The Great And Small Game Of Africa An Account Of The Distribution,Habits And Natural History Of The Sporting Mammals With Personal Hunting Experiences
Author:
BRYDEN H.A.
Year:
1899
Edition:
1st Edn,
Publisher:
Rowland Ward
Summary:
1st Edn, xx 612 pages, large 4to., text illus and 15 hand coloured plates by J Smit and numerous photogravure illus, some foxing to the plates and tissue guards the text clean with no spotting. Limited to 500 copies signed and numbered 453 by Rowland Ward. Armorial circular bookplate of John. W Walker F.S.A to the front paste down. Bound in the publisher's olive-green cloth with gilt title and doble ruled borders to the upper cover. Small 1cm bruise marks the upper cover otherwise the cloth clean, unfaded and free of any chips or bumps. A very good +copy of this major work detailing the scientific knowledge of African Big Game, includes numerous adventures with contributions by H.A. Bryden, T.E. Buckley, Lord Delamere, F Vaughan Kirby, R. Lydekker, F.C. Selous and many others. This copy contains the (2pp) and 9-page supplement on The Giraffe Tribe, The Okapi and Wards Reedbuck. Czech 41.
Ref:
23940
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