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1913rif. 62084London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. 1913. Thick 8vo. xvi 2 216 1 pp. plus 4 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 23 photo plates. Pictorial green linen publisher’s cloth gilt illustration front cover of tiger attacking elephant and hunter gilt lettering front cover & spine very slight bumping to couple corners minor shelfwear slight foxing to fore-edges w/ d.j. dark gray-green paper illust. repeated on front cover in blue blue lettering VG/NF copy w/ “Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge” prize bookplate on front pastedown to F.H. Giltrap of Mountjoy School in 1914. Second edition of this informative memoir drawn from personal interviews experiences and notebooks of big game hunter and late Inspector General of Police Bombay Digby Davies as well as the author’s own sporting experiences. At the time he had been specifically requested to eliminate all personal names and references in the incidents with Davies whom Gouldsbury would specifically mention in the follow-up “Tiger Slayer by Order” 1915. Gouldsbury writes of numerous encounters with tigers in his own adventures hunting from elephant back and machans as well as leopards and maruading elephants with additional references to bison ibex and others. Davies relates his time serving during the Sepoy Mutiny work as a sporting inspector and specifically hunting down tigers elephants and others endangering villagers and livestock. One chapter specifically mentions hunting a 419 lb. tiger stretching over 10 feet 7 inches from nose to end of tail and standing 3 1/2 feet which had terrorized villagers killing cattle across Bengal. Very rare in original dustjacket. Chapman & Hall, Ltd., hardcover
1938rif. 62103New York: William Morrow & Co. 1938. 8vo. 352 pp. Photo frontisp. photo plates throughout 1 map. Blue publisher’s cloth blue lettering & decoration on spine very minor shelfwear w/ d.j. cover art photo scuffing & rubbing to foot of spine edgewear still a NF/VG copy. First American edition issued undated using the Collins sheets of this outstanding account of hunting lions & leopards and exploration across Darfur Sudan and Libyan desert with his wife Vi Henriques prior to World War II. Henriques 1905-1967 had completed an earlier Big Game hunting expedition from the Blue Nile to Dinder River in 1928 as well and later during World War II was lent to General Patton’s staff participated in the Casablanca North Africa Campaigns and the landing assaults on Sicily with the US armed forces. Scarce in original dustjacket. William Morrow & Co., hardcover
1910rif. 60826New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons 1910. Tall thick 8vo. xv 1 529 1 pp. Photogravure frontisp. numerous plates photos some photogravures maps text photos & illusts. Khaki-coloured publisher’s cloth gilt lettering on front cover & spine gilt elephant silhouette profile decorations t.e.g. very slight sunning to spine also very slight bumping to foot of spine NF mostly uncut & unopened copy. First edition of this famed work on African big game hunting chronicling the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition to collect specimens for the new Natural History Museum. The 11400 specimens shipped back from the expedition took Smithsonian naturalists over eight years to catalogue. Charles Scribner’s Sons, hardcover
rif. 231114Paris: Collection J. Hertzel & Cie. 1 vols. 8vo. Faux Red publisher's cloth binding marbled edges opening to marbled interior. About fine. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection J. Hertzel & Cie unknown
1912rif. 60617Toronto: The Copp Clark Co. Ltd. 1912. 8vo. xvi 246 pp. Photogravure frontisp. by Carl Rungius 3 photogravure plates by Rungius numerous photo plates 5 maps 1 folding. Publisher’s blue-green cloth gilt illust. of Grizzly Bear & lettering front cover gilt lettering on spine t.e.g. minor shelfwear slight rubbing occasional light spotting still VG bright copy. First Canadian edition of this well-illustrated and documented account of hunting and observing on Vancouver Island Montague Island Queen Charlotte Islands and includes a chapter of his wife Louisa Walker Gulliver Sheldon’s b. 1880 experiences bear hunting on Admiralty Island. Sheldon 1867-1928 trekked by steamboat canoe pack horse and on foot with other explorers and hunters such as Frederick Selous William H. Osgood and Carl Rungius hunting caribou grizzly bears moose and other big game as well. The Copp, Clark Co., Ltd., hardcover
