London: Horace Cox, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. or chapters on hoofed animals. 411 pp, ill, (2 plates are colored) + articles bound in at rear, publishers catalog (final page of cat. is loose), and also pasted opposite index to book is a 1 1/2 page signed note by Lydekker on... More
London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. A series of geographical and other essays illustrative of wife in a wild country together with experiences and observations culled form the great book of nature in many lands. 1897 London Three volumes. Vol 1: 461 pp. All climactic... More
London: William Heinemann, 1925. Royal quarto edition. Hardcover. With a mongraph on the African Elephant. 206 pp, profuse ill, 113 plates after photographs by the author. The photographer's famous work on elephants in East Africa. The book is as good to read as it is handsome to behold. Elephant stalking... 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
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1954. Lodge, G., Henry, D. First Edition. Hardcover. 624 pp, pull out colored folding map in rear pocket. An account of the Arabian peninsula and desert regions of Sinai, Palestine, Syria, trans Jordan and Iraq. Thisk, heavy book. The book is vg+ only because inside the... More
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyed, 1959. Lodge, Millais, et al. First Edition. Hardcover. The piratical and predatory habits of birds. 230 pages, ill. incl. b/w photos, sketches and colored plates. Ill by Lodge, Millais and others. VG+ in vg dj. More
London: Hugh Rees, 1930. Lodge, Green, Gronveld. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 large format volumes 348 & 349 pp. Frontis, 31 plates (colored), 6 photogravures, 3 colored folding maps, text ill. Meinertzhagen and Nicoll (who was Asst Director of Egypt's zoological gardens) intended to produce a complete volume on the birds... More
Mazoe Rhodesia: Frank Read Press, 1978. Caldwell, Edmund. First Limited to 250 Copies. Gilt Stamped Imit. Morocco. Two volumes. First volume: 260 pp, ill. Limited to 250 copies, this being number 41. List of subscribers. Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick is considered one of the great stories of the... More
London: Henry Sotheran, 1897. Millais. 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 most... More
London: Henry Sotheran, 1897. Millais. 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 most... 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
London and New York: Macmillan and Co Limited, 1939. First Edition. Soft cover. 40 pp. Supplement to the Journal of the Royal African Society July 1939 Vol XXVIII No CLII. Ancestry, anatomy, general information, habits and habitat. Very interesting lengthy booklet by the author of Big Game and Big Life. More
NY: The Ronald Press, 1962. First. Hardcover. 258 pp, ill. Great game animals from five continents. Concise life histories, locations and measurements of then record trophies. Plus rifle selection and care of trophies (especially good and still relevant today) section on how to keep trophies in top condition. Scarce. Fine... More
Cairo: Government Press, 1919. First. Orig Printed Stiff Boards. Ministry of Public Works, Zoological Service, Cairo. 119 pp + 31 colored plates on thick paper. Intended to be as complete a list as possible of the birds of Egypt. Also has in front a large colored folding map of Egypt... More
London: Longmans Green, 1895. First. Hardcover. 328 pp, ill. Respected biography of the acclaimed animal painter. VG in orig. green cloth, Wear at spine tips (no loss of cloth but some closed tears) and a tear starting at front gutter. Cloth not worn through at corners though there is some... More
Inverness Scotland: Peter Spicer, 1914. 1913. Hardcover. Embracing the modeling of red deer heads. 117 pp, profuse ill, including many photos of trophies tipped in by hand on thick paper. Also includes measurements of the best heads of the season. Notes on the deer forests of Scotland. Great ads by... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 315 pp, profuse photographic ill. Introduction to African animals and then lovely photographic plates preceded by descriptive introduction to the animal. Extra large format. Printed on thick paper and fine photo stock paper. VG (corners bumped) in orig. blue gilt cloth. More
Kathmandu Nepal: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. A naturalist's adventure in Nepal. 301 pp, ill, fold out map, end paper maps. Author visited Nepal to collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. This is an account of his team's travels throughout that country. VG+ in like dj. More
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1977. First. Hardcover. with a foreword by Prince Bernhatd of the Netherlands. 361 pp, profuse maps, diagrams and illustrations. Definitive study of Pakistan's mammals based on spending half his life in that country. Considered the only complete reference about Pakistan's mammals. Nice association: presented by Rohil... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1937. DeLuxe Limited Ed with extra signed etching. Hardcover. Ltd to 157 copies of which 135 are for sale. Collected etchings, drawings, & watercolors of Trout, Salmon and other game fish. Large format. Book fine, book is boog only, present but with separation. However the box label showing... More
Germany: Bjoern Verlag, 1979. First. Hardcover. 151 pp. Profuse color illustrations by the noted artist. Introductory text. A beautiful book and in like new condition in like new jacket. 65 color plates all printed on extra heavy special text stock. Large format, very heavy book. SOme experts think that Schatz... More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1905. one volume. Hardcover. Photographing by flashlight at night the wild animal world of equatorial africa. Hunting and photography. Bette than good, front hinge loose but holding. More
London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1818. First. Worn Full Leather. 615 pp, ill. Practical instructions in shooting, hunting, coursing, racing, cocking, fishing with observations on the breaking & training of dogs and horses and the management of fowling pieces and all other sporting implements. Collated complete. Fair condition externally (should... More
