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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Ward, Rowland

RECORDS OF BIG GAME African and Asiatic Sections Giving the Distribution, Characteristics, etc

Copy of Col Richard Meinertzhagen with his bookplate on the front pastedown.

Published: Rowland Ward, London, 1910

Edition: 6th

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Sixth edition. 8vo. Pp xiii, 531, 5-page publisher's list. Tissue-guarded photographic frontis and illustrations in the text throughout. Original zebra-patterned cloth, lettered gilt. Zebra-patterned endpapers. Corners bruised and light wear to extremities. Internally fine.

Copy of  Richard Meinertzhagen with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Trophies are underlined in red where he has contributed to the particular big game animal.

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Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO was a British soldier, intelligence officer, and ornithologist. He had a decorated military career spanning Africa and the Middle East. He was credited with creating and executing the Haversack Ruse in October 1917, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War, but his participation in this matter has since been thoroughly refuted.

  • Jacket Condition: N/A
  • Binding Condition: Very Good +
  • Overall Condition: Very Good+
  • Size: Large Heavy 8 Vo
  • Sold By: White Eagle Books
  • Contact Person: Andrew Saidi
  • Country: United Kingdom
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