WIND, DUST, AND SNOW II. By Robert M. Anderson.

(2015) 2016 2nd edition. Large oblong 4to (270 x 261mm). Ppxii,284. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography, preface by Corey Knowlton. Ox-blood cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"Robert Anderson knows his sheep and Caprinae, having hunted them and having spent a lifetime gathering photos and stories about these coveted game animals. The book is filled to the rim with contemporary and historic photos as well as great stories of unbelievable hunts for argali, urial, mouflon, blue sheep, markhor, tur, and ibex..." that will be of interest to all mountain game hunters. Chapters include: Marco Polo sheep hunting in Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor (1967-1979); Arthur R. Dubs; An excellent and light-heated account of a two-urial hunt in one of the most dangerous places on the planet; George Landreth and his pioneering expeditions to Mongolia, Afghanistan, and Ladakh; Who was Elgin Gates? An in-depth look at perhaps the most mysterious man in hunting history; Shoot-out at 20,000 feet; In Gates's tracks, two hunts ... to places where Gates's trail still lingers; china, what does the future hold for this sheep hunters' Mecca?. Photo essays: Quest for a super-slam; Conversation with the Marco Polo king, Soudy Golabchi; The Nepal of Bo Morgan; Markhor; Urial; Ibex; Tur; Blue Sheep; Marco Polo; Mongolia; Snow Sheep; Miscellaneous.