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Safariland Ltd |
Safariland Ltd Specialists In The Organization And Outfitting Of Big Game Shooting Photographic & Scientific Expeditions
nd Circa 1930.
Sadler street, Nairobi Kenya colony.
16 pages, (4) landscape 4to, a brochure offering the companies services in organising Big Game Safaris, and Touring trips, illustrated with 8 full page photographs. Bound in the original printed green staple bound card covers, vg. Includes White Hunters, Hunting Grounds, Safaris, Game and Special licences, Game Schedule. Touring, Fishing, Film Companies etc
[22690] |
£75.00 |
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Sanchez Arino Tony (editor) |
Hunting In Zimbabwe
1992.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press Inc.
Long Beach, California, USA.
387 pages, 4to., illustrated with drawings and paintings by Larry Norton with pictorial end papers. Publishers pictorial green cloth with lion head to upper cover in black with gilt title in gilt ruled borders, fine in slipcase. Vol II in the African Series, a collection of stories by various authors includes a short biography of each author. Limited to 1000 copies, signed and numbered by Arino Tony Sanchez and Larry Norton, also a personal inscription on title page to Roger Mitchell, signed and dated by Sanchez. Czech 244
[21689] |
£380.00 |
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Sanchez Arino Tony (editor) |
Hunting In Zimbabwe
1997.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press Inc.
Long Beach, California, USA.
487 pages, 4to illustrated with drawings and colour plates by Elise Van Der Heijden with pictorial end papers. Bound in blue cloth with antelope head in black and gilt title within gilt and black ruled frames. Pencil notes to the front-end ership bookplapaper blank margin detailing the owners hunting bag in Zambia in 1998 including buffalo, leopard, Impala, buck etc with hunting notes to blank margins of 3 pages. A fine copy in slipcase. Limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by the editor and illustrator. 12th in the classics in African hunting series and one of eight in the African country series by Sanchez. Hunting throughout Zambia from early noted hunters to more recently and current ones. Also, author biographies and a bibliography. Czech 245
[23854] |
£220.00 |
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SANCHEZ-ARINO Tony |
AFRICA'S GREATEST TUSKERS: STORIES, HISTORY, AND LORE ON THE LARGEST TUSKERS EVER TO COME FROM THE DARK CONTINENT.
2016.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press.
Longbeach, california, USA.
xii -304 +(2), 4to illustrated throughout using colour and b/w photographs + a coloured map. Limited to 1000 signed and numbered copies, bound in faux blue leather with gilt title and designs with central elephant vignette in black to the upper cover in the publisher's slipcase a fine unmarked copy. This book lists every known elephant with at least one tusk of 130 pounds or more and tells the stories of who hunted them, who owns them, or how they were found. It is based upon three years of research, utilizing information unearthed from the archives of countless libraries, museums, professional hunting organizations, and private collections.
[23484] |
£115.00 |
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Sanchez-Arino Tony |
Elephants, Ivory & Hunters
2002.
1st.
Safari Press.
Long Beach CA, USA.
xxii 278 pages, numerous b/w illus from photographs and line drawings, a fine copy in dj. the revised and updated edition of "On the Trail Of The African Elephant" 1987. Sanchez recounts his experiences and that of other elephant hunters.
[23266] |
£90.00 |
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SANCHEZ-ARINO Tony |
Great African Calibers
2013.
1st Edn..
Safari Press.
Long Beach, California.
xxvi 197 pages, ,, illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs old adverts etc. Publishers' brown cloth, gilt title and map of Africa to upper cover. In the publishers slipcase a fine copy, limited to 500 copies signed and numbered by the author. The author describes various firearms and the ammunition he has used and quotes other hunters and their choice of weapon.
[23489] |
£250.00 |
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SANCHEZ-ARINO Tony |
Ivory
1981.
1st Edn..
Amwell Press.
Clinton, NJ, USA.
