London: William Pickering, 1841. Third Edition. Hardcover. narrative of an expedition from the Cape of Good hope through the territories of the Chielf Moselekatse to the Tropic of Capricorn. This is the first edition to contain the full complement of hand colored plates and the two extra chapters. 359 pp..... More
London: Pelham Richardson, 1844. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. narrative of an expedition from the Cape of Good hope through the territories of the Chielf Moselekatse to the Tropic of Capricorn. This is the first edition to contain the full complement of hand colored plates and the two extra chapters. 359 pp..... More
Nova Scotia Canada: Hines Pro Guide, 1995. ONE. First Edition: Limited 2,000 Copies. Hardcover. Over 200 pages with color photos on almost every single page. Pictures of great trophy rooms and articles relavant to those interested in building one. Photo end papers. This is THE book that started the craze..... More
NY: Frank Walters, 1933. DeLuxe Ltd only 75 copies. Hardcover. A hunter's wanderings in Alaska and British Columbia. 211 pp, ill. One of the few books published with the "approval" of the Boone & Crockett Club on title page. Excellent work on sheep and bear hunting in Alaska and British..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
London: Horace Cox, 1912. First. Orig gilt Pict Cloth. 115 pp, ill. Perhaps Lyell's rarest work. Covers all the game of Nyasaland with excellent descriptions of distribution and hunting and accompanied by excellent trophy photos. One of the scarcest of all Lyell books. VG+ to near fine in original gilt..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
