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Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Volcanic Eruption on Ambrim Island in the New Hebrides in 1913 - article with spectacular photos; The Mad Mule - a mine mule turns murderer at the Blue Mountain Mine in Butte, Montana; The Mystery of Crowhurst Aylmer - a remarkable romance from 1890 is narrated by a life insurance manager; Whale-Hunting With A Camera - A fascinating account of the work of scientific naturalist-photographer H.J. Shepstone - the first man to secure a complete set of striking photographs of the various species of whales 'at home' in the water, and being harpooned, at a time when they were already facing extinction; An Accessory After the Fact - An English mining engineer's queer experience in Mexico; Down the Amazon From Source to Mouth - Part I - J. Campbell Besley and his expedition discover the source of the mighty Amazon high in the mountains of Peru and follow it down to the Atlantic, time and again fighting for their lives against savages and forces of nature; The Buried Treasure - the extraordinary experience of travelling salesman R.D. Morrison in North Carolina; The Hermits of the Alps - The lonely life of herdsmen who take their herds and flocks to high mountain pastures each summer - article with great photos; In Search of Adventure - Part III - The Story of a Chequered Cruise; Fighting a Giant Saw-Fish - James Willoughby describes a monster catch and the battle he put up - article with great photo of the fish, 14.5 feet long; A Capture of Dacoits - an account of an exciting day's work in the Punjab; and more. pp. 6 [ads], 482-576, 7-24 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Signed, without inscription, by Jack O'Connor and Jim Rikhoff. Hand-numbered copy #43 of 950 issued for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited, of which Rikhoff was President. "A reissue of the scarce classic Game in the Desert, first published in 1939, with two additional chapters." - Biscotti p. 320, Wegner p. 199. pp. [iv], v-xxix, [3], 306. 9.8" x 7.5". Selected Bibliography. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear to publisher's forest green faux leather brightly adorned with gilt. Moderate wear to slipcase. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. A quality example of this excellent Jack O'Connor collectible. Book
In 8°; 288, (2) pp. Brossura editoriale con tiolo, autore, editore e fregio a tema venatorio, impresso in rosso e nero entro cornice al piatto anteriore. Rinforzo in carta marmorizzata al dorso. Dedica autografa dell'autore alla prima carta bianca. Qualche macchiolina, qualche lieve fioritura, non significativa e nel complesso in buone condizioni di conservazione. Prima rarissima edizione, una seconda edizione assai più comune uscì nel 1905, di quello che è considerato il primo libro italiano di memorie sulla caccia scritto da quello che è considerato l'iniziatore della moderna letteratura venatoria italiana Arturo Renault. L'autore, di origine francese, era figlio del capo-guardiacaccia delle Reali Tenute della Veneria chiamato direttamente da Vittorio Emanule II. Arturo Renault, da autodidatta, imparò la lingua italiana. A lui si devono numerose opere e diversi articoli venatori su vari quotidiani e periodici che a partire dal 1870 erano apparsi in Italia. Celebri sono i suoi articoli sulla rivista Diana (della quale fu anche direttore). La sua opera letteraria gli diede notevole fama nel mondo venatorio italiano ed europeo. Questi articoli erano di solito formati con lo pseudonimo di "Rusticus". Renault, nel 1873, pubblicò il suo primo opuscolo "Ai Cacciatori", quasi sconosciuto oggi ma che dava, formalmente inizio alla letteratura venatoria italiana. Seguì nel 1877 il volume "La caccia e i cacciatori" che però era una raccolta degli articoli di Renault apparsi sulla Gazzetta d'Italia. Il libro ebbe enorme successo. Ma è proprio il volume qui presentato ad essere, generalmente, considerato il primo volume italiano di racconti venatori. L'opera è composta da 16 capitoli di ricordi venatori ed aneddoti illustrati in un linguaggio vivace e piacevole. Un capitolo è dedicato anche al vino. Questa primissima edizione è arricchita anche dalla firma autografo dell'autore. Rarità bibliografica. Rif. Bibl.: IT\ICCU\SBL\0058598.