252 pages, All edges gilt, illustrated in b/w from the authors private collection , and a coloured frontis and line drawings by Bod Khun. Bound in a ivory bonded leather with gilt elephant head to the upper cover, a fine copy in the publishers card slipcase. Limited to 1000 copies signed by the author and Jim Rickhof. There is also a personal inscription from Tony Sanchez to Malcolm Lyell to blank verso of the frontis. Malcolm Lyell (1922-2011), a hunter, an adventurer and manager of Westley Richards London showrooms he had many connections and friendships with big game hunters of the day. Also includes the loose 8-page addendum of "mistakes occurred in the book". Elephants and elephant hunting throughout Africa, with much on the early elephant hunters, as well as the author's own experiences and a section on rifles for elephant.
[22678] |
£175.00 |
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SANCHEZ-ARINO Tony |
The Last Of The Few , Forty Two Years Of African Safaris
1995.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press.
Longbeach, california, USA.
xi 244 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs, publishers green cloth, gilt title and leopard head to upper cover. Number 150 of a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the author. A fine copy in likewise slipcase, the author recounts over 40 years of hunting experiences including the Big 5, and a host of spiral horn antelopes. Czech 243
[21591] |
£90.00 |
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SANCHEZ-ARINO Tony |
On The Trail Of The African Elephant
1987.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
XXIII 247 pages, illus with drawings, maps and photographs many taken from earlier hunting expeditions, ownership name and address to verso of frontis, limited to 1250 copies, signed by the author on title page, vg+ copy in similar dj. The experiences of 35 years hunting elephants in Africa. Czech 243
[19472] |
£100.00 |
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SCHILLINGS C.G. |
With Flashlight and Rifle, A Record Of Hunting Adventures And Of Studies In Wild Life In Equatorial East Africa
1906.
1st English Edn,.
Hutchinson and Co.
2 Vols, xxvii 376,+ viii 377-782 pages, full page and text illustrations from the author's photographs, light spotting to EP's. Publishers' green cloth with circular vignette of elephant to upper boards. Schillings hunts elephant, rhino, buffalo lion, leopard nd various species of antelope mostly in German East Africa. Czech 247.
[18987] |
£80.00 |
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SCHILLINGS C.G. |
With Flashlight and Rifle, A Record Of Hunting Adventures And Of Studies In Wild Life In Equatorial East Africa
1906.
1st English Edn,.
Hutchinson and Co.
2 Vols, xxvii 376,+ viii 377-782 pages, full page and text illustrations from the author's photographs, light spotting to EP's, armorial book plate L.de. Rothschild to the front paste downs. Publishers' green cloth with circular vignette of elephant to upper boards. Schillings hunts elephant, rhino, buffalo lion, leopard nd various species of antelope mostly in German East Africa. Czech 247
[23810] |
£90.00 |
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SCOTT Robert L. |
Between the Elephant's Eye
1955.
1st Edn,.
Longmans Green and Co.
180 pages, 8 b/w illus from photographs, vg in dj. Safari adventures in Kenya, hunting buffalo, lion, leopard, elephant and other game. Czech 249.
[16635] |
£25.00 |
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SCOTT Robert Lyons |
Catalogue of The Scott Collection of Mounted Heads and Specimens of Big Game And Game Fish
nd Ca 1939.
1st Edn.
55 pages frontis portrait of Scott Bound in the publishers ? contrasting cloth blue boards white spine gilt title to upper cover. The catalogue covers a lifetime of hunting from 1908 through to 1938.Represented in his collection of Mounted heads and specimens of animals and fish. Collected on numerous trips to Norway N.W. Rhodesia, The Sudan India Mexico Trinidad Nigeria, Kenya, Canada, Checoslovakia. He lists the Species date shot (caught) locality and measurement. Includes Lion Tiger Buffalo Rhino numerous deer species Ibex plains game tarpon etc Robert Lyons Scott 1871-1939 director and chairman of the family business of shipbuilding and engineering in Greenock Scotland He donated his collection to the McLean Museum & Art Gallery in Greenock on his death in 1939.
[21751] |
£260.00 |
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SELOUS Fc |
Travel and Adventure in South East Africa, Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambezi and its Tributaries; With an Account of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry in That Country
1893.