1935rif. 59984Birmingham & London UK: St. Mary’s Row 40 Pall Mall ca. 1935. Two pieces. 8vo. 37 1 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. With numerous photo & text illustrations throughout. Textured green softcovers raised gilt lettering front cover yapp fore-edges slight shelfwear NF copy; 4 pp unpaginated. printed on gold-tinted paper photo & text illustrations self-printed softcovers NF. First edition of these exceedingly scarce Depression-era gun catalogues issued by the W.W. Greener William Wellington firm which had first developed the breach-loader gun as well as inventing the famous cross-bolt and an effective system of choke boring. This Greener Gun catalogue includes Greener’s Presentation Guns which could be chiseled and gold ornamented along with Side Lock Hammerless Ejector Guns miniature models trap models featherweith models and even the Greener Light Model Harpoon Gun. The second piece opens with long endorsement from Yeta III Paramount Chief of Barotseland who would rule from 1916-1945 and was an avid hunter who shot with Greener Rifles and Shot Guns noting here that three-quarters of his hippopotamus trophies had been made with the Greener .375 Double first purchased in 1904. No copies of either in Worldcat. St. Mary’s Row, 40, Pall Mall, paperback
1966rif. 59977New York: New American Library 1966. 8vo. 333 3 pp. Numerous photo plates illust. endpapers. Half blue & black cloth gilt lettering & illust. of Rhino on front cover minor dustsoiling edgewear very faint soiling front cover w/ d.j. very faint tide mark upper fore-edge front cover hint at foot of back cover VG-/VG- copy. First edition 1st printing stated of this classic work on Big Game Hunting. New American Library, hardcover
1894rif. 59978London: Longmans Green and Co. 1894. Two. vols. xvi 453 1; x 443 1 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Frontisp. both vols. illustrated title pages plates text illustrations photo illustrations throughout both vols. Pictorial brown publisher’s cloth white & black lettering front covers & spines gilt illust. on spines of lion & moose some minor soiling rubbing minor bumping to a few corners slight fraying head & foot of spines still VG- set from the library of Joseph Anderton w/ armorial bookplate on front pastedowns Non Flectimus. First editions of these volumes in The Badminton Library featuring extensive hunts in South Africa and East Africa in vol. I with chapters on elephant buffalo lion rhinoceros hippopotamus ostriches giraffes lion and musk ox; while vol. II details hunting in the Arctic the Caucasus Alps and substantial portion for hunting in India. Longmans, Green, and Co., hardcover
rif. 59980London & New York: Witherby & Co. Charles Scribner’s Sons 1907. 8vo. 400 pp. Title in red & black. Photo frontisp. 64 plates. Green publisher’s cloth embossed gilt illust. of moose front cover gilt lettering on spine minor shelfwear dustsoiling slight fraying to rear outer hinge still VG copy. First edition of this noted big game hunter’s expeditions hunting moose near Lake Kippewa and portage to Lake Bois Franc; caribou in Newfoundland and St. John’s Lake; moose sheep & lynx in the Yukon Klondike and along the Macmillan River with specific mentions of hunting with Indigenous Peoples. Witherby & Co., Charles Scribner’s Sons, hardcover
1889rif. 59410Paris: n.p. 1889. 4to. 10.5 x 10.75 in. Six individual puzzles individually postcard sized approx. 3.5 x 4.75 in. w/ colour chromolithograph image dissected onto nine wooden pieces each 1 small piece has been supplied in facsimile for upper corner of the Cairo street puzzle. All contained w/in the original deep red paper-covered wooden box raised bed w/in the box to hold the puzzles lid w/ decorative gilt title lettering minor shelfwear very minor rubbing still a VG nearly complete artifact. Very scarce original souvenir puzzle game issued for the fourth great Paris World’s Fair celebrating through pomp and events the Centennial of the French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille. The Exposition was intended to pull France out of a ruinous recession and attracted over 61000 exhibitors as well as 32 million visitors many of whom came to view the iconic Eiffel Tower. This puzzle celebrates several of the pavilions at the Exposition including Palais des Beaux-Arts designed by Joseph Brouvard filled with painting