Calcutta: Thacker Spink, 1900. First. Hardcover. 104 pp, frontis, ill and text ill. A rare book about hunting in Kashmir, traveling from Gilgit into the mountains of Kashmir where ibex were bagged and even bear were hunted successfully. Very scarce, perhaps even rare. VG+ to near fine in original gilt... More about A Trip to Kashmir
London: Longmans Green, 1894. Deluxe Limited to 250 copies. Hardcover. Edited by C Phillips-Wolley. 2 volumes: 453 and 443 pp. Ill. 1st prtg and DELUXE edition, #128 of only 250 copies. Larger format than regular edition, bound in gilt orange cloth with half navy leather gilt spines. Printed on finer... More about Big Game Shooting
London: Macmillan and Company, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. 1890 London FIRST ed. 2 volumes 419 & 379 pp, ill. Africa, Asia, Europe and America. Lion, elephant, leopard, bear, buffalo, crocodile, rhino and much more. Hunting classic from the man who had a lifetime of hunting experience and who inspired many... More about Wild Beasts and Their Ways
NY: Derrydale Press, 1931. Rungius, Carl. First Limited to 750 Copies. Hardcover. Beach, W. IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT MCKINLEY 1931 NY DERRYDALE 1931 NY Derrydale Press. 289 pp. Ill. incl. frontis by CARL RUNGIUS. LIMITED to 750 copies. End paper maps. Foreword by John Burnham. One of the rarest... More about In the Shadow of Mount McKinley
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 about The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter
W E Thorp & Som: Maidstone, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Blackburne-Maze, C. JOURNALS OF MY AFRICAN TRAVELS 1913 UK 1913 London Privately printed for the author. 242 pp, 66 ORIGINAL mounted photographs. Top edge gilt. A very, very RARE work. Recounts author's safari to Uganda and Kenya. They took lion... More about Journals of My African Travels
Munich: Tigris Verlag, 1983. First Limited. Hardcover. 448 pp, profuse ill. suede end papers, full embossed gilt leather binding, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. 16 x 12.25 inches. This copy CVII (107) of an unspecified limited number of copies. A splendid monumental work. The books itself weighs 15 pounds!... More about Zauber der Jagd
CD Arnold, 1893. Hardcover. Original photo of the first Boone & Crockett clubhouse being photo #70 exhibited at the Columbia exposition. There is a man (Elwood Hofer?) standing in the doorway and there is a covered wagon to the right and elk antlers hanging above the entry.The image is 6... More about ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH
London: Gurney and Jackson, 1931. Riddell, Millais, Bell, Wallace. First. Hardcover. Their habits and distribution. A Handbook for hunters and naturalists. 170 pp, ill, fold out maps. Ill w 12 coloured plates by Riddell, 45 sketches by Millais, Bell and Wallace, photographs and a fold out map. The wealth, beauty... More about Game Animals of the Sudan
Tennessee: Privately printed for the author, 1947. First Edition. Soft cover. 84 pp, Ill, large format, soft covers. The wife of Award winner Berry Brooks recounts the famous hunter's early African game hunt for the big five and plains game. He hunted with none other than Donald Ker and Syd... More about Screed of a Safari Scribe
London: H S Nichols, 1897. Letchford, A. Edition de Luxe reprint - Coffin Set. Hardcover. Penzer p 20. This is the "coffin set" or boxed 1897 edition printed by Nichols. Of all the reprints, the second best (after the true first) is the Nichols edition of 1897. The most elaborate... More about The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
London: Edward Stanford, 1892. DeLuxe First Edition. Hardcover. or Hunting Camps North South East and West. 1892 London First ed. 399 pp. 70 beautiful ill. In the Rocky mountains. Sheep on the rim of the desert. Hunting for the father of all goats (one of FC Selous' favorite stories). Ibex... More about Short Stalks
London: Edward Stanford, 1902. First. Hardcover. 209 pp, 80 full page ill, pull out rear pocket map. Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Central Africa. Buxton was one of FC Selous' favorite authors. A lovely thick book crammed full of the author's hunting for African big game. Throughout British East Africa. Czech... More about Two African Trips