3rd.
Rowland Ward & Co Ltd.
xviii 503 pages, 4 pages' adverts, full page, and text illustrations, folding map. Discoloration to front paste down possible from removal of bookplate?. Original tan cloth with gilt vignette of lions to upper board and native with spear on spine. Splash mark to the spine causing erratic discolouration not affecting the boards. good condition. The work recounts 11 years of exploration and sport in 1880s and 1890, hunting rhino, lion, leopard, hippo etc., includes a chapter on rifles. Published the same year as the first edition Czech 251/52
[23181] |
£95.00 |
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SELOUS F.C., MILLAIS J.G., CHAPMAN Abel |
The Gun At Home And Abroad, Big Game Of Africa & Europe
1914.
1st Edn.
The London & Counties Press Assoc Ltd.
xix 408 (i) pages, top edge gilt, illustrated in colour, photogravure, monochrome and half tone, the 10 colour plates are from water colours by E Caldwell. Full publishers brown morroco, gilt title to upper board, limited to 750 numbered copies, this being numbered 512, issued in a 4 volume set with volume number to the spine or singerly as this volume was, hence no number to spine. A sumptuous production. Selous giving some account of every species of African animal likely to be of interest to the sportsman. J.G. Millais describes the big game now to be found in Europe with a special chapter by Abel Chapman on the Wild animals of Spain, a vg+ copy. Czech 252
[23302] |
£480.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
A Hunters Wanderings In Africa Being A Narrative Of Nine Years Spent Among The Game Of The Far Interior Of South Africa
1890.
2nd Edn,.
Richard Bentley and Son.
xvii 455 pages, 19 full page and text illus by Miss A.B.Selous, J Smit and E Whymper. Large folding map of Central South Africa, book plate and booksellers' ticket to front paste down. The contents clean and free of foxing. Publishers' green cloth with 3 gilt antelope heads to the upper board, the cloth clean and bright, a vg+ copy of Selous first book. The first 3 editions published by Bentley are bound in green cloth and quite scarce. Selous travelled through Bechuanaland and Matabeleland, numerous hunting episodes, after lion black rhinoceros, buffalo, and elephant. A classic on African hunting' Czech 251 .
[22739] |
£650.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
A Hunters Wanderings In Africa Being A Narrative Of Nine Years Spent Among The Game Of The Far Interior Of South Africa
1998.
2nd Edn,.
Books of Zimbabwe.
Bulawayo.
(16) - xvii - 455 pages, With 19 full page plates, publishers' brown cloth gilt elephant vignette to the upper board, vg in dj. Facsimile reprint of the 1881 edition, with a new frontispiece and a new introduction by Professor James A. Casada
[23580] |
£32.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sport and Travel East and West
1900.
1st Edn,.
Longmans and Co.
ix 311 pages, 32 adverts, full page and text illus, 1 page badly opened affection blank margin, armorial bookplate to front paste down, some fading to publisher's grey cloth, gilt title and deer head vignette to upper cover, cloth slightly pulled at head of spine. Selous recounts a hunting trip to Asia Minor including hunting goat on the Malmum Dagh, the 2nd part of the book deals with his hunting trips to the Rocky Mountains Czech Asia 182
[21473] |
£100.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sport and Travel East and West
1900.
1st Edn,.
Longmans and Co.
ix 311 pages, 32 adverts, full page and text illus, 1 page badly opened affection blank margin, armorial bookplate to front paste down, publisher's grey cloth, gilt title and deer head vignette to upper cover, cloth slightly pulled at head of spine. Selous recounts a hunting trip to Asia Minor including hunting goat on the Malmum Dagh, the 2nd part of the book deals with his hunting trips to the Rocky Mountains Czech Asia 182
[21475] |
£180.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sport and Travel East and West
1900.
Longmans, Green and Co.
