With 248 illustrations chiefly from rough sketches by the author
First edition. xx, map as frontispiece, 452 pages, profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and text illustrations, uncut edges, top edge gilt, green cloth boards with gilt vignette of a warthog on the upper cover, and a gilt buffalo on the back, titled gilt on the spine, corners slightly bumped, a very good copy.
Czech (Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of Big Game Hunting Books 1785 - 1999 page 60: Chapman recounts his journey to Khartoum, then up the White Nile inot Uganda. He hunted gazelle in the arid regions of the Sudan, then stalked tiang, hartebeest and roan near the Sobat River. As he continued up the White Nile, he bagged waterbuck, kob and lechwe. There are exciting encounters with buffalo, hippo and elephant, the lateer near the Zeraf River. Additional hunting for rhino and eland took place near the Blue Nile and Dinder Rivers.
- Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
- Size: 8vo (240 x 160 mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA