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CARRUTHERS D, MILLAIS J.G., VAN DER BYL P.B., WALLACE H. Frank, KENNION R.L., BARCLAY Ford G. |
The Gun At Home And Abroad, Big Game Of Asia And North America
1915.
1st Edn.
The London & Counties Press Assoc Ltd.
xix 433 pages, TEG, 4to., illus with colour plates, photogravure, monochrome and half tone plates, the colour plates from drawings by E Caldwell the photogravures, Frank H Wallace. Bound in the publishers full brown morroco, gilt title to upper board some foxing to the blank end papers. Limited to 600 numbered copies, this being numbered 517, issued in a 4-volume set with volume number to the spine or singerly as this volume with no number to spine. A sumptuous production. The authors write from personal experience and knowledge, Lt Col Kennion on the Big Game Of Persia, H.F.Wallace on China, P.B. Van Der Byl on India, Douglas Carruthers on Syria, Arabia, Asia Minor Russia etc. J.G.Millais describes the big game of America, + Barclay adding a chapter on Mancurian Tiger, a vg copy. Czech 45
[22254] |
£350.00 |
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CASADA Dr James A Editor |
Africans Greatest Hunter, The Lost Writings Of Frederick C. Selous
1998.
2nd Edn..
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA, USA.
xxvi 276 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs, publishers' grey cloth titled in black with a Topi head vignette to the upper cover. Limited to 1000 signed and numbered by Casada., a fine copy in slipcase. Includes contributions by Selous from magazines i.e. The Field, anthologies, and similar works etc with a comprehensive bibliography at the end.
[19512] |
£120.00 |
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CASADA Dr James A Editor |
Africans Greatest Hunter, The Lost Writings Of Frederick C. Selous
1998.
1st.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA, USA.
xxvi 276 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs, publishers' grey cloth titled in black with a Topi head vignette to the upper cover. Limited to 1000 signed and numbered by Casada., a fine copy in slipcase. Includes contributions by Selous from magazines i.e. The Field, anthologies, and similar works etc with a comprehensive bibliography at the end.
[23486] |
£120.00 |
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Casada Dr. James A., Editor. Selous Frederick C. |
FREDERICK C. SELOUS: A HUNTING LEGEND. RECOLLECTIONS BY AND ABOUT THE GREAT HUNTER.
2000.
1st Edn.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, California.
xiv -187 pp., illustrated in b/w from photographs, publishers' grey cloth titled in black with portrait of Selous to the upper cover in slipcase. A fine copy, limited to 1000 copies signed and numbered (28) by James Casada. Part I is a selection of writings by Selous. Part II comprises articles about him written by his friends.
[23472] |
£65.00 |
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CASATI Major Gaetano |
Ten Years In Equatoria And The Return With Emin Pasha
1891.
1st Edn,.
Fredercik Warne Co.
2 Vols, xxi 376, xv 347 pages, illustrated with upwards of 150 illustrations coloured plates and 4 maps in rear pockets, neat paper repair to outer blank margin of one page where badly opened. Recased in the original publishers brown patterned cloth, pictorial front boards with native scene in silver and black with gilt palm tree with an unfortunate man tied to the tree, the spines titled in gilt with oval vignette portrait of Major Casati. A very good, copy translated from the original Italian manuscript, an account of Casati's travel and adventure in Southern Sudan with much on the flora and fauna of the region.
[23431] |
£320.00 |
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CASATI Major Gaetano |
Ten Years In Equatoria And The Return With Emin Pasha
1891.
Frederick Warne Co.
2nd Edn, 2 Vols, xxi 376, xv 347 pages, illus with upwards of 150 illus coloured plates and 4 maps in rear pockets A partially uncut copy in the original publishers patterned cloth, pictorial front board with native scene in silver and black with gilt palm tree with an unfortunate man tied to the tree. A bright copy translated from the original Italian manuscript, an account of Casati's travel and adventure in Southern Sudan with much on the flora and fauna of the region.
[22208] |
£250.00 |
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CHADWICK W.S. |
Man Killers Any Marauders Some Big Game Encounters Of An African Hunter
1929.
1st Edn,.
H F & G Witherby.
223 pages + 1 page advert, frontis illus + 5 plates from photographs, some browning to end papers. Foxing to closed page edges, publishers brick red cloth, , Hunting lion, elephant, hippo + a variety of game Angola, the Congo and Northern Rhodesia. Czech 58
[23398] |
£180.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
Memories of For Score Years Less Two, 1851-1929
1930.
