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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Taylor (John)

PONDORO. LAST OF THE IVORY HUNTERS

Published: Simon and Schuster, New York, 1955

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354 pages, 29 photographic illustrations, green cloth back with gilt and white titling on the spine, paper-covered sides, a good copy.

Czech: An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1999, page 280. ‘With this work Taylor stepped away from the more technical aspects of big game rifles to describing his numerous adventures in Africa. He collected elephant, eland, leopard, lion, buffalo, hippo and a wide variety of other game in Nyasaland and other locales. “Pondoro” means “lion” in chinyungwe.’

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (230 x 155 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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