United Kingdom: privately printed, 2004. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies. Hardcover. 1871-1925. Naturalist, Hunter, Gentleman. 400 pages, profuse ill. Cunninghame was a man of high standing in the ranks of big game hunters. He never wrote a book although he spent over 25 years big game hunting in Africa and..... More
Calcutta: W Newman, 1944. Fourth. Orig Printed Wraps. and the Darjeeling District. 188 pp, numerous folding plans in text and large folding pull out map in rear pocket. VG in original printed wraps. General information on the country and the people as well as information for touring both in vehicles..... More
Cambridge, England: J. Archdeacon, 1767. First. Full Leather. containing dissertations ...together with an account of Ancient Egypt in its most early state and of the Shepherd Kings....324 pp. + errata page. 5 engraved folding maps, 1 engraved folding plate. Text and maps are clean. Rear board detached. End papers are..... More
London: The African Critic, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. A short history of progress from the Cape to British Central Africa during her Majesty's reign, 1837 to 1897. 102 pp, ill. Folding map. South African history, travel & exploration. Original gilt maroon cloth. A vg+ copy (foxing on end sheets), otherwise..... 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
London: L Booth, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. or Reminiscences of Sporting Expeditions in Many Lands 336 pp, ill. The majority of these stories originally appeared in a periodical printed from private circulation among regiment members. Mostly tiger and boar hunting with some fishing, a day on the bontebok flats. and..... More
NY: Viking Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 1992 NY NY FIRST ED. 404 pp. From the author of Safari, A Chronicle of Adventure comes Bull's first novel-an immediate sellout. As sought after as any Wilbur Smith first edition. Really great African reading. This copy mint, as new, in like dj..... More
London: Darf, 1990. New Impression. Hardcover. Manners and customs of the modern Egyptians illustrated from their proverbial sayings current at Cairo. Translated and explained by Burckhardt. 283 pp. Reprint of 1830 orig. ed. More
London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1819. Extract. Paper Boards. 32 pp extract from The Calcutta Journal describing the travels of the noted explorer. Part of spine of paper covers missing. Paper cover label (recent) present. Conents are very good. More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books & Rowland Ward Ltd, 1990. Reprint Limited to 750 Copies. Hardcover. 195 pp. ill. The great hunter's final book drawing on the best and most memorable experiences in his hunting and adventurous career in Africa. Fine in like dj. More
Huntington WV: Standard Publications, 1947. First. Hardcover. Hunting the African Buffalo. 342 pp, ill. Long considered the bible of African buffalo hunting. Written by a man who spent more time than any individual hunting this great game animal. A a great reading book. This copy in fair condition only, rear..... 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
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1831. First. Hardcover. A sketch of the history of Cutch from its first connexion (sic) with the British Government of India till the conclusion of the treaty of 1819 and some remarks on the medical topography of Bhooj. 253 pp, 2 large folding maps and one folding..... More
Soft cover. Burnham, F R Signed handwritten letter. 2 note size pp circa 1903 to Mrs. Christie thanking her for a delightful afternoon, telling her of future plans and that Rodrick (his son) is about to enter college. Also, "There seems to be a movement of troops yet from South..... More
Calcutta: Govt of India/Superintendent of Govt Printing India, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. 303 pp + plates bound in groups. This was originally issued in parts. This copy has the plates bound in with each part as issued. Original paper wrapper from Part I bound in at rear. Plate L (50)..... More
Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Corrected up to 1 January 1915. 121 pp, large format, many maps some folding). Burrard was surveyor general for this mapping of India. Contents describe the maps shown, , atlas sheets, provincial, divisions, district and administrations maps etc. On some of..... More
NY: American Museum of Natural History, 1919. Soft cover. Roosevelt, Theodore association. American Museum of Natural History THEODORE ROOSEVELT IN MEMORIAM articles by Burroughs, Osborn, Peary, Akeley, Pinchot and others. Offprint taken from articles that appeared in the Jan 1919 issue of Natural History. 32 pp, ill. 7x10 inch format..... More
London: William Mullin, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. A narrative of travel. 488 pp, 15 ill, 2 colored maps (1 folding the other as frontis). An account of their tour in India in 1876 (they traveled from Dec 1875 to June 1866). Primarily about their time in India. Orig. grey cloth..... More
NY: Knopf, 1941. Hardcover. 365 pp, ill, index, bibliography. "I wish I were a man, if I were I would be Richard Burton. But being only a woman, I would be Richard Burton's wife." Story of the woman who traveled nearly everywhere with her amazing husband. Near fine in vg..... More
Benares: Kamashastra Society, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. 16 volumes. Printed by the Kamashastra Society for Private subscribers only. A plain and literal translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments now entituled (sic) The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night together with the supplemental Nights original edition. 1885 and 1886-1888..... More
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1869. First Edition. Hardcover. with a full account of the gold and diamond mines, also canoeing down 1,500 miles of the great river Sao Francisco from Sabara to the sea. First ed. Penzer pp 78-80. Two volumes: 443 & 478 pp. Plate & ill. in both volumes..... More
London: Jon Van Voorst, 1852. First Edition - only 500 copies printed. Hardcover. First ed. 107 pp, 4 lithographed plates. Only 500 copies printed. Penzer p 41. After 10 years 257 copies remained for sale so the publisher recommended scrapping them and preparing a second edition. Thus the book is..... More
London: W H Harrison, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. 168 pp. Penzer p 106. Becoming scarce. Burton traveled to Bavaria to see if there was any connection between the survival of "Christian Mystery" (the great religious drama in the highlands of Bavaria) and the living scenes at Ek-Islam and Meccah. Publisher's..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. or, six months of sick leave. First ed, first issue. 368 pp, frontis, 3 plates on tinted paper, 1 folding map. Penzer p 37, 38. Bound in light fawn cloth with blind ornamental border on both covers, gold lettering on back. Burton's first..... More
