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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Patterson (Frederick B.)

AFRICAN ADVENTURES

Published: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1928

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vii, 83 pages, frontispiece, 25 plates, brick red cloth with a gilt vignette of a lion's head on the upper cover and a slight watermark under it, titled gilt on the spine, which is starting to fade, top edge gilt, fore edge and bottom edge uncut, a very good copy.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 – 1999, page 213: Patterson, tehn president of the National Cash Register company relates his safari in British East Africa accompanied by Denys Finch Hatton, They hunted west of Voi, where the authro bagged several lion, buffalo, rhino kusu and sable antelope. After heading into the Lorian Swamp, they collected elephants as well.

  • Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
  • Size: 4to (260 x 220 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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