Caucasian Battlefields
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. First. Hardcover. A history of the wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1928-1921. 614 pp, profuse ill and an amazing 39 folding maps. Scarce. VG+. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953. First. Hardcover. A history of the wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1928-1921. 614 pp, profuse ill and an amazing 39 folding maps. Scarce. VG+. More
London: John Murray, 1939. First. Hardcover. 308 pp, ill. VG+ copy with small stamp on front free end paper stating withdrawn from RCS library, 1931. No other markings. More
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1949. First. Hardcover. 298 pp, appendix, end paper maps. Classic on elephant hunting. A great reading book. First American edition. Hunting in the district in Africa known for its large tusked elephants - and exciting hunting action. A classic. Vg+ to near finein vg+ dj. More
London: Country Life, 1923. First. Hardcover. 187 pages of sheer reading enjoyment. Elephant hunting in the good old days when it was good. A fine copy in original paper boards over cloth spine. There is no wear at spine tips and the boards are in nice shape. The original label..... More
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Trade Ed. Reprint. Hardcover. 187 pp. ill. Beautiful reprint of orig. ed. with new intro. All edges gilt. Part of the Briar Patch Press African collection reprint series. A hunting classic. Fine condition. More
Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press, 2017. First Edition Ltd 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. Bell, W.D.M. INCIDENTS FROM AN ELEPHANT HUNTER'S DIARY 2017 CA Safari Press. Numbered, slipcased ltd ed. 208 pp, ill. A treasure trove of previously unpublished Bell big game hunting material came to light and was organized and presented..... More
Alexanderia VA: Boone & Crockett Club, 1984. Hardcover. tabulations of outstanding North American Big Game trophies accepted during the 18th awards entry period 1980-1982. 306 pp, ill. Fine in like dj. More
Cambridge, England: Hakluyt Society, 1964. Hakluyt-Second Series. Original Cloth. 1:Hornemann's travels from Cairo to Murzuk 1824/6, letters of Laing 1824/6 406 pp. ill. text maps & folding map. 2. Bornu Mission part 1 1822-25. 306 pp. ill. text and folding maps. 3. Bornu Mission part 2 1822/25. 285 pp. illl..... More
New York: St Martins Press, 1988. Capstick Reprint Series: 1st Ed Thus. Hardcover. 268 pp, ill. One of the popular classic African big game hunting titles in the Peter Capstick reprint series. Fine in like jacket. All the books in this series make great reading. More
Calcutta: Thacker Spink, 1928. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. 656 pp, two game registers inserted in rear pocket (one with a few entries, the other clean). Intended to be a small encyclopedia to help sportsmen identify and hunt game in India. Includes large and small game with section on equipment, rifles, ammunition..... More
Exeter, England: Webb & Bower, 1982. Simkin, R. First. Hardcover. 222 pp. Index. Profuse colored illustrations. More
London: The Holland Press Neville Spearman. Reprint. Hardcover. nd cA 1960 reprint of 1908 London 1st ed. 150 pp, ill. Churchill's famous hunting trips throughout eastern Africa. Hunting for a host of large, dangerous and plains game. All of Churchill's writings are good to read. A scarce book, hard to..... More
William Curry: Dublin, 1843. First. Hardcover. Sinde, Beloochistan, etc. detailed in a series of letters by the late Col William H Dennie ...with an appendix containing Col Dennie's correspondence with Lord Keane, Sir Henry Fane, etc. 223 pp, folding map. Narrative of the war from a soldier present... A valuable..... More
London: Constable, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Fergusson, W. ADVENTURE SPORT AND TRAVEL ON THE TIBETAN STEPPES 1911 London 342 pp. Large foldout map, 80 Ill. Travel and hunting. Internally very nice and tight. Orig. pict. Orig. printed cloth. Corners bumped, hinges loose (but binding folding firm). While the copy is..... More
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Limited Ed. Dlx Ltd Ed Rept: 500 Copies. Full Leather. One of the true classics on elephant hunting. Although often reprinted, this Briar Patch African collection book is one of the nicest. 272 pp, ill, all edges gilt. Full leather. Fine in like slipcase..... More
Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. 244 pp, ill. Nice reprint of a very popular and classic title. Couple of pages had been folded otherwise vg+ in vg dj. More
Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. 244 pp, ill. Nice reprint of a very popular and classic title. Couple of pages had been folded otherwise vg+ in vg dj. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1916. First Limited to 250 Copies. Hardcover. 242 pp. One of the classic elephant and African big game hunting books. The true FIRST edition limited to 250 copies of which, it is reported, that most were lost in an accident. It's been reprinted about as often as any..... More
Philadelphia PA: J B Lippincott, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. TRUE FIRST EDITION ltd to ONLY 250 copies. 242 pp. One of the rarest of all African elephant hunting titles. Privately printed for the editor, George Harrison for distribution to such hunters as Theodore Roosevelt and Sir Alfred Pease. A book..... More
Clinton NJ: Amwell Press, 1981. Bob Kuhn. First Limited Ed: 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. Signed by Tony Dyer and Jim Rikhoff. 312 pp. ill by Bob Kuhn, Bibliography. Sixth title in the African hunting heritage series. An exceptional book on elephant hunting, perhaps second only to Foran's later work, Legends of..... More
London: Adventurers Club, 1963. First Ed, Second Printing. Hardcover. 192 pp. ill. Foran published 18 books on various subjects (including big game hunting). He tells here of narrow escapes and pursuit of Africa's big five. Also American elk and sheep hunting. Near fine. Everything from tigers to the big five..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 192 pp, ill. Perhaps Foran's best known and most popular African big game hunting title. So popular in fact that it was published in a popular edition only two years after this first edition. This is the first edition published by Robert Hale..... More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 1997. Kuhn Bob. First - Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. More early hunters in Africa.319 pp. ill by Bob Kuhn. Issued on behalf of the East Africa Professional Hunters Assn. Open the pages of this book to go on an old time safari. Famous names..... More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 2001. Reprint. Hardcover. 336 pp, 43 ill. The long awaited reprint of perhaps the best biography ever done on RObert Ruark. It's been ten years since the original limited edition of only 1,000 copies sold out in less than a year. This reprint ed even..... More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 1992. Limited Ed. First - Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 315 pp, ill. Long respected, and this edition long out of print, biography of Robert Ruark a man who grew up as the Old Man's Boy and then became a columnist, hunter, adventurers, noted newspaperman..... More