GJim - Wolfe Library Classics

The Book Series

: Starting in 1984, and ending in 1990, Wolfe Publishing of Prescott, Arizona produced a series of reprints of classic gun and hunting related books. The books were produced in a limited edition of 1500 copies of each title. The books have cloth-covered boards, in various colors, with the Wolfe logo in gilt on the front cover, quarter dark-brown leather, with gilt lettering on the spines. There are 36 titles in the series - here is a list of titles in the order in which they were released.; •The Hunting Rifle, Col. Townsend Whelen; •Big Game Rifles and Cartridges, Elmer Keith; •Practical Dope on the Big Bores, F.C. Ness; •Handloading Ammunition, J.R. Mattern; •Alaskan Yukon Trophies Won and Lost, G.O. Young; •The Book of the Rifle, T.F. Fremantle; •African Rifles & Cartridges, John 'Pondoro' Taylor; •Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers, Julian S. Hatcher; •Military and Sporting Rifle Shooting, Capt. Edward C. Crossman; •A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa, Frederick Courtney Selous; •Modern Sportsman's Gun & Rifle Vol 1, J.H. 'Stonehenge' Walsh; •Modern Sportsman's Gun & Rifle Vol 2, J.H. 'Stonehenge' Walsh; •Modern American Pistols and Revolvers, A.C. 'Ralph Greenwood' Gould; •The American Shotgun, Col. Charles Askins; •Wilderness Hunting and Wildcraft, Col. Townsend Whelen; •Keith's Rifles for Large Game, Elmer Keith; •Field, Cover, and Trap Shooting, Adam H. Bogardus; •The Rifle in America, Philip B. Sharpe; •Hunting Trips in North America, Frederick Courtney Selous; •Shotguns, Elmer Keith; •Advanced Gunsmithing, W.F. Vickery; •Woodchucks and Woodchuck Rifles, C.S. Landis; •Hunting the Alaska Brown Bear, John W. Eddy; •Complete Guide to Handloading, Philip B. Sharpe; •Hunting Big Game - Volume I (Africa and Asia), Col. Townsend Whelen; •Hunting Big Game - Volume II (The Americas), Col. Townsend Whelen; •Experiments of a Handgunner, Walter F. Roper; •The Wilderness Hunter, Theodore Roosevelt; •The Book of the Springfield, Edward C. Crossman; •Practical Dope on the 22, F.C. Ness; •The Ultimate in Rifle Precision, Col. Townsend Whelen; •Textbook of Automatic Pistols, R.K. Wilson; •East Africa and Its Big Game, Captain Sir John C. Willoughby; •Identification of Firearms and Forensic Ballistics, Major Sir Gerald Burrard; •Small Arms Design and Ballistics - Volume I, Col. Townsend Whelen; •Small Arms Design and Ballistics - Volume II, Col. Townsend Whelen

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The Book Series