THE NATURE OF THE BEAST
Coward-McCann Inc. 1963 New York, 206pp, illus. Adventure-packed account of life in Africa by a famous professional hunter.
Coward-McCann Inc. 1963 New York, 206pp, illus. Adventure-packed account of life in Africa by a famous professional hunter.
John Lane, The Bodley Head. 1912 London, 1st edn, 321pp, illus, decorated cover, gilt letters. Big-game shooting in the hills of the Himalayas in pursuit of markhor, thar, blue sheep, urial sheep, goral, serow, Himalayan bear, and Kashmir stag. Sought-after Asian title. Full of mountain game.
John Murray. 1936 London, 274pp, illus. Elephant, leopard, rhino, along the Nile. One trip to the Himalayas.
Cassell and Company Ltd. 1929 London, 1st edn, 287pp, illus, eps maps. Extensive natural history of the Low Veldt area in South Africa, man, beast and terrain. Well illustrated with period photos.
T. Nelson & Sons, Ltd. 1930 (nd, circa) New York, 219pp, illus, lion on cover. One of the scarcer books by the author of BIG STUFF. More big stuff in this book: lion, rhino, buffalo, elephant, etc. Recommended book, possibly the best of all Stoneham's African books.
John Murray. 1903 London, 1st edn, 306pp, illus, fold-out map. One of the earlier records of sport in the Sudan. Elephant, hippo, rhino, etc. Author was stationed in the Southern part of the Sudan.
Putnam. 1935 London, 1st English edn, 208pp, illus, map. Author was an Hungarian who hunted in East Africa before WW II. Interesting book, fairly scarce. Includes hunting for Kenya bongo, elephant, lion, buffalo, and sitatunga.
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.
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.
Winchester Press & Boone and Crockett Club. 1975 New York, 408pp, illus, bicentennial deluxe edn, ltd to 200 signed slipcased copies. In a series of dramatic, interlocking vignettes, this book recreates the history of the conservation movement in the United States and the men behind it.
Arno Press. 1967 New York, 182pp, illus. An Abercrombie and Fitch Library reprint trapping for valuable furs and hunting in British Columbia. Set in one of the least hospitable regions of the world, the land repaid this rigorous and disdainful sportsman with an abundance of indignity, woe and suffering.
Doubleday, Page & Co. 1906 New York, 77pp, plus numerous photos. Wallihan was one of the earliest big game photographers of note, and his pictures were primarily taken in Colorado and Wyoming. Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt.
Published by the Author and Bradbury, Evans & Co. 1872 London, 1st edn, 57pp, line drawing. The author of this delightful handbook was Edwin Ward, the older brother of James Rowland Ward. Edwin Ward is sometimes confused with Edwin Henry Ward who was the father of both James Rowland and.....
Rowland Ward. 1977 Sussex, 17th edn, 514pp, drawings. Seventeenth edition of the famous African big-game record book series.
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/Game Coin. 1989 San Antonio, 796pp, illus, large size. Collectors edition, bound in leather limited to 200 copies. Latest edition covers the entire world. In addition to the listings from Rowland Ward, the trophies from the CIC measurement system (Europe, and the Australian Deer Association (ADA) are listed). Over.....
Rowland Ward (Publications) Ltd. 1975 London, 16th edn, 537pp, illus. The 16th edition containing African records only.
Rowland Ward, Limited. 1923 London, 11th edition, xii, 74pp, 1 page index, 13pp advertisements, 16pp addendum. At the end of last century, the famous taxidermist, Rowland Ward, published a series of field pocket books with useful tips for the traveling sportsman.
Rowland Ward and Co., Ltd. 1894 London, 7th edition, 202pp, illus. At the end of last century, the famous taxidermist, Rowland Ward, published a series of field pocket-books with useful tips for the traveling sportsman.
Safari Press Inc. 2012 Long Beach, 1st edn, 163pp, photos in color. The history of Weatherby began in the mid-1940s when a young "wildcatter" named Roy Weatherby set out to change the world of firearms performance. Contrary to then-popular thinking (heavy bullets pushed at slow speeds), Roy believed that lightweight.....
Weatherby Inc. 1954 (nd, circa) South Gate, CA, 7th edn, 100pp, photos.
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.....
The Military Service Publishing Co. 1946 Harrisburg, 1st edn, 2 vol, 232 & 211pp, illus. Townsend Whelen, Sports Afield editor for many years, brought together some of the more interesting stories on American, African and Asian game. Includes many famous authors: Neumann, Kirby, Baker, Sheldon, Selous, Barringer, Sears, Cotton Oswell.....
A.C. White P. & P Co. Ltd. 1948 (nd, circa), Bloemfontein, 267pp, illus. Scarce item on South African hunting. Interesting pictures and how-to stalking diagrams. Most game animals of southern Africa covered. Line drawings by Astley Maberly.
Constable & Company Ltd. 1972 London, 1st edn, 194pp, illus in color and b&w. Describes all 40 species of deer of the world. Has become very scarce in recent years, and is much sought after by biologists and hunters. The scarcest of all Whitehead's deer books.