234 pages + 4 page catalogue for the Lonsdale Library, frontispiece - The head of an elephant, with diagram of skull, 37 full-page and other illustrations of spoor and droppings, half title page, attractively rebound in half leather with matching buckram cloth boards, new end papers, decorative gilt and title on the spine, a very good copy.
Czech (Kenneth) An annotated bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 -1999 page 174: 'Lyell provides rules for hunting big game, as well as chapters dealing with rifle selection and tracking game. The remainder of the text examines the natural history traits, and methods of hunting, species by species. The illustrations consist of sketches of the spoor of game animals, many being life-sized. An essential work aimed at a generation of new hunters visiting Africa at the time'.
- Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
- Size: small 4to (255 x 200 mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
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- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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