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FINAUGHTY William |
Recollections Of An Elephant Hunter 1864-1875
1980.
Facsimile Reprint.
Books of Zimbabwe.
Bulawayo.
(18) - 244 pages, publishers' brown cloth gilt elephant vignette to the upper board, vg in dj. Facsimile reprint of the 1916 edition, with an additional sketch map illustrations and a new forward and notes by Edward C. Tabler.
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£30.00 |
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FINDLAY F.R.N. |
Big Game Shooting And Travel In South-East Africa An Account Of Shooting Trips In The Cheringioma And Gorongoza Divisions Of Portuguese South-East Africa And In Zululand
1903.
1st Edn,.
T Fisher Unwin.
xii - 313 pages, TEG, engraved frontis numerous full page and text illustrations from photographs and drawings, folding sketch maps. Some browning to the frontis, one-page has small loss to blank outer margin where badly opened. Recased in the publishers slate blue cloth with gilt title to the upper cover and spine,a very good copy. Findlay hunted buffalo, lion, leopard, rhino, hippo and a variety of plains game in South-East Africa. He also realized the limits of wild game in Africa and argues for the presentation of habitat. Czech 95/96
[24337] |
£200.00 |
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FIRENZA P |
Encylopedia Of Big Game Animals Of Africa
1983.
1st English Edn..
Larousse, NY.
270 pages, illus in colour from photographs and drawings, vg in publishers imitation leather binding, vg in wrong dj. Covers major big game animals of Africa, gives characteristics, distribution and record book statistics, photos of the game and drawings of the spoon etc.
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£25.00 |
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FLETCHER F.W.F. |
Sport On The Nilgiris And In Wynaad
1911.
1st Edn,.
Macmillan.
xvii 455 pages, large folding map as frontis, small closed tear 5cm to margin, 18 full page plates, presentation circular blind stamp to tile page blank margin, inscription to front paste down, publishers blue cloth, some light surface rubbing light mark to front board, gilt on title dull, vg-. Chapters on a species by species basis giving the natural history and the author's hunting experiences, Fletcher switched from a .450 rifle to a .600 Jeffery, he notes the recoil from his rifle is somewhat severe. Czech 80.
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£120.00 |
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FOA Frederick |
After Big Game In Central Africa Records Of A Sportsman From August 1894 to November 1897 When Crossing the Dark Continent From The Mouth Of The Zambesi To The French Congo
1899.
1st Edn,.
A & C Black.
xxvii ? 330 - 10pp adverts, top edge gilt, frontis and 29 full page plates, + text illustrations with a full page sketch map showing the route, armorial bookplate of C. T Anstruther to the front paste. Publishers' blue cloth binding with gilt elephant's head to the upper cover, the cloth clean and bright a very good+ copy. Foa a Frenchman hunted from coast to coast across Central Africa, gives a description of choosing a rifle and cartridge, the author proceeds to describe his hunts for buffalo, and hippopotamus elephant, lion, leopard, and a variety of antelopes includes an elephant with enormous tusks weighing 114.5lbs each, translated from the French by Frederic Lees Czech 98
[24341] |
£500.00 |
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Foran William Robert |
LEGENDS OF THE FIELD: FAMOUS EARLY HUNTERS IN AFRICA
1997.
1st Edn.
Published on behalf of the East African Professional Hunters Association by Trophy Room Books,.
Agoura, California..
xxii-319, Large 8vo illustrated with b/w photographs, and drawings by Bob Kuhn, pictorial end-papers. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 1000 copies, numbered and signed by Anthony Dyer who contributed an Afterword and Tony Archer who gave the original manuscript to the E.A.P.H.A a fine copy in DJ. Signed & numbered. The cover title is different: LEGENDS OF THE FIELD: MORE EARLY HUNTERS IN AFRICA. "Famous names like Baker, Selous, Neumann, Oswell, Sutherland, Andersson, Bell, Jackson and Samaki Salmon have their life stories recounted by the noted Foran." A manuscript completed by Foran in 1957 but not published until 1997. Foreword, dated 1956, by Keith Caldwell.
[23496] |
£75.00 |
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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] |
£85.00 |
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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] |
£40.00 |
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