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MacCREAGH Gordon |
The Last Of Free Africa. the Account Of An Expedition Into Abyssinia With Observations On The Manners, Customs And Traditions Of The Ethiopians With Some Pungent Remarks On The Anomalous Political Situation That, At Present, Obtains Between This Ancient Kingdom And The nations Of The World
1935.
2nd Edn.
D Appleton Century Company.
New York.
xxii 372 pages, numerous illus from photographs, map end papers, rubbing to dedication page to upper blank margin just going through paper where ownership label removed?. Publishers brown cloth, gilt title and native vignette to upper boards, vg in dj, some chipping to head of spine and split to front spine edge, no loss and now in clear removable sleeve. The second edition has an added forward and epilogue, includes some big game hunting. The author describes a hunt for a man eating hippopotamus. Czech 175
[21439] |
£40.00 |
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MacDonald Major J R L |
Soldiering And Surveying In British East Africa 1891 - 1894
1897.
1st Edn.
Edward Arnold.
xvi 333, advert leaf, frontis + 11 plates + folding diagrams + 3 folding maps, publishers dark red cloth, slight fading to spine, sport in teh Masai Territory shooting leopard and rhino. MacDonald was chief engineer of the prelimary survey for the Uganda railway. Czech 175/76
[20306] |
£185.00 |
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Mackenzie D R |
The Spirit Ridden Konde. A record Of The Interesting But Steadily Vanishing Customs & Ideas Gathered During Twenty Four Years Residence Amongst These Shy Inhabitants Of The Lake Nyasa Region, From Witch Doctors, Diviners, Hunters, Fishers & Every Native Source
1925.
Seeley Service & Co.
xv 318 pages + advert leaf, illus from photographs, folding map to rear some occasional spotting to contents. Publishers blue cloth with gilt standing native to upper board. A vg clean copy although not a hunting title there is mention of the fauna, animals etc.
[21182] |
£80.00 |
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MACMILLAN Alastair |
Eastern Africa And Rhodesia, Historical And Descriptive, Commercial And Industrial Facts, Figures, And Resources
1930.
1st Edn,.
W.H. and L Collinridge.
503 pages, 4to., AEG, illus from photographs, coloured map, light spotting to half title, dark red cloth, gilt title and palm tree vignette to upper cover, a vg copy. Very occasional mention of the wild game but mostly an insight to the business, commercial and resources of Eastern Africa before the 2nd World War.
[20354] |
£85.00 |
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MANNERS Harry |
Kambaku!
1981.
1st English Edn,.
Fredeick Muller Ltd.
209 pages, illus from photographs, map end papers, a fine copy in dj. Manners spent 45 years as a professional hunter and a guide for the hunting parties in Mozambique, much of the book refers to elephant hunting. Czech 180
[20026] |
£55.00 |
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MARCOSSON Isac F |
An African Adventure
1921.
1st English.
John Lane.
London, New York.
288 pages, frontis portrait + 35 plates including map, a vg clean copy in the publishers blue cloth in worn dj. dj showing loss to head and tail of spine. A trip from Cape Town through Rhodesia and the Congo just after the first world war.
[20333] |
£50.00 |
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MAUGHAM R.C.F. |
Wild Game In Zambezia
1914.
1st Edn,.
James Murray.
XII 376 pages, TEG, illus, folding map, some light foxing to contents, vg. The author describes game and hunting conditions, he includes elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion, hippo etc., Czech 185/86
[3272] |
£140.00 |
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MAXWELL Herbert |
Wild Sports Of The West With Legendary Tales And Local Sketches
1892.
new Edn,.
Simpkin, Marshall, hamilton, Kent & Co.,.
337 pages, 16pp of adverts, frontis illus "the eagles Cyrie", contemporary inscription to the FEP. Publishers dark red cloth gilt title and sporting vignette to the spine, VG. . First published in 1832 includes salmon fishing, deer stalking, Irish life and legends. ?60
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£60.00 |
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MAYDON Major H C |
Simen, Its Heights And Abysses, A Record Of Travel & Sport In Abyssinia With Some Account Of The Sacred City Of Aksum And The Ruins Of Gondar
1925.
1st Edn.
H F & G Witherby.
