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1911réf. 7455NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1911. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Rungius Carl. A Hunter's exploration for wild sheep in sub-Arctic mountains. 1911 NY 354 pp ill incl some by Rungius 3 maps 1 fold out map. One of the great sheep hunting narratives. Sheldon was joined by Carl Rungius and F. C. Selous for his trip. Tremendous sheep hunting plus adventures with bear and other animals. This VG copy in bluish-green printed cloth showing slight wear at head of spine and corners. This copy warmly inscribed to Mrs. Dean Sage who's husband was a well know sporting author. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1930réf. 6116NY: Scribner's 1930. First. Hardcover. Fine. 412 pp ill large folding map. Explorations of a hunter-naturalist in Northern Alaska. A North American and sheep hunting classic. First edition. A fine copy in original green cloth with large gilt moose head on front cover. Scribner's hardcover
1697réf. e4307London: J Dawks for N Rolls in Petty- Canons-Hall in St Paul's Church-yard. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Front hinge cracked and weak. Loss to spine end. Frontispiece plate trimmed at fore-edge torn and laid on linen. Ownership inscription on title deleted resulting abrasion. Some browning. Heraldic book-plate on paste-down. 1697. Fourth Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". 138pp; 91pp; 78pp; 71pp; 90pp 8pp; 101pp. Engraved frontispiece giving 'Easie Directions for Blowing the Horn' including musical notes and 4 folding engraved plates all by W. Dolle. '. Also the method of Breeding and Managing a Hunting-Horse'. Together with 'An Abridgement of Manwood's Forrest Laws. And of all the Acts of Parliament Made Since; Which Relate to Hunting Hawking Fishing or Fowling' published by Math. Rolls 1696. . J Dawks for N Rolls in Petty- Canons-Hall, in St Paul's Church-yard hardcover
réf. 125762aafGrenoble, Arthaud éditeur, 1938, gr. in-8vo, XI (+1) + 855 p. + 2 ff. (errata), avec 110 clichés au trait, 15 radiographies, 473 héliogravures et 34 cartes en deux couleurs, envoi ms. sur titre de l auteur en 1958, avec deux lettres manuscrites de l auteur le - Dr. Marcel Couturier -, de 1950 et 1958, sur les questions des armes utilisées, reliure en toile originale.
1949réf. 005418Paris Thésée 1949 In-4 Broché, couverture illustreé Edition originale
réf. 35776Paris Delarue & Fils [première moitié du XIXe siècle] 50 x 64,5 cm environ en feuille, infime trace de mouillure marginale en coin, qqs piqûres marginales
1742réf. 022782Paris Chez MESNIER, Imprimeur-Libraire 1742 Un volume in-8° (185 x 115mm), [1] ff. 35 (1) XVI pp. 385 pp. mal chiffrées (1-207 puis 209-288 puis 305-401) [1] ff. (approbation et privilège) 14 pp. Reliure en pleine Basane fauve marbrée, dos à caissons fleuronnés et au titre dorés, tranches rouges, gardes de papier marbré. (restaurations anciennes au niveau des plats, le premier est un peu voilé, mors faibles, deux petites tâches d'encre et une petite restauration sur le titre, présence de rousseurs et de brunissures, une première auréole jaune située en marge de la bordure inférieure allant de la page 69 à la page 225, une seconde auréole jaune en bordure supérieure avec atteinte au texte de la page 235 à la page 270, petite restauration en haut de la première planche, coupure à trois planches sans manque, les planches de musiques présentes des coupures, parfois des froissements et des cernes marginales, erreur de numérotation à trois pages). Ouvrage orné de quinze gravures sur bois en hors-texte la plupart dépliantes. Antoine Gaffet de la Briffardière, écuyer, était gentilhomme de la Vénerie du roi Louis XIV, dans laquelle il servit près de quarante ans. Son manuscrit fut publié de façon posthume, et retouché dans le style, par Pierre-Clément de Chappeville. Édition originale posthume fort rare présentée ici dans sa reliure d'époque.
1769réf. 169911769 Paris, Claude-Jean-Baptiste Herissant, 1769, 2 parties en 1 vol. in 4 de XII-208-(2) pp., les 2 parties comprennent chacune 1 fx-titre, 1 titre et 1 front. gravé, rel. d'ép. plein veau fauve marbré, dos à nerfs orné de fers dorés, pièce de titre de maroquin rouge, la planche 36 manque représentant le Milan (oiseaux de proie), sinon bel ex.
