Safari Press Inc. 1995-1997 Long Beach, 1st edns, 5 volumes, 451pp, 341pp, 384pp, 375pp, and 349pp drawings, frontis, all copies limited to 1000 numbered, slipcased copies, signed by David Annabel and Dell Annabel Lamey. This set contains the first five volumes of the Safari Press Russell Annabel Adventure series. All.....
John Culler & Sons. 1993-1996 South Carolina, 20 volume set, each volume limited to 500 leatherbound, numbered, slipcased copies. This is a COMPLETE set of all 20 books of the Asian Series as issued by John Culler and Sons some years back. Set contains Cruises in the Bering Sea, Niedieck;.....
MacMillan & Co. 1867 London, 1st edn, 596pp, illus. Baker explored the Nile in 1861-1864. He first traveled to Gondokoro (Juba) where he encountered Speke who was returning from Lake Victoria. He explored Lake Albert and discovered Murchison Falls. Much on elephant, lion, buffalo, hippo and others. Lengthy account of.....
Books of Zimbabwe. 1980-1995 Bulawayo, 12 volumes, 11 titles, hard cover, all books bound in brown elephant hide leather and contrasting red and gilt spine labels. Each book housed in elephant hide leather slipcases lined with linen. All bindings matching, the same size. R. Gordon Cumming: A Hunter’s Life in.....
East Africa Ltd. 1928 London, 1st edn, 318pp, photos, map. The following is a direct quote from the publisher promoting the book back in 1928. "John Boyes, the author, fought in the Matabele War, and then, seeking further adventure, made his way up the East Coast of Africa by Arab.....
Rowland Ward. 1899 London, 1st edn, 611pp, 15 hand-colored plates, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Rowland Ward. Cornerstone to anybody's African library. Probably the most sought after of all 5 Lydekker's books on the big-game of the world. (For an unknown reason H. Anderson Bryden is listed as.....
Edward Stanford. 1893 London, 544pp, many plates and fold-out map. Well produced important hunting work on the Southern Africa area. This book very much resembles Selous' works.
George Bell and Sons. 1879 London, 1st end, 298pp. Hailing from Portugal the author, Ferdinand Das Neves, set out from Lourenco Marques on an expedition into the Transvaal in 1860 to collect ivory and stimulate trade in Portuguese territory. He hunted along the Save River where he got hippo, buffalo.....
Book Supply Co. 1904 Cleveland, 1st edn, 181pp, frontis. Heller attributes the authorship to J. C. Davis, though no explanation is given; the title page itself lists only the initials “J.C.D.” The table of contents includes the following chapters: The Glory of the Way; An Exquisite Metropolis; A Fair Maiden.....
Rowland Ward. 1898 London, 1st edn, 319pp, many illus, fold-out map. One of the most sought-after books written on the tur, especially the Western, or Kuban tur. As in his other books, the Prince hunted for long periods of time and bagged many fine heads. In fact the trophies that.....
Rowland Ward. 1904 London, 1st edn, 302pp, 113 text illus, 5 photogravures, and 1 fold-out colored text map and 1 fold-out colored map in rear pocket. The third and last book by this famous Asian sheep and ibex hunter. In 1900 Prince Demidoff, his wife Sophie and a companion of.....
The author. 1871-82 London, 9 volumes, vol I with 102 numbered pages, volumes II-VIII unnumbered but with a hand written page count in pencil as follows; vol II 644pp, vol III 620pp; vol IV 635pp; vol V 668pp; vol VI 708pp; volume VII 660pp; vol VIII 666pp. Volume IX dated.....
Hurst & Blackett. 1868 London, 1st edn, 325pp & 12pp of advertising & 4pp of adv. unnumbered, frontis. Considered an elephant hunting classic. Czech says "In 1867, Royal Navy lieutenant E. D. Young trekked to Africa to find the great missionary-explorer David Livingstone who was reported to be lost while.....
Methuen & Co. 1898 London, 1st edn, 397pp, many illus, fold-out map, 38pp of advertisements. From the list of contents: "Charged by a wounded lioness, Charged by wounded bull buffalo, Large herd of sable." Much of the hunting takes place along the Zambezi River in Zambia. An interesting account and.....
T. Fisher Unwin. 1906 London, 1st edn, 332pp, 72 photos, 2 fold-out maps. Book consists of two sections; Ethiopia and Kenya & Uganda. Most of the Ethiopian section is mostly travel with little hunting. The Kenya & Uganda section of the book, however, contains big-game hunting for elephant, lion, rhino.....
Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894 London, 1st English edn, 2 vol, 179 drawings, 5 maps. This is the account of Count Teleki's discovery of two major lakes in eastern Kenya as described by his lieutenant, Ludwig von Hohnel. A truly interesting set with exploration and hunting for the big game.....
Rowland Ward. 1905 London, 1st edn, 289pp, many illus. Scarce Rowland Ward item on jungle hunting in Southeast Asia for elephant and the world's largest wild cattle, the gaur. By the same author as TO FAR WESTERN ALASKA FOR BIG GAME. Although jungle hunting in Asia is now almost entirely.....
Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1938 London, 1st edn, 282pp, 6pp advs, photos. A TRUE RARITY!!! The 1st edn of the first book by the man who is considered by many to be the greatest professional hunter of East Africa. Much on elephant and the other big five animals. Everybody.....
Safari Press. 2000 Long Beach, 1st edn, 165pp, drawings, deluxe Edition of 350 numbered and signed copies. Hunting the Big Five, published by Safari Press in 2000, is an outstanding handmade, letterpress book, issued in a unique, limited edition of 376 copies, never to be printed again. The Full Leather.....
Rowland Ward. 1899 London, 340pp, illus. A truly RARE book on African big-game hunting, mostly Mozambique. F. Vaughan Kirby wrote two very fine books on Africa of which this one is the most sought-after. Much on the pursuit of elephants. Also includes rhino, lion, leopard, and kudu. You will enjoy.....
Rowland Ward. 1901 London, 445pp, 8 hand-colored plates, limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed by Rowland Ward, small folio. This is the fifth and last book in the famous Lydekker and Bryden series covering all the game animals of the world. The 4th and 5th volume in this series.....
Rowland Ward. 1898 London, 1st edn, 318pp, 28 hand-colored plates, limited edition of 500 numbered copies signed by Rowland Ward, small folio. The most difficult of all the Rowland Ward published and Lydekker/ Bryden authored series of five volumes on the game animals of the world to get. Covers all.....
Horace & Cox. 1912 London, 1st edn, 116pp, illus. The second book written by Dennis Lyell, but probably the most scarce of all his books as it appears for sale but very rarely. Written for the sportsman who wanted to seek his luck in what was then called "Central Africa".....
Private Printing. 1938 No Place, 22pp, frontis, 10 photos. Heller, American Hunting & Fishing bibliography; "A rare account of several deer hunting trips made by the author and friends, commencing in 1898. Their camp site was Bent's Camp, a public resort in Vilas County, Wisconsin which adjoins the northern portion.....
Private printing. 1924 New York, 1st edn, 141pp, photos with tissue guards, private printing limited to 50 copies "each one of them autographed by the author" Joseph McAleenan’s account chronicles a three-week hunting expedition into the Grand Canyon country in September 1917, in pursuit of mountain lion. The author was.....
