| Founded | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Huntington Beach, California |
| Publication types | Books, Magazines |
| Official website | www.safaripress.com |
Safari Press is a book publishing company specializing in books on big-game hunting and sporting firearms and is being run by Dr. Jacque Neufeld, editor in chief, and Ludo J. Wurfbain, publisher. It is privately owned by a small group of shareholders. The company started in May 1984 when it issued a small, dark green catalog under the name World Wide Hunting Books. The logo was that of a white rhino on a shield. World Wide Hunting Books sold antiquarian big-game hunting books by issuing a catalog about four times a year. In 1985 Safari Press published its first book, which was a reprint by James Mellon entitled African Hunter. Safari Press used the rhino logo from WWHB. The business was started in Seal Beach, California, and remained there until 1990 when it moved to a commercial office and warehouse in Huntington Beach. Initially it occupied one unit in a building, but over time, came to occupy the entire building. The emphasis of the press was African big-game hunting from the outset, but by the late 1980s it published its first sporting-firearms book by Craig Boddington entitled Safari Rifles. From there it branched out to wing shooting, North American and Asian big game, and mountain hunting. In 2002 the owners of Safari Press bought Sports Afield magazine from Robert E. Petersen. As of early 2009 the press had published around 240 titles and had well over one million books in print.