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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Chadwick (W.S.)

MAN-KILLERS AND MARAUDERS, SOME BIG GAME ENCOUNTERS OF AN AFRICAN HUNTER

Published: H.F. & G. Witherby, London, 1929

Edition: First edition

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223 pages, frontispiece, 5 black and white photographic plates, original red cloth gilt – spine lightly faded and corners rubbed, the first section,  pages 1 – 16, is loose, inscription by previous owner in ink on the front free endpaper, contents bright.

Czech: An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, page 33, ‘Quite similar to his Giants of the Forest, this also recounts his hunting adventures after lion in Angola, elephant in the forests of Katanga in the Congo, hippopotamus on the Quanda River, buffalo in northern Rhodesia, and a host of other game in a variety of venues’.

  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo. (225 x 150 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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