Captain R S Pitman (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: VG. 30pp extract, illustrated with 6 plates, and a map of the gorilla habitat, salvaged from a damaged copy of the Annual Report Of The Smithsonian Institution, 1936. Housed in protective mylar report cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The zoological collections of the British Museum [Natural History ] are perhaps un- rivalled in extent and are certainly unsurpassed in scientific importance by any in the world. 8vo, Pp, xvi, 336. map & illustrations all corect. Boards green but with a great deal of fading on spine and tail and head on back and front. Front board has split in front , spine has title in gold lettering , Free front has inscription to previous owner Xmas 1932. A very interesting book with a great many photographs also map of UGANDA.

BINDING - Hardcover. Condition: CONDITION - used/fair. 1st Edition. 336 Pages. Illustrated. Modern End Papers. Cloth Faded, External Wear.

HARDCOVER. Condition: VERY GOOD. NO JACKET. 1ST EDITION. LONDON: NISBET, 1931. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD/NO JACKET. LONDON: NISBET, 1931. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD/NO JACKET. LONDON: NISBET, 1931. 1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD/NO JACKET. London: Nisbet, 1931. First. Hardcover. VG. 336 pp, ill. Author was Game Warden of the Uganda Protectorate and as a result has an experience and authority that are somewhat unique in hunting. His knowledge is as deep as it is profound as regards both large and dangerous game and the plains game. It is considered an "accurate and essential book" of information about big game. Great adventures among wild beasts of the Dark Continent. Somewhat faded orig. cloth, UNMARKED, NOT EX-LIBRARY, spine faded, mylar cover, no jacket, some checking and yellowing to pages, A very SCARCE book and highly sought after.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Binding: Orig. green cloth with worn pictorial dustwrapper; Condition notes: V. light foxing, V. Good; Illustrations: 38 B/W Photos; Maps: 1 folding at end; Pages: xvii + 279; Edition/printing: 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, author's presentation copy to the "Author's Club" signed "Charles R.S. Pitman 22-11-1950" with notation underneath "presented by the author November 1950", obtained from the estate of E.T.Ernest (Kamchimba) whose book plate is affixed on the fep. Pitman was a Game warden in Uganda, a renowned naturalist, hunter and herpetologist. His other works include the classic SNAKES OF UGANDA, and A GAME WARDEN AMONG HIS CHARGES. Illustrated with vintage photographs, and a large folding map at the end. A well kept volume, 287 pages, index. spine lightly faded, overall an excellent copy with rare signature and inscription by the author. Signed by Author(s).