THE CALL OF THE MAN-EATER
George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1961 London, 1st edn, 274pp, illus. Tiger and leopard stories from India. Popular author.
George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1961 London, 1st edn, 274pp, illus. Tiger and leopard stories from India. Popular author.
Safari Press Inc. 1999 Long Beach, 1st edn, 224pp, illus, limited to 500 signed, numbered, & slipcased copies. Those who have read Lock, Stock & Barrel already know that Robert Braden is a fanatic bird hunter and connoisseur of English side-by-side guns. In his latest book, Braden shares his recollections.....
Exposition Press. 1958 New York, 1st edn, 79pp. A thrill-packed account of a hunting trip for Kodiak bears, the largest carnivorous animal in the world.
Safari Press Inc. 2019 Long beach, 1st edn, 332pp, color photos, ltd to 500 copies, numbered, signed, slipcased copies. Few people need an introduction to Buzz Charlton, made famous over the last decade with a series of elephant hunting DVDs set in Zimbabwe. If you haven’t seen them, you should—they.....
Amwell Press. 1982 New York,143pp, 34 color portraits, folio, ltd of 200 copies signed by the author & artist, slipcased. Foreword by Tony Dyer, illustrations by Peter Skirka. An all-encompassing work on the African antelope. Illustrated in color with a detailed text. This book was first issued by the Winchester.....
Private printing. 1948 Mexico, 1st edn, 439pp, photos. Julio Estrada was the 1961 Weatherby award winner. The hunting takes place mostly in East Africa for just about every species; Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Nyasaland. The author's PH appears to have been Captain Mark Howard Phillips of Safariland Ltd in Nairobi.....
Rowland Ward. 2014 Johannesburg, 852pp, drawings, color photos, ltd to 1500 numbered copies. Rowland Ward’s Records of Big Game is known worldwide as the original Record Book. It was first published in 1892, and quickly became the standard among sportsmen and naturalists. It contains detailed descriptions of the various game.....
Safari Press Inc. 2007 Long Beach, 6 audio CDs, running time 7 hours 29 minutes. Now for the first time on CD as a audio book! This is the first book written by W. D. M. Bell, an intrepid adventurer, who was known far and wide as “Karamojo” Bell for.....
Countrysport Press. 1991 Traverse City, 256pp, illus. A release of previously uncollected stories of the wandering through Africa of this giant in American sporting literature. Stories on the hunting, the game, the danger, and the people through the eyes of the author of USE ENOUGH GUN and HORN OF THE.....
John Murray. 1904 London, 1st edn, 440pp Frontis + plates + folding maps + map. Although much of this work concerns the author’s military actions in Afghanistan, Burma, the Sudan and other locales, there are also descriptions of his big game hunts. With his brother, he embarked on a three-month.....
Rowland Ward Ltd. 2019 Long Beach, 824pp, 325 color and B&W images, 85 distribution maps, 8.5x11, hard cover with game-pocket book in rear pocket. For more than two-and-a-half years the production team at Rowland Ward Ltd. has been hard at work preparing the 30th edition of its iconic Records of.....
James Nisbet & Co. Ltd. 1945 London, 223pp illus, fold-out map. Set in Uganda, it is the story of hippos, gorillas, lions, man-eaters, giraffes, etc. Pitman was especially fond of lions, and his section on man-eaters is terrific.
Rowland Ward. 1987 London, 247pp, 2 color illus, 59 b&w illus, maps, diagrams, ltd to 1,250 unnumbered, signed copies. This is the revised and updated edition of the author's sought-after title, IVORY. Author spent 40 plus years hunting elephant in Africa; book contains a wealth of stories on ivory and.....
Books of Africa. 1982 Cape Town, 1st edn, 319pp, profuse color/b&w illus. A super book in large format on the wildlife of South Africa and the struggle for conservation. Includes the early history of conservation in Southern Africa and the main players in this fight to save the wildlife. Many.....
Rowland Ward/Game Coin. 1986 San Antonio, 626pp, color illus, large size, limited to 3000 numbered copies. Devoted to Africa and Asia only. Thousands of entries of record size animals dating as far back as the 1850s. Contains color illustrations of most of the African and Asian species. Considered a "must.....
Rand McNally & Co. 1963 Chicago, 188pp, color illus. Meissner traveled alone in the CAR and Chad. Hunting for Barbary sheep, lion, buffalo, hippo, bongo, elephant, and a rogue gorilla. Author was a German who wrote various hunting books. This is, unfortunately, the only book that was translated.
Seeley & Service. 1951 London, 445pp, illus, end-paper map. James Mellon, who wrote AFRICAN HUNTER, wrote of this book..."No one but a madman would go on safari without a copy of Big Game Shooting in Africa." He planned all his trips with this work in hand. Covers virtually all of.....
Thacker, Spink & Co. (1933), Private LTD. 1962 Calcutta, 166pp, photos. Describes the author's experiences in hunting man-eating leopards and tigers as well as the mugger crocodile. When the author gets desperate to attract man eaters he is forced to use man as the bait. Also includes hints on how.....
Thacker, Spink & Co., Private Ltd. 1965 Calcutta, 155pp, photos. Hunting in the forests of India for water buffalo, tiger, gaur, wild boar, elephant and more. Also chapters on poaching, calling game and man-eating tiger. In the Hazaribagh district, he collected very large sambar. Somerville's books have now become very.....
Holt Rhinehart & Winston. 1973 New York, 256pp, illus. From the African veldt to Alaska's glacier country, Page recounts the joys of a lifetime of global hunting. A much undervalued book that is very well written and describes many hunts for interesting species such as bongo, Stone sheep, Iranian urials.....
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.....
Safari Press Inc. 1986 Long Beach, 282pp, illus, ltd to 1000 numbered, & slipcased copies. Everybody has heard of John Hunter's books because each one is packed full of exciting adventures. However, very few people have ever heard of his first book, White Hunter. This book is a seldom-seen account.....
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......
The Derrydale Press. The SCI Silver Anniversary Capstick Collection. Hand numbered and autographed, this leatherbound, limited edition includes Capstick's first 10 books . . . and EVERY single copy signed by Peter Hathaway Capstick! Complete collection includes: DEATH IN THE LONG GRASS; DEATH IN THE SILENT PLACES; DEATH IN THE.....
Briar Patch Press. 1987 Camden, SC, 187pp, illus, leatherbound. The greatest of all elephant books by the greatest of all elephant hunters, "Karamojo" Bell. Foremost an elephant title but also includes buffalo and lion. Both in production and writing the best of the old elephant hunting titles. Good quality reprint.....