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Lyell (Denis D.)

AFRICAN ADVENTURE

Published: E.P. Dutton and Company Inc., New York, 1935

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Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunter.

First US Edition: 270 pages, frontispiece, 10 black & white photographic plates, original light brown cloth titled in green on the spine and decorated with a spear on the upper cover, a good copy.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 (New edition 2011), page 175, ‘The represents an accumulation of letters spanning thirty years the author received from big game hunters including F.C. Selous, C.H. Stigand, R.J. Cunninghame, T.A. Barns, Martin Ryan, Alfred E. Pease, J. Stevenson Hamilton, J.A. Hunter, Abel Chapman and many others.’

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (220 x 140 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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