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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Dickinson (Captain F.A.)

BIG GAME SHOOTING ON THE EQUATOR

Published: John Lane the Bodley Head, London, 1908

Edition: First edition

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With an introduction by Charles Norton Eliot, Late Commissioner for British East Africa.

77 illustrations reproduced from photographs

First edition: 286 pages, frontispiece, 45 plates, original green cloth titled gilt on the upper cover and spine, gilt, uncut fore edge and bottom edge, top edge gilt, foxing throughout, a good copy.

Czech (Kenneth)An Annotated Bibliography of Big Game Hunting Books 1785 - 1999 page 81:‘Dickinson’s approach is systematic, describing the haunts of each major species of wild game in East Africa including lion, kudu, oryz, eland and other plains game, particularly near the Guaso Nyiro and the Tana River. There is an excellent chapter on stalking buffalo accompanied by some marvellous photos of the author hunting a wounded buffalo in the swamp regions near lakes Solai and Baringo.’

  • Overall Condition: A good copy
  • Size: 8vo (230 x150 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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