London: Andrew Melrose, 1921. First. Hardcover. 234 pp, ill. Elephant and other big game on two trips to East Africa. Hunting rhino and elephant in the Aberdares. Plus several trips to India for exciting tiger hunts as well as gaur, sambar, etc. He returned for a second hunt for rhino..... More
Camden SC: John Culler & Sons, 1993. Reprint Limited to 500 Copies. Full Leather. eight months' trip in Baltistan and Ladakh....together with hints for the guidance of sportsmen. 497 pp, ill., all edges gilt. 54 ill., 2 maps. Asian sheep hunting classic covering just about every species of sheep but..... More
Bristol UK: Arrowsmith, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 254 pp, ill. Author spent a season in and around S. Georgia. He went whaling and collected museum specimens. VG to vg+ in orig. blue gilt cloth. More
Huntington Beach, CA: Safari Press, 2002. Ltd 500 copies. Hardcover. The Russell Annabel Story 2002 CA Safari Press Limited to 500 signed numbered slipcased copies. 22nd book in their classics in big game hunting series. 324 pp. ill. Trace sAnnabel's adventures from the early pioneer days in Alaska to the..... More
London: East Africa, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 160 pp, ill. A mother's recounts the adventures of her young son growing up in Uganda in the early 1910s. Adventure in traveling throughout Uganda plus a chapter on big game and one on lesser game. Published by the noted East Africa magazine..... More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 2006. First Limited Ed: 1,000 Copies. Suedelike Cloth. 335 pages, 159 b/w photographic ill, 9 colored maps. Index. In 1948 Jorge got married to Africa and never looked back/ His quest for big game made playgrounds of Africa's vast continent and for 25 years he..... More
no place: Privately printed. First Edition. Hardcover. 76 pp, deco end papers. Hunting deer in the northeastern and north central US. Also hunting for some smaller fur bearing animals. Frontis of author with autopen signature. Soft gilt leatherette covers worn and with front corners missing at edge. Internally fine. More
Philadelphia PA: Lippincott, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. An Intimate Record. 302 pp, ill. Index. The Price's trip to Africa (Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Nigeria. Cape Town & elsewhere in South Africa, Zimbabwe and then Argentina, Chile and the Andes. The Prince's desire was to sell Her Majesty's Empire to her..... More
Encino CA: Trophy Room Books/Rowland, 1983. Blindstamp. Deluxe ltd ed 25 copies. Hardcover. 324 pp, ill, large pull out folding map in rear. The sheep hunting adventures of the extravagant Russian prince who hunted all the sheep of Central Asia. Deluxe ltd ed of only 25 copies, quarter leather bound..... More
Camden SC: John Culler & Sons, 1992. Reprint Limited to 500 Copies. Leather. 316 pp, ill. all edges gilt. The wealthy Russian Prince who hunted extensively for Asian sheep and mountain game, including mountain goats. Here he hunted in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia. The quality of the trophies they..... More
Camden SC: John Culler & Sons, 1994. Reprint Limited to 500 Copies. Leather. 295 pp, 113 illustrations, 5 photogravures, 2 pull out rear pocket maps. All edges gilt. The last (of three) books authored by the noted Central Asian sheep hunter. Deals with bears and Snow Sheep on the Russian..... More
Canada: Allen Lane/Penguin Books Limited, 1981. Robert Bateman. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 179 pp, ill. Extra large format. Profuse Bateman illustrations with accompanying test and an introductory profile of Bateman by R Derry as well as much biological info on the artist throughout the book. Printed on lovely, heavy art stock..... More
Los Angeles: Warren Lewis, 1954. First Ltd to 2000 Copies. Hardcover. 320 pp. ill. Book is still in ORIGINAL shipping box (albeit coming apart at some folds) with label. Shipped from author to Stockton CA with original 35 Cent postage receipt. More
London: The Bodley Head, 1908. First. Hardcover. 276 pp. Ill. Throughout eastern Africa. Comments on game on a species by species basis. Dickinson was the British Commissioner for British East Africa. One of the new titles recommended by President Roosevelt in his Life Histories of African Game Animals bibliography. Near..... More
Norwalk CT: Easton Press, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. 389 pp. Beautifully executed reprint of this classic title. Fine copy in original genuine gilt leather. A perennially popular title. More
London: British Museum Natural History, 1932. First Edition. Soft cover. Foreword by Calman, W.82 pp. Ill.Covers all the big game found in the British Empire at the time. From ibex & markhor to bongo and eland and tigers and leopards. Includes Indo-Malay, Africa (south & south central, Africa Eastern, Africa..... More
London: Rowland Ward, 1928. First Ed of ninth edition. Hardcover. their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights and horn & tusk measurements. NINTH edition. 328 pp, ill. Zebra end papers. Final issue to have African and Asiatic game. Near fine. (Note that we have many other editions in stock. Inquire directly.). More
Brussels: J Lebegue and Co, 1905. First Edition. Half Leather. 192 pp, ill. fold out map tipped in at rear. Author states in preface that he went to the Congo with the hope of shooting big game and had a negative opinion of the Congo government. After a lengthy trip..... More
Edinburgh: Willam Blackwood, 1939. First. Hardcover. 263 pp, ill, Dower, L. EPIC FAILURE 1939 London 263 pp, ill. Safari in Kenya and Tanganyika. For a mainly photographic safari this is good reading. They shot their own trophies to use as bait and then had to figure out how to set..... More
London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, 1925. First. Hardcover. 242 pp, 174 ill. Maps. Worldwide big game hunting by a man with more narrow escapes than most. Interesting reading. Good photos esp of elephant and buffalo. Excellent chapters on the African big five. Orig. pictorial cover of elephant charging a...... More
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Drake-Brockman, R. THE MAMMALS OF SOMALILAND 1910 London 201 pp. Ill. A five year study intended to help sportsmen. Description and distribution maps of game. Measurement of horns & tusks. Notes on animal habits. Much on Somali antelopes not found elsewhere. One..... More
NY: Harper & Bros, 1903. Second. Hardcover. Summer and winter journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Northern Finland. In two volumes with a map and 235 illustrations. Vol 1: 441 pp. Vol 2: 474 pp. A classic travel work on the area. Condition of this is amazing. Fine and we..... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1867. 1867. Hardcover. 292 pp, ill. This edition published for teenagers. Stories of the author's explorations and hunting, adventures with wild animals and two legged ones as well. Fair only condition. Rear endpaper torn out. However, nicely inscribed and signed Paul once and Paul Du Chaillu..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. Not First. Hardcover. narrated for young people. Stories of wildlife and adventure in Equatorial regions of Africa. 231 pp, ill, pub. ads in rear. Poor condition. Almost disbound, but complete. Nicely inscribed and signed also dated. More
France: Katren1 Editions, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. 275 pp, ill., deco end papers. 20 anees de chasses et d'expeditions a travers les hautes montagnes d'Asie. One of the most spectacular big game hunting books you will ever see (no English edition). du Lou is a wealthy adventurer who loves to..... More
