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1913réf. 3972London: Faber and Faber 1913. Limited Edition 1000 Copies. Hardcover. VG to near Fine. 359 pp profuse ill and 102 full page photogravure plates. Folio sized. All edges gilt. Original publishers gilt stamped decorated dark red morocco. Beveled edges. Gilt & stamped rules on front/rear boards. Raised bands on spine rules & decorations in spine bands. Gilt inner dentelles marbled end papers. Includes bird wildfowl shooting and deer stalking throughout the British Isles and one shoot in China. Very light slight rubbing on outer hinges otherwise a lovely copy with all gilt bright. Internally the book has likely never been read. A VERY heavy book. Shipping weight will exceed ten pounds. Faber and Faber hardcover
1925réf. 6328New York: Frederick A Stokes Company 1925. First. Hardcover. Near Fine. 320 pp ill. 8 text maps. Ovis ammon urial markhor leopard goral burhel. One of the most complete Asian hunting books. Above average photos. Readable and sought after because of the accuracy to this date of much of the information provided. Considered one of the best general reference/reading books on Asian mountain game. Near fine 1st Amer ed of a very scarce item. Frederick A Stokes Company hardcover
1908réf. 7281London: The Bodley Head 1908. First. Hardcover. Very Good. 276 pp. Ill. Throughout eastern Africa. Comments on game on a species by species basis. Dickinson was the British Commissioner for British East Africa. One of the new titles recommended by President Roosevelt in his Life Histories of African Game Animals bibliography. A very nice copy that looks unread. Slight fading to spine and an almost unnoticeable publishers blind stamp on title page. The Bodley Head hardcover
1903réf. 6333London: T Fisher Unwin 1903. First. Hardcover. Very Good. 313 pp 86 ill 3 appendices maps. Top edges gilt. Hunting in the Cheringoma and Gorongoza districts of what is now Mozambique. Traveling through a hitherto unknown region Findlay discovered a sporting paradise. A beautifully illustrated and action packed work on African big game hunting. A nice copy but spine tips show wear and chipping with loss at top. Otherwise a bright sharp tight book with firm hinges which is unusual in this thick and heavy book. Thus very good and value priced for a first edition. T Fisher Unwin hardcover
2016réf. 7679South Africa: Peter Flack Productions 2016. DeLuxe Ed Ltd to 200 numbered copies. Hardcover. New/Orig slipcase as New. The elite African Trophies. 2016 S Africa. The beautifully produced deluxe limited edition only 200 signed numbered slipcased copies bound in half leather. Large format 432 pp pp an amazing 679 b/w & color ill. Printed in heavy quality paper. This is actually 3 books in 1 the definitive book on hunting the 2 bongo species and 2 nyala species. The 30 hunters and authors who contributed to this work constitute a who's who of bongo & nyala hunting: Robin Hurt Jason Roussos Tony Seth-Smith Coenraad Vermaak Rudy Lubin etc. The book also includes hunters of yesteryear: Maydon Mellon Powell-Cotton Christy Drummond. There are also a couple of chapters by experienced current sport hunters. One of the most collectible new books to come out in recent years. As new. Large format heavy - extra postage required. Peter Flack Productions hardcover
2015réf. 7683South Africa: Peter Flack Productions 2015. Limited Edition 200 copies. Hardcover. New/Orig Slipcase New. The Sly Shy Secretive One. 340 pp profuse color ill. Large format. Deluxe ed. limited to 200 signed numbered slipcased copies. This beautiful book about a top African big game hunting trophy will stand out for years to come as the definitive work on sitatunga. Contributors include Don Cowie Brian Herne Robin Hurt Rudy Lubin Jeff Rann Alain Smith Chris Kinsey the first sport hunter to bag all 26 subspecies of sitatunga as well as other noted professional and experienced sport hunters. As John Jackson says in his Foreword: You are about to embark on an incredible journey across the range of all sitatunga. The reader journeys with renowned hunters of yesteryear and today. Fine in fine slipcase.This is the only book you will need on sitatunga. Large format heavy work. Extra postage required. Peter Flack Productions hardcover
1986réf. 14322Long Beach CA: Safari Press. As New. 1986. First English Edition. Hardcover. Issued without a dust jacket but the slipcase is as-new. One of 500 copies of the first book in Safari Press' "Hunting in High Altitudes" series. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 144 pages . Safari Press hardcover
1925réf. 6632London: William Heinemann 1925. 1925 Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG with minor rust colored spots. with a monograph on the African elephant. 1925 London 206 pp. Ill. Four part fold out panoramic frontis of a herd of elephants advancing through the Lorian Swamp. Folio sized. Elephant stalking elephant hunting and elephant photography. The splendid large format elephant folio edition limited to only 550 copies. A must for any great collection. Endpapers lightly foxed but otherwise amazingly near fine in original gilt and blindstamped cloth. AND with most of the original just jacket. RARE in dust jacket. Very large very heavy. Extra postage. Signature of noted naturalist and animal trainer Hubert G Wells on front free endpaper. William Heinemann hardcover
1973réf. 6140NY: Winchester Press 1973. First Ltd to 750 Sets. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Weiler M. Two volume limited edition numbered slipcased set. 208 and 208 pp. Ill. The best writings from these and other authors. Books and slipcase are both fine. In addition each volume is signed and presented by both authors with a special presentation plate inside both front covers. The sets are scarce likely because so many were specially presentation and do not return to the market. Winchester Press hardcover
1985réf. 3087Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1985. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Original Slipcase Fine. 688 pp ill. Anthology compiled from most of the best African hunting books ever written both old and recent along with special contributions for this book. The 19th in the African hunting heritage series. Excellent selections will provide many hours of reading enjoyment. A consistently popular book. In fact the entire series is worth having. Fine in orig. slipcase. Amwell Press hardcover
1948réf. 7341Privately printed 1948. Soft cover. Very Good. 76 typed pages with original photographs pasted in. The diary of two hunters in Alaska after a brown bear for the Field Museum. Privately printed unknown
1935réf. 5161London: Putnams 1935. First in English. Hardcover. Near Fine. 208 pp ill text map. Elephant and other big game hunting in Kenya Tanzania and Uganda. Also bongo and kudu. An enjoyable book finally getting the recognition it deserves as one of the enduring worthwhile books on the subject. Near fine in orig. cloth. Putnams hardcover
1927réf. 19530William Blackwood Edinburgh 1927. Roy. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured portrait frontispiece 3 coloured plates 28 plates in monochrome and an illustration in the text; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers uncut ribbon marker gilt from original front board and backstrip mounted on new and separate leaves at front custom-made slip-case a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the trade ticket of Times Book Club on rear paste-down. A bright copy of this sporting classic. William Blackwood, Edinburgh, hardcover
1954réf. 6815217 clichés au Trait, 30 cartes en deux couleurs, 2 cartes en trois couleurs, 209 héliogravures (4 radiographies et 8 microphotographies), tirage ordinaire après 80 Japon, 1 vol. fort in-4 reliure pleine toile verte éditeur, Chez l'Auteur, Grenoble, 1954, 1564 pp.
