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K.C.A.J. [Major General J.Burton Forster] |
The Sportsman's Vade-Mecum For The Himalayas, Containing Notes on Shooting, Outfit, Camp Equipment, Sporting Yarns etc
1891.
1st Edn,.
Horace Cox.
120 pages, 28 pages of sporting adverts and advert end papers, frontis illustration of hunter in shikar dress and numerous text line drawings of guns ammunition equipment required etc. Bookplate to blank verso of the front end paper ownership signature to upper blank margin of chapter 1. Publishers cream cloth with title in red and black to upper cover with markor head in black, advert to rear cloth dust soiled, The first half of an excellent work details the equipment needed for sporting excursions including choice of firearms, the second half dwells on the authors experiences of hunting,. Detailing the game the .450 and 500 express rifle etc. Czech 115
[23192] |
£180.00 |
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KENYA |
Kenya Its Industries, Trade, Sports And Climate
1924.
British Empire Exhibition Council.
XII + 187 pages, adverts, yellow printed paper covers, title in black, maps of Africa to upper cover, new spine matching the original.
[16761] |
£35.00 |
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KER Donald L |
African Adventures
1957.
1st Edn.
Atackpole.
Harrisburg, USA.
viii 248 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, ownership inscription to FEP, publishers marbled patterned boards with antelope motif, vg in g+ dj, dj chipped to edges strengthened to verso now in removable sleeve. Ker one of the founders of Ker Donney Safaris recounts his life spent in Africa with emphasis on hunting lions, elephant, rhino and antelope species. Czech 159.
[21257] |
£60.00 |
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KINGSLEY-HEATH John |
Hunting The Dangerous Game Of Africa
1998.
Sycamore Island Books.
Boulder, Colorado.
xvi 471 pages, 4to., profusely illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings etc., + numerous maps signed by the author on the 1/2 title page. A fine copy in likewise dj, dj has no defects. the experiences of a hunter guide hunting the big five includes an incident when he was mauled by a lion. Czech 152
[21730] |
£200.00 |
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Kingston, William H G, Low, Charles Rathbone; New Edition by Latham, Edward |
Great African Travellers from Bruce and Mungo Park to Livingstone, Stanley, Gordon Cumming, Selous and Sir Harry Johnston
1914.
New.
Routledge & Sons.
xvi ? 541 pages,m with 100 full page and text illustrations, some spotting to end papers presentation bookplate to the front end paper. Neatly recased in the original pictorial covers.
[23183] |
£45.00 |
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KINLOCH Alexander A A |
Large Game Shooting In Thibet And The North West (2nd Series)
1876.
1st Edn,.
Harrison.
54 pages, 4to., frontis and 10 other plates from photographs, publishers green cloth with gilt yak head to upper board, vg. A continuation from Kinloch's 1869 volume includes yak, tahr, markhor, serow, goral, sambur and other big game includes natural history and observation with hunting. Czech 119
[19602] |
£235.00 |
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KINLOCH Bruce |
The Shamba Raiders, Memories Of A Game Warden
1988.
revised Edn,.
Southampton.
405 pages, illus in b/w from photographs + chapter heading drawings, fine in dj, presentation inscription on the FEP signed and dated by Bruce Kinloch. Kinloch was chief game warden for 25 years in Uganda, Tanganyka and Malawi, includes a great deal of hunting. Czech 152 , vg in dj, much on the East African.
[19513] |
£35.00 |
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KOENIGSMARCK Count Hans Von |
The Markhor. Sport in Cashmere
1910.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.
xv + 151 pages, frontis and 8 plates, inscription to front paste down "From the author June 1915", publisher's emerald green cloth with mountain scene with standing markhor in silver to upper board, a vg bright copy. A German officer, a guest of a British regiment enjoyed considerable sport in India, a third of the book described his hunts for Markhor near Punjal. Czech 122.
[20871] |
£320.00 |
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