Ix ? 311 pages + 32 pages of adverts, fill page and text illustrations. Pasted to front paste down a letter on headed paper from Selous dated Jan 15th 1910.The letter 3 sides folded and clearly written in ink to Mr Heath (Reginald Hepburn Heath, Heaths armorial bookplate on front free end paper). Selous thanks Heath for sending him a copy of The Bombay Natural History Society, Selous explains why he does not subscribe to the society. If he should ever visit India, he would like to meet Heath and renew their acquaintance. Selous ends by inviting Heath to have another look at his museum. Tipped onto front end paper are 3 newspaper cuttings relating to Selous death. Blind stamp to upper margin of half title and title page of the author's address. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt title and deer head vignette to upper cover, cloth clean and bright. Selous recounts a hunting trip to Asia Minor including hunting goat on the Malmum Dagh, the 2nd part of the book deals with his hunting trips to the Rocky Mountains Czech Asia 182
[20494] |
£460.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sport and Travel East and West
1900.
1st Edn,.
Longmans and Co.
ix 311 pages, 32 adverts, full page and text illus, 1 page badly opened affection blank margin, armorial bookplate to front paste down, publisher's grey cloth, gilt title and deer head vignette to upper cover, cloth slightly pulled at head of spine. Selous recounts a hunting trip to Asia Minor including hunting goat on the Malmum Dagh, the 2nd part of the book deals with his hunting trips to the Rocky Mountains Czech Asia 182
[20023] |
£180.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sport and Travel East and West
1900.
1st Edn,.
Longman and Co.
IX 311 pages, 32 adverts, full page and text illus, ownership name to front paste down, publisher's grey cloth, gilt title and deer head vignette to upper cover, cloth clean and bright. Selous recounts a hunting trip to Asia Minor including hunting goat on the Malmum Dagh, the 2nd part of the book deals with his hunting trips to the Rocky Mountains Czech Asia 182
[19583] |
£220.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia Being A Narrative Of Events In Matabeleland
1896.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
xxvii 290 pages, 10 pages of advs for Rowland Ward, frontis + 9 full page plates and text illustrations and folding map of part Matabeleland, contemporary ownership signature to top blank margin of the 1/2 title and the title page. Publisher's tan cloth, titled in brown with shield vignette to spine, light rubbing to head of spine and one corner, cloth darkened as usual, due to glue used? otherwise vg. The book deals with the native insurrection and Selous experiences till the disbanding of the Bulawayo Field Force and his resignation as an officer in the Corps.
[22740] |
£100.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Travel And Adventures In South East Africa Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambesi and its Tributaries; With an Accout of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry in That Country
1893.
3rd Edn,.
Rowland Ward and Co Ltd.
XVIII 503 pages, TEG, advs, illus, armorial bookplate of John Hamilton Buchman to front paste down, later not recent brown morroco, original cloth spine and front cover laid onto rear blanks, the narrative of the last 11 years spent by the author on the Zambezi and its tributaries, with an account of the colonisation of Mashonaland and the progress of the gold industry in that country, includes a chapter on rifles. Mendelssohn Vol 2 300, Czech 145/146
[15970] |
£160.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Travel And Adventures In South East Africa Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambesi and its Tributaries; With an Accout of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry in That Country
1893.
3rd Edn.
Rowland Ward and Co Ltd.
xviii 503 pages, 4 pp of adverts, full page and text illustrations from photographs and drawings + folding map, some foxing to the tissue guard of the frontis. Armorial bookplate to front paste down with later bookplate to front free end paper. Recased in the original mustard yellow cloth with gilt lion vignette to upper board and native to the spine light dust soiling to the cloth. The narrative of the last 11 years spent by the author on the Zambezi and its tributaries, with an account of the colonization of Mashonaland and the progress of the gold industry in that country, includes a chapter on rifles. Mendelssohn Vol 2 300, Czech 251/252
[22908] |
£120.00 |
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SELOUS Frederick Courteney |
Travel And Adventures In South East Africa Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambesi and its Tributaries; With an Accout of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry in That Country
1893.
1st Edn.
