BC Canada: Privately printed, 2018. First Limited to 500 Copies. Hardcover. Privately printed for the author. Limited to 500 copies, signed, numbered, slipcased. Foreword by Jim Shockey. 496 pp. Profuse color ill. Large format. Stories of people who have hunted for BIG rams in British Columbia as well as pictures... More
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Books of Zimbabwe, 1987. Reprint 1987. Hardcover. Sport and Travel in the Kalahari Desert. 359 pp. ill. Large fold out map in rear and several smaller fold out maps throughout the text. A really nice reprint. Vol 7 in the African Hunting reprint series from Books of Zimbabwe. VG in poor dj. More
Alabama: Firearms Classic Library, 2004. Firearms Classic Library. Hardcover. Deluxe reprint. 436 pp. Ill. From the same publisher as Taylor's African Rifles and Cartridges, comes a scarce title just on the big bores. A long respected work. This deluxe gilt leather bound reprint, with all edges gilt, as in AS NEW condition. More
South Africa: Ex Montibus Media, 2018. Signed Limited numbered ed of only 500 copies. Hardcover. John Sharp is one of today's most respected, recognized and larger-than-life professional hunters. The praise garnered for him and his book, FACING DOWN FEAR, is amazing. Robin Hurt: John Sharp is unquestionably one of Zimbabwe's... More
London: Edward Stanford, 1892. Deluxe Binding. First Edition. Full Gilt Vellum. 405 pp, ill. A tremendous worldwide primarily mountain and forest hunting book. Asia, N. America and Europe. Buxton was one of FC Selous' favorite authors. Sheep, bear, ibex and more. All the glamous game. Great reading. VG to vg+... More
Durban South Africa: Knox Publishing, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Retold from the manuscript of A S Poultney, Pioneer. 1944 S Africa Adventures of Poultney who arrived in S Africa in 1899 and proceeded to explore & hunt in the Lake N'Gami & Kalahari areas. Lion, kudu, duiker, a host of... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1881. First American. Hardcover. from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean through Unknown countries and the discovery of Great Zambesi affluents. 2 volumes: 337 & 388 pp, profuse ill, folding map frontis and pull out rear pocket map in back pocket; 388 pp, ill. Serpa Pinto headed the... More
London/ New York: Edward Arnold, 1897. First. Hardcover. 471 pp, ill. SIX folding maps. Top edge gilt. The first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Rudolph with emphasis on big game shooting - much on rhino and elephant. Fast paced, well written, and with lovely illustrations. A hunting classic. Lovely, near... More
London: Sampson Low, 1913. First. Hardcover. A record of two shooting trips. Intro by Col Swayne (author of 17 trips to Somaliland) 314 pp, ill. index. Two long and mostly productive shooting trips to Somaliland. Much on the famed lions of the areas as well as , leopard elephants and... More
New York: D Appleton, 1910. First American. Hardcover. 194 pp, 100 ill, map. Journey of 2,500 miles throughout highest Asia with the usual sporting detours: sheep, ibex, bears, roe deer, wapiti, ovis poli. Orig. red pictorial cloth. Frontis photo faded much less than usual. Very scarce in this condition. There... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 261 pp. Scarce title by the popular author about a seven month trip in Canada especially in British Columbia hunting for the game of that province. Much on bighorn sheep hunting, mountain goat and also moose, bear and other game. Rather scarce title... More
London: William Heinemann, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 283 pp, 39 ill. The author accompanied her husband to Vietnam and gives a good picture of life in French Indo China 100 years ago. She went on one tiger hunting trip and then also shot a man-eating tiger threatening the village where... More
London: T Fisher Unwin, 1899. Van Muyden. First English. Hardcover. A Voyage of Exploration in Africa, returning by the Victoria Falls, Matabeleland, the Transvaal, Natal and the Cape. 304 pp, ill, 2 folding maps. Bertrand joined the Gibbons' expedition to the Barotseland interior. There is a great amount of detail... More
London: James Wyld, 1840. 1842. No Binding. "Constructed with great care and research from all the latest authorities and intended more particularly to facilitate a reference to the Civi and Military Stations. Dedicated to Sir James Rivett Carnac Bart. Chairman of the Court of Directors of the Honourable The East... More
London: James Wyld, 1842. 1842. No Binding. Map to Follow the Movements of the Anglo Indian Army in Afghaunistan, Shewing the Routes, Passes and Military Positions. Cover title: "Map of Afghanistan, the Punjab and the Adjacent Territory." Folding, linen-backed map, colored in outline, in original cloth case with original cover... More
Tokyo: Geological Survey of Japan, 1887. 1887. No Binding. Geological Survey of Japan, Reconnaisance Map Division II. Tokyo 1887. Folding linen- backed map, orig. board covers and slipcase. 33x48.5 in. Scale: 1:400,000. Contour lines shown at 100 meter intervals. Map Vg+. Housed in custom clam-shell box. More
London: Edward Stanford, 1900. 1900. No Binding. London Atlas Map of Central Africa. Folding linen backed colored map, orig. board covers & label. 29x22 in. Scale: 94 mi to the inch. Map Vg, cover vg- with fading to upper part of cover. From 1 degree north to 29 degree south latitude. nd ca1900. More
London: Ordnancs Department, War Office, 1916. Hardcover. Sheet H-38, part of the Asia 1:1,000,000 Series. Folding, linen-backed colored map. Orig. marbled self-covers and label. Covers Basra and surrounding area. 24x23.5 inches. Scale 15.78 miles to the inch. Map vg+, covers vg. More
London: Ordnancs Department, War Office, 1916. Hardcover. Sheet I-38, part of the Asia 1:1,000,000 Series. Folding, linen-backed colored map. Orig. marbled self-covers and label. Covers Bagdad and surrounding area. 23.5x23.5 inches. Scale 15.78 miles to the inch. Map vg+, covers vg. More
London: Edward Stanford, 1890. 1890. No Binding. Folding linen backed colored map. Orig boards & label. 20.25x26.25 in. Scale: 50.75 mi to the inch. Map vg, covers vg-. Area around Black Sea in considerable detail. Good representation of physical details. nd ca 1890. More
Beverley UK: F. Hall, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. 163 pp, ill. The author was a wealthy British hunter. He recounts his hunting trips after tiger in India's Central Provinces, a rogue elephant in Ceylon and stags + pig sticking. RARE, we have never listed this before. Near fine, in orig... More
NY: Daniel Ryerson, 1937. First. Hardcover. 167 pp, ill. end paper maps. The story of a sportsman naturalist's hunt for the world's largest bear on the bleak Bering Sea shores of the Alaska Peninsula. One of the best brown bear hunting books you will ever read. Scarce and deservedly sought... More
No place: Privately printed. First Edition. Soft cover. Brock, O.C. THE BROCK SAFARI 1950 12 pp, ill, soft printed covers. 1950. Lengthy safari through Kenya and Tanganyika. Lots photos, not much text. Privately printed. Near fine. More
Elizabethton TN: Privately printed, 1982. First Edition. Soft cover. 150 pp, ill. Printed soft covers. This is mainly a sheep hunting book (Wrangell Mountains, Granite Mountain, and elsewhere) although the author does recount North Carolina deer hunt, mountain lion hunting in Arizona, Polar bear in ALaska, etc. Not well known... More
Lake Success NY: Medical Society of the State of New York, 1987. First Edition. Soft cover. Large format. Soft covers. 96 pp, ill. Smith authored Through Unknown African Countries. He was an ardent explorer-hunter who penetrated previously unknown areas between Lake Rudolph and Somaliland. Rhino, lion, leopard, kudu, buffalo and... More
