3496 A DESIRABLE GROUPING OF REFERENCE BOOKS DETAILING

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This item SOLD at 2025 Aug 10 @ 15:38UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT
Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 350.00 USD
Estimated at 700.00 - 900.00 USD
EARLY GUNMAKERS & AFRICAN HUNTING. Lot contains books consisting of: No.1: "The Early Purdeys" by Unsworth. Signed copy. / No.2: "Westley Richards & Co. In Pursuit of the Best Gun" by Musson. Sealed in factory shipping box. / No.3: "London Gunmakers" by Brown. In sealed wrapper. / No.4: "Suhler Luxusgewehre" by Arfman. In sealed wrapper. / No.5: Six volume set. "African Hunting Reprint Series by, Books of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, 1981" in a wooden display case. "A Hunter's Life in Africa Volume 1 & 2" by Cumming, "The Recollections of an Elephant Hunter 1864-1875" by William Finaughty, "Hunter's Wanderings in Africa" by F. C. Selous, "Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa" by Neumann & "African Hunting and Adventure" by WM. Charles Baldwin. / No.6: "Gamefield Classics" by McIntosh & Headrick. In sealed wrapper. CONDITION: books are in excellent condition w/ very little handling wear. Wooden case has very little handling wear, but retains remnants of paper wrapping. PROVENANCE: from the renowned collection of quality sporting arms from Lewis Drake together with inventory of Lewis Drake Associates. (02-23570-6/RW). NON-GUN. $700-900.