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DANE Sir Richard |
Sport In Asia And Africa
1921.
1st Edn,.
Andrew Melrose Limited.
x 234 pages, frontis and 23 illustrations from photographs pages uncut. Publishers olive green 1/4 cloth backed boards blind stamped title to the upper cover, a very good + copy. Safaris to East Africa in 1906 and 1909 rhino buffalo lion kudu hunted, He hunted tiges and panthers buffalo in India and bear hunting in Kashmir etc. Some copies are bound in plain blue cloth possible a second issue. Czech Africa 74, Asia 58
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£180.00 |
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DAWKINS John |
Rogues And Marauders
1967.
1st Edn,.
Robert Hale.
188 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photograph plates. Publishers' blue cloth binding titled in silver a fine unmarked copy. DJ complete with no split but faint unobtrusive mark to bottom of spine just touching rear flap from old tape offset, avg copy. Dawkins hunts man-eaters in Rhodesia, elephants raiding African farms, lions, buffalo, rhino and crocodiles etc. Also includes "Note on African sporting rifles". Czech 76
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£145.00 |
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de Almeida, Tony |
Jaguar Hunting in the Mato Grosso and Bolivia
1990.
2nd Edn.
Safari Press.
Long Beach, CA.
ix -275pp., Illustrated in b/w from photographs with pictorial end papers. Bound in the publishers faux green leather gilt title and jaguar vignette to the upper cover, in DJ a fine copy, the first edition was a limited edition.
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£30.00 |
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DENHAM Major Dixon & CLAPPERTON Captain Hugh |
Narrative Of Travels And Discoveries In Northern And Central Africa, In The Years 1822, 1823, and 1824
1826.
1st Edn.
John Murray.
xlviii, 335, 269 pages, frontis + 34 engraved plates, 1 colour, 6 vignettes and large folding map some occasional spotting, the map of Bellos more so. Original full tan calf boards, later matching spine, some light rubbing to corners on the board. Denham and Clapperton and Dr Walter Oudney traveled from Benioleed to lake Tchad to Sokota, failing to ascertaion the source of the Niger. Denham spent time exploring Lake Tchad, Clapperton journeys westwards to the Niger in January 1824, Oudney died and was buried by his friends at Murmur. Clapperton journey's alone to Knao and Sokota , in May he started his return and was rejoined by Denham at Kula reaching Tripoli in January 1825.
[20900] |
£850.00 |
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Dharmakumarsinhji R S |
Reminiscences Of Indian Wildlife
1998.
Oxford University Press.
xii 115 pages, full page illus, pictorial card covers. The author an Indian prince, a respected naturalist, hunter and falconer, he hunted lion and tiger etc.
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£25.00 |
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DIGBY Bassett |
The Mammoth And Mammoth Hunting In North East Siberia
1926.
1st Edn,.
222 pages, illus, some spotting, old splash mark on top of front board, gilt pictorial spine, vg-. chapters on ivory tusks etc.
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£68.00 |
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DOLLMAN J.G. |
Catalogue Of The Selous Collection Of Big Game In The British Museum
1921.
1st Edn,.
Trustees of the British Museum.
vii 112 pages, Portrait frontispiece of Selous presentation bookplate to the front paste down by The Trustees of The British Museum. Publisher's pebbled brown cloth. A very good "Though this is more of a zoological work, Dollman included several hunting excerpts from Selous' books and journal articles to highlight the descriptions of the species. Czech 82 ?95
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£95.00 |
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DRAKE-BROCKMAN R.E. |
The Mammals Of Somaliland
1910.
1st Edn,.
XVII 201 pages, frontis illus and 18 other full page illus from photographs, original light blue cloth with elephant vignette to upper board, gilt on spine title dull, some bumping to spine, vg-. Czech 52
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£75.00 |
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DRUMMOND W.H. |
The Large Game And Natural History Of South And South East Africa
1875.
1st Edn,.
XXI 428 pages, coloured frontis and title page vignette, 12 full page tinted plates and map + text illus, recased in the publishers brown cloth, dust soiled; normally fair in green pictorial cloth.