1928Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Bill Carlisle, Train Robber - An account of the amazing exploits of a man described as "the last of the train-robbers", who would notify officials when he was about to rob a train!; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part I - A thrilling account of adventures on a remote Dutch East Indies island in pursuit of prehistoric flesh-eating lizards (the Komodo dragon) - with photos; The City of Golden Geese - A lively photo-illustrated account of the foie gras industry in the old city of Strasburg in Alsace; Mungoro Meets His Match - A Rhodesian tale; The End of the Chase - A hunt for a monstrous elephant near Lake Nyasa; Photo of a Kentish stilt-walker in field of hops; The Man in No. 35 - How a British officer discovered, in a Russian prison, Julius Weinberg, a Jewish banker who had actually handed Lenin and his accomplices ten million marks from the German Government in order to finance the Bolshevik revolution that destroyed Russia as a fighting force - the little man knew too much, and paid with his life for his refusal to surrender the incriminating receipts; Cycling Round the World - Part II - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years riding over 20,00 miles! - with photos; The bachelor Homesteaders of British Columbia - A breezy photo-illustrated account of the adventures and hardships of this cheery, happy-go-lucky class of men; The Girl Stowaway of the Cecilie - Part II - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; A Ride in the Night - An officer of the King's African Rifles falls ill on the Abyssinian frontier of Kenya Colony; The Chief's Gift - A tale from a New Zealand sheep farmer; Teddy Murphy's Close Call - A child disappears into a well in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
1902réf. 306789First edition so stated. Thick octavo. Frontispiece and eight illustrations by L.A. Fuertes A.B. Frost J.O. Nugent and C.L. Bull. Index. Full gilt stamped contemporary dark green morocco by Stikeman t.e.g. others uncut the spine with gilt stamped horse head fish and sporting dog devicesminor rubbing else fine. Heraldic bookplate of M.C.D. Borden on the front pastedown. 429 pages. Includes chapters on the turkey family partridges grouses plover and "Quail and Grouse on the Pacific Coast". Number 20 of 100 copies on large paper. The American Sportsman Library. Printed by the Norwood Press Norwood Massachusetts. The Macmillan Company hardcover
1902réf. 306789First edition so stated. Thick octavo. Frontispiece and eight illustrations by L.A. Fuertes A.B. Frost J.O. Nugent and C.L. Bull. Index. Full gilt stamped contemporary dark green morocco by Stikeman t.e.g. others uncut the spine with gilt stamped horse head fish and sporting dog devicesminor rubbing else fine. Heraldic bookplate of M.C.D. Borden on the front pastedown. 429 pages. Includes chapters on the turkey family partridges grouses plover and "Quail and Grouse on the Pacific Coast". Number 20 of 100 copies on large paper. The American Sportsman Library. Printed by the Norwood Press Norwood Massachusetts. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1893réf. 5953London: Richard Bentley 1893. Third Impression. Hardcover. VG. Lynn Bogue Hunt. 455 pp ill. One of the best most widely read quoted and reprinted books. Only the first four editions of this book have the green cloth with the three gold animal heads on the cover. Corners showing some wear but better than a vg copy. A classic that should be in every collection hopefully in an early edition. Richard Bentley hardcover
1904réf. 3721London: Rowland Ward 1904. First. Hardcover. VG. 259 pp ill fold out map zebra end papers. Wild sheep in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia and in Siberia. Excellent appendix on outfitting for wild sheep hunting in Mongolia. A book with much information that still rings true. A very scarce and desirable title in first ed. VG copy mild corner and spine tips wear almost imperceptible soiling at top front board. Rowland Ward hardcover
1798réf. 5029Paris, Deterville, Desray, 1798. 3 volumes in-4 de XVI, 889p., 20 pl. h. -t. + [2]ff., VI, 899p., 20 pl. + [2]ff., XII, 1006p., 20 pl. demi-veau marron à coins, dos à nerfs ornés de filets dorés, étiquettes de titre et tomaison beiges. Plats tachés, petits accrocs à deux coiffes, dos frottés, coins ouverts, quelques rousseurs.