Rowland Ward and Co Ltd.
xviii 503 pages, illustrated with full page plates and numerous text illustrations, folding coloured map at end showing Selous route. Bound in contemporary half claret calf by R. Robertson, Dunbarton leather, A clean tight copy. The work recounts 11 years of exploration and sport in 1880s and 1890s, hunting elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, hippo etc., includes a chapter on rifles. Czech 251/52
[23897] |
£220.00 |
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SHEFFIELD Frank |
How I Killed The Tiger Being An Account Of My Encounter With A Royal Bengal Tiger
1902.
2nd Edn,.
Privatly Printed by the Author.
xi 114 pages, 24 full page illustrations many from the author's paintings, a VG+ copy in the original red cloth blocked with jungle scene in black to upper board. At the end of the book are 12 pages of copies of letters from various authors and press opinions regarding the book. The 1st edition was for review only. Sheffield relates a hunting incident in 1879 in which he was badly mauled by a tiger he had shot. Czech 185
[23412] |
£200.00 |
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SHELDON Charles |
The Wilderness Of The Upper Yukon A Hunters Explorations For Wild Sheep In Sub Arctic Mountains
1911.
1st English Edn,.
XXI 354 pages, illus, 4 in colour + maps, blue cloth covers with gilt ram's head to upper board, vg.
[2991] |
£240.00 |
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SHUTTLEWORTH Charles |
Malayan Safari
1967.
Phoenix House.
156 pages, illus from photographs, vg in dj. Some wear to head and tail of spine and rubbing to edges, personal inscription on 1/2 title, signed and dated by Charles Shuttleworth. The author describes numerous animal encounters in the jungle with brief mention of stalking tiger and rogue elephant. Czech 186
[20393] |
£75.00 |
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SILVER HACKLE |
Man Eaters And Other Denizines Of The Indian Jungle
1928.
1st Edn,.
Thacker Spink and Co.
Calcutta.
viii 295 pages, 3pp adverts, illustrations from the author's photographs and sketches and photos of heads, mounted by Van Ingen and Van Ingen taxidermists Mysore. Publishers mustard yellow cloth, title in black, tiger head vignette and framed border in red to front board, title in blank to spine. The author hunts tiger, panther, bear, bison in the Mysore jungle including man-eaters. A scarce Indian big game hunting title published in India and more so in this condition. Silver Hackle is identified as A.G.Shuttleworth, the cloth differs also advert to Czech 186.
[20383] |
£350.00 |
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SMILES Paul |
Land Of The Black Buffalo
1961.
1st Edn,.
Faber and Faber.
184 pages, vg+ in dj. Stories of hunting Cape buffalo by a game ranger in Bechuanaland in South-West Africa, ". who managed to effectively carry out his duties in spite of the loss of an arm" Czech 257
[23543] |
£75.00 |
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SMITH Mervyn A. |
Sport And Adventure In The Indian Jungle
1904.
1st Edn,.
Hurst and Blackett Ltd.
x 307 pages, 1 page advert, full page illus from drawings and photographs, ownership inscription on FEP for George Hewitt Pitt with his armorial bookplate to front paste down + later inscription to FEP. Green publisher's cloth title and tiger skin vignette in black to upper board, vg. The authors experiences and stories related to him include hunting rogue elephants, buffalo, bear and encounters with man eating tigers. Czech 191.
[20398] |
£140.00 |
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SNAFFLE (Charles Johnson Payne) |
More Bandobast
1936.
1st Edn,.
Collins.
unpaginated, 4to., 12 tipped in colour plates and full-page drawings by Snaffle. Publishers' cream cloth title to the upper cover and spine in dark brown. A vg copy in the pictorial dj, dj has chipping to head and tail of spine. The author recounts pig sticking exploits with brief notes on sabur and tiger, with excellent colour plates and drawings. Czech 193
[23727] |
£85.00 |
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SNAFFLE Robert Dunkin |
In The Land of the Bora or Camp Life and Sport in Dalmatia and the Herzegovina 1894-5-6
1897.
1st Edn,.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
viii 406 pages, errata slip pages uncut, frontis and 9 full page illud by Harry Dixon, some loght spotting to prelims. Publishers green cloth, gilt bear vignette to upper board, includes deer, chamois, bear, game birds etc.