1st Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
xxvii 257 pages, 3 pages of adverts TEG pages uncut, Illustrated with full page colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout the text by WH Riddell and the author. Publishers' green cloth binding VG. Although not a hunting book the volume relates to Chapmans journeys on the Nile and Nubian Dessert and his trip through the Sudan. There are his observations of wild game and numerous references to other hunting books, Riddell's colour plates are particularly fine. Czech 60
[22387] |
£35.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
Memories of Fourscore Years Less Two 1851-1929
1930.
1st Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
xxvii 257 pages, 3 pages of adverts pages uncut, Illustrated with full page colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout the text by WH Riddell and the author, spotting to the blank ebdpapers. Publishers' green cloth binding vg, the DJ with colour insert to the upper flap showing loss to head of the spine and some edges, thr DJ has been laid down on green paper. Although not a hunting book the volume relates to Chapmans journeys on the Nile and Nubian Dessert and his trip through the Sudan. There are his observations of wild game and numerous references to other hunting books, Riddell's colour plates are particularly fine. Czech 60
[23926] |
£40.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
On Safari Big Game Hunting in British East Africa
1908.
1st Edn,.
Edward Arnold.
xvi 340 pages, 16 pages of adverts, 170 illus by the author and E Caldwell sketch maps and photographs. Armorial bookplate to front paste down of Hans Sauer (11 June 1857 - 28 August 1939) was a South African born medical doctor, lawyer, adventurer, author of Ex? Africa ( Czech 246). Publisher's black cloth with pictorial elephant's head to the front board. Avery good copy, . Hunting in British East Africa There are plentiful hunting experiences included waterbuck, rhino, elephant, gazelle, kudu, buffalo etc Czech 60
[23411] |
£340.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
Savage Sudan Its Wild Tribes, Big Game And Bird Life
1921.
1st Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
xx 452 pages, TEG, 248 illustrations chiefly from rough sketches by the author and photograph Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt warthog vignette to the upper board and gilt buffalo to rear, a very good copy. Chapman recounts his hunting experiences on a journey to Khartoum along the White Nile into Uganda. Hunting buffalo, hippo, elephant, rhino plains game etc. Czech 60
[23129] |
£240.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
Savage Sudan Its Wild Tribes, Big Game And Bird Life
1921.
1st Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
XX 452 pages, TEG, 248 illus chiefly from rough sketches by the author, vg in publisher's dark green cloth, gilt warthog to upper board and gilt buffalo to rear, a vg copy. Chapman recounts his hunting experiences buffalo, hippo, elephant, rhino etc. Czech 35. Loose printed compliment slip from the author also loose folding menu for a dinner given for Theodore Roosevelt by the Society for The Preservation of the Wild Fauna od the Empire June 6th 1910, partly split along fold.
[20237] |
£300.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel |
Wild Norway, With Chapters On Spitsbergen, Denmark etc
1897.
1st Edn,.
Edwards Arnold.
XIII 358 pages, 16pp advs, full page illus by the author assisted by Charles Whymper and P.CH.Trench +text illus, publisher's dark blue cloth, light bumping to corners, vg. Includes salmon fishing, reindeer and elk hunting, etc.,
[16066] |
£185.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel, BUCK Walter J. |
Unexplored Spain
1910.
1st Edn,.
Edward Arnold.
XVI 416 pages, large 8vo., 200 illus by Joseph Crawhall, E Caldwell and Abel Chapman and from photographs, some occasional spotting, green cloth, gilt title and mountain scene showing 3 ibex to upper boards, chapters on ibex and deer, wildfowling and small game shooting.
[18463] |
£180.00 |
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CHAPMAN Abel, BUCK Walter J. |
Wild Spain Records Of Sport With Rifle, Rod, And Gun, Natural History And Exploration
1893.
1st Edn,.
Gurney and Jackson.
xx 472 pages, 4pp advs, pages uncut, 174 illus mostly by the author, coloured map, large paper edition 10 3/4" x 7". Signature of G Blaine Nov 1923 to front blank presumably Gilbert Blaine, author of Falconry in The Sportsman's Library there are numerous references to birds of prey in the book. Bound in in the publisher's dark blue cloth. The authors describe a little-known land over 20 years, they have undertaken sporting expeditions into various parts of Spain. Wildfowling and shooting episodes also include much on the Ibex including hunting, also sheep goat etc. Chute 090
[23105] |
£300.00 |
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Christian Le Noel |
On Target History And Hunting In Central Africa
1999.
