The Wild Sports Of Southern Africa

London: Pelham Richardson, 1844. Fourth edition, and a preferred edition as the first edition did not include the hand-coloured lithographic plates. Illustrated with 26 hand-colored lithographed plates, folding map at rear. Tall, royal 8vo, very handsomely bound by Period Binders of Bath, England in three-quarter sienna morocco over marbled boards, the spine with raised bands gilt… Read more about this item

London: Pelham Richardson, 1844. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. Signed binding of contemporary half maroon morocco by R. H. Porter. Spine in six compartments, gilt titles and vignettes, raised bands tooled in gilt. Pebble-grain maroon cloth sides, all edges gilt. Bound with Plate IV, 'The Gnoo', as frontispiece. The non-hunting Plate I, 'Chief Moselekatse', appears supplied from another… Read more about this item

London: Pelham Richardson, Cornhill, 1844. Fourth edition., 1844. The fourth edition, being the first edition with the two extra chapters and full compliment of hand-colored lithographic plates. 8vo. Frontispiece hand-colored plate; half-title hand-colored plate. xvi, 359 pp. Illustrated with 26 hand-colored lithographic plates. Fold-out lithographic map in rear with route marked in red. Modern 3/4 red morocco binding with five… Read more about this item

Camden, SC: African Collection series - Briar Patch Press, 1987. Collector's Reprint edition. . Full Dark Brown Leather hardcover. Very Good. Thick octavo (a bit larger than standard size). Gilt design and lettering on spine, with gilt lettering on cover. All pages edges gilt. Some shelf wear to edges and corners of boards and pages. 359 p. w/color… Read more about this item

C. Struik, Cape Town, 1963. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. Reprint. 359 pages (complete). A tight, sound book. The dustjacket is secure and sure and amiable. It has scuffing, wear, marks. The green board covers are very handsome and smart. Inside, the end papers have some tanning. The pages are generous,… Read more about this item

Books of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo,, 1991. 8vo., with additional coloured portrait frontispiece, coloured frontispiece, coloured engraved and printed titles, coloured plates and folding map coloured in outline; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. African Hunting Reprint Series, vol. 9. High-quality facsimile reissue of the original Richardson fourth edition… Read more about this item

Cape Town: C. Struik. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1963. Facsimile. Hardcover. Edges, endpapers, and verso of jacket mildly foxed. Jacket lightly rubbed at edges; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 360 pages; A facsimile of the 1852 edition .

London: William Pickering, 1841. Third edition. Some nearly imperceptible expert restoration, mild scuffing to boards with two small scrapes to rear panel, overall near fine and internally bright and free of foxing. In custom mylar cover.. Full polished tan calf, black leather title label in one compartment, remaining 5 spine compartments elaborately gilt.