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. Fair condition only but author/hunter John Batten's copy, his signature & year..... More
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
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
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
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. More
Los Angeles: Petersen Pub, 1965. First. Hardcover. 384 pp, ill. Rifles for all type of hunting situations. Bullet placement. Hunting whitetail and mules deer, grizzlies and black bear, alaskan game, moose, elk, caribous, mountain sheep and goats, antelope, cougar and jaguar, bison and buffalo. A popular and now scarce Keith..... More
Los Angeles: Petersen Pub, 1965. First. Padded Leatherette. 384 & 383 pp, ill. All Keith's experiences while hunting for large and dangerous North American game. Much on sheep and bears as well as antelope, etc. Fine in vg dj. More
La Jolla CA: Safari Publications, 1968. First. Hardcover. 167 pp, profuse color & b/w ill. Keith's tremendous African safari and his only African big game hunting book. Printed in a small edition by this little known publisher, this making it rather hard to come by. Keith is always good to..... More
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
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
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1886. First American. Hardcover. 2 vol: each 318 pp. Profuse ill. 1886 NY First American Edition Fold out map. From the Cape of Good Hope across the Zambesi River to the Lake Regions of Central Africa through some of the finest hunting country in existence.Fans of..... More
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
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
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
Boulder Co: Sycamore Island Books, 1998. Limited Ed. First Limited to 500 Copies. Full Leather. Never has a limited ed. sold out as quickly as this book-almost as soon as it came on the market. Yes, it's that good. Great stories of hunting dangerous game by a noted professional hunter..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1896. Whymper, C. First. Hardcover. A hunter's wanderings from Khalamba to the Limbombo. 576 pp. Ill. Author is known for his pursuit of leopard, lion & elephant. His book is one of the first to talk about the different haunts of leopards throughout Africa and the different..... More
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1989. C. Whymper. deluxe ltd ed 500 copies. Hardcover. A hunter-naturalist's wanderings from Kahlamba to the Limbombo. New foreword by J Casada. 567 pp, ill, all edges gilt. One of the classic big game hunting titles, especially as regards leopard hunting.Kirby was one of the..... More
NY: St Martins Press, 1989. Capstick Reprint Series. Hardcover. East Africa, 1903-1926.348 pp, ill, map. A Hungarian nobleman's heart stopping memoirs of a lifetime of big game hunting in East Africa. One of the African big game hunting titles in the Capstick reprint series. Fine in near fine dj... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1929. First in English. Hardcover. 342 pp, 200 ill., fold out map. Foreword by Major Burrard. Author hunted 22 years for the Hungarian national museum. He spent much time in the Central African areas after big elephants. Also a lot on lion, rhino and buffalo. Save for..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1929. First in English. Hardcover. 342 pp, 200 ill., fold out map. Foreword by Major Burrard. Author hunted 22 years for the Hungarian national museum. He spent much time in the Central African areas after big elephants. Also a lot on lion, rhino and buffalo. Faded spine..... More
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2010. First Trade. Hardcover. A Chronicle of Sport Hunting and Conservation. 772 pp, profuse color ill. Autobiography of the pioneer of Asian hunting and conservation. The name Klineburger has been a synonym for exotic international big game hunting for over half a century. After hunting in..... 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
Phoenix AZ: Southwest Natural History Museum, 1984. First. Hardcover. 205 pp, ill. References are mainly technical in nature. Fine condition. More
NY: AS Barnes, 1929. First. Hardcover. A Text book on the art of shooting for accuracy with the bow and arrow. 306 pp, ill. Fine copy save for offsetting from news clippings laid inside front cove:. a photo of a champion archery group and a newspaper article about Chester Seay..... More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1902. First Edition. Soft cover. a new genus of giraffidae. Discovery, regional inhabited by, description. pp 279 to 310 of a larger publication. This is a separately published offprint of vol XVI part 6. Large format. Contains the splendid hand colored plate by P J...... More
