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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Nyschens (Ian)

MONTHS OF THE SUN (Signed by the author)

Forty years of elephant hunting in the Zambezi Valley

Published: Safari Press, Long Beach, CA., 1997

Edition: First Edition

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First edition: 410 pages, numerous black and white illustrations, coloured map as end papers, dark blue cloth with pictorial gilt on the upper cover, titled gilt on the spine, a fine copy housed in a red card slipcase.

The limitations page reads: One thousand copies of the first edition have been printed. This numbered and signed edition is the twentieth book in the Classics in African Hunting Series. This is copy number 168 signed by the author.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 – 1999, page 209: Nyschens spent many years as an elephant poacher in the Rhodesian bush country until he was finally appointed a game officer. Between his poaching and legal hunting he bagged over 1000 elephants.

  • Overall Condition: A Fine Copy
  • Size: 4to (300 x230mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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