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
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
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..... 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: 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 Publishing Company, 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..... More
NY: Putnams, 1930. First. Hardcover. 253 pp, 44 ill., 3 maps, end paper maps. Sportsman's adventures in an unknown valley after the largest carnivorous animal in the work. Super bear hunting title and very scarce North American hunting title in first edition. Beautiful fine crisp copy in orig red gilt..... 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
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
New York: Privately Printed, 1958. First. Orig Paper Covers, Spiral Boun. Six friends seek the big five on a 21-day hunt in Tanganyika, British East Africa. Elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and rhinoceros. The head of this publishing firm could afford the best, and got it. More
London: Constable, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Fergusson, W. ADVENTURE SPORT AND TRAVEL ON THE TIBETAN STEPPES 1911 London 342 pp. Large foldout map, 80 Ill. Travel and hunting. Internally very nice and tight. Orig. pict. Orig. printed cloth. Corners bumped, hinges loose (but binding folding firm). While the copy is..... More
India: Jodphur Government Press, 1936. First Edition. Leather. A Brief record of beasts slain by the author during twenty two years in widely differing climes and scenery. India 1936. Large format. This volume contains both the first and second series. 273 pp, ill, text maps. An extensive description of author's..... More
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Trade Ed. Reprint. Hardcover. 272 pp, ill., new foreword by P Rundell. Reprint of the elephant hunting classic.The Briar Patch series are among the most popular and popular priced reprints around. All edges gilt. Near fine. More
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1990. Limited Ed. Dlx Ltd Ed Rep: 500 Copies. Full Leather. An account of shooting trips in the Cheringoma and Gorongoza divisions of Portuguese and South East Africa and Zululand. The author found a big game hunting paradise and spent as much time as he..... More
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1990. Trade Ed. Limited edition Reprint. Hardcover. Shooting trips in the Cheringoma and Gorongoza divisions of Portuguese southeast Africa and Zululand. Limited trade edition reprint. 313 pp, ill, new foreword by Jim Casada. Fine in gilt stamped imit. leather binding, all edges gilt, marbled end..... More
NY: Knopf, 1938. First American. Hardcover. 284 pp, ill, index. Bror Blixen was the husband of Isak Dinesen and the noted East African big game hunter. His accomplishments are lengend in hunting lore. This is the first American edition of his only - and exciting - hunting book. VG+ to..... More
NY: St Martins Press, 1986. Capstick Reprint Series. Hardcover. 292 pp, ill. Tho remembered as husband of novelist Isak Dinesen, Bror Blixen was a "brilliant and courageous" big game hunter who here retells his story with spellbinding attention to detail. Another popular African big game hunting title in the Capstick..... More
NY: Daniel Ryerson, 1937. First. Hardcover. 167 pp, ill. end paper maps. The story of a sportsman naturalist's hunt for the world's largest bear on the bleak Bering Sea shores of the Alaska Peninsula. One of the best brown bear hunting books you will ever read. Scarce and deservedly sought..... More
Cincinnati OH: Jennings and Graham Press, 1090. DeLuxe Limited leather bound. Hardcover. Privately printed for the author (the margarine millionnaire). 248 pp. Hundreds of illustrations (some in two tone). DELUXE ultra limited leather bound edition. Elaborate full leather gilt and game head stamped covers of sheep and African buffalo on..... More
