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Pardal, Jose |
Elephant Hunting In Portuguese East Africa
1990.
1st English.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA, USA.
xi 285 illustrated in b/w from photographs with pictorial coloured end papers. Bound in dark green bonded leather gilt title to the upper board with elephant vignette. Limited to 1000 copies signed and numbered by Jose Pardel. A fine copy lacking the slipcase. "Pardal details his numerous experiences hunting big ivory in Mozambique spanning 32 years, as well as note of hunters killed by elephants. He also includes an interesting chapter regarding his views of rifles and cartridges". Czech 212
[22201] |
£90.00 |
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PATTERSON Leiut Col J.H. |
The Man Eaters Of Tsavo And Other East African Adventures
1908.
reprint.
Macmillan and Co Ltd.
xx-338 pages, frontis + full page and text illustrations from photographs,+ a full-page map. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine VG. An early reprint of Patterson book popular book, first published in October 1807, this reprint is January 1908.Patterson describes the death of railroad workers building the Uganda Railway by a pair of man-eating lions. The first half of the book relates to Patterson's efforts to destroy the man-eaters. The remaining half details his hunting experience's including Rhino Lion plains game etc.
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£65.00 |
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PATTERSON Lieut Col J.H. |
In The Grip Of The Nyika, Further Adventures In British East Africa
1909.
1st.
Macmillan and Co.
389 pages, top edge gilt numerous illustrations in the text from photographs +9 maps, browning to the end papers. Publishers' blue cloth with gilt vignette of a camel and native to the upper cover . Patterson revisited the infamous sites of Tsavo, the treks into the Nyika East Africa , bushbuck, eland and kudu bagged and hunting lion, rhino, rogue elephant etc. Czech 214
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£135.00 |
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PEACOCK E.H. |
A Game Book For Burma And Adjoining Territories The Types Distribution and Habits of Large and Small Game Together with Notes On Game Preservation, Photography, Tracking, Still-Hunting and the Care and Measurements of Trophies
1933.
1st Edn,.
H F and G Witherby.
292 pages, frontis and 24 plates from photographs + folding map, a vg copy in the publishers brown cloth. Czech 158
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£120.00 |
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PEASE Sir Alfred |
The Book Of The Lion
1914.
2nd Edn,.
John Murray.
xx 293 pages, 6 pages of adverts, 12 plates + text drawings. Inscription to the front end paper some light spotting to contents. Publishers red cloth, cloth clean and bright. Both a scientific and sporting examination of the lion with hunting lion the length and breadth of Africa with Pease offering his own experience. The second edition hasa new 5-page preface and an added Appendix V with a list of Lions and other animals shot in the different regions of Africa. Czech 215/216.
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£140.00 |
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PEASE Sir Alfred E. |
Travel And Sport In Africa
1902.
1st Edn,.
Arthur L Humphreys.
3 Vols, xvii 359; xii 314; x 232 pages, TEG. large 4to., 57 colour plates, 37 photogravure plates + frontis and 2 other plates, 3 large folding-coloured maps and various text illus mostly from photographs, sporting bookplate to front paste down on each volume. Unobtrusive stain to the very inner lower joint of the front-end paper of volume 2 similar mark to page 310/11 and the plate only effecting the inner blank margins and causing slight darkening to the cloth, also similar mark to volume 3 with small inner mark to page 267/68 and plate again only effecting the very inner blank margin, otherwise the contents clean and tight and free of foxing or inscriptions. Publishers' green cloth with Pease's gilt cypher to upper boards with cream cloth spine, cream cloth lightly dust soiled, 2cm bruise mark to front edge of the upper board of volume 3. A very good set of Pease's major and extensive work and quite scarce. "Pease recounts ten years of travel and hunting through various parts of Africa in this monumental late Victorian work. Volume One details Algeria and the Sahara regions with attendant sport after lions and antelope species. In Volume Two, Pease describes his time spent in Somaliland with bunts after lions and elephants, as well as antelopes, moths and butterflies. Volume Three continues a later expedition into Somaliland and southern Abyssinia hunting lions, elephants, rhinoceros and antelopes" Czech 215. The colour plates although somewhat naive are particularly evocative, mostly done by Pease at the time, as are the photographs.
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£3350.00 |
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PEISSEL Michael |
Tiger For Breakfast, The Story Of Boris Of Kathmandu - Adventurer, Big Game Hunter, And Host Of Nepals Famous Royal Hotel
1966.
