Publisher's green hardcover binding with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dust jacket.
191pp + 17 illustrations.
Binding sound. Former owner's name and address on front endpaper. Contents clean. Original dust jacket with age-associated wear and tear.
'The lure of big-game! For the adventurous it is as potent as ever. Here is a new kind of book on the subject by a hunter-naturalist whose experience of wild Africa dates from the early part of the century. The most thrilling exploits of the famous African hunters are here related, from the days of the old foot-safari and the four-bore elephant gun, to modern methods where the hunter has all the facilities of motor transport and high-velocity weapons. The thrill of the chase is the same. The lion still creeps on the camp in the dark, rainy nights, the bad elephant charges with nerve-shattering violence and uproar, the wounded buffalo lurks in the thickets to fall like an avalanche on his foolhardy enemy.
The enormous wilderness of Africa is untamed. There are the misty rain-forests of the high mountains, where man must go afoot in constant danger; the vast tangled bush-veld, where thirst is not the least enemy; the limitless plains, home of innumerable herds of animals who live as they did before ever a white man set foot in the continent. C. T. Stoneham introduces you to this land of enchantment with the knowledge he has gained in a lifetime of study and adventure.' - editor's note
- Jacket Condition: Fair
- Binding Condition: Very Good
