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1981réf. 3446Canada: Allen Lane/Penguin Books Limited 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Robert Bateman. 179 pp ill. Extra large format. Profuse Bateman illustrations with accompanying test and an introductory profile of Bateman by R Derry as well as much biological info on the artist throughout the book. Printed on lovely heavy art stock and coated paper for the ill. Fine in like dj. Allen Lane/Penguin Books Limited hardcover
1866réf. 373London: Hurst & Blackett 1866. First. Half Leather- Worn. Fair. or notes on natural history of the game game birds and fish of that country. Illustrated with colored plates and woodcuts. 334 pp ill. Natural history of Canadian game. A cornerstone title but this should be rebound. It is bound in worn half leather marbled boards and marbled page edges but there is wear at all corners. A few of the colored plates show small water stains and these are only one the edges and not into the images. Printed on nice paper so this is a heavy book.Front hinge almost separated. Priced as a binding candidate or for framing some of the lovely colored plates. Hurst & Blackett unknown
1930réf. 3448London: Gale & Polden 1930. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. A humorous look at life and hog hunting in India. Delightful sketches by Snaffles. Extra large format book. Humorous text and or captions to many of the drawings. A lovely fine copy in orig. cloth with drawing inset on front cover AND in orig. dust jacket which is in vg condition small pieces missing from top bottom of spine. But there is no jacket text on spine. Front cover with title author and drawing is all present. Gale & Polden hardcover
1988réf. 3719London: Rowland Ward 1988. First Ltd to 1250 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 247 pp ill. Ltd to 1250 copies signed by the author. A comprehensive survey of elephants and the colorful characters who throughout the years have hunted them. He also talks about large caliber rifles. Author's almost 40 year career makes him eminently well qualified to write this book. Almost an immediate sellout. Good bibliography in rear. Fine in like dj. Signed by the author on 2nd title page. Rowland Ward hardcover
1988réf. 2400Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1988. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Dick Williams. 152 pp ill. Mountain lion cougar hunting. Good book on the subject by a noted cougar hunter. Limited to 1000 signed numbered slipcased copies. Fine in like slipcase. Of interest to anyone who likes really good reading about hunting with hounds. A professional cougar hunter told us this was one of the best titles he ever read. Amwell Press hardcover
1923réf. 1983Kashmir: Kashmir Medical Mission 1923. Thirteenth. Orig stiff Printed Boards. VG. 236 pp two large folding map in rear. 13 ed of the basic guidebook on this area. VG in orig stiff boards. Someone has made neat pencil notations on rear blank pages and also on back of the last folding map page. Otherwise really vg showing little signs of use. Kashmir Medical Mission unknown
1981réf. 1627Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1981. First Limited Ed: 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bob Kuhn. Signed by Tony Dyer and Jim Rikhoff. 312 pp. ill by Bob Kuhn Bibliography. Sixth title in the African hunting heritage series. An exceptional book on elephant hunting perhaps second only to Foran's later work Legends of the Field. Fine in like slipcase. Amwell Press hardcover
1933réf. 3499London: Methuen & Co 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. VG to vg. A Naturalist's experiences in and around the Kurile Islands. 246 pp ill end paper maps. Expedition undertaken for the Stockholm Museum. VG to vg. Some staining on the right side of the front endpaper map and on the left side of the blank rear endpaper. Methuen & Co hardcover
1987réf. 1855Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1987. First Limited Ed: 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 200 pp profuse ill. Ltd to 1000 copies numbered and signed by the publisher. Covers two very long safaris to Iran for virtually every game animal offered in the country. This Weatherby Award winner is a noted mountain game hunter and his stories are very interested. Fine in like dj. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1999réf. 333Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1999. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. History and Hunting in Central Africa. 256 pp 135 ill. While noted elephant hunters have made areas like Karamojo Oubangui-Chari and Aouk well known no writer has ever produced a book on the history and hunting in those regions until now. LeNoel is a writer AND a season professional so the book is exciting and informative. Bongo Lord Derby eland dwarf buffalo are found in these remote rainforests and deserts. They are hunted by those who are hardy and full of heart because the terrain demands 100% of what any man can offer. Read about the men who always keep their rifles in the bush always ready to meet that 100-pounders. It is a superb book backed up by great research. Congo CAR Chad and Cameroon. There are man-killers and rogues 100-lb tuskers and record book trophies. A book recommended by many. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1979réf. 646Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1979. First Edition Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Near Fine. Bob Kuhn. The very first in the National Sporting Fraternity Amwell Press African Hunting Heritage series. Dyer was not only a noted professional hunter and author but he served for a long time as President of the East African Professional Hunters Association. One of the very best African big game hunting titles. Fine in fine orig slipcase but with former owner's raised blindstamp on limited edition page. Amwell Press hardcover
1900réf. 2436London: Stanford 1900. 1899/1900. No Binding. VG. Stanford's New Map of the Orange Free State the southern part of the South African Republic the northern frontiers of the Cape Colony Natal Basutoland and Delagoa Bay in Portuguese East Africa. 1899. Cover title: Stanford's new large scale map to illustrate the crisis in South Africa Oct 1899 WITH Southern Extension of Stanford's New Map of the Orange Free State and the Southern Tip of the South African Republic. Cover title: Stanford's new large scale map of the seat of war in South Africa. sheet 2. Folding linen backed maps in orig board covers & labels. Each sheet 27 x 39 in. 16 mi to the in. Both maps vg w. slightly faded cover. Sheet two shows both the Eastern Cape and all British controlled southern Africa on a scale of 94 mi to the in. Sheet on Oct 10 1899 and sheet 2 Jan 9 1900. Both Stanford London. Stanford unknown
