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A la chasse chez les Thongas. Une expédition dans l'est africain portugais
1939Payot 1939, In-8 broché, 222 pages avec une carte. Bon état
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1939Best.-Nr. 26859Paris Payot 1939 In-8 221 pp
1939Best.-Nr. 188741939 Paris, Payot, 1939, in-8 br. de 221-(1) pp., Une carte sur double-page, bon ex.
1939Payot 1939, In-8 broché, 222 pages avec une carte. Bon état
1939Best.-Nr. 163609Payot Paris, Payot, 1939. In-8 broché de 222 pages avec une carte. Bon état
Best.-Nr. 165133Imprimerie Des Beaux-Arts Hérault 1982 In-8 ( 210 X 155 ) de 208 pages, broché sous couverture illustrée. Illustrations dans et hors-texte. Bel exemplaire.
Best.-Nr. 498229Casterman Belgique 1996 In-4 ( 260 X 265 mn ) de 165 pages, pleine toile bleu nuit sous jaquette illustrée. Illustrations dans et hors-texte en couleurs. Très bel exemplaire.
1952Amiot-Dumont, Paris, 1952. Grand In-8 broché sous jaquette illustrée, 226 pages, illustré d’une carte et 9 planches photographiques h.-texte sur papier couché. Un envoi de l'auteur en page de garde. Un récit captivant qui nous emmène notamment au Congo Belge, en Ouganda, à la poursuite des gorilles avec l'aide des pygmées. Edition originale. Kaps, p. 134.
1952Best.-Nr. 516Amiot-Dumont, Paris, 1952. Grand In/8 broché sous jaquette illustrée, 226 pages, illustré d’une carte et 9 planches photographiques h.-texte sur papier couché. Un envoi de l'auteur en page de garde.
Best.-Nr. 13382Paris, Delagrave, 1895, 1 cartonnage rouge, tranches dorées, 1 mors déchiré sur 4 cm, charnières fendues. grand in-8, f.t., titre illustré, illustrations par H. Faber, Beard, Gamm, etc. ;
2004Best.-Nr. 7085Atascadero CA: Mission Trail 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. New/As New. Broom G. & Boddington C. A LIFE ON SAFARI 2004 CA Stated first edition. Privately printed for the authors. 234 pp ill. Broom has hunted from the top to the bottom of the African continent and is one of the most admired African Safari operators. His Matetsi safaris operates in Tanzania Botswana Zambia and they operate also in South Africa Zimbabwe and Namibia. He has truly lived his life on safari. Boddington needs no introduction he has hunted just about everywhere in Africam often more than once and has been numerous times with Matetsi. He even refers to Geoff as his old friend and mentor. Fine in like dj. Inscrbied by Geoff to former owner. Mission Trail hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 5775Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press 1994. First - Limited to 1000 Copies. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Orig Slipcase. Millais JG. 330 pp ill. Capstick's biography of one of his heroes John "Pondoro" Taylor. With both Capstick and Taylor names this limited ed. sold out quickly. Enjoyable reading and collected by both Capstick and Taylor afficianados. Book fine in like slipcase. Safari Press hardcover
1887large 8vo [25 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes, in 10 parts by genera, hundreds of illustrations including 97 full-page plates and folding, 13 colored maps mostly folding showing geographical distributions, indices, with title & half title pages issued later. later (1953) cloth with gilt spine title lettering, the original heavy paper wraps of each of the 10 parts are bound in (one wrap chipped & repaired), the parts are not bound in order, small stain on outer edge of part VII, fine, clean and unmarked. A pi In this copy, part X, General Review of the Orchideae is bound first in volume I Originally published in 10 parts, usually bound in 2 volumes, in 1887-1894, it is a milestone and a famous and still useful reference in orchid literature, with descriptions and culture of about 1,700 species and hybrids, together with the history of their discovery and collection, about 1300 pages. Besides the detailed descriptions, the work includes details on the discovery and development of the various species and varieties. Veitch was a leading English nursery, which sent plant hunters to many parts of the world, and introduced numerous new varieties and species. BMNH 2199. Massachusetts Horticultural Library Catalogue 323. Burrage p. 90. Glikbarg (supplement 1982). "Many of the instructions contained in the Manual relative to the care of different orchids are still valuable. Good scientific descriptions in English are given for each species; these descriptions are accompanied by the appropriate references to earlier authorities together with detailed information on habitat, discovery and culture. A substantial amount of interesting detail concerning contemporary and past orchid hunters, collectors and growers is given, much of which would be difficult to find elsewhere. The numerous maps indicating the habitat of various species are valuable and the work is enriched by many well-drawn black and white engraved plates and illustrations in the text.. . . a veritable encyclopedia. . . the 1963 reprint has maps that can be read only with difficulty". [Duveen, Classics of Orchid Literature, American Orchid Society, 1972].
