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Gilmore (Parker)

THE HUNTER'S ARCADIA - SPORT IN SOUTH AFRICA (1886)

Published: Chapman & Hall, London, 1886

Edition: First Edition

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Publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt titles on spine.

xvi + 300pp. Illustrated. Variant binding with the embossed image of a springhare on the front panel, usually found with plain front panel.

Internally clean, former owner's bookplate on front paste down. Hinges starting but binding still good. 

'Sketches of sporting adventures in Bechuanaland. Mr. Gillmore remarks, "If there is an Eden on the face of this earth it is 'Kooruman' - 'Kooruman,' that has been represented by Moffat and Mackenzie as a residence unfit for white men, and only one grade better than the Sahara Desert." The work possesses some notes on the flora and fauna of the country, more especially with regard to the game animals, birds, and ferae generally, and there are a number of interesting illustrations, together with hints to sportsmen intending to hunt in this part of South Africa.' - Mendelssohn vol.II, page 603.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Sold By: Rare Paper
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  • Country: South Africa
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