with a sketch of the recent emigration of The Border Colonists, and a Zoological Appendix.
The scarce 'Bombay' edition and correct first edition of the work which was to be become, renamed, 'The Wild Sports of Southern Africa' when first published the following year (1939) in London. 1938. 8vo. The American Mission Press, Bombay. With the frontispiece and three other full page engravings as called for. Missing the fold out map called for opposite Page 1 of the text. The plates are in the later issue format (with double line borders) as in the copy in the Strange Collection and as illustrated in Vol. One of 'The Catalogue of Prints in The Africana Museum' by R.F. Kennedy, 1975. Bound in modern 1/2 leather and marbled boards.
A very good clean copy with occasional minimal inconspicuous foxing. Signature on the half-title page and some professional restoration to this page and to some tears of the Giraffe plate opposite page 229. An attractive copy.
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 8vo.
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