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Stark, Loren D. . JOURNEY - UNKNOWN SOLDIER TO THE GUARD, AMERICAN AND OTHER SELECTIONS (SIGNED)
Houston 1950 first edition. Printed Privately. Poetry by author better known for his books on Big Game Hunting. Sm4to., 45pp., illustrations by Lowell Collins, wraps with plastic spiral binding. Inscribed and signed by Stark. VG, wraps lightly soiled and light overall wear. Scarce. (a81739)
$300.00 Fergusson, Gordon . HOUNDS ARE HOME THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL CALPE HUNT
London 1979 1st Springwood. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 364pp., illustrations by Lionel Edward, Gerald Hare and Madeline Selfe, photo illustrations, large color foldout map, index, cloth. Fine in Fine DJ.. (a80683)
$79.00 Clark, J G D . SEAL-HUNTING IN THE STONE AGE OF NORTH-WESTERN EUROPE: A STUDY IN ECONOMIC PREHISTORY
1946. 4to, pp. 12-48 with 11 figures and text maps and two photo plates, removed from Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a78113)
$35.00 MacKenzie, John M. . THE EMPIRE OF NATURE: HUNTING, CONSERVATION AND BRITISH IMPERIALISM
1988 1st Manchester University Press and St. Martins. ISBN 0-7190-2227-4. Hardcover. Octavo, 340pp., illustrations, red cloth. Near Fine, tiny residue of price tag on endpaper, in Near Fine DJ, spine a bit faded. (a77889)
$135.00 Nimrod (Charles James Apperley) . NIMROD'S HUNTING REMINISCENCES
New York 1927 Knopf. Foxhunting in England, a Hunting Classic. A new edition with introduction by W. Shaw Sparrow. Hardcover. 4to., 239pp., color illustrations, gilt printed red cloth. VG plus, light brown staining on end papers, in Good DJ, a bit wrinkled, a few of short closed tears. (a77740)
$45.00 Gale, Frederick . THE LIFE OF THE HON. ROBERT GRIMSTON
London 1885 1st Longmans Green. Grimston was businessman, sportsman and hunter. Several chapters are on his cricket-playing. Hardcover. Octavo, 322pp., original mounted original photo of a photograph by Barrraud of Grimston, blue cloth. Good, front hinge cracking, spine ends rubbed, light soiling on cover. (a77725)
$80.00 (hunting) . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MEMOIR OF HUNTING EXPEDITION IN INDIA AND TIBET 1876
Appears have been written c. 1878, after author returned home to England. It is written as a memoir, not as a diary. There are 252 numbered pages but from time to time in the text a group of 5 or 10 pages have been left blank (maybe to fill in the details about a particular event later?) High quality content. Memoir begins with several pages of detailed description of appearance and behavior of Urial (Ovis Cycloceros) then with no transistion at all Author begins his tale: In September 1876 I had got leave off the march from Umballa to Peshawar. I had made arrangements for shooting Bara sing (Red Deer) in Kishtawar. Unluckily the evening of my proposed departure an Arab I was riding came end over end over a hurdle & fell heavily on me, breaking my collar bone and damaging the ligament of my left arm, my shoulder blade, back and hip. Too bad the unknown Author did not heed this bad omen as the expedition is full of disasters and mishaps. Once after riding for many hours and being extremely thirsty, he swallows a lot of water from a nice-looking pond only to discover that it is was as salty as seawater. He then painfully rides til finding a sweetwater puddle only to lean over and have his foothold collapse plunging him into the water which turned out to be covering an expanse of heavy mud in which he was now plastered. He was particularly interestedg in shooting what he calls Shapoo or Oorin (Ovis Vignei). He does shoot a number of animals including a horse: I shot a stallion about 10 years old...it was only by means of a hardy dip in the ground & and a long belly crawl that I was able to get within 370 yards & a lucky fluke directed the bullet into the centre of his chest. He gallopped about 50 yards...then rolled end over end, but got up again and after staggering about for a few seconds collapsed. But all in all the trip was horrible: We now began about six weeks of the most heartbreaking work I have ever done. It rained in deluges every day, and at times for 8 to 10 days and nights without ceasing. ...everything we possessed got sodden & mildewed, we had to camp within bogs or on cotton soil infested by white ants, who in a few hours destroyed everything that rested on the ground. Scorpions, snakes, flies, mosquitos and any sort of vermin abounded. . .The only thing I gained by this expedition was a wearing fever which I could not shake off for over a year Very easy to read. Octavo, leather covers with later paper spine. Good, boards quite worn,. rear inner hinge cracked. Very interesting reading. (a77472)
