J.B. Lippincott Co. 1924 Philadelphia, 312pp, b&w photos and map. A well researched account of what Abyssinia was like between the two world wars.
Charles Scribner's Sons. 1937 New York, 98pp, color and b/w illus. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards, these adventures in sport during war are vividly brought to life in this assembly of anecdotal descriptions of hunts, horse races, hunting the fox with hounds, pig-sticking, polo games etc. All the sports involve horses.....
Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1912 London, 1st edn, 342pp, thirty-eight b/w photos, and map. Major Tremearne was an Australian-born anthropologist who held several military and civil appointments in West Africa. In the foreword he writes that one aim of this book is "to show how much the uncivilized natives.....
Department of Lands and Forests. 1969 Ontario, 92pp, b&w photos, maps, large fold-out map in rear pocket. Softcover. Results of a study of wolves between 1958 and 1962 in Algonquin Provincial, Ontario. Study covers the density of wolves vs prey such as moose and deer as well as smaller mammals.....
The Viking Press. 1934 New York, 112pp, b&w photos.
Jarrold & Sons. 1925 (nd, circa) London, 208pp, b&w photos. A book on wild English birds for children, it aims to fascinate young people with nature.
1947-1948 March-April. A photo album of a French hunter who visited French Equatorial Africa on a 60-day journey. The album contains 3 clippings of articles (in French) about Mr. Remodon’s trips one of which is page from “Le Saint-Hubbert”, the official newspaper of the St. Hubert Club of France. Author.....
Constable and Co. Ltd. 1923 London, 1st edn, xvii, 267pp, photos, index. Author was the author of two books on hunting in Central Asia, and gives an extensive travelogue in this title on Sikkim which today is part of India and lies to the East of Nepal, the valley of.....
1971-2014 Los Angeles & Tucson, COMPLETE SET, 244 magazines. This is a COMPLETE set of Safari Magazines from the VERY FIRST issue published in 1971 till 2015. This includes ALL the EARLY issues from the 1970s which range from very hard to almost impossible to find. In total there are.....
LiveOak Press Inc. 2004 South Carolina, 1st edn, 329pp, 33 color and b&w photos, 40 drawings by Dan Burr, ltd to 1000 numbered, slipcased copies signed by Bradford O'Connor. Forty stories by JOC not previously published in book form, all from Outdoor Life. Contains a bibliography of JOC books in.....
Winchester Press. 1971 New York, 1st edn, 143pp, 34 color portraits, ltd to 32 numbered, leatherbound, slipcase copies, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, folio. Foreword by Tony Dyer, illustrations by Peter Skirka. An all-encompassing work on the African antelope. Illustrated in color with a detailed text. One of the.....
Edward Orme. 1809 London, hand-colored plate, trim size 17.25 x 21.5 inches, image size 12.25 x 17.5 inches. Pursuit of a large male hog deer across a small stream, with dogs and horses, a mounted elephant can be seen in the back ground apparently on stand by, hand-colored plate number.....
Librairie Plon. 1900 Paris, 3rd edn, 352pp, illus, fold-out map. Edouard Foa was a collector for the Paris National Museum. Much on the big five and other classic animals. Lots on the elephant. The book is very well produced and has first rate illustrations. Foa looks like a great hunter.....
David Douglas. 1895 Edinburgh, 1st edn, 447pp, illus. Second book published by the club, this being the British edition. Contains stories on East Africa, Canada, India, Mongolia, Tibet and Russia. Contains measurements of heads and lists the, then, members of the club.
Rowland Ward. 1892-2006. Complete set of 27 editions of the Rowland Ward Records of Big Game series starting with the first edition in 1892 and going through 2006 which is the last book published that is now out of print. All books are in original bindings, the overall condition of.....
T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1925 London, 1st edn, 140pp, frontis, 6 plates. The history of the spring or trekbokke that once roamed the South African veld by the millions.
Hurst and Blackett, Ltd. 1901 London, 1st edn, 350pp, b&w illus, fold-out maps and photos. John Edmund Sharrock Moore (1870-1947) was an English biologist, best known for leading two expeditions to Tanganyika. He led the First and Second Tanganyika Expeditions (1894-1897 and 1899-1900). During the second expedition he was the.....
Truber & Co. 1877 Ludgate Hill (London), 1st edn, drawings, 246pp. Authors give a sort of Monograph on Ostriches, their capture, value of their feathers and meat. There is also extensive information on the large flightless birds of South America, Australia and Papua New Guinea (Emu, kiwi, mooruk, rhea, cassowary).....
William Daniell & William Wood. 1820 London, 1st edn, 48 etchings each with a page of explanatory text. Oblong folio. These sketches, by Samuel Daniell, depict a Southern Africa at a time that no photography existed and very few artists bothered to record what was Africa in a pristine, unspoiled.....
1936. Complete run of all 12 issues of Sports Afield magazine with the classic covers of that era. Each issue is around 90-100 pages long so there are about 1100 to 1200 pages including original stories by Rusty Annabel plus dozens and dozens of other articles. To give you an.....
Rowland Ward Ltd. 2002 (nd, circa) Johannesburg, approx. 225 pages. A leatherbound large oblong visitors book with columns for Date; Name; Address; Comments. Have one in the entry way of your house and ask guests to sign, it gives you a wonderful reminder of who was at your house of.....
Rowland Ward Ltd. 2002 (nd, circa) Johannesburg, approx. 225 pages, drawings, 5.5 inches wide, 4.5 inches high. A leatherbound large oblong diary for recording big game hunts with columns for Date; Name/Place; Game; Measurements; Rifle; Bullet and Remarks. Each page has vertical lines, with columns, and line drawings of various.....
John Murray. 1839 London, 2nd edn, xxvi + 387pp, illus, fold out map. William Harris was the first to hunt in South Africa and to write about it. This is a splendid book with beautiful plates. Not only an important work because of the ground breaking work that Harris did.....
Chatto & Windus. 1963 London, 1st edn, 125pp, b&w illus, two fold-out maps. Illustrated with the sketches of Lieutenant William Fairliepp. Diaries of George Westbeech (1885-8)and Capt. Norman MacLeod (1875-6). Contains a fair amount of hunting, but not primarily hunting stories. Not in Czech.
Horace Cox. 1896 London, 1st edn, 270pp plus adv, drawings, fold-out illus. Illustrations by the author and Chas. Whymper. A comprehensive book on wildfowling; flight shooting, seacoast shooting, punt gunning, geese and swans. In addition the author, who has written numerous books on shooting and big game, gives his own.....
