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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Lyell (Denis D.)

THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT AND ITS HUNTERS

Published: Heath Cranton Limited, London, 1924

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221 pages, frontispiece, 12 plates, original red cloth, gilt vignette of an elephant's head on the upper cover, gilt titling on the spine, occasional light foxing and some soiling on the page edges, overall a good copy.

Czech (Dr Kenneth) An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, page 174, 'This excellent book includes the author’s adventures hunting elephant in various parts of Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa: "An elephant often screams when he comes for a hunter, but not always, for I have seen one come on without making a sound except with their feet as they rustled through the grass." Of additional interest, are his chapters on early elephant hunters, recent (ca. early 20th century) hunters and even a passage on hunters killed by big game.'

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (225 x 140 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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