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BIG GAME HUNTING BOOKS

HUNTING AND FISHING IN ALASKA by Russell Annabel

Very Good in Borzoi Red Cloth Binding embossed front cover, no jacket.
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1948 First Edition
Colored Frontis photo by Howard Robinson, with 28 black & white photos.
Backstrip a little faded, with light spatter all up and down it, head and tail of spine a little worn, previous owners name inside front cover.
341 pages + Guide Districts and index. 8vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: none
Hunting Sheep, Bruins, Moose, Brown Bear,Goat, Ptarmigan, Goose, Spruce Grouse, etc.
"This ain't a bad country in the fall...but it takes a certain kind of so-and-so to do it in the fall....When you take a trophy the hard way, it's a trophy you can live with a long time."
Item No: BG1 Price: $225.00

CAMPS AND TRAILS IN CHINA by Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews

Very good in gilt embossed and decorated blue cloth binding.
D. Appleton and Company, NY & London 1925, 4th printing
Frontis + 31 black & white photos and 2 folding maps
Light wear to corners and head and tail of spine, backstrip faded a bit.
334 pages w/index, 8vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None
"Heading the Asiatic Zoological Expedition funded by the American Museum of Natural History, naturalist and sportsman Roy Chapman Andrews and his wife embarked for Yunnan provice in southwestern China." Czech p10
"They witnessed rebellions wracking China at the time, then proceeded toward Foochow to hunt tiger with American missionary Harry Caldwell. In the hill country near Li-chiang, goral was collected.." Czech
Item No: BG2 Price: $255.00

ACROSS MONGOLIAN PLAINS by Roy Chapman Andrews

Very Good in blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and gilt embossed picture on cover, gilt lettered backstrip.
D. Appleton and Company, NY & London, 1921, first edition, 2nd printing.
Frontis + 30 black and white plates and 1 map.
Light shelf wear, corners bumped, small dent in back cover o/w very good.
276 pages and 2 pages ads. w/index 8 vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None.
The story of the second expedition of The American Museum of Natural History to Mongolia and Northern China.
"I have written it entirely from the sportsman's standpoint," he notes, "and have purposely avoided scientific details which would prove uninteresting and wearisome...." Czech p 10
Item No: BG3 Price: $225.00

BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE HIMALAYAS AND TIBET by Major G. Burrard, D.S.O., R. F. A. (RETIRED)

Very Good in rebound 1/2 brown cloth with marbled paper covered boards, calf label with gilt lettering.
Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York, First US Edition, 1925.
24 black & white photos plus 8 colored maps
Light shelf wear o/w very good.
320 pages w/index, 8 vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:None
"A comprehensive work on big game shooting in the region. Burrard includes advice on both stalking and still hunting. His detailed chapters include bear, burhel, goral, ibex, barasingh, leopard, markhor, urial, Ovis ammon, sambur, thar, and Tibetan antelope." Czech
"In planning any expedition after big game which is to be a success, a knowledge of the general geography of the shooting grounds is essential" Burrard
Item No: BG13 Price: $275.00

THREE KINGDOMS OF INDO-CHINA by Harold J. Coolidge, Jr. & Theodore Roosevelt

Very Good in Gilt Decorated shiny Black cloth, gilt lettered with picture on spine.
Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY, 1933, first edition.
Frontis and 19 black & white photographs plus text drawings.
Short biography of Coolidge pasted inside front cover, pictorial free endpapers show map of expedition.
331 pages w/index, 8 vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None
"The Kelly-Roosevelts Expedition of the Field Museum of Chicago traveled to French-Indo-China and western Szechuan to collect natural history specimens. Harold Coolidge describes one half of the trip...The second half is related by Ted Roosevelt and describes big game hunting in Indo-China." Czech p.50
"There in the dust before us were the marks of the pads of an enormous tiger......" Roosevelt
Item No: BG4 Price: $325.00

CHRONICLES OF AN AFRICAN TRIP by George Eastman

Very Good, grey papercovered boards, 1/4 tan cloth backstrip, paper label.
Privately printed for the author, 1927, J. P. Smith Co., Rochester
Photographs by Pomeroy, Stewart, Eastman, and Johnson
No slipcase, edges of boards worn, previous owner's name on lower edge of ff endpaper
148 pages including photographs. Endpapers are colored maps of the trip.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None.
"The following letters chronicle the adventures of a party....which left New York on the 13th of March, 1926."
Outstanding photographs of the camps, the people, and the kill by some of the best photographers and adventurers of the day.
Item No: BG5 Price: $145.00