Best.-Nr. 27222Buffalo NY: Buffalo Newton Rifle Co. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. N.D. First Edition. Softcover. Nice sales brochure for the "new" Newton rifle. Includes a note that the model 1922 is discontinued and a small one sheet on the new rifle. Light surface soil and very small stain to the far upper right corner of the pages. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 24 pages . Buffalo Newton Rifle Co. paperback
Best.-Nr. AQ22589s.i.: s.n. s.d. 9 leaves. Contemporary Kodak limited brown cloth album. Extremities lightly rubbed and marked. Ticket of Middlesbrough based chemists Middleton & Co. to FEP. With 24 black and white photographs two pasted to FEP the remainder loosely inserted. Contemporary manuscript notes to verso of 12 photographs. One photograph naively repaired with clear tape. A turn of the century photograph album containing images of a hunting expedition to Taob Himachel Pradesh Western Himalayas India. The unidentified white hunter - visible in several of the images - mentions in his succinct captions his 'coolies' his shikari hunting guide and the huts and bridges built by the expedition. Notably three of the photographs depict the hunter displaying bear skins and in another a member of his 'staff' exhibits an ibex head. . Small quarto. [s.n.], [s.d.] hardcover
1895Best.-Nr. fr1387Calmann Lévy Relié 1895 In-8 (15 x 20,5 cm), reliure demi-chagrin à coins, dos à 5 nerfs orné de caissons dorés, tête dorée, couverture conservée, 228 pages, illustrations en noir de Crafty ; frottements au cuir au niveau des mors, coins et nerfs, par ailleurs bel état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
2006Best.-Nr. 5629Huntington Beach CA: Safari Press 2006. Ltd Ed 1000 copies. Hardcover. Fine/Orig Slipcase Fine. 244 pp ill. Autobiography of Brian Marsh a well known figure in big game hunting circles both as a hunter and writer. Hunting big game trophies over most of the southern African continent. Well written.Ltd to 1000 signed numbered slipcased copies. Fine in like slipcase. Safari Press hardcover
19348vo [20.5 x 14 cm]; 317 pp, frontis, illustrations from photos, 2 maps including double-page map with route in red and folding map of Himalaya East of the Tsangpo in blue & black, index of places, plant index, persons index, animal-bird index. original cloth, gilt lettering, spine lightly faded but lettering clear, trifle foxed in margin of title page, bookplate on endpaper, near fine, clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, plant collector and geographer and winner of the Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal, describes the people, nature, scenes during his plant hunting expedition in Tibet where he found numerous plants new to Europe.
19954to [28 x 22 cm]; 291 pp, 270 color and 70 black & white illustrations, bibliog, glossary, index. original cloth with gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, pictorial endpapers, dj, fine, clean, unmarked and unused. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. First published in 1981 under the title Plant Hunting in Nepal, this new edition is much enlarged with updated nomenclature and an additional chapter on a subsequent visit to Nepal by the author, and with more illustrations. Although the book's emphasis is on the wide variety of plants found in the area, the author also describes the expedition's many adventures, parties with the Tibetans, birds and animals, the Nepalese people and their lives, beautifully illustrated.
1979Best.-Nr. r7604Rugby: Anthony Atha Publishers Ltd and The Game Conservancy. VG : in very good condition with green slipcase. 1979. 733/1100. Green hardback cloth cover with green leather spine. 300mm x 300mm 12" x 12". 152pp. 12 large colour plates by Alken Ansdell Thorburn and others and over 100 b/w illustrations. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Anthony Atha Publishers Ltd and The Game Conservancy hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 6792St Paul MN: Foundation for North American Wild Sheep 1980. First. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG with minor rust colored spots. Roebuck D. 167 pp profuse ill. Twenty great sheep hunting stories by twenty of the most respected big game sheep hunters all in one book - the first ever issued by the Foundation. Good reading. Fine copy in VG scrape on bottom front of dj jacket. Foundation for North American Wild Sheep hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 29114Alexandria Bay NY: Museum Restoration Service. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 11"; 118 pages . Museum Restoration Service hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 33783Toronto : Collins 1946 . First Edition . VG/Good . 8VO . Black and white full-page illustrations by Louis Darling. Very light wear to book some browning to edges gift inscription on front free endpaper. Unpriceclipped jacket has worn with losses at spine extemities and corners. Cave A87. Collins unknown
1931Paris, 1931-32. Plaquette in/8, nombreuses illustrations, 48 p. Rousseurs et taches claires sur la couverture ; manque une agrafe au catalogue. Fusils Hammerless, Mannlicher, Browning,... cartouches, divers accessoires pour chasseurs et gardes, miroirs à alouettes, appeaux, pièges, ...
Best.-Nr. 11187Paris, 1931-32. Plaquette in/8, nombreuses illustrations, 48 p. Rousseurs et taches claires sur la couverture ; manque une agrafe au catalogue.
1994Best.-Nr. 6849Camden SC: John Culler & Sons 1994. Reprint Limited to 500 Copies. Leather. Fine/VG with minor rust colored spots. 295 pp 113 illustrations 5 photogravures 2 pull out rear pocket maps. All edges gilt. The last of three books authored by the noted Central Asian sheep hunter. Deals with bears and Snow Sheep on the Russian Kamchatkan Peninsula. Now that Ovis Nivicola is open to sport hunters this book is even more in demand. As new in Vg slipcase with minor rust colored spots. See image on website. John Culler & Sons unknown
