safari press long beach california (249 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2013). (2013) ND paperback reprint. Large 4to paperback (216 x 280mm). Ppviii,374. Colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Slight use but a very good second-hand paperback. "Tracking is an art form as well as a skill - just ask any hunter who has seen African trackers at work. But it is an art that can be taught and a skill that can be acquired. All mammals, including humans, have behavior patterns that can be learned and even anticipated. Cleve Cheney, a master at tracking both animals and humans, defines tracking as 'learning to use all your senses to monitor your surroundings and to make logical and realistic deductions from what you have learned.' The author will show you how - by using hundred of photos and drawings to describe the numerous variables involved. He has brought together a massive amount of information on the how, when and where of tracking. This fascinating and useful book - by far the best on the subject - will turn a neophyte into a person with a basic understanding of the skills of tracking. For those who want to learn more than the basics, this book is a treasure trove of tracking information, insights, methods, and knowledge. While huge, this book is divided into logical sections that make learning the skills easier to comprehend. These skills include teaching yourself to track; understanding wildlife behavior; identifying tracks and signs; recognizing gait patterns and pressure releases; following blood trails; tracking specific animals; understanding how to track, stalk, and approach; recognizing bird, reptiles, and invertebrate signs; tracking humans; and understanding the dangers of the bush. Nothing is left uncovered - this is the bible for trackers and tracking!" .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2011). (2010) 2011 1st trade edition. 8vo (158 x 236mm). Ppxii,275. Colour photographs, decorative end-papers. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Mint in dust-wrapper. Johnny Chilton is a well-travelled hunting enthusiast who has seen modern big-game hunting from both the guide's side of things and the clients. Chapters include: Tanzania 1984 - apprentice professional hunter; A deadly lesson; How it began; Off road rally, a trip to the coast, fishing in Lake Victoria; Professional Hunters' reunion; The wives of PH's; Setting sail for the Selous; Breakdowns and other obstacles; Swamps and quicksand; Building camp, mauled by alion, Bundala shoots his gun; Clients arrive, PH maulings; Visitors of all kinds, ugly Americans; Masailand; Elephant scouts, baiting for lion; Rungwa Game Reserve. PREVIOUS PRICE £25.00.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2010). (2007) ND (2010) new paperback edition. Large 4to paperback (216 x 280mm). Ppxxviii,330,ads. Colour photographs throughout, colour and b/w maps. Blue card covers. Fine new paperback. A large heavy paperback published at $75 - a terrific bargain! "Detailed, up-to-date information on big game hunting in Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe edited by Peter Flack." Extensive and detailed advice: where to go, how to get permission to go there, firearms regulations, lodges and prey species. Contributions by Craig Boddington and many others. PREVIOUS PRICE £50.00.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2016). (2003) recent reprint of 2016 new edition. Small oblong paperback with flaps (155 x 101mm). Pp158 + 1 page ad. Colour photographs throughout, diagrams. French fold covers. Fine new copy. A pocket-sized, abridged version of Robertson's excellent The Perfect Shot II: Shot Placement for African Big Game, which you will definitely not be carrying around in your pocket. All the the essential information you will need on the spot on safari. Put it in your jacket pocket when you go. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1999). 1999 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 235mm). Ppx,255. B/w photographs, decorative end-papers. Yellow faux leather boards, spine titled in black. Minor faults, owner's name to front end-paper/ boards just a little bumped/ dusty top edge else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. A modern guide to telescopic sights for hunting, binoculars, spotting scopes and range finders. Chapters include: Bright scopes; Reliable scopes; Eye relief and field of view; Focus, reticles, and parallax; Variable scopes; Reticles; Scope mounts; Scope mounting; Scope adjustment and sighting-in; Binoculars: porro vs. roof prism; Magnification, price, & other matters; Testing for quality; Choosing a spotting scope; Glassing; High-tech rangefinders; Holograms, night vision, and others; Future and past. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2006). (1999) ND (2006) 2nd edition reprint. 4to (185 x 261mm). Ppxxxii,305. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Yellow boards, spine titled in black. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Hibben, a famous archaeologist, hunter and conservationist, was instrumental in introducing several African species to New Mexico. In thirty-six safaris between 1949 and 1997 he hunted all the game species of Africa, major and minor. This new book contains the best of his earlier book, "Hunting in Africa", as well as seventeen previously unpublished stories. "From his early safaris with Andrew Holmberg until his last hunts in Botswana, there have been very few animals he did not take. Before Chad, Somalia, and Kenya banned hunting, he captured such unusual animals as the eastern bongo, dibatag gazelle, and addax. In addition, he had an impressive collection of ivory, which he donated to the University of New Mexico, and what is generally regarded as the biggest leopard to ever come from Kenya. These were truly impressive trophies." PREVIOUS PRICE £29.95.