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
NY: G P Putnam's Sons, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Holder, Charles LIFE IN THE OPEN Sport with Rod, Gun, Horse and Hound in Southern California. 1906 NY 401 pp, ill. 1st ed. Author's account of hunting & fishing in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and elsewhere in Southern California..... More
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 cove:. a photo of a champion archery group and a newspaper article about Chester Seay..... More
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
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
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
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
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
London: Horace Cox, 1912. First. Orig Pictorial Cloth. 284 pp, ill, pub ads in rear. Deco end papers (orig). Author's ten years of hunting in northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and Nyasaland. Elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard and rhino plus sable and other plains game. Author hunted along the Zambesi River, Luangwa..... More
London: Seeley & Co, 1929. First. Hardcover. with life-sized illustrations of most of the game tracks. 225 pp, ill. Covers Central African game on a specie by specie basis. Nice vg+ copy in original buckram cloth. Lyell is one of the most collected African big game hunting authors. A vg..... More
London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. A series of geographical and other essays illustrative of wife in a wild country together with experiences and observations culled form the great book of nature in many lands. 1897 London Three volumes. Vol 1: 461 pp. All climactic..... More
London & New York: George Allen and Charles Scribners, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Being a description of the Negro Republic with its history, commerce, agriculture, flora, fauna and present methods of administration. 299 pp, ill, pub ads in rear. Folding map in rear. Fair to good only in orig gilt..... More
London: W H Allen, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. The claims of Portugal to the Congo and adjacent littoral, with remarks on the French annexation. 63 pp, large folding map in front. Portuguese claims and English responses and a modern guide to the southwest coast of Africa and the river Congo..... More
Boulder CO: High Rockies Enterprises, 1980. First Edition. Soft cover. 134 pp, ill.Very popular guide book for big game hunting in Colorado. Only a recent reprint available. This is first ed. Covers the area on a region by region and species by species basis. VG+. More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 2003. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. Foreword by Pat Cottar. 232 pp, almost 200 b/w ill. The McCallums have been a thread through the professional safari hunting in Africa for almost 75 years. Alec is a PH who has held licenses in Kenya, Tanzania..... More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 2002. First - Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 389 pages, 143 black and white photographic ill. 8 1/2 x 11 inch format. Mac's final book before passing away. A nearly 400-page blockbuster. Covers the antelope of Africa, and the spiral-horned antelope together with antlered game..... More
London: Oliver & Boyd, 1957. First. Hardcover. 347 pp, ill. Kenya and East Africa experiences of the famous Colonel. V+ in original brown cloth. More
London: Sampson Low, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. 244 pp + pub ads in rear. Lectures on the Western States of the USA. Symbols of early western character and civilization: the rifle, axe. saddlebags. An hour's talk about women and French chivalry in the south-west. VG i elaborate gilt, gilt pictorial..... More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 2002. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 284 pp. 226 photographic ill. 8 1/2x11 inch format. Among the cast of characters that played a part in the growth of big game hunting in Central (and East) Africa, Robert Montvoisin must be one of the stars..... More
London: Rowland Ward, 1908. First English. Hardcover. 426 pp. ill. Eight year safari around the world. N Amer, & China. Elsewhere in Asia. Scarce Ward publication. Front endpaper cracked but hinge holding, one corner bumped, and there is a 1' cloth discoloration along top of front board. Not as bad..... More
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 1997. First - Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. 394 pp, Over 175 ill. Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe. John is one of the few professional hunters to boast a 50-year career in Africa. Contains a wealth of information and hunting stories. All John's stories educate..... 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
Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books, 2002. First Limited to 1,000 Copies. Hardcover. Hunting the Dangerous Game of Africa. 236 pp, an amazing 268 photographic illustrations. Large 8 1/2 x 11 inch format. Foreword by Luis Pedro de sa e Mello and a story on Cape Buffalo hunting by Ross Seyfried..... More
Hampstead: privately printed for the author, 1902. Second Edition. Hardcover. an account of my encounter with a royal Bengal tiger, with an appendix containing some general information about India. 114 pp, lovely photographic ilustrations.Scarce title in any edition. Describes a hunt in which the author was mauled by the tiger..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's, 1913. Rnngius, Carl. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. A Hunter's exploration for wild sheep in sub-Arctic mountains. 1913 NY 354 pp, ill (incl some by Rungius), 3 maps + 1 fold out map. One of the great sheep hunting narratives. Sheldon was joined by Carl Rungius and FC Selous..... More
