The Ultimate Africa Coffee Table Book

billrquimby

AH veteran
Joined
May 11, 2009
Messages
190
Reaction score
62
Location
Tucson and Greer, Arizona
Member of
Safari Club International, Lander One Shot Antelope Hunt Past Shooters Club
Hunted
USA, Canada, Mexico, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, Argentina, Spain, Mongolia, New Zealand, Australia
Collector’s copy of Tom Brakefield’s “The Africa Book”

By Tom Brakefield with text and photographs by Brakefield, art and foreword by Bob Kuhn, the 14th in the Amwell Press African Heritage Collection published in 1984 for the National Sporting Fraternity. 210-page deluxe limited edition of 975 copies spectacularly illustrated throughout with Brakefield’s photos and Kuhn’s drawings. Oblong quarto in a white linen box with a leather cutout of the African continent. Elegant, gilt-edged pages, ribbon marker. This copy is unique in that Brakefield numbered it “BQ1” when he presented it to me a few months after I became SCI’s publications director. The book itself is as new, The box is soiled and its bottom linen is wrinkled and has mold spots. Lesser copies of these books are priced from $219 to $275 on Amazon.com and other sites. I am thinning my library and want $200 for mine. I’ll pay the shipping within the continental USA. Please PM me if you're interested.

Bill Quimby
 
From 12 years ago?
 
Bill passed away years ago I’m sorry to say.
 
Thats what I had thought too but wasnt sure.
 
Bill was a great guy. When I met him in Reno for the first time I told him how much of an impression his pic with the lion in the Weatherby catalog had on me. He got a major kick out of me remembering that from so long ago. I always enjoyed our convos on books and writing as well.
 

Forum statistics

Threads
67,911
Messages
1,509,079
Members
148,692
Latest member
PattyPierr
 

 

 

Latest profile posts

Andrew62 wrote on Imac45acp's profile.
Hello,

Am I reading your post correctly to say that the Tsavo rifle will be coming out with a composite stock later this year? I ask because I had been looking very hard for a Tsavo, but if there is going to be a composite stock model I will wait for that.

Thank you for your time,

Andrew
1r4rc wrote on Corylax18's profile.
Saw your post. Nice. Denver too. Genesee area (just off 70) if ever up this way. Alternatively, do you have a membership at GGC? Whatever, you'll have a wonderful time in Africa. Enjoy.
'68boy wrote on UNTAMED KNIVES's profile.
Did you get my info? I sent name and requested info today. Want to make sure you received it. I don’t need any serial number etc
Leaner professional hunter
MooseHunter wrote on Wildwillalaska's profile.
Hello BJ,

Don here AKA Moose Hunter. I think you got me by mistake. I have seen that rifle listed but it is not my rifle No worries
 
Top