London: London and Countries Press Assn, 1914. Limited only 750 numbered copies. Hardcover. Selous, F.C., Millais, J.G., and Chapman, Abel THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD - THE BIG GAME OF AFRICA & EUROPE. 1914 London 1914. Royal 4 to (extra large, thick, heavy format). 409 pp, ill, 10 colored... More about The Gun at Home and Abroad, The Big Game of Africa and Europe
Mombasa Kenya Colony: African Hunting Safaris, 1949. First Edition. Soft cover. African Hunting Safaris Kenya 1949 8 pp safari brochure in thick board covers with orig. photo of 2 elephants pasted on the cover. Covers everything from licenses (L50 for 1 st elephant, L100 for second!), rifles etc. Brochures from... More about African Hunting Safaris
Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press, 1990. Safari Press Limited Edition. First Limited to 500 Copies. Hardcover. 276 pp. ill. Jaguar hunting with the noted professional Tony de Almeida, who to this day has the reputation of taking some of the largest jaguar around. Good reading. Limited to only 500 signed... More about Jaguar Hunting in the Mato Grosso and Bolivia
NY: GP Putnam's Sons, 1928. First. Hardcover. 83 pp, ill, photographic end papers. Lions and more lions, plus elephants and rhino. One of the few books to have a photo of Denys Finch-Hatton. Popular title, sought after because of the Finch-Hatton connection. VG+ copy in orig red cloth with gold... More about African Adventures
Harrisburg PA: Military Service Pub, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Vol 1: In Africa and Asia/ Vol 2: In the Americas. 282 & 339 pp. Anthology of big game hunting stories from the most popular authors. In Africa/Asia with Selous, Baker, Kirby, Neumann and Littledale. In N America with Sheldon, Selous... More about Hunting Big Game
Garden City: Doubleday, 1953. First Edition (stated title Page Verso. Hardcover. 315 pp. Ill. The story of an African safari by the noted author. NOTE this is the STATED first edition. Book is VG+, jacket is fair only. However the jacket on this title is very elusive. More about Horn of the Hunter
Australia: Chase Game Pty Ltd, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Grant, Aaron RUSA Rusa timorensis. 2016 Australia 300 pp, ill. Extra large format. Everything you ever wanted to know about rusa deer. Lots of hunting and loads of images of trophies. Also natural history and distribution. Near fine a VERY heavy... More about Rusa Rusa timorensis
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 1882. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 610 pp, ill. The romance of sporting. Stories on Boone, Audubon and everything from American big game hunting (including fox and bear hunting) to early elephant hunting in South Africa. A most interesting book, chock full of adventures. Really nice looking copy... More about Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. First. Hardcover. 286 pp, ill. Big game hunting in Portuguese East Book on this area are scarce and this is one of the better ones on this area. Eland, kudu, lion, 2 chapters on elephant, bushbuck. Photo inset front cover. VG+. More about African Hunting Among the Thongas
NY: 1963. Soft cover. Rikhoff, Jim August 1963. Fabulous one full single spaced typewritten (On Olin stationery) letter to John Kingsley Heath. Talking at length about the upcoming Ker & Downey safari, new Winchester products, articles to be written, and things that had to be done for publicity. Also included... More about Original letter
NY: Self, 1919. Soft cover. Roosevelt, Kermit Autographed letter to George Bird Grinnell. 2 pp stationery sized handwritten letter, dated 4 July 1919 to Grinnell. Thinking about questions for eligibility for the (Boone & Crockett) Club and suggesting a few names (Cutting, Sheldon and Andrews). Written only on one side... More about Original Letter
1910. Inaugural. No Binding. Roosevelt, Theodore INAUGURAL MEDALLION from 1910. 1.5 inch round copper medallion. Front shows head and shoulders raised bust of TR with his name around the edge. Back side shows a Lady of Justice on the left with the inaugural details on the right. Well preserved and... More about Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Medallion
The Cromwell Company, 1910. Soft cover. Roosevelt, Theodore HUNTING TRIP IN AFRICA 16 postcards. A series of 16 post cards illustrating TR's hunting trip. This is a complete set, fine condition, not postmarked, no writing. One has a small discoloration. All dated 1910. They show hunting and camp scenes and... More about Hunting Trip in Africa (original postcards
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 about Theodore Roosevelt In Memoriam
from Berlin: original letter, 1910. Soft cover. Roosevelt, Theodore Wonderful short typed letter signed May 11, 1910 to My Dear Judge (The Hon John Allison). "your letters are interesting and valuable.I have a bullet with which I shot the rhinoceros to give you." Nice bold signature. Letter is in fine condition. More about Original letter
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
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
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: Robert Hale, 1957. First. Hardcover. 221 pp, ill. Very popular Cape buffalo hunting book. NOTE: this is the first British ed of the book orig published in the US under the title Horned Death. VG+ in vg dj. Very scarce in jacket. More about African Buffalo Trails
Indianapolis IN: Privately printed, 1953. First Edition. Soft cover. Baldwin, H. OUR JOURNEY THROUGH AFRICA 1953 IN. Privately printed for the author. 81 pp, ill, large format. Pictorial card covers. Front ill is map of the lengthy trip. The author and three companions went on an eight-week trip through the... More about Our Journey Through Africa
Lyon MS: Buckingham Mint, 1984. Limited Edition 5,000 copies. Leather. 291 pp, ill. One of the earlier titles to appear in signed limited edition. Typical great Capstick African hunting adventures. Fine, Full leather, gilt edges, silk ribbon place marker. A low #0016 copy. More about Safari The Last Adventure
Italy: Another Life editions, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 160 pp, Profuse b.w & col. ill. Pelizzoli emigrated from Europe to Kenya and before long found himself in the thick of big game hunting. He took many European clients and bagged incredibly good trophies over a long period of time. Ironically... More about The Soul of the Hunter
London: Macmillan, 1921. Foreword By FC Selous. Hardcover. and other African adventures. Foreword by FC Selous. 352 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 bright... More about The Man-eaters of Tsavo
Philadelphia PA: J P Lippincott, 1914. First American. Hardcover. 318 pp, 44 ill, map. Exploration and sport in unknown African forests and deserts. Appendix on the 21 species of game animals found in the Juba and Lorian swamp areas. Good for anyone wanting to read more about Sudan hunting. Almost... More about Through Jubaland to the Lorian Swamp
London: Nicholas Kaye, 1959. First. Hardcover. 128 pp, ill. African when it was a frontier and really exciting for big game hunters, when you could see one thousand elephants in the Semliki Valey, lions roaming around the streets of Nairobi and lots of leopards etc. No wonder we all long... More about The Elephant Stone
