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1987ref. 3327Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1987. Reprint Ltd ed 500 copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Orig slipcase fine. Trade Ed. 334 pp ill.All edges gilt. Briar Patch Press reprint edition. Elephant rhino buffalo hippo lechwe sable kudu waterbuck nyala and more. Lyell is a most collectible author. A very nice reprint edition of a true classic. De luxe ltd ed ed of 500 copies bound in genuine leather and slipcased. Fine. Briar Patch Press hardcover
2002ref. 1418Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 2002. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. Hunting the Dangerous Game of Africa. 236 pp an amazing 268 photographic illustrations. Large 8 1/2 x 11 inch format. Foreword by Luis Pedro de sa e Mello and a story on Cape Buffalo hunting by Ross Seyfried. On one side is the big game hunter. On the other side is the wild game animal-blessed with sharp senses and protected by the habitat. You're inside the dense bush where visibility is limited and ability to maneuver is almost nil. The game that selects this cover is almost always the dangerous kind. So you want someone on your team with knowledge and a big rifle. Because here whoever comes off second best pays with their life. Hugo Seia is a reasoned highly regarded professional hunter. This his second book came as a result of great demand from those who read his first Mundjamba. He treats hunting the big five individually and provides a great chapter on rifle and ammunition selection. HIs stories prove the point- or illustrate the exception that proves the rule. Ross says at the end of his buffalo hunt "I was glad we succeeded. My tracker was glad the buffalo had not." You'll be glad you read In Any Kind of Cover Hunting the Dangerous Game of Africa. Limited to 1000 copies. Numbered. Signed by the author. As new. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1992ref. 3263Long Beach CA: Safari Press 1992. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. Thirty years of hunting wild sheep and goats of the world. 228 pp profuse black and white and color illustrations. From the roof of the world to virtually every place that wild sheep and goats can be hunted. A super book. As new in like original slipcase. Safari Press hardcover
2006ref. 522Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 2006. First Limited Ed: 1000 Copies. Suedelike Cloth. New. 335 pages 159 b/w photographic ill 9 colored maps. Index. In 1948 Jorge got married to Africa and never looked back/ His quest for big game made playgrounds of Africa's vast continent and for 25 years he travelled around as a hunter professional hunter ivory hunter amd explorer. He found two safari companies in Mozambique and Angola. He was a remarkable shot even under the toughest conditions. He hunted elephant lion rhinoceros leopard and buffalo as wellas bongo Lord Derby eland. For any adventurousa soul who wants to venture into the blank spaces on Africa's gameland map to be confronted with challenges from both nature and animals this is the book for you. Super reading. NEW. Trophy Room Books unknown
2010ref. 3077Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 2010. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. 278 pp 357 photograhic ill. Brief contributions by Brian Herne Derrick Dunn Anton Allen and Richard DuPont. Herne said about DeLima "There has never been a hunter anywhere in Africa at any time who has ever come close to matching his exploits in so many different countries. DeLima hunted Tanzania when it was a hidden paradise a dot on the map capable of sheltering and protecting any mortal imbued with the spirit of adventure from the realities of the present. Those were the days when safaris were conducted without telephone or tarmac. All of the great hunting regions were explored: Tabora Tarangire Babti Ugalla Singida Moshi Mbeya Dodone Lorborsoit Irigina etc. DeLima had many secret hideaway far off the beaten track where there as hardly a track to follow where clients hunted the big five and more. Here is a man who could have been and sone anything but he chose to spend the prime 20 years of his life hunting big game in Africa. There is also a section on hunting in India as DeLima had a fascination with all big cats. A GREAT book and a lovely production.Fine in like dj. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1988ref. 2717Prescott AZ: Wolfe Publishing 1988. Reprint Limited to 1500 Copies. Quarter Leather. As New. 253 pp ill top edges gilt silk ribbon marker. 44 illustrations and 3 maps. Marbled end papers. Story of a sportsman's adventures in an unknown valley after the largest carnivorous animal in the world. One of the classic bear hunting books. This quarter leather bound limited ed reprint is a lovely production and still in like new condition. Wolfe Publishing unknown
1942ref. 1986Kashmir: Kashmir Medical Mission 1942. Seventeenth. Hardcover. VG. 200 pp. Probably one of the later editions of this guide book whose popularity gave it a more than fifty-year life span. VG in original red cloth gilt stamped. Kashmir Medical Mission hardcover
2008ref. 3048Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 2008. First Combined Trade. Hardcover. New. Coheleach G. 614 pages profuse line drawings by Guy Coheleach. HUNTING THE AFRICAN BUFFALO AND LION combines the best of the two Amwell limited editions and adds NEW material by other recent well known professional hunters. All the authors whose stories are included are men who are legends in the big game hunting fraternity. "You don't get engaged to a Cape Buffalo you get married to him - for life his or yours. When being hunted the cape buffalo is dedicated to one thing living and to the principle that either you eliminate him or he will eliminate you. The lion a hunter itself does not respond well to threats. When it comes for you make up your mind to shoot or clear out for the lion covers 100 yards in half the time required for an Olympic sprinter. Through 42 exciting chapters you will go along old and new game trails with some very special authors. After all when you're dealing with men like Selous ROosevelt Maillais Foran Percival Kirby Stigand Patterson Madeira Seia Hallamore de Lima Monvoison and Coheleach - well you've got the deck stacked. Some animals might be considered more dangerous cunning graceful etc than the African lion or buffalo - but the stand out because they both are cunningly smart and formidable adversaries. Reading these stories will make your heart pound a bit too. For those who may never get the chance to hunt in Africa and for those who have these thrilling narratives will transport you to and through the great African big game hunting fields. A GREAT NEW BOOK. Amwell Press hardcover
