Publisher's original brown cloth binding with gilt and black gorilla motif on front panel. Gilt titling and Sultan of Ruanda seal to spine. Gilt top edge.
xxxv + 287pp. All 107 photographic plates and folding map at the rear present. Introduction by Sir Harry Johnston.
Front panel with some superficial paint flecking but overall a great copy with solid binding and clean pages.
'Barns was joined by noted rifle maker Sir Charles Ross on an expedition leaving Mombasa in 1921. The party hunted lion and rhino near the Ngorongoro Crater, then traveled to the Lake Kivu region of the eastern Belgian Congo. Included among the photos is a snapshot of a poacher named Bowen with an elephant he bagged sporting a pair of tusks at 173 and 176 lbs.' - Czech, Africa, page 13
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Sold By: Rare Paper
- Contact Person: Armandt Marais
- Country: South Africa
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- Telephone: 0741235861
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- Trade Associations: A. A. Approved
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