244 + 1 pages, 11 plates + folding plan and 5 text maps, publishers green cloth, gilt mountain vignette to spine, cloth clean and fresh. Maydon set out in 1922 for the Simen Mountains, whilst much of the narrative provided gives excellent details regarding the terrain, there are sporting adventures after Wallia, Ibex, Mountain Nyla etc., Czech 187
[21058] |
£400.00 |
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MAYDON Major H C |
Simen, Its Heights And Abysses, A Record Of Travel & Sport In Abyssinia With Some Account Of The Sacred City Of Aksum And The Ruins Of Gondar
1925.
1st Edn.
H F & G Witherby.
244 + 1 pages, 11 plates + folding plan and 5 text maps, publishers green cloth, gilt mountain vignette to spine, couple of small marks to cloth o/w vg. Maydon set out in 1922 for the Simen Mountains, whilst much of the narrative provided gives excellent details regarding the terrain, there are sporting adventures after Wallia, Ibex, Mountain Nyla etc., Czech 187
[21436] |
£360.00 |
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MCCANN Charles, STOCKLEY Lt Col C.H. |
A Shikar's Pocket Book With Hints On Preserving And Skinning Trophies in The Field
1927.
1st Edn,.
48 pages, 12mo, text illus, the book is contained in brown wallet with an accompanying separate big game register, the register is divided into dates, species, locality, measurements, remarks. 13 sides filled in a neat hand, there is also a section for notes, 1 side filled in covering the years 1931 to 1937. The game mentioned include crocodile, panther, sloth, bear, tiger, python. The author goes into detail on the hunt and shot, tiger length 7'10", "after 25 yards tiger ran out of thicket and charged, shot him through the chest, she fell into nale?" A very scarce item and unique with the register.
[5441] |
£350.00 |
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MEINERTZHAGEN Col R. |
Kenya Diary 1902 - 1906
1957.
1st Edn,.
Oliver and Boyd.
viii 347 pages, full page illus from photographs, small ownership stamp to front end paper, publishers' brown cloth, a near fine copy in dj. The book details the life of a young officer in Kenya in the early years, he hunted lion, leopard, hippo, rhino, buffalo, numerous antelope species etc., Czech 193
[23404] |
£100.00 |
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MELLAND Frank |
Elephants In Africa
1938.
1st Edn,.
Country Life.
xiii 86 pages, illus with 12 full page drawings by Stuart Tresilian, offset mark to front rear end paper from dj, publishers green cloth vg in dj, dj has chips to one corner, paper price label on spine partly removed. Melland's work combines sporting elements and natural history. He recounts elephant hunting, a number of sportsmen and includes his own travels through Africa more than three decades earlier with Edward Cholmeley Czech 193/94
[20327] |
£125.00 |
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MELLON James |
African Hunter
1975.
1st Edn,.
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
New York.
xx 522 pages, 4to, well illustrated throughout from photographs and maps, black cloth with title to upper board in grey, a VG copy in dj neat 2cm repair to lower rear flap. A comprehensive work on African big game hunting with contributions by leading hunters of the time. There is also an interesting chapter by Rowland Ward of London on the skinning and the preservation of big game trophies. A modern classic on African hunting. Czech 194/95
[23418] |
£95.00 |
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MENDELSSOHN Sidney |
South African Bibliography
1957.
2nd Edn,.
The Holland Press.
2 Vols, lxxii + 1008 + 1139 pages, small 4to., 26 full page illustrations, a fine copy in the publishers cloth, dj complete, no loss but a few closed tears and creasing to outer edges. Also includes 2 original card boxes. First published in 1910, the 2nd edition is limited to 500 copies. the extensive catalogue Raisonne of the Mendelssohn Library relating to South Africa gives details of collation and annotations, commentaries and references. An exhaustive and unsurpassed bibliography of all books and all papers in all languages pertaining to South Africa.
[18499] |
£85.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
Far Away Up The Nile
1924.
1st Edn,.
Longman Green and Co.
x 254 pages, small 4to, frontis + 49 plates by the author and H.R.Millais and from photographs, 1 plate slight creasing in places to very outer margin to edge, original brick red cloth, light rubbing to head of spine. Millais hunting along the Nile valley for buffalo, hartebeest, roan eland etc. Czech 197
[21665] |
£65.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
Far Away Up The Nile
1924.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
x 254 pages, small 4to, illustrations from drawings by the author and H.R. Millais and from photographs. Some spotting to the prelims, publishers dark red. Millais hunting along the Nile valley for buffalo, hartebeest, roan eland etc. Czech 197
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£60.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
Newfoundland and Its Untrodden Way
1907.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
XVI 340 pages, TEG, 4to., illus by the author and from photographs, light spotting to front closed page edges, a vg+ copy in later not recent 1/2 dark blue morroco binding by Hatchards, gilt ruling to corners and spine edges. Spine with 6 panels, gilt tooling to the raised band spine panels with inner double frame. An attractive copy, armorial bookplate of S.C.Lister, Swinton Park. Millais relates his experiences hunting caribou, various species of deer, national history etc. He notes "In no country have I experienced such enjoyable hunting as in Newfoundland"
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£285.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
Wanderings And Memoirs
1919.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
XII 298 pages, advert leaf, illus from drawings and photographs by the author, publishers cloth, gilt title on spine dull as often found.