and flanking the Eiffel Tower providing visitors; the Palais de Trocadero held over from the famed 1878 Exposition celebrating the renewal of Paris following the Franco-Prussian War; as well as the Ministere de la Guerre which featured an Arms & Armour exhibition as well as displays of knightly tournaments assorted uniforms and cannon. The Maison Egyptienne and Rue au Caire would fuel the Orientalist movement and fascination with the Middle East among artists writers and the industrial arts well into the 20th Century. These boxed puzzle games were quite popular souvenirs as well as educational tools in the Belle Epoque and have become remarkably scarce. No copies in Worldcat. n.p., unknown
1957rif. 59514New York: Wilfred Funk Inc. 1957. 8vo. 6 214 pp. Photo illust. maps on endpapers. Mustard-coloured cloth black lettering w/ d.j. cover art by Frank Cozzarelli minor chipping head & foot of spine creasing edgewear couple closed tears price-clipped still VG/G- copy. First edition of this memoir by a professional hunter who kills African crocodiles for their belly-skins on Lake Nyasa in East Africa. Wilfred Funk, Inc., hardcover
rif. 37843Ballarat and Melbourne The National Game Company ca. 1940. Folding game board printed directly onto thin card 250 x 250 mm; in fine condition. A very good example of one of the later editions of this game. A scarce Australian-made and designed board game which reflects what it was still like to drive on Australian roads at this time. The hazards encountered by the players include skidding on gravel sheep blocking the road and broken axles and springs due to bumpy country roads. unknown
1955rif. 59604New York: Simon and Schuster 1955. 8vo. xxviii 354 pp. Numerous photo illust. Half-green cloth over white boards w/ d.j. cover art of tusked elephants by Paul Bacon couple minor closed tears slight scuffing edgewear still NF/VG copy. First edition 1st printing of this biography of Taylor professional big-game hunter and one of the last ivory hunters on the African continent. Simon and Schuster, hardcover
1840rif. 17799Paris 1840. 19.5 x 13 cm. R. Lacouchin With 3 finely lithographed plates mounted on 3 thick green paperboard cards. The lithographs are framed with a gold-coloured ornamental border. The images on the cards are all beautifully hand coloured and the 3 cards depict respectively a crowned king in ornate robes a beautiful young lady in a green dress and a young man or possibly a court jester in an extravagant yellow and green outfit. Each card has 6 large circular movable pieces to be removed or inserted as the game demands in various circumstances. 3 puzzles. Three beautiful and complete puzzle cards with round movable pieces for example for a game of metamorphosis or lotto. While no rules are present or other specific indications given the cards with their beautiful coloured illustrations are quite intriguing by themselves.The illustration of the young man in the yellow and green outfit is signed "R. Lacouchin". Slightly foxed otherwise in very good condition. unknown
1915rif. 57029Helena MT: Independent Publishing Co. 1915. 8vo. 88 pp. Photo illustrations tables historiated vignettes at upper fore-edges of text pages throughout. Beige-printed softcovers salmon-coloured outline map of Montana on front cover border in burgandy minor chipping head & foot of spine & to couple corners minor dustsoiling still VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce original and well illustrated report. The Montana Legislature in 1913-1914 codified a number of fish and game laws and established the Game and Fish Commission in order to adjust hunting seasons bag limits license hunters and fishermen who were rapidly decreasing the numbers of game animals and fish as well as try and legislate against water pollution through cyanide and other pollutants introduced by mining interests in the State. Montana had established a number of fish hatcheries to feed many of the small landlocked lakes & ponds which were rapidly being depleted by intrepid sportsmen dynamiting the habitats and harvesting the fish. There are descriptions of hunting bear in Flathead County with a photo of the “Famous Lady Hunter” standing over her trophy; descriptions of deer hunting and remonstrations against poachers especially with those continuing to kill the “Bull Moose” which had been barred by State law. Of additional interest are the photos and detailed description of the Montana State “Fish Car ‘Thymallus’” featuring banks of specially fitted aerated aquariums for transporting hatchery fish for license paying sportsmen followed by tables of the 10s of 1000s of fish released. Also included are statistics on poaching arrests jail sentences and fines. Worldcat locates copies UCLA NOAA Woods Hole Yale holds an edition issued in 1914 for the Northern Pacific Railway with 75 pp.; See: Diann Ericson The Legislative and Political Development of the Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks 1895-1921: A Case of Cultural Heritage 1994. Independent Publishing Co., paperback
