To Far Western Alaska for Big Game
London: Rowland Ward, 1929. First. Hardcover. 232 pp, ill. Pull out rear pocket map. Two trips to Alaska for big game, especially good on sheep and bear. A fine, bright copy in the scarce vg+ dust jacket. More
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Hunting the Dangerous Game of Africa
Boulder Co: Sycamore Island Books, 1998. Limited Ed. First Limited to 500 Copies. Full Leather. Never has a limited ed. sold out as quickly as this book-almost as soon as it came on the market. Yes, it's that good. Great stories of hunting dangerous game hunter and able story-teller. The..... More
In Haunts of Wild Game
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1896. Whymper, C. First. Hardcover. A hunter's wanderings from Khalamba to the Limbombo. 576 pp. Ill. Author is known for his pursuit of leopard, lion & elephant. His book is one of the first to talk about the different haunts of leopards throughout Africa and the different..... More
Big Game Hunting in North-Eastern Rhodesia
London: John Long, 1911. First. Hardcover. 266 pp, 52 ill. A classic, written by one of the foremost gentleman big game hunters and adventurers of his day is one of the few classic big hunting titles to concentrate on Zambia, an area that is today still very much a safari..... More
Hunting Trips in Northern Rhodesia
London: Horace Cox, 1910. First. Hardcover. Sport and travel in Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa and also notes on the game animals and their distribution. 118 pp, profuse ill. Exciting hunting trips in what was then Northern Rhodesia now Zambia. Big five + plains game, with accounts of sport and..... More
Hunting in British East Africa
Philadelphia & London: Lippincott, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 299 pp, 129 ill, pull out rear pocket maps. Foreword by FC Selous. Throughout BEA for most of that country's game. Madeira hunted with Selous and with a who's who of turn of the last century notables. Good chapter on chances and..... More
In Africa
Indianapolis IN: Bobbs Merrill, 1910. Limited Ed - 250 Copies. Vellum Over Boards. Adventures in big game hunting country. 402 pp. Profuse ill. Author was a noted cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune who got the chance to go to Africa with Carl Akeley. He had a wonderful safari and wrote..... More
Kenya Diary 1902-1906
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
Jock The Art of Edmund Caldwell and The Art of Edmund Caldwell Volume II
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
Life With the Hamran Arabs
London: Smith Elder, 1876. First. Hardcover. A sporting tour of some officers on the guards in the Soudan during the winter of 1874-5. 355 pp, ill with ORIGINAL PHOTOS by Rowland Ward, Two year hunting tour of the Sudan with the Hamran Arab guides who were renowned elephant hunters. A...... More
Travel and Adventure in the Congo Free State and Its Big Game Shooting
London: Chapman & Hall, 1894. First. Hardcover. 355 pp, ill. Fold out map. Hunting from 1884 to 1888. Baily (author's real name) earned the non de plume of bula n'zau or ELEPHANT SMASHER because of his hunting prowess. This book ranks right up there with all the famous elephant hunting..... More
William Cotton Oswell Hunter and Explorer
London: Heinemann, 1900. First. Hardcover. 2 volumes: 289 & 267 pp, ill. Maps incl. one colored. Intro by F Galton. Oswell will always be remembered as the man sent not once, but twice, to guide David Livingstone. They traveled together and it was Oswell's knowledge of the game country that..... 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 African Game Tracks
London: HF&G Witherby, 1929. First. Hardcover. 320 ppp, ill. Wanderings with a rifle through Eastern Africa. Much on elephants & other big game and a long chapter on hunting in Mozambique. VG+. A great book to read, and one of the best on Mozambique. More
Hunting Big Game in the Eighties
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. 1933. Hardcover. The Letters of Elliott Roosevelt Sportsman 1933 NY 182 pp. Theodore Roosevelt's younger brother records his hunting adventures both in North America and throughout the world including a trip to India and the Himalayas. Tiger, markhor, rogue elephant. After he died, Eleanor Roosevelt..... More
African Game Trails
NY: Scribners, 1910. Deluxe Limited. Deluxe Ltd 500 Copies. Orig half Leather. An account of the African Wanderings of the American Hunter-Naturalist. 1910 Scriber's New York. DELUXE edition limited to 500 copies. Printed on Ruisdael paper by the Devinne Press. Two volumes totally 529 pp. Ill. w tissue guards. Classic..... More
The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
London: John Murray, 1832. First Through Fourth editions. Hardcover. The FIRST four volumes of this prestigious publication. Volume the first 1832 London John Murray 264 pp, 3 large folding maps, worn half contemporary leather over marbled boards, front cover detached. Kimbolton Castle shelf label. Volume the second 1832 London John..... More
Hunting in Tanzania, Hunting in Zimbabwe, Hunting in Sudan, Hunting in Botswana, Hunting in Ethiopia, Hunting in Zambia, Hunting in South Africa, Hunting in Kenya
Huntington Beach, CA: Safari Press, 1991. Larry Norton, Joseph Vance, Dino Paravano, Paul Bosman, Clive Kay, Elsie Van der Heijden. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. A complete MATCHED NUMBERED set (#495) of the books of the eight books in the Country Series. Hundreds of pages. Contains the best writings..... More
A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa
London: Richard Bentley, 1893. 1893. Third Printing. Hardcover. 455 pp, ill. One of the best, most widely read, quoted and reprinted books. Only the first four editions of this book have the green cloth with the three gold animal heads on the cover. Gift inscription to former owner on back..... More
Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa
London: Rowland Ward, 1893. First. Hardcover. 503 pp, ill, folding map. The last 11 years spent by the author on the Zambesi and its tributaries. Selous' longest and best work. Incl. his final hunting years with memories and stories from earlier days. This is the desirable Rowland Ward published edition..... More
Recent Hunting Trips in British North America
London: Witherby & Co, 1907. First Edition. First. Hardcover. 400 pp, 65 ill. Selous' only book about his North American (Canadian) hunting. He went on this trip with Charles Sheldon and wrote a super book about mountain game hunting. Sheep, and moose and bear. Eminently collectible book. Original green pictorial..... More
African Antelope
New York: Amwell Press, 1971. Skirka, P. Limited Edition of 200 copies. Hardcover. 143 pp, ill. In pen and pencil the antelope of Africa are depicted and described. Foreword by Tony Dyer. This coffee table sized book is as good to read as to look at. This is the LIMITED..... More
Through Unknown African Countries
London/ New York: Edward Arnold, 1897. First. Hardcover. 471 pp, ill. SIX folding maps. Top edge gilt. The first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Rudolph with emphasis on big game shooting - much on rhino and elephant. Fast paced, well written, and with lovely illustrations. A hunting classic. Lovely, near..... More
Snyder's Book of Big Game Hunting
New York: Greenberg, 1950. First. Half Leather. 302 pp, appendix, ill. A gun room library selection. Section one: selection of rifles for big game hunting. Section 2: North American game animals. Section 3: African hunting including a great elephant hunt. Snyder's PH in Africa was none other than legendary J...... More
Snyder's Book of Big Game Hunting
New York: Greenberg, 1950. First. Half Leather. 302 pp, appendix, ill. A gun room library selection. Section one: selection of rifles for big game hunting. Section 2: North American game animals. Section 3: African hunting including a great elephant hunt. Snyder's PH in Africa was none other than legendary J...... More
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