1st Edn.
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
282 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, vg in dj. the author hunted tiger leopard and bantewg in Cambodia, He traveled to India where he hunted tiger in Cooch Behar in Bamra and in the Nepalese Terai, collecting more than sixty of the big cats. Czech 159.m
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£40.00 |
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PERCIVAL A.Blayney |
A Game Ranger On Safari
1928.
1st Edn,.
Nisbet and Co Ltd.
xv 305 pages, frontis, 23 plates, folding map, couple of pages of prelims badly open to blank margins, some occasional spotting. Recently bound in the style of the original binding. Blind stamped title to the upper board gilt title and publishers to the spine. The scarcer of Percival's works, plenty of hunting episodes after rhinoceros, buffalo, lion etc, Czech 217
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£80.00 |
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PERCIVAL A.Blayney |
A Game Ranger's Note Book
1924.
1st Edn.
Nisbet and Co Ltd.
xviii 374 pages, pages uncut, folding maps and 32 plates from photographs by the Author and Mr. Martin Johnson. Publishers' green cloth blind stamped title to the upper cover. A very good + copy the contents free of foxing the binding free of fading. Percival spent 30 years in Africa much of it as a member of the Kenya Colony Game Department and went on numerous hunting expeditions. Czech 217
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£220.00 |
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PETHERICK John |
Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa; with Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Region of the Equator being Sketches from Sixteen Years' Travels
1861.
1st.
William Blackwood.
Edinburgh.
xii - 482 pages + 16-page publishers' catalogue large folding map at end with old repair to verso off the map and a closed tear approx. 10 cm. Inscription to top margin of ? title dated 1863 -1868. Recased with new end papers in the publisher's brown blind stamped cloth. Petherick, a contemporary of Baker, Burton, and Speke, travelled along the Nile Valley through Kordofan and into the unknown region beyond. Contains some hunting incidents hunting Gazelle, Buffalo and rhinoceros, with a description of a nati0ve hunt for elephants. Czech p129 ?225
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£225.00 |
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PHILIP John |
Researches In South Africa Illustrating The Civil, Moral And Religous Condition Of Native Tribes Including Journals Of The Authors Travels In The Interior
1828.
1st Edn.
James Duncan.
2 volumes, xxxv-403 pages viii-450 pages + 1, frontis plate to Vol I "View of Bethelsdorp", folding map, frontis to Vol II + plate "Plan of Theopolis", foxing to frontis, tissue guard and title page of Vol I, less so to last 4 pages and blank end paper, also foxing to map and title page of Vol II and again to last 4 pages, armorial bookplate of "Henry Birkbeck" to front free EP and printed label of Henry Birkbeck Jun. to front paste down to both volumes. Bound in a contemporary 1/2 green calf, gilt title and blind stamp decorations to spine compartments, some light rubbing to edges. Few books on South Africa matters have been subject of such fierce denunciation and bitter criticism as these volumes. the author proceeded to South Africa in the service of the London Missionary Society in 1819 and soon became the most drastic censor on the methods pursued towards the natives by the colonists. Mendelssohn Vol 2 pp160\61
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£580.00 |
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PHILLIPS-WOLLEY C. |
Badminton Library; Big Game Hunting
1894.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
xvi- 543, x 443 pages, 2 volumes numerous full page and text illustrations by Charles Whymper, J. Wolf, and others and photographs. some occasional spotting to contents. Bound in the original pictorial brown cloth lettered in white and black, rubbing to the head and tail of the spines, the spines evenly darkened. vg. A guide comprehensive guide to hunting in Europe, Africa, Asia etc. Contributions by Samuel Baker Cotton Oswell Selous Heber Percy and others. Published in the Badminton Library Series
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£45.00 |
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PIGOT Brigadier General R. |
Twenty Five Years Big Game Hunting
1928.
1st Edn,.
Chatto Windus.
xi-307 pages, 64 illustrations from photographs, publishers red cloth. The contents clean and free of any spotting, the binding clean with no marks or defects a very good + copy. Pigots account of hunting in the Far East, hunting tiger in the central provinces, bear, ibex, antelope etc., in Kashmir and Tibet, Czech Asia 162.
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£120.00 |
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PIGOT Brigadier General R. |
Twenty Five Years Big Game Hunting
1928.
