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Complete 24-Volume set of the African Collection published by Briar Patch Press. Each volume is like-new, unread, only admired a time or two. Each volume is #96 and still retains its original wax-paper protection. Only 500 sets of the Limited Deluxe Edition, each volume in a slip-case, were produced / sold worldwide. Many of the original first editions of these big-game African hunting books are very expensive.This is a wonderful and beautiful set of books, far nicer than the leather used for the trade editions.I have an original advertisement from the publisher: "Bound in top-grain cowhide and individually numbered, the deluxe version sells for $. The regular version of the book, also bound in genuine leather, sells for $... All books are printed on high-quality, acid-free paper, featuring hand-marbled end papers, gold stamping and raised hubs and spines." Also, with silken page marker.1. Charles J. Andersson, Lake Ngami. xl, 545 pages. Illustrated, index, folding map. Lengthy Foreword by Dorothy… Read More

Complete 24-Volume set of the African Collection published by Briar Patch Press. 22 volumes are #206, 2 are #105. Only 500 sets of the Limited Deluxe Edition, each volume in a slip-case, were produced / sold worldwide. Many of the original first editions of these big-game African hunting books are very expensive.This is a wonderful and beautiful set of books, far nicer than the leather used for the trade editions. The set is nearly like-new, with a few faults shown in the numerous photos of the books.I have an original advertisement from the publisher: "Bound in top-grain cowhide and individually numbered, the deluxe version sells for $. The regular version of the book, also bound in genuine leather, sells for $... All books are printed on high-quality, acid-free paper, featuring hand-marbled end papers, gold stamping and raised hubs and spines." Also, with silken page marker.1. Charles J. Andersson, Lake Ngami. xl, 545 pages. Illustrated, index, folding map. Lengthy Foreword by Dorothy Middleton.2.… Read More

Complete 20-Volume set of the Asian Series published by John Culler & Sons. Each volume is like-new, unread, only admired a time or two. Each volume is #233 of only 500 sets of the Limited Deluxe Edition, each volume in a slip-case. Many of the original first editions of these big-game African hunting books are very expensive.


Cruises in the Bering Sea - Paul Niedieck


Big Game Hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet - Major G. Burrard


Shooting in the Himalayas - Colonel Fred Markham


Hindu-Koh - Donald MacIntyre


By Mountain, Lake and Plain - Major R.L. Kennion


Through the Highlands of Siberia - Major H.G.C. Swayne


Large Game Shooting - Alexander Kinloch


In the High Himalayas - Hugh Whistler


A Summer in High Asia - Capt. F.E.S Adair


My Big Game Hunting Diary - Count Henrik Apponyi


Sport and Folklore in the Himalaya - Captain H.L. Haughton


Sport and Life in the Further Himalaya - Major R.L. Kennion


In and Beyond the Himalayas - S.J. Stone


A Shooting Trip to Kamchatka - E. Demidoff… Read More

THE VERY FIRST ALLAN QUATERMAIN NOVEL1886, CASSELL, LONDON, WITH DATE-CODE OF 20.286 (FEBRUARY 1886) AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAST PAGE, AND ADS WITH THE DATE-CODE OF 1.86 (JANUARY 1886).From my research, I believe this is the 8th printing, one of the 16th thousand copies.REBOUND, LEATHER SPINE, ORIGINAL CLOTH FRONT AND REAR PANELS RETAINED. FRONTISPIECE MAP WITH CLOSED TEAR.THIS NOVEL LAUNCHED THE "LOST RACE" GENREThe photos are very helpful in depicting the exact book you are going to buy and I only use actual photos. I can send you more if need be, so please email me

Hand-crafted facsimile reprint of the 1789 edition published in London by JohnsonWilliam Paterson's "A Narrative of Four Journeys Into The Country of The Hottentots, and Caffraria. In The Years One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven, Eight, and Nine"
This is a very scarce book because the copper-plate illustrations are so sought-after. The 1789 edition is expensive (over $1200), so this beautiful facsimile reprint edition is the next best thing.
William Paterson was a Scottish soldier, explorer, Lieutenant governor and botanist best known for leading early settlement in Tasmania. A native of Montrose, Scotland, Paterson was interested in botany as a boy and trained in horticulture at Syon in London. Paterson was sent to the southern African Cape Colony by the wealthy and eccentric Countess of Strathmore to collect plants. He arrived in Table Bay on board the "Houghton" in May, 1777. He made four trips into the interior between May 1777 and March 1780, when he departed.

