NRA. Complete years of American Rifle man (12 issues, January through December) for 1943, 1948 and 1952 bound in a red custom binding. Contains articles by Nash Buckingham, Col. Julian Hatcher, Wallace Taber, Franz Rosenberg, Archibald Rutledge, Bob Hagel and many more with wonderful articles on rifles, shotguns and hunting.....
Safari Press. 1997 Long Beach, 1st edn, 375pp, illus, ltd to 1000 numbered, slipcased copies, signed by David Annabel and Dell Annabel Lamey. The fourth volume in the Annabel series. It has been observed that nobody could graphically describe Alaskan hunting like Russell Annabel did, his stories evoke a Golden.....
James Nisbet & Co. 1878 London, 1st edn, 256pp & 8pp advertising, frontis, drawings. Letters from the author in South Africa to his friend, "Periwinkle." Hunting for ostriches, springbok, lion as well as travel. According to Czech he gives interesting and amusing accounts on ostrich and later in the book.....
Indian Museum, Nat. History section. 1908 Calcutta, 96pp, many illus, soft cover. Catalog with pictures and measurement tables of all the major Indian big-game species. Covers sheep, ibex, markhor, goral, tahr, wild cattle, and deer. Unusual item of which few have likely survived ravages of time.
His Majesty's Stationary Office. 1911 London, 52pp, soft covers. The majority of this publication is a catalog with trophy measurements of the British Section of the 1910 International Field Sports Exhibition in Vienna. Gives largest measurements of Asian, African and North American trophies known at that time, mostly shot by.....
Boone & Crockett. 1971-1982, softcovers, illustrated. Set of 4 booklets issued for each three-year awards period; these are the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th Awards Periods (from 1971 till 1982). Features measurements and pictures of the top entries.
Boone & Crockett. 1981 WV, 1st edn, 409pp, illus. The bible for the N.A. trophy hunter. The 8th edn of this most prestigious record book.
Boone & Crockett Club. 1993 MT, 592pp, illus. The 10th edition of this famous series. Listing all North American big-game animals according to the Boone & Crockett measuring system. It contains almost 13000 entries of which 3700 are new listings. It also contains half a dozen new world records. Art.....
Henry Holt & Co. 1958 New York, 1st 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.
Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 1925 London, 1st edn, 320pp, illus, 8 maps. Much on the sheep, ibex, blue sheep, markhor, goral etc. Maps and photos are especially good. This book has been for years, and still is, the standard reference work on the Himalayas for hunters. Burrard was one of the.....
Privately printed by the author. 1929 Chicago, 12mo. 65pp Text illustrations. Ken Czech in his excellent bibliography states; Cameron delivered an address relating his African experiences to the Executives Club of Chicago in March 1929, then apparently had these booklets printed for distribution to friends and business allies. While there.....
Roycrofters. 1937 New York, 34pp, illus, marker, map. Rare, small book on Carpenter's African hunt, privately printed for him. Certainly the rarest of all his titles. Very hard to get and a fine addition to an Africana library.
1985 Brno, 401pp, soft cover. Listings of European game measured during the 1985 CIC show in Brno, Czechoslovakia. CIC measurement system used. Text in Czech but animal names in Latin. Must for the CIC collector.
T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. 1925 London, 1st edn, 140pp, frontis, 6 plates. The history of the spring or trekbokke that once roamed the South African veld by the millions.
Stanwill Press. 1976 London, 1st edn, 194pp, illus, softcover. The best jaguar-hunting book ever written in our opinion. Almeida is the most successful guide for jaguars alive today. Includes notes on other South American game. This is the true first edition, later re-issued by Safari Press as well as other.....
Truber & Co. 1877 Ludgate Hill (London), 1st edn, drawings, 246pp. Authors give a sort of Monograph on Ostriches, their capture, value of their feathers and meat. There is also extensive information on the large flightless birds of South America, Australia and Papua New Guinea (Emu, kiwi, mooruk, rhea, cassowary).....
Rowland Ward. 1898 London, 1st edn, 319pp, many illus, fold-out map. One of the most sought-after books written on the tur, especially the Western, or Kuban tur. As in his other books, the Prince hunted for long periods of time and bagged many fine heads. In fact the trophies that.....
Rowland Ward. 1904 London, 1st edn, 302pp, 113 text illus, 5 photogravures, and 1 fold-out colored text map and 1 fold-out colored map in rear pocket. The third and last book by this famous Asian sheep and ibex hunter. In 1900 Prince Demidoff, his wife Sophie and a companion of.....
William Heinemann. 1910 London, 1st edn, 231pp, illus, map and reproductions of numerous photographs from life by the author. Dugmore became famous as a wildlife photographer and naturalist with various titles to his credit. In this impressive volume, he describes his efforts with James L. Clark in photographing big game.....
T. Fisher Unwin. 1925 London, new and revised edn, 262pp, illus. In Canada and the U.S. after bighorn, moose, bear, wapiti, antelope and mule deer. Also a trip to New Zealand. Scarce title.
Oxford University Press. 1928 London, 195pp, b/w photos and illus, with a Frontispiece in color by R. Gwello Goodman and 32 Photogravures from Photographs by Lancelot Ussher and many other illustrations. A history and tour of South Africa as it was when the first white people arrived and as it.....
Constable and Company Limited. 1911 London, 1st edn, 343pp, illus, fold-out maps. Comprised largely of the diaries of Lieut. Jack W. Brooke on his 1906-07 and 1907-08 expeditions to determine the source and course of the Tsangpo River. After being refused permission by the British to enter Tibet from Assam.....
J.B. Lippincott Company. 1916 Philadelphia, 1st edn, 242pp, ltd to 250 copies. Finaughty's friend, George L. Harrison visited Finaughty in 1913 in Bulawayo. Finaughty gave his hunting experiences as described in articles of the Rhodesian Journal to Harrison. Based on these articles this book was produced. Born in Grahamstown, north.....
Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1933 London, 1st edn, 320pp, photos. This book was written after the author had spent 34 years in the Dark Continent. Here he tells the stories when he faced death in his career in East Africa, mainly Kenya but also some adventures in India. Rogue rhinos.....
Derby & Jackson. 1856 New York, 1st US edn, 432pp, double frontis, 6 plates. About the same time W.C. Harris hunted in South Africa the Frenchman Jules Gerard hunted lion and other game in North Africa. Unusual book that is equally as interesting, and maybe more so, than the early.....
