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
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
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1988. Limited Ed. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. The Story of Belmore Browne Hunter, Explorer, Artist, Naturalist and preserver of our northern wilderness.424 pp. Ill in b/w & color. Special forewords by Brad Washburn and John Batten. Fine copy in like original slipcase and a...... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1981. FNAWS Ed. Special Edition Printed for FNAWS. Hardcover. 596 pp, profuse ill. Worldwide sheep hunting with the noted John Batten (author of several other popular hunting titles) along with a chapter on rifles as Batten was a noted and knowledgeable firearms collector. This is the..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1980. Allen, G, Adamson, H. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 2 volumes totaling 596 pp. Profuse ill. 1,000 signed by Batten, numbered and slipcased sets. Also signed by Publisher and artist. (Allen and Jim Rikhoff, publisher.) Sheep hunting around the world by a man who..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1986. Darro, Peter. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. Two volumes totaling 903 pp, ill. Batten's fourth book. Profuse ill. Excellent bibliography in rear. Excerpts from some of the best and most popular hunting titles. An Asian hunting heritage book. This seems to be one of..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. Darro, Peter. First - Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 243 pp, profuse ill, drawings & col. frontis. Batten's fourth book. Game from four continents. Moose, whitetailed deer, elk, European red, fallow & roe deer, exotic Indian animals and kudu, sable and other spiral horned antelope..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. Darro, Peter. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. Foreword by Elgin Gates. 264 pp. ill. Tiger in India, the African big five, Bear in N America and a chapter on rifles for big game. The 4th in the Natl Sporting Fraternity African hunting heritage series..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1981. Allen, G. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 318 pp, ill. This fantastic mountain game, sheep hunting book sold out almost as soon as it was issued. If you collect any of the NSF or Batten books, you know this is one of their combined..... More
NY: Derrydale Press, 1931. Rungius, Carl. First Limited to 750 Copies. Hardcover. Beach, W. IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT MCKINLEY 1931 NY DERRYDALE 1931 NY Derrydale Press. 289 pp. Ill. incl. frontis by CARL RUNGIUS. LIMITED to 750 copies. End paper maps. Foreword by John Burnham. One of the rarest..... More
London and Bombay: Badminton Library, 1896. Thorburn, A, Davis, W, Brock, C. DeLuxe Ltd to 250 copies. Half Leather. 484 pp, ill. Ltd ed of only 250 numbered copies. Larger format than regular edition printed on better paper. Contains poems that celebrate all kinds of sport with long sections on..... More
Belgian Congo: Congo Tours, 1954. First Edition. Soft cover. Belgian Congo BIG GAME HUNTING Promotional Brochure issued September 1954. 3 part fold-out brochure. 6 pp 7.5 x 5/1/5 pages. Covering all hunting areas (Lake Albert, Kamanda, Aba, Beni, Tayala's, Semliki River and Gabios. Giving safari rates, what they include, costs..... More
London: Country Life, 1923. First. Hardcover. 187 pages of sheer reading enjoyment. Elephant hunting in the good old days when it was good. A fine copy in original paper boards over cloth spine. There is no wear at spine tips and the boards are in nice shape. The original label..... More
London: Longmans Green, 1914. First. Hardcover. 312 pp., 51 ill., 2 pull out rear pocket maps. Bibliography. A one year safari for a host of big game with photos of all the trophies bagged. Mostly along the Tana River, Mt Kenia and Lake VIctoria areas. Much on elephants, buffalo, lion..... More
NY: James A McCann, 1921. First. Hardcover. An anthropological exploration. 264 pp, ill. Wanyika, Wakamba, Wakikuyu and Masai tribes. Includes one tribal lion hunt.. VG+ in orig. cloth. More
London: Methuen & Co, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. A Naturalist's experiences in and around the Kurile Islands. 246 pp, ill, end paper maps. Expedition undertaken for the Stockholm Museum. VG to vg+. Some staining on the right side of the front endpaper map and on the left side of the..... More
New York: Vantage Press, 1964. First. Hardcover. 202 pp, ill. A colorful, absorbing adventure book of hunting dangerous game. Mainly in Africa but also in Alaska and Canada and India. Author hunted with Harry Selby, who took Robert Ruark on the safari that resulted in Horn of the Hunter. Scarce..... More
London: Rowland Ward, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. XIIIth edition (Africa). 438 pp. Ill. Folding conversion table at end. 13th edition of this popular record book series. Near fine. More
London: Rowland Ward, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. XVIth edition (Africa). 537 pp. Ill. Folding conversion table at end. 16th edition of this popular record book series. VG+. More
London: Rowland Ward, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. XVth edition (Africa). 494 pp. Ill. Folding conversion table at end. 15th edition of this popular record book series. VG+ to Near fine. More
PA: Privately printed, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Including a personal history and accounts of various cruises and hunting expeditions. Includes hunting in New Brunswick, British Columbia, Alaska, Honduras, Alaska, Haiti-Bahamas, Wyoming and Nicaragua. 353 pp, Moose, caribous, sheep antelope. Fine in vg+ dj. INSCRIBED by the author. More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 2005. First - Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 274 pp, 113 photographic ill. A first class story of adventure and achievement told about an area that was full of adventure and surprise and written by one of the few individuals with more than 50 years..... More
Chicago: W E Wroe, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Being a record of an artist's impressions in the land of the red gods. 116 pp ill incl colored reproductions of author's paintings. Hunting, fishing, upland game hunting, and painting in the high Rocky Mountains. Scarce. Bound in half soft leather over..... More
Munich: Tigris Verlag, 1983. First Limited. Hardcover. 448 pp, profuse ill. suede end papers, full embossed gilt leather binding, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt. 16 x 12.25 inches. This copy CVII (107) of an unspecified limited number of copies. A splendid monumental work. The books itself weighs 15 pounds!..... More
Atascadero CA: Mission Trail Media, 2007. First Limited to 1,250 Copies. Hardcover. 198 pp, profuse color ill. One of the better recent works on leopard hunting, mainly by Boddington. Also with a promise from him that this limited ed would be the ONLY ed ever done of this book (i.e...... More
Portland OR: Self Published, 1950. First. Orig Printed Paper Covers. 115 pp, ill. Fishing throughout the western US and western Canada. The only fishing book by the man who authored several excellent big game hunting books. VG+ to near fine. More