CAMP-FIRES ON DESERT AND LAVA, by William T. Hornaday

Very Good 1908 first edition, red cloth with rainbow antelope picture laminated on front cover.
Charles Scribner's Sons, NY 1908
Photographically illustrated by Dr. Daniel Trembly MacDougal, Mr. John M. Phillips, and the Author 72 illustrations including 6 color plates and two maps by Mr. Godfrey Sykes.
Bookplate on front pastedown, inner hinge cracked,, wear upper spine, some spots on cover.
366 pages w/index plus ads. 9 1./2" X 6 1/4"
Published October 1908
"To Daniel Trembly MacDougal, Ph.D, Etc. all-around botanist, zoologist, sportsman and Good Fellow, who built for us a chain of camp-fires from Tucson to Pinacate, on the greatest desert trip imaginable, this volume is dedicated forever." W. T. H.
This is a delightful read of adventure from Arizona to Mexico 100 years ago when camping for a night, with water for the horses and firewood for two campfires cost fifty cents, when watermelon could be purchased from the back of a Papagoes Indian wagon. They hunted mountain sheep, and prong horned antelope.
Item No: BG16 Price: $85.00

A HUNTER'S CAMP-FIRES by Edward J. House

Very Good 1909 first edition in ourginal tan cloth binding, gold lettering, skull on cover.
Harper & Brothers Publishers, NY & London
80 Illustrations reproduced from photographs made by the author.
Cover is a little soiled, backstrip has discolored, wear to spine head and tail, and corners, o/w sound and tight.
402 pages. Czech P.80 9 1/2" x 6 5/8"
Published November 1909
"House relates his hunting adventures in British East Africa, including stalking giraffe in the Lodeiga Hills. In the brush and forest area of Meru, he hunted elephant, then traveled west of Mt. Kenya to bag rhinoceros. Along the Guaso Maru, he hunted oryx, gazelle, zebra, and other game. He also describes his hunting trips to other parts of the world" Kenneth P Czech
Moose in New Brunswick, Walrus in Whale Sound, Elk & Antelope in Wyoming, Colorado Bear-Hunt, Bighorn in the Cascades, Grizzly and Caribou in Britich Columbia, Elk in the Idaho Rockies, Grizzly, Black Bear, Mountain Sheep, Mountain Goat, Moose & Caribou in Cassiar Mountains of Northern British Columbia.
Item No: BG17 Price: $125.00

HUNTER'S TRACKS by J. A. Hunter

Fine in VG Dust Jacket, Green paper covered boards, 1/4 black cloth backstrip, yellow lettered.
Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. New York, 1957, First Edition
8 pages black & white photographs, printed both sides.
Very small chips on dust jacket.
240 pages 8 vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 58-6205
"Thirst-maddened elephants rampaging through the night, a fight to the death between man and leopard, a capsized canoe in a crocodile swamp, and an Indian Maharajah on "Grand Safari," play vivid roles....as J. A. Hunter transports us... " (from dustjacket flap)
"This is the story of a relentless search for crucial evidence to capture the organizer of an ivory-poaching racket." ibid
Item No: BG14 Price: $85.00

CALL OF THE TIGER by Col. A.N.W. Powell

Near Fine in VG Dust Jacket, Green cloth, silver lettering clean & bright
A. S. Barnes and Company, NY, 1958 First US Edition.
Four pages of photographs printed on both sides of the page.
Dust jacket has minor chips and tears. There is light foxing to endpapers and foredge, name stamped upper edge.
222 pages, 8vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 58-8031
"The challenging roar of the tiger echoes in the pages of this thrilling book of true-life adventure...in the jungles of the Indian peninsula."
Also a chapter on the great Indian wild buffalo.
Item No: BG6 Price: $135.00

HORN OF THE HUNTER by Robert C. Ruark

Very Good in decorated black cloth binding. Embossed impala on front board.
Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, N.Y. 1953 First Edition
26 pages of photographs, printed both sides, of people, places and trophys + drawings in text.
Backstrip slightly faded, previous owner's name on free front flyleaf, light foxing endpapers, light soil top.
315 pages. 8 vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 53-5297
"But deep in the guts of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter's horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, and acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of his fathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club, and then with spear, and then with bow, and then with gun, and finally with formuale" (Ruark)
"Ruark came to know the self-imposed discipline of mile after mile of man-killing treks, the ferocity of the wounded buffalo, and the acid sweat of fear."
Item No: BG7 Price: $140.00

