Briar Patch Press, Camden, SC, 1986-90. A near-complete set of twenty-three (out of twenty-four) volumes bound in leather with gilded titles, gilt illustrations and page edges, illustrated with drawings and photos. Limited edition numbered 76 of 500. Encased individually in slipcovers.

Comprising: 

Baker, Sir Samuel W.: Wild Beasts and Their Ways

Roosevelt, Theodore: African Game Trails

Potocki, Count Joseph: Sport in Somaliland

Millais, John Guille: A Breath from the Veldt

Andersson, Charles John: Lake Ngami

Lyell, Denis: The Hunting & Spoor of Central African Game

Finaughty, William: The Recollections of William Finaughty - Elephant Hunter 1864-1875

Cumming, R. Gordon: A Hunter's Life in South Africa

Bell, W. D.M.: The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter

Selous, Frederick Courteney: African Nature Notes and Reminiscences

Sutherland, James: Adventures of an Elephant Hunter

Foa, Edouard: After Big Game in Central Africa

Kirby, Frederick Vaughan: In Haunts of Wild Game

Harris, Captain William Cornwallis: The Wild Sports of Southern Africa

Willoughby, Captain Sir John C.: East Africa and its Big Game

Neumann, Arthur: Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa

Lyell, Denis: Memories of an African Hunter

Findlay, Frederick Roderick Noble: Big Game Shooting and Travel in South-East Africa

Selous, Frederick Courteney: A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa

Percival, A. Blayney: A Game Ranger's Note-Book

Baker, Sir Samuel White: The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia

Patterson, J. H.: The Man-Eaters of Tsavo

Chapman, A.: On Safari

The largest 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.

Each with bright gilding and apparently in excellent condition, many like new. All impression stamped on the first flyleaf with the words: "Library of Howard M. Brandston."

A Breath from the Veldt with wear to the cover consistent with use and a stain on the spine.

The Wild Sports of Southern Africa with wear to the spine.

A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa with wear and scattered staining to the spine.

A Game Ranger's Note Book with light wear to the spine.

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia with scattered scratches to the spine.

Three volumes with significantly lighter spines than covers due to exposure to light, including: The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, and A Breath from the Veldt.

Notwithstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.