1997ref. 344Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1997. First - Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. 394 pp Over 175 ill. Uganda Kenya Tanzania Botswana Zimbabwe. John is one of the few professional hunters to boast a 50-year career in Africa. Contains a wealth of information and hunting stories. All John's stories educate delight and entertain as well as excite. Every PH must have a love of adventure and lots of courage. John has these attributes in depth and his work is a modern classic that stands out from others of its genre. He obtained excellent trophies his knowledge was expansive. He guided people like Warren Page Bert Klineburger Elmer Keith Guy Coheleach Bob Petersen Peter Capstick etc. The book is worth its price! Trophy Room Books hardcover
1995ref. 357Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1995. First - Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. 302 pp. ill. Fierce or friendly no one ever takes a lion for granted. When man and lion meet the situation can be fierce fatal frightening or humorous. The history of Kenya and British East Africa cannot be separated from the encounters of man and lion. After all the lions came first. Then came man and the lions fought back with tooth claw and weight. The contributors to this book are themselves a group of men who have been lionized: Tony Dyer Tony Seth-Smith John Sutton David Williams Terry Mathews Bill Winter and more. When the last story of Africa has been written and the lion has lain down with the lamb someone will judge the true place of the professional hunter . the men that accept responsibility for client safety and guarantee excitement without danger thrills without spills etc. Only someone with the lifelong background of Jan Hemsing could tie it all together. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1969ref. 3181PA: Boone & Crockett Club 1969. First. Printed Wraps. Fine. 12 pages. Printed for the B&C Club at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. A VERY SCARCE B&C item. Early measurers manual - of which not many were ever printed and likely very few ever survived. This copy is in LIKE NEW condition and no it is not a reprint. Just part of a superb collection that we obtained. A must for the advanced Boone & Crockett collector. Boone & Crockett Club unknown
2002ref. 2253Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 2002. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 284 pp. 226 photographic ill. 8 1/2x11 inch format. Among the cast of characters that played a part in the growth of big game hunting in Central and East Africa Robert Montvoisin must be one of the stars. His involvement over an amazing sixty years forty of them as a professional hunter in eight countries Central African Republic Chad Congo Cameroon Zambia Tanzania Kenya and Morocco rivals the career of any African PH. His hunting dates back to the time of legendary Micheletti and Bates and continued past the closing of Kenya when he went to Tanzania and Zambia. Montvoisin hunted in Kenya with the noted Laddy Wincza in Zambia with the popular David Ommanney and in Tanzania in the noted Selous Reserve. Elephant lion leopard buffalo bongo and Lord Derby eland - from the forest galleries to savannas lakes and deserts - he's seen them all and taken a host of top trophies for a worldwide clientele. His career as a PH is recognized as one of the most successful in modern times. There are 30 mesmerizing chapters. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1990ref. 2083Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1990. Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Trade Ed. Shooting trips in the Cheringoma and Gorongoza divisions of Portuguese southeast Africa and Zululand. Limited trade edition reprint. 313 pp ill new foreword by Jim Casada. Fine in gilt stamped imit. leather binding all edges gilt marbled end papers silk ribbon place marker. Nice presentation of a hunting classic. Finer. Briar Patch Press hardcover
1997ref. 3174Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1997. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. 290 pp. Over 100 ill. Foreword by Marc Pechenart. Make room on your shelf for a new classic. There are more photos of 100-lb elephant trophies in this book than in most others. This is the incredible autobiography of an intrepid hunter. The author was himself hunted during WWII and twice escaped back to his native France before heading for western Africa and then Central Africa. He was more like a John Boyes than a mere hunter. One of his favorite sayings: anything that does not deserve a .470 is not worth hunting; when in a dangerous situation make your mind up quickly and move your butt even more so. Tre-Hardy was selected as personal PH to most French Presidents that visited Central Africa during his career. It is both an excellent account of a hunting life in post WWII Colonial Africa and there are many serious jumbos hunted between the covers of this tome. It is beautifully written and well above the ordinary. It will be enjoyed by all who want to stalk an amazing assortment of huge ivory as well as getting a very interesting look at adventure from all "those British chaps." An absorbing work. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1989ref. 3618Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1989. deluxe ltd ed 500 copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. C. Whymper. A hunter-naturalist's wanderings from Kahlamba to the Limbombo. New foreword by J Casada. 567 pp ill all edges gilt. One of the classic big game hunting titles especially as regards leopard hunting.Kirby was one of the first hunters to record different methods of hunting leopards depending on the locaility and terrain in which they were found and he also recorded several new haunts in which to hunt leopard. And the book is just as good on other dangerous game animals. A true classic. Scarce title in the Briar Patch African collection. This is the deluxe ld ed of 500 copies. Bound in full genuine leather slipcased. Briar Patch Press hardcover