$4000.00 Ekin, Craig . HOWARD HILL THE MAN AND THE LEGEND
Hamilton 1982 1st Charger Productions. ISBN 0937752-02-9. Hunting with bow and arrow. Hardcover. Octavo, 231pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Signed by Ekin. Owner signed. Near Fine, no DJ. (a77374)
$70.00 H. A. L. (Leverson, Henry Astbury) The Old Shekarry . THE FOREST AND THE FIELD
London 1867 Saunders, Otley and Co. Hardcover. Octavo, 551pp., original photograph of Author in full hunting regalia mounted as frontis, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Bookplate of Dr. J Chalmers DaCosta. Good, light wear. (a76396)
$125.00 Piantanida, Sandro . LA CACCIA A CAVALLO NEL MILANESE
Milano 1957 1st Societa Milanese. In Italian. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 184pp., red cloth with green spine labels. VG, light wear, head of spine lightly frayed, end papers a bit browned, no DJ. (a75755)
$45.00 Mason, Otis Tufton . NORTH AMERICAN BOWS, ARROWS AND QUIVERS
1893. Article at pp. 631-679, plates of bows and arrows with text description, removed from the Annual Smithsonian Report and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a75567)
$65.00 Reid, C. Lestock . AN AMATEUR IN AFRICA
NY c. 1925. Adelphi. English hunter in British East Africa and his adventures with rhinos, buffalo, elephants and insects Hardcover. Octavo, 218pp., frontis portrait, photo illustrations, maroon cloth. Near VG, cover and spine faded, no DJ. (a74985)
$150.00 Kinloch, Alexander A. A. . LARGE GAME SHOOTING IN THIBET AND THE NORTH WEST 2ND SERIES
London 1876 Harrison. Hardcover. 4to., 64pp., 11 full page photo illustrations, green cloth with head of yak in full gilt in center of front. board. Near Good, hinges just beginning to crack, cover worn and frayed on spine ends and corners, a few page corners creased. (a73056)
$275.00 Hull, Denison Bingham; John Paul Scott and John L. Fuller . HOUNDS AND HUNTING; THE EVOLUTION OF DOGS AND MEN
1964 University of Chicago. Two articles in one issue of Midway, pp. 22-44; pp70-80. Included in a complete issue with several additional articles. Small octavo, original wraps. VG, light soiling. (a71570)
$35.00 (books) . THE LIBRARY OF NORMAN JAMES, BALTIMORE, MD, NATURAL HISTORY, AMERICANA SPORT 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
NY 1928 Anderson Galleries. Two volumes. 4to., 149pp., 136pp., monochrome illustrations, original wraps. Good, light wear, chipping on spine. 2 volumes. (a71078)
$27.00 Burrard, Major Gerald . BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE HIMALAYAS AND TIBET
NY (1925) 1st Stokes. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 320pp., photo illustrations, 8 maps, original bright blue cloth with gilt lettering. Small blind stamp of University Club on title page and their bookplate (marked discarded twice). No other ownership marks. VG. Nice copy of a great Hunting Classic. (a71055)
$325.00 Simpson, Charles . LEICESTERSHIRE AND ITS HUNTS: THE QUORN, THE COTTESMORE & THE BELVOIR
NY 1926 1st Knopf. Introduction by Major A. Burnaby. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 256pp., 28 color illustrations, 55 monochrome illustrations, large detailed foldout map, original cloth. A few pages uncut. VG plus, slight amount of foxing sprinkled here and there in text, light glue stain inside front cover. In removable protective glassine jacket. (a71052)
$85.00 Harding, Colin . FAR BUGLES
Croyden 1933 1st (stated) H. R. Grubb. Octavo, 230pp., photo illustrations, maps, light orange cloth hardcover. VG, some light foxing on fore-edges, spine faded, no DJ. In later glassine jacket. (a68303)
$400.00 Arkwright, Robert ; Edward C.Tabler (editor) . SPORT AND SERVICE IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE DIARY OF LIEUTENANT ROBERT ARKWRIGHT 1843 - 1846
Original typescript of book published in Capetown in 1971. Final Draft, edited by Edward C. Tabler. Original typescript. 4to., 135 leaves (rectosonly), in student folder. VG. (a68128)
$150.00 (hunting) . WHERE TO HUNT AMERICAN GAME
Lowell 1898 U.S. Cartridge Company. Covers hunting spots in almost every state in U. S. Indexed by State and by animal to be hunted. Octavo, 288pp., illustrations, gilt printed green cloth hardcover. VG. (a67177)
