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2002réf. 1417Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 2002. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. New/New. Large 8 1/2 x 11 inch format. 250 pp 112 b/w photographic illustrations. Nothing compares to hunting truly free range mountain game in their rugged natural environment. The Grand Slam of North American wild sheep the super slam of the world's wild sheep markhor in Pakistan ibex on several continents plus mountain game in Europe South America and Africa. They're all here. This boo is filled with the kind of stories from which classic emerge. Mac's quest for these animals lasted an amazing 50 years! His stories take the reader to some of the most remote parts of the planet. No matter how much technology changes most things one thing is certain: the mountain game hunter must climb high trek on foot and deserve that highly rewarded feeling when that head of heads finally comes to rest beside his tired feet. A must for all sheep hunters and those interested in good adventure. Limited to 1000 copies numbered SIGNED by the author. NOTE: On March 1 2002 Mac passed away after 88 hunting years. Mountain Game is the second in his trilogy. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1989réf. 676Camden SC: Briar Patch Press 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Whymper C. 576 pp. Ill. New foreword by Jim Casada.A hunter's wanderings from Khalamba to the Limbombo. Teeming with hunting stories. Kirby is known for his pursuit of leopards lions and elephants. This is the first book to discuss different haunts of leopards and different methods of hunting them. A true big game hunting classic. Fine. Briar Patch Press hardcover
1940réf. 2241London: Herbert Jenkins 1940. First. Hardcover. VG. A trans-Himalayan Diary 1939. 108 pp ill large folding map in rear. Bear hunting in the trans-Himalaya the road to Leh Central Asian trade routes Karakoram mountains and valleys and Baltistan plus index of stages distances and heights. Laid inside front cover is an interesting book review. VG in original blue cloth. Herbert Jenkins hardcover
1968réf. 141London: Holland Press 1968. Second. Hardcover. VG. Two enormous volumes each over 1000 pages. The most comprehensive listing of published material relating to South Africa. The best thing about this however is the extensiive annotations so you can see all the bibliographic details as well as get an in depth book review. VG. This is a VERY HEAVY set. Holland Press hardcover
1984réf. 3304Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1984. Limited Ed - 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. Limited Ed. Confessions of a gun editor. 247 pp ill. Everything from the big bore boys to sheep hunting famous head-hunters fan mail and more. Inimitable Jack - his last book and in some ways the final word. Limited ed of 1000 copies signed by Brad OConnor and Jim Rikhoff of the National Sporting Fraternity. Book is fine like new in similar original slipcase. Super and scarce item. Amwell Press hardcover
1988réf. 1461New York: St Martins Press 1988. Capstick Reprint Series: 1st Ed Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 268 pp ill. One of the popular classic African big game hunting titles in the Peter Capstick reprint series. Fine in like jacket. All the books in this series make great reading. St Martins Press hardcover
1996réf. 356Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1996. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 344 pp. Over 50 ill. 18 maps. Everyone going to Africa to hunt seeks something special. Those going after spiral horned antelope seek something even more. Terry Wieland as both writer and hunter has done a tremendous amount of research on these extra special hunters who pursue these extra special animals. If you're not "mad keen" about hunting these animals before you read his book you will be afterwards. One reviewer in Dallas called this "a dream of a book." .using the winning formula of personal experience travelogue historical vignette and outstanding research to capture the passion for pursuit ot these game animals. He brings to the fore a group of characters from Burton and Roosevelt to Ruark and Hemingway to craft a ripping good story. Many consider Terry's book as THE work on these game animals. A fine copy in like jacket with an extra author inscription on half title page. Trophy Room Books hardcover
1933réf. 1985Kashmir: Kashmir Medical Mission 1933. Fifteenth. Orig Printed Stiff Boards. VG. 234 pp two large folding maps in rear. 15th edition of the basic guide book to this area. VG in orig. printed stiff boards. Former owner's name written on front free end paper. Kashmir Medical Mission unknown
1981réf. 807Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1981. First limited #96 of 100. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good Plus. Gordon Allen. 318 pp ill. This fantastic mountain game sheep hunting book sold out almost as soon as it was issued. If you collect any of the NSF or Batten books you know this is one of their combined best. Sheep in N America Iran Altai Mountains and elsewhere in Central Asia. Book is fine in vg slipcase. All of Batten's book have been popular for the past 30 years! Amwell Press hardcover
1890réf. 50043Chicago & New York: Rand McNally & Co. 1890. Thick 8vo. 581 pp. plus 19 pp. illust. publ. ads. including those for Winchester rifles Smith & Wesson revolvers Lefever hammerless guns and Parker Bros. Hammerless Shot Gun the Northern Pacific Railroad and more. Frontisp. 26 plates numerous text illust. Publisher’s brown pictorial cloth over beveled boards gilt lettering & illust. of big horn sheep on front cover gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear very slight bumping to corners NF copy. First edition of this fascinating anthology of accounts on big game hunting including Elk Hunting in the Olympic Mountains Moose hunting in the Rocky Mountains the Columbia deer in the Pacific Northwest the Grizzly Bear the Polar Bear Big Horn Sheep in the Rocky Mountains Alligator hunting in Florida and many more. Rand, McNally & Co., hardcover