[22386] |
£95.00 |
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Snaffles, pseud. Charles Johnson Payne. |
Four-Legged Friends and Acquaintances
1951.
1st Edn,.
Collins.
96 pages, Top edge gilt 4to. Colour frontispiece and three other coloured illustrations, together with many others full page and text illustrations from pencil sketches, sepia watercolours etc by Snaffles. One of an unspecified limited editions this being No 8 with the coloured hunting scene print bookplate to the front paste down signed and numbered by Snaffles. Some light spotting to the blank end papers. Bound in the publishers ? red leather with matching red cloth covered boards with gilt whip and horn vignette to the upper cover. Original card slipcase some fading and rubbing to corners and edges. A collection of Snaffles sporting episodes and other observations including hunting and pig sticking in India, shooting, fox hunting etc
[23454] |
£220.00 |
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Snaffles, pseud. Charles Johnson Payne. |
A Half Century of Memories
1949.
1st Edn,.
Collins.
95 pages, Top edge gilt 4to. Colour frontispiece and four other coloured illustrations, together with many others full page and text illustrations from pencil sketches, sepia watercolours etc by Snaffles. One of an unspecified limited editions this being No 45 with the coloured hunting scene print bookplate to the front paste down signed and numbered by Snaffles. Some off sett browning to the front and rear end paper from the glassine DJ the glassine discoloured. Bound in the publishers ? red leather with matching red cloth covered boards. Original card slipcase some fading marking and wear to edges and corners. Snaffles reminiscences in the army with life and sport in India, the war years, shooting, fox hunting, horse racing etc.
[23457] |
£235.00 |
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SOWERBY Arthur de Clare |
Fur And Feather In North China
1914.
1st Edn,.
The Tientsin Press.
Tientsin, North China.
190 pages, large 8vo., errata slip, 28 full page plates + text drawings, some spotting to prelims, 2cm split to very inner blank margin where frontis attached to inner hinge, tan cloth, title in black with forest scene to upper board with standing wild sheep vignette to spine, 1cm chip to head of spine, cloth clean. A title rarely found in good condition includes hunting wild sheep, roe deer, wild boar, antelope. Sowerby was perhaps the most prolific author concerning sport in china. Czech 195.
[18121] |
£320.00 |
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SPY Glass |
Tramps In The India Jungles
1923.
The Pioneer Press.
Allahabad.
181 pages, 7 full page plates from photographs, 1 of the plates not called for in list nor noted in Czech, it shows tiger and leopard skins very much in the same style as the other plates, publishers green cloth with title and sitting tiger vignette in black to upper board, cloth unevenly faded. The author describes his own hunts after big cats in various regions including Bangalore. There are other references to Bear and other game, a scarce title, Copac locates 1 copy in the British Library
[20370] |
£350.00 |
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STANLEY Henry M. |
In Darkest Africa On The Quest Rescue And Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria
1890.
1st Edn,.
Sampson, Low Marston, Searle and Rivington.
2 Vols, xv 529, xv 472 pages, adv, 2 folding maps, some foxing to contents, amorial bookplate of Walter Henry Harris to front paste down with his signature address and date 1890 to verso of frontis Volume 1, publishers brown cloth with travel scene with native below title in gilt and black, vignette to spine showing and Stanley and native boy, vg.
[19794] |
£220.00 |
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STANLEY Henry M. |
In Darkest Africa On The Quest Rescue And Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria
1890.
1st Edn,.
Sampson, Low Marston, Searle and Rivington.
2 Vols, xv 529, xv 472 pages, adv, 2 folding maps, the large folding route map to Vol. 1 has been neatly removed from the blank stub attaching it to the binding with a neat folding flap attached to protect the map and similarly to the large map in Vol. 2; some foxing to contents, publishers brown cloth with travel scene with native below title in gilt and black, vignette to spine showing and Stanley and native boy, cloth clean and bright.
[8517] |
£285.00 |
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STANLEY Henry M |
In Darkest Africa Or The Quest, Rescue And Retreat Of Emin, Governor Of Equatoria
1890.
