Stigand Capt (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second edition 1913. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Foxed throughout. Publishers green imitation crocodile cloth with gilt and black decoration. Bevelled boards. Top of spine lightly bumped and some light rubbing to the edges and corners. Some very light marking t…

Hardcover. Condition: VG to vg+. Second Edition. 310 pp, profuse ill, + ads in rear. One of Stigand's more in depth works on East African big game hunting with special sections on stalking, spoor, coloration. Incl the game of Uganda and the eastern Congo as well as the game of the different geographical regions incl. plains and…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. First American. And other recollections during 13 years wanderings. With an intro by Theodore Roosevelt. 379 pp, ill. One of the great elephant hunting classics by the prolific and widely collected (and respected) author of big game hunting classics. Vg+ in original cloth binding. The spine has faded s…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. First. 348 pp, ill, folding map in rear. One other text map last page. Journey through the unexplored regions of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) by Lake Rudolph to the Kingdom of Menelik. Classic travel, exploration and hunting title by the noted big game hunter/author. VG+ condition in contemporary half-leat…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First. 253 pp, ill, folding map. Stigand was a hunter, tracker and explorer of extraordinary ability. He was also Governor of the Mongalla Province in which the Lado Enclave was located. One of the better books on this area. Very scarce in first edition. Vg+ copy in contemporary half-leather bind…

Second edition (first published 1909). 4to. xii, 310, (8, related ads) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Czech Africa, p. 156: "A handsome volume that examines wild game, its habitat, and spoor within Kenya, Uganda, and the eastern Congo regions. Stigand observes game traits on the plains, and in the bush and forested ar…

First American edition. 8vo. xv, (1), 379 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Czech Africa, p. 156: "A pre-eminent hunting title, this details Stigand's big game hunting efforts primarily in British East Africa, North Eastern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and the Lado Enclave. He includes chapters on hunting rhinoceros, buffalo, an…

First American edition. 8vo. xv, (1), 379 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates. Czech Africa, p. 156: "A pre-eminent hunting title, this details Stigand's big game hunting efforts primarily in British East Africa, North Eastern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and the Lado Enclave. He includes chapters on hunting rhinoceros, buffalo, an…

Hardcover. First Edition. Scarce title by author better known for big game hunting. A collection of Swahili stories illustrated by John Hargrave. Pictorial buckram boards (depicting hyenas) a little bumped at extremities and a little dusty with small light stain to upper cover. Very minor foxing to fore-edge and a couple of page…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Quarto. x, errata, 310pp. plus adverts to rear (missing one leaf of adverts). Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. Former owners blind stamp and signature to half title. Bound in green cloth in simulated crocodile hide pattern with gilt titles on spine and upper board, and wit…

First edition; 4to., xi, 310pp., 8pp. ads. at end, 54 plates; original green crocodile patterned cloth gilt, vignette to upper cover, a fine copy. 'A handsome volume that examines wild game, its habitat, and spoor within Kenya, Uganda, and the eastern Congo regions. Stigand observes game traits on the plains, and in the bush and…

2nd. xii 315 pages, errata slip, 4to with 67 full page plates including 2 folding, introduction by F. C Selous some spotting to the end papers, armorial bookplate to front paste down of, J. Johnstone. Publishers' orange cloth tiled in black with blind stamped paw print to the upper cover light rubbing to edges and corners, base…

Capt. C. H. Stigand, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S. The Game of British East Africa. London: Horace Cox, 1913. Second edition. Quarto. 310pp. Illustrated with b/w photos. Publisher's green faux-crocodile textured pictorial cloth, spine and front cover lettered and decorated in gilt. . Rubbed, stained, and edgeworn to spine and boards; hinges…

2nd. xii 315 pages, errata slip, 4to with 67 full page plates including 2 folding, introduction by F. C Selous. Publishers' orange cloth tiled in black with blind stamped paw print to the upper cover.A very good copy the cloth clean " A key book for both the novice and experienced hunter. It combines the knowledge of 2 experienc…

XI + 310 pages, 54 Plates, 4to. 8 pages sporting adverts, very light spotting to prelims and page edges o/w a vg clean copy. Green simulated crocodile hide cloth with gilt title and native vignette in black to upper board, vg. interesting chapters comparing hunting big game to shooting also on stalking, Wild game, its habitats,…

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 379, [1], [6] ads; folding table giving particulars of 25 felled elephants, 27 photographic illustrations on 16 plates; some rubbing at the extremities, otherwise a very good copy in original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Czech, Africa, p. 156: "A pre-eminent elephant hunting tit…