SAFARIS REVISITED: THE BEST OF SAFARI MAGAZINE OF THE 1970s. Selected and introduced by Keith Winfield Bates.

1991 1st edition. 4to (180 x 262mm). Ppviii,228. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Paul Bosman. Brown faux leather boards, lion, shield and spears motif in gilt to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies.

" Keith Bates, editor of Safari Magazine during its early years, has selected his favorite articles appearing in the magazine during his tenure and tells about his experiences with each author. The articles cover a range of big game hunting subjects spanning all continents on which big game animals are hunted. In his foreword, bates talks about problems of producing the struggling magazine during the 1970s and how it came to be the most respected journal in the world of international big game hunting. Bill Quimby, the magazine's present editor, brings the reader up to date". Contents include:- Introduction by Warren Parker; Foreword by William R. (Bill) Quimby; In the beginning by Keith Winfield Bates; Mbogo, the black one by Bud Branham; Leopard in my tent by Freddie Seed; Bucking the odds for Alberta bighorn by Tilman Cavert Jr; The Pacific walrus by Lynn Castle; Sudan's best by Dr. Carroll L. Mann; Hunting the blue sheep of Nepal by Maylon T. (Butch) White; Killer of Lilliaba by Freddie Seed; Desert sheep in the Gobi by George B. Johnson; Safari in Kenya by Bill Ricketts; A successful operation by Dr. Carroll L. Mann III; Mauled by Loren D. Stark; Grand slam by Bill Wheless as told to Loren D. Stark; Deadly desert lions by Keith Winfield Bates; Grey ghost of Gage's Point by Maurice H. Stans; Father and son grand slam on elephant by John Del Savio; A place called Vermejo by Keith Winfield Bates; Of big bears and ptarmigans by Keith Winfield Bates; Double on oryx by John Del Savio; Kiboobie for three Capt. by John H. Brandt; Sitatunga swamplands by Gerald L. Warnock; Maneater of Batar by Jack Leeds; Six point meadow by Jack Beal; When you see him, you know it! by Andy Oldfield; Grand slam in one year by C.J. McElroy; Trophy hunting by Elgin T. Gates.