Jack O’Connor Collection

Many avid hunters and gun aficionados consider Jack O’Connor the most talented individual ever to specialize in those subject areas. Whether or not you agree, there’s no disputing that for many years he was a leading light in American shooting sports, and one indication of that fact is the number of books he wrote or contributed to over the course of his career. Here’s an extensive representation of his work as a single offering, a total of 23 books including most of O’Connor’s publications, several anthologies of his extensive magazine writings, and with a modern biography. Some of his elusive paperback manuals are among the contents. Each book is listed individually below with a bit of information about its nature, contents, and condition. The entire O’Connor collection for $800.

The Art of Hunting Big Game in North America. NY: Outdoor Life, 1982. Hardbound in dust jacket [viii], 404 pages. Illustrated, index. Book very good; dust jacket about good.

The Best of Jack O’Connor. Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1977. Hardbound (large format) in dust jacket. [x], 192 pages. Illustrated. Book fair plus; dust jacket poor.

The Big Game Animals of North America. NY: E. P. Dutton for Outdoor Life, 1961. Hardbound (elephant folio). 264 pages. Lavishly illustrated, index. Fair copy (as is normally the case, the white binding is a bit grubby and the book’s spine is darkened).

Another copy. This one the updated and revised edition. Hardbound (elephant folio) in dust jacket. xii, 238 pages. Illustrated, index. Book about good; dust jacket poor.

The Big Game Rifle. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1994. Hardbound in dust jacket. xii, 372, xi pages. Illustrated, index. Reprint of the 1952 original. Book and dust jacket fine.

Classic O’Connor: 45 Worldwide Hunting Adventures (edited and compiled by Jim Casada). First edition. Columbia, SC: Sporting Classics, no date. Hardbound in dust jacket. xxxii, 400 pages. Illustrated. Signed by Casada. Book and dust jacket very fine.

Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns. NY: Harper & Row for Outdoor life, 1965. 2^nd edition, revised and updated. Hardbound in dust jacket. 477 pages. Illustrated, index. Book about fine; dust jacket fair.

Game in the Desert Revisited (with a Foreword by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. 2^nd printing (trade edition). Hardbound in slipcase with decorative cover. Xxx, 306 pages. Illustrated. Book and slipcase near fine.

Horse and Buggy West: A Boyhood on the Last Frontier. 1^st edition. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Hardbound in glassine-protected dust jacket. x, 302 pages. Illustrated. Ex lib. copy with minimal markings but a bit of tape staining.

The Hunter’s Shooting Guide. 3^rd printing. NY: Outdoor Life Books, 1980. Paperbound. vi, 170 pages. Illustrated, index. Very good.

Hunting in the Rockies. Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1988. Revised edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. viii, 297 iii pages. Illustrated, index. Book fine, dust jacket good.

Hunting on Three Continents with Jack O’Connor (with an Introduction by John Batten). Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1987. 2^nd edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. 302 pages. Illustrated. A selection of 30 representative pieces. Book fine; dust jacket good.

The Hunting Rifle. NY: Winchester Press, 1970. Hardbound in dust jacket [iv], 314 pages. Illustrated, index. About good.

Jack O’Connor’s Big Game Hunts. NY: E. P. Dutton for Outdoor Life, 1963. Hardbound in glassine-protected dust jacket. 415 pages. Illustrated. Book and dust jacket near fine.

The Last Book: Confessions of a Gun Editor (Foreword by Bradford O’Connor and edited with a special Introduction by Jim Rikhoff). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. Hardbound in slipcase with decorative cover (portrait of O’Connor by Rich Hauser). Xviii, 247 pages. Illustrated. Book and slipcase very good.

The Lost Classics of Jack O’Connor (edited and compiled by Jim Casada). 2^nd edition. Columbia, SC: Sporting Classics, 2004. Hardbound in dust jacket. xxx, 329 pages. Illustrated, bibliography. Signed by Jim Casada. Book and dust jacket very fine.

Outdoor Life Complete Book of Shooting. NY: Harper & Row for Outdoor Life, 1965. Hardbound in dust jacket. [iv], 385 pages. Illustrated, index. Book and dust jacket fair.

Rifle and Shotgun Shooting Basics. NY: Outdoor Life, no date. Paperbound. [iv], 41 pages. Illustrated. Fine.

The Rifle Book. 2^nd edition, revised and enlarged. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Hardbound in dust jacket. xii, 332, v pages. Illustrated, index. Fair only, with dust jacket worn and front cracked internally.

7-Lesson Rifle Shooting Course. NY: Outdoor Life, 1982. 3^rd printing. Paperbound. iv, 37 pages. Illustrated. Fine copy of a rather obscure O’Connor publication.

Sheep and Sheep Hunting. NY: Winchester Press, 1974. Hardbound in dust jacket. xii, 308 pages. Illustrated, index. Book about good; dust jacket near fine.

The Shotgun Book. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 1^st edition. viii,332, ix pages. Illustrated, index. Book near fine; dust jacket worn and spotted.

Sportsman’s Arms and Ammunition Manual. NY: Outdoor Life, 1952. Hardbound. 256 pages. Poor ex lib copy.

Robert Anderson, Jack O’Connor: The Legendary Life of America’s Greatest Gunwriter (with contributions by Buck Buckner). Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, 2002. 2^nd edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. xx, 261 pages. Illustrated, bibliography. Fine in fine dust jacket.