Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1893. Furst UK. Hardcover. The book of the Boone & Crockett Club. This is the third title in the Books of the B&C club. 353 pp, ill. The Labrador Peninsula, An African Shooting Trip, Wolves, Bears, Deer, Newfoundland Caribou, Books on big game. One of the very..... More
Missoula MT: Boone & Crockett Club, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. tabulations of wild sheep, Rocky Mountain goats and pronghorn of N America compiled from data in the B&C Club's archives. 380 pp. STATED FIRST EDITION. As new. More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. First - Limited to 975 Copies. Hardcover. 210 pp. Ill. Splendid b/w & color photos by the noted photographer/author. Nicely bound in imit leather with raised fraternity stamp on title page and housed in a white linin covered slipcase with map of African on front..... More
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
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
London: George Harrap, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. 272 pp, ill. The remarkable adventures of a white hunter in Africa. Courtney guided many safaris, hunted extensively for dangerous game and traveled throughout remotest Africa - all before he turned 32 years old! An educated man, this retelling of his exploits rivals..... More
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
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
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
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Books of Zimbabwe, 1987. Reprint 1987. Hardcover. Sport and Travel in the Kalahari Desert. 359 pp. ill. Large fold out map in rear and several smaller fold out maps throughout the text. A really nice reprint. Vol 7 in the African Hunting reprint series from Books of Zimbabwe..... More
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
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
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: 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
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: 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
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: 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
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: 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
London: Horace Cox, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. or chapters on hoofed animals. 411 pp, ill, (2 plates are colored) + articles bound in at rear, publishers catalog (final page of cat. is loose), and also pasted opposite index to book is a 1 1/2 page signed note by Lydekker on..... 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
