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1841g7432London: Ackermann and Co. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed with some edge fading. Foxing to prelims and some light scattered foxing elsewhere. Repaired tear to edge of plate 4. With three neat ownership signatures on prelims and two elsewhere. Illustrations bright. 1841. First Edition. Green/gilt hardback cloth cover. 380mm x 290mm 15" x 11". 15pp plates. Views and vignettes with 15 numbered plates with 16 hand coloured illustrations. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. . Ackermann and Co 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
19546815217 clichés au Trait, 30 cartes en deux couleurs, 2 cartes en trois couleurs, 209 héliogravures (4 radiographies et 8 microphotographies), tirage ordinaire après 80 Japon, 1 vol. fort in-4 reliure pleine toile verte éditeur, Chez l'Auteur, Grenoble, 1954, 1564 pp.
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
97886aafUppsala & Stockholm, Almqvist & Wiksells, 1912, in-4to, 188 p. + 15 plates (3 in colour) ; 131 p. + 5 plates (2 in colour), small legacy stamp on first fly ‘Guggisberg’, full green cloth (library) binding.
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
194883356Durel, éditeur, impr. Imprimerie d’Art G. Bouan 1948 In-4. En feuillets, étui carton, couverture à rabats illustrée en couleurs, 185 ff., nombreux dessins dans le texte, 10 planches hors texte, 22 ff. in fine contenant 43 reproductions photographiques commentées en regard. étui défraîchi, décirures et manque au dos de la couverture, intérieur très frais.
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
1896315329Hacienda Rosendal Tantojón Pánuco Vera.Cruz Mexico 1896. 2 pages; with original envelope featuring pen and ink portrait of a bear on the back; and with clipped article from the "Mexican Herald" of December 24 1895. 4to. Old folds. 2 pages; with original envelope featuring pen and ink portrait of a bear on the back; and with clipped article from the "Mexican Herald" of December 24 1895. 4to. A charming tribute with subtle overtures from three Swedish bachelors living in Mexico to three California sisters whose hunting prowess was described in an article in the "Mexican Herald." Headlined "Three California Dianas. They Kill Bears and Panthers and Olive in Particular is an Expert Shot" the article describes the sisters who live in the "wilderness above Ukiah California" as "sportswomen of rare talent" and gives an account of their encounter with a bear which ends up with their treeing and killing the animal. The letter reads in part: ".we think it would interest you to know that your bravery and pluck are known even outside your own Country . We have read and reread the article and . we could not restrain ourselves from sending our respects. Down here you would find a great field for your guns. We have all kinds of big game . it is nothing unusual to meet an 8 or 9 feet sic tiger on the roads when we are out riding. We will described one of our hunting experiences that might interest you." The letter goes on to relate how after wounding and trailing a deer towards a lagoon "a big Puma jumped out from the jungle and pounced upon our poor wounded deer. A rifleshot and we had both deer and Puma." The letter continues: "We are three Swedes 26 28 & 31 years old and run a fruit plantation in partnership in the district of Huasteca on the shores of the beautiful Panuco river. We have been here only 5 months but we have found the prospects for the future very bright. We would greatly enjoy a few lines from you as to ascertain whether our epistle ever reached you . and if the article is a ghost-story or not." They close "With admiration for the 3 brave Dianas in California. unknown
187620071London: Henry S. King & Co. Very Good. 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. In the original decorated green cloth. Rubbed at the corners and spine ends. Owner's bookplate on the fep and name on the half-title. Endpapers and the very outside edges of the pages are foxed. All hinges are tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 380 pages . Henry S. King & Co. 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
20076466Atascadero CA: Mission Trail Media 2007. First Limited to 1250 Copies. Hardcover. Near Fine/Orig folding clamshell box Near Fine. 198 pp profuse color ill. One of the better recent works on leopard hunting mainly by Boddington. Also with a promise from him that this limited ed would be the ONLY ed ever done of this book i.e. no trade or cheap editions. Large format bound in gilt imit suede cloth and housed in a fully closing cloth gilt stamped box. Well written and good reading. Because the authors sold so many copies directly and inscribed them to friends etc very few come on the resale market . Near fine in like orig folding clamshell box. Mission Trail Media 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
178040160Paris 1780. 20 plates variously numbered. Image size 3-1/2 x 5 inches. 1 vols. 8vo. Later marbled boards spine mostly perished. Some soiling and scattered foxing generally very good. 20 plates variously numbered. Image size 3-1/2 x 5 inches. 1 vols. 8vo. The plates depict hunting trophies wth boar fish fowl still lifes on harvest and rural themes and arrangements of symbolic objects.<br/>Pierre Ranson 1736-1786 was noted for his drawings of fruits flowers vases and cartouches. Jean-Charles Delafosse 1734-1789 was an artist and architect who published an Iconologie historique. unknown books
1896315329Hacienda Rosendal Tantojón Pánuco Vera.Cruz Mexico 1896. 2 pages; with original envelope featuring pen and ink portrait of a bear on the back; and with clipped article from the "Mexican Herald" of December 24 1895. 4to. Old folds. 2 pages; with original envelope featuring pen and ink portrait of a bear on the back; and with clipped article from the "Mexican Herald" of December 24 1895. 4to. In praise of three California huntresses. A charming tribute with subtle overtures from three Swedish bachelors living in Mexico to three California sisters whose hunting prowess was described in an article in the "Mexican Herald." Headlined "Three California Dianas. They Kill Bears and Panthers and Olive in Particular is an Expert Shot" the article describes the sisters who live in the "wilderness above Ukiah California" as "sportswomen of rare talent" and gives an account of their encounter with a bear which ends up with their treeing and killing the animal. The letter reads in part: ".we think it would interest you to know that your bravery and pluck are known even outside your own Country . We have read and reread the article and . we could not restrain ourselves from sending our respects. Down here you would find a great field for your guns. We have all kinds of big game . it is nothing unusual to meet an 8 or 9 feet sic tiger on the roads when we are out riding. We will described one of our hunting experiences that might interest you." The letter goes on to relate how after wounding and trailing a deer towards a lagoon "a big Puma jumped out from the jungle and pounced upon our poor wounded deer. A rifleshot and we had both deer and Puma." The letter continues: "We are three Swedes 26 28 & 31 years old and run a fruit plantation in partnership in the district of Huasteca on the shores of the beautiful Panuco river. We have been here only 5 months but we have found the prospects for the future very bright. We would greatly enjoy a few lines from you as to ascertain whether our epistle ever reached you . and if the article is a ghost-story or not." They close "With admiration for the 3 brave Dianas in California. unknown books
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
