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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Lyell (Denis D.)

AFRICAN ADVENTURE

Published: John Murray, London, 1935

Edition: First Edition

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Letters from famous big-game hunters edited and annotated by Denis D. Lyell.

First Edition. 270 pages, frontispiece portrait of Selous, 4 black and white full page plates, 6 black and white photographs, green cloth with white title label gilt on the spine, foxing on the page edges, a good copy.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 page 175: This represents an accumulation of letters spanning thirty years the author received from big game hunters including F.C. Selous, C.H. Stigand, R.J. Cunninghame, T.A. Barns, Martin Ryan, Alfred E. Pease, J. Stevenson Hamilton, J.A. Hunter, Abel Chapman and many others.

  • Overall Condition: A Good Copy
  • Size: 8vo (220 x 140 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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