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: 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
Boston: Little Brown, 1937. First US ed. Hardcover. 331 pp, ill. Author spent three months in and around the Serengeti Plains of East Africa hunting for a variety of big game. Among his trophies was an unusual spotted lion. VG+ to near fine in vg dj. Scarce in hardback as... 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: 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
London: Griffith Farran, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Drayson, A. THE DIAMOND HUNTERS OF SOUTH AFRICA nd ca 1889 London 383 pp, ill. In southern Africa, (Natal), among the large and small game, spooring wild elephant, a lion hunt and a buffalo hunt in the Umganie bush, and a journey to... 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. First Edition. 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
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 223 pp, frontis. Duff talks about elephant hunters like Sutherland, Sharpe and Selous in Nyasaland and his own hunting for buffalo & crocodile. Very scarce, perhaps now rare. We have had this only twice before. VG condition. Corners lightly turned, very slight spine slope. More
West Hartford VT: Countryman Press, 1946. Hines, Bob. Ltd Ed 475 copies. Hardcover. 297 pp, ill. Deco endpaper maps. Large format. Deluxe ed, ltd to 475 copies, #89, signed by author and artist. End paper maps. The amazing animal and fish life of America's last outpost where the author hunted... More
New York: Journal of the American Museum of Natural History, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 16 pp. Ill. The adventures of an artist who has painted big game and birds of Africa and North America in their natural habitat. An offprint from Vol XXXII number three of the Journal of the... More
NY: Century Co, 1932. First. Hardcover. 287 pp. Jaguar hunting throughout the Mato Grosso jungles of Brazil with the noted hunter Sasha Siemel, perhaps the most famous jaguar hunter in history. Written by noted South American historian Julian Duguid. Fine in original cloth in good only dj. Jacket has big... More
New York: Winchester Press, 1973. Bob Kuhn. Deluxe Limited to 375 Numbered Copies. Original Cloth. 154 pp, Ill. of the big five by Bob Kuhn and SIX large pull out colored prints of each of the African big five (two of elephants). Illustrated with drawings by Kuhn and tipped in... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1979. Bob Kuhn. First Edition Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. The very first in the National Sporting Fraternity Amwell Press African Hunting Heritage series. Dyer was not only a noted professional hunter and author but he served for a long time as President of the East... More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 1995. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 389 pp, over 50 pp appendix, and an amazing 375 photos! Stories of the great legends who penetrated the early East African big game hunting regions and created and expanded the hunting industry. Nearly as new in like... More
Boston Ma: Chapple Publ, 1915. First. Hardcover. 410 pp, profuse ill. Hunting throughout East Africa and into northwester Rhodesia, now Zambia. Two very long and very fruitful safaris after dangerous game (much on elephants) as well a the glamor game of East Africa and what is now Zambia. Truly the... More
London: Lowman & Hanford, 1924. First. Hardcover. And observations on the increase of big game in North America. 90 pp, ill. First title from the man who authored Hunting the Alaska Brown Bear. Eddy was a bear hunting fanatic and his books are respected to this date. This is his... More
Geneva Switzerland: Editions Rene Kister, 1957. Second. Hardcover. Massive work on the African game compiled by the Committe on hunting in the French Colonies. Two massive volumes: 293 & 350 pp. Profuse ill. Articles written by a who's who of hunting in the international community of the time. Hundreds of... More
London: Gentry Books, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 1973 London 223 pp. Ill. Sheep and goats of the Himalayas to game lower down. Much on sheep in Kashmir. A book which received much publicity and instant popularity. Near fine in like dj. More
Camden SC: John Culler, 1994. Deluxe Limited. Reprint Limited to 500 Copies. Full Leather. 437 pp, ill, all edges gilt, marbled end papers, silk ribbon marker. Full leather binding. One of the great classics of Asian mountain hunting. The book in original edition is very hard to find and expensive... More
