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NEWALL Captain J.T. |
Scottish Moors And Indian Jungles Scenes of Sport In The Lews And India
1889.
1st Edn,.
Hurst & Blackett.
ix - 320 pages, 12 full page plates, ownership inscription to the inner blank. Publishers' dark green cloth, rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and corners. The author, paralysed after a pig-sticking accident, recounts his tales of deer stalking, grouse shooting and fishing on the Scaliscro estate in the Isle of Lewis, mostly from an improvised sedan chair. His Indian sport - hog-hunting, tiger and bear shooting, pre-date his accident. Czech 148, Chute 469
[23719] |
£130.00 |
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NORDEN H |
White And Black In East Africa
1924.
1st Edn.
304 pages, 34 illus + 2 folding maps, small pare label to front paste down with the Witherby vignette, (the book is from the Witherby's file copies) publishers light red cloth, gilt shield to the spine, vg. Although not really a hunting title there are episodes of hunting plains game, the book covers the Kenya Colony and Uganda before WWII
[20677] |
£50.00 |
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NORDEN Henmann |
White And Black In East Africa, A Record Of Travel And Observations In The African-American Crown Colonies
1924.
1st American Edn.
Small Maynard & Co.
London.
304 pages, illus with b/w photographs + 2 folding maps, publishers green cloth, title in black and white. A vg+ copy. A travel account by an American in Kenya and Uganda includes a chapter on "A wet safari".
[20307] |
£35.00 |
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NYSCHENS Ian |
Months Of The Sun: Forty Years Of Elephant Hunting In The Zambezi Valley
1997.
1st Edn,.
Safari Press.
Longbeach, California, USA.
410 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs, colour map end papers, publishers blue cloth with gilt title and elephant jungle scene to upper cover. limited to 1000 copies numbered and signed by the author, a fine copy. The author spent many years as an elephant poacher in Rhodesia finally becoming a game officer, he shoot over 1000 elephants. A modern classic and fairly scarce. Czech 209.
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£250.00 |
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NYSCHENS Ian |
Months Of The Sun: Forty Years Of Elephant Hunting In The Zambezi Valley
1997.
2nd Edn,.
Safari Press.
Longbeach, California, USA.
410 pages, 4to., illus in b/w from photographs, colour map end papers, publishers red cloth, a fine copy in dj. The author spent many years as an elephant poacher in Rhodesia finally becoming a game officer, he shoot over 1000 elephants. A modern classic.
[23256] |
£60.00 |
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