Language: English
Published by Briar Patch Press
Seller: Springbok Books, Oak Ridge, TN, U.S.A.
First 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.
Published by [ENGLISH: - - - Engraving by Samuel Andersson (1773-1857), showing his proposal for a tomb for Swedish artist Elias Martin, with engraved text stating that the latter was a "Gentleman and Associate of the Royal Academy of Painting in London", and a fellow of the Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, deceased on January 25, 1818, aged 79. 10,2 by 13,8 cms. Later impression from the original plate on laid paper with unicorn watermark, uncut, with an inscription in blue caryon near the bottom edge of the sheet. Very fine.], 1857
Seller: Hatt Rare Books ILAB & CINOA, Hägersten, Sweden
Kopparstick på randat papper. Odaterat. Senare avdrag från originalplåten, utfört av koppartryckare Georg Lundin (1882-1948) som även ägt bladet. 10,2 x 13,8 cm (plåten), 21,5 x 30,5 cm (bladet). Vattenmärke: enhörning. Påskrift i blå krita: "Provtryck svart färg med lut." / Litteratur: Hultmark & Moselius sid. 15. Utformat som ett notifikationskort, med texten: "Elias Martin / Gentleman and Associate of the Royal Academy of Painting in London, / Ledamot af Kongl. Målare och Bildhuggare Academien i Stockholm, / samt Ledamot af Kongl. Patriotiska Sällskapet, / Afled den 25 Januarii 1818 i en ålder af 79 år.".