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Author: FORAN W.R.

The Kenya Police 1887-1960

1962.  1st Edn.  Robert Hale.  xvi 237 pages, b/w illus from photographs and map, below the photo of Moyale Police Station 1960 to blank margin "This was my office in 1958-59 ...... tipped onto rear blank end paper illus of Kenya Police Patrol, publishers blue cloth title in silver, vg in dj. light surface rubbing to edges, although not a hunting title Robert Foran was a big game hunter and early member of the Kenya Police, he relates the history and achievement of the Kenya Police. [20348]
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Author: FORAN W.Robert

A Breath Of The Wilds

1958.  1st Edn,.  Robert Hale.  206 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, owners signature to FEP, vg. Hunting big game in Kenya Czech 99. [21502]
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Author: FOSTER Hugh W.

Someone Of Value, A Biography Of Robert Ruark

1991.  1st Edn,.  Trophy Room Books.  Agoura, Ca, USA.  316 pages, illus, very top corner edge of first 150 pages slight damp mark to margin o/w vg. Limited to 1000 copies signed by the author. [14792]
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Author: Gabriel, Ronald

A Sheep Hunter's Diary: Thirty Years of Mountain Hunting for Ibex and Sheep

2014.  1st Edn.  Safari Press.  Long Beach, CA.  xvii ? 413 pages illustrated in colour from photographs, b/w drawings by Gordon Allen + colour maps. Publishers' blue cloth with gilt title and sheep head in black to the upper cover, in matching blue slipcase. A fine copy, limited to 250 copies signed and numbered (152) by the author and artist. Hunting wild sheep and Ibex. [23473]
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Author: GARDNER MRS. ALAN

RIFLE AND SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS: BEING THE NARRATIVE OF A WINTER'S TRAVEL AND SPORT IN NORTHERN INDIA

1895.  1st Edn.  Chatto and Windus.  xvi 336, top edge gilt large 8vo, ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS AND SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR AND TWO DRAWINGS BY F. H. TOWNSEND. Inscription to the title page, "With the Authors Compliments and Thanks July 1907" crease to upper corner of front-end paper with small 2cm split, and chip to top edge. Publishers 2 tone 1/2 cloth brown spine over dark red boards, the original spine relayed showing some old loss to head and tail, some discoloration to the spine clot and corners. Gilt title to the upper cover fade mark to part of the rear cover.VG -. Nora Gardner accompanied her husband on a sporting trip through Kashmir and the Punjab. The hunting episodes are mainly related to her husband, she did try her hand at shooting a leopard released from a cage. An entertaining blend of travel, observation, and sport. Czech 84 [23507]
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Author: GEIL William Edgar

A Yankee In Pigmyland

1905.  1st English Edn,.  XII 409 pages, illus, large folding map pictorial grey cloth dust soiled, g+. [9670]
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Author: GIBBONS A.St.H.

Exploration And Hunting In Central Africa 1895-96

1898.  1st Edn,.  Methuen.  xi - 408 pages, 48pp adverts, the adverts dated 1901 as all copies we have handled, 8 full page illus by C Whymper, 25 photographs and map, some light spotting to title page and offsetting from newspaper cutting relating to Gibbon's career there is also a loose page obituary of Gibbons. Armorial bookplate of William Nathaniel Fraser to front paster down. A vg copy in the original blue cloth with gilt hunting scene to upper board, the cloth clean and bright. Captain Gibbons hunted in Barotseland for about 10 months, and he gives full description of the regions of the Upper Zambesi, and related episodes of hunting buffalo, lion, roan, eland, wildebeest etc. Mendelssohn 594, Czech 105 [22282]
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Author: GILLMORE Parker Ubique

Gun Rod And Saddle A Record Of Personal Experiences

1896.  2nd Edn,.  VIII 341 pages, vg, shooting including some big game and fishing. [9852]
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Author: GLOSSOP Captain B.R.M.

Sporting Trips Of A Subaltern

1906.  1st Edn,.  Harper and Brothers.  xii 245 pages, 2 pages advs, frontis and 23 plates from photographs, some foxing to contents, publisher's blue cloth, blind stamped title and antelope head to upper board. The author hunted lion, gazelle, oryx, rhino etc in Africa, goral, karkur, sekow and bear in India with some pig sticking and other game with a spear. he failed to bag a tiger. Czech Africa 108, India 87. [20527]
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Author: GOULDSBURY C.E.

Tiger Land Reminiscences Of Forty Years Sport And Adventure In Bengal

1913.  second.  Chapman Hall.  xvii 262 pages, + vi adverts, 24 full page illustrations from photographs, some spotting to prelims. Publishers' green cloth gilt title and tiger shooting vignette to the upper cove head of spine rubbed VG -. Numerous encounters with tigers and sporting episodes hunting leopard, elephant, ibex etc., Czech 1st edition 89 [23549]
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Author: GRAHAM Gordon B.N.

Hunter At Heart

1950.  1st Edn,.  222 pages, illus from drawings and photographs, vg in dj, a guide to setting up and hunting in India and Ceylon. Includes tiger and panther beating sitting up and stalking. Also bear buffalo and other game. Czech 90 IncuCzech 90 [2793]
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Author: Greenfield, Joseph C.

BWANA BABU

2006.  1st.  Safari Press.  Long Beach, CA.  x- 188 pp., Illustrated in colour from photographs and b/w chapter heading drawings. Bound in publishers' green cloth gilt title to upper cover and buffalo head in black, with matching green cloth slipcase. Limited to 500 signed and numbered copies. A fine copy hunting for buffalo lion etc. [23247]
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Author: GREENWOOD James

Wild Sports Of The World A Boys Book Of Natural History And Aventure

1862.  1st Edn.  S O Beeton.  xxii - 426 pages, all edges gilt,10 colour plates of hunting scenes, + wood engravings to text, 6 folding maps showing the habitat of animals and plants of the world. Small armorial bookplate and library case no for Easton Neston Library to front paste down. Presentation inscription from George Hesketh (owner of Easton Neston) to verso of front end paper Bound in the publishers blind stamp plum cloth, gilt title vignette to upper cover ornate gilt decorated spine. Even fading to the spine and edges. A very good copy in the original state of the 1st edition of a popular title which ran to many editions. Hunting big game around the world with detailed references to various big game animals. Includes portraits of famous sportsman and traveller's, and over 100 woodcut illustrations in the text. [22089]
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Author: GREGORY J.W.

The Great Rift Valley Being the Narrative Of A Journey To Mount Kenya And Lake Baringo

1896.  1st Edn,.  John Murray.  xxi 422 pages, AEG, colour frontis, full page and text illus, 2 lge folding maps, some offset mark to 2 pages inner margin from bookmark, college presentation bookplate to front paste down, foxing to first 2 blank end papers and 1/2 title page o/w contents clean and free of foxing, contemporary full prize red binding, circular gilt armorial crest of the College of Preceptors to upper board, gilt tooled spine in six compartments with contrasting title label, bottom rear corner bumped, light rubbing to spine edge. Primarily a work of exploration giving some account of the geology, natural history, and anthropology of the region. mainly in the unknown highland of the Mt Kenya Region. the author does describe a rhinoceros hunt and lion hunt. Czech 112. [20233]
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Author: Hallamore, Lou & Bruce Woods

CHUI! A guide to Hunting the African Leopard

1994.  1st Edn.  Trophy Room Books.  Agoura California U.S.A.  xiii 238 illustrated throughout in b/w from photographs and line drawings.A fine copy in DJ, limited edition of 1000 copies signed by Bruce Woods and numbered on the limitation page "An excellent work on hunting leopards in the bush and from a blind, offering shooting advice, stalking practices and natural history." Czech 116 [22203]
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Author: HARLAND Richard

African Hunter Guide to Ndlovu - The Art Of Hunting The African Elephant

2005.  1st Edn.  Ivory Imprints.  Harare Zimbabwe.  xvi 480, Illustrated throughout in colour and b/w from photographs drawings etc. Publishers' brown cloth titled in gilt to upper cover and spine. A fine copy in likewise DJ. A definitive work on the subject detailing the history of hunting the elephant, present day hunting the weapons and caliber needed. Where to place the shoot, the care of trophies etc. accompanied by some excellent illustrations. In Harland's introduction he states "The book aims to provide the reader with not only plentiful information, but hopefully instill respect and a raised level of esteem and affection for the grandest of the "Big Five" of African animals. To hunt elephants is a privilege an honor, a gift from the gods of wild animals. Be humble when the great prize lies before you." [23469]
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Author: HARLAND Richard

The Hunting Imperative, Biography Of A Boy In Africa

2001.  Rowland Ward Publications.  Johannesburg.  xiv 249 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, vg+ in dj. The author took up hunting from a young age, hunting buffalo, elephant etc, he worked for the game department controlling elephant and buffalo, later becoming a safari operator and guide. [19462]
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Author: HARRIS Captain William Cornwallis

The Wild Sports Of South Africa Being The Narrative Of An Expedition From The Cape Of Good Hope Through The Territories To The Tropic Of Capricorn

1839.  2nd Edn,.  John Murray.  xxiv, 387 pages, frontis + 7 other full page plates, 3 of the plates are tinted, folding map to rear, foxing to the tinted plates + map, some age browning to the contents, rebound in a 1/2 dark green morroco with gilt big game head, tooling to spine compartment, the original cloth front cover has been bound in at the rear. The 1838 1st edition was published in Bombay, this is the 1st London Edn, a classic title on African hunting, a detailed picture of South African game fields prior to the growing pressure of civilization. Czech 119 [21474]
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Author: HARRIS Captain William Cornwallis

The Wild Sports Of Southern Africa Being The Narrative Of An Expedition From The Cape Of Good Hope Through The Territories Tropic Of Capricorn