THE OLD MAN AND THE BOY by Robert Ruark

Near fine in VG Dust Jacket Brown cloth, silver lettering, facsimile signature on front board.
Henry Holt and Company, New York. 1957, First Edition
Illustrated with line drawings by Walter Dower.
Previous owner's name sticker on free front endpaper.
303 pages, 8 vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 57-10425
"...a tale of infinite warmth and wisdom, love and understanding."
"The Old Man knows pretty near close to everything. And mostly he ain't painful with it...He can ...tell you why the quail sleep at night in a tight circle or why the turkeys always fly uphill."
Item No: BG8 Price: $85.00

THE OLD MAN'S BOY GROWS OLDER by Robert Ruark

Very Good, in Brown cloth, silver lettering, facsimile signature on front board.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1961, First Edition.
Illustrated with line drawings by Walter Dower.
Winchester Bookplate dated 1961 pasted on front free endpaper.
302 pages. 8 vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 61-7632
"My guys fought among themselves when they got drunk on a Saturday night, and some of them manufactured illegal whisky, besides drinking it. But mostly they seemed to possess a tremendous gentleness and understanding for small boys who tagged along with them in the woods or on the boats. I can even recall one compulsive thief who threatened to beat the bejabbers out of me if he ever caught me stealing anything."
More grandfather and his friends stories to warm your heart.
Item No: BG9 Price: $85.00

USE ENOUGH GUN by Robert Ruark

Very Good, Black and blue cloth, with gilt lettering & gilt rhino embossed on front cover.
The New American Library, NY, 1966 First edition.
Drawings by the author + 9 plates printed front & back (16)
Flyleaf clipped, o/w clean and tight.
333 pages 8 vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 66-28647
"Long considered a mondern classic on African big game hunting, this work includes a chapter on Ruark's trip to India's Madhya Pradesh region to hunt tiger." Czech
"One day in Tanganyika I was crawling after buffalo, the big, rope-muscled wild ox with horns like steel girders and a disposition to curdle milk." Ruark
Item No: BG10 Price: $48.00

THE WILDERNESS OF THE UPPER YUKON by Charles Sheldon

Very Good, dark green cloth binding with gilt lettering, gilt lettering on spine, and embossed gilt ram on front cover.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1913, cy 1911
Color frontis, 2 other colored plates and 50 pages of black & white plates, 4 maps.
Upper & lower edges of sphine shelf worn, lower front corners worn to boards, small spot 2" down on outer edge of front cover.
354 pages w/index, 8 vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None
"The Ogilvie Rockies, The MacMillan River, UP the North Fork to the Selwyn Rockies, Down the North Fork. Plateau Mountain, The Watson River Country, The Katzehin River in Alaska"
"The Pelly river, The Pelly Mountains, Ross River, Mount Sheldon, The Rose Mountains, The Glenlyon Mountains...1905" Hunting Sheep, Wolves, Bears, Moose, Caribou, Mountain Goats.
Item No: BG11 Price: $195.00

THE WILDERNESS OF THE UPPER YUKON by Charles Sheldon

Very Good, Light blue cloth binding with Dark Blue lettering, dk. bl. lettering on spine, and dk bl embossed ram on front cover.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1913, cy 1911
Color frontis, 2 other colored plates and 50 pages of black & white plates, 4 maps.
Upper & lower edges of sphine shelf worn, lower front corners worn to boards,inner hinge cracking.
354 pages w/index, 8 vo.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None
"The Ogilvie Rockies, The MacMillan River, UP the North Fork to the Selwyn Rockies, Down the North Fork. Plateau Mountain, The Watson River Country, The Katzehin River in Alaska"
"The Pelly river, The Pelly Mountains, Ross River, Mount Sheldon, The Rose Mountains, The Glenlyon Mountains...1905" Hunting Sheep, Wolves, Bears, Moose, Caribou, Mountain Goats.
Item No: BG12 Price: $195.00

SPORT IN THE CRIMEA AND CAUCASUS by Clive Phillipps-Wolley, F.R.G.S.

Very Good, rebound in 1/2 brown cloth with marbled paper covered boards, original backstrip label.
Richard Bentley & Son, New Burlington Street, London 1881
15 chapters of word pictures.
Light shelf wear o/w very good
370 pages + 2 ad pp.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: None
Wild deer, Wolf Storys, Mineral springs, Lotus-eaters, Boars in file, Killing a bear, cooking him, Shooting a boar, Bruin's fondness for honey, Enormous boars, are some of the chapters.
Festive nights, Caspian woodpeckers, Watching for a tiger, Forest life by night, The eagle-owl and his prey, The "black death", the evil-eye...more to read!
Item No: BG15 Price: $375.00

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