Foreword Selous (13 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Caldwell, E. (illustrator). First Thus. xxx, 356pp, index, bw ills. Or boards in jacket. As new. Facsimile edition appearing as Volume 1 in the Library of African Adventure series. Selous is acknowledged as one of the greatest of the African big game hunters. This book was originally written and published at the request of Teddy Roosevelt. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. The jacket is shelf rubbed with creasing and a few small closed tears along the edges. The boards are edge rubbed with scuffing along the edges. The binding is secure. Browning along the edges of the pages, not affecting text. No ink inscriptions or annotations. protected in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*27/11/2024 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Jacket is rubbed and marked.This book is signed by Peter Stiff and the artist Francis Latigan after the publisher foreword page.Well bound.[Restored]04-07-2019. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. E. Caldwell (illustrator). Second printing 1908. Nice copy. No wear to the binding. No slope, no twist, no distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water damage. No soiling. No sun fading. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Caldwell, E. (illustrator). 348pp.; HB maroon w/gilt-trimmed in gilt w/ribbon bkmk.; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. vellum wrap. "The book transports us to realms of magic and as its pages flow by, we forget that the Africa Selous describes is no more." illus.

Condition: Owner's blind stamp. Illustrations by E. Caldwell (illustrator). Collector's edition. Full tan leather, decoratively gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. School prize label on front endpaper. Lacking the folding map at the rear. 1 plate detached. Creasing to one of the folding maps. Creasing to the free endpapers. All illustrations present.; 359, [1] pages + frontispiece + 84 illustrations + 4 of 5 maps ( 3 folding). Charcoal cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. School gilt stamp on front board (Otago Boys High School). Page dimensions: 194 x 127mm. ; 8vo.

Publisher's very lightly stained red cloth, light discoloration of endleaves. Fine. Engraved bookplate of Swedish industrialist Seth Kempe (1857-1946). London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1908. 8vo. [ii] + xxx + 356 pp. + plates. The 1908 reprint of the first edition. Contents: "Notes on the Questions of Protective Coloration", "Recognition Marks, and the Influence of Environment on Living Organisms", "Further Notes on the Questions of Protective Coloration, Recognition Marks, and the Influence of Enviroment on Living Organisms", "Notes on the Lion", "Notes on the Spotted Hyaena", "Notes on Wild Dogs and Chetahs", "Extinction and Diminution of Game in South Africa - Notes on the Cape Buffalo", "Notes on the Tse-Tse Fly", "Notes on the Black or Prehensile-Lipped Rhinoceros", "Notes on the Giraffe", "A Journey to Amatongaland in Search of Inyala", "A Journey to Amatongaland", "Notes on the Gemsbuck", "Some Curious Hunting Experience", "Further Curious Hunting Experiences", "Incidents of a Journey Through the Northern Kalahari", "The Last of South Africa's Game Haunts", "How I Spent Christmas Day 1879" and "Notes on the Masarwa: The Bushmen of the Interior of South Africa".

