Privately published for the author by Clay & Sons. 1917 London, 1st edn, 271ppm, limited to 250 copies, 45 photos. Grimble first wrote his leaves from a gamebook in 1889. This volume covers the following 18 years covering deerstalking, shooting and fishing in England and Scotland. A rather scarce work.....
The Trustees of the British Museum. 1907 London, 2nd revised edn, 95pp & 2pp catalog, drawings and photos. Richard Lydekker was the compiler of this guide to the game mammals in the British Museum. Gives information of where the animals are found, who donated them, horn measurements etc. Lots of.....
Underwood & Underwood. 1901 (circa, not dated) London, 36 cardboard stock, in black cloth box made to look like two books. A remarkable set of 36 photos (each photo printed twice, total of 72) mounted on cardstock with brief captions on the front and a lengthy caption on the back.....
John Murray. 1856 London, 1st edn, 401pp, 6 folding maps/plans. Sir George was well-respected as a soldier and a statesman, and his short rule over the Cape Colony was recognized as beneficial to the country. "This work gives a full account of the Kaffir War with Sandilli during the period.....
Hines Proguide. 1996 Ontario, 212pp plus advertising, profuse color photos. This is the second volume in a series of books by Canadian photographer Sherman Himes who started collecting photos of trophy rooms and publishing them. The series is today over 10 plus volumes.
Boone & Crockett Club. 1999 Missoula, MT, 1st edn, 712pp, photos, ltd to 100 half-leatherbound copies, slipcased, signed by 4 B&C executives. The 11th edition of this famous series. Listing all North American big-game animals according to the Boone & Crockett measuring system. This book is one of only 100.....
Boone & Crockett Club. 1999 Missoula, MT, 712pp, photos. The 11th edition of this famous series. Listing all North American big-game animals according to the Boone & Crockett measuring system.
Chatto & Windus. 1945 London, 1st edn, 268pp, 2 plates, fold out map. A extract of letter, diaries and journals from Emily Moffat (wife of missionary Robert Moffat), David Livingstone and others as they sought to establish the Christian church in Southern Africa.
Frank Cass. 1971 London, 418pp,2nd ed, illus, fold-out map. Author traveled from Cape Town through Central Botswana, North of the Limpopo River to the Zambezi. Tales of encounters with wild animals throughout.
Presses de la Cite. 1960 Paris, 262pp, photos. French edition of Man Eaters and Marauders. 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. TEXT IN FRENCH.
C. Struik. 1964 Cape Town, reprint of the 1922 edition, 11 volumes, details below. Possibly the most comprehensive work on the history of South Africa from around 500 AD till 1884. Vol. 1, Ethnography and conditions of South Africa before A.D. 1505. 26 illustrations; Vol. 2, The Portuguese in South.....
Clarendon Press. 1968 Oxford, 1st edn, 548pp, A detailed historical survey of East African from its initial occupation by the Arabs. The author discusses the European presence in the area and its effects on the locals.
Rowland Ward. 1900 London, 1st edn, 324pp, color frontis, with 17 photo plates, and 65 illustrations in text, including collotypes by Edmund Caldwell, folding map in rear pocket. Demidoff was a wealthy Russian prince who hunted extensively for sheep and ibex at the turn of the century. In this book.....
CIC & Rowland Ward. 2014 Budapest, 1st edn, 2 vol, 520pp & 584pp, hard covers, 210x275mm, profuse color photos, maps. This detailed and meticulously researched CIC Caprinae Atlas of the World presents an overview on the distribution ranges of wild Caprinae phenotypes in the northern hemisphere, their physical appearance, life.....
Henry Holt & Co. 1958 New York, (3rd printing) 264pp, illus. Fourth book in the record book series. Includes articles by Don Hopkins, Grancel Fritz and James Clark. Scarce book and becoming more so with each passing year.
Dean & Son/L. Booth. 1864 (nd, circa) London, 336pp, leopard drawing on title page. It would appear that this book was originally published for the St. Hubert's club and subsequently issued again under this title. However, the information on this publication because of its scarcity is very scant indeed. The.....
Kennedy Galleries. 1969 new York, 1st edn, 98pp, color and b&w photos, 3 fold-out plates, ltd to 300 numbered copies, slipcased. Issued as part of an exhibition in the Kennedy Galleries to purchasers of Harry Jackson’s famous Western-themed bronzes of cowboys, Indians, trappers and other personalities of the early American.....
1992-2011. A series of 12 Weatherby Award dinner programs. These programs were available only to attendees of the Weatherby Award dinner, which was invitation only till the late 1980s. They have a complete program of the speakers, the food and wine served and more. All have elegant gilt stamping (often.....
Porter & Coates. 1860 (circa, nd) Philladelphia, 340pp & 7pp, drawings. Includes chapters on hunting elephant and Hippotamus; Scottish Settlers, manners and customs of the natives, etc. This is a retelling of adventrers that explored and hunted in Africa as was commonly done in the 1860-1890 period.
1976-2013. A series of 16 Weatherby Award dinner programs. These programs were available only to attendees of the Weatherby Award dinner, which was invitation only till the late 1980s. It is unknown if the first 3 dinners (1956-1958) had dinner programs but there after apparently all dinners did. The programs.....
1964-2013. A series of 23 Weatherby Award dinner programs. These programs were available only to attendees of the Weatherby Award dinner, which was invitation only till the late 1980s. It is unknown if the first 3 dinners (1956-1958) had dinner programs but there after apparently all dinners did. The programs.....
Weatherby Inc. 1954 (nd, circa) South Gate, CA, 7th edn, 100pp, photos.
Mark Sullivan, Nitro Express Safaris (self-pub.). 2000 Arizona, 1st edn, 295pp, profuse color photos, one of an unlimited numbered and signed leather bound edition. A PH known for an ego about as large as the hippos he shoots in full charge you will either hate or love this book. If.....
Quiller Press. 2009 England, 282pp, color photos, 8.5x11, hardcover, dj. Traditionally more ammo was made in Birmingham in the United Kingdom than anywhere else. The manufacturers there included the most illustrious names in the Empire, and their shells were used for tigers in India, ptarmigan in the Yukon, and the.....
Author. 1948 Vancouver, 188pp, b&w illus, ltd to 1,250 numbered, signed copies. Sport Fishing in Canada is an informative handbook on the sport fishes (both freshwater and salt) of northern North America from Newfoundland to the Yukon.
