THE FOREST & THE PLAIN John Batten AMWELL PRESS leather LTD ED signed HUNTING

THE FOREST AND THE PLAIN by John Batten was published by the AMWELL PRESS in 1984. This title is the sixth book in the series, "A BIG GAME HERITAGE BOOK".
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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.
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THE FOREST AND THE PLAIN by John Batten is a collection of hunting stories from around the world. He'll tell you about moose hunting in North America, hunting forest game from canoe in Ontario, hunting whitetails, mule deer, caribou, elk and proghorn as well. He'll regale you with great stories about red deer and fallow deer in Europe, hunts in Africa for spiral horn and gazelles, and exotic game in India. All these John Batten will tell you about, if you buy this book. 
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Illustrated throughout with ORIGINAL  black and white lines drawings by Peter Darroa with a color frontispiece. Also included are is a special photographic section from the author's private collection.
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Beautiful dark BROWN leather, spine lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt with the picture of elk and deer, front cover giltstamped with an stamp of the National Sporting Fraternity, back cover giltstamped with a picture of a turkey, covers double-gilt-ruled, in a light GOLD slipcase

*******************************                       THE BOOK AND SLIPCASE ARE IN FINE CONDITION.
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LIMITED EDITION OF #622/1000 COPIES, SIGNED BY JOHN H. BATTEN (THE AUTHOR), PETER DARRO (THE ILLUSTRATOR) AND JIM RIKHOFF (PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL SPORTING FRATERNITY).
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-5 3/4" by 8 1/2".
-243 pages.
-introduction by Richard Borden.

-preface by John Batten.
-type for this volume was set by the Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tennessee
-printed on acid-free paper by the Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tennessee
-Designed by Monica Sullivan.
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A compliation of renowned hunter John Batten's journals as he pursues worldwide game in the two biomes. From North America to India and Africa follow his whimsical and entertaining accounts as he hunts forest and plain animals along with Batten's typically astute chapter on rifles for these game animals, enjoy. 
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During the current year, 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.