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RASHDI Pir Ali Muhammad |
Sindh Ways and Days Shikar and Other Memories
2003.
1st Edn.
Oxford University Press.
Banealore.
xvii 158 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, a fine copy in dj. Hunting experiences in Sindh and India, tiger, leopard, buffalo, boars etc., A scarce and sought after title records, the hayday of hunting.
[21720] |
£250.00 |
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RATCLIFFE Doroithy Una |
Equatorial Dawn, Travel Letters From North, East and Central Africa
1936.
Eyre & Spottiswoode.
xi 305 pages, frontis illus + 40 b/w plates from photographs + folding map, light spotting to title page, publishers black cloth, gilt title to upper cover, vg. Ratcliffe travelled with her husband to Kenya where he indulged in a little big game hunting etc. Czech 230
[19276] |
£40.00 |
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RAWSTONE Lawrence |
Gamonia: or, The Art Of Preserving Game And An Improved Method Of Making Plantations And Covers
1837.
1st Edn,.
R.Ackermann.
xiv 208 pages, AEG, errata slip, 15 fine hand coloured aquatint plates by J.T.Rawlins of shooting scenes etc., the plates are clean and bright, light browning to the title page. Published full green morroco binding, with ornate gilt decorated border to the front and rear covers all edges gilt. A very good copy in a purpose made drop over box. The first edition of an important book, as it is the first to describe how to improve the quality of shooting by sound forestry. The plates are particularly fine and exquisite, "showing good impressions of the way in which our forebears killed their game" Schwerdt Vol II 127, Chute 536.
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£950.00 |
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REES Stanley |
The Royal Tour In India, A Record Of The Tour Of T.R.H. The Prince And Princess Of Wales In India and Burma From November 1905 to March 1906
1906.
1st Edn,.
Bennett Coleman and Co.
Bombay.
XXIV 510 + (3) pages, 4to., full page and text illus from photographs, publishers blue cloth, title in black to upper board, light rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. Rees a correspondent from the time of India describe in great detail the visit, the royal party visited numerous areas and took time off for sport, shooting tiger in Jaipur and Gwalior also tiger, panther, sambur and other game from a machan near Hyderabad and Pakhal Lake, Czech 171.
[18484] |
£220.00 |
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RICE William |
Indian Game (from Quail to Tiger)
1884.
1st Edn.
W.H.Allen & Co.
iv 221 pages, 6-page appendix, 12 tinted plates of game + diagram picture of pegging down a tiger skin, some spotting to prelims and verso of the frontis. Armorial bookplate to front paste down. Publishers' green cloth, gilt tiger, and hunter vignette to the upper board within black ruled and gilt border, decorative gilt and black patterned spine. Light rubbing to the head of the spine. An excellent work and beautifully illustrated recounting the author's hunting trips for a variety of large and small game in Indian Bombay Presidency. Includes 3 chapters on tiger hunting. Czech 172
[22964] |
£180.00 |
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Rikhoff, Jim |
Hunting The African Buffalo
1984.
1st Edn,.
The Amwell Press.
Clinton, New Jersey, USA.
xxv - 599, all edges gilt, illustrated by Guy Coheleach with colour frontis and numerous line drawing. Limited to 1000 signed and numbered copies. Bound in faux leather with gilt buffalo vignette to upper cover with decorative spine in the original slipcase. A fine copy. An anthology, on hunting the African Cape Buffalo a selections from the best writings Czech 232
[23268] |
£220.00 |
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ROBERT ARTHUR BALFORD ( LORD RIVERDALE ) |
SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER GENTLY
1991.
1st Edn.
Lord Riverdale.
Sheffield.
125 -viii pp., 4to illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs drawings etc. Presentation inscription from Lord Riverdale on the front blank. A fine copy in DJ. The book could just as well have been "titled 80 years with the Rifle "a great deal of the book is devoted to stalking but also big game hunting in India and Africa in the 1930s, Also notes on rifles Czech 234.