1655DEZ-1296Cadomi (Caen), Claudii Le Blanc, 1655. In-12 en parchemin. 13 ff ( titre, dédicace, et index), 105 pp. Edition originale fort rare, car cet ouvrage n'eu qu'une seule édition. Bon état de la reliure, Auréole d'une mouillure présente sur tout l'ouvrage, les derniers cahiers sont un peu lâche.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Behind the Scenes in Russia - Part VI - Robert Wilton, a British War Correspondent on the Eastern Front, recounts his experiences, tells the true story of the tragic end of Rasputin, and discusses claims that the Czar is alive - article with photos of the Czar, his family, and Rasputin; The Most Savage of Beasts - John A. Jordan describes the strange tactics and danger of hunting the African Buffalo; A Hero of the Soudan - How the first Civilian's Victoria Cross was won by Sergeant J.J. Farmer - article with photo; My Niggers - humorous account of the writer's experiences of Gyppies at a camp along the Suez Canal; My Wanderings in Little-Known Angola - interesting article with many excellent photos; The Mechanically-Minded Skipper - Tobias Meddling of the 8-thousand ton ship Peerless; Capturing Seventy-Nine Germans Single-Handed - Canadian officer Captain MacDowell tricked Germans into surrendering at Vimy Ridge; The Battle for the Lake - German warships are ousted from the great inland sea in Central Africa, Tanganyika; Our Grizzly Bear Record - Francis Dickie and his companion set a new world's record for killing Grizzly bears in the Canadian Rockies - article with photos; Pipe Town - where Brier pipes are made for the "Tommies" and the "Poilus" - article with excellent photos; A "Rice Wedding" in Java - fascinating photo-illustrated article; Some Strange Escapes From Germany - Part I - how prisoners of war escaped from the Germans in WWI; My Escape From Russia - Madame Semenoff describes her escape from Petrograd after the Bolsheviks took over; Canada's Water Miracle - The Bassano Dam, the world's longest, built in Alberta, Canada - article with excellent photos; The Zulu Love Medicine - Part I - a member of the Natal Mounted Police describes how an Englishman was murdered by a Zulu medicine-man and accomplices so a portion of the body could be used to make an effective love medicine; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 268-352, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
large 8vo [25 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes, in 10 parts by genera, hundreds of illustrations including 97 full-page plates and folding, 13 colored maps mostly folding showing geographical distributions, indices, with title & half title pages issued later. later (1953) cloth with gilt spine title lettering, the original heavy paper wraps of each of the 10 parts are bound in (one wrap chipped & repaired), the parts are not bound in order, small stain on outer edge of part VII, fine, clean and unmarked. A pi In this copy, part X, General Review of the Orchideae is bound first in volume I Originally published in 10 parts, usually bound in 2 volumes, in 1887-1894, it is a milestone and a famous and still useful reference in orchid literature, with descriptions and culture of about 1,700 species and hybrids, together with the history of their discovery and collection, about 1300 pages. Besides the detailed descriptions, the work includes details on the discovery and development of the various species and varieties. Veitch was a leading English nursery, which sent plant hunters to many parts of the world, and introduced numerous new varieties and species. BMNH 2199. Massachusetts Horticultural Library Catalogue 323. Burrage p. 90. Glikbarg (supplement 1982). "Many of the instructions contained in the Manual relative to the care of different orchids are still valuable. Good scientific descriptions in English are given for each species; these descriptions are accompanied by the appropriate references to earlier authorities together with detailed information on habitat, discovery and culture. A substantial amount of interesting detail concerning contemporary and past orchid hunters, collectors and growers is given, much of which would be difficult to find elsewhere. The numerous maps indicating the habitat of various species are valuable and the work is enriched by many well-drawn black and white engraved plates and illustrations in the text.. . . a veritable encyclopedia. . . the 1963 reprint has maps that can be read only with difficulty". [Duveen, Classics of Orchid Literature, American Orchid Society, 1972].
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, LARGE PAPER, with fine coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard captioned in red present), illustrated and printed titles, 12 fine coloured plates (all original tissue guards captioned in red present), and numerous monochrome illustrations in the text; most handsomely bound in red half morocco BY HENRY YOUNG OF LIVERPOOL, watered red silk boards ruled in gilt, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with sporting images, gilt top, marbled endpapers, fore-edge very faintly spotted else a splendid copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. Sumptuous edition of a sporting classic in elegantly themed contemporary binding.
19136334London: Edward Arnold 1913. First. Hardcover. VG to near Fine. 332 pp ill. Gilt pictorial cover: Markhor. Hunting sheep markhor and bear. A superior work on Central Asian mountain game. Respected by every serious hunter naturalist reader and book collector. VG to near fine in orig. gilt cloth with gilt markhor head on cover. Beautiful to look at great to read. Should be in every serious Asian sheep hunter's collection. Edward Arnold hardcover
184659006450London: Rudolph Ackermann 1846. Bound in 3/4 dark green leather stamped in gold with five raised bands over decorative boards that match the endsheets and the page edges. Handsome early reprint the original was published four years earlier. xxvii 548 pp. Illustrated with a steel-engraved frontispiece by T.A. Prior; wood engravings throughout text from sketches by the author including an additional pictorial title page. 8vo. Handsome copy. Early Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good /No Jacket. Rudolph Ackermann Hardcover
19255915London: H F & G Witherby 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A record of travel and sport in Abyssinia now Ethiopia. 244 pp ill. Just about the only good book we have found on hunting the Walia ibex and with some hunting also for the elusive Mountain nyala. This is Maydon's rarest book. Good reading - an African mountain game hunting book. The tiniest bit of foxing on edge of text block otherwise a l lovely near fine copy finely bound in half leather over marbled boards raised spine bands gilt rules in bands. Scarce in such nice condition. H F & G Witherby hardcover
19305445NY: Scribner's 1930. First. Hardcover. Near Fine. 412 pp ill large folding map. Explorations of a hunter-naturalist in Northern Alaska. A North American and sheep hunting classic. First edition. Near fine copy in original green cloth with large gilt moose head on front cover. Scribner's hardcover
18966496London England: Rowland Ward 1896. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1896 London. Second and one of the two rarest editions. VG to near fine in orig printed beige cloth zebra end papers. Perhaps the hardest in the series to obtain. 325 pp ill. ads & sample measurement sheet in back. Front zebra pattern endpapers split but hinges firm. Typical spotting of buckram cloth on covers. Near fine. The second edition is actually rarer than the first edition. Nice collector condition copy. Laid inside is a copy of an obituary for Rowland Ward and a list of all Ward publications up to 1977. Rowland Ward hardcover
199126628Oceanside CA: Armory Publications. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1991-1992. 1st Thus. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Armory Publications hardcover
17985029Paris, Deterville, Desray, 1798. 3 volumes in-4 de XVI, 889p., 20 pl. h. -t. + [2]ff., VI, 899p., 20 pl. + [2]ff., XII, 1006p., 20 pl. demi-veau marron à coins, dos à nerfs ornés de filets dorés, étiquettes de titre et tomaison beiges. Plats tachés, petits accrocs à deux coiffes, dos frottés, coins ouverts, quelques rousseurs.
