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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Chamberlain (George Agnew)

AFRICAN HUNTING AMONG THE THONGAS

Profusely illustrated with photographs by Charles Anderson Cass and the author

Published: Harper & Brothers, London, [no date, 1923]

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286 pages, frontispiece, numerous illustrations, green cloth with inset photograph, titled gilt on upper front cover, spine faded, map as front end papers, preliminary pages carelessly opened causing tears at the edges, overall a good copy.

Czech (Kenneth) AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN BIG GAME HUNTING BOOKS 1785 -1999 Page 59 : A novelist, Chamberlain travelled to Portuguese East Africa where he hunted eland, kudu, wildebeest, bushbuck and lion with two chapters on hunting elephant in the region between panda and the Limpopo River. He admits to thoughts of murdering his gun bearer when the native spoiled a shot at a trophy nyala.

  • Overall Condition: A Good Copy
  • Size: 8vo (210 x 145mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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