NY: Privately printed for the author, 1939. First Edition. Soft cover. Macnab, A.J. THE WHITE GIRAFFE: An African Diary. 1939 NY 61 pp. Ill. Soft covers. Privately printed for the author. MacNab hunted with author/hunter Harry Snyder AND his guide was the well known JA HUNTER. Rare privately printed item..... More
London: Trubner & Co, 1879. Second. Half Leather, marbled Boards. 362 pp, ill, folding maps. First British Mission to Tibet sent in 1774 under Bogle established a relationship between Tibet and British India. In 1811 Thomas Manning followed in Bogle's footsteps. An indispensable source in the study of Anglo-Tibetan relations..... More
Cleveland OH: Arthur Clark, 1910. First. Hardcover. of Amasa Stone Mather June 1907 to Dec 1908. Two volumes 458 & 436 pp, profuse ill. Vol one is about travel and some sport in Asia. Vol 2 relates a long (three month) safari in Kenya. He bagged most of the big..... More
London: H F & G Witherby, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A record of travel and sport in Abyssinia, now Ethiopia. 244 pp, ill. Just about the only good book we have found on hunting the Walia ibex and with some hunting also for the elusive Mountain nyala. This is Maydon's..... More
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
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
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1904. First. Hardcover. 619 pp, ill, map. Twenty months' travel and sport in unknown lands and among new tribes. (Author also wrote A Sporting Trip through Abyssinia.) Author for many years held the record for the largest set of tusks ever taken by a sporting elephant..... More
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
Clinton NJ: Amwell Press. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. All FOUR titles in the National Sporting Fraternity/Amwell Press' Big Five Series. All in near fine to fine condition in like slipcases. Signed numbered limited editions (though numbers are not matching). Over 1,500 pages of reading about hunting four of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 2 vol: 798 pp. Profuse ill. Over 40 distribution maps. Hunting throughout Africa. Information on nearly every species of game broken down by country. The most definitive hunting book written by Roosevelt. Nearly 40 pp. bibliography lists almost every African..... More
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
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
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
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
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
New York: Elliott Service, 1936. No Binding. Siemel, Sasha A FABULOUS piece of ephemera. Exceptionally large original news photo featuring Sasha Siemel, the well known jaguar hunter, especially noted for hunting these big cats armed only with a spear. Sasha was also an accomplished boxer. There is also a large..... More
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
London/ New York: Edward Arnold, 1897. First. Hardcover. 471 pp, ill. 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. A hard to obtain book that is great..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's, 1890. DeLuxe Ltd to 250 numbered/signed copies. Hardcover. or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria. 1890 NY Two volumes: 429 and 472 pp. Edition de luxe limited to 250 numbered copies signed by Stanley. 6 etchings, 150 woodcut ill, 3 folding maps. Stanley..... More
Oxford UK: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Detailed report on explorations in Central Asia, Kan-Su and Eastern Iran. Carried out and described under the orders of HM Indian Government. 3 large format over sized volumes plus a portfolio of maps in a separate box. Vol 1..... More
NY: Macmillan & Co, 1913. First American. Hardcover. And other recollections during 13 years wanderings. With an intro by Theodore Roosevelt. 379 pp, ill. Top edge gilt. One of the great elephant hunting classics by the prolific and widely collected (and respected) authors of big game hunting classics. A beautiful..... More
London: Horace Cox, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 315 pp, ill. incl life sized photos of game tracks (one fold out plate of elephant track). When two of Africa's foremost hunter/writers team up you get one of the finest African big game hunting classics. Chapters on stalking, shooting, how to find..... More
Cape Town: Surveyor Genl Cape Town, 1879. 1879. No Binding. Compiled by T Hahn PD Oct, 1879. FOlding linen backed map. Orig. cover. 62.5 x 42.5 in. 60 mi to the in. Map fine, cover faded. 13-20 deg. E longitude and 19030 deg. S latitude. Outstanding early map of this..... More
London: Macmillan & Co, 1912. First Ed, Second Printing. Hardcover. 324 pp, ill. One of the great elephant hunting classics. Sutherland was one of the greatest elephant hunters and his book has been in demand for almost 100 years. This is a splendid first edition. Great item for any collector..... More
London: Rowland Ward, 1904. First. Hardcover. 259 pp, ill, fold out map, zebra end papers. Wild sheep in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia and in Siberia. Excellent appendix on outfitting for wild sheep hunting in Mongolia. A book with much information that still rings true. A very scarce and desirable..... More
