Safari Press Inc. 2021 Long Beach, 1st edn, 316pp, color photos, ltd to 500 copies, numbered, signed, and slipcased copies. Almost everyone who is interested in hunting rifles has read a book on the subject by Craig Boddington. He has written about everything from iron-sighted elephant rifles built for shots.....
Safari Press Inc. 2017 Long Beach, 1st edn, 308pp, drawings, photos, ltd to 1000 signed, numbered and slipcased copies. Walter Bell was without a doubt one of the greatest if not the greatest of all elephant hunters that set foot in Africa. This new book of short elephant hunting sketches.....
Rowland Ward. 1998 Johannesburg, 14th edn, 246pp, drawings. The 14th edition of the famous Rowland Ward handbook series. Meant as a book to take on a hunt, it contains: field prep of trophies, methods of measurement, official measures, measurements of the number 1 and 2 animal in each category and.....
MPM. 2003 London, 1st edn, 164pp, photos and drawings. The author delves into the life of Rowland Ward, his family and his work as a taxidermist during the Victorian era. Illustrated with dozens of period photographs and explanative text. It also contains the history of the Rowland Ward company, both.....
Private printing. 1939 Winona MN, 3rd printing, 33pp, illus. Booklet depicting and describing the game animals Mr. and Mrs. King shot during their 1920's East African safari. The introduction recalls the two safaris made to East Africa by the King family, with attendant hunting photos. The rest of the material.....
Amwell Press. 1984 NJ, 1st edn, 599pp, illus, ltd edn of 1000 copies, signed, numbered, slipcased. Massive anthology on hunting the African buffalo. Covers both the old days and more recent times. Lots of reading. First book of a series covering all of the big five.
E P Dutton & Co. 1916 New York, 1st edn, 366pp, many illus. llustrations by Carl Rungius and others. Moose, moose, and more moose--in the US and Canada. Hunting, history, distribution and more. A classic on the subject.
Charles Scribner's Sons. 1939 New York, 533pp, illus. gilt caribou on cover. The second edition of the famous record-book series. Contributions by Granzel Fritz, Jack O'Connor, Carl Rungius etc.
Winchester Press. 1973 New York, 154pp, illus, ltd to 375 numbered copies, slipcased, folio with 6 color prints. Deluxe Elephant Folio Limited Edition; limited to 375 signed and numbered copies. SIGNED BY ANTHONY DYER AND BOB KUHN on the limitation page. Included is the set of the six separate lithograph.....
Wildlife Conservation Organization. 1973 Addis Ababa, 45pp, soft cover, 3 color fold-out maps in rear pocket. Illustrations by Doris Tishler. Issued by Ethiopian Government as a guide to hunting areas, animals and regulations. his is a guide to the game species of Ethiopia, large and small. Pictures and information are.....
Constable. 1990 London, 229pp, illus, map. Gives a critical, yet a good historical account of the European penetration and hunting in East Africa. Good pictures, mostly of hunting scenes. Excellent bibliography.
Amwell Press. 1985 Clinton, 234pp, illus, ltd to 1000 numbered, signed, slipcased copies. The second volume describing the life of Bunny Allen, one of East Africa's more charismatic professional hunters. Allen continues his work as a PH, now with his sons as partners. He recalls the hey days of East.....
NRA. Complete years of American Rifle man (12 issues, January through December) for 1943, 1948 and 1952 bound in a red custom binding. Contains articles by Nash Buckingham, Col. Julian Hatcher, Wallace Taber, Franz Rosenberg, Archibald Rutledge, Bob Hagel and many more with wonderful articles on rifles, shotguns and hunting.....
J. B. Ford & Company. 1874 New York, 1st edn, xii, 13-285pp & 8pp advs, frontis and 3 plates. Early duck and waterfowl hunting account which describes, decoys, guns, dogs and then one chapter each on about 12 different duck species.
Winchester Press. 1985 Piscataway NJ, 295pp, illus. Covers all species of North American big game from the polar bear and walrus in the north to the jaguar and javelina in the south and everything in between.
Rand McNally & Co. 1890 Chicago, 1st edn, 587pp, illus, deco cover. Hunting throughout North America for Elk Hunting in the Olympic Mountains, Moose hunting in the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia deer in the Pacific Northwest, the Grizzly Bear, the Polar Bear, Big Horn Sheep in the Rocky Mountains, Alligator.....
The State Library. 1987 Pretoria, 298pp, photos, end paper maps, fold out map, index. Stamped elephant on the cover. Reprint of the very rare first edition. From Czech; A Portuguese hunter and explorer, Das Neves set out from Lourenco Marques on an expedition into the Transvaal in 1860 to collect.....
G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1926 New York, 1st edn, 233pp, illus. Saxton Pope's African hunts; lion, rhino, leopard, eland, and plains game. Czech/Africa: "Accompanied by Arthur Young and armed with yew bows, Pope hunted in Tanganyika in 1925. The pair bagged several lion near the Sironera River, as well as eland.....
Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1933 London, 1st edn, 252pp, 94 illus. One of the definitive works on Uganda and its big game by a man who spent his life making a study of African game animals. Scarce book.
Harcourt. 1949 New York, 2nd imprint, 288pp, end paper maps. Story of Bell's journey into Karamojo (now Uganda) some 70 years ago when it was still completely unknown to Western man. Bell went on a 14-month safari and shot 180 tuskers! He brought back 18,762 lbs of ivory! Nobody ever.....
Binford & Mort. 1948 Portland, OR, 223pp, illus, end-paper maps. Here is a big-game hunting story from the greatest virgin hunting grounds in North America. Authors big-game hunting in the Yukon Territory, including moose, caribou, mountain sheep, bears, and other game. Bond details the abilities of his Indian guides meeting.....
Oxford University Press. 1978 London, 1st edn, 248pp, eps maps. Selected stories from Jim Corbett's works, plus 2 stories that he wrote but were never published before in any of his books. All compiled by Corbett's editor, R. E. Hawkins. A good selection to introduce yourself to Corbett, and a......
Holt, Rhinehart & Winston. 1965 New York, 2nd printing, 398pp, illus, gilt sheep on cover. Fifth book in record books series. Includes chapters by Granzel Fitz and Art Popham.
Rowland Ward. 2028 Long Beach, 31st edn, 2 vol, approx 875 & 700pp, 375 color and b&w images, color distribution maps. Ltd to 150 sets, signed by the editor, leather bound. In 1892, James Rowland Ward started his famous series of record books containing all the game animals of the.....
Rowland Ward. 2028 Long Beach, 31st edn, 2 vol, approx 875 & 700pp, 375 color and b&w images, color distribution maps, cloth bound. In 1892, James Rowland Ward started his famous series of record books containing all the game animals of the world, and in 2028, we are pleased to.....