1st Edn,.
Chatto Windus.
XI 307 pages, 64 illus from photographs, some occasional spotting to contents and closed page edges, publishers red cloth binding, spine faded and some rubbing to edges. Pigots account of hunting and the Far East, hunting tiger in the central provinces, bear, ibex, antelope etc., in Kashmir and Tibet, Czech Asia 162.
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£70.00 |
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PITMAN C.R.S. |
A Report On A Faunal Survey Of Northern Rhodesia With Especial Reference To game, Elephant Control And National Parks
1934.
1st Edn,.
Government Printers.
Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia.
xii 500 pages, 2 volumes the first volume text, volume 2 contains 11 loose folding-coloured maps + a xxxii page printed card covered index in the original drop over box. Both volumes with publishers dark red rexine spine over printed paper covered boards, split to part top edge of the drop over box. Small ownership stamp of G.K Ricardo Bertram to top edge of each volume, A very good clean set in the original bindings. Pitman oversaw game investigation and control in Northern Rhodesia (game warden Uganda Protectorate). A major and important study of game and its hunting. At a time when elephants and buffalo and their increase threatened economic wellbeing.
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£480.00 |
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PLAYNE Somerset, |
Cape Colony: Its History, Commerce, Industries, and Resources
1910-1911.
1st Edn,.
The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co.
Woking.
792 pages, 4to all edges gilt, illustrated throughout from photographs. Bound in full, crushed black morroco, gilt vignette to the upper board, a very good clean copy. Although not a hunting title the book gives an in-depth survey of the country and the British attitude. There are some excellent photos, the farms and people, the fauna, trout fishing etc. A title often found in poor condition.
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£245.00 |
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PLAYNE Somerset, HOLDERNESS F.Gale |
East Africa (British) It's History, People, Commerce, Industries and Resources
1908-09.
1st Edn,.
The Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Co.
Woking.
443 pages, AEG, large 4to., illustrated throughout from photographs, some browning to the blank end paper, the contents clean and tight. Original full dark red leather binding with gilt vignette of giraffe and ostriches to the upper board within gilt borders, 3inch crack to upper front edge of the spine, some light rubbing to bottom of the spine and corners. The binding is tight and firm. Also includes 2 trading licenses for 1902 for the Uganda Protectorate issued to H Story also his business card. There is also a document from the British Government noting the death of Trooper B.C. Story in the great war, and a printed note from Buckingham Palace acknowledging his loss. H Story is listed in the book as owner of Naivasha Stores and Rift Valley Hotel and a 1000-acre farm 20 miles from Naivasha there is a full page showing photographs of the Hotel, The Stores and The Farm pencil note below "Father" Although not a hunting title the book gives an in-depth survey of the country and the British attitude. there are some excellent photos including ivory being weighed, the farms and people, the fauna etc., includes a section on game in East Africa by A Blayney Percival.
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£500.00 |
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POLLOCK Colonel |
Incidents Of Foreign Sport And Travel
1894.
1st Edn,.
Chapman and Hall Ltd.
VI 427 pages, frontis illus and 9 other plates, inner front hinge paper cracked, contents clean and tight. Publishers cream cloth some marking, occasional small insect damage to cloth, binding tight. Mostly Indian big game but also Mahseer fishing, West Africa and Syria. Czech 164
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£120.00 |
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POTTINGER Sir Henry |
Flood Fell And Forest
1905.
1st Edn,.
Edward Arnold.
2 Vols, xi - 288 + vii - 286 pages, 16pp of adverts, frontis to volume one and 32 full page plates, some browning to the blank end papers . Armorial bookplate of the author Sir Henry Pottinger to front paste downs. Publishers' dark blue cloth bindings gilt titles to the spine. The author recounts sport in Norway including trout fishing, hunting elk bear stag etc. THE AUTHORS COPY
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£160.00 |
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POWELL COTTON Major P.H.E. |
In Unknown Africa, A Narrative Of Twenty Months' Travel And Sport In Unknown Land Among New Tribes
1904.
1st Edn,.