1839.  3rd Edn,.  John Murray.  xxiv, 387 pages, frontis + 7 other full-page plates, 3 of the plates are tinted, folding map to rear, light foxing to the tinted plates, some age browning to the contents, page 101 due to adhesion to opposite page damage to inner blank margin not affecting the text, slight damage to opposite page touching two words. possibly happened when the book was bound. Publishers' green cloth gilt title and game animal vignettes within decorative borders, blind stamp decorations to the spine. Couple of small chips to head and tail of the spine and to front spine edge. The 1st edition of 1838 was published in Bombay under a different title, this is the 1st London Edition. VG- a difficult to get in the original cloth in good condition. A classic title on African hunting, a detailed picture of South African game fields prior to the growing pressure of civilization. Czech 119 [22919]
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Author: HARRIS Captain William Cornwallis

The Wild Sports Of Southern Africa Being The Narrative Of An Expedition From The Cape Of Good Hope Through The Territories Tropic Of Capricorn

1991.  reprint.  Books of Zimbabwe.  Bulawayo.  (18) - 359 pages, 6pp of adverts illustrated with full page colour plate, publishers' brown cloth gilt elephant vignette to the upper board, vg in dj some rubbing to the edges of the DJ. Facsimile reprint of the fourth edition, with a new frontispiece and introduction and bibliographical note by James A. Casada [23579]
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Author: HARRISON Mrs J W

A.M.Mackay, Pioneer Missionary Of The Church Missionary Society To Uganda

1890.  1st.  Hodder and Stoughton.  488 pages, frontis portrait, folding coloured map of Uganda, some spotting to contents and closed page edges, amorial bookplate to front paste down, publishers blue cloth, gilt flower vignette to upper boards, vg. An insight into native life etc. [19036]
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Author: HASLUCK Paul N.

Taxidermy Comprising The Skinning, Stuffing, And Mounting, Of Birds, Mammals, And Fish

1912.  rep Edn,.  160 pages, illus, pictorial covers, tipped onto front and rear end papers printed and hand written recipes for curing skins, vg. [1995]
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Author: HAWKINS R.E.

Jim Corbett's India

1978.  1st Edn,.  Oxford University Press.  Oxford.  250 pages, frontis illus of the Corbett family, map end papers, fine in dj. Corbett's original stories selected by Hawkins, who was Corbett's publisher. [16274]
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Author: HEDIN Sven

Through Asia

1898.  1st Edn,.  Methuen and Co.  2 Vols, XX 663, XII 1278 pages, TEG, pages uncut, illus with 300 photographs and drawings by the author, 2 folding maps, spotting to prelims, publishers green cloth, gilt title and mountain scene to upper board. A vg set of the first English edition. An account of three and a half years exploration of the district of Tibet. [16244]
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Author: HESKETH PRICHARD H.

Hunting Camps In Wood And Wilderness

1910.  1st Edn,.  Heineman.  xiv 274 pages, advert leaf, TEG, 4to., illus 6 being in colour, the original red cloth with gilt title and vignette of a caribou head to upper board. The author relates his hunting experiences in Patagonia, Norway and Newfoundland, forward by F.C.Selous. [21512]
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Author: HIBBEN Frank C.

Hunting In Africa

1964.  1st English Edn,.  191 pages, illus, vg in rubbed dj. [4153]
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Author: HILL Dr W.C. Esmond, BARKER Major W, Stockley Lt Colonel C.R.S., PITMAN Lt Colonel C.R.S., OFFERMAN Lt Col P.B. , RUSHBY G.G. and GOWERS Sir William

The Elephant In East Central Africa A Monograph

1953.  1st Edn.  Rowland Ward Ltd.  150 pages, 4to., folding diagrammatic plate of the principle organs in a young adult female elephant, small closed tear to inner blank margin, publishers plain cloth, green leather label to upper board rubbed, similar title label to spine chipped with loss. the text very much like a typed document, the title page notes Rowland Ward as editor and publisher, nothing related to price or availability. COPAC lists copies in numerous UK libraries. Possibley published for presentation or for sale in a limited print run. the preface notes "each of the regional contributors has been prepared by a field naturalist selected for his recent and specialist knowledge" etc., Hill covers the evolution of the African Elephant, Barker The Elephants in Sudan, Stockley The Elephants In Kenya, Pitman The Elephants In Uganda, Offerman the Elephant In The Belgian Congo, Rushby The Elephant In Tanganyika, Gowers the African Elephant In History. there are occasional references to hunting experiences, poaching etc. A scarce and unusual book and more so being a Rowland Ward publication. [20727]
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Author: HILL Howard

Wild Adventure

1955.  1st English Edn,.  223 pages, illus, vg in worn dj, hunting with bow and arrow [947]
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Author: HILL Howard

Wild Adventure

1955.  1st English Edn,.  223 pages, illus, vg. [10546]
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Author: HILL M.F.

Permanent Way, The Story Of The Kenya And Uganda Railway Being The Official History On The Development Of The Transport System In Kenya And Uganda.

1949.  1st Edn.  East African Railways And Harbours.  Nairobi, Kenya.  xii 582 pages, 4to, full page illus from photographs +2 folding map vg in worn dj, dj showing wear to head of spine now is in removable sleeve. Includes a mention of Patterson and The Maneaters Of Tsavo. [23173]
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Author: HOBLEY C W

Kenya From Chartered Comapny To Crown Colony

1929.  1st Edn.  H F G Witherby.  256 pages, illus from photographs, vg in the publishers cloth. Hobley a British administrator, he recounts his political experience but also his work as an explorer and big game hunter, he hunted elephant and rhino in the Rift Valley. He also went on a lion stalking expedition with Abel Chapman. [20362]
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Author: HOBLEY C W

Kenya From Chartered Comapny To Crown Colony

1929.  1st Edn.  H F G Witherby.  256 pages, illus from photographs, vg in the publishers cloth. Hobley a British administrator, he recounts his political experience but also his work as an explorer and big game hunter, he hunted elephant and rhino in the Rift Valley. He also went on a lion stalking expedition with Abel Chapman. [20363]
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Author: HODSON Arnold

Where Lion Reign An Account Of Lion Hunting And Exploration In SW Abyssinia

1929.  1st Edn,.  Skeffington & Son Ltd.  287 pages, frontis illustration of the author and gun bearers + 15 plates, armorial bookplate to front paste down, light spotting to closed page edges. In the publisher's brick red cloth slight fade mark to vert top of the front cover VG. A scarce title, Hudson served as Consul in Ethiopia from 1914 to 1923, then Consul in S/West Abyssinia to 1926. He recounts his hunting experiences for lion, buffalo etc., There is a section on rifle and loads, Hodson preferred a .256 Mannlicher for big cats. Czech 130 [22902]
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Author: HOFFMEISTER Dr W.

Travels In Ceylon And Continental India Including Nepal And Other Parts Of The Himalayas To The Borders Of Thibet

1848.  1st English Edn,.  Edinburgh.  XII 527 pages, two folding maps, ownership blind stamp to title page, some spotting to title page, contemporary inscription to FEP, publishers plum cloth lightly faded, gilt vignette to upper board, a vg tight copy. Hoffmeister, a doctor accompanied Prince Walderman of Prussia on his tour of the sub-continent, the party hunted elephant and sambur, coursing blackbuck with cheetahs, much of the text details the countryside and the people. Czech 106, Yakushi H373B [15819]
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Author: HOGHUNTERS ANNUAL

The Hoghunters Annual

1931.  The Times Of India Press.  XII 184 pages, Volume IV, XXVI advs, lge 8vo, illus, including coloured frontis by Snaffle, numerous other text illus from photographs and drawings, recased using the original front printed pictorial paper covers layed down with a new leather spine. Contains Jim Corbett's first appearance in print regarding tiger hunting 7 page article on "The Pipal Pans Tiger". [20409]
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Author: HOLMAN Dennis

Inside Safari Hunting With Eric Rundgren

1969.  1st Edn,.  W H Allen.  296 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs, vg in DJ, Holman spent time withEric Rundgren a professional hunter. Numerous episodes hunting elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo etc., also a chapter on women on safari and a historical overview of the safari industry. Czech 132 [23534]
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Author: HOLMES F.Ratcliffe

Interviewing Wild Animals, An Account Of Travel And Adventure Incidental To The Pursuit of African Fauna With A Cine Camera

n.d. Circa 1929.  1st Edn,.  161 pages, illus, clean tear to frontispiece o/w vg. [5390]
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Author: HOOKER Joeph Walton

Himalayan Journals Or Notes Of A Naturalist In Bengal, The Sikkim And Nepal Himalayas, The Khasia Mountains etc.

1854.  1st Edn.  John Murray.  xxvii (i) 408 pages and xii 487 pages, 2 volumes, errata slip, 12 coloured lithograph plates, 1 folding, 80 woodcut engravings, 2 folding maps, some very occasional spotting to contents, contemporary full tam calf, spine has gilt decorations and original black labels, rubbing to edges, binding and contents remain tight, a vg copy of a classic on early Himalayan travel. Hooker a botanist explored the Sikkam and East Nepal Himalayas in the years 1848-1850, this is an account of his journey, with observations on the people, zoology, fauna, meteorology, geology etc. Yakushi 192 [20867]
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Author: HOSE Charles

The Field Book Of A Jungle Wallah Being A Description Of Shore, River & Forest Life In Sarawak

1929.  H.F.& G.Witherby.  vii 216 pages, colour frontis + 14 plates, foxing to title page and closed page edges, contemporary private inscription to FEP, publishers red cloth, gilt sea horse vignette to upper board, spine lightly faded. The book centres on natural history but includes descriptions of hunting water buffalo and deer. Czech 107 [21895]
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Author: HUBBACK Theodore R.

Principles of Wild Life Conservation

nd Circa 1936.  1st Edn,.  Game & Gun Ltd.  24 pages, Illustrated in b/w from photographs, bound in the publishers printed brown card covers, compliments slip pasted to upper flap signed by Hubback chip to one corner. Originally published as 2 articles in the Game & Gun, although not a hunting title Hubback recounts the value of Wild Life. Hubback wrote various books and articles on big game hunting. This title noted by Czech 108. [22689]
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Author: HUGHES J.E.

