A Game Ranger on Safari & A Game Ranger's Note Book ( 2 Vols )

Published by London: Nisbet & Co., 1927, Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Percival spent thirty years in Africa, much of it as a member of the Kenya Colony Game Department. This book reflects his vast knowledge of the game and its habitat, with important descriptions of the terrain and numerous hunting adventures. The various species of Kenyan game are presented in chapters, and includes lion (7 chapters); leopard and cheetah; elephant (2); rhinoceros (2); hippo; buffalo (2); as well as chapters on plains game [Czech, African Big Game, p. 217]. First edition, first printing. Original green cloth with bright gilt spine titles. Tiny split to spine head, square corners. Original endpapers firm and tight. Well illustrated with photo plates and folding map. Scattered light foxing. A very good, tight copy.

Published by London: Nisbet & Co, 1928. First edition. First edition. Illustrated with photographs, folding map. 1 vols. 8vo. Further recollections of African hunting (lions to snakes) characterized by an extraordinarily wide range of subjects, by the author of A Game Ranger's Note-Book. Original red cloth red cloth, gilt title to spine., internally fine Illustrated with photographs, folding map. 1 vols. 8vo. Some light scattered foxing to the end papers and page edges.