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1899rif. 6191London: W Thacker 1899. First. Hardcover. VG. Being a record of sport and travel in Baltistan and Ladakh. 286 pp ill fold out map in rear. A great Asian sheep hunting book for all the game of highest Asia. Especially good on ibex hunting but also for several sheep species as well. 1899 London FIRST edition. Orig. tan cloth picture of ibex printed on cover ram & rifle on spine. Original snakeskin patterend endpapers. Solid tight vg condition copy of a rare and sought after Asian hunting title. PLUS laid inside front cover is a note that this is a review copy presented by the publisher dated 1899 same year as publication and requesting notice when review appears. A great piece of ephemera. Review copies were uncommon 123 years ago! $ 2750.00Very nice vg to near fine condition in original scene stamped cloth. W Thacker hardcover
1891rif. 6199New York: Charles Scribner's 1891. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1891. Two volumes: 548 & 540 pp. Ill. Elaborate deco stamped covers both volumes. Classic work on Stanley's African explorations and his quest rescue and retreat of Emin governor of Equatoria. Lovely colletor condition set. Former owner name & year acquired written small and neat on front free endpapers. Crisp sharp looking copy in original gilt and stamped cloth. Charles Scribner's hardcover
1987rif. 6201Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1987. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Trade Ed. 272 pp ill. new foreword by P Rundell. Reprint of the elephant hunting classic.The Briar Patch series are among the most popular and popular priced reprints around. All edges gilt. Fine. Briar Patch Press hardcover
1957rif. 6203Harrisburg PA: Stackpole 1957. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG to Near Fine. 248 pp ill. The author's hunts by himself and then while with famous clients. Author was founder of the famous Ker & Downey Safari Company. Part I are hunts by Ker himself. Part two are hunts with his famous clients. Great reading and popular ever since it was printed. Near fine in like dj. AND inscribed by Ker to stock broker Dean Witter with Witter's printed bookplate inside front cover. Very bottom of bookplate is a little rubbed.Lovely association copy. Stackpole hardcover
1987rif. 6205Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1987. Reprint Trade Ed. Full Leather. Fine. Trade Ed. with a new intro by J. Casada. 606 pp ill fold out map. Classic on African hunting and exploration. Important work in the Briar Patch African collection series. All edges gilt. Adventures among elephants lion rhino hippo etc. Baker set out to discover the Nile's source and crossed some of Africa's finest game country. An ardent hunter he often stopped to pursue big game. The result-a hunting classic. Trade edition. Bound in full gilt stamped genuine leather. Raised spine bands. Near fine. Briar Patch Press unknown
1987rif. 6206Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1987. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Trade Ed. 326 pp ill. Sportsman's journey from 1894 to 1897 when crossing the dark continent from the mouth of the Zambesi to the Belgian Congo. Appendix on Central African game animals. Much on elephants. Foa collected almost all the African game for the Paris Museum. Fine copy. The limited trade ed. reprint. Briar Patch Press hardcover
1987rif. 6208Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1987. Trade Edition. Full Leather. Fine. 352 pp ill all edges gilt. new intro by Clendennon. The book originally published in 1852 has been popular for 150 years and readers will understand after perusing these pages. Part of the Briar Patch African Collection. Trade edition. Fine in full genuine leather binding. Briar Patch Press unknown
1971rif. 6217NY: Winchester Press 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Gates E. TROPHY HUNTER IN ASIA 1971 NY 1st ed 272 pp. Ill. All the Asian sheep and challenge of hunting on the roof of the world. Gates did more to popularize this hunting area than anyone else. A Weatherby award winner and a great writer. Fine in like dj AND warmly inscribed to Howard French Gates' longtime editor at Petersen Publishing and also the man who got Gates started collecting big game hunting books. GREAT association copy. Winchester Press hardcover
1961rif. 6100London: Faber & Faber 1961. First. Hardcover. VG/VG with minor rust colored spots. 184 pp ill. Bushmen buffalo lion and elephant. Lots of adventure in this action-packed work. Other than John Burger Horned Death there is no one who hunted buffalo and wrote about it more than Smiles. vg in like dj. Faber & Faber hardcover
1930rif. 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
1990rif. 6120Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hemingway E. THE GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA The "classic" African big game hunting book by the best known big game hunting writer ever. You might read about big game hunting elsewhere but you will never read about it as you will in these pages. A highly sought after and collectible book. Easton Press Collectors' Edition reprint in full genuine leather all edges gilt. Near fine. Easton Press hardcover
