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19856932Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1985. Limited Ed - 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. 158 pp. Signed limited ed of 1000 copies. Slipcased. Hunting in North America and Africa. One of the popular books from the National Sporting Fraternity Amwell Press. Bear sheep and lions with lessons to be learned from all the chapters. Fine in fine orig slipcase. Amwell Press hardcover
19487377NY: EP Dutton 1948. First American. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 256 pp ill end paper maps. Autobiography of one of Africa's most famous military figures who also happened to be a noted elephant and general big game hunter. Near fine in Vg dj. EP Dutton hardcover
19846894Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1984. First Edition Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. 323 pp. Stories of Rikhoff's big game small game and upland game hunting around the world told as only this inimitable story teller can do. Amwell Press hardcover
20083048Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 2008. First Combined Trade. Hardcover. New. Coheleach G. 614 pages profuse line drawings by Guy Coheleach. HUNTING THE AFRICAN BUFFALO AND LION combines the best of the two Amwell limited editions and adds NEW material by other recent well known professional hunters. All the authors whose stories are included are men who are legends in the big game hunting fraternity. "You don't get engaged to a Cape Buffalo you get married to him - for life his or yours. When being hunted the cape buffalo is dedicated to one thing living and to the principle that either you eliminate him or he will eliminate you. The lion a hunter itself does not respond well to threats. When it comes for you make up your mind to shoot or clear out for the lion covers 100 yards in half the time required for an Olympic sprinter. Through 42 exciting chapters you will go along old and new game trails with some very special authors. After all when you're dealing with men like Selous ROosevelt Maillais Foran Percival Kirby Stigand Patterson Madeira Seia Hallamore de Lima Monvoison and Coheleach - well you've got the deck stacked. Some animals might be considered more dangerous cunning graceful etc than the African lion or buffalo - but the stand out because they both are cunningly smart and formidable adversaries. Reading these stories will make your heart pound a bit too. For those who may never get the chance to hunt in Africa and for those who have these thrilling narratives will transport you to and through the great African big game hunting fields. A GREAT NEW BOOK. Amwell Press hardcover
19854572New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. First edition. Hardcover. As New/as new. Joseph Fornelli. 8vo; xii 233 pages clothbacked boards. Very scarce autographed. <br/><br/>Signed by Vance Bourjaily and Thomas McGuane. An anthology of previously unpublished fiction evoking the whole world of the hunting experience - upland bird shooting big game hunting in Africa Montana and Alaska pheasant hunting on the Midwestern prairies; hunting as a way of growing up and growing old; hunting for survival and hunting as a challenge. Illustrated by Joseph Fornelli. Proulx's story " An Unclouded Day" well precedes her Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award fiction. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
19847068Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1984. First - Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. A treasury of 20 years of writing by the noted magazine contributor. 396 pp ill. John Jobson made Sports Afield a popular hunting magazine. This is the third volume in the Amwell Press big game hunting heritage series. Incl. N America & Africa hitting them at long and short range and lots of good stuff. A Vg copy minor wear to tips of cover in fine slipcase. Amwell Press hardcover
20021418Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 2002. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. 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. On one side is the big game hunter. On the other side is the wild game animal-blessed with sharp senses and protected by the habitat. You're inside the dense bush where visibility is limited and ability to maneuver is almost nil. The game that selects this cover is almost always the dangerous kind. So you want someone on your team with knowledge and a big rifle. Because here whoever comes off second best pays with their life. Hugo Seia is a reasoned highly regarded professional hunter. This his second book came as a result of great demand from those who read his first Mundjamba. He treats hunting the big five individually and provides a great chapter on rifle and ammunition selection. HIs stories prove the point- or illustrate the exception that proves the rule. Ross says at the end of his buffalo hunt "I was glad we succeeded. My tracker was glad the buffalo had not." You'll be glad you read In Any Kind of Cover Hunting the Dangerous Game of Africa. Limited to 1000 copies. Numbered. Signed by the author. As new. Trophy Room Books hardcover
19883206Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. As New. Briar Trade. 356 pp ill incl some by E Caldwell. New intro by Jim Casada. Foreword by T Roosevelt. Especially good on lion hunting. Roosevelt was so impressed with this work that it was one of the few he reviewed during his Presidency. Trade ed in as new condition. Briar Patch Press hardcover