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2004). (1989) ND [2004] US trade edition. 8vo (160 x 235mm). Ppviii,233. Colour & b/w photographs, patterned end-papers. Red boards, spine titled in black. ISBN 1571571604. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. An account of many hunting trips into the interior of Cameroon in search of elephant, bongo, buffalo, sitatunga, giant forest hog, bushpig and dwarf buffalo. The author organises his own safaris and carries them out only in the company of local helpers. Includes a chapter on organising your own hunting trip, as well as much incidental useful advice. First published privately by the author in Germany in 1989 as "Bongo Buffel Sitatunga: zehn Jahre Jagd auf eigene Faust in den Urwaldern Kameruns" (Bongo, buffalo, sitatunga: ten years single-handed in the primeval forests of Cameroon). PREVIOUS PRICE £29.95.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2014). (1988) 2014 1st Safari Press edition. 8vo (155 x 233mm). Ppxxvi,277. B/w illustrations by Dino Paravano. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A selection of Capstick's magazine articles. "The late Peter Capstick tells us what it's like to be in the path of an express train with horns - the Cape buffalo; describes the heart-stopping sensation of sharing the immediate bush with several sickle-clawed lions that love to argue; and recounts his adventures bow-fishing for exotic species in the piranha-filled rivers of Brazil." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2011). (1952) ND reprint of 1999 Safari Press edition. 8vo (160 x 236mm). Ppxi,263. Introduction by Captain A.T.A. Ritchie. B/w photographs, decorative end-papers. Yellow boards, spine titled in black. Fine in dust-wrapper. Hunter's best known book and a classic on African hunting. Rogue rhino and buffalo, lion in Masailand, bongo in the Ituri rain forest and "a host of other vividly described dangerous critters". .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2017). 2017 1st edition. 8vo paperback (152 x 228mm). Ppxiv,274. B/w photographs, maps and illustrations, bibliography. Fine new paperback. "Hogs have overrun America: They are found in the middle of our biggest cities and they cause untold millions of damage to farmlands and manicured gardens alike. Where did all these swine come from and how did they land up on American shores where they do not belong? The history of the hog in America is a long one that dates all the way back to the period of Columbus. Since that time no large feral animal has more successfully established itself and none has endured more attempts by the hand of man in controlling its numbers than the hog." The author gives us a comprehensive history of the feral pig in America; where they occur, how and with what to hunt them, how to trap them if they cannot be shot, what to be careful of (lots, apparently), and what methods to use to help you get your hog. There is also a good section on the javelina, a very distant cousin of the feral pig. A thorough and all-inclusive appendix covers a remarkably broad array of hog and javelina facts, stats and terminology, and further reading in case swine fever has struck you. Chapters include: History of wild hogs in North America; The Texas invasion; Status and distribution of wild hogs in North America; The biology of a wild hog; The bad, the good, and the ugly; Boar stories; Wild hog management; Hog trapping; Javelina - an American original; Hunting the wild hog and javelina; The taste of wild pork; A state-by-state overview of laws and regulations; Final thoughts. Appendices include: Facts, fantasies, myths; Results of study into the food habits and seasonal food components in the diets of feral hogs; Hog terminology; References and selected reading. "This is an animal we will have to live with no matter what and will likely be around as long as rats and coyotes, which is forever. This book will help you hunt them . . . or to cope." .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2013). 2012 1st trade edition. 8vo (156 x 235mm). Ppxiv,337,ill. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w chapter heading vignettes. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. "Elephant hunting literature is rich and varied and has brought forth some of the most memorable writings on Africa ever. However, very little is ever written on modern elephant hunting. And strange as it may seem, many of the largest elephants shot in the history of Africa have actually been shot in the last fifty years. While shooting a hundred-pounder is now a very rare occurrence, it may fairly be said that the average weight of ivory shot on safari has risen and risen over the last fifteen years, bringing with it a period that might well be called the renaissance of elephant hunting. Each year the trophies get better, and the total population keeps on rising. Craig Boddington has been fortunate enough to have shot elephants in some of Africa's modern hot spots, including Mozambique, southern Tanzania, Botswana, and Namibia. Not only has he shot some very respectable trophies that are considered "trophy elephants" by any standard, old or new, but he has also taken his share of cows and nontrophy pachyderms." Chapters include: When giants walked; The end of the game; A new beginning; The hunting imperative; Why should you hunt elephants?; The African elephant; Drop twenty pounds; Judging ivory; Elephant country today; Tracks, trackers and tracking; The approach; Elephant rifles and cartridges; Penetration and bullet performance; Shooting and shot placement; Botswana; Mozambique; Namibia; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Other opportunities; The most dangerous game; Are there hundred-pounders?; Looking ahead. .

