THE ADVENTURES OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER

First edition: xviii, 324 pages, 2 pages publisher’s catalogue, photographic frontispiece and numerous illustrations in text, original dark blue cloth, gilt embossed image of elephant on upper board ,titled gilt on the on spine – cloth lightly insect scarred, top edge gilt, bottom corners slightly bumped, starting to fray at the top and bottom of the spine, and to wear along the edges of the covers, a good copy.

Czech (Kenneth) : An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1999 page 274, ‘One of the true classics of African big-game hunting, this work recounts the author’s elephant hunting exploits primarily along the Luwegu River in German East Africa, and the Locheringo River in Portuguese East Africa. In addition, there are encounters with rhinoceros, man-eating lion, leopard, and a variety of plains game. During one elephant stalk, Sutherland’s little terrier, Whiskey, survived being thrown into the bush by an enraged pachyderm.’