Records of North American Big Game 1964
New York: Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 1964. 1964. First Printing of This Edition. Hardcover. 398 pp. Profuse ill. Fifth in the record book series. First printing. Fine in a vg+ dj. More
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American Big Game in Its Haunts
NY & London: Forest & Stream, Kegan Paul, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Fourth book of the B&C club. 1904 NY & London. The scarce UK edition, thicker than the US ed. 497 pp, ill. Bear hunting in Alaska, sheep on the Kenai Peninsula, Moose in Alaska, Kodiak bear, moose, two... More
Asian Hunter
Mesilla NM: Wild Sheep and Goat Intl, 1989. First- Limited to 1,250 Copies. Hardcover. 388 pp. Profuse b/w illustrations.Only 1,250 copies printed. A really complete book on the subject with lots of good reading stories. This about the only book of its kind on the market. The author has also... More
Horned Death
Huntington WV: Standard Publications, 1947. First. Hardcover. Hunting the African Buffalo. 342 pp, ill. Long considered the bible of African buffalo hunting, this is a great reading book. Good only condition, spine sloped. Value price. More
Savage Sudan
London: Gurney & Jackson, 1921. First. Hardcover. 452 pp., 248 ill. Abel Chapman is a respected hunter and author and this work is one of the classics not only as regards big game hunting in Africa but especially on the Sudan. A must for any serious collector. A handsome copy... More
Cairo to Cape
New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Four afoot through Africa. 1926 NY 225 pp, ill. From Egypt to Sudan, then to Nimule and Uganda. Big game hunting along the way, and hunting elephants in Belgian Congo. Then back to Tanganyika. Orig. paper boards with cloth and cloth spine... More
Handbook to British Malaya 1935
London: The Malayan Information Agency, 1935. 1935. Hardcover. 233 pp, ill, large folding map in rear. General area handbook typical of the time. VG in orig printed covers. Corners worn, spine dull. More
Days and Nights by the Desert
London: Kegan Paul, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 234 pp, ill. Continuation of the authors popular HUNTER'S ARCADIA but with many more sporting adventures. The edge of the Kalahari for lion, gemsbok, zebra and many antelope species. Green gilt and pictorial cloth. Fair to good condition only. Wear and some slight... More
Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa
London: John Murray, 1856. Second Edition. Hardcover. with notices of the native tribes, and anecdotes of the chase of the lion, elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, rhinoceros etc. 381 & 388 pp, ill, map. Cumming went to the South African interior for hunting and discovered vast herds of plains game as well... More
Around the World and Then Some
Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press, 2010. Limited Ed 250 copies. Hardcover. 198 pp, color ill. Large format. Ltd to ONLY 250 signed, numbered, slipcased copies. The Weatherby Award winner hunts the Dark Continent, Asia, & North America. And there is a special chapter on Jaguarology. As new in like slipcase. More
Sport and Folklore in the Himalaya
Camden SC: John Culler & Sons, 1994. Reprint- Limited to 500 Copies. Full Leather. 332 pp, ill. all edges gilt. Hunting in the higher regions of the Himalayas for sheep and markhor. Lots on markhor but something on most of the great mountain big game on the Indian side of... More
They Married Adventure
New Jersey: Rutgers Unioversity Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. THEY MARRIED ADVENTURE The Wandering Lives of Martin & Osa Johnson 1992 NJ 314 pp. Ill. A look at the fascinating couple who captured the hunting world's imagination and changed the way Americans saw Africa. MINT. More
Sport and Life in the Further Himalaya
Camden SC: John Culler & Sons, 1994. Reprint Limited to 500 Copies. Leather. Reprint orig publ almost one hundred years ago. 330 pp, ill. Urial sheep, Persian ibex, gazelle and stag. Author was an avid sheep hunter and contributed articles to numerous magazine in his time. Only 500 copies bound... More
Hunters Three
NY: E P Dutton, 1895. Cary, W. First Edition. Hardcover. Sport and Adventure in South Africa. 248 pp, ill. Great deal on hunting dangerous game throughout South Africa during several lengthy hunting trips. A scarce title thought this is a fair condition only copy. Spine indented, binding weak, water stain... More
Modern Archery
NY: AS Barnes, 1929. First. Hardcover. A Text book on the art of shooting for accuracy with the bow and arrow. 306 pp, ill. Fine copy save for offsetting from news clippings laid inside front cover. One of a photo of a champion archery group; the other is a newspaper... More
An Eastern Odyssey
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935. First American. Hardcover. the third expedition of Haardt and Audouin-Dubreuil in Central Asia. 354 pp, ill, fold out map, end paper maps of exploring route through China, Mongolia, Tibet, Afghanistan, Turkestan Iraq and Syria. VG+ in orig. cloth. More
The Big Game
London: John Westhouse, 1947. First. Hardcover. 207 pp, ill. Capsule versions of the adventures of Sir Smauel Baker. Elephant, tiger, lion, bear, rhino, buffalo, boar and deer. VG+ in poor (tape reinforced) dust jacket. riced as if it had no jacket. More
By the Waters of Africa
London: Robert Scott, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. British East Africa, Uganda, and the Great Lakes. 342 pp, ill, large folding map in rear. Author was a noted travel writer and also liked to hunt. Mostly travel but there is hunting for kongoni, waterbuck and kob with pictures leopard and rhinoceros... More
The End of the Trail
Exeter UK: James Townsend & Sons, 1947. Limited Ed 400 copies. Hardcover. 178 pp, ill. Map at p 26. Tunisia, Indo Hcina, Across the Sahara to the Hoggar Mountains, Tanganyika, Ashanti and Gold Coast Forests and their northern territories. Author was a collector for the British Museum and avid traveler... More
The Ox and Its kindred
London: Methuen & Co, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 271 pp, ill, pub ads in rear. Domesticated and wild cattle by a respected naturalist. VG in orig gilt cloth, corners lightly worn. Cloth and spine bright gilt. More
The Sportsman's British Bird Books
London: Rowland Ward, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. 620 pp, ill, ads in rear, zebra end papers. A desirable Ward publication but this copy is good only, quite loose in binding (both endpapers cracked and netting showing. Corners lightly worn and some pages lightly but obviously bumped at very edges. Priced... More
Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. in the British Museum Natural History. 5 vol. 1. 1913. Artiodactyla (family bovidae)- cattle, sheep, gpats, chamois, serow,takin, muskovex, markhor 249 pp, ill. 2. subfamilies bubalinae ...hartebeest, gnu, duiker, dik-diks, klipspringers, reedbucks, waterbucks. 1914. 295 pp, ill. 3: 1914 Impala... More
A Hand-book to the Carnivora
London: H Allen. First Edition. Hardcover. Part 1 Cats, Civets and Mungooses. Part of Allen's Naturalist Library. 312 pp, ill. TEXT UNCUT. Characteristics, distribution, habits and hunting experiences for each animal.One of the few "cat" book to include an account of the clouded leopard. VG to vg+ in orig. cloth... More
Phases of Animal Life Past and Present
London and NY: Longmans Green, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. 248 pp, ill, pub ads in rear. MIld foxing on edges of text block and less so in text. Some light rubbing on spine. Corner wear, Orig. printed patterned cloth. More
The Sheep and Its Cousins
London: George Allen, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 315 pp, ill. All species of sheep, domestic and wild. Good only condition. Binding soiled front and more so in rear. Corners bumped, rear endpaper cracked, bookplate inside front cover. Text block edges soiled. Sold as a first ed reading copy only. More