1999rif. AME_9780205286966Allyn & Bacon 1999. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. _ Allyn & Bacon hardcover
1996rif. USD_9781566865746Brady 1996. 1st. Paperback. Used - Like New/Used - Like New. _ Brady paperback
1904rif. 55454London: Rowland Ward Ltd. 1904. Tall 8vo. xvi 292 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. 44 photos and plates 1 large folding map in rear pocket. Green publisher’s cloth gilt lettering front cover & spine simulated Zebra skin endpapers minor bumping to corners edgewear slight spotting on the spine still VG copy. First edition of this excellent early account of hunting on the Kenai Peninsula including descriptions of Alaskan Native Americans salmon cannery operations and more. Radclyffe had acquired a permit from the Bureau of Biological Survey with the USDA in order to collect big game specimens for the British Museum and the account was dedicated to a longtime fellow hunter and friend Theodore Roosevelt. The author details his experiences with hunting Alaskan Brown Bears Grizzly Bears Moose Dall Sheep and running afoul of the zealous US Deputy Marshal Sexton a stickler for the new game regulations instituted on the Kenai in 1903 not to mention destroying the distilling operation of Alaskan hunter & miner Andrew Berg. He managed to survive a charging bear sow after being abandoned by his guide as well as the Alaskan courtroom but his companions were not so lucky as the judge ruled that the permit did not extend to the hunting party. Radclyffe returned later to hunt Alaska on the Kenai in August 1910 employing Andrew Berg as his head guide. See: Catherine Cassidy Alaska’s No. 1 Guide: The History and Journals of Andrew Berg 1869-1939 pp. 28-29 38. Rowland Ward Ltd., hardcover
1927rif. 53798New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1927. 8vo. xi 3 239 1 pp. Colour-tinted frontisp. 7 colour-tinted plates. Orange cloth silver lettering front cover & spine very minor shelfwear very slight bumping to corners w/ d.j. vivid Art Deco cover art of stalking Tiger silhouette on front cover by Reynolds in black silver and orange slight chipping head of spine minor creasing edgewear still NF/VG- copy. First edition of this anthology of big game stories of the Indian jungle set on the North Eastern frontier near Bhutan. Casserly 1869-1947 joined the 22nd Bombay Infantry in 1892 served in China during the Boxer Rebellion and later with the 120th Rajputana Infantry with about 200 sepoys in a small fort in Cooch Behar. Frederick A. Stokes Co., hardcover
1954rif. 53794London: William Kimber 1954. 8vo. ix 1 282 pp. plus 6 pp. publisher’s ads. Photo frontisp. numerous photo plates. Green cloth gilt lettering on spine minor dustsoiling & slight foxing to fore-edges of textblock minor shelfwear w/ d.j. vivid cover art by Sanford with depicting elephants zebras giraffes and more in grays black white & yellow minor dustsoiling slight foxing still VG/VG copy. First edition of this scarce big game hunting memoir with the author documenting his experiences in hunting lions elephants the dik-dik buffalo rhinoceros leopard zebras and more. William Kimber, hardcover
1994rif. 52970Agoura CA: Trophy Room Books 1994. 8vo. xiii 1 238 pp. Photo frontisp. numerous photo illustrations plates maps. Blue simulated leather boards gilt lettering on spine w/ d.j. NF/NF copy signed on limitation page by Woods and again on ffep. to John P. Archer Jr. 1924-2016 noted Maryland farmer big game hunter and a member of the Safari Club International. First edition signed & numbered 76 of 1000 copies presented to John P. Archer. This work offers excellent details on tracking and hunting the African leopard as well as shooting advice skinning details and more. Trophy Room Books, hardcover
