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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Drummond, The Hon. W.H.

The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa

Published: Pioneer Head, Salisbury, Rhodesia, 1972

Edition: Limited to 90 copies

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Copy number 69 of the specially bound Collectors' Edition limited to 90 copies. This is a facsimile of the 1875 edition.

Number IV in the Heritage Series.

Housed in the original dark green buckram book cloth covered slip case.

Quarter dark green leather binding with gilt titling on the spine, title label, with green buckram boards and a gilt buffalo horn decorative device on the upper board. Top edge gilt.

Brown pictorial end papers. iv + xxi prelims, 428 pages followed by a coloured sketch map, coloured frontispiece and title page, 12 full page illustrations and 21 vignettes of animal heads as chapter headings and tail pieces,

CONDITION DETAILS: The crease across the spine is probably a flaw in the leather and issued as such by the publishers, but the light mark above the title label was probably caused by sun light. Overall a clean copy.

  • Binding Condition: Some sun fading
  • Overall Condition: Attractive
  • Size: 232mm x 165mm
  • Sold By: Gandolph's Books
  • Contact Person: Arnaud Labuschagne
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: +27 11-624-1752
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Cash, Cheque deposits in Rands, bank transfers.
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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