[22470] |
£46.00 |
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ROBERTSON Kevin Doctari |
The Perfect Shot, Shot Placement For African Big Game
1999.
1st Edn.,.
Safari Press.
Longbeach, California, USA.
271 pages, 4to illustration's in colour from photographs + anatomy artwork. Ownership signature on the ? title a fine copy in dj, dj. Robertson a professional hunter and vet has created a comprehensive work on anatomical features of all classes of African game, and where to place the best shot. The first edition of a classic title Czech 234
[23255] |
£95.00 |
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RONALDSHAY Earl Of |
Sport And Politics Under An Eastern Sky
1902.
1st Edn,.
William Blackwoods and Son.
Edinburgh.
xxiv 423 pages, frontis + 13 full page plates + text illus from photographs, 2 folding maps. some chipping to head and tail of spine, o/w a vg copy in the original cloth, gilt title to upper boards with snow scene blocked in white. Ronaldshay the governor of Bengal arrives in India in 1899 with travel and sport in mind, he hunted ibex, bear and many other species. Czech 173/74
[20257] |
£140.00 |
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ROOSEVELT Theodore |
African Game Trials. An Account of African Wanderings of an American Hunter Naturalist
1910.
1st English edition reprinted before publication Edn,.
Charles Scribner''s Sons,.
New York.
xxiii 583 pages, large 8vo with more than 200 illustrations from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition. Also, drawings by Philip Goodwin, some full page, and maps. Publishers' olive-green cloth gilt titles to spine and upper board and a coloured elephant scene to the upper board. Some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine some light rubbing to edges. One of the great big game hunting epics, hunting many species of African game in British East Africa Czech 238
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£150.00 |
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ROOSEVELT Theodore |
Through The Brazilian Wilderness
1914.
1st English Edn,.
John Murray.
274 pages, Top edge gilt, illustrated with frontis and 48 plates from photograph by Kermitt Roosevelt and other members of the expedition and 2 maps one is folding. Armorial bookplate of L.de Rothchild to the front paste down. Publishers red cloth gilt title to the upper cover the spine with gilt title and Jaguar vignette on a pedestal to the spine. A near fine copy the cloth clean and bright with no defects. Roosevelt's 'zoogeographic reconnaissance' with the Brazilian explorer Rondon to discover if the Rio da D?vida ('River of Doubt'), flowed into the Amazon. Traversing some of the most dangerous territory of Amazon, the travellers observed wildlife, and had some big game hunting, for Jaguar, deer, tapir, capybara etc. Published the same year as the American edition.
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£95.00 |
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ROSENBURG Frantz |
Big Game Shooting in British Columbia and Norway
1928.
1st Edn,.
IX 261 pages, 32 pages of illustrations, vg+.
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£80.00 |
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ROWNTREE John |
A Chota Sahib Memoirs Of A Forest Officer
1981.
1st Edn.
Tabb House.
Padstow.
110 pages, frontis, map + b/w photographic illus, bookplate to FEP, pictorial card covers. A fine copy includes some hunting and a chapter on shikar and conservation
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£22.00 |
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RUARK Robert |
Use Enough Gun
1966.
1st Edn.
New American Library.
New York.
333 pages, illustrated in b/w from photographs, pictorial end papers. Publishers contrasting blue and black cloth binding vg in dj. The work details Ruark's hunts and focuses on his safari to East Africa for the big five. Czech 241 ?45
[23533] |
£45.00 |
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RUSHBY G.G. |
No More the Tusker
1965.
1st Edn,.
W.H.Allen.
205 pages, illus from photographs, original black cloth covers titled in silver, a near fine copy in dj. A modern classic on the elephant detailing natural history, hunting, rifles, and shooting. Including a chapter on James Sutherland with a photo. Rushby a professional ivory hunter and game warden in Tanganyika, coffee planter and gold miner. Czech 242
[23400] |
£220.00 |
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