Nairobi: Privately printed, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. The Life of Bror Blixen. 233p, ill, index, end paper maps. The archtype of the great white hunter. He was the professional hunter model for Hemingway in The Short Happy Life and Gregory Peck played Blixen in The Macomber Affair. He was also... More about Baron Blixen The Man Whom Women Loved
East Alton Il: Western Cartridge Company, 1927. Soft cover. 36 pp brochure, ill. 5.25 x 7.75 inches. Long range loads for 10, 12, 16, 20 and 410 gauge shotguns. With Western Ammunition brochure and price list for rifle, revolver, and shotgun. Feb 1, 1929. 32 pp brochure. 5.25 x 7.75... More about The Super X Long Range Load
NY: Winchester Press, 1970. First. Hardcover. 246 pp, ill.Out law, lawman, rancher, cowpoke, housewife and harlot Early Texas aristocracy - a horny-handed kind of gentry whose culture was the free and open kind.Old time colorful characters described by someone who himself is a most colorful character. Brings the reader back... More about Texans, Guns & History
Anchorage AK: Publication Consultants, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Adventures of an Alaskan Trophy Hunter in search of the ultimate symbol. 1195 AK 447 pp. Index. Alaskan bear hunting, and paying tribute to som of his bear hunting buddies like Lynn Castle, Clark Engle etc. Fairly uncommon title. VG+. More about The Bears of Manley
Melbourne Australia: Australian Deer Research Foundation, 1982. First. Hardcover. 132 pp, profuse b/w ill. Chital, fallor, hog and red deer and sambar. Showing the best trophies with all important measurements. Many of these are not listed in other record books. This copy like new in similar jacket and with publishers... More about Australian Antlered Game Exhibition
Manitoba, Canada: Privately Printed, 1989. Limited Ed. First. Hardcover. 241 pp, ill. Inscribed by the author who is a noted sheep hunting guide. One of the classic desert bighorn sheep hunting books. With a nice inscription from the author. Book nearly as new in jacket. More about The Arizona Desert King and I
London: Longmans Green, 1894. Deluxe Limited to 250 copies. Hardcover. Edited by C Phillips-Wolley. 2 volumes: 453 and 443 pp. Ill. 1st prtg and DELUXE edition, #128 of only 250 copies. Larger format than regular edition, bound in gilt orange cloth with half navy leather gilt spines. Printed on finer... More about Big Game Shooting
London: Longmans Green, 1894. Trade Edition. Hardcover. Trade edition. Edited by C Phillips-Wolley. 2 volumes: 453 and 443 pp. Ill. 1st prtg. Contributions by Baker, Selous, Oswell, Jackson, Pike, Chapman, Buck and Littledale. An excellent anthology. Former owner's bookplate and an almost obtrusive raised blindstamp on front free endpaper but... More about Big Game Shooting
London: John Lane, 1921. First. Hardcover. 241 pp, ill. Mrs. Baillie spent much time hunting throughout the Indian and Himalayan regions for tigers and other mountain game as well. She took a fine mixed bag of more desirable game. Good only condition in original tired looking grey cloth and bumped corners. More about Days and Nights of Shikar
New York: Charles, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. in the past and present. An account of the chase of the chamois, red deer, bouquetin, roe deer, capercaillie and black cock with personal adventures and historical notes. 356 pp. Original gilt and pictorial binding. Heavy bookp printed on thick paper. Corners bumped... More about Sport in the Alps
New York: Duffield, 1909. 1909. Hardcover. 302 pp, ill. Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Edited version of the oldest English book on hunting. Roe deer, wild boar, wolf and fox in the United Kingdom. Includes hunting with hounds and on horseback. More about The Master of Game
Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Sketched on the spot. 1969 Rhodesia. Facsimile reprint of 1865 orig. ed. with new biographical and bibliographical information. Imperial folio 15x 23 inches. Reproductions of Baines' splendid paintings of the Victoria Falls. Although this reprint is not limited, it is estimated that only... More about The Victoria Falls of the Zambesi River
