Safari Poland. 2000 Poland, 1st edn, 354pp, color photos, b&w illustration, reference lists. Self printed cover. Text in Polish. An instructive book on how to prepare for safari as well as safari adventure. Text in Polish.
H.F. & G. Witherby. 1925 London, 217pp, illus, map. Author hunted along the White Nile for kob, reed buck, water buck, buffalo etc.
Harper Brothers. 1874 New York, 1st US edn, 2 vol, 559pp and 512pp, illus, fold-out map, deco cover. Three years of adventures and explorations in Central Africa. Big game and exploring by a man who was an important discoverer. Traveling in Africa from 1868 till 1871 he treaded on much.....
Briar Patch Press. 1988 Camden, SC, 356pp, illus, leatherbound. Selous never wrote any bad books and this title is no exception. This book, more than any other, prompted early American hunters to visit Africa.
Vanity Fair. 1894 (April 26). Print of Frederick C. Selous as depicted in the famous Vanity Fair magazine, a British publication that aimed to expose the vanities of society. Prtinted by the famous Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lithoraphy pritner as an insert for the magazine. It contained gossip about.....
Richard Bentley & Son. 1881 London, 1st edn 455pp, illus, fold-out map. Frederick Selous needs no introduction. Every hunter going to Africa should have this book. Africa without Selous would never have been the same.
Witherby & Co. 1907 London, 1st edn, 400pp, photos. Selous hunted around the Macmillan and Yukon Rivers for caribou, moose, wolf and Dall sheep. Although most hunters know Selous for his African books, his North American writings are equally as good.
Rowland Ward. 1896 London, 2nd edn, 290pp, illus, fold-out map. Selous was engaged by the empire builder Cecil Rhodes. Selous's job was to help the British South Africa Co. take over what is now Zimbabwe so that Rhodes could acquire the mineral wealth of that nation. However, King Lobengula, ruler.....
Longmans, Green & Co. 1897 New York, 1st US edn, 195pp, illus. Percy Selous, said to be the cousin of F.C. Selous, teams up with noted author H.A. Bryden to pursue grizzly, leopard, bighorn, lion, rhino, buffalo, etc.
Scribners. 1912 New York, 1st edn, 246pp, illus, frontis by Rungius. Sheldon hunting the islands off the Alaska and BC coast for elk, bear and caribou by a man who was a pioneer hunter. A first-class North American hunting title without rival.
Edward Arnold. 1897 London/New York, 1st edn, 471pp, illus, fold-out maps, teg. Rhino, lion, leopard, elephant, etc. Author traveled from Somalia through the Ogaden and Boran to Lake Rudolph. Book is illustrated with drawings and photographs by the author. A much sought after and readable book on hunting and exploration.....
Harper and Brothers. 1885 New York, 1st edn, 2 volumes, 528 & 483pp, numerous illus, 2 rear pocket maps, one in each volume. This two-volume work of exploration and history is the result of Stanley's expedition up the Congo River in 1879-84 and his attempts to re-open the interior for.....
Horace Cox. 1909 London, 1st edn, 310pp, illus, original imitation skin crocodile cover. Large size book that Stigand wrote to guide the turn of the century sportsman to the game of East Africa, and it is still a valid directory today. Many species of this area included. As good a......
MacMillan & Co, Limited. 1913 New York, 1st edn, 379pp, illus, fold-out chart. Together with Bell, Sutherland, and Neumann, this book is one of a handful of elephant classics. Stigand was a good writer, and it shows in this work. Elephant hunting galore. These days equally as scarce as the.....
Seeley & Co. Limited. 1910 London, 346pp, illus, 36 illus, 2 fold-maps. Few books on Ethiopia and its big game exist, and they are much sought after. Although not all of the book is hunting it is a fine book on this great game country on which relatively few books.....
Game and Fisheries Dept. Sudan Government. 1950 (circa, nd) Karthoum, 108pp, photos, drawings, fold out map. Hints and regulations for hunting in the Sudan, includes some prices that we wish were still in force today! With articles by Lt. Col. W. A. H. Forbes, G. M. Stanton, R. Kirk, Lt.....
MacMillan and Co. Limited. 1912 London, 1st edn, 1st imprint, 324pp, illus. This classic elephant-hunting title was first published in London in 1912. It was so successful that the second imprint was published within one month of the first. Sutherland's classic tale is regarded as one of the best elephant.....
Collins. 1979 London, 1st edn, 304pp, profuse black and white images. Limited to 160 numbered copies, bound in 3/4 leather, all edges gilt, linen slipcase. Wilfred Thesiger - one of the last in a great British tradition of individual and often eccentric travelers - recreates a lifetime's journey in some.....
G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1906 New York, 240pp, 70 illus, photo inset cover. In the North American game fields for Rocky Mountain bighorn, grizzly, caribou, and deer.
G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913 New York, 1st edn, 330pp, 147 photos. Kodiak bear, general South-East Alaskan hunting. Also on the Kenai for Dall sheep and a trip to Newfoundland. Bear & sheep combined.
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1888 London, 1st edn, 280pp & 293pp, frontis map in volume 1. Scarce title by this noted explorer of Africa in collaboration with a female novelist. Set in 1880s in the foot hills of Mount Kilimanjaro the authors profess that all described is true.....
E.P. Dutton & Co. 1931 New York, 1st edn, 288pp, 46 illus. Hunting in the Sudan among the Dinkas for elephant, buffalo, lion and plains game. Fair amount on elephant.
Countrysport Press. 1993-1994 Traverse City, MI, 1st edns, 189 & 150pp, color and b&w illus by Bruce Langton. Gathered here are many of the finest contemporary sporting writers: George Bird Evans, Charles Waterman, Gene Hill, Michael McIntosh, Jim Fergus, and many others. Each offers a unique story of his singular.....
Wild Sheep and Goat Int. 1982 Mesilla, 186pp, many illus. Comprehensive survey of the world's wild sheep by the foremost expert in his field. Every species pictured. This is the sheep enthusiast's definitive guide.
Rowland Ward. 1898 London, 1st edn, xii, 122pp, frontis with tissue guard, photos, 2 unnumbered pages at end. The only fishing book published by Rowland Ward Ltd and the only sporting book written by Ward himself. The book describes an extended fishing trip to Florida that Rowland Ward went on.....
