Safari Books Wanted

[deewayne2003]

Looking for a few good books on the following- Safari/Hunting, dangerous game rifles, travel.

No specific titles come to mind although hard covers are prefered, I'm looking to stock up on reading material to pull me away from the computer screen.

Exclusion list of books I've already read = Capstick, Jim Corbett, ballistics in perspective, Big Game and Big Game Rifles.

Send me a PM if you have some good reading material you can let go of.

 

[rookhawk]

Deewayne2003 I recommend going to abebooks.com and doing some searches.

Must have books: leather bound copy of Pondoro Taylor’s African Rifles and Sporting Cartridges will run as little as $40. Anything by Robert Ruark. A perfect shot by Kevin Robertson. WDM Bell’s Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter. Teddy Roosevelt’s book on African Safaris (can’t remember the title), Craig Boddington’s safari books.

Abebooks is an awesome resource for finding used and out of print books globally.

 

[sierraone]

Absolutely agree with RH. Used Abebooks dozens of times when I was contracting and was primarily buying archaeology books concerning the Middle East and the Roman Empire. Later bought more than a few English gun and rifle books from them.

 

[Don Hinton]

I found some great books on eBay. Bought complete series on Capstick

 

[Arctic97]

Ahhhh books.....nothing better to whet the hunters' appetite....Yes, eBay and Abebooks are good places to start, as is Safari Press and Trophy Room Books.....Most of these came from antique book stores that almost every village in England and Wales used to have - days before the internet ruined the fun of the hunt for a great book! One of the best places ever for a book safari was a little town that was full of antique book stores called Hay-On-The-Wye.....scoring a great title back then was like stalking in the bush - you never knew what you might come across.

 

[deewayne2003]

Forgot to list “wandering of an elephant hunter” by Bell; I’ve read it already.

Artic97 as you mention the hunt for good books, that is what I am trying to replicate in the digital age.

By placing this add I was hoping basically to conduct a literary “Driven hunt”.....

Who knows what dust covered books might break from the cover of an over looked or under appreciated book shelf.... or box headed to an estate sale.

Still looking

 

[Arctic97]

Forgot to list “wandering of an elephant hunter” by Bell; I’ve read it already.

Artic97 as you mention the hunt for good books, that is what I am trying to replicate in the digital age.

By placing this add I was hoping basically to conduct a literary “Driven hunt”.....

Who knows what dust covered books might break from the cover of an over looked or under appreciated book shelf.... or box headed to an estate sale.

Still looking

I am working at sea right now, but when I get home in a few weeks I will dig around and see if I can find any titles I am willing to let go of. I have been collecting for 40 years, so I am always upgrading editions with better ones, etc. I usually gift the less desirable editions to friends and family members but I will look and see what I can find and let you know.....

 

[jpr9954]

Here is another place to look for older out of print books. I used to get a number of British fly fishing books from them.

https://www.anglebooks.com/about-coch-y-bonddu/

Coch y Bonddu is in Wales.

 

[Trail Rated]

Teddy Roosevelt’s book on African Safaris (can’t remember the title

African Game Trails, definitely worth reading.

Green Hills of Africa and Under Kilimanjaro are Hemingway’s semi-fictionalized accounts of his safaris from the 1930s and 1950s.

 

[C.W. Richter]

Also Kevin Robertson's other book, Africa's Most Dangerous (it's more of a excellent technical document on arms/ammo primarily for buff, but if everyone read it they wouldn't repeat the same questions over and over on here!) 'Have a whole library of 'em and have read some 10x or more, but not ready to part w/ 'em just yet...Also Denis Lydel, he wrote the book but it was edited and re-issued by Capstick (he did that a lot. Update others' writings with a pretty pic on the cover.)

 

[C.W. Richter]

Although the books are nicer to have, another member here shared this website with me (and they have 905,000 books on hunting Africa, online!) https://www.hathitrust.org/

 

[sierraone]

Ahhhh books.....nothing better to whet the hunters' appetite....Yes, eBay and Abebooks are good places to start, as is Safari Press and Trophy Room Books.....Most of these came from antique book stores that almost every village in England and Wales used to have - days before the internet ruined the fun of the hunt for a great book! One of the best places ever for a book safari was a little town that was full of antique book stores called Hay-On-The-Wye.....scoring a great title back then was like stalking in the bush - you never knew what you might come across.View attachment 403716

I got in on the London book stores just before the internet really took off and became what it is today. The shop owners in London and to a lesser extent Paris were constantly complaining about the internet and Amazon. This was in about 2000- 2010 or so. It was a lot of fun and occasionally I would be in a shop that was pushing 200 years old. African and archaeology books always topped my interest.

 

[Still alive]

Safari press.com. Has some really nice books. Their in Huntington Beach California

 

[JPmbogo]

"Safari" by Bartle Bull and then all the rest will follow.

 

[freefall]

You looking for entertainment or enlightenment?

 

[sierraone]

"Safari" by Bartle Bull and then all the rest will follow.

The first Safari related book I ever bought...around 1990 or so. A great book.

 

[deewayne2003]

You looking for entertainment or enlightenment?

Both,

I like reading for knowledge about the calibers and also about the real world experiences of people who hunted (especially elephant) for a living.

Also I’ve taken a liking to Jim Corbett & Anderson’s exploits of hunting man eaters in India; especially the methodology of both the hunters and the details of the man eaters they pursue.

 

[freefall]

For entertainment you can't beat Ruark's "Horn of the Hunter" and Brian Herne's " White Hunters".

 

[alg22]

I have many books to post as my father in law had a large collection. Will post some this week

 

[alg22]

Posted my FIL safari books in Classifieds.

African Safari Books

$1+ as a placeholder while I do research and after ammo/reloading gear Here are my father-in-laws Safari books from 1 bin. Let me know if any are of interest to you. Appreciate advice on value.

www.africahunting.com