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1995). (1995) 2014 2nd edition reprint. 4to (220 x 287mm). Ppxi,219. B/w photographs throughout, patterned end-papers. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. New unread copy in dust-wrapper. From 1961 till the late 1970s Elmer Keith was a regular contributor to Guns & Ammo magazine with a monthly column entitled "Gun Notes." This book contains the best of his articles during this period and is entirely devoted to pistols, revolvers, bolt-actions, and double rifles, shotguns, ammunition, loads, bullets, and accessories. Keith was a master storyteller as well as a most observant gun expert. He was one of the country's best-known experts on big-bore calibers, and this book has a wealth of information based on his lifelong experience with just about every imaginable sporting firearm. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1996). (1996) 2012 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (155 x 236mm). Ppxi,188. B/w photographs, illustrations, annotated bibliography. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine unread copy in dust-wrapper. The authors "are unashamed in their preference for an English-made shotgun over all other makes." "In this book they give the best description ever of the process of making a best-grade English gun, and they take the reader from the very beginning - a lump of steel and a walnut tree trunk - to the ultimate product . . Never before has this production process been described so well and with such clarity. It will give the reader a thorough understanding of what goes into such a gun and why they are so expensive. The second section of the book gives the most practical advice on a variety of subjects . . technical aspects as well as how to shoot consistently while in the field." Chapters include: Chronology; Barrels; Locks and actions; Stocks; Choke; Various; Making a London Best Gun, the process; The hammer gun; Why the English shotgun?; The importance of style; Gun mounting, a key element; Lead and the left hand; Footwork is fundamental; Who says both eyes open?; Instinct versus tracking; Three shooting flaws; An extension of basics; Sporting clays; A primer on the tools of shooting with consistency; Selected annotated bibliography, Part I, the English shotgun; Selected annotated bibliography, Part II, shooting with consistency. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2013). (2012) 2013 1st trade edition. 8vo (158 x 236mm). Ppxi,307. Colour photographs, bibliography. Purple boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Bob Eastman is a long-bow hunter who started hunting in Africa in 1967. He has hunted in just about all of the places that were open to hunting in the last 40-plus years - Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Mozambique, Cameroon, Kenya, and many more. No matter where this book takes you - the sweltering rain forest of the Cameroon, the Niassa Reserve, or the dry bush of the Kalahari - you will read much about the people encountered, noteworthy incidents, the game, and Africa itself. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2006). (1954) 2012 reprint. 8vo (158 x 236mm). Ppx,308. B/w photograph plates, bibliography. Yellow boards, spine titled in black. Fine in dust-wrapper. A new edition of "African bush adventures." Good biographical information on many of East Africa's famous characters. Chapters on Tipu Tib, Ewart Grogan, Joseph Thomson, Arthur Fisher, Albert Cook, Kabarega, John Boyes, the McQueen family, R.O. Preston, Lord Delamere, the White Hunters, Robert Foran, the ivory poachers of the Lado Enclave, Sir Vincent Glenday and Dr. L.S.B. Leakey. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2000). (1957) 2014 Safari Press reprint. 8vo (160 x 235mm). Ppviii,240. B/w photograph plates. Yellow boards, spine titled in black. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A grandiose East African safari with an Indian maharajah is interwoven with attempts to capture ivory poachers and smugglers, and tales of hunting elephant, lion, leopard and buffalo. A cracking read. