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1960FA-3London U.K.: Holland Press 1960. Classic invaluable reference text of early history and development of firearms and their accessories. Contains an appendix of inventors' names a brief history of firearms and a chronological list of of numerous inventions from 25 January 1588 through 29 April 1858. 323 pgs. Prior owner's name on endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar. Limited to 1000 copies. . Limited to 1000 Copies. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Holland Press Hardcover
1995900Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1995. First - Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Original Slipcase as New. Coheleach Guy. 509 pp ill. Fourth in the Amwell Press big five series. Selections from the best books on leopard hunting both old and recent as well as some selections written especially for this volume. Deservedly popular. Worth reading. Fine in fine orig. slipcase. Probably the scarcest of the Amwell Press big five series. Amwell Press hardcover
19976457Short Hills NJ: Meadow Run Press 1997. Deluxe limited to 75 copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. 573 pp ill. Very useful bibliography. Published "with approval of the Boone & Crockett Club." This is the DELUXE ed limited to only 75 copies note limitation in this book is on the LAST page of the book. This copy is as NEW and still has the original Meadow Run Press deluxe edition insert in front. This copy is signed and inscribed by the author to a noted collector. Meadow Run Press hardcover
19133972London: Faber and Faber 1913. Limited Edition 1000 Copies. Hardcover. VG to near Fine. 359 pp profuse ill and 102 full page photogravure plates. Folio sized. All edges gilt. Original publishers gilt stamped decorated dark red morocco. Beveled edges. Gilt & stamped rules on front/rear boards. Raised bands on spine rules & decorations in spine bands. Gilt inner dentelles marbled end papers. Includes bird wildfowl shooting and deer stalking throughout the British Isles and one shoot in China. Very light slight rubbing on outer hinges otherwise a lovely copy with all gilt bright. Internally the book has likely never been read. A VERY heavy book. Shipping weight will exceed ten pounds. Faber and Faber hardcover
19256328New York: Frederick A Stokes Company 1925. First. Hardcover. Near Fine. 320 pp ill. 8 text maps. Ovis ammon urial markhor leopard goral burhel. One of the most complete Asian hunting books. Above average photos. Readable and sought after because of the accuracy to this date of much of the information provided. Considered one of the best general reference/reading books on Asian mountain game. Near fine 1st Amer ed of a very scarce item. Frederick A Stokes Company hardcover
19087281London: The Bodley Head 1908. First. Hardcover. Very Good. 276 pp. Ill. Throughout eastern Africa. Comments on game on a species by species basis. Dickinson was the British Commissioner for British East Africa. One of the new titles recommended by President Roosevelt in his Life Histories of African Game Animals bibliography. A very nice copy that looks unread. Slight fading to spine and an almost unnoticeable publishers blind stamp on title page. The Bodley Head hardcover
19036333London: T Fisher Unwin 1903. First. Hardcover. Very Good. 313 pp 86 ill 3 appendices maps. Top edges gilt. Hunting in the Cheringoma and Gorongoza districts of what is now Mozambique. Traveling through a hitherto unknown region Findlay discovered a sporting paradise. A beautifully illustrated and action packed work on African big game hunting. A nice copy but spine tips show wear and chipping with loss at top. Otherwise a bright sharp tight book with firm hinges which is unusual in this thick and heavy book. Thus very good and value priced for a first edition. T Fisher Unwin hardcover
197826520Gun Room Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978-2015. Mixed Editions. Hardcover. Volume 1 is the revised edition from 1998. Published changes to the contents have been made to the text of the volumes. ISBN for the volumes include: 1-57747-033-8 978-1-4951-6616-7 & 0-8227-007-9. Price is for the set of 3 volumes. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall . Gun Room Press hardcover
198614322Long Beach CA: Safari Press. As New. 1986. First English Edition. Hardcover. Issued without a dust jacket but the slipcase is as-new. One of 500 copies of the first book in Safari Press' "Hunting in High Altitudes" series. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 144 pages . Safari Press hardcover
19256632London: William Heinemann 1925. 1925 Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG with minor rust colored spots. with a monograph on the African elephant. 1925 London 206 pp. Ill. Four part fold out panoramic frontis of a herd of elephants advancing through the Lorian Swamp. Folio sized. Elephant stalking elephant hunting and elephant photography. The splendid large format elephant folio edition limited to only 550 copies. A must for any great collection. Endpapers lightly foxed but otherwise amazingly near fine in original gilt and blindstamped cloth. AND with most of the original just jacket. RARE in dust jacket. Very large very heavy. Extra postage. Signature of noted naturalist and animal trainer Hubert G Wells on front free endpaper. William Heinemann hardcover
19736140NY: Winchester Press 1973. First Ltd to 750 Sets. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Weiler M. Two volume limited edition numbered slipcased set. 208 and 208 pp. Ill. The best writings from these and other authors. Books and slipcase are both fine. In addition each volume is signed and presented by both authors with a special presentation plate inside both front covers. The sets are scarce likely because so many were specially presentation and do not return to the market. Winchester Press hardcover