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£60.00 |
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MILLAIS J.G. |
Wanderings And Memoirs
1919.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
XII 298 pages, advert leaf, illus from drawings and photographs by the author, contents clean and tight, original covers evenly faded. Includes a chapter on Arthur Neumann, Pioneer and Elephant Hunter and A Hunting Trip To British East Africa in 1913. Czech 197.
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£50.00 |
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MILLINGEN J.G. |
The History Of Duelling Including Narratives Of The Most Remarkable Personal Encounters That Have Taken Place From The Earliest Period To The Present Day
1841.
1st Edn.
Richard Bentley.
2 Vols, xii 399, xii 428 pages Top edges gilt ownership bookplate to front pastedowns, a very clean set finely bound in a half tan calf with contrasting labels with gilt decorations to spine compartments by Bayntun Binders of Bath, a fine set. Covers the rise of duelling in Europe and the United States. Duelling in Great Britain and Ireland listing Individual duels during the reign of George III, Duelling in various countries from the accession of George IV in 1820 to the year 1841. ?485
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£485.00 |
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Mitchell, Ph.D., Robert M.; Frisina, Ph.D., Michael R. |
From the Himalayas to the Rockies: Retracing the Great Arc of Wild Sheep
2007.
1st Edn.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA.
xvii ? 230 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings + colour maps. A fine copy in DJ. A finely illustrated book with detailed maps. A systematic approach to classifying the wild sheep of the new and old the old worlds. Also included are a selection of hunting stories.
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£50.00 |
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MOIR F.L.M. |
After Livingstone An African Trade Romance
nd 1923.
1st Edn,.
XX 200 pages, illus from photographs, map on rear EP, some foxing to contents, original blue cloth, title in black on spine. Moir and his brother set out to open up a trade route between the East coats and the district round the Great Lakes of Nyaja and Tanganyika and includes some hunting, chapters on my first elephant, a big boy, taming young elephants, small game etc. the Moir brothers were also responsible for the abolition of the slave trade in those parts. Not in Czech
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£60.00 |
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MORAY BROWN J. |
Stray Sport
1893.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwood and Sons.
xii 304, viii 293 pages, 2 Vols, 15 full page plates + text drawings throughout, Vol I the first part 240+ pages are on Indian Shikar, the rest of Vol I and Vol II covers sport at home including fishing, snipe and woodcock shooting etc in England Scotland and Ireland. Publishers' olive-green cloth with gilt pig sticking scene to upper board of both volumes. Personal presentation inscription to ? title page of volume 2 "To my journalistic mentor E Sacks with the Authors best wishes Sept 1893". Below are some handwritten lines (I believe which are taken from a song by Campbell of Saddell). Brown enjoyed considerable sport in India he recounts pig sticking, elephant and tiger shooting stalking samba and bear etc he details tiger measurements and weights. Unusual to find a signed copy. Czech 33 not listed by Chute
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£200.00 |
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MOYSE BARTLETT Lieut Col H |
The Kings African Rifles A Study Of Military History Of Easy And Central Africa 1890-1945
1956.
1st Edn.
Gale of Polden.
Aldershot.
xiv 727 pages, b/w illustrations from photographs, 11 folding maps, text maps etc., publisher's black cloth, gilt regiment crest to upper board, cloth clean and bright, a vg+ copy in likewise dj. Although a regimental history the book is an insight to the area of Uganda, Kenya, Somaliland during a formative period.
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£120.00 |
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Musselwhite, Arthur |
Behind the Lens in Tigerland
1933.
1st Edn.
Thacker, Spink & Co,.
Calcutta, India.
Small 4to illustrated throughout in b/w of photographs. Publishers slate blue cloth with tiger head vignette to upper board and title to spine in black. A collection of photos taken over 15 years of studies of big game and life. Include scenes from hunting with accompanying text.
[22082] |
£70.00 |
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