Wessels & Bissell. 1910 (1909). 379 pp. Powell was a government scout, prospector, and hunter in Alaska for 10 years, in the Copper River region, and the Nabezna, Chitina, Tanana, and upper Susitna Rivers. Fine. INV#1059. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Powell, Addison. TRAILING & CAMPING IN ALASKA. Wessels & Bissell. 1909. First edition. Xlibrary; no external markings. 379 pp. Powell was a government scout, prospector, and hunter in Alaska for 10 years, in the Copper River region, and the Nabezna, Chitina, Tanana, and upper Susitna Rivers. Xlibrary, otherwise very good to fine. INV#1109. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Scull, E. Marshall. HUNTING IN THE ARCTIC AND ALASKA. Winston. 1914. First edition. 304 pp. Scull explored and hunted 2000 miles down the Yukon River to Siberia, Wrangell Island, Alaska Peninsula, and Kenai Peninsula. He hunted walrus, sheep, bears, etc. Very good. INV#1068. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Scull, E. Marshall. HUNTING IN THE ARCTIC AND ALASKA. Duckworth. 1914. First British edition, the most attractive edition, with gilt deer on the front cover. 304 pp. Scull explored and hunted 2000 miles down the Yukon River to Siberia, Wrangell Island, Alaska Peninsula, and Kenai Peninsula. He hunted walrus, sheep, bears, etc. Fine & bright. INV#1097. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Scull, E. Marshall. HUNTING IN THE ARCTIC AND ALASKA. Winston. 1915 (1914).Second printing. 304 pp. Scull explored and hunted 2000 miles down the Yukon River to Siberia, Wrangell Island, Alaska Peninsula, and Kenai Peninsula. He hunted walrus, sheep, bears, etc. Very good. INV#1096. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Seabury, Joseph. REFLECTIONS OF A MOOSE HUNTER. Todd, privately printed. 1921. First Edition. New Brunswick moose hunting. Fine. INV#1056. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Seton-Karr, Heywood W. BEAR-HUNTING IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS; OR, ALASKA AND BRITISH COLUMBIA REVISITED. Chapman & Hall. 1891. First edition. The author hunted and explored in the Chilkat region of northern southeastern Alaska in 1890. Map repaired. Very good, in custom tooled leather binding from the library of Henry Arthur Johnstone. INV#1100. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Sheldon, Charles. THE WILDERNESS OF DENALI: Explorations of a Hunter-naturalist in Northern Alaska. Scribners. 1930. First edition. 412 pp. Sheldon hunted and studied the north side of the Alaska Range from 1906-1908, in the Denali region, especially the Toklat River. George Bird Grinnell called him "our most famous big-game hunter". Sheldon's library of over 6000 volumes went to Yale University. Fine & bright. INV#1067. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Sheldon, Charles. THE WILDERNESS OF DENALI: Explorations of a Hunter-naturalist in Northern Alaska. Scribners. 1960. Second edition. 412 pp. Sheldon hunted and studied the north side of the Alaska Range from 1906-1908, in the Denali region, especially the Toklat River. George Bird Grinnell called him "our most famous big-game hunter". Sheldon's library of over 6000 volumes went to Yale University. Fine in fine dust jacket. INV#1118. $60.00 plus $4 postage & packing for first book, $1 for each additional book.

Sheldon, Charles. THE WILDERNESS OF DENALI: Explorations of a Hunter-naturalist in Northern Alaska. Scribners. 1960. Second edition. 412 pp. Sheldon hunted and studied the north side of the Alaska Range from 1906-1908, in the Denali region, especially the Toklat River. George Bird Grinnell called him "our most famous big-game hunter". Sheldon's library of over 6000 volumes went to Yale University. Fine in very good dust jacket. INV#1113. $48.00 plus $4 postage & packing for first book, $1 for each additional book.

Sheldon, Charles. THE WILDERNESS OF DENALI: Explorations of a Hunter-naturalist in Northern Alaska. Scribners. 1960. Second edition. 412 pp. Sheldon hunted and studied the north side of the Alaska Range from 1906-1908, in the Denali region, especially the Toklat River. George Bird Grinnell called him "our most famous big-game hunter". Sheldon's library of over 6000 volumes went to Yale University. Very good. INV#1117. $35.00 plus $4 postage & packing for first book, $1 for each additional book.

Sheldon, Charles. THE WILDERNESS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST ISLANDS: A Hunter's Experiences while Searching for Wapiti, Bears, and Caribou on the Larger Coast Islands of British Columbia and Alaska. Scribners. 1912. First edition. 246 pp. Illustrated by Carl Rungius. Fine & bright. INV#1066. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Sheldon, Charles. THE WILDERNESS OF THE UPPER YUKON: A Hunter's Explorations for Wild Sheep in Sub-arctic Mountains. Scribners. 1911. First edition. 354 pp. Frontis color painting of rams by Carl Rungius. In 1904 and 1905 Sheldon hunted or explored the following mountains: Ogilvie, Selwyn, Pelly, Rose, Glenlyon, and MicMillan; and the following rivers: MacMillan, Watson, Kotzebue, Pelly and Ross. Light wear to extremities, otherwise fine & bright. INV#1065. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Sheldon, Charles. THE WILDERNESS OF THE UPPER YUKON: A Hunter's Explorations for Wild Sheep in Sub-arctic Mountains. Scribners. 1913 (1911). Later edition. 354 pp. Frontis color painting of rams by Carl Rungius. In 1904 and 1905 Sheldon hunted or explored the following mountains: Ogilvie, Selwyn, Pelly, Rose, Glenlyon, and MicMillan; and the following rivers: MacMillan, Watson, Kotzebue, Pelly and Ross. Very good. INV#1122. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Sherwood, Morgan. BIG GAME IN ALASKA: A History of Wildlife and People. Yale University Press. 1981. First edition. 200 pp. A scholarly review of recreational and subsistence hunting, and wildlife management in Alaska, by an eminent Alaska historian. Fine/very good. INV#1076. $25.00 plus $4 postage & packing for first book, $1 for each additional book.

