Hunting Big Game - Volume 1+2 by Townsend Whelen

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback / softback. New. Here are the most exciting big game hunting yarns ever written about Africa and Asia. Ten superb stories on hunting lions, elephants, tigers, buffaloes, leopards and sheep, with chapters on big game rifles, equipment and knives. The authors are Selous, Baker, Kirby, Neumann, and Litledale--the most expert and fearless hunters ever to track big game. Townsend Whelen--himself a famous hunter--has been collecting these stories for years. His selections are the best and most exciting accounts of absolutely accurate true adventures. All these stories are now buried in works out of print or in limited editions unavailable to the hunting enthusiast. These tales open an almost entirely unknown world of sport: that of hunting man-killing big game alone, without the vast equipment and caravans used by modern, organized hunters and explorers. The authors tracked in unexplored countries, living and surviving and earning a livelihood by the rifle alone. The comments of the writers on… Read More

Stackpole Books, 2018. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 339 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

The MIlitary Service Publishing Co, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd printing. First free front endpaper has been removed. Light wear to corners..

Wolfe Publishing Co., 1989 Bound in quarter leather over cloth, aeg, #215/1500. This copy unread in original glassine jacket, bubble wrap and shipping box. Jacket is torn and chipped.

Wolfe Publishing, 1989. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Wolfe Pub. Co, US, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harrisburg, PA Military Service Press, 1946. Hardcover First Ed, unstated. First Ed, unstated. Very Good in Good DJ: Book shows indications of careful use: light wear to extremities; former owners' names at the front pastedown endpaper; slight spine lean. Binding remains square and secure; text clean. DJ shows fairly heavy wear; some loss to chipping and rubbing at extremities; moderate soiling at the rear panel; price has not been clipped; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a sturdy, presentable copy in a somewhat tatty DJ, but possessing a clean text. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 339pp. Introduction and Notes by the Editor. Hardback with DJ. Chapters by Charles Sheldon, Theodore Roosevelt, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Daniel Barringer, George Sears, Frederick Selous.

Harrisburg, PA: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG+. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcovers, two-volume match set bound in maroon cloth with gilt to front and spines. Exterior show minor spotting and soiling/scuffs along with edge and corner bumps. The rear board of volume 2 has a small spot near the center as seen in the fifth photo interior bindings are good and text pages are tight, no hinge issues, no signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no handwriting found. Paper is very lightly toned due to age and we did see a couple spots of light smudge marks and foxing. One of the volumes had a small Christmas present label which will be included with the book. This may be nothing but it may also provide a hint of the original owner. The back of the card reads as follows: "Dick, when I asked Mr. RMMC to autograph Vol. I, he said he would do so gladly, and would like to add Vol. II onto his… Read More

Wolfe Publishing Co, 1986. Hardcover. Like New. Light wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed! dnr