Mazoe Rhodesia: Frank Read Press, 1982. First Limited to 250 Copies. Half Leather. 218 pp. Elephant folio. A completely handmade book. Copy #9 of only 250. All presubscribed prior to publication. Following the enthusiastic reception and mountains of compliments garnered by the first tribute to Caldwell, Frank Read Press did... More about The Art of Edmund Caldwell II
London: Edward Arnold, 1908. First. Hardcover. Hunting in British East Africa.340 pp, ill incl some by E Caldwell. Pictorial cover: elephant head. Throughout Equatorial Africa, the Athi Plains, Baringo and Mau forests. A consistently sought after big game hunting book. Much on elephant and lion hunting. A lovely copy vg+... More about On Safari
NY and London: Longmans Green and Edward Arnold, 1908. Caldwe,, Edmund. First. Hardcover. Hunting in British East Africa.340 pp, ill incl some by E Caldwell. Pictorial cover: elephant head. Throughout Equatorial Africa, the Athi Plains, Baringo and Mau forests. A consistently sought after big game hunting book. Much on elephant... More about On Safari
London: William Heinemann, 1900. First. Hardcover. A record of sport in the Pamirs. 354 pp, profuse ill, large folding map in rear. Cobbold was the first sport hunter to actively explore the Pamirs and took the first photo of a live ovis poli sheep. This is an important work for... More about Innermost Asia
San Francisco: Privately printed, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Coleman, John B. HUNTING BIG GAME IN JACKSON HOLE WYOMING; FIFTY DAYS IN THE UNITA COUNTRY WITH JAMES B SIMPSON. 1928 San Francisco Privately printed. 61 pp. A RARE RARE WORK. Only 2 auction records in the past 28 years and only... More about Hunting Big Game in Jackson Hole Wyoming
New York: Duffield & Co, 1928. First. Hardcover. Adventuring with rifle and camera through California and Mexico. 250 pp, 30 ill. Cudahy collected game for the Milwaukee Museum. Book is mainly on desert sheep hunting with a chapter on antelope and cougar. GREAT book on this subject and exceedingly hard... More about Mananaland
Cincinnati OH: Jennings and Graham Press, 1090. DeLuxe Limited leather bound. Hardcover. Privately printed for the author (the margarine millionnaire). 248 pp. Hundreds of illustrations (some in two tone). DELUXE ultra limited leather bound edition. Elaborate full leather gilt and game head stamped covers of sheep and African buffalo on... More about After Big Game in Arctic and Tropic
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1899. First. Hardcover. 330 pp, ill, map. Appendix on Central African game animals. First edition. Sportsman's journey from 1894 to 1897 when crossing the dark continent from the mouth of the Zambesi to the Belgian Congo. Much on elephants by a man whose ruling passion... More about After Big Game in Central Africa
London: Methuen, 1898. First. Hardcover. 408 pp. Profuse ill. Fold out map. Along the Zambesi River for a host of big game. Appendix on the game and their distribution throughout the river region. Excellent work and one we heartily recommend reading. Czech notes this is "well written." Lots of hunting... More about Exploration and Hunting in Central Africa 1895-6
London: John Lane, 1904. First. Hardcover. 1904 London 2 volumes 276 & 297 pp. Ill. Large pull out folding maps in both volumes. One of the most in depth works on the Congo-Zambesi basin. Tremendous travel and hunting diary. Gibbons started at Cairo and explored south along the Nile through... More about Africa from South to North Through Marotseland
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1900. McCormick, A.D. First. Hardcover. 377 pp, profuse ill. Large colored folding map in rear. The first traverse of Africa from North to South. 377 pp., ill. Large colored folding map in rear. Highly regarded and important work of travel, hunting and adventure. Lovely, fine copy... More about From the Cape to Cairo
London: William Pickering, 1841. Third Edition. Hardcover. narrative of an expedition from the Cape of Good hope through the territories of the Chielf Moselekatse to the Tropic of Capricorn. This is the first edition to contain the full complement of hand colored plates and the two extra chapters. 359 pp... More about The Wild Sports of Southern Africa