$22.00 Hubbard, Wilbur Ross; Mason Houghland, Sherman Haight, Jr et al . ORGANIZED HUNTS OF AMERICA 1955
Baltimore 1955 Sporting Press. Octavo, 180pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine, no DJ. (a65439)
$65.00 Lanier, Charles D. . MORE FOXHUNTING IN ENGLAND - A FURTHER VENTURE WITH BRITISH HOUNDS
1927 1st Lanier Privately printed for friends to whom hunting, hounds and horses are what they are to us. Small octavo, 158pp., hardcover. Signed by Lanier and his wife. VG, cover faded, light frowning. In later glassine jacket. (a65435)
$45.00 Eardley-Wilmot, Sainthill . FOREST LIFE AND SPORT IN INDIA
London 1910 1st Edward Arnold. Elephants, tiger hunting and much on forestry in India. Octavo, 324pp., photo illustrations, red cloth hardcover. Light residue of label at heel of spine. Institutuin bookplate and a few small stamps and ink numbers. Good, endpapers and fore-edges foxed, light wear. (a65341)
$95.00 Durand, E. R. . AN AUTUMN TOUR IN WESTERN PERSIA
NY no date (1906?) Dutton. Much on Lur Tribes of Western Persia. Author's husband was hoping to hunt lions but seems to have only shot birds. Octavo, 266pp., illustrations, foldout map, original maroon cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Inscribed, dated (Oct 1906) and signed by Ella Durand. VG, cover verylittle worn, hinges secure; some foxing throughout; closed page ends quite foxed. (a61119)
$160.00 Lee, Robert M. . CHINA SAFARI
New Jersey 1986 Amwell Press. An Asian Hunting Heritage Book. Limited to 1000 copies. Sq,8vo., 269pp., color photo illustrations, black silk end papers, red cloth with gilt trim. All edges gilt. Signed by Lee. Small ink line in front hinge. Near Fine. (a58431)
$90.00 Shaffer, W. C. . GREED AND CARELESSNESS AN ANALYSIS OF THE HUNTING ACCIDENT PROBLEM
Harrisburg 1946 1st Telegraph Press. Octavo, 238pp., illustrations, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a58006)
$24.00 Roosevelt, Theodore . AFRIKANISCHE WANDERUNGEN EINES NATURFORSCHERS UND JAEGE
Berlin 1910. In German. Sm.4to., 464pp., photo illustrations, original decorated hardcover. VG, very light wear to head of spine, some light stains on cover. (a57601)
$50.00 Audubon, James . A MOOSE HUNT
NY 1837. Article in The Family Magazine, or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge (1837). 4to., 3pp., removed and bound in later wraps. Good, some foxing, closed tear along lower margin of first leaf (not affecting text) (a56861)
$35.00 Snaffle (Robert Dunkin) . IN THE LAND OF THE BORA OR CAMP LIFE AND SPORT IN DALMATIA AND THE HERZEGOVINA 1894-5-6
London 1897 1st Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. 8vo., 406pp., illustrations by Harry Dixon from sketches by the autho, hardcover.VG, cover somewhat worn and soiled. (a50658)
$150.00 Roper, Donna C. (editor) . PROTOHISTORIC PAWNEE HUNTING IN THE NEBRASKA SAND HALLS. ARCHEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT TWO SITES IN THE CALAMUS RESERVOIR
Billings 1989. 4to., 536pp., many foldout charts or maps, wraps. Depository library stamp and a few ink numbers on front blank. A few numbers and date stamped on first page, no spine numbers, no pocket. VG. (a50405)
$145.00 White, T. H. . GONE TO GROUND A NOVEL
London 1935 First edition, Collins. "The story of a hunting party that is surprised by the 'final war' and takes refuge in a subterranean cave. To pass the time, the members of the group begin to tell each other stories."--Marcus Schaefer. Hardcover. Small octavo, 267pp., tan cloth. Owner initial and date, small owner name and address label on end paper, VG, no DJ. (a49280)
$100.00 (hunting) . WITH GUN AND ROAD IN INDIA
New Delhi 1956 Tourist Traffic Branch. 8vo, 136pp. photo illustrations, wraps. Good, very slight yellowing of all margins. (a45854)
$40.00 Cranworth, Lord . PROFIT AND SPORT IN BRITISH EAST AFRICA
London 1919 Macmillan. Being a second edition, revised and enlarged, of A Colony in the Making. Large octavo, 503pp., maps, illustrations, index, hardcover. Top edge gilt. Good, cover worn, a few tiny snags along outer hinge, corners bumped. (a38123)
$100.00 Nesbitt, Wm. H. and Jack Reneau (editors) . RECORDS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIG GAME 9TH EDITION
Dumfries 1988 Boone and Crockett Club. Sm.4to., 498pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a37835)
