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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Kirby, Frederick Vaughan

In Haunts of Wild Game - A Hunter-Naturalist's Wanderings From Kahlamba to Libombo

Published: William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh & London, 1896

Edition: First

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Czech: An annotated Bibliography of African Big Game hunting Books, 1785 to 1950, page 89, 'One of the classics of African sport, this book describes the author’s hunting experiences in Portuguese East Africa and the eastern Transvaal. He relates hunting in the rugged Kloof country after bushbuck, kudu, and leopard. In the Khalamba foothills, he bagged buffalo, but was quick to blame the Boer Transvaal government for the decline in game numbers. He also hunted sable, giraffe, and wildebeest. Two long chapters on lion hunting are also featured. Complementing the text are excellent illustrations by Charles Whymper.'

xiv, 576 pages with photograph of author as frontispiece, 15 plates, 24 illustrations in the text, and coloured folding map. Beautifully rebound in brown half-leather, new endpapers. Heavily foxed at front and back with a water stain receding from end of book for several pages, map is mostly clean with foxing around it.

  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 23.5x18
  • Sold By: Africana Books
  • Contact Person: Stefan Blank
  • Country: South Africa
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