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African Game Trails
by Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt declined to run for reelection as President of the United States in 1908. Partly as a vacation, partly to avoid the press as his friend Taft set up a new administration, (and partly for self-promotion), T.R. set out for Africa to hunt big game and collect specimens for a future exposition at the Smithsonian. Scribner's magazine underwrote the trip by paying $50,000 for twelve articles. It is these articles that eventually became African Game Trails.In April 1909, T.R. and his son...
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Death In the Long Grass a Big Game Hunter's Adventures In the African Bush
by Peter Hathaway Capstick
Big Game Hunting Books & Ephemera
African Game Trails
by Roosevelt, Theodore
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Signed Limited First Edition. Very Good. Signed limited first edition. Copy number 430 of a limited 500 sets signed by Theodore Roosevelt, and printed on Ruisdael paper at the De Vinne Press. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original half leather over boards. Very Good with uneven toning to leather, bindings lightly rubbed, a short tear to the head of Volume I; pages lightly toned and with offsetting to prelims and terminals at edges from leather turn-ins. An account of...
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SGD 10,340.25
African Game Trails (2 volumes)
by Theodore Roosevelt
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Publisher's Cloth. near Fine/None. 1920 on Tile Page, 1909 and 1910 on copyright page, later printing in 2 volumes, Octavo: 7.75 inches in height by 5.24 inches in width. Vol1. 327 pages with 6 illustrations, Vol 2: 329 to 676 pages with 6 appendices and index, Books are near Fine, very clean publisher's ribbed green cloth with borders and TR brand in blind on front boards, bright gilt titles to spine, NO previous owner bookplate r writing, tad foxing on...
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SGD 206.80
African Rifles & Cartridges
by Taylor, John
The Firearms Classics Library?. New. Hardcover. Octovo in full leather, still in glassine wrapper from the printer, NEW, unread and unworn. All about large bore rifles for hunting big game. A treasure ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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SGD 75.83
African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings 1922
by Theodore Roosevelt
1922 two volume set of blue hardcovers in very good condition; some wear to covers, good binding, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. Foreign delivery is possible through ASCENDIA with biblio.com.
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SGD 89.62
Gray's Wild Game Cookbook
by Rebecca Gray; Cintra Reeve
South Hamilton, Massachusetts: Gray's Sporting Journal, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition in original dust jacket. Dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. With photographs by Frank Foster and watercolors by Thomas Aquinas Daly. 219 pages with Index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, price clipped...
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SGD 68.94
African Game Trails; An Account Of The African Wanderings Of An American Hunter-Naturalist
by Roosevelt, Theodore
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Third Edition, First Issue. Cloth. Very good. The third edition, first issue of African Game Trails by Theodore Roosevelt.. Octavo, xxiii, [1], 583pp. Original green ribbed cloth, title in gilt on spine and cover. Includes "Scribner's Seal" on copyright page. Frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt. Some separation to endpaper at seam of front cover. Rubbing to cloth, primarily along spine. Includes map of the route Roosevelt took through Africa and numerous other...
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SGD 654.88
AFRICAN GAME TRAILS
by Roosevelt, Theodore
New York: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1910. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo, 583 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's decorated brown cloth with black lettering to spine. Rubbing to corners of boards. Mild fraying and wear to head and tail of spine. Light scuffing to decoration on front board. Age toning throughout textblock. Shelved in Case 8 1/2. 1377183. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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SGD 275.74
African Game Trails
by Roosevelt, Theodore
Camden SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Limited trade edition Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Trade Ed Reprint. An account of the African wanderings of the American hunter-naturalist. 560 pp, ill, all edges gilt. Long considered one of the classics in the field of big game hunting, this Briar Patch African collection edition. In lovely gilt stamped genuine leather binding, all edges gilt, marbled end papers and silk ribbon place marker.
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SGD 241.27
African Rifles and Cartridges
by Taylor, John
Fairfax VA: Firearms Classic Library, 1995. Reprint. Hardcover. As New. 431pp, ill, all edges gilt. A beautiful reprint of one of the most popular big game hunting titles ever written. A fine copy.
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SGD 124.08
Big Game and Big Life
by Dowsett, J. Morewood
London: John Bale, Sons and Danielson, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. VG to vg+. 242 pp. 174 ill. Maps. Worldwide big game hunting by a man with more narrow escapes than most. Interesting reading. Splendid photos, especially of elephants & buffalo. Chapters on elephant, rhino, lion and leopard. Excellent chapters on the big five and more. VG to VG+ (one tiny nick on bottom front cover, some wear at corner cloth). Much nicer than it sounds.
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SGD 482.54
African Game Trails
by Roosevelt, Theodore
NY: Scribners, 1910. Deluxe Ltd 500 Copies. Orig half Leather. Near Fine. Deluxe Limited. An account of the African Wanderings of the American Hunter-Naturalist. 1910 Scriber's New York. DELUXE signed, numbered two volume limited edition of 500 copies this #398. Printed on Ruisdael paper by the Devinne Press. Two volumes totaling 529 pp. Ill. w tissue guards. Classic work by the American President on his tremendous African trip throughout East Africa. Bound in half pigskin over paper boards. the deluxe...
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SGD 11,718.95
AFRICAN GAME TRAILS : AN ACCOUNT OF THE AFRICAN WANDERINGS OF AN AMERICAN HUNTER-NATURALIST; (With Illustrations from Photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and Other Members of the Expedition, and from Drawings by Philip R. Goodwin
by Roosevelt, Theodore
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. After his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt traveled to Africa to collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. Small quarto (10 in. x 7 in.). gilt lettering with dual (bordering) elephant graphics in gilt to front board. One or two light scores to rear board. Some spotting and fading to spine. Several corners gently nudged. Map frontis. 48 pp. of illustrations, predominantly photography, but with some drawings.Tight,...
