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[Sarg]

On 10/2/2021 at 5:30 PM, jimbo_7071 said:

I haven't gotten around to reading these two, but I like the artwork on the dust jackets.

ETA: I'm vehemently against trophy hunting, but I hope to learn something from the books.

 

 

Jim Corbett was the opposite of a "big game hunter." He did shoot big game, but only because said "game" were killing people in droves in India. He hunted to save lives, never for sport.

The artwork on the covers of most of his books is pretty bad IMO. By far the best version of Man-Eaters of Kumaon is the 1961 Oxford printing, with the painted wrap-around cover by Raymond Sheppard, as well as interiors by the same artist. His pen work reminds me of J. Allen St. John.

[OtherEric]

On 10/10/2021 at 8:57 AM, Zonker said:

So, maybe a palate cleanser or two would be in order? 

 

 

Love it.  My PKD books are a bit more scattered; I've got the Ace D-Series mixed in with the other Ace D-Series (shown way back in this thread) but I'm up to about 20 firsts.  You've got more hardcovers than I do, though!

[jimbo_7071]

On 10/10/2021 at 12:51 PM, Sarg said:

 

Jim Corbett was the opposite of a "big game hunter." He did shoot big game, but only because said "game" were killing people in droves in India. He hunted to save lives, never for sport.

The artwork on the covers of most of his books is pretty bad IMO. By far the best version of Man-Eaters of Kumaon is the 1961 Oxford printing, with the painted wrap-around cover by Raymond Sheppard, as well as interiors by the same artist. His pen work reminds me of J. Allen St. John.

That is some nice artwork! Now that I've been discussing those books, I'll have to finally read them.

 

[adamstrange]

On 10/10/2021 at 12:58 PM, jimbo_7071 said:

That is some nice artwork! Now that I've been discussing those books, I'll have to finally read them.

 

They are a great read. Corbett is astute observer of nature and a modest individual who portrays his accomplishments and hardships in a matter-of-fact manner.

The first national park created by an independent India was named for Corbett in recognition of his promotion of conservation and personal bravery in tracking and killing some of the worst man-eating cats in modern history.

[october]

Unlike comics, I don't really "collect" books, just accumulate them as I read and keep the favorites. The John Bellairs hardcovers are an exception I guess.

 

Edited October 11, 2021 by october

[goldenacase]

A few lunch boxes a couple of autographs a cool Polaroid pic thats sadly faded

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

On 9/27/2021 at 3:21 PM, Pat Calhoun said:

While most of the books in my hardcover collection have DJs, they are interspersed with those without them: often older books with nice decor on the cloth boards, and those, though fewer in number, do much to lend the whole library an antiquarian look. Here's some from my files with fun stuff on the covers.

Some very nice book design there.

[Black Bat]

Well here it is:

I used to have about 4 of these- not a ton of valuables (although there is a first edition Tom Sawyer and a few Flannery O'Connors in there somewhere), lots of obscure art books, and just weird cool stuff, all well read.  But the stuff dates from my early childhood (disney land skull from approx 1965) to present day (some of the comics/pulps are from this year, just haven't been filed away yet).  Also stuff from dad, grand dads, and other ancestors.  I've been moving around with so much stuff from my past that last year I forced myself to condense it into one shelf (although admittedly there are several storage boxes full of goodies still lurking around).  In some ways, its all kinda my whole life on a shelf.

Edited October 11, 2021 by Black Bat

[Number 6]

My bookshelf is a work in progress but here are three additions to my self that just arrived in the mail today: