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Boyes (John)

THE COMPANY OF ADVENTURERS

Published: East Africa Ltd.,, London, 1928

Edition: First Edition

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With a foreword by the Rt. Hon. Lord Cranworth

First edition. 318 pages, map as frontispiece, 36 illustrations, some light foxing, book seller’s ticket on the back paste down end paper, original brown cloth titled gilt on the spine, a very good copy, unusual in the dust jacket.

Czech (Kenneth) Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 -1999, page 33: Boyes recounts his adventures in East Africa particularly hunting elephant in the Lado Enclave, and on safari with W.N. McMillan and C.W.L. Bulpett neat the Donyo Sabuk for lion and rhino. There are additional excursions to Kikuyu land and Abyssinia.

  • Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
  • Size: 8vo (220 x150 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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