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Illustrated First Edition, xxiii, 583 pp, photo plates & photo illustrations throughout.
One tissue guard on frontispiece coming away in places. Original gilt lettered, colour pictorial olive green cloth with herd of elephants on the front board. Lettering on spine faded and spine ends showing wear. Bookplate of previous owner.
Good solid copy with some wear to edges and corners
Extensively illustrated throughout with more than 200 photographic illustrations by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and from drawings by Philip R. Goodwin. British East Africa.
Roosevelt hunted lion and plains game on the Kapiti Plains, while in the Bondoni hill country, he collected rhinoceros and giraffe. On Juja Farm, his son Kermit faced leopard, while Teddy bagged rhino and hippopotamus. On the Kamiti River, buffalo were taken. Near the Sotik, additional rhino and lion were hunted, with elephant collected near Mt. Kenia. On the Guaso Nyiro, giraffe and a variety of plains game were shot. Further adventures included hunting elephant near Lake Nyanza, rhino and plains game in the Lado.
A fascinating and well written account from one of America’s greatest sportsmen, as well as the 26th President of the United States.
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 8vo (240 x 170mm)
- Name: Blue House Books
- Contact Person: Liane Greeff
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0834152365
- Preferred Payment Methods: EFT, Bank Deposit. For International Customers: Yoco Link Payments with 3.4% surcharge
- Trade Associations: Blue House Books
