Kenya Diary
London: Oliver & Boyd, 1957. First. Hardcover. 347 pp, ill. Kenya and East Africa experiences of the famous Colonel. V+ in original brown cloth. More
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The Michaels in Africa
London: Frederick Muller, 1959. First Edition. Half Lthr Over Marbled Boards. 232 pp, ill. Michael started out as a professional big game hunter and later in life turned to film making and adventure travel. This is the story of their more exciting adventures in the bush. Near fine in poor..... More
The Rifle, Axe, and Saddle-bags and other lectures
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
Professional Hunter: Along the Roads to Adventure
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 2002. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 284 pp. 226 photographic ill. 8 1/2x11 inch format. Among the cast of characters that played a part in the growth of big game hunting in Central (and East) Africa, Robert Montvoisin must be one of the stars..... More
With Rifle in FIve Continents
London: Rowland Ward, 1908. First English. Hardcover. 426 pp. ill. Eight year safari around the world. N Amer, & China. Elsewhere in Asia. Scarce Ward publication. Front endpaper cracked but hinge holding, one corner bumped, and there is a 1' cloth discoloration along top of front board. Not as bad..... More
From Sailor to Professional Hunter
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 1997. First - Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 394 pp, Over 175 ill. Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe. John is one of the few professional hunters to boast a 50-year career in Africa. Contains a wealth of information and hunting stories. All John's stories educate..... More
A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia
London: Rowland Ward, 1902. First. Hardcover. Nine months journey from the plains of Hawash to the snows of Simien, with a description of the game from elephant to ibex and notes on the manners and customs of the natives. 531 pp, ill, folding map. One of the few books with..... More
In Any Kind of Cover
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 2002. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. Hunting the Dangerous Game of Africa. 236 pp, an amazing 268 photographic illustrations. Large 8 1/2 x 11 inch format. Foreword by Luis Pedro de sa e Mello and a story on Cape Buffalo hunting by Ross Seyfried..... More
Sport and Travel East and West
London: Longman's Green, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 311 pp, ill. A month in Asia Minor and then a month in the Rocky Mountains. Sheep hunting on two continents with the African specialist. A highly recommended work. Showing spine wear. Front hinge loose but holding firmly. More
Bear Hunting in the White Mountains
London: Chapman & Hall, 1891. First. Hardcover. 156 pp, ill, folding map in rear. Alaska and British Columbia revisited for more hunting adventures. Author wrote several popular hunting books before the turn of the last century. A scarce and elusive hunting title. Evidence of a label having been removed from..... More
Ten Years Travel & Sport in Foreign Lands
London: Chapman & Hall, 1890. Second, with Additions. Hardcover. 445 pp. Hunting all over the world : Norway, Sardinia, Corsica, Canada, Rocky Mountains, Alaska, Finland, Sweden, Kashmir, India, British Columbia, Persia and South Africa. All of the author's hunting titles were popular. This second edition is expanded from the first..... More
How I Killed tje Tiger
Hampstead: privately printed for the author, 1902. Second Edition. Hardcover. an account of my encounter with a royal Bengal tiger, with an appendix containing some general information about India. 114 pp, lovely photographic ilustrations.Scarce title in any edition. Describes a hunt in which the author was mauled by the tiger..... More
The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon
NY: Charles Scribner's, 1913. Rnngius, Carl. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. A Hunter's exploration for wild sheep in sub-Arctic mountains. 1913 NY 354 pp, ill (incl some by Rungius), 3 maps + 1 fold out map. One of the great sheep hunting narratives. Sheldon was joined by Carl Rungius and FC Selous..... More
The Quest
London: Macmillan, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 504 pp. Author's 31st book. The eagerly awaited sequel to the thrilling Egyptian series. Following on from River God, the Seventh Scroll and Warlock, the Quest continues the story of the Warlock, Tatia, wise in the lore of ancient Gods and a master of..... More
The Land of Zinj
London: Constable, 1913. First. Hardcover. 351 pp, ill, pull out rear pocket map. British East Africa between the Juba and Zambesi Rivers. A many sided view of the country and the game as seen by the noted big game hunter. Fair in original cloth (lettering flaking from spine). Browning of..... More
Recollections of Adventures 1850 - 1911
Cape Town: T Maskew Miller, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Pioneering and development in South Africa. 208 pp. A very scarce work in orig. edition. Author was first President of the Orange Free State. Includes his big game shooting trips, buffalo hunting, an unlucky trip, lions and giraffes, bushveld treks, hyenas..... More
Mackie, Sir Peter J
London: G T Foulis, 1924. 16th. Hardcover. 581 pp, ads in rear. 14 full pg col ill by Thorburn, Rickman etc. Upland & small game in England and Scotland and a Christmas tiger shoot in the foothills of the Himalayas. VG+ in orig. binding. Color plate inset front cover. More
Records of Big Game - 13th Edition
London: Rowland Ward, 1969. 13th Ed. First. Hardcover. 439 pp. ill. This copy almost mint in original glassine wrapper! The 13th ed of the series contains only records on Africa. Fine, almost as new, in original glassine wrapper. More
Records of Big Game -14th Ed Africa
London: Rowland Ward, 1971. 14th. First. Hardcover. 452 pp. ill. Compiled and edited by Best et al. A very near fine copy. More
Utah's Biggest Bucks
Yakima WA: Privately Printed, 1988. First printing of Second Edition. Orig Printed Self Covers. Record trophies of all nine Utah big game species. Second edition. 464 pp, 385 photos + 10 orig. drawings. Learn where and how to get your trophy animal. As new. Laid inside front cover is a...... More
Utah's Biggest Bucks
Yakima WA: Private Printing, 1977. First. Hardcover. 181 pp, ill, bibliography. Photos and facts about Utah's all-time greatest mule deer bucks determined from Boone & Crockett records, big buck contests and outstanding trophies. Near fine in like dj. More
Reminiscences of a Sportsman
NY: Forest & Stream, 1906. First. Hardcover. 467 pp, ill. Author started writing for the Sporting Review and this work is a compilation of all his contributions through the years. Primarily hunting and fishing in the American west (both southwest and northwest). Nicely produced work of turn of the last..... More
From Ruwenzori to the Congo
London: John Murray, 1908. First. Hardcover. A Naturalist's Journey across Africa. 315 pp, ill, folding map in rear. East Africa, Uganda, Ruwenzori, Lake Albert, Mfumbiro Volcanoes, Lake Kivu, Tanganyika, Congo and notes on the Congo Free State. VG in orig. cloth, worn at corners through to boards, wear at spine..... More
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