195817967Santa Ana CA: James E. Serven. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. The DJ is faded and rubbed at the edges. Inscribed by Serven on the half-title. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 387 pages; Signed by Author . James E. Serven hardcover
19737361Lon: Hamish Hamilton 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1973 Lon 288 pp. Profuse ill. 400 years of African exploration. Explorers and hunters accomplishments are well told in this well written book. Near fine in like dj. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
19873166Camden SC: Premier Press 1987. Limited Ed. Reprint. Hardcover. As New. 246 pp ill new foreword by Jim Casada. Classic big game hunting book. One of three authored by the noted hunter Charles Sheldon. Very scarce in original condition. This reprint in fine imitation leather limited to 3000 copies gilt stamped marbled end papers all edges gillt and silk ribbon place market. As new. Premier Press hardcover
188920956Chicago: RAND McNally & Co. Very Good. 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's inscriptions on the second endpaper. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 339ads pages . RAND, McNally & Co. hardcover
198011899Franklin NC: Macon Graphics Pub. As New in Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 199 pages . Macon Graphics Pub. hardcover
1995151029-MG05Boca Raton FL: Lewis Publishers 1995. Very good hardcover with no dust jacket and pictorial cover. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Lewis Publishers Hardcover
19866908Santa Fe NM: Shikar Publishing 1986. First Limited to 1500 Copies. Hardcover. VG/Near Fine. 247 pp profuse ill end paper maps. Three trips to Mongolia for all the game of that country. Much on sheep hunting plus other game in the forest and steppe regions. A very good book on this country. A signed ltd edition of 1500 copies.VG in Near fine dj. Shikar Publishing hardcover
196027903NY: A. S. Barnes & Co. Inc. NY. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has been price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages . A. S. Barnes & Co. Inc. NY hardcover
201928025Singhofen: Arbeitskreis Polizeiwaffen. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2019. Hardcover. Very well illustrated. Text is all in German. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 416 pages . Arbeitskreis Polizeiwaffen hardcover
1990941Prescott AZ: Wolfe Publishing 1990. Reprint Limited to 1500 Copies. Half Leather. Fine. Wolfe. 312 pp ill. Pull out rear pocket map. The narrative of a sporting trip from Zanzibar to the borders of the Masai region through some of the best hunting country then known. Much on elephant hunting. A classic book. This is a fine reprint in like new condition as well. Wolfe Publishing unknown
196719016Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Very Good. 1967. Three ring binder. This is a red Winchester World-Wide Safaris binder with operating procedures for setting up safaris for clients. There are sections for all the various countries and areas for which Winchester set up trips. Included are suggestions for firearms to be used. Interesting piece of Winchester history. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall . Winchester Repeating Arms Co. unknown
192125260Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd Company. Fine with no dust jacket. 1921. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by McGuire on the fep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages; Signed by Author . Stewart Kidd Company hardcover
189038452Sampson Low Marston Searle Rivington 1890. 8vo. First Edition with trade advertisement endpapers some light offsetting from endpapers to title; original green cloth upper board framed and lettered in gilt gilt back gilt top bevelled boards uncut a remarkably well-preserved bright crisp copy in wholly unrestored publisher's binding. EXTREMELY SCARCE ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Sampson Low Marston Searle Rivington, hardcover
192733704John Lane the Bodley Head 1927. Roy. 4to. First Edition with coloured frontispiece title in red and black 23 fine coloured plates and 68 illustrations a number full-page in the text; red buckram upper board and board and backstrip lettered in black red top uncut backstrip very lightly sunned else a very good bright clean copy. With publisher's 4pp advertisement at end. John Lane the Bodley Head, hardcover
1788018066John Stockdale 1788. New edition. Octavo pp 6 292 booksellers' catalogue 4 pages a large contemporary inscription on the first blank pages untrimmed a very clean wide-margined copy recently bound in quarter cloth and boards with paper label on the spine. Lacking the frontispiece plate and the vignette which are mentioned on the title page; the title has no date or publisher it is followed by an errata page. Boards. Good. John Stockdale Hardcover
1847MH60aMiddle Hill: Typis Medio Montanis excudit Jacobus Rogers Middle Hill Press 1847 Book. Good. Hardcover. ii 24 pages. In the original paper covered Middle Hill boards. Kraus states that just 70 copies were printed. Lacks the spine. Light browning. Pages unopened. Holzenberg 466. Typis Medio Montanis excudit Jacobus Rogers [Middle Hill Press] hardcover
1994HF-10Boulder CO.: Pruett 1994. Detailed text presents a complete guide and history of the North Platte River from the headwaters to the Wheatland area discussing the varying chararcteristics of the water accessibility seasonal changes special fishing techniques and tackle requirements and an illustrated pattern guide to some specialized North Platte fly patterns. 222 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pruett Paperback
