African Hunter

1 volume. First edition 1937. Scarce title.

Publishers yellow cloth.

Black title to spine.

248 pages.

26 half-tone illustrations.

Very good overall condition.

Baron Bror Fredrik von Blixen-Finecke (25 July 1886-4 March 1946) 

was a Swedish baron, writer, and African big-game hunter. Blixen formed

Tanganyika Guides Ltd, for professional hunting, in partnership with

Philip Percival and Jeff Manley. Blixen and Percival became East Africa's

leading hunters. According to Ulf Aschan, Safaris lasted from one month

to three. A meticulous organizer, Blixen never left anything to chance.

Fly camps, fuel depots, airstrips, provisions, and staff were always laid out

well in advance. He would also take time to reconnoitre an area thoroughly

beforehand to check on waterholes and general game movements.

"The author recounts his hunting experiences over several decades, ranging

from buffalo in the Lake Tana region to elephant near Avakubi in the Belgian

Congo and also in Uganda. He guided the Prince of Wales on two hunts, and

bagged a wide variety of game, including lion, rhinoceros, and other plains game.

In one instance, he saved American millionaire Alfred Vanderbilt from a charging

rhino. Blixen-Finecke achieved a measure of fame as the husband of Isak Dinsen.

[Czech, An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game

Hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, p.19].  

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