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19885812London: The Sportsman's Press 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 176 pp. Profuse ill in color & b/w. Biographies of the three generations of Millais who were avid sportsmen fine artists and keen observers of nature. Nicely done work and fast paced reading. Fine in like dj. The Sportsman's Press hardcover
1979433Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1979. Limited Edition 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. Gordon Allen. Foreword by Gene Hill. 248 pp. ill. Big game in North America and Africa. Some fishing a few doggy stories and a lot of fun. Limited to 1000 copies. Amwell Press hardcover
1928230308-MB45D. Appleton and Company 1928. Very Good Hardcover first edition inscribed by author . Signed. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. D. Appleton and Company Hardcover
1977HF-2New York: Winchester Press 1977. Classic reference text by one of the world reknown fly-dressers includes detailed chapters on natural insects and materials mayfly nymphs; addis fly larvae pupae and adults; stone fly nymphs; terrestrials; and hellgrammites. 224 pgs. Illustrated with photographs by the author. Dustjacket has several small closed tears taped on the inside; in mylar. Signed by the author on front endpaper. Minimal shelfwear. Signed by Author. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Winchester Press Hardcover
190316453NY: Laflin & Rand Powder Company. Near Fine. 1903. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Just a bit of rubbing at the corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 154 pages . Laflin & Rand Powder Company hardcover
190659979London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. Ltd. 1906. 8vo. x 526 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Frontisp. plates numerous text illustrations diagrams. Maroon-coloured publisher’s cloth white lettering front cover & spine ruling on covers painted illust. front cover & spine slight edgewear very slight bumping to couple corners very light interior toning still a VG bright copy from the library of Edwin E. Farr w/ markings on ffep. First edition of this excellent work which details the evolution of the shotgun from flintlock to hammerless ejector as well as Express Rifles ball and shoguns sporting bullets shooting in Europe and Great Britain. Of particular interest are the chapters by Henry on the increase of women shooting and hunting with specifications for women’s shotguns shotgun loads and shape of grip. Mary Russell Duchess of Bedford 1865-1937 was a noted ornithologist hunter one of the first Western women to study jujitsu and later became noted aviator with record breaking flights to Karachi and Cape Town. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., hardcover
194116458Neudamm Germany: J. Neumann. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1941. Third Edition. Hardcover. The DJ is chipped at the bottom front and the top of the spine and has some surface soil. Owner's name on the fep. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 462 pages . J. Neumann hardcover
1456431463.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
19977374Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press 1997. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 409 pp. ill. Forty years of elephant hunting and some notorious poaching in the Zambesi Valley in both Mozambique and ZImbabwe. Elephants man-eaters and more in this remarkable story of a time long since gone. Limited to 1000 signed numbered slip cased copies. Fine in fine slipcase. Safari Press hardcover
20136842Long Beach CA: Safari Press 2013. Limited Edition 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. Balson Eric More Safaris with Bwana Game 2013 CA Safari Press. Ltd ed of 1000 signed numbered slipcased copes. 228 pp ill. Balson was a noted East African Professional hunter. He guided many notable figures and also played a role in creating several national parks. He worked in Kanya Tanzania and Zambia. He also led an anti-poaching team in Tanzania and directed rehabilitation of Mozambique's game reserve. He's done it all. As new in fine slipcase. Safari Press hardcover
141853434X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
17386<p><strong>First Edition - The copy of king Louis Philippe I</strong></p><p><strong>Exceedingly rare hunting treatise on Bird trapping </strong><em><strong>pipée </strong></em><strong> AS A METHOD TO protect and preserve bush animals from birds of prey</strong></p><p>Simon Jean-Baptiste. <em>Moyens de conserver le Gibier par la destruction des oiseaux de rapine ; Et les Instructions pour y parvenir. </em><em>Traité de la pipée Chasse amusante & divertissante très-convenable aux Dames. </em>Paris Veuve Prudhomme 1738.</p><p>12° 163 x 10 cm contemporary full leather binding gilt decoration and title at compartments pp. 4 – first blank <em>recto</em> of second page engraved frontispiece xxvii 3 84 4 engraved handcoloured frontispiece original silk bookmark perfectly preserved red edges.</p><p>Hand coloured full page engraving at frontispiece representing a birds trap with the Latin <em>motto</em> "<em>Silentio Decipiuntur</em> Deceived in Silence"</p><p>Only three complete copies of this first edition recorded in worldwide libraries WorldCat</p><p>Extremely rare treatise on Birds Trapping <em>pipée</em> which as the author specifies in the preface can be considered the first and most complete popular and infomrative work on this hunting technique.</p><p>This method of hunting now prohibited and already discussed in Simon's time is based on the preparation of traps usually poles leaning against trees or branches sprinkled with a sticky substance towards which a team of beaters lures the birds with decoys.</p><p>Simon tries to valorise this hunting method not considering it only as it was mainly considered at the time a fun pastime perfectly suitable for ladies but as a very useful hunting method to control the number of birds of prey and therefore preserve bush animals otherwise destined to be their victims.</p><p>Book Structure:</p><p>· Hand coloured engraved frontispiece</p><p>· Title page</p><p>· Preface</p><p>· Table of Contents</p><p>· Chapter I – On the hunting methods of the "<em>pipée" </em>in general</p><p>· Chapter II – On the preparation of the "Glue" for the traps</p><p>· Chapter III – How to optimize the glue</p><p>· Chapter IV – On Glue in general</p><p>· Chapter V – About the best locations to prepare the traps</p><p>· Chapter VI – How to choose the tree and how to prepare it</p><p>· Chapter VII – Where to hide the hunt beaters</p><p>· Chapter VIII – IX How to set up the traps</p><p>· Chapter X – About the best time of the day to start the hunting</p><p>· Chapter XI – About the decoys in hunting</p><p>· Chapter XII – The best season for "<em>pipée"</em></p><p>· Chapter XIII – The best weather to practice Hunting</p><p>· Chapter XIV – Which are the birds usually captured with "<em>pipée"</em></p><p>· Chapter XV – How to build a perfect Hunting Team.