Here is an absolute rarity, and one of the cornerstone Africana titles.This beautiful copy is a First Edition (second editions are far more common) The binding is new as of 2020, salvaging a copy that survived a fire Quarter-leather and marbled boards, marbled page edges; The book has been rebound adding (from another copy) the 32-page catalogue of "Mr. Bentley's New Publications," which features this title prominently on the first page of the catalogue; Fold-out map in great condition considering its age With ALL 6 of the color lithographs. The color lithographs are NOT listed in the List of Illustrations Very scarce and desirable. Due to value, shipping and insurance to overseas buyers will be 2-3 times higher than the Biblio-quoted shipping cost.The photos are part of the description, so study them carefully, as they are very helpful, and of the actual book being sold.

A rare first edition beautifully rebound.An account of the 1820 Settlers in Albany South Africa by one of the emigrants and one of the few survivors in 1870. Mendelssohn I, 491."When the Jubilee of the British Settlers was celebrated in Grahamstown in 1870, the Rev Henry Hare Dugmore was chosen to tell the story of the Settlement, and the lecture he gave was later published . . . Dugmore had come as a child with the emigrants of 1820, and had shared fully in both the hardships and the achievement of the critical fifty years that followed . . . He was chosen to speak to them, because he had earned the right to speak for them" Henry Hare Dugmore (1810 1896) was an English missionary, writer and translator. He was born in England to Isaac and Maria Dugmore and baptised in Birmingham on 5 June 1810. The family emigrated when his father was financially ruined after being forced to pay the debts of a relative for whom he had stood surety. The Dugmore family sailed to South Africa on the vessel Sir George… Read More

Beautiful Facsimile reprint of the First Edition, which was originally published in London by John Murray in 1875.
Bound in leather by hand, with sewn page-gatherings for durability. Facsimile of original front board decoration tipped-in at front, and a color facsimile map has also been tipped in. This is a nice facsimile reprint.
THIS IS A VERY RARE BOOK
Sport and War is a rare 19th-century memoir recounting hunting experiences in Africa. Bisset was a general in the British Army who served the army while in South Africa while living there, went on many hunting excursions for big game. His adventures were thoroughly described in this memoir including his encounters with lions, witch-doctors, and elephants, as well as numerous military engagements.

Mendelssohn 486: 'An account of hunting and sporting experiences in Kaffraria and Natal. The author joined a party of Boer hunters who were making an excursion into the plains under the Drekensburg mountains, near the sources of the Mooi river. He remarks on the wonderful eyesight possessed by these people and their contempt for the English as sportsmen. . . There is a good account of the natives with many notes of the fauna of the country.' The photos are very helpful in depicting the exact book you are going to buy and I only use actual photos. I can send you more if need be, so please email meIllustrated by a Harrison Weir. Book has been rebound in a handsome half-leather binding. See photos. This is a rare first edition in quite nice condition. A few of the plates have been repaired, but are present and very nice to behold. Marbled page edges and endsheets. Former owner bookplate atop another former owner s bookplate. Inquire for additional photos.

Facsimiles of the Richard Bentley, London, 1835 First Edition: 2 volumes: bound in navy blue, marbled end papers. A handsome set, as-new and unread, well-made and ready for your reading pleasure and collection.
******** The original first editions are extremely rare, and as of this listing, I could not find any sets available for sale anywhere. ********
Dictionary of South African Biography, volume 3, page 626: Moodie arrived in South Africa to join his brother Benjamin who was farming at Grootvadersbosch near Swellendam. In 1821 he obtained land at Sir Rufane Donkin's abortive Fredericksburg settlement but the following May found himself to be almost the last person left there. It was a plan of which Lord Charles Somerset had thoroughly disapproved and with Moodie's departure the scheme came to an end. He went to join Benjamin on Long Hope, the latter's new property on the west bank of the Lower Bushman River. In 1828 he tired of farming and set out on a long journey through Kaffraria before settling… Read More

James Chapman's TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA, Comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting and Trading; With Journeys Across the Continent From Natal to Walvisch Bay, and Visits to Lake Ngami and the Victoria FallsFacsimile reprint of the 1868 Bell & Daldy, London, First Edition: 2 volumes: bound by hand in half-leather, marbled end papers. A handsome set, as-new and unread, and ready for your reading pleasure and collection. Because the bindings of these volumes were created by hand, they are not perfect, nor should they be expected to be. No folding maps in these facsimile reproduction volumes.
The original first editions are very, very rare, so this 2-volume facsimile reprint is the next best thing. No set of the first editions is for sale anywhere that I can find.Mendelsson (Sidney) South African Bibliography vol. 1 page 321 -322: Starting from Natal, Mr Chapman traversed the eastern portion of the Orange Free State by three distinct routes, and pursuing his travels through the Western Transvaal… Read More