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2009). 2009 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 235mm). Pp332. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Orange boards, spine titled in black. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. This is an interesting and exciting anthology of pieces on tiger shooting in India between 1788 and 1966. Mainly by British colonial authors. Chapters include; William Blane, Essays on Sporting (1788); Thomas Williamson, Oriental Field Sports (1807); Daniel Johnson, Sketches of Indian Field Sports (1822); Godfrey Mundy, Pen and Pencil Sketches, Being the Journal of a Tour of India (1832); Thomas Bacon, First Impressions and Studies from Nature in Hindustan (1837); Edward Napier, Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands (1840); William Rice, Tiger Shooting in India (1857); Walter Campbell, My Indian Journal (1864); James Forsyth, The Highlands of Central India (1871); Gordon Cumming, Wild Men and Wild Beasts (1871); Arthur Pollock, Sporting Days in Southern India (1894); Alexander Glasfurd, Rifle and Romance in an Indian Jungle (1905); Alfred Watson, King Edward VII as Sportsman (1911); Charles Couldsbury, Tiger Land (1913); Robert Baden-Powell, Memories of India (1915); Nigel Woodyatt, My Sporting Memories (1923); Bernard Ellinson, HRH The Prince of Wales's Sport in India (1925); Arthur Stewart, Tiger and Other Game (1928); James Best, Tiger Days (1931); Reginald Burton, The Tiger Hunters (1936); Jim Corbett, Man-Eaters of Kumaon (1946); James Sleeman, From Rifle to Camera - The Reformation of a Big-Game Hunter (1947); Olive Smythies, Tiger Lady (1953); Kenneth Anderson, Nine Man-Eaters and One Rogue (1954); Kesri Singh, One man and a Thousand tigers (1959); Robert Ruark, Use Enough Gun (1966). .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2005). 2005 1st edition. 4to paperback. Ppviii,189. B/w photographs, tables. Fine. "Over 1,000 different models listed in easy to compare tables. Includes magnifications, weights, eye relief, prices, and photos of over 36 different manufacturers. Includes authoritative articles by John Barsness, Craig Boddington, Mark Mazour, and Bill McRae". .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1999). (1999) later reprint. 8vo (160 x 235mm). Ppx,255. B/w photographs. Yellow boards, spine titled in black. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A modern guide to telescopic sights for hunting, binoculars, spotting scopes and range finders. Chapters include: Bright scopes; Reliable scopes; Eye relief and field of view; Focus, reticles, and parallax; Variable scopes; Reticles; Scope mounts; Scope mounting; Scope adjustment and sighting-in; Binoculars: porro vs. roof prism; Magnification, price, & other matters; Testing for quality; Choosing a spotting scope; Glassing; High-tech rangefinders; Holograms, night vision, and others; Future and past. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1996). (1996) later reprint. 8vo (157 x 236mm). Ppxxviii,260. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliographical essay, decorative end-papers. Dark orange boards, spine titled in black. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. These are the magazine stories that Ruark wrote in the 1950s and 1960s, but were never published in book form. Some of these stories will make you laugh out loud while others will bring a tear to the eye of even the toughest disposition. Ruark was one of America's most enduring writers whose hunting and outdoor stories are timeless. His work transcends generations, and his words delight readers regardless of age. The Lost Classics will have you reminiscing of bygone days while you read about "The Old Man and the Boy," "Stories from Down Home," "The Boy Expands His Horizons," and "Papa Hemingway." The final section includes stories that Ruark wrote about himself and is entitled "Ruark on Ruark." Includes a lengthy biographical sketch by Dr. Jim Casada as well as a detailed bibliographical appendix on all of Ruark's books and papers. .

