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Auction #121 begins on 27 Feb 2025

Blixen-Finecke (Bror von)

AFRICAN HUNTER

Translated by F.H. Lyon

Published: Cassell and Company Ltd., London, 1937

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $150

Approximately:

Estimate: $200/250

Bidding opens: 27 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 6 Mar 16:30 GMT

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First edition:248 pages, frontispiece 'The author with a little Wambouti girl,' 25 photographic illustrations, starting to wear at the front hinge, original mustard cloth boards, which are slightly soiled, titled red on the spine, light foxing throughout and on the page edges, a good copy.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 page 29. 'The author recounts his hunting experiences over several decades, ranging from buffalo in the Lake Tana region to elephant near Avakubi in the Belgian Congo and also in Uganda. He guided the Prince of Wales on two hunts, and bagged a wide variety of game, including lion, rhinoceros, and other plains game. In one instance, he saved American millionaire Alfred Vanderbilt from a charging rhino. Blixen-Finecke achieved a measure of fame as the husband of Isak Dinesen'.

 

  • Overall Condition: A good copy
  • Size: 8vo (220 x150mm)


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