Major Swayne (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 259, [9, ads.]; illusts. from photos., one folding map, one folding plan of stalks; very good in the original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed to extremities, marked to upper board, with Rowland Ward 'zebra-skin' endpapers, in the original dust-wrapper, which is neatly restored, slightly chipped. This is a classic account of a shooting trip from Moscow across the Urals to the Altai Shan. The author relates his hunting experiences, largely for sheep and ibex, using Demidoff's After Wild Sheep in the Altai and Mongolia as guide, but he also provides much information concerning the country through which he and his companion travelled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1904 FIRST EDITION. Original reddish brown cloth, gilt lettering front & spine, zebra patterned EPs. WITH publisher's rare original printed dust jacket. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author on the verso of the FFEP and with author's inscription on the short-title page. The copy in the Brooke-Hitchings collection of books in exceptional condition did not have the dust jacket and was not signed. The book offered here is in very good condition with faint thin streak on front cover (= loss of some sheen but no staining), very slight rubbing bottom edges covers & tips corners, village/county blindstamp on FFEP, other than author's inscriptions and signature there are no owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing, complete with all plates and fold-outs. The rare dust jacket has tiny loss lower rear flap corner, tiny loss lower spine corner, no tears, some minor curling at spine ends, no restorations, no tape, no attempted repairs. Hunting Siberian Ibex Capra sibirica, mountain sheep (Siberian Argali Ovis ammon), Siberian Wapiti, and Siberian Roe Capreolus pygargus near the Siberian-Mongolian border in the Kurai Mountains just north of Kosh-Agatch on the Chuisaya Steppe (part of the greater Altai Mountain Range). Swayne was one of the first Europeans to hunt in the area. The book measures 230mm tall x 155mm, and has 259 pages + [1] + [8 pages of ads at end], b/w frontispiece photo, 60 b/w photos, 1 folding b/w plan of stalks, 1 folding b/w map at end, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: VG. First. 259 pp, ill, fold out map, zebra end papers. Wild sheep in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia and in Siberia. Excellent appendix on outfitting for wild sheep hunting in Mongolia. A book with much information that still rings true. A very scarce and desirable title in first ed. VG copy, mild corner and spine tips wear, almost imperceptible soiling at top front board.

With 60 Illustrations and Map. 259 S. Gr.-8°, Leather. Used, without slipcase, but good condition. / Leichte Gebrauchsspuren, ohne den Schuber, sonst gut erhalten. Five hundred copies for the Asian Series have been printed for John Culler & Sons. This book is number 284. Nachhaltige Buchlieferung - Stabile, plastikfreie Verpackung.

Leatherbound. Condition: Near fine. Limited reprint. #228 of 500 copies bound in maroon leather with gilt gilt letter to covers, page edges gilt, ribbon marker and decorative endpapers is near fine with a touch of rubbing and soil to covers, else tight and clean, in a near fine cloth slipcase that shows just a touch of wear as well. 259 pages with black & whites, index and couple of foldouts. Good looking copy of this installment in John Culler Asian series from the author of Seventeen Trips to Somaliland.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. With 60 illustrations and a fold-out map. No. 55 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Full red leather with gilt titles and decorations; all edges gilt; ribbon page marker. Housed in a tan, heavy cloth covered slipcase.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. xiv, 259pp, index, appendix, folding map, bw ills, page marker ribbon. Or full red leather, all edges gilt. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this #328. Near new. Includes hunting of Tibetan wild sheep and much on the peoples of Siberia and Mongolia. Originally published in 1904, this edition part of the Asian Series. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No dust jacket. Covers show some fading, scuffing, rubbing, rippling and edge rubbing, scuffing, chipping and wear. Pages are browned from age. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover and name written in fancy script in pen on second cover page.

Hardcover. Condition: ex library- fair. First Edition. xiv, 259, [9] p. 23 cm. 61 b&w plates, fold-out plan, and fold-out map. Brown cloth with gold print. Ex library with label on front cover, call number on lower spine, bookplate and stamp on front pastedown, labels and stamps on rear pastedown, ink notation title page verso. Spine ends torn and chipped, discolouration to spine, worn corners and bottom edges, dent in edge of front board. Occasional thumbing, large tear in rear map. The author describes Petersburg, Moscow, the Obi River, Altai Highlands, Mongolia, wild sheep, etc. Appendix on fitting out for Mongolia. Index.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, 8vo, xxii,385pp, illustrated, 4 folding maps, all present as called for. the final map creased and front edge frayed, slight browning, text clean and binding sound, owner's name on the patterned endpaper, brown cloth, some scratches on the boards, spine rubbed and gilt tiles dull, Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Author of SEVENTEEN TRIPS TO SOMALILAND, this volume is one of 500 copies of a limited edition, and is mostly about various wild sheep hunting in high altitudes like his predecessor Demidoff. With 60 illustrations and a map, 295 pp with index, bound in maroon red leather with spine bands, all edges gilt, silk ribbon and an attractive slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. SECOND EDITION. HARDBACK BOUND IN A LATER FULL LEATHER BINDING, FRONTIS PLUS NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FULL PAGE OR AMONG TEXT, COMPLETE WITH THE THREE FOLDING MAPS TO REAR. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 7.5 x 5 INCHES. FEW CREASES TO LEATHER ON FRONT BOARD, MINOR STAINING TO MARGINS OF ENDPAPERS WITH SOME FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, FEW NAMES RUBBED OUT & AN INK STAMP TO TITLE PAGE. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH BOARDS WELL ATTACHED & PAGES WITHIN CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

1903 London, 3rd edn, 385pp, illus, 3 fold-out map. Major Swayne hunted and surveyed extensively in Somalia and Ethiopia. He hunted lesser kudu, black rhino, oryx, gerenuk, lion, greater kudu and most of the other local antelope. Very good copy rebound in half-leather with contrasting spine labels, 5 hubs and gilt stamping, marbled boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Rowland Ward, London, UK. 1903. Xxii, 385 pgs. Illustrated. 3rd Edition. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is faded and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Major Swayne hunted and surveyed extensively in Somalia and Ethiopia. He hunted lesser kudu, black rhino, oryx, gerenuk, lion, greater kudu and most of the other local antelope. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

1895 London, 1st edn, 386pp, illus, fold-out map. Major Swayne hunted and surveyed extensively in Somalia and Ethiopia. He hunted lesser kudu, black rhino, oryx, gerenuk, lion, greater kudu and most of the other local antelope. In original buckram cloth, very good, darkened spine, slight wear top-bottom spine, inner front hinge cracked. Far above average condition.

1904 London, 259pp, 60 illus, fold-out map. Major Swayne traveled from Moscow to Mongolia to hunt Altai argali together with H. Seton Karr. He followed in the footsteps of Prince Demidoff who had hunted in the same area some years previously. He obtained sheep, ibex, maral, and Siberian roe deer. One of the better early books on Mongolia that is about as scarce as Demidoff's work. Book contains an appendix on how to outfit a trip to this area. A fine copy, inner hinges strong, cloth and gilt bright, map w/o any tears, AND the books has a VERY GOOD plus jacket which has mild foxing with slight edge wear. Very hard indeed, no impossible, to find a better copy.

Edition limited to 500 copies (this, no. 255); 8vo, pp. [10], ix-xiv, vi, xvi, 259, [3]; facsimile of the original edition of 1904, with reproductions of 60 illustrations and a folding map; original full maroon leather stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine, a.e.g.; fine copy in glassine jacket and publisher's slipcase. Issued in the publisher's Asian Series. With a new introduction by Robert J. Churchill.