$45.00 Housholder, Bob; Benson, Arvid F. ; Chris Klineburger et al . GRAND SLAM OF NORTH AMERICAN WILD SHEEP
Phoenix 1974 2nd North American Sheep Hunters Association. 8vo., 220pp., photo illus. Prentation inscription signed by Chris Klineburger, one of the authors of the book. Fine. New glassine cover. (a37818)
$175.00 (hunting) . RECORDS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIG GAME 1964 BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB
NY 1964. Hardcover. Lg.8vo., 398pp., photo illustrations on glossy stock. Owner signed (by hunter Len Milton). VG, light soiling on fore-edges, no DJ. (a37815)
$35.00 Ennion, E.A.R. and N. Tinbergen . TRACKS
Oxford 1967. 4to., about 70pp., photo illus. VG in VG DJ, small closed tear on front. (a37784)
$30.00 Champion, F. W. . THE JUNGLE IN SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW
NY 1934 Scribners. Big game hunting in India. 4to., 270pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Owner signed. Good, some spotting on fore-edges, some wear on corners, very slight wrinkling on pages, no DJ. (a37621)
$65.00 Waters, Robert S. (editor) . NORTH AMERICAN BIG GAME
PIttsburgh 1973 (1971) Boone and Crockett Club. Containing tabulations of outstanding trophies compiled by the committee on records of North American Game. 8vo., 403pp., photo illus. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a37582)
$30.00 Greenwood, James . WILD SPORTS OF THE WORLD A BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY AND ADVENTURE
NY 1870. 8vo., 474pp., illustrations, hardcover. VG, light foxing on front and rear blanks, tiny chip at head of spine, gilt stamped cloth. (a36956)
$65.00 Noyes, Agnes B. . TWELVE YEARS OF FUN 1947 TO 1958
1958 Privately printed. Memoir of woman who traveled widely in South American and Africa, often fishing and hunting. Hardcover. 4to., 471pp., map. buckram. Signed presentation copy to "Charlie." Family lived in New York and Montclair, New Jersey. Good, old water stains on cover and just a bit of water wrinkling on final pages, rear end papers spotted. (a29883)
$350.00 Whitney, Caspar . JUNGLE TRAILS AND JUNGLE PEOPLE TRAVEL, ADVENTURE AND OBSERVATION IN THE FAR EAST
NY 1905 1st Scribners. Hunting and adventures in Siam mostly, some in Malaysia and India. Octavo, 310pp., photo illustrations, original hardcover. Owner signed. Good, corner of front two blank end chipped, light cover wear and soiling, slight wrinkling on spine. (a25937)
$33.00 Saddle and Song . SADDLE AND SONG A COLLECTION OF VERSES
Philadelphia 1905 1st Lippincott. Made at Warrenton, VA., during the winter of 1904-1905. Hardcover. Octavo, 200pp., frontis, hardcover. Good plus, no DJ. (a20714)
$22.00 Smith, Lawrence B. . AMERICAN GAME PRESERVE SHOOTING
NY 1937. 4to., 175pp., photos, hardcover. Owner inscribed on front free blank. VG, no DJ. (a19148)
$22.00 Armour, George Denholm . BRIDLE AND BRUSH REMINISCENCES OF AN ARTIST SPORTSMAN
London and New York 1937 1st Eyre and Spottiswoode and Scribner. Hardcover. Large octavo, 384pp., 4 colour plates and 127 monochrome drawings, cloth. VG, small stain on cover, no DJ. Original edition. (a13765)
$23.00 Roosevelt, Kermit . LONG TRAIL
NY 1921 Review of Reviews. Hunting. 8vo., 79pp., hardcover. SIGNED by Kermit Roosevelt. Good, corners of two text pages bumped, cover worn on edges. (a12362)
$33.00 Scott, Peter . EYE OF THE WIND
Boston 1961 Houghton Mifflin. The autobiography of a great naturalist, sportsman, nature artist and adventurer. 8vo., 679pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Owner signed. VG in Good DJ. (a10829)
$20.00 Nimrod . REMARKS ON THE CONDITION OF HUNTERS, THE CHOICE OF HORSES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
London 1831 Pittman. 8vo., 503pp., 3/4 red leather with gilt trim and raised bands. Front board detached (present). Good. (a10346)
$35.00 Kortright, Francis . DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS OF NORTH AMERICA A VADE MECUM FOR THE NATURALIST AND THE SPORTSMAN
Harrisburg 1967 1st Stackpole. 8vo., 476pp., color illustrations by Schortt, index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a9126)
$20.00 Forbush, Edward Howe . A HISTORY OF THE GAME BIRDS, WILD FOWL AND SHORE BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND ADJACENT STATES.
Massachusetts 1912 State Board of Agriculture. Sm.4to., 622pp., drawings, photo illustrations, hardcover. Good, cover worn, front hinge cracked. (ac124)
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