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FINAUGHTY William |
Recollections Of An Elephant Hunter 1864-1875
1980.
Facsimile Reprint.
Books of Zimbabwe.
Bulawayo.
(18) - 244 pages, publishers' brown cloth gilt elephant vignette to the upper board, vg in dj. Facsimile reprint of the 1916 edition, with an additional sketch map illustrations and a new forward and notes by Edward C. Tabler.
[23577] |
£30.00 |
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FINAUGHTY William |
Recollections Of William Finaughty Elephant Hunter 1864-1875
1916.
1st Edn.
J.B.Lippincott Company.
Piladelphia.
242 pages limited to 250 copies. Bookplate of Kenneth Doble to front paste down, two offset (2.5 x 1.25 cm) tape marks to both front and rear free end papers. Some very occasional spotting to contents and closed page edge. Very occasional pencil notes to margins relating to the book. Note to bottom margin of preface page the first letter A in ink possible the writer had second thought of using a pen! Original tan paper cover boards tan cloth spine. Paper title label to upper board and spine, the spine label chipped and cracked, some even darkening to the cloth. A purpose made cloth covered slipcase present. One of the rarest of big game hunting titles, this as privately printed by George L.Harrison in an edition of 250 copies for distribution to noteworthy African sportsmen and other luminaries. Harrison who was on Safari in Rhodesia in 1908 not only hunted with Finaughtys son, but later met the author and was given a set of the Rhodesian Journal which had serialized the elder Finaughtys recollections. From these, Harrison published the work less one chapter from an issue missing from his set. William Finaughty entered Matabeleland and Mashonaland in the 1860s, the "elephants practically did not know what a gun shot was". This volume presents numerous exciting encounters with elephant, buffalo, lion and other big game. Czech 95
[20495] |
£1250.00 |
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FIRENZA P |
Encylopedia Of Big Game Animals Of Africa
1983.
1st English Edn..
Larousse, NY.
270 pages, illus in colour from photographs and drawings, vg in publishers imitation leather binding, vg in wrong dj. Covers major big game animals of Africa, gives characteristics, distribution and record book statistics, photos of the game and drawings of the spoon etc.
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£25.00 |
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FITZPATRICK Sir Percy |
Jock of The Bushveld
1907.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green & Co.
xv 475, illustrated by E. Caldwell with coloured frontis 22 b/w full page plates and numerous illustrations to page margins including the three uncorrected marginal illustrations of a dung beetle at pp. 65, 337 & 457. Some foxing to the blank end papers 5cm closed tear to upper centre of one page. Bound in the publisher's green cloth with gilt title and vignette of Jock to upper board and antelope to spine, neat strengthening to verso very head of the spine. A very good copy of a South African classic described by Mendelssohn as "Perhaps one of the best dog stories ever written." The life of Jock the animals and people of the veldt. Mendelssohn vol I, p. 550.
[22270] |
£460.00 |
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FLETCHER F.W.F. |
Sport On The Nilgiris And In Wynaad
1911.
1st Edn,.
Macmillan.
xvii 455 pages, large folding map as frontis, small closed tear 5cm to margin, 18 full page plates, presentation circular blind stamp to tile page blank margin, inscription to front paste down, publishers blue cloth, some light surface rubbing light mark to front board, gilt on title dull, vg-. Chapters on a species by species basis giving the natural history and the author's hunting experiences, Fletcher switched from a .450 rifle to a .600 Jeffery, he notes the recoil from his rifle is somewhat severe. Czech 80.
[20382] |
£120.00 |
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Foran William Robert |
LEGENDS OF THE FIELD: FAMOUS EARLY HUNTERS IN AFRICA
1997.
1st Edn.
Published on behalf of the East African Professional Hunters Association by Trophy Room Books,.
Agoura, California..
xxii-319, Large 8vo illustrated with b/w photographs, and drawings by Bob Kuhn, pictorial end-papers. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 1000 copies, numbered and signed by Anthony Dyer who contributed an Afterword and Tony Archer who gave the original manuscript to the E.A.P.H.A a fine copy in DJ. Signed & numbered. The cover title is different: LEGENDS OF THE FIELD: MORE EARLY HUNTERS IN AFRICA. "Famous names like Baker, Selous, Neumann, Oswell, Sutherland, Andersson, Bell, Jackson and Samaki Salmon have their life stories recounted by the noted Foran." A manuscript completed by Foran in 1957 but not published until 1997. Foreword, dated 1956, by Keith Caldwell.
[23496] |
£75.00 |
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FORAN W.R. |
The Kenya Police 1887-1960
1962.
1st Edn.
Robert Hale.
xvi 237 pages, b/w illus from photographs and map, below the photo of Moyale Police Station 1960 to blank margin "This was my office in 1958-59 ...... tipped onto rear blank end paper illus of Kenya Police Patrol, publishers blue cloth title in silver, vg in dj. light surface rubbing to edges, although not a hunting title Robert Foran was a big game hunter and early member of the Kenya Police, he relates the history and achievement of the Kenya Police.
[20348] |
£85.00 |
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FOSTER Hugh W. |
Someone Of Value, A Biography Of Robert Ruark
1991.
1st Edn,.
Trophy Room Books.
Agoura, Ca, USA.
316 pages, illus, very top corner edge of first 150 pages slight damp mark to margin o/w vg. Limited to 1000 copies signed by the author.
[14792] |
£40.00 |
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