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AFLALO F.G. |
The Sportsman's Book For India
1904.
1st Edn,.
Horace Marshall and Son.
XVI 567 pages, frontis folding map of the Indian empire, numerous illus from photographs + 4 maps, publishers green cloth clean and bright, titles in black, tiger vignette to upper board and sporting vignette to spine. a vg copy. Shooting, fishing sports and games with horses, and some minor sports and games.
[20024] |
£140.00 |
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AFLALO F.G. |
Sunshine And Sport In Florida And The West Indies
nd Circa 1907.
2nd Edn,.
T Werner Laurie.
XV 272 pages, TEG, 47 illus from photographs, partially unopened copy, big game angling bookplate of Jack Reece to front end paper. Publishers dark green cloth, title to upper board and spine in white with gilt design to upper board. US flag in gilt to head of spine. A very good clean copy of a book seldom found in good condition. A guide to the Englishman for a sporting holiday in Florida, Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies, much of the book is devoted to tarpon fishing, the first English edition?
[17006] |
£140.00 |
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ALMEIDA A.de |
Jaguar Hunting In The Mato Grosso
1976.
1st Edn,.
Stanwell Press.
194 pages, numerous illus from photographs, pictorial card covers, a vg+ copy. Title published by Dimitri Papqlios after a bet with the author to swim across a river full of piranhas. Almedida was one of the great big game hunters of South America hunting record jaguars.
[20395] |
£150.00 |
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ANDERSON Kenneth |
Tales From the Indian Jungle
1970.
1st Edn,.
204 pages, Illus, vg+ in dj.
[2536] |
£55.00 |
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ANDERSSON Charles John |
Lake Ngami or Explorations and Discoveries During Four Years Wanderings In The Wilds Of South Western Africa
1856.
1st Edn,.
Hurst and Blackett.
xviii 546 pages, 24 page catalogue, 16 full page tinted plates by J Woolfe, 8 pages of index, blank margin, badly opened in parts and very occasionally to some text pages, foxing to frontis and title pages and last few pages of index, Some occasional foxing to text and plates, armorial bookplate of Henry Birkbank to front paste down, publishers cloth with gilt hippo to upper board and rhino to rear board within blind stamped borders with gilt title and blind stamp decorations to spine. Cloth clean, slight even fading to spine, no splits. The scarce English edition, difficult to find in the original cloth. A narrative of 2 expeditions accompanied by Francis Galton to the Ovampo Country and the other he travelled by himself to Lake Ngami, the courage and endurance of the explorers was remarkable, few if any books give so full and complete account of Namapualand Damerland and the Ovampo Country Mendelssohn Vol. I p 44, Czech 5 an important work on African hunting in the 19th century.
[20558] |
£550.00 |
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ANON. |
East African Wildlife Journal
1963, 64, 65.
3 Vols, 131, 175, 137 pages, small 4to., illus, map diagrams, green cloth, gilt on Vol. II a little dull, The first 3 volumes in the series.
[11886] |
£28.00 |
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ANON. |
The Hoghunters' Annual
1929.
The Times Of India Press.
Bombay.
Vol. II, xxxiv adverts, 136 pages, 4to., advs, illus including colour plate, text and full page drawings and photographs, small mark to blank margin of 2 of the advert pages, pictorial card covers, cloth spine, some dust soiling to covers, head and tail of spine rubbed, g+. The front cover states Vol II 1929, title page misprinted Vol I 1929.
[20389] |
£40.00 |
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ANON |
The Hoghunters Annual
1931.
The Times Of India Press.
184 pages, Volume IV, xxvi advs, lge 8vo, illus, including coloured frontis by Snaffle, numerous other text illus from photographs and drawings, pictorial wraps, printed in black, a vg clean copy. Contains Jim Corbett's first appearance in print regarding tiger hunting 7 page article on "The Pipal Pans Tiger".
[20484] |
£180.00 |
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ANON. |
The Hoghunters' Annual
1932.
Bombay.
Vol. V, 170 pages, 4to., Xpp of adverts, illus coloured frontis, b/w illus from photographs and drawings, pictorial card covers rubbing to head and tail of spine.
[17345] |
£60.00 |
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ANON. |
Hoghunters Annual
1933.
The Times Of India Press.
Bombay.
Vol. VI, 160 pages, advs, 4to., full page colour and b/w illus + text illus, small 1cm x 1cm mark to very outer upper corner of first 30 pages, blue pictorial card covers, small chip to head and tail of spine.
[20482] |
£85.00 |
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ANON. |
The Hoghunters' Annual
1934.
The Times Of India Press.
Bombay.
Vol. VII, 146 pages + 2pp adverts, 4to., coloured frontis + full page and text b/w illus from drawings and photographs. printed pictorial red card covers, pasted to upper cover notice thatr this publication belongs to the authors club and not to be taken away.
[20481] |
£80.00 |
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ANON. |
The Hoghunters' Annual
1935.
The Times Of India Press.
Bombay.
Vol. VIII, 126 pages + adverts, 4to., full page illus, 4 in colour + text illus from drawings and photographs. Includes a chapter by Lt Col J A Shorten on Hunting the Ovis Ammon in Far Ladakh.
[20420] |
£85.00 |
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ANON. |
The Hoghunters' Annual Volume 111
1930.
The Times Of India Press.
Bombay.
xxxviii pages adverts, 162 pages, 4to., advs, full page illustrations from photographs and drawings many are by Snaffles, coloured plate of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh Bound in the publisher's printed card covers. Presentation inscription on upper blank of title page from HBJ. H B J is General H B Jeffreys who wrote an article "Memories" in this annual. a very good + copy seldom found in this condition. Chapters on all aspects on hunting boar and numerous related adverts.
[23176] |
£75.00 |
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ARINO Tony Sanchez |
Hunting In Zimbabwe
1992.
1st Edn,.
Long Beach, California, USA.
387 pages, 4to., illus, many in colour, ornate pictorial green cloth with lion head to upper board and gilt title in gilt borders, fine in slipcase. Vol II in the African Series, a collection of stories by various authors includes a short biography of each author. Limited to 1000 copies, signed by Arino Tony Sanchez and Larry Norton, also personal inscription on title page to Roger Mitchell, signed and dated by Sanchez. Czech 244
[21689] |
£435.00 |
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ARNOLD Edwin Lester |
On the Indian hills : or, Coffee-planting in southern India
1893.
new edition.
Sampson Low Marston & Company.
350 pages, 32 pp of adverts last 2 page of adverts with tear to margin where badly opened. Frontis illustration and 3 full page plates and 2 text illus. Ownership name to front paste down. Publishers slate blue cloth gilt plant vignette to upper board and spine. First published in 1881 in 2 volumes this new edition has illustrations. A detailed description of coffee plantation life in the Kerala region of southwestern India.
[22473] |
£50.00 |
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ATCHESON Jack |
Hunting Adventures Worldwide
1995.
1st Edn.
Stonesdale Press.
USA.
256 pages, illus throughout in b/w from photographs and drawings, personal presentation inscription on title page signed by Atchenson, fine in dj. A very readable book, hunting bear, leopard, goat etc.. Czech 11
[21582] |
£20.00 |
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