Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 1992. Limited Ed. First - Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 315 pp, ill. Long respected, and this edition long out of print, biography of Robert Ruark a man who grew up as the Old Man's Boy and then became a columnist, hunter, adventurers, noted newspaperman... More
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. 283 pp, ill. 3 folding maps. A personal record of adventure and observation. Fraser traveled throughout the Congo Basin. He describes the terrain and the natives and his adventures with elephant and buffalo. VG to vg+ in orig. printed green cloth. More
NY: Dodd Mead, 1925. First Limited to 150 Copies. Hardcover. The great Columbia Icefield of the Canadian Rockies. 270 pp, ill. Incl. tipped in frontis. This was one of the very first areas to be visited by American explorers, yet one of the last to be photographed. Near the head... More
London: John Murray, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. 314 pp Lovely tinted lithographic ill. Folding map in rear (one small tape repair on edge of map). An important early work. Galton was the first Europeans to enter the areas lying between the Cape Colony and the western Portuguese settlements. Original gilt... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1988. First - Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 315 pp, ill. Gates was one of the most respected international hunters and a Weatherby Award winner as well. He pioneered in opening many new areas to hunting. This is his ONLY book on African big game hunting... More
New York: Winchester Press, 1982. Limited Ed. First Edition. Hardcover. 256 pp. ill. Hunting throughout Asia's remote and uncharted regions for some of the rarest big game animals in the world by the man who popularized modern sheep hunting. Fine in fine dj with non authorial presentation stamp on front free endpaper. 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 like dj. More
New York: R R Bowker, 1940. 1st limited to 600 copies. Hardcover. Being a descriptive list of the most important books on sport. 158 pp, frontis. Incl books on fox hunting, racing, polo, big game, dogs & shooting, angling, yachting, coaching, sporting fiction and an index. Book almost as new... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. 409 pp, ill. Travel through the then great unknown areas of Central Africa. From Mombasa to the Mountains of the Moon, Semliki Valley, Pigmy forest, the Ituri forest, 1000 miles up the Congo. Interesting mainly really adventurous travel. Uncommon title. Internally nice... More
New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Four afoot through Africa. 1926 NY 225 pp, ill. From Egypt to Sudan, then to Nimule and Uganda. Big game hunting along the way, and hunting elephants in Belgian Congo. Then back to Tanganyika. Orig. paper boards with cloth and cloth spine... More
London: Methuen, 1898. First. Hardcover. 408 pp. Profuse ill. Fold out map. Along the Zambesi River for a host of big game. Appendix on the game and their distribution throughout the river region. Excellent work and one we heartily recommend reading. Czech notes this is "well written." Lots of hunting... More
London: W H Allen, 1881. New Edition. Hardcover. Adventures among the Boers. 1881 London New Edition. 380 pp, ill. Experiences from author's journey into Bechuanaland (Botswana) during the late Zulu War. The object was to obtain natives to assist in transport of the army. Southern African adventure by the author... More
London: Kegan Paul, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 234 pp, ill. Continuation of the authors popular HUNTER'S ARCADIA but with many more sporting adventures. The edge of the Kalahari for lion, gemsbok, zebra and many antelope species. Green gilt and pictorial cloth. Fair to good condition only. Wear and some slight... More
Chicago and Philadelphia: L P Miller, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. The Paladin of the Nineteenth Century. A succinct and correct history of the travels and explorations of Henry M Stanley, his perilous march to find Livingstone, his explorations on the Congo, his wonderful work in the Congo state, together with... More
London: John Murray, 1856. Second Edition. Hardcover. with notices of the native tribes, and anecdotes of the chase of the lion, elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, rhinoceros etc. 381 & 388 pp, ill, map. Cumming went to the South African interior for hunting and discovered vast herds of plains game as well... More
London: John Murray, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Gordon, T. E. A VARIED LIFE 1906 London 357 pp Ill. Service, sport and travel in India, Central Asia and Persia. Gordon's other work ROOF OF THE WORLD is one of the scarcest titles on Asian sheep hunting ever written. This, his biography... More
Colorado: Privately Printed, 1954. First. Orig Printed Wraps. 43 pp. Fox anbd coyote coursing in Colorado. History of this noted horse and hound hunt, Orig. printed soft covers. VG+. More
Zimbabwe: Mag Set Publications, 2008. First Ltd to 3,000 Copies. Hardcover. Hunting the cattle-killing peopard of the Matobo Hills. 569 pp, profuse color ill. This book was published by African hunter magazine and they really know their stuff, as does this professional hunting authors. Wayne Grant has won many hunting... More
Missoula MT: Boone & Crockett Club, 1995. Limited Ed 100 slipcased copies signed. Hardcover. A Graphic Itinerary. 196 pp, ill. Large format. All edges gilt. Limited ed of 100 copies. Gray was editor of the first Boone & Crockett record book. Here he recounts his big game hunting trip in... More
London: Stanley Paul, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 288 pp, ill. Green was a travel writer & experienced hunter who went to the Kalahari & Rhodesia (including Northern Rhodesia) in 1936. He relates more general adventures and a few personal hunts but does talk about local natives and white hunters going... More
London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner, 1896. Thorburn, A. First - Limited to 500 Copies. Hardcover. 324 pp, ill. with lovely photogravures by A Thorburn. Ltd ed of 500 copies. Elaborately produced work on the Scottlish deer forests describing all the forests and relating hunting incidents in them. Internally near fine... More
London: Kegan Paul, 1901. Archibald Thorburn. First. vellum Over boards). 343 pp, ill both from photos and by Thorburn. A beautiful book on deer hunting in the UK, especially in the Scottish deer forests. Well written and informative and one of the best on the specialty subject. Copy from the... More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1894. Thorburn, A. First. Hardcover. 268 pp, ill. Hunting and some fishing in the English/Scottish countryside. Interesting stag hunting stories. One of numerous books by the popular author. Vallum spine slightly soiled, the paper label with a chip but not extending into text. The board showing... More
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1900. McCormick, A.D. First. Hardcover. 377 pp, profuse ill. Large colored folding map in rear. The first traverse of Africa from North to South. 377 pp., ill. Large colored folding map in rear. Highly regarded and important work of travel, hunting and adventure. Lovely, fine copy... More
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1900. McCormick, A.D. First. Hardcover. 377 pp, profuse ill. Large colored folding map in rear. The first traverse of Africa from North to South. 377 pp., ill. Large colored folding map in rear. Highly regarded and important work of travel, hunting and adventure. Lovely, near fine... More