1st.
Trophy Room Books.
Angoura C.A, U.S. A.
vii ? 256, large 8vo illustrated with b/w photographs, a fine copy in DJ. Limited edition of 1000 copies signed and numbered (404) by Christian Le Noel. Publishers yellow faux leather with black spine titles. A n historical look at the great hunting regions of Karamojo, Oubangui -Chari and other central African landscapes after big game. With period photographs. Czech 162/63
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£60.00 |
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CHURCH Percy W. |
Chinese Turkestan With Caravan And Rifle
1901.
1st Edn,.
Rivingtons.
XI 207 pages, frontis, 24 illus from photographs, folding map, publishers grey cloth with vignette of wapiti head to upper board, a vg copy, the cloth clean and free of defects. the author and his hunting companion J.V.Phlp journeys from Srinagar through Yarkand to the Tekkes Valley collecting altai, wapiti, ibex, siberian roe etc also contains some excellent description of the terrain and the people, and includes a chapter on outfit etc and field notes on game Czech 47 Yakushi C115
[16151] |
£400.00 |
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CLARK James L. |
Trails of the Hunted
1929.
1st Edn,.
Chatto and Windus.
XIII 269 pages, advert leaf, 4to., 47 full page plates from photographs, bookplate to front paste down, some heavy foxing to prelims and first few pages, some occasional spotting to contents and closed page edges, publishers green cloth, 1cm section rubbed through rear spine edge. Czech Asia 48 Africa 62. Clark was an ardent taxidermist and big game hunter, he writes of his expeditions to Africa, North America and Asia in search of specimens for the American museums. Czech 37.
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£45.00 |
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COBB Cecil F. |
Sport On The Setit The Narrative Of A Sporting Trip Along The Rivers Atbara And Setit
1911.
1st Edn,.
Cross and Jackman.
Canterbury.
(xvi) -125 pages, 28, plates after photographs by H. Leney and the author. Publisher's slate blue cloth lettered in gilt to the upper board. SIGNED by Cobb on the lower blank margin of the preface page., some age browning to the end papers the contents clean and free of foxing.The cloth clean with no chips or splits A very good copy of a scarce work provincially published in a small edition. Cobb and his hunting partner hunted in the Sudan, bagging an elephant, waterbuck, greater kudu, hartebeest, gazelle etc., using a rifle borrowed from Major Powell-Cotton. At the end is a breakdown of the expenses of the trip Czech, Africa, p. 64.
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£1600.00 |
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COBBOLD Ralph P. |
Innermost Asia Travel And Sport In The Pamirs
1900.
1st Edn,.
William Heinemann.
xviii 354 pages, full page and text illus from photographs, 4 full page maps + lge folding coloured map at rear. Old repair to closed tear to verso 1 section of blank margin and map, publishers plain dark red cloth, some light fading to edges, possible a later publishers binding, some copies appear with a gilt sheep's head to upper board others in this binding. An excellent work on sport and adventure with voluble descriptions of the terrain. Czech 49.
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£320.00 |
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COBBOLD Ralph P. |
Innermost Asia Travel And Sport In The Pamirs
1900.
1st Edn,.
William Heinemann.
XVIII 354 pages, illus, lge folding map, foxing to frontis, presentation inscription on FEP "from one traveler to another with best wishes Sept 1919 Ralph P Cobbold". recased in the original red cloth, gilt title and sheep head vignette to upper cover, some old surface rubbing and soiling to covers, g+, very unusual to find signed. An excellent work on sport and adventure with voluble descriptions of the terrain. Czech 49.
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£260.00 |
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COOK Sir Albert R. |
Uganda Memories 1897 - 1940
1945.
1st Edn,.
The Ugands Society.
Kampala.
xv 415 pages, small 4to, numerous full page illus from photographs, 2 folding maps 1 contained in rear pocket with loose printed card stating the map is "not ready and may be months before it is" inscription to the front-end paper. Publishers. light green cloth with gilt shield vignette to the upper cover, the cloth clean and bright in the original dj, dj complete with old strengthening to verso to the head and tail of spine and one-fold not visible from the front. Limited to 750 numbered copies, this copy number 366 signed by Cook and dated June 12, 1945. Cook was Consultant Physician to the European Kampala Hospital and to the C.M.S. Mango Hospital, he devoted much of his time to the health and condition of the local natives. There are chapters on safari life 1897, Safari in the eastern provinces, and other episodes of big game, and the history and development of the colony.
