Other Big Game Hunting

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Other Big Game Hunting Books

To really enjoy hunting big game today one should have an idea of what hunting was like 150 or so years ago.

After more than 40 years of hunting big game and reading hunting books, my recommendations for the books that every hunter of North American big game should have in his/her library are: The Wilderness Hunter (Roosevelt), Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter (Roosevelt), Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (Roosevelt), Hunting (Grinnell, Rainsford, et al.), American Big Game Hunting (Boone and Crockett Club), Recent Hunting Trips in British North America (Selous), Tales of a Big Game Guide (Annabel), Campfires and Game Trails (Boddington), Jack O'Connor's Big Game Hunts, and Elmer Keith's Big Game Hunting. Of course there are literally hundreds of other books, but these are among my favorites.

A book is a first edition if it is so stated on the copyright page, and, usually, if the year on the title page is the same as the copyright.

Examine the photos carefully as they are an integral part of the description.

	Boone and Crockett Club. Hunting Trails on Three Continents

	Limited Edition 1992 reprint of 1933 First Edition. LIKE NEW. The seventh book of the Boone and Crockett "Acorn" series. However, both the original and this edition have only six acorns on the spine. This is the only one of the series with gold titles and decorations. 302 pages with fifteen full page illustrations, most from photographs.
	Price: $40

	Boone and Crockett Club Hunting in Many Lands

	1895 First Edition. Second book of the Boone and Crockett "Acorn" series. Spine sun faded but all silver titles and decorations intact, which is unusual for this series. New spine cloth with most of original spine relaid. Some discoloration of covers (see photos). 447 pages with 16 illustrations. Ex-library copies in good condition and a copy with no spine decoration and cracked internal hinges are selling for $70 or more. A good minus copy and priced accordingly.
	Price: $35

	Boddington, C. Campfires and Game Trails

	1989 First Edition Safari Press. Near fine. No DJ issued. 295 pages with numerous photos. Boddington is a great author who has written numerous articles and authored several books.
	Price: $25

	Camp, Ray (Ed). Hunting Trails

	1961. First Edition. 502 pages. Anthology of hunting stories by Hemingway, Hunter, Corbett, Annabel, Buckingham, Babcock, and others. Illustrated.Very good in good price-clipped jacket.
	Price: $20

	Chandler, Roy. Alaskan Hunter

	1977 First Edition Near Fine. A large book (11 in by 9 in) with a letter by Chandler encouraging NRA membership and bemoaning attacks on our hunting and gun ownership rights printed on the inside of the front cover. These rights have been under attack for decades. 281 pages with index and many photos. Interestingly, the type is all capital letters. An uncommon title with only ten copies on-line and only three in VG or better condition. An excellent book on Alaskan hunting.
	Price: $125.00

	Grinnell, Rainsford, et.al. Hunting

	1897 printing of 1896 First Edition. 327 pages with 53 illustrations. Very good. North American big game hunting in the nineteenth century by Grinnell, Rainsford and others.
	Price: $35

	Herbert, H.W. Frank Forester's Field Sports Vol. I and II

	1860 New and revised edition of 1849 original printing. Fair condition for its 160 years plus age. Stamp on title page reads "Property of Webb's Academy and Home for Ship Builders". This is the only ex-library mark in either book. Has "Vol. I" on spine of volume II but this is a binding mistake as "Vol II" is denoted on title page. Big game and bird hunting in the United States and Canada in the early nineteenth century.
	Price: $50

	House, Edward. A Hunter's Camp-Fires

	1909 First Edition. Illustration of warthog skull on front cover. Covers fair with spotting and wear of spine cloth. Titles in gilt. Front and rear interior hinges reinforced with conservator's mending tissue. This is a heavy book. 402 pages are very good and firmly bound. Tales of hunting on three continents. 80 photographs by author.
	Price: $58

	Huntington, Dwight. Our Big Game

	1904 First Edition. 347 pages with index. Illustrated with 16 photographs. Big game animals at the end of the nineteenth century. Good with new endpapers. 1/8 inch loss of cloth at tail of spine.
	Price: $25

	McIntyre, T. Dreaming the Lion

	1993 First Edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Hunting big game in various countries, with some fishing thrown in. The prose is Hemingway-like with just the right amount of humor. A great read. 309 pages with 21 intext and full page illustrations.
	Price: $40

	Roosevelt, Kermit and Theodore, Jr. East of the Sun West of the Moon

	Wolfe Publishing limited edition of the Roosevelt brothers' classic 1926 work on hunting in Asia. Near fine.
	Price: $25

	SCI. Safari Revisited: 1970's

	1991. Limited First Edition 310/1000. Near fine in very good DJ. The best hunting stories in the SCI magazine from the 1070's. 228 pages with numerous photos and illustrations.
	Price: $60

	SCI. Safari Revisited: 1980's

	1992 Limited First Edition. 299/1000. Near fine in very good DJ. 240 pages with numerous photos and illustrations. The best hunting stories from SCI magazine from the 1980's.
	Price: $60

	Seery-Lester, J. Legends of the Hunt

	2009 First Trade Edition. Like new in near fine DJ (there is a barely visible scratch on the rear panel. See photo). 200 pages with 108 full page color plates (of which 5 are double page). Title and author are blind stamped on front cover and spine. Signed by author. Contains stories of the man eaters of Tsavo, Roosevelt's 1909-1910 safari, Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen, Ernest Hemingway, and others. Each one accompanied by paintings depicting aspects of the story line. It is rare to have an internationally acclaimed artist who is also a good writer. The only other person I can think of who fits in that category is John G. Millais who wrote and illustrated "A Breath from the Veldt" in 1895. The first of Sir John Seery-Lester's books. He recently passed so demand for his works will grow. A great read with great artwork. This is a large book: 12 in. by 11 in.
	Price: $75

	Waterman, Charles. Hunting in America

	1973 First Edition. Near fine with prior owner's blind stamp on title page. This edition was printed in Italy and bound in faux leather. Numerous in-text and full page illustrations. 250 pages with index. Explores hunting in America from the first humans to modern hunters. Much on the weapons used. A beautiful and impressive book. 11 inches by 9 inches.
	Price: $25