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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Abel Chapman

MEMORIES OF FOURSCORE YEARS LESS TWO 1851-1929

Published: Gurney and Jackson, London, 1930

Edition: First edition

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1 volume. With a memoir by George Bolam. First edition.

Illustrations in the text by the author.

Coloured and half tone plates by W.H. Ridell

Publishers green cloth with gilt title on spine.

xix, 257 pages + frontispiece.

24 coloured plates with captioned tissue-guards.

3 black and white plates + numerous in-text illustrations + maps.

"While not a hunting book per se, this volume relates Chapman's

journeys through the Sudan. There are numerous references to other

hunting books, and his observations of wild game are astute.

The book is splendidly illustrated by W.H. Riddell's coloured plates"

(Czech, An Annotated Bibliography of Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 p60).

Recorded shipping weight 2000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 23 x 17 cm
  • Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Tom Moloney
  • Country: Ireland
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0657087803
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