A Treasury of African Hunting
NY: Prentice-Hall, 1970. Hardcover. 261 pp, ill. O'Connor on dangerous game, Gates, Rikhoff, Warren Page and many more. Excellent African big game hunting book. VG+ in near fine dj. More
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A Treasury of African Hunting
NY: Prentice-Hall, 1970. Hardcover. 261 pp, ill. O'Connor on dangerous game, Gates, Rikhoff, Warren Page and many more. Excellent African big game hunting book. Near fine in near fine dj. More
The North-West Frontier: British India and Afghanistan
United Kingdom: New Orchard Editions, 1986. Second. Hardcover. A pictorial history of the area from 1839 to 1947. 184 pp. Profuse b/w photographic ill. More
India's North-west Frontier
London: John Murray, 1939. First. Hardcover. 308 pp, ill. VG+ copy with small stamp on front free end paper stating withdrawn from RCS library, 1931. No other markings. More
Mountain Man
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1988. Limited Ed. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. The Story of Belmore Browne Hunter, Explorer, Artist, Naturalist and preserver of our northern wilderness.424 pp. Ill in b/w & color. Special forewords by Brad Washburn and John Batten. Fine copy in like original slipcase and a...... More
The Best of Sheep Hunting
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1981. FNAWS Ed. Special Edition Printed for FNAWS. Hardcover. 596 pp, profuse ill. Worldwide sheep hunting with the noted John Batten (author of several other popular hunting titles) along with a chapter on rifles as Batten was a noted and knowledgeable firearms collector. This is the..... More
The Best of Sheep Hunting
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1980. Allen, G, Adamson, H. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 2 volumes totaling 596 pp. Profuse ill. 1,000 signed by Batten, numbered and slipcased sets. Also signed by Publisher and artist. (Allen and Jim Rikhoff, publisher.) Sheep hunting around the world by a man who..... More
The Best of Tiger Hunting
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1986. Darro, Peter. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. Two volumes totaling 903 pp, ill. Batten's fourth book. Profuse ill. Excellent bibliography in rear. Excerpts from some of the best and most popular hunting titles. An Asian hunting heritage book. This seems to be one of..... More
The Forest and the Plain
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. Darro, Peter. First - Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 243 pp, profuse ill, drawings & col. frontis. Batten's fourth book. Game from four continents. Moose, whitetailed deer, elk, European red, fallow & roe deer, exotic Indian animals and kudu, sable and other spiral horned antelope..... More
The Formidable Game
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1983. Darro, Peter. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. Foreword by Elgin Gates. 264 pp. ill. Tiger in India, the African big five, Bear in N America and a chapter on rifles for big game. The 4th in the Natl Sporting Fraternity African hunting heritage series..... More
Skyline Pursuits
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1981. Allen, G. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 318 pp, ill. This fantastic mountain game, sheep hunting book sold out almost as soon as it was issued. If you collect any of the NSF or Batten books, you know this is one of their combined..... More
The Flower Paintings of Katharine Saunders
Miadstone, Natal, South Africa: Tongaat Group Limited, 1979. Saunders, K. First. Hardcover. 343 pp. Ill. in b/w & color. Botanical and biographical notes and explanations. More
In the Shadow of Mount McKinley
NY: Derrydale Press, 1931. Rungius, Carl. First Limited to 750 Copies. Hardcover. Beach, W. IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT MCKINLEY 1931 NY DERRYDALE 1931 NY Derrydale Press. 289 pp. Ill. incl. frontis by CARL RUNGIUS. LIMITED to 750 copies. End paper maps. Foreword by John Burnham. One of the rarest..... More
The Poetry of Sport
London and Bombay: Badminton Library, 1896. Thorburn, A, Davis, W, Brock, C. DeLuxe Ltd to 250 copies. Half Leather. 484 pp, ill. Ltd ed of only 250 numbered copies. Larger format than regular edition printed on better paper. Contains poems that celebrate all kinds of sport with long sections on..... More
Big Game Hunting
Belgian Congo: Congo Tours, 1954. First Edition. Soft cover. Belgian Congo BIG GAME HUNTING Promotional Brochure issued September 1954. 3 part fold-out brochure. 6 pp 7.5 x 5/1/5 pages. Covering all hunting areas (Lake Albert, Kamanda, Aba, Beni, Tayala's, Semliki River and Gabios. Giving safari rates, what they include, costs..... More
Belgian Congo
Brussels: Belgian Congo and Ruanda Urundi Information and Public Relations Office, 1959. First. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 547 and 187 pp. Monumental work on the Belgian Congo. The country and the people from before the arrival of the Belgians and into modern times. 13 folding maps: 12 in the rear of..... More
The Life of Huien-Tsiang
London: Kegan Paul, 1911. New Edition. Hardcover. 218 pp. Life of one of the earliest and noted Chinese travellers. More
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter
London: Country Life, 1923. First. Hardcover. 187 pages of sheer reading enjoyment. Elephant hunting in the good old days when it was good. A fine copy in original paper boards over cloth spine. There is no wear at spine tips and the boards are in nice shape. The original label..... More
A Grammar to the Pukkhto or Pushto Language
Lahore: Rai Sahib M Gulab Singh, 1901. First. Hardcover. on a new and improved system, combing brevity with practical utility and including exercises and dialogues intended to facilitate the acquisition of the coloquial. 155 pp. Original cloth. Slight bubbling of cloth on front/rear and some wear at corners. Very small..... More
Catalogue of Turkoman Weaving
London: Self Published, 1974. Limited Ed #55. Hardcover. including Beluch. 59 examples with photos and bibliography. #55 of an unspecified limited edition. Fine. More
Shots and Snapshots in British East Africa
London: Longmans Green, 1914. First. Hardcover. 312 pp., 51 ill., 2 pull out rear pocket maps. Bibliography. A one year safari for a host of big game with photos of all the trophies bagged. Mostly along the Tana River, Mt Kenia and Lake VIctoria areas. Much on elephants, buffalo, lion..... More
That Blackguard Burton
Indianapolis IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 284 pp. Story of the lover, explorers, and author who went where he pleased and did what he liked. Fine in vg+ to near fine dj. More
Tribes and Kingdoms
Cape Town, South Africa: Don Nelson, 1987. Second Edition. Soft Covers. Introductory overview to the history of the Bantu speaking peoples of Southern Africa. 81 pp. Profuse illustrations. More
On the Trail of the Pigmies
NY: James A McCann, 1921. First. Hardcover. An anthropological exploration. 264 pp, ill. Wanyika, Wakamba, Wakikuyu and Masai tribes. Includes one tribal lion hunt.. VG+ in orig. cloth. More
Sport and Exploration in the Far East
London: Methuen & Co, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. A Naturalist's experiences in and around the Kurile Islands. 246 pp, ill, end paper maps. Expedition undertaken for the Stockholm Museum. VG to vg+. Some staining on the right side of the front endpaper map and on the left side of the..... More