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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

SELOUS, Percy.

Travel and Big Game

Published: Bellairs and Co, London, 1897

Edition: 1st

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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. SELOUS, PERCY, and BRYDEN, H.A. Travel and Big Game, London: Bellairs and Co., 1897.Quarto, first edition, pp. 196, 6 plates of drawings, green cloth boards with beveled edges, gilt lettering on top and spine, gilt palm tree on spine, black drawing of a hunter on top. Mostly written by Selous but with chapters on giraffe and zebra hunting by Bryden. Covers hunting in Africa and North America. Six illustrations by Charles Whymper show game animals with vaguely human expressions on their faces.

Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight. Ink signature verso the front free end paper of Algy Bligh.

Tales of hunting numerous big game species across Africa plus grizzly, moose & elk in the Rockies

  • Jacket Condition: N/A
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 8 Vo
  • Sold By: White Eagle Books
  • Contact Person: Andrew Saidi
  • Country: United Kingdom
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