The Formidable Game Hunting Copy #656 of a limited

Copy #656 of a limited edition of 1000 signed by the editor

The tanned leather sheath features a snap button that wraps around the handle

Ancrum Boykin

other than to say it’s about what was bouncing around in my husband’s head when he wrote it: a bon mèlange of what he holds most valuable

Hardbound in dust jacket (folio size)

The Formidable Game Hunting Copy #656 of a limitedJohn Batten, The Formidable Game (with a Foreword by Elgin Gates). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. Xii, 264 pages. Hardbound in bonded leather in a slipcase of boards covered with varnished linen. Illustrated, all edges gilt, ribbon marker, silk endpapers. Signed copy #431 of an edition of 1000. Book and slipcase very fine. $50.