Calcutta and London: Thacker Spink, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Thibet, the Himalayas, and Northern India. Colonel Kinloch probably spent as much time as any sport hunter pursuing Indian big game animals. He is the author of four books on the subject of which this is the third extensive volume. 237... More about Large Game Shooting
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 about In Haunts of Wild Game
London: Heath Cranton, 1924. First. Hardcover. 221 pp, ill. Long hailed as one of the best books ever written on big game hunting in Africa and on elephant hunting as well. A sought after classics. A VG+ copy recased in orig cloth retaining orig end papers with bright gilt pictorial... More about The African Elephant and Its Hunters
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 about Hunting Trips in Northern Rhodesia
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 about Hunting in British East Africa
New York: Privately printed, 1930. First Edition in book form ltd to est 12 copies. Hardcover. In McClellan Mynderse and Allied Families. 163 pp, ill. Large format 10 x 13 inches. Printed on one side only. A Hunting Log covers pp 43 to 163. McClellen recounts a lengthy hunting trip... More about A Hunting Log
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 about Jock The Art of Edmund Caldwell and The Art of Edmund Caldwell Volume II
London: F E Robinson, 1900. First. Hardcover. being an account of two expeditions into the far interior together with a complete list of every animal and bird known to inhabit that country and a list of reptiles collected by the author. With notes on equipment needs to complete a big... More about Somaliland
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1881. First American. Hardcover. from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean through Unknown countries and the discovery of Great Zambesi affluents. 2 volumes: 337 & 388 pp, profuse ill, folding map frontis and pull out rear pocket map in back pocket; 388 pp, ill. Serpa Pinto headed the... More about How I Crossed Africa
Buffalo NY: privately printed, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Privately printed for the author. Orig. stiff board wraps. Trip with some friends including author Daniel Streeter and Richard Goodyear to East Africa mainly for elephant. 53 pp, ill, soft covers. Tipped in map at rear showing the trail of the elephant... More about The Log of the Amka
London: Chapman and Hall, 1879. 1st Edition. Hardcover. with notes of sport in the hilly districts of the northern division, madras presidency. ...indicating the best localities in those countries for sport, together with maps to guide the traveller or sportsman, and hints on weapons, etc for killing game met with... More about Sport in British Burmah, Assam, and the Cassyah and Jyntiah Hills
Warsaw Poland: Gebethner I Wolff, 1897. Stachiewicz, P. First in Polish. Hardcover. 132 pp, ill (incl many photogravures). This is the true first edition of what was later reprinted by Rowland Ward in London as Sport in Somaliland. 15.5 x 12.25 inches. Patterned end papers on this paper. Gilt and... More about Notatki Mysliwskie Z Afryki Somali
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 about A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia
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 about In African Game Tracks
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 about Hunting the African Elephant, Hunting the African Buffalo, Hunting the African Lion, Hunting the...
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 about African Game Trails
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 about The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
NY: Holt, 1959. First Edition, Fifth printing. Hardcover. 303 pp, ill. Ruark's famous book about growing up. Very good in vg (chipped) dj and dated and inscribed. DJ is chipped on spine extending down to last tine of title. Ruark inscribed books are rare. More about The Old Man and the Boy
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 about Hunting in Tanzania, Hunting in Zimbabwe, Hunting in Sudan, Hunting in Botswana, Hunting in...
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 (#542) of the books of the eight books in the Country Series. Hundreds of pages. Contains the best writings... More about Hunting in Tanzania, Hunting in Zimbabwe, Hunting in Sudan, Hunting in Botswana, Hunting in...
Huntington Beach: Safari Press, 1992. Alan James Robinson. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 387 pp, ill in color & b/w. Bibliography and author biographies. Eight books in the classics in African hunting series and second in the African country hunting series. Anthology of the best writings on hunting in... More about Hunting in Zimbabwe
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. This is an amazingly nice copy showing... More about A Hunter's Wanderings in 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 about Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa
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 about Recent Hunting Trips in British North America
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 about Through Unknown African Countries