T.Fisher Unwin. London. 1914. Third Impression. Hardback. No DW. Illustrated black cloth. All plates and maps present. 359pp including appendices and index. Generally a clean and sound copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1907 at title page. No additional printings denoting a first edition from MacMillan; true first printing of October, 1907. Large heavy volume measuring approx. "5 3/4 x 8 1/2". Dark green buckram (cloth) boards, crisp gilt spine titles with three bands and decorative dentell, moderate shelf, corner wear, bump. Appears to be a high quality re-bind of some variety and also near contemporary to 1907. Pages generally very good; couple small areas of discoloration at few leaves. Moderate fairly faint fox to exterior text block. Light green floral endpapers. Label inside back cover apparently for lending but without any dates penned; stamp on this states: "Purchased from library." No other stamps, labels or indications. Ominous frontispiece of lion's heads on black b.g.: "Heads of Eight Lions Shot by the Author in British East Africa". String-bind good, square; hinges reinforced as original to this binding. Rare near very good first printing with unique cover. Profusely illustrated with photographs throughout. Features a preface by the author and foreword by F. C. Selous. Appendix at back with details on hunting in Africa for the sportsman. An account by a railway engineer working in East Africa at the turn of the century of his encounters with man-eating lions. Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, Breadstreet Hill, E. C., and Bungay, Suffolk. 339 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First Edition, October, 1907. Reprinted November, 1907." Rare second printing from first year of publication. The original larger heavy volume measuring approx. 6" x 8 3/4". Navy cloth boards, gilt cover design and spine titles, moderate shelf wear, rub. Front cover features dynamic roaring lion in gilt with circular borders. Pages generally near fine, clean; toning, fox inside cover. Stylish antiquarian signature in fountain pen at front endpaper: "Alan W. Robinson." Ominous frontispiece, with sharp original tissue guard, of lion's heads on black b.g.: "Heads of Eight Lions Shot by the Author in British East Africa". Gilded top edge of text block. Bind good, light cant. Rare near very good second printing from first year of publication. Profusely illustrated with photographs throughout. Features a preface by the author and foreword by F. C. Selous. Appendix at back with details on hunting in Africa for the sportsman. An account by a railway engineer working in East Africa at the turn of the century of his encounters with man-eating lions. Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, Breadstreet Hill, E. C., and Bungay, Suffolk. 339 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1907 at title page. No additional printings denoting a first edition from MacMillan; true first printing of October, 1907. The original larger heavy volume measuring approx. 6" x 8 3/4". Navy cloth boards, crisp gilt cover design and spine titles, moderate shelf, corner wear, bump. Front cover features dynamic roaring lion in gilt with circular borders. Protected in (unadhered) thick clear sleeve. Pages generally very good; moderate toning at endps., few small areas of discoloration at several leaves. Ominous frontispiece of lion's heads on black b.g.: "Heads of Eight Lions Shot by the Author in British East Africa". Bind good, square; hinges intact. Rare near very good first printing. Profusely illustrated with photographs throughout. Features a preface by the author and foreword by F. C. Selous. Appendix at back with details on hunting in Africa for the sportsman. An account by a railway engineer working in East Africa at the turn of the century of his encounters with man-eating lions. Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, Breadstreet Hill, E. C., and Bungay, Suffolk. 339 pages. Insured post. Intriguing antiquarian pictorial bookplate at front pastedown with classic old font: "G. W. Hamilton Cumming." Side-by-side above name is a tree growing from a fleur-de-lis crown with word "Through" running through it and Latin motto below: "Requiesco Sub Umbra" or, "I Rest Under the Shade." Next to this is large bunch of upright bound wheat with the word "Courage" below. Small bookseller's black label with gold lettering above this: "Frederick R. Jones, 'Adwell,' Torre Torquay, And at 20 Victoria Parade, Beacon Quay." Fountain pen signature adjacent at front blank endpaper: "A. Hawkins, Croyde Hoe, Torquay." Torquay is a 'traditional British seaside' resort and a vibrant, cheerful town. Set at the very heart of the English Riviera on the South Devon Coast, it is famous for sandy beaches, family attractions and genteel Victorian appearance. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First Edition, October, 1907. Reprinted November and December, 1907." Rare third printing from first year of publication. The original larger heavy volume measuring approx. 6" x 8 3/4". Navy smooth cloth boards, gilt cover design and spine titles, moderate edge wear, rub, bump, discoloration. Front cover features dynamic roaring lion in bright crisp gilt with circular borders. Pages generally very good; toning, some discoloration at endpapers. Ominous frontispiece of lion's heads on black b.g.: "Heads of Eight Lions Shot by the Author in British East Africa". Bind good, moderate cant. Rare near very good third printing from first year of publication. Stylish antiquarian inscription at front endpaper: "A. H. Banks, from Luis Le Marchant, Christmas 1907." Large antiquarian pictorial bookplate inside cover: "Anthony John Poucher." Plate depicts large hare at center surrounded by plant stem-like oval border. Rare ephemeral news-clipping with insightful review "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo. An Amazing Book" folded and set in to cover; some toning adjacent. Profusely illustrated with photographs throughout. Features a preface by the author and foreword by F. C. Selous. Appendix at back with details on hunting in Africa for the sportsman. An account by a railway engineer working in East Africa at the turn of the century of his encounters with man-eating lions. Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, Breadstreet Hill, E. C., and Bungay, Suffolk. 339 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.