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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Van Dyke (Col. W. S.)

HORNING INTO AFRICA

Published: Privately printed at California Graphic Press, 1931

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First printing. 219 pages, frontispiece portrait of the author, 26 full page plates, blue cloth with a gilt title and vignette of a buffalo's head on the upper cover, titled gilt on the spine, which is faded and frayed at the top and bottom, corners slightly bumped, embossed library ownership mark on the title page – Munger Africana Library, a very good copy.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 - 1999, page 288: An interesting work detailing the adventures revolving around the filming of Trader Horn near Lake Victoria. There are episodes of hunting buffalo, lion and rhino with professional hunter W.V.D. Dickinson, The stars of the film, Harry Carey, Edwina Booth and Duncan Rinaldo appear in one staged photograph after having driven off a lion feeding on the carcass of a topi.

  • Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
  • Size: 4to (260 x 180 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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