London: Robert Hale, 1957. First. Hardcover. 222 pp, ill. One of Burger's best set of stories and perhaps his hardest to locate title. Covers early hunting days in the Congo and what is now Zambia. Excellent reading. Near fine in vg dj. Bookplate of noted collector Phil Williamson. Scarce in..... More
NY: Winchester Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 272 pp, ill. Hunting throughout some of the most remote mountain regions for Asia's great mountain game animals. Sheep, ibex and much more. Fine in vg dj. Signed & briefly inscribed by Gates. More
Chicago: AC McClurg, 1910. First. Hardcover. Bronson, E. IN CLOSED TERRITORY 1910 IL 299 pp. Ill. Intro. by WT Hornaday. Author was the first to got permission to hunt then closed areas along the Uganda railway and through the Sudan. He was literally surrounded by trophy sized wild elephant. A...... More
London: Nisbet & Co, 1927. 3rd Prtg. First Ed, 3rd Prtg. Hardcover. 374 pp, ill, fold out map. Percival was a member of the Kenya Game Dept for 23 years. His chapters on lions and elephants are excellent. Also info on stalking, tracking, photography. Ill. from photos by the author..... More
NY: Macmillan, 1927. Foreword By FC Selous. 1927. Hardcover. and other African adventures. Foreword by FC Selous. 401 pp, ill, map. Hunting the famous man-eating lions and other game in the African jungles. A tremendously popular book that has retained its appeal for almost 100 years. Near fine in original..... More
NY: Dutton, 1931. First American. Hardcover. 288 pp, ill. Great tales of adventures with elephants and lions as well as other game throughout Equatorial Africa. Written "by a hunter for hunters." Near fine in the attractive pictorial dust jacket which is vg to vg+. More
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Last of the Ivory Hunters. 354 pp, ill. One of the elephant hunting classics. For many years Taylor was the only professional ivory hunter working on the African continent. VG+ in like dj. Bookplate of noted collector Phil Williamson. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1953. 1st ed, 2nd prtg. Hardcover. 315 pp. Ill. The story of an African safari by the noted author. First edition, 2nd printing. Book is VG+, jacket is fair only. However the jacket on this title is very elusive. More
Zimbabwe: Books of Zimbabwe, 1981. 1981 reprint. Hardcover. Baldwin, W.C. AFRICAN HUNTING FROM NATAL TO THE ZAMBESI including hunting in Lake NGami and the Kalahari Desert. 1981 Zimbabwe reprint of orig. 1863 edition with new intro by G. Clendennon. 451 pp, ill, folding map in front. Covers the game of..... More
Johannesburg, South Africa: C Struik, 1986. Bosman, Paul. DeLuxe Ltd 350 copies. Hardcover. 120 pp. Profuse ill. Elephant folio. 16.5 inches wide, 12.5 inches tall. Overview of the African elephant in Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Zaire, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Bophuthatswana, Mozambique & S Africa. Bound..... More
Boston Ma: Richard Badger, 1910. First American. Hardcover. 300 pp, ill. Folding map. Author travelled extensively through the Sudan, mainly along the Dinder River. Buffalo and hippo hunting along with plains game. Then he went to the banks of the Nile River in the Nuer area. Little better than a...... More
NY: D Appleton, 1915. First American. Hardcover. 283 pp, ill. From Kenya into other well known hunting grounds pf E Africa and Congo. In the Ituri forest and cannibal lands after elephant, rhinoceros and much more. Scarce book. A near fine to fine copy. More
Privately printed, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 307 pp, ill. Author's second blockbuster book by this most aggressive professional hunter. He takes you right into the path of charging dangerous game and gives his, often controversial, opinions on safari hunting. Signed by the author AND with his business car in front..... More
Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1958. First. Hardcover. 204 pp, ill. Seven years' hunting Kodiak bears by the noted guide/writer who formerly operated the well known Deadman Bay hunting concession. He knows his game well and makes the reader feel as if he or she is in the field. A must for..... More
UK: Selous. Soft cover. Selous, F.C. TWO plus note sized pages handwritten letter Mar 8 no year to Lady Jeune regretting that he cannot accept her invitation. Interesting because he has signed the letter F.C. Selous and then on the back page signed SELOUS AFRICAN TRAVELLER. Very unusual to have..... More
Nairobi Kenya: Safariland Limited. 1920s. Soft cover. Safariland BIG GAME HUNTING IN KENYA COLONY as arranged by Safariland Limited. Nd ca 1920's Nairobi. 30 pp, ill. Incl. photos by Martin & Osa Johnson including one showing Osa with easily 100 lb tusks. Oblong brochure. Two of the pages show game..... More
Nairobi Kenya: Safariland Limited, 1964. 1964. Soft cover. Safariland UGANDA Summary of East African Game License Schedules. 1964 basic rates and fees for different species. Shows ivory fees payable after shooting. One single printed 8.5x11 inch page. On the back side is a map of Uganda showing which game is..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. 1933. Hardcover. The Letters of Elliott Roosevelt Sportsman 1933 NY 182 pp. Theodore Roosevelt's younger brother records his hunting adventures both in North America and throughout the world including a trip to India and the Himalayas. Tiger, markhor, rogue elephant. After he died, Eleanor Roosevelt..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. 422 pp. The author's travels to the East, through Asia, the Middle East, India, Japan and Korea. Ronaldshay was a fairly prolific writer and a keen observer of what surrounded him. An interesting Asia travel narrative. VG condition. Endpapers..... More
London: Bradbury Agnew & Co, Ltd, 1905. 1905. Soft Covers. Newfoundland and including Labrador and St Pierre. London 182 pp. ill. Includes articles by F.C. Selous, J. G. Millais, Hesketh Prichard and others. Newfoundland and Woodland caribou, black bear, grouse, fishing. Only about 1/3 of the book is big game..... More
NP: D B McCurdy, 1909. Hardcover. Thrilling stories of adventure and wild animals of the world. Salesman's prospectus. 1909 DB McCurdy. Very unusual salesman's promotional book for Seymour's three titles. Almost 600 pp (no page numbers), profuse ill. Most of the book is on TR's African expedition but there is..... More
Lancaster PA: Privately Printed, 1967. First. Hardcover. 188 pp, profuse ill. Experiences of a Lancaster County PA big game hunter throughout Alaska, British Columbia, and the US northwest plus hunting in Mozambique and India. Lots of bear and sheep (incl a trip to Kodiak, Alaska). VG in orig. cloth. Relatively..... More
TX: Privately printed, 1859. First Edition. Soft cover. 67 pp, soft covers, large format. From Rio to the Rio Grande. Travels through South America including short hunts for deer and jaguar in Paraguay. Then to & through Central & South America (Brazil, Argentina, Chile). An interesting look at South America..... More
Norman OK: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1966. First. Hardcover. Fifty years of collecting and preparing habitat groups for the American Museum of Natural History. 242 pp, ill. Africa, Asia and the Rocky Mountains with the famous big game hunting taxidermist. Clark spent more time in the field collecting trophies for..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1960. First, 4th impression. Hardcover. 236 pp, ill. Bell's last book compiled from his notes by his lifelong friend, Col. Townsend Whelen. Very good reading biography. Fine in like dj. More