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Trade Ed. Reprint Trade Ed. Full Leather. with a new intro by J. Casada. 606 pp, ill, fold out map. Classic on African hunting and exploration. Important work in the Briar Patch African collection series. All edges gilt. Adventures among elephants, lion, rhino, hippo... More about Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia
London and New York: Longmans Green, 1895. New Edition. Hardcover. 376 pp, ill. Baker spent 8 years living on the island. More natural history than hunting but includes a fair amount of hunting for elephant and hunting wild boar and sambur. VG+ in orig. maroon cloth with silver stamping. All... More about Eight Years in Ceylon
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Trade Ed. Reprint. Hardcover. 455 pp, ill, all edges gilt. Africa, Asia, Europe and America for lion, elephant, leopard, bear and buffalo. A hunting classic. Baker's writings inspired many other turn of the century hunters. Fine. More about Wild Beasts and Their Ways
London: Macmillan and Company, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. 1890 London FIRST ed. 2 volumes 419 & 379 pp, ill. Africa, Asia, Europe and America. Lion, elephant, leopard, bear, buffalo, crocodile, rhino and much more. Hunting classic from the man who had a lifetime of hunting experience and who inspired many... More about Wild Beasts and Their Ways
London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. First. Hardcover. Travels and Adventures on the Perso-Turkoman Frontier. 376 pp, ill (some colored), 3 large folding maps in front. VG in orig green blindstamped cloth. Some wear at corners and spine tips professionally (and obscurely) strengthened. More about Clouds in the East
Indianapolis IN: Privately printed, 1953. First Edition. Soft cover. Baldwin, H. OUR JOURNEY THROUGH AFRICA 1953 IN. Privately printed for the author. 81 pp, ill, large format. Pictorial card covers. Front ill is map of the lengthy trip. The author and three companions went on an eight-week trip through the... More about Our Journey Through Africa
United Kingdom: Antony Atha, 1978. 1st ltd to 950 copies. Full Leather. 131 pp, 12 colored plates, drawings of deer stalking and deer. Ltd to 950 numbered copies. Oblong 4 to. Bound in full gilt morocco, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Slipcased. A lovely work on deer and deer... More about The Stalking Letters and Sketches of V R Balfour-Browne
NY: D Appleton, 1915. First American. Hardcover. 283 pp, ill. From Kenya into other well known hunting grounds pf E Africa and Congo. In the Ituri forest and cannibal lands after elephant, rhinoceros and much more. Scarce book. Better than Vg (spine dull) but not quite VG+ copy in orig... More about Through Central Africa from Coast to Coast
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. Another look at wilderness hunting. Foreword by John Batten. 196 bb, 120 photos, bibliography. Eighth title in the High Country Heritage Series. Superior book on hunting all the big game found in the Yukon Territory. FIne in like orig. slipcase. More about The Upper Yukon
London and New York: G P Putnam's, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 1922 London 288 pp. 108 ill. Fold out maps. Among the snow crowned volcanoes, with the pygmies, and other hunting experiences. Special chapter on okapi hunting. Covers all Congo game (lion, buffalo, elephant). Large, thick, adventure packed book, almost VG+. More about The Wonderland of the Eastern Congo
NY: Prentice-Hall, 1970. Hardcover. 261 pp, ill. O'Connor on dangerous game, Gates, Rikhoff, Warren Page and many more. Excellent African big game hunting book. VG+ in near fine dj. More about A Treasury of African Hunting
NY: Prentice-Hall, 1970. Hardcover. 261 pp, ill. O'Connor on dangerous game, Gates, Rikhoff, Warren Page and many more. Excellent African big game hunting book. Near fine in near fine dj. More about A Treasury of African Hunting
Huntington Beach: Safari Press, 1994. First - Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 276 pp, ill. Barrington was the professional who took (among other notables) John Batten. He also married Batten's daughter. Much on hunting big trophies and the big five throughout eastern Africa. Fine in fine orig slipcase. More about One Happy Hunter
