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19876208Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1987. Trade Edition. Full Leather. Fine. 352 pp ill all edges gilt. new intro by Clendennon. The book originally published in 1852 has been popular for 150 years and readers will understand after perusing these pages. Part of the Briar Patch African Collection. Trade edition. Fine in full genuine leather binding. Briar Patch Press unknown
19871378Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1987. Dlx Ltd Ed Rep: 500 Copies. Full Leather. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. 352 pp ill all edges gilt. new intro by Clendennon. The book originally published in 1852 has been popular for 150 years and readers will understand after perusing these pages. Part of the Briar Patch African Collection. Ltd ed of 500 copies. Book fine in like slipcase. Briar Patch Press unknown
198141112Books of Zimbabwe Bulawayo 1981. 8vo. with additional portrait frontispiece frontispiece plates and large folding map coloured in outline small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt top mildly spotted else a very good bright clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper the latter frayed and creased at upper edge. African Hunting Reprint Series vol. 5. High-quality facsimile reissue of the Bentley edituon of 1881. Books of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, hardcover
18935953London: Richard Bentley 1893. Third Impression. Hardcover. VG. Lynn Bogue Hunt. 455 pp ill. One of the best most widely read quoted and reprinted books. Only the first four editions of this book have the green cloth with the three gold animal heads on the cover. Corners showing some wear but better than a vg copy. A classic that should be in every collection hopefully in an early edition. Richard Bentley hardcover
20047085Atascadero CA: Mission Trail 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. New/As New. Broom G. & Boddington C. A LIFE ON SAFARI 2004 CA Stated first edition. Privately printed for the authors. 234 pp ill. Broom has hunted from the top to the bottom of the African continent and is one of the most admired African Safari operators. His Matetsi safaris operates in Tanzania Botswana Zambia and they operate also in South Africa Zimbabwe and Namibia. He has truly lived his life on safari. Boddington needs no introduction he has hunted just about everywhere in Africam often more than once and has been numerous times with Matetsi. He even refers to Geoff as his old friend and mentor. Fine in like dj. Inscrbied by Geoff to former owner. Mission Trail hardcover
19945775Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press 1994. First - Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Orig Slipcase. Millais JG. 330 pp ill. Capstick's biography of one of his heroes John "Pondoro" Taylor. With both Capstick and Taylor names this limited ed. sold out quickly. Enjoyable reading and collected by both Capstick and Taylor afficianados. Book fine in like slipcase. Safari Press hardcover
27222Buffalo NY: Buffalo Newton Rifle Co. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. N.D. First Edition. Softcover. Nice sales brochure for the "new" Newton rifle. Includes a note that the model 1922 is discontinued and a small one sheet on the new rifle. Light surface soil and very small stain to the far upper right corner of the pages. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 24 pages . Buffalo Newton Rifle Co. paperback
AQ22589s.i.: s.n. s.d. 9 leaves. Contemporary Kodak limited brown cloth album. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked. Ticket of Middlesbrough based chemists Middleton & Co. to FEP. With 24 black and white photographs two pasted to FEP the remainder loosely inserted. Contemporary manuscript notes to verso of 12 photographs. One photograph naively repaired with clear tape. A turn of the century photograph album containing images of a hunting expedition to Taob Himachel Pradesh Western Himalayas India. The unidentified white hunter - visible in several of the images - mentions in his succinct captions his 'coolies' his shikari hunting guide and the huts and bridges built by the expedition. Notably three of the photographs depict the hunter displaying bear skins and in another a member of his 'staff' exhibits an ibex head. . Small quarto. [s.n.], [s.d.] hardcover
20065629Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press 2006. Ltd Ed 1000 copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. 244 pp ill. Autobiography of Brian Marsh a well known figure in big game hunting circles both as a hunter and writer. Hunting big game trophies over most of the southern African continent. Well written.Ltd to 1000 signed numbered slipcased copies. Fine in like slipcase. Safari Press hardcover
19806792St Paul MN: Foundation for North American Wild Sheep 1980. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG with minor rust colored spots. Roebuck D. 167 pp profuse ill. Twenty great sheep hunting stories by twenty of the most respected big game sheep hunters all in one book - the first ever issued by the Foundation. Good reading. Fine copy in VG scrape on bottom front of dj jacket. Foundation for North American Wild Sheep hardcover
199429114Alexandria Bay NY: Museum Restoration Service. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 11"; 118 pages . Museum Restoration Service hardcover
