A PORTRAIT OF SHEEP AND SHEEP HUNTING
FNAWS. 1980 MN, 1st edn, 167pp, illus. Published by the Foundation of North American Wild Sheep just a few years ago and already hard to get. Dozens of hunting stories on all four American wild sheep.
FNAWS. 1980 MN, 1st edn, 167pp, illus. Published by the Foundation of North American Wild Sheep just a few years ago and already hard to get. Dozens of hunting stories on all four American wild sheep.
Doubleday & Page. 1906 New York, 782pp, profuse illus, frontis. Please Note that WITH FLASHLIGHT AND RIFLE and FLASHLIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE are the same books. While the titles of his books are confusingly similar the author was a noted big-game hunter. In this book he describes several hunts such.....
H.F. & G. Witherby. 1924 London, 255p, illus. Trekking and shooting for sustenance in dense bush across British East Africa. Bushbuck, kudu warthog etc.
Safari Press Inc. 1992 Long Beach, 1st edn, 294 pages, photos color and b&w, illus in color and b&w, ltd edn of 1000 signed, numbered, & slipcased copies. One of the most sought after of all sheep and wild goat hunting books ever published by Safari Press. Author covers a......
Jumpin' Buck Enterprises. 1996 Fort Worth, 1st edition, 191pp, color photos. Expansive photographic study of whitetail deer. Large format with lots of color photos. Great gift.
Luca Print. 1993, 2nd edition, 170pp, color photos, large format. Text in Italian. The big Five and a North American Grand Slam of sheep. Well illustrated with color photos, coated paper, large size. Text in Italian.
Day and Son, Ltd. 1866 London, 1st edn, 72pp, 10 tinted lithographed plates (including frontis), folding map, 1 plan in text. A rare and informative account of Lynch's inspection of the as-yet-unfinished Suez Canal in November, 1864. Under construction since 1859 but not officially opened until 1869, the Suez Canal.....
Holt Rinehart and Winston. 1966 New York, 303pp, drawings. Ruark's story of how his grandfather explained where the quail sleep at night, why the turkeys always fly uphill, how to fish the lakes and ponds. Set in the woods and fields of North Carolina. Ruark surpassing himself.
Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1953 New York, 1st edn, 315pp, illus. Ruark's most sought-after book describing his lengthy safari in Kenya and Tanzania with his wife and professional hunter Harry Selby. This book is quite scarce in the first 1953 imprint with a stated "first edition" on the copy right.....
E.P. Dutton & Co. 1934 (circa nd) New York, 273pp, 37 illus, 3 color, fold-out maps. Compiled from the diaries of the Prince of Wales. Safaris in pursuit of the Big Five and in company with Bror Blixen von Finecke, Denys Finch-Hatton, and Pete Pearson and Capt. Ritchie and others.....
H.F. & G. Witherby. 1925 London, 217pp, illus, map. Author hunted along the White Nile for kob, reed buck, water buck, buffalo etc.
Scribners. 1929 New York, 1st edn, 277pp, fold out map, color frontis by Rungius. A rare tale of hunting the giant panda. Few Westerners ever shot this black and white bear.
Scribner's. 1914 New York, 1st edn, 382pp, illus, frontis, maps. This is an account of an expedition in the Brazilian wilderness for the American Museum of Natural History. As usual T.R. does plenty of hunting: jaguar, tapir, and various deer. This is an account of an expedition in the Brazilian.....
Scribners. 1910 New York, 583pp, photos and illustrations by Phillip Goodwin, map. Also printed in 1910 this trade edition, by Scribner’s, is printed on better paper than the Syndicate Publishing edition. This edition also has 200 extra illustrations/photos. The Phillip Goodwin plates are in black and white. The 1910 Scribner's.....
Charles Scribner's & Sons. 1910 New York, 583pp, illus. Originally bound in leather. Safaris to the Dark Continent where almost unheard of till Teddy Roosevelt embarked on his giant safari in 1909. Employing hundreds of porters the safari lasted for months on end and covered Kenya, Uganda and the Southern.....
Greenberg. 1951 New York, 1st edn, 434pp, illus, limited issue of 1500 copies. One of the best gun book bibliographies ever, which also lists many rare hunting books. Excellent reference work.
George Philip & Son. 1982 London, 3rd edn, 288pp, b&w illus. An account of life in the Karoo, in the "Zwart Ruggens" country near Port Elizabeth. The writer accompanied her husband to South Africa in 1881, and they resided there for several years engaged in ostrich farming. Many details are.....
Quiller Press. 1995 London, 1st edn, 262pp, hundreds of photos in b&w and color, Limited edition 1/2 leather binding issue. The famous London gun maker Boss & Company has been in continuous existence for two centuries. During this period, it has remained a family firm. Considered one of the "Big.....
Colorado Big Game Trophy Records, Inc. 1984 Colorado, second printing, 275pp, photos, tables. Historical records of the largest mule deer, elk and whitetail deer from Colorado. Lots of pictures, many of them historical.
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.....
Harper & Brothers Publisher. 1905 New York, 1st edn, 420pp, photos. Please Note that WITH FLASHLIGHT AND RIFLE and FLASHLIGHTS IN THE JUNGLE are the same books. While the titles of his books are confusingly similar the author was a noted big-game hunter. In this book he describes several hunts.....
Rowland Ward. 1928 London, 9th edn, 523pp, profuse illus, zebra endpapers, gilt letters. The last record book of the series containing record heads from all the continents of the world. Not the rarest edition of the entire series, but certainly the most desirable as the later editions no longer covered.....
Rowland Ward, Limited. 1922 London, 8th edn, 527pp, profuse illus. In 1892 R.W. started his famous series of record books containing all the game animals of the world. The British Empire was at its zenith, and hundreds of sportsmen submitted measurements of the most exotic animals. The books quickly became.....
Rowland Ward. 1914 London, 7th edition, 532pp, illus, booklet in rear pocket.
Rowland Ward. 1899 London, 3rd edn, 504pp, illus. The third edition of the famous RW record book series, now well over 100 years old. Only in the third edition did the book gain momentum and it became significantly thicker (over 500 pages) whereas in the first two editions it had.....