Blood Lines: Tales of Shooting & Fishing.

BUCKINGHAM, Nash.

Item Number: 116021

New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938.

First edition of the renowned American sporting writer’s work on wildfowling. Octavo, original boards with gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruling to the panels, and central illustrated motif. One of twelve hundred and fifty copies printed by Eugene F. Connett, this is number 747. In near fine condition. Bookplate to the pastedown.

Considered one of the most widely renowned and best-loved outdoor writers of his time, American author and conservationist Nash Buckingham wrote nine books and hundreds of articles that regularly appeared in such magazines as Outdoor Life and Field & Stream. An avid shotgunner and wing shot, he was considered an authority on all topics relating to waterfowl and upland birds, as well as the methods and tools used to hunt them.