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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Dunbar-Brunton (James)

BIG GAME HUNTING IN CENTRAL AFRICA

Published: Andrew Melrose, London, 1912

Edition: First Edition

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First edition. xii, 339 pages, 24 black and white photographic plates with photogravure portrait of the author as frontispiece, colour folding map, original mauve cloth with gilt titling and a gilt vignette of a buffalo head on the upper cover and gilt titling with a vignette of a lion’s head on the spine, the page adjacent to map is browned, a very good copy.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 – 1999, page 87 -88: The author hunted primarily in the regions near Lake Bangweulu and the Luangwa and Luapula rivers in Northeast Rhodesia. He presents the game he collected in a chapter-by-chapter analysis, and includes roan, hartebeest, puku, lechwe, sitatunga, tsessbe, sable, and eland. There are also excellent descriptions of hunting elephant, buffalo, hippo, and rhinoceros, as well as bagging lion and leopard near Lake Mweru.

  • Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
  • Size: 8vo (220 x 150mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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