Illustrations by Elize van der Heijden
First edition: 486 pages, map, 8 colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations, blue pictorial cloth over bevelled boards, titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, a fine copy in the matching slipcase.
The limitations page reads: One thousand copies of the first edition have been printed. This numbered and signed edition is the twelfth book in the Classics in African Hunting Series. This is copy number 764 signed by the author and the illustrator.
Czech (Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 -1999, page 245: Among the contributions from the first half of the 20th century are stories written by such famous hunters as Selous, Hughes, Lyell, Letcher and others. More recent contributors include Fred Duckworth, Bulpin C.J. McElroy among others.
- Overall Condition: A fine copy
- Size: 4to (300 x220mm)
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