1st thus.
Sampson Low & Co.
2 volumes, large 8vo, xxxii 529 & xv 472 pages, 2 pages advs, all edges gilt, 62 full page plates + text illus, the introduction by Scot Keltie contains 5 full page plates which are not called for in the plate list, 4 maps 3 are folding, one of the larger folding maps has closed tear to top with no loss. Bound in the publishers red cloth with gilt signature of Stanley to upper board. The subscriber's edition has 62 plates against 36 found in the ordinary 1st edition of 1890 and the Keltie introduction on Stanley in Africa. A vg clean copy seldom found in this condition, the text block is heavy and pulls from the binding in many cases. Stanley's expedition through the heart of East Africa to the land of the Nile originally intended as a rescue mission for Emin Pasha although failing in its primary objective Stanley discovered the snowcapped range of Ruwenzori the mountains of the moon. A new lake which he named the Albert Edward Nyanza etc.
[20485] |
£650.00 |
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STEBBING E.P. |
Jungle By-Ways In India Leaves From The Note Book Of A Sportsman And A Naturalist
1911.
2nd Edn,.
XXVII 306 pages, TEG, 16pp adverts, illus from photographs and drawings by the author and others, some occasional spotting, inscription on 1/2 title, original green cloth with decorative borders in white of stags. Stebbings spent 2 decades in the Indian Forest Service vg. The author's sporting experiences over 20 years in Northern India, Czech 190
[12853] |
£40.00 |
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STEVENS Herbery Lynn |
The Autobiography Of A Border Policeman, A Narrative Of War And Adventure In Bechuanaland And Matabeleland
1927.
1st Edn..
H F & G Witherby.
320 pages, small publishers paper ticket to front paste down with the Witherby vignette (from the publishers file copies), a very clean copy in the publishers green cloth in the rare dj, no loss or tears to dj. A scarce title and more so in the original dj. Although not a big game hunting title it gives an account of fighting in the first Matabele war and the pursuit of Lobengula king of the Matabele.
[20659] |
£480.00 |
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STIGAND Capt C.H. |
The Game of British East Africa
1909.
Horace Cox.
XI + 310 pages, 54 Plates, 4to. 8 pages sporting adverts, very light spotting to prelims and page edges o/w a vg clean copy. Green simulated crocodile hide cloth with gilt title and native vignette in black to upper board, vg. interesting chapters comparing hunting big game to shooting also on stalking, Wild game, its habitats, spoor game trails, movement etc., Czech 268
[18517] |
£400.00 |
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STIGAND Capt C.H., LYELL D.D. |
Central African Game And It's Spoor
1906.
2nd.
Horace Cox.
xii 315 pages, 67 full page plates including 2 folding, some spotting to end papaers, ammorial bookplate to front paste down of J Johnstone. Original orange cloth tiles in black with paw prints to upper board light rubbing to edges and corners, base of spine worn, lettering on spine chipped in places. " A key book for both the novice and experienced hunter. It combines the knowledge of 2 experienced hunters where game can be found, habitat, vital shots etc. Also a chapter on rifles, the paw prints illustrated are life size hence the large folding plate elephant fore foot" Czech 269.
[19125] |
£240.00 |
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STOCKLEY Lt Col C.H. |
Stalking In The Himalayas And Northern India
1936.
1st Edn,.
254 pages, illus, advs, head of spine bumped, vg.
[3793] |
£65.00 |
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STOCKLEY Lt Col C.H. |
Stalking in the Himalayas and Northern India
1936.
1st Edn,.
254 pages, illus, map end papers, vg-.
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£50.00 |
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STONEHAM C.T. |
Big Stuff African Big Game And Its Hunters
1954.
1st Edn,.
John Long Limited.
191 pages, b/w illus from photographs, vg in dj, dj chipped at head of spine. Stoneham uses the experiences Selous, Neuman, Vaughan Kirby and others in constructing his view of big game hunting Czech 271.
[16586] |
£60.00 |
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STONEHAM C.T. |
Hunting Wild Beasts With Rifle And Camera
1933.
