1 volume. First edition 1924.
The introductory chapter is by Sir Harry H. Johnston,
who provides a good historica perspective and some
interesting comments on the natural history of Central Africa.
Publishers Blue cover with gilt title and vignette.
Gilt title to spine.
xxxi, 325 pages, [1].
Frontispiece portrait.
120 illustrations from photographs and sketches.
Large fold-out map.
Some slight spotting.
A scientist by profession , Christy hunted throughout the
equatorial region along the Ituri River in the Belgian Congo,
the Katanga District, in Uganda, and the Lado Enclave. He
bagged elephant, buffalo, lion, and bongo, and was the first
European to track and shoot an okapi, p 26.,[Czech, An Annotated
Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, 1785 to 1950].
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