1929rif. 302295Los Angeles 1929. 100 pp of typed documents and an additional 50 album leaves mounted with approximately 50 photographs various sizes and processes and various documents. Folio. Limp leatherette with title and recipient name stamped in gilt to upper cover. Large black quarter morocco clamshell box gilt. 100 pp of typed documents and an additional 50 album leaves mounted with approximately 50 photographs various sizes and processes and various documents. Folio. "It is proposed that a COMPLETE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS be opened to the public on a fifty cent admission basis which is to be properly laid out as an attractive Zoological and Botanical Garden with the finest and largest private collection of animals birds and reptiles to be seen anywhere on the continent." The advent of the motion picture industry in California had many wide-ranging ramifications on the business world and one was that it created a new market for firms who traditionally supplied animals to circuses and zoos both public and private owned by the likes of William Randolph Hearst. This archive is a report by the Investment Auditors of California for the Horne Corporation that was looking to expand by establishing a zoological garden in the environs of Los Angeles. The Horne Corporation was the largest and most successful of its type at the time apparently the only company in the US that could completely outfit a circus with both animals and show equipment. They were to purchase the Los Angeles Zoological Garden and Jungle Studio for $250000 and thereby sought to provide a similarly complete service to the film studios with both animals and suitable locations for film sets. The head of the company I.S. Horne for whom this report was compiled commenced trading in animals from Kansas City MO around 1914. The range of animals at the their disposal included big game birds reptiles and many of the documents concern the prospect of importing reindeer from Alaska. The material is held in a presentation album and includes the certificate of incorporation in Wilmington Delaware May 13 1929 as well as the by-laws of the corporation minutes of the first meeting the proposal for Los Angeles Zoological Garden and Jungle Studio and a balance sheet. At this stage the company had total assets of $57700 & liabilities of $625388.46; an enumeration of the various animals in inventory including wildebeest sables leopard lynx Rhodesian baboons bushbaby and a large aardvark. Of real interest are the plans for the park including artist's impressions which would be furnished with circus attractions "Monkey Island" jungle setting for motion pictures and an acknowledgment that "before the introduction of the motion picture industry the art of showmanship was not quite so highly developed as it is today." In fact one of the first pictures they supplied animals for was - appropriately enough - Trader Horn which was nominated for the 1931 Academy Award for Best Picture. On a more practical level there is a "Descriptive Classification of Principal Commercial Wild Animals" which lists 340 different animals in some details. There is also an account of hunting wild animals in East Africa as well as a section on animals that have been trained to hunt by man. Furthermore there is also much correspondence which provides much insight into the game industry its clients and the prospects for its future. Horne's venture subsequently became known as the World Jungle Compound in Thousand Oaks California eventually being acquired by 20th Century Fox studios. This archive is a record of a new phase of the entertainment industry. unknown
1968rif. 80676Toledo OH: Leister Game Company 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wrappers.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Leister Game Company unknown
1874rif. 246686London: Chapman and Hall 1874. First edition secondary binding. vi 337. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth spine titled in gilt. Very good minor rubbing. First edition secondary binding. vi 337. 1 vols. 8vo. Tiger hunting in Central India with notes on leopard. The author "also relates numerous stories from other sportsmen focusing on hunting bear rogue elephant and the like" Czech. Czech Asia p. 2 Chapman and Hall unknown
1772rif. 28703Paris: Chez Debure l'aîne 1772. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary stained calf citron morocco label spine gilt. Some rubbing surface worming on lower cover else very good. 1 vols. 8vo. Commentary on the environmental and game laws. Chez Debure l'aîne unknown
