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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Chadwick (W.S.)

GIANTS OF THE FOREST

African Hunting adventures

Published: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, 1928

Edition: First Edition

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326 pages, frontispiece, 15 plates, original black embossed cloth, titled gilt, a very good copy.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 – 1999, pages 57/8: Culled from the author's numerous magazine stories, this title includes much on lion hunting in Rhodesia in the areas of Bulawayo and Barotseland, and also in Angola. In wide ranging venues, he relates incidents of hunting elephant, rhino, hippo and buffalo. There are additional chapters on hunting a variety of plains game such as eland, roan, lechwe, etc. The plates are taken from Wilhelm Kuhnert illustrations.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (235 x 155 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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