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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Wolhuter, Harry

MEMORIES OF A GAME-RANGER;

illustrations by C.T. Astley-Maberley

Published: Wild Life Protection Society of South Africa, Johannesburg, 1948

Edition: Subscriber's edition

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313 pages: illustrations, portraits (laid down) as frontispiece, map on endpapers. Half calf with raised bands (one with with small chip) and red title label. Gift inscription on a preliminary page. Spotting to page edges & preliminary pages. A tightly bound and clean copy.

No. 389 of an edition limited to 400 copies. Signed and dated by Wolhuter on frontis.

Wolhuter was born in Beaufort West in 1877. His family moved to the Lowveld in the 1890s. In 1902, after a  period with Steinacker's Horse during the SA War, he became one of Stevenson-Hamilton's original game rangers in what was to become known as the Kruger National Park. He served as a ranger for forty-four years, and his memoirs contain a rich fund of game stories. "It was a hard life: full of risks; but we were compensated by the interesting things we saw and did." page 313.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 25 x 16,5 cm
  • Sold By: Select Books
  • Contact Person: David McLennan
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 021-4246955
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Credit card; EFT
  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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