London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 252 pp, ill. Thrilling stories of the men and women who risked their lives to make a new home in Africa. From missionaries to slave traders, from rogue elephants to lion & leopards, there are stories that will make everyone want to read... More
Denver CO: Privately Printed, 1955. Deluxe Limited -1,000 Copies. Full Leather. Contains all three of Taber's popular African hunting books: Safari, Rifleman in Africa and Safari Mzuri Sana. Limited to only 1,000 copies. Original elaborate full red leather binding, gilt and blind stamped and WITH the inset of a piece... More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 1994. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 286 pp., profuse ill.Cotton Gordon was one of the most popular professional hunters in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. His exploits in Zambia and Tanzania are legend. He has more cats (leopard and lion) in the record... More
Long Beach CA: Safari Press, 1999. Stated First. Hardcover. Robertson, Kevin THE PERFECT SHOT Shot placement for African big game. 1999 CA Safari Press. 271 pp, ill. Large format. STATED FIRST EDITION. Everything you need to know in order to make the perfect shot on African big game. As new in like dj. More
Long Beach CA: Safari Press, 2012. Signed Ltd ed 250 copies. Hardcover. 2012 CA Safari Press. 304 pp, profuse ill. From 1968 through 2010, Eastman spent half a century bow hunting throughout Africa. Limited ed of ONLY 250 copies. Numbered, signed, slipcased. AS NEW. More
Long Beach CA: Safari Press, 1997. Signed numbered ltd ed 1,000 copies. Hardcover. ATTACKS Classic Tales of Dangerous North American Bears. 1997 CA Safari Press. 227 & 313 pp. Primarily grizzlies but also black and polar bears. From early stories of attacks to more recent. Signed, numbered ltd. Ed. 1,000 copies in slipcase. AS NEW. More
London: C Arthur Pearson, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. 1899 London 420 pp, ill. During the 1860s & 1870s Lacy hunted extensively throughout South Africa. Buffalo, elephant, hippo, giraffe, leopard and some smaller game. Interesting look at early South Africa hunting. Better than good in orig. Bright gilt cloth. Internally fine... More
London: Kegan Paul Trench Krubner, 1910. First in English. Hardcover. 1910 London 340 pp, ill. The long serving Count traveled extensively through India and recalls hunts for buffalo, panther and tiger. However this is mainly a most interesting, but, a travel book. (Author also wrote The Markhor Sport in Kashmir.)... More
London: Robert Jennings, 1827. Second Edition. Hardcover. 295 pp, ill. with observations on the animals and an account of some of the customs of the inhabitants. Second ed to which is added an account of hunting the wild boar. Published privately for the author. Frontis and 4 lithographed plates. Much... More
NY: Vantage Press/Privately printed, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 1961 NY Privately printed. 90 pp. Author was a missionary who spent 29 years in Bolivia. He had many, MANY encounters with jaguars and would shoot if forced to. There are very few books written on jaguar encounters. This skinny book, with... More
West Virginia: Charleston Printing Company, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Kelly, R. G. TRAULS TROUTS AND TIGERS 1961 WV Privately printed. 158 pp. Foreword by Herman Dean of Stackpole Publishing. Outdoor reminiscences on six continents. Sheep, goat, elk, pronghorn, moose, black & polar bear, tiger in India, elephant tin Africa plus... More
Bozeman MT: Wilderness Adventures Press, 1997. Limited Ed of 250 numbered signed copies. Hardcover. 1997 MT 326 pp + special chapter for the limited edition of 250 copies, signed by co-authors and publisher. All edges gilt. Full gilt leather binding. Italian gun makers, Italian engraving, and everything you need to... More
Philadelphia PA: Lippincott, 1932. 1st Ed, 3rd impression. Hardcover. 932 PA 250 pp. Ill. John Holzworth is to big Alaskan grizzlies what Neumann and Sutherland are to elephants. No man spent more time studying them. Not primarily hunting but much info on grizzlies. With a fine inscription from Holzworth and... More
NY: Vantage Press/Privately printed, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. The adventures of two Milwaukee archers while hunting Elephants in the Belgian Congo with Bow and Arrow. 1971 NY Vantage Press/Privately printed for the authors. 192 pp. Ill. Also hunting other dangerous game in the foothills of the Ruwenzori Mountains. Fine in... More
Huntington Beach, CA: Safari Press, 2017. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 2017 and 2018 CA Both of Safari Press' limited editions of 1,000 numbered slipcased copies. This is a MATCHED NUMBERED SET. Hundreds of pages of reading enjoyment of never before published stories from a major Bell archive. Books... More
NY or CA: St Martins Press, Petersen Publishing. Various. Hardcover. Capstick, Peter FOUR early trade editions by St Martins Press and Petersen Publishing: DEATH IN THE DARK CONTINENT, DEATH IN A LONELY LAND, THE AFRICAN ADVENTURERS, and MANEATERS. All fine in fine jackets. Postage for all 4 titles, $16.00 via... More
CA: Privately Printed, 1961. Numbered and signed by author. Orig Patterned Cloth. 56 pp, ill. Numbered and signed by author. Unspecified small limited private printing. A really great reading polar bear hunting book. Nicely photographed as well. Bound in orig. white corderoy with printed (orig) cover label. Unusual item. Bookplate... More
CA: Privately Printed, 1958. First - Limited Ed. Orig Patterned Cloth. 117 pp. ill. End paper maps. Orig. imit, leopard patterned cloth. Northern and central provinces of what is now Tanzania. Through Tanganyika Tours & Safaris author hunted with George Dove as PH. Scarce. Fine. Signed and numbered by the... More
London: Putnams, 1935. First in English. Hardcover. 208 pp, ill, text map. Elephant and other big game hunting in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Also bongo, lion and kudu. An enjoyable book, finally getting the recognition it deserves as one of the enduring worthwhile books on the subject. Lovely solid VG+... More
London: Macmillan, 1925. 1925. 1928 Edition. Hardcover. 504 pp, ill. Top edge gilt. One of the most widely read, respected and reissued hunting books ever printed. Sought after to this date. The turn of the century Macmillan reprints are the finest done. This is the 1925 edition in original cloth... More
NY: The Century Co, 1911. Frederic. 1911. Hardcover. Roosevelt, T. RANCH LIFE AND THE HUNTING TRAIL 1911 NY 187 pp Ill. by Remington. From the highest peaks to the plains of N. America. Sheep, elk, goats and more. Popular TR title because it is also sought by Remington collectors. This... More
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1904. First. Hardcover. 619 pp, ill, map. Twenty months' travel and sport in unknown lands and among new tribes. (Author also wrote A Sporting Trip through Abyssinia.) Author for many years held the record for the largest set of tusks ever taken by a sporting elephant... More
Camden SC: John Culler & Sons, 1992. Reprint Limited to 500 Copies. Leather. 316 pp, ill. all edges gilt. The wealthy Russian Prince who hunted extensively for Asian sheep and mountain game, including mountain goats. Here he hunted in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia. The quality of the trophies they... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. First. Hardcover. 256 pp, ill, end paper map. History of hunting, collecting & carving African ivory. Foreword by Kunz who wrote Ivory & The Elephant. A most interesting work. In fact a number of photos from Tony Sanchez Arino's book came from this one... More
London: Philip Allan, 1937. First. Hardcover. 253 pp. Covers all the big game of India. Kashmir (Sind Valley, Ladakh, Markhor, and barasingh). Malay states, Central Provinces, Baluchistan and after straight-horned markhor near Quetta. Also a shoot in southern India and Burmah. VG+ in orig. red cloth. More
