A Blayney Percival (58 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A Game Ranger's Note Book. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Minor fading on the boards. Minor stain on the boards and edges. Text is clean. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 462 pages. 8.50x5.39x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (Hunting, Kenya) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Full Leather. Condition: Fine. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo.409pp. Bound into full brown leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. Marble endpapers. Published as part of the African Collection.

1st. 8vo. 374pp. Scans on Request. Frontmatter and rearmatter rather foxed, text block. lightly foxed. New Rebind: Repaired, rebound in green cloth, new lettering etc.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Illustrations from photographs by the author and Martin Johnson. 409 pages, rust leather, a.e.g. Camden, S.C.: Briar Patch Press, (1987). Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. ISBN: 0922724075. CLEAN CONTENT PAGES. SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE INFORMATION. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Front cover is bumped in lower left corner; spine has faded and is frayed and the decorative paper chipped off at bottm; former owner's name in green ink on ffep; otherwise a clean and sound copy of this book; fold-out map in back in very nice condition. Proceeds from this sale benefit the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Briar Patch Press, Slipcased Limited Edition. Number 78 Of 500 Such Numbered And Slipcased Copies. Brown Leather With Gold Lettering And Gilt Page Ends. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Have A Tiny Bit Of Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Book.…

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. xxvii, 409 pp. Light brown leather-covered boards with gilt titles, decorations, and page edges. An apparently unread copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 409pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown leather with gilt stamped titles and decorative designs on the spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Marbled endsheets. With only very minor scratching to the gilt on the fore-edge of the text block. With illustrations from photographs by the author and Mr. Martin Johnson. Naturalist and ornithologist A. Blayney Percival arrived in East Africa from Arabia where he had been in charge of a British Museum expedition. He was first an Assistant Collector, and in 1901 was appointed Ranger of Game Reserves. Later, he was Chief Game Warden for many years (1915-1923). Special edition produced for The African Collection.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Trade Ed Reprint. 409 pp, ill., all edges gilt. Percival was a member of the Kenya Game Dept for 23 years. His chapters on lions and elephants are excellent. Also info on stalking, tracking. Fine in original gilt stamped imit leather binding, marbled end papers, all edges gilt and silk ribbon marker. Lovely presentation of a classic work. Trade Ed (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Third printing (November, 1927). Good. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards bumped at corners. Slight forward lean to spine, which is also a bit sunned (though titling remains quite legible). Mild to moderate sporadic foxing to contents, primarily in margins where present. Unmarked. Binding is secure. 374 pages, followed by a folding map.…

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Almost Vg. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase Fine. Limited Ed Set: 1,000 Sets. 374 pp, ill, fold out map and 305 pp, ill, fold out map. Limited ed. reprints of two super books by Percival. These are the fifteenth and sixteenth books in the African Hunting Heritage Series. If you're not going to spring for the first editions, then this splendid slipcased set, complete with fold out maps and all edges gilt is the nicest next alternative. Percival is one of the progressive game wardens who paved the way for development of the modern safari industry in the golden days in East Africa. Much on the big five, dangerous game and spiral horned antelope as well as all the denizens of the African big game hunting fields. Lettering on spine has faded significantly and should be viewed on website. Contents fine as well as slipcase. Priced accordingly. Part of Amwell Set (illustrator). S/by Auth. Granddaughter.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Brown leather with gilt text and illustrations, marbled endpapers, satin ribbon,Deluxe limited edition of 500 no number assigned. Linen slipcase is in very good condition.