Eighteen Years On Lake Bangweula

nd 1933.  1st Edn,.  The Field.  xvi ? 376 pages, large 8vo 78 photographic illustrations on 76 individual plates double page coloured front end paper map of LAKE BANGWEULU. Presentation inscription on half title "To J. A. Gordon from J. Todd 1933" Hughes notes in the preface in 1911 he started organising hunting expeditions only to be stopped by WW1 he lists his 6 clients in the order they took place "Mr. J. Todd's expedition" being number 6. There are 6 pages with reference to Todd which are noted in the index 3 have been written in. Each page has been marked with a small cloth tag to the front edge. 2 of the pages have handwritten notes in ink detailing the game being shot and the rifle by Todd. The contents clean and tight, neatly recased in the original mustard yellow cloth with native vignette to the upper board, some light fading and dust soiling to the cloth. Hughes travelled to Nyasaland in 1901 as an assistant native commissioner in the British South Africa Company, eventually resigning his post in favour of becoming a full-time hunter and trader. Over the next decade, he explored and hunted around Lake Bangweulu and its attendant swampy region and the rivers Chambesi and Luapula. There are numerous hunting incidents, particularly after elephant, lion, buffalo, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros, with cheetah bagged near the Luena River. Czech 135 [22351]
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Author: HUGHES J.E.

Eighteen Years On Lake Bangweula

nd 1933.  1st Edn,.  The Field.  xvi ? 376 pages, large 8vo 78 photographic illustrations on 76 individual plates double page coloured front end paper map of LAKE BANGWEULU. Presentation inscription on half title "Presented by the author to C. E Radclyffe May 1933" with Radclyffe's bookplate to verso blank of the front end paper, Radclyffe wrote Big Game Hunting in Alaska. The contents clean and tight, the original mustard yellow cloth with native vignette to the upper board, the cloth clean and free of marks the binding tight with no chips or splits a very small bump to front upper corner. A scare title and even more so in this condition the cloth so often found soiled. Hughes travelled to Nyasaland in 1901 as an assistant native commissioner in the British South Africa Company, eventually resigning his post in favour of becoming a full-time hunter and trader. Over the next decade, he explored and hunted around Lake Bangweulu and its attendant swampy region and the rivers Chambesi and Luapula. There are numerous hunting incidents, particularly after elephant, lion, buffalo, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros, with cheetah bagged near the Luena River. In addition, eland, sable puku, sitatunga, warthog and, other game was collected. He also provides advice for future sportsmen. "Always aim low at a buffalo ? his chest is only two feet from the ground; and never fire unless you can see him properly. " This is an excellent work of hunting and adventure with wonderful details of the area ( todays Zambia), and scarce Czech 135 [22574]
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Author: HUNT Lynn Bogue

An Artist's Game Bag

1936.  The Derrydale Press.  New York.  A series of 44 black and white plates and 4 coloured plates by the author. Owner's name and date to front blank end paper, publishers leather binding, gilt title and vignette to upper cover, slight rubbing to head of spine, vg. Limited to 1225 numbered copies. Siegel 98 [18816]
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Author: HUNTER J.A., MANNIX Dan

African Bush Adventure

1954.  1st Edn,.  Hamish Hamilton ltd..  252 pages, illus from photographs, some spotting to contents and closed page edges, vg in dj, some spotting and browning to rear flap. Czech 136 [19591]
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Author: HUTCHINSON Horace G.

Big Game Shooting

1905.  1st Edn,.  Country Life.  2 Vols, xiv 301 x 356 pages, illus, foxing to contents, bookplate to front paste down, presentation inscription to inner margin of title pages, illus throughout with over 100 photographs, the photographs are of good quality, bound in publishers red cloth, gilt title to upper board. A comprehensive guide. Volume I Europe and North America. Vol II Africa and Asia, contributions from Abel Chapman, H.A. Bryden, C.S. Cumberland etc., also chapter on rifles. [20013]
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Author: HUTCHINSON Horace G.

Big Game Shooting

1905.  1st Edn,.  Country Life.  2 Vols, XIV 301 X 356 pages, Illustrate throughout from photographs and drawings, some occasional foxing to contents, Bound in the publisher's brick red cloth, with gilt title to upper covers. A comprehensive contemporary guide to big game hunting. Volume one covers Europe and North America. Vol two Africa and Asia, contributions from Abel Chapman, H.A. Bryden, C.S. Cumberland etc., also includes a chapter on rifles. Czech 136 [23595]
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Author: INGLIS James

Tent Life In Tigerland, Being Sporting Reminiscences Of A Pioneer Planter In A Indian Frontier District

1888.  2nd Edn,.  Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.  XV 366 pages, large 8vo., 16 colour litho plates, some occasional spotting mostly to the tissue guards, green cloth with gilt title, tiger vignette and coloured elephant to front board, tiger hunting vignette to spine, small 1cm x 1cm spot to front board, o/w covers clean and bright. Much on tiger hunting, also a chapter on guns and how to cure skins. Czech does not note this edition but a combined edition 1892. [20010]
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Author: INGLIS James

Tent Life In Tigerland, Being Sporting Reminiscences Of A Pioneer Planter In A Indian Frontier District

1888.  1st Edn,.  Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington.  xv 366 pages, large 8vo., 16 colour litho plates, some occasional spotting mostly to the tissue guards, lower corner torn from FEP, green cloth with gilt title, tiger vignette and coloured elephant to front board, tiger hunting vignette to spine, covers clean and bright. Much on tiger hunting, also a chapter on guns and how to cure skins. Czech does not note this edition but a combined edition 1892. [21206]
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Author: ISMAIL Lt Col M.M.

Call of the Tiger

1964.  1st Edn,.  Faber and Faber.  x 174, frontis illus, vg in dj. dj rubbed at head of spine. Ismail a Gurkha officer describes his hunts for marauding tigers and leopards in India. Czech 112. [21491]
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Author: Jackson, Sir Frederick

EARLY DAYS IN EAST AFRICA

1930.  1st Edward Arnold.  xv ? 399 pages, folding map, frontispiece, 15 illustrations, folding coloured map, foreword by Lord Cranworth. Publishers' blue cloth a very good + copy. "Jackson recounts his early life hunting around Lake Lamu in the 1880s. Besides hippo, waterbuck, hartebeest, eland and oryx, he bagged buffalo near the Mau Escarpment and buffalo and elephant and lion near Mt. Elgon. There is also a chapter on professional hunters in general". A hard title to find especially in this condition. Czech138/39 [22947]
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Author: JESSEN B.H.

W.N.McMillan's Expeditions And Big Game Hunting Southern Sudan, Abyssinia & British East Africa

1900.  1st Edn,.  xii 415 pages, for private circulation only, small 4to., frontis portraits of Mr and Mrs McMillan + full page and text illus from photographs and drawings, folding map in rear pocket, 4 ownership stamps to front end papers, 2 to rear end paper and one to blank margin of page 193 "Major H Twyford", original brick red cloth, fade mark to front board gilt title to upper board, browning to EP's. A scarce privately printed title, McMillan settled in Africa with his wife at Juja, Jessen recounts 4 hunting trips with the McMillans, the first along the Blue Nile records only a few gazelles, the 2nd in Abyssinia along the Baro River bagged elephant, hippo, lion and a variety of plains game, the 3rd trip along the Blue Nile, the 4th trip in 1905 to British East Africa, rhino, lion, eland etc were bagged, Czech 142. [21191]
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Author: JOHNSON Isaac C.

Sport On The Blue Nile Or Six Months Of A Sportsman's Life In Central Africa

1903.  1st Edn,.  Robert Banks & Son.  VIII 256 pages, frontis illus + 31 full page plates, presentation inscription to verso of front end paper to "Geo Appleton Esq with the publishers kind regards and best wishes Sept 1903", some offsetting from inscription to 1/2 title, original cloth with gilt title and photo insert of male lion to upper board and photo insert of shot elephant to rear flap, light rubbing to the corners. The author travels through the Sudan with a .303 Martini Metford Carbine, the weapon of his choice. He hunted hippo, crocodile, elephant, lion plains game etc., "One of the scarcest of the big game titles" Czech 84. A vg copy. [17001]
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Author: JOHNSON Martin

Lion

1929.  2nd impression Edn,.  New York.  XIII 281 pages, illus, vg. [9631]
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Author: JOHNSTON Sir Harry

George Grenfell And The Congo A History And Description Of The Congo Independent State And Adjoining Districts Of Congoland Together With Some Account Of The Native Peoples And Their Languages The Fauna And Flora; And Similar Notes On The Cameroons And The Island Of Fernando Po

1908.  1st Edn,.  Hutchinson and Co.  2 Vols, XXIII 496, XX 990 pages, lge 8vo, illus, 6 folding maps, clean copy. [14683]
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Author: JOHNSTON Sir Harry

The Uganda Protectorate. An attempt to give some description of the physical geography, botany, zoology, anthropology, languages and history of the territories under British protection in East Central Africa, between the Congo Free State and the Rift Valley between the First Degree of South Latitude and the Fifth Degree of North Latitude

1902.  1st Edn,.  Hutchinson And Co.  2 Vols, xx ? xiii + 1018 pages, small 4to., 506 illustrations from photographs and drawings, 48 colour plates and 9 maps, some spotting to the blank verso of the maps. Original black cloth with native head inserts in gilt to upper boards a vg + copy, of a comprehensive work covering the history, people, geography, natural history of the territories. [22946]
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Author: K.C.A.J. [Major General J.Burton Forster]

The Sportsman's Vade-Mecum For The Himalayas, Containing Notes on Shooting, Outfit, Camp Equipment, Sporting Yarns etc

1891.  1st Edn,.  Horace Cox.  120 pages, 28 pages of sporting adverts and advert end papers, frontis illustration of hunter in shikar dress and numerous text line drawings of guns ammunition equipment required etc. Bookplate to blank verso of the front end paper ownership signature to upper blank margin of chapter 1. Publishers cream cloth with title in red and black to upper cover with markor head in black, advert to rear cloth dust soiled, The first half of an excellent work details the equipment needed for sporting excursions including choice of firearms, the second half dwells on the authors experiences of hunting,. Detailing the game the .450 and 500 express rifle etc. Czech 115 [23192]
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Author: K.C.A.J. [Major General J.Burton Forster]

The Sportsman's Vade-Mecum For The Himalayas, Containing Notes on Shooting, Outfit, Camp Equipment, Sporting Yarns etc

1891.  1st Edn,.  Horace Cox.  120 pages, 28 pages of sporting adverts and advert end papers, frontis illustration of hunter in shikar dress and numerous text line drawings of guns ammunition equipment required etc. Publishers cream cloth with title in red and black to upper cover with markor head in black, advert to rear cloth dust soiled, The first half of an excellent work details the equipment needed for sporting excursions including choice of firearms, the second half dwells on the authors experiences of hunting, Detailing the game the .450 and 500 express rifle etc. Czech 115 [18542]
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Author: KEMPERS R.T.W.