196218589Grenoble, 1962. Un volume in-8 de XI-[2]-1564-[4] pages, pleine toile beige imprimée de l'éditeur.
193818590Grenoble, Arthaud, 1938. Un volume in-8 de XI-[2]-855-[2] pages, pleine toile verte imprimée de l'éditeur, couverture et dos conservés.
133323aafParis, Imprimerie et librairie de Mme Ve Bouchard-Huzard, M DCCCLVIII, (1858), in-4to, frontispice + VIII + 282 p. + 1 feuille (table des planches), 14 planches gravées sur bois h.-t., représentant des chiens, exemplaire N° 99 (sur vergé) avec signature de l’auteur, Ex-Libris armorié avec devise „CAVE MUSCAM PUNGIT“, reliure en d.chagrin aux coins, dos à cinq nerfs avec titre doré, gardes en papier peint, bel exemplaire
137710aafLausanne, Reichlen, 1938, in-4°, 133 p. + 18 dessins reproduits à pleine page (dont 8 hors-texte), abondamment illustré de 86 dessins dans le texte et de nombreuses illustrations à la plume, Il a été tiré de cet ouvrage: 2000 ex. sur papier vélin num, de 26 à 2025. Ex. n° 1719. brochure originale, couverture illustrée en couleurs représentant deux chamois sur un sommet
15844Lausanne, chez l’auteur 1938, 325x240mm, 132pages, broché. Exemplaire numéroté sur papier vélin, n.° 529 / 2025. Petits accros sur le haut et le bas dos et charnières légèrement frottées, autrement bel exemplaire, intérieur très propre.
18838271Berne / Genève, Imprimerie B.-F. Haller / Imprimerie Studer, 1883-1911. 5 volumes grands in-4 demi-basane, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés et à froid, titre et années en doré. Quelques épidermures, quelques plats frottés et, au détail, volume I: 1 mors fendu, 1 planche légèrement déboîtée, petite réparation à une page. II: charnières fendues, petit manque aux gardes. III: 1 mors cassé, tête déchirée. IV: petit manque en queue. V: 2 feuillets brunis et pliés. Intérieur frais.
First edition, folio (360 x 270 mm), xiv, 195, [1]pp., de-luxe edition printed on thick paper, one of 100 numbered copies (this being no. 61) signed by both the author and illustrator, coloured frontispiece and a further 15 coloured plates, illustrs., within the text, marbled endpapers, orig. full vellum, decorated in gilt, a blemish to head of upper board otherwise a very good copy, uncut, t.e.g.
1847PHO-620Paris, A. René et Cie,(235x160),1847. 2 volumes in-8, demi-chagrin violet, dos orné, tranches mouchetées (Reliure de l'époque), illustré de 8 lithographies et 2 cartes , un vocabulaire Zoulou à la fin du 1er tome ainsi qu’une liste des insectes , diptères ramenés pour la collection du muséum naturel de Paris .quelques rousseurs
252252 volumes in-12° cartonnage à la bradel (XIXe siècle), pièce de titre de maroquin tabac, 3 ff.n.ch., XIV, 391 p., 55 planches - 5 ff.n.ch., 284 p., 38 ff.n.ch. (Dictionnaire), 35 planches. Quelques rousseurs sinon beaux exemplaires. Thiebaud, 412.
18223132Paris Audot 1822 Deux volumes in-8, tome I 2 ff. xiii 311 pp. et 12 planches de fanfares 25 planches hors-texte. Tome II 323-(3) pp. 11 planches chiffrées XXV à XXXVI (une grande planche repliée). Demi-reliure de maroquin vert, fleurons dans les caissons du dos
1910242171910 Bronze, sculpture, (1910), 23 x 30 x 10 cm., sur socle en bronze.