19853087Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1985. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Original Slipcase Fine. 688 pp ill. Anthology compiled from most of the best African hunting books ever written both old and recent along with special contributions for this book. The 19th in the African hunting heritage series. Excellent selections will provide many hours of reading enjoyment. A consistently popular book. In fact the entire series is worth having. Fine in orig. slipcase. Amwell Press hardcover
19842406Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1984. First - Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase Fine. Guy Coheleach. 599 pp ill. by Guy Coheleach. Super anthology perhaps the best on hunting the African Cape Buffalo. This was the first in the National Sporting Fraternity hunting the big five series and it was an immediate sellout. Selections from the best writings. All edges gilt ribbon place marker. This copy fine in like slipcase. Amwell Press hardcover
19487341Privately printed 1948. Soft cover. Very Good. 76 typed pages with original photographs pasted in. The diary of two hunters in Alaska after a brown bear for the Field Museum. Privately printed unknown
19355161London: Putnams 1935. First in English. Hardcover. Near Fine. 208 pp ill text map. Elephant and other big game hunting in Kenya Tanzania and Uganda. Also bongo and kudu. An enjoyable book finally getting the recognition it deserves as one of the enduring worthwhile books on the subject. Near fine in orig. cloth. Putnams hardcover
192719530William Blackwood Edinburgh 1927. Roy. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured portrait frontispiece 3 coloured plates 28 plates in monochrome and an illustration in the text; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers uncut ribbon marker gilt from original front board and backstrip mounted on new and separate leaves at front custom-made slip-case a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the trade ticket of Times Book Club on rear paste-down. A bright copy of this sporting classic. William Blackwood, Edinburgh, hardcover
1901nim07afLondon: Downey & Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition. Covers rubbed with some fade edge wear. Spines darkened. 1901. Limited Edition 39/60. Light blue boards with cream cloth spines. 320mm x 230mm 13" x 9". xi 168pp; vii 233pp. 72 plates 36 hand- coloured 36 sepia. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . Downey & Co Ltd hardcover
19226954NY: G P Putnam's & Son 1922. First American. Hardcover. VG. 452 pp. 248 ill. First US edition one year after UK edition. 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 in orig. green gilt cloth with large gilt warthog on front cover and Cape buffalo on rear. in original green gilt pictorial cloth. Chapman is a most collectible author. All of his books on big game hunting are respected and sought after. VG copy with very minor corner bump. G P Putnam's & Son hardcover
1927e5482London: Longman's Green & Co. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Jacket with edge creasing tears and taped repairs. Top of spine faded. Occasional light foxing. 1927. 85/156. Red hardback cloth cover. 340mm x 270mm 13" x 11". xi 274pp. 8 coloured plates and numerous plates in b/w from drawings by the authors. Signed by authors on limitation page. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Longman's Green & Co hardcover
19335574NY: Frank Walters 1933. First. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. 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 Columbia by a noted sportsman. VG in vg dj. Great reading book. Frank Walters hardcover
19923263Long Beach CA: Safari Press 1992. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. Thirty years of hunting wild sheep and goats of the world. 228 pp profuse black and white and color illustrations. From the roof of the world to virtually every place that wild sheep and goats can be hunted. A super book. As new in like original slipcase. Safari Press hardcover
19143496Chicago: W E Wroe 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. Being a record of an artist's impressions in the land of the red gods. 116 pp ill incl colored reproductions of author's paintings. Hunting fishing upland game hunting and painting in the high Rocky Mountains. Scarce. Bound in half soft leather over paper boards. Leather corners and spine showing wear some soiling on front/rear boards. Internally fine. INSCRIBED AND DATED by the author artist. W E Wroe hardcover
19276083London: Richard Cobsen-Sanderson 1927. First. Hardcover. Very Good. 262 pp. ill. Pull out rear pocket map. From northern to southern Tibet in search of blue sheep gazelle and antelope plus other sheep species. They went into ovis ammon country and hunted but never saw any large rams. After all their travel and hunting throughout Central Asia the men died while mountaineering in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. A popular title. VG copy in orig. black gilt cloth. Richard Cobsen-Sanderson hardcover
19023633London: Rowland Ward 1902. First. Hardcover. VG to near Fine. 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 a lot on Ethiopia especially elephant and elephant hunting. Bound in cloth from leftover first edition sheets for the Powell-Cotton Museum and signed by the author's son. VG hinges weak. Rowland Ward hardcover
19044804London: Rowland Ward 1904. First. Hardcover. Very Good. 288 pp ill. Index. Zebra end papers. A MUST for the sheep and bear hunter. Excellent work and deservedly a sought after title. One of the rarest N Amer hunting books. Pull out rear pocket map. Original green cloth binding. Internally fine and free of foxing. COrners turned and spine tips show wear. Overall a vg copy. Rowland Ward hardcover