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KEITH, Elmer (1899-1984). A group of 8 titles, including: Keith’s Rifles for Large Game. Huntington: Standard Publications, Inc., 1946. 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher’s cloth binding (some wear to spine). FIRST EDITION. -- Another copy. Prescott: Wolfe Publishing Co., [1987]. 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher’s deluxe binding of brown morocco over dark brown cloth boards, spine and front board stamped in gilt; acetate dust jacket. DELUXE FACSIMILE REPRINT EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE number 217 of 1,500 copies. -- Elmer Keith’s Big Game Hunting. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1954]. 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher’s cloth binding (spine lightly sunned); publisher’s dust jacket (mild wear to spine and corners). REPRINT, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KEITH. -- Keith an Autobiography. [New York: Winchester Press, 1974]. 8vo. Illustrated. Publisher’s cloth binding (minor rubbing); publisher’s dust jacket (some edgewear, soiling, a few short tears). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY KEITH. -- “Hell, I Was There!”. Los Angeles: Peterson Publishing, [1979]. 4to. Illustrated. Publisher’s cloth binding; dust jacket (minor rubbing, one tiny hole at spine). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY KEITH. -- Sixguns by Keith. Harrisburg: The Stackpole Company, 1955. 4to. Illustrated. Publisher’s deluxe binding of full brown leather, slipcase. FIRST EDITION OF THIS STANDARD SIXGUN REFERENCE, #27 OUT OF APPROXIMATELY 100 COPIES SIGNED BY KEITH. -- Gun Notes Volume I [II]. Long Beach: Safari Press, Inc., [1995-96]. 4tos. Illustrated. Two volumes bound in publisher’s cloth, slipcases. FIRST EDITIONS, EACH LIMITED TO 500 COPIES SIGNED BY KEITH’S SON. Laid-in are various signed checks by Keith, brochures, and letters signed by publishers. Keith was a famous hunter, author, and firearms inventor.