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£200.00 |
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DRURY Colonel Heber |
Reminiscences Life And Sport In Southern India
1890.
1st Edn,.
W H Allen.
viii, 230 pages, (ii) adverts Armorial bookplate of C.J. Anstruther, Publishers brown cloth with gilt title, and tiger vignette in black to the upper cover. Some even fading to the cloth with light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Colonel Drury was Assistant Resident in Travancore and Cochin, he hunted elephant tiger and bison etc. there is considerable description o0f the terrain and people of the area. Czech 65 ?245
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£245.00 |
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DU CHAILLU Paul B. |
Explorations And Adventures In Equatorial Africa With The Accounts Of The Manners And Customs Of The People and of the Chase of the Gorilla, Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus and Other Animals
1861.
1st Edn,.
Joihn Murray.
xviii 479 pages, folding frontis of "The Gorilla", large folding map at end, full page and text woodcut illustrations throughout. Armorial bookplate to front paste down and front end some spotting to front blank prelims. Bound without adverts in a contemporary ? calf spine in compartments with leather title label, ornate tooling to remaining spine compartments, some rubbing to corners and spine edges . Du Chaillu travelled through the heavily forested Gabon and was one of the first white men to trek into gorilla territory in search of gorillas. Though he also encountered hippopotamus and elephant. Czech 86
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£320.00 |
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DUGMORE Radclyffe A |
The Romance Of The Newfoundland Caribou, An Intimate Account Of The Life Of The Reindeer Of North America
1913.
1st Edn.
William Heinemann.
viii 191 pages, 4to., illus throughout with full page plates from photographs, text drawings + colour frontis by the author + large folding map, some occasional spotting to contents, publishers blue cloth, gilt title and 2 caribou stags fighting vignette to upper board, small faint watermark to upper edge. Includes a chapter on the caribou froma sportsmans point of view
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£40.00 |
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DUGUID Julian |
Tiger Man
1932.
1st Edn.
National Travel Club.
New York.
287 pages, frontis + 15 plates from photographs + map, publishers black cloth, gilt title and vignette to upper board, vg in dj. dj has some loss to bottom lower corner and top edge of rear board and some small chips. To inner fold of dj states first printing the special edition for N.T.C. Jaguar hunting throughout the Moto Grosse in Brazil the biography of an adventurer in the wildest place in South Africa.
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£80.00 |
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DUNBAR BRANDER A.A. |
Wild Animals in Central India
1923.
1st Edn,.
Edwaed Arnold and Co.
xv 296 pages, 15pp adverts pages uncut. Frontis and 15 full page illustrations from photographs some browning to first few pages. Publishers' maroon cloth clean and bright. The author combines natural history and his sporting adventures in this specices by species analysis of Indian big game. Czech 65
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£45.00 |
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DUTTON E A T |
Kenya Mountain
1930.
new Edn.
Jonathan Cape.
xvi 219 pages, large 8vo., frontis + 55 maps, 3 sketch maps and large folding map, presentation inscription to FEP, publisher's cloth, gilt title to upper cover, spine evenly faded. A detailed account of the mountain, its scenery and fauna also climbing experiences. This edition has been corrected and enlarged from the 1st Edn 1929.
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£70.00 |
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DUTTON E.A.T. |
Lillibullero On The Golden Road
1944.
1st Edn.
Zanzibar.
xii 313, double page map Northern Frontier of Kenya, some light spotting to prelims and map, publishers' green cloth, 1 of 100 numbered copies, this being No 57, note in ink to FEP for Nagahot? Library, some light marking to the cover. The scarce 1st edition of Dutton's reminiscences
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£150.00 |
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DYER Anthony |
Men For All Seasons The Hunters And Pioneers
1995.
1st Edn..
Trophy Room Books.
Angoura, CA, USA.
xi 389 pages, illus with 375 in b/w from photographs. A fine copy in fine dj, limited to 1000 copies signed by the author. Profiles of professional big game hunters with accounts of their hunts with a 41 page appendix of the greatest East African hunter. Czech 89.
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£200.00 |
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