The Formidable Game Alaska as on reviewer put it

as on reviewer put it seventy years ago

with some text although this is primarily a coffee table book

where the blade steel is visible all along the spine of the handle

and prepared

Handle: Black G10

The Formidable Game Alaska as on reviewer put itJohn Batten, The Formidable Game (with an Introduction by Elgin Gates). Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. Hardbound in bonded leather with slipcase (lacquered linen over boards). Xii, 264 pages. Illustrated (color frontispiece and original line drawings by Peter Darro along with photographs), ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Signed copy (by author, illustrator, and publisher) #153 of an edition of 1000. Condition is good, with the book being very fine