Out of Print Big Game Hunting Books
Hunter's Tracks
NY: Appleton-Century Crofts, 1957. First. Hardcover. 240 pp, ill. Hunter's second very popular book about African big game hunting. Fine (former owner's printed bookplate inside front cover) in vg+ dj. When this book was published, a local magazine said that Hunter was probably the greatest big game hunter of all..... More
Hunter's Tracks
NY: Appleton-Century Crofts, 1957. First American. Hardcover. 240 pp, ill. Hunter's second very popular book about African big game hunting. When this book was published, a local magazine said that Hunter was probably the greatest big game hunter of all time. Certainly this book is great reading. Former owner blindstamps..... More
Tales of the African Frontier
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 308 pp, ill, bibliography, endpaper maps. The exciting adventures of the remarkable group of men who opened up wildest Africa amid almost unbelievable dangers and difficulties. Includes the exploits of white hunters and poachers. Always a popular book. Couple of pages had..... More
White Hunter
CA: Safari Press, 1986. Reprint Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 282 pp, ill. reprint of JA Hunter's scarce first book. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, slipcased. This is the first book in Safari Press' African series. Book and slipcase fine. More
With Gun and Rod in India
India: India Government, 1956. First Edition. Soft cover. 88 pp, ill. 2 folding maps (one colored). Soft covers. Every game animal found in India incl. sheep & markhor in the Himalayas. Much on Kashmir hunting & plains game. VG+. More
Memoirs of an African Hunter
Long Beach CA: Safari Press, 1998. First Limited Ed: 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 409 pp, profuse color & b/w ill. Terry Irwin was a hunter of African dangerous game (mainly elephants) and a noted Professional or White Hunter in the Golden Era of hunting. Here he recalls some of his most..... More
Big Game Encounters
London: HF&G Witherby, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 196 pp. Ill. Critical moments in the lives of well known hunters by the author of a well known sporting magazine. Excerpts from the writings of Pitman, Percival, Etherton, Kennion etc. Author is an ardent hunter and a competent writer. Lacks front free..... More
W.N. McMillin's Expeditions and Big Game Hunting in Southerm Sudan, Abyssinia and East Africa
London: Privately Printed, 1906. First. Hardcover. 415 pp, 112 ill, pull out rear pocket map. Jessen was an ardent hunter and made many trips through African game countries. He was a friend of most noted sportsmen of the day, including the McMillins. It is estimated that only about 200 copies..... More
Bucks Bulls and Bureaucrats
New Zealand: Halcyon Press, 2010. First Edition. Soft cover. The Lilybank Safari Lodge Story. 2010 New Zealand 256 pp, ill, SOFT covers. Lilybank Safari Lodge was a trail breaking world class quality guided hunting operations catering to international hunters visiting New Zealand. Gary is a New Zealand pioneer of tourist..... More
Legendary Sporting Guns
New York: Abbeville Press, 1999. First English Edition. Hardcover. Shotguns and rifles. 228 pp, ill. Saga of the sporting gun for large and small game and details of safaris around the world. The great guns and their storied past. As new in like dj. Large format. Extra postage required. More
Stories of Old Traveler
New Orleans LA: Ives Business Forms, 1966. First. Hardcover. 137 pp. Author obviously spent as much time as possible on the trail of the bobcats with a pack of hounds. Scarce and good reading book about bobcat hunting with hounds. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Near fine in..... More
Elephants and Ivory
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1956. First. Hardcover. True tales of hunting and adventure. 250 pp, ill. Life and adventures of John Alfred Jordan, at one time the world's most notorious ivory poacher and later one of Africa's finest professional hunters. Former owner's faint blindstamp. VG+ to near fine in..... More
The Lion's Roar
London: Longman's, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Kearton, C. THE LION'S ROAR 1934 NY 188 pp. 38 ill. Lions, more lions and lion hunting from the author of "In the Land of the Lion." Good reading. Two small Collection stamps, otherwise vg+ in orig. red cloth. More
SAFARI
La Jolla CA: Safari Publications, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 167 pp. Profuse color & b/w ill. Large format. Keith's tremendous African safari. His only Africa hunting book. Sought after Keith title printed in a small edition and not widely distributed. Near fine in like dj. Signed, inscribed and dated by..... More
Tales of the Big Game Hunters
NY: St Martins Press, 1986. First American. Hardcover. 211 pp, ill. Baldwin, Chapman, Gordon-Cumming, Harris, Kriby, Neumann, Selous, Sutherland, Baker. Burton, Demidoff, Radclyffe, Kirby, and more. One of the few books of this type with something on the rifles and projectiles used/preferred by these hunters. Lots of reading for the..... More
Sport and Life in the Further Himalaya
Camden SC: John Culler & Sons, 1994. Reprint Limited to 500 Copies. Leather. Reprint orig publ almost one hundred years ago. 330 pp, ill. Urial sheep, Persian ibex, gazelle and stag. Author was an avid sheep hunter and contributed articles to numerous magazine in his time. Only 500 copies bound..... More
By Mountain Lake and Plain
SC: John Culler, 1995. ltd ed 500 copies. Hardcover. Sketches of sport in Eastern Persia. 1995 SC This is the Asian Series ltd ed reprint. 283 pp, ill. All edgesgilt. Genuine gilt full leather binding. Slipcased. Author was British consul in the area and spent much time hunting ibex and..... More
Sport and Life in the Further Himalaya
Edinburg: William Blackwood, 1910. First. Half-Leather. 330 pp, ill. First and rarest of Kennion's books in any edition. One of the few mountain game hunting titles with a lot on markhor, ibex, and many species of sheep found in the Himalayan Mountains. This copy bound in contemporary half leather. Lightly..... More
African Adventure
Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1957. First. Hardcover. 248 pp, ill. Part 1: the famous hunter and co-founder of Ker & Downey safaris hunts by himself. Part two are exciting hunts with well known clients. Great reading. Near fine in fair. More
African Adventure
Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1957. First. Hardcover. 248 pp, ill. Part 1: the famous hunter and co-founder of Ker & Downey safaris hunts by himself. Part two are exciting hunts with well known clients. Great reading. VG+ to near fine. More
African Adventure
Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1957. First. Hardcover. 248 pp, ill. The author's hunts by himself and then while with famous clients. Author was founder of the famous Ker & Downey Safari Company. Part I are hunts by Ker himself. Part two are hunts with his famous clients. Great reading and popular..... More
The Sportsman and Naturalist in Canada
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1866. First. Half Leather- Worn. or, notes on natural history of the game, game birds and fish of that country. Illustrated with colored plates and woodcuts. 334 pp, ill. Natural history of Canadian game. A cornerstone title but this should be rebound. It is bound in..... More
African Game Trophies 1924-1946
Winona, MN: Private Printing, 1939. 1st Edm 4th Prtg. Orig Printed Wraps. 42 pp. Profuse ill. Orig. printed wraps. 9 1/2 x 6 in. Two trips made by Mr & Mrs King to Tanganyika for dangerous and plains game. Mrs. King also wrote a book about their trips. This pamphlet..... More
Hunting the Dangerous Game of Africa
Boulder Co: Sycamore Island Books, 1998. Trade Ed. First Trade. Hardcover. 477 pp. 96 pp of stunning color photos. Controversial, courageous, clever, colorful: Kingsley-Heath has trekked through the plains and bushes of Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somaliland, Eritrea, and Mozambique. Maps. Read about his walking right into a pride of..... More