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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Drake-Brockman (Ralph Evelyn)

THE MAMMALS OF SOMALILAND

With eighteen collotype plates and diagrams

Published: Hurst and Blackett, London, 1910

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xvii, 201 pages, black and white photographic frontispiece, 18 black and white collotype photographic plates, pictorial green cloth with vignette of an elephant on the upper cover, titled gilt on the spine, which is faded and frayed at the bottom, scuff marks at the bottom of the upper cover, contents good.

Czech (Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books 1785 to 1999, page 84 -85, 'While this is not technically a hunting book, the author notes in his preface that he hopes it will be "of use to the sportsman." Among the numerous mammals described are elephant, lion, rhinoceros, and a wide variety of antelopes. Drake-Brockman makes brief mention of his stalks of the antelope types and their reactions.'

  • Overall Condition: A Good Copy
  • Size: 8vo (240 x 160 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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