1986réf. 3233Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1986. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Near Fine. Darro Peter. Two volumes totaling 903 pp ill. Batten's fourth book. Profuse ill. Excellent bibliography in rear. Excerpts from some of the best and most popular hunting titles. An Asian hunting heritage book. This seems to be one of the more difficult of the Amwell Press titles to locate. Fine in near fine orig slipcase. Amwell Press hardcover
1984réf. 665Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1984. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 164 pp. ill. Foreword by Rudolph Sand. 12th title in the African hunting heritage series from the National Sporting Fraternity. Around Lake Rudolph and desert areas northern Kenya. Herne's 3rd book. Fine in near fine orig slipcase. Amwell Press hardcover
1997réf. 3291South Africa: Africa Safari Press 1997. First Edition limited to 2500 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Elephants and elephant hunting in South Central Africa. 312 pp. ill.Exciting stories from the wildlife manager turned hunter and the ecologist turned big game hunting author. A book for everyone interested in elephants elephant hunting today and tomorrow. Fine in like dj. Africa Safari Press hardcover
1990réf. 3205Clinton NJ: Amwell Press 1990. Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. Kuhn Bob. 618 pp ill.Foreword by Prince von Auersperg the first President of the International Professional Hunters' Assn. A big game hunting heritage book. Hunting cheetah leopard lion cougar jaguar and tiger. The popular and popular priced trade edition of the much higher priced limited ed. A must for anyone who enjoys tracking and hunting the big cats. Fine in like orig slipcase. Amwell Press hardcover
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
1902réf. 3974London: Zoological Society of London 1902. First Edition. Soft cover. VG to vg. a new genus of giraffidae. Discovery regional inhabited by description. pp 279 to 310 of a larger publication. This is a separately published offprint of vol XVI part 6. Large format. Contains the splendid hand colored plate by P J Smit the OKAPI. The text and plates are near fine. The cover is split and also has a tape repair. It 100% present. Shows minor soiling on the edges. Zoological Society of London unknown
1925réf. 3973London: William Heinemann 1925. Royal quarto edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. With a mongraph on the African Elephant. 206 pp profuse ill 113 plates after photographs by the author. The photographer's famous work on elephants in East Africa. The book is as good to read as it is handsome to behold. Elephant stalking hunting and photography. This is the royal quarto reprint done one year after the first edition. Contains the folded four-part photographic panorama of a herd of elephants advancing through the Lorian swamp as a frontispiece. VG to near fine considering the size of this work. Shipping weight will approach ten pounds. William Heinemann hardcover
1912réf. 3979Wien Leipzig: Wilhelm Frick Kais und Kon Hofbandler 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. VG to vg. ein monumentales gedenkbuch. 227 pp. ill. Book produced which showed everything on exhibition at the Vienna sporting exhibition. Hundreds of text ill plus many full page photogravures with tissue guards. A monumental work on European game. Text in German. The binding is gilt stamped suede. 14.5" high 11 inches wide. The front cover has deco gilt vertical rules and pointers to the right side of a stag head the spine has the same rules and the stag skull and the rear board is the same except that it is the left side. Deco end papers. This is a very rare item. Internally near fine. The corners are slightly rolled but the rest of the cover is vg showing that this has been well cared for. See all images. Wilhelm Frick, Kais und Kon Hofbandler hardcover
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
1867réf. 4023NY: Harper & Brothers 1867. 1867. Hardcover. Fair. 292 pp ill. This edition published for teenagers. Stories of the author's explorations and hunting adventures with wild animals and two legged ones as well. Fair only condition. Rear endpaper torn out. However nicely inscribed and signed Paul once and Paul Du Chaillu again. Dated in the year of publication. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1868réf. 4024New York: Harper & Brothers 1868. Not First. Hardcover. Poor. narrated for young people. Stories of wildlife and adventure in Equatorial regions of Africa. 231 pp ill pub. ads in rear. Poor condition. Almost disbound but complete. Nicely inscribed and signed also dated. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1994réf. 3306Huntington Beach: Safari Press 1994. First - Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. 276 pp ill. Barrington was the professional who took among other notables John Batten. He also married Batten's daughter. Much on hunting big trophies and the big five throughout eastern Africa. Fine in fine orig slipcase. Safari Press hardcover
2004réf. 4060Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press 2004. First Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. As New/Orig slipcase as New. 323 pp ill. Son of an avid big game hunter in East Africa Rietnauer grew up in the African bush learning everything he could about the big game and their habitat. He was both a hunter and a naturalist and his book provides an interesting view of the big game hunting sphere in Kenya & Tanzania. Limited to 1000 signed numbered slipcased copies. As new. Safari Press hardcover
1927réf. 41633Kansas City: Unity Press 1927. Hard Cover. vg/good. octavo. 397pp Blue cloth in color pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper. Jacket has some pieces out at bottom of back cover and some lighter chipping at bottom of front cover. In a mylar wrapper. Unity Press unknown
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