1st Edn,.
Thomas Nelson and Son Ltd.,.
viii -219m, full page and text illustrations from photographs, green cloth boards with gilt title and leaping lion vignette in black to the upper board. VG in DJ the dj showing some loss to the head of the spine and front edge just touching the title. Stonham hunted lions in Northern Kenya and rhinoceros, buffalo, and leopard near mt Kilimanjaro and numerous episodes of photographing big game. Czech 271
[22769] |
£65.00 |
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STRACHAN Arthur W. |
Mauled By A Tiger, Encounters In The Indian Jungle
1933.
1st Edn,.
the Moray Press.
1st Edn, xi 279 pages, 4 pages advs, illus including 8 in colour from miniatures by the author mounted on black card. Publisher's cloth, titles in white. A vg copy seldom found in vg condition. The author hunted numerous tigers in Assam both on foot and machansi, also leopard, wild boar, bear etc. On one occasion trailing a wounded tiger only to be charged and mauled by the tiger, though he succeeded in killing the tiger he had extensive injuries causing his and arm to be amputated. Czech 206.
[20520] |
£180.00 |
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SUDAN |
Notes For Travellers And Sportsmen In The Sudan
1909.
3rd Edn,.
Cairo.
IV 55 pages, folding map, printed paper wraps + 15pp addendum and corrigenda to the 2nd edition. Single staple to upper cover, 1st page loose, some dust soiling to both items, some pencil underlining and correction, name in pencil Leslie Simons to upper margin of 1st page of addendum. The booklets give the information and restriction on arms, cartridges, trophies, exporting ivory and rhino horn, shooting districts, game animals, licences etc. A well detailed guide.
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£280.00 |
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Swan, GP; Botes, DJ; Smit, PL |
Hunting Africa: A Practical Guide,
2002.
2nd.
Sunbird Publishers.
Cape Town.
xx-350 pages, illustrated in colour from photographs + map b/w line drawings and photographs. Publishers' pictorial laminated covers a fine copy. This book deals with the preparation for the hunt, tracking, shot placement, the all-round rifle, emergencies, and field preparation of trophies. It includes information on measurement and records, hunting ethics and law issues.
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£45.00 |
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SWAYNE Major H.G.C. |
Through The Highlands Of Siberia
1904.
1st Edn,.
Rowland Ward.
xiv 259 pages + 9pp catalogue for Rowland Ward books, 24 full page plates plus 1 folding text photos, folding plate showing the stalk, folding map at rear showing the authors route, the map is strengthened on fold to verso, Rowland Ward end papers, sporting bookplate of "Walter Rutherford Peterson to front paste down, publishers cloth, gilt title to upper board, light rubbing to lower corners. Swayne and his hunting companion H W Seton Karr travelled from Moscow across the Urals into the mountains region of Mongolia and the Altai Shan hunting ovis, ibex etc. the author used Elim Demidoff as a guide famed for his sheep hunting book in Altai and Mongolia. Czech 209.
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£320.00 |
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SZECHENYI Count Zsigmond |
Land Of Elephants, Big Game Hunting In Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda
1935.
1st UK Edn,.
Putman.
xi 208 pages, frontis and 47 b/w plates from photographs, + map, some light spotting to contents, bound in the publisher's black cloth, a vg copy. Originally published in Hungary in 1934, hunting elephants in the Kituti Forest and along the Tiva River in Kenya also episodes of leopard, lion hunting etc., Czech 277. ?180
[22365] |
£180.00 |
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SZECHENYI Count Zsigmond |
Land Of Elephants, Big Game Hunting In Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda
1935.
1st UK Edn,.
Putnam.
xi 208 pages, frontis and 47 b/w plates from photographs, + map, , bound in the publisher's black cloth A very good +copy with no foxing to the contents the cloth binding bright. Originally published in Hungary in 1934, hunting elephants in the Kituti Forest and along the Tiva River in Kenya also episodes of leopard, lion hunting etc., Czech 277. ?220
[23811] |
£220.00 |
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