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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

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4 x Hunting Titles

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1. Wild Life in South Africa by Stevenson-Hamilton: 1947 first edition. Hardcover in good condition. Dust jacket has some wear around edges and spine is sun-faded. Name of previous owner in front. Minimal foxing to first 3 pages.

2. The adventurous life of a Vagabond Hunter: From South America to East Africa, the Life of a Professional Hunter by Sten Cedergren. 2000 first edition hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. 326 pages. Inscribed in front to another great hunter and writer: Brian Marsh. It reads: To my good friends Brian and Jillie Marsh, best wishes - Sten. In addition, two pictures of Sten is pasted in this book.

3. Safari Sam by Gordon Makepeace: "Makepeace", a journalist, recorded the experiences of "Safari Sam" during a long interview. Sam evidently spent much time in the Northern Rhodesian brush country and relates incidents of encounters with rhinoceros, lion, leopard and crocodile, as well as conversation with a veteran elephant hunter. The frontispiece and plates reveal a bright-eyed Sam in various poses." 1933 first edition in good condition. Dust jacket has wear to edges.

4. The Large Game and natural history of South and South-East Asia. From the journals of the Hon. W.H. Drummond. Number 564 of a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. A 1972 facsimile reprint by The Pioneer Head in Rhodesia of the original. 428 pages and in good condition. Inscription of previous owner in front.

  • Sold By: Mantis Books
  • Contact Person: Charl Yates
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0833219905
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