Hurst And Blackett Ltd.
xxxiii 619 pages, top edge gilt, illustrated with 240 drawings by A. Forestier, 2 colour plates of giraffe photographs by the author and two folding. Bound in the original dark blue cloth with giraffe head and title in gilt to upper board. Gilt title and native vignette to spine. A very good + copy of a title often found in poor condition the text block is heavy and often pulls away from the binding. Cotton's hunting trip to East Africa for sport hunting all the major species also to prove the existence of the five horned giraffe, which he eventually bagged. There was also an edition where the upper title and illustrations was in black to the upper board and the top edge not gilt. Czech 226
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£520.00 |
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POWELL COTTON Major P.H.E. |
In Unknown Africa, A Narrative Of Twenty Months' Travel And Sport In Unknown Land Among New Tribes
1904.
1st Edn,.
Hurst And Blackett Ltd.
xxiii 619 pages, 2 full page plates in colour and numerous full page and text illus, 2 folding maps, foxing to prelims and closed page edges, small 3cm x 1cm loss to lower inner edge of front-end paper, cracking to inner hinge of end paper but a tight copy. Signed on the dedication page by Powell Cotton Bound in the original dark blue cloth with giraffe head and title in black to upper board. Gilt title and native vignette to spine, small 1cm x 1cm chip to spine below native vignette, light rubbing to corners, covers etc. Cotton's hunting trip to East Africa for sport hunting all the major species also to prove the existence of the five horned giraffe, which he eventually bagged. Czech 134.
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£360.00 |
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POWELL COTTON P.H.G. |
A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, A Narrative Of Nine Months Journey From The Plains Of The Hawash To The Snows Of Simien, With A Description Of The Game, From Elephant to Ibex, And Notes On The Manners And Customs Of The Natives
1902.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
XXIII 531 pages, 12 pages adverts, full page and text illus, loose coloured folding map, bound in plain maroon cloth, vg+. The Powell Cotton Museum had a small amount of copies which they bound with the Rowland Ward end papers, the map being loose in the style of the original in the late 1950's, early 60's. Includes a handwritten slip on Powell Cotton Museum headed paper noting the binding in 1976 on the original edition for the benefit of the museum signed by Christopher Powell Cotton, the author's son, also signed on 1/2 title. An excellent narrative of sport and exploration in the Abyssinian Hinterland. Czech 133.
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£380.00 |
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POWELL COTTON P.H.G. |
A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, A Narrative Of Nine Months Journey From The Plains Of The Hawash To The Snows Of Simien, With A Description Of The Game, From Elephant to Ibex, And Notes On The Manners And Customs Of The Natives
1902.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
XXIII 531 pages, 12 pages adverts, full page and text illus, loose coloured folding map, bound in plain maroon cloth, vg+. The Powell Cotton Museum had a small amount of copies which they bound with the Rowland Ward end papers, the map being loose in the style of the original in the late 1950's, early 60's. An excellent narrative of sport and exploration in the Abyssinian Hinterland. Czech 133.
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£340.00 |
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POWELL COTTON P.H.G. |
A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, A Narrative Of Nine Months Journey From The Plains Of The Hawash To The Snows Of Simien, With A Description Of The Game, From Elephant to Ibex, And Notes On The Manners And Customs Of The Natives
1902.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
xxiii 531 pages, 12 pages adverts, full page and text illus, loose coloured folding map, signed on the half title "with best wishes Christopher Powell Cotton". Christopher is the author's son, bound in plain maroon cloth, vg+. The Powell Cotton Museum had a small amount of copies which they bound with the Rowland Ward end papers, the map in this copy is a later facsimile. An excellent narrative of sport and exploration in the Abyssinian Hinterland. Czech 133.
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£340.00 |
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PREBBLE John |
Mongaso Man Who Is Always Moving - The Story Of An African Hunter John Alfred Jordan
1956.
1st Edn,.
248 pages, Illus. vg in chipped dj.
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£35.00 |
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PRESCOTT-WESTCAR Lt Col V.L. |
Big Game Boers And Boches
1937.
Stanley Paul & Co Ltd.
319 pages, 8 pages of adverts, 23 illustrations from photographs, ownership stamp to the front end paper. Publishers' green cloth, some slight bubbling to the spine in one place, Good +. The author arrived in the Sudan in 1912 and embarked on a shooting trip along the White Nile hunting elephant, hippo, lion etc. Later excursions along the Blue Nile. the reminder of the hunting covers India and Burma hunting bear, leopard, some pig sticking bison etc., Also his military exploits. Czech Africa226/27, India 167.
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£45.00 |
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