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SGD 682.46
African Game Trails (2 Vol)
by Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Hardcover. Good/None. No dust jackets. Embossed covers with beautiful gilt lion details. Binding is tight and pages are clean, aside from previous owner's ex-libris labels. Nice deckled edges. Softening and chipping at corners and spine ends.
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SGD 165.44
African Rifles & Cartridges
by John Taylor
Beautiful genuine forest green pigskin Saderra leather with Himalaya grain that cover hardbound boards accented with 22-karat gold stamping debossed designs on the front and rear, that are in excellent condition, like new. Spine is also brass-die stamped in 22-karat gold lettering with four raised bands for both text and additional designs. The boards show absolutely no edge wear nor is there any bumping to the corners – all are sharp. The spine and binding are straight and tight, hinges are firmly...
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SGD 74.45
African Game Trails; An Account Of The African Wanderings Of An American Hunter-Naturalist
by Roosevelt, Theodore
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth lettered in gilt. Very good. 529 pages. 24.5 x 17 cm. First trade edition with Scribner seal verso of title pages. Illustrated from photographs (all with lettered tissue guards) by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and from drawings by Philip P. Goodwin. Appendices. Interior contents fresh, rubbing to backstrip foot and chip to head.
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SGD 406.72
African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Natrualist
by Theodore Roosevelt
Paperback / softback. New. Ex-President and explorer Theodore Roosevelt recalls in his journal of a hunting trip in Africa the many animals he stalked and killed for the Smithsonian institution, and his meetings with East Africans.
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SGD 32.58
Adventure of an Amateur Hunter in Africa.
by Eagle, John H
The Chapple Publishing Co. , Ltd. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition published in 1915. Hardcover. "Eagle had this volume privately printed based on his diary and recounting his trips to Africa in 1911 and 1913. On his first trip, he hunted in British East Africa in the Guaso Nyero region for lion, roan antelope, topi, sable antelope, rhino, buffalo, and a variety of other game. Near Lake Natron , he bagged oryx and cheetah. On his second...
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SGD 620.42
AFRICAN GAME TRAILS
by Theodore Roosevelt
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Hardcover. Good. 7 x 10 in. Cloth boards. Frintis and plates. Condition is GOOD ; spine ends gone and spine cloth damaged. Binding is solid with a little give to joints. Painted number on spine, pencil number on title pg. Text and plates unmarked. Worn spot on lower title pg. Sport. Stax.
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SGD 34.47
Whitetail Wisdom
by North American Hunting Club
Minnetonka, Minnesota: North American Hunting Club, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Minnetonka, Minnesota: North American Hunting Club, 2006. Fine. Very clean faux leather boards with beautiful full color paste-on photograph of a buck jumping a fence, stamped gold lettering and logo on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Clean decorated endpapers. Beautifully illustrated throughout with...
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SGD 13.79
Photo Album Depicting Sudan with an Emphasis on the Creation of the Sudan Defence Force
Omdurman, Khartoum and surrounding areas in Sudan, 1927. Good. 9¼" x 14½". Steel two ring binder with faux leather flexible card covers. 56 pages with 305 black and white photographs adhesive mounted. Photos measure from 1¼" x 2" to 4¾" x 9", with the average around 3" x 4". 217 are captioned, though many are faint and ten are probably unreadable. Album good: front cover and all leaves detached; photos generally very good or better. This album depicting Sudan in the mid-1920s was compiled by an...
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SGD 4,136.10
African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist
by Roosevelt, Theodore
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, Meets first edition/first printing criteria according to McBride. Big, heavy though 8vo 1st edition of T. Roosevelt's travels and huntings in East Africa in early 20th Century. The book is unmarked throughout but text block has repair at front hinge and some minor show through of bind threading at various pages especially pps 113 & 257. The spine is still firm and boards rigid. Tips still pointed...
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SGD 482.54
African Rifles & Cartridges (The Firearms Classics library)
by Taylor, John
Published for the National Rifle Association by Od, 1995. Leather Bound. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light scuffing and smudging across boards and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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SGD 46.88
African Rifles and Cartridges
by Taylor, John
Prescott, Arizona, U.S.A.: Wolfe Publishing Company, 1985. Book. As New. Hardcover. Limited.. Hardcover, no DJ as issued. Wolfe Publishing, 1985, reprint edition. As new. #776 of 1500 copies. "Pondoro", a professional ivory hunter and the guns he used..
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SGD 137.87
The Wild Sports of Southern Africa
by William Cornwallis Harris
The first British edition 1839
Contents complete with all plates present and fold-out map at rear. The ORIGINAL publisher's binding is still in very good condition with only age-related wear and staining to bottom corners of cloth, and pastedowns and 2 or 3 leaves in front and at end. We have never seen a nicer copy of this edition. Foxing is NOT plaguing this copy.
For its age the book is in very good condition.
From the editor's note to the Struik Africana Collectanea reprint:
'This is not only a book... Read more about this item
Contents complete with all plates present and fold-out map at rear. The ORIGINAL publisher's binding is still in very good condition with only age-related wear and staining to bottom corners of cloth, and pastedowns and 2 or 3 leaves in front and at end. We have never seen a nicer copy of this edition. Foxing is NOT plaguing this copy.
For its age the book is in very good condition.
From the editor's note to the Struik Africana Collectanea reprint:
'This is not only a book... Read more about this item
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SGD 654.87