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2000). 2000 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 235mm). Ppx,195. B/w photographs, decorative end-papers. Blue boards, spine titled in black. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Author's account of "pheasant, geese, duck, squirrel, and white-tailed deerhunting". Mostly in New York state. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2013). 2013 1st edition. Folio (235 x 310mm). Ppvi,218. Colour photographs throughout. Red boards, spine titled in black. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A lavish and elaborate celebration of the taxidermist's art. A number of wealthy big-game hunters show off their extraordinary collections of mounted game and big-game animals. Author or editor not named. This is Safari Press's project to record, and make available, as many trophy collections as possible. The anonymous author observed that trophy collections seem to last about twenty-five years before being broken up and disposed of, and took steps to record the numerous collections currently in existence. The collections presented in this series are mainly in America, but collections in other countries are included. The owners of the collections range from keen amateur big game hunters to well-known professionals such as Kenneth Whitehead. PREVIOUS PRICE £50.00.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2012). 2011 1st edition. Folio (235 x 310mm). Ppvi,201. Colour photographs throughout. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A lavish and elaborate celebration of the taxidermist's art. A number of wealthy big-game hunters show off their extraordinary collections of mounted game and big-game animals. Author or editor not named. This is Safari Press's project to record, and make available, as many trophy collections as possible. The anonymous author observed that trophy collections seem to last about twenty-five years before being broken up and disposed of, and took steps to record the numerous collections currently in existence. The collections presented in this series are mainly in America, but collections in other countries are included. The owners of the collections range from keen amateur big game hunters to well-known professionals such as Kenneth Whitehead. PREVIOUS PRICE £45.00.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1998). (1998) later reprint. Folio (236 x 310mm). Ppiv,244. Colour photographs throughout, decorative end-papers. Full red bonded leather, spine titled in black. Fine unread copy in dust-wrapper. A lavish and elaborate celebration of the taxidermist's art. A number of wealthy big-game hunters show off their extraordinary collections of mounted game and big-game animals. Author or editor not named. This is Safari Press's project to record, and make available, as many trophy collections as possible. The anonymous author observed that trophy collections seem to last about twenty-five years before being broken up and disposed of, and took steps to record the numerous collections currently in existence. The collections presented in this series are mainly in America, but collections in other countries are included. The owners of the collections range from keen amateur big game hunters to well-known professionals. This is the second volume in this handsome series, it includes the collections of Kenneth Whitehead, Jack O'Connor and the Powell-Cotton museum. PREVIOUS PRICE £55.00.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2001). (2001) later reprint. Folio (235 x 310mm). Ppiv,208. Colour photographs throughout. Red boards titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A lavish and elaborate celebration of the taxidermist's art. A number of wealthy big-game hunters show off their extraordinary collections of mounted game and big-game animals. Author or editor not named. This is Safari Press's project to record, and make available, as many trophy collections as possible. The anonymous author observed that trophy collections seem to last about twenty-five years before being broken up and disposed of, and took steps to record the numerous collections currently in existence. The collections presented in this series are mainly in America, but collections in other countries are included. The owners of the collections range from keen amateur big game hunters to well-known professionals such as Kenneth Whitehead. PREVIOUS PRICE £45.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. New Edition. Bound in immaculate green leatherette, with gilt titles to front board and spine, this 1993 hardcover Reprint is FINE in FINE dustjacket (unclipped). 192pp with Foreword, 19 Chapters/Stories and clean decorated endpapers. Condition as new!

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1993). (1985) 1993 1st US edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp240. B/w photographs, illustrations, decorative end-papers. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly rubbed and faded dust-wrapper. Geoffrey Boothroyd was a frequent contributor to The Shooting Times over decades. "For this, the first of two books on the shotgun, a selection has been chosen from well over 800 articles dealing with the history and development of the sporting shotgun." Most of the photographs are the author's own. Chapters include; A brief history - early history, the flintlock perfected, the detonator, the early breechloaders, the development of the breechloader, successes and failures, the breechloader perfected, new ideas, repeating shotguns; Flint guns - double flintlock shotgun, a detached lock, "hammerless flintlock", "tin box" gun; The percussion gun - more about Forsyth and his lock, the development of the detonator, percussion locks, the conversion, a converted Manton, Scott percussion shotgun, the percussion hammer, Charles Jones patent locks, William Greener's muzzle loader, a late muzzle loader; Shooting the muzzle loading shotgun - the early breechloaders, the pinfire; Lefaucheux, modified Lefaucheux; After Lefaucheux - a Purdey pinfire, the Adams pinfire, those cunning craftsmen, the lock fast action, the Westley Richards pinfire, the Jones action, a lump to each barrel, sliding barrels, a sliding Egg, slide forward barrels, Rees L. Lloyd of Belper, pinfires are fun, Gasquoine & Dyson of Manchester, the Birmingham gun trade in 1868, the central-fire hammer breechloader; Miscellany - Schneider of Paris, central-fire conversions, the Westley Richards patents, a double double pinfire, odds and ends, Charles Lancaster's breechloader, Pape of Newcastle, Pape's extractor system, the Purdey bolt, Wiggan & Elliott shotgun, self-cocking hammer guns, Perkes' patent self-cocking guns, Stephen Grant sidelever, Stephen Grant underlever, hammers, Chassepot shotgun, a pair of Lancasters, H. Holland London, Holland & Holland Paradox No. 15629, tracing a gunmaker. .