Eprouvettes A Comprehensive Study Of Early Devices For The Testing Of Gunpowder

1998.  1st Edn,.  Royal Armouries.  Leeds.  XVI 307 pages, 4to., colour and black and white illus from photographs + drawings, diagrams etc., small production fault to spine edges o/w fine in dj. [16169]
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Author: KENYA

Kenya Its Industries, Trade, Sports And Climate

1924.  British Empire Exhibition Council.  XII + 187 pages, adverts, yellow printed paper covers, title in black, maps of Africa to upper cover, new spine matching the original. [16761]
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Author: KENYA SAFARI

Photograph Album of a Safari In Kenya

1920.  Adam Charles Black.  No date circa 1920, landscape folio 50 dark green card pages. Approx. 270 photograph of various sizes many 10 cm x 7 cm + some panorama photos, there are a few small 6cm x 3cm, but these are of the return voyage not the safari. The photos are unfaded and of good quality pasted to the page in some case handwritten descriptive text below, the text is faint but readable when enlarged, the whole assembled in a neat format. Recently bound in a green cloth in the style of the original. The safari appears to be undertaken by a Captain Hamilton and Captain Burrell and accompanied by two ladies presumably their wives. The first 2 pages show the voyage out through the Suez Canal. Followed by photos of the rail station at Mombasa, later collecting a motor vehicle at Nairobi. Followed by camp scenes, natives, "the safari "assembled. Photos of shot buffalo, Rhino, Eland, plains game, zebra. Scenes of the water hole, natives and hunter's shot leopard and lion more buffalos including the largest buffalo shot with hunter and natives, 5 buffalo heads laid out, all interspersed with views of the areas and natives. A panorama of the Safari at Fort Hall (now Muran ga). Group photos of natives, trophy heads etc. At the end are 4 pages of general of photos there is mentions of the Cranworths and part photo of their property, there is an earlier photo before the safari started of Lady Cranworth. The last 6 pages cover voyage home stopping of in Egypt. There are photos of 2 lion cubs on board the ship with the ladies possibly to be pets! An excellent record of a personal safari in the vintage years in colonial Kenya, more research needed. [22558]
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Author: KER Donald L

African Adventures

1957.  1st Edn.  Atackpole.  Harrisburg, USA.  viii 248 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, ownership inscription to FEP, publishers marbled patterned boards with antelope motif, vg in g+ dj, dj chipped to edges strengthened to verso now in removable sleeve. Ker one of the founders of Ker Donney Safaris recounts his life spent in Africa with emphasis on hunting lions, elephant, rhino and antelope species. Czech 159. [21257]
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Author: KINGSLEY-HEATH John

Hunting The Dangerous Game Of Africa

1998.  Sycamore Island Books.  Boulder, Colorado.  xvi 471 pages, 4to., profusely illus in colour and b/w from photographs, drawings etc., + numerous maps signed by the author on the 1/2 title page. A fine copy in likewise dj, dj has no defects. the experiences of a hunter guide hunting the big five includes an incident when he was mauled by a lion. Czech 152 [21730]
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Author: KINGSLY George H.

Notes On Sport And Travel

1900.  VIII 544 pages, frontis portrait of the author, mark on front discolouring the cloth from removal of label, o/w vg-. [9235]
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Author: Kingston, William H G, Low, Charles Rathbone; New Edition by Latham, Edward

Great African Travellers from Bruce and Mungo Park to Livingstone, Stanley, Gordon Cumming, Selous and Sir Harry Johnston

1914.  New.  Routledge & Sons.  xvi ? 541 pages,m with 100 full page and text illustrations, some spotting to end papers presentation bookplate to the front end paper. Neatly recased in the original pictorial covers. [23183]
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Author: KINLOCH Alexander A A

Large Game Shooting In Thibet And The North West (2nd Series)

1876.  1st Edn,.  Harrison.  54 pages, 4to., frontis and 10 other plates from photographs, publishers green cloth with gilt yak head to upper board, vg. A continuation from Kinloch's 1869 volume includes yak, tahr, markhor, serow, goral, sambur and other big game includes natural history and observation with hunting. Czech 119 [19602]
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Author: KINLOCH Bruce

The Shamba Raiders Memories Of A Game Warden

1972.  1st Edn,.  Collins Harvill Ltd.  384 pages, illus with photos and drawings to chapter headings, map end papers, vg in dj. dj rubbed at head of spine and lightly dust soiled. Hunting for buffalo, elephant, lion and other game. Kinloch was chief game warden for 25 years in Uganda. Czech 152. [21685]
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Author: KINLOCH Bruce

The Shamba Raiders, Memories Of A Game Warden

1988.  revised Edn,.  Southampton.  405 pages, illus in b/w from photographs + chapter heading drawings, fine in dj, presentation inscription on the FEP signed and dated by Bruce Kinloch. Kinloch was chief game warden for 25 years in Uganda, Tanganyka and Malawi, includes a great deal of hunting. Czech 152 , vg in dj, much on the East African. [19513]
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Author: KIRKLAND Caroline

Some African Highways, A Journey Of Two American Women To Uganda And The Transvaal

1908.  1st UK.  Duckworth Co.  illus, map, publishers green cloth, titles in black includes chapters on the Uganda Railway, the people etc. [19031]
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Author: KLINEBURGER Bert

This Is The Greatest Hunting Era

1986.  1st Edn,.  Trophy Room Books.  Encino, California, USA.  234 pages, 4to., illus throughout from photographs, vg in dj. Hunting experiences in Asia, Africa, America. [14722]
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Author: KOENIGSMARCK Count Hans Von

The Markhor. Sport in Cashmere

1910.  Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd.  xv + 151 pages, frontis and 8 plates, inscription to front paste down "From the author June 1915", publisher's emerald green cloth with mountain scene with standing markhor in silver to upper board, a vg bright copy. A German officer, a guest of a British regiment enjoyed considerable sport in India, a third of the book described his hunts for Markhor near Punjal. Czech 122. [20871]
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Author: LAKE Alexander

African Adventures

1954.  1st Edn,.  W H Allen.  272 pages, full page illus from photographs, name on FEP, vg in dj. Hunting for elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion and other game, South Africa, Kenya, Rhodesia and The Congo. Czech 158 [21507]
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Author: LAKEMAN Sir Stephen

What I Saw in Kaffir-Land

1880.  William and Blackwood and Sons.  Edinburgh.  xi -211 pages, 20 pp of adverts some very occasional spotting to the contents. Publishers red cloth with gilt lion head to the upper board a vg+ copy in the original cloth. Lakeman's account of the Kaffir War. Lakeman assembled his own volunteer unit, known as the Waterkloof Rangers, having to buy rifles, uniforms, and equipment. There is little hunting in the book but an excellent insight to the area. [22771]
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Author: LETCHER Owen

Big Game Hunting In North Eastern Rhodesia

1911.  1st Edn,.  John Long Co.  xii 266 pages, frontis portrait of the author and 52 illus from photographs and map, some occasional spotting to contents and closed page edges. Publishers red cloth evenly fading to the spine and some fading to boards. Hunting rhino, elephant, buffalo lion leopard and other game in the Luangna Valley and in the Swampland near Lake Bangweula. A classic big game hunting title. Czech 164 [22970]
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Author: LEWIS A.G.

Sport Travel And Adventure

1915.  1st Edn,.  T Fisher Unwin Ltd.  352 pages, 58 illus from photographs, armorial bookplate of Sir Mervyn Peel to front paste down with his signature to front end paper, publishers cloth even fading to spine with some discoloration to boards, includes chapter on hunting the lion, adventures with buffalo, hunting the elephant, hunting the bear, other references to hunting, also covers other sports including mountaineering etc.,, [20531]
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Author: LLOYD Jones W

Havash! Frontier Adventures In Kenya

1925.  1st.  Arrowsmith.  318 pages, frontis and 28 illustrations from photographs + map, some browning to ? title page. Publishers' maroon cloth, with gilt native head to upper board, a vg clean copy. Lloyd-Jones was a British army officer serving with the King's African Rifles in Kenya in 1910-13. An exciting work of military experiences and big game hunting, the author hunted elephant, rhinoceroses, and lion etc particularly in the Kerio Valley near the Ethiopian border. Czech 169/70 [22948]
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Author: LORD John

Duty, Honour, Empire. The Life And Times Of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen

1971.  1st Edn,.  New York.  412 pages, illus, vg in dj. [10837]
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Author: LUGARD Captain F.D.