1988rif. 6127Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1988. First - Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 315 pp ill. Gates was one of the most respected international hunters and a Weatherby Award winner as well. He pioneered in opening many new areas to hunting. This is his ONLY book on African big game hunting. It covers the big and dangerous game as well as the sought after spiral horns and more. Great reading. As new in slipcase that has a dent in one corner. Amwell Press hardcover
1973rif. 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
1930rif. 6145London: John Lane 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. VG. 1930 London Stated first ed. 297 pp. Author traveled through the Himalayas to remote regions of this mountain range describing terrain and people. He enjoyed some sport hunted ibex and more important was one of the few men to ever successfully hunt a the rare snow leopard. VG. Former owner name tiny writing on front free endpaper. John Lane hardcover
2002rif. 6139Long Beach CA: Safari Press 2002. First Ltd to 1250 copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Closing box near fine. 357 pp ill. Bushbuck. Great & lesser kudu Nyala Sitatunga Common & Lord Derby eland mountain nyala and bongo. The elusive spiral horns are some of Africa's most prized big game hunting trophies. Boddington describes his hunts over many years for all of them. Limited ed only 1250 signed and numbered copies. Bound in blue gilt cloth beveled edges and housed in a completely folding red cloth clamshell box. Fine in like box. Sought after Boddington title. Lovely publisher presentation of book and box. Nicely inscribed by Boddington as well. Safari Press hardcover
1909rif. 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
1983rif. 6162Munich: Tigris Verlag 1983. Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 448 pp profuse ill. suede end papers full embossed gilt leather binding gilt inner dentelles all edges gilt. 16 x 12.25 inches. A splendid monumental work. The books itself weighs 15 pounds! Worldwide hunting with chapters written by a who's who of hunting in Europe. All text is in German. Photos however need no translation they are excellent. This is a hunting and photographic classic. Gift inscription to former owner on front free endpaper. Otherwise FINE. Shipping weight of the book will be about 20 pounds so there will be substantial extra postage. Tigris Verlag hardcover
1922rif. 5969London: Andrew Melrose 1922. First. Hardcover. VG to vg. 252 pp ill. Hunting for lions along the Okavango River on what can only be called a super sporting excursion. Also incl. some of the author's military adventures during the war. Scarce book in vg to vg condition in red cloth variant binding. Excellent reading. Andrew Melrose hardcover
1987rif. 5982Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press 1987. ltd ed 500 copies. Hardcover. Fine/VG. Ten Years of African Hunting. 1987 CA 274 pp Ill. Foreword by John Batten. Ltd ed ONLY 500 signed numbered copies. The first Africa Hunting blockbuster hit by Boddington. One of Boddington's most sought after books. Fine in vg a few closed tears and one chip dj. Safari Press hardcover
2013rif. 5983South Africa: Rowland Ward Publications 2013. First Trade. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Eland - everyman's elephant. Second title in the hunting the spiral horn series. 303 pp ill. Large format. Recognized as the definitive book for the modern eland hunter. Contributions from all the top professional and sport hunters with covers all species distribution hunting and much more. Great to read and to look at. An immediate sellout. With lengthy inscription from Flack and second inscription from someone who appears to be a friend of both men. Heavy extra postage required. Rowland Ward Publications hardcover
1991rif. 6014New York: Random House 1991. First American. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 738 pp ill. 1st Amer ed. White man's conquest of the dark continent from 1876 to 1912. Near fine in like dj. Random House hardcover
1936rif. 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
1965rif. 6082London: Heinemann 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Author's 4th novel and first that Heinemann printed. Book is in near fine condition price clipped dj spine slightly faded but overall in better than vg condition. No writing. Text block square and tight. Heinemann hardcover
1927rif. 6083London: Richard Cobsen-Sanderson 1927. First. Hardcover. Very Good. 262 pp. ill. Pull out rear pocket map. From northern to southern Tibet in search of blue sheep gazelle and antelope plus other sheep species. They went into ovis ammon country and hunted but never saw any large rams. After all their travel and hunting throughout Central Asia the men died while mountaineering in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. A popular title. VG copy in orig. black gilt cloth. Richard Cobsen-Sanderson hardcover
1987rif. 5834Cape Town: C Struik 1987. Trade Ed Reprint. Hardcover. VG/Near Fine. 546 pp ill fold out map. Four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa. Sporting adventures and notes on devices for destroying wild animals. A fine account in pen and pencil of great hunting adventures. Nicely done reprint of a true classic. VG in near fine dj. C Struik hardcover