1962réf. 18589Grenoble, 1962. Un volume in-8 de XI-[2]-1564-[4] pages, pleine toile beige imprimée de l'éditeur.
1938réf. 18590Grenoble, Arthaud, 1938. Un volume in-8 de XI-[2]-855-[2] pages, pleine toile verte imprimée de l'éditeur, couverture et dos conservés.
réf. 133323aafParis, Imprimerie et librairie de Mme Ve Bouchard-Huzard, M DCCCLVIII, (1858), in-4to, frontispice + VIII + 282 p. + 1 feuille (table des planches), 14 planches gravées sur bois h.-t., représentant des chiens, exemplaire N° 99 (sur vergé) avec signature de l’auteur, Ex-Libris armorié avec devise „CAVE MUSCAM PUNGIT“, reliure en d.chagrin aux coins, dos à cinq nerfs avec titre doré, gardes en papier peint, bel exemplaire
réf. 137710aafLausanne, Reichlen, 1938, in-4°, 133 p. + 18 dessins reproduits à pleine page (dont 8 hors-texte), abondamment illustré de 86 dessins dans le texte et de nombreuses illustrations à la plume, Il a été tiré de cet ouvrage: 2000 ex. sur papier vélin num, de 26 à 2025. Ex. n° 1719. brochure originale, couverture illustrée en couleurs représentant deux chamois sur un sommet
réf. 15844Lausanne, chez l’auteur 1938, 325x240mm, 132pages, broché. Exemplaire numéroté sur papier vélin, n.° 529 / 2025. Petits accros sur le haut et le bas dos et charnières légèrement frottées, autrement bel exemplaire, intérieur très propre.
1883réf. 8271Berne / Genève, Imprimerie B.-F. Haller / Imprimerie Studer, 1883-1911. 5 volumes grands in-4 demi-basane, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés et à froid, titre et années en doré. Quelques épidermures, quelques plats frottés et, au détail, volume I: 1 mors fendu, 1 planche légèrement déboîtée, petite réparation à une page. II: charnières fendues, petit manque aux gardes. III: 1 mors cassé, tête déchirée. IV: petit manque en queue. V: 2 feuillets brunis et pliés. Intérieur frais.
1822réf. 18278Audot 1822 2 volumes in-8, bradel cartonné, pièces de titre et de tomaison de basane rouge., XIV- 311- 323 pp. 12 pages de fanfares gravées et 24 pp. de catal. du libraire, 36 pl. h.-t. dont 16 en aquateinte. Coiffes et coins usés. Une planche tachée en marge par l’encre bleu, 2 pages avec déchirures et petits manques de texte.
1928réf. 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
1915réf. 7271Boston Ma: Chapple Publishing Company 1915. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 410 pp profuse ill. Hunting throughout East Africa and into northwester Rhodesia now Zambia. Two very long and very fruitful safaris after dangerous game much on elephants as well a the glamor game of East Africa and what is now Zambia. Truly the hunting spirit races through these pages and will inspire even the laziest armchair adventurer. Nice near fine copy in original green cloth. Would be fine except for almost imperciptible blind stamp on title page. Chapple Publishing Company hardcover
1909réf. 6154London: Rowland Ward 1909. First. Hardcover. VG. 252 pp ill 73 full page plates pull out folding map in rear pocket 56 text illustrations. Zebra end papers. Being records of further sport and travel in Kamchatka for sheep and bear and elsewhere. He got great bears and a splendid Kamchatkan bighorn. Orig printed cloth zebra patterned end papers. VG condition. Rowland Ward hardcover
1936réf. 6023London: Blackie & Son 1936. First. Original Cloth. Near Fine to Fine. 196 pp Ill. Hunting lion and elephant in the remote Zambezi regions. Hunting elephant and leopard along with buffalo and lion in the African wilds. Along the Zambezi and Chewore Rivers where the game is so plentiful that they still hunt today. He spent a lot of time hunting leopard and elephant with a chapter devoted to each of: elephant rhino buffalo hippo crocodile and a variety of antelopes. There additional notes on selecting rifles. Vividly written portrait of the African wilds and dangerous big game. Very scarce. Not very well known work with lots of big game hunting content. Exceptionally scarce. Near fine to fine. Cloth and text blockare are really clean. Blackie & Son unknown