1995réf. 900Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1995. First - Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Original Slipcase as New. Coheleach Guy. 509 pp ill. Fourth in the Amwell Press big five series. Selections from the best books on leopard hunting both old and recent as well as some selections written especially for this volume. Deservedly popular. Worth reading. Fine in fine orig. slipcase. Probably the scarcest of the Amwell Press big five series. Amwell Press hardcover
1948réf. 83356Durel, éditeur, impr. Imprimerie d’Art G. Bouan 1948 In-4. En feuillets, étui carton, couverture à rabats illustrée en couleurs, 185 ff., nombreux dessins dans le texte, 10 planches hors texte, 22 ff. in fine contenant 43 reproductions photographiques commentées en regard. étui défraîchi, décirures et manque au dos de la couverture, intérieur très frais.
1960réf. FA-3London U.K.: Holland Press 1960. Classic invaluable reference text of early history and development of firearms and their accessories. Contains an appendix of inventors' names a brief history of firearms and a chronological list of of numerous inventions from 25 January 1588 through 29 April 1858. 323 pgs. Prior owner's name on endpaper. Dustjacket in mylar. Limited to 1000 copies. . Limited to 1000 Copies. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Holland Press Hardcover
2 vol. In-4, 202-317p. Edition numérotée 1/1500 exemplaires. Chaque volume est enrichi de 8 planches hors texte reproduites en phototypie sur papier Japon. Nombreuses illustrations en noir dans le texte. Légères rousseurs en pages de garde, sinon magnifiques exemplaires, finement reliés.
24 livraisons reliées en 1 volume In-4, 48-[52]p. Les 2 dernières années complètes de ce petit journal entièrement autographié et abondamment illustré. La troisième année contient notamment: Le ranz des vaches; Le Chateau d'Estavayer; Monnaies antiques; Légende des deux Fribourg; Le Lac Noir; La chasse nocturne; Une halte à Montbovon, etc... La quatrième année contient de nombreuses lithographies dont Vue de Broc, Vue de Gruyère, La Chapelle de la Daudaz, Vue de la Roche, etc... Il a été relié en début: WULLIEMOT (C.) & JACCARD (H.): Etrennes Yverdonoises. Les Papillons. Course scolaire, les 5 et 6 juillet 1865. - Lausanne, Blanchard lith. 1865. In-4 60p. entièrement autographiées. Couverture illustrée par Auguste Bachelin conservée.
2002réf. 140654Paris, puis Chaumont (Haute-Marne), Crépin-Leblond 2002 295 numéros. In-4 27 x 21 cm. Agrafés et brochés, couvertures en couleurs, abondamment illustré en couleurs et en noir & blanc, envron 70 pp. par numéro. Ensemble en très bon état.
réf. 228206Paris, Journal des éleveurs, s.d. (1888) in-8, [2] ff. n; ch., VIII pp., 153 pp., un f. n. ch. de table, avec des illustrations gravées sur bois dans le texte, demi-chagrin cerise, dos à nerfs, tête dorée (Ateliers Laurenchet).
1964réf. 168391964 P., de Tartas, 1964, in folio en feuilles, sous couverture de papier à feuilles végétales, rempliée et emboitage pleine toile marron de léditeur.
réf. 214506Paris, Chez Moyreau, 1736 50 x 70 cm à la cuve, eau-forte, coloris de l'époque, sous verre, cadre doré moderne (62 x 82 cm) Qques discrètes déchirures et un pli central, sans gravité pour la vue d'ensemble
1931réf. 802171931 Paris, Emile Nourry, Librairie Cynégétique, 1931, grand in 8° relié demi-veau framboise, dos lisse, titre doré, XIV-389 pages ; infimes défauts d'usage à la reliure.
réf. 12184Paris, Arthus Bertrand, (vers 1834). In-4 (env. 35 x 26 cm), (8 : faux-titre, titre et table) pp. et (4)-46 pl. sous serpentes, reliure de l'époque demi-chagrin vert bouteille, dos orné (dos un peu frotté, mors supérieure fendu en pied sur 4 cm, quelques rousseurs).
