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Irwin (Terry)

MEMOIRS OF AN AFRICAN HUNTER (Signed by the author)

A narrative of a professional hunter's experiences in Africa

Published: Safari Press, Long Beach, CA., 1998

Edition: First Edition

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First edition: 409 pages, profusely illustrated with colour photographs, printed on coated paper, pictorial red cloth with black lettering on the upper cover and spine, housed in a green cloth slipcase, a fine copy.

The limitations page reads: One thousand copies of the first edition have been printed. This numbered and signed edition is the twenty-third book in the Classics in African Hunting Series.

This is copy number 306 signed by the author.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 – 1999, page 138: Irwin, A longtime professional hunter, details his hunts after elephant and other game as an elephant control officer in Tanzania and also as a guide and hunter in Kenya, Ethiopia and the Sudan.

  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 4to (290 x220 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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