Henry Davis. THE AMERICAN WILD TURKEY. Small Arms Technical Publishing Company, Georgetown, S.C. 1949.
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$550-$800 Want level 25-50 Highish
NATURAL HISTORY / HUNTING
Seriously wanted book on the Wild Turkey and especially Turkey hunting. North America"s largest game bird. Published in a yellow tweed cloth binding. Can show up in a jacket. A 'Samworth Book on Hunting.'
VALUE? Seldom seen at much less than $650 although a facsimile was produced in 1984 which appears to retail at circa $100, but there aren't any around There was also a fancy leather bound 'premier' edition of 3000 copies in 1989 which can cost $250. These Premier Press editions seem curiously elusive for a book with such a large print run. Premier Press also produced 'The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting' in 1986 by Edward Mcilhenny, another 3000 copy edition facsimile of a 1914 printing in fancy pigskin. That goes for $150 and the original 1914 edition $1300+.The literature on this national bird is said to be enormous (like the bird.)
Although Premier Press states that their runs were 3000 copies, very seldom did they actually reach that number during publication. They only produced enough to meet the pre-order subscription numbers.
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