[22945] |
£280.00 |
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CORBETT Jim |
The Man-eating Leopard Of Rudraprayag
1954.
reprint Edn,.
Oxford University Press.
166 pages, illus with photographs, map end papers, publishers green cloth with gilt tiger head vignette to upper board, vg in dj. Czech 52
[20841] |
£22.00 |
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CORBETT Jim |
The Mohan Man-Eater And Other Stories
1948.
Oxford University Press.
Madras.
xi 122 pages, full page and text illus by G.H.G.Moorhouse, front and rear end papers showing drawing of a magazine rifle, a double barrel rifle and a 12 bore shotgun with components identified, pictorial printed card covers with title and tigers head to upper covers. A vg copy of a Corbett rarity. One copy located in the USA on World Cat, a note on contents begins "These stories are taken from Jim Corbetts well known book Man Eaters Of Kumaon. they have been abridged and slightly simplified for children" Reading the preface which in most cases follow that of the original there are some differences, the stories covered are "The Champawat man Eater, the Chowgarth Tiger And The Mohan Man Eaters". At the end of the book are 7 pages of questions and authors notes. These do not appear in the original book, whether the book was abridged by Corbett I cannot find other than "Authors notes" I also cannot find the illustration being used in other Corbett titles. I handled this copy a few years ago, and have recently re-purchased it from the collection of Arnold "Jake" Johnson who I originally sold it to. Johnson held one of the most comprehensive collections on Indian big game.
[21414] |
£520.00 |
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CORBETT Jim |
The Temple Tiger And More Man-Eaters Of Kumaon
1954.
reprint Edn,.
Oxford University.
197 pages, illus from photographs, green cloth, gilt tiger head vignette to upper board, vg in dj. dj chipped at head and tail of spine. Czech 52.
[20524] |
£28.00 |
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COTTON W.B. |
Sport In The Eastern Sudan From Souakin To The Blue Nile
1912.
1st 2nd issue Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
X 285 pages, 5 pages adverts for Roland Ward, original tan cloth, gilt title to upper board light rubbing to head and tail of spine, although the title page calls for a map it was never issued for the 2nd issue. A scarce Rowland Ward publication the book details the author's 9 months safari at a cost of ?750.00. Hunting lion, buffalo, hippo, giraffe and variety of plains game. Czech 40
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£360.00 |
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CRADOCK Lieut Col Montagu |
Sport In New Zealand
1904.
1st Edn,.
Anthony Treherne & Co Ltd.
viii-287, frontis + 7 full page plate, publishers' green cloth with gilt title and a stag head vignette in black to the upper cover, a vg clean copy. The author recounts his stalking, shooting, fishing, hunting polo racing and yachting, over a 2 year stay. ?350
[22488] |
£350.00 |
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CRANWORTH Lord |
A Colony In The Making or Sport and Profit in British East Africa
1912.
1st Edn,.
Macmilland and Co.
Africa.
xiv 359 pages, TEG, illus in b/w from photographs, large folding map at rear, foxing to front and rear end paper and closed page edges, oval ownership stamp to FEP, contents clean and free of foxing, publishers green cloth, gilt title and native vignette to upper cover. The author provides information on big game, its location, methods of stalking and the game reserves. Czech 69.
[20342] |
£100.00 |
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CRILE Grace |
Skyways To A Jungle Laboratory
1937.
1st English Edn,.
240 pages, illus, vg in worn dj. A scientific expedition hunting everything from elephant to jack rabbit.
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£25.00 |
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CUMMING R.Gordan |
Five years of a hunter's life in the far interior of South Africa. With notices of the native tribes, and anecdotes of the chase of the lion, elephant, hippopotamus, giraffe, rhinoceros, etc
1850.
2nd Edn,.
John Murray.
xv 388, x 381 pages, two volumes with frontis and engraved 1/2 title to each volume, 13 engraved plates + map. Bound in later ? dark green morroco with all edge's gilt. Cummings was a Scotsman and astounded the Dutch by wearing a kilt whilst hunting. The narrative is a valuable account of the state of the country at this period. Cumming appears to have hunted every species of South African fauna. After 5 years he returned to England, taking the Cape Wagon which had accompanied him throughout his journey and a large collection of trophies, the whole weighing about 30 tons. One of the classics of African Big Game Hunting and Exploration. Sabin Vol I 398, Czech 72
[22251] |
£200.00 |
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