19946849Camden SC: John Culler & Sons 1994. Reprint Limited to 500 Copies. Leather. Fine/VG with minor rust colored spots. 295 pp 113 illustrations 5 photogravures 2 pull out rear pocket maps. All edges gilt. The last of three books authored by the noted Central Asian sheep hunter. Deals with bears and Snow Sheep on the Russian Kamchatkan Peninsula. Now that Ovis Nivicola is open to sport hunters this book is even more in demand. As new in Vg slipcase with minor rust colored spots. See image on website. John Culler & Sons unknown
19901387Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1990. Dlx Ltd Ed Rept: 500 Copies. Full Leather. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. Deluxe Ed. Narrative of a 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. New foreword by J Casada.521 pp ill all edges gilt. Part of the Briar Patch African Collection. This is the deluxe edition of only 500 numbered and slipcased copies. Orig full leather bound book and slipcase both fine. Briar Patch Press unknown
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
1896r8935aaLondon: Edward Arnold & Co. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Teg. 1896. A New Edition. Half vellum marbled board cover. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". 332pp. Colour chromolithographic plates and b/w engraved plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Edward Arnold & Co hardcover
1804r9334London: Vernor & Hood. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover with staining on lower edge with some light internal impact. Contents bright. 1804. First Edition. Quarter-leather red cloth cover. 290mm x 230mm 11" x 9". 312pp index. 16 engravings by Medland Pouncy Landseer Peltro etc. . Vernor & Hood hardcover
192016354Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Fine. 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. One small mark on the spine. Appears unread. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 298 pages; Bought in Seattle March 1990. . Houghton and Mifflin hardcover
189522258Chicago: American Bible House 1895. HardBack NODustJacket 1895 1st Edition Dates match on title & Copyright page G/VG- AS-IS NODJ Interior relatively Nice condition light wear FoX & someone has colored in some of Illustrations & removed 1 after Page 114 pg 265 missing & pg 267 completely LOOSE Beige cloth with black pictorial cover with black lettering with Woman riding Bicycle on Cover. cover light rub wear & Stains & Discolorations Extremities Possible Moisture Exposure Back Cover 272 pgs . The author on a preliminary page lists 14 "Subject Discussed" and on another page lists the names of over 60 people to whom the work refers to at some point. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Chicago: American Bible House hardcover
201328601Instantpublisher.com. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2013. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 1591967236 . Signed by Best on the title page. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 276 pages; Signed by Author . Instantpublisher.com hardcover
18996191London: W Thacker 1899. First. Hardcover. VG. Being a record of sport and travel in Baltistan and Ladakh. 286 pp ill fold out map in rear. A great Asian sheep hunting book for all the game of highest Asia. Especially good on ibex hunting but also for several sheep species as well. 1899 London FIRST edition. Orig. tan cloth picture of ibex printed on cover ram & rifle on spine. Original snakeskin patterend endpapers. Solid tight vg condition copy of a rare and sought after Asian hunting title. PLUS laid inside front cover is a note that this is a review copy presented by the publisher dated 1899 same year as publication and requesting notice when review appears. A great piece of ephemera. Review copies were uncommon 123 years ago! $ 2750.00Very nice vg to near fine condition in original scene stamped cloth. W Thacker hardcover
199412739John Culler & Sons. As New in As New dust jacket. 1994. 1st Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. The book did not come with a DJ but rather a slip case. Numbered copy of a limited edition of 500.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . John Culler & Sons hardcover
19806858Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1980. First Limited to 1000 Sets. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Clipase fine. Third and fourth titles in the African hunting heritage series issued by the National Sporting Fraternity. 182 & 192 pp. Books and slipcase are fine. There is an almost unnoticeable raised blind stamp on both volumes. Popular set and not much in print on hunting in Somalia. Amwell Press hardcover
19806857Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1980. First Limited to 1000 Sets. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Clipase fine. Third and fourth titles in the African hunting heritage series issued by the National Sporting Fraternity. 182 & 192 pp. Books and slipcase are fine. There is an almost unnoticeable raised blind stamp on one volume. Popular set and not much in print on hunting in Somalia. Very low #4 copy. Amwell Press hardcover
19306145London: John Lane 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. 1930 London Stated first ed. 297 pp. Author traveled through the Himalayas to remote regions of this mountain range describing terrain and people. He enjoyed some sport hunted ibex and more important was one of the few men to ever successfully hunt a the rare snow leopard. VG. Former owner name tiny writing on front free endpaper. John Lane hardcover
B9781020281556Hardback. New. hardcover
