256 pages: illustrations (some colour), frontispiece, portraits. Quarto. Cloth, dust wrapper price clipped & slightly frayed along edges with small chips. Some spotting to preliminary pages.
"I have tried to recapture the life and spirit of a once unspoilt continent, hoping to evoke some sense of her ancient youth and the ambitious men who came from Europe to court her. The vast herds that have been a part of Africa for centuries are not now impossible to locate; those that have been driven from the open plain can be found crowded together in forests. The difficulty is seeing them as they once were… the image of this book changed. What had been conceived as a chronicle of courtship became a record of assault" Author's note. Beard looks at the wholescale destruction of African wild animals by locals, foreign hunters and trophy collectors. Re-issued many times, it still retains its poignancy and message more than fifty years later.
- Jacket Condition: Good
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 28 x 21 cm
- Sold By: Select Books
- Contact Person: David McLennan
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021-4246955
- Preferred Payment Methods: Credit card; EFT
- Trade Associations: SABDA
