McElroy Hunts Asia
Tucson AZ: Privately printed, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 1989 AZ 204 pp Ill. Mac's first book on Asian mountain hunting. Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan. Fine in near fine dj. More
Tucson AZ: Privately printed, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 1989 AZ 204 pp Ill. Mac's first book on Asian mountain hunting. Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan. Fine in near fine dj. More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 2000. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 226 pp. 105 ill. John McGowan has been dipping his rifle, hunting boots and pen in African gamelands since 1952. He's not a professional but his impressive trophy collection certain looks like he's carted rifles through lots of..... More
Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd, 1921. First. Hardcover. intro by WT Hornaday.215 pp, ill. Lots of hunting for mountain sheep and goats and something on the other game of the region. A long time popular and respected book on North American hunting in Alaska and the Yukon. Near fine copy and with..... More
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1989. Abbett, Robert. First Limited to 500 Copies. Orig half Leather, Slipcase. 191 pp. ill. from the artists works. Part of the Masters of the Wild Series. Orig. half leather over marbled boards. Beautifully printed on heavy and coated stock. In original customer slipcase. In..... More
Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press, 1995. Limited Edition 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 316 pp, ill., maps. appendix.Deco end papers. Extra large A3 (European) format. Limited to 1,000 signed, numbered, slipcased copies printed on very thick paper. Afghanistan, Italian Alps, Nepal, Mongolia, N America (for a grand slam of sheep), Pakistan, Kazakhstan..... More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 1987. First Limited Ed: 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 200 pp, profuse ill. Ltd to 1,000 copies, numbered and signed by the publisher. Covers two very long safaris to Iran for virtually every game animal offered in the country. This Weatherby Award winner is a noted mountain..... More
London: Oliver & Boyd, 1957. First. Hardcover. 347 pp, ill. Kenya and East Africa experiences of the famous Colonel. V+ in original brown cloth. More
Edinburg: Oliver & Boyd, 1957. First. Hardcover. 347 pp, ill. A vivid picture of the life of a young officer in Kenya at a time when settlers were just beginning to arrive in the country that was still inhabited by primitive tribes and wild animals. Col. Meinertzhagen servied with the..... More
London: Country Life, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 186 pp Ill. Good general book on elephants in Africa by a man who spent much time hunting and studying the game. Former owner raised blindstamp on front free endpaper and title page where it has made a slit in park of the..... More
London: Country Life, 1938. Tresilian, S. First. Hardcover. 186 pp., ill. General work on elephants in Africa by someone who spent a lot of time hunting and studying the game as well as writing several other books on Africa. A keen observer. Former owner bookplate inside lower front cover. VG+..... More
Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press, 1976. Second Edition. Hardcover. Mellon, J. AFRICAN HUNTER 1976 CA second printing. 522 pp. Profuse ill. Large format. Still considered THE definitive reference work for someone planning to hunt Africa even to this day. Near fine in vg+ dj. Faint blindstamps of former owner. Very..... More
London: The Holland Press, 1957. Second Ed: Limited to 500 Sets. Hardcover. Two volumes, 997 and 1,140 pp. Catalogue of the Mendelssohn library of books relating to South Africa. Extensively annotated and great detail on each work. This work truly deserved to be called exhaustive and unsurpassed and is a...... More
London: Holland Press, 1968. Second. Hardcover. Two enormous volumes, each over 1,000 pages. The most comprehensive listing of published material relating to South Africa. The best thing about this, however, is the extensiive annotations so you can see all the bibliographic details as well as get an in depth book..... More
NY: Farrar Straus and Cudahy, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The African Adventures of a Hunter Extraordinary. 1956 NY 238 pp. Ill. Hunting wild animals (mainly gorillas) in W Africa, esp. the Cameroons by a professional hunter. He also hunted with Powell-Cotton for elephant, eland, etc. Interesting reading. Former owner faint..... More
NY: Farrar Straus and Cudahy, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The African Adventures of a Hunter Extraordinary. 1956 NY 238 pp. Ill. Hunting wild animals (mainly gorillas) in W Africa, esp. the Cameroons by a professional hunter. He also hunted with Powell-Cotton for elephant, eland, etc. Interesting reading. Former owner faint..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1987. Limited edition - 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. The British Sportsman in the American West 1833-1881. 217 pp, ill, bibliography, index. Limited to 1,000 copies, numbered and signed. One of the National Sporting Fraternity Amwell Press books. Book fine, slipcase fine. More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1987. First Limited Ed - 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. The English Sportsman in the American West 1883-1881. 217 pp, ill. Book fine, slipcase fine. More
Ft Worth TX: Clear Fork Ranch, 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 256 pp, ill. World class big game hunting in the state of Texas.Covers most of the African game hunted as exotic game in Texas (called the "new Africa.") A numbered copy NOT signed by author. Excellent photos of the exotic..... More
London: Sampson Low, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. 244 pp + pub ads in rear. Lectures on the Western States of the USA. Symbols of early western character and civilization: the rifle, axe. saddlebags. An hour's talk about women and French chivalry in the south-west. VG i elaborate gilt, gilt pictorial..... More
London: Henry Sotheran, 1897. Doug Allan. First Edition. Hardcover. 224 pp, 185 text and full page ill. mainly by the author and Landseer, Steel, Roe. Extinct British deer, red deer, fallow deer and roe deer. Images, description of horns and stalking stories. Millais tried to make this one of the..... More
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. deluxe ltd ed. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New intro by Frank Bradlow. 346 pp, ill.All edges gilt. Someone once said, on finishing this book, "Never have the furred creatures been displayed in such lithe beauty." Insightful look at big game hunting at the turn of..... More
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Trade Ed. Reprint. Hardcover. New intro by Frank Bradlow. 346 pp, ill.All edges gilt. Someone once said, on finishing this book, "Never have the furred creatures been displayed in such lithe beauty." Insightful look at big game hunting at the turn of the last..... More
London: Longmans Green, 1919. Third Impression. Hardcover. 387 pp, ill. Biography of one of the greatest hunters of all time by a man who was himself a noted hunter/author/artist. Contains much information not found in Selous' own books. Early editions of this title are hard to come by. Rebound in..... More
London: Longhams Green, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. with a frontispiece in Photogravure after a drawing by Millais, 8 photogravure plates, tissue guards, 2 colored plates and 50 ill. from author's drawings & photographs. 167 pp. ill. Large format: 12.25 x 10.25 inches. Waterfowl shooting throughout Scotland. Fair to good only..... More
NY: Scribner's, 1953. First. Hardcover. Intorudctory of H Anthony. 40 large plates and accompanying text on opposite page of the world's hoofed mammals shown in shadow form. This art form represented a first in picturing natural history specimens. Little wear at spine tips and slightest of wear at corners otherwise..... More