The Making of a Frontier
Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 years experiences & adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral and the easter Hindu-Just mountains. 292 pp, ill, folding map. Fine in like jacket. More
Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck, 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. 5 years experiences & adventures in Gilgit, Hunza, Nagar, Chitral and the easter Hindu-Just mountains. 292 pp, ill, folding map. Fine in like jacket. More
London: Archibald Constable, 1908. First. Hardcover. 352 pp, ill, large folding map. Biography of a legend in Central Asian history. VG in original bright red deco stamped cloth. Frontis loose, otherwise showing very little wear and quite attractive. More
Zanzibar: Privately Printed, 1944. First. Hardcover. 314 pp. Rare in this edition. Someone has tipped in, in front of original map of Northern Frontier District, a photocopy of the same map. More
New York: Winchester Press, 1973. Bob Kuhn. Deluxe Limited to 375 Numbered Copies. Original Cloth. 154 pp, Ill. of the big five by Bob Kuhn and SIX large pull out colored prints of each of the African big five (two of elephants). Illustrated with drawings by Kuhn and tipped in..... More
New York: Winchester Press, 1973. Bob Kuhn. Deluxe Limited to 375 Numbered Copies. Original Cloth. 154 pp, Ill. of the big five by Bob Kuhn and SIX large pull out colored prints of each of the African big five (two of elephants). Illustrated with drawings by Kuhn and tipped in..... More
New York: Winchester Press, 1973. Kuhn, Bob. First. Hardcover. 154 pp, ill. First ed, Winchester Press. The big five in print and picture as only these to men could present them. A super book. Book near fine, jacket vg+. More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1979. Bob Kuhn. First Edition Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. The very first in the National Sporting Fraternity Amwell Press African Hunting Heritage series. Dyer was not only a noted professional hunter and author but he served for a long time as President of the East..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1979. Kuhn, Bob. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 145 pp, ill. Limited to 1,000 copies, numbered, signed by Tony Dyer and Jim Rikhoff of the Amwell Press. The first book in their African hunting heritage series. A history of the East African Professional hunters association..... More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 1995. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 389 pp, over 50 pp appendix, and an amazing 375 photos! Stories of the great legends who penetrated the early East African big game hunting regions and created and expanded the hunting industry. Nearly as new in like..... More
Boston Ma: Chapple Publishing Company, 1915. First. Hardcover. 410 pp, profuse ill. Hunting throughout East Africa and into northwester Rhodesia, now Zambia. Two very long and very fruitful safaris after dangerous game (much on elephants) as well a the glamor game of East Africa and what is now Zambia. Truly..... More
Boston Ma: Chapple Publishing Company, 1915. First. Hardcover. 410 pp, profuse ill. Hunting throughout East Africa and into northwester Rhodesia, now Zambia. Two very long and very fruitful safaris after dangerous game (much on elephants) as well a the glamor game of East Africa and what is now Zambia. Truly..... More
Nairobi Kenya: East African Professional Hunters' Association, 1937. First Edition. Soft cover. 34 pp, ill. Soft covers. Handbook of the association which was formed only one year earlier. Includes list of members, honorary members (which reads like a who's who of the golden era of big game hunting in East..... More
London: Scholartis Press, 1928. First Ltd to 960 Copies. Hardcover. through Sikkim and Tibet to Chumolaori. 133 pp, ill. An interesting journey through Sikkim on Tibet over what was truly then (and today) an unfrequented highway. Near fine copy. One of only 960 copies. Non-authorial inscription on front free end..... More
NY: Putnams, 1930. First. Hardcover. 253 pp, 44 ill., 3 maps, end paper maps. Sportsman's adventures in an unknown valley after the largest carnivorous animal in the work. Super bear hunting title and very scarce North American hunting title in first edition. Bright, fine copy in orig red gilt cloth..... More
New Delhi: Manjusri, 1969. Reprint (ltd to 1,000 copies). Hardcover. in October, November and December 1873. 93 pp. Author was the Deputy Commissioner for Darjeeling. VG+ Ltd ed reprint of 1,000 copies. Author travelled from Darjeeling through the mountains and valleys to Sikhim and then to the Tibetan frontier and..... More
NY: Macmillan, 1963. First. Hardcover. and the conquest of Bengal. 167 pp, ill. The British in Bengal from the founding of Calcutta to defeat of the Nawab and much in between. Near fine in vg dj. More
London: Cassell & Company, 1971. First. Hardcover. The travel of ideas, arts and inventions between Asia and the western world. 248 pp, ill. Near fine in like dj. More
NY: Taplinger, 1971. First American. Hardcover. The life and times of Shah Alam Emperor of Hindustan. 279 pp. Life of the Moghul Emperior who life mirrored that of British India in the 18th century. An engrossing historical narrative. Fine in like jacket. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1969. First. Hardcover. 209 pp, ill. deco end papers.A vivid picture of the intrigue and the fighting and the evocation of the founding of an empire. VG+-near fine in vg+ dj. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. First. Hardcover. 167 pp, ill. The secret agents of two empires and leaders of armies that never met. The general who dreamed of the conquest of India. Fine in near fine dj. More
New York: GP Putnam's Sons, 1967. First American. Hardcover. 216 pp. Concise survey history of imperialism and its effects. More
NY: Scribners, 1939. First. Hardcover. 348 pp, ill. end paper maps. Cameroons, DOuala and Yaounde. A record of refuge at the court of the Kind of Bangangte in the French Cameroons. VG+ to near fine in orig. cloth. More
Bolton, England: Tillotson & Son. Original soft Covers. 38 pages, illustrated, bibliography, fold out map in rear and three colored map on rear cover inset. Booklet issued to promote tourism in the area. Laid inside rear cover is a list of other special books on Egypt from WH Smith in..... More
London: Oriental Translation Fund, 1831. First in English. Hardcover. written by his son. Abridged and translated from the Persia. Interesting biography of an important Indian resident, with much information compiled from other nawabs. Scarce. VG in original cloth, with a small amount of wormholing. More
Calcutta: W Newman, 1959. First. Hardcover. 130 pp, ill. folding map and some folding plates. Crammed full of information on Nepal. VG. More