Full Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Orig Slipcase Fine. Dlx Ltd Ed Rept: only 500 Copies. 409 pp, ill, all edges gilt. Part of the Briar Patch African collection. Percival was a most respected game warden in East Africa serving for about 23 years. He hunted big game throughout the country. Fre are considered to have more experience. Orig full leather binding and slipcase fine. Deluxe Edition (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Brown leather boards with gilt lettering and cloth covered slipcase. Brand new, multiple copies available.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Complete with Illustrations from photographs by the Author and Mr. Martin. Johnson also including a map at the rear of the book. Frontispiece. publication of 374 pages. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. There is foxing on the block of the book, as well as on the early and last pages. The text is legible. the binding is Excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Orig Slipcase VG. Limited Ed Set: 1,000 Sets. 374 pp, ill, fold out map and 305 pp, ill, fold out map. Limited ed. reprints of two super books by Percival. These are the fifteenth and sixteenth books in the African Hunting Heritage Series. If you're not going to spring for the first editions, then this splendid slipcased set, complete with fold out maps and all edges gilt is the nicest next alternative. Percival is one of the progressive game wardens who paved the way for development of the modern safari industry in the golden days in East Africa. Much on the big five, dangerous game and spiral horned antelope as well as all the denizens of the African big game hunting fields. Fine set VG (one corner lightly bumped) slipcase. Part of Amwell Set (illustrator). S/by Auth. Granddaughter.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. THIS SET IS LISTED FOR SALE ON BIBLIO AND FACEBOOK FOR A CHEAPER PRICE. 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 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 Middleton. 2. Sir Samuel White Baker, The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia. xxxvi, 606 pages. Illustrated. New Introduction by Jim Casada. 3. Sir Samuel White Baker, Wild Beasts and Their Ways. xxxii, 455 pages. Illustrated. New Introduction by Jim Casada. 4. Abel Chapman, On Safari. xxxiv, 336 pages. Illustrated. Foreword by Mary Zeiss Stange. 5. F. R. N. Findlay, Big Game Shooting and Travel in Southeast Africa. xxviii, 313 Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 6. Edouard Foa, After Big Game in Central Africa. xxxiv, 326 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 7. Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming, A Hunter's Life in S. Africa. xxvi, 352 pages. New Introduction by Gary Clendennen 8. William Cornwallis Harris, The Wild Sports of Southern Africa. xxxii , 359 pages. New Foreword by Tom Ofcansky. 9. Denis D. Lyell, The Hun ting & Spoor of Central African Game. Xxxvi, 225. Lengthy Foreword by John MacKenzie. 10. John Guille Millais, A Breath from the Veldt. xxviii, 345 pages. New Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow. Book in its original folio size. A gem, with the artwork by Millais being truly striking 11. Arthur Neumann, Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa. xxxvi, 320 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada 12. J. H. Patterson, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo. xlii, 351 pages. Introduction by Tom Ofcansky, Foreword by Frederick C. Selous 13. A. Blayney Percival, A Game Ranger's Notebook. [xxvi], 409 pages. New Introduction by John Mackenzie 14. Count Josef Potocki, Sport in Somaliland. xx, 136 pages. Folding map. New Foreword by F. Phillips Williamson. Full folio size of original. 15. W. H. Powell-Cotton, A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia. xxxvi, 521 pages. New Foreword by Jim Casada 16. Theodore Roosevelt, African Game Trails. xl, 559 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by John Fair. 17. Frederick Courtney Selous, African Nature Notes and Reminiscences. xxxviii, 348 pages. Illustrated. Introduction by Jim Casada, Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. 18. Frederick Courtney Selous, A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa. xxxii, 455 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 19. James Sutherland, The Adventures of an Elephant Hunter. xxxvi, 320 pages. Illustrated. Introduction by Jim Casada. 20. John Willoughby, East Africa and Its Big Game. xxviii, 303 pages. Illustrated, index. Foreword by Jim Casada. 21. W. D. M. Bell, The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter. xxviii, 188 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Thomas Altherr. 22. F. Vaughn Kirby, In Haunts of Wild Game. xviii, 567 pages. Illustrated. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 23. Denis D. Lyell, Memories of an African Hunter. xxx, 268 pages. Illustrated, index. New Foreword by Jim Casada. 24. The Recollections of William Finaughty, Elephant Hunter, 1864-1875. xxviii, 272 pages. Illustrated by noted artist W. R. Leigh. New Foreword by Paul Rundell. The original book was done in an edition of only 250 copies.…