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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Maugham (R. C. F.)

WILD GAME IN ZAMBEZIA

Published: John Murray, London, 1914

Edition: First Edition

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With map and illustrations

First edition xii, 376 pages, frontispiece, 27 photographic plates, folding map, book plate of I. & F.W. Hosken on the front paste down end paper, blue cloth slightly scuffed and worn, titled gilt on the spine - which is wearing along the edges, a good copy.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785 - 1999, page 185 - 186: The author, a renowned writer, sportsman and British diplomat, describes various types of game and hunting conditions in Mozambique primarily north of the Zambesi River. He includes his own hunts after elephants, rhino buffalo, lion, hippo and a variety of antelopes, with lengthy chapters on equipment, game preserves and tsetse fly.

  • Overall Condition: A Good Copy
  • Size: 8vo (220 x 150 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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