1989ref. 1170Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1989. First - Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. Coheleach Guy. 557 pp ill. This is the 26th title in the African hunting heritage series and the third title in the big five series. Arguably one of the best anthologies compiled on hunting lions the King of Beasts throughout Africa. Selections from the best books written combined with new special articles comissioned from noted hunters for this book. Fine in orig fine slipcase. Amwell Press hardcover
1997ref. 840Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press 1997. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Orig Slipcase. Elise Van Der Heijden. 487 pp ill. 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. Lots of stories of the great and glamour game. Also author biographies and a bibliography. Large thick very heavy book. Book & slipcase fine. Safari Press hardcover
2004ref. 2895Long Beach CA: Safari Press 2004. First Deluxe Limited to 500 Copies. Hardcover. As New/Orig slipcase as New. 606 pp profuse ill in b/w & color. The updated expanded and monumental reissue of Mellon's African Hunter. This is the limited ed of only 500 copies which sold out upon publications. In like new condition with orig like new slipcase. VERY heavy volume. Safari Press hardcover
1987ref. 1065Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1987. Trade Ed Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Trade Ed. 409 pp ill. all edges gilt. Percival was a member of the Kenya Game Dept for 23 years. His chapters on lions and elephants are excellent. Also info on stalking tracking. Fine in original gilt stamped imit leather binding marbled end papers all edges gilt and silk ribbon marker. Lovely presentation of a classic work. Briar Patch Press hardcover
1961ref. 3450Camden NC: Briar Patch Press 1961. First Limited to 500 Copies. Hardcover. As New/Orig slipcase as New. 175 pp profuse ill. Part of the Masters of the Wild Series. In three decades as a wildlife artist Guy COheleach has won as many perhaps more awards than most. He is internationally recognized and his work is eagerly snapped up by collectors. In this work Wieland gives a great portrait of the artist and plenty of illustrations of his art. As new in like orig slipcase and with orig. glassine paper wrapper around book. Signed by Coheleach beneath the drawing on front free end paper. Large format heavy book. Briar Patch Press hardcover
1979ref. 135Germany: Bjoern Verlag 1979. First. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 151 pp. Profuse color illustrations by the noted artist. Introductory text. A beautiful book and in like new condition in like new jacket. 65 color plates all printed on extra heavy special text stock. Large format very heavy book. SOme experts think that Schatz ranks with Kuhnert in the art world. Bjoern Verlag hardcover
1983ref. 789Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1983. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase Fine. 411 pp ill. Before moving to South Africa Laddy Wincza was one of the great old time Kenya Professional hunters. After he moved his reputation caught up with him and he hunted even more. This is the story of his eventful and lengthy career told by his longtime capable wife Ada herself an accomplished huntress and author. Amwell Press hardcover
1988ref. 1374Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1988. Dlx Ltd Ed Rept: of 500 Copies. Full Leather. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. Edmund Caldwell. Big game hunting in British East Africa. 336 pp ill. All edges gilt. Hunting throughout East Africa in all the places where game was plentiful and big trophies were found. A classic. One of the hardest titles to locate in this Briar Patch African collection. Full leather. All edges gilt. Only 500 copies. Book and slipcase are both fine. Briar Patch Press unknown
1998ref. 341Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1998. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. 267 pp. Over 100 ill. A ph started his career with very little money a new rifle & 2 young trackers. At the end he had no money an old rifle and 2 old trackers. But oh what great adventures they enjoyed. George Hoffman did all that and a little more. In addition to a long and successful career he developed one of the most popular big game hunting cartridges the Hoffman .416. Whether the hunt had been easy or hard George stood up to the task. He tells his story in his own inimitable style as well as a candid look at hunting. He's added to his legacy with this enjoyable book. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1928ref. 3890London: East Africa 1928. First. Hardcover. VG to vg. 318 pp ill.With a foreword by Lord Cranworth. One of the African pioneer adventurers who was most admired by Theodore Roosevelt. Boyes was also King of the WaKikuyu tribe. Boyes had more thrilling adventures in real life than most men have in fiction. Tremendous accounts of big game hunting especially elephant hunting by a man who should know. A super reading book. Nice vg spine lettering readable but little dull to vg copy. East Africa hardcover