The Rise Of Our East African Empire, Early Efforts In Nyasaland And Uganda

1893.  1st Edn,.  Blackwood and Son.  2 Vols, ix 682, xix 563 pages, illus with full page and text illus, folding maps in front and rear pocket, note to top margin of introduction "In Kenya you don't buy land, you buy water and labour. Norman Matthews 1946", similar note to blank margin on page 665 of Vol. 2. Original red cloth, title in black to upper board with pictorial insert, cloth darkened and spine evenly faded as often found, light rubbing to corners. The book contains a variety of sporting incidents for elephant, buffalo, lion etc. Czech 172. [21218]
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Author: LUGARD Captain F.D.

The Rise Of Our East African Empire, Early Efforts In Nyasaland And Uganda

1893.  1st Edn,.  Blackwood and Son.  2 Vols, ix 682, xix 563 pages, illus with full page and text illus + maps including, folding maps in front and rear pockets of volume 1, Contemporary ownership inscription to blank margin of both half titles. Publishers red cloth, with title in black to upper board with pictorial insert of campfire scene to both volumes. Cloth evenly fading to spine with a few small marks, light rubbing to the head of spines. The boards unfaded and clean. The book contains a variety of sporting incidents for elephant, buffalo, lion etc. Czech 172. [21738]
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Author: LYDEKKER R.

The Deer Of All Lands, A History Of The Family Cervidae Living And Extinct

1898.  1st Edn..  Rowland Ward.  xx 329 pages, 4to., 24 colour plates after J Smit, + text drawings and photographs, number 152 of a limited edition of 500 copies signed by Rowland Ward. The contents clean and tight, publisher's green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover within ruled border, even fading to spine, some small chips to tail of spine. An important record of deer with fine hand coloured lithograph plates by J Smit. Seldom found in very good condition in the original cloth which is often badly faded. There are 5 Rowland Ward titles published in the series by Lydekker from 1898 to 1907, all were limited editions. ?1850 [22777]
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Author: LYDEKKER R.

The Game Animals Of Africa

1908.  1st Edn,.  Rowland Ward Ltd.  xix 484 pages, 48pp adverts, 15 full page plates, 97 text illus, publishers maroon cloth, gilt title to upper cover, light even fading to spine and inner board edge. "An excellent work" Czech 172 [16267]
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Author: LYDEKKER R.

The Game Animals Of Africa

1926.  revised Edn,.  Rowland Ward.  revised Edn, xiv- 483 pages, + 5 pages of adverts for Rowland Ward publications small 4to. 31 full page illustrations and text illus, A very good + copy in the original tan cloth titled in black to upper board with black faux leather spine. This edition was revised from the 1908 1st and brought up to date by J.E.Dollman. An excellent work covers the natural history of both large and small game animals. Includes hunting vignettes related by numerous sportsmen such as Selous, Neuman, Powell Cotton, etc Czech 172 [9612]
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Author: LYDEKKER R

The Game Animals Of Africa

1926.  Rowland Ward.  revised Edn, xiv- 483 pages, + 5 pages of adverts for Rowland Ward publications small 4to. 31 full page illustrations and text illus, A very good + copy in the original tan cloth titled in black to upper board with black faux leather spine. This edition was revised from the 1908 1st and brought up to date by J.E.Dollman. An excellent work covers the natural history of both large and small game animals. Includes hunting vignettes related by numerous sportsmen such as Selous, Neuman, Powell Cotton, etc Czech 172 [21925]
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Author: LYDEKKER R.

The Game Animals Of India

1924.  rev Edn,.  XV 414 pages, advert, illus, vg, revised by JG Dollman, published by Rowland Ward. [9062]
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Author: LYDEKKER R.

The Game Animals Of India, Burma, Malaya and Tibet, Being A New Revised Edition Of The Great And Small Game Of India, Burma, And Tibet

1924.  2nd Edn revised.  Rowland Ward.  xv 412 pages, 2pp adverts, full page + text illus from photographs and diagrams, vg in the publishers green cloth, gilt title to upper cover, slight fading to top of spine, dj present but showing loss to head of spine, closed tears, now in clear removable sleeve also includes 2 loose photos one of shot elephant and hunter + shot tiger. This edition has been revised and updated by J.G.Dollman. the definitive work on the big game species of South Asia with numerous sporting vignettes and observations. Czech 130 [21568]
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Author: LYDEKKER R.

The Game Animals Of India, Burma, Malaya and Tibet, Being A New Revised Edition Of The Great And Small Game Of India, Burma, And Tibet

1924.  2nd Edn revised.  Rowland Ward.  xv 412 pages, 2pp adverts, full page + text illus from photographs and diagrams, a vg+ copy in the publishers green cloth in the original dj. The dj has light rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners, old strengthening tape marks to verso of dj in places, rare to find in this condition and in dj. This edition has been revised and updated by J.G.Dollman. the definitive work on the big game species of South Asia with numerous sporting vignettes and observations. Czech 130 [21583]
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Author: Lydekker R

The Great and Small Game of Europe, Western & Northern Asia and America; Their Distribution, Habits, and Structure

1901.  1st Edn,.  Rowland Ward.  xx ? 446 pages, Advert leaf 4to pages partly unopened, 8 full page colour plates and 75 b/w text illustrations from photographs and drawings. Bookplate to the front paste down of Russell Aitkin, limited to 250 numbered copies signed by Rowland Ward. Publishers' green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover. A very good + copy rare to find in in this condition. Covers the natural history of big game encountered in these areas with some hunting notes. Rowland Ward published 5 titles in the series in matching green cloth bindings limited to 500 or 250 copies, this was the last title in the series Czech 129 [23338]
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Author: LYDEKKER R.

Wild Oxon, Sheep And Goats Living And Extinct

1898.  1st Edn,.  Rowland Ward.  xiv ? (2)- 318 pages, errata slip 4to 27 colour plates after J Smit, + text drawings and photographs, number 104 of a limited edition of 500 copies signed by Rowland Ward. The contents clean and tight, publisher's green cloth with gilt title to the upper cover within ruled border, light even fading to spine. A very good copy with fine hand coloured lithograph plates by J Smit. Seldom found in very good condition in the original cloth which is often badly faded. There are 5 Rowland Ward published titles in the series by Lydekker from 1898 to 1907, all were limited editions. [22773]
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Author: LYDEKKER R.compiled by

Guide To The Great Game Animals (Ungulata) in the Deptartment of Zoology British Museum

1907.  1st Edn,.  VIII 93 pages, illus + list of horn antlers and tusk measurements ex library copy occasional stamp to contents mostly to verso of plates, original cloth backed card covers g+. [4709]
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Author: LYELL Denis D.

African Adventure,Letters From Famous Big Game Hunters

1935.  1st American Edn,.  E.P.Dutton and Company.  New York.  xv 270 pages, 2 pages adverts, frontis + 10 illus from photographs, publishers tan cloth, title in green with spear to front cover, rubbing to head and tail of spine, small chip to cloth top edge. An accumulation of letters from big game hunters spanning 20 years to the author . [21183]
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Author: LYELL Denis D.

The Hunting and Spoor of Central African Game

1929.  1st Edn,.  Seeley Services And Co Ltd.  xiv 234 pages, small 4to., 4pp adverts, 38 plates including life size illus of the game tracks, spotting to EP's, light rubbing to head of spine, original cloth clean and bright, often found darkened. Gives details on rifles, tracking, hunting equipment and notes on the game animals. Czech 174 [21478]
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Author: LYELL Denis D.

The Hunting Spoor Of Central African Game

1929.  1st Edn,.  Seeley, Service & Co..  xiv 234 pages, 4to., illus including life size illus of most of the game tracks, amorial bookplate to front paste down, original cloth evenly darkened as usual, gives details of rifles, tracking, hunting and notes on the game animals. Czech 165 [21190]
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Author: LYELL Denis D.

The Hunting Spoor Of Central African Game

1929.  1st Edn,.  Seeley, Service & Co..  XIV 234 pages, 4to., illus including life size illus of most of the game tracks, original cloth evenly darkened as usual, gives details of rifles, tracking, hunting and notes on the game animals. Czech 102 [6094]
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Author: LYELL Denis D.

The Hunting Spoor Of Central African Game

1987.  reprint Edn,.  Briar Patch Press.  Camden, South Carolina, USA.  xxiii 225 pages, AEG, full page and text illus, bound in full black bonded leather with gilt decorated spine, a fine copy. A well produced reprint of the 1929 1st edition, a classic big game hunting title. [21664]
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Author: LYELL Denis D.

Memoirs Of An African Hunter With Chapter on Eastern India

1923.  1st Edn,.  Fisher Unwin.  267 pages, illus from photographs, some spotting to contents, publisher's green cloth with blind stamped title to upper board, light rubbing to head of spine. An autobiographical work his early travels in Mashonoland Nyasaland hunting kudu, lion, impala, sable, hippo, elephant etc., the author devotes a lengthy chapter on his hunting experiences of elephant also buffalo and rhino. Czech 174 [20403]
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Author: LYELL Denis D.