Condition: New. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2010). 2010 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 236mm). Ppxvi,336. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w sketches by the author. Decorative publisher's end-papers. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine in spine-faded dust-wrapper. As the longtime editor of SCI's Safari magazine, Quimby had the chance to hunt on multiple continents for all the sundry game animals found there. In this book he tells us of hunts across North and South America; South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and other parts of Africa; Spain; Mongolia; and New Zealand. Chapters include:- Everything must start someplace; Mule deer - my first big-game animal; The only creature I'm smarter than; Arizona whitetails are special; My quest for Householder's big ten; Pronghorn and bear - numbers seven and eight; Two months on horseback for a lion; A desert ram makes it ten; Expanding my horizons beyond Arizona; Wyoming's one shot antelope hunt; A big moose and a lot of snow; Has anyone seen our caribou guide?; Africa! I wanted to pinch myself; Kudus, sables, and six-ton rattlesnakes; A tour of the 'old' South Africa; "For as long as it takes"; Collecting specimens for the SCI museum; I find the "real" Africa; After a miss, my best-ever trophy; My Mongolian adventure begins; I pet a yak, sleep in a yurt, hunt a (Y) elk; Europe, the South Pacific, and South America; It's been a good life. PREVIOUS PRICE £35.00.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1993). (1985) 1993 1st US edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp240. B/w photographs, illustrations, decorative end-papers. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper with bookseller's sticker to rear. Geoffrey Boothroyd was a frequent contributor to The Shooting Times over decades. "For this, the first of two books on the shotgun, a selection has been chosen from well over 800 articles dealing with the history and development of the sporting shotgun." Most of the photographs are the author's own. Chapters include; A brief history - early history, the flintlock perfected, the detonator, the early breechloaders, the development of the breechloader, successes and failures, the breechloader perfected, new ideas, repeating shotguns; Flint guns - double flintlock shotgun, a detached lock, "hammerless flintlock", "tin box" gun; The percussion gun - more about Forsyth and his lock, the development of the detonator, percussion locks, the conversion, a converted Manton, Scott percussion shotgun, the percussion hammer, Charles Jones patent locks, William Greener's muzzle loader, a late muzzle loader; Shooting the muzzle loading shotgun - the early breechloaders, the pinfire; Lefaucheux, modified Lefaucheux; After Lefaucheux - a Purdey pinfire, the Adams pinfire, those cunning craftsmen, the lock fast action, the Westley Richards pinfire, the Jones action, a lump to each barrel, sliding barrels, a sliding Egg, slide forward barrels, Rees L. Lloyd of Belper, pinfires are fun, Gasquoine & Dyson of Manchester, the Birmingham gun trade in 1868, the central-fire hammer breechloader; Miscellany - Schneider of Paris, central-fire conversions, the Westley Richards patents, a double double pinfire, odds and ends, Charles Lancaster's breechloader, Pape of Newcastle, Pape's extractor system, the Purdey bolt, Wiggan & Elliott shotgun, self-cocking hammer guns, Perkes' patent self-cocking guns, Stephen Grant sidelever, Stephen Grant underlever, hammers, Chassepot shotgun, a pair of Lancasters, H. Holland London, Holland & Holland Paradox No. 15629, tracing a gunmaker. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 2009). 2009 1st edition. Small oblong paperback (155 x 102mm). Ppx,147 + 3pp ads. Coloured photographs throughout, diagrams, painting. French-fold card covers. Fine new copy. Pocket-sized guide to buffalo anatomy, sex determination and estimation of age and trophy value. This is a clear, useful book with many excellent explanatory photographs. It follows the same format as the author's The Perfect Shot: Mini Edition for Africa. The photographs are by Catherine Robertson, with artwork by Samantha Robertson and Cathy Nel and a frontispiece painting by Natalie Robertson. .