Frederick Muller Limited. 1959 London, 1st edn, 200pp, illus. Taylor's last book and also his most sought after. Fine account of the "maneaters and marauders" that Taylor met during his career as an ivory hunter. This is the true first edition published in London one year before the American edition.....
Frederick Warne & Co. 1896 (Nd, circa) New York, 358pp, drawings. Ashanti, also known as the Gold Coast, today West Africa between Nigeria and Ivory Coast. In the preface author maintains all descriptions of events given are factual, albeit it seems rather dramatic. Various encounters and hunts described for elephant.....
New American Library. 1966 New York, 1st edn, 325pp, illus. This is more than the record of a lifetime's bag; it is the story of a man's education as a hunter. The lessons that Ruark learned from his grandfather still applied when he shot his first lion on safari in.....
Winchester Press. 1970 New York, 1st edn, (first state) 314pp, illus. Liberally sprinkled with anecdotes from the master's hunting lore, spiked as always, with some controversial opinions and some good arguments to support them. This is the first edition, first printing.
W. Thacker & Co. 1899 London, 1st edn, 286pp, 67 illus, fold-out map, decorated cover. Author traveled to Tibet via Leh and Gya in 1894. On the way he pursued the mountain game of the Tibetan high plateau; Adair obtained excellent specimens of the Tibetan argali as well as ibex.....
Chatto & Windus. 1929 London, 1st UK edition, 269pp, illus. Marco Polo sheep, dangerous game of Africa, and North American bears. The Asian sheep section in this book is especially recommended. This is the large paper-size UK edition. Although not the first edition, it is preferable as it is the.....
Constable and Company Ltd. 1911 London, 1st edn, 437pp, illus, map. In 1909 Etherton traveled across the Himalayas for extended travel and hunting. Shooting Ovis poli in the Pamirs, ibex and maral in the Tian Shan, Ovis Ammon in the Altai mountains. Superior Asian sheep and mountain game work. His.....
Winchester Press. 1971 New York, 1st edn, 270pp, illus. Follow Elgin Gates, he will show you what it is like to hunt the elusive ibex of Kirthar, the royal stags of Persia and Kashmir, the Himalayan markhor, the massive horned argali (ovis ammon) of Central Asia, the wild yak of.....
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.....
Safari Press. 1986 Long Beach, 330pp, 29 plates, numerous text illus, photos, fold-out map, limited to 1000 numbered, & slipcased copies. Edouard Foa was the premier collector for the Paris National Museum. Traversing the entire continent from west to east, he pursued his game in the area of what is.....
Hill & Wang. 1962 New York, 1st edn, 236pp, illus. Weatherby award winner writes of his safaris through jungles, deserts, plains, & mountains hunting the unusual and most dangerous animals in Africa. Well written.
Land's Edge Press. 2003 St. Cloud, MN, 1st edn, 254pp, color photos. Excellent Asian bibliography on big-game hunting books up to 1980. Contains around 930 entries, very complete giving information on binding and content which are often missing in other bibliographies. We professionally use bibliographies on a weekly bases and.....
Safari Press Inc. 2015 Long Beach, 1st edn, 296pp, photos, drawings, ltd to 1000 copies, numbered, signed, slipcased copies. There was time, not all that long ago, when Africa was wild and there were tough, resourceful characters who made their living pursuing that most dangerous of careers-ivory hunting. From Bell.....
Thomas Y. Cromwell Company. 1948 New York, 1st edn, 225pp, illus. Frank Hibben on that great American game cat, the puma. Very good lion book with very nice illustrations. This work is generally considered as one of the classics on American mountain lion hunting. This is the true 1st edition.....
Charles Scribners' Sons. 1926 New York, 1st edn, 284pp, illus. Roosevelt's trip to the Asian highlands in the USSR and China for sheep, ibex and maral and other good hunting. Includes the story of the then world-record ovis ammon karelini argali and Tien Shan ibex. They hunted in the same.....
Rowland Ward/Game Coin. 1988 San Antonio, 284pp, color illus, gilt edges, large size. No limitation. This is the first, and so far only, Rowland Ward volume entirely devoted to the 31 varieties of European game, both native and exotic. There are nearly 10,000 entries and the tables also list the.....
Rowland Ward (Publications) Ltd. 1975 London, 16th edn, 537pp, illus. The 16th edition containing African records only.
Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc. 1957 New York, 1st edn, 240pp, illus. This is the exciting story of John Hunter's efforts to capture the shady headman of a gang of ivory poachers and smugglers. This story is interwoven with the tale of one of East Africa's most grandiose safaris taken with an Indian.....
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.....
The University of New Mexico Press. 1951 Albuquerque, 1st edn, 244pp, illus. Mountain lion hunting in the southwestern US. A wonderful true story of the Southwest set in New Mexico. Here is the story of the Slash Ranch hounds and their owner, a hunters of bear and lion pursued with.....
Amwell Press. 1982 NJ, 213pp, illus, ltd to 1000 copies, signed. George Bird Evans wrote over half a dozen upland gunning books, all sought after by collectors. His signed limited editions are especially in demand.
T. Fisher Unwin. 1925 London, new and revised edn, 262pp, illus. In Canada and the U.S. after bighorn, moose, bear, wapiti, antelope and mule deer. Also a trip to New Zealand. Scarce title.
Safari Press Inc. 1997 Long Beach, 1st edn, photos in color and b&w, 270pp & 44pp of color illus, ltd to 500 signed, numbered, & slipcased copies. The Parker Gun Co. is a never-ending source of interest for collectors of American shotguns. Unlike most gun writers, Ed Muderlak has done.....
Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1913 London, 314pp, illus. Hunting in Somalia for its big game. Author shot a surprisingly big-manned lion in an area that was not known for good lion trophies. Also gerenuk, dibatag, oryx, Soemmering gazelle.
C. Arthur Pearson Limited. 1898 London, 1st edn, 299pp, illus. Foreword by Henry M. Stanley. Author was a Captain Commandant in the Congo Free State (Zaire). He had extensive contacts with the pygmies of that country while stationed there. He hunted for elephant along the Congo River. Not primarily hunting.....