Thomas, William S. TRAILS AND TRAMPS IN ALASKA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. G.P.Putnam's Sons. 1913. First edition. 330 pp. The first 180 pages are of hunting and hatural history of southeast Alaska, the Kenai, and Kodiak Island. Edge wear, otherwise very good. INV#1106. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Thomas, William S. TRAILS AND TRAMPS IN ALASKA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. G.P.Putnam's Sons. 1913. First edition. 330 pp. The first 180 pages are of hunting and hatural history of southeast Alaska, the Kenai, and Kodiak Island. This copy defective: pages 21-28 were never bound in; they are supplied in facsimilie; page 41 roughly opened with 1/4 inch margin lost. Otherwise very good. INV#1105. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Trefzger, Hardy. MY FIFTY YEARS OF HUNTING, FISHING, PROSPECTING, GUIDING, TRADING, AND TRAPPING IN ALASKA. 1964. New York, Exposition Press. 118 pages, photos, maps. (cover and spine title: My fifty years in Alaska). [keywords: Frontier and pioneer life in Yakutat Alaska; Tlingit Indians of Yakutat]. Very scarce book. A classic, and in great demand. [shelf locator: Alaska Bookcase. No dust jacket. Very good. Name inside. One page corner folded. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com SOLD

U.S.Dept. of Agriculture. GAME LAWS FOR 1922. (includes Alaska) Farmers' bulletin No. 1288. 80pp. nice pencil sketches on the many blank pages at end. Very good. INV# 1115. $10.00 plus $3 postage & packing for this book, $1 for each additional book.

Waugh, Hal, and Charles J. Keim. FAIR CHASE WITH ALASKAN GUIDES. Alaska Northwest. 1975 (1972). softbound. Very good. INV#1089. $15.00 plus $3 postage & packing for this book, $1 for each additional book.

Whitney, Harry. HUNTING WITH THE ESKIMOS: A Unique Record of a Sportsman's Year among the Northernmost Tribe- the Big Game Hunting, the Native Life, and the Battle for Existence through the long Arctic Night. Century. 1910. First edition. Very good to fine. INV#1050. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Williams, Jay P. ALASKAN ADVENTURE. Stackpole. 1955 (1952). Second printing. Williams was a prospector, trapper, horse wrangler, worked on the boundary survey, was a forester, and big-game guide, rifleman, and marksman. The governor of Alaska stated that "It is a common remark among outdoor men in southeastern Alaska that Jay Williams has travelled afoot over more country, and has first hand knowledge of more places than any other individual". Townsend Whelen said "The more I read, the more I was thrilled...(Williams) has spent his whole life mastering the wilderness and its tools: the rifle, axe, packboard and snowshoe". Very good/very good. INV#1117. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Woodworth, Jim. THE KODIAK BEAR. Stackpole. 1958. 204 pp. Woodworth was a Kodiak bear guide for 7 years. Name blacked out on first blank page, otherwise fine. In facsimilie dust jacket. INV# 1060. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Woodworth, Jim. THE KODIAK BEAR. Stackpole. 1958. 204 pp. Woodworth was a Kodiak bear guide for 7 years. Very good in chipped dust jacket. INV# 1061. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Young, George O. ALASKAN TROPHIES WON AND LOST. Christopher. 1928. FIRST EDITION RARE 248 pp. The great classic Alaska hunting book George Young, a West Virginia state senator, made in 1919 an extensive and hazardous hunting trip into the Alaska wilderness. He nearly died on the trip, and his companion Dr. Evans died after reaching home, as a result of the hardships suffered on the trip. Not to be confused with the 1947 second edition, which most people think is the first. Fine condition. INV#1055. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Young, George O. ALASKAN YUKON TROPHIES WON AND LOST. Standard. 1947. Second edition. 273 pp. plus epilogue. The great classic Alaska hunting book. George Young, a West Virginia state senator, made in 1919 an extensive and hazardous hunting trip into the Alaska wilderness. He nearly died on the trip, and his companion Dr. Evans died after reaching home, as a result of the hardships suffered on the trip. Fine in near fine dust jacket. INV#1081. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Young, George O. ALASKAN YUKON TROPHIES WON AND LOST. Standard. 1947. Second edition. 273 pp. plus epilogue. The great classic Alaska hunting book. George Young, a West Virginia state senator, made in 1919 an extensive and hazardous hunting trip into the Alaska wilderness. He nearly died on the trip, and his companion Dr. Evans died after reaching home, as a result of the hardships suffered on the trip. Very good, no dust jacket. INV#1083. For price and availability email dick@AlaskaWanted.com

Young, George O. ALASKAN YUKON TROPHIES WON AND LOST. Wolfe. 1985. Third edition. 273 pp. plus epilogue. The great classic Alaska hunting book. George Young, a West Virginia state senator, made in 1919 an extensive and hazardous hunting trip into the Alaska wilderness. He nearly died on the trip, and his companion Dr. Evans died after reaching home, as a result of the hardships suffered on the trip. 1/4 leather binding. Fine, as new. OUT OF STOCK (it's possible I may have another buried here somewhere in storage).

Young, Ralph W. GRIZZLIES DON'T COME EASY: My Life as an Alaskan Bear Hunter. Winchester Press. 1981. First edition. Fine/fine. SOLD

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