Memoirs Of An African Hunter With Chapter on Eastern India

1924.  reprint.  Fisher Unwin.  267 pages, illus from photographs, some spotting to contents, publisher's green cloth with blind stamped title to upper board. An autobiographical work his early travels in Mashonoland Nyasaland hunting kudu, lion, impala, sable, hippo, elephant etc., the author devotes a lengthy chapter on his hunting experiences of elephant also buffalo and rhino. Czech 174 [21185]
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Author: MacCREAGH Gordon

The Last Of Free Africa. the Account Of An Expedition Into Abyssinia With Observations On The Manners, Customs And Traditions Of The Ethiopians With Some Pungent Remarks On The Anomalous Political Situation That, At Present, Obtains Between This Ancient Kingdom And The nations Of The World

1935.  2nd Edn.  D Appleton Century Company.  New York.  xxii 372 pages, numerous illus from photographs, map end papers, rubbing to dedication page to upper blank margin just going through paper where ownership label removed?. Publishers brown cloth, gilt title and native vignette to upper boards, vg in dj, some chipping to head of spine and split to front spine edge, no loss and now in clear removable sleeve. The second edition has an added forward and epilogue, includes some big game hunting. The author describes a hunt for a man eating hippopotamus. Czech 175 [21439]
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Author: MacDonald Major J R L

Soldiering And Surveying In British East Africa 1891 - 1894

1897.  1st Edn.  Edward Arnold.  xvi 333, advert leaf, frontis + 11 plates + folding diagrams + 3 folding maps, publishers dark red cloth, slight fading to spine, sport in teh Masai Territory shooting leopard and rhino. MacDonald was chief engineer of the prelimary survey for the Uganda railway. Czech 175/76 [20306]
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Author: Mackenzie D R

The Spirit Ridden Konde. A record Of The Interesting But Steadily Vanishing Customs & Ideas Gathered During Twenty Four Years Residence Amongst These Shy Inhabitants Of The Lake Nyasa Region, From Witch Doctors, Diviners, Hunters, Fishers & Every Native Source

1925.  Seeley Service & Co.  xv 318 pages + advert leaf, illus from photographs, folding map to rear some occasional spotting to contents. Publishers blue cloth with gilt standing native to upper board. A vg clean copy although not a hunting title there is mention of the fauna, animals etc. [21182]
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Author: MACMILLAN Alastair

Eastern Africa And Rhodesia, Historical And Descriptive, Commercial And Industrial Facts, Figures, And Resources

1930.  1st Edn,.  W.H. and L Collinridge.  503 pages, 4to., AEG, illus from photographs, coloured map, light spotting to half title, dark red cloth, gilt title and palm tree vignette to upper cover, a vg copy. Very occasional mention of the wild game but mostly an insight to the business, commercial and resources of Eastern Africa before the 2nd World War. [16531]
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Author: MANNERS Harry

Kambaku!

1981.  1st English Edn,.  Fredeick Muller Ltd.  209 pages, illus from photographs, map end papers, a fine copy in dj. Manners spent 45 years as a professional hunter and a guide for the hunting parties in Mozambique, much of the book refers to elephant hunting. Czech 180 [20026]
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Author: MARCOSSON Isac F

An African Adventure

1921.  1st English.  John Lane.  London, New York.  288 pages, frontis portrait + 35 plates including map, a vg clean copy in the publishers blue cloth in worn dj. dj showing loss to head and tail of spine. A trip from Cape Town through Rhodesia and the Congo just after the first world war. [20333]
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Author: MAUGHAM R.C.F.

Wild Game In Zambezia

1914.  1st Edn,.  James Murray.  XII 376 pages, TEG, illus, folding map, some light foxing to contents, vg. The author describes game and hunting conditions, he includes elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion, hippo etc., Czech 185/86 [3272]
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Author: MAYDON Major H C

Simen, Its Heights And Abysses, A Record Of Travel & Sport In Abyssinia With Some Account Of The Sacred City Of Aksum And The Ruins Of Gondar

1925.  1st Edn.  H F & G Witherby.  244 + 1 pages, 11 plates + folding plan and 5 text maps, publishers green cloth, gilt mountain vignette to spine, couple of small marks to cloth o/w vg. Maydon set out in 1922 for the Simen Mountains, whilst much of the narrative provided gives excellent details regarding the terrain, there are sporting adventures after Wallia, Ibex, Mountain Nyla etc., Czech 187 [21436]
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Author: MAYDON Major H C

Simen, Its Heights And Abysses, A Record Of Travel & Sport In Abyssinia With Some Account Of The Sacred City Of Aksum And The Ruins Of Gondar

1925.  1st Edn.  H F & G Witherby.  244 + 1 pages, 11 plates + folding plan and 5 text maps, publishers green cloth, gilt mountain vignette to spine, cloth clean and fresh. Maydon set out in 1922 for the Simen Mountains, whilst much of the narrative provided gives excellent details regarding the terrain, there are sporting adventures after Wallia, Ibex, Mountain Nyla etc., Czech 187 [21058]
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Author: MAYDON Major H.C.

Big Game Shooting In Africa

1932.  1st.  Seeley Service and Co Ltd.  445 pages frontis illus + 140 full page illustrations from photographs, top edge gilt. Bound in the publishers deluxe edition bound in ? dark green leather over cloth covered boards. A very good copy, published in The Lonsdale Library. An essential title in the African big game library, contributors include Powell Cotton, Gordon Cumming, Denis Lyell, H.G.C. Swayne and other big game hunter. A wealth of information to prewar big game hunting. Czech 187 [23535]
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Author: MCCANN Charles, STOCKLEY Lt Col C.H.

A Shikar's Pocket Book With Hints On Preserving And Skinning Trophies in The Field

1927.  1st Edn,.  48 pages, 12mo, text illus, the book is contained in brown wallet with an accompanying separate big game register, the register is divided into dates, species, locality, measurements, remarks. 13 sides filled in a neat hand, there is also a section for notes, 1 side filled in covering the years 1931 to 1937. The game mentioned include crocodile, panther, sloth, bear, tiger, python. The author goes into detail on the hunt and shot, tiger length 7'10", "after 25 yards tiger ran out of thicket and charged, shot him through the chest, she fell into nale?" A very scarce item and unique with the register. [5441]
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Author: Mecklenburg, The Duke Adolphus Frederick (trans. G.E. Maberly-Oppler)

From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile An account of the German Central African Expedition of 1910-11

1914.  first English.  Duckworth & Co.  2 volumes xvi - 241 + xii ? 285 pp, with 514 Illustrations from Photographs and Drawings and a large folding map, includes colour frontis + 18 coloured plates pages uncut. Spotting to prelims and occasionally to the contents. Publishers' cloth with the title in black to the upper covers the spine title in gilt. The cloth clean with no chipping or splits. Travelling the heavily forested region between Lake Victoria and Lake Kive from the Congo Lake Chad and the White Nile, with hunting episodes for elephant, buffalo antelope and rhinoceros etc. Czech 192 [23561]
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Author: MEINERTZHAGEN Col R.

Kenya Diary 1902 - 1906

1957.  1st Edn,.  Oliver and Boyd.  viii 347 pages, full page illus from photographs, publishers brown cloth, DJ complete but old tape strengthening to top and bottom edge and folds of rear of the DJ just showing through to DJ front in places. The book details the life of a young buffalo, numerous antelope species etc. Czech 193 [23466]
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Author: MEINERTZHAGEN Col R.

Kenya Diary 1902 - 1906

1957.  1st Edn,.  Oliver and Boyd.  viii 347 pages, full page illus from photographs, small ownership stamp to front end paper, publishers' brown cloth, a near fine copy in dj. The book details the life of a young officer in Kenya in the early years, he hunted lion, leopard, hippo, rhino, buffalo, numerous antelope species etc., Czech 193 [23404]
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Author: MELLAND Frank

Elephants In Africa

1938.  1st Edn,.  Country Life.  xiii 86 pages, illus with 12 full page drawings by Stuart Tresilian, offset mark to front rear end paper from dj, publishers green cloth vg in dj, dj has chips to one corner, paper price label on spine partly removed. Melland's work combines sporting elements and natural history. He recounts elephant hunting, a number of sportsmen and includes his own travels through Africa more than three decades earlier with Edward Cholmeley Czech 193/94 [20327]
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Author: MELLON James

African Hunter

1975.  1st Edn,.  Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.  New York.  xx 522 pages, 4to, well illustrated throughout from photographs and maps, black cloth with title to upper board in grey, a VG copy in dj neat 2cm repair to lower rear flap. A comprehensive work on African big game hunting with contributions by leading hunters of the time. There is also an interesting chapter by Rowland Ward of London on the skinning and the preservation of big game trophies. A modern classic on African hunting. Czech 194/95 [23418]
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Author: MENDELSSOHN Sidney

South African Bibliography

1957.  2nd Edn,.  The Holland Press.  2 Vols, lxxii + 1008 + 1139 pages, small 4to., 26 full page illustrations, a fine copy in the publishers cloth, dj complete, no loss but a few closed tears and creasing to outer edges. Also includes 2 original card boxes. First published in 1910, the 2nd edition is limited to 500 copies. the extensive catalogue Raisonne of the Mendelssohn Library relating to South Africa gives details of collation and annotations, commentaries and references. An exhaustive and unsurpassed bibliography of all books and all papers in all languages pertaining to South Africa. [18499]
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Author: MILLAIS J.G.

Far Away Up The Nile

1924.  1st Edn,.  Longman Green and Co.  x 254 pages, small 4to, frontis + 49 plates by the author and H.R.Millais and from photographs, 1 plate slight creasing in places to very outer margin to edge, original brick red cloth, light rubbing to head of spine. Millais hunting along the Nile valley for buffalo, hartebeest, roan eland etc. Czech 197 [21665]
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Author: MILLAIS J.G.

Newfoundland and Its Untrodden Way

1907.  1st Edn,.  Longmans Green and Co.  XVI 340 pages, TEG, 4to., illus by the author and from photographs, light spotting to front closed page edges, a vg+ copy in later not recent 1/2 dark blue morroco binding by Hatchards, gilt ruling to corners and spine edges. Spine with 6 panels, gilt tooling to the raised band spine panels with inner double frame. An attractive copy, armorial bookplate of S.C.Lister, Swinton Park. Millais relates his experiences hunting caribou, various species of deer, national history etc. He notes "In no country have I experienced such enjoyable hunting as in Newfoundland" [2533]
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Author: MILLAIS J.G.

Wanderings And Memoirs

1919.  1st Edn,.  Longmans Green and Co.  XII 298 pages, advert leaf, illus from drawings and photographs by the author, publishers cloth, gilt title on spine dull as often found. [4862]
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Author: MILLAIS J.G.

Wanderings And Memoirs

1919.  1st Edn,.  Longmans Green and Co.  XII 298 pages, advert leaf, illus from drawings and photographs by the author, contents clean and tight, original covers evenly faded. Includes a chapter on Arthur Neumann, Pioneer and Elephant Hunter and A Hunting Trip To British East Africa in 1913. Czech 197. [18119]
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Author: MILLAIS J.G.

