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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Arkell-Hardwick (A.)

AN IVORY TRADER IN NORTH KENIA

The record of an expedition through Kikuyu to Galla-Land in East Equatorial Africa with an account of the Rendili and Burkeneji tribes

Published: Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1903

Edition: First edition

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368 pages, frontispiece portrait, 15 plates, folding map, text lightly browned, rebound in half brown leather gilt, a good copy.

Czech (Kenneth) AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN BIG GAME HUNTING BOOKS 1789 -1999, page 9: The author hunted along the Guaso Nyiro in Kenya, bagging buffalo and rhino. His party attempted to reach the Lorian Swamp, but having failed, they returned to the Guaso Nyiro where hippo and giraffe were collected. There are numerous additional sporting incidents after rhino, gazelle and other game, including a successful elephant hunt by a member of the column. After encounters with hostile Kikuyus, the expedition headed into western Kenya where more rhinos were taken as well as kongoni.

  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (220 x150mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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