353 pages, colour frontispiece - Flamingoes nesting in the Spanish Marisma, 19 coloured plates with captions on the tissue guards, 39 black and white plates, numerous black and white text illustrations, working loose at the front hinge on the title page, top edge gilt, green cloth spine gilt, worn at the top and bottom of the spine and the corners, a good copy.
Czech (Kenneth)An Annotated Bibliography of Big Game Hunting Books 1785 - 1999 page 60: A beautifully illustrated work celebrating Chapman's varied sporting adventures, this book includes hunting buffalo, rhino, elephant and plains game near the Guaso Nyiro in british East Afrcia. There are also intersting chapters on the philosophy of nature study and the safeguarding of wildlife.
- Size: 8vo ( 230 x160mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
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- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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