Wanderings And Memoirs

1919.  1st Edn,.  Longmans Green and Co.  XII 298 pages, advert leaf, illus from drawings and photographs by the author, contents clean and tight, original covers faded also a few marks, gilt title on spine dull as often found. [15213]
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Author: MILLINGEN J.G.

The History Of Duelling Including Narratives Of The Most Remarkable Personal Encounters That Have Taken Place From The Earliest Period To The Present Day

1841.  1st Edn.  Richard Bentley.  2 Vols, xii 399, xii 428 pages Top edges gilt ownership bookplate to front pastedowns, a very clean set finely bound in a half tan calf with contrasting labels with gilt decorations to spine compartments by Bayntun Binders of Bath, a fine set. Covers the rise of duelling in Europe and the United States. Duelling in Great Britain and Ireland listing Individual duels during the reign of George III, Duelling in various countries from the accession of George IV in 1820 to the year 1841. ?485 [23550]
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Author: Mitchell, Ph.D., Robert M.; Frisina, Ph.D., Michael R.

From the Himalayas to the Rockies: Retracing the Great Arc of Wild Sheep

2007.  1st Edn.  Safari Press.  Long Beach, CA.  xvii ? 230 pages, 4to illustrated in colour and b/w from photographs and drawings + colour maps. A fine copy in DJ. A finely illustrated book with detailed maps. A systematic approach to classifying the wild sheep of the new and old the old worlds. Also included are a selection of hunting stories. [23487]
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Author: MOIR F.L.M.

After Livingstone An African Trade Romance

nd 1923.  1st Edn,.  XX 200 pages, illus from photographs, map on rear EP, some foxing to contents, original blue cloth, title in black on spine. Moir and his brother set out to open up a trade route between the East coats and the district round the Great Lakes of Nyaja and Tanganyika and includes some hunting, chapters on my first elephant, a big boy, taming young elephants, small game etc. the Moir brothers were also responsible for the abolition of the slave trade in those parts. Not in Czech [13155]
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Author: MOORE Phil H.

With Gun And Rod In Canada

1922.  1st Edn,.  XI 260 pages, illus, some light spotting to contents, vg. Nova Scotia, fishing hunting including bear. [2287]
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Author: MORAY BROWN J.

Stray Sport

1893.  1st Edn,.  William Blackwood and Sons.  xii 304, viii 293 pages, 2 Vols, 15 full page plates + text drawings throughout, Vol I the first part 240+ pages are on Indian Shikar, the rest of Vol I and Vol II covers sport at home including fishing, snipe and woodcock shooting etc in England Scotland and Ireland. Publishers' olive-green cloth with gilt pig sticking scene to upper board of both volumes. Personal presentation inscription to ? title page of volume 2 "To my journalistic mentor E Sacks with the Authors best wishes Sept 1893". Below are some handwritten lines (I believe which are taken from a song by Campbell of Saddell). Brown enjoyed considerable sport in India he recounts pig sticking, elephant and tiger shooting stalking samba and bear etc he details tiger measurements and weights. Unusual to find a signed copy. Czech 33 not listed by Chute [22364]
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Author: MORDEN William and Irene

Our African Adventure

nd circa 1954.  1st Edn,.  255 pages, illus, a vg anthropological expedition for the American museum of natural history but also hunting lions, elephants, etc. [6037]
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Author: MORKEL Bill

Hunting In Africa

1980.  1st English Edn,.  Howard Timmins.  252 pages, illus, fine in dj. A modern guide to safari. [13982]
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Author: MORRIS P.A.

Rowland Ward Taxidermist To The World

2003.  1st Edn,.  the author.  Ascot.  164 pages, 4to., illustrated in b/w from photographs, drawings old adverts etc, pictorial end papers. Publishers blue cloth, gilt title and photo insert to upper cover, a fine copy, A ccomprehensive history and bibliography of Rowland Ward Ltd, taxidermists and publishers an excellent history of the company. [23014]
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Author: MOYSE BARTLETT Lieut Col H

The Kings African Rifles A Study Of Military History Of Easy And Central Africa 1890-1945

1956.  1st Edn.  Gale of Polden.  Aldershot.  xiv 727 pages, b/w illustrations from photographs, 11 folding maps, text maps etc., publisher's black cloth, gilt regiment crest to upper board, cloth clean and bright, a vg+ copy in likewise dj. Although a regimental history the book is an insight to the area of Uganda, Kenya, Somaliland during a formative period. [22951]
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Author: Musselwhite, Arthur

Behind the Lens in Tigerland

1933.  1st Edn.  Thacker, Spink & Co,.  Calcutta, India.  Small 4to illustrated throughout in b/w of photographs. Publishers slate blue cloth with tiger head vignette to upper board and title to spine in black. A collection of photos taken over 15 years of studies of big game and life. Include scenes from hunting with accompanying text. [22082]
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Author: NORDEN H

White And Black In East Africa

1924.  1st Edn.  304 pages, 34 illus + 2 folding maps, small pare label to front paste down with the Witherby vignette, (the book is from the Witherby's file copies) publishers light red cloth, gilt shield to the spine, vg. Although not really a hunting title there are episodes of hunting plains game, the book covers the Kenya Colony and Uganda before WWII [20677]
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Author: NORDEN Henmann

White And Black In East Africa, A Record Of Travel And Observations In The African-American Crown Colonies

1924.  1st American Edn.  Small Maynard & Co.  London.  304 pages, illus with b/w photographs + 2 folding maps, publishers green cloth, title in black and white. A vg+ copy. A travel account by an American in Kenya and Uganda includes a chapter on "A wet safari". [20307]
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Author: NYSCHENS Ian

Months Of The Sun: Forty Years Of Elephant Hunting In The Zambezi Valley

1997.  1st Edn,.  Safari Press.  Longbeach, California, USA.  410 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs, colour map end papers, publishers blue cloth with gilt title and elephant jungle scene to upper cover. limited to 1000 copies numbered and signed by the author, a fine copy. The author spent many years as an elephant poacher in Rhodesia finally becoming a game officer, he shoot over 1000 elephants. A modern classic and fairly scarce. Czech 209. [19603]
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Author: NYSCHENS Ian

Months Of The Sun: Forty Years Of Elephant Hunting In The Zambezi Valley

1997.  2nd Edn,.  Safari Press.  Longbeach, California, USA.  410 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs, colour map end papers, publishers red cloth, a fine copy in dj. The author spent many years as an elephant poacher in Rhodesia finally becoming a game officer, he shoot over 1000 elephants. A modern classic. [23256]
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Author: OATES Frank

Matabele Land And The Victoria Falls, A Naturalists Wanderings In The Interior Of South Africa

1889.  2nd Edn.  Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.  xlix 433 pages, + 8 pages at rear of press notices of the first edition, frontis portrait of Oates on card, 6 chromolithograph hand-coloured plates and a further14 hand-coloured plates in the Appendix showing ornithological entomological and botanical subjects also woodcuts throughout the text + 4 folding maps the large folding map of South Eastern Africa coloured in outline. Bound in the publisher's olive-green cloth gilt and brown scene of a sunrise with 2 zebras to upper board, gilt title, and vignette of antelope horns to spine and gilt bustard to rear. An exceptional copy the contents free of foxing or marks. The cloth clean and fresh with no chips or splits. Oates hunted elephant, kuon, lion, buffalo etc. on his expedition to explore the region of the Victoria Falls late in 1874. On his return journey he was stricken with fever and died shortly after. C.G. Oates edited his brother's notebooks and published them in 1881, many of the first editions were destroyed by fire. The second edition included updated information not found in the 1st + a six-page preface by C.G. Oates explaining the nature of a second edition,"his account of Matabeleland is one of the best of the earlier modern works of the country" Mendelssohn Vol 2 112. Czech 210. [22253]
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Author: OCONNOR Jack

The Big Game Rifle

1994.  reprint.  Safari Press.  Long Beach, CA, USA.  xii 370 xi pages, illustrations in b/w from photographs, slight spotting to closed page edge o/w fine in dj. A definitive work on the subject when published. [19507]
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Author: O''CONNOR Jack

Hunting In The Rockies

1988.  revised Edn,.  Safari Press.  Longbeach, California, USA.  297 iii pages, b/w illus from photographs + maps, fine in dj. Includes the game, equipment, the guns etc. [19595]
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Author: O''Connor, Jack

Sheep and Sheep Hunting: The Definitive Book on Wild Sheep

1974.  1st.  Winchester Press.  New York.  xii ? 308pp., illustrated throughout with b/w photographs drawings and map, photographic end papers. Publishers' blue cloth in DJ, DJ has a small chip to the head of the spine of DJ, now in a clear removable sleeve. A vg+ copy of the 1st edition of a classic title. This is the first book by a hunter-naturalist to be devoted exclusively to North America's most coveted trophies. It thoroughly covers all aspects of the game and hunting methods in every kind of sheep country, from the parched Mexican deserts to the mountain pastures of the Yukon." ?100 [23528]
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Author: Ogilvie-Grant, W.R., Arthur Acland HOOD, J.G. MILLAIS, et al

The Gun At Home And Abroad; Volume I, British Game Birds And Wilfowl. Volume II, British Deer And Ground Game. Volume III, The Big Game Of Africa And Europe. Volume IV, the Big Game Of Asia And North America

1912-1915.  The London And Counties Press Association Ltd..  xii 443, xvi 345, xix 408, xix 433 pages, title pages printed in red and black TEG, large 4to., illustrated throughout with colour plates by leading artists after G. Lodge, A. Thorburn, V. R. Balfour-Browne, and E. Caldwell; + photogravure, monochrome and half tone plates, and numerous illustrations and tables in the text. Bound in the publisher's full brown leather bindings. 3 of the volumes having some scratch marks to the rear boards. A very good complete set of the monumental work, 500 copies were produced as sets, this being a consecutive numbered set 142. Individual volumes were also issued in various limitation numbers and not numbered on the spine as this set is. Leading hunters and sportsmen of the day contributed to the volumes including F.C.Selous, J.G.Millias, Frank Wallace, D Carruthers etc. encompassing all aspects of shooting, stalking and big game hunting. A lavishly produced and richly informative work documenting a bygone sporting age. Czech Asia 45, Africa 252, Chute 482. [22477]
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Author: OSMASTON B.B.

Wild Life And Adventure In Indian Forests From The Diaries Of B.B. Osmaston C.I.E. Imperial Forest Services 1888 1923

1977.  1st Edn,.  178 pages, privately printed, 4to., frontis of the author + 1 other plate and map, map EP's, presentation inscription signed by Gordon Osmaston. A scarce work limited to 125 copies, Osmaston arrived in India in 1888, bagging his first tiger near Mundali, he spent much of his career as a forest officer in various regions and recounts numerous encounters with big game; much of the book is related to the birds and fauna of India, Czech 155 [13055]
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Author: Pardal, Jose

Elephant Hunting In Portuguese East Africa

1990.  1st English.  Safari Press.  Long Beach, CA, USA.  xi 285 illustrated in b/w from photographs with pictorial coloured end papers. Bound in dark green bonded leather gilt title to the upper board with elephant vignette. Limited to 1000 copies signed and numbered by Jose Pardel. A fine copy lacking the slipcase. "Pardal details his numerous experiences hunting big ivory in Mozambique spanning 32 years, as well as note of hunters killed by elephants. He also includes an interesting chapter regarding his views of rifles and cartridges". Czech 212 [22201]
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Author: PATTERSON Leiut Col J.H.

The Man Eaters Of Tsavo And Other East African Adventures

1907.  1st Edn,.  Macmillan and Co Ltd.  xx-338 pages, frontis + full page and text illustrations from photographs, full page map, inscription to the front paste down. Rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and light rubbing to the spine edge. Patterson describes the death of railroad workers building the Uganda Railway by a pair of man-eating lions. The first half of the book relates to Patterson's efforts to destroy the man-eaters. The remaining half details his hunting experience's including Rhino Lion plains game etc. A much-reprinted book the first edition being particularly hard to find Czech 214/15 [23053]
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Author: PATTERSON Lieut Col J.H.

In The Grip Of The Nyika, Further Adventures In British East Africa

1909.  1st.  Macmillan and Co.  389 pages, numerous illustrations from photographs +9 maps. Inscription on front paste down browning to the end papers. Publishers' blue cloth with gilt vignette of a camel and native to the upper board, rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and light rubbing to the spine edge. . Patterson revisited the site of Tsavo, he treks the Nyika hunting lion, rhino, plains game etc. Czech 214 [23048]
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Author: PEACOCK E.H.

A Game Book For Burma And Adjoining Territories The Types Distribution and Habits of Large and Small Game Together with Notes On Game Preservation, Photography, Tracking, Still-Hunting and the Care and Measurements of Trophies

1933.  1st Edn,.  H F and G Witherby.  292 pages, frontis and 24 plates from photographs + folding map, a vg copy in the publishers brown cloth. Czech 158 [18834]
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Author: PEASE Sir Alfred

The Book Of The Lion

1914.  2nd Edn,.  John Murray.  xx 293 pages, 6 pages of adverts, 12 plates + text drawings. Inscription to the front end paper some light spotting to contents. Publishers red cloth, cloth clean and bright. Both a scientific and sporting examination of the lion with hunting lion the length and breadth of Africa with Pease offering his own experience. The second edition hasa new 5-page preface and an added Appendix V with a list of Lions and other animals shot in the different regions of Africa. Czech 215/216. [23399]
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Author: PEASE Sir Alfred E.

Travel And Sport In Africa

1902.  1st Edn,.  Arthur L Humphreys.  3 Vols, xvii 359; xii 314; x 232 pages, TEG. large 4to., 57 colour plates, 37 photogravure plates + frontis and 2 other plates, 3 large folding-coloured maps and various text illus mostly from photographs, sporting bookplate to front paste down on each volume. Unobtrusive stain to the very inner lower joint of the front-end paper of volume 2 similar mark to page 310/11 and the plate only effecting the inner blank margins and causing slight darkening to the cloth, also similar mark to volume 3 with small inner mark to page 267/68 and plate again only effecting the very inner blank margin, otherwise the contents clean and tight and free of foxing or inscriptions. Publishers' green cloth with Pease's gilt cypher to upper boards with cream cloth spine, cream cloth lightly dust soiled, 2cm bruise mark to front edge of the upper board of volume 3. A very good set of Pease's major and extensive work and quite scarce. "Pease recounts ten years of travel and hunting through various parts of Africa in this monumental late Victorian work. Volume One details Algeria and the Sahara regions with attendant sport after lions and antelope species. In Volume Two, Pease describes his time spent in Somaliland with bunts after lions and elephants, as well as antelopes, moths and butterflies. Volume Three continues a later expedition into Somaliland and southern Abyssinia hunting lions, elephants, rhinoceros and antelopes" Czech 215. The colour plates although somewhat naive are particularly evocative, mostly done by Pease at the time, as are the photographs. [22444]
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Author: PEISSEL Michael

Tiger For Breakfast, The Story Of Boris Of Kathmandu - Adventurer, Big Game Hunter, And Host Of Nepals Famous Royal Hotel

1966.  1st Edn.  Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.  282 pages, illus in b/w from photographs, vg in dj. the author hunted tiger leopard and bantewg in Cambodia, He traveled to India where he hunted tiger in Cooch Behar in Bamra and in the Nepalese Terai, collecting more than sixty of the big cats. Czech 159.m [20840]
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Author: PERCIVAL A.Blayney

A Game Ranger On Safari

1928.  1st Edn,.  Nisbet and Co Ltd.  xv 305 pages, frontis, 23 plates, folding map, couple of pages of prelims badly open to blank margins, some occasional spotting. Recently bound in the style of the original binding. Blind stamped title to the upper board gilt title and publishers to the spine. The scarcer of Percival's works, plenty of hunting episodes after rhinoceros, buffalo, lion etc, Czech 217 [23416]
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Author: PETHERICK John

Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa; with Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Region of the Equator being Sketches from Sixteen Years' Travels

1861.  1st.  William Blackwood.  Edinburgh.  xii - 482 pages + 16-page publishers' catalogue large folding map at end with old repair to verso off the map and a closed tear approx. 10 cm. Inscription to top margin of ? title dated 1863 -1868. Recased with new end papers in the publisher's brown blind stamped cloth. Petherick, a contemporary of Baker, Burton, and Speke, travelled along the Nile Valley through Kordofan and into the unknown region beyond. Contains some hunting incidents hunting Gazelle, Buffalo and rhinoceros, with a description of a nati0ve hunt for elephants. Czech p129 ?225 [21897]
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Author: PHILIP John

Researches In South Africa Illustrating The Civil, Moral And Religous Condition Of Native Tribes Including Journals Of The Authors Travels In The Interior

1828.  1st Edn.  James Duncan.  2 volumes, xxxv-403 pages viii-450 pages + 1, frontis plate to Vol I "View of Bethelsdorp", folding map, frontis to Vol II + plate "Plan of Theopolis", foxing to frontis, tissue guard and title page of Vol I, less so to last 4 pages and blank end paper, also foxing to map and title page of Vol II and again to last 4 pages, armorial bookplate of "Henry Birkbeck" to front free EP and printed label of Henry Birkbeck Jun. to front paste down to both volumes. Bound in a contemporary 1/2 green calf, gilt title and blind stamp decorations to spine compartments, some light rubbing to edges. Few books on South Africa matters have been subject of such fierce denunciation and bitter criticism as these volumes. the author proceeded to South Africa in the service of the London Missionary Society in 1819 and soon became the most drastic censor on the methods pursued towards the natives by the colonists. Mendelssohn Vol 2 pp160\61 [20564]
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Author: PHILLIPS-WOLLEY C.

Badminton Library; Big Game Hunting

1894.  1st Edn,.  Longmans Green and Co.  xvi- 543, x 443 pages, 2 volumes numerous full page and text illustrations by Charles Whymper, J. Wolf, and others and photographs. some occasional spotting to contents. Bound in the original pictorial brown cloth lettered in white and black, rubbing to the head and tail of the spines, the spines evenly darkened. vg. A guide comprehensive guide to hunting in Europe, Africa, Asia etc. Contributions by Samuel Baker Cotton Oswell Selous Heber Percy and others. Published in the Badminton Library Series [23546]
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Author: PIGOT Brigadier General R.

Twenty Five Years Big Game Hunting

1928.  1st Edn,.  Chatto Windus.  XI 307 pages, 64 illus from photographs, some occasional spotting to contents and closed page edges, publishers red cloth binding, spine faded and some rubbing to edges. Pigots account of hunting and the Far East, hunting tiger in the central provinces, bear, ibex, antelope etc., in Kashmir and Tibet, Czech Asia 162. [20015]
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Author: PITMAN C.R.S.

A Report On A Faunal Survey Of Northern Rhodesia With Especial Reference To game, Elephant Control And National Parks

1934.  1st Edn,.  Government Printers.  Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia.  xii 500 pages, 2 volumes the first volume text, volume 2 contains 11 loose folding-coloured maps + a xxxii page printed card covered index in the original drop over box. Both volumes with publishers dark red rexine spine over printed paper covered boards, split to part top edge of the drop over box. Small ownership stamp of G.K Ricardo Bertram to top edge of each volume, A very good clean set in the original bindings. Pitman oversaw game investigation and control in Northern Rhodesia (game warden Uganda Protectorate). A major and important study of game and its hunting. At a time when elephants and buffalo and their increase threatened economic wellbeing. [22422]
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