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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

Wincza (Ada and Laddy)

BUSH AND PLAINS (Author’s copy)

Foreword by Jim Rikhoff

Published: Amwell Press, Clinton,N.J., 1983

Edition: Limited edition

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Photographs from the authors' private collection

Limited edition: 411 pages, numerous black and white photographs, tan leather with a gilt vignette of a buck's head on the upper cover, titled gilt on the spine, housed in a matching slip case, a very good copy.

Presentation inscription reads: To Terry, Happy reading from Ada Wincza. 7.6.88 Johannesburg

Limitations page reads: One thousand copies have been published by the Amwell Press for the National Sporting Fraternity Limited as the eleventh book in its African Hunting Heritage Collection. This is copy no.Author’s copy signed by the authors and the president of NSFL

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 – 1999, page 306: The Winczas recount their efforts as Polish freedom fighters during WW11, their migration to Africa, and finally as big game hunters in Tanganyika and Kenya, with episodes of hunting elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard, kudu and other game.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (230 x150mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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