SC: John Culler, 1995. ltd ed 500 copies. Hardcover. Sketches of sport in Eastern Persia. 1995 SC This is the Asian Series ltd ed reprint. 283 pp, ill. All edgesgilt. Genuine gilt full leather binding. Slipcased. Author was British consul in the area and spent much time hunting ibex and..... More
Edinburg: William Blackwood, 1910. First. Half-Leather. 330 pp, ill. First and rarest of Kennion's books in any edition. One of the few mountain game hunting titles with a lot on markhor, ibex, and many species of sheep found in the Himalayan Mountains. This copy bound in contemporary half leather. Lightly..... More
Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1957. First. Hardcover. 248 pp, ill. Part 1: the famous hunter and co-founder of Ker & Downey safaris hunts by himself. Part two are exciting hunts with well known clients. Great reading. Near fine in fair. More
Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1957. First. Hardcover. 248 pp, ill. Part 1: the famous hunter and co-founder of Ker & Downey safaris hunts by himself. Part two are exciting hunts with well known clients. Great reading. Near fine in fair dj. Former owner's name and date written small and neat on..... More
Harrisburg PA: Stackpole, 1957. First. Hardcover. 248 pp, ill. The author's hunts by himself and then while with famous clients. Author was founder of the famous Ker & Downey Safari Company. Part I are hunts by Ker himself. Part two are hunts with his famous clients. Great reading and popular..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1886. First American. Hardcover. 2 vol: each 318 pp. Profuse ill. 1886 NY First American Edition Fold out map. From the Cape of Good Hope across the Zambesi River to the Lake Regions of Central Africa through some of the finest hunting country in existence.Fans of..... More
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1866. First. Half Leather- Worn. or, notes on natural history of the game, game birds and fish of that country. Illustrated with colored plates and woodcuts. 334 pp, ill. Natural history of Canadian game. A cornerstone title but this should be rebound. It is bound in..... More
Winona, MN: Private Printing, 1939. 1st Edm 4th Prtg. Orig Printed Wraps. 42 pp. Profuse ill. Orig. printed wraps. 9 1/2 x 6 in. Two trips made by Mr & Mrs King to Tanganyika for dangerous and plains game. Mrs. King also wrote a book about their trips. This pamphlet..... More
Boulder Co: Sycamore Island Books, 1998. Trade Ed. First Trade. Hardcover. 477 pp. 96 pp of stunning color photos. Controversial, courageous, clever, colorful: Kingsley-Heath has trekked through the plains and bushes of Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somaliland, Eritrea, and Mozambique. Maps. Read about his walking right into a pride of..... More
London: Harrison, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Kinloch, A. Large Game shooting in Thibet and the North West 1st edition, second series. 1876 London. First edition, second series. Large format. 64 pp + 12 ill. Kinloch was a noted big game hunter, naturalist and military officer. He wrote about Ovis ammon..... More
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1989. Whymper, C. Reprint. Hardcover. 576 pp. Ill. New foreword by Jim Casada.A hunter's wanderings from Khalamba to the Limbombo. Teeming with hunting stories. Kirby is known for his pursuit of leopards, lions and elephants. This is the first book to discuss different haunts of..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1896. Whymper, C. First. Hardcover. A hunter's wanderings from Khalamba to the Limbombo. 576 pp. Ill. Author is known for his pursuit of leopard, lion & elephant. His book is one of the first to talk about the different haunts of leopards throughout Africa and the different..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1929. First in English. Hardcover. 342 pp, 200 ill., fold out map. Foreword by Major Burrard. Author hunted 22 years for the Hungarian national museum. He spent much time in the Central African areas after big elephants. Also a lot on lion, rhino and buffalo. Save for..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1929. First in English. Hardcover. 342 pp, 200 ill., fold out map. Foreword by Major Burrard. Author hunted 22 years for the Hungarian national museum. He spent much time in the Central African areas after big elephants. Also a lot on lion, rhino and buffalo. Faded spine..... More
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2010. First Trade. Hardcover. A Chronicle of Sport Hunting and Conservation. 772 pp, profuse color ill. Autobiography of the pioneer of Asian hunting and conservation. The name Klineburger has been a synonym for exotic international big game hunting for over half a century. After hunting in..... More
London: Kegan Paul Trench Krubner, 1910. First in English. Hardcover. 1910 London 340 pp, ill. The long serving Count traveled extensively through India and recalls hunts for buffalo, panther and tiger. However this is mainly a most interesting, but, a travel book. (Author also wrote The Markhor Sport in Kashmir.)..... More
Phoenix AZ: Southwest Natural History Museum, 1984. First. Hardcover. 205 pp, ill. References are mainly technical in nature. Fine condition. More
NY: AS Barnes, 1929. First. Hardcover. A Text book on the art of shooting for accuracy with the bow and arrow. 306 pp, ill. Fine copy save for offsetting from news clippings laid inside front cove:. a photo of a champion archery group and a newspaper article about Chester Seay..... More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1902. First Edition. Soft cover. a new genus of giraffidae. Discovery, regional inhabited by, description. pp 279 to 310 of a larger publication. This is a separately published offprint of vol XVI part 6. Large format. Contains the splendid hand colored plate by P J...... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935. First American. Hardcover. the third expedition of Haardt and Audouin-Dubreuil in Central Asia. 354 pp, ill, fold out map, end paper maps of exploring route through China, Mongolia, Tibet, Afghanistan, Turkestan Iraq and Syria. VG+ in orig. cloth. More
NP: Privately Printed. Hardcover. 44 pp, 4 orig color ill tipped in by hand. Leahy was a friend of Hemingway and wrote this book at Ernest's suggestion. The record of a Chicago salesman following an elusive Bengal tiger. Original binding with metallic illustration of a tiger hand painted and hand..... More
London: Heinemann, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's 4th novel and first that Heinemann printed. Book is in near fine condition, price clipped dj spine slightly faded but overall in better than vg+ condition. No writing. Text block square and tight. More
No place given: Privately printed, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. not paginated, ca 60 pp, ill. Described author's Poland/Scotland hunt in 1983. Author hunted stag. VG+ to near fine copy with one circular line stain on pp 10/11. We have never seen another copy of this book. Likely printed ina very..... More
New York: Huntington Press, 1933. Leigh, WR. First. Hardcover. 116 pp, , with text illustrations and tipped in plates (tipped in plates have tissue guards). Has a foreworby James L Clark. Covers Prehistoric horse, mustang, two chapters on hunting grizzly and bighorn sheep, then hunting men and wild horses, the..... More
London: John Long, 1911. First. Hardcover. 266 pp, 52 ill. A classic, written by one of the foremost gentleman big game hunters and adventurers of his day is one of the few classic big hunting titles to concentrate on Zambia, an area that is today still very much a safari..... More