1997réf. 810Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press 1997. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Original Slipcase as New. 349 pp ill. The prolific magazine writer brings us up to date on his last ten years in Africa. Fine in like slipcase. Limited to 1000 signed/numbered/ slipcased copies. A very popular and elusive Boddington title in limited edition. Safari Press hardcover
2000réf. 330Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 2000. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. 226 pp. 105 ill. John McGowan has been dipping his rifle hunting boots and pen in African gamelands since 1952. He's not a professional but his impressive trophy collection certain looks like he's carted rifles through lots of brush forest and plain to get his big game animals. He took two 100-lb elephants on one safari. Lots of adventures with the big five and kudu a 58-incher as well a plains game. One trip after tigers. John is also an astute judge of animal behavior: he notes that it's considerate of the lion to knock you unconscious when it charges because then you won't feel anything when it chews on you!John has hunted with the pros from the golden era through to today. From Tanzania to Kenta Central Africa Uganda and Zambia in both olden times and TODAY. These are stories of danger excitement rewarding experiences and laughs at some blunders as well as a giving thanks for some fortunate turns of fate. This book is a sure cure for hunter's heart disease. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1987réf. 1447Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1987. DeLuxe Reprint - 500 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. Deluxe Edition. 455 pp ill. Classic on African big game especially elephant hunting. The Briar Patch Press deluxe editions only 500 numbered and slipcased copies are very collectible reprints. Book and slipcase both fine. Briar Patch Press hardcover
1928réf. 3521Calcutta: Thacker Spink 1928. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Good. 656 pp two game registers inserted in rear pocket one with a few entries the other clean. Intended to be a small encyclopedia to help sportsmen identify and hunt game in India. Includes large and small game with section on equipment rifles ammunition game laws. Good only - rear hinge separated because of inserted game registers one page with 1/2 in piece torn away. Someone neatly printed the title author and date of publication on the originally blank spine. Great candidate to rebind or just recase. Thacker Spink hardcover
1990réf. 941Prescott AZ: Wolfe Publishing 1990. Reprint Limited to 1500 Copies. Half Leather. Fine. Wolfe. 312 pp ill. Pull out rear pocket map. The narrative of a sporting trip from Zanzibar to the borders of the Masai region through some of the best hunting country then known. Much on elephant hunting. A classic book. This is a fine reprint in like new condition as well. Wolfe Publishing unknown
1981réf. 736Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1981. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. Kuhn Bob. 252 pp ill. Fifth in the collectible African hunting heritage series. For elephant hunters and collectors of elephant hunting books this is a MUST. Also contains a brief but excellent bibliography of other titles worth collecting. As new in like orig. slipcase. A superb copy. Amwell Press hardcover
2012réf. 3428Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 2012. Limited Ed of 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. 335 pp 159 color photographic illustrations. Foreword by Mike Bartlett. Introduction by Craign Hamman. Don Bricker is a keen enthusiastic international big game hunters whose accomplishments in the field of big game hunting make great reading. His adventures in Africa make up more than half the book while his travels also takes armchair and other big game hunters to Europe Asia North America and Australia. Mike Bartlett himself a well known PH calls Don Bricker a professional hunter's dream. Don likes to experience the thrill of the hunt the solitude of the wilderness and a respect for nature. You meet all kinds of people as you go big game hunting. Don is the kind that makes you happy you selected the same road he traveled on. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1985réf. 424Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1985. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. A chronicle of two generations of a professional hunting family in East Africa. Photos from family's private album. 241 pp. ill. 18th book in the African hunting heritage series. As usual with all NSF books this is great reading. Fine copy in like slipcase. Amwell Press hardcover
1981réf. 2354Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1981. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase Near Fine. Tom Hennessey. 274 pp. ill. with lovely line drawings. One of the most popular wild turkey hunting books recently printed. A great anthology of the best writing on the subject. Limited to 1000 copies signed by editor illustrator and Pres of the National Sporting Fraternity. Fine in near fine slipcase. Amwell 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
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
1987réf. 1378Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1987. Dlx Ltd Ed Rep: 500 Copies. Full Leather. Fine/Orig Slipcase 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. Ltd ed of 500 copies. Book fine in like slipcase. Briar Patch Press unknown
1999réf. 335Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1999. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. 297 pp. 125 ill. Here is a man who has participated in every facet of the hunting industry: hunter on his own professional hunter partner/owner/general manager of safari companies. He's been there done that. Lions elephants buffalo people and places and weapons. Botswana South Africa Mozambique Tanzania. Just as the variety of big game encompasses every hunter's interest so the variety of this work makes it MUST reading. This copy has an extra "with author's regards" signed inscription on front free endpaper. Trophy Room Books hardcover