</p><p>· Printing Authorization</p><p>· King's privilege</p><p>Simon Jean-Baptiste early XVIII century - 1762 was a French Lawyer member of the Parliament and Royal censor from 1742 to 1762. He was author of works on bees birds hunting and cosmography.</p><p>Census: exceedingly rare edition. Only three copies of this first edition are recorded in Worldcat plus one imperfect:</p><p>· 2 in USA Yale imperfect Berkeley</p><p>· 1 in Sweden Kungliga biblioteket</p><p>· 1 in France BnF.</p><p>Conditions: Perfect copy of an exceedingly rare hunting treatise with an important noble provenance and with hand colored illustration.</p><p>Provenance: I. From the prestigious <em>Bibliothèque royale de Louis-Philippe au château d'Eu </em>with his ownership stamp at title page. Louis Philippe 6 October 1773 – 26 August 1850 was King of the French from 1830 to 1848 the last King and penultimate monarch of France and <em>Château d'Eu</em> served as his summer residence. II: handwritten shelf location notes at front and back fly leaves.</p> Veuve Prudhomme
191017179London: Hodder and Stoughton 1910. Book. Illus. by Armour Geo. Denholm. Good. Hardback. Signed by Illustrators. Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This edition is limited to three hundred and fifty copies signed by the artist and numbered of which this is No. 169. Complete with 25 colour illustrations. Original binding. Hodder and Stoughton Hardcover
DADAX1581591004Brand: 0000-00-00. A Later Printing. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: hardcover
2006Q-1581591004North American Hunting Club 2006-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! North American Hunting Club hardcover
19963093Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1996. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. The life story of an African hunter. 383 pp. Over 325 photographic illustrations. Thirty years ago in a remote region of Angola the legend of Mundjamba the elephant hunter was born. Hugo has a remarkable hunting career both in early times and more recent ones. He's been a professional in Angola Sudan Central Africa Zambia Namibia and Tanzania. The last 100 pages are on hunting today in Tanzania. The scope of this work has been likened to Mellon's African Hunter brought up to date. It belongs on every hunter or reader's bookshelf. Hugo is man who always went above the call of duty to get that extra great trophy - sometimes travelling to the land at the end of the world to take a top ranking animal. The monumental scope of this work is indeed in keeping with Hugo's international reputation. The exciting autobiography is guaranteed to arouse emotion in all readers. The text enhanced by the enormous number of pictures plus maps and a glossary and index of animal names in their native languages. Trophy Room Books hardcover
306802New York The Macmillan Company 1904. First edition. 8vo. 27 b/w illustrations and gravures. Index. Full gilt stamped contemporary dark green morocco by Stikeman t.e.g. others uncut the spine with gilt stamped horse head fish and sporting dog devices minor rubbing else fine. Heraldic bookplate of M.C.D. Borden on the front pastedown minor rubbing else fine. 284 pages. Includes 3 chapters on hunting methods provisions and equipment. Number 20 of 100 copies on large paper. The American Sportsman Library. Printed by the Norwood Press Norwood Massachusetts. The list of illustrations lists a frontispiece titled "The Beginning of the Slaughter" which is not present in this copy. Chapter I "The Musk-Ox" by Caspar Whitney. Chapter 2 "The Bison" by George Bird Grinnell. Chapter 3 "The Mountain sheep: His Ways" by Owen Wister. Chapter 4 "The White Goat and His Ways" by Owen Wister. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1904. hardcover
20034407Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 2003. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New. Foreword by Pat Cottar. 232 pp almost 200 b/w ill. The McCallums have been a thread through the professional safari hunting in Africa for almost 75 years. Alec is a PH who has held licenses in Kenya Tanzania Central African Republic Sudan and Zambia. He talks about the safari men who constantly faced danger and loved it of being governed in the early days only by a love of personal freedom and playing by rules which were never written down. No one has told this story of changing Africa quite like Alec McCallum. The 200 photos take us on a panoramic journey through the African big game hunting community that fewer and fewer individuals are able to tell. Book as new but no jacket. Trophy Room Books hardcover
20033085Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 2003. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. Foreword by Pat Cottar. 232 pp almost 200 b/w ill. The McCallums have been a thread through the professional safari hunting in Africa for almost 75 years. Alec is a PH who has held licenses in Kenya Tanzania Central African Republic Sudan and Zambia. He talks about the safari men who constantly faced danger and loved it of being governed in the early days only by a love of personal freedom and playing by rules which were never written down. No one has told this story of changing Africa quite like Alec McCallum. The 200 photos take us on a panoramic journey through the African big game hunting community that fewer and fewer individuals are able to tell. Trophy Room Books hardcover
19966845Columbia SC: John Culler & Sons 1996. Reprint Limited to 500 Copies. Full Leather. As New/VG with minor rust colored spots. 254 pp ill all edges gilt. Limited to 500 copies all bound in full gilt stamped leather. One of the Asian hunting classics. A long trip with a lot of tiger hunting and then hunting in the Khyber uplands for ibex markhor and urial sheep. Then to Tibet for Ovis Ammon and blue sheep. Above average photos. A very good reading book. This is one of only 20 titles selected for the popular Asian hunting reprint series. Book as new in Vg slip case with minor rust colored spots